Akram Rikhawi renews hunger strike after Israel reneges on agreement to release him
30 January 2013
Palestinian rights group Addameer calls for Egyptian intervention to protect rights of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners.
Rights and Accountability
Israel fails to show up at mandatory UN human rights review
29 January 2013
Israel is the first state to skip the periodic meeting required of all UN member states.
Did Israel violate the Genocide Convention by forcing contraceptives on Ethiopian women?
28 January 2013
Measures intended to “prevent births” within a specific racial, national ethnic or religious group are legally genocide.
Irvine 11 appeals filed: Defense lawyers say convictions were unconstitutional, cite trial errors
24 January 2013
Defense lawyers for the Irvine 11 have filed appeals to overturn their convictions.
Israel arrests Stop the Wall youth coordinator in latest attack on Palestinian human rights defenders
24 January 2013
Hassan Karajah was abducted from his family’s home during a late-night raid.
Normal racism: Election over, “centrist” kingmaker Yair Lapid shuns Palestinian citizens of Israel
23 January 2013
Israeli Jews overwhelmingly oppose including Arab parties in the government.
Young Palestinian woman Lubna Hanash shot dead by Israeli occupation forces
23 January 2013
Israeli occupation forces in a civilian fire opened fire on a group of young Palestinians, killing one.
In letter to activists, UK foreign office blames Palestinians in Gaza for bringing suffering on themselves
20 January 2013
The extent to which the FCO accepts the Israeli narrative is laid bare in new correspondence.
Video: Israeli occupiers arrest Palestinian woman with her baby in her arms as she protects her land
19 January 2013
A mother and her baby among dozens arrested as Palestinians try to protect their land.
Fresh evidence of how Volvo bulldozers damage farms, uproot families
17 January 2013
The Swedish corporation boasts of being able to monitor the whereabouts of its vehicles; why doesn’t it use this ability to cease assisting the Israeli occupation?