Syria: 1st Israeli Colony in Golan Turns 53
Syria: 53 years since the establishment of the first Israeli settler colony “Merom Hagolan” in the occupied Golan region of Syria On 5 June 1967, the southern Syrian border experienced mutual artillery and air bombardment with
Published : 18 July 2020
COVID-19 and Neglect in Jerusalem
The joint briefing paper by Al-Haq, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre (JLAC), and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) exposes how systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare has left Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem
Published : 14 July 2020
Palestine/Israel: JNF Trees Dispossess Bedouin
Israel pushing large tree planting in Naqab to disclaim lands to Bedouin Israel is pushing through a plan to plant trees across a significant swath of the Negev in a bid to deny Bedouin residents
Published : 14 July 2020
Reporting on Housing Rights in Lebanon
Today, civil society organizations concerned with the crisis in Lebanon have submitted analysis of the human rights situation there to the UN Human Rights Council. This outpouring of critical assessment comes in preparation for Lebanon’s
Published : 09 July 2020
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Cartographer
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Expert on Settlements in Jerusalem Israeli forces yesterday arrested Khalil Tafakji, head of the maps department at the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem, the news agency Anadolu reported. A source in the Tafakji family
Published : 09 July 2020
Palestine: Israel Escalates Home Demolitions (again)
Home Demolitions Spike Ahead of Annexation Israel’s formal annexation of occupied land may be put on hold, but the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank marches on. Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the territory spiked last month, according
Published : 08 July 2020
Palestine: Annexation Not New under Apartheid
Palestinians are fighting to dismantle apartheid, not just annexation If you ask Palestinians in the Jordan Valley how they feel about annexation, many will say that they were already annexed long ago. The view from my grandparents’
Published : 29 June 2020
Sudan: 27,000 Displaced in Darfur
Following fighting between rebel groups in Central Darfur’s Jebel Marra in early June, thousands of people fled their homes. About 27,000 people took refuge in the village of Toga, near Golo. Others fled to Rokoro town,
Published : 27 June 2020
Palestine: Patterns of Crime amid COVID-19
Palestine`s Land Research Center has issued an important new report, charting the principal patterns in violations of Palestinian housing and land rights under “Israeli Occupation of Palestine’s West Bank during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” With maps
Published : 24 June 2020
