HRW Calls On The U.S To Endorse UN Report On Gaza
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the United States administration to endorse the report of the United Nations Fact-finding Mission on Gaza. The investigation committee was led by Judge Richard…
46 Patients, including 10 children, died since the truce was declared
The Palestinian Ministry of Health at the Hamas-led government in Gaza reported on Tuesday that 78 days after the truce deal came into effect in the Gaza Strip, 46 patients…
PCHR Weekly Report: 31 injured in Israeli attacks, including 10 children, 3 internationals
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 14 – 20 August 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 31 Palestinian civilians, including 10…
After a petition filed by human rights groups, High Court suspends proceedings in Nil’lin case
Ashraf Abu Rahma, the Palestinian resident who was shot by the soldiers after they bounded and blindfolded him, filed a petition along with Israeli Human Rights groups; B’Tselem, the Association…
PCHR Weekly Report: 18 injured in Israeli attacks, including 3 children
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 07 – 13 August 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 18 Palestinian civilians, including 3…
Despair among Egyptians stranded in Gaza
Local sources reported that 180 Egyptian citizens, many of them women and children have been stranded in the Gaza Strip since the demolition of the Rafah border wall in January.…
Ministry of Health warns of the increasing number of deaths among patients due to the siege
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned on Sunday of the increasing number of mortalities among the patients in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli…
PCHR welcomes Spanish High Court ruling to apprehend six Israeli officials
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, welcomed on Sunday the decision of the Spanish High Court to issue arrest warrants against six current and former Israeli poetical and military…
Press Release: “Israeli Authorities Continue Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against Bedouins and Farmersâ€
The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center issued its monthly report stating that the Israeli Ethnic cleansing policy is escalating; especially, towards the Bedouins and farmers, e.g. the illegal…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian youth killed, 2 injured in Israeli attacks
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 30 July – 06 August 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that Israeli forces killed a…
Free Gaza Movement invites Israeli FM to welcome them as they sail to Gaza
A group of international peace activist invited the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni to welcome them in the Gaza Strip as they arrive from their planned sail from…
Israeli human rights group: Officer who shot bound Palestinian should be punished
After the Israeli military announced Wednesday that an officer who shot a bound, gagged Palestinian at point blank range with a rubber-coated steel bullet would be dismissed from his post,…
Lawyer among 60 activists bringing medical supplies to Gaza
On August 5th, activists will be taking to the high seas in an effort to get much needed medical supplies to the ailing residents of the besieged Gaza strip. …
Five patients die due to the siege in 24 hours
Ramo Abdo, media spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, reported on Friday that five patients died in the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, one of the patients is…
Search for conspiracy
Yesterday, I visited with Sameeh Hammoudeh and his family. He was a co-defendant in the terrorism trial of Dr. Sami Al-Arian. It was a very important visit and before I…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 17 injured in Israeli attacks
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 24 – 29 July 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 2 Palestinian civilians, including a…
Sick infant dies due to the siege in Gaza, twenty patients died in July
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that a 3-month old infant from Deir Al Balah town, in the central Gaza Strip, died of a heart disease as the…
Three more patients die due to the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza
Rami Abdo, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege reported on Sunday that three more Palestinian patients in the Gaza Strip died on Sunday due to the ongoing Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians wounded, 80 abducted in Israeli attacks
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 17 – 23 July 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 3 Palestinian civilians, including a…
Trapped Gazans students accepted at overseas universities appeal to Gordon Brown for help
Palestinian students ask British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday to press Israel to let Gazan students that have been accepted at foreign universities go to school in September. Students…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians killed, 13 wounded in Israeli attacks
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of July 09 – 16, 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 3 Palestinians were killed by…
Israel bars the entry of fuel and cement to Gaza
The Popular Committee Against the Siege reported on Wednesday that Israel barred the entry of fuel and also barred for three days the entry of cement used for constructions. The…
Toddler dies in Gaza after Israel barred her transfer for treatment elsewhere
The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported on Sunday that a 19-month toddler died at a local hospital in Gaza after the Israeli Authorities barred her family from transferring her to…
Checkpoint on a major road closed for many hours, reopened
After a horrific morning for thousands of Palestinians trying to travel within the West Bank, Israeli forces opened the "Container Checkpoint".Wadi Nar Road has become the major thoroughfare between the…
Asrana: Israeli prisons hold Responsibility for life of detainee Al Fararge
The media office in Jerusalem "Asrana" holds the Israeli prisons department responsible for the life of the critically ill political detainee "Al Fararje" The office asked international and law institutions…
Wedding in Susiya
“White satin curtains flowed from the roof of the canopy, with attached golden sunflowers giving a most poignant backdrop as the sun sank slowly into the rocky, barren hills of…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian child killed, 23 civilians wounded in Israeli attacks
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of July 03 – 08, 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that a Palestinian child from Rafah…
Gaza Ministry of Health warns that hundreds of patients’ lives are in danger because of Israel
The Palestinian Ministry of Heath in Gaza reported on Wednesday that the number of the killed civilians in the last 12 months reached 203. The heath ministry warned that hundreds…
Israel attempting to nix its responsibly for treating a child its army paralyzed in 2006
Maria Aman, a 6 year old Palestinian child, paralyzed from neck down during an Israeli strike in Gaza in 2006, is now in a battle with the Israeli Authorities who…
Maria Aman, a Disabled Palestinian Infant versus the State of Israel
On July 7 2008, at 9 a.m., an Israeli High Court hearing will be held to look into the expulsion of Palestinian infant Maria Aman who was severely injured during…
In Palestine: 449 dead, including 66 children in first half of 2008
449 Palestinians were killed including 66 children in the first half of 2008, according to a report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.Dr. Muawiyeh Hassaneen, a senior ministry official said…
Israeli Defense Minister calls for collective punishment of families of Jerusalem attackers
The families of two men who carried out attacks against civilians will be punished for the actions of their relatives, said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday. Barak called…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians children killed, 8 wounded
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 26 June – 02 July 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that Israeli forces killed two…
The Israeli army attacked and abused villagers near Ramallah
The Israeli army continued to attack the villagers of Dier Abu Mish’al, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah for the second day on Tuesday. Witnesses said that…
PHR-Israel accuses Israeli doctors on complicity in torturing Palestinian detainees
The Israeli Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) group, accused Israeli doctors of complicity in torturing Palestinian detainees in Israeli interrogation centers. The group said that its findings are based on…
Palestinian Journalist harassed on his way back from a Europe tour
Palestinian journalist Mohammad Omer, from Rafah, was harassed by Israeli border Authorities on his way back from a speaking tour in Europe. Upon arrival to Jordan, he was informed by…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians killed, 18 wounded
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 19 – 25 June 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinians,…
HRW: Donors Should Press Palestinian Security Forces to End Abuse
Human Rights Watch, a human rights organization based in the United States, issued a report on Tuesday calling for Donor countries to press Palestinian Security Forces to end abuse. In…
PCHR Weekly Report: 15 Palestinians killed, 18 wounded
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 12 – 18 June 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinians,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 11 Palestinians killed, 25 wounded
In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 5 – 11 June 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports 11 Palestinians, including 2 children and…
On the destruction of Muslim charitable institutions in Hebron by Israel
What is the UK government and International Community doing as Israeli military targets and destroys Muslim charitable institutions in Hebron?On 5th June, 2008 whilst attending Conference in Bil’in on Nonviolence,…
An award for the voiceless in Gaza
The siege of Gaza has many layers. I work here as a journalist, amid near-daily air and land assaults from Israel, amid the unending killings and destruction of land and…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 12 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 29 May – 04 June 2008, 2 Palestinians, including an elderly woman and a civilian…
Blockade Worsens Gaza Malnutrition
‘Can you imagine that when a child of mine asks me for one Shekel (USD 0.3), I can’t afford to give it to him? That’s why I remain hidden from…
UN Fact-finding mission investigates 2006 massacre of 19 Palestinian civilians
A United Nations mission, led by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, met with Palestinian human rights organizations in Gaza this week to begin their investigation of a 2006 Israeli attack…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians killed, 34 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 22 – 28 May 2008, 9 Palestinians, including a child and an elderly farmer, were…
Israeli siege on Gaza claims the lives of 54 children
Rami Abdo, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege stated that the Israeli occupation is committing crimes against the children in the Gaza Strip, as a large number of…
Jews refuse to celebrate the Israel’s 60, until peace prevails
At least 200 Jews, including peace and human rights activistis, writers and artists and others, representing themselves and a number of groups and organizations from a number of countries around…
President Abbas says he intends to issue a decree barring torture
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Tuesday that he intends to issue a presidential decree barring torture in Palestine. The statements of Abbas came following his meeting with the Palestinian…
670 University students trapped in Gaza, cannot go back to their universities abroad
The Education Committee at the Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday the Israeli rejection of barring university students from the Gaza Strip from leaving the coastal region to study in European…
UN Report: 3,000 Palestinian homes under threat of demolition
A report by the United Nations released on Wednesday revealed that 3,000 homes in the West Bank are under the imminent threat of destruction by Israeli forces. The homes in…
163 patients die due to the 11 months Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that a Palestinian patient died in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening due to Israeli siege imposed on the Palestinian coastal region.Hind Al Ashkar, from…
Israeli siege leads to soaring anemia in Gaza newborns
The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted access to food, water, and medicine is beginning to cause serious problems for newborn babies and pregnant mothers. “Many babies are born…
Gaza patients in need of treatment sue Israel over siege
The United Nations News Agency, IRIN, issued a report on Thursday documenting the cases of several Palestinians who have filed petitions in Israel's High Court challenging their imprisonment inside the…
British, US Agencies: Israel’s siege on Gaza causing severe economic, health crisis
With the people of the Gaza Strip beginning their third year of living under siege, a representative of the US Agency for International Development told the Palestinian news agency Ma'an…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 Palestinians killed, 14 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 15 – 21 May 2008, 4 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza…
A Nakba inherited
At the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip, where the Philadelphia route separates the coastal enclave from Egypt, there are scores of knocked down buildings. The destruction dates back to…
Human rights group documents Israeli use of illegal force against civilians in Gaza
The Al Haq Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, has issued a report documenting numerous violations of international law by Israeli forces during a May 14th invasion of the…
Palestinian groups to sue Israeli police for incitement during protest last week
Two groups representing Palestinian citizens of Israel have announced their plans to sue the Israeli government for violently attacking Palestinian protesters ten days ago, during a rally to commemorate the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 16 Palestinians killed, 27 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 8 – 14 May 2008, 13 Palestinians, two of whom were civilians, were killed by…
Human Rights groups deliver medical aid to Gaza
Human Rights and Peace groups managed to send a convoy of medical supplies to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The convoy arrived at the Sofa Trade Crossing, the Palestine News…
After three days of opening, Rafah border crossing has been closed
Egyptian media sources reported that the Egyptian authorities closed until further notice the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian Authorities who re-opened the…
Rafah crossing to be opened for three days starting on Saturday
Palestinian sources reported that the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Eygpt to be opened for three days starting on Saturday. The Rafah crossing, the only was in or…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians killed, 35 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 30 April- 07 May 2008, 9 Palestinians, including a woman, were killed by Israeli forces…
Mezan Center: “69, including 20 children and 16 women, killed by the army in April in Gazaâ€
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a report on Sunday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed 69 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in April. The Center added that among…
On World Press Freedom Day, Mezan Center issues a report on violations against reporters
Saturday May 3 is the World Press Freedom Day, The Al Mezan Center For Human Rights issued a report highlighting the important role of the reporters and media institutions in…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies demands the release of six detained reporters
On the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies demanded Reporters Without Borders Organization and the International Journalists Union to defend six Palestinian reporters imprisoned…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians killed, 29 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 24 – 29 April 2008, 9 Palestinians, including 5 children and a woman, were killed…
Infant dies after being denied medical treatment outside of the Gaza Strip
The ongoing Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip led to the death of a sick four-month old Palestinian infant after the Israeli authorities barred his transfer to a specialized hospital…
B’Tselem demands a criminal probe into the killing of five family members in Gaza
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) demanded the advocate general of the Israeli Army to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances which led…
Palestinian patient dies as a result of Israeli siege imposed on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian patient from Beit Hanoun, located in the northern Gaza Strip, died on Tuesday because she was prevented by the Israeli army from leaving…
PCHR Weekly Report: 17 Palestinians killed, 36 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 17 – 23 April 2008, 15 Palestinians were killed, and two children died of earlier…
UN Agency: If Israel doesn’t supply fuel, food distribution will stop
The head of the United Nations Refugee Works Agency commented on Wednesday that the Agency's food distribution program in the Gaza Strip will have to be halted unless Israel supplies…
Dutch journalist deported from Israeli airport
A Dutch journalist who arrived at the Israeli Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday was detained by Israeli forces there for 24 hours, then deported to Holland and not allowed to enter…
Israeli military refuses entry of food aid to Gaza
A shipment of food aid for the people of the Gaza Strip was denied entry by Israeli military forces on Monday. The shipment consisted of several trucks full of food…
Testimonies from Hebron: Soldiers choke, beat Palestinians
"Everyone there feels like they are doing something wrong. At least my friends felt they were doing something wrong." This was the opening sentence in a pamphlet over 100 pages…
Vice Presidents European Parliament urges for end of Gaza siege
Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of the European Parliament issued a press release demanding cease-fire and an end to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and slammed Israels decision to…
PCHR Weekly Report: 29 Palestinians killed, 89 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 10 – 16 April 2008, 29 Palestinians, including 10 children and a journalist, were killed…
Al Mezan Center slams Israel’s targeting of reporters
The Al Mezan Center For Human Rights issued a report on Thursday slamming the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people and the targeting of reporters in the occupied Palestinian…
Reuters news agency condemns Israeli assassination of cameraman in Gaza
After Israeli forces dropped a missile on the vehicle of a Reuters cameraman, killing 12, the head of the Reuters News Agency issued a statement condemning the attack, and calling…
Four Major Universities in Gaza closed due to ongoing fuel shortages
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that four major universities had to shut down due to shortages of fuel as the students became unable to travel from…
Egyptian government cuts supplies to areas near Gaza
In a bid to help the Israeli government in their siege of the Gaza Strip, Egyptian officials have agreed to cut off supplies to towns in the Egyptian Sinai peninsula…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians killed, 25 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 03 – 09 April 2008, 8 Palestinians, including a child and a farmer, were killed…
No Checkpoints in Heaven
I still vividly remember my father’s face – wrinkled, apprehensive, warm – as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family’s…
Gaza siege claims the life of another infant, woman
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that an infant and a woman died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred their transfer to…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinians killed, 16 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 27 March – 02 April 2008, 6 Palestinians were assassinated by Israeli military forces, and…
PCAS accuses Israel of committing war crimes against Gaza patients
The Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) issued a statement of Thursday accusing Israel of committing war crimes against the patients of the Gaza Strip as those patients need medical treatment…
Remembering Palestine
On May 15, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Palestinians around the world will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or the "Catastrophe." Among other things, Al-Nakba marks…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 5 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 19 – 26 Mar. 2008, 2 Palestinian farmers were killed by Israeli forces, and 2…
Israeli human rights group orders investigation of Bethlehem assassinations
The Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem issued a letter on Thursday addressed to Israel’s Attorney General and the Advocate General of the Israeli Military, demanding that they carry out criminal…
AMNESTY: “Army denies cancer patient vital treatmentâ€
AMNESTY International issued a press release on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army barred resident Karima Abu Dalal, 34, from leaving the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 15 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 13 – 19 Mar. 2008, 4 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces. 12 Palestinians, including…
Mossawa Center releases racism report detailing over 169 cases
The Mossawa Center released its annual racism report at a press conference in Nazareth today, detailing 169 incidences of racism against Arab minority of Israel, including the killings of Arab…
A major Highway closed to Palestinians by the High Court of Justice
Ten days ago, the Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary decision to close route 443 to Palestinians, now the road is for Israeli use only. Six Palestinian villages,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians killed, 17 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 6 – 12 Mar. 2008, 9 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces. 4 of the…
PLO: “Israel killed 274 residents, including 50 children, 18 women, since the beginning of 2008â€
The National and International Department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that the Israeli army killed 274 Palestinians, including 50 children and 18 women since the beginning of 2008.…
American activist and feminist Starhawk denied entry and deported from Israel.
Starhawk, well known American activist was deported by the Israeli government on Thursday. Starhawk, author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality arrived in Tel Aviv…
Israeli Occupation exposes Palestinian Women to harassement and abuse
The Al Haq Institute, a human rights center based in Palestine, issued a statement marking International Womens' Day yesterday, stating that Palestinian women are subjected to continual abuse of their…
PCHR Weekly Report: 114 Palestinians killed, 236 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 28 Feb.- 05 Mar. 2008, 114 Palestinians were killed, and 28 were injured by the…
Al Mezan Center: “Soldiers killed a resident after he was injuredâ€
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a press release stating the its investigations revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed Yousef Suleiman Al Sameery, 40, on Thursday morning,…