Palestinian Bedouin homes demolished by Israel
5 September 2014
More than eight months after Israel cancelled a plan to displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouins, housing demolitions continue without pause.
Rights and Accountability
Despite ceasefire, the number of displaced in Gaza is rising again
4 September 2014
Meanwhile, the scale of the destruction to Gaza’s infrastructure and economy caused by 51 days of Israeli bombing is becoming starker.
Illinois chancellor says she should have “consulted with more people” before firing Palestinian scholar
4 September 2014
Phyllis Wise acknowledged the negative impact her decision to fire Israel critic Steven Salaita is having on the university.
Palestinian American activist asks judge to drop charges based on “illegal” US investigation
3 September 2014
The trial of Rasmea Yousef Odeh will begin on 4 November but the Palestinian American community leader hopes that the judge will dismiss the charges against her when he rules on key defense motions next month.
Palestinian lawmaker resists banishment, tells occupiers they must go
1 September 2014
Khalida Jarrar has set up a protest camp at the Palestinian Legislative Council in Ramallah where she will remain until the banishment order is lifted. “It is the occupation who must leave our homeland,” she has said.
Video: Palestinians cheer as Israeli “skunk” truck crashes into ravine
31 August 2014
Israel has been spraying a liquid said to smell like rotting corpses indiscriminately at people, homes and businesses in occupied Jerusalem.
Israel invests millions in occupied Golan Heights settlement college
29 August 2014
Since the violence broke out in Syria in March 2011, Israel has tried to exploit the situation in order to strengthen its occupation of the Golan Heights.
Protester against Israel's land theft remains jailed -- four months after arrest
29 August 2014
Human rights groups complain to UN over how Murad Shtaiwi has been denied a fair trial.
Video: Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at 6-year-old children on their way to school
28 August 2014
Israeli soldiers have attacked elementary school kids in the occupied West Bank with tear gas twice this week.
Israel's extermination of whole families in Gaza reflects genocidal impulse
27 August 2014
Israel’s crimes in Gaza were not only war crimes and crimes against humanity. The evidence suggests they rise to the level of genocide.