Video shows UK-manufactured JCB equipment destroying Jerusalem playground
15 February 2012
Under heavy police protection, Israel demolished a Palestinian community center and a children’s playground in occupied East Jerusalem on 13 February 2012.
Rights and Accountability
Israel military rejects Khader Adnan appeal as hunger striker's wife urges intervention to spare his life
13 February 2012
“My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world should make sure I am able to see him… And it should pressure the Israeli government to release him before it’s too late.”
EU border agency shops around for Israeli warplanes
13 February 2012
Frontex, the European Union’s border management agency, is considering the purchase of drones battle-tested in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley risk forced displacement, says UN body
11 February 2012
Sixty thousand Palestinians live under harsh conditions in the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea area - one of the most isolated and restricted areas in occupied Palestine. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that thousands of Palestinians in the area risk forced displacement.
Israel military again delays action on Khader Adnan's appeal as concern over hunger striker's condition mounts
9 February 2012
Despite his grave medical condition after 54 days of hunger strike, Israeli military authorities have once again postponed action on Khader Adnan’s appeal against his four-month “administrative detention” – without charge or trial.
Amnesty: Israel must cancel plan to forcibly displace Jerusalem-area Bedouin
8 February 2012
In a briefing paper issued today, Amnesty International stated that the Israeli military must cancel plans to forcibly transfer more than 2,000 Bedouin residents to an area besides the Jerusalem municipal garbage dump.
Hunger striker Khader Adnan, held by Israel, in "shocking" condition as solidarity grows
8 February 2012
The wife and children of Khader Adnan were allowed to visit him as the prisoner completed 53 continuous days of hunger strike against his detention by Israel without charge or trial and were “shocked” by his condition.
Shabak tortures and ill-treats Palestinian detainees with impunity
7 February 2012
The Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) reveals how Israel has evaded criminal investigations into all 701 complaints of torture and ill-treatment. Meanwhile the torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees continues.
Human Rights Watch: Israel must stop tearing Palestinian families apart
7 February 2012
Human Rights Watch issued a 90-page report on Israeli occupation policies affecting Palestinian residency rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has arbitrarily denied thousands of Palestinians the ability to live in, and travel to and from, those areas, says the rights group.
Amnesty to Israel: Release or try Khader Adnan, gravely ill after 51 days hunger strike
6 February 2012
Amnesty International today told Israel to release or try Khader Adnan, the gravely ill Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 51 continuous days, ever since his arrest by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank on 17 December.