Villagers facing massive Israeli land grab urge action from Europe
1 October 2014
Palestinians in Wadi Fukin want the EU to go beyond its criticisms of settlement expansion and introduce sanctions against Israel.
Rights and Accountability
ICC already has authority to investigate Israel for war crimes, legal group says
29 September 2014
The international court’s investigation “should include whether certain US officials have aided and abetted the commission of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Gaza,” say legal groups.
Palestinian Authority arrests two journalists for Facebook posts
29 September 2014
Palestinian journalists are stuck between Israel’s brutal occupation and an increasingly repressive Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Israel exploring ways to "lower birthrate" of Bedouins, says minister
29 September 2014
Yair Shamir’s latest comments are part of a long history of anti-Palestinian racism among Israeli politicians.
Video: Florida teen tortured by Israeli police tells his story
29 September 2014
Tariq Abukhdeir recalls the horrifying beating and torture he endured shortly after his cousin Muhammad Abu Khudair was murdered in Jerusalem. Tariq and his mother spoke recently in San Diego.
Hundreds of Palestinians killed in Mediterranean were trying to escape hopelessness in Gaza
24 September 2014
Khalil Abu Shammala of Al Dameer Association for Human Rights says Palestinians in Gaza are taking desperate, risky measures to live a normal life free of occupation and the Israeli-Egyptian siege.
Gaza medics go door to door to treat thousands of war wounded
23 September 2014
Half of the 11,000 Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza this summer require rehabilitation care.
Family held at gunpoint as Israel arrests another Palestinian rights defender
22 September 2014
Ayman Nasser, legal coordinator for prisoner rights group Addameer, arrested in late-night raid on his home.
Israel sprays "skunk water" into Palestinian homes
22 September 2014
Testing “non-lethal” weapons on civilians may be a war crime, says the research group Who Profits.
Countering Israeli greenwashing at the People’s Climate March
21 September 2014
As the People’s Climate March in New York City approaches this weekend, a debate among participants and organizers over Israel-aligned co-sponsors smolders below the surface.