Kafr Qasim killing shows police threat to Palestinian citizens of Israel
An Israeli security guard shot and killed 28-year-old Mahmoud Mahmoud Salim Taha, at the police station in Kafr Qasim on Monday night. This is…
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Israeli Chief Rabbis Endorse Ethnic Cleansing, Palestinian Servitude
Israeli chief Sephardic rabbi Yitzhak Yosef preaches that non-Jews should be expelled from Israel, or serve essentially as slaves and servants. He also exhorted his followers…
This week in Palestine: Prisoners hunger strike ends, Gaza without electricity
May 25 – May 31, 2017: A thousand Palestinians being held in Israeli jails ended their hunger strike after 40 days without food. Palestinians…
Ilan Pappe, Jacobin: No, Israel Is Not a Democracy – And Never Was
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe documents in detail what Palestinian writers have previously described – even from its earliest days Israel was not a democracy.…
This week in Palestine: Israelis kill two Palestinian children, punish hunger strikers
May 18 – 24, 2017: Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and punished Palestinian prisoners on their fifth…
Ma’an News: Palestinian prisoners’ committee: 80% of hunger strikers’ demands met by Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike on Saturday following 20 hours of negotiations. A Committee of Palestinian…
ACTION ALERT: Support 1,000 Palestinian hunger strikers on 38th day without food
Amplify their voices by contacting your Congressional rep, calling Amnesty International and Red Cross, writing letters to media, attending a rally, and educating others…
This week in Palestine: Israeli forces kill three, refuse to negotiate with hunger strikers
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and one Jordanian, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and refused to negotiate with Palestinian hunger strikers on their…
Stanford Delegation & Samia Khoury report on Israeli incarceration of Palestinians, hundreds on hunger strike
Over one in three Palestinian men have been imprisoned by Israel since 1967. They are sentenced by a court system run by the Israeli…
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…