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Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’ has published a report saying that the United States and several other countries – including Arab states – have asked the French government, over the past two…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 30th, 2015. Israeli troops forces families out of their…
A session was held this past Tuesday, by the Israeli Supreme Court, to discuss the appeal submitted by seven detainees who were freed among the “Shalit” swap deal and who…
After Israeli occupation obstacles, the Palestinian Authority (PA) sought to impede former US President Jimmy Carter’s planned visit to Gaza Strip.Carter has called off the planned visit to the region,…
In 2014, shortly after Hamas, the democratically-elected government in the Gaza Strip, and Fateh, the puppet government that takes its orders from Israel in the West Bank, agreed on a…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed coalition deals with two parties on Wednesday, in his first steps toward constructing a new government, one week before the deadline to present a…
Lawyer of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the Israeli police violently attacked, and beat, on Monday evening, a child who was kidnapped in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood,…
Eyewitnesses said that the Hamas-run security forces in the Gaza Strip attacked, Wednesday, protesters demanding Fateh and Hamas movements to end their tensions and divisions, and arrested several Palestinians, including…
Dozens of soldiers invaded, Thursday, several areas of the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and ordered around 50 Bedouin families to leave their areas, as the army intends to conduct training.…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including four teenagers in occupied East Jerusalem.Media sources in Hebron, in the southern…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 29th, 2015. A Palestinian man injured as Israeli troops…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 23 – 28 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished a Palestinian-owned structure used for raising livestock in Rujeib village, to the south of Nablus, according to a local activist.Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors the construction…
This Palestinian situation is tragic, in part, because there is no clear path to liberation, and the devastation of oppressive circumstances have gone on decade after decade with no end…
The new general coordinator for the peace process in the Middle East, Nikolai Mladenov, arrived on Wednesday morning in the Gaza Strip, through the Beit Hanoun crossing in northern Gaza.Local…
The two main Palestinian political forces show no sign of moving the necessary steps to get to the solution of a fracture that has, for years, damaged the Palestinian cause.…
A long-term ceasefire between Hamas and the Israeli occupation has been proposed by Turkey and Qatar.Informed sources confirmed to Days of Palestine that a joint Turkish-Qatari ceasefire proposal has been…
A group of Israeli settlers damaged water pipes serving the Palestinian community in Hebron’s Old City, Tuesday, according to locals.Mufid al-Sharabati, a resident of Shuhada street, told Ma’an News Agency…
Around fifty Palestinians and international activists gathered today in Tulkarem, east of Nablus, to protest the presence of 11 Israeli chemical plants located in the city. The protest took place…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nine Palestinians in Hebron, three in Bethlehem, and one Nablus. Clashes took place in Nablus, and the soldiers conducted live fire training in…
The head of the Legal Unit of the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Ad-Dameer), Lawyer Mahmoud Hassan, stated Tuesday that the Ofer Israeli military court decided to postpone the…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 28th, 2015. A Palestinian worker dies in a tunnel…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, April 27th, 2015. Israeli troops attack and search homes in…
Activists, on Tuesday, have raised the Palestinian flag over an Israeli occupation military camp set in Al-Khader village, south Bethlehem, removing the Israeli flag.Activist against the Wall and Settlements, Hassan…
A Palestinian worker died on Monday when a tunnel collapsed in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a health official said.A Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an News…
Yesterday morning (27th of April 2015) at 5 am, in the area of al Makhrouk, al Jiftlik, the Israeli military arrived with bulldozers and demolished four houses belonging to Fathe…
Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the Ramallah-area village of Nabi Saleh, Tuesday morning.The Palestinian News and Info Agency reports that the home, built prior to Israel’s 1967 occupation…
Palestinians in the pre-1948 occupied territories staged a mass strike in protest of the policy of house demolitions. The strikers also prepare for a mass rally intended towards Tel Aviv,…
Attacks to be considered of ‘extreme severity toward those who looked to them for protection and sought refuge and were granted shelter there, had their hope and trust denied”, according…
A fire sparked by an Israeli military drill swept across thousands of dunams of Palestinian farmland in the northern Jordan valley, Monday, the Palestinian civil defense said.Some 3,000 to 4,000…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem, in addition to one Palestinian in Bethlehem, and one in Hebron.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…
As part of daily violations against the Palestinian people in the besieged and improvised Gaza Strip, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of fishing boats in the Sudaniyya…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child was moderately injured, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after being hit by an Israeli settler’s…
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire into Palestinian agricultural lands, and several homes, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian home in Nabi Saleh village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Media Office of the Popular Resistance…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday at dawn that the young man who was shot and critically injured on Monday evening, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin,…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, broke into homes, and destroyed doors of a number of stores, before…
A number of extremist Israeli settlers, living in the Eliezer illegal colony, invaded, Monday, a Palestinian orchard in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and uprooted more than 50 olive…
A number of Israeli extremists cut and uprooted, Monday, dozens of olive and almond trees, and grapevines, in Wadi al-Amir area, in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, and a child, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched homes before attacking several family members, causing injuries.The Wadi…
The Israeli government invited, Monday, tenders for constructing 77 new residential units in illegal colonies in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli Peace Now Movement has reported. Peace Now said the tenders…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and one Palestinian in occupied Jerusalem. Clashes and home invasions have been reported.The soldiers…
Despite Israeli demands and preconditions for the burial of the slain Palestinian child from occupied Jerusalem, hundreds of Palestinians managed to attend the funeral, late on Sunday at night.Ali Abu…
In its periodic report on the boycott against Israeli products, the national office for land defense said that the movement is growing worldwide, and that people in different fields including…
A Palestinian suspected of ramming his car into a group of Israeli policeman in occupied East Jerusalem on Saturday night has been arrested by Israeli police, a police spokesman said…
A general strike has been called for Tuesday in protest of the recent wave of home demolitions in Palestinian communities throughout Israel. The strike, called for by the High Follow-Up…
A group of Israeli settlers, early Sunday, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards from Al Magariba gate, under heavy guard by Israeli police, and attacked students, according to local sources.Director of…
Thousands of Palestinians participated, Sunday, in the funeral procession and ceremony for the young man who was killed on Saturday by Israeli army fire near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the…
A group of Israelis from settlements in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, Sunday morning, were reported to have stoned Palestinian homes in the center of the city.Local sources…
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, with no injuries reported.Witnesses reported that Israeli naval forces fired on fishing boats four miles…
Israeli sources have reported that four police officers were injured, on Saturday at night, in the at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, in the area where clashes took place earlier between…
Yesterday’s Friday demonstration in Kafr Qaddum continued the trend of senseless and extreme violence from Israeli forces against Palestinian villagers, as the ISM has reported on numerous occasions. Even before…
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured on Saturday, while others suffocated during clashes which erupted with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem village of al-Tur, following an earlier shooting…
A 15-year-old Palestinian was injured and his brother arrested when the two were assaulted by Palestinian police in Nahalin, southwestern Bethlehem, late Friday, his family said.The parents of Abd al-Hamid…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the home of the slain Palestinian teen who was shot and killed by the army, late on Friday at night, kidnapped his father,…
The Israeli Air Force fired missiles, late on Friday at night, into military targets belonging to the Syrian Army, and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, in the al-Qalamoun area on the…
A Palestinian was shot and injured when Israeli forces opened fire east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Witnesses said that Israeli forces deployed along the border opened fire…
If passed, new legislation would reverse the long standing official US policy of opposing the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories by de facto recognition of all settlements…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday at night, a young Palestinian named Ali Mohammad Sa’id Abu Ghannam, 16 years of age, near the Zaim military roadblock, east of occupied…
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that several residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the soldiers…
Israeli soldiers used excessive force, on Friday, against the weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing a serious…
Scores of protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while many olive trees caught fire, after Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 18th, to the 24th, 2015. This week New…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the town of Hizma, north of occupied East Jerusalem, kidnapped two Palestinians, and forced shut dozens of stores and shops. The SAFA News Agency…
The Israeli Authorities canceled entry permits of the 200 Palestinian, from the besieged Gaza Strip, who were previously allowed to enter Jerusalem for Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.General Yoav…
Israeli sources have reported that the police found an Israeli man in the trunk of a Palestinian car, and that the man suffered several stab wounds; the police said the…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 23ed, 2015. Israeli military bombards Gaza and in the…
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday at dawn, three artillery shells into an area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, while navy ships fired dozens of rounds of live…
The South African Communist Party (SACP) issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli decision to deny entry visas to South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education and Training, South African Communist…
The Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites warned,, Thursday, of a new project underway by Israeli authorities which is conducting tunnel excavations beneath the homes in Silwan…
Hundreds of Israeli settlers raided Palestinian villages in the Nablus district on Thursday, officials and witnesses said. Several Palestinian students suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces raided a girls’ school…
The US had chosen an Israeli company called Elbit Systems Ltd. (an Israel international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs) to build a surveillance system on…
UK high street bank Barclays is no longer listed as a shareholder in Elbit Systems, the major Israeli military company that manufactures drones used in Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and…
Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in protest, Thursday, as their Israeli compatriots celebrated, each group marking in its own way the 67th anniversary of Israel’s founding as an…
A rocket, Thursday night, was reported to have been fired from the Gaza Strip into the Negev desert area. Sirens sounded in Sderot settlement in the south, according to the…
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 16 – 22 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian worshipers near the Chain Gate, one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two young men. Army invades a…
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on Tuesday received two motions strongly condemning Israeli occupation’s humanitarian and legal violations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.The first…
The Associated Press has reported that New Zealand, a member of the U.N. Security Council, is preparing a draft resolution meant for reviving the stalled political talks between Israel and…
The Palestinian Authority, Tuesday, declared that it was able to pay the remainder of civil servants’ wages and pensions for the past four months (40% each), hours after Israel released…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015. Israeli settlers invade Al Aqsa mosque in…
As dozens of Israeli extremists stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, chanting and raising Israeli flags, and trying to raise the flags on the mosque, Israeli…
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned down a request from Jimmy Carter to meet during his upcoming visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, because of…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near Ramallah; soldiers also invaded several villages and…
An Israeli court in Lod city sentenced, Tuesday, a 56-year-old Belgian-Iranian man to seven years in prison after convicting him of what the court said “spying to Iran.”Ali Mansouri, 56,…
Several Israeli vehicles raided lands in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, witnesses said.Sources told Ma’an News Agency that four Israeli vehicles and two bulldozers raided and leveled Palestinian farming…
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 21st, 2015. A Palestinian youth dies in a tunnel…
The family of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, the young Palestinian who was burnt alive by Israelis on July 2 last year, protests that the teen’s name has been added to Israel’s…
Presidential Commission for the Coordination of Goods into the Gaza Strip, confirmed the admission of 700 truckloads of goods, aid, and construction materials into Gaza, on Tuesday.Head of the commission,…
Hundreds of extremist Israeli settlers again invaded and performed prayers at Joseph’s Tomb in eastern Nablus, under armed protection, early Tuesday.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces escorted a…
On Monday April 20th, 2015, Mr. Junya Matsuura, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and the Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, attended the opening ceremonies for two schools projects.…
Israeli authorities, Tuesday, issued administrative detention orders against 41 Palestinian prisoners, including 26 Palestinians from Hebron district, according to the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS).The detainees were sentenced for a period…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was killed, Tuesday, in a siege-busting tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources said Ahmad…
An Israeli settler ran over four Palestinian pedestrians in the occupied West Bank, Tuesday evening, according to witnesses.Days of Palestine has reported that the settler approached the four pedestrians while…
Israeli settlers from the Immanuel settlement uprooted some 450 olive trees and saplings from lands in Deir Istiya, northern Salfit, on Tuesday.Mayor of Deir Istiya Amal Qouqash told Ma’an News…
Extremist Israeli settlers raised the Israeli flag on the walls and over the rooftop of al-Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, today in Hebron.The reconstruction committee…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, a number of villages and towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the city itself, searched homes, and kidnapped three…
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Zabbouba, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted military training close to the al-Jalama military…
The Israeli Authorities decided, Tuesday, to deny access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, to two elderly men for 30 days, and a mosque guard for ten days.…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, an area near the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths wounding one.The…