Occupied Palestinian Territories

Senior officers in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have issued a warning about the growth of what they describe as "Jewish terror" in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The IDF...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israel has agreed to allow the export of some Gaza manufactured cabinet works and home furniture to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and some European countries. Timber...

It is well known that Europe has been divided over what to do about Hamas over the past five years. At no point has there been a consensus on...

Israel has dropped from 92nd place on the Reporters without Borders' press freedom index in 2012 to 112th place in 2013 out of 179 countries. The organization points out...

The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah have expressed Europe's deep concern about the death toll of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as Israeli forces have resorted...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gaza's Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on January 7. Church bells were rung and the Christians exchanged seasonal greetings with their Muslim neighbours. Contrary to common misconceptions, Palestinian...

Official figures show that unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the first nine months of 2012 rose by just over 2 points to reach 23 per cent. A...

The Council of the Arab League has condemned strongly the ongoing Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement issued at the end of the council's...

The head of the Palestinian Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas, has asked the international community to allow Palestinians fleeing from their refugee camps in Syria to enter the Occupied Palestinian...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, has called for an investigation into the "apparently deliberate" attacks on civilian targets during the...

Dr Nabil Al Arabi, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, confirmed that upgrading the status of Palestine in the United Nations will prove the historical rights of the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called on the international community to "put an end to the Palestinians' suffering in the occupied territories", and urged the world "to put...

Professor Richard Falk has spoken to the media on some of the most pertinent issues relating to human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The UN Special Rapporteur for...

Human rights campaigners and community leaders have condemned the late-night arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah by the UK Border Agency on 28th June. Sh. Raed is the leader of...

Russia's permanent delegate at the United Nations has called the continued construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories "the biggest obstacle to the two-state solution". Vitaly...

The British Muslim advocacy group iEngage has written to Foreign Secretary William Hague raising concerns over the recent EU decision to upgrade bilateral relations between the EU and Israel....

Hebrew media sources have confirmed that Britain and France are looking into the possibility of withdrawing their ambassadors to Israel, among other steps, in protest against its decision to...

The European Union has threatened to impose economic sanctions on the Israeli government and make sure that goods produced on illegal settlements will be clearly labelled as such. The...

The London-based Arabic daily newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported on February 17, 2013 that the EU's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern about the deteriorating...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) in the UK has accused the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a registered charity, of being involved in activities in Israel and the...

Britain's ambassador to Tel Aviv said on Friday that the "violent Israeli practices" in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the top of which are settlements, are creating international isolation...

Some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the EU Commission's Foreign Affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, to partially suspend the Association Agreement with Israel on the grounds...

The reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas that has been under discussion since last April now seems to be moving to a new level, with the leaders of these two...

On the question of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel's settlement project, the stated policy of the European Union, and its member states including the UK, is clear: the...

In December 2010, I accompanied a group of expert eviction lawyers from England on a visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We examined the case of Sheikh Jarrah and...

In a major step towards promoting justice and human rights, Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) voted this week in favour of a campaign to boycott companies that profit from...

The sixty-third anniversary of the Nakba witnessed a number of important events set up by Palestinian refugees in Arab countries surrounding Palestine, in the Diaspora, and inside the occupied...

A strange affliction seems to be affecting settlers in the West Bank. It seems that as soon as they are granted settler status (a badge of dishonour in the...

The innocence of childhood is precious, to be cared for gently and nurtured, allowing the child, whose future we are building, to develop happily and safely in an atmosphere...

Palestinians tortured and isolated Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation and denial of access to appropriate health care; such...