Navy Kidnaps 9 Fishermen off Gaza Coast
The Israeli navy, on Monday, attacked and abducted nine Palestinian fishermen while they were on board two fishing boats offshore Gaza, according to local sources.Zakaria Bakr, a fisherman, told WAFA…
Entire Family Assaulted during al-Isawiyya Raid
Israeli forces physically assaulted an entire family in the occupied East Jerusalem village of al-Isawiyya, overnight Sunday, after the family resisted during an arrest raid, the head of the village…
20 Left Homeless by Jordan Valley Demolitions
Israeli forces, on Monday morning, have demolished about ten facilities, including tents, barns and residential structures, in the Khillat Khader community of Al-Farisiyya area, east of Tubas district, northern Jordan…
Update: ‘Army Kidnaps 27 Palestinians In The West Bank’
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, 27 Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive military invasions and violent searches of…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Former Political Prisoner In Silwad
Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a former political prisoner.The Palestinian TV…
Including A Toddler, Soldiers ِAbduct A Palestinian Family In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian home in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted an entire family, including an infant, to pressure…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians, in different parts of the West Bank, and took them to a number of interrogation facilities and military…
Soldiers Attack And Detain A Child Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, detained a child for several hours and repeatedly struck and beat…
Soldiers Attack And Kidnap A Palestinian Teen After Shooting Him In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday, a Palestinian teen in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped him. The army also kidnapped another Palestinian and invaded several neighborhoods leading to…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Hebron, Injure Another In Gaza
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian teen from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron. The soldiers also shot and injured a…
Israeli troops invade village near Bethlehem, critically wounding two Palestinians
On Sunday, Israeli forces invaded the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, and began firing live ammunition randomly throughout the village, according to local sources. Two Palestinians were critically wounded:…
Al-Atrash Hearing Set for Monday
Palestinian lawyer and leading activist, Farid Al-Atrash, who was taken into custody by Israeli forces on Friday, February 26, during a nonviolent demonstration in Hebron, will be sent to an…
VIDEO: Infamous Settler Anat Cohen Disrupts Peaceful Commemoration
On Wednesday evening, 24th February 2015, a commemoration for the victims of the 1994 Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), was interrupted by infamous settlers attacking the group of…
The Israeli Ghetto
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dreams of surrounding Palestinians and Israelis with walls.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to construct walls and a barbed wire fence on the border with Jordan,…
Israeli Military Targets Gaza Civilians, Violates Truce
Israeli military boats and border forces early Sunday morning opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers offshore of the northern Gaza Strip and to the south of the Strip,…
Settlers Raid Salfit Village, Escorted by Army
A group of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli military forces, raided the village of Yasuf, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit ,on Saturday.Head of the village council, Hafith…
Frozen in Their Grief: On the Bereavement of Palestinian Families
While the world was celebrating New Year’s Eve, in 2015, with all of its promise for the coming year, dozens of Palestinian families were receiving the frozen bodies of their…
“Ave Maria” Nominated to the Oscars (Trailer)
Basil Khalil, a Palestinian-British filmmaker born to a Palestinian father and English mother, in Nazareth, cannot contain his enthusiasm about his first professional filmshort comedy being nominated for the 88th…
US to Increase Israeli Military Support
US officials have agreed to an Israeli request to increase annual military aid, according to Israeli public radio.The radio also reported, according to Al Ray, that US administration made the…
Settlers Resume Provocative al-Aqsa Tours
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, resumed their provocative visits to al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem, provoking tension with worshipers.WAFA correspondence said that dozens of settlers entered the compound in small groups,…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn and Saturday evening, Thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including two children in occupied Jerusalem. Two of the…
Shimon Dotan, Director of ‘The Settlers’
As Israel faces international condemnation over its plan to build 153 new [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank, a newly premiered documentary film “The Settlers,” written by Romanian-born, Israeli-raised…
Obama Signs anti-BDS Trade Agreement into Law
US President Barack Obama, this week, signed into law a sweeping trade agreement which protects Israel from boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) by countries who oppose the ongoing military occupation…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops kill 4 civilians, wound 21 this week.
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18- 24 February 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian-American Teen Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday, a Palestinian-American teen, from Deir Dibwan town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in…
This Week in Palestine Week 08 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 20, to the 26, 2016. Palestinian hunger striking…
Cameron and Kerry Daunted by Israeli Settlements
Secretary of State John Kerry, on Wednesday, urged Israeli and Palestinian officials to resume a “genuine” peace process, stressing that continued settlement construction is not helpful.According to World Bulletin/Al Ray,…
Child Killed, Another Injured in Gaza Explosion
A Palestinian child was killed and another seriously injured, today, after an explosive device detonated in the Jabalia area of the northern Gaza Strip.The children were identified, respectively, as Soheib…
Israeli Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, holding a nonviolent protest, demanding Israel to reopen the Shuhada Street, in Hebron’s Old city. The…
Palestinian Injured In Ni’lin Weekly Protest
One Palestinian was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet, Friday, and many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Dozens of Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The protest started…
Palestinian Injured In The Head In Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and shot a teenager with a gas bomb in…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after invading their homes and searching them.The soldiers kidnapped Ezzeddin Zein and Luay…
Al-Qeeq Suspends His Strike After Reaching An Agreement For His Release
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who is held by Israel without charges or trial, has suspended his strike that lasted for 94…
Facing Extradition In Bulgaria, Escaped Political Prisoner Found Killed In The Palestinian Embassy
The family of former political prisoner, Omar Nayef Zayed, 52, from al-Yamoun town in Jenin District, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said that their son, who…
Two Palestinians Injured In Beit Ummar
Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians, on Thursday evening, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; many residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.Several Israeli…
Palestinian-American activist wins re-trial on immigration charges
Rasmea Odeh, a Chicago-based Palestinian-American activist, had immigration fraud charges against her vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday. Odeh and her supporters have long claimed that the…
Israeli Security Guard Seriously Injured In Ma’ale Adumim Mall Stabbing Attack
Israeli media sources have reported that an Israeli security guard was seriously injured after suffering several stab wounds, in a the Ma’ale Adumim settlement mall, before the attacker fled the…
Israeli Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’; Palestinian Injured Near Gush Etzion
An Israeli settler died of his wounds Friday morning, after having been shot by another Israeli settler who was allegedly trying to ‘thwart an attack’, according to Israeli sources. The…
Palestine Today 02 25 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 25, 2016. A Palestinian man killed by unknown gunmen…
Why It’s Dangerous to Conflate Hamas and ISIS
While Israel’s efforts to link Palestinian resistance to its military occupation to global terrorism are not new, it has expanded its propaganda to address Arab as well as Western audiences.…
Gunmen Assassinate A Palestinian Security Officer, Former Political Prisoner, In Jenin
A group of unknown gunmen assassinated, on Wednesday afternoon, a former political prisoner and a senior security leader, in Sielet al-Harethiyya town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Fishing Boats In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Thursday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats, only four nautical miles away from the Gaza shore, causing damage.The navy fired several rounds of live…
UPDATE: Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank, At Least 35 Since Dawn
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped eleven additional Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, raising the number of kidnapped residents since dawn to at…
Bani Naim via the Jerusalem Wilderness
If you have never walked through a desert, this is a great time of the year to do so! Weather conditions are mild – perfect for a hike from the…
Army Invades Nil’in, Demolishes Agricultural Structures
Several Israeli military vehicles and armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday at dawn Nil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished agricultural structures and barns.Mohammad ‘Amira,…
Palestine Today 02 24 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Israeli troops to demolish killed Palestinians homes…
Rights Groups Reveal Systemic Torture of Palestinian Detainees
A joint investigation launched by Israeli rights groups, into practices in Israel’s Shikma prison, has revealed — once again — that ‘systemic’ violations are taking place against Palestinian detainees.Representatives of…
Israel to Demolish Homes of Teens in Killed in Qabatia
Israeli forces, Wednesday, handed the families of three Palestinian teenagers, who were recently killed by Israeli troops, notices of their intent to demolish their homes, located in Qabatia town, south…
VIDEO: Israeli Military Uses Stun Grenades on Young Palestinian School Kids
It has become a regular occurrence for Palestinian school children to endure physical violence, harassment, body searches and other demoralizing acts at the hands of the Israeli military.02/23/15 | International…
Update: Army Kidnaps 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian districts in the occupied West Bank, stormed and violently searched homes, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)…
Gaza Siege Could Lead to New Security Deterioration, Intelligence Chief Warns
The ongoing economic crisis in Gaza could lead to a renewed security escalation in Gaza, Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Major General Herzl Halevi told members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs…
Main Suspect in Khdeir Murder Case Determined ‘Fit to Stand Trial’
A fresh psych exam has found that Yosef Haim Ben-David, the main suspect in the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammad Abu Khdeir, is responsible for his actions and fit to…
London Train Posters Show Palestinian Reality
Activists from the London Palestine Action group recently put up to 150 posters regarding Palestinian treatment, at the hands of the Israeli state, on London underground trains across the British…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats In Gaza
Israeli navy ships opened fire, Wednesday, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the shore, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, and northwest of Gaza city, causing…
Berlin Film Festival: Israeli Government is ‘Fascist’, Says Israeli Winner
Israeli film-director Udi Aloni, who won the top audience at Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, has labelled the Israeli government “fascist”, and has urged Germany to cease its military support…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier on Wednesday, ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including two in occupied East Jerusalem.The soldiers invaded various areas in the southern…
Palestinian Woman Killed, Her Daughter Injured, After Being Struck By Israeli Settler’s Car
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian woman was killed on Tuesday night, and her daughter was moderately wounded, after being struck by a speeding Israeli settler’s car on…
Palestine Today 02 23 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Eight Palestinians injured, more than two dozen…
27 Palestinians Kidnapped By The Israeli Army In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Tuesday, 27 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The PPS said dozens of soldiers invaded various…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, Hebron And Nablus
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Tuesday, three Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus. At least seventeen Palestinians have been kidnapped in different parts of the occupied…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, broke into and searched many homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians, the Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Eight Palestinians, Kidnap Ten Others, In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Askar, Balata and al-‘Ein refugee camps, and Kafr Qaleel village, broke into dozens of…
Palestine Today 02 22 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 22, 2016. Israel flooded Gaza with rainwater meanwhile in…
Israel Opens Dams, Floods Agricultural Lands And Homes In Gaza
Large areas of Palestinians lands, and several homes, in the al-Meghraqa and Gaza Valley areas, in central Gaza, have been completely flooded after Israel opened its dams towards Gaza.The Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 21 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on earlier Monday, 21 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. One Jordanian was taken prisoner after crossing the border near Bisan.The…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians In Hebron, One In Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, violently searched many homes, kidnapped five Palestinians, including an ailing elderly man, and summoned…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Jenin, searched many homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.Media sources in Bethlehem said…
List of 181 Palestinians & 21 Israelis Killed Since October 1st
The following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one in…
Army Kidnaps 17 Palestinians In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday, at least 17 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and…
Army Kills A Palestinian Teen Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday afternoon, a Palestinian teen near the Beita village junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, allegedly after he attempted to stab a…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier Sunday and late on Saturday evening, at least eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. The soldiers also kidnapped three…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A School Near Jerusalem
Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Abu an-Nawwar Bedouin community, east of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a small school for children. The WAFA Palestinian…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Hebron
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians, while a third Palestinian was kidnapped on the…
Including A Child, Four Palestinians Injured In Silwad
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Saturday evening, that one child was hit with a gas bomb in his face, and three Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets and…
This Week in Palestine Week 07 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 13, to the 19, 2016. Nine Palestinian were…
Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians In Bethlehem And Ramallah
Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday, a young Palestinian man, in Beit Fajjar town, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded it. The army also…
Video: “Abu Khalaf Was Executed After Soldiers Had Already Incapacitated Him”
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera crew in occupied Jerusalem said they witnessed Friday’s fatal shooting of a young Palestinian man, who was first shot with two live rounds, followed by dozens more…
Army Attacks The Weekly Protest In Kafr Qaddoum
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kafr Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and violently assaulted the weekly protest against the Wall and Colonies, wounding one…
Soldiers Invade al-Jalazoneand Kharbatha al-Misbah, in Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday afternoon, the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, and Kharbatha al-Misbah village, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, clashed with local youths, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated…
Many Injured In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing dozens to suffer…
Palestinian Youth Leaders Ordered to Administrative Detention
Mohammad Zawahreh — brother of Moataz Zawahreh, the Palestinian activist from Dheisheh refugee camp killed by Israeli forces as he participated in a demonstration against the occupation in October and…
Palestinians Welcome Academy Distancing Itself from Oscars Gift Bag
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that it is suing Distinctive Assets, the company distributing a luxury gift bag to Oscar nominees, which this year includes an…
Over 400 Palestinians Displaced in 6 Weeks
Over 400 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced due to Israeli demolitions during the first six weeks of, this year, a senior UN official said, Wednesday.Coordinator for…
UPDATE: Al-Qeeq Denied Family Visits, Birzeit, Workers Union Rally in Solidarity
The Detainees and ex-Detainees Committee announced, Friday, that Israeli security is still refusing to allow hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq’s family the right to visit with him.The committee said that…
Bedouin Home Demolished in Negev
Israeli forces, on Thursday, demolished a home in the Bedouin village of Wadi al-Niam in the Negev, locals said.Village resident Rafat abu Ayesh told Ma’an that the forces, along with…
One Palestinian Killed, Two Israeli Officers Injured, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a young Palestinian man, and accidentally injured a Palestinian woman, allegedly after the young man attempted to stab police officers, mildly wounding two before he was…
VIDEO: Algeria Celebrates Palestinian Goal in Their Own Net
The Algerian and Palestinian football teams, on Wednesday, held a historical friendly match that made an exception to the rule, where Algerian fans cheered for the Palestinian team, and Palestinian…
11 Years of Peaceful Resistance in Bil’in
On Friday, February 19th, residents of the village of Bil’in will march to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the beginning of the weekly protest against occupation. 02/18/16 | International Solidarity…
Video: 10 year old victim of Israeli/Egyptian Siege on Gaza
The Israeli and Egyptian siege imposed on the impoverished and war-torn Gaza Strip on Thursday claimed the life of Marah Diab, 10, who suffered from kidney failure for the past…
Lea Tsemel on the Persecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Israel
On January 21, Israeli police arrested Ezra Nawi, a prominent Israeli human rights activist. He was arrested following a TV news show which depicted an inciting work made about him…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops kill 6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 11- 17 February 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Al-Qeeq Suffering Severe Convulsions
Hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, after suffering severe convulsions on Wednesday night, lost the ability to breath, hear, see or speak until the morning.Mohammad Kana’na, who accompanied al-Qeeq in the…
Gaza: Military Opens Fire Towards Civilians East of Maghazi
Israeli forces opened fire on Thursday, towards the houses and lands of Palestinian farmers to the east of Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported, according to…
DCI: 49 Children Killed by Israeli Forces since October
Defence for Children International-Palestine, on Tuesday, accused the Israeli army of willfully killing Palestinian children in the occupied Palestinian territories, QudsNet reported.Since the start of October, Israeli forces have killed…
2 Palestinian Teens Shot and Injured, 1 Israeli Killed, 1 Injured
Two 14-year-old Palestinians were shot and critically injured after carrying out a stab attack that left one Israeli killed and one injured in the Rami Levi supermarket, located in the…
Palestine Today 02 18 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 18, 2016. A settler killed two youth injured in…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday, at least four Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The army searched many homes, and summoned a child for interrogation in…
Clashes In Ya’bad, After Israeli Soldiers Invaded It
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Ya’bad, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with dozens of local youths, after…
Palestinian Worker Suffers A Leg Fracture After Israeli Soldiers Assaulted Him
Medical sources have reported that a Palestinian worker suffered, on Thursday morning, a fracture in his leg, after Israeli soldiers assaulted him on military roadblock #300, at the northern entrance…