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The Palestinian Authority filed a report on settler violence with the International Criminal Court on Monday, following an arson attack in the West Bank last week that killed an 18-month-old…

Israeli authorities, Tuesday, knocked down three Palestinian-owned homes in Dahmash, an unrecognized Palestinian village located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, according to media sources.The demolished structures belong to the…

The Director of Tel Hashomer Hospital, where the family of toddler Ali Dawabsha receives treatment, on Monday, said the family needs one year in ICU after the elapse of the…

Two Palestinians detained in an Israeli jail have been on hunger strike for almost eight days, in protest of administrative detention and medical negligence, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday morning Palestinian agricultural lands, northeast of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and opened fire at…

Israeli soldiers invaded Khashm ad-Daraj Bedouin community, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished a residential shed, and a barn. Soldiers also…

At around 11:00 PM on the night of August 1st, a fire began in souk of Hebron’s Old City. 3rd August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Khalil Team The…

It is illuminating to contrast Israel’s belated solidarity with Pollard to its determined hostility to Mordechai Vanunu.No more confusing mind games are played by sovereign states than in the context…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday morning, dozens of Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, including two children. At least two were injured,…

Israeli settlers, Monday evening, have torched tens of olive trees located on private Palestinian land in ‘Azzoun town, to the east of Qalqilia, northern West Bank.Security sources said that civil…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians.Several Israeli…

Unknown attackers reportedly threw a firebomb at a moving car in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Monday evening, injuring two.According to Israeli media, via Ma’an, the attackers…

As Israeli investigators released their findings that a right-wing Jewish terrorist network is gaining power throughout Israel and illegal West Bank settlements, they detained Meir Ettinger, the grandson of the…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, August 3rd, 2015. Israeli soldiers injure a Palestinian youth and…

On Monday at midday, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Za’atara checkpoint in the northern West Bank shot and wounded a Palestinian youth.The teen, who has not yet been identified, was…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped two Palestinian teenagers. One Palestinian injured near Nablus.Mohammad Awad, coordinator of…

A Palestinian man, Emad Abu Sharekh, was seriously injured when he was brutally attacked on Sunday by three Israelis while returning from Fajr prayers at al-Kabeer Mosque, in Lod City.Abu…

Under the patronage of PA president Mahmoud Abbas, the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) has launched its fourth international conference for the Palestinian youth in the diaspora, as part…

Palestinian security sources from Hebron’s Old City, today, said that Israeli soldiers have brutally attacked a Palestinian youth and, then, forced him to drink gasoline.Sources said, according to the PNN,…

Residents of the Palestinian village of Douma in the occupied West Bank are forming voluntary groups to guard against attacks by Israeli settlers, days after a deadly arson attack left…

Palestinian Health Minister Jawad Awwad said that the wounded father, mother and brother of the 18-month old baby who was burned to death Thursday are still facing life-threatening injuries from…

A Palestinian bus, filled with residents from Hebron, was attacked, Sunday, by Jewish extremists living in illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, leading to six injuries. The Palestinians were…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening and Sunday, ten Palestinians in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, including five who were about to leave the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while many Palestinians have…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Saturday evening, that several residents received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs at homes in Beit…

Several family members have been mildly wounded, after being attacked in their own home, when a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the Um Rokba area in the al-Khader town,…

In statement sent to press, U.S. Consul General Donald Blome in Jerusalem, condemned the attack by Israeli settlers targeting a home in Douma village in northern West Bank. Right-wing Jewish…

A group of activists from the Combatants for Peace Movement visited the village of Douma near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and paid Condolences for the child family…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday evening Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, clashed with dozens of Palestinian youths, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades on them, and nearby…

Minister of Justice Counsel Saleem Saqa, Saturday, announced the results of al-Khaldi’s postmortem report, affirming that he was shot from behind.The autopsy indicated that the bullet penetrated through al-Khaldi’s body…

Israeli settlers, Saturday morning, attempted an attack on Palestinian farmers in village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, a local official said.Dozens of settlers from the…

On Tuesday, July 28, at 2:40 pm, the Israeli army arrived to the village of Azzun, located in the district of Qalqilya, to block 3 of the 4 existing entrance…

Israeli naval boats, Saturday, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishing boats off the shore of the northern and central Gaza Strip, reported witnesses.Israeli naval boats opened machine gunfire on fishing…

Israeli forces shot and injured at least eight Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes near al-Jalazun refugee camp that broke out on Saturday, following the funeral of 17-year-old Laith…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed six Palestinians in the occupied territories, and kidnapped 316, while Israeli fanatics have killed…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Kafr Malek village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, stormed and searched several homes, and clashed with dozens of local…

A number of extremist Israeli settlers, living in illegal colonies built on Palestinian lands, attacked on Saturday morning Palestinian farmers in their lands, in Qasra village, south of the northern…

Several Israeli navy ships opened fire, Saturday, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, near the Sudaniyya and al-Wista shores of the besieged coastal region. Soldiers…

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement, Friday, strongly denouncing the murder of a Palestinian baby, who was killed after Israeli extremists firebombed his home as he and…

Medical sources have reported that a Palestinian teen died on Friday at night of serious wounds he suffered, during evening hours, in clashes between local youths and Israeli soldiers close…

Israel Legalizes Torture against Palestinian Prisoners; On Thursday, 30 July 2015, the Israeli Knesset passed in the second and third readings an amendment to the so-called ‘Law to Prevent Harm…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 15- 29 July 2015.Israeli attacks in…

Minister of Justice Counsel Saleem Saqa Friday announced the results of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh’s postmortem report, which confirmed that the toddler was alive when burnt to death.In a press statement,…

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and injured another on Friday after opening fire at them near Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, sources told Ma’an News Agency.Medical sources told Ma’an that…

Several persons have been injured, Friday, after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah.The protesters, accompanied by Israeli…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing scores of injuries.The Popular…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 25th, to the 31st, 2015. A child and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the West Bank districts of Jericho and Ramallah, searched homes and kidnapped two Palestinians. Soldiers also invaded a town near Qalqilia, while a man was injured…

UN envoy to the “Middle East Peace Process” Nicholai Mladinov denounced the latest Israeli crime against a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank, leaving an18-month old infant dead, and…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at night, a Palestinian from the northern West Bank district of Jenin, after stopping him on a roadblock near the central West Bank city of…

The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement condemning the criminal Israeli attack against a Palestinian home, near the northern West Bank district of Nablus, leading to the…

Right-wing Israeli terrorists near Nablus firebombed a Palestinian home on Thursday night, starting a fire which destroyed the house and burned a baby to death, as well as severely burning…

Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) participated in a congressional briefing in Washington on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to investigate and hold Israeli forces accountable for using American-supplied weapons in…

The Palestinian Authority, on Thursday, announced that a long awaited reshuffle of the Palestinian cabinet had been agreed upon, Palestinian officials told Ma’an News Agency.Hussein al-Araj, formerly the Deputy Minister…

On Wednesday afternoon, clashes erupted between Israeli forces and young Palestinians who entered the demolition site in the Beit El settlement, as it is originally private Palestinian property taken over…

The United States Department of State as well as the Egyptian Foreign Ministry condemned Thursday the Israeli government’s approval of plans to construct 300 housing units in the illegal settlement…

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Israel’s decision for the construction of more illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank obstructs efforts for peace in the region.“Settlements are…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval of 300 units in the illegal settlement of Beit El and plans to construct…

An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police…

Donald Blome, the new American Consul General to Jerusalem, meet on Thursday the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in Ramallah. During the meeting, President Abbas and Mr.…

Dr. Hanna Ashrawi, head of the culture affairs unit at the PLO, condemned the recent Israeli parliament – keenest law that allows Israeli troops to force feed Palestinian political detainees…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, July 30th, 2015. Israel’s new law sparks wide scale condemnation…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped three young Palestinian men.Eyewitnesses said several military vehicles invaded…

Undercover Israeli forces have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, several Palestinian children, after invading their homes in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also clashed with local youths…

Israeli forces Wednesday handed Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, an area to the south of Hebron, notices notifying them of their intentions to demolish two residential tents and ordering them to…

Hamas officials on Wednesday rejected demands by Fateh leadership to hand over rule of the Gaza Strip and called for an ‘uprising’ against Palestinian Authority security forces.Fateh leader Azzam al-Ahmad…

On Wednesday morning, a man’s body was found under the rubble in Gaza, one year after the Israeli assault, during bulldozing works.Locals said that Mo’men Al-Batsh was found one year…

A Palestinian youth was assaulted by an Israeli soldier as he was crossing Jabara police station to cross into Hebron, for simply wishing the soldier a ‘good day’, the Palestinian…

Amnesty International: ‘Strong evidence’ that Israel committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. ‘Nobody can claim that they don’t know what happened on Friday the 1st of August. We…

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday, approved the construction of hundreds of illegal settlement units in Jerusalem and Bet El settlement near Ramallah, in response to the high court’s…

Two-hundred French Jewish immigrants have arrived in Israel, according to a Tuesday statement issued by The Jewish Agency for Israel.The newcomers – half of whom are children – were brought…

Controversial Israeli right-wing rabbi activist Yehuda Glick was escorted, under armed protection, into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Wednesday, as groups of right-wing Israelis entered the area for the third time…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, July 29th, 2015. Israeli soldiers demolish Palestinian owned structures in…

Israeli soldiers invaded the Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a print shop, a carpentry workshop, a wedding hall and a warehouse, all located on an area…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, five Palestinians, including two children in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two children in occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources in Hebron said the…

Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst convicted of spying for Israel, will be released on parole November 21, after serving 30 years in prison, his lawyers said Tuesday.’The decision…

Detainee Udai Steiti, who was hospitalized after starting an open-ended hunger strike to protest his administrative detention, has asked for a wheelchair to access the hospital’s toilet, but his request…

A Palestinian diplomat on Monday announced that a planned visit to Palestine later this month by a delegation from The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) would be postponed.“The ICC has…

Israeli soldiers have reportedly used live ammunition against thousands of Palestinians taking part in the West Bank funeral of a Palestinian teenager, injuring several people.(Press TV/Al Ray) Clashes between the…

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza, today, called for a wide demonstration in the West Bank next Friday (31/ 7/2015), in order to save Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque from…

A number of armed Israeli extremists invaded, on Tuesday evening, Palestinian farmlands in Turmus Ayya town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and burnt piles of wheat…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday July 28th, 2015. Radical Israeli settlers attack civilians in Jerusalem,…

Israeli police officers assaulted and kidnapped, late on Monday at night, a Palestinian child in his home, and while holding him in the police station in the Chain Gate area,…

A number of Israeli extremists attacked, on Tuesday at noon, an elderly Palestinian woman while walking near the Maali Zeiteim illegal colony, in Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood, in Silwan town in…

A number of Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza waters, in the Sudaniyya area, north of Gaza City.Eyewitnesses said…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that Israeli Special Forces attacked, on Tuesday morning, the imprisoned Secretary-General of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmad Sa’adat,…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, six Palestinian children in the al-’Isawiyya town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian in…

A number of Israeli extremists attacked, on Monday at night, a Palestinian bus driver, working for the Egged Bus Company, by spraying his face with pepper spray before beating him…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Tuesday, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished residential rooms, stores and warehouses.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan…

On Monday morning, the Israeli Ministerial Committee drafted an “anti-terrorism” law. According to Israeli Channel 7, the committee is expected to approve the bill, which amends and expands the definition…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday July 27th, 2015. Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian man and…

Right-wing Israelis broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound again on Monday, as the UN expressed concerns over ‘religious provocation’ in and around holy sites in the Old City of occupied…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that undercover soldiers invaded, Monday, several rooms where Palestinian detainees are held in Nafha Israeli detention camp, assaulted dozens of them, and transferred many…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued statement, Monday, strongly condemning the death of a young Palestinian man, who was shot and killed at dawn, by Israeli army fire in the Qalandia…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and wounded several others. Eyewitnesses said the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, Toura town in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinians.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and installed several roadblocks, and kidnapped a child on Sunday evening. Israeli military sources…

The Independent Commission for Human Rights warned, this Saturday, of the aggravated humanitarian situation in Gaza, due to continued electricity outage, calling on defacto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for immediate…

Israeli settlers filled up an ancient agricultural well in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya west of Salfit on Saturday, local farmers told Ma’an News Agency.Witnesses said that the…

Dozens of Jewish Israeli settlers, late Friday, attempted to attack Sheikh of the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron during the night call for prayers, according to an official.Head of Hebron Waqf,…

Israeli forces invaded the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, Sunday afternoon, continuing attacks begun last night against the city’s Palestinian population.Israeli police have blocked off entrances to Issawiya while forces…