Category: Human Rights

This week in Palestine: Palestinian hunger striker dies, IDF attacks journalists and protesters

May 5, 2017

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights documents crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories in weekly reports. We will summarize their reports and stories…

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Chas Freeman on “Greater Israel” and the prospects for peace in the Middle East

May 4, 2017

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…

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Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike; Israel places leader in solitary confinement

April 19, 2017

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,…

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Everyone could celebrate Easter in Jerusalem except Palestinian Christians

April 17, 2017

As with every year, Israel issued a number of permits for West Bank and Gaza Christians to enter Jerusalem during Easter. But then it…

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An Israeli Soldier Shot a Palestinian in Front of Her Kids. Where’s Her Compensation?

April 16, 2017

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…

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Israel to demolish homes of anti-occupation activists’ families

April 10, 2017

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…

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Today marks the 69th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre

April 9, 2017

Over 100 men, women and children were murdered by members of the Zionist terror groups Irgun and Stern Gang at Deir Yassin. The massacre…

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Israeli sniper shot photographer Tom Hurndall in the head 17 years ago

April 4, 2017

Fourteen years ago this month, Tom Hurndall, a 22-year old student and photographer, was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Gaza…

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New book describes how Zionist terrorism created the modern state of Israel

April 3, 2017

State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel by Thomas Suarez explains how violence and terror were used by Zionist militias against Arabs and…

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Palestinian-American professor brutally attacked by Jewish Defense League members in D.C. [VIDEO]

March 31, 2017

The attackers were not charged with hate crimes. The JDL has a history of plotting and executing acts of violence against Arabs and has…

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