Category: Human rights

On Land Day, Palestinians control less of their land than ever; 400 Palestinians reportedly dead in hospital siege; US-Israel intel sharing may be contributing to civilian deaths in Gaza; Israel…

On Monday, Day 178 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing dozens, including international…

The following is a statement from the Israeli peace group Gush Shalom: In January, South Africa appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and charged Israel with state-led acts…

On Monday, day 178 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops finally withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa Hospital, after occupying the hospital for 14 days. The…

On Sunday, Israeli colonizers assaulted several Palestinian citizens in various regions of the occupied West Bank. Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles near the town of Madama, south of Nablus…

On Saturday, Day 176 of the ongoing Israeli genocidal attacks on the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many who…

RAFAH, Saturday, March 30, 2024 (WAFA) – In the displacement camps nestled within the heart of Rafah, in the farthest south of the Gaza Strip, displaced families find themselves locked…

GENEVA, Saturday, March 30, 2024 (WAFA) – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, said today that with only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of…

On Saturday, Day 176 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the destroyed, besieged, and starved Gaza Strip, killing dozens of…

On Friday, the Israeli occupation army continued its bombing of various parts of the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, firing missiles and shells at homes, streets, and alleys, killing and…

On Thursday, the Israeli army continued bombing and shelling various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children. In Jabalia, in…

Egos, assumptions, denialism accompany passage of UN Security Council resolution; meanwhile, another confirmation of genocide by Israel; German support for UNRWA; air drop deaths; hospitals under siege; Israel’s “compliance” with…

On Tuesday, Day 172 of the Gaza Genocide, the Israeli army continued its bombing and shelling of various parts of the densely populated and devastated Gaza Strip, killing dozens of…

NEW YORK, Monday, March 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Security Council passed today a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan and the…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, Geneva – Over the course of the two months that followed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Israel did not abide by the order and…

IsraelPalestineNews: Now three hospitals in Gaza under siege, with horrific stories coming out; Israel bans all UNRWA aid deliveries in northern Gaza, as famine draws closer; sexual violence against Gazan…

Israeli troops continued their bombardment of civilian areas in northern, central and southern Gaza on Monday for the 171st straight day of what many world leaders and the International Court…

Palestinian Territory- EuroMed Human Rights Monitor:  Israeli army uses Palestinian civilians as human shields in its operation in Shifa Medical Complex and its vicinity. The Israeli military continues to use…

On Saturday, Day 169 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed and constantly bombarded Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of…

RAFAH, Saturday, March 23, 2024 (WAFA) – UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, said today that the world has seen enough of the war’s…

On Friday, Day 168 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated Gaza…

On Thursday, Day 168 of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the devastated…

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA): Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine, UN Committee warns. GENEVA, Thursday, March 21, 2024 (WAFA) – The…

On Thursday, Day 167 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army bombarded many homes, and buildings in various parts of the devastated coastal…

Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing scheme: aid workers killed; Israel won’t coordinate rescue for injured; new film on October 7th; multiple Palestinians killed in West Bank; Netanyahu + Congress; Jack Lew’s laughable…

On Thursday, Day 167 of the ongoing Gaza genocide, the Israeli army intensified its bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially Gaza City, and the attacks on the…

Defense For Children International – Palestine- Ramallah, March 20, 2024: Two children have been shot by Israeli forces and left paralyzed in the northern occupied West Bank. 17-year-old Amr Sweidan…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the firing of missiles and shells at various parts of the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, including at Palestinians seeking food and aid, killing…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: Rafah incursion begins under the radar; famine has begun, will spread quickly without ceasefire; Al Shifa hospital attack, US State Dept’s non-response; Marwan Barghouti in danger;…

On Tuesday, Day 165, the Israeli army continued its genocidal war on the Palestinians in the devastated, starved, and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of residents, including women…

On Monday, Day 164 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army invaded the Shifa Medical Center, and bombarded various parts of…

Welcome shipment of flour & other staples arrives in northern Gaza; malnourished babies too weak to cry; Oxfam publishes damning report on Israel’s lethal obstinacy; NYT: 26 attacks on aid-seekers…

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) said on its X account that the situation of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is “catastrophic and words cannot describe it.” Citing its…

Geneva – EuroMed– “Do not let my family die in vain,” said Euro-Med Monitor’s advocacy officer, Ahmed al-Naouq, in an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 55th…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has confirmed, Sunday, the death of a detainee from the Negev shortly after he was moved from the Eshil Israeli prison to an Israeli hospital. The…

On Thursday, Day 160 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many women…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Israel suddenly seems capable of moving massive quantities of aid – to Gazans being further displaced; American in Gaza pulled from rubble; Israel targets UN aid…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 14, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority stated today that 320 Palestinian detainees in the Israeli prison of Galboa are currently ‘living in a deadly…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians awaiting aid trucks at the Kuwait Junction in Gaza City, killing at least six and wounding dozens. Media sources said the…

On Wednesday, Day 159, the Israeli army continued the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in various parts of the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including many…

On Wednesday, Day 159 of the ongoing Israeli onslaught and genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and…

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, stated that Israel has killed more Palestinian children in Gaza in just four months than all children killed in wars globally over the last four…

Netanyahu in denial about famine in Gaza, as more die of starvation; Israeli forces again opened fire on aid-seekers, killing at least 11; Israel will self-investigate assassination of elderly, deaf…

As Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip entered its 158th day, the Israeli army continued the indiscriminate bombing of various parts of the coastal region…

Updated: On Monday Day 157 of the Israeli genocide of the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, in several parts of the devastated…

In full view of the world, the US is facilitating “some of the worst crimes of our age,” an action that could ultimately cause America’s downfall… Why is this happening…

Ramadan is off to rough start; Children being starved at fastest rate; 200,000 Gazans dead? Rafah invasion will happen, but not imminent; Israeli sniper drone killed a Gazan boy, zoomed…

On Monday, Palestinian medical sources confirmed the death of three children due to hunger and malnutrition in the devastated Gaza Strip, bringing the number of Palestinians who died from malnutrition…

A Reuters news report on March 9th found that Israeli troops in Gaza tortured United Nations employees to force them to make false confessions about involvement in the Palestinian resistance…

Before dawn on Monday, day 157 of the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes bombed Palestinian civilians in various parts of the Gaza Strip. Monday marks the…

On Saturday, 9 March 2024, The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a new report titled, “Israel’s measures Intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip.” The report sheds light…

On Saturday, Day 155 of Israel’s onslaught on the civilians in Gaza, the Israeli army continued its bombing and shells of civilians in various parts of the devastated and destroyed…

On Friday, as Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians of the devastated Gaza Strip enters its 154th day, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more and…

After Israeli soldiers invaded the Nasr Children’s Hospital, west of Gaza City, on November 10, 2023, forcing all medical staff to evacuate with the promise that “an international team was…

In just 24 hours, two children and an elderly man starve to death amid rising malnutrition rates in Gaza – Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor Geneva – An alarming hunger, malnutrition, and…

The Israeli army continued for the 153rd day the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, and the wiring and detonating of entire residential blocks across the coastal region,…

On Thursday, Day 153 of the Israeli ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued its bombing of the densely populated region, killing and wounding…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 7, 2024 (WAFA) –The UN’s humanitarian coordinator ad interim for the Occupied Palestinian Territory James McGoldrick warned Wednesday of “serious acute malnutrition” in northern parts of Gaza.…

GAZA, Thursday, March 7, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces today handed over the bodies of about 47 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing. Medical…

The Israeli occupation forces abducted, at dawn on Thursday, 13 Palestinians from the city of Tubas and the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas, one Palestinian in Jenin, two brothers…

On Day 152 of the Israeli onslaught in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, continued Israeli bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave killed dozens of Palestinians,…

In a statement, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed frustration that only a few of more than 8.000 patients in the devastated Gaza Strip have been transferred to medical centers…

The sun’s rays are burning in Palestine. My name is Shams [Sunshine]. I am 56 years old. I work as the director of an integrated kindergarten with disabled children. I…

Update: On Monday evening March 4th, 2024, Israeli forces bombed several parts of the Gaza Strip. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, over the past 24 hours, the Israeli…

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said, Sunday, that the Israeli army continued its siege and targeting of the Society’s Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern part of…

IsraelPalestineNews – If Americans Knew: NYT’s “Screams Without Words” galvanized the Israeli war effort at a time when even some allies were expressing concern over its large-scale killing of civilians…

Israeli forces open fire on Gazan aid-seekers, killing over 100, then blame everyone but themselves; US vetoes UN Security Council condemnation of massacre; US mulls air dropping aid – a…

Biden apparently not budging on support for Israel, wants to “help ensure that Israel can defend itself” (to the tune of $14 billion in free money), while announcing US would…

On Friday, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, in several parts of the devastated Gaza Strip as the army continued the bombing of densely populated…

RAMALLAH, Friday, March 1, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation is facing increasing global condemnation following the massacre its forces perpetrated yesterday against hundreds of starving Palestinians who were waiting…

JERUSALEM, Friday, March 1, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities forced today a Palestinian citizen to self-demolish his own house in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Isawiya, citing unpermitted construction…

IsraelPalestineNews.org: Massacre as Gazans try to reach aid truck; Palestinian journalist’s wife, 3-yr-old son, 20 others killed in Israeli bombing of residential compound; Israeli forces kill youth in West Bank; six…

The following report was written by a number of Palestinian human rights organizations (listed below): On 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) determined the plausibility that Israel…

RAMALLAH, Monday, February 26, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South…

Cut off from the south of Gaza by Israeli infantry, and by the border with Israel on the north and east, the hundreds of thousands (some estimate as many as…

On Monday, Day 143 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, and…

This article is from a contributor who asked to remain anonymous Jewish Ethnic Groups and Genealogy: Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews and Ashkenazi Jews Historically, Jewish people have been classified by…

Israeli conscientious objector Sophia Orr, was detained by Israeli authorities on Sunday after burning the draft order requiring her to join the Israeli military. She told the recruitment bureau in…

In response to a call for input issued by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions for his upcoming report on the protection of dead…

Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport have denied entry to a Swedish foreign national and Palestinian human rights defender arbitrarily citing “Public security or public safety or public…

Over a dozen countries suspended donations to the biggest UN aid agency in Gaza after Israel alleged that 12 employees were complicit in Hamas’s 7 October attacks. The cuts undermine…

The death toll in Gaza has risen to 29,606 as Israeli forces continued to commit massacres amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation. On Sunday, day 142 of the ongoing Israeli invasion…

IsraelPalestineNews:  Reports of ongoing acts of genocide, war crimes, and despair; end of UNRWA aid to northern Gaza; West Bank restriction of movement; Blinken is “disappointed” about new settlement plans;…

On the first hours of Saturday, Day 141 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians.…

Update 2: On Friday night, the army killed at least 24 Palestinians and many others, mostly women and children, after firing missiles at a home for the Abu Z’eitar family in…

The Israeli army has killed 133 Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the latest two slain journalists were killed, Friday, February 23, 2024. On Friday, the…

On Thursday at dawn and in the morning of Day 139 of the Israeli Genocide in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army shells and bombs many areas of the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the killing of one of its lawyer and her family in an Israeli Airstrike on Rafah: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights…

On Wednesday, Day 138 of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of eight Palestinian patients after the besieged Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in…

On Day 138 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and injured hundreds, in addition…

More than 29,195 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October, said Gaza’s Health Ministry on Tuesday. At least 103 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza in the…

The US Representative at the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, made an eerie reference to a “Final Solution” in her remarks following the US veto of another resolution that would end…

On Monday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague began hearing a genocide case on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. According to Middle East Eye, “separate to…

On Monday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many children and…

UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire (US will veto); Israeli snipers open fire on Gazans congregating for food aid; Khan Younis hospital sinking deeper into chaos; the Pope declines…

A week after a shipload of killer drones made by factory workers in India were shipped from a port in India headed to Israel to bomb civilians in Gaza, a…