Palestine Today 03 04 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, March 4th, 2015. Israeli navy escalate attacks on Gaza Fishermen,…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday, several communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, and kidnapped at least Palestinians, including four teenagers.The Israeli…
Soldiers Conduct A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Four armored Israeli military bulldozers, and a tank, invaded on Tuesday morning, an area east of the Rafah district, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and headed towards…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli navy boats fired, on Wednesday morning, rounds of live ammunition on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in territorial waters in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses…
Israeli Army Chief Of Staff: “We Need To Remain Ready For Any Possible Scenario”
The newly appointed Israeli army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot stated that the Israeli military always needs to be ready for a new Intifada, or attacks against Israeli targets, including…
Soldiers Prevent Journalists From Entering Ibrahimi Mosque In Hebron
Israeli soldiers prevented, Tuesday, a group of 60 journalists, members of the Central Bureau of Journalists, and other media organizations, from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank…
Many Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West…
Gaza Farmers Again Targeted by Israeli Gunfire
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers, Tuesday, as they were trying to access their borderline farmlands to the east of Gaza City, according to WAFA correspondence.Israeli soldiers, stationed in…
Sounds of Palestine: Social Empowerment for Children through Music
This Sunday, Sounds of Palestine organized the first winter mid-year concert, with the participation of over 70 kids who performed for their families in Aida Youth Center, playing violins, cellos,…
VIDEO: Palestinian MK Zoabi Assaulted by Israeli Extremists
Israeli right-wing extremists, Tuesday afternoon, attacked Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi who is running with the United Arab List for the upcoming Israeli elections on 17 March.According to the Palestinian News…
UN: Ending Israeli Siege is a Prerequisite to Gaza Prosperity
The United Nations has expressed concerns about the economic situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying that the lifting of the Israeli siege on the coastal enclave is the “prerequisite”…
Israel Seals Hebron Area Stone-Cutting Factory
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, sealed off a stone-cutting factory and seized a lorry in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to local sources.Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the…
Bedouin Crops Destroyed by Israeli Police
Israeli police on Tuesday destroyed thousands of acres of wheat, barley and other cereal crops in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Rakhama, locals told Ma’an News Agency.Local resident Ali Freijat…
Israel Requests More US Aid Despite Congress Speech Tension
Despite current tensions with the American president over today’s speech to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his administration are requesting an additional $317 for Israel’s missile-defence programmes.Editors note:…
VIDEO: Netanyahu Addresses Congress on Iran Nuclear Deal
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress today, in an increasingly animated debate with the White House over Tehran’s nuclear power ambitions.Netanyahu has repeatedly attacked the emerging deal with…