Bethlehem/PNN/ A number of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike for months to protest their arbitrary incarceration under inhumane conditions and to demand freedom. Imprisoned …
Read More »PNGO and PHROC Condemn Statements of the UNRWA Gaza Director on Israel’s Aggression on the Gaza Strip
GAZA/PNN/ The Non-Governmental Palestinian Organisations Network of (PNGO) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organisations’ Council (PHROC) condemn the recent media statements made by Mr. Matthias Schmale, Gaza Director of the …
Read More »ICHR Urgent Appeal to the International Community on the Deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip
Bethlehem/PNN/ Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) condemns the Israeli occupation forces continued systematic aggression against the Gaza Strip and its escalation for the sixth consecutive day. Intensive attacks …
Read More »During a meeting with ICHR and civil society institutions: The Minister of Health discusses efforts made to provide the Corona vaccine
Ramallah/ PNN/ The Minister of Health, Dr. Mai Al-Kailah, briefed the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) and representatives of a number of civil society organizations on the latest efforts …
Read More »COVID-19 risks creating and exacerbating women’s vulnerabilities and gender inequalities in Palestine, warns UN Women.
Jerusalem/PNN/ Unless gender is integrated into national and institutional efforts to combat COVID-19 in Palestine, the pandemic’s socio-economic impact would aggravate gender inequalities and women’s vulnerabilities, according to a new …
Read More »Israeli forces attack final round of weekly protests in Gaza
Gaza/PNN/ Israeli occupation forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in the final round of protests held on a weekly basis near the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the occupied …
Read More »Gaza economy sustains nearly $100mn monthly loss due to Israeli blockade: NGO
GAZA/PNN/ A Palestinian NGO says the economic loss imposed on the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s blockade of the impoverished enclave is estimated to stand at nearly 100 …
Read More »HRW slams Israel’s decision to expel its Israel director over support for BDS
Jerusalem/PNN/ Human Rights Watch (HRW) has lambasted Tel Aviv’s decision to expel the rights group’s Israel director from the occupied territories over his purported support for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, …
Read More »IOF kill one Palestinian & its aircraft target Hamas positions in Gaza Strip
GAZA/PNN/ A Palestinian civilian was killed and another was wounded at Saturday dawn, 02 November 2019, in an Israeli airstrike in southwestern Khan Younis, as IOF carried out dozens of …
Read More »Under the HAYA Programme: UN Women & UNOPS partner to support gender-based violence shelters
Jerusalem /PNN/ Under the HAYA Joint Programme, UN Women and UNOPS are working together to provide support to shelters delivering various services for women and girls at risk or survivors …
Read More »IOF injure over 50 Palestinians in Gaza
GAZA/PNN/ Israeli occupation forces have attacked anti-occupation Palestinian protesters gathering near the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories, leaving at least 51 people injured. The Gazan …
Read More »MADA Calls to release Al –Kharouf
Ramallah /PNN/ The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) calls on the international legal and human rights organizations to put pressure on the Israeli occupation government to stop …
Read More »MOFA calls for international investigation into death of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jail
PNN/ Ramle/ Head of the prisoners and ex-prisoner affairs committee, Maj. Gen. Qadri Abu Bakr, announced on Tuesday the death of Nassar Taqatqa while in solitary confinement in the Israeli …
Read More »Israeli troops attack Palestinian protesters at Gaza border, 70 injured
Gaza/PNN/ At least 70 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli troops during protests near the border fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories. The Gazan Health Ministry …
Read More »End of Nomination for the 2019 Re-run Local Elections
Ramallah/PNN/ The Central Elections Commission (CEC) announced today the end of nomination for the upcoming rerun of local council elections in 17 localities in the West Bank scheduled on 13 …
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