Israeli forces killed Palestinian boy a few hours after they killed Shireen Abu Akleh
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian boy and shot another teen in the leg, a few hours after they killed a Palestinian-American journalist and…
Category: Human Rights
A Scarred Childhood: Israeli Attacks against Palestinian Children in the Occupied West Bank in 2022
A blistering account of Israeli abuses against Palestinian children during the first three months of 2022 and before – adding to the growing library…
53,000 Palestinian children detained by Israel since 1967
April 5 is Palestinian Child Day. Today we acknowledge that Israel has arrested over 53,000 Palestinian minors since 1967. Many are tortured.
1951 Documents Reveal Israel’s Intent to Ethnically Cleanse Bedouin from their Lands
New research has uncovered an Israeli military operation commanded by Moshe Dayan whose goal was to forcibly remove Bedouin Palestinians from their lands. The…
Amnesty International: Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
Amnesty International joins other well-known human rights organizations in characterizing Israel's rule over Palestinians as "apartheid" – and calls on the global community to…
Palestinian children held in solitary confinement by Israel surges
An investigation by Military Court Watch indicates that the number of Palestinian child prisoners currently held by Israel in solitary confinement has surged to…
Unwilling and Unable: Israel’s Whitewashed Investigations of the Great March of Return Protests
In 2018-19, Israel met a Palestinian nonviolent movement with violence week after week – causing 13,000 Palestinian injuries and 234 deaths – then went…
HRW: Facebook, Instagram restrictions facilitate Israel’s abuses of Palestinians
Facebook's faulty content moderation, plus Israel's "requests" to the social media company to take down online content, results in unfair restriction on free speech…
Human Rights Watch: apparent war crimes by Israel during May attack on Gaza
Human Rights Watch investigated several Israeli attacks that resulted in particularly high numbers of civilian casualties – with no evident military target – and…
Israeli Prison Service accused of beating Palestinian who died in detention
After his arrest by Israeli forces on Sunday for a traffic violation, Abdo Yousef al-Khatib was heard screaming in his prison cell. The Israel…