Army Abducts Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and at dawn Sunday, at least eight Palestinians, including former political prisoners, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has…
As firefighters try to control wildfires, Israeli troops abduct 23 Palestinians for ‘arson’
Despite a total lack of evidence of any human cause of the wildfires that have burned in Israel for nearly a week, Israeli troops have detained 23 Palestinians. This follows…
Israeli Army Abducts Five Palestinians Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, five Palestinians, including a child, from Barta’a town, isolated behind the Annexation Wall, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West…
Hunger Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe’ stated, on Friday at night, that the Israeli prison authority has moved hunger striking detainee Anas Shadeed to an intensive care…
Army Attacks The Weekly Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that several Palestinians and international activists suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Ni’lin
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah in the west Bank, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The weekly…
Israel Condemns French Decision to Label Settlement Products
The Israeli government has condemned France’s decision to label settlement products, according to Israeli public radio. The Foreign Ministry said that, with this decision, France may strengthen measures which could be interpreted…
Bil’in Holds The Weekly Protest
Many Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched Friday against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Israeli Soldiers Delay An Ambulance Rushing To Rescue A Wounded Palestinian
Israeli soldiers stopped, on Friday, a Palestinian ambulance while rushing to provide a wounded young man with the urgently needed medical treatment, and delayed it for 10 minutes while photographing…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian Child Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday evening, a Palestinian child at a military roadblock near Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied East Jerusalem, after the army alleged he attempted…
This Week in Palestine Week 47 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 19, to the 25, 2016. This week a…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Ramallah And Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Thursday evening, two Palestinian men from the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah; one of them is the father of a Palestinian who was…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinian civilians killed, 3 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17 – 24 November 2016, Israeli forces continued their systematic crimes in…
Fire Breaks Out across Israel and West Bank
Fires have broken out all over Israel and the occupied West Bank, starting Tuesday and continuing until Thursday evening, due to “dry winds.” However, PNN reports that, according to the Israeli minister…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and on Thursday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and summoned several Palestinians for interrogation. In Jenin, in…
Norwegian City Boycotts Israeli Settlements
A banner reads “Recognize Palestine, Boycott Israel” during a May Day parade in Oslo this year.(Ryan Rodrick BeilerActiveStills) Elected representatives in Trondheim, Norway’s third-largest city, have voted to boycott goods…
Militarized BDS Backlash Targets College Campuses
Reservists on Duty and the Lone Soldier Center recruit recently released American Israeli soldiers to attack the BDS movement on college campuses. Israeli anti-BDS organization Reservists on Duty (RoD) is…
Palestine Today 11 23 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November, 23, 2016. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities, attack…
Israeli Army Injures Several Palestinians Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the area surrounding the Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with many Palestinians, causing several residents to…
After Convicting Her Of Attempted Stabbing, Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Teen To 13 Years
An Israeli court sentenced, Wednesday, a wounded Palestinian teenage girl to 13.5 years in prison, after convicting her of an attempted stabbing attack in Jerusalem, along with her cousin Hadeel,…
Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…
World Bank: Water Situation in Gaza “Alarming”
GAZA, November 23, 2016 (WAFA) – People will need water, already scarce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), even more desperately if temperatures rise because of climate change, said…
West Bank Printing Shops Ransacked by Israeli Forces, Computers Seized
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, ransacked two printing shops and seized computers during raids into the northern occupied West Bank districts of Salfit and Qalqilia, said municipal and security sources. Israeli…
3 Homes Demolished in Lod’s Al Tuffah Neighborhood
Israeli bulldozers demolished, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinian buildings in the Karam Al-Tuffah neighborhood, in the city of Lod, under the pretext of building without permit. The bulldozers, guarded…
Health of Hunger Strikers Deteriorating
Two Palestinian detainees, Anas Shadid and Ahmad Abu Fara, are reportedly facing a sharp health deterioration due to their hunger strike, which has now entered its third month, in protest…
Palestinian Girl Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison
An Israeli magistrate court in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, sentenced a teenaged Palestinian girl to 13-and-a-half years in prison, for a stabbing attack carried out exactly one year ago in Jerusalem.…
Palestine Today 11 22 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November, 22, 2016. A Palestinian killed by Israeli gunfire at…
UN’s “Third Committee” Votes in Favor of Palestinian Right to Self-determination
The Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee) of the United Nations, on Monday, voted overwhelmingly in favor of the right of Palestinian self-determination. According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Interrogation Extended for Activist Salah Khawaja
Palestinian grassroots activist Salah Khawaja, the Secretary of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) in Palestine, once again was ordered to eight days interrogation on Wednesday, 16 November.…
Settlers Pelt Hebron Area Home with Molotov Cocktails
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, set fire to a Palestinian-owned home in Masafer Yatta, to the south of Hebron, according to a local activist. Rateb al-Jabour, coordinator of the popular committee…
Historic Names of Palestinian Landmarks in Jerusalem to be Changed by Israeli Authorities
The Israeli government reportedly intends to change the historic names of Jerusalem landmarks into Israeli ones, Hebrew channel 7 reported. According to the site, the government will change the name…
265 Palestinians Slain since October 2015
A statistic prepared by the Jerusalem Institute for Israeli and Palestinian affairs has shown that the number of Palestinians who have been killed, since the start of the Al-Quds Intifada (Jerusalem…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians from their homes, in Nablus, Jerusalem and Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the soldiers…
Army Kills A Palestinian Man Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian man at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the slain Palestinian man has…
Palestine Today 11 21 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November, 21, 2016. One worker injured, at least ten other…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and earlier Monday, ten Palestinians in Jerusalem, Tulkarem, Ramallah, Nablus, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. The…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Tulkarem, One In Ramallah
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and one near Ramallah, in…
Army Injures A Palestinian Worker Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot, on Monday, a Palestinian day laborer in Wadi al-Hummus area, near the al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he was…
Israeli Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of al-Yamoun, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, abducted a young Palestinian man, and invaded a car wash…
Palestinian Statistics Bureau: Approximately 1/2 the Population Comprised of Children
The estimated number of children less than 18 years old mid 2016 is about 2,207,535 children in Palestine, representing about 45.8% of the population, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics…
With Trump in Power, Israel to Resume Construction of Thousands of “Frozen” Settlement Units
The Israeli Planning and Construction Committee, on Sunday, announced that Israel intends to build thousands of new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, now that Donald Trump has been elected…
BDS Movement Announces Global Week of Action Against Hewlitt-Packard (VIDEO)
The International Boycott HP Network and the Palestinian BDS National Committee are calling for an international week of action against Hewlett-Packard, over its role in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.…
Al-Quds University Campus Sabotaged by Israeli Forces
An Israeli military force stormed, in a predawn raid, Al-Quds University campus, in the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, sabotaging and seizing exhibits, the Palestinian Ministry of Education…
Extremist Settlers Raid Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli colonial settlers stormed, on Sunday morning, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi Gate, under protection of Israeli occupation police. Local sources said that the settlers carried out provocative…
Lebanon Begins Construction of Wall around its Largest Palestinian Refugee Camp
Lebanese authorities have installed the first blocks of a wall which will isolate the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, called Ein Al-Hilweh. The camp, which is located southeast of Sidon…
Israeli Army Abducts Ten Palestinians, Including Children, In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped overnight and at dawn Sunday, at least ten Palestinians, including children in different parts of the occupied West…
Army Confiscates A Tractor Near Tubas
Dozens of soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the ar-Ras al-Ahmar area, southeast of Tubas in the West Bank, and confiscated an agricultural tractor belonging to a local farmer. ‘Aref Daraghma,…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including a 15-year-old child, in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to a detention facility. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and Husan village, west of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted two Palestinians,…
Turkey Seeks Stronger Ties With Israel
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, stated that his country is seeking stronger tries with Israel in order to boost and strengthen the Turkish-Israeli cooperation and coordination in various fields. The…
Israel Consolidates Grip on Golan Under Cover of Syria’s Chaos
Israeli landmines in the occupied Golan Heights pose a lethal risk to farmers. ~Matt Broomfield, Electronic Intifada “Listen,” Salman Fakherldeen said. “Do you hear?” Below the drone of a farmer’s…
20-year-old Palestinian-Australian Footballer, Nadeem Farhoud, on the Formation of Aida United FC
Nadeem Farhoud, a young man of Palestinian origins, born in Australia: a Palestinian at heart, a soccer player, college student, and an activist who created a fundraising campaign for Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, leading to clashes between the army and dozens of local youngsters.…
This Week in Palestine Week 46 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 12, to the 18, 2016. This week Palestinians…
Army Injures A Palestinian In The Face In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, a young Palestinian man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the face, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, causing a moderate wound. The…
Palestinians, Israeli And International Activists Hold The Weekly Protest In Bil’in
Many Palestinian, Israeli, and international peace activists held, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city…
Israeli Army Kills One Palestinian, Injures Three Others, In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed, on Friday evening, and three others were injured, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on Palestinian…
Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Nablus, Summon Two From Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man, after stopping him at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The…
Adalah Represents Four Women Detained In Gaza Boat Raid, Slated For Deportation From Israel
Adalah – The Legal Center for Minority Rights in Israel provided legal representation for four of the 13 women detained by the Israeli military when it commandeered their Gaza-bound boat,…
Israeli Soldiers Invaded Several Palestinian Communities In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, many Palestinian villages, and towns, in addition to agricultural lands, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The soldiers…
Nothing is Simple in Palestine
11/17/16 | International Solidarity Movement (ISM) | al-Khalil Team Almost nothing in Palestine is what you expect, for the most part. And, this is so true of the negative things you…
Knesset Advances Bill to Legalize Vigilante Confiscation of Palestinian Land
A bill to retroactively legalize Israeli settlements advances in the Knesset. Israeli defense minister begs: wait for Donald Trump presidency. The so-called formalization bill, which would retroactively legalize illegal settlements…
Palestine Campaigners Join Anti-Trump Protest in Dublin
Activists from the The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) participated in a protest opposing US President Trump’s election which took place outside the US Embassy at 6pm, asserting the need to build effective…
Qatar University: Student Council Votes for Boycott of Israel
The representative council of Qatar University students voted for the provincial movement and the refusal of normalization with the Israeli occupation, in a new victory of the movement for boycott, divestment…
Jerusalem’s African Community Center Hosts “George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine” Exhibition
(PNN) The African Community Center, in the Old City of Jerusalem, last week, hosted the exhibition, “George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine”, which portrays the life and struggle of…
DCIP Calls on EU to Hold Israel Accountable
Khaled Quzmar, DCIP general director, addresses the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Palestine in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo: European Parliament News screen capture) Ramallah, November 17, 2016—Defense for Children International…
Barkat Threatens Destruction Of Hundreds Of Palestinian Homes If Illegal Outpost Is Removed
Israeli mayor of occupied Jerusalem Nir Barkat, threatened to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in the city, should Israel implement a high court ruling regarding the removal of Amona colonialist…
Palestine Today 11 17 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November, 17, 2016. Israeli troops searches homes and kidnap civilians…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 civilians wounded, including 2 children, by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 10 – 16 November 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Israeli Army Abducts Two Palestinians Near Gaza
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, two Palestinians, after they reportedly crossed the border fence, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while also ‘carrying two grenades” and moved…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 19 Palestinians In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, overnight and earlier Thursday, at least nineteen Palestinians, including two young men, and children, in different parts of…
Army Abducts Five Children And A Young Man, In Jerusalem, Three From Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, six Palestinians, including five children, from the al-‘Isawiyya town, and Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to interrogation centers. The…
Army Abducts One Palestinian In Tulkarem
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Tulkarem refugee camp, and searched many…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Young Woman, Two Men, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian woman, and two men, during military invasions into homes, in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.…
Video: “Israeli Colonists Cause Damage To The Church of Holy Sepulcher, Attempt To Occupy It”
Many extremist illegal Israeli colonists, living in an outpost above the Church of Holy Sepulcher, in occupied Jerusalem, attacked the church property, causing damage, and attempted to occupy a room…
Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Ramallah
Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, on Wednesday evening, into the West Bank city of Ramallah, kidnapped a young Palestinian man, and took him to an unknown destination. Eyewitnesses said the undercover…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Office Of Legislator Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi
As part of massive Wednesday dawn invasions and breaking into homes, media centers and buildings, Israeli soldiers also invaded the office of Palestinian Legislator and the head of the Palestinian…
Palestine Today 11 16 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November, 16, 2016. A Palestinian woman dies in armed clashes,…
Woman Killed and 5 Security Officers Wounded in Armed Clashes in Nablus
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with concern the security chaos in Nablus, the latest of which were the clashes between Palestinian security services and a number…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In The West Bank”
Updated: Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight until early morning hours Wednesday, nine Palestinians, including a twelve-year-old child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Updated – 11:44 AM: The soldiers invaded…
Israeli Army Invades Jenin, Abducts One Palestinian Near Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and the al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas, in…
Army Invades A Health And Media Center In Ramallah, Injures Three Palestinians
Dozens of soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after detonating many doors and walls, violently…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Tuesday at night, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped two Palestinians and confiscated surveillance tapes and equipment.…
Trump’s Win Has Emboldened Racists in Israeli Government
Senior Israeli government officials see Trump’s victory as a free rein to finally bury the two-state solution. They should think seriously, however, about what could come next. By Dr. Saeb…
Erekat on Independence Day: The International Community Has Failed to Correct Injustice
(PNN archive image) On Tuesday, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, said that the international community has failed in its responsibility for correcting the historical and…
UNRWA Headquarters on Strike in West Bank and Gaza
The employees at all United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) headquarters, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, launched a strike…
Israeli Security Company’s Stock Soars after Trump Election
Magal Security Systems built the walls around Gaza and the West Bank. Now, its sights are set on the U.S.-Mexico border. ~ Alternative Information Center (AIC) Bloomberg reports that, since…
Israeli Forces Demolish Community Center and Home in Yatta
Israeli occupation bulldozers, on Tuesday morning, demolished a community center and a home, in the Umm Al-Kheir community of Yatta town, southern Hebron Hills. Director of the center, engineer Aziz Al-Hathaleen…
Army Invades Silwan, Al-‘Isawiyya And Hizma, In Jerusalem, Kidnaps One Palestinian
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and kidnapped a young Palestinian man. The army also invaded…
Israeli Navy Abducts Two Fishermen In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday evening, Palestinian fishing boats near the shore in the Sudaniyya Sea, in Gaza, and abducted two fishers. The WAFA Palestinian News agency has reported…
Palestine Today 11 15 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November, 15, 2016. The Israeli army demolish Palestinian homes in…
The Palestine Housing Cooperative Union Calls for Considering the Right of Housing in Palestine as a Basic Human and Civil Right
The Palestine Housing Cooperatives Union (PHCU) held the annual meeting of its General Assembly and commemorated the twelfth anniversary of the passing away of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Fishing Boats In Gaza
Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier Tuesday, targeting a number of Palestinian fishing boats, close to the shore in Gaza Sea, and chased several boats back to the shore. The…
Video: Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Store, Stable And A Room In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday at dawn, a store in Jabal al-Mokabber, a stable for horses and a hot house, in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight until dawn hours, the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, and Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched many homes and abducted three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.…
Palestine Today 11 14 2016
Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November, 14, 2016. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities injuring…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Children, A Young Man, In Jerusalem
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem, searched a few homes before abducting two children, and a young man. The soldiers…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, overnight and earlier Monday, at least ten Palestinians, including a child, in different parts of the occupied West…
Clashes In Nablus After Israeli Soldiers Invaded Dorms For Female Students
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that clashes took place between dozens of soldiers and local youths, after the army invaded…
Army Abducts A Child Near Bethlehem
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, a Palestinian child in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and summoned two Palestinians…