Defense promises to appeal guilty verdict against Rasmea Odeh
10 November 2014
Palestinian American community leader faces prison time and deportation.
Rights and Accountability
Video captures execution of Palestinian citizen by Israeli police
9 November 2014
The video shows Israeli police shooting 22-year-old Kheir Hamdan in Kufr Kana in circumstances that totally contradict their initial account.
"A political prosecution": inside the trial of Rasmea Odeh
9 November 2014
Rasmea Odeh’s supporters and attorneys have asserted “that the US attorney’s prosecution of Rasmea is a political prosecution — it’s because Rasmea is this iconic and legendary Palestinian figure,” says reporter Charlotte Silver in Detroit.
After tense last day, jury begins deliberations on Rasmea Odeh
8 November 2014
Prosecution invokes Rasmea Odeh’s 45-year-old record dozens of times in its closing argument.
Rasmea Odeh takes the stand in her own defense
7 November 2014
Odeh told her story to a federal jury but under strict instructions from the judge not to mention her history of torture by Israeli occupation authorities.
Amnesty: Israel may be guilty of "war crimes" during Gaza massacre
6 November 2014
A new Amnesty International report details eight cases in which Israeli airstrikes targeted residential buildings and inflicted huge numbers of civilian deaths, among them children.
Leading Israeli lawmaker "trying to start holy war" in East Jerusalem
6 November 2014
Moshe Feiglin, deputy speaker of the Knesset, has compared himself to a raped woman after being denied access to al-Aqsa Mosque.
Tony Blair enables Israeli raids in the West Bank
5 November 2014
“Peace envoy” and his team accept that Israel’s military may inflict suffering on Palestinians.
Jerusalem light rail is a symbol of Israeli oppression
30 October 2014
Transport companies Veolia and Alstom assist Israel with the Jerusalem light rail, but the project has turned into a symbol of Israel’s oppression against the Palestinian people.
Will US demand truth about Israeli killing of Palestinian-American child?
30 October 2014
Orwa Hammad, aged 14, was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces on 24 October. Will impunity once again protect his killers?