Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop business relationships with the illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is “a legitimate and necessary response, in line with its responsibility to respect international law and human […]
Following increased Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, European Heads of Mission and representatives of West Bank Protection Consortium (WBPC) member states and like-minded countries today visited Beita village, near the northern West Bank […]
Israeli officials have asked the US administration of President Joe Biden to put pressure on the Palestinian families of Sheikh Jarrah to accept the court’s proposal that they pay rent to settler organizations in return […]
Israeli forces today conducted large-scale demolitions of Palestinian property in Khirbet Ibzeiq village, near Tubas, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mu‘taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in Tubas governorate, said that Israeli […]
Israel’s Supreme Court today offered Palestinian residents of the occupied Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood ‘protected residence’ status, saying that if they pay rent to the settler organization which claims the land on which their homes are […]
The Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, yesterday called on the international community to “immediately intervene” in the Sheikh Jarrah case which sees Palestinians being forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for […]
As four Palestinian families in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah await a critical ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding their forced eviction from their homes, a Jewish settler opened fire and […]
Israeli forces raided Defense for Children International’s headquarters in the central occupied West Bank, confiscating computers and client files, early Thursday morning. Israeli forces raided DCIP’s headquarters located in Al-Bireh’s Sateh Marhaba neighborhood, near Ramallah, […]
A 20-year-old Palestinian who was shot by Israeli soldiers earlier today in Beit Ummar town in West Bank and critically wounded has died of his wounds, said the Ministry of Health. Shawkat Khaled Awad is […]
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 […]
After fencing an area where a vital water spring is located in the Ein al-Hilweh area in Wadi al-Malih in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, Israeli settlers last night began construction work in the area […]
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 […]
US House Representative Rashida Tlaib has caused a stir after pointing out on Twitter that illegal Jewish settlements currently receive tax-exempt status in America, a contravention of international law. In an open letter, she called […]
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 […]
Scores of unarmed Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank town of Beita, medics said. Protests there have been ongoing for several months, since Israel installed an illegal […]
Ben & Jerry’s decision to end sales of its ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been welcomed by many, with supporters of the Palestinian cause announcing on social media their decision to increase […]
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 […]
A movement of over 150 Palestinian organizations, village councils, and activists have launched the Campaign to Defund Racism. The campaign calls on US supporters to pressure New York Attorney General Letitia James, the state’s chief […]
Syria’s air defenses on Monday intercepted an Israeli attack on Al-Safirah area of southern Aleppo, Syrian state media reported, Reuters reported. A Syrian military spokesman told state media the damage was being assessed after air […]
Israeli forces have rounded up 5,426 Palestinians, including women and children, in the first half of 2021, according to Palestinian NGOs, Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 854 children and 107 women were among those […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday bulldozed the largest Canaanite cemetery in Palestine, located in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reports. Hassan Brijieh, the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement […]
The German and French ambassadors, along with other European Union (EU) ambassadors, boycotted a ceremony at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News revealed on Tuesday. The ceremony was held on July 4 at […]
Israeli forces Wednesday morning demolished 11 Palestinian homes in the Bedouin community of al-Qabbun, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Fares Ka‘abneh, a media activist, told WAFA that a large Israeli military […]
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 […]
The administration of US President Joe Biden has said that it will ‘prioritize’ halting Israel’s policy of punitive home demolitions in what appeared to be its first confrontation with the new government of Prime Minister […]
Israeli occupation forces this morning destroyed the house of Palestinian prisoner Muntaser Shalaby, in the village of Turmus Ayya in the northwest of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses said a large number of Israeli occupation troops raided the […]
For the first time since February 22, the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), accompanied by the military, yesterday returned to the Palestinian herding community of Humsa – Al Bqai’a in the Jordan Valley and demolished 27 […]
A petition condemning Israeli practices and calling for an immediate end to the Jewish state’s “apartheid regime” has been signed by more than 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries. The petition, […]
Israeli occupation forces raided the headquarters of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh this morning. A military order was issued, forcing the office to close for […]
Israeli bulldozers today demolished Palestinian structures in Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa village, southeast of Tubas city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mu‘taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement activities in Tubas, said that Israeli […]
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