Human rights defenders are slamming UN Secretary-General António Guterres for leaving Israel off an official list of the world’s worst abusers of children’s rights. On Tuesday, the UN released the secretary-general’s annual report on children in armed conflict. It finds that a record 12,000 children were killed or maimed in wars around the world in 2018. But Human Rights […]

Human rights organizations are holding Israel responsible for the death of detained Palestinian Nassar Taqatqa. Taqatqa, 31, died on 16 July in Nitzan prison, less than a month into his detention. Israeli forces arrested Taqatqa on 19 June from his home in the town of Beit Fajjar near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. For […]

A warrant was issued after the Jerusalemite toddler was accused of throwing a stone at Israeli police An undated photo of Mohammad Elayyan, who was accused by Israeli police of throwing stones at officers (Twitter) Israeli police summoned a Palestinian man for interrogation on Tuesday, claiming that his four-year old son threw stones at officers. […]

23-year-old was shot while demonstrating in Great March of Return protest, says health ministry A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces during a demonstration near the Gaza-Israel boundary fence has succumbed to his wounds, the health ministry in the besieged coastal enclave said in a statement. Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah al-Qara, 23, was shot in the abdomen […]

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, stands unified with our people, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon engaged in ongoing protests and strikes for their human, social and civil rights. As Palestinian refugees struggle for their right to return denied to them for over 71 years, they also face discrimination, exclusion and marginalization in their countries […]

On the morning of the 25th of July Huzaifa Bader, 27, was rushed to Ramleh Prison Hospital in the occupied West Bank after he had been on hunger strike for 25 days. With his health deteriorating and with no sign of progress in his legal battle, his family don’t know how much longer he can cope. […]

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The commission of detainees’ affairs has confirmed this Tuesday that the administration of the prison of Askalan has gradually begun implementing a number of the requests of the detainees, which have been demanded through their latest hunger strike.The commission has stated that the administration of the prison has let all the families […]

Israel committed its biggest crime of ethnic cleansing since 1967, destroying homes of hundreds of Palestinian families in Wadi Hummus, occupied East Jerusalem. Our most effective response is BDS. Home demolition in Wadi Hummus, occupied East Jerusalem (Ahmed Mezher – WAFA APA) On Monday, Israel committed its biggest crime of ethnic cleansing since 1967, against […]

Janna Jihad, the 13-year-old journalist from Nabi Saleh in occupied Palestine, spoke in New York City at Pearl Studios with Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, 18 July. The event, organized by Existence is Resistance and Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine, was also supported by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Janna, the cousin of Ahed Tamimi, began reporting […]

Bulldozers accompanied by hundreds of Israeli soldiers moved into Sur Baher village in the occupied East Jerusalem at dawn and began to raze buildings in the area. Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier in the occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism. Bulldozers accompanied by […]