Egyptian Authorities Bar European Medics from Gaza
Egyptian authorities at Rafah border crossing, on Saturday, refused entry into Gaza to a European medical team. The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has affirmed that Israeli attacks across the…
ProPublica: US Funding Defense of Suspected Killers of Palestinian Teen
A controversial Israeli organization that is representing the six men recently arrested in the recent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager is receiving thousands of dollars in tax-deductible support from…
UNRWA, World Health Organization Address Gaza Crisis
The director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, decalred Thursday that the people of Gaza are again suffering due to Israeli bombardment. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the…
Erekat Urges International Action
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat urged the international community, Thursday, to uphold its role in forcing Israel to end its aggression against the Palestinian people, as agreed upon in November…
Ban Ki-moon Addresses Security Council, Appeals for Ceasefire
Addressing the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon appealed, on Thursday, for a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. He additionally called on the aid of the international community in halting the…
UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting
As Israeli airstrikes on southern and central Gaza continue Thursday for the third straight day, killing 79 people so far, the UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting…
Foreign Governments Condemn Israeli Assaults
Japan, Egypt and Jordan have issued statements condeming the latest series of Israeli assaults on the Palestinian community. PLO member Saeb Erekat has described the ongoing Israeli offensive against Gaza…
Scottish Hospitals Offer Treatment For Gazans
Scottish officials have declared the country ready to receive Gaza civilians who have been injured in the current Israeli military aggression on the region, according to a press release by…
Britain’s Largest Trade Union: Israel is an Apartheid State
Britain’s largest trade union, ‘Unite’, has condemned Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories and stepped up to join the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.…
Justice Slaughtered by Politics
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is shocked by Israel’s Election by UN General Assembly as Vice-Chair of UN Special Committee on Decolonization.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Tariq Abu Khdeir Sentenced to House Arrest
An Israeli court, on Sunday, has sentenced to house arrest Palestinian-American teenager, Tariq Abu Khdeir, who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem, according to an…
Sodastream, Company Based in Israeli Settlement, Closes UK Store
After two years of weekly protests in front of its store in Brighton, Israeli company Sodastream has closed the store. In addition, one of Britain’s biggest retailers has announced that…
Galloway: Where Are Arab Rulers to Help Palestinians?
George Galloway has recently raised the question to Arab officials regarding their silence over Palestinian suffering: ‘Will anyone, any Arab or Muslim leader stand up and lift even a finger…
Officials Condemn Murder of Khdeir
UN Special Envoy to the Middle East, Robert Serry, has condemned the killing of Palestinian teen Muhammad Abu Khdeir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shu’fat. Israeli PM Netanyahu has…
Muslims Urged to Boycott Israeli Dates
During Ramadhan, Israel exports tonnes of dates into Europe and North America. Israelis profit to the tune of hundreds of millions from dates alone, and most of the date farms…
Indyk Resigns Following Failure of ‘Peace Talks’
U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Martin Indyk has resigned following the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, the State Department says that he will remain involved in the peace effort.This…
Spain Warns Against Investing in Settlements
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned against domestic investments with illegal Israeli settlements, following suit with Germany, the UK, France and Italy.The Palestinian News Network (PNN) reports that…
French Government Warns Against Business With Settlements
France has advised its citizens and companies against doing business with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the Electronic Intifada:Firms were warned that they could face legal…
UN Council Warns of Repercussions for Israeli Aggressions
The UN Human Rights Council held a general discussion and debate on the situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, as part its 26th ordinary session in Geneva, Tuesday,…
Blair: Stop West Bank & Gaza Operations
Official Envoy of the Quartet to the Middle East, former British PM Tony Blair, has called on Israel to stop their military operations in the West Bank and the Gaza…
Human Rights Organizations Call For an End to Israel’s Collective Punishment Against Palestinians
A number of human rights organization have called, in an official letter, upon the Israeli security and military commanders in the West Bank to refrain from collectively punishing the civilian…
Presbyterian Church USA Joins Divestment Movement Challenging Israeli Occupation
The Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement made a major advancement on Saturday, as one of the largest churches in the United States voted in their biennial national meeting to divest from several…
Serry Voices Concerns Over Israeli Search
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, has issued a statement regarding Israeli search operations in the West Bank:“The Special Coordinator is deeply concerned by reports…
Israel Elected to UN Committee on Decolonization
On a note which resonates with absurdity, Israel has been elected as vice-chair of the ‘UN Special Commitee on Decolonization’ – which deals among other things with matters related to…
Australia: No Change in Position
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that her country has not changed its position on Australian legal status of the oPt and East Jerusalem. WAFA reports that AU Rep to Palestine…
Addameer Condemns ICRC Neutrality
Over two hundred children have gathered in front the International Committee of the Red Cross office, in Gaza, in demand of the release of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Since…
Qatar to Contribute $20m for Gaza Salaries
Government spokesperson Ihab Bseiso has stated that the Qatari government is to transfer a sum of $20 million, over a three month period, in helping to pay salaries to 40,000…
Australia’s New East Jerusalem Policy Puts Trade at Risk
Australia is facing the possibility of trade sanctions by Arab nations over its decision to stop referring to East Jerusalem as an occupied territory.Head of the Palestinian delegation to Canberra,…
United Methodist Church Divests from G4S
Amid concerns raised by church justice advocates, United Methodist Church Pensions sells all stocks in G4S, a supplier of security services and equipment for Israeli prisons, settlements, checkpoints and Separation…
EU Ministers Demand Solution to Palestinian Cause
Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) have recently stressed the importance of finding a fair solution to the Palestinian cause.Al Ray reports that the third meeting of EU ministers…
Vatican Hosts Cross-Cultural Peace Prayer
Vatican City hosts, today, a joint peace prayer with Pope Francis, Israeli President Shimon Peres and president Mahmoud Abbas, in what is held to be an unprecedented symbolic gesture offered…
UN Chief Raises Concerns Over Hunger Strike
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has recently expressed concern in regard to the deteriorating health conditions of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. He has called on Israel to either charge or…
UN Committee urges end to Israeli practice of imprisoning Palestinians without trial
As 120 prisoners enter their sixth week of a water-only hunger strike, and the Israeli government announces plans to begin force-feeding the hunger strikers, a United Nations committee has weighed…
PCHR Gives Testimony Before UN Regarding Rights of Arabs in oPt
On Monday, 01 June 2014, Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director for the Programs Affairs of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), gave his testimony before the UN Special Committee to…
EU Rep Welcomes Palestinian Unity Government
High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton has officially welcomed the formation of a Palestinian unity government. Meanwhile, Israeli officials have announced a boycott against the new government.Ashton: ‘We…
The Corrie’s Speak about Their Appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court
Stanley Heller w/ ‘The Struggle’ interviews parents of Rachel Corrie the day after their appeal hearing at the Israeli Supreme Court. Interview with Craig and Cindy Corrie the day after…
Human Rights Organizations Request Immediate Intervention From EU
According to recent post by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 18 Human Rights Organizations have signed a letter requesting immediate intervention from EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton in regard…
US Institute to Establish Cancer Treatment in Gaza
Physicians from the US-based Anderson Cancer Institute held discussion, Sunday, with the minister of health, the establishment of a cancer treatment unit at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, in Gaza. The group…
New ‘Unity Government’ to Take Oath Monday
The new Palestinian unity government will be sworn in, on Monday, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, according to the PLO executive committee. Additionally, US Secretary of State John Kerry…
EU Announces Renewed Support for Palestinians
The European Union has made funds available to the figure of €200 million, in ensuring support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
US Radio Station Interviews Top Analysts on Palestinian Crisis
Portland, Oregon based community radio station KBOO has conducted on-air audio interviews, in recent days, with three of the most well-versed speaker/authors currently addressing the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Alison…
Amnesty Urges PA to Drop Criminal Charges Against Activists
Amnesty International has urged the Palestinian Authority to drop charges filed against four BDS activists detained since April. According to Ma’an News Agency, PA security officers and men in civilian…
Pope Francis Begins Mideast Pilgrimage
Pope Francis embarked upon a three-day pilgrimage to the Middle East, Saturday, with a plea for peace in war-torn Syria, calling for people to uphold religious freedom ‘in a region…
Turkish Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel’s Attack On Solidarity Ship
After more than four years in a coma, a Turkish man has died of serious injuries he suffered after Israel’s navy attacked, in international waters, the MV Marmara solidarity ship,…
John Kerry Not to Return to Middle East with New Peace Deal
The US has announced that there will be no new Middle East peace project offered by the American Secretary of State, John Kerry.Kerry’s spokesman says that Kerry is busy with…
EU to Cooperate with Unity Government if Quartet Conditions Met
EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Boberg Andrson, says that the European Union will cooperate with the new government if it recognizes the conditions outlined by the Mideast Quartet, which include…
US, EU and UN Draw Attention to Killing of Two Teens near Offer
Representatives of the United States and the European Union have expressed a concern and called for investigations regarding the senseless deaths of two youth on May 15, near Ofer prison,…
Indyk to End Duties, Dissolve Negotiating Team
According to Israeli media sources, an unnamed US official has said that Washington’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Martin Indyk, will be leaving his duties, the negotiating team dissolved.On Wednesday,…
As Israeli Violations Escalate, BDS Gains International Momentum
With settler attacks on the rise across the West Bank and historic Palestine, and military incursions escalating throughout the occupied territories, often in direct conjunction with one another and with…
Palestine to Receive Fuel from Venezuela
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has pledged to send oil and diesel to the Palestinian Authority, as part of agreements signed in Caracas with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.The country of…
Amnesty Condemns Israel’s ‘Reckless Killings’
International human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s military for the murder of two Palestinian youth during a protest on Nakba Day.Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s…
Rights Groups Call for Omar Saad’s Release
A number of human rights groups and political parties, including Amnesty International and representative organizations for Palestine, in Israel, have published a petition calling on the Israeli Minister of Defense…
Sweden Refuses Airspace Entry to Peres’ Plane
Swedish authorities refused, on Sunday, to allow the plane of Israeli President Shimon Peres to cross into its airspace en route to Norway, according to the Middle East Monitor (MEMO).…
Parents of Rachel Corrie Seek Justice in Jerusalem
Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of American human rights activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003 as she attempted to defend a Palestinian family’s home from…
Ministry of Social Affairs, UNICEF Sign Childhood Protection Agreement
The Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF have signed a cooperation agreement on childhood protection in Palestine.The agreement aims to foster capacities of the ministries concerned with childhood affairs through…
Mass Protests in Denunciation of Peres’ Visit to Norway
Israeli President Shimon Peres’ visit to Norway was met with mass demonstrations organized by popular human rights organizations and leftist parties calling for his expulsion, on Tuesday, according to Al…
Kerry To Meet Abbas In London
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, will be holding a meeting, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in London, to discuss efforts meant to ensure the…
Freedom Flotilla Update: ‘We Will Sail in the Fall!’
Following is a statement by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition regarding the April 29th attack on Gaza’s Ark. Statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition regarding the attack on Gaza’s Ark, for…
Global March to Jerusalem: Christians, Muslims Called to Unite and Defend Jerusalem
On June 6, which coincides with the 46th anniversary of Israel’s illegal occupation of Jerusalem, representatives of more than 45 countries will peacefully march on Israeli embassies, or as close…
Security Concerns as Pope Prepares to Visit Levant
The head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land said, today, that Israeli hate crimes against local Muslims and Christians are souring relations ahead of a papal visit,…
UN Official: Boycott Settlement Products Worldwide
Richard Falk called, on Friday, for worldwide solidarity with the Palestinian struggle through boycott and divestment from companies profitng from illegal Israeli settlement construction.In a report originally published in Arabic…
Rights Groups Urge Abbas to Strengthen International Ties
A number of human rights groups from Addameer Prisoner Support to Amnesty International are urging Palestinian officials to sign up with the International Criminal Court.Seventeen local and international human rights…
Catholic Church Demands Israel Stop Hate Attacks
The Roman Catholic church has demanded Israeli action, after suspected Jewish vandals daubed hate graffiti on Vatican-owned offices in annexed East Jerusalem, just two weeks before a formal papal visit.Israeli…
BDS: Wesleyan Student Fund Bars Investment in Israeli Occupation Profiteers
Student representatives at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, voted on Sunday to support divestment from companies profiting from Israeli military occupation in Palestine.Submitted by Ali Abunimah to The Electronic Intifada…
US Officials Plan to Relaunch Negotiations
The US State Department announced, late Monday, that senior officials are planning to visit Israel again, after the recent collapse of peace talks.Reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry…
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Journalist, Child
Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Majdoleen Hassouna, age 26, at al-Karama crossing, between the West Bank and Jordan, upon her return from Lebanon Monday afternoon.Majdoleen Hassouna, from Beit Umareen village,…
‘Ashrawi: “Netanyahu Turns Israel into Racist State by Law”
Member of PLO Executive Committee Dr. Hanan ‘Ashrawi expressed, Monday, that the Israeli government and its extreme right-wing coalition reveal the true face of an Israeli apartheid regime based on…
Kerry: Peace a Benefit to Both Israel and Palestine
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced, yesterday, that he has decided to take a pause in order to re-evaluate possible steps in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, noting that he…
US Calls for ‘Holding Period’ after Peace Talks Failure
US officials in Washington called for a ‘holding period’ in the peace process, following a recently expired deadline for coming to an agreement.US Secretary of State John Kerry is apparently…
US Students Push Divestment from Israel at Several Universities
Four universities in California held lengthy sessions over the past week as their student senates considered divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine, while students at the…
Erdogan: “Full Reconciliation With Israel Within Days, Or Weeks”
[Tuesday, April 29, 2014] Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Teyyip Erdogan, stated that a comprehensive reconciliation deal with Israel is likely to be reached within a few days or weeks, at…
Kerry: Israel Risks Becoming Apartheid State
According to US media, US Secretary of State John Kerry said to a number of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an apartheid state if it does not make…
Turkey to Provide Aid to West Bank and Gaza Strip
Minister of Turkish Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoğlu, said that his country would provide humanitarian aid to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in facilitation of implementing the Palestinian reconciliation…
Christian Leaders Tell Youth to Tear Up Israeli Army Forms
Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna and former Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, on Friday, April 25th, called upon Christian youth to resist enlisting in the Israeli military and to disregard any ‘propaganda’…
US: “Support To Any Palestinian Government Depends On Respecting Peace Agreements”
[Wednesday, April 23, 2014] In one of its first comments on the signed reconciliation agreement between Fateh and Hamas movements, and the decision to form a unity government, the United…
Clinton Denounces Settlement Expansion Amidst Ongoing Violence in West Bank
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed dissent with the state of Israel for announcing what she deemed a ‘counter-productive’ and ‘provocative’ expansion of illegal settlements in the midst…
US Warns: Dissolution of PA Would Have ‘Grave Implications’
The US warned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority, and described it as an ‘extreme step’ which could fundamentally alter relations between Washington and Ramallah.US…
US Supreme Court Takes Up Status of Jerusalem
The US Supreme Court, today, decided to hear the case of an American born in Jerusalem, once again taking up the sensitive issue of the status of the contested city.(AFP/Ma’an)…
ASA Increases Membership, Support in Wake of Academic Boycott of Israel Endorsement
In the wake of the American Studies Association’s December 2013 endorsement of the Palestinian civil society call for an academic boycott of Israel – and as two efforts to legislate…
British Report: Israel Has Continued its Violations of International Law
The human rights situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory has continued to be a source of serious concern, a human rights and democracy report on the Palestinian territories…
UK Foreign Secretary Publishes Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague launched, Thursday, the Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, said a press release issued by the Foreign…
Desmond Tutu Challenges Maryland Legislature’s Attempt to Outlaw Boycotts of Israel
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa released a statement, Wednesday, expressing concern about legislation pending in the state of Maryland to punish and blacklist supporters of the academic boycott against…
Abbas Signs Applications to Join More UN Institutions, Treaties
[Tuesday Evening, April 1, 2014] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed fifteen applications that would be submitted to the United Nations, aiming at joining more UN bodies and treaties.The president…
European MPs Call to Boycott Israeli Settlements
In a letter sent to EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, 29 members of the European Parliament have called upon the European External Action Service (EEAS) to take action to…
King’s College London Students’ Union Endorses BDS
The students’ union of King’s College, in London, voted to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign at its Student General Meeting, this past Tuesday evening.The motion adopted by…
US Offers Release of Israeli Spy
The Israeli Radio has reported that the United States has offered the release of Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, in return for releasing the fourth batch of veteran Palestinian detainees, and…
Japan: “Settlements Violate International Law”
The Japanese government issued a statement strongly denouncing recent Israeli plans to build hundreds of units, for Jewish settlers, in occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Japan’s Foreign Ministry…
U.N. Rights Investigator Accuses Israel of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
A U.N. human rights investigator accused Israel on Friday of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in pushing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem and cast doubt that the Israeli government could accept a Palestinian…
Royal Institute of British Architects Backs Israel Boycott Motion
The Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects has voted to call on the International Union Of Architects to exclude the Israeli Association of United Architects over its refusal…
Abbas Demands Release of Key Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded, in talks with US President Barack Obama, that Israel free key Palestinian prisoners, including Marwan Barghuti, a Palestinian official said Thursday.Photo: Palestinians president Mahmud Abbas…
WCC Expresses Concern over Knesset Law
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit expressed ‘grave concern’ about a law recently passed by the Israeli Knesset, on February 24, which defines the status…
Netanyahu Orders Army To Be Ready For Possible Strike On Iran
[Wednesday, March 19, 2014] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, ordered the army to be ready for a potential strike on Iran this year.Israeli daily Haaretz…
Ashton Says EU Is Against Boycotting Israel
Catherine Ashton, Foreign Policy Chief of the European Union, stated Monday that she opposes boycotting Israel, yet, affirmed the EU opposes Israel construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the…
From the Diary of Rachel Corrie
On March 16th, an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer two-stories high crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, an American nonviolent human rights protestor. According to numerous witnesses and photographic documentation,…
A National Summit that prompts National Governments to Act
Public discussion on the Palestinian/Israeli crisis, which has diminished in recent years, received a powerful impetus with The National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel Special Relationship, March 7 at the…
Abbas: ‘We have not Received any Request to Extend Negotiations’
President Mahmoud Abbas stated Thursday that Palestinian leadership did not receive any request to extend negotiations.President Mahmoud Abbas stated that if the Palestinian leadership receives a request to extend negotiations,…
Orthodox Jews in NYC Protest Israeli Draft Bill, Settlements in Gaza and West Bank
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews staged a mass prayer in New York City, to protest Israel’s proposal to draft ultra-Orthodox citizens into its army. (Haaretz) Sunday’s gathering in Manhattan brought together…
NUIG Students Join BDS Movement Against Israel
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed, in a press release, the passing of motion calling on the National University of Galway (NUIG) Students’ Union to actively participate in the Palestinian-led…
US Bishops ask Pope to speak about injustice against the Palestinian Children
As the visit of Pope Francis to Palestine and Israel nears, a letter signed by 20 US Bishops was sent the Pontiff asking him to speak out against the targeting…
Pope Francis Threatens to Cancel Israel Visit, Workers Protest Gaza Siege
The papal ambassador to Israel has informed the Israeli Foreign Ministry that Pope Francis will cancel his planned visit to Israel, which was to take place over May 24-26, due…