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Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a Palestinian from occupied Jerusalem, just moments after his release from prison after serving a 20-year prison sentence. The soldiers abducted Majd Barbar, from Ras al-‘Amoud…
NEW YORK, Thursday, March 25, 2021 (WAFA) – US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced today that her country was resuming assistance programs to the Palestinian people, starting…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Friday, five Palestinians, including a former government minister and two siblings, from their homes in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, at least twenty-four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, among them twenty who were taken prisoner in Beit Kahil town, north of Hebron. The Palestinian Prisoners’…
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in Bir Nibala town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the town, and opened fire at…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, four Palestinian homes in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers invaded the as-Sal’a neighborhood in Jabal al-Mokabber town,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, 27 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated scores of Palestinians, the Palestinian…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, three young Palestinian men, and briefly detained a young woman, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Several army vehicles invaded Halhoul town, north…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, eighteen Palestinians from their homes, in Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said. The PPS office…
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: March 21, 2021: March 21 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It was first proclaimed in 1966 by the United Nations…
A Palestinian man had to demolish his own home, Sunday, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, to avoid the excessively high fines and fees. Media sources…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, eight Palestinians, including two siblings, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers…
Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded Beit Iksa village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, on Friday at dawn, burnt two Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti. Media sources…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, seven Palestinians, including children, in addition to attacking a family in their home, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron, in…
On Thursday, two Palestinian siblings from Jabal al-Mokabber village, in occupied Jerusalem, had to evacuate their homes and remove their furniture and belongings, after the City Council denied appeals against…
(WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency, on Wednesday, warned that all Israeli unilateral actions are designed to torpedo international efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East. Presidential Spokesman, Nabil Abu…
A new report issued last week by B’Tselem and Kerem Navot, “This Is Ours – And This, Too: Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank”, exposes the mechanisms Israel uses…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Kafr Aqab town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and injured dozens of Palestinians, in addition to demolishing a storage room and bulldozing lands. The…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours Monday, twenty Palestinians, and assaulted at least three, including a child, in several parts of…
Two Palestinian families from occupied Jerusalem were forced to demolish their own buildings, late on Sunday at night, to avoid paying excessively high fines and fees after the City Council…
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) condemns the Israeli decisions to evacuate and demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, paving the way for implementing Israeli plans for a massive…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the towns of Hizma, al-‘Isawiya and the at-Tour, in occupied Jerusalem, abducted four Palestinians from their homes, and shot one. Media sources said the soldiers invaded…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in Jerusalem and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The army also detained several Palestinians while trying to enter…
Israeli forces detained a firetruck in East Jerusalem Monday, preventing it from reaching the burning home of 34-year old Ahmad Dola. As a result, Dola died in the blaze, and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, the Imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after invading his home in the Suwwana neighborhood in the city. Media sources said many soldiers invaded…
The Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition notices, Tuesday, to ten Palestinian-owned homes and structures in the town of Jib, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Local activist, Samer Abu Hamoud told Palestinian…
Ref: 29/2021, Date: 07 March 2021: The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) On 05 March 2021, the Palestinian President issued a law by decree to postpone elections for syndicates and…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): March 8th marks International Women’s Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1977, to ensure that all women all…
Report By The Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Today, as the world commemorates International Women’s Day, 35 Palestinian women are yearning for freedom in Israeli prisons and detention centers. Amongst…
Israeli occupation soldiers and police officers resorted, Monday, to the excessive use of force against Palestinian women, holding a heritage activity in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem, and abducted…
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including two siblings, from occupied Jerusalem, and one from Hebron, in southern West Bank, in addition to informing a family from Jenin, in…
Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, a young Palestinian woman, and her brother, at the main road of Hizma town, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, at least twelve Palestinians, including one who was repeatedly assaulted by the army, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. In Bethlehem, south of occupied…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, a residential tent used by members of Oleyyan family in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the northern part of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, less than…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, three young Palestinian men, including two siblings, from Silwan and al-‘Isawiya towns in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers abducted…
Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, Wednesday, two Palestinian photojournalists and caused damaged to their car in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the colonists assaulted Mustafa Kharouf and Fayez Abu Rmeila, while…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a Palestinian home in Shu’fat refugee camp, in addition to a shed and a storage room in the nearby Ras Khamis neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem. Media…
The Israeli police released, late on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man who lost control of his car while being chased by a number of Israeli colonialist settlers, and accidentally…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, 27 Palestinians during extensive and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in…
(WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities detained at least 20 Palestinians, including a father and his son, and siblings, in raids at their homes throughout the occupied territories, according to…
A Palestinian man was forced to demolish his own home, Monday, in Wad Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, after the Israeli City Council issued…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, the home of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian man and his family in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The head of the Follow-Up Committee…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday afternoon, Kafr ‘Aqab neighborhood and the al-Matar Street, near Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and fired gas bombs. Media sources said dozens of…
A group of illegal Israeli colonists attacked, Sunday, a Palestinian teenage boy in occupied Jerusalem, causing several injuries. Media sources said the teen, identified as Mohammad Hasan Abu al-Hummus, 17,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, at least seven Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank, including the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded…
WAFA News: GENEVA, Thursday, February 25, 2021 (WAFA) – “It happens nearly every night. Without warning, without a search warrant, without a court order. While you are sleeping peacefully, a…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the al-‘Isawiya town and the at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and attacked Palestinian protesters. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded the al-Isawiya town, and attacked…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, at least eleven Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. In…
Israeli occupation bulldozers razed a large area of Palestinian-owned land in Abu Dis, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, the Palestine News Network reported. Bassam Bahr, the head of the Committee for…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian photojournalist from Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said the journalist, identified as Ahmad Jalajel, was driving in the at-Tour town…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS office in…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, two stores in Sur Baher village, southeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Mohammad Tarshan, the owner of the demolished stores were in the same sixty…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem and demolished a Palestinian building, housing seventeen members of Oleyyan family. Resident Fadi…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent searches of homes and buildings. In Nablus, in northern…
Israeli soldiers detained, Sunday, a Palestinian woman near Bab al-Asbat (Lions’ Gate), one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and invaded a home in Bab Hotta…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, two Palestinian children, only eight and six years old, in front of their home in Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the al-‘Isawiya Palestinian town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and handed a resident a military order for the demolition of his two-story home by Monday, or face…
In its first official letter to the newly elected American President Joe Biden, the Palestinian Authority outlined the agreement reached between all Palestinian factions, including Hamas, regarding their policies, and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, a Palestinian man after the army assaulted and injured his father near Jericho, and a young man in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday night after midnight, two young Palestinian men in Shu’fat town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Local sources said the two young men were walking…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man after assaulting him, in Bab al-‘Amoud area, and in two Qalandia refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men, including one who was released from prison a day earlier, in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian child in the at-Tour town, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and summoned a young man for interrogation. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, allegedly for being built without a permit. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, a privately-owned Palestinian land in Jabal al-Mokabber town, in occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank, and removed the barbed-wire fences surrounding it. Local sources said…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eighteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed. The PPS office…
On Sunday and Monday, Israeli soldiers forced Palestinian families from the occupied capital, Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and sheds, under the pretext of being built without permits. The Wadi…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and abducted three Palestinians, including a wounded teen. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, accompanied…
A Palestinian family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, was coerced by the Municipality of Israel, to demolish its own animal shelters, to avoid paying excessive fines if…
Father Attallah (Theodosius) Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, stated that there can be no real peace in the region without ending the…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, four young men in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, and in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted two young men, identified…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twenty-nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners, after the army invaded and ransacked dozens of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a detainee from occupied Jerusalem is facing serious health complications from the coronavirus and is currently at Assaf Harofeh Israeli Medical Center.…
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, two Palestinians from Hebron, in southern West Bank, and in Jabal al-Mokabber, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Be’er al-Hummus…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OP): Latest development (outside the reporting period) On 3 February, the Israeli authorities demolished or…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OPT): The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, three young Palestinian men in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and one in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank.…
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the ath-Thoury School, the ath-Thoury Sports Club and Silwan Club, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said several army jeeps…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two young Palestinian men in the al-‘Isawiya town, and summoned for interrogation a young man from Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said several…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the number of Palestinian detainees who have been officially diagnosed to be infected with the coronavirus in Israeli prisons has arrived to…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians, from Jenin and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mustafa Faisal Zakarna, 20, from Qabatia town,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 21 Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…
JERUSALEM, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday morning dismantled two structures in Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, a local activist said. The spokesman for Khan al-Ahmar,…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man in Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and shot another near Jerusalem. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Qalqilia through…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, two Palestinian women and an elderly man from the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem and Hebron. The soldiers abducted Shireen al-A’raj, 49, in front…
On 25 January 2021, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), compromising of eleven Palestinian human rights organizations, submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures…
Israeli soldiers detained, on Sunday evening, four Palestinian children in Beit Ijza village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and interrogated them for several hours. The Detainees’ Media Center has reported that…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that four additional detainees, held in the Ramon Israeli prison, have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the number of infected political prisoners…
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denounced, on Thursday at night, the seriously escalating attacks, carried out by the illegal Israeli colonialist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank, and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians in the al-‘Isawiya town, and in front of the al-Makassed hospital, in occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Nayef…
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a senior Palestinian official and his assistant while crossing Qalandia terminal north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has…
The Spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denounced the latest Israeli plan to build more than 2500 colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and described them as…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that fifteen more detainees have been officially diagnosed with the coronavirus in Ramon Israeli prison, bringing the number of infected detainees in…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians from Tulkarem and one from Nablus, in northern West Bank. The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, five Palestinians, including a woman, a father, and his sons, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in addition to one child in Hizma town, in the…
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights welcomes the decree, issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that announces parliamentary and presidential elections for later this year. The first such elections in…
Demolitions and Displacements report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) In December, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized 67…
As the US government prepares to inaugurate Joe Biden as President on Wednesday, the Israeli government announced Sunday a plan for 780 additional colonial settlements on Palestinian land. Israeli Prime…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday afternoon, three Palestinians, including one woman, from occupied East Jerusalem. Amjad Abu Assab, the head of the Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee, said the soldiers and…
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, from Bethlehem and Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded the al-Karkafa…