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Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Gaza Humanitarian Worker Mohammad al-Halabi

April 25, 2022

Human Rights Watch urged on Monday Israeli authorities to immediately release Mohammad al-Halabi, a humanitarian worker from Gaza detained for nearly six years, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Last February, the Israeli Supreme […]

HRW: European Union Should Ban Trade with Illegal Settlements

February 21, 2022

The European Commission should prohibit EU trade with settlements in occupied territories globally, Human Rights Watch said on Monday as it signed onto a European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

The US Enables Criminal Israeli Behavior

January 15, 2022

Given all the attention focused on the covid-19 pandemic, the Build Back Better bill, the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the media-hyped crises over Ukraine and Taiwan this past year, many other important […]

HRW: Israel Doubled Down on Policies to Repress Palestinians in 2021

January 15, 2022

Israeli occupation authorities doubled down on policies to repress Palestinians and privilege illegal Jewish settlers during the last year, Human Rights Watch stated in a new report. “The government’s policy of maintaining the domination of […]

HRW: Israeli Officials Coordinated with Jewish Ultra-Nationalists to Crackdown on Palestinian Protesters in May

December 14, 2021

A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) into abusive and discriminatory policing found that Israeli officials coordinated with far-right Jewish ultra-nationalists during May’s civil unrest in the city of Lod. The report, released on Tuesday, […]

Facebook to Allow Independent Investigation into Pro-Palestine Content Suppression

October 16, 2021

Facebook will allow an independent investigation into content moderation of Arabic and Hebrew posts after the social media giant has been accused of removing and suppressing pro-Palestine content, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

HRW Criticizes Facebook Censorship of Palestinians, Demands Investigation

October 8, 2021

Facebook has “wrongfully removed” content by Palestinians and pro-Palestine activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. According to the New York-based international NGO, Facebook unfairly removed posts describing human rights abuses […]

UK Labour Party Approves Historic Motion Calling Israel Apartheid State

September 27, 2021

The UK Labour Party Conference has voted today in favor of a motion identifying Israel as a state practicing the crime of apartheid, making it the first major political party in Europe to adopt such […]

HRW: Israel’s May Airstrikes on Gaza High-Rises Violated International Laws of War

August 23, 2021

Human Rights Watch (HRW) today accused Israel of violating international laws of war, after demolishing four multi-story buildings by air raids during its 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in May. The deadly bombardment killed […]

HRW Dubs Israel’s May War on Gaza ‘Apparent War Crime’

July 28, 2021

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday accused Israel of carrying out attacks against the Palestinians in Gaza “that violated the laws of war and apparently amount to war crimes” during its 11-day assault in May. The […]

The Evolution of Apartheid: Why Israel is Becoming a Pariah State

May 19, 2021

On April 27, one of the world’s largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. “Across these areas and in most […]

What has the PA Done to Halt Israeli Apartheid?

May 8, 2021

The Palestinian Authority couldn’t have hoped for better timing for the release of the Human Rights Watch report detailing Israel’s apartheid system and violations. It’s just a pity for the PA that Palestinians are not […]

Germany Rejects HRW Report on ‘Apartheid Israel’

May 5, 2021

Germany has expressed its rejection of a recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) describing Israeli practices toward Palestinians as amounting to “the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.” German government spokesman Steffen Seibert […]

The US is Shielding Israel from Apartheid Claims and Itself from Complicity Charges

May 1, 2021

The Palestinians mentioned apartheid in connection with Israel long before B’Tselem used the description. Now it is the turn of Human Rights Watch (HRW) to — rightfully, if belatedly — accuse Israel of apartheid in […]

HRW Findings on Israel’s Apartheid Crimes Brings Justice For Palestinians One Step Closer

April 29, 2021

In a dramatic escalation representative of global outrage against Israel’s tsunami of crimes against Palestinians, a new report has made scathing findings on them. New York-based Human Rights Watch, (HRW), released a detailed legal report […]

HRW Israel, Palestine Director: International Community ‘Blinded to Reality’

April 28, 2021

Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director, Omar Shakir, spoke with The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, about the ground-breaking report which has been widely shared on social media. HRW has said that […]

Historic HRW Report: Israel Committing ‘Crime of Apartheid’ against Palestinians (FULL REPORT)

April 27, 2021

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that Israel is committing the crime of “apartheid” by seeking to maintain Jewish “domination” over Palestinians and its own Arab population, an explosive allegation fiercely denounced by Israel. Currently under […]

Reports: Human Rights Watch Will Accuse Israel of ‘Crime of Apartheid’

April 26, 2021

Israel’s status as an apartheid state is likely to be cemented further with a new report by Human Rights Watch concluding that the occupation state has crossed the threshold to be classified as such. The […]

HRW Urges to Provide COVID Vaccines to Palestinians

January 18, 2021

Human Rights Watch on Sunday called on the Israeli authorities to provide coronavirus vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, […]

HRW’s Omar Shakir Deported from Israel over BDS Support (VIDEO)

November 25, 2019

A senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) official who has been expelled from Israel over his alleged support for promoting boycotts of the country will continue carrying out his work from a neighboring country, according to the […]

HRW: Israeli Banks ‘Pillage’ Palestine through Settlement Program and May Be Guilty of War Crime

June 16, 2018

Deep involvement of Israeli banks in the building of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank may amount to the war crime of pillage, HRW has said. While the settlements are condemned worldwide, Israel keeps […]

HRW: Israeli Banks’ Role Abets Land Seizures, Rights Abuses

May 29, 2018

Most of Israel’s largest banks are providing services that help support, maintain, and expand unlawful settlements by financing their construction in the occupied West Bank, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The […]

HRW: Israeli Army Demolishing of West Bank Schools Could Amount to War Crimes

April 26, 2018

Human Rights Watch has issued a statement on April 24, 2018, stating that Israel has repeatedly denied Palestinians permits to build schools in the West Bank and demolished schools built without permits, making it more […]

HRW: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated

April 3, 2018

By Human Rights Watch Senior Israeli officials who unlawfully called for use of live ammunition against Palestinian demonstrations who posed no imminent threat to life bear responsibility for the killings of 14 demonstrators in Gaza […]

HRW Tells Israel: Don’t Lock Up Asylum Seekers (VIDEO)

January 22, 2018

Israeli authorities should abandon a new policy that could lead to the indefinite detention of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals for refusing to leave Israel for Rwanda or Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today. […]

HRW: Trump Administration UNRWA Funding Blackmail ‘Vindictive’ (VIDEO)

January 10, 2018

The US government is withholding at least US$125 million in funds it was expected to provide to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA). The agency provides services to 5.3 million refugees in […]

HRW Documents Violations against Journalists by Palestinian Authorities

September 1, 2016

International NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report documenting violations against journalists and activists by Palestinian authorities both in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, accusing governments of inflicting “harassment, intimidation, and physical abuse” on […]

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