Category: Human rights

New position paper by the Israeli Information Center For Human Rights In The Occupied Territories (B’Tselem):   More than 14 million people, roughly half of them Jews and the other…

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Culture condemned today a ban by an Israeli court on playing the film “Jenin Jenin” by the artist Mohammad Bakri and…

Israeli forces, on Friday and Saturday at dawn, shot and detained one Palestinian, and detained 3 others, in the occupied West Bank. Awadallah Shehadeh, 35, was standing in front of…

Mohammad El-Halabi’s experience as a Palestinian prisoner in Israel is unique only in its magnitude of injustice – its essence is common to thousands of Palestinians, including numerous practices that…

Summary for January 7 – 13, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has warned, Wednesday, that a cancer-stricken political prisoner held by Israel is currently in a life-threatening condition at the Soroka Israel medical center. The Committee said…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the village of Kardala, in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and confiscated equipment, including heavy machinery, while working on rehabilitating a road.…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening,…

Palestinian civilians held a demonstration, on Saturday, in Kafr Thuluth village, southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank, in rejection of Israel’s accelerated settlement expansion, the Palestinian Information…

A Palestinian family was forced to destroy a section of their home in Silwan town, on Friday, after the Israeli occupation authorities threatened to demolish the entire house, the Palestinian…

Two Palestinians were injured, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers opened fire with tear-gas towards the peaceful protesters in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank,…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Highlights from December 22, 2020 to January 4, 2021 On 26 December, following the…

The Israeli military court announced today its guilty verdict against Palestinian Issa Amro, in what human rights advocates have called a “campaign of persecution” against a nonviolent community organizer. by…

A report released by the Palestinian Prisoners Society Wednesday found that 226 prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons have died in detention since 1967. This is in addition to hundreds…

In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of December 31, 2020 – January 6, 2021, the Palestinian Center for Human…

Press Release: Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al Dameer (the organisations) express concern that significant time has passed since the opening of…

Ramallah: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” issued its monthly observatory for the month of December 2020 regarding the Israeli demolition, confiscation, eviction and seizure operations against Palestinian establishments, whether religious, tourist,…

Updated: The doctors at the Intensive Care Unit and Surgery performed surgery to stabilize the condition of the seriously wounded young man, Haroun Abu Aram, 24. However, CT-Scans revealed the…

Report By The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories B’Tselem: Over the course of 2020, Israeli security forces killed 27 Palestinians, seven of them minors: one…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, before storming into Thabet Thabet governmental hospital, and fired several concussion grenades. Dr. Haitham Shadeed, the…

An Israeli settler was injured with a stone, on Sunday, as she was driving through the central occupied West Bank, Israel’s Y-Net News reported. The stone, thrown by unidentified individuals,…

The Israeli occupation army opened fire at Palestinian protestors, Friday, injuring dozens, during the weekly anti-settlement march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank.…

Summary for December 24 – 30, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Israeli occupation army, on Wednesday, shot and injured two Palestinian young men southwest of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The two…

Israeli soldiers handed, on Thursday at dawn, the corpse of a slain Palestinian, who was shot by the army more than ten months ago, back to his family for burial,…

The Israeli army delivered a halt construction order, on Tuesday, to a Palestinian citizen in the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Ali Mousa’s under-construction home,…

ِAl-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday, 26 December 2020, targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians,…

The Israeli occupation unleashed, Friday night, a military offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip, injuring a Palestinian child and a young man with shrapnel, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency.…

by: Sami Abu Shehadeh Palestinians have the right to enjoy a future of peace based upon justice, tolerance and respect. The political developments that have taken place in 2020 should…

The mayor of Deir Jarir village, on Friday, was shot with a rubber-coated steel round, when Israeli troops suppressed a peaceful demonstration northeast of Ramallah, in the central occupied West…

Israeli forces, on Friday, fired rubber-coated steel rounds and tear-gas at the participants of the weekly peaceful procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, injuring two, and causing many others to choke…

Summary for December 17 – 23, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (UNOCHA) Protection of Civilians Report: December 8-21, 2020 On 21 December, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy from Qabatiya (Jenin)…

On Tuesday night and Wednesday at dawn, Israeli forces detained a number of Palestinian civilians from the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) seven civilians were…

The Israeli municipality, on Monday, forced a Palestinian woman in Silwan town of occupied East Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) reported. Ms. Shahira Ghaith said that she was…

Israeli forces, on Monday, opened fire at Palestinians in Nablus city, northern occupied West Bank, injuring a number of them, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Medical sources announced that five…

According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), Sunday night and at down on Monday, Israeli forces detained nine Palestinian civilians from various parts of the West Bank. From the northern…

Palestinian civilians were injured, on Saturday night and Sunday in different settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. On Sunday, illegal Israeli colonists, assaulted farmers…

Israeli police, on Sunday evening, detained a Palestinian child, identified as Mohamed Obeid, 17, from the al-‘Isawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. On Saturday night,…

Israeli security services announced the detention, Sunday, of the Palestinian man accused of throwing a molotov cocktail at an Israeli soldier, on Saturday night, east of the northern West Bank…

A large Israeli army force invaded Kufur Qaddoum village, Saturday, during the weekly march, and fired tear-gas canisters, causing dozens to suffocate. The Coordinator of the popular resistance committee, Morad…

A large crowd of illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday, under the protection of occupation soldiers, led an assault on Palestinian civilians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Palestinian…

Summary Record number of demolitions and seizures since OCHA started documenting this practice in 2009. The freeze on the demolition of inhabited homes in East Jerusalem was discontinued on 11…

Al Mezan condemns the act and calls for international intervention – Al Mezan Center For Human Rights 18-12-2020 14:01 On Wednesday morning, 16 December 2020, Israeli military bulldozers crossed the…

On Friday afternoon, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles travelling along the Nablus-Jenin Road, in the northern occupied West Bank, local sources have reported. According to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA,…

A Palestinian teen was shot in the face by Israeli soldiers, on Friday, while dozens more suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops were confronted by Palestinian…

Scores of Palestinians, on Friday, joined family members at the funeral of Abed Al Fatah Obiyat, the worker who was found dead under suspicious circumstances at his workplace in occupied…

Summary for December 10 – 16, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Israeli occupation bulldozers, on Tuesday evening, leveled Palestinian-owned farmland in the Farsh al-Hawa area, west of southern West Bank city of Hebron. Security sources told Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

Israeli soldiers injured, Wednesday, fourteen Palestinians, including two young women, in Sebastia town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the army accompanied dozens of illegal colonists…

Illegal Israeli settlers, late Tuesday night, attacked Palestinian-owned homes in Kisan village, while another group assaulted Palestinian shepherds, the Palestinian Information Center reported. East of Bethlehem in the southern occupied…

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in support of Palestinian self-determination. The resolution was passed by 168 votes in favor, 5 against, and 10 abstentions. Riyad Malki, Minister of…

Israeli police forces, on Wednesday, invaded the home of Mohamed al-Ajlouni of occupied East Jerusalem, and detained the Palestinian young man and his wife, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Police…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has confirmed that another Palestinian detainee, held by Israel, has contracted the coronavirus. The Commission stated that the detainee has been identified…

A number of Palestinian civilians, overnight Monday, were detained by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and al-Beireh, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. North of Hebron,…

Two Palestinian homes were dismantled by Israeli forces, on Monday, near az-Za’ayyem town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, while others received eviction orders. According to Palestinian WAFA News correspondent, occupation…

Today, 14 December 2020, Al-Haq launches a new report “DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C” which examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by…

By Motasem A Dalloul for Middle East Monitor Last Friday, Israeli occupation forces shot dead 13-year-old Palestinian boy Ali Abu Alia during a protest against the construction of an Israeli…

The Israeli Prison Administration forced a Palestinian detainee, who is serving a life term, into solitary confinement only three weeks after he was removed from solitary after spending eight months…

Illegal Israeli settlers, Sunday, burned hundreds of Palestinian-owned olive trees near Yatta town, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, Coordinator of the Popular Resistance, told…

Two Palestinian brothers demolished, Saturday, the second floor of their house, as ordered by the Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Mohamed and Mahmoud al-Khales,…

A report issued by several human rights and information centers groups in occupied Palestine stated that Israeli soldiers abducted at least 413 Palestinians, including 49 children and seven women, in…

The Israeli occupation authorities slapped, Thursday, a detained Palestinian teen with a new administrative detention order for the fourth consecutive time, holding him for four additional months without charges or…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Protection of Civilians Report | November 24 – December 7, 2020 Israeli forces shot and killed…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a deaf and mute man, who was shot by Israeli soldiers on August 17th, 2020, has died from complications related to his wounds.…

The Moroccan monarchy, which has illegally occupied its southern neighbor, Western Sahara, for the past thirty years, received a full endorsement for its illegal occupation from US President Donald Trump…

Summary for December 3 – 9, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Palestinian Information Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed seven Palestinian children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year. The ministry…

The following statement was released by Amnesty International on December 10,2020: As Airbnb prepares to go public in a multi-billion-dollar Initial Public Offering (IPO) it must withdraw listings of rental…

On Monday morning, a group of Israeli colonial settlers invaded privately-owned Palestinian land in the Silwan neighborhood and threatened the Palestinian landowners, pointing a gun in their faces. The settlers…

The Arab League denounced, in a statement on Saturday, the shooting death of Ali Ayman Abu Alia, 13, during a peaceful protest near Ramallah in the central West Bank, the…

The city of Bethlehem, revered by Christians worldwide as the birthplace of Jesus, held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday in a manner that was much more subdued…

In new crime of excessive use of lethal force, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed, on Friday December 4, 2020, a Palestinian child and wounded 4 other civilians during the suppression…

Israeli forces invaded several parts of the occupied West Bank, on Friday night and Saturday morning, amid heightened tensions with Palestinian youths, the Palestinian Information Center reported. A number of…

On Friday afternoon, protests took place in a number of West Bank villages to challenge the Israeli expansion of territory on stolen Palestinian land. One of these protests took place…

A statement released this week by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Israel to investigate every incident in which its soldiers used…

Israeli soldiers, on Friday, fired rubber-coated steel rounds, tear-gas, and concussion grenades at Palestinians participating in the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, northern occupied West Bank, east of Qalqilia…

Karim Ajwa, a lawyer with the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, has reported, Thursday, that a wounded Palestinian detainee was transferred from Soroka Israeli Medical Center to the infamous…

Summary from November 26 – December 02, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that a detained Palestinian child, who was repeatedly assaulted by the soldiers when they abducted him on November 29th, underwent surgery in…

A Palestinian child detainee, on Wednesday, was assaulted by Israeli guards when he asked to go to the prison clinic for feeling unwell, according to a statement by the Detainees…

HaMoked, the Center for the Defence of the Individual, has released a report entitled; Under Cover of Darkness: Night Arrests of Palestinian Minors by Israeli Security Forces in the West…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers, accompanied by prison administration officers, attacked many Palestinian detainees in Section 6 of the Negev Desert detention camp. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers…

Israeli forces, on Tuesday, stormed Beit Ummar town, in the southern occupied West Bank, firing live rounds and tear-gas canisters at local Palestinian civilians, causing many to suffocate, according to…

A Palestinian child detainee, on Tuesday, was hospitalized after being assaulted by Israeli forces during his recent detention, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. Family members of the boy,…

Three Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem have been evicted from their family homes as a result of the ruling by Israeli Magistrates’ Court, according to a joint statement released…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Sunday evening, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, in the besieged and impoverished coastal region. The Fishermen Committees of…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee stated, Friday, that a political prisoner, held by Israel, is facing profoundly serious health complications at the Ramla prison clinic, which lacks specialists and…

Four Palestinians were injured, on Friday, one seriously, during the weekly peaceful procession in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Morad…

Published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Posted on 27 November 2020 Protection of Civilians Report | 3-23 November 2020 Latest development (outside the…

Summary for November 19 – 25, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: Paris-Geneva, 26 November 2020 – The United States (US) Secretary of State announced on 19 November, that the US State Department would designate as “anti-Semitic” organisations that engage…

Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian political prisoner who held a hunger strike for 103 days, rejecting his arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges or trial, was released on Thursday morning. The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators, on Tuesday, in the northern West Bank, striking 6 with tear-gas canisters, while dozens more suffocated on tear-gas, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

Jacqueline Fararja, a lawyer with the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, has reported, Monday, that a detainee from Ramallah, in central West Bank, was diagnosed with the coronavirus,…

Armed illegal Israeli settlers, on Sunday, hurled rocks at unarmed Palestinian civilians in the Shushahla hamlet, south of Bethlehem, in south of the West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

The Israeli occupation, on Saturday night, launched at least fifteen airstrikes throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage to targets as well as the surrounding homes, the Palestinian WAFA News…

Several Palestinians, on Saturday at dawn, were detained from various West Bank locations, and a number of them were injured by Israeli soldiers, the Palestinian Information Center reported Local sources…

Israeli forces, Saturday, provided cover for dozens of extremist Israeli colonists, who invaded Palestinian property in al-Tuwana village, south of Hebron in southern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported.…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia Refugee Camp, north of Jerusalem, injuring several Palestinian civilians who resisted the incursion. A large Israeli force stormed the camp, which was met…