Palestine Today 08 09 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, August, 9, 2016. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities and…
University Students Suffocate as Israeli Soldiers Teargas Campus
Dozens of students suffocated on Tuesday, after Israeli soldiers attacked the campus of Al-Quds University with teargas, in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem. Witnesses told WAFA News & Info…
Army Raids Deheishe Refugee Camp, 7 Injured by Live Fire
Israeli forces raided the Deheishe refugee camp, on Tuesday, in the occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, in the early morning hours, detaining a Palestinian activist and injuring seven Palestinians with…
Occupation Captured: CPT Photo Story 08/09/16
Weekly photos of Palestinian life and Israeli occupation in the West Bank city of Hebron, courtesy of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and the Alternative Information Center (AIC). Growing restrictions Pictured…
154 Settlers Storm Al Aqsa
Dozens of extremist settlers, accompanied by Israeli intelligence agents, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning, via the Mughrabi gate, amid intensive military presence in the Old City district of annexed…
Google Wipes Palestine Off The Maps
Users of Google Maps can no longer find the name Palestine. Instead, they will be seeing and outline of Palestinian territories, clearly labeled as Israel. More than 150,000 responded by…
Black Lives Matter Endorses BDS: “Israel is an apartheid state.”
Black Lives Matter and The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 organizations representing African Americans, published a comprehensive platform, Friday of last week, which addresses the systemic racism,…
PCHR Follows Up With Concern Excessive Use Of Force By The Palestinian Security Services In The West Bank
Press Release by the Palestinian Centre For Human Rights (PCHR): The West Bank witnessed a number of security incidents in which force was excessively used and a number of civilians…
Soldiers Demolish A Restaurant And A Porcelain Workshop, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers, accompanied by military bulldozers, invaded earlier on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Sabastia, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished a restaurant and…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish Five Residential Sheds Near Hebron
A number of Israeli military jeeps and bulldozers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Um al-Kheir village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In Hebron
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four…
Israeli Army Injures Seven Palestinians, Kidnaps One, In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, kidnapped a former political prisoner from his home and injured seven Palestinians during ensuing clashes. Local sources…
New Israeli Plan To Build 2,500 Units In Illegal Gilo Colony
The Israeli government and the Jerusalem City Council are advancing a plan to build 2,500 units in the Gilo colony, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Gilo was built on lands owned…