This Week in Palestine Week 35 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for August 27, to September 02 2016. Eight Palestinian civilians…
Hunger Striker Rushed to ICU
Tareq Barghouthi, a lawyer for the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, said in a statement issued Thursday that the hunger striker Mohammad Balboul’s health had seriously worsened, adding that he…
AIC Video: Neglecting Settlers’ Violence
In contradiction of extremely low conviction rates, settler violence against Palestinians is at least a weekly occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In 2016, there has been an…
Italy Contributes €6.6 million to UNRWA
Italy has contributed 6.6 million euros ($7.35 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the agency’s core…
51 Israeli Violations against Journalists in August
Israeli occupation forces reportedly committed 51 violations against Palestinian journalists during August of 2016 , the government media office stated. According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, a report published by…
Marzouk: Hamas Will Never Recognize Israeli State
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk has reiterated his movement’s rejection of any call for recognizing the state of Israel, expressing its dismay at some Arab attempts to…
250 people March demanding “Freedom for Prisoners of Peace”
At least 205 Israelis and Palestinians marched on Friday Under the title of “Freedom for Prisoners of Peace”. The protest was organized at the settlers road 60 near the southern…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian civilian killed, 2 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25– 31 August 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Hebron
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Friday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of the city, searched many homes and kidnapped three…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Nablus, Seriously Injure One
Israeli soldiers, and undercover units, invaded on Friday at dawn the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes, kidnapped two young Palestinian men,…
Army Kidnaps A Young Woman Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian woman at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The army also closed all roads leading to a village near…