East Jerusalem Neighborhood Raided by Israeli Forces
Israeli police forces, on Tuesday evening, raided the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of ‘Isawiyya, firing tear gas at Palestinians and their homes, a local monitor said.Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, a member…
Short Film on PCHR’s Efforts to Abolish Death Penalty
On 22 December 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a short film about death penalty showing efforts exerted for years by PCHR to put an end to…
Disclosure: Settlers’ Plan to Create ‘Messianic Kingdom’
Israel decided to use torture against it’s own, as the internal intelligence service, last year, struggled with the uncovering of a murder case against the Palestinian baby Ali Dawabsha and…
4 Palestinians, Including a Journalist, Kidnapped from West Bank
Israeli forces, early Tuesday, abducted four young men, including a journalist, from Nablus and Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.Local sources reported that an Israeli special force…
BDS: Orange to Cut Ties with Israeli Company
French telecommunications giant, Orange, aims to end its ties with Israel’s second-largest mobile company, Partner Communications.The move, which will be enforced in February, according to the PNN, brings an end…
Conscientious Objector Goes to Jail
A conscientious objector to the Israeli occupation force will spend at least 20 days in jail.Tair Kaminer reported to an Israeli military induction base in Tel Hashomer, on Sunday. There,…
6 New Watchtowers to be Built in Nablus
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, officially informed the Palestinian Authority of plans to build new six military watchtowers in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, a local monitor told…
Emails Reveal Clinton’s Plan to Incite Palestinian Resistance
The latest batch of controversial emails released by the US State Department shows that Hillary Clinton may have been seeking to encourage an anti-Israel atmosphere, and generate Palestinian protests, in…
300 Dunams of Palestinian Farmland Seized by Military
Israeli forces have confiscated 300 dunams of Palestinian farmlands in Ya’bad town, and declared it a closed military zone.The director of Ya’bad municipality, Yosef Atatrah, said that soldiers erected a…
Extremists Desecrate Christian Cemetery
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that extremist Israeli Jews have desecrated a Christian cemetery near the occupied city of Jerusalem.“People attacked and desecrated the cemetery in Beit Jamal, west…
Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Tuesday, two Palestinians, including one teen, near Beit ‘Anoun village junction, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while a third Palestinian was…
Army Kills A Palestinian In Beit Jala
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths, in the Sahl area, before shooting to death a young man,…
Israel Force-Fed Hunger Striking Detainee, Journalist Mohammad Al-Qeeq
The Head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ said that the Israeli Authorities have force-fed hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, via intravenous infusion.Qaraqe stated al-Qeeq is the…
Israel To Fence Thousands Of Dunams Near Nablus, To Build Six Military Towers
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian officials in charge of Israeli Settlements’ file in the Palestinian Authority, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that Israel informed the…
Army Kidnaps Twelve Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, at least twelve Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. Among the kidnapped is a journalist from Jenin.The…
Soldiers Kidnap A Father From His Car in Silwan, Leave Children Cry Alone In Vehicle
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, a Palestinian man after stopping him while driving in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and took him away, leaving his…
Many Palestinians Suffer The Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Al-Khader
Several Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem. The army also stormed and occupied a home in…
Palestine Today 01 11 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 11, 2016. Israeli attacked targeting Palestinians leave a child…
Birzeit University Condemns Israeli’s Constant Violations of the Right of Education
Official Press Statement from Birzeit University 01/11/16:Birzeit- (11 Jan 2016)- In the early morning hours, the Israeli occupation army invaded Birzeit University campus. This is neither new nor unprecedented given…
34 Palestinians Jailed Without Charge or Trial
Israeli authorities, on Monday, issued administrative detention orders against 34 Palestinian detainees, said the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).Fourteen of the detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time, according…
Six Families in Jerusalem Wait for their Homes to be Demolished
On Thursday, January 7th, the ISM went to visit Kifaya Rishek, a widow who lives in Beit Hanina, occupied East Jerusalem, waiting for her home to be demolished.But Kifaya is…
Israel to Force Feed Al-Qeeq
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned, on Monday, of the Israeli Medical Committee’s decision to force-feed Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who is currently on hunger strike.Al-Qeeq has waged a hunger…
3 Palestinian Detainees Continue Hunger Strike
Three Palestinian detainees continue their open-ended hunger strikes, staged in differing duration, according to a report released by the PLO’s Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, on Sunday.The prisoner, Kifah Hattab,…
Hunger Striking Journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq Enters Coma
The Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has fallen into a coma, after entering his 48th day of hunger strike, family sources revealed.According to the Palestinian News Center (PIC), Al-Qeeq’s wife said…
Child Targeted with Bullet, North of Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers, Monday, directly hit a Palestinian child with a live round in the village of Hizma, north of Jerusalem, under the pretext of hurling stones at a bus carrying…
Palestinian Universities Union Denounces Israeli Violations Against Campuses
Following the early Monday morning Israeli military invasion into Birzeit University, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and the abduction of a senior Student Senate member, the Syndicate…
Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late at night and on Monday at dawn, at least 21 Palestinians, in military invasions targeting various communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The…
Young Palestinian Man Seriously Injured Near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man, allegedly after attempting to stab Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.Israeli sources said…
Jenin: Army Photographs Home Of Slain Palestinian In Preparation To Demolish It
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-Jadeeda village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, took measurements and pictures of the home a Palestinian,…
Israeli Navy Ships Open Fire On Palestinian Gaza Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, close to the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern part of…
Video: Office of Israeli Human Rights Organization B’Tselem Burned in Suspected Arson
The Jerusalem office of the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, was badly damaged in a fire on Sunday night, which authorities suspect may have…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In Bethlehem, Two In Hebron, And One In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town and Mrah Rabah village, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The soldiers also kidnapped two…
Soldiers Injure One Palestinian Near Salfit, Kidnap Another In Hebron
Medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, on Sunday evening, near Kafr Qassem military roadblock, close to the Zawiya village, west of…
Army Injures Seven Palestinians in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Teqoua’ town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and injured seven Palestinians during clashes with local youths.The Local Council in Teqoua’…
Airbnb Presence Confirmed in Illegal West Bank Settlements
*Airbnb is enabling anyone to rent rooms and vacation homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.According to an article published by +972 Magazine, last week, the list…
7 Palestinians Kidnapped across West Bank in Overnight Raids
Israeli troops carried out predawn detention raids in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, arresting six young Palestinian men, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement.Israeli forces detained…
(co)Resistence: Abdel Alim Da’ana
Dany Sail, an Israeli Black Panther, worked alongside the Palestinian resistance to end Israeli colonial occupation in the early 1970s. He managed to escape from Israel when his comrades were…
Brazilian Senior Diplomats Issue Joint Statement against Diplomatic Israeli Appointment
The Israeli government’s nomination of Dani Dayan as its next ambassador to Brazil, and Brazil’s delay in approving the appointment, is heightening diplomatic tensions between the two governments.One of the…
Two-state Solution Failed, Now What?
Palestinians and Israelis alike have become increasingly convinced that the two-state solution is no longer an option due to Israel’s policies which continue to see settlements built across the occupied…
Military Levels Private Lands for New Military Tower
Israeli forces have been leveling private Palestinian land south of the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem, in preparation to build a military tower in the area, residents said.A resident…
New York: Jewish Student Threatened for Pro-PalestinianTweets
Bethany Koval, a Fair Lawn High School student, has found herself in the center of a national discussion involving free speech rights and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after school administrators questioned…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians Near Bethlehem
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Nahhalin town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians.The soldiers invaded and ransacked many…
Home of Slain Palestinian Demolished
Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian suspected of having killed two Israelis in October, after large numbers of Israeli military vehicles stormed the village of Surda, north of…
Gaza Fishermen Again Targeted by Israeli Navy
An Israeli naval boat, Saturday, opened heavy machine gun fire on Palestinian fishermen’s boats, while sailing within the allowed fishing zone offshore Gaza.WAFA correspondence reported that an Israeli naval boat…
Israeli Excavations Force Family To Leave Their Home In Silwan
The ongoing Israeli excavations under Palestinian homes in Wadi Hilweh, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, forced a Palestinian family to leave their home after…
BDS Ireland: CRH Pulls Out of Israeli Assets, Ends Complicity with Occupation
A report released today by Ireland’s largest multinational corporation, CRH, confirmed that the global cement giant has divested from its 25% stake in the Israeli cement market. The company has…
US Criticizes Decision to Add Seized Church Grounds to Settlement Bloc
The United States came down, Friday, on a decision by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to incorporate a southern West Bank church compound into the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc.Spokesman…
Soldiers Injure Dozens Of Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, Beit Einoun area, the main road leading to Sa’ir town, northeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with local residents causing dozens…
Army Injures An Elderly Man in Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, Kafr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured an elderly man with live fire, while many Palestinians suffered…
Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Bil’in; Cause Dozens of Injuries
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 injuries.This week’s…
Israeli Military Kills Two Palestinians Near Nablus
Early Saturday morning, two Palestinians were shot dead at the al-Hamra (Beqaot) checkpoint in the northern part of the Jordan Valley, east of Nablus in the eastern part of the…
2015: A Dangerous Escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Wadi Hilweh Information Center has issued their 2015 yearly report and monitored the main events in the city of Jerusalem, with special attention given to Israeli violations against Jerusalemites and…
Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Kafr Qaddoum
Dozens of solders surrounded, Friday, Kafr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, invaded it and attacked dozens of residents and international peace activists, causing many…
Many Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that several Palestinians have been injured, after Israeli soldiers attacked protesters in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Eyewitnesses said…
Army Injures 16 Palestinians In Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured at least 16 Palestinians in border areas, in different parts of the Gaza Strip.The Ministry…
Israeli Forces Raid Girls’ School in Occupied Hebron
In the afternoon of 5 January 2015 Israeli Forces raided Al Faihaa elementary school for girls in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron). Children were not in school at the time, only teachers…
Sa’ir Village Declared a Closed Military Zone
On Friday morning, Israeli forces closed all entrances leading to Sa’ir town, north of Hebron, before declaring it a closed military zone.The four Palestinian youths were killed by Israeli soldiers,…
Tel Aviv Shooter Killed in Gun Battle
Israeli police, on Friday, opened fire on Nashat Melhem, suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, last week, in a gun battle in his hometown of Arara,…
This Week in Palestine Week 01 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for January 02, to the 08, 2016. At least five…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (31 December 2015 – 06 January 2016)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (31 December 2015 – 06 January 2016).Israeli attacks in the West Bank &…
Palestine Today 01 07 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, January 7, 2016. Three Palestinians killed by Israeli troops and…
Palestine Today 01 06 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Israeli troops injuries a Palestinian child in…
Army Kills A Palestinian Child In Hebron, The Fourth To Be Killed In Hebron, Thursday
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian child at the Beit ‘Einoun military roadblock, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Palestinian is the…
Israeli army kills three Palestinians with live gunfire near Hebron
At Gush Etzion checkpoint Thursday evening, three Palestinians – two brothers and their cousin – were killed by Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint. Although the Israeli military claimed that…
Police Bulldoze Jerusalem Homes, Stores
Israeli police, Thursday, demolished two Palestinian-owned homes in Ein el-Lawza neighborhood in Jerusalem, citing construction without a permit as a pretext, according to local sources.An Israeli police contingent accompanied by…
Aegean Airlines Apologizes to PLO
In response to a statement made by PLO Secretary General Dr. Saeb Erekat, Mr. Dimitris Gerogiannis, CEO of AEGEAN Airlines, sent a letter to Dr. Erekat expressing his company’s “greatest…
Abbas: PLO to Decide Next Week on Israeli Security Coordination
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday, announced that the PLO would officially make a decision next week regarding the upholding of contractual relations with Israel.The president made the announcement during…
Soldiers Kidnap 15 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, overnight and at dawn Thursday, at least fourteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, while the army also claimed locating combat materials in…
Palestinian Child Shot In The Head In Jerusalem
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported Wednesday that a Palestinian child suffered a serious head injury, after Israeli soldiers shot him in the head, in the…
01/06/15: Christmas in Bethlehem for Eastern Church Denominations
Eastern Christian denominations following the Orthodox calendar, on Wednesday, welcomed archbishops and patriarchs to celebrate Christmas Eve outside the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, at the Nativity Church, in Bethlehem.Hundreds…
Navy Fires on Gaza Fishing Boat
Israeli naval forces, on Wednesday morning, targeted a fishing boat off Al-Sudaniya shores in Gaza, causing it to burst into flames. Al-Sudaniyya shore is the fishing permitted area for Palestinians.…
Israeli Forces Demolish Negev Mosque
The Israeli military, on Wednesday, demolished a mosque in the unrecognized Palestinian Bedouin village of Rakhama in the Negev in southern Israel, Talal Abu Arar, a Palestinian member of the…
Democracy: ‘Disastrous for the Jewish People’
On Wednesday, the Israeli parliament will discuss the ‘law of the Sabbath,’ a new law that aims to ban all trade on the Sabbath.The Sabbath is a holy day in…
Seized Church Added to Gush Etzion Settlement
The Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon, has “permitted” adding the seized church of Beit Al-Baraka to the expanding illegal settlement, Gush Etzion, located south to Bethlehem, central occupied West…
5 Bedouin Dwellings Demolished in E1 Corridor
Israeli forces, on Wednesday morning, demolished five dwellings housing Palestinian Bedouin families in the Abu Nuwwar community east of Jerusalem — part of the wider E1 corridor — leaving 25…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Jenin, Two In Bethlehem And Tubas
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, one in Bethlehem, and two others in the central West Bank district of…
Jerusalem; Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians From A Protest Tent In The Red Cross
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Red Cross building in occupied East Jerusalem, kidnapped two Palestinians, and briefly detained two others; the Palestinians have been living in a…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes, kidnapped four Palestinians and summoned many others, including a father…
Palestine Today 01 05 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth in…
Israeli Forces Kidnap 16 Palestinians across West Bank
Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinians in predawn raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.Hebron locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces stormed the…
Israeli Military Confiscates Construction Matierials, Serves Demolition Notices near Hebron
The Israeli army, Tuesday, delivered a notification to demolish two agricultural structures and to stop the construction work on a house in Beit Ummar, a town located to the north…
Shufa Village Threatened as Israeli Forces Begin to Excavate Palestinian Land
On the 22nd of December, Israeli forces started excavating land belonging to the Palestinian village of Shufa. Residents fear the possibility of settlement expansion will threaten the future of their…
Israelis Oust Palestinians from Plane
On January 4th, a number of Israeli tourists on an Aegean Airline plane flying from Athens to Tel Aviv announced that they would not let the plane take off unless…
Israelis Continue to Poison Palestinian Crops
Israeli drones, Tuesday evening, sprayed toxic pesticides on the Palestinian agricultural lands to east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Media sources reported that Israeli drones sprayed hundreds of…
Another Palestinian Dead over Alleged Stabbing
Israeli forces, on Tuesday morning, shot dead a Palestinian youth who reportedly stabbed an Israeli soldier on a checkpoint north of Hebron, southern West Bank.The youth, who was identified as…
Israel Attempts To Push UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Resign
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono, yesterday submitted his resignation to the President of the Human Rights Council after…
PCHR Condemns Internal Security Arrest Of Two Activists In Gaza
Internal Security Services Arrest 2 Activists in Gaza, PCHR Concerned and Calls upon Attorney General to Follow up and Clarify Arrest Circumstances to Public Opinion.On Sunday, 03 January 2016, Palestinian…
Khader Adnan Abducted, then Released by Israeli Forces
Former political prisoner and long-term hunger striker Khader Adnan was abducted Monday by Israeli troops while driving east of Ramallah, then released several hours later. Adnan has undertaken two long-term…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians From Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, three Palestinians from the al-Yamoun town, the Jenin refugee camp, and Qabatia town, in the northern West bank district of Jenin, after stopping them…
Palestinian Families Deeply Concerned about the Safety of Their Children
The three boys – Awne Abu Shamsiyye (16 years of age), Moataz Irfaiie (17 years of age) and Nizzar Salhab (16 years of age)- who were shot on their way…
Soldiers Kidnap An Elderly Man And Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night, an elderly Palestinian man, and two children, including a twelve years of age, in separate invasions in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired live…
Two 12-year-old Palestinian Boys Charged with Attempted Murder
Israeli military prosecutors, on Sunday, charged two Palestinian 12-year-old boys with attempted murder and possession of knives, prisoners’ rights group Addameer said.A lawyer for the group, Muhammad Mahmoud, told Ma’an…
Army Shoots Unidentified Youth for Alleged Stabbing
Israeli forces, Monday, opened fire on an unidentified Palestinian under the pretext of carrying out an alleged stabbing attack near the neighborhood of al-Musrara , in Jerusalem.In a statement ,…
Settler Vandalizes a Palestinian Home in Jerusalem
An Israeli settler damaged the wall of a family’s home in Al-Khalidia neighborhood, Old City Jerusalem, creating wide gaps throughout it.The Abu Sab family explained, according to Al Ray, that…
Israelis Cut Gaza Gas Supplies
The suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has doubled, due to Israeli cuts on cooking gas supplies during this current wave of extreme cold.“It is week four since the…
Palestine Today 01 04 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 4, 2016. Six Palestinians injured in separate Israeli attacks…
Army Kidnaps Seven More Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from occupied East Jerusalem, one in Jenin, and two others in Ramallah and Bethlehem, in addition to one Palestinian…
Army Opens Fire On Palestinian Farmers, East Of Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired several rounds of live ammunition, targeting Palestinian farmers, in their land, east of Gaza city.Media sources said the soldiers, on military towers…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In Nablus
At least eight Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, after dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Far’a refugee camp, east of the northern West bank city of Nablus,…
Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped six Palestinians, in addition to summoning two…