Month: December 2018

Crowds of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Mohammad Husam Abdul-Latif Habali, aged 22, at noon on Tuesday, in Tulkarem City of the northern occupied West Bank. Habali is a…

12/05/18 International Solidarity Movement, in coordination with Jordan Valley Solidarity, Nablus team, Fasayil al Wusta, Occupied Palestine The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues. Dunam by dunam, village by village, house…

As the West Bank Palestinian Cabinet welcomes the adoption five new UN resolutions in favor of the Palestinian people, the European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in…

After the initial hope that degrees from Al-Quds University, located in Abu Dis town, East Jerusalem, would be officially recognized by the Israeli government, the latter’s Ministry of Labor and…

Israeli bulldozers destroyed a Palestinian family home Tuesday, in Occupied East Jerusalem WAFA reported. A large number of Israeli police officers and soldiers stormed the town of Jabal Al-Mukkaber, surrounded…

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Tuesday, twenty-four Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers…

A Palestinian doctor whose three daughters and niece were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and who was giving a live report on Israeli television when he received the news of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the western area of Hares village, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and demolished five agricultural and commercial structures. Resident Mohammad…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, and Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank, killed a mentally disabled  Palestinian, and injured several others. Media sources…

In a vote held on Friday, the General Assembly passed six resolutions condemning Israeli violations against Palestinians. Among them was Resolution A/73/L.29 entitled “Jerusalem” which called for “respect for the…

Ultra-Orthodox American-born rabbi and Knesset member Yehuda Glick, along with dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on Monday, for the Jewish holiday of…

12/03/18 | International Solidarity Movement | Ramallah Team In December of 2015, Shadi Farah and his friend Ahmad Zaatari, ages 12 and 13, respectively, were abducted by Israeli soldiers, at…

Israeli violations widen against Palestinian journalists during November of 2018. The Ministry of Information’s Government Media Office (GMO) indicated, in its monthly report, that further Israeli violations occurred against Palestinian…

Three Palestinian families were ordered, by the Israeli army, on Monday, to demolish their homes made of tin, in the Yatta-area village of Umm al-Khair, in the southern West Bank,…

Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished residential buildings and sheds while looting sums of money from Bedouin Palestinian citizens, in the northern Jordan Valley. According to an expert on settlements and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, attacked many residents and stores, before firing gas bombs at…

At the 18th weekly Naval March, hundreds of Palestinians gathered along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip Monday. Nine Palestinians were injured by projectiles shot by the Israeli…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in central West Bank, said the…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian lands in the eastern area of the central part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources have reported that the vehicles,…

Motasem Ahmed Dalloul is a staff writer at the Middle East Monitor. He is a specialist in Middle East affairs. The war between Hamas (which leads the Palestinian resistance) and…

A Palestinian being detained by Israeli forces. Photo credit: Addameer. ORIGINAL POST BY: AHMAD JARADAT DECEMBER 1, 2018 Israeli police accused the men of being active in PA security forces. Palestinians say…

The Ministry of Health, on Monday, sent from its warehouses, in the West Bank city of Nablus, 8.5 tons of medical aid donated by the Turkish Red Crescent to the besieged…

Only meters away from where baby Jesus is said to be born, thousands of people made their way to Manger Square and gathered around the gigantic Christmas tree, to welcome…

The Palestinian village of Kafr Qassem, east of Tel Aviv was stormed by Israeli settlers Sunday, who vandalized many cars, local sources told Maan News. Dozens of settlers reportedly punctured…

Due to pressure applied by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Northampton Police Department and the Vermont State Police both abandoned the yearly training trip to Israel, Middle…

Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, two Palestinians and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army attacked a nonviolent procession near Huwwara military roadblock, south of Nablus,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Battir town, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources…

An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem has ordered, Sunday the release of Adnan Gheith, the Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem, along with several other members of Fateh movement. In its ruling,…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinians child in Hebron, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed many roadblocks near towns around the city, before…

On Friday evening, 30 November 2018, Israeli forces wounded 58 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children and a paramedic in the peaceful demonstrations in the eastern Gaza Strip despite the decreasing…

~Doctors Without Borders/Days of Palestine The vast majority of the 3,117 patients treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) between 30 March and 31 October – out of the total 5,866…

by Dr. Saeb Erekat, for Ma’an (Saeb Erekat is the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and chief Palestinian negotiator.) A year ago, the Trump administration decided to recognise…

Israeli forces, on Saturday, quelled a peaceful demonstration on al-Zahra St, in central occupied Jerusalem, that was held in support of wounded Palestinian detainee Israa Jaabis. Jaabis, 33, a mother…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from Beit Surik town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded the home of the young man, and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Hindaza area, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted one Palestinian. The soldiers also broke into and searched several homes…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: “We call on the EBU to respect the Palestinian people’s rights and to not broadcast any Eurovision Song Contest events in Israel’s illegal…

CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill was fired on Thursday, following comments he made about Israel, during a speech at a United Nations assembly. Hill, a media studies professor at Temple…

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted, on Friday evening, in favor of five resolutions on Palestine and a sixth resolution on the Golan Heights, WAFA correspondence reported. One of…

Preparations for Christmas 2018 are well underway, according to the Press Conference held at the Bethlehem Peace Center, today. With the world’s spotlight beaming down, this December, on the city…