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…
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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…
Israeli army shows fake amputated limbs, paints wounds on children for Independence Day
An IDF display for Independence Day featured a booth where kids could have their limbs painted to resemble shrapnel and stab wounds, with children…
Ha’aretz: This is how Israel inflates its Jewish majority
Ha'aretz editorial says: "The stats bureau's annual population report is a ludicrous piece of propaganda that includes settlers but not all Palestinians under Israeli…
VIDEO: Israelis taunt Palestinian hunger strikers with barbecue; Samidoun calls for action
Mocking Palestinian hunger strikers, right-wing Israelis held a barbecue outside Ofer Prison in the West Bank and served free food to passers-by to. Samidoun…
Israeli bomb hoaxer charged with trying to extort US Senator, threatening to kill ex-Pentagon official’s kids
Israel is refusing to extradite the man, who made threats to 2,000 different institutions around the world, schools, malls, police stations, hospitals and airlines...…
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…
Report: 1 million Palestinians detained by Israel since 1948
Israeli authorities have detained approximately one million Palestinians since the establishment of Israel, according to a statement by the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs,…
Israel prevents Gazans from traveling for medical treatment, including children with cancer
Just 42% of Gazans were allowed to travel to Israel for medical treatment last December. Cancer rates among Palestinian children have increased by 40%…