EU Chief Calls For Renewal of Peace Talks
EU foreign policy chief Frederica Mogherini is calling on Israel and Palestine to resume peace talks, saying the situation on the ground is ‘unsustainable.’Mogherini spoke out on the issue after…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (21 – 27 May 2015)
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 21 – 27 May 2015.Israeli attacks…
Activists Confront ‘Jerusalem Hug’ March
Activists confronted participants in the so-called ‘Jerusalem Hug’ march, in which Palestinian and Israelis participated in Jerusalem, on Thursday. Palestinians from Jerusalem gathered near Damascus Gate, where the march took…
Israeli Minister Aims to Impose 20-year Sentence for Throwing Stones
Israeli Minister Ayelet Shaked has proposed a sentence of 20 years in prison for Palestinian boys throwing stones at Israeli forces, reports Days of Palestine.Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported, Thursday,…
14 Palestinian families in Jordan Valley receive demolition orders from Israeli military
As Israeli settlement expansion continues in the eastern part of the West Bank, in the Jordan Valley, another set of eviction/demolition notices were issued by the Israeli military authorities to…
Soldiers Invade al-Yamoun, And The Jenin Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, various neighborhoods in the al-Yamoun town, and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Two Palestinians kidnapped in…
Israel 2015: A Government of Extremists in Charge of An Out-of-Control Military
Shocking words from Israeli officials’ and soldier testimonies of criminality reinforce immediate need for arms embargo and other sanctions, says the IPSC.According to the PNN, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has…
Cover Up: American Millionaire Funded Transfer of WB Church to Settlers
A Swedish company established in 2007 was used to cover up the sale and transfer of a West Bank church compound to settlers funded by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, Israeli…
Israeli Forces Close Door to Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli forces closed, on Wednesday, a door leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron, said the mosque caretaker.The Ibrahimi Mosque caretaker, Munther Abu al-Filat, told WAFA…
Surviving in Gaza’s Caravan Houses
The family El Najjar was expelled during the Nakba from the Palestinian village of Salamah. This village was the subject of a total ethnic cleansing by the Zionist colonizers.Nowadays just…
Palestinian Man Dies Of Wounds Suffered Last Year In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, late on Thursday, of serious wounds suffered during Israel’s aggression on the coastal region in the summer of 2014.The sources said…
Land Confiscated from Jerusalem Village
Israel confiscated eight dunams of land from the occupied East Jerusalem village of Issawiya, Thursday.The land, ostensibly confiscated “for military purposes”, is located in the east of Issawiya, an area…
Elderly Woman Dies Hours after Entering Gaza via Rafah
Yousra Omar Al Najjar, an elderly woman of 77, died on Wednesday evening, in Gaza’s European hospital, after a case of fatigue she sustained during her way back to the…
UN Considers Blacklisting Israeli Army for Crimes Against Children
A push is currently being made to add the Israeli military to the blacklist of the UN Council for Children and Armed Conflict.The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children…
Israeli Forces Demolish Another Bedoouin Home in the Negev
In an ongoing campaign by Israeli authorities to push Bedouin communities from the Negev, Israeli bulldozers demolished the home of Ali Hammad Abu Rabia in the Makhul village Thursday, locals…
Palestine Today 05 28 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, May 28th, 2015. Israeli troops injures a Palestinian worker and…