Rights and Accountability

UN tells Israel to halt attacks targeting civilians in Gaza

Ali Abunimah 14 July 2014

The toll from Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza, which began one week ago, reached 174 persons killed, eighty percent of them civilians.

Police open fire on Palestine solidarity activists at Los Angeles rally for Israel

Rania Khalek 14 July 2014

Media smear campaigners against Gaza invasion by claiming they are “members of Hamas.”

Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza

Rania Khalek 13 July 2014

This isn’t the first time Israel has targeted civilians on a mass scale, but rather a repeat of war crimes committed in Lebanon in 2006 and perfected in Gaza in 2008-2009.

Israel fires "warning" missiles at Gaza City geriatric hospital

Nora Barrows-Friedman 12 July 2014

“We will stay there, we will protect our patients, we will protect our nurses,” says hospital director Basman Alashi.

“Wake up, my son!” None of Gaza’s murdered children are just numbers

Ali Abunimah 12 July 2014

Sahir Salman Abu Namous was just four years old, soon to turn five.

"Why did they kill my entire family?" asks Gaza bombing survivor

Maureen Clare Murphy 10 July 2014

“The missile fell on my family with no warning,” Muhammad Hamad recounts.

Video captures bombing of Gaza City home

Ali Abunimah 10 July 2014

The death toll in Israel’s assault, which began on Monday, reached 81 by Thursday afternoon, including 22 children. Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured.

Israeli court orders release of Muhammad Abu Khudair murder suspects

Maureen Clare Murphy 9 July 2014

Palestinian citizens of Israel swept up in mass arrests remain in detention as a human rights group warns “the situation within Israel is fast moving towards a dangerous and explosive state.”