The Israeli army on Friday stormed a number of Palestinian homes and shops in Hebron (Al-Khalil) during a morning raid campaign. This eerie scene was not produced in Hollywood… In fact it's in Hebron, occupied […]
Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Gazan Christians will be granted permits to […]
British voters are at the polls as the Tories, led by Boris Johnson, and the Labours, led by Jeremy Corbyn, each seeks a majority. Corbyn is a long-time supporter of the Palestinian people’s struggle against […]
Israeli authorities have been urged by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to immediately release Palestinian journalist Sameh Al-Titi or to disclose any charges against him. Al-Titi, a reporter for the Hebron University-affiliated broadcaster Radio Alam, was […]
It is hardly surprising to see Middle Eastern countries at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, as the worst violators of freedom of the press. But equally alarming is the complete polarization of public […]
Israeli forces today detained nine Palestinians, including a journalist, from various parts of the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press statement that Israeli forces rounded up four […]
Israeli yesterday released Hamas leader Jamal Al-Taweel after two years being held under administrative detention. The 57-year-old, who was elected mayor of Al Bireh in 2006, spent his time in administrative detention in Al Naqab Prison. Israeli […]
The Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed today the transfer of two Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for over two months in a row to the hospital following the deterioration of their health. […]
Palestinians in the Al-Harika neighborhood of Hebron (Al-Khalil) are being subjected to repeated attacks by Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers, reported human rights NGO B’Tselem, as the organization published details of five such documented attacks […]
Israeli occupation forces arrested the brother of Sami Abu Diak, a cancer-stricken Palestinian political prisoner who died last week while in Israeli custody, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. Following the invasion in Sielet […]
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead on November 30 by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Beit Awwa, to the west of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the southern West Bank, according to the Ministry of […]
Israeli forces on Sunday morning assaulted students and prevented them from attending their school in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, local sources said. Israeli […]
The Jordanian authorities have asked Israel to release the body of Palestinian prisoner Sami Abu Diak, 37, who died in prison on Tuesday after three years of battling cancer and alleged medical negligence, Quds Press reported on […]
Israeli occupation forces have escalated their arrest raids in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, in the face of continued protests at months of violence and harassment, reported Haaretz. Yesterday, the paper reported, Israeli police officers arrested […]
Palestinian prisoner Sami Abu Diak, who was suffering from cancer, has died in prison this morning, according to prisoners advocacy groups. Israel has rejected several appeals to release him on humanitarian grounds so that he […]
Israel has “tightened its restrictions” for Palestinian farmers trying to access their land located on the other side of the illegal Separation Wall, reported Haaretz. Most of the Wall’s route lies inside the occupied Palestinian territory – […]
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 […]
Palestinian political prisoner Sami Abu Diak who has been diagnosed with cancer has been sent back to Israel’s Al-Ramla prison clinic despite reports that it lacks the specialist care he requires. The transfer from Assaf Harofeh Medical […]
Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi yesterday entered his 40th year in Israeli jails yesterday and was placed in solitary confinement for seven days, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said. Barghouthi, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli […]
A Palestinian freelance photographer who was shot by Israeli soldiers while covering a demonstration in the occupied West Bank has drawn international attention, with journalists voicing solidarity by posting photos of themselves wearing eye patches […]
An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli military escalation was foreseeable because it factors neatly in Israel’s contentious political scene. […]
Losses from Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip this year amount to $3 million, the Media Office in the enclave reported. Some 500 housing units were either partial, severely or totally damaged, the office said, […]
A ceasefire between Islamic Jihad and Israel has largely held in the Gaza Strip since Thursday morning. The agreement reportedly brokered by Egypt came into effect after two days of cross-border fighting and Israeli air attacks killed at […]
On November 12, the Israeli army launched a major military strike on the besieged Gaza Strip. The initial attack targeted and killed an Islamic Jihad commander, Bahaa Abu al-Ata, and his wife Asma. The attack continued […]
CODEPINK condemns the past two days of Israeli attacks on Gaza, following the assassination of the Islamic Jihad commander, Baha Abu al-Ata. The Israeli escalation is a perfect example of a long series of war crimes […]
Palestinian citizens in Issawiya yesterday protested against the “continuous Israeli aggression.” In a statement, they said that they have been subject to the “systematic” Israeli “aggression” since June. A Palestinian woman suffered a rubber bullet […]
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said today that “the indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars against population centers is absolutely unacceptable and must stop immediately.” In a statement, […]
The Israeli military has begun striking several targets throughout Gaza. Nov 15, 10 am (GMT +3) The Israeli army said early on Friday it had launched fresh raids on Gaza, despite a ceasefire that came into […]
Israeli forces yesterday demolished Palestinian houses in Bedouin communities east of occupied Jerusalem. Dawood Al-Jahalin, a spokesperson for the Abu Nuwwar Bedouin community, east of Jerusalem, said that the Israeli forces stormed several Bedouin communities east of the town of Al-Eizariya […]
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man during confrontations with unarmed protesters in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The 22-year-old man, identified as Omar Haitham Albadawi, was shot in the chest in the al-Arroub refugee […]
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