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Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and illegal Israeli settlements, in Bil’in village west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding two…

The chief of police in the Nablus district and his three-year-old daughter were injured after being shot by Israeli forces with rubber-coated bullets, on Friday, during a raid in the…

Audio Link After Script Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 19th, to the 25th, 2015. this week Israeli…

Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday from wounds sustained by Israeli forces at the Beit Furik checkpoint, in the occupied…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that the hunger striking detainees, held in various Israeli prisons, are facing serious health complications, and could suffer further deterioration.The PPS said…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 24th, 2015. Palestinian man dies of wounds sustained at…

The challenging situation of Palestinian women was created by the establishment of Israel.An article by Nirit Anderman appeared in Ha’aretz about a new film, to be screened next week at…

A Palestinian shot and critically injured by Israeli forces, at a military roadblock in eastern Nablus, in northern West Bank, last week, has died from his wounds on Thursday, medics…

The Husam Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported, Thursday, that the Israeli Prison Authority forced nine Palestinian detainees in solitary confinement, and denied them the right to family and…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night and Thursday morning, fourteen Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.A worker of the Islamic…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the first day of Eid al-Adha Muslim feast, Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, while one…

She planted three kisses on his forehead, and held him so tight, as this would be the last time she would be able to see him or hold him, hoping…

As Israeli police continued to severely restrict Palestinian access into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, groups of extremist Jewish settlers wearing priestly garments, Wednesday morning ,forced their way into the flashpoint…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015. Palestinians march in the funeral of a…

An Israeli settler ran over 40 lambs in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday evening.Owner Ayesh al-Da’ajneh said that one of his sons was…

More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations had called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and Defense Systems from Olympics contracts, after the Israeli company announced…

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon, on Wednesday, a day after the teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Hebron, as a…

The Palestinian National Unity Government has demanded the United Nations to form an international investigation committee to look into the circumstances that led to the murder of Hadeel Hashlamoun, who…

Hadeel Hashlamoun, 18, was critically injured and later died of her wounds on Tuesday afternoon, when soldiers shot her at an Israeli military checkpoint in Al Shohada Street in Hebron…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015. Israeli troops kill two Palestinian civilians during…

Israel to impose a complete closure on the West Bank and close all Gaza crossing during Israeli Yom Kippur holiday, Israeli military minister announced.The closure is scheduled to last 36…

Media sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that Israeli soldiers detained, Tuesday, three Palestinian children from Tal Romeida neighborhood, and held…

Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded, on Tuesday, a young Palestinian woman, 18 years of age, while crossing an Israeli military roadblock, on the main entrance of the Shuhada Street,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths, wounding three, and kidnapped another Palestinian. Medical sources in Nablus said…

Israeli military sources said a young Palestinian man was killed, on Tuesday at dawn, near the Kharsa Junction, south of Doura, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday afternoon, the village of Madama, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapped two children, and wounded one woman.Media sources in Nablus said…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, close to Midnight Monday, a young Palestinian woman from a village in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. Three Palestinians injured by army fire in Beit…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, September 20th, 2015. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities and…

Israeli police said Monday that thousands of officers would be deployed in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of the Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha holidays after three days of clashes rocked…

The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem approved, last Sunday night, a decision to replace the original names of several streets and districts in and outside Jerusalem’s Old City with ‘Hebrew’…

The approval of authorizing the use of live fire against stone-throwers in occupied East Jerusalem, rather than restoring order to the city, would exacerbate the cycle of violence with lethal…

The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, on Monday, have released statement expressing serious concerns regarding recent violent development on Haram al Sharif (Al Aqsa Mosque).“We condemn all threats of change…

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel overnight, Israel’s army said, with no reported injuries.According to Ma’an, the rocket landed in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council…

Several Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, carried out on Monday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in different areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, after the army broke into and searched several homes and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the al-‘Isawiyya and Silwan towns, and at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including 11 children. Soldiers also demolished one…

Three years of siege, famine and bombing of his Damascus refugee camp didn’t kill celebrated Palestinian musician Aeham al-Ahmad, but something died inside him the day militants burnt his beloved…

A Palestinian prisoner, held by Israel on criminal charges, in the Nativot prison, died due to circumstances and conditions that remain unknown. Israel said it would be conducting an autopsy…

A suspected Israeli settler allegedly opened fire, on Saturday, at a Palestinian vehicle near the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh, in the northern occupied West Bank, a local monitor…

About 43 Israeli settlers and intelligence members barged into the yards of Al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, heavily guarded by Israeli police units.Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian near one…

According to local sources, Israeli forces demolished five Palestinian-owned stores in the town of Hezma, just northeast of Jerusalem, on Sunday. Soldiers also reportedly assaulted two young Palestinian women during…

Israel will circumvent EU plans to label settlement products by directly lobbying EU member states against implementation of this guideline.Israel’s foreign ministry decided last week to ramp up its fight…

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas says it has captured a drone belonging to the Israeli regime in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, the second such incident in…

On Friday morning, the Egyptian army started to pump large amounts of sea water into large pipes that have recently been extended across the border connecting Gaza and Egypt, in…

The commander of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces announced disciplinary action, on Sunday, against nine security officers, including five high-ranking officers who were involved in an attack on Palestinian civilians…

The head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe warned, Sunday, that hunger striking detainee Rabea’ Jabarin is facing a very serious health condition, as Israeli continues to deny him…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Sunday, that seven detainees went on hunger strike in solidarity with the detainees who started their strike 31 days ago.The Committee said a large…

The Mayor of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, Dagur B. Eggertsson, announced that Reykjavik’s ban of Israeli goods does not affect all Israeli goods but goods produced in illegally occupied Palestinian territories.The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped four in Jenin, and two in Ramallah.…

One Palestinian child was shot in the head, with an Israeli rubber-coated steel bullet, on Saturday at night, suffering a serious injury, after the soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiyya town, in…

Seven Palestinian administrative detainees currently held by Israeli authorities, in solitary confinement, continued a hunger strike for the 30th day in a row, Saturday, the Prisoners’ and Former Prisoners’ Affairs…

Israeli settlers, Saturday, buried a Palestinian-owned water well in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, with dirt and rocks to prevent the owner from using it to irrigate his…

The children of the Jabari family in Jabari neighbourhood of al-Khalil are singing along to a Palestinian children’s television show. It is a sunny Saturday morning but in the small…

It only depends on us that this mother’s cry of pain does not drown in the silence.19th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team “My paralyzed daughter was…

Israeli forces shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian boy with live fire, Saturday, during a protest in the village of Kafr Qaddoum in the northern occupied West Bank district of…

Israeli war jets fired, on Saturday at dawn, several missiles into different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, causing excessive damage to homes and structures, while one Palestinian was injured.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night Friday, the village of ‘Anin, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashed with local youths, and fired gas bombs at a…

Several Israeli soldiers broke into the home of Moammar ‘Ayyad, in Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and attacked his family with rifles and batons, while…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening members of the Es’eeda Palestinian family, in Wad al-Jouz, in occupied East Jerusalem, fractured the arm of one woman, shot a girl with a…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, three Palestinians, and kidnapped one of the wounded, at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Many Palestinians have…

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on Friday, according to an Israeli army spokesperson.The spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency that the…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 12th, to the 18th, 2015. Israeli attacks targeting…

Palestinian detainee Mohammad Allan suspended his hunger strike, Friday morning, the head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) told Ma’an.Jawad Boulos visited Allan in the Ramla…

Tonight, in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces arrested a 10-year old Palestinian boy twice. Both times he was taken to the military base.18th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement |…

Israeli forces, on Friday, opened fire at Palestinians near the border north of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an News Agency.Witnesses said forces opened fire at…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reported that Israeli soldiers used excessive force against Palestinian, Israeli…

Several Palestinians have been injured, Friday, after Israeli soldiers attacked a nonviolent protest, in the southern area of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The protesters…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, has reported that Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly…

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied East Jerusalem, has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Sur Baher village, south of Jerusalem, and kidnapped two children. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, a Palestinian teenager, the son of the Manuscripts Department head in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. His abduction comes just 24 hours…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Friday, the Rashayda village, east of the West bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian.Head of the Rashayda Village Council, Fawwaz Rashayda, said the…

Clashes resumed, on Thursday evening, in various villages and towns, and in a number of neighborhoods, in occupied Jerusalem, as part of the ongoing protests to the escalating Israeli attacks…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday at dawn, that a young man was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire, near the Beit Forik Israeli military roadblock, east…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 10 – 16 Sep. 2015.Israeli attacks…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 17th, 2015. Clashes continue in Jerusalem as the Israeli…

Clashes broke out in the neighborhoods of occupied East Jerusalem for the third consecutive day, on Thursday, as tensions continue to run high following increased violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque…

About 600 thousand settlers live in the West Bank and half of them are in Jerusalem district, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in a Thursday press release.WAFA…

Life is becoming untenable for Palestinians in Jerusalem.The strategy of Teddy Kollek, the infamous mayor of Jerusalem following Israel’s 1967 occupation and subsequent annexation of Jerusalem, was grounded on three…

Hundreds of Palestinians in pre-1948 occupied territories participated on their motorcycles, Wednesday, in a mass demonstration launched from Al-Ajami garden, and roamed a number of streets in the city.According to…

Israel has approved the use of sniper rifles against stone throwers in Jerusalem, Channel 10 reports on Thursday morning. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Attorney General to authorize…

Iceland’s capital Reykjavik has passed a resolution that banns all Israeli-made products. The resolution was adopted over Israel’s protracted and illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.Reykjavik’s ban comes as the international…

Media sources have reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped six Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.The sources said the army invaded…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, eight Palestinian children after storming their homes in different parts of the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and several surrounding communities. Sixty…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of residents, wounding a young man with a live round in the…

Audio Iink After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 16th, 2015. Israel rearrests a long-time hunger striking political…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, the al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital, in the at-Tour village in occupied East Jerusalem, and searched several sections.Hospital administration said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli police, on Wednesday, assaulted two Islamic Waqf guards and a number of women, with their clubs, at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, according to local sources.Omar Keswani, director of…

Israeli authorities, on Wednesday afternoon, ordered two Palestinians to leave their land within 48 hours, near the Salfit district of the occupied West Bank.The 26 dunams of land — about…

Israeli forces, on Wednesday, served notices for the demolition of three houses and a residential tent belonging to Palestinian locals in the Hebron’s locality of Massafer Yatta, in the southern…

One of Israel’s most infamous crimes occurred 33 years ago this week. In September 1982, the Israeli army surrounded the Sabra neighborhood and adjacent Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.Israel…

The Security Council of the United Nations have discussed an Arab draft statement on the recent developments at Al Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings, at a time when the European…

According to Israeli media reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, at the start of an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials held earlier today, a toughening of the…

Palestinian detainee Mohammad Allan restarted a hunger strike, Wednesday, after Israel arrested him and reinstated his internment without trial, his lawyer said, with a previous such protest having lasted two…

The Israeli Authorities kidnapped longtime hunger striking detainee, Mohammad ‘Allan, directly after he was discharged from the Barzilai Israeli Medical Center, in Asqalan.General Director of the Detainees Committee of the…

At least five Palestinians have been kidnapped, earlier Wednesday, after Israeli soldiers invaded various villages and towns in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Media sources in Hebron, in the…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several rounds of live ammunition on a number of homes in the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Media…

Medical sources have reported, on Tuesday at night, that a Palestinian teen was shot and injured by live Israeli army fire in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, before the…

Medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported, on Tuesday at night, that a child was shot with an Israeli army rubber-coated steel bullet in her neck while walking with her…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian child in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and invaded various Palestinian communities in the city.The child, identified as Moath…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was shot in the head, and eight others suffered mild-to-moderate wounds, during Tuesday evening clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Qalandia…