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Mass Executions Took Place Following The Nakba — Palestinian Researcher and head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, states that around 20% of all…

A number of human rights groups and political parties, including Amnesty International and representative organizations for Palestine, in Israel, have published a petition calling on the Israeli Minister of Defense…

Swedish authorities refused, on Sunday, to allow the plane of Israeli President Shimon Peres to cross into its airspace en route to Norway, according to the Middle East Monitor (MEMO).…

Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of American human rights activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003 as she attempted to defend a Palestinian family’s home from…

The Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF have signed a cooperation agreement on childhood protection in Palestine.The agreement aims to foster capacities of the ministries concerned with childhood affairs through…

Ma’an reports that actor Danny Glover and a number of others featured in a US documentary about a prominent social justice activist protested the film’s screening at a Tel Aviv…

Israeli settlers, backed by special police, stormed the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, Wednesday, where they abducted two brothers for trying to prevent the settlers from performing…

Senior Hamas member Abbas al-Sayed, sentenced to life imprisonment, is to declare an open-ended hunger strike next Monday, in solidarity with the administrative detainees, according to to the Palestinian Center…

Israel says that it has ‘no intention’ of giving the Vatican sovereignty over a Jerusalem holy site, amid protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews which are marking Pope Francis’ upcoming visit.’Contrary to…

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13th May 2014 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice | Occupied PalestineNine years after filing a civil suit against the State of Israel for the wrongful death of…

[Wednesday Morning, May 14, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child in Silwan, and a young man in a yard of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.Eyewitnesses said the…

Israeli sources have reported that clashes took place between Israeli soldiers and settlers as the army arrived at the Ma’aleh Rehavam illegal outpost, one of three outposts Israel intends to…

[Wednesday, May 14, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Shu’fat and Ras al-‘Amoud, in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished three Palestinian structures, allegedly for being constructed without…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, [May, 14, 2014] various districts in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped at least eleven Palestinians. Dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded the…

According to the Ma’an News Agency, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not be the head of the upcoming unity government, and that the new president will not have a deputy…

The Israeli police have requested that a welcome poster for Pope Francis’ eminent visit be removed from a building belonging to a church near Jaffa Gate, to avoid ‘inflaming Jewish…

Senior member of Fatah and reconciliation officiator Azzam al-Ahmad arrived in Gaza, Tuesday evening, via Erez Beit Hanoun crossing, to discuss the formation of a unity government with Hamas.Fatah spokesman…

Israeli President Shimon Peres’ visit to Norway was met with mass demonstrations organized by popular human rights organizations and leftist parties calling for his expulsion, on Tuesday, according to Al…

East Jerusalem lawyer Shireen Isawihas announced to family members that she will begin an open-ended hunger strike in protest of her detention by Israel, according to Issawi’s relatives.Shireen was abducted…

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert sentenced was sentenced to six years in prison by a Tel Aviv court, on Tuesday, for accepting bribes in connection with a major Jerusalem land…

Israeli settlers assaulted and severely beat a Palestinian shepherd near the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah, Tuesday, according to witnesses.WAFA reports that at least seven settlers wearing masks assaulted…

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U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, will be holding a meeting, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in London, to discuss efforts meant to ensure the…

[Tuesday, May 13, 2014] Israeli police officers kidnapped two female students in the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in the West…

Following is a statement by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition regarding the April 29th attack on Gaza’s Ark. Statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition regarding the attack on Gaza’s Ark, for…

Israeli violations against the Palestinian people and their property continued throughout the day, on Monday May 12, 2014, with attacks and abductions occuring in various regions of the West Bank,…

12 May, 2014 Dear supporters, This weekend representatives of the Gaza’s Ark steering committee met with our Flotilla Coalition partners in London, England, and this morning we are standing together…

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Israel Electric Corporation has filed a suit against a private Palestinian firm for 531 million shekels ($153 million) in past dues, after attempts to settle the debt failed, according to…

On June 6, which coincides with the 46th anniversary of Israel’s illegal occupation of Jerusalem, representatives of more than 45 countries will peacefully march on Israeli embassies, or as close…

On the night of the 28th to 29th of April 2014, the Israeli army raided the village of Kafr Qaddum to arrest five people, among them Murad Eshtewi, the media…

Rising numbers of Palestinian children are being subjected to solitary confinement for interrogation purposes in Israeli detention, according to a new report from Defense for Children International Palestine. Written by…

[Monday Morning, May 12, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded the al-Quds Open University, and a number of schools, in Abu Dis town, near occupied East Jerusalem, clashing with local…

[Monday, May 12, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded different Palestinian neighborhoods in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, kidnapping 14 Palestinians. One woman was also…

[Monday At Dawn, May 12, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded various Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, kidnapping one Palestinian as they searched homes and a…

Palestinian and Israeli sources revealed, Sunday [May 11, 2014] that, despite the collapse of direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Israel and Palestinian negotiators are still holding “secret talks” in the Jordanian capital,…

The Greek Orthodox church has officially dismissed a Palestinian priest who publicly promoted service in the Israeli army, by Christians, according to a church spokesman. Spokesman Issa Musleh said that…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24 – 29 April, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

The head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land said, today, that Israeli hate crimes against local Muslims and Christians are souring relations ahead of a papal visit,…

Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Sunday morning [May 11, 2014] Methaloon town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where soldiers clashed with local residents, leading to…

[Sunday, May 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers, manning military towers across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern…

[Sunday, May 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinian children from different neighborhoods, in occupied East Jerusalem, and took them to an interrogation facility.Local sources have reported that several soldiers…

[Saturday, May 10, 2014] The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that a number of settlers of the Ma’on illegal settlement, south of the southern West Bank city…

[Saturday, May 10, 2014] Spokesperson of the Fateh Movement Fayez Abu Atiyya stated that the upcoming national unity government would be supervising the Palestinian side of the Rafah Border Terminal,…

Richard Falk called, on Friday, for worldwide solidarity with the Palestinian struggle through boycott and divestment from companies profitng from illegal Israeli settlement construction.In a report originally published in Arabic…

Both Israeli soldiers and settlers continued their violations against the Palestinian people and their property well into Saturday, this week, with the most recent assaults and abductions occurring in the…

The following is a copy of a letter from Palestinian administrative detainees, posted on facebook by the Campaign of Exposing Israeli Crimes via Social Media.Peace upon you all. Dear all…

As Israelis across the country celebrated their Independence Day, more than 10,000 Palestinians living in Israel and Jerusalem converged on the site of the northern village of Lubya, one of…

A number of human rights groups from Addameer Prisoner Support to Amnesty International are urging Palestinian officials to sign up with the International Criminal Court.Seventeen local and international human rights…

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According to an Israeli think tank, more than 50% of the Arab population inside Israel is living below the poverty line.The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies states that the…

Rallies were held across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, on Friday, as nearly 100 Palestinian entered their 16th day of hunger strike, in protest of Israel’s ongoing administrative detention…

At least two Palestinians were kidnapped on Friday, at dawn [May 9, 2014], and several residents have been detained and interrogated, as the army invaded various Palestinian communities in the…

[Friday Morning, May 9, 2014] Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…

[Friday, May 9, 2014] A number of Israeli vandals wrote anti-Christian graffiti, along with other anti-Arab graffiti, near a Roman Church in occupied Jerusalem, and on a wall in the…

[Thursday, May 8 2014] During his meeting with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Tel Aviv must respect all signed agreements, release all detainees…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu intends to further define Israel’s uniquely Jewish identity with a clause stating that it will be based on Jewish traditional law.08 May 2014 | Alternative Information…

The latest wave of mass hunger strikes continue for the second week, as Palestinian prisoners demand the end of the policy of administrative detention. Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights…

An Israeli Military Court convicted on Thursday, May 8 2014, two Palestinian brothers of kidnaping and killing an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, in September of 2013. One of…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said, during a TV interview Thursday, that Palestinians are ready to resume negotiations, but under the condition that Israel releases the fourth batch of veteran Palestinian…

The Roman Catholic church has demanded Israeli action, after suspected Jewish vandals daubed hate graffiti on Vatican-owned offices in annexed East Jerusalem, just two weeks before a formal papal visit.Israeli…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has called upon the Attorney General to open a serious investigation into incidents which took place in Yatta town, near Hebron, on Monday,…

Over 5,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons have launched a massive open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with administrative detainees who continue their strike for the 14th day in a row.Head…

[Thursday, May 8, 2014] The Israeli army partially opened the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Trade Terminal, east of the besieged Gaza Strip, to allow the export of one truck,…

[Thursday, May 8, 2014] Israeli soldiers invading different parts of the occupied West Bank have kidnapped at least nine Palestinians. They also detained and interrogated several Palestinians.Local sources in Jenin,…

Israeli President Shimon Peres said, on Tuesday, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace agreement which he had secretly negotiated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.According to a Ma’an…

The National Committee for Planning and Building, in the Israeli Ministry of Interior, has approved the expansion of Megiddo prison to hold 6,000 prisoners.According to Haaretz, the committee cancelled a…

The Electronic Intifada | 5th May 2014 | Gaza City In Mapping Exile and Return: Palestinian Dispossession and a Political Theology for a Shared Future, American Mennonite theologian and aid…

Eviction notices for buildings in Wadi al-Niam were issued, on Wednesday, by representatives of the Israeli Land Authority, according to local and official reports. The notices were posted on a…

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Palestinian public sector workers received their salaries, on Tuesday, signaling the backing down of Israel from a threat to impose sanctions as peace talks began to collapse, last month.Written by…

Gaza authorities have executed two men after finding them guilty of collaboration with the Israeli military.The Ministry of Interior said, in a statement, that “the death sentence was carried out…

[Wednesday, May 7, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two fishermen were injured after Israeli Navy boats chased Palestinian fishing boats in territorial waters, west of Gaza city.The sources…

[Wednesday, at Dawn, May 7, 2014] Local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have reported that several Israeli military vehicles invaded various towns in the district, including Methaloon…

[Wednesday, May 7, 2014] Local sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Halhoul and Ithna towns, broke into and searched several homes,…

[Tuesday Evening, May 6, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians, including a child from the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and took them to unknown destinations.Local sources said that…

[Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that high rates of cancer among Palestinian political prisons run by Israel…

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The Arab League Council will be holding a meeting between permanent delegates, next Wednesday, upon the demand of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to…

With the protection of the army, hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed an agricultural area in the village of Nahhaleen, to the west of Bethlehem, on Tuesday, according to Ahmad Sukkar…

Israeli police in kept the Al-Aqsa mosque closed to worshipers under the age of 50 for the second day, on Tuesday, according to an official. Azzam al-Khatib, director of the…

Student representatives at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, voted on Sunday to support divestment from companies profiting from Israeli military occupation in Palestine.Submitted by Ali Abunimah to The Electronic Intifada…

[Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two children were injured, in two separate attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers in Hebron city, in the southern part…

The Egyptian navy detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, according to a union official. Spokesperson for the Gaza fishermen’s union, Nizar Ayyash,…

[Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, installed roadblocks, and searched several homes after violently breaking into them.Local sources in Ya’bad village,…

The US State Department announced, late Monday, that senior officials are planning to visit Israel again, after the recent collapse of peace talks.Reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry…

As Israelis commemorated ‘Memorial Day’ on Monday, and began a series of events to lead up to ‘Independence Day’ on May 15th, one Israeli group launched a smartphone app called…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former driver has been officially indicted in the Jerusalem District Court for hundreds of sexual assaults and rapes against six minors, mostly relatives of his.…

Saturday, May 3rd, was the United Nations World Press Freedom Day, when journalists celebrated, remembered, and protested on a date commemorated worldwide since 1992. In Palestine, the International Solidarity Movement…

Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Majdoleen Hassouna, age 26, at al-Karama crossing, between the West Bank and Jordan, upon her return from Lebanon Monday afternoon.Majdoleen Hassouna, from Beit Umareen village,…

Member of PLO Executive Committee Dr. Hanan ‘Ashrawi expressed, Monday, that the Israeli government and its extreme right-wing coalition reveal the true face of an Israeli apartheid regime based on…

Seven Jewish Israeli minors have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in racist acts and vandalism.Four of the suspects, between the ages of 13 and 15, are accused of spraying…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that 120 Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention policies without charges or trial, are ongoing with their strike demanding an…

[Monday, May 5, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and uprooted more than 51 olive saplings. The…

[Monday At Dawn, May 5, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched homes, and kidnapped at least two Palestinians.Local sources in…

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United Nations reports reveal that some 222 Palestinians were injured by Israeli military and police forces, during the month of April.Originally written by the Alternative Information Center, published 04 May…

The Israeli authorities sealed their border crossings with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, on Sunday, under a pretext of celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of Israeli State,…

[Sunday at Dawn, May 3, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that five residents have been wounded after Israeli soldiers invaded the central West Bank city of Salfit.Eyewitnesses said several…