Illinois Passes Anti-BDS Bill
The Illinois State House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill which will prevent the state’s pension funds from investing in companies that boycott Israel.Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R) has…
Child Detainees Testify To Torture And Abuse
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, on Tuesday, that several detained Palestinian children testified to their lawyers about repeated torture, abuse, and intimidation, by Israeli interrogators and soldiers.The Committee said…
Army Kidnaps Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians, including two children, after breaking into their homes, and searching them, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Media sources in…
Jerusalem Child Ordered Under House Arrest
Israeli soldiers released, on Monday evening, a Palestinian child, from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after interrogating him for several hours in the police station, in Salah Eddin Street,…
Soldiers Demolish Three Stores In Silwan
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished three Palestinian stores belonging to a Palestinian from the town. The…
Clashes as Israel Marks Anniversary of East Jerusalem Occupation
Israeli nationalists and police clashed with Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, as crowds of Jewish hardliners marched across the city to mark the 48th anniversary of its capture.Known…
Israeli Navy Fires on Gaza Fishermen
Israeli occupation forces, Monday morning, again opened fire on fishermen boats off the Gaza shores.Local sources said, according to the PNN, that Israeli military boats targeted the civilian boats; no…
Israel, Finland Tension Over Boycott of JNF
Tension is brewing between Israel and Finland over the Finnish World Village Festival’s decision to boycott the Jewish National Fund.The Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Finland registered to participate in…
Settlers Destroy 250 Olive Trees in Hebron
Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Bat Ayin, northern Hebron area, set fire to an estimated 25 dunams of Palestinian land on Monday, destroying up to 250 olive trees,…
PA Demands Fixed Date for ICC Lawsuit Submission
The Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, said on Monday that he asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to set a date for submitting the case files pertaining to the settlements…
Palestine Today 05 18 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May 18th, 2015. Israeli settlers attack cause a miscarriage for…