Palestinian journalists help an injured colleague get to safety after being attacked by Israeli soldiers near the Erez Crossing on October 13th 2015

Israeli Press Violations in OPT Reached New Peak in 2015

A Palestinian press freedoms watchdog NGO issued its annual report for 2015 on Thursday, March 17, in which it noted that 2015 was witness to an unprecedented increase in Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (also known as “MADA” in its Arabic…

Israeli NGOs Express Solidarity with, Condemn Attacks vs. Al-Haq

Several Israeli human rights based NGOs have condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the ongoing anonymous attacks against Palestinian human rights organizations, and most recently against Al-Haq. In a statement issued by the organizations they declared: “We express our solidarity with our Palestinian counterparts. Al-Haq has indeed been faced with increasing pressure, which started with…