Israeli Woman Stabbed in Negev Bedouin Town
An Israeli woman was injured in a stabbing attack, Saturday, in a predominantly Bedouin city located in the Negev desert region, Israeli police said.An Israeli police spokesperson said that a…
Retracing Abraham’s Footsteps in Southern Palestine Bani Naim to Hebron
Retrace the footsteps of Abraham from the desert of Reshayda to Bani Naim to Hebron. As tradition says Abraham witnessed the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah from the mountainous region…
Continued Demolitions in Jordan Valley, Jerusalem
Israeli forces, on Thursday, demolished five homes and four other Palestinian-owned structures in the Jordan Valley town of Tammun, in the occupied West Bank.A spokesperson for Israel’s Coordination of Government…
ISM Report: Ongoing Colonization in Hebron (VIDEO)
On February 3rd, 2016, Israeli occupation forces violently opened the door of houses in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque by cutting the door locks with a disk grinder, and…
Al-Qeeq Rejects Court Decision, Now Unresponsive
On Thursday, Palestinian journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq said he rejected the Israeli court decision to temporarily suspend his administrative detention (indefinite jailing without charge or trial), and that he would continue…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (28 January – 03 February 2016)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continued during the reporting period (28 January – 03 February 2016).Israeli attacks in the West Bank…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians, Injure Several Others
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, three Palestinians, and injured several others, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. One of the kidnapped Palestinians was also shot and…
Army Kills A Child, Kidnaps Another, In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a child from Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped another.The slain…
This Week in Palestine Week 05 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for January 30, to February 5, 2016. This week six…
Two Injured With Live Rounds, As Israeli Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest in Kufur Qaddoum
Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, wounding two with live…
Families Remain Isolated In A Surrounded Building in Qabatia
For the second consecutive day, families living in a residential building in Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, remain isolated, running out of food and water,…
Dozens Injured As Israeli Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers used excessive force, Friday, against the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The protest started…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and summoned several others for interrogation.The soldiers invaded continued their military…
Israel Freezes Al Qeeq’s Administrative Detention
Israel’s top court, on Thursday, suspended the administrative detention (without trial) of Palestinian prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq citing medical concerns, 72 days into the prisoner’s life-threatening hunger strike.Qadura Fares, the head…
Archaeological Excavation Conducted in Cremisan Valley
In May of 2015, Israel commenced with the construction of the apartheid wall in the northern Bethlehem area; namely the area around the Cremisan Valley in Beit-Jala, without taking into…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday evening, two young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has…
Settlers Again Storm Al-Aqsa Under Police Protection
Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, from Mughrabi Gate, guarded by special occupation forces.Jerusalemite sources said, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that the…
Gazans Suffer, and the World Looks Away
After nearly 10 years of a sustained and unlawful Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza, it is scandalous that the world takes such little notice of this people so long beleaguered.There…
Two Teens Detained after Alleged Stabbing Attack
Two Palestinian girls were detained, after allegedly attempting to attack an Israeli security guard at a bus station in the central Israeli city of Ramla, on Thursday.An Israeli police spokesperson…
Army Kidnaps A Palestinian In Ramallah, Injures Another In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, one Palestinian in Ramallah district, after invading his home and searching. The army also invaded Qabatia, near Jenin, and injured one Palestinian near…
Mohammad Abu Khdeir: Murderers Sentenced to Life, 21 Years
The two Israeli settlers convicted, in the 2014 murder of Palestinian teen Mohammad Abu Khdeir, were sentenced on Thursday. One of them received life in prison and, the second, a…
Soldiers Demolish Two Tents Near Hebron, Injure A Palestinian In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday evening, two residential tents in the Susiya village, southeast of Yatta town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and confiscated them. The soldiers…
10 Palestinians Injured Near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Thursday evening, two Palestinians, in Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, raising the…
Al-Qeeq Barely Able To Speak Or Hear
A video published, Thursday, revealed that hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who started his strike 72 days ago, became barely able to speak or hear, lost a significant amount…
PHRI Supports Medical Team Refusal To Force-treat Al-qeeq, Reiterates Call For Immediate Release
This morning, February 4, 2016, Dr. Mahmoud Mahamid, a member of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI), visited Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on a hunger strike for 71 days and…
Palestine Today 02 04 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 04, 2016. Israeli troops clashes with local youth injuring…
Army Kidnaps 27 Palestinians, Including Children
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Thursday, at least 27 Palestinians, including children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians, Attack Students
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Thursday, three Palestinians, including a young woman, and also kidnapped a former political prisoner near Bethlehem. Clashes take place near in occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian News &…
Army Demolishes Several Structures In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished several structures.Coordinator of the Popular Committee in Bil’in, Abdullah Abu…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians, Wound Two Children, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnaped, Wednesday, eight Palestinians, including many children, in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and injured two children — one with special needs. The soldiers also invaded and searched…
Palestine Today 02 03 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 03, 2016. Three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in…
Forcible Treatment of Al-Qeeq Approved
Israeli authorities have decided to forcibly treat hunger striking detainee, journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq, without his consent, according to Minister Issa Qaraqe, chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission.Earlier on Wednesday,…
East Jerusalem Garage Demolished by Israeli Forces
Israeli bulldozers, on Wednesday morning, demolished a garage in the village of al-al-Isawiyya, occupied East Jerusalem.Haitham Mustafa said, according to Ma’an News Agency, that Israeli forces entered the village from…
Settlers Resume Provocative Visits to Al-Aqsa under Police Protection
Jewish Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, resumed provocative tours inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, provoking tension with Palestinian worshipers, who chanted religious slogans to protest their entry, according to witnesses.An…
Four Gaza Fishermen Detained by Israeli Navy
The Israeli navy took into custody four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast and seized their boats, Wednesday morning, while the army invaded the area to the east of Khan…
Tunnel Collapse Kills Two Hamas Fighters
Two Hamas resistance fighters were killed in a tunnel collapse in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, just one week after seven other fighters were killed in a tunnel…
Herzog Presents ‘Separation Plan’ to Kerry
Leader of Israel’s opposition and head of the Zionist Union party, Isaac Herzog met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome, on Wednesday, presenting him with his recent…
3 Palestinians Dead after Israeli Officer Killed in Jerusalem Attack
Three Palestinians were shot dead on Wednesday, after they killed an Israeli police officer and wounded another during an armed attack near Damascus Gate, in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City,…
Twenty Palestinians Kidnapped By The Israeli Army In The West Bank
The Israeli army carried out, on Wednesday, various invasions and searches of homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least twenty Palestinians.Dozens of soldiers invaded…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Nablus
Five Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, after Israeli soldiers invaded it. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian in Nablus.Dozens of…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, six Palestinians, including two teenagers, in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.The army surrounded various towns in the district,…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Jenin, Search Homes And Property
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the northern West Bank district of Jenin, stormed and ransacked homes, and kidnapped one Palestinian.Media sources in Jenin said the…
Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands
Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory.Several farmers informed that Israeli planes had…
West Bank Update: Surge in Kidnappings, Assaults, Demolitions
Israeli forces, Tuesday, abducted at least 34 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, mostly during predawn and night raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS). Several Palestinian…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday evening, that one resident was killed in a tunnel accident in central Gaza.Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza,…
Palestine Today 02 02 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 02, 2016. Two injured and more than 34 kidnapped…
GMO Report: 51 Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists in January
The Government Media Office in Gaza has documented 51 Israeli violations committed against Palestinian journalists, during the month of January, 2016.In its monthly report on Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists,…
Hunger Striker Al-Qeeq Loses 60% of Hearing
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), hunger-striking journalist and administrative prisoner, Muhammad Al-Qeeq, has lost his ability to speak and 60% of his hearing sense, 70…
New Unity Government Bid Announced
A senior Hamas official, on Tuesday, announced details of the latest initiative for national reconciliation between rival Palestinian movements Fateh and Hamas.Ahmad Bahr, a member of Hamas and deputy speaker…
Army Kidnaps 11 Palestinians, 34 Overnight And At Dawn
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped eleven additional Palestinians, raising the number of kidnapped residents, overnight and at dawn Tuesday, to at least…
Soldiers Demolish An Under-Construction Home In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, Wad Qaddoum neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished an under-construction home. The army also demolished residential sheds and tents near Hebron.The Wadi Hilweh Information…
Army Kidnaps 23 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, twenty-three Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including one Palestinian, after the army shot and injured him, in Qabalan village,…
Palestine Today 02 01 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 02, 2016. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth in…
More Bedouin Structures to be Demolished near Hebron
Israeli forces, Monday, notified Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, a Bedouin congregation to the south of Hebron, about their intent to demolish residential structures which shelter their families, according to local…
Daily Violence On the Way to School (VIDEO)
On Sunday, 31st January 2016, Israeli forces fired large amounts of tear gas at school-children on their way to school in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron).In the early morning, as children were…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians, in numerous invasions and searches of homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. One Palestinian was kidnapped…
Army Kills A Palestinian Near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, Palestinian medical sources said.Update: Palestinian Red Crescent medics have…