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By Kathryn Shihadah: Over 1 million Palestinians have been held in Israeli prisons over the years. Thousands have been held in “administrative detention,” which means imprisonment without a trial or…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: 5 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 3 children; one of them succumbed to his wounds,…
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Detainee’s Committee confirmed that fifty Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike despite the health deterioration of a few…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confirmed that fifty political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike after twenty detainees joined the strike Sunday, protesting their…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR (Weekly Update 29 September- 05 October 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including a child, were…
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Expatriates issued a statement denouncing the Israeli army’s execution of a Palestinian and the deliberate targeting of journalists working for Palestine TV in…
On Monday, the Israeli authorities demolished the Al-Arakib Bedouin village in the Negev for the 207th time since 2010. Many military vehicles and police cars surrounded and invaded the village,…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, October 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, documented 26 Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists and media in the occupied territories during September. It…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said thirty Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing with a hunger strike their started six…
On Sunday, 30 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, started a hunger strike. A few days earlier, the detainees stated that they…
On Wednesday, Israeli police said they found the body of a Palestinian believed to have killed an elderly Israeli woman in Tel Aviv the previous day. The man’s body was…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Date: 20 September 2022: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli decision to impose a distorted version of the official Palestinian curriculum…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A child was killed, 8 others were wounded, and dozens of others suffocated in Israeli…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – Weekly Report: Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinians were killed, and 31 others were injured, including 9 children, a…
The Israeli army intends to use armed drones during invasions into several parts of the occupied West Bank. Israeli Channel 11 News has reported that the commanders of the Israeli…
Report By the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Latest Development (outside the reporting period) On 1 September, one Palestinian man was shot and killed by…
On Saturday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two siblings imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial continue a hunger strike they started 27 days…
Family members of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in May, were invited to the National Press Club in Washington DC on Wednesday August 31 to…
On Saturday, Palestinian sources confirmed that a Palestinian political prisoner held by Israel has died at an Israeli medical center. The sources said Mousa Haroun Abu Mahameed, 40, died at…
GENEVA (24 August 2022) – UN experts* today condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army broke into the offices of…
Despite his deteriorating health condition and the escalating risks to his life, administrative detainee Khalil Awawda said he is ongoing the hunger strike for the 161 day, demanding canceling the Administrative…
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 August 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinians were killed and 19 others, including…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (WAFA) – Four Palestinian detainees in Israel are currently on hunger strike in protest against their prolonged detention without charge or trial, including one who…
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Detainees Committee confirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities slapped a female Administrative Detainee with another four-month detention order without charges or trial. The Committee said…
On Thursday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the cancer-stricken detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, is in a serious health condition, adding that his health is gradually declining, an…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 24, 2022 (WAFA) – Some 75 Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started today an open hunger strike in solidary with the two striking administrative detainees Khalil Awawda…
On Friday, a young Palestinian man was seriously injured after an Israeli man repeatedly stabbed him with a knife while working in Haifa, the WAFA News Agency said. The Palestinian…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (This weekly report covers 2 weeks due to ‘holidays) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Eighteen Palestinians, including 3 children,…
For the 204th time, the Israeli authorities demolished the Al-Arakib Bedouin village in the Negev after surrounding and isolating it. The Local Committee For Defending Al-Arakib said many army and…
GENEVA, July 14, 2022 (WAFA) – UN human rights experts today urged the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian detained in Israeli prisons since he…
Two Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders continue the hunger strikes, protesting their continued detention without charges or trial. Ra’ed Rayyan, 28, from Beit Duqqu town,…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (WAFA) – The Department of Human Rights and Civil Society in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) today called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two detainees held by Israel under the illegal, arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing their hunger strikes. The Committee…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed this night a statement issued earlier on Tuesday by nine European Union countries rejecting…
GENEVA, Saturday, July 9, 2022 (WAFA) – In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on July 8th, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca appealed for Biden’s attention…
Al-Haq Human Rights Organization: During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, Al-Haq, along with Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (‘CSOs’),…
On Saturday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Palestinian woman, the oldest female detainee imprisoned by Israel, died in an Israeli prison less than seven months after Israeli…
Palestinian political prisoner, Raed Rayyan, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for the 86th day, protesting his continued…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (Weekly Update 23 – 29 June 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian child was killed and 23 Palestinians,…
On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Arakib Bedouin village in the Negev and demolished it for the 203rd time. Several Israeli police and military vehicles invaded the village and…
Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs spokesperson, said that Administrative Detainee Raed Rayyan, 47, held by Israel without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for…
Report By Peace Now: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report shows that despite its explicit commitment to a status quo with all matters related to the occupation, a year after the government is…
Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision charity, ignoring compelling facts: the total budget for 10 years was under $23 million; El Halabi’s alleged…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights: (Weekly Update 16-22 June 2022): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinians were killed; 4 of them by Israeli Occupation Forces…
Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, stated that two detainees are continuing the hunger strike, including one who began the strike 77 days earlier, protesting their continued…
By Kathryn Shihadah – Palestine Home: A young Palestinian man was the target of an apparent (failed) assassination attempt by Israeli soldiers last week. His name is Mohammad Fadel Tamimi,…
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, welcomed the Catalonian Parliament’s decision recognizing Israel as guilty of apartheid against the Palestinian people. Dr. Barghouthi said the Catalonian…
BDS Movement: In a historical vote on Thursday, 16th of June, the Parliament of Catalonia recognized Israel as committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people and demanded to…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR – (Weekly Update 09 – 15 June 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian was killed and another…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the health condition of prisoner Ahmad Manarsa (21), who has been arrested in “Eshel Prison” in Beersheba and…
BDS Movement: Indigenous Palestinians call on documentary filmmakers to show meaningful solidarity with our struggle The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) – a founding…
PARIS, June 16, 2022 (WAFA) – The French Foreign Ministry is mobilizing all its powers to provide Palestinian-French prisoner Salah Hammouri with all possible assistance, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry,…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned what it described as “the barbaric attack” perpetrated by extremist settlers on the Greek…
THE NAQAB, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities today demolished al-Araqib village in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of Israel for the 202nd time since the…
On Monday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, continue the hunger strike despite their deteriorating…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Khalil Awawda, 40, and Raed Rayyan, 27, are continuing the hunger strikes they started 94 and 59 days ago, protesting their continued…
On Thursday, The Palestinian Detainees Committee reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 530 Palestinians in May of this year in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Committee said most…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) (Weekly Update 26 May – 01 June 2022) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity Three Palestinians, including a woman and…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) – Weekly Report: Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Nineteen Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were injured by Israeli Occupation…
Human Rights Watch: Undue Interference with Rights to Free Expression and Assembly. This week, Palestinians and their supporters across the globe marked Nakba Day, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who…
A comprehensive report on Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder, and why it played out the way it did. Her story, like that of the Palestinian people, is one of courage in…
NABLUS, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (WAFA) – A Palestinian cancer-stricken former prisoner Monday evening died due to complications from Israeli medical negligence at the time of his detention, according to…
On Monday, Israeli soldiers attacked many Palestinian detainees in Section 6 of the Ramon Israeli prison and conducted violent searches. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the media spokesperson of the Detainees’ Committee, said…
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers injured at least 45 Palestinians at the northern entrance of the al-Biereh city, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society…
RAMALLAH, May 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Ola Awad, the Chairperson of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), said in a report today on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba that…
On Saturday morning, medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man who was shot and seriously injured on April 22nd after Israeli soldiers stormed the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque…
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 13, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli police today attacked the funeral convoy of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist as Palestinian mourners carried the journalist’s coffin on their way…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) – (This weekly report covers two weeks due to holidays): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including a…
After the Israeli occupation soldiers deliberately targeted Palestinian American journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh, we started hearing various condemnations around the world, which is, in fact, the very least that can…
In pre-dawn raids on Monday, Israeli forces abducted 11 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. In Jenin, Israeli forces abducted four young men from the town of Rummana,…
On Sunday, the Israeli army said it managed to arrest the two Palestinians believed to be behind the deadly attack in Elad, near Tel Aviv, on Thursday evening. The army…
Israeli sources reported that on Thursday night, three men were killed in Elad, and four others injured, in an attack apparently carried out by two Palestinians, who were seen on…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Ref: 51/2022 – Date: 1 May 2022: Time: 10:00 GMT: The first of May is celebrated annually worldwide as the International Workers’ Day in…
JAFFA, Friday, April 29, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Friday overnight vandalized a landmark mosque in the ancient city of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv in Israel, according to…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR: Ref: 49/2022 – Date: 27 April 2022. Time: 10:00 GMT: Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 2 Palestinians and wounded 6 others, including 2 children, in two…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the health condition of a Palestinian who was shot in the spine, causing paralysis, before the soldiers abducted him is profoundly serious. After…
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 25, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian-American Hala Gabriel, a production finance executive at the American TV and film production company (Netflix) described Israel as a racist colonial state…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): April 21, 2022: Violations of the right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including a child and a girl, were killed…
RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, warned today of the danger of the Israeli decision to impose restrictions on the entry…
The Israeli authorities have decided to demolish the family home of a Palestinian who was killed after conducting a shooting attack in Bnei Brak last month, leading to the death…
BEIRUT, Sunday, April 17, 2022 (WAFA) -The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union condemned today the repeated storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces and settlers. In a statement, the pan-Arab…
April 17th marks Palestinian Prisoner’s Day – and a coalition of Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups issued a report about the current status of Palestinian political prisoners. Israeli authorities currently have…
As Western Christian churches commemorate Easter weekend, and Eastern Orthodox churches prepare for Holy Week, the Palestinian Christians remain under Israeli military occupation — and church leaders around the world…
The State of Palestine presents a blistering account of Israeli abuses against Palestinian children during the first three months of 2022 – adding to the growing library of reports on…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Update (07- 13 April 2022): Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Eight Palestinians, including 2 children and 2 women, were…
On Tuesday morning, an Israeli police officer shot and killed a Palestinian construction worker in Asqalan after the Police stormed a construction site, looking for people with no entry or…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Friday evening, a Palestinian child lost his left eye after being directly shot with a rubber bullet during Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacks…
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, said the Thursday shootings in Tel Aviv demonstrate Israeli security and political failures and the failure of its apartheid wall.…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 31 March-06 April 2022): Violation of the right to life and bodily…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 06, 2022 (WAFA) – Foreign Minister Riyad Malki today welcomed the adoption of two resolutions on Palestine by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms statements made yesterday by the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, regarding his support for Jewish settlement crimes in…
Ref: 33/2022, Date: 1 April 2022, Time: 13:30 GMT: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/49/L.26, “Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians during the weekly procession in Beita and Beit Dajan, south and east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Update: The Palestinian…
Derry, Ireland, March 30, 2022: For IMEMC News, Niall Ó Brolcháin: Several events have taken place in Derry, Ireland to show solidarity between Ireland and Palestine. The Palestinian Return Centre,…
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, March 29, 2022 (WAFA) – Heads of churches in Jerusalem expressed their condemnation and rejection of settlers’ breaking into the Little Petra Hotel, a place of rest of…
Israeli sources said five Israelis were shot dead by a Palestinian in a suburb of Tel Aviv before the latter was killed. Israel declared the highest level of alert in…
RAMALLAH, Monday, March 28, 2022 (WAFA) – In a joint urgent appeal to UN special procedures, rights groups called for addressing Israel’s arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinian-French human rights…
Israeli forces abducted, on Friday, three Palestinian civilians, including one woman from occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Witnesses stated that Israeli police abducted a young…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report Highlights from the reporting period Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including one child, and…
RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 24, 2022(WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons announced today cancelling a major open-ended hunger strike that was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Friday, in protest…