Israeli police detained today a Palestinian woman at Damascus Gate, one of the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem, under allegation she attempted a stabbing attack. Fully armed Israeli soldiers were caught on camera while […]
Four Palestinian women have been arrested after being attacked at the Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning, while settlers stormed the mosque, according to local news agency Ma’an. Around 130 Jewish settlers have entered the compound today through […]
The Israeli authorities today issued an administrative detention order for a period of four months against Palestinian journalist Bushra al-Taweel, 26, who was detained last week at her family home in al-Bireh, Ramallah’s twin city, […]
A Palestinian woman was wounded yesterday with a rubber-coated bullet in her head by Israeli police forces, as they raided the neighborhood of al-Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem. NGO: Israel Police ‘severely escalate’ operation in […]
An Israeli court yesterday extended the detention of female Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, Al-Wattan Voice reported. Jarrar is currently being investigated inside Israeli jails. She is a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]
Just eight months after her release, Israeli occupation forces today arrested Palestinian female lawmaker Khalida Jarrar from her house in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Her lawyer Sahar Francis said Shin Bet security […]
Israeli forces today shot and injured a Palestinian woman at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron (Al-Khalil) following an alleged stabbing attempt. Security sources confirmed that Israeli soldiers deployed at the entrance to the Ibrahimi Mosque, […]
Israeli forces last night detained a disabled Palestinian old woman after raiding her home in the village of Beit Liqya, to the west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. The Palestinian […]
Israeli forces detained overnight Saturday and early Sunday five Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Nablus and tubas, in addition to five others, including a mother and her son, in the East Jerusalem-Bustan area […]
The Jordanian government has urged Israel to release two of its citizens detained while entering the occupied West Bank, reported Haaretz. According to the paper, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry “delivered an official objection to Israel’s acting ambassador […]
A Palestinian woman was sentenced to five months of “administrative detention” after she was detained en route to the occupied West Bank region on August 20, the Palestinian Detainees Committee said. Heba Al-Labadi, a 24-year-old […]
Several demonstrations organized the collective Taliaat of Palestinian women along with Palestinian communities took place this Thursday evening, to protest against gender-based violence and oppression affecting Palestinian Women. The demonstrations mobilized women and human rights […]
Israeli forces stormed today the headquarters of the Union of Palestinian Women Committees in Hebron (Al-Khalil) and seized computer hard discs and other equipment, according to Sara Mtair, director of the Hebron office of the […]
Archbishop Atallah Hanna, of the Sebastian Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, slammed on Friday the extrajudicial executions of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, Maan News Agency reported. His remarks came following the execution of a Palestinian woman at […]
Amnesty International yesterday renewed its call for “international justice” for Palestinian victims of Israeli occupation forces after a woman was shot and killed at a checkpoint. In an incident filmed by bystanders, the woman – named as Alaa […]
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman at Qalandiya checkpoint, in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli police said. Palestinian officials said she died of her injury, reports Reuters. The West Bank, among territories where […]
(Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women Paperback. Jo Glanville, Editor. Telegram: May 1, 2007.) Me (the Bitch) and Bustanji, Selma Dabbagh We return to another story of a half-Palestinian in Kuwait by perhaps the most […]
Palestinian Attorney General Akram Al-Khatib today indicted three of 21-year-old Israa Ghrayeb’s relatives of playing a part in her suspected ‘honor’ killing. Speaking during a press conference to present the findings in Israa’s case, Al-Khatib […]
The death of Israa Ghrayeb has ignited furious reactions regarding so-called “honor killings” in Palestine and throughout the Arab world. It has also caused confusion with respect to the jurisprudential foundation of such crimes, which are often […]
Three Palestinian doctors have retired in protest against the improper handling of the murder and autopsy of Israa Ghrayeb. Israa was purportedly murdered at the end of August at the hands of her brothers after […]
The investigations into the death of Israa Ghrayeb of Beit Sahour, a town adjacent to Bethlehem, are continuing as a team from the Bethlehem Prosecution, the Family Protection from Violence Prosecution and the Cybercrime Prosecution […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says a number of people have been called in for questioning over the death of a 21-year-old woman under suspicious circumstances, in a case that sparked widespread anger in the occupied West Bank. Though […]
Hundreds of Palestinian women have taken to the streets to protest in front of the prime minister’s office in Ramallah to demand an investigation into the death of a 21-year-old woman whom many suspect was […]
Activists across the world are calling for justice for a Palestinian woman after she was reportedly killed in a family honor killing on Thursday. Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem, died after allegedly being […]
(Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women Paperback. Jo Glanville, Editor. Telegram: May 1, 2007.) The voice of the Palestinian woman is occupied twice over. First, by the Israeli bootheel whose half-century occupation of Palestine qualifies […]
Israeli authorities have today released Palestinian writer and journalist Lama Khater after she served a 13-month jail sentence. Hazem Al-Fakhouri, Khater’s husband, said that she was released by the authorities in the north of the […]
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian young woman today at Qalandiya checkpoint, on Ramallah-Jerusalem road, under the pretext that she had a knife on her possession, local sources said. Today, at qalandia checkpoint, I saw an […]
A Palestinian mother who traveled to Gaza to bury two of her triplets has been reunited with her one surviving daughter after Israel deprived her of a travel permit to return to the hospital to […]
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the ongoing Israeli violations against al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, including extremists’ raids on the mosque and imposing restrictions on worshippers and Islamic Waqf personnel, according to Jordan news […]
Israeli restrictions on Palestinians traveling outside the occupied territories have prevented the Minister of Women’s Affairs from going to Jordan to attend a conference. Dr. Amal Hamad was due to participate in the Euro-Mediterranean Conference […]
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