Israel: Churches, Mosques Vandalized…with Impunity
53 mosques and churches vandalized in Israel since 2009, but only 9 indictments filed. The many unsolved crimes are a question of police priorities, says head of monitoring group. “Without a doubt, they aren’t looking
Published : 24 September 2018
Side event at Human Rights Council 39th session
In the context of the 39th Human Rights Council session and its agenda items 3, 7 and 9, focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples, the right of peoples to self-determination, human rights in Palestine
Published : 17 September 2018
EU Warns Israel: Razing Khan al-Ahmar War Crime
European Parliament warns: Eviction, demolition of Khan al-Ahmar would be a war crime. Resolution passed on Thursday calls EU to demand compensation from Israeli government for aid funds invested in the West Bank Bedouin village,
Published : 13 September 2018
Letter from Iraq — The End of Eden
Climate change comes to the cradle of civilization On a blistering morning in July 2017, Ghazi Luaibi rose before dawn and set out in a worn black sedan from his home in Zubair, a town of
Published : 11 September 2018
Israel Court OKs Khan al-Ahmar Destruction
Justices state that the main issue is not whether the eviction can be executed, but where to relocate the residents. Meanwhile, the UN calls on Israel to cease demolitions, which `are against international law.` The
Published : 05 September 2018
Israel Takes Palestinian Farmland for ‘gardening’
Palestinians say that Israeli authorities in Jerusalem barred them from tending to their plants in the area targeted for confiscation. On 10 August 2018, the Israeli municipality in occupied East Jerusalem notified the Palestinian neighborhood of
Published : 14 August 2018
Israel: Resisting New Apartheid Law
Israeli Arabs launch High Court challenge to apartheid law amid warning to justices by Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked. JERUSALEM—Members of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel announced on Tuesday the launch
Published : 08 August 2018
Myanmar: Struggles against Grabbing Fortress
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Saw Ma Bu’s family has lived in the mountainous forests of Myanmar’s Kayin state for generations, farming and fishing in the Salween river, even as a decades-long armed conflict raged
Published : 06 August 2018
Jerusalem: Counting the Cost of Occupation
Three Israeli policies target Palestinian economic life in Jerusalem: the expulsion and banning of the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce; the separation barrier; and high municipal taxes. Innumerable political challenges stand in the way of the development
Published : 05 August 2018
