PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Dead, 6 Wounded by Israeli Forces This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 Nov. – 06 Dec. 2017, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Thursday: 108 Wounded as Israeli Troops Attack Palestinian Protesters in Ten Cities
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medical teams treated 108 Palestinians for injuries from Israeli attacks on Palestinian protesters Thursday, including wounds received from live rounds. The medics…
Israeli Soldiers Isolate Kufur Qaddoum
Earlier Friday, dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded and isolated Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, ahead of the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall…
Israeli Army Increases Military Deployment In The West Bank And Gaza Border Areas
The Israeli army has significantly increased its deployment across the occupied West Bank, including in and around Jerusalem, and all border areas in the Gaza Strip, in anticipation of massive…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seventeen Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn, the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and the areas of Wad al-Jouz and as-Suwwana, in addition to nearby al-Isawiya town, searched and…
Mustafa Barghouti: Unlike US Embassy, Palestinians Will Not Be Moved
As protests erupt over Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti says Trump and Netanyahu won’t succeed in displacing Palestinians from their homeland. Mustafa Barghouti was born…
Army Injures One Palestinian, Abducts Three, Near Ramallah
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, shot and injured one Palestinian, and abducted three others. The soldiers attacked dozens…
Israeli Army Strikes Several Border Areas In Gaza
The Israeli army and Air Force fired many shells and missiles into border areas, in the Gaza Strip, in addition to firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while Israeli…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Dozens of Palestinians Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured dozens of Palestinians, who were protesting the American decision to recognize Jerusalem as…
Israel Decides To Build 7000 Units For Colonists In Occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli “Housing Minister,” former commander of the Southern Command in the Israel Army Galant, have decided, Thursday, to push forward a plan for the construction of 14000 units in Jerusalem,…
Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour Engage in “Christmas Blackout” to Protest US Jerusalem Decision
Just days after the Christmas tree lighting in the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, the lights on the giant Christmas tree were turned off at the request of local officials, to…
Haniyya Slams American Decision, Calls For Massive Intifada In Palestine
In a televised speech from his home in the ash-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, the head of the Political Bureau of Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyya, strongly denounced the American decision…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 36 Palestinians In West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, on Thursday at dawn, 36 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 22 from Qusra village, south of…
Palestinian March In Masses In Support of Jerusalem
All Palestinian national and Islamic forces and factions have declared Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to be days of total popular struggle throughout Palestine and outside, calling on the masses of…
Abbas: “Trump’s Decision Violates International Law, Foils All Efforts Of Peace”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump regarding recognizing occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and moving the U.S. Embassy to the occupied city, is…
Donald Trump Declares Jerusalem “Capital of Israel”
In a move that contradicts decades of US policy, flagrantly violates international law and signed peace agreements, and discards the Palestinian people’s basic rights, the sitting U.S. President Donald Trump…
Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move Was Long in the Works
President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there. Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada says years of US policy set the stage.…
Tayseer Khaled Calls for Boycott of US Goods
Amid controversy over the US decision to move their embassy to Jerusalem, PLO Executive Committee member, Tayseer Khaled, published a press release calling for an international campaign in the Arab,…
US to Reduce Aid to Palestine
The US House of Representatives voted, on Tuesday, to sharply reduce the annual $300m in US aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA), unless it stops paying families of Palestinian abducted…
Israeli Soldiers Close Roads, Invade Homes And Confiscate Surveillance Equipment, Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers closed, Wednesday, the western road of Ya’bad town, and several minor roads, southwest of Jenin, invaded and ransacked homes, and confiscated surveillance equipment. Media sources in Jenin said…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians, Searches Homes, In Hebron
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, Wednesday, three Palestinians, and searched many homes, in Halhoul, Yatta and Beit Ummar, in…
Palestinian Child Dies From Wounds Suffered In 2014
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child died, on Wednesday morning, from serious wounds he suffered when the soldiers bombarded his family’s home, during the 2014 Israeli war on…
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Teen, A Young Man, And Beat Up Two Siblings In Their Homes, Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy from Jenin refugee camp, in addition to a young man in Siris village, south of Jenin, and invaded two homes…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians From Jenin And Hebron, Injure One
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Tuesday, one Palestinian near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and two others from the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron. On Monday evening, the…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians, Including Five Children, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until dawn hours Tuesday, seven Palestinians, including five children and one woman, from their homes, in several parts of occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…
It’s Time the International Community Stood Up for Palestinian Children
The policy of the international world, which gives a blind eye for the Israeli violations against the Palestinians, encourages the Israelis to carry out more crimes. Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian…
Global Coalition: Embassy Move to Jerusalem Endangering US Economic and Political Interests
Global Coalition in Support of Al-Quds and Palestine said, Sunday, that any measures to relocate the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, or to recognize the legitimacy of the…
Navy Abducts 5 Fishermen and Seizes Boats in Gaza
The Israeli occupation Navy abducted five fishermen, on Sunday evening. seizing their boats from the Sudanese Sea, north of Gaza. The captain, fisherman Amjad al-Shrafi, said, according to the PNN,…
Army Injures Twelve Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the village of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, clashed with local youngsters, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps, and…
Several Palestinians Suffer Effects Of Israeli Teargas Bombs Near Jenin
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Monday evening, Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired many gas bombs at local youngsters, who hurled…
Thousands Attend Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Bethlehem
Outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where Christians believe that Jesus was born, thousands of people gathered Saturday for the annual Christmas tree lighting celebration, ceremony, concert and…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Children, in Bethlehem, Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, six Palestinians, including three children, in the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin, after the army invaded many homes and violently…
Army Abducts The Head Of the Legal Department Of The Detainees Committee
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, on Monday at dawn, the head of its Legal Departments, Lawyer Eyad Misk, after storming and searching his home…
Roger Waters Confronts the Occupation of the Canadian Mind (VIDEO)
Rock musician and Palestinian rights advocate Roger Waters discusses his recent concert tour in Canada. TRNN transcript & video: D. Lascaris: This is Dmitri Lascaris for The Real News network.…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Guards Of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, four guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and took them to several detention and interrogation centers. The soldiers abducted Luay…
Settlement Pollutes Palestinian Olive Groves With Sewage Water
The picture might look beautiful, but the water badly smells of sewage. 11/17 | International Solidarity Movement | Nablus Team The farmers in South Bruqin have had to face the…
Hundreds of Elected Officials in the Spanish State Endorse BDS for Palestinian Rights
Hundreds of elected officials in the Spanish State endorse BDS for Palestinian rights, setting a new BDS precedent in Europe. They include mayors, city councillors, members of congress, presidents of…
Settlement Council Honors Odeh’s Killer
Shomron regional council head Yossi Dagan, in the north of the West Bank, decided to honor the murderer of Mahmoud Odeh, who died in Qasra village, south of Nablus, last Thursday.…
US Prepares for Protests at US Embassies upon Announcement of Jerusalem Move
The US State Department’s security arm has been told to plan for potentially violent protests at US embassies and consulates, once the Trump administration announces it is moving the US…
Army Invades Two Schools Near Bethlehem, Detains Local Council Head And Workers, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, two schools in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, after firing gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.In Hebron, the…
Israeli Soldiers Detain A Child And A Young Man, In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Rommana village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, detained a child and a young man, and released them after interrogating…
Israeli Navy Detains Five Fishermen, Injures One, In Northern Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian fishing boat in the Sudaniyya Sea, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Navy fired many live rounds at…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Shepherd In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian shepherd in grazing lands, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers attacked shepherds in…
Palestinians Tear Down Iron Gate in Protest of Apartheid Wall
A Palestinian youth rides his bicycle next to Israel’s separation wall on the outskirts of Jerusalem (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli/File) A group of Palestinian youths reprtedly managed to bring down an iron…
‘Smuggled’ Palestinian Child Meets Father for the First Time in Israeli Prison
by Rania Zabaneh Whenever someone asked Majd where his father was, he would run to the sitting room and point to a poster hung on the wall. For the 15-month-old…
VIDEO: Bethlehem Museum Decorates Olive Tree to Reflect City’s Suffering under Israeli Occupation
In a ceremony attended by a group of Palestinians and Internationals, under the initiative of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), as part of Bethlehem Heart of Christmas, Bethlehem…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a Palestinian man from his home, in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS)…
Israeli soldier killed in stabbing attack
Two Palestinian Bedouin men have been taken into custody for the murder of a 19-year old Israeli soldier on November 30th in southern Israel. Ron Isaac Kukia, 19, was stabbed…
Former Hunger Striker under Administrative Detention Ordered into Isolation
Palestinian prisoner and former long-term hunger striker Ayman al-Tabeesh, 37, imprisoned without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation, has been ordered into isolation on the pretext of being a “security threat.” Al-Tabeesh, from the…
Flynn Plea Shows Collusion With… Israel?
Michael Flynn’s guilty plea to lying to the FBI falls short on Russia “collusion” but points to the Trump administration acting on Israel’s behalf, says author and journalist Max Blumenthal.…
Demonstrations Suppressed in Hebron and Ramallah Districts
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians in a village located in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, after Israeli forces suppressed a protest in the area. Palestinians…
Iranian Military Base Reportedly Targeted by Israeli Forces near Damascus
Israeli planes struck a military base being built by Iranian military forces, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, with surface-to-air missiles, pro-Assad news outlets reported early on Saturday morning. The…
Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Shepherds In Northern Plains
Extremist Israeli colonists, illegally living on Palestinian lands, attacked many Palestinian shepherds, Friday, and forced them out of grazing lands, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank. The…
Army Injures 59 Palestinians In Qusra, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, at least 59 Palestinians, including three with rubber-coated steel bullets, in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after the…
Bil’in Holds The Weekly Nonviolent Procession
Dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, held the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village west of the central West…
Army Injures Four Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured four Palestinians. Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of…
Israeli Soldiers Injure A Teen In Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, a Palestinian teenage boy, east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Ministry…
Soldiers Invade Homes Near Qalqilia And Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the towns of Azzoun and Kafr Thulth, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The army…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Home Near Jenin, Injure Many Palestinians, Including An Infant
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the town of Qabatia, south of the northern West bank city of Jenin, and demolished a home, in addition to causing many Palestinians,…
Israeli Soldier Stabbed to Death in Negev
An Israeli soldier was found lying unconscious, on Thursday evening, bleeding from stab wounds, outside of a mall in the city of Arad, in the Negev desert. Attempts to revive…
Israeli Army Bombards Gaza, Injures Three Palestinians
The Israeli Air Force fires at least four missiles into an area, south of Gaza city, wounding three Palestinians, who were rushed to the Shifa Medical Center, west of the…
Hours After Illegal Colonists Killed One Palestinian; Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians, One Seriously, Colonists Attack Ambulance
Dozens of Israeli colonists and soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the village of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before the army shot and seriously…
Updated: “Israeli Colonists Kill A Palestinian Farmer Near Nablus”
A group of approximately 20 Israeli colonists, on Thursday afternoon, shot a Palestinian farmer in the upper part of his body, leaving him dead, and injured another Palestinian, near Nablus,…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (23– 28 November 2017)
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 23 – 28 November, 2017. 4 Civilians, including 2 children and international activist, were…
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs: UN Caused Historical Massacre through Partition Resolution
Hamas’ Office of Refugee Affairs of the Islamic Resistance Movement stated that the United Nations committed a historic massacre against the people of Palestine by adopting the Partition of Palestine,…
Israeli Forces Attack Hamas Positions Following Claims of Mortar Fire
Israeli occupation forces shelled the border of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, under the pretext that Palestinians had fired mortar shells at an Israeli military post, Several mortar shells were…
Two Detainees Continue Hunger Strike Demanding Medical Treatment, Rejecting Administrative Detention
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that an ailing detainee is ongoing with hunger strike for the third day, demanding receiving treatment for serious health conditions. It also stated…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after invading their homes and violently searching them. The Bethlehem office of…
Three Palestinians Injured After Israeli Planes Sprayed Farmlands With Toxins In Gaza
Israeli army planes sprayed, Wednesday, Palestinian farmland in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, with toxins and chemicals, wounding three Palestinians. Medical sources in Gaza said the Palestinians suffered…
Israeli Police Detains Two Palestinians In Tel Aviv
The Israeli police detained, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians in the Central Station in Tel Aviv, allegedly for locating sharp objects with them. The two have been identified as Omar…
Army Abducts Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Wednesday, five Palestinians, including a child, in the West Bank governorates of Hebron, the Northern Plains, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources in Hebron,…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, at dawn Wednesday, Harmala village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted three Palestinians, including two siblings. The soldiers invaded the village before breaking…
Trump Plans to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Max Blumenthal and Paul Jay on Mike Pence’s announcement that Donald Trump is actively planning to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, going against decades…
Caravans Installed at Hebron Military Outpost
Israeli forces installed, on Tuesday, six caravans at a military outpost in Hebron city, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Locals told WAFA that the Israeli…
Rafah Crossing and the Impossibility of Leaving Gaza
by Muhammad Shehada After three days of an exceptional opening of Gaza’s only gate to the outside world, the Rafah border crossing, Palestinians are – again – locked up behind…
Israeli Forces Open Fire in Eastern Gaza, Two Palestinians Shot on Egyptian Border
Israeli forces positioned on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip opened fire on Tuesday, at dawn and in the morning hours, towards Palestinian lands, sheep herders and a resistance…
Israel Threatens Nasrallah as Target of Assassination
Amid rising tension and Israeli threats of a new war against Lebanon, Israel has reportedly threatened that Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s resistance movement, will be a target of…
Army Abducts Two Palestinian Shepherds In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinian Shepherds in Ein al-Hilwa and as-Sakout areas, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, for bringing their cattle to a…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Including A Mother, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, four Palestinians; one of them is a mother of five, including two toddlers, after a group of illegal Israeli colonists invaded Palestinian lands, east…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, two young Palestinian men in Hebron and one in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS),…
US Blackmails PA into Accepting Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’
US Administration has recently refused to renew the licence of PLO’s office in Washington unless it stops prosecuting Israel before international courts and starts unconditional peace talks. According to Days…
ISM Report: Four Houses in Jiftlik Demolished by Israel
On the 7th of November, the state of Israel demolished four houses in the Jordan Valley, making four families homeless. At 6:30 the Israeli army came photographing the house, and,…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Jenin And Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, three young Palestinians from Jenin and Nablus governorates, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers also summoned for interrogation…
Entire Bedouin Community to be Evicted in Jerusalem
The Bedouin community in al-Baba Mountain, in the town of Al-Eizariya, occupied East Jerusalem, stands steadfast in face of Israeli plans which aim to evict them. According to Al Ray…
53 Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli settlers and occupation forces continue their violations of the sanctity of holy sites in Palestine, with raids occurring on an almost daily basis. Settlers, on Monday, stormed into Al-Aqsa…
Soldiers Dig Palestinian Graveyard In Kafr ‘Aqab
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, a Palestinian graveyard in Kafr Aqab town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded a graveyard before starting digging work in the cemetery and some of…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Detainees In Ramon Prison
On Monday, undercover soldiers of the Israeli Prison Authority, attacked several Palestinian detainees, in various sections in Ramon prison, causing many to suffer cuts and bruises, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct 21 Palestinians, Including Children, In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, 21 Palestinians, including children, in the occupied West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, during extensive military invasions…
Report: Palestinian Natural Resources Plundered by Israeli Quarries
It was between 1981 and 1982 when Israeli authorities seized several pieces of land to the west of the town of al-Zawiya, west of Salfit, the occupied West Bank and…
Hotovely Under Fire for Comments on Jewish-American Military Service
A top Israeli diplomat was rebuked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday, for suggesting that American Jews have a poor commitment to service in the US military. Asked in…
The ‘Deal of the Century’ Struck between Reckless Leaders
One of the issues which had been taken widely with discussions, since the start of Trump’s term, is the “deal of the century.” It might and might not deserve this…
65 Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers and members of Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Maghariba gate, on Sunday morning, guarded by Israeli special forces. About 65 settlers and three…
Soldiers Dump Civilian Outside Refugee Camp, After Shooting And Abducting Him From Ambulance
Israeli soldiers released, on Sunday at night, a young Palestinian man, who was shot and injured by army fire, on Sunday afternoon, by dumping him at the entrance of the…
Army Injures Two Palestinians, Abducts One Of Them, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday afternoon, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, shot and injured two young men, and abducted…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, four Palestinians, including two teenagers, in Hebron and Bethlehem, and distributed demolition orders targeting a farm and structures, in Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The…
A Call for Solidarity from Kufr Aqab
11/24/17 | International Solidarity Movement | Nablus Team Six residential buildings in the Kufr Aqab neighbourhood, in Jerusalem, are currently facing demolition orders by Israeli authorities. The neighbourhood is the…
Susiya Under Renewed Demolition Threat
The Palestinian village of Susiya, located in the South Hebron Hills area of the southern occupied West Bank, is under renewed threat of expulsion by the Israeli state, according to…
US Backtracks on Move to Close DC Palestinian Office
Assuring what the Palestine News Network (PNN) published last night, the Trump administration has backtracked on its decision to order the Palestinian office in Washington to close, instead saying it…
Britain to Contribute £20 Million to Palestinian Budget
Britain has agreed to pay its annual contribution of 20 million pounds to support the Palestinian budget, part of which will go to education as proof of its support for…
UK: Universities Blocking Platform to Free Speech on Palestine?
British universities are being accused of threatening free speech on issues such as Palestine by insisting on tough yet ill-defined rules that events must be chaired by approved “independent” moderators,…