Sparrows successfully break through Gilboa prison "bird checkpoints," writes Ameer Makhoul
15 October 2012
The Israeli Prison Authority fails to block sparrows from entering Gilboa Prison square, reports Ameer Makhoul.
Rights and Accountability
Palestinian children testify about cruel treatment by Israeli soldiers in new short film
14 October 2012
Today, Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI) released a short film about Israel’s ill-treatment of Palestinian children during their arrest, transfer and detention
Russell Tribunal exposes futility of relying on UN
9 October 2012
Instead of spending hours arguing about which terminology best describes the situation in Palestine, we should concentrate on harming companies that support Israel.
Israeli officials "honor" settler who tortured Palestinian child, leaving him naked and bound
7 October 2012
Honored at party: Israeli settler who tortured Palestinian child and left him naked and brutally beaten.
Video: Israeli forces smash Palestinian child's head to ground near Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa
5 October 2012
As the boy screams, one soldier punches his head, smashing it into the stone floor.
Israel denies hunger striker Ayman Sharawna medicine despite "serious deterioration" in health
26 September 2012
The health of Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawna has seriously deteriorated after 88 days of hunger strike, according to rights groups.
Israeli forces put knife to throat of father of teen who confessed to settlement killings
15 September 2012
The West Bank village of Awarta has been subject to siege for 18 months after the murders of a family in a nearby settlement, even though the killers have been arrested and confessed to the crime.
Israeli army spokesperson's inaccuracy exposed, as judge releases Palestinian detained in Hebron
14 September 2012
Earlier this week, an Israeli military court judge ordered the release of a Palestinian whose violent arrest by non-uniformed Israeli soldiers a month ago was captured on video.
"Every minute matters" for gravely ill hunger striker Samer al-Barq, says father
7 September 2012
Samer al-Barq may have only minutes to live, his father explains in a telephone call with The Electronic Intifada blogger Shahd Abusalama.
Abusing children "part and parcel" of Israeli ideology, says rights defender
7 September 2012
Youngsters arrested as part of deliberate policy to break Palestinians emotionally.