The Israeli occupation authorities caused the destruction of 100,000 coronavirus testing swabs destined to the occupied Palestinian territories, Health Minister Mai Alkaila stated today. Speaking to Voice of Palestine, Alkaila confirmed that the Israeli occupation […]
The inevitable has finally happened, and the coronavirus pandemic is now ravaging the besieged Gaza Strip. On August 24, a total lockdown was imposed by the Gaza authorities following the discovery of several COVID-19 cases […]
Israeli occupation forces today detained at least five Palestinians, including an elderly anti-occupation activist, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local sources. Israeli forces detained 61-year-old Khairi Hannoun after storming his house […]
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law has become embroiled in controversy following a decision by the dean of the prestigious law school to rescind an offer of directorship to prominent international academic Valentina Azarova […]
Two Palestinian brothers were left with fractures and bruises Friday, after being assaulted by Jewish settlers near al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Security sources confirmed that a group […]
Israeli occupation forces last night raided cells of Palestinian prisoners and assaulted and injured many of them in the Israeli prison of Megiddo, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). According to the PPS, the raid […]
On this day, September 16, in 1982, several thousand Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon were brutally massacred by the Lebanese phalange militias at the behest of the Israeli military, which […]
Israeli authorities have held the body of a Palestinian man, Ahmad Erekat, for more than 10 weeks after Israeli soldiers killed him seemingly without justification at a checkpoint, in violation of international humanitarian law, Human […]
Israeli commandos accompanied by attack dogs raided today the cells of the Palestinian political detainees at Ofer Detention Center, southwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and assaulted and injured many of them, according […]
What if the story of Palestine was retold, this time by Palestinian prisoners? Ramzy Baroud’s latest book, “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” attempts to answer that […]
Four members of Palestine Action activists were arrested on Saturday at the mass protest to shut down Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, at their London office. They were released on Sunday, pending investigation. During […]
Two Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Ofer prison were tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). At least five Palestinian prisoners have tested positive for the virus that causes #Covid_19 recently, including a […]
Jewish settlers late Wednesday attacked a Palestinian vehicle with stones near Turmusayya town, northeast of Ramallah, injuring four passengers, including a pregnant woman, medical sources said. The sources confirmed that settlers pelted a Palestinian vehicle […]
Israel decided on Wednesday to withhold the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, in a move slammed by rights groups as “barbaric”. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz welcomed the cabinet’s decision, which he said […]
A Palestinian prisoner, Daud Al-Khateeb, 45, died in Ofer prison today only four months before completing his 18-year prison sentence. Al-Khateeb died as a result of what Palestinian rights activists describe as medical negligence by […]
Israel’s military police launched an investigation into soldiers who placed explosives inside the West Bank Palestinian village of Qaddum last month, reported Haaretz. The investigation follows a report last week, by the Israeli newspaper, that […]
Israeli occupation forces today violently suppressed a peaceful Palestinian protest against land grab affecting several northern West Bank villages, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters firing teargas at them and […]
An Israeli rights group on Thursday called for Israeli occupation authorities to immediately stop the punishing measures against the besieged Gaza Strip and to allow the entry of fuel, commodities and essential equipment needed to […]
US Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, has eased the concerns of pro-Israel Jewish donors to her party, by pledging not to condition aid to Israel on its human rights record if […]
Morocco will not follow the lead of the United Arab Emirates and normalize with Israel, the country’s Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El-Othmani said during a high-level political meeting late on Sunday. El-Othmani told members of his […]
The International Federation of Jurists denounced Israel’s detention of Palestinian activist Raed Salah and called on the international community and non-governmental organizations to defend the Palestinian people’s rights. The Istanbul-based rights organization added in a […]
Three Palestinian prisoners imprisoned at Ofer Detention Centre, southwest of occupied Ramallah, launched an open-ended hunger strike to protest against their administrative detention, reported the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced that […]
Israeli police tonight shot and killed a Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City, according to witnesses and the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Red Crescent said police did not allow its crews to reach the Palestinian […]
Israeli forces today shot and injured a mute and deaf Palestinian man at Qalandiya checkpoint located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, according to witnesses and Israeli reports. Witnesses said Israeli security guards opened fire at an […]
A Palestinian worker was injured today after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near the Israeli apartheid barrier, in the Far’un village near the town of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank. Staff from the […]
Israeli authorities extended the detention of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist Mahmoud Nawajaa for eight more days over the weekend, reported Wafa news agency. General coordinator of the Palestinian National BDS Committee Mahmoud Nawajaa, […]
Israeli occupation forces today detained 12 Palestinians from various parts of occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported. Israeli forces rounded up five Palestinians after ransacking their homes in the […]
Israeli forces today rammed their military vehicle into a Palestinian in the northern West Bank city of Tubas, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Director of the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) Office in Tubas Kamal […]
The Israeli military court of Salem, near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, approved yesterday a request by the so-called Israeli Internal Security (Shin Bet) to extend the detention of the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions […]
Dozens of Palestinian civilians, including four children, sustained suffocation last night during a raid by Israeli forces in the village of Zububa, near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
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