Category: Palestine

Derry City, Ireland.  December 31, 2022: for IMEMC NEWS, Niall Ó Brolcháin:  Vigils were held across Ireland on New Year’s Eve to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Israeli ‘Operation…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued the following statement after the formation of the fanatic, the extreme right-wing Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR: (Weekly Update 22-28 December 2022) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian civilian was killed, and 18 others,…

Theodosios Atallah Hanna of Sebastia, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said that “the Palestinian response to the new fascist Israeli government should come in…

By Alison Weir: Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $500 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of billions of…

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli “Defense” Minister Benny Gantz Wednesday morning decided not to return the body of a veteran prisoner who died in Israeli custody to his…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee confirmed Tuesday that the cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, imprisoned by Israel and serving several life terms, has died at an Israeli medical center. The…

JERUSALEM, Sunday, December 18, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities have expelled French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri to France after he had been detained without charges or trial since March, said…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 11, 2022 (WAFA) – Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, a critically ill Palestinian freedom fighter and cancer patient serving a life sentence in Israeli jails, was rushed to…

The Israeli government has decided to refuse visas and deny entry to the newly appointed personnel of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the…

On Monday morning, Israeli soldiers demolished the Al-Arakib village in the Negev for the 14th time this year and the 210th time since July 2010. Media sources said several military…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 4, 2022 (WAFA) – Sada Social Center, a Ramallah-based social media rights group, said in a fresh report it has documented more than 72 digital violations against…

 (Weekly Update 24-30 November 2022) The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR  Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including 2 brothers, were killed…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, December 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing today on nine petitions against the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) – 2022,…

On Wednesday, the Israeli Prison Authority informed imprisoned Palestinian-French lawyer, held under Administrative Detention without charges or trial, that it revoked his Jerusalem ID card and stripped him of all…

Derry City, Ireland. November 29, 2022: for IMEMC NEWS, Niall Ó Brolcháin: A large crowd was in attendance on Tuesday, November 29 at Guildhall Square, Derry, Ireland, for a vigil…

Israeli sources have confirmed, Wednesday, the death of an Israeli-Canadian teen and the injury of about twenty-two Israelis in two separate explosions near a bus stop in Givat Shaul in…

YAFA, Friday, November 25, 2022 (WAFA) – Arab factions in Israel staged a protest today in the Arab city of Yafa against an Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse 1,400 indigenous…

RAMALLAH, Monday, November 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Israel is keeping a cancer-stricken Palestinian man in administrative detention despite his urgent need for medical attention, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) stated.…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (Weekly Update 10 – 16 November 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian girl was killed and six Palestinians,…

On Monday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said that political prisoner Samer Al-Isawi started a hunger strike fifteen days ago and was moved to solitary confinement in the Ramon Israeli prison.…

Israeli sources have confirmed that an Israeli colonizer, 63, has died from serious wounds he suffered on October 25, reportedly after a Palestinian stabbed him in the Al-Funduq village east…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: Israel has been implementing collective punishment measures against the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) with the…

Oct, 19 2022: By Al-Haq independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation: On 18 October 2022, Al-Haq sent an urgent letter to Third States, in light of the recent alarming escalation in…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission today called for ICRC to intervene immediately to end the ban on family visits for prisoners in Israeli jails.…

Al-Haq: On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, welcoming him in his…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing…

The family of slain Palestinian-American elder, Omar Abul-Majid As’ad, 80, who was killed by Israeli soldiers invading a village north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah after they…

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…