By Ramona Wadi The UN is openly flaunting its priorities and, sadly, human rights are far from a major concern for the international organization. Since its creation post-World War Two, and having established itself as […]
A group of Jewish settlers attempted to raid two Palestinian elementary schools, on Tuesday afternoon, in the Tuqu village, southeast of the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem. Locals told Ma’an that heavily armed […]
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were assaulted and injured by Israeli prison guards, Sunday night, in the Negev prison in southern Israel, after two prisoners allegedly carried out a stabbing attack against two Israeli prison guards. […]
A 24-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his wounds, on Sunday morning, that he had sustained during Saturday’s night protests, also known as “Night Confusion,” east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli forces […]
Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Sunday. According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained six Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They […]
Israeli forces arrested a 10-year-old boy from his classroom and beat the deputy head of the school in the West Bank on Wednesday. Activists posted a video of the incident. Israeli soldiers arrested the fourth-grader […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday condemned Israel’s “apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force” against civilian protesters in the Gaza Strip during the Great March of Return. In addition […]
Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire following protests along the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel, the enclave’s health ministry has announced. The health ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, told AFP the two men, […]
Several Democratic presidential candidates will skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy conference this year after a leading advocacy group called on them to boycott the event. MoveOn, a prominent progressive group with millions […]
At least 30 Palestinians were shot and injured, while dozens of others suffered from tear-gas inhalation, as Israeli forces suppressed protesters along the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday. The Palestinian Ministry […]
Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary, has revealed that the UK will oppose the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) permanent agenda item on human rights abuses in Palestine. Writing in the Jewish Chronicle, Hunt […]
Israel deprives Palestinians of benefiting from natural resources of water which constitutes a “violation of legal responsibilities as an occupying power,” Special UN Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory Michael Lynk said. […]
By Ramona Wadi After the US withdrew financial support from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), it is the EU which became the largest donor to the organization. Yesterday, EU […]
Israeli forces demolished a water well in the Umm al-Nir village in southern Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the occupied West Bank, on Monday. War on nature: How Zionist colonialism has destroyed the environment in Palestine https://t.co/I6KAzwoedy […]
By Iqbal Jassat Violent brutality often seen on cinema screens as well as TV and online broadcasts – a hallmark of Hollywood, always ends with a sigh of relief in the knowledge that fiction triumphed […]
Twenty-three-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer that was preparing to demolish a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Corrie has since become an icon of global solidarity with […]
The only pharmaceutical factory in the Gaza Strip is struggling to survive Israeli restrictions and the economic crises brought about by the 12-year siege imposed on the coastal enclave. The factory has been subjected to […]
Benny Gantz, head of Kachol Lavan political party, called on overnight Thursday for Israel “to act aggressively against violations of our sovereignty and against an attack on the security of the state of Israel.” Gantz: […]
Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib is backing a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) move by an American university. The Council of Pitzer College in Southern California voted overwhelmingly to suspend its study abroad program in conjunction […]
Palestinians have called off their weekly peaceful protests along the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, the Higher National Commission for the March of Return and Breaking the Siege announced today. The agency said […]
Israeli soldiers held a Palestinian journalist and an activist in the al-Shuhada Street in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), on Wednesday, as they were documenting the soldiers’ violations against Palestinians. Palestinian […]
Three American women were violently assaulted by Israeli forces as they attempted to help a disabled woman at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, despite showing soldiers their passports. Virginia nursing student Nour Hawash, who is in […]
23-year-old Palestinian, Muhammad Jamil Shaheen, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Salfit City, in the northern occupied West Bank, on Tuesday evening. A Ma’an reporter said that large numbers of Israeli forces raided […]
A video showing Israeli soldiers laughing as they beat a Palestinian father and son while holding them in custody has been released by an Israeli military court. The Jaffa Military Court – which last week convicted three […]
A 23-year-old Palestinian succumbed to wounds, on late Monday, that he had sustained in February, east of al-Breij refugee camp, in the central besieged Gaza Strip. According to medical sources, the Palestinian was identified as […]
A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces, on Tuesday, in the Old City of Hebron (Al-Khalil), in the southern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian was identified as Yasser al-Shweiki. Israeli occupation forces kill […]
Palestinian parliamentarian and activist Khalida Jarrar has revealed details of her time in Israeli detention, in an interview with the National. Jarrar was recently released following 20 months in jail without charge or trial. Several thousands […]
By Yves Engler Hypocrisy, lying, disdain for the victims of ‘our’ policies and other forms of rot run deep in Canadian political culture. The latest example is former prime minister Paul Martin nominating Irwin Cotler […]
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured with Israeli live fire along the eastern borders of the central besieged Gaza Strip, on late Saturday. The spokesperson of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, […]
Israeli forces detained two Palestinian children while playing in front of their homes, east of al-Bireh City, in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah. on Saturday evening. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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