Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians continue unabated. (Pictured: A Palestinian demonstrator holds a national flag in front of Israeli forces as part of a protest in the West Bank, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2018)
Not a day goes by during which Israeli military and/or settlers do not commit human rights violations against the people of Palestine – from abduction and shooting to land theft and home demolition. Scan 7 days of headlines for a sampling.
compiled from International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) April 3-9, 2021
If Americans Knew consistently brings you news about the Israel lobby, US policy and legislation, and major events in Israel-Palestine – but we mustn’t lose sight of the fact that “small” incidents of violence and injustice occur on a daily basis. Every time a Palestinian is killed or kidnapped, an entire family is traumatized. Every time a piece of land is confiscated or an olive tree is destroyed, an entire family suffers an economic setback.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) documented over 200 violations of international law by Israeli military and settlers in the last week – that’s almost 30 human rights violations a day. A large number of these, PCHR points out, are perpetrated in the middle of the night and with excessive force.
Below are headlines from the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) from just one week. Click to read the articles, or just soak in the headlines.
EuroMed Monitor: “Israel’s refusal to cooperate with ICC, indirect admission of war crimes”
Tortured And Isolated; Released Detainee Unable To Remember His Family
Army Abducts Six Palestinians In Jerusalem, Bethlehem, And Jenin
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Family Members In Hebron
Detainee Abu Obeid Continues His Hunger Strike For Fourth Day
Detainee Al-Batran Suspends His Hunger Strike
Elderly Palestinian Woman Killed After Being Rammed By An Israeli Colonist’s Car
Army Demolishes Three Structures In Al-‘Isawiya
Israeli Army Attacks Palestinians Shepherds In Southern Gaza
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Street Vendors In Jerusalem
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty Palestinians In West Bank
Army Searches Homes In Bethlehem, Interrogate Many Palestinians
Israeli Soldiers Attack Funeral Procession Of Slain Palestinian Man
Health Condition Of Detainee Worsening After 45 Days Of Hunger
Israeli Colonists Assault A Palestinian Woman And Her Toddler In Hebron
Israeli Colonists Attempt to Kidnap Child, Assault Sebastia Mayor
The Washington Post Redacted Facts About Israel’s Destruction of COVID-19 Clinics
Foreign Ministry denounces Israeli army killing of Palestinian man as Extra-judicial Killing
Ailing Injured Palestinian Teen Serving 10 Years in Israeli Jail
Soldiers Abduct Senior Fateh Leaders In Jerusalem
WAFA: “Palestine urges International Quartet to help enable elections in Occupied East Jerusalem
Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Assault One, In West Bank
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Man, Injure His Wife, Near Jerusalem
Army Abducts Palestinian In Jenin, Invade Village Near Jerusalem
Soldiers Invade Bedouin Village, Photograph Tents for Demolition
Soldiers Abduct A Young Woman In Hebron
Soldiers Install Mobile Homes On Palestinian Lands Near Nablus
Israeli Colonists Uproot 100 Olive Saplings Near Nablus
Army Abducts Fourteen Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli Navy Attacks Fishing Boats In Gaza
Palestinian Forced To Demolish His Own Home In Jerusalem
Palestinian Farmers Confront And Prevent Colonists from Uprooting their Lands near Bethlehem
Israeli Military Shoots Young Palestinian Man Near Jerusalem
Soldiers Summon 14-Year-Old Child For Interrogation
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure two Journalists at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum Protest
PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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