FIFA to Assess Matches in Settlements
The council meeting for FIFA, the worldwide football association, that opens on Thursday, October 13, 2016 in Zurich, will hear from a monitoring committee it established in 2015 to review…
Palestine Today 10 13 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, October, 12, 2016. Israeli troops and navy ships attack farmers…
PCHR: 20 Years Against Death Penalty; Facts on Death Penalty in Palestine and PCHR’s Position
World Day against Death Penalty, 10 October 2016, The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) – “On the World Day against Death Penalty, we stress that our struggle will continue on all levels…
UNESCO to Vote on Resolution Refuting “Jewishness” of Al Aqsa Mosque
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is expected to vote on a resolution proposal that ‘denies Jewish connections to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound & the Dome of…
Decolonizing the Vocabulary of Palestinian Human Rights Work
Today’s human rights realities did not begin in 1993 nor in 1967, but with the emergence of Zionist colonisation of Palestine. Human rights organisations will not find a solution if…
The West Bank Olive Harvest, In Light of Settler Attacks
(Photo: The harvest season represents a symbol to strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian farmers, and a refuge for impoverished families.) The olive harvest, in the occupied West Bank, is…
Jordan Valley: Israeli Forces Destroy 2km Road for Second Time
Israeli forces, on Thursday morning, have destroyed a road that leads to a Bedouin community site named Khirbet Hadidiya, in the northern Jordan Valley. An army bulldozer, accompanied with four military…
Army Kidnaps One Palestinian In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and released five, who were previously detained, after issuing orders denying them…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Nahhalin village and Teqoua’ town, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including three children. The soldiers also invaded…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Targeting Homes And Lands In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire, on Thursday morning, at several Palestinian homes, and agricultural lands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of…
Many Palestinians Injured After Soldiers Fired Gas Bomb At A Wedding Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, some targeting homes, during…
Child Killed By Israeli Military Fire In Gaza, Army Denies Involvement
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that a child was killed, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers opened fire into an area east of the al-Qarara town, northeast…