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Arab States: Israel Attacks Palestinians Amidst the Fight Against Covid-19

League of Arab States, comprising of 22 Arab countries, stated on Thursday, that Israeli occupation authorities continue ‘aggression’ toward the Palestinian people by carrying out killing, arrests, expulsion and illegal settlement construction. In a statement issued on Thursday, on the 72nd anniversary of the Israeli-perpetrated massacre of civilian Palestinians in […]

April 9, 2020 7:43 PM IMEMC & Agencies Arab World, Human Interest, Human rights, Israel, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine 0

PCHR: In New Israeli Violation, Israeli Naval Forces Wound 2 Fishermen in Northern Gaza Sea

Israeli naval forces continue their attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Sea preventing them from sailing and fishing freely, accessing the zones rich in fish, despite the fact that fishermen posed no threat to the lives of Israeli naval forces deployed in Gaza waters. The Israeli naval forces’ attacks […]

April 9, 2020 6:30 PM PCHR Beit Lahia, Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Human Interest, Human rights, Israeli attacks, News Report 0

Armed Settlers Attack Man, Abduct His 2 Sons Near Ramallah

Update: The two Palestinians were taken to Halamesh illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands, and are under interrogation by Israeli soldiers there. Israeli settlers on Tuesday, attacked a Palestinian man in the village of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped his two sons, according to Kobar mayor, Izzat […]

April 9, 2020 1:54 AM Ali Salam Human rights, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank 0

3 Palestinians Detained by Israeli Forces, Including 2 Former Prisoners

Israeli forces on Wednesday, detained two Palestinians after invading the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, according to Days of Palestine. Israeli soldiers reportedly invaded the town and ransacked the homes of the 2 unidentified Palestinian men, before abducting them. The two men are former prisoners, one serving fifteen […]

April 9, 2020 12:19 AM Ali Salam Human rights, Jerusalem, News Report, Palestine, Prisoners, West Bank 0

Palestinian Farmers near Hebron Suffocate after Israeli Forces, Settlers Attack

Palestinian farmers on Tuesday, suffered inhalation injuries during an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in Ash-Shuyukh town, near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources. Ahmad al-Halayqa, media activist, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that colonial settlers, under Israeli military protection, attacked Palestinian farmers in She’ib […]

April 9, 2020 12:13 AM Ali Salam Hebron, Human rights, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine, West Bank 0

Israeli Naval Forces Wound Palestinian Fisherman in Northern Gaza

Israeli naval forces reportedly shot and wounded a Palestinian fisherman, on Wednesday, off the northern coast of the tiny Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip. Local media outlets reported that at least one Palestinian fisherman was shot and wounded earlier on Wednesday morning, after naval Israeli forces chased and intercepted […]

April 8, 2020 10:06 PM IMEMC & Agencies Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Human rights, Israeli attacks, News Report, Palestine 0

Israeli Troops Seize Palestinian-owned Tractor in Hebron

Israeli troops reportedly seized on Wednesday, a Palestinian-owned tractor in the northern Hebron city, southern West Bank. Palestinian chief of the local committee for resisting the Israeli Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem city, Hassan Braiga, told media outlets that the troops broke into the Aseer farm land, near the Israeli colonial […]

April 8, 2020 9:29 PM IMEMC & Agencies Hebron, Human rights, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine, West Bank 0

International Solidarity Movement Responds to Report of FBI Probe

This is the statement from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in response to a report  published by The Intercept detailing an investigation of the ISM conducted by the FBI from 2004 – 2006, using informants as well as physical and telecommunications surveillance. The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement […]

April 8, 2020 10:43 AM IMEMC & Agencies Human rights, International, International Politics, News Report, Non-violent action, Palestine 0

World Health Day: PCHR Calls for Providing Medical Supplies and COVID-19 Testing Kits to Gaza Strip’s Health Sector

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) World Health Day is celebrated each year on April 7th, and it was first sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1950 to raise health awareness. The theme for World Health Day 2020 is “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” to support nurses […]

April 8, 2020 1:27 AM PCHR Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Human Interest, Human rights, Israeli Politics, News Report, Palestine 0

3 Palestinian Workers Attacked, Injured by Israeli Settlers in West Jerusalem

A group of Israeli settlers attacked three Palestinian workers in occupied West Jerusalem, on Sunday, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic). Majed Fasfous 30, told the Center that the illegal settlers attacked him with a knife, stabbed him in the head, attempted to stab him in the back […]

April 7, 2020 8:02 PM Ali Salam Human rights, Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, News Report, Palestine, West Bank 0

Israeli Troops Invade Parts of Gaza with Tanks, Bulldozers

Israeli troops reportedly, incurred earlier on Tuesday, into the northwestern part of the besieged Gaza Strip, with tanks and D-9 bulldozers. Local media outlets and witnesses said that at least four army bulldozers as well as other armored vehicles, incurred several hundred meters deep into a northwestern part of the […]

April 7, 2020 7:36 PM Rami Almeghari Beit Lahia, Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Human rights, Israeli attacks, Khan Younis, News Report 0

Committee Concerned About Health of Palestinian Prisoners

Representative of the Ramallah-based Committee for Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-prisoners, Hassan Abd Rabo, expressed on Tuesday the committee’s growing concerns over the safety of the 5,000 Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails. Abd Rabo’s remarks come amidst the internationally-spread Coronavirus, inside Israel and some Palestinian cities, towns and villages. He was […]

April 7, 2020 7:21 PM Rami Almeghari Gaza Siege, Gaza Strip, Human Interest, Human rights, Israel, Israeli Politics, News Report, Palestine, Palestinian Politics, Prisoners 0

Shipping Container Confiscated by Israeli Forces near Hebron

Israeli forces Monday, seized a shipping container and tore down a stall in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron city, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. WAFA correspondent confirmed that Israeli forces escorted heavy equipment into the village, in the southern occupied West Bank, where the heavy machinery […]

April 7, 2020 5:04 AM Ali Salam Hebron, Human rights, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine, West Bank 0

Several Palestinians Ordered to Halt Construction in Jordan Valley

Israeli forces, on Monday, ordered a halt on the construction of several Palestinian-owned structures in Khirbet Yarza and al-Jiftlik villages in the Jordan Valley, according to sources. Activist, Aref Daraghmeh, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli forces handed a villager, identified as Salem Abu al-Tayyib, from Khirbet Yarza, east […]

April 7, 2020 3:52 AM Ali Salam Human rights, Israeli attacks, Israeli Politics, Jericho, Jordan Valley, News Report, Tubas, West Bank 0

Israeli Soldiers, Colonists, Invade Qusra town

Many illegal Israeli colonists, and soldiers, invaded Monday, the town of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Mohammad Jaber, the Mayor of Qusra, stated that the invading colonists came from Yesh Kodesh illegal colony, which was built on private lands, south of the town. Jaber added […]

April 6, 2020 8:28 PM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0