A new report on crowd control weapons in the occupied Palestinian territories

A new report by “Who Profits” highlights three Israeli and international companies that manufacture “non-lethal” crowd control weapons. These weapons are currently being used by Israeli authorities and security forces, mainly to suppress non-violent demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, in violation of the right to freedom of expression and association.   Despite the fact…

Caterpillar bulldozers are seen demolishing a residential home in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood in east Jerusalem, May 21, 2013. The home was demolished on the grounds that it was built without a "legal building permit" (Photo: Activestills)

ICAHD deplores decision to resume punitive house demolitions

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) deplores and denounces the decision of the Netanyahu government to resume the demolition of homes of those “suspected or convicted of involvement in terrorism and other violence.” All house demolitions in the Palestinian occupied territories “are war crimes, but the demolition of homes of innocent family members of people accused of crimes constitutes…

Israeli forces seen during a protest following the kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teen, occupied East Jerusalem, July 2, 2014. (Photo: Activestills)

Clashes in East Jerusalem after murder of Palestinian teen; MK Khenin: A wave of hatred is washing over the land

Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli police broke out Wednesday morning when news broke of a suspected kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina hours earlier. Dozens of Palestinians were wounded in the clashes in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, with Ma’an reporting that 17 required hospitalization.…

Knesset discussion on limiting pardons for Palestinians

Right-wing legislators hoped Monday to speed up the passage of a bill that would deny certain murderers the right to be considered for a pardon, but the proceedings stalled over whether “only terrorists should be denied this right.” The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee met in a special session Monday to discuss the bill,…

Israeli soldiers enter the city of Halhul, near Hebron, in a search for the three kidnapped teenagers. (Photo: Activestills)

CPI condemns the killing of three Yeshiva students

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) strongly condemns the abduction and killing of the three Yeshiva students, Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Sha’ar, and Eyal Yifrah. According to CPI “deliberate targeting of civilians undermines all moral, legal and human principles. The deliberate killing of civilians is defined as a grave breach of international humanitarian law, and cannot…