Salah Sawafta was exiting the local mosque after dawn prayers when he was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers who had invaded the town.
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, days before his daughter’s wedding
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Israeli forces raid, shut down Defense for Children & 5 other agencies in West Bank
As a continuation of its targeting of 6 major Palestinian human rights organizations, Israeli forces ransacked their offices, confiscated materials, and welded shut their office doors…
Israeli apartheid policies are constricting Palestinian rights across the board
Israeli apartheid: the branding of an entire population as a security threat and the withholding of desperately needed medical care is a form of racism that results in a larger disease burden and unnecessary deaths in the restricted Palestinian population, and also collectively punishes entire families and threatens the basic rights, health, and dignity of individuals.
How Israel loyalists keep US officials in line: Ambassador nominee is taken down
A detailed report on how Israel advocates have worked to oppose a distinguished nominee from becoming Ambassador to Brazil because of comments she had made over two decades ago about the Israel lobby…
The latest victims in Israel’s ongoing slaughter of Palestinians
Israeli violence continues to take Palestinian lives with impunity. Here are five of the most recent victims.
Israel has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, whose mental health is worsening
Beginning at age 13, Ahmad Manasra has endured years of harsh interrogations, abuse, & solitary confinement; mental health experts say his life is in danger – but Israel refuses to release him. Ahmad has served 6 years for a crime in which he did not participate.
Israel convicts World Vision official despite evidence he’s innocent
Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision, ignoring compelling facts that proved the charges against him were not just false, but ridiculous.
Consolidated Appropriations Bill Includes Nearly $5 Billion for Israel (& other Capitol Hill news)
“Congressional Zionists” managed to sneak an extra $1 billion to Israel in this year’s budget, on top of the usual $3.8 billion. A whole $219 million is earmarked for non-Hamas Palestinians.
Israeli brutality is nonstop – 3 days of local headlines
Not a day goes by without Israeli violence against Palestinians – military, settler, economic, legislative violence; theft of land, freedom, shelter, health, dignity, childhood. IMEMC reports. Weekend incidents include the shooting of Mohammad Tamimi, who had previously been severely injured in 2017, when Israeli forces shot him in the face.
Israeli NGO refers Israel to Int’l Criminal Court for torture of Palestinians
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel says that after 30 years of fighting torture, it had “reached the unfortunate conclusion” that Israel has no wish to end torture, honestly investigate victims’ complaints and prosecute those responsible.