Rights and Accountability

Video shows unprovoked, cold-blooded killing of Palestinian boys by Israeli forces

Ali Abunimah 19 May 2014

CCTV shows the two boys being shot down in cold blood on Nakba Day.

Israel punishing Oxfam for break up with Scarlett Johansson, say aid workers

Ali Abunimah 19 May 2014

Israeli occupation authorities have been delaying permits to enter Gaza for staff from Oxfam in what may be retaliation for the international charity’s criticism of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson.

Infographic: How the Israeli ID card system enforces apartheid

Ali Abunimah 15 May 2014

Powerful new graphic from Visualizing Palestine shows how Israel’s system of identity cards is used to enforce apartheid on Palestinians.

Young man smiles among crowd making victory symbol with their hands

Rights groups call on Israel to free Druze army refuser

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 May 2014

Omar Saad was hospitalized after contracting a liver infection while imprisoned for refusing military service.

Palestinians in Hebron face violent revenge for filming Israeli soldier's violence

Rania Khalek 14 May 2014

Palestinian activists face death threats, raids and beatings by Israeli soldiers as “revenge” for filming their misconduct in Hebron, says Issa Amro, director of Youth Against Settlements.

Children describe torture in Israeli solitary confinement

Ali Abunimah 12 May 2014

A rising proportion of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to solitary confinement, harsh interrogations and ill-treatment amounting to torture.