West Bank

Nazi forces detained, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian civilians from their homes in various parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported. In the northern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank, Nazi soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of two young men in Jaba‘ town, south of Jenin before abducting them. Ma’an News Agency identified the two young men as Youssef Taher Fashafsheh and Rabeh Khaled Fashafsha. Nazi Soldiers invaded the northern West Bank town of Sanniriya, south of Qalqilia, storming the home of Nimer Abdel Karim Younes before detaining him, taking him to an unknown location. In addition, the Nazi army stormed the northern city of Tulkarem, and raided the home of a former prisoner, identified as Mustafa ...

Israel-Palestine: To end torture, Shin Bet interrogations must be filmed IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   The use of torture by Israel’s Shin Bet (internal security service) is rampant. (Pictured: illustrations of some of the torture methods employed by Israeli interrogators) In two decades, Palestinian prisoners have lodged 1,300 complaints of torture against Israel  – yet not one Shin Bet interrogator has been indicted. This human rights advocate calls for interrogations to be video taped. by Tal Steiner, reposted from Middle East Eye, November 15, 2021 Haaretz recently published a sensational article, which could have been ripped straight out of a television courtroom drama: Israeli prosecutors dropped all charges against three Arab residents of Jaffa, who h...

By Lawrence Davidson Six human rights groups shuttered On 19 October 2021 the Israeli Defence Ministry officially labelled six well known Palestinian human rights associations as “terrorist organisations”. Israel uses a definition of “terrorism” that is unreasonably broad. Just about any criticism as well as non-violent resistance to its evolving apartheid regime can and often is deemed “terrorism”. As this instance shows, this arrangement allows the Israeli authorities to themselves terrorise groups that most sane people would recognise as having nothing to do with terrorism. The six organisational victims of this strategy are Addameer, Al-Haq, Defence for Children Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Bisan Centre for Research and Development,...

'Israel’s' brazen assault on Palestinian NGOs exposes the true goal of its ‘shrinking the conflict' doctrine: to eliminate opposition to apartheid. By: Amjad Iraqi Chutzpah has long been a key ingredient of Israeli political strategy. When subtle tactics fail to assuage local resistance or international scrutiny, Israeli authorities will often confront their opposition with ferocious gall, pursuing their objectives with the weight of sheer self-confidence. When that attitude pays off — as it so often has for Israel — the hubris of the authorities metastasizes, emboldening them to be even more aggressive and zealous with their plans. This quality, which hasbarists like to tout as an endearing cultural trait, did not do Israel any favors last week. In a brazen executive mo...

Israel's outlawing of six Palestinian NGOs is part of a post- 9/11 trend of governments exploiting counterterrorism laws to quash human rights work. By Anwar Mhajne Late last week, the Israeli Defense Ministry designated six Palestinian human rights organizations, all based in the West Bank, as terrorist groups. The organizations — Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense For Children International-Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees — are involved in a range of activities, including legal defense, documenting violations of children’s rights, and supporting and advocating for Palestinians incarcerated by Israel. The declaration presents a challenge to these organizations’ work,...

After being outlawed as 'terrorist organizations' overnight, Palestinian human rights groups talk to +972 about why Israel's allegations are not just unfounded, but amount to an act of political persecution. By Yuval Abraham  When Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an executive order last week declaring six Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations,” the government did not even bother with putting on a facade of due process. With the swift stroke of a pen, the NGOs — Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense for Children International-Palestine, the Union for Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees — were instantly outlawed with neither a trial nor the opportunity to respond to the accusations aga...