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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Palestinian Child Arts Center (PCAC) published a report on the effects on the ongoing Israeli attacks, especially the latest offensive against the Gaza Strip, on the physiological situation of…
The Israeli Information Center For Human Rights In The Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) issued a report on Monday expressing grave concern over the large number of civilian casualties who were killed…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 21 – 27 February 2008, 20 Palestinians were killed, and 28 were injured by the…
A Hamas convoy headed by Dr. Mahmoud Al Zahar, a leader in the Islamic movement, is expected to leave the Gaza Strip and head to the nearby Egyptian town of…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 14 – 20 February 2008, 6 Palestinians were killed, 2 died from earlier injuries, and…
Concluding a visit to Palestine and Israel, United Nations’ undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, Mr. Jhon Holmes, said in a press conference in Jerusalem today that he is extremely concerned…
Palestinian medical sources announced on Tuesday evening that one child died at a Gaza hospital after the Israeli Authorities barred his transfer to a hospital abroad for further medical treatment…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 7 – 13 February 2008, 10 Palestinians were killed and 40 were injured by the…
the Israeli military court in Haifa city sentenced Arabi Salalha, from the Druze village of Beit Junn located in Galilee on Saturday for 75 days imprisonment for refusing to serve…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 31 January – 6 February 2008, 12 Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured by…
Israeli media sources reported that an injured Palestinian man lost his arm as Israeli hospital refused treat him. Israeli sources have reported that Theyab Mahmoud, a resident of Ramallah city…
The Israeli government decided that as of Thursday February 7 it will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, a measure which will affect the civilian population regionThe decision to…
At the bus stop at Palestine Square, in the bustling heart of Gaza City, 25-year-old Said Ramadan cried to passersby, ‘Fuel, fuel, fuel! Come and buy!’Last week Ramadan took advantage…
Egyptian and Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that Cairo asked Israel to allow more Egyptian troops on the Gaza Egypt borders. The Egyptian government said that the additional troops are…
Senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud aL-Zahar, said on Saturday that his movement reiterates its determination that the Rafah crossing terminal will remain ‘Palestinian-Egyptian with no intervention from a third party. Al-Zahar,…
Approximately 20.000 Arab residents of Israel protested on Friday against the decision of the Israeli Attorney-general to close the file of the 2000 uprising without seeking indictments against the soldiers…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 24- 30 January 2008, 6 Palestinians were killed and 13 were injured by the Israeli…
The Popular Committee For Supporting the Intifada, in Egypt, voiced a call to the Egyptians to participate in a solidarity protest in Nasr Egyptian city in support to the besieged…
The Israeli Security Services refused to grant a permit to a Palestinian patient, suffering from Intestines Cancer, to leave the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment in an…
The Israeli High Court of Justice approved on Wednesday afternoon the Israeli army reduction in fuel and power supplies to the Gaza strip.The court decided that the reduced shipments of…
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a press release on Wednesday commenting on the failure of the Security Council in issuing a statement condemning the Israeli violations and…
Hundreds of Arabs and Russians protested in Moscow on Tuesday against the unjust Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip and demanded the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem…
Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that owners of fuel companies in Gaza refused to receive the Israeli shipments of fuel entering Gaza, in protest of the fuel cuts Israel…
Palestinian sources in Gaza conferment that the Egyptian troops started to close the borders between Egypt and the southern coastal city of Rafah on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday morning Cairo…
On Tuesday, the Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, refused to allow the decision to re-open the Rafah crossing based on the past signed agreement between the Palestinian Authority…
The Israeli army allowed on Monday a shipment of fuel to enter the Gaza strip to be used in the production of electricity. The move came after Israeli and Palestinian…