Latest Posts
The banning of human rights defenders: Israel and South Africa compared
Even the apartheid regime in South Africa never outlawed human rights defenders in the manner that Israel just did when it declared six Palestinian organizations to be ‘terrorist organizations.’
Open Letter to Defend Democracy and the Rights of Palestinian Civil Society
On October 19, 2021, six prominent Palestinian organizations were labeled as so-called “terrorist organizations” by the Israeli Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz. This designation criminalizes the work of these organizations….
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine Protests For Divestment in Harvard Yard
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine held a rally in the Yard Monday afternoon to call on Harvard to divest its holdings in companies allegedly ‘complicit’ in human rights abuses against….
What Apartheid Means for Israel
A growing consensus has formed around the term—not as a rhetorical comparison to South Africa, but describing a system of domination built on the partition of Palestine.
In Germany, universities are leading the charge against Palestine solidarity
Conservatism and historical guilt are shrinking the space for Palestine activism in Germany — and campuses are among the fiercest battlegrounds of all.
Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank
HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank to monitor Palestinians by integrating facial recognition with a growing network….
Six Palestinian human rights defenders hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware
On 19 October 2021, Israeli Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz, announced the designation of six leading Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as “terrorist organizations” under Israel’s….
Alert: Israel Takes Alarming Steps to Enforce its Persecution of Six Palestinian Organisations in the West Bank, International Community Must Intervene
Al-Haq strongly condemns the military order issued by Israel’s commander-in-chief of the Central Command to transpose its unlawful designation of Al-Haq as a “terrorist organization” within the occupied West Bank…..
Support the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders
You can support Human Rights Defenders in Palestine through the Belgian organization Viva Salud.