Long-term hunger striker Samer Issawi called for “rage and solidarity” to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day. 3,000 detainees in Israel’s prisons refused food to mark the day.
For a fourth consecutive day, young Palestinians in Hebron clashed with Israeli troops in protests over the death of an eldery prisoner in Israeli custody.
With Israel’s harsh restrictions on freedom of movement, Palestinian Christians’ attempt at a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem is converted into a protest for rights and dignity.
As Obama left Israel for Jordan, two Palestinian youths were critically wounded when Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets on protesters at Anata north of Jerusalem.
As President Obama arrived in Israel, security forces surrounded a new tent village erected by Palestinian activists to protest the planned settlement corridor east of Jerusalem.
Hundreds took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza in a second day of protests following the death of a Palestinian prisoner who PA officials say died as a result of torture.
Residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa are appealing to Israel’s Supreme Court to halt construction of a highway that will divide the Arab district.
Israeli soldiers dispersed a rally near the West Bank the town of Beitunia. At least 1,000 protesters were marching to Ofer Prison in support of four Palestinians on hunger strike.
Israeli firm SodaStream bills itself as eco-friendly by obviating the need for soda bottles—as it illegally operates on stolen Bedoin and Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
The UN Human Rights Council adopted the first report of an International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, charging serious violations.
Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel sparked outrage when Israeli TV broadcast footage of him joking before a Florida church group of plans to "blow up" the Dome of the Rock.
Palestinian activists have established a protest encampment in the E1 Corridor, where Israel plans to build new settlements linking Jerusalem with the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc.
