Category: Palestine

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Protection of Civilians Report

In the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, the Israeli government on Thursday approved the theft of 49,000 dunams (21,000 acres) of village land – stretching from the oustkirts of…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update February 3 – 9, 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity…

Israel has approved a 1 billion shekel ($310 million USD) plan to connect the illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem with neighborhoods in West Jerusalem with the goal of consolidating…

Israeli soldiers assaulted many Palestinian political prisoners in Ofer prison Wednesday and threatened to impose severe sanctions on them. Tha’er Shreiteh, the head of the Media Department of the Palestinian…

Israeli forces demolished, on Wednesday, a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, without adequate notice, local sources reported. The owner of the 75-square-meter house, Issam Tmeizi,…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 (WAFA) – Strengthening the Palestinian digital economy will require the Government of Israel to remove current restrictions and to allocate the needed spectrum for Palestinian…

Israeli forces destroyed, on Tuesday, a 250-cubic-meter water reservoir belonging to a Palestinian resident of Furush Beit Dajan village east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to…

In a new crime of extrajudicial executions (assassination), a special force of the Israeli occupation army killed this evening, three Palestinian citizens, after direct fire at them and liquidated them…

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territories, the World Bank announced, on Saturday, its supplementary contribution to the Palestinian Authority for essential health services, the…

Illegal Israeli colonists uprooted, on Friday at night, 25 olive saplings owned by local Palestinian farmers in the village of Bruqin, west of Salfit in central occupied West Bank, local…

The Austrian government signed, on Thursday, a treaty with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Weekly Update January 27 – February 2, 2022 In the West Bank, attacks by the…

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an incitement campaign against Amnesty International after the latter released a report on Tuesday concluding that Israel’s discriminatory and exclusionary laws, policies…

At least 150 Israeli soldiers stormed, on Tuesday, the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished the family home of Fadi Abu Shkheidem, the Palestinian man who was…

On Tuesday, several Israeli army jeeps invaded the Nabi Elias village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and handed two military orders halting the construction of two…

Report By Amnesty International: Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, February 01, 2022 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine welcomes the report by Amnesty International on Israel’s apartheid regime and racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people,…

A Palestinian family demolished two under-construction apartments, on Monday, in the al-‘Isawiya neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Israeli authorities ordered the two…

By Ramzy Baroud for Palestine Chronicle: Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country’s anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian…

If Americans Knew: Our Senators and House members vote to give Israel billions of our tax dollars every year. Therefore, they have a moral obligation to learn what they are…

Israeli forces injured, on Saturday, dozens of Palestinians at the weekly anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank, according to…

Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday, Palestinian shops to close for the fourth day in a row, in the Old City of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the southern occupied West Bank, according…

Israeli forces detained, on Saturday, two young Palestinian men from Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian News & Information…

January 28, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A large crowd gathered at the iconic Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Derry City, Ireland, as the Derry…

SHEFFIELD, Saturday, January 29, 2022 (WAFA) – Sheffield Hallam University has reinstated Palestinian Ph.D. student lecturer and activist Shahd Abu Salama, suspended from work after she was targeted by pro-Israel…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (WAFA) – The two UN agencies renewed Monday an agreement to extend support to Palestine refugee children, adolescents, and women in the State of Palestine,…

The Israeli authorities demolished, Tuesday, the Bedouin Palestinian village of al-Arakib in the Negev for the 197th time since the year 2000, and displaced its residents, leaving them in the…

By Chris MacManus MEP: Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has demanded the European Commission releases documents linked to the suspension of EU funds to Palestinian NGOs. The funds were suspended because…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 23, 2022 (WAFA) – For 23 consecutive days, Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge in Israeli jails are continuing their boycott of Israel’s military courts in…

The indigenous Palestinians in the occupied Negev desert continue to struggle for their very own existence and future and are facing seriously escalating Israeli police and military brutality, especially the…

Israeli police officers and soldiers abducted, Tuesday, at least 40 Palestinians in several villages in the Negev amidst ongoing bulldozing and uprooting of the villagers’ lands in a move that…

Early Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers detained, blindfolded, handcuffed & beat 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad. They claim they left him alive in a building that was under construction. He died…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confirmed that Palestinian political prisoner, Nasser Abu Hmeid, remains in a coma at the Barzilai Israeli medical center for the eleventh day, hooked to a…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | December 21, 2021 – January 10, 2022 Highlights from the reporting period Three Palestinians reportedly…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, January 13, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities today forced a Palestinian to self-demolish his store in Shufat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, according to WAFA correspondent. She…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, January 13, 2022 (WAFA): A Palestine TV crew was today attacked by Israeli settlers who blocked West Bank roads east of Ramallah, reported WAFA correspondent. He said the crew…

Family and friends of Omar As’ad taking part in his funeral at his home village. (WAFA Images / Baha Nasr) JERUSALEM, Thursday, January 13, 2022 (WAFA) – Tor Wennesland, the…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (06 – 12 January 2022) Summary for January 6 – 12,…

RAMALLAH, Monday, January 10, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestine today summoned a Dutch diplomat over Netherlands’ decision to pull funding from a Palestinian civil society organization. Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 December 2021 – 05 January 2022)

Report By Adalah (The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel):  06/01/2022: In response to the organizations’ demand, the Military Attorney replied that the “core of the designations” is based…

Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, several live rounds at Palestinian shepherds east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fired…

WASHINGTON, Monday, January 03, 2022 (WAFA) – Over 13 thousand Americans have signed a petition calling for the immediate release of all Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike in Israeli…

In a report filed Saturday in Liberation magazine by Reem Zubaidi, the author explains that new information has come to light about the assassination of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American human…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 02, 2022 (WAFA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said last night it was seriously concerned about the fate of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash…

Palestinians stage a protest against the Israel’s blockade in Khan Younis, Gaza on 25 August 2021 By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for Middle East Monitor At the onset, 2021 appeared to…

(RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 2, 2022WAFA) – Israel issued 1595 administrative detention orders against Palestinians in the occupied territories in 2021, including new and renewed orders, today said the Palestinian Prisoners’…

On Saturday, the 138th day of hunger strike, protesting his Administrative Detention, Palestinian political prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash, has become unresponsive, Quds Press reported. The brother of the administrative detainee,…

Due to the serious deterioration in the health condition of administrative detainee, Hisham Abu Hawash, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent letter to the Special Rapporteur…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (December 23– 29, 2021) Summary for December 23– 29, 2021 Israeli…

After 135 days of hunger strike, political prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash, is facing serious potential complications due to his ongoing hunger strike against his Administrative Detention with no charges and…

Israeli forces opened fire, on Tuesday at dawn, with live rounds, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters, shooting and injuring six young men with live rounds, one of them seriously,…

Israeli forces destroyed, on Monday, ten Palestinian-owned structures in Hizma town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, according to local sources. Local resident Jibril Khatib told the Palestinian…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | December 7-20, 2021 Latest developments On 21 December, a Palestinian allegedly tried to ram his…

Published by the Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) -Ref: 141/2021, Date: 26 December 2021, Time: 08:30 GMT: December 27. 2021, marks the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which was observed by…

On Sunday evening, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the Israeli Prison Authority transferred administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash, to Assaf Harofeh medical center due to serious complications after 132…

Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Sunday, ten Palestinians, including two children, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In Bethlehem, south of…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Saturday, that Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger…

Israeli forces infiltrated the Gaza Strip, Friday, and razed Palestinian-owned farm land, east of Beit Lahia in the Northern besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.…

By Ramzy Baroud for The Palestine Chronicle   Haaretz’s investigative report – ‘Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in ’48 – and What Israeli Leaders Knew’ – is a must-read.…

NABLUS, Thursday, December 23, 2021 (WAFA) – Some 125 Palestinian civilians sustained light to moderate injuries today during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, which erupted shortly after hundreds of…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for December 16 – 22, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF)…

Israeli occupation authorities announced, on Wednesday, that they will hand over the body of slain Palestinian minor Omar Ibrahim Abu Assab, 16, from the Al-‘Isawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.…

Illegal Israeli colonists razed, on Tuesday, privately-owned lands located northwest of Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Mohammed Abu Dabbous told the Palestinian…

The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem forced, on Tuesday, a Palestinian family to demolish its own home in occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of being built without a permit,…

The destruction left behind after soldiers searched and ransacked Al-Aqsa guard’s home. Israeli forces detained, on Tuesday, three minors, in addition to assaulting and detaining a guard at the Al-Aqsa…

Israeli forces demolished, on Tuesday, a Palestinian-owned home in the central occupied West Bank town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem city, according to a local official. Deputy Mayor of the…

Al-Araqib, a bedouin village of the Naqab desert in southern Israel was demolished Monday by Israeli Authorities for the 14th time this year. It is worth mentioning that the village…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started…

NEW YORK, Friday, December 17, 2021 (WAFA) – Some 156 member states of the UN General Assembly have voted in favor of a resolution affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinian…

Israeli settlers set up, on Friday, a new settlement outpost on Palestinian-owned lands near the illegal Kiryat Arba colony, located east of Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank,…

Israeli forces opened fire, on Friday, at Palestinian protesters taking part in the weekly march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in the northern occupied West Bank according to…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for December 2 – 15, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF)…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report

The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions – UK: Shocking pictures and film footage of JCB bulldozers demolishing a Palestinian property were projected in English and Arabic on to a wall…

December 11, 2021 – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) – In new crime of excessive use of force, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed, on Friday afternoon, a Palestinian civilian…

Palestinian families, on Saturday, were forced by the Israeli authorities to demolish their own homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA)…

Palestinian political prisoner, Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started 117 days ago, protesting his continued and arbitrary Administrative Detention, despite his serious condition. The…

Israeli forces attacked, on Friday, two non-violent demonstrations in the northern occupied West Bank, injuring dozens of Palestinian protesters including a journalist, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.…

Israeli authorities ordered, on Tuesday, the immediate re-detention of two Palestinian prisoners who were released after spending six years in occupation prisons, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Tomorrow, 03 December, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities that was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution (47/3)…

As Americans plan holiday meals and bake Christmas cookies, let’s be aware of the Palestinians who have been on hunger strikes – some for well over 100 days – just…

Israel indefensibly prevents dozens of Palestinian journalists from traveling as a punishment for their journalistic work or expression of their opinions, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a report released…

November 29, 2021: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  A large crowd gathered as the Derry Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a vigil at 6pm in…

Occupation bulldozers demolished, on Sunday, Palestinian-owned water pipes in the northeastern occupied West Bank village of Atuf, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Palestinian official, Mutaz Basharat, stated…

The Israeli Navy opened fire, on Sunday, opened fire at Palestinian fishermen, while the army opened fire towards agricultural land in different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported, Sunday, that the Palestinian detainee, Luay al-Ashqar, has reached an agreement for his release after 49 days on hunger strike against his Administrative Detention…

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel issued its legal expert opinion on Israel’s recent decisions to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 27, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for 103 days to protest his prolonged detention without charge or…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for November 18 – 24, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

The government of Belgium has decided to label all products from the illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, an issue that prompted Israel’s Deputy Foreign Ministers, Idan Roll,…

After 131 days of hunger strike, the Palestinian administrative detainee, Kayed al-Fasfous, on Monday, suspended his strike after reaching an agreement with the occupation authorities, Quds News Network reported. This…

JENIN, Monday, November 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians held a rally in the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding the release of bodies of at least 90…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Monday evening, that Ayyad al-Hreimi has suspended the hunger strike that lasted for two months after an agreement was reached to secure…

The Palestinian Detainees And Ex-Detainees Committee has reported, Saturday, that four Palestinian detainees are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued detention under the Administrative Detention orders without charges…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 20, 2021 (WAFA) – Marking World Children’s Day, the Ministry of Education and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said today in two separate statements that Israel killed…