United Nations special rapporteurs Monday called for the rescheduling of Palestinian elections within a reasonable time to ensure “free, fair, democratic, peaceful, and credible” polls, Anadolu News Agency reported. The Palestinian parliamentary elections had been […]
After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Israel Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. Israel was a member of the AU’s forerunner, the Organization of African […]
Palestinian institutions today accused the Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death, Anadolu Agency reports. Forty-three-year-old Abdo Al-Khatib was killed yesterday after being tortured during interrogation at the Al-Maskobiya interrogation center in occupied […]
The US tech and retail giant, Amazon has pulled the plug on infrastructure and other services that it offered to Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, following allegations that the company’s spyware was being used to […]
In another major win for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement., the ice cream US giant, Ben and Jerry’s announced Monday that it “will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied […]
The Palestinian Football Association has welcomed the scrapping of a football match between Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Israel’s Beitar football team, which was scheduled to take place on August 4 in Jerusalem, reports Anadolu Agency. “We express […]
Israeli intelligence software Cellebrite is supplying Vietnam digital surveillance tools which it has used to quash opposition, rights groups say. Israeli newspaper Haaretz said Vietnam’s Public Security Ministry, which is responsible for the police and […]
The Student Union at Birzeit University organized today a sit-in in front of the university to protest the Israeli occupation forces’ detention of 33 students. Soldiers yesterday stopped 45 students following their solidarity visit to […]
On Tuesday, July 13, Palestinian human rights advocate Suha Jarrar was laid to rest by her friends and family in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Suha’s mother, Palestinian leader, feminist icon, and political […]
The Israeli authorities have refused to release detained Palestinian political activist Khalida Jarrar to attend her daughter’s funeral. Please sign and share this petition calling for Israel to release Palestinian leader and parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar. […]
Michael Lynk, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), has made damning findings on Israel’s illegal settlements. In his report on Friday to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), he […]
President of FC Barcelona Joan Laport said the club Barcelona has not publicly released any official statements through its official channels confirming the holding of a friendly football match against the Israeli team Beitar in […]
Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a UN official said today, calling on countries to make clear to Israel that its “illegal occupation” cannot be cost-free, Reuters reported. Michael […]
Recent violence by Palestinian government forces against demonstrators in the West Bank has constituted a “chilling campaign of repression”, according to Amnesty International. The rights NGO slammed the use of “unlawful force” by the authorities […]
Hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan is being released today after abstaining from food for 65 days. The 28-year-old was protesting against being held under administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – […]
The US State Department has criticized Israel for not making a significant effort to combat human trafficking or meet international standards to combat trafficking. The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which cited the […]
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) attorney, Jawad Boulos said a petition has been filed to the Israeli occupation’s prosecution for the transfer of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan to Palestinian hospitals, following serious deterioration […]
The deadline set by the Israeli occupation authorities ends today for 13 Palestinian families who received orders to self-demolish their homes in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Earlier this month, the Israeli municipality in […]
Amnesty International has accused Israeli occupation police of using “ruthless excessive force” against “peaceful” Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem, a press release issued on Thursday revealed. “Israeli police committed a catalog of violations against […]
Palestinian Authority security forces yesterday dispersed a rally organized by activists in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, condemning the assassination of activist and political opponent, Nizar Banat, Anadolu reported. Eyewitnesses told the agency […]
The Committee for Detainees and former Detainees said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) gave an expired drug to Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Barrash. Two weeks ago, the organization found out that the IPS has been […]
The health condition of a Palestinian prisoner has seriously deteriorated as he entered his 49th day of hunger strike in Israeli detention facilities, according to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission. The commission spokesman, Hassan Abed-Rabbu, said in […]
More than 680 global leaders and intellectuals in the fields of science, academia, civil society, faith etcetera have urged US President Joe Biden to honor his commitments toward protecting the human rights of the Palestinians. […]
Israeli police closed 9 out of 10 investigations into hate crimes cases against Palestinian mosques and churches between 2018 and 2020 because they were “unable to identify perpetrators”, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. The remaining […]
Israeli forces today delivered demolition orders against eight Palestinian structures in the village of Jawaya, near Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to local sources. Coordinator of the Popular anti-Wall and Settlement Committees in Southern Hebron, Rateb Jbour, […]
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered in London on Saturday calling on the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to support Palestinian rights. The protest formed part of the “Resist G7 Day of Action for International Justice” […]
Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire today at a Palestinian woman and injured her at Qalandia checkpoint, near occupied Jerusalem, according to witnesses. The woman was left bleeding helplessly on the ground, and soldiers blocked access […]
A newly released video footage has shown Israeli prison guards brutally assaulting Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prison of Negev, reportedly carried out in March 2019. The footage shows several Israeli guards throwing prisoners, one […]
Three Palestinian prisoners were injured today with rubber-coated metal bullets when the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) stormed Section (7) of the Israeli Megiddo prison, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Commission of Detainees […]
“Yes, I am thinking of Palestinian children and undocumented children as well,” mused Diné activist Melissa Tso. “They are literally being killed daily by these settler governments.” As “an essential part of [her] culture,” running […]
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