Palestinian lawyer Fadwa Barghouthi, the wife of prominent imprisoned Palestinian leader and Fateh central committee member Marwan Barghouthi, said on Monday, 4 September that she had been banned from visiting her husband until 2019 in retaliation for her involvement in supporting the prisoners’ hunger strike in April-May 2017. Barghouthi said …
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European professors and academic institutions have urged to end cooperation with the EU-funded project over involvement of Israeli institutions known for illegal detention practices, routine torture, and violence against Palestinians. The following letter was released by the BDS National Committee: The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees …
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday of the “serious danger” posed by Israeli settlement to the future of political process, official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Abbas made the remarks at his reception of Peter Maurer, head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in Ramallah city. Israeli settlement …
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Israeli forces on Tuesday evicted a Palestinian family from the East Jerusalem home in which they lived for more than 50 years after an Israeli court ruled that Israelis are its legal owners. A police spokeswoman confirmed that police officer carried out earlier on Tuesday a court order to evict …
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JERUSALEM: Israel has suspended granting work visas for new foreign charity workers arriving in the country, humanitarians say, in a move that could impede aid to Palestinians. Dozens of aid workers from major international NGOs have been unable to get work visas or faced delays in recent months, the humanitarians …
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A Palestinian family was evicted from their home of 53 years in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Tuesday morning, culminating a protracted legal battle by which Israeli authorities claim the property belongs to Israeli settlers. The displacement of the Shamasna family marked the first time since …
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(By Yotam Berger) A military appeals court has canceled a restraining order against a right-wing activist West Bank settler for the second time in less than a year. Such a cancelation is extremely rare and the activist’s case is the only known instance of an administrative order against a Jew …
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Israeli soldiers ordered shut a print shop following a raid into the center of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority, early Tuesday, according to local sources. An army unit raided al-Nour print shop located in al-Nijmeh building on Irsal Street in the center of the city, only …
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Please find below a French statement concerning the eviction of a Palestinian family living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem today: France condemns the eviction carried out on September 5th by Israeli authorities of a Palestinian family living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. This is …
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The Defense Minister declared that Israel is preparing to expel two Palestinian communities in the West Bank – an unlawful action that would constitute forcible transfer of protected persons in occupied territory Yesterday, 4 September 2017, B’Tselem sent a grave letter to Israel’s prime minister, the defense minister, the chief …
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