Month: February 2015

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center located online at www.imemc.org. Today’s news brief is for Wednesday, February 18, 2015.…

(Jerusalem, February 17, 2015) – The Israeli Supreme Court ruling in a suit seeking damages over Rachel Corrie’s death sends a dangerous message to Israeli armed forces that they can…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Three children injured by a bomb left…

Israeli forces abducted, overnight, nine Palestinians and summoned two children from various West Bank districts, according to reports by security sources and a local activist. In Tayasir, Israeli forces reportedly…

On Friday 13th February, Israeli forces assaulted the demonstration in Bil’in with hundreds of tear gas rounds, dozens of stun grenades and pepper spray, injuring eleven Palestinian, Israeli and international…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday evening, that three children were injured when an explosive object dropped by the army during the offensive on Gaza last summer, detonated near…

Israeli forces opened fire, on Tuesday morning, towards Palestinian shepherds near the cemetery in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, while Israeli gunboats targeted fishing boats in Khan Younis, last…

In the heart of Tel Aviv, inside Israel’s military headquarters known as Hakiyra, Israel’s 21st chief of staff was sworn in on Monday. Gadi Eisenkot replaced the outgoing Benny Ganz.…

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into Joseph’s Tomb, east of Nablus, in the early light of Tuesday morning, under the protection of occupation guard patrols.According to PNN sources, some seven…

Israeli soldiers prevented, Tuesday, Palestinian farmers from entering their agricultural lands east of Yatta town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem while she was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the Bab an-Nather Gate, and took her to an interrogation center in the…

A group of Israeli fanatics accompanied by a number of soldiers, invaded on Tuesday the “Jerusalem Gate” (Bab al-Quds) protest village, in Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening and on Tuesday at dawn, six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and one Palestinians on the Eretz terminal, leading to Gaza. Army uproots…

Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence on the eastern border with Gaza city, fired on Tuesday morning rounds of live ammunition, and one shell, targeting a number of farmlands…

The Israeli military court in the ‘Ofer prison, in the occupied West Bank, sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian journalism student who is also a Folk Dancer and activist, Lina Khattab,…

At least seven Palestinians were abducted by Israeli military and police, on Monday, in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to reports by local and security sources.In Jerusalem,…

A number of US foundations in Gaza, this morning, closed their gates before an activist movement which stood in protest of the killing of two Palestinian girls in North Carolina,…

In the daily reality of Hebron, its residents do not only remember the 1994 Ibrahimi mosque massacre, but live it and its consequences each and every day.Palestinians throughout the West…

Israeli Ofer prison administration has imposed sanctions on four Palestinian prisoners, after they were severely beaten by guards in the waiting area of Ofer’s military court.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)…

Head of Prisoners Association Tawfiq, Abu Naim, has stated that Palestinian detainees are to launch a general hunger strike in April.Abu Naim said, in a private statement to Al Ray…

Israeli forces, on Monday afternoon, raided the popular struggle symbolic village ‘Jerusalem Gate’, constructed in Abu Dis, occupied East Jerusalem, in protest of Israeli plans to confiscate land and displace…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 16th, 2015. Israeli troops invade a number of west…

The Meretz Party in Israel demanded the Legal Counsel of the Israeli government to investigate a video issued by the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming the…

The Arabs48 news website has reported that Israeli police officers conducted a massive search campaign in the Galilee in order to kidnap and detain Palestinian workers, and arrested sixteen.It added…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several communities in the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, in addition to a Palestinian who was kidnapped on Sunday…

The Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video, as part of his campaign ads, showing a scenario in which a victory of leftists in Israel is…

Human rights activist and English political candidate, Mick Bowman, alleges he was beaten and arrested at a peaceful demonstration in Palestine on Friday.A human rights activist from Tyneside, in North…

Gaza is in desperate need of power. One organization hopes to bring clean, renewable energy to Gaza with the installation of solar panels.Over the past few months an international team…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 05 – 11 February 2015.Israeli attacks…

A number of Israelis, on Saturday night, assaulted a Palestinian taxi driver while he was at work in West Jerusalem, according to witnesses.WAFA reprots that witnesses present at the scene…

Israeli forces injured 36 Palestinians, including nine children, in various clashes throughout the West Bank from 3-9 February. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that of…

Israeli authorities, on Saturday, began construction work for the expansion of the Israeli settlement of ‘Tzur Hadassah’, built illegally on the land of Wadi Fukin village, to the west of…

According to reports, Israel has sent a letter to the United Nations claiming that Hamas is preparing for a new war in Gaza Strip, against Israel.Israeli website Walla, reported that…

In an investigation conducted by Associated Press, it was revealed that 89% of victims killed in the Israeli offensive conducted in Gaza, this past summer, were civilians. Al Ray Palestinian…

A right-wing Jewish organization called the Western Wall Heritage Foundation has circulated an invitation for bids to conduct excavations in tunnels under al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a top Palestinian official said…

The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) has revealed that more than 20,000 Palestine homes in Jerusalem have been shortlisted to be demolished by Israeli authorities.According to the…

A number of Israeli extremists attacked, on Saturday at night, a Palestinian cab driver in an area in Jerusalem, causing several cuts and bruises that required hospitalization. Soldiers kidnap a…

Residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, welcomed on Saturday evening former political prisoner, Ja’far Awad, after his release from hospital. He was…

In the latest show of support for the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a group of 700 British artists, actors and musicians have signed on to a boycott of…

This Valentine’s Day many Palestine advocates on social media chose to celebrate “Happy Palestine Day” in place of the traditional Valentine’s Day.This February 14, many Palestine advocates and good people…

President Mahmoud Abbas warned Friday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) would take harsh steps if Israel continues to illegally withhold the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the PA.“If…

A 20-year-old Palestinian was injured Saturday, after Israeli soldiers shot him in the head with a live bullet as he was taking part in a march in the Qalqiliya-area village…

The Jesus Christ Embassy, in Jericho on Thursday, launched the campaign ‘One Million People Pray for Jerusalem Peace’, with the aim of restoring the lost rights of Palestinians and repairing…

A coalition of political parties in Israel that includes the two Arab parties and a left-wing Jewish party launched a campaign Saturday to call for unity and demand an end…

The United Nations announced on Friday in Ramallah that it will launch a strategic plan to provide $705 million in humanitarian assistance for Palestine this year.James Rawley, chief of the…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, said Israel soldiers invaded the village to suppress its weekly nonviolent…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 7th, to the 13th, 2015. While Israel’s government…

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) is conducting a dig in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, a dig which is destroying the area.While financed by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport, this…

The Federation of Arab Journalists has adopted the decision of filing suit, in the International Criminal Court, against Israel and its crimes committed against Palestinian journalists.The federation called, previously, to…

The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reported that Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest wounding at…

The Israeli Authorities released, on Friday noon, the youngest Palestinian detainee, Malak al-Khatib, after holding her captive since December 31, 2014The child was moved to the Jabara Israeli military roadblock,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, a number of Palestinian villages and towns, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, stormed homes and a local club, and violently…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Friday morning, on a number of Palestinian homes, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News & Info…

The National Committee assembled for the retrieval of the bodies of slain Palestinians stated that the Legal Department of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, in charge of…

Statement from Corrie family in response to the Israeli Supreme Court’s Dismissal of Appeal in Wrongful Death of Rachel Corrie.Today we received word from our attorneys that the Supreme Court…

Palestinian popular resistance activists, Thursday morning, destroyed a metal gate blocking the entrance of al-Jaba village, to the southwest of Bethlehem, said a local activist.Coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committees…

Today, the government of Finland is responding to the cash flow problems of hospitals in occupied East Jerusalem, as a result of the PA’s financial crisis, with a contribution of…

Israeli forces, on Thursday, abducted two Palestinians and summoned another after breaking into their homes in several West Bank districts, according to reports by local prisoner institutions and security sources.Israeli…

14-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl jailed by Israel since December 31 2014, Malak al-Khatib, will be released from prison on Friday, her family said.Relatives of Malak al-Khatib said that they were informed…

Ivan Karakashian from Defence of Children International-Palestine Section, speaks about Palestinian childhood in East Jerusalem, with a particular emphasis on the psychological impact of detention and home arrest on the…

The Palestinian Authority had been publicly supportive only of a boycott of settlement products, such that this week’s decision represents a real step forward in the creation of joint work…

The Israeli Ministry of Interior transferred a grant of 62 million New Israeli Shekels (NIS) for Israeli settlement regional councils, last December, to encourage the building of settlements, claiming that…

The Israeli central election committee, on Thursday, passed a vote to exclude Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi from the Arab list of candidates running for Knesset elections, next March.PNN reports that…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 12th, 2015. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities injuring…

The Ahrar Center for Human Rights has reported that an ailing child detainee, held by Israel since his kidnapping on December 24, 2014, in occupied Jerusalem, is facing seriously deteriorating…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday at dawn, that many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Zabbouba town, near Jenin. One…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 11th, 2015. Israeli troops demolish a Palestinian protest tent…

Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, over 2014, fell victim to a pattern of abuse designed to coerce confessions, according to Defense for Children International-Palestine.DCI-Palestine…

PA President Mahmoud Abbas, on Tuesday, inaugurated the new headquarters of the embassy of Palestine in Sweden.The ceremony took place in the presence of Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, together…

Israeli forces, for the fifth time in a row, have demolished the symbolic popular struggle village ‘Jerusalem Gate’ in Abu Dis, which continues its stand against Israeli policies of demolition…

The Israeli military fired tear gas directly into a playground, Sunday, in the Bethlehem-area Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank.Camp residents report that this is not the first time…

The Israeli Municipality of West Jerusalem set up, on Wednesday, a sign reading “Temple Mount”, in reference to the nearby al-Aqsa Mosque compound.The sign, which was placed near Al Nather…

The European Union (EU) is planning to impose new sanctions against Israel over its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, a day after the regime revealed its plans to…

Israeli forces raided, on Tuesday evening, the town of Deir Sammit, to the west of Hebron, where they erected a number of mobile check points. In the village of al-Shuyukh,…

Jesus Christ Embassy Chairman, Terry McIntosh, will launch an international campaign, tomorrow, to call 1,000,000 people to pray for peace in Jerusalem, and for the restoration of Palestinian biblical and…

Three Arab American students were shot to death Tuesday night inside their apartment near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Three Arab American students are suspected victims of a terrorist attack in Chapel…

Israeli soldiers invaded several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, kidnapped eight Palestinians, including children, wounded at least two, and handed five others military orders for interrogation.Coordinator…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several towns in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped seven Palestinians.Media sources said several military vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, and…

Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 10th, 2015. Israeli troops demolish Palestinian homes in Jerusalem…

Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, sentenced nine Palestinian detainees to serve administrative detention terms, ranging between four and six months in prison, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).While some of…

The failed reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip is inextricably linked to Israel’s ongoing seige of the coastal enclave. The UN announcement last month that unfulfilled donor pledges mean it…

Israeli military bulldozers demolished, on Tuesday morning, a house belonging to the al-Absi family of the Silwan neighborhood, to the south of al-Aqsa Mosque, occupied East Jerusalem.According to Al Ray…

Early Tuesday the family of humanitarian worker, Kayla Mueller, confirmed her death by sending out a statement. A statement from the family of humanitarian aid worker, Kayla Mueller, The native…

Israeli forces, on Tuesday, demolished the home of a Palestinian family in the historic city of Lydda, in addition to another in Jerusalem’s Silwan district. A number of Palestinian-owned trees…

The Palestinian Authority has decided to completely ban all products of six Israeli companies from the Palestinian market, as a response to Israel tax-freeze move.Any product manufactured by Strauss Group,…

The Israeli army and the Jerusalem City Council demolished a Palestinian home in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, rendering 14 family members home.The home, located in the Sweih neighborhood…

A Jewish Israeli extremist who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for constructing and placing a bomb to kill Palestinian children will be released this month, two…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child, in the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem, during military invasions into several Palestinian communities.Media sources in Hebron,…

The Israeli army issued a ruling, on Monday evening, considering large areas of the West Bank desert, a closed military zone, in preparation for the expansion of five illegal Jewish-only…

In the second such incident in less than two weeks, an Israeli Druze soldier, who was out of uniform at the time, was beaten badly by Jewish soldiers in a…

This is a radio interview conducted by Ray Hanania from Ya Hala Radio and Radio Baladi, on Friday January 16, with Alexandra Halaby, U.S. Spokesperson & Media Liaison of the…

Kayla Mueller volunteered with the International Solidarity Movement from August to September of 2010.9th February 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine On 4 August 2013 Kayla, 26, originally…

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) overwhelmingly passed a vote Sunday in support of divestment from companies engaged in systematic violations of Palestinian rights. The UCSA is the official…

A Jewish settler group, attempted to evict a house rented by a Palestinian family in the neighborhood of Aqabat al-Khalidiya in Jerusalem’s Old City, on Monday, citing that the house…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 9th, 2015. Israeli settlers uproot Palestinian olive trees in…

Wadi Hilweh Information Center issued, on Sunday, its monthly report in which Israeli violations in the city of Jerusalem, during the month of January, 2015, were monitored as Israeli occupation…

Israeli authorities, on Monday, continued its closure of the entrance leading to the village of Tura, in Yabod town, southwest of Jenin, for the fifth consecutive day, according to local…

Israeli forces opened fire on a march east of Gaza City, on Monday, held in protest of delays to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following Israel’s devastating military offensive…

The Popular Resistance activists and the people of Jerusalem on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 were able to construct a number of tents. They called them ‘Jerusalem Gate’. These tents were…

More than 400 rabbis from Israel, Britain and around the world have called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes.The Independent reports, via Al Ray Palestinian Media…