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The Israeli occupation authorities released, on Sunday, Nov. 15, one of its longest serving prisoners, Younis Hussein, 45 years, from the Gaza Strip, after serving a 22-years sentence. Hundreds...
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The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has appealed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to provide international protection for places of religious and cultural heritage in...
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As Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails approach the second week of their hunger strike, the doyen of the detainees has said that they will continue with the strike...
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New statistics from the United Nations demonstrate that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is becoming more aggressive and dangerous for Palestinian civilians. A report from...
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A Palestinian human rights group has warned the residents of occupied East Jerusalem about "retaliatory procedures" by the Israeli occupation authorities in response to the Palestinian Authority application for...
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The Jerusalem Society for Arabic Studies has revealed Israeli plans to build a new illegal settlement which will cut-off Palestinian villages in the Holy City from the south of...
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A joint Egyptian-Palestinian Committee for Supporting Arab Prisoners in Israeli Jails has been launched at a ceremony in Cairo. The new group will be active in defending the rights...
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The Israeli occupation authorities in the West Bank prevented the call to prayer (Adhan) being made at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron 47 times during the...
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Egypt's Foreign Minister has condemned the attack by Israeli settlers on a mosque in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Mohammed Amr said that the occurrence...
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A human rights center concerned with prisoners' issues stated that the Israeli Occupation Authorities are currently detaining 17 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The center noted that the Israelis,...
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The legal advisor of the Supreme Islamic Council in occupied Palestine has warned the Israeli occupation authorities about building a Jewish museum in the historic Ma'man Allah Islamic cemetery...
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The Islamic movement in occupied Palestine has denounced a proposal by the Israeli occupation authorities to turn down the sound of the call for prayer in the mosques of...
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A human rights centre has revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have detained more than 80 Jerusalemite children in the past two months. The Research and Documentation Unit in...
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The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has received news from the West Bank that the Israeli Occupation Authorities have detained Shaykh Muhammad Abu Tir, the Palestinian Member of Parliament. He...
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An aircraft provided by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has been put at the disposal of ex-prisoners from Gaza in order to fly them to the kingdom to perform...
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The Mufti of Egypt has condemned the "regular and continuous abusive practices" of the Israeli occupation authorities "which violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque" in occupied Jerusalem. The mosque...
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The Israeli occupation authorities have issued eviction notices to five more families in Wadi al-Maleh in the North of the Jordan Valley. The head of the village council, Aref...
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Israeli security forces have detained 11 Palestinians in three West Bank cities in raids on Monday morning. Three of those detained are minors. Local sources said that the soldiers...
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The Israeli occupation authorities issued on Wednesday eviction notices to a number of Jerusalemite families telling them to leave their homes, which will be demolished shortly. Inhabitants in the...
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The Palestinian Authority has welcomed the news that that Israel has failed in its bid for re-election to the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union (UPU); Israel...
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A large group of Palestinian lawyers have refused to appear before an Israeli court because they were ordered to be strip-searched before entering the courtroom. The details have been...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A comprehensive strike in protest at recent price-hikes of fuel and other essential commodities has hit life in the occupied West Bank. Protesters closed all main streets...
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The Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites has warned that the Israeli occupation authorities are working to impose a false Jewish history in the occupied...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Israeli occupation authorities are resuming their demolition of the historic Al-Magharibah Bridge to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Details of the Israeli project were disclosed during a press conference...
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The Israeli occupation authorities have issued demolition notices to Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley area, informing them that their homes and farms are going to be knocked-down. According...
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The water supply in the occupied Palestinian territories is becoming uncertain and unsafe due to the punitive measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities, claims a report prepared by...
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Media reports say that Israel's Minister of Defence has ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. Ehud Barak said...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Israeli occupation authorities have released the Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr Aziz Dweik. Dr. Dweik was handed over yesterday (Thursday) at the Beit Sira...
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Case Study of the unilateral division of Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews A field study prepared by a Palestinian organisation which monitors Israeli human rights and other violations...
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The Palestinian Authority's extensive security and detention drive against Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank has been described by Israeli officials as the PA's "basic role". It represents,...
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UNESCO's decision to add the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to the list of World heritage sites paves the way for other Palestinian sites to apply for similar...
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A Palestinian official in the Negev region has accused Israel of using thirst as a weapon to displace them from their homes and land. The head of the regional...
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