Month: December 2014

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, a Palestinian man near the village of Ta’nak, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing various cuts and bruises.Media sources in Jenin…

Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Jenin several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday evening, the al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, kidnapped one residents while many suffered…

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has officially recognized Palestine as a state, expressed its support for ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and has called for speeding the reconstruction…

The summary resolution of the conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention has denounced the continued practice of settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), expresseing deep…

The United Nations General Assembly passed on Thursday, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution recognizing the Palestinian legitimate right to Self-Determination, including the right to an independent Palestinian State.180 countries…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Thursday, in what it described as an accidental explosion…

A Palestinian bus driver was injured, Thursday, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted him at the Central Bus Station in West Jerusalem.The driver, identified as Anwar Tawil, 32, works…

Palestinian President and Fateh party member Mahmoud Abbas submitted, on Wednesday, the awaited UN resolution draft setting terms for final peace talks with Israel, saying that Palestine is open to…

An Israeli settler claimed, on Thursday at night, that two Palestinians tried to kidnap him as he was waiting for an Israeli bus in the bus junction located at the…

A group of Israeli settlers, Thursday, cut power to an electricity line that had been supplying a Palestinian home in the village of Burin, to the south of Nablus, according…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured in the Safa and ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…

Press Release: Israeli Supreme Court approves regulations that ban Palestinians from Gaza from entering Israel for their compensation cases against the Israeli military.On 16 December 2014, the Supreme Court of…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, December 18th, 2014. Israeli radicals attack a Palestinian bus driver…

The Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron videotaped an incident on Wednesday morning in which two small children are grabbed and held by soldiers. As the boys begin to cry and…

On Wednesday, the Parliament of the European Union voted to recognize ‘in principle’ a Palestinian state, and, in a separate action, the General Court of the European Union decided to…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 17th, 2014. Israeli settlers injure a Palestinian woman in…

Clashes took place overnight in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, as protests continue following the death of Mahmoud ‘Adwan, who was shot and killed by the army in the Qalandia…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a woman was injured after being hit by a speeding Israeli settler’s car, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.The sources…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said his country will veto the Palestinian resolution at the United Nations, aiming at ending the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine within two years.…

Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and violently assaulted three young Palestinian men, causing various cuts and bruises.Local sources said the soldiers…

Israeli police, on Tuesday, attempted to arrest two preschoolers during a raid on two homes in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to witnesses.WAFA correspondence reports that police…

22-year-old Mohyi Eddin Najajreh, from Nahhalin village, in the Bethlehem district, was moderately injured on Tuesday after being run over by an Israeli bus.According to the PNN, eyewitnesses in Nahhalin…

Israeli occupation forces have taken into custody, since the beginning of December, some 115 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, including 30 minors, a Palestinian official revealed.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…

Over 10,000 people, on Tuesday afternoon, participated in the funeral procession of 21-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah ‘Adwan who was killed just hours earlier during an Israeli raid on the Qalandia refugee…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 16th, 2014. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities kill…

Media sources in Gaza has reported that five Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Tuesday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of the southern Gaza Strip districts of…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, three Palestinians from the town of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and handed four residents military orders to stop the…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be holding a meeting in London, on Tuesday, with the Palestinian delegation headed by Chief Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat, and various Arab officials.Again,…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be holding a meeting, on Tuesday evening, with various senior Palestinian officials before submitting the Palestinian application at the UN Security Council, demanding a time-frame…

Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and nearby communities, shot and wounded one Palestinian,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Qalandia refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, shot and killed a young Palestinian man with a live round…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, December 15th, 2014. Israeli soldiers attack school children in the…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town and…

Israeli forces assaulted a number of Palestinian students at a school in Burin village, to the north of Nablus, Monday, causing many cases of suffocation, according to an Israeli activist.Mr.…

The Jerusalem Post has reported that the acid thrown by a Palestinian on six Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Friday, was actually vinegar, according to Channel 2.The victims were…

A Palestinian fisherman was injured, this past Saturday, by Egyptian gunfire off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to a spokesman from the Gaza fishing community.’The fisherman was injured…

Israeli soldiers, Monday, closed a highway linking the town of Yatta and nearby small villages to allow a rally organized by Jewish settlers to pass, according to local sources.Coordinator of…

Israeli authorities demolished 46 Palestinian-owned structures in the month of November, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The demolitions resulted in the forcible…

Jerusalem’s Israeli municipality delivered, on Monday, demolition orders for the family home of Mutaz Hijazi, who is suspected of attempting to assassinate extremist American-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.Mutaz’ brother, Uday, told…

Israeli military jeeps opened fire towards Palestinian farmers along Gaza’s southern border region, near the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis.According to Al Ray correspondence, several Israeli military jeeps…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, two Palestinians from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one Palestinian at the Za’tara roadblock, near the Nablus.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, violently searched homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.Head of the Jerusalem Detainees Parents Committee Amjad Abu ‘Asab…

The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) has officially decided to file an application to the United Nations Security Council, demanding a resolution to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and a clear…

For the continued political goal of illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, Israel has zoned hundreds of dunams in the town of Kafr El-Deek, West Salfit, as an…

A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…

A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…

The Belgian city council of Molenbeek voted to exclude businesses active in the Israeli occupation of Palestine in its bid for surveillance cameras, reports the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB).On…

Imagine if in the U.S. it were illegal to teach about the genocide of the Native Americans at the hand of the colonists, or about how violent and gruesome the…

Israeli settlers again stormed Al Aqsa Mosque, this Sunday, guarded by Israeli ‘special forces’, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency reports.According to a worshiper at the mosque, about 15 Israeli settlers…

Heba Masalha, a lawyer working for the Palestinian Detainees Committee, managed to visit two Palestinian teens, held by Israel, who testified to her of horrific abuse and torture by the…

PNN reports that a group of Israeli and American academics calling themselves ‘genuine Zionists’ have sent written demands to the US government and European countries insisting that they impose sanctions…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that seventy Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started more six days ago, demanding an end to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in occupied East Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.Local…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, four Palestinians during clashes that took place in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after dozens of soldiers invaded it. Two Palestinians kidnapped…

Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians and summoned four others from the districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to reports by security sources and a local activist.25-year-old ‘Abd-l-‘Al Abu-Mayyala…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the reporting period of 04-10 December 2014.PCHR Report On Israeli…

United States Congress will vote, in the next few days, on a resolution to raise its financial contribution to the Israeli Iron Dome system to 1.2 billion dollars.Congressional negotiators agreed…

A Palestinian was injured, late Friday evening, in an explosion which occurred near the French Cultural Center in western Gaza City.Gaza police spokesman Ayman al-Batneiji told Ma’an News Agency that…

Ramallah, December 11, 2014—Othman, 15, is sitting at the top of a narrow staircase in the front porch of his family’s home in the Old City, in Jerusalem. He almost…

The Portuguese parliament adopted, on Friday, a recommendation calling on the government to recognize the Palestinian state, drawing votes from the majority and opposition.The motion, AFP reports, was filed jointly…

The Palestinian Negotiation Affairs Department has released a video showing Israeli crimes against Palestinians. Crimes include home demolitions, attacking elders and youngsters, kidnapping children and stealing land. The video shows…

Historic: UAW 2865, UC student-worker union, becomes first major American labour union to support divestment from Israel by membership vote. In solidarity with Palestinian workers and students, voting members approve…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli settler fire, after soldiers alleged that he “sprayed an Israeli…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least three residents have been injured, with many others suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes which took place on Friday…

One Palestinian has been shot and injured, by an Israeli live round, during clashes that took place south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank,…

Audio Link After text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 6th, to the 12th 2014. This week, Palestinian…

Israel decided, this Thursday, to boycott the international Geneva conference scheduled for December 17th, and will also reconsider its relationship with Switzerland, according to Israeli sources.The decision comes following Switzerland’s…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians.…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that at 19 residents have been injured, on Thursday evening, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place in…

Thousands of Palestinians, government officials and President Mahmoud Abbas, attended on Thursday afternoon, the funeral ceremony of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu ‘Ein, who was murdered Wednesday by an Israeli soldier…

The Jerusalemite Prisoners Committee said, Thursday, that an Israeli court sentenced 64-year-old exiled Jerusalemite lawmaker Mohammed Abu Teir to 25 months in Ofer prison. According to WAFA correspondence, Abu Teir…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, December 11th, 2014. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities, clash…

The Palestinian leadership has ended all security coordination with Israel in response to the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein Wednesday following clashes with Israeli soldiers.Jibril Rajoub told press that…

At 3 am, on the 8th of December in Azzun whilst the Radwan family slept, dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded their house and broke in. 11th December 2014 | International…

Two passersby were were reported to have been lightly injured, late Wednesday, after a bomb exploded in front of a charity in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.Witnesses said…

The French Senate has adopted a resolution calling on its government to recognize the state of Palestine.The proposal was tabled in the Senate by Social Party senator Gilbert Roger and…

The lower house of the Irish Parliament has approved a nonbinding resolution calling on the government to officially recognize the state of Palestine. The bill was passed late Tuesday night…

Clashes took place, on Thursday morning, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, while dozens of soldiers have been deployed in various parts of the city; soldiers also kidnapped five…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday morning, eleven Palestinians, including two children, from different parts of the West Bank, including five in occupied East Jerusalem. Several Palestinians injured near Jenin.Local sources…

Medical sources have reported that scores of children, and teachers, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in southern Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, during…

During a meeting with scores of officials and ministers in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, following the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein, President Mahmoud Abbas said all…

Following the death of Minister Zia Abu Ein, who was violently assaulted by Israeli soldiers during a nonviolent activity near Ramallah, Permanent Palestinian Observer at the UN Riyad Mansour, demanded…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 10th, 2014. Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian official, and…

Israeli settlers continued to launch attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Wednesday, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence reports that Israeli settlers attacked a…

The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements has died after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers in a village near Ramallah.55-year-old Ziad Abu Ein died…

Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including one woman, after breaking into their homes and searching them.Local sources said the soldiers…

In what seems to be an attempt to nullify a ruling by the Israeli High Court, allowing the Palestinians to use bypass road #443, Israel decided to illegally expropriate 321…

Illegal expansion of ‘Jewish only’ settlements continued unabated, in various parts of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, with further demolition notices and destruction of Palestinian property by Israeli settlers.Israeli…

Dozens of Israeli settlers, Tuesday morning, again stormed al-Aqsa mosque compound under the protection of Israeli special forces and soldiers.Media official at the Al Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage,…

Palestine became an official observer at the Hague’s International Criminal Court, on Monday, according to UN envoy Riyad Mansour.The Palestinian official said the move would strengthen possibilities for Palestinian statehood,…

Hebron Mayor Dr. Daoud Al Zatari stated, Tuesday, that he had recently received an envelope at the Municipality, containing death threats and a toxic substance.According to the PNN, security and…

Bethlehem – Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinian men, near Teqoua’ illegal Israeli settlement, allegedly after the army found out one of them carried a knife.The two…

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that seventy detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons and detention centers, have decided to hold an open-ended hunger strike, starting Wednesday.The…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 9th, 2014. Israeli settler attack a Palestinian teenager, and…

Medical sources have reported that an extremist Israeli settler attacked and stabbed a Palestinian teen, late on Monday evening, near Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city…

A new report from the international human rights group Amnesty International found that Israeli forces deliberately targeted multi-story apartment buildings in Gaza during the latter part of its invasion this…

Palestinian sources have reported, Tuesday morning, that an Israeli tank fired a shell into a farmland, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.The sources said the shell led…

Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians.Local sources have reported that the soldiers…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) published a video report showing Israeli settlers vandalizing Palestinian property in the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…