Israeli Occupation
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Israeli movement restrictions prevent a Fatah activist from Jerusalem
Fatah secretary in occupied Jerusalem, Shadi Mtour, prevented from attending his father's funeral due to Israeli movement restrictions.
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Israeli demolitions in occupied Jerusalem is ethnic cleansing
This crime is part of (Israeli) policies of persecution, racism and ethnic cleansing against indigenous landowners in favor of settlers.
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Journalist hit by a rubber bullet while coving Israeli army incursion
The journalist, Yousef Shihadeh, was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet at a time there were no clashes in the area.
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PM, Islamic-Christian group condemn Israeli plans
The Islamic-Christian Commission for Supporting Jerusalem and the Holy Places today condemned Israeli plans to curtail and undermine the powers of the Islamic Waqf (endowment) Department and the custodianship of Jordan on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Israel must choose
US daily The Washington Post, owned by American entrepreneur and investor Jeff Bezos, has published an article titled “Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights.”
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Journalist injured by Israeli gunfire in Al-Bireh
A freelance photojournalist, was injured in the chest with a rubber-coated round shot at him by Israeli soldiers during clashes between Israeli occupation soldiers and Palestinian protesters.
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Israeli municipality demolishes sections of two Palestinian-owned buildings
The municipality did not wait to hear the court’s response to the appeal and sent it crews without notice to demolish a section of it.
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Foreign Ministry urges international community to press Israel over Hesham Abu Hawwash
Abu Hawwash, a father of five, has been on an open-ended hunger strike for five months in protest of his detention without a charge or trial under Israel’s controversial administrative detention policy.
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Funeral of Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town
The South African anti-apartheid icon had been an outspoken critic of Israeli occupation of Palestine and the siege on Gaza.
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School staff beaten, students suffocate in an Israeli attack
The soldiers fired tear gas and concussion bombs inside the school, causing suffocation cases among dozens of students and staff.
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Disabled person among four Palestinians detained by Israel in the occupied territories
Israeli soldiers also detained a 27-year-old disabled person from Tuba, one of the 19 hamlets comprising Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron hills.
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Israeli forces raze two-story house south of Hebron
Israel demolishes Palestinian houses and structures almost on a daily basis as a means to achieve “demographic control” of the occupied territories.
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Art organizations boycott "Israel," withdraw from Sydney festival
As a Sydney arts festival accepts $20,000 from the Israeli embassy, artists pull out of the event and organizations call on a boycott.
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School students suffocate after Israeli soldiers shower them with tear gas
Soldiers stationed near the old town of al-Khader fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the students causing panic and many to suffer from suffocation.
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Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Tutu died
The South African Nobel peace laureate has passed away at the age of 90, Here is what he said about Palestine-Isreal.
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Palestinian prisoner with cancer is denied access to badly needed healthcare
The Israeli Prison Service’s reluctance to allow Muatan access to healthcare has exacerbated his medical condition.
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OIC Condemns Israeli Policy of Field Execution
Holding Israel, the occupying force, fully responsible for its repeated breaches and crimes, the OIC calls on influential members of the international community to immediately act to stop such heinous Israeli crimes.
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Settler violence is sponsored by Israeli state
During the past few days, violence has escalated, taking a vengeful and collective punishment nature. The Israeli army protected the perpetrators after a settler was killed and two others were injured.
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No Christmas where Christ was born
In Palestine, particularly in Beit Lahm, the cradle of Christ, Christmas is celebrated under the Israeli occupation.
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that from January to November, Jewish settlers carried out 427 attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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Palestinian burnt to death at an Israeli checkpoint
The army refused to turn over the charred body of Mousa to his family for burial and decided to hold on to it, possibly to use it, like other bodies of Palestinians its forces have killed and withheld, as a bargaining chip in future prisoners exchange negotiations.
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Palestinian Armed Operations in Occupied Al-Quds, Intensify Israeli Concerns
Such operations will waste all the military and security achievements claimed by the Israeli leaders.
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Israeli forces detain 13 Palestinians from West Bank
These raids, which take place also in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.
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Israeli court rejects a petition to release hunger-striking detainee Abu Hawwash
He has spent a total of eight years in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation, including 52 months in administrative detention before deciding to go on hunger strike to force an end to his detention without charge.
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Palestinian family fears the worst
As people are getting ready to celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land, one Palestinian family fears the worst.
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Mother of a 5-year-old child back behind Israeli bars
Mother of a 5-year-old child back behind Israeli bars after being slammed with another administrative detention order.
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Israel demolishes Palestinian houses in Jerusalem
As if demolishing our house and displacing 20 people, my four sons and their children isn’t enough. They want to fine us the costs of the demolition, by fabricating false pretexts.
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Israel used ‘abusive policing’ against Palestinians in Lod during May unrest: HRW
Human Rights Watch calls on the UN to investigate the discriminatory practices used by Israeli police against peaceful protesters in the city of Lod.
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Israeli forces detain 19 Palestinians, confiscate funds in West Bank raids
Israeli forces barged their way into Deir Abu Masha'al village, northwest of Ramallah, where they rounded up three Palestinians, including an injured young man, after breaking into their houses.
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Israeli forces storm university campus north of Ramallah
The soldiers assaulted the university guards during the raid and tampered with the university and students’ possessions.