The Nakba: Israel’s ethnic cleansing operation to create a Jewish majority in Palestine
During Israel's "war of independence," over 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes, never to be allowed to return. Hundreds of towns were razed;…
Category: Human Rights
This week in Palestine: Mass hunger strike continues, Israeli forces kill Palestinian girl
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights documents crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories in weekly reports. We summarize their reports and stories from other news agencies with the…
VIDEO: Israeli police teach kids how to “confirm the kill” during elementary school demonstration
A disturbing video shows Israeli police demonstrating to hundreds of elementary school children how to make sure "assailants" are dead—by continuing to fire at…
Israel tries to discredit Palestinian hunger strike by releasing undated video of leader eating
The Israeli Prison Service has attempted to discredit the Palestinian mass hunger strike by releasing undated video footage that shows Marwan Barghouti, the movement's…
This week in Palestine: Palestinian hunger striker dies, IDF attacks journalists and protesters
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights documents crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories in weekly reports. We will summarize their reports and stories…
Chas Freeman on “Greater Israel” and the prospects for peace in the Middle East
Israel's foreign supporters have every reason to ask that it govern all people in its charge with the justice and humanity that constitute the…
Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike; Israel places leader in solitary confinement
Over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on April 17. Israel responded by placing Marwan Barghouti, the movement's leader,…
Everyone could celebrate Easter in Jerusalem except Palestinian Christians
As with every year, Israel issued a number of permits for West Bank and Gaza Christians to enter Jerusalem during Easter. But then it…
An Israeli Soldier Shot a Palestinian in Front of Her Kids. Where’s Her Compensation?
Ha'aretz: A mother of 10 has been incapacitated since Israeli soldiers shot her 13 years ago, as she stood in her living room. Neither…
Israel to demolish homes of anti-occupation activists’ families
Israel is threatening to demolish the home of Abbas Qar'an, his wife, and their four children, which was built in 1960. Two other anti-occupation…