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Al Mezan condemns the act and calls for international intervention – Al Mezan Center For Human Rights 18-12-2020 14:01 On Wednesday morning, 16 December 2020, Israeli military bulldozers crossed the…

On Friday afternoon, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian-owned vehicles travelling along the Nablus-Jenin Road, in the northern occupied West Bank, local sources have reported. According to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA,…

A Palestinian teen was shot in the face by Israeli soldiers, on Friday, while dozens more suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops were confronted by Palestinian…

Scores of Palestinians, on Friday, joined family members at the funeral of Abed Al Fatah Obiyat, the worker who was found dead under suspicious circumstances at his workplace in occupied…

Summary for December 10 – 16, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Thursday, the Bedouin Palestinian village of al-Arakib, in the occupied Negev, for the 181st time in recent years and the tenth this year alone. The Palestinians in…

Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, many gas bombs into a school in Aneen village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing dozens of students and teachers to suffer…

AMMAN, Thursday, December 17, 2020 (WAFA) – The Jordanian Foreign Ministry today condemned the adoption by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in its preliminary reading, of a law legalizing settlement outposts…

A group of illegal fanatic Israeli colonists uprooted, Thursday, 250 Palestinian olive saplings in Kisan village, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Ahmad Ghazal, the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the village of Aneen, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and handed demolition orders targeting eleven kiosks. Baher Yassin, the head…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at night and Thursday at dawn, eight Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…

Local sources have reported that a Palestinian man died under suspicious circumstances in the Israeli settlement of Gilo, near Bethlehem, on Wednesday. The Quds News Network reported that the man,…

The Israeli occupation bulldozers, on Tuesday evening, leveled Palestinian-owned farmland in the Farsh al-Hawa area, west of southern West Bank city of Hebron. Security sources told Palestinian WAFA News Agency…

Israeli soldiers injured, Wednesday, fourteen Palestinians, including two young women, in Sebastia town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the army accompanied dozens of illegal colonists…

Illegal Israeli settlers, late Tuesday night, attacked Palestinian-owned homes in Kisan village, while another group assaulted Palestinian shepherds, the Palestinian Information Center reported. East of Bethlehem in the southern occupied…

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in support of Palestinian self-determination. The resolution was passed by 168 votes in favor, 5 against, and 10 abstentions. Riyad Malki, Minister of…

Israeli police forces, on Wednesday, invaded the home of Mohamed al-Ajlouni of occupied East Jerusalem, and detained the Palestinian young man and his wife, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Police…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including two children, from their homes, and confiscated two tractors, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has confirmed that another Palestinian detainee, held by Israel, has contracted the coronavirus. The Commission stated that the detainee has been identified…

On Monday at night, December 14th, 2020, Israeli soldiers stationed in their military base across the perimeter fence along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, fired a shell…

A large group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, installed tents, Tuesday, in Jabal al-Jomjoma hill north of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied…

A number of Palestinian civilians, overnight Monday, were detained by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah and al-Beireh, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported. North of Hebron,…

Two Palestinian homes were dismantled by Israeli forces, on Monday, near az-Za’ayyem town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, while others received eviction orders. According to Palestinian WAFA News correspondent, occupation…

JERUSALEM, Tuesday, December 15, 2020 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities have approved the building of thousands of new colonial settler units at the expense of seized Palestinian land extending…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy who was shot below his eye, on December 6th, in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers also…

Today, 14 December 2020, Al-Haq launches a new report “DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C” which examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by…

By Motasem A Dalloul for Middle East Monitor Last Friday, Israeli occupation forces shot dead 13-year-old Palestinian boy Ali Abu Alia during a protest against the construction of an Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, many Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, before violently searching them, causing damage, and abducted six Palestinians, including the father of a…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday evening, two Palestinian teenage boys, after the army invaded the Shweika neighborhood, to the north of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the…

Israeli soldiers and workers of the City Council in the occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, invaded Palestinian lands, and bulldozed walls in addition to a staircase leading near the…

The Israeli Prison Administration forced a Palestinian detainee, who is serving a life term, into solitary confinement only three weeks after he was removed from solitary after spending eight months…

Illegal Israeli settlers, Sunday, burned hundreds of Palestinian-owned olive trees near Yatta town, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, Coordinator of the Popular Resistance, told…

Two Palestinian brothers demolished, Saturday, the second floor of their house, as ordered by the Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Mohamed and Mahmoud al-Khales,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and two near Jerusalem. Several army jeeps…

A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Saturday night after midnight, several Palestinian homes the al-Odaisah village, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and threatened…

A report issued by several human rights and information centers groups in occupied Palestine stated that Israeli soldiers abducted at least 413 Palestinians, including 49 children and seven women, in…

A group of illegal fanatic Israeli colonists attacked, Saturday, a Palestinian journalist in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing cuts and bruises. Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Saturday evening, several Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and caused severe damage to the interior walls…

The Israeli occupation authorities slapped, Thursday, a detained Palestinian teen with a new administrative detention order for the fourth consecutive time, holding him for four additional months without charges or…

Israeli troops manning a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank kidnapped on Friday afternoon Bara’ Jabir, from Jenin refugee camp. Jabir was trying to cross an Israeli military checkpoint…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Protection of Civilians Report | November 24 – December 7, 2020 Israeli forces shot and killed…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against…

An Israeli man stabbed, Friday, a young Palestinian man, who works at a shop in Ramla city, between occupied Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, before fleeing the scene, The wounded Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, many Palestinians participating in a nonviolent activity to plant olive saplings on their lands which Israeli intends to illegal annex, in Beit Dajan village, east of…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a deaf and mute man, who was shot by Israeli soldiers on August 17th, 2020, has died from complications related to his wounds.…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters in the al-Mughayyir Palestinian village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The residents were protesting the illegal annexation…

The Moroccan monarchy, which has illegally occupied its southern neighbor, Western Sahara, for the past thirty years, received a full endorsement for its illegal occupation from US President Donald Trump…

Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, earlier Friday, privately-owned Palestinian lands on a hill in the al-Baq’a area, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed a…

Summary for December 3 – 9, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that…

The Palestinian Information Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed seven Palestinian children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year. The ministry…

Israel military forces issued demolition notices to a number of Palestinian landowners in Yatta village, near Hebron in the southern West Bank. The pretext for the demolition order was that…

The following statement was released by Amnesty International on December 10,2020: As Airbnb prepares to go public in a multi-billion-dollar Initial Public Offering (IPO) it must withdraw listings of rental…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday morning, the town of Jaba’, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, injured six Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Wednesday morning, limited invasions in the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted Palestinian lands. The army vehicles, including…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, said the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians from their homes, near Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded Harmala…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the al-Qaboun area, east of the al-al-Mughayyir   village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before demolishing a barn and confiscating a tent. Ami…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army stormed and ransacked many houses and buildings,…

According to Israeli sources, the head of the “Regional Council of Settlements, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, arrived in Dubai two days ago, accompanied by heads…

The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to snatch large areas of privately-owned Palestinian lands, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to expand the illegal Yitzhar colony. Ghassan…

On Monday morning, a group of Israeli colonial settlers invaded privately-owned Palestinian land in the Silwan neighborhood and threatened the Palestinian landowners, pointing a gun in their faces. The settlers…

Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian, Monday, reportedly after he attempted to stab them, at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli army claimed the…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, two rooms, built on private Palestinian lands in the al-Minya village, southeast of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The army also ordered the removal of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, three Palestinians from Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and one from occupied Jerusalem, instantly after his release after he was held captive for more than five…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, shot and injured four Palestinians, including three who suffered serious wounds, and abducted two young men.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, shot four young men with live fire, in addition…

The Israeli so-called “Planning and Construction Committee” of the City Council in occupied Jerusalem is set to approve 9000 new units in Atarot illegal colony, north of Jerusalem, after it…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked residents protesting the invasion, before shooting one teen, and causing many residents to suffer the…

A number of institiutions, including the Arab League condemned, Saturday, the illegal Israeli settler’s attempt to burn the Church of Gethsemane, Friday, in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian News and Information…

The Arab League denounced, in a statement on Saturday, the shooting death of Ali Ayman Abu Alia, 13, during a peaceful protest near Ramallah in the central West Bank, the…

The Israeli Prison Authority moved, Sunday, a detained wounded Palestinian child from Hadassah Israeli Medical Center, in Jerusalem, back to Majeddo prison, just days after he underwent a platinum implant…

Israeli soldiers confiscated, Sunday, two Palestinian bulldozers, and prevented the farmers from entering their own lands in ‘Atouf village, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley, in the occupied…

A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, late on Saturday at night, a Palestinian orchard in Bruqin and Kafr ed-Deek towns, west of Salfit, in central West Bank, and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least three Palestinians, and interrogated others, in their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)…

The city of Bethlehem, revered by Christians worldwide as the birthplace of Jesus, held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday in a manner that was much more subdued…

The City Council in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, approved a new road that would link between the illegal Mordot colonialist outpost with Gilo illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands…

In new crime of excessive use of lethal force, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed, on Friday December 4, 2020, a Palestinian child and wounded 4 other civilians during the suppression…

Israeli forces invaded several parts of the occupied West Bank, on Friday night and Saturday morning, amid heightened tensions with Palestinian youths, the Palestinian Information Center reported. A number of…

On Friday afternoon, protests took place in a number of West Bank villages to challenge the Israeli expansion of territory on stolen Palestinian land. One of these protests took place…

A statement released this week by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Israel to investigate every incident in which its soldiers used…

An illegal Israeli settler, on Friday, set fire to the Church of All Nations, also known as Gethsemane Church, in occupied Jerusalem, before being arrested by Israeli police, Anadolu Agency…

Israeli soldiers, on Friday, fired rubber-coated steel rounds, tear-gas, and concussion grenades at Palestinians participating in the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, northern occupied West Bank, east of Qalqilia…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, a Palestinian child in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Amin Abu Alia, the head of al-Mughayyir Village…

Karim Ajwa, a lawyer with the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, has reported, Thursday, that a wounded Palestinian detainee was transferred from Soroka Israeli Medical Center to the infamous…

Summary from November 26 – December 02, 2020 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities…

Israeli soldiers injured, Thursday, dozens of Palestinians, including senior political leaders, during a nonviolent procession against the ongoing attempts to illegally annex Palestinian lands to expand a colonialist outpost, west…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that a detained Palestinian child, who was repeatedly assaulted by the soldiers when they abducted him on November 29th, underwent surgery in…

Israeli soldiers injured, Thursday, many Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after dozens of soldiers and colonists invaded its eastern area. Media sources said many army jeeps…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday late at night and Friday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The…

A Palestinian child detainee, on Wednesday, was assaulted by Israeli guards when he asked to go to the prison clinic for feeling unwell, according to a statement by the Detainees…

HaMoked, the Center for the Defence of the Individual, has released a report entitled; Under Cover of Darkness: Night Arrests of Palestinian Minors by Israeli Security Forces in the West…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday afternoon, a former political prisoner while crossing a military roadblock, south of Jenin, in northern West Bank. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office…

Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Wednesday, the archeological site in Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Mohammad Azem, the Mayor of Sebastia, stated…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, including siblings, from their homes in several parts of the occupied…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday evening, many Palestinians in ‘Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Mohammad Awad, a local media activist…

Israeli soldiers installed, on Tuesday evening, a tent, on the site of a former military base, which was built on Palestinian lands, south of the northern West Bank city of…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers, accompanied by prison administration officers, attacked many Palestinian detainees in Section 6 of the Negev Desert detention camp. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers…

Israeli forces, on Tuesday, stormed Beit Ummar town, in the southern occupied West Bank, firing live rounds and tear-gas canisters at local Palestinian civilians, causing many to suffocate, according to…

A Palestinian child detainee, on Tuesday, was hospitalized after being assaulted by Israeli forces during his recent detention, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. Family members of the boy,…

Three Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem have been evicted from their family homes as a result of the ruling by Israeli Magistrates’ Court, according to a joint statement released…