You Will Have No Protection
‘You will have no protection.’ — Medgar Evers to Civil Rights Activists in Mississippi, shortly before he was assassinated, 12 June, 1963 My heart is breaking; but I do not…
PCHR Weekly report: 5 fighters killed, 6 civilians wounded in the occupied Palestinian territories
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 27 May – 02 June 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Lawyers Say Spying Confession Inadmissible
A leading human rights activist from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority was charged yesterday with the most serious security offences on Israel’s statute book, including espionage. Prosecutors indicted Ameer Makhoul, the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 killed, 30 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 20– 26 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Salah: “We Don’t Need Israel’s Permission To Break The Siege”
Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, stated that solidarity ships heading to Gaza, all acts of solidarity with the Palestinians people and…
We Will Resist Israel’s Attempts To Stop US
(Hearklin, Crete, Tuesday, May 25, 2010) As Israel continues to insist it will stop the seven-ship international Freedom Flotilla, two more ships departed from Greece to Gaza today.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
UN Report: “Siege Still Obstructing, Hindering, Gaza Reconstruction”
The United Nations reported Sunday that the Israeli siege on Gaza and the aftermath of its December 2008 war are still hindering the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and that…
Eyad is gone!
Today I woke up with this Tweet in my mail box: Iyad Sami Zindah, 5 yr old, died today of cancer after Israeli occupation forces prevented him from leaving #Gaza…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian child, elderly man killed; 3 Palestinian civilians wounded by Israel
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 13 – 19 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Israel Obstructs Entry Of Medicine, Medical Equipment To Gaza
Despite Israeli guarantees to the International Community, the Israeli Authorities are still obstructing the entry of medicine and medical equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip. The last time medicine was…
Human Rights Watch: Israel unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property during the war in January 2009
Human Rights Watch revealed that Israeli army intentionally and unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property, falsifying claims that Palestinians used them for military purposes, during the January 2009 Israeli war on the…
Palestinian Resident Expelled To Jordan
The Israeli Authorities deported Saturday a Palestinian resident of the West Bank to Jordan after the army claimed he was illegally staying in the country. Resident Morad Suleiman Zahda, 27,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 civilians wounded, 40 abducted in 24 Israeli invasions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 29 April – 05 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Goldstone forced to attend meeting in order to go to his grandson’s bar mitzvah
Renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone has faced increasing pressure from Zionists in South Africa since publishing a report documenting potential war crimes by both Israeli military forces and Palestinian…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed In April”
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed, 285 Kidnapped In April’
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
PHRF: “52 Palestinians Gassed in Tunnels Since beginning of 2010”
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (PHRF) reported Friday that since the beginning of this year, 52 Palestinian residents were killed in border tunnels after the Egyptian Authorities gassed the tunnels…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Two Killed, 20 Wounded and 45 kidnapped”
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians, wounded 20 residents, including children, and kidnapped 45 residents in 27 invasions into the West Bank and four limited invasions into the Gaza…
JCSER: “In 2008, Israeli Stripped Residency Rights Of 4672 Palestinians”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) published a report revealing that Israel stripped the residency rights of 4672 Palestinians in 2008 comparing to stripping residency rights of…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian fighter killed, 3 Palestinian civilians injured by Israeli troops
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that during the week of 15-21 April 2010,…
Mezan Center: “Israel Deliberately Killed Reuters Cameraman”
On the third anniversary of his death, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the Israeli army deliberately shot and killed Palestinian cameraman, working for Reuters, Fadel Shana’a,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinian fighters killed; 7 civilians, 3 fighters wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in the week 8-14th April 2010, 7 Palestinian civilians, including…
Hamas Government In Gaza Executes Two Collaborators
The dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip officially announced on Thursday morning that it executed two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with the Israeli Intelligence. The two were shot to…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians dead, 5 wounded at the hands of Israeli forces
According to the Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, during the week of 01-07 April 2010, an…
Israeli settlement school fined for discriminating against non-white Jews
An Israeli-government funded Jewish religious school received a fine Wednesday from the Israeli government for refusing to adhere to a court order made last August requiring the school to end…
Another organ trafficking ring surfaces in Israel
Just months after the Israeli government’s chief pathologist was exposed admitting years of involvement in organ trafficking involving both Israeli and Palestinian civilians without their consent, another major organ trafficking…
El Khodary Calls For Saving The Children In Gaza
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, called on the international community to save the children in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip as they are…
Reporters Without Borders:“Palestinian Journalists Repeatedly Targeted By Israel”
Reporters Without Borders reported that the Israeli army is violating the freedom of press in the occupied territories and repeatedly opened fire at them. At least eight Palestinian reporters were…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 18 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 25-31 March 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Israeli Court Decides Not To File Charges Against Soldier Who Killed Nonviolent Protestor in Bil’in
Despite a video clearly showing the death of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was shot in the chest by a gas bomb, an Israeli court decided Thursday that the killing that…
Israeli army fails to safely escort Palestinian children to and from school
For three consecutive days Palestinian school children from Maghayir al Abeed and Tuba, near Hebron in the southern West Bank, were subjected to unprofessional conduct by Israeli soldiers. Army personnel…
DCI – Palestine completes first year of EU-funded project
‘Promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflict and occupation’At the end of March, Palestinian child rights organization, Defense for Children International – Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine)…
Israel’s blood diamonds
Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby helping to fund one of the world’s most protracted and contentious conflicts. Most…
Child Dies Due to The Siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 5-year-old child died on Saturday at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.The…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 civilians, including a child, killed this week by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 18-24 march 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Trial opens for soldiers accused of using child as human shield in Gaza
DCI-Palestine welcomes the commencement of the trial of two Israeli soldiers accused of using a 9-year-old boy for military purposes and to shield themselves from danger during Operation Cast Lead…
PCHR Weekly Report: 31 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that during the week of 11-17 March 2010,…
Israeli Military Investigator Admits Failures in Military Investigation of Rachel Corrie’s Killing
Today March 17, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw a fourth day of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her…
Israel extends West Bank closure until Tuesday
Israeli security forces announced that a full closure on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank would be extended until Tuesday, supposedly to protect a group of Israeli settlers as they begin…
Army Admits Using A Child As Human Shield During Gaza War
The Israeli Radio reported Thursday evening that the Israeli Military Prosecution revealed that one of the “elite” military forces used a Palestinian child as a human shield and forced him…
Human Rights group honors Palestinian women on International Women’s Day
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement today commemorating International Women’s Day, saying “This international occasion comes at a time when Palestinian women are confronting the most severe…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Palestinian Killed, 17 Wounded, as Army Continues Its Violations”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, issued its weekly report on the period between February 24 and March 3, revealing that the army killed one Palestinian,…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, wound 5 over the last week
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian Territories, during the week of February 10 – 17, 2010, Israeli…
Gaza Children Suffer Psychological Issues Due To War
Fadel Abu Hayyin, head of the Psychological Program at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that more than 100.000 Palestinian children in Gaza are suffering from different psychological…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinian civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, during the week of 04 – 10 February 2010, 7…
Medical Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
A medical aid convoy sent by the Arabs Physicians Union managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon via the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt. The convoy…
Israeli Authorities Ban Palestinian Cartographer From Travel Abroad
60-year old Palestinian geographer and cartographer Khalil Tufakji, who has spent years researching Israeli settlements constructed on Palestinian land, was ordered to appear at an Israeli police station last week,…
Israel Slaps Six-month Travel Ban On Palestinian Map Expert
Citing ‘security reasons’ — the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense — Israel’s Ministry of the Interior has just issued a…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian child injured, 20 civilians abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 28 Jan.- 03 Feb. 2010, a…
B’Tselem: “The Army Cannot Investigate Itself”
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) sent an urgent letter to the Israeli advocate general, Maj. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit demanding him to order an…
Israeli Army Admits To White Phosphorus Use In Gaza, Claims Two Officers Were ‘Disciplined’
In its official response to the United Nations Report on potential war crimes committed during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip last year, the Israeli military admitted that Israeli troops…
Testimonies of Israeli Female Soldiers Regarding Violations Against Palestinian Civilians
…Somehow, a female combatant has to prove herself more, on the ground too. Again, a female combatant who can lash out is a serious fighter. Capable. A ball-breaker. There was…
Operation Cast Lead: a Critical Study of the Goldstone Report
It has been one year since Israel launched its 22-day long attack codenamed Operation Cast Lead (OCL) on the Gaza Strip. Last week a British court issued an arrest warrant…
Our Playing Small does not Serve the World
I remained silent. I went below ground. I wanted to erase my name and work from internet sites-from the memory and eyes of the Israeli security. But by hiding, silencing…
B’Tselem Releases Short Animated Video On Gaza Siege
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), has launched a short, animated clip challenging the effectiveness of Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip.The cartoon challenges…
Gaza Power Station To Shut Down By This Weekend
Gaza’s only power plant may close by the end of this week due to the European Union’s decision to stop buying fuel to power the plant. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/gazapowerplantpchr.jpg 300 0) Gaza’s…
No Elections without Reconciliation
On General Elections in the Palestinian National Authority: No Elections without ReconciliationThis is a press release by the Palestinian Center For Human Rights Today, 24 January 2010, is the due…
Arab College Student Removed From Bus For Speaking Her Language
Israeli Ynet News reported that an Israeli-Arab student, studying at Ariel College, was humiliated and forced out of an Israeli bus after she “was heard” speaking Arabic on her cell…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians wounded, 34 abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 14-20 Jan. 2010, 9 Palestinian civilians,…
UN Expresses Concern Over Health System In Gaza
The United Nations said it is deeply concerned over the declining health care system in the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing Israeli siege and closure. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/gaza_offesnive_un.jpg 300 0) Gaza…
El Khodary Welcomes Two Medical Delegates In Gaza
Palestinian Legislator, Jamal El Khodary, welcomed on Wednesday two medical delegates, from France and Switzerland, who came to Gaza to perform orthopedic, neurological and plastic surgeries in the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Minister claims Israel provides Palestinians “more than enough water”
On Monday Israel’s National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told a meeting of German Ministers that Israel gives the Palestinians more than they are required to by treaties. But the Palestinian…
Rights Movement: “Israel Harvested Organs From Palestinian Christian In 1988”
The Popular Movement for the Support of Prisoners and Palestinian Rights showed a video in Gaza City on Monday showing Israeli soldiers executing a Christian Palestinian from Gaza city after…
Gazans Collect Donations To Haiti
Palestinians in the impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip gathered on Monday at the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza to offer donations and financial support to the victims of the devastating…
Hamas Welcomes Amnesty Report
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, welcomed the report of Amnesty International in which it demanded Israel to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, and stated that the siege leaves more…
Israel’s Gaza Blockade Continues To Suffocate Daily Life
Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International…
Four Israeli Policemen Face Charges For Abusing Palestinian Detainee
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that four Israeli police officers were indicted on Sunday for abusing a Palestinian detainee after arresting him on suspicion of driving a stolen motorcycle.The charges…
We’re Sailing Again: Join Us!
This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel’s illegal blockade on 1.5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective…
New Egyptian Harbor To Tighten Gaza Siege
Egypt announced its intention to build a harbor along its sea border with the Gaza Strip in order to be used by Egyptian navy patrols to monitor the Egyptian side…
PCHR Weekly Report: ‘7 Palestinians Dead From Israeli Attacks, 8 Wounded’
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 06-13 Jan. 2010, Israeli forces killed…
Israeli authorities prevent 17 Palestinians from getting necessary eye surgery
After the Israeli human rights group Physicians for Human Rights arranged a donation of 17 corneas to allow sight-impaired Palestinians from Gaza to receive necessary eye surgery, Israeli border agents…
Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist … In Graves And Prisons
Dear Bono, In your recent column in the New York Times, ‘Ten for the Next Ten,’ you wrote: ‘I’ll place my hopes on the possibility — however remote at the…
Galloway Deported, Banned From Egypt
In a clear collaboration with the Israeli Authorities, Egypt’s Intelligence Services forced British Legislator, George Galloway, head of the Viva Palestina humanitarian convoy, into a plane after informing him that…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian fighter killed, 6 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 30 Dec 2009- 05 Jan. 2010,…
Egyptian police beat & injure ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy during Al Arish protest
Several dozen people with the Viva Palestina convoy have reportedly been injured Tuesday evening after 2000 Egyptian riot police attacked a sit-in at the Port of Al Arish, where the…
When Does It Become Genocide?
During a visit to Ramallah a year ago while the Israeli bombardment of Gaza was underway, I shared my fears with a close Palestinian friend. ‘It may sound insane, but…
The Iron Wall
SOMETHING ODD, almost bizarre, is going on in Egypt these days.About 1400 activists from all over the world gathered there on their way to the Gaza Strip. On the anniversary…
Jordan’s Security Forces Disperse Protest Near Egypt’s Embassy
Jordanian security forces installed on Sunday several roadblocks on roads leading to the Egyptian Embassy in Amman to prevent protesters from reaching the Egyptian Embassy to protest Cairo’s construction of…
‘I have witnessed’
I have witnessed with my own eyes how is made the decline of human beings in savage beasts…I am a son of a refugee, living in Aida refugee camp…Aida, a…
Anton Udugama, participant on Viva Palestina convoy
audio interview – 14:50mp3 download
Viva Palestina convoy re-routed through Syria
A humanitarian aid convoy on its way to the Gaza Strip has been re-routed through Syria after it was turned away at the Gulf of Aqaba.The ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy consists…
Israel To Deliver Its Response To The Goldstone Report
As Gaza marks the first anniversary of Israel’s aggression, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has concluded its response to the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Israel’s war, and will hand…
Gaza 2009: We Will Never Forget
Dec. 27, 2009 is the one year anniversary of the illegal Israeli invasion of Gaza. This video documents some of the illegal Israeli violations, atrocities and crimes against humanity, it…
Gaza Aid Convoy Members Prepare For Hunger Strike
Members of the Viva Palestina international aid convoy to Gaza will begin a hunger strike at 11.25am local time tomorrow (27th) in protest at the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow…
PCHR Weekly report: 28 abducted, including 12 children, in 20 Israeli invasions this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 16- 22 Dec 2009, Israeli forces…
Human rights groups: World has failed Gaza
A report by sixteen human rights groups has found that civilians in the Gaza Strip are suffering disproportionately due to Israel’s stranglehold blockade of essential goods. Israel and Egypt have…
Israeli Government Admits To Harvesting Organs From Dead Palestinians
The Israeli government has admitted that the practice of organ harvesting did occur in the 1990s, after a recording surfaced in which Dr. Yehuda Hiss, the chief pathologist of the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian killed, 4 wounded, mosque burned by settlers this week
In the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 10- 15 Dec 2009, a Palestinian civilian…
OCHA: “Palestinians Prevented From Building On 44% Of West Bank Lands”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) reported that Israel is preventing Palestinians from building on 44% of West Bank lands…
Three Found Dead Inside A Tunnel In The Gaza Strip
Three Palestinian civilians were found dead on Tuesday afternoon inside a tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.Palestinian sources reported that the Egyptian military have located the three men, who…
Palestinian Christian leaders call Israeli occupation ‘a sin against God’
A group of Palestinian Christian leaders released a document on Friday calling on Christians around the world to join them in calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of…
Flourishing Palestinian Sex Trade Exposed In New Report
Young Palestinian women are being forced to into prostitution in brothels, escort services, and private apartments in Ramallah and Jerusalem, including areas inhabited by Jews, according to a report released…
PCHR Weekly Report: One Palestinian wounded, 36 abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 03- 09 Dec 2009, one Palestinian…
Bethlehem University Student Not Allowed To Complete Her Study
The Israeli High Court of ‘Justice’ decided on Wednesday to prevent Bethlehem University student from the Gaza Strip from completing her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration after accusing her of…
Body of a Palestinian man killed in 1976 by Israeli troops to be released
The Israeli authorities agreed to release the body of Mashour Al-Arouri, a Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in 1976, Palestine News Agency reported on Wednesday. The Israeli high court ruled…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 Palestinians wounded, 20 abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 25 Nov.- 02 Dec 2009, 6…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 19-24 Nov. 2009, 9 Palestinian civilians,…
Israeli forces racially profile, deny entry to former Black Panther leader from US
Dhoruba bin Wahad was a political prisoner in the US for 19 years – 7 of those years in solitary confinement. In 1990, he was cleared of all charges when…
Palestinian Ministry Of Prisoners’ Affairs: Israeli Army Kidnapped 6200 Children Since 2000
An official report, received by Arab League from the minister of prisoners’ affairs in the Palestinian Authority (Ramallah), revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about 6,200 Palestinian children…
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners’ affairs: Israeli army kidnapped 6200 children since 2000
An official report, received by Arab League from the minister of prisoners’ affairs in the Palestinian Authority (Ramallah), revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about 6,200 Palestinian children…