News

Supreme Court Recognizes Petition Challenging Discriminatory Citizenship Law Barring Family Unification

Palestine Monitor

7 May 2008

The court has given the state 60 days to justify the policy before it repeals the order, which has kept thousands of families separated since its introduction. Married couples of Palestinian and Israeli citizenship can neither live together in the oPt nor inside Israel.

In Focus

Inflation takes its toll on Palestinians

Palestine Monitor

5 May 2008

In the midst of continued Israeli military attacks, crippling movement restrictions, wide scale arrests, land confiscations and the ongoing siege on the Gaza Strip, Palestinians now have yet another debilitating foe to contend with: inflation.

In pictures

Child Suffering from Brain Cancer Dies without Treatment in Gaza Because of Israeli Siege

Palestinian National Initiative

6 May 2008

Thirteen-year-old Asmahan Al Jamal became the 145th patient to fall victim to Israel’s crippling siege on the Gaza Strip yesterday. The teenager died of brain cancer after Israeli military authorities refused to grant her an exit permit to access advanced medical treatment unavailable in Gaza itself.

Articles & Analysis

A human rights crime

Jimmy Carter

8 May 2008

The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world. An entire population is being brutally punished.

Articles & Analysis

The choice of non-violence: our strategy for Palestine

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP

22 April 2008

I lead the Palestinian National Initiative (Al Mubadara), a political party and social movement dedicated to involving people - all people - in a mass, popular, non-violent resistance movement to obtain our rights as Palestinians.