2016: 23 Journalists Assaulted by Israeli Army
Since the beginning of January 2016, a total of 23 Palestinian journalists on duty were targeted by Israeli armed forces and police, with 12 of the attacks occurring during the…
Netanyahu on Biden’s Visit: An Expression of Great Relations with Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, has said that US Vice President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Israel is an expression of great relations…
Army Injures A Palestinian Near Bethlehem, Kidnaps Another
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot and injured one Palestinian and summoned three others for interrogation. The…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (25 February – 02 March 2016)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continued during the reporting period (25 February – 02 March 2016).Israeli attacks in the West Bank…
February 2016: 97 Palestinian Homes Demolished by Israel Forces
Israeli occupation authorities have demolished around 97 homes and 86 facilities in the occupied West Bank, over the month of February 2016 alone, under the pretext of “illegal construction”, according…
A Moment That Changed Me: Carrying Out Kidney Transplants in Gaza
It is only a 20-minute walk, but crossing no-man’s-land at the Erez border control changes everything. Entering Gaza feels like gaining access to a state penitentiary; there are guards, automatic…
Military Opens Fire on Gaza Farmers
The Israeli military, Saturday, targeted with gunfire a group of Palestinian farmers as they attempted to enter their agricultural land situated along the borderline area of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the…
Crimes Against the Palestinians are Finally Called ‘Crimes’
Unlike the political elite and Zionist activists, the Western public had not known or cared much about the Zionist project in Palestine before the establishment of Israel. Only after the…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians, Injure A Child, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday evening, two Palestinian men in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted them. Army also kidnaped a Palestinian…
This Week in Palestine Week 09 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 27, to March 4, 2016. As the Palestinian…
UNICEF Ends G4S Contract in Jordan (VIDEO)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Jordan has ended its contract with G4S following a campaign by BDS activists in the country and across the world over the company’s…
Army Fires on Palestinians near Gaza Border
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian workers east of Gaza City, Friday morning, with no injuries reported.Heavy gunfire was heard as Israeli soldiers stationed in military towers along the Gazan…
Two Detainees Continue Hunger Strike Protesting Their Illegal Detention
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two detainees, held by Israel without charges or trial, have declared an open-ended hunger strike, demanding Israel to end their arbitrary Administrative Detention,…
Belgian MPs Barred from Entering Gaza
Israeli authorities have denied a delegation of six Belgian MPs entry into the blockaded Gaza Strip to visit local NGOs, this week.The delegation, which represents different political parties in Belgium,…
Illegal Settlers of Kiryat Arba Abuse Palestinians and Volunteers
On Saturday, 27th February 2016, as two ISM volunteers were walking on Prayer Road, right next to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), they were attacked, threatened…
Child Injured In Kafr Qaddoum As Israeli Soldiers Use Excessive Force
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Colonies in Kafr Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, wounding one child, while many…
New Discriminatory, Anti-democratic Legislation
Adalah unpacks 10 Israeli laws and bills with provisions liable to harm Palestinians and those who defend Palestinian rights. Adalah: the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel released…
Two Medics Injured In Bethlehem After Soldiers Fired A Gas Bomb Into Their Ambulance
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that two medics of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers fired a gas bomb into…
Several Palestinians Injured In Ni’lin
Several protesters suffered, Friday, the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah.The…
PA Leaders Meet with Israeli Authorities, Again Threaten to End Security Coordination
A delegation from the Palestinian Authority (PA) officially warned Israeli authorities, several days ago, that the Palestinian government would end its security coordination with Israel if the state did not…
Many Injured As Israeli Soldiers Assault The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists, holding the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in the village of Bil’in, near the…
Ireland: Gino Kenny Raises Palestinian Flag Upon Election Victory
New Irish Parliament Member Gino Kenny, from the Anti-Austerity Alliance, celebrated his election victory, this past Saturday, by waving a Palestinian flag.Kenny, aged 42, is a local Irish activist that…
DCI: ‘Israel Killed 41 Children Since October 1’
Defense for Children International (DCI), Palestine Branch, has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed 41 children in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, since the current uprising began…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Woman In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday morning, a Palestinian woman driving her car close to the Gush Etzion settlement block, on the main Bethlehem-Hebron road, south of Bethlehem. One Palestinian died…
Israeli Soldiers Invade al-‘Isawiyya And Silwan, In Jerusalem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Thursday, the towns of al-‘Isawiyya and Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem, and invaded them before firing many gas bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets. The soldiers…
Palestine Today 03 03 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 3, 2016. Troops invade West Bank communities and kidnap…
Update: ‘Soldiers Kidnap Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank’
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped eighteen Palestinians in various districts if the occupied West Bank, including in Jerusalem.The PPS said the soldiers…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank, Demolishes A Gas Station
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier Thursday, at least nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, assaulted and injured another, and demolished a gas station. A Young woman…
Al Atrash and Amro Released by Israeli Authorities
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday evening, have released the coordinator of Youths Against Settlements, Issa Amro, and the director of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) office in the southern…
Young Gazan Self-immolates, Rescued by Locals
A young Palestinian man set himself on fire in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night, before being saved by bystanders.The 22-year-old reportedly poured flammable liquid over…
Demolitions Continue to Escalate Despite International Attention
A wave of mass Israeli demolitions continued on Wednesday, in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, among them a house under construction in Shuwekeh, on the outskirts of Tulkarem, according…
420 Acres of Land to be Returned to Palestinians
Israel’s High Court, on Wednesday, ruled that Israeli authorities are obliged to return 1,700 dunams (420 acres) of land back to private Palestinian landowners, lawyers told Ma’an News Agency.Mohammad Shqeir…
Oscar Winners Invited to Visit Palestinian Children Held in Israeli Jails
Hollywood stars have been urged to visit Palestinian children being held in Israeli jails. According to Middle East Monitor/Al Ray, the human rights organisation Avaaz made the call after Israeli…
Guy Butavia Speaks
Guy Butavia is one of three activists, along with Ezra Nawi and Nasser Nawajah, who were arrested following a TV news show that depicted an inciting work made about them…
Palestinian Leader says Shin Bet Murdered Arafat
The leader of Israel’s Joint Arab List party has accused the Israeli government of murdering Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, Haaretz reports.Ayman Odeh, in a recent interview, accused the…
Etzion Detainees Announce Open-ended Hunger Strike
At least 46 Palestinian detainees being held at Etzion incarceration facility will begin an open hunger strike on Thursday, in demand of better living conditions, according to a lawyer for…
Palestine Today 03 02 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Two Palestinian youth killed by Israeli gunfire…
Apartheid Week: BDS Demonstration at Bethlehem Wall
On the occasion of Israeli Apartheid Week, the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC), on Wednesday, held a standing demonstration calling for the boycott of Israeli products, near the Israeli separation…
Army Kidnaps Fifteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier on Wednesday, at least fifteen Palestinians, in various military invasions targeting different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. The soldiers also demolished an…
Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians In Eli Colony, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday morning, two Palestinians in the Eli illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, allegedly after they attempted to…
Palestinian farmers attacked by Israeli troops in southern Gaza
A group of Israeli farmers were fired upon by Israeli troops in the Rafah region of southern Gaza on Tuesday.The farmers reported that Israeli troops stationed along the southern border…
Palestine Today 03 01 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 1, 2016. One youth killed, at least seven others…
Youth Against Settlements Coordinator Kidnapped by Israeli Forces
Israeli forces, Monday, once again abducted the coordinator for the Youth Against Settlements (YAS) movement, Issa Amr, after storming the commission’s headquarters in Hebron’s Old City district.Mohammad Azghir, a spokesman…
Israel’s Silent War on the Children of Palestine
Fortunately, much of the world is now fully aware of Israel’s apartheid wall and the zionist state’s grotesque, illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories that it represents. 02/29/16 | International…
Press Review: Israeli Foreign Relations
Israel’s relations with its allies waver; right-wing Israeli media see a Donald Trump victory in U.S. presidential elections as a boon for Israel.This weekend, the front page of Israel’s major…
Silwan House Demolished by Israeli Forces
Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a Palestinian house in Occupied Jerusalem, Tuesday morning, in Silwan town, south of al-Aqsa Mosque.Israeli forces surrounded the area, according to Al Ray, and began to…
Glick Returns to Al-Aqsa after Ban Lifted
Israeli right-winger Yehuda Glick, head of the ‘Temple Mount Faithful’ group, was escorted – together with other settlers – under Israeli armed protection into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem,…
Mass Protest by Palestinian Teachers across West Bank
Palestinian teachers organised sit-in protests across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as a teachers strike calling on the Palestinian Authority to guarantee their rights entered its 16th consecutive day.The…
Mar Saba – Saint Saba
A short drive from Bethlehem can take you to one of the most beautiful desert monasteries in the Holy Land. The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Saba, Mar Saba in…
Soldiers Kidnap Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, a number of Palestinian districts, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into many homes and kidnapped eighteen Palestinians. Two Palestinians…
Israeli army kills one Palestinian, injures 17 others in Jerusalem
Israeli Soldiers killed, overnight, one Palestinian and injured at least seventeen others, one seriously, after the army invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, in the north of occupied Jerusalem. The invasion…
Palestine Today 02 29 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 29, 2016. Israeli navy attack Gaza fishermen take two…
Navy Kidnaps 9 Fishermen off Gaza Coast
The Israeli navy, on Monday, attacked and abducted nine Palestinian fishermen while they were on board two fishing boats offshore Gaza, according to local sources.Zakaria Bakr, a fisherman, told WAFA…
Entire Family Assaulted during al-Isawiyya Raid
Israeli forces physically assaulted an entire family in the occupied East Jerusalem village of al-Isawiyya, overnight Sunday, after the family resisted during an arrest raid, the head of the village…
20 Left Homeless by Jordan Valley Demolitions
Israeli forces, on Monday morning, have demolished about ten facilities, including tents, barns and residential structures, in the Khillat Khader community of Al-Farisiyya area, east of Tubas district, northern Jordan…
Update: ‘Army Kidnaps 27 Palestinians In The West Bank’
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, 27 Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive military invasions and violent searches of…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Former Political Prisoner In Silwad
Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a former political prisoner.The Palestinian TV…
Including A Toddler, Soldiers ِAbduct A Palestinian Family In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian home in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted an entire family, including an infant, to pressure…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians, in different parts of the West Bank, and took them to a number of interrogation facilities and military…
Soldiers Attack And Detain A Child Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, detained a child for several hours and repeatedly struck and beat…
Soldiers Attack And Kidnap A Palestinian Teen After Shooting Him In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday, a Palestinian teen in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped him. The army also kidnapped another Palestinian and invaded several neighborhoods leading to…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Hebron, Injure Another In Gaza
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday evening, a Palestinian teen from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron. The soldiers also shot and injured a…
Israeli troops invade village near Bethlehem, critically wounding two Palestinians
On Sunday, Israeli forces invaded the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, and began firing live ammunition randomly throughout the village, according to local sources. Two Palestinians were critically wounded:…
Al-Atrash Hearing Set for Monday
Palestinian lawyer and leading activist, Farid Al-Atrash, who was taken into custody by Israeli forces on Friday, February 26, during a nonviolent demonstration in Hebron, will be sent to an…
VIDEO: Infamous Settler Anat Cohen Disrupts Peaceful Commemoration
On Wednesday evening, 24th February 2015, a commemoration for the victims of the 1994 Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), was interrupted by infamous settlers attacking the group of…
The Israeli Ghetto
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dreams of surrounding Palestinians and Israelis with walls.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to construct walls and a barbed wire fence on the border with Jordan,…
Israeli Military Targets Gaza Civilians, Violates Truce
Israeli military boats and border forces early Sunday morning opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers offshore of the northern Gaza Strip and to the south of the Strip,…
Settlers Raid Salfit Village, Escorted by Army
A group of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli military forces, raided the village of Yasuf, in the northern West Bank district of Salfit ,on Saturday.Head of the village council, Hafith…
Frozen in Their Grief: On the Bereavement of Palestinian Families
While the world was celebrating New Year’s Eve, in 2015, with all of its promise for the coming year, dozens of Palestinian families were receiving the frozen bodies of their…
“Ave Maria” Nominated to the Oscars (Trailer)
Basil Khalil, a Palestinian-British filmmaker born to a Palestinian father and English mother, in Nazareth, cannot contain his enthusiasm about his first professional filmshort comedy being nominated for the 88th…
US to Increase Israeli Military Support
US officials have agreed to an Israeli request to increase annual military aid, according to Israeli public radio.The radio also reported, according to Al Ray, that US administration made the…
Settlers Resume Provocative al-Aqsa Tours
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, resumed their provocative visits to al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem, provoking tension with worshipers.WAFA correspondence said that dozens of settlers entered the compound in small groups,…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn and Saturday evening, Thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including two children in occupied Jerusalem. Two of the…
Shimon Dotan, Director of ‘The Settlers’
As Israel faces international condemnation over its plan to build 153 new [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank, a newly premiered documentary film “The Settlers,” written by Romanian-born, Israeli-raised…
Obama Signs anti-BDS Trade Agreement into Law
US President Barack Obama, this week, signed into law a sweeping trade agreement which protects Israel from boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) by countries who oppose the ongoing military occupation…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops kill 4 civilians, wound 21 this week.
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18- 24 February 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian-American Teen Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday, a Palestinian-American teen, from Deir Dibwan town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in…
This Week in Palestine Week 08 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 20, to the 26, 2016. Palestinian hunger striking…
Cameron and Kerry Daunted by Israeli Settlements
Secretary of State John Kerry, on Wednesday, urged Israeli and Palestinian officials to resume a “genuine” peace process, stressing that continued settlement construction is not helpful.According to World Bulletin/Al Ray,…
Child Killed, Another Injured in Gaza Explosion
A Palestinian child was killed and another seriously injured, today, after an explosive device detonated in the Jabalia area of the northern Gaza Strip.The children were identified, respectively, as Soheib…
Israeli Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, holding a nonviolent protest, demanding Israel to reopen the Shuhada Street, in Hebron’s Old city. The…
Palestinian Injured In Ni’lin Weekly Protest
One Palestinian was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet, Friday, and many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Dozens of Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The protest started…
Palestinian Injured In The Head In Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and shot a teenager with a gas bomb in…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after invading their homes and searching them.The soldiers kidnapped Ezzeddin Zein and Luay…
Al-Qeeq Suspends His Strike After Reaching An Agreement For His Release
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who is held by Israel without charges or trial, has suspended his strike that lasted for 94…
Facing Extradition In Bulgaria, Escaped Political Prisoner Found Killed In The Palestinian Embassy
The family of former political prisoner, Omar Nayef Zayed, 52, from al-Yamoun town in Jenin District, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said that their son, who…
Two Palestinians Injured In Beit Ummar
Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians, on Thursday evening, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; many residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.Several Israeli…
Palestinian-American activist wins re-trial on immigration charges
Rasmea Odeh, a Chicago-based Palestinian-American activist, had immigration fraud charges against her vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday. Odeh and her supporters have long claimed that the…
Israeli Security Guard Seriously Injured In Ma’ale Adumim Mall Stabbing Attack
Israeli media sources have reported that an Israeli security guard was seriously injured after suffering several stab wounds, in a the Ma’ale Adumim settlement mall, before the attacker fled the…
Israeli Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’; Palestinian Injured Near Gush Etzion
An Israeli settler died of his wounds Friday morning, after having been shot by another Israeli settler who was allegedly trying to ‘thwart an attack’, according to Israeli sources. The…
Palestine Today 02 25 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, February 25, 2016. A Palestinian man killed by unknown gunmen…
Why It’s Dangerous to Conflate Hamas and ISIS
While Israel’s efforts to link Palestinian resistance to its military occupation to global terrorism are not new, it has expanded its propaganda to address Arab as well as Western audiences.…
Gunmen Assassinate A Palestinian Security Officer, Former Political Prisoner, In Jenin
A group of unknown gunmen assassinated, on Wednesday afternoon, a former political prisoner and a senior security leader, in Sielet al-Harethiyya town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Fishing Boats In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Thursday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats, only four nautical miles away from the Gaza shore, causing damage.The navy fired several rounds of live…
UPDATE: Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank, At Least 35 Since Dawn
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped eleven additional Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, raising the number of kidnapped residents since dawn to at…
Bani Naim via the Jerusalem Wilderness
If you have never walked through a desert, this is a great time of the year to do so! Weather conditions are mild – perfect for a hike from the…
Army Invades Nil’in, Demolishes Agricultural Structures
Several Israeli military vehicles and armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday at dawn Nil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished agricultural structures and barns.Mohammad ‘Amira,…
Palestine Today 02 24 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Israeli troops to demolish killed Palestinians homes…
Rights Groups Reveal Systemic Torture of Palestinian Detainees
A joint investigation launched by Israeli rights groups, into practices in Israel’s Shikma prison, has revealed — once again — that ‘systemic’ violations are taking place against Palestinian detainees.Representatives of…