Palestine Today 06 01 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, June 1st, 2015. Israeli navy attack fishermen in Gaza, meanwhile…
“160 Files On Israeli Settlements To Be Submitted To ICC,’ Expert Says
Khalil Tafakji, a Palestinian expert in Maps and the head of the ‘ and Geographic Information Systems Department’ of the Arab Studies Center in Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Authority intends…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and handed a family near Jenin an order to demolish their…
Checkpoint to Open After 10 Years
The Eyal checkpoint will be reopened after 10 years of forced closure, allowing Palestinians in Israel to travel to the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.According to Ma’an, the decision…
Lawyer reports: Palestinian children abused in a ‘heinous’ manner by Israeli interrogators
Palestinian Authority lawyer Hiba Masalha reported that young Palestinian detainees are being ‘terrified, threatened, and blackmailed’ by Israeli authorities while detained.There are currently 68 Palestinian teenagers being held in Section…
ISIS Offshoot Group Claims Responsibility For Killing A Hamas Commander In Gaza
A group claiming allegiance with ISIS issued a statement, Sunday, claiming responsibility for assassinating a senior Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip, by detonating his store in Khan Younis.The group,…
Settlers Attack Hebron Residents in Presence of Soldiers
Israeli settlers from Beit Hadassa, Beboya and Ramat Yishai, Saturday, attacked citizens from Tel Rumeideh, central Hebron, using sharp tools.According to the official agency, seven settlers from these settlements, illegally…
Barghouti Begins Hunger Strike in Solitary Confinement
Palestinian detainee Abdullah Barghouti began, on Sunday, an open-ended hunger strike to protest his solitary confinement, Chairman of the Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, Issa Qaraqe, reported.The Israeli prison administration placed the…
IPS Isolates Detainee Following Secret Radio Interview
Israeli Prison Services, on Sunday, put Palestinian detainee Abdulla al-Barghouti in solitary confinement after he gave a radio interview.Israeli troops were ordered by prison services to storm Al-Barghouti’s cell in…
Settlers Set Palestinian Home on Fire
Around 12 PM Saturday night the 30th/31st of May, Imad Abu Shamsiyeh woke up to the sound of stones being thrown at his home, in Tel Rumeida, Al Khalil (Hebron).…
Soldiers Storm Jenin Area in Search of Water Wells
Israeli occupation forces stormed, on Sunday, the Marg Ibn Amer plain, west of the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, and launched a broad campaign in search…
Jerusalem: Israelis March to End the Occupation (VIDEO)
A range of organizations, Saturday, held a march in Jerusalem to call an end to 48 years of the 1967 occupation. Among the organizers was the Coalition of Women for…
Activists Mark 5th Year since Israeli Flotilla Raid
Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel’s deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a day after the ship leading Freedom Flotilla III arrived…