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On 20 April 2012, the Zamel family living in the village of Ein El-Hilweh in the Jordan Valley were forcibly removed from their home. The family were forced to dismantle their own tents, despite no...

BY SOPHIE CROWE – SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 In the past month, reports of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank have increased dramatically, as settlers prepare for the PLO’s request for...

“We are running out of time” — Water in the West Bank is scarce for Palestinians Summer means water shortages for Palestinians. With global warming and a population increase in the West Bank and...

Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday that Israeli products manufactured in settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are not exempt from paying EU customs duties. Though nominally a finding...

Palestine Monitor 1 February 2010 The village of Battir, North West of Bethlehem, was once a haven for farmers. Its rich soil, water resources and favourable climate produced abundant harvests of...

End of December, accompanied by soldiers, Israeli settlers driving bulldozers started carrying out significant construction works in the area where is located the Neweitef Al - Majur spring, central...

Around twenty residents of Nabi Salah village were injured during Friday's demonstration, directed mainly at the Hallamish settlement which occupies the village's farmland and primary water source...

Israeli Border Police assaulted ten Palestinian labourers in the early hours of Sunday morning. The men were seized on the Palestinian side of the Al-Zaiem crossing, attempting to reach the...

Shaare Zedek Medical Centre is in a suburb of Jerusalem and one of three Israeli hospitals where Palestinians are permitted to go for treatment. The lobby is filled with a presentation on the history...

and launches the department "Yasser kashlak" to document violations of Israeli settlers Information Central The attacks by the Israeli settlers against Palestinian citizens has Increased recently in...

The following is a statement issued on the occasion of International Human Rights Day by Palestinian human rights organizations including Al-Haq, Al-Mezan, DCI - Palestine Section, Al-Dameer, Arab...

This was the ominous warning issued yesterday by Rabbi Arik Asherman, director of Rabbis for Human Rights who believes that "if nothing changes, Jerusalem will burn." His remarks come in response to...

On Sunday Israel allowed 550 calves to be brought into Gaza for the Muslim Eid Al-Adha holiday when it is traditional for sheep and calves to be slaughtered. According to the UN limited shipments of...

The olive harvest has become synonymous with settler violence. The 2008 harvest saw a record high for attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land, capping a succession of increases. Violence on...

The German journalist Christoph Schult views the practise of administrative detention adopted by Israel in the occupied territories. Hundreds of Palestinians are kept behind bars in Israel without...

What is going on in the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah (East Jerusalem) after the Hanoun and Al Ghawi families' evictions? Palestine Monitor takes a look at the latest news about Israeli...

After Israeli provocation in Al-Aqsa Mosque late September, trepidation of religious Jews trying to intrude and take over the Islamic holy site had been brought out. The recent month was a holy...

Farming in the villages around Nablus has become a perilous task of late. Each year vandals from nearby Israeli settlements plague the olive farmers, destroying their trees and attacking workers. In...

Finally, after more than two years of bitter division, leaders of the two rival factions in Palestine are talking positively about the prospects for national unity, without which the Palestinian...

Hebron remains the hub of tension and violence in the West Bank. Much of this comes from the settlers of Tel Rumeida, a community of 800 international Zionists living in the heart of the city,...