Both “legal and procedural steps” have been taken by Palestinian Officials this week to define maritime borders off the coast of Gaza according to Al-Monitor. On 8 October, Foreign Minister…
Year: 2019
Barghouti: Elections are the People’s Right
There are at least six compelling reasons for exerting all possible effort to hold elections in Palestine. The first is that elections are a right that has been usurped from…
Gaza farmers call on UN to sell produce in the West Bank
Palestinian farmers have called on the UN to put pressure on Israel to allow them to market and sell their produce in the West Bank. Farmers sat outside the headquarters…
Violent settler attack against olive farmers in Burin
Amid the rocky hillside terrain of the village of Burin south of Nablus, Doha, a local olive farmer, gracefully weaves and ascends among her olive trees, assessing this year‘s haul. …
Amid Addameer raid, NGOs are facing an increase in Israeli harassment
In the early hours of 19 September, Israeli Defense Forces stormed the Ramallah office of Addameer, a prominent not-for-profit advocating for prisoner support and rights. The Israeli army seized thousands…
Israel considers officially allowing Jews to pray inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
In a clear attempt to defy the status quo of Al-Aqsa compound, Israel announced the state is considering allowing Jews to pray inside the mosque. Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad…
Robbed of their childhood; how Palestinian kids cope with trauma under occupation
Sleep deprived and paralysed with fear, a child lays pinned to the metal floor of an Israeli military jeep, wrist constraints digging deeper with every bump in the road as…
Israel to force thousands of Bedouin citizens into refugee camps
Israel plans to drive tens of thousands of Bedouin citizens from their homes in the Negev desert into refugee camps, according to Adalah, the Legal Justice Center for Arab Minority…
‘Unprecedented’ attacks on healthcare in Palestine: WHO 2018 report
The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report on Wednesday detailing an “an unprecedented 432 attacks against healthcare in the West Bank and Gaza Strip”. Dr Gerald Rockenschaub, Head of…
Palestinian prisoners transferred to administrative detention by Israel on day of scheduled release
According to a report by the human rights group B’Tselem released on Thursday, Palestinian prisoners are being transferred to administrative detention on the last day of their formal sentence. Israeli…