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If you have a craving for coffee in the middle of the night in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, it's not difficult to find a café that's open 24/7. The...

In a move designed to challenge Israeli expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a group of about 250 Palestinians claimed to have established the village of Bab al Shams...

Israel's preoccupation with sustaining a demographic majority has shifted focus to the Bedouin community in the Negev. A significant area targeted since the commencement of the occupation, the Bedouin...

Following the Israeli massacre during Operation Pillar of Defence and Palestine's accession as a non-member state of the UN, many in Palestine have been clamouring for the right to...

The Palestinian human rights organization, Al Haq, recently published a position paper titled, 'Feasting on the Occupation: Illegality of Settlement Produce and the Responsibility of EU Member States under...

Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem suffer "inequitable" Israeli predominance over their water supplies, claims a report from the UN Human Rights Council. Indeed, Israeli violations of the...

According to a report in the United Press International, Israel's outgoing Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, stated that Israel should be willing to recognise Palestine if Palestinians are ready...

Samer Issawi's hunger strike in protest against administrative detention has exposed the myth of human rights organisations and the limits of official concern from the international community. The pervading...

Far from the targeting of Palestinian children being a fabrication designed to gain sympathy, this reality was publicly exposed by IDF soldier Mor Ostrovski, who uploaded a photo to...

Administrative detention and the postponement of court hearings seem to go hand in hand with Israeli courts' fabrication of justice. Samer Al Issawi and Ayman Al Sharawna have been...

In an interview with the New Internationalist last year American scholar Norman Finkelstein pointed out recent, prominent defections from American support for Israel; New Yorker editor, David Remnick, previous...

Israel's "concern" once again propels itself into news headlines as Tel Aviv warns that a "new intifada" could begin following the death of Ahmed Jaradat while being interrogated in...

For the first time in twenty years, Hebrew is on the curriculum in Hamas-run schools in the Gaza Strip. Around 750 ninth-grade students are learning the language of Israel,...

On March 16, activists will be remembering the day when Israeli soldiers annihilated the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist Rachel Corrie's life. Ten years ago, whilst striving to protect...

In Jordan, the parliamentary elections in January were viewed as little more than an exercise in public relations. At least this is the sentiment among those who oppose the...

Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem has revealed that this week Israeli soldiers arrested twenty-seven young Palestinians in route 160, Hebron, whilst they were on their way to school. At...

Reports concerning conflict diamonds have largely dealt with labour exploitation and subsequent use of profits falling into the hands of rebel groups in Africa unleashing massacres on various communities...

On January 16, 2013 the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed a petition against government plans to forcibly displace around 1,000 Palestinians living in rural villages in the...

Syria once smelt of strong black coffee and sheesha pipes. People played backgammon in crowded coffee shops late into the night, whilst the aroma of fresh chicken drifted through...

If Israel had any ambition of appearing worthy of a humanitarian stance, it has failed miserably. Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh was scheduled to be released from prison 'in...

Over the last two years, the Syrian conflict has claimed 70,000 lives and displaced one million people. It has also claimed the lives of a significant number of media...

"We are building our state and to me that matters more than causing harm to some group or individual." This statement uttered by a former Palestinian Authority official to...

Despite Samer Issawi's consistent refusal to bargain with Israeli authorities, the past days have been replete with offers of exile in return for ending the hunger-strike. According to Jawad...

In what is being considered a major victory against administrative detention, Samer Issawi has accepted an agreement negotiated by Israeli and Palestinian officials to end his hunger strike. The...

The village known as the Swedish Village, which was established by Swedish donors in 1965 on 40 dunams of land, has been forgotten with the passing of time. Situated...

The Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) launched in April a global 'Stop Administrative Detention Campaign'. The initiative seeks to highlight Israel's human rights violations against Palestinian...

Last week, Channel 4's Unreported World offered an insight into the Gaza Strip's property market. With almost 2 million inhabitants trapped on a sliver of land 25 miles long,...

Israel has informed the High Court of Justice that the Israeli army will halt the use of white phosphorus in civilian areas, following a petition from various human rights...

Earlier this month, Israeli forces declared plans to demolish 11 homes in Deir Nidham in the northwest of Ramallah; their destruction will make way for the expansion of the...

I am a 38 year old white Caucasian United States natural born citizen and Muslim. The details that follow explain my treatment at the hands of the Israeli Defense...

After boycotting a scrutiny session earlier this year, deputy foreign minister Ze'ev Elkin has confirmed seeking reconciliation with the UN Human Rights Council, depending upon the council's willingness to...

The right to land and the right to live have taken on a sinister dimension in Israel, as courts consider Israel's 'right' to expel African migrants to an unidentified...