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Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Friday, a Palestinian child in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demanded his father to pay a fine in exchange for his release. This is the…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that a Palestinian Lawyer, who also holds a Swedish citizenship, declared hunger strike after Israeli soldiers kidnapped him five days ago. The…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21– 27 April 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

 The Israeli District Court, in occupied Jerusalem, indicted seven elderly Palestinian men of what it called “joining a hostile organization,” for their activities, nonviolently resisting the provocative tours conducted by…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has reported, Thursday, that detainee Sami Janazra, 43, went on hunger strike on March 3, protesting his ongoing arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, since March 3rd…

A number of Israeli military courts issued new Administrative Detention orders against 27 detainees for periods varying between three and six months, subject to renewal without a hearing. 14 of the…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. The…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 28, 2016. Israeli Troops injuries a youth during West Bank invasions…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Thursday morning, on a number of Palestinian farmers in their lands, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and east of Gaza city. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnaped, late at night Wednesday, two Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Jenin. The soldiers also searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners’…

Israeli soldiers, and several settlers, invaded on Thursday at dawn the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to clashes with dozens of local youths; one teen was shot with…

Palestinian medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian woman, who was killed by Israeli army fire, on Wednesday, did not carry an explosive belt as the army claimed, but was instead…

An adventurous hike for nature lovers starts from the Wadi Qelt riverbed at Ain Fawwar, the Fawwar Springs to Ain Al Qelt, the Qelt Springs. Walking through Wadi Qelt, you…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Israeli troops kill a woman and her brother at…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday, a Palestinian mother of two, who was also five months pregnant, and her brother, at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem. The soldiers fired…

Several Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, uprooted them and fired…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, including one who is physically-challenged. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinian siblings from their home, in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic)…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Israeli tanks invade farmlands in Gaza and troops kidnap…

On Monday, an Israeli court indicted seven Israelis, including two sons of a leading rabbi, a soldier, and two minor teens, for participating in dozens of attacks against Palestinian civilians…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report as part of the series of the monthly “Closure Reports” addressing the latest developments of the state of the…

On Tuesday morning, several Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Gaza city, and uprooted them, in addition to firing live rounds and smoke bombs. The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched homes and kidnapped a former political prisoner. Media…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn and on Monday evening, four Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child  in occupied East Jerusalem. The army claims the three other Palestinians  are…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, an elderly Palestinian man, a woman and two young men, in the town of al-‘Isawiyya, in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to interrogation centers…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, April 25, 2016. Israeli navy attack fishers in Gaza waters and troops…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Sunday at night, two underage siblings, after invading and violently searching their home, in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem. The soldiers also invaded the Schools…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, one Palestinian in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, in addition to confiscating gold and cash from a…

Israeli soldiers closed, on Monday morning, the main entrance of the Hebron Emergency Center, run by the Hebron Health Committees, by placing concrete blocks, completely sealing it, and deployed dozens…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier Monday, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, in the northern part of the coastal region. The fishers had to sail…

The Israeli Authorities released, Sunday, the youngest Palestinian detainee, Deema al-Wawi, only twelve years of age, after holding her captive, in direct violation of International, for more than two and…

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of the Israeli settlements file in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said the Israeli military and its “Civil Administration” have…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 16, to the 22, 2016. This week, a Palestinian youth…

  Medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Kafr Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, wounding a child…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village near Ramallah, causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. The…

Israel released, Friday, the Israeli soldier who was filmed executing a seriously wounded Palestinian in Hebron, to celebrate the Jewish Pesach holiday with his family. The release comes just four…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, twenty Palestinians after invading their homes in different parts of the Old City of occupied Jerusalem. One of the kidnapped was planning to…

An Israeli settler attacked a Palestinian child with a vehicle on Thursday, causing moderate injuries. The child, Alaa Ghaleb al-Rajabi, 16, was transported to a local hospital (al-Ahli hospital) and…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 21, 2016. Israeli soldiers invade West Bank communities injuries a dozen…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during military invasions and searches of homes, the Palestinian Prisoners Society…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, one Palestinian in Teqoua’ town, near Bethlehem, and invaded Beit Fajjar, in addition to closing roads…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, Abu Dis and the al-‘Ezariyya towns, in occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped one Palestinian, and injured at least twelve others during ensuing clashes. The Israeli…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian child in Shu’fat neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and a teenager at a military roadblock, near Tulkarem. Several Israeli military vehicles surrounded a…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 20, 2016. A Palestinian youth dies of wounds he sustained earlier…

Israeli medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that the Palestinian who was seriously injured in the Jerusalem bus bombing on Monday evening, died from his wounds. Hamas claims responsibility, and said…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least 41 Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, in extensive invasions into Palestinian…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Zbeidat town, in the West Bank’s Plains, in the Jordan Valley, and demolished two Palestinian homes. Several military vehicles invaded the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, demolished one home and injured at least eight Palestinians, including three with live fire; one of…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded, late at night, the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and conducted massive invasions and searches of homes, throughout the night until dawn hours, and kidnapped…

Thousands of Palestinians, on Tuesday, demonstrated outside of a government building, in the occupied West Bank hub of Ramallah, against the Palestinian Authority’s approval of a new law many believe…

Jordan has decided not to install security cameras at Islam’s third holiest site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in annexed East Jerusalem, because of some Palestinian doubts, Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur…

Last night, Israeli occupation forces stormed the headquarters of local daily newspaper, Al Quds, in the “Atarot” Industrial Zone, to the north of annexed East Jerusalem. Witnesses said, according to Al…

After nearly two years of delay, the leading suspect in the brutal death of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir was convicted of murder, this Tuesday. The Abu Khdeir family’s lawyer…

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Jordan has not renewed its contract with security company G4S, following a campaign over the firm’s role in Israeli human rights…

On Tuesday, Tax Day, activists delivered a petition with more than 5,000 signatures to IRS offices across the United States demanding the tax-exempt status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF)…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 19, 2016. A fisherman injured by Israeli navy and in the…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats and opened fire on them, wounding of fisher, and kidnapped three others, in Gaza territorial waters, in Rafah, in…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, at least twelve Palestinians, including four young women, in different parts of the occupied West…

The Palestinian Authority is losing up to $285 million a year under its current economic arrangements with Israel, the World Bank said on Monday. According to Ma’an News Agency, the…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday evening, a Palestinian child, in the al-Ram town, northeast of Jerusalem, and also kidnapped a young man from his home in the town.…

18th April 2016, International Solidarity Movement Last Thursday, 14th April, marked four years since the disappearance of Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza, under the Israeli blockade. According to subsequent statements and…

Palestinian patient detainee Mansour Mowkada, 47 years old, from the town of Salfit, has now continued his hunger strike for the seventh day in a row. He is engaged in protest…

Israeli forces discovered a tunnel, inside the ’48 territories, coming out of the southern Gaza Strip, just over a week ago, the army revealed on Monday morning. The tunnel has since been…

At least 21 Israelis were injured among them two in critical conditions, and six six who suffered moderate wounds, in a bus explosion near Jerusalem. Israeli media sources said that a…

Download/Listen Here       Eleven schoolchildren lightly wounded by Israeli army gas bombs, 20 Israeli injured in Jerusalem bus fire. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned. At…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Monday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians from the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and summoned two others for interrogation. The PPS said…

Israel soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched homes, and kidnapped three former political prisoners. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported Monday that at least eleven children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after…

The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said, on Saturday, that Israel had detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 2015, including two foreign reporters.The New York-based committee…

A group of Israeli settlers escorted by  policewomen, on Sunday, resumed their provocative tours into annexed East Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound, provoking tension with Palestinian worshipers, who chanted religious slogans…

17th April, 2016, International Solidarity Movement On 15th April, weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation were held throughout the occupied West Bank commemorating ‘Prisoner’s Day’. Kafr Qaddum village has been separated…

Dareen Tatour, 33, a Palestinian poet, photographer and activist was arrested at her home in Oct. 2015. They didn’t have a search order or a warrant. This article was originally…

Palestinian detainees in Nafha prison have been forbidden from partaking in Friday prayers, on 15 April, following a violent attack by Israeli prison guards and special forces within several units…

In the month of April, each year, Palestinian detainees, the Palestinian people, and the world mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Prisoners’ Day has been commemorated since…

The Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee has reported, Sunday, that as the Palestinians mark the Prisoners Day on April 17, at least 509 Jerusalemite Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel, among them…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, on Friday and Saturday, several neighborhoods in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and handed demolition orders against many Palestinian homes. The Wadi…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including five of in the southern West Bank district of Hebron,…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped around 1.000.000 Palestinians, including tens of thousands of women and children, since occupying…

A number of extremist Israeli colonizers attacked, Saturday, a Palestinian farmer, and prevented him from entering his own land, in al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…

The United Health Works Committee (UHRC), in occupied Palestine, has reported Friday that Israel is holding captive 1700 ailing detainees, including 25 who suffer from various types of cancer, and are…

Medical sources have reported, Friday, that three Palestinians were injured, and dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad town, east of the central West…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Friday, five Palestinians during various military invasions and attacks in different neighborhoods, in occupied Jerusalem, in addition to firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, causing many…

Medial sources have reported, Friday, that dozens of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded the village, and attacked the weekly protest against the Annexation…

Medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported on Friday evening, that one resident suffered a serious injury after an Israeli soldier shot…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians, protesting in different parts of the Gaza Strip wounding eleven, while many others fired the effects of…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 9, to the 15, 2016. Islamic states leaders affirm their…

Israeli forces, on Thursday, demolished a rainwater harvesting well near al-Arrub refugee camp, north of Hebron city, in the southern West Bank, said a local activist. Local activist Muhammad Awad…

The EU mission in the occupied West Bank, on Friday, said they were “deeply concerned” at Israel’s renewed construction of the apartheid wall in Bethlehem’s Cremisan Valley. The mission said that…

Leading British MPs, from all parties, have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Israeli parliament to release the Palestinian MP Marwan Barghouthi who has been in jail continuously for…

Dozens of policemen and security officers have invaded prison blocks in the Nafha prison near the Israeli town of Mitzpe Ramon. They sprayed both tear gas and pepper gas into…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, causing dozens of protesters to…

The construction of new Israeli settlement units in the West Bank has tripled in the first trimester of the year, in comparison to the same period last year, Peace Now organization…

The European Union is making its first contribution in 2016 to the Palestinian Authority’s quarterly payment of social allowances. According to a press statement released on Friday morning, around 119,000…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian man, 54, near the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, stated Thursday that the Palestinian leadership is conducting all needed preparations to send Israel’s settlements file to the United Nations Security Council. His statements came…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, nine Palestinians different parts of the occupied West Bank, while one Palestinian was kidnapped, on Thursday evening, near Tulkarem. Several army vehicles invaded,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped one Palestinian and assaulted another, causing various cuts and bruises. Coordinator…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 14, 2016. Five injured; at least 13 other kidnapped as Israeli…

Medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that that five residents were injured, on Thursday evening, and many others fired the effects…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, a currency exchange shop in a building in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and fired stun grenades, causing the building to…