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The Palestinian ministry of Information-Government Media Office (GMO) released, on Monday, a report documenting Israeli violations committed against Palestinian journalists andtaking place in the last month (since the beginning of…
Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story.There is a possibility that you…
As the winter holiday season approaches in the United States, international megalith superstore chain ‘Walmart’ has reportedly struck a raw nerve with shoppers by offering a discounted costume resembling an…
The administration of the Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital in Jerusalem has reported that the hospital has been a frequent target of Israeli military invasions and attacks, and that the…
As part of the continuing Israeli threats made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against civilians in occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the decision to withdraw the Jerusalemite ID from…
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in a recent Cabinet meeting, proposed revoking the residency rights of 80,000 Jerusalemites, which would mean that the people of Sho’afat refugee camp and…
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (14 – 21 October 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings…
Many did not anticipate the current courageous, comprehensive, and vital reaction of the Palestinian people to Israeli policies and practices in Jerusalem. Young Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem,…
No media organization is more influential in shaping the way American policymakers and news outlets think about Israel and Palestine than the New York Times.But with some notable exceptions, the…
Number of Palestinian Victims Rises to 47 Killed, Including 12 Children and Woman, in oPt, Since Early October, Occupied East Jerusalem Isolated and Divided into Small Cantons.With the continuing international…
As soon as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas concluded his speech earlier this week, in which he spoke about the 13-year old boy Ahmad Manasra, Israeli media was flooded with images…
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 08 – 13 Oct. 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Several Palestinian hospitals in occupied Jerusalem have been the frequent target by the Israeli soldiers, who do not only attack ambulances and medics, but are also invading the medical centers,…
10 Palestinian Civilians Killed and 187 Civilians Wounded, Including 27 Children, Physician and Turkish Journalist, by Israeli Forces in the oPt; Seven of the Victims Were Killed in the Gaza…
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 01 – 07 Oct. 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
On Tuesday, Israeli troops demolished two houses in Jabal al-Mukaber Village, and filled a home with concrete in al-Thawri Neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem. The homes belonged to families of Palestinians…
Since Thursday, 01 October 2015, the West Bank, especially occupied East Jerusalem, witnessed a serious escalation by Israeli forces and settlers against the Palestinian civilians and their property.Following the killing…
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17 – 30 September 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Ramallah, September 30, 2015—Children represent 46.2 percent of the 4.68 million Palestinians living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Instability and violence has defined much…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 10 – 16 Sep. 2015.Israeli attacks…
Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC) have announced their cooperation in providing comprehensive mental health support and rehabilitation for…
August of 2015 witnessed a high rise in the number of media freedoms violations in Palestine, and recorded a huge leap compared to what was recorded during July, and when…
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 03 – 09 Sep. 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable. As they sampled water from different parts of the…
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 Aug. – 02 Sep. 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
In the Context of Forced Displacement Policy in Area ‘C’, Israeli Forces Demolish Residential Community Northeast of East Jerusalem Rendering 94 Palestinians, Including 69 Children, Homeless.In the context of a…
A new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) found that under current conditions, the Gaza Strip, home to 1.8 million Palestinians, will become uninhabitable within the…
Ongoing Israeli drilling works, including detonation of rocks, near the village of Wadi Fukin, to the west of Bethlehem, may put the lives of nearby Palestinians at risk, according to…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 20- 26 August 2015.Israeli attacks in…
In light of a new death sentence issued in the Gaza Strip, which is the fifth of its kind in 2015 in the Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled areas, the Palestinian…
Defense for Children International said, in a special report, on Tuesday, that about a thousand Palestinian children have sustained permanent disabilities as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza…
US congresswoman Betty McCollum has asked the State Department to investigate whether the unlawful killing Palestinians should deprive Israel of US military aid.In a letter to the State Department officials…
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, said that four main hospitals may shut down within the next few hours, due to a lack of fuel needed…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 13- 19 August 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Israeli forces stationed at military checkpoints have used excessive lethal force against Palestinian civilians. During the past few days, Israeli forces have killed 3 Palestinian civilians in similar circumstances which…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 06- 12 August 2015.Israeli attacks in…
A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few days. A petition…
During the hottest month of the year, the Israeli occupation has cut off water from three more Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank.The villages of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Biddya…
Press Release for Immediate Publication United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA via UNRWA spokesman Chris GunnessJerusalem, 8 August 2015: The infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the…
As an exceptionally hot summer heatwave continues to drain the region’s water supplies, this week Israeli water company Mekorot took the situation to a new level with the villagers of…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 30 July – 05 August 2015.Israeli…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed six Palestinians in the occupied territories, and kidnapped 316, while Israeli fanatics have killed…
Israel Legalizes Torture against Palestinian Prisoners; On Thursday, 30 July 2015, the Israeli Knesset passed in the second and third readings an amendment to the so-called ‘Law to Prevent Harm…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 15- 29 July 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2015 suffered increasing levels of physical violence, according to Defense for Children International Palestine…
Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s (GCMHP) Deputy Director General for Professional Affairs Taysir Diab Thursday said around 51% of Gaza’s children and 31% of its adults suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 09- 14 July 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Last night, at around 11:30 PM, we received a call from one of our Palestinian neighbors about an incident that was unfolding outside our window.A group of five Israeli soldiers…
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the village of Susiya, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and “offered” the villages to leave their village and lands, and…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 02- 08 July 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Despite well-documented evidence of war crimes committed by the Israeli military during the assault on Gaza last summer, there has been no justice and accountability for grave violations against Palestinian…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 26 June- 01 July 2015.Israeli attacks…
UNRWA might close 700 Palestinian refugee schools due to funding crisis faced by the organisation, a senior official has said.Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Today UNRWA announced that 85 per cent of all 137 international personnel on short term contracts will be separated in a phased process which will last until the end of…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 18- 24 June 2015.Israeli attacks in…
The Israeli government removed, on Tuesday, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem from its service programme after contributing to the UN Gaza inquiry.B’Tselem was one of ten human rights groups which…
American judge Mary McGowan Davis, stated that the most important part of the UN Human Rights Council’s recent report about crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the last offensive…
Amid a dense jumble of chaotic streets and overcrowded apartment buildings not far from the seafront, the Shifa hospital is in many ways the beating heart of Gaza. Like any…
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) launched a global Ramadan campaign to raise funds to support the education of thousands of…
This is a press release by the Palestinian Centre For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, demanding the arrest of former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, for war crimes against…
A long-anticipated United Nations Report on the 51-day Israeli invasion of Gaza in the summer of 2014 was released on Monday. The report faulted the Israeli military with deliberately targeting…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 11- 17 June 2015.Israeli attacks in…
An Israeli rights group released, on Tuesday, a video showing Israeli soldiers intentionally targeting child who posed them no danger.In March of 2014, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Yusef al-Shawamreh,…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 04- 10 June 2015.Israeli attacks in…
The administration of Dimona nuclear reactor has reportedly been conducting a number of experiments on radioactive bombs, in the Negev desert and also within closed reactor constructors, Haaretz recently unveiled.The…
This summer, Swedish seaman Joel Opperdoes, 32, is not piloting cargo ships in the Baltic Sea.This summer, Swedish seaman Joel Opperdoes, 32, is not piloting cargo ships in the Baltic…
Palestinian children and teenagers visiting Britain held a demonstration, yesterday, rallying against Palestinian child imprisonment by Israel in the West Bank and Israel.Cambridge news reported that the children were given…
Defense for Children International – Palestine Branch (DCIP), issued a statement expressing deep concern regarding the decision of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to exclude the Israeli army from the UN…
The southern West Bank city of Hebron is a microcosm of the Israeli occupation with its five settlements and 600 settlers, massive military presence, Separation Wall and institutionalised violation of…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 28 May- 03 June 2015.Israeli attacks…
Father of the slain Palestinian child, Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, who was kidnapped, tortured and burnt to death by Israeli fanatics, in Shu’fat in occupied Jerusalem, last year, stated Wednesday…
On Tuesday, 02 June 2015, Israeli naval gunboats chased and opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boat sailing off northern Gaza shore wounding two fishers. On Monday morning, 01 June…
Israel has rebuked the United Nations for granting accreditation to a Palestinian non-governmental organization which Tel Aviv says is linked to the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas.Press TV/Al Ray reports that,…
Palestinian Authority lawyer Hiba Masalha reported that young Palestinian detainees are being ‘terrified, threatened, and blackmailed’ by Israeli authorities while detained.There are currently 68 Palestinian teenagers being held in Section…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 21 – 27 May 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli forces use extreme and brutal methods to force confessions out of Palestinian detainees for ‘crimes against Israel’ such as stone-throwing.The head of the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs committee, Issa…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 14 – 20 May 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli officials announced that beginning on Wednesday, the segregation that has been commonplace on buses traveling between the West Bank and what is now Israel has been made completely official,…
A group of Israeli soldiers were captured on camera chasing down a five-year old child in Kafr Qaddoum, spraying him with foul-smelling ‘skunk water’ until he fell down on some…
‘Memories of the 1940s and 1950s were damaged by the Israeli occupation which occupied our lands, killed our sons and damaged out crops,’ the old man said.Palestinian farmers describe the…
In eastern Gaza City, among ruins and memories of war and destruction, a red carpet was laid out for a film festival on human rights. The event was held amidst…
One year ago, on May 15, Nadeem Nowarah, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli forces near Israel’s Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank. An hour later, Mohammad…
For Palestinians, 2015 marks the 67th year of forced displacement from, and within, their ancestral homeland.This ongoing Nakba (‘catastrophe’) continues to be perpetuated through Israel’s denial of the Palestinian refugees’…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 07 – 13 May 2015.Israeli attacks…
On December 4, 2014, Basel Kamal Safi, then 17, sustained a gunshot wound when he found himself in the midst of clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth in the…
Horrific outbursts against the Jews are on the rise all over Europe – exclamations like ‘gas the Jews’ and ‘Jews burn best’ are being heard at soccer games and similar…
Israeli authorities have shut a Palestinian health NGO in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat, Thursday, under the 1948 Prevention of Terrorism Act. Another step in Israel’s oppression of the…
In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that in the week of 29 April – 06…
An Israeli Court ruled Monday on the removal of Susiya Bedouin village, in Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after colonists of the illegal…
via the International Solidarity Movement (ISM): ‘We, Palestinians struggling against Israeli Apartheid, stand in solidarity with the residents of Baltimore…’We send our condolences to the family of Freddie Gray and…
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council demanding that Israel be brought to justice over violations and abuse against Palestinian…
Israeli forces have, at the time of this report, fired at least 45 tear gas grenades towards the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah. Many suffer from severe inhalation.Residents of…
Representatives of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and partner organizations traveled to Tunis last week, where they participated in the World Social Forum. During the WSF they met with several…
Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews protested Thursday evening [April 30, 2015], near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s residence in Jerusalem, against racism, discrimination and continuous violence suffered at the hands of…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights issued its monthly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians during April of 2015, and said that seven Palestinians were killed,…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 23 – 28 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 16 – 22 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
This briefing was published on 17 April 2015 to coincide with the annual day of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. It collects the memories of the pain, suffering and resilience of…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 09 – 15 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli practices of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which defines humanitarian protection for civilians, the United Nations has said.The comments made…