Israeli Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians, Including A Woman And Her Son, In Bethlehem
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched a few homes in Wad Ma’ali area, in the center of the city, and…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In Hebron
Updated: Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Ummar and Ethna towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped four Palestinians. One of the invaded…
Two Israeli Officers, One Palestinian, Injured In Jerusalem
According to Israeli sources, that two police officers suffered very serious wounds, one Monday morning, a young Palestinian man stabbed them, in the Sahera Gate area, in occupied East Jerusalem,…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Three Young Men In Jerusalem
Updated: Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, a number of neighborhoods, in the Old City other parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped three young men. The soldiers also invaded a home…
After Coming Out Of Coma, Al-Qadi Continues His Strike, Remains In Critical Condition (Video)
Palestinian detainee Malek al-Qadi said after he came out of coma, Sunday, that he is ongoing with the hunger strike he started 65 days ago, and refused to take any…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Jericho
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, southwest of Jericho city, in the occupied West Bank, kidnapped a child, and took him to a detention and…
Israeli Army Transfers Amro’s Body To Jordanian Authorities
The Israeli authorities transferred, on Sunday evening, the body of slain Jordanian man, Sa’id Hayel Amro, 28, to the Jordanian side of the Allenby Border Terminal. The Petra Jordanian News…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, Zabbouba village, northwest of Jenin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two children. Local sources said…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers invaded and searched…
Palestinian Shot After Allegedly Wounding Israeli Military Officer South Of Bethlehem
Early Sunday morning, a Palestinian man was shot in the head and critically wounded after allegedly stabbing an Israeli soldier just outside the settlement of Efrat, south of Bethlehem. The…
Many Palestinians Injured, Store Burnt, By Israeli Gas Bombs Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the town of al-‘Ezariyya, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and fired many gas bombs, causing scores of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians Near Nablus
Updated: Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, Iraq-Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched homes and kidnapped six young men; many Palestinians suffered the effects of…
Israeli Military: Rocket on Syrian Border Taken Down by “Iron Dome” Defense System
(image: Wikipedia) According to the Israeli army, Israel’s “Iron Dome” aerial defense system destroyed two rockets fired from Syria above the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, with no injuries reported.…
Obama Grants Israel Largest Military Aid Package in U.S. History
The deal guarantees Israel $10 million a day in U.S. military aid for the next decade. (Photo: Israeli Minister of Defence, Avigdor Lieberman) The United States and Israel have agreed…
Sabra and Shatila Massacre: 34 Years Later, Victims Still Awaiting Justice
Marking 34 years since the 1982 massacre of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps of Beirut, Lebanon, Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),…
Birzeit University Condemns Denial of Entry to UK Academic
Official statement, 17 September, 2016: Birzeit University condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the denial of entry to Dr. Adam Hanieh, who was invited by the Ph.D. Program in the Social…
Army Kills A Young Man In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man at the entrance of Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday evening, a Palestinian child in Tal Romeida area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank,…
Israel Forces Palestinian To Demolish His Home In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers forced, Friday, a Palestinian man to demolish his own home, in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of occupied East Jerusalem, after the City Council ruled for the demolition of…
Dozens March In Bil’in’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists held, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli annexation wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, northwest of the central West Bank…
Hundreds March In Kufur Qaddoum’s Weekly Protest
Hundreds of Palestinians marched, Friday, in the weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, also…
Israeli Army Injures Three Palestinians With Live Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, three young Palestinian men with live fire, during clashes that took place east of Gaza city, and east of the al-Boreij refugee…
Army Injures Two Palestinians Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday evening, that a number of Israeli military jeeps invaded the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of Ramallah, and shot two young men with live fire,…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Teenagers Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening, two Palestinian teenagers from the town of al-Yamoun, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the two…
This Week in Palestine Week 37 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 10, to the 16, 2016. This week four…
Army Kidnaps A Teenager, Injure Many Palestinians, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, fired many gas bombs, including a new type of smokeless…
Israeli Army Kills A Man, Injures A Woman, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, a young Palestinian man, and injured a woman, after opening fire on their car, close to the entrance of Keryat Arba’ colony, in Hebron…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Jordanian Man In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, a Jordanian man reportedly after he attempted to stab Border Police officers at entrance of Damascus Gate, leading to the Old City of occupied…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded Yatta…
More Than 100 Detainees Join Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, on Friday morning, that more than 100 detainees have joined the hunger strike, in solidarity with the striking detainees Mohammad Balboul, his brother Mahmoud…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinian men. The Bethlehem office of the…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Thursday at night, the town of Zabbouba, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashed with local youths and fired many gas bombs,…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Man, After Shooting Him In His Home, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian man from Beit Ola town, west of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, during a scuffle…
Palestine Today 09 15 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September, 15, 2016. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian man in…
Women’s Boat to Gaza sets sail to try to break Israeli blockade
Two boats with all-women crews set sail Wednesday for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona, Spain. They are planning to travel across the Mediterranean and break the Israeli blockade on Gaza…
Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, a number of missiles into several areas, believed to be run by the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, in different parts of…
Fifty Detainees Join Hunger Strike As Qadi Enters Coma After Acute Pneumonia
The head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee ‘Issa Qaraqe voiced an urgent appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council, holding its 33rd session Wednesday, to immediately intervene and save…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, nine Palestinians, including a young woman and four members of her family, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said…
Palestine Today 09 14 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, Wednesday, September, 14, 2016. Israeli bulldozers invade lands in Gaza meanwhile Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched several homes and kidnapped two Palestinians. Several military…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Palestinians Lands In Southern Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said four armored…
Palestinian Hospitalized After Israeli Soldiers Assaulted Him Near Jenin
A number of Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday at night a Palestinian man after stopping him at a military roadblock, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing…
Palestinian Family Buries Slain Son In Jerusalem
Hundreds of Palestinians marched, on Tuesday evening, in the funeral procession of a Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, on September fifth. A…
Palestine Today 09 13 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, Tuesday, September, 13, 2016. Israeli troops kidnap five civilians during invasions targeting…
Army Kidnaps A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man at the Container roadblock, northeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers stopped and searched dozens of cars,…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late at night Monday, three young Palestinian men, reportedly after they hurled stones and paint on a settlement bus, near the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the…
Army Injures Four Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, four Palestinians in Qosra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The soldiers also detained several Palestinians near Jenin, in…
Palestine Today 09 12 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, Monday, September, 12, 2016. In the West Bank six Palestinian civilians injured,…
Two Palestinians Seriously Injured After Being Crushed By an Israeli Vehicle In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two young men suffered serious wounds, on Monday evening, after being crushed by an Israeli military vehicle in the al-Fahs area, south of Hebron,…
Israel’s Anti-BDS Task Force Enjoys Unchecked Power to ‘Struggle Against Terror’ (VIDEO)
09/12/16, Sergio Yahni, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Even Israeli occupation officials question the amount of secrecy afforded to the Ministry of Strategic Affairs’ anti-BDS campaign. Yossi Melman details in his recent article…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Agricultural Lands In Northern Gaza
Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, bulldozed some of them…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Ramallah And Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Ramallah and Jenin, and interrogated many others. Several military vehicles invaded Beit Rima town, northwest…
Israeli Supreme Court: Force Feeding of Hunger Strikers is Constitutional
(photo: A suffragette is force-fed in HM Prison Holloway, in the UK, during hunger strikes for women’s suffrage. ~Wikipedia) The Israeli Supreme Court ruled, on Sunday, that a law which permits…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (01– 07 September 2016)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (01 – 07 September 2016). Shooting: Israeli forces have continued to commit crimes,…
Dozens of Spanish Cities Declaring Themselves ‘Free of Israeli Apartheid’
via bdsmovement.net Cadiz, provincial capital in the autonomous community of Andalusia in the Spanish state, has become the latest municipality to pass a motion supporting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…
Rights Groups Sign Letter of Affirmation to “Black Lives Matter”
via the International Solidarity Movement A number of Palestinian human rights organizations have recently issued a letter of solidarity in conjunction with the efforts of US-based group Black Lives Matter, in taking an…
Israeli Forces Open Fire Toward Palestinian Homes along Gaza Border
(photo: PNN archive image) Israeli armed forces, on Sunday, opened heavy machine gunfire toward Palestinian homes along the borderline area to the east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza…
Bethlehem: Protesters Stage Sit-in at Red Cross Headquarters in Solidarity with Hunger Strikers
A group of Palestinian youth, activists and politicians staged a sit-in, Saturday, at the Bethlehem office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in the southern occupied West…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem And Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the towns of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and Ethna, west of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Officer, Detain Several Residents, Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian police officer, and detained several Palestinians, after stopping them at a military roadblock on the main entrance of Zababda town, southeast of…
Palestinian Child Killed In Bethlehem After Being Rammed By An Israeli Car
Palestinian medical sources said that a child, six years of age, was killed on Saturday evening, after being rammed by a speeding Israeli colonist’s car in Um Rokba area, in…
US “Critical” of Netanyahu’s Remarks on Israeli Settlements
(PNN archive image) The United States strongly criticized, on Friday, statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he described Palestinians not wanting settlers in their future state as…
Ashrawi Meets with Delegation from Chile
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi recently met with a visiting delegation of Palestinian business and civil society leaders from Chile at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah, and welcomed…
Israeli Police Cite Reckless Driving as Cause for Extrajudicial Killing
One Palestinian is dead, another is injured and in jail. The Israeli officers that shot both of them remain free. Israeli forces shot and killed Mustafa Nimir, aged 27, in occupied…
Hunger Striking Detainee Malek Qadi Facing Imminent Death
Palestinian Detainee Malek al-Qadi, who started a hunger strike 57 days ago, fell into a coma, and is currently in a life-threatening condition that could result in imminent death, the…
Gaza’s Children Go to Work in Trash Pits (Part 1)
Two Palestinian boys lead a donkey cart carrying scrap metal collected from trash pits in Gaza. (Photo: DCIP) “I remember when a 14-year-old child was buried under a pile of…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen In Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, shot and killed on Friday, a Palestinian teen, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and injured another in northern Gaza.…
This Week in Palestine Week 36 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 03, to the 09, 2016. Two Palestinians killed…
Update: Israel Starts Home Demolitions in Syrian Golan, Plans Annexation (VIDEO)
(Featured image: see below for details.) Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Israel has, for the first time, used the illegal home demolition policy it uses in Palestine in the Israeli-occupied Syrian…
Many Protesters Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum village, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, causing scores of protesters to…
Palestinians, International And Israeli Activists March In Bil’in
Dozens of Palestinian residents, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activist, marched Friday against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies in Bil’in village, near Ramallah. This week’s protest comes…
Israeli Navy Releases Six Fishers Abducted Thursday
The Israeli navy released, Friday, six fishers, who were assaulted and abducted, after the navy stormed their boats, in Palestinian territorial waters, in central Gaza, on Thursday. Zakariyya Bakr, the…
Army Kidnaps A Palestinian In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem. Local sources said the soldiers invaded the refugee camp, and broke…
Soldiers Open Fire On Gaza Farmers; Navy Fires On Fishers
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Friday morning, on Palestinian farmers in two areas in several parts of the Gaza Strip, while Israeli navy ships opened fire on fishing boats in…
PHRI Concerned by Recent Court and Hospital Decisions
PHRI – Press Release: Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) is concerned by the recent court decision to temporarily freeze the administrative detention of hunger strikers Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul until…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Two Towns In Bethlehem, Kidnap One Palestinian
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the towns of Beit Fajjar and Za’tara, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian. Several army vehicles…
Palestinian Injured After Being Rammed By Colonist’s Car Near Bethlehem
A Palestinian farmer from the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, suffered several fractures and bruises, Thursday, after being rammed by a speeding Israeli colonist’s car,…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Five Fishers In Gaza, Confiscates Their Boat
Israeli navy ships opened fired, on Thursday, at a number of Palestinian fishing boats close to the shore in the besieged Gaza Strip, kidnapped five fishers and confiscated their boat.…
Palestine Today 09 08 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, Thursday, September, 08, 2016. Israeli troops injuries a teen and attack fishermen…
Israel Demolishes Home in Occupied Golan for First Time
image: Wikipedia Israel, and, for the very first time, demolished a home in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights on Wednesday, claiming that it was built without a permit, a Golan-based…
Armed, Autonomous Ford Trucks to Patrol Gaza’s Besieged Border
Photo: The Israeli military’s new unmanned ground vehicle is self-driving and will be fitted with a machine gun. FoxNews.com reported that the Israeli military has equipped Ford F-350 pickup trucks…
Mengitsu Family: “Netanyahu Forgot Our Son”
The family of the missing Ethiopian-Israeli soldier, Mengistu, demonstrated on Thursday, near the Gaza border, where he went missing. Israeli newspaper Maariv reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Meida Agency, the…
Dutch Member of Parliament Refuses to Shake Hands with Netanyahu
Dutch lawmaker of Turkish origin, Taunahan Kuzu, refused to shake hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the Netherlands Parliament, on Wednesday. Kuzu, who wore the…
Local Elections Suspended upon Supreme Court Decision
The Central Elections Commission (CEC), on Thursday, said that it received a Supreme Court decision, issued in its session held in Ramallah, to temporarily halt the cabinet’s decision to hold…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Seventeen Palestinians In The West Bank, Injure One In Gaza
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday evening and at night, and earlier on Thursday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the occupied…
Soldiers Kidnap A Former Political Prisoner From Ramallah
The Ramallah office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped a former…
Army Kidnaps A Young Man And Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday morning, a young Palestinian man from Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, while on Wednesday at night, the soldiers kidnapped two children, in the city.…
Israeli military admits they killed 25-year old Palestinian by mistake – but blame driver for ‘driving erratically’
After several eyewitnesses and video and photos contradicted the Israeli military’s claim that the 25-year old Palestinian they shot to death Monday was trying to “ram” their vehicles with his…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the town of Surif northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched homes and…
Jerusalem Family Buries Slain Son Nine Months After Israeli Soldiers Killed Him
Under very strict conditions, extensive police and military deployment, and away from the media, Israeli released shortly after midnight, the body of a slain Palestinian, who was killed by the…
Video: Hunger-Striking Detainee Loses Eyesight, Continues His Strike
Palestinian detainee Mohammad Balboul, who started a hunger strike more than two months ago, said he is continuing with his strike despite losing his eyesight, and experiencing a seriously deteriorating…
PPS: “Israeli Army Kidnaps 17 Palestinians In The West Bank”
Updated — The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Wednesday, at least seventeen Palestinians from their homes, in different parts of…
Israeli Soldiers Uproot 40 Dunams Of Palestinian Agricultural Lands, Two Wells, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers uprooted, Wednesday, more than 40 Dunams (9.88 Acres) of Palestinian agricultural lands, and two water wells, in Beit Ola town, west of Hebron, in the southern part of…
Palestinian In Jerusalem Demolishes His Home To Avoid High Israeli Fines
On Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man from the al-Wad Street, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, started demolishing his own home to avoid the extremely high fines and…
Palestine Today 09 07 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, Wednesday, September, 07, 2016. Israeli soldiers uproot trees and destroy farm lands…
Dozens of Schoolchildren Suffer The Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Hebron
Medical sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that dozens of schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, on Wednesday morning, after…
Israeli Forces Shell Northern Gaza
(Photo: PNN archive image) Several military training sites belonging to different political movements in the Gaza Strip were reportedly hit with Israeli fire during the predawn hours of Tuesday, according to…
Belgium Allocates €10 million for Humanitarian Aid in Palestine
Belgium has decided to allocate more than €10 million in extra humanitarian aid to address the needs of the Palestinian people, a statement by the Belgium Ministry for Development Cooperation…
Palestinians Rally Around Hunger Striking Prisoners
by Ahmad Jaradat, Senior Project Coordinator, Alternative Information Center In Bethlehem, hundreds of Palestinians participated in a march in solidarity with three Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike. The Palestinian Committee…
New Turkish Aid Ship Docked in Ashdod
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, a new Turkish aid vessel has docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod. In the photo, taken three days ago, the ship waits to unload…