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Days before Donald Trump is due to rip up the JCPOA, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used cartoonish props to accuse Iran of hiding nuclear weapons. Journalist Max Blumenthal says…

Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders) has called for an urgent investigation, after the murder of the second Palestinian journalist, since the start of a major wave of protests along…

Israeli occupation forces detained, on Tuesday evening, the minister of al-Aqsa Mosque and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, in front of his home in occupied Jerusalem,…

Bulldozers from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolishing a Palestinian residential building in al-Isawiyya, May 1, 2018. Photo credit: Afif Amireh for WAFA. POSTED BY: AHMAD JARADAT MAY 2, 2018 The…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned Israel’s passing of the first reading, of a draft law, that defines Israel ‘as the Jewish and democratic nation state of the…

For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli forces continue to attack the centuries-old Bab Al-Rahma Islamic cemetery near Al-Aqsa mosque, by digging up graves of Palestinians. According to the PNN, WAFA…

Israeli soldiers shot, Wednesday, four Palestinians with live fire, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army attacked dozens of protesters on their lands near…

Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until morning hours Wednesday, at least ten Palestinians, including a wheelchair-bound former political prisoner, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Jenin office of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured several schoolchildren with gas bombs, in addition to searching homes and installing roadblocks. Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn three Palestinians, and summoned three others for interrogation, after invading and ransacking their homes in several parts of the southern West Bank governorate…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a disabled former political prisoner, from Jenin governorate, in northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…

The Israeli occupation army has refused to disclose their rules for opening fire on Palestinian protesters along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday.…

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told a collection of Jewish leaders that Palestinian leadership has no choice but to accept Donald Trump’s ‘peace’ proposal, according to Israeli…

After three years of negotiations, Palestine and Israel have signed on an agreement that would free the Palestinian energy sector from total Israeli control, according to the Palestinian Energy Authority.…

Israeli soldiers injured, Tuesday, several Palestinians, including two who were shot with live fire, after the army attacked protesters along the eastern border of the besieged Gaza Strip. Medical sources…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian building in the al-‘Isawiya town in occupied East Jerusalem, after forcing the inhabitants out, and emptying its apartments and stores. Mohammad Abu…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. It said the…

Colonel Larry Wilkerson: Israel does not want to end the war in Syria; it is in their interest to keep this war going, and to keep the Iran Nuclear Deal…

Israeli occupation authorities decided, on Sunday, to strip four Jerusalemite MPs of their permanent residency, under the pretext of not being loyal to Israel. Lawyer Fadi al-Qawasmi said that Israeli…

The number of unemployed Palestinians was marked at 364.000, for the year 2017; 146.000 in the occupied West Bank and 218.000 in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Center for Bureau…

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that the Palestinian side will not be part of any peace plan proposed by US…

By Madeeha Araj/ National Bureau for the Defense of Land and Resisting Settlements (NBPRS)/PNN In the West Bank, settlement and terrorist activities continue against Palestinians and their property by “Pay the Price”…

The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights has reported that the three Palestinians, who were killed by Israeli army fire, Sunday, has been identified, and added that the soldiers also abducted…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, twenty-two Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the soldiers invaded and violently…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, Jaba’ town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched homes, injured many Palestinians, including a child who was also taken prisoner, and confiscated…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including a…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has recorded a steady increase in Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in comparison to previous…

A Palestinian, Sunday, was shot and injured in the foot with live ammunition fired by Israeli forces along Gaza borders with Israel, to the east of Khan Younis city, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, many communities in the West Bank governorates of Bethlehem, Hebron, Qalqilia And Ramallah, searched and ransacked homes and abducted five Palestinians. Dozens of…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian man after he reportedly crossed the border fence, east of Gaza City. Media sources said the soldiers cuffed and blindfolded the man, who remained…

The Palestinian Ministry for Women’s Affairs on Thursday awarded Israa Jaabis, an injured Palestinian woman who remains in Israeli police custody, as this year’s “Woman of Palestine.” (photos: Samidoun Palestinian…

Israel is carrying out murderous assaults against protesting Palestinians, with its armed forces killing and maiming demonstrators who pose no imminent threat to them, Amnesty International said on Friday. Based on its…

Israeli authorities served notifications, on Saturday to seize 42 dunams of land in the village of al-Khadir, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, a local activist…

U.S. President Donald Trump said, Friday, that he still “may go” to the ceremony in Jerusalem, next month, to celebrate the opening of the American embassy in the city, and…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, three Palestinians east of al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldier abducted…

Israel soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man, Saturday, after the army attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied…

A Palestinian family from occupied Jerusalem had to demolish its own garage, in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, to avoid excessively high fees and fines by the City Council.…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office of the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Bethlehem…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a child died, on Saturday morning, of a serious gunshot wound he suffered, Friday, after an Israeli army sharpshooter…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Friday evening, a Palestinian teenage boy, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army invaded the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of…

By Abdalrahim Alfarra – Edited By Murad Qubbaj: I was born in the occupied Gaza Strip, in 1993. That same year, my family moved to the United Arab Emirates, where…

 All hands on deck: the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine needs our help to educate Americans about the Great March of Return. They propose a “tent campaign,” a rich…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the central west Bank city of Ramallah, reportedly after shots were fired at Beit El illegal colony. Many youngsters…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, three young Palestinian men, and injured more than 995, including at least 178 who were shot with live fire.…

Rania Muhareb and Tareq Zaqoot of Al Haq discuss the shooting of hundreds of unarmed protesters, including women, children and journalists. TRNN video & transcript: DIMITRI LASCARIS: This is Dimitri…

Samidoun’s international coordinator Charlotte Kates appeared on Press TV alongside Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat, the coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat. They participated in a special edition of “The…

Dima Al-Samman is a contemporary Palestinian-Jerusalemite novelist. She was born and raised in occupied Jerusalem and earned her bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Birzeit University. Further studies saw her gain…

Written by Josh Ruebner USCPR’s new interactive map of military aid to Israel  is featured in an article by Middle East Eye with commentary from USCPR Policy Director Josh Ruebner. The interactive tool on militaryaidtoisrael.org can disclose…

Israeli forces uproot and steal olive trees in Sur Baher, April 23, 2018. Photo credit: Israel Land Authority. POSTED BY: AMALYA DUBROVSKY APRIL 26, 2018 Israeli authorities plan to build a new…

Israeli settlers, on Friday, slashed the tires of vehicles and spray-painted racist graffiti on walls near the village of Asira al-Qiblia, to the south of Nablus, in the occupied West…

The parents of Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was brutally tortured and burned to death by Israeli settlers in July of 2014, have filed a civil lawsuit for 5.6…

Updated: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, five young Palestinian men, after invading and searching their homes in Bethlehem, and Qalqilia.…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, 30 Palestinians, and injured 5511 others, including 143 who suffered serious wounds, and 21…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Thursday evening, five Palestinians, during a nonviolent procession on Palestinian lands, in central Gaza, in addition to the southern and northern parts of the coastal region.…

Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 19 – 25 April 2018. Israeli forces continued to directly target peaceful protests that…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a report of  Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, with special note to the demolition of schools and education facilities in the West Bank. …

The day after settlers seize the Zaatari family’s home in downtown Hebron, March 27, 2018. Photo credit: WAFA. POSTED BY: ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION CENTER APRIL 26, 2018 Settlers attack the homes of the…

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has called for the formation of an independent commission of inquiry, into the killing of Palestinian journalists Ahmed Abu Hussein and…

Foreign Minister Riyad Malki said, Thursday, that the European Union (EU) has made it very clear to all its member states that they should abide by the EU’s general policy…

Israeli soldiers closed, Thursday, the entrances of Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al-‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented the students and faculty from…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday at night, two young Palestinian men after opening fire at their car in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Media…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a wounded Palestinian teen from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and injured several other Palestinians. Media sources in Bethlehem…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a young Palestinian woman, a student of the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al-‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a journalist, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip two weeks ago,…

Durham, North Carolina’s city council banned police exchanges with Israel in a landmark vote. Jewish Voice for Peace director Rebecca Vilkomerson says this is an important step to combat police…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees said that the emergency aid for a million Palestinian in the Gaza Strip might run out in June, if…

POSTED BY: ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION CENTER APRIL 25, 2018 Taken from home Pictured here: A 13-year-old child came home after a day at school and was met by Israeli soldiers. The soldiers claimed…

An Israeli border policeman who murdered a 16-year-old Palestinian teen on Nakba Day, four years ago, was sentenced to only nine months in prison, on Wednesday. The Jerusalem District Court…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by armored military bulldozers, invaded on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands and orchards in Bardala village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, before uprooting hundreds…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, after invading and searching their homes in Burqin town, southwest of the northern West…

Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday morning, several Palestinians after the army attacked protesters in the Schools Street and around the Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied East…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two young Palestinian men from their homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and one Palestinian in Bethlehem. The soldiers abducted Ahmad…

A new video released by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem shows a group of Israeli soldiers laughing and cheering as they shoot at Palestinian villagers from Madama, in the…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has announced delaying 4000 scheduled surgeries for patients in the coastal region due to the excessively high number of Palestinians who were…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers injured, Tuesday, nineteen Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip. It said the Palestinians were participating in the nonviolent “Great…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers, including military engineering corps, invaded at dawn Tuesday, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and wired the family home of a Palestinian detainee, before detonating…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday evening and on Tuesday at dawn, nine Palestinians, mainly children, from their homes in various parts of occupied East Jerusalem. The army also injured several…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, two Palestinian teenagers in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and a young man in ‘Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. The…

Update:The army released the Dean of Students,  in the afternoon hours of the day. Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, the Dean of Students of Bethlehem University from his…

Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian teenager famed for slapping an Israeli soldier on camera, should have been shot, at least in the knee, Deputy Knesset Speaker Bezalel Smotrich wrote on Twitter, Saturday. “In…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a public statement assuring that the country will not relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Her comments were made during an interview…

500 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons under administrative detention (without charge or trial) are continuing their open-ended boycott of Israeli military courts for the 68th consecutive day.   The…

A number of students, on Monday, suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces, near their school in al-Lubban, to the north of Nablus…

Facts on the ground show that Israel’s investment in the occupied West Bank is much more than the one inside the occupied 1948 borders. Within this context, the Israeli government…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing scores of injuries, including…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Hamsa al-Foqa Bedouin village in the West Bank’s Northern Plains and handed five families military orders informing them of intentions for hold live…

Israeli soldiers shot, on Monday evening, one Palestinian east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and abducted four teenage boys, east of the al-Boreij refugee…

A group if illegal Israeli colonizers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Iksa village, surrounded by the Wall northwest of occupied Jerusalem, punctured tires of many Palestinian cars and wrote…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a Palestinian teenager died, Monday, from very serious wounds he suffered, on April 1st, after Israeli soldiers shot him during a nonviolent protest…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least twenty-three Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including nine who were abducted in Jerusalem. The…

The Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday at night, that a young man died from serious wounds he suffered, Friday, in Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal…

Israeli soldiers shot, Sunday, three young Palestinian men with live fire, east of Khan Younis, and Gaza city, after the army attacked nonviolent protesters in the two areas. Medical sources…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Sunday, when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on him near the border in Deir…

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, twenty Palestinians, including children, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent military invasions and searches of homes. On Sunday evening, the…

Since 1 April, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Gaza have provided post-operative care to more than 500 people injured by Israeli gunshots, during the Great March of Return demonstrations. The…

The European Union (EU) has called for the opening of a full investigation regarding the killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces along the Gaza Strip’s borders, on Friday. The…

Israeli forces, on Sunday morning, have attacked and closed down a print shop in Beit Anan village, northwest of Jerusalem, under the pretext of printing “inciting materials”, PNN reports. According…

Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada, and have taken it upon themselves to expose the…

Founded in Geneva in 1985, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is the main coalition of international NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances and all other cruel, inhuman or degrading…