Red Cross slammed for silence over arrest of Palestinian lawmaker
Palestinian lawmakers in Jerusalem — kidnapped, arrested and threatened with deportation by the Israeli government — denounce the International Committee of the Red Cross for not adequately protecting...
View ArticleCivic Registration for Direct Elections to the PNC
Palestinians have launched a website dedicated for the civic registration drive for elections to the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the supreme legislative body of the Palestinian Liberation...
View ArticleIsrael forcibly transfers Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem
Ahmad Attoun, a lawmaker from the Hamas party, was expelled from Jerusalem today after Israeli forces released him from prison and took him to Qalandia checkpoint between the city and Ramallah.
View Article"Talk to us," says Hamas in rare visit to Europe
A delegation of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council travelled to Switzerland to attend a meeting on parliamentarians under threat.
View ArticleIsrael steps up its persecution of Palestinian lawmakers
Israel has intensified its persecution of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Five days ago, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva discussed the situation of PLC members in...
View ArticleAmnesty International calls on Israel to immediately release Khader Adnan
Amnesty International called on Israel to immediately release Khader Adnan, who announced an end to his historic 66-day hunger strike today, as “Israeli authorities have revealed no evidence...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements
Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts.
View ArticleReclaiming the PLO: an urgent call to unite all Palestinians
A landmark initiative directed toward all Palestinians — in Palestine and in exile — to participate in a civic voter registration drive is intended to reclaim the Palestine Liberation Organization.
View ArticleDid Abbas abuse his powers in restricting election to West Bank?
Local elections have been postponed for a few years so why were they called under procedures reserved for emergencies?
View ArticleIsrael arrests lawmakers in raids on cities under Palestinian Authority...
Sweeping West Bank arrest campaign this week targets Hamas leaders.
View ArticleThomas Friedman mourns demise of "Fayyadism"
A chat with the PA’s unelected prime minister had been part of the itinerary for trips organized by the Israel lobby.
View ArticleHopes for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation grow, despite ongoing repression
Mothers who lost sons in Fatah-Hamas clashes still hope rift can be mended.
View ArticleIsrael holding 9 Palestinian legislators without charge or trial
Palestinians held in administrative detention on open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
View ArticleHunger-striking Palestinian prisoners punished by Israel
Israel isolates hunger strikers, imposes solitary confinement and denies salts, putting lives of prisoners in jeopardy.
View ArticleIsrael preparing for "industrial-scale" torture of Palestinian hunger strikers
Hunger strikers “are doing this for us, the Palestinian people,” says the son of a prisoner in an Israeli jail. Israel is planning to begin force-feeding hunger strikers.
View ArticleIsrael seizes political, military opportunity in teens’ disappearance -photos
Israel has mobilized all its resources “to crush Hamas in the West Bank and destroy the recently formed unity government as well as collectively punish the Palestinian people,” says rights group.
View ArticlePalestinian lawmaker resists banishment, tells occupiers they must go
Khalida Jarrar has set up a protest camp at the Palestinian Legislative Council in Ramallah where she will remain until the banishment order is lifted. “It is the occupation who must leave our...
View ArticleWhy is the Palestinian Authority arresting trade union leaders?
Striking workers have been threatened with loss of pay by the Palestinian Authority.
View ArticleCartoonist once jailed by Israel now targeted by Palestinian Authority
Just weeks after marching in Paris for the right of French cartoonists to denigrate Muslims and depict their prophet in a bestial manner, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas orders investigation into Palestinian...
View ArticlePalestinians condemn Israel's arrest of prominent leftist lawmaker Khalida...
The leading PFLP member was taken from her home during a night-time raid by Israeli occupation forces.
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