Soldiers Conduct Training In Northern Plains
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, Palestinian communities in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and conducted live fire military drills in the meadows and overlooking hills. Head of the…
Over 450 Thousand Worshippers Mark Al-Qadr Night at Al-Aqsa
About 450 thousand Muslim worshippers flocked, Monday, to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem’s Old City to mark Laylat al-Qadr.Laylat Al-Qadr, meaning the Night of Power, takes place toward the…
Journal: When Walking Becomes a Crime
Last night, at around 11:30 PM, we received a call from one of our Palestinian neighbors about an incident that was unfolding outside our window.A group of five Israeli soldiers…
VIDEO: Racist March in Jerusalem
Lehava is a racist Israeli group that objects to all relationships between Jews and Arabs. Most of the group’s activists are minors.On Thursdays Lehava activists roam the streets of West…
Jews Protest Israeli Policy in Washington
Members of Jewish Voice for Peace and Code Pink, Monday, organized a sit-in in Washington, to protest Israeli policy against Palestinians and its aggression against Gaza.The members of the two…
Civil Administration Cover Up on Settlement Allocation
Israel’s Civil Administration secretly allocated land for 800 housing units in an illegal settlement south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, a rights group said Tuesday.Despite orders by Israeli…
Palestine Today 07 14 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, July 14th, 2015. Israeli soldiers attack farmers and fishermen in…
Army Attacks Fishers, Villagers And Homes In Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday morning, several fishing boats in Palestinian waters near Gaza city, while Israeli soldiers opened fire on farmlands and homes, in central Gaza.The navy fired…
Palestine Today 07 13 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, July 13th, 2015. Israeli troops opened gunfire at Gaza Farmers…
Israel to EU: Only Non-Political Talks with Palestinians
Haaretz newspaper, on Monday, said that Israel finally responded to the European Union’s urge to revive the negotiations, by saying that there will not be any political talks with Palestinians.…
Erekat Steps Up as New PLO Secretary-General
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat took office as secretary-general of the PLO on Monday, prompting speculation he is being lined up to succeed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president.Erekat, who has…
Committee Approves ‘Jewish State’ Bill
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has passed a controversial “Jewish State’ bill that defines the country as Jewish national homeland, Israeli media reported Sunday.According to Al Ray, Likud Party deputy…
Israeli Authorities to Build over Historic Muslim Cemetery
Q-Press media center for Jerusalem and al-Aqsa affairs today said that the planning and construction committee in occupied Jerusalem, last week, has approved the construction of a huge project on…
Khader Adnan Rearrested and Released Again
Israeli authorities have released Khader Adnan for the second time in two days after midnight, Monday, after briefly rearresting the veteran Palestinian hunger striker in East Jerusalem, just a day…
Christian Affairs Committee Denounces Resumption Of Wall Construction In Cremisan Monastery
The Presidential Committee for Christian Affairs, in Palestine, issued a statement condemning the Israeli High Court decision granting a green light for starting the construction of the Annexation wall in…
The Practicalities Of The Palestinian Right Of Return
BADIL, the NGO that protects and promotes the rights of Palestinian refugees, recently released a new video as a follow-up to an earlier video entitled Practicalities of Return. Their latest…
Hunger Striking Detainee Faces Constant Violations
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Monday, that administrative detainee Odai Steity, 24 years of age, is ongoing with his strike for the 26th consecutive day, and is facing…
Fifteen Detainees Receive Administrative Detention Orders
Israeli military courts renewed, Monday, Administrative Detention orders, without charges, against 15 Palestinian political prisoners for periods varying between 3 and 6 months.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that…
Detained Lawyer Shireen al-‘IsawiFaced Harsh Conditions In Solitary
Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that detained lawyer, Shireen al-‘Isawifaced very difficult conditions in solitary confinement for more than two months. Al-Khatib managed to visit…
Army kidnaps Six Palestinians In Hebron, One In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Bethlehem and the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians in Hebron, and one…
Soldiers Open Fire On Palestinian Farmers East Of Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers opened fire, earlier on Monday morning, on a number of Palestinian farmers, working in their lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip;…
Knesset Postpones Vote on Execution of Palestinian Prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sunday, gave instructions to his ministers to vote against the bill which allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, saying that he opposed it. The order came…
Soldiers Raid Deheishe Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers raided Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem, early Monday, and threatened locals, witnesses said.Soldiers raided the house of former prisoner Faris Hasanat and notified him that his brother, Karim…
Gaza Man Burns Himself to Death
A Palestinian man aged 33 years was announced dead, Sunday, after he allegedly burned himself.Local sources said that he carried out the act in the center of Gaza city. The…
Palestinian Sentenced to 25 Years for Car Attack
A Palestinian who injured four Israeli border policewomen and a civilian when he drove his car into them was sentenced Sunday to 25 years in prison, the Israeli justice ministry…
Israel “Offers” Susiya Residents To Relocate
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the village of Susiya, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and “offered” the villages to leave their village and lands, and…
Israeli Extremists Burn Dozens Of Olive Trees In Bethlehem
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, Sunday, dozens of olive trees belonging to a Palestinian from Nahhalin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Eyewitnesses said the extremists…
Israel arrests 3 Jewish Extremists on Suspicion of Burning the Church of Loaves and Fishes
The Israeli secret service (Shin Bet) reported Sunday that they had arrested three men for questioning for the burning of the Chruch of the Loaves and Fishes, where Christians believe…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Sunday, that two Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. The sources said Nafeth Dameery,…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians In Hebron, Two In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Sunday, four Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two others near the northern West Bank district of Nablus.Local sources in Hebron…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Gaza Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near the Gaza shore, forcing them back to land.Eyewitnesses said the navy fired rounds of…
Khader Adnan Released
Israeli released, on Sunday at dawn, long time hunger striker, Palestinian Administrative Detainee Khader Adnan, and handed him to the Palestinian Military District Coordination office, before he was moved to…
Israeli Knesset brings back bill to forcibly transfer Palestinian Bedouins
The Israeli Knesset (Parliament) announced that on Sunday July 12th, they will bring back a bill to forcibly remove 40,000 Palestinian Bedouins from their homes in the Negev desert in…
Army Kidnaps A Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday before noon, a Palestinian child in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as he was standing in front of his…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday morning, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed roadblocks at its northern entrances, in addition to the main entrance of…
Army Closes Huwwara Roadblock Until Further Notice
Citing what the army called “security considerations,” Israeli soldiers closed, on Saturday morning, the Huwwara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, until further notice.Palestinian security sources…
Israeli Extremists Uproot 80 Olive Trees In Salfit
A group of colonialist Israeli settlers, driving a number of bulldozers, invaded earlier Saturday Palestinian orchards belonging to residents of Deir Estia village, northwest of the central West Bank district…
Dr.Rami Mokdad, Head of the Oncology Department, Shifa Hospital in Gaza
No private hospital in Gaza treats cancer, only the public ones, and that the treatment is free of charge. “At Shifa Oncology Department we treat everyday 150 patients, and we…
Palestinian Found Hanged near Gaza-Israeli Border
The body of an unidentified hanged man was found Friday morning, close to the checkpoint Nahal Oz, on the border between Israel and Gaza. The body has been moved to…
Hamas: No Talks on Exchange Deal
A Hamas leader said Friday that talks will only take place with Israel regarding an exchange deal after Israel releases Palestinians who have been rearrested, despite being released in past…
This Week in Palestine Week 28 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 4th, to the 10th, 2015. Israeli attacks this…
Injuries Reported As Soldiers Attack Nabi Saleh Protest
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements,…
Child Injured In Kufur Qaddoum, Many Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
One child was injured by live Israeli army fire, Friday, while scores of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers attacked the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum…
Many Injured As Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
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 dozens to suffer the…
Israel Officially Signs Order Barring “Palestine 1948” TV
Israeli Police spokeswomen Luba Samri said, Thursday, that Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has signed an official order shutting down the “Palestine 1948 TV,” and barring all of its…
Palestine Today 07 09 2015
Audio Link after text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, July 9th, 2015. Israeli troops to evict Palestinian village and…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (02- 08 July 2015)
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 02- 08 July 2015.Israeli attacks in…
PalFest: Ireland and Palestine Bond through Art
Marking the first anniversary of the 50-day devastating Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, hundreds of international and Palestinian activists organized a four-day long arts festival to demonstrate firm solidarity…
Israel to Destroy Homes of 40 Bedouin Families
Israeli administration has delivered notices for the demolition of dozens of makeshift Bedouin homes of Abu Nawar village, east of Jerusalem.Accordig to the PNN, the notices of demolition delivered by…
Hamas Announces Development of New Missiles
Hamas’ military wing announced, on Wednesday night, that it developed two new homemade rockets, and gave them names of slain leaders.In a rally held in the central square of the…
Palestinian Facing 18 Months over Facebook ‘Incitement’
An Israeli court in Jerusalem, Thursday, sentenced a Palestinian man to 18 months in prison over allegedly using the social media website Facebook as a mode of ‘incitement.’Misbah Sbeih Abu…
Hunger Striking Detainee Moved To Eshil Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that the Israeli Prison Authority in the Negev Detention camp, has moved a hunger striking detainee from solitary in the Detention Camp,…
Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, one Palestinian in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, two in Bethlehem, one in Jenin, and one in Jerusalem. Another Palestinian was…
Gaza One Year On: Justice Eludes Palestinian Children
Despite well-documented evidence of war crimes committed by the Israeli military during the assault on Gaza last summer, there has been no justice and accountability for grave violations against Palestinian…
Foreign Ministry Denounces Israel’s Decision to Extend Apartheid Wall into Cremisan Valley
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released on Wednesday, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to build a new section of the Apartheid Wall in the Cremisan valley near…
How Did the War on Gaza Begin?
In the early summer of 2014, all the given indicators were pushing for a new confrontation between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation, notably after the continued Israeli escalations…
Secret Deal to Control Israeli Supreme Court Exposed
A secret deal between the Likud party and Yisrael Beiteinu party, in the Knesset, was exposed today. according to the PNN.The deal, agreed between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
Gaza Rally: Hamas Marks One Year Since 2014 War
Hamas’ armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, held a rally in Gaza City, late Wednesday, to mark the anniversary of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.According to AFP, several hundred people…
Palestine Today 07 08 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, July 8th, 2015. Palestinians mark the first year since last…
Palestine Today 07 07 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, July 7th, 2015. Israeli soldiers leave two civilians injured in…
Israel Barred from Viewing Treaty between Vatican and Palestine
Appeals submitted by Israeli officials to view the treaty signed between Palestine and the Vatican have been refused by the Holy See, the representation of the Roman Catholic Church abroad.According…
Ghassan Kanafani’s Ongoing Resistance
Thank to Kanafani the Palestinians started to believe more and more in their struggle. It is therefore easy to understand why the Israeli Mossad killed him: he was not just…
UN: 2014 Israeli Offensive Deadliest since 1967
Israeli 51-day offensive on Gaza last year was the “deadliest” and “most destructive escalation” since 1967, according to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Spokesman for the office…
Knesset Votes to Force Feed Hunger Strikers
Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Those who oppose it have argued that this is meant to silence…
3 Palestinians Assaulted by Settlers in Jerusalem
Extremist Israeli settlers, yesterday, chased down and assaulted 3 Palestinian workers on an-Anbiya Street in Jerusalem.According to WAFA/PNN, witnesses described seeing a group of illegal settlers running after the workers…
Netanyahu Coalition Loses Parliament Vote, First Time Ever
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition lost a parliamentary vote Wednesday for the first time since taking office with a knife-edge majority in May.The vote, on a technical issue…
Hunger Striking Detainee Moved Into Solitary Confinement
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that the Prison Administration of the Negev Israeli Detention Camp, forced a hunger striking detainee into solitary confinement.The PPS said detainee Daoud…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, One In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Wednesday, five Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, handed two others military warrants for interrogation, and also kidnapped one Palestinian in Bethlehem.Several…
Palestinian Kidnapped In Hebron, Two Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and violently assaulted two others, causing various…
Six Fishermen Arrested, And Three Fishing Boat Confiscated
On Tuesday morning, 7 July 2015, Israeli gunboats chased and opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boats. They also arrested 6 fishermen, and confiscated 3 fishing boats.The Palestinian Center for…
Israel Planning To Expand French Hill Colony In Occupied Jerusalem
The Regional Planning and Construction Committee of the Jerusalem City Council approved, Tuesday, a plan to expand the French Hill colony by illegally confiscating large areas of Palestinian lands belonging…
Soldiers Kidnap One Palestinian In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded several homes in Qaa’ al-Hara area in at-Tour…
Palestinian Injured After Attack By Extremists In Jerusalem
A number of Israeli extremists attacked, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two brothers in the al-Misrara Street, in occupied Jerusalem, wounding one of them, before the police…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Monday at night, eight Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah, after storming their homes and searching them.Several army vehicles invaded…
British, Australian activists shut down Israeli weapons factories on anniversary of Gaza invasion
On Monday July 6th, Palestinians and their supporters around the world marked the one year invasion of the Israeli attack on Gaza that ended up lasting fifty one days and…
Palestine Today 07 06 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, July 6th, 2015. Israeli soldiers ransacked homes in the West…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By Police Vehicle In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child, eight years of age, was injured, on Saturday evening, and suffered fractures in her legs, after being struck by an Israeli police…
Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In W. Bank, 2 Near Gaza Border
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including several teenagers in Jerusalem, in massive home invasions; soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians…
Palestinian Prisoners Society: Hebron Detainee in State of Unconsciousness
A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, Yasser Tarwa from Hebron, has been in a state of unconsciousness since he was shot and arrested by Israeli forces on June 21, according…
Settlers Reportedly Fired on Near Qalqilia
The Israeli army received reports, on Sunday, that the car of an Israeli settler was shot at near the illegal settlement of Kedumim, in the West Bank district of Qalqilia,…
Army Closes Al Mughrabi Bridge
Israeli forces closed have the Mughrabi Bridge for hundreds of worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.The army closed the Mughrabi Bridge, Sunday morning, in front of a solemn assembly of hundreds…
Journalists Targeted with Teargas by Israeli Soldiers
Israeli soldiers last Thursday targeted journalists working for Jordan’s Ro’ya TV with teargas while they were covering a peaceful Palestinian demonstration near Jaba, a village north of Jerusalem.According to WAFA…
VIDEO: Land Destruction in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem municipality is exploiting “empty land cultivation orders” in order to take over land belonging to the East Jerusalem village of Issawiya.The ’empty land cultivation orders’, posted over more…
Israeli Search: Policy of Isolating Gaza a Failure
A new fact-finding search has concluded that the attempts to isolate Gaza, over the years, have failed while Gaza continues to occupy an especially central and crucial role, and must…
In June: Israel Detained 150, 60 are Minors
Israeli forces, in June, detained 150 Palestinians, including 60 minors and 19 women, statistics said.According to those statistics, the 60 were minors under the age of 18 and six of…
Administrative Detainees Begin Strike on Israeli Courts and Prisons
401 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are boycotting military courts in protest of the inhumane Israeli policy of administrative detention, which violates international humanitarian law and enables the Israeli government…
Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements
Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is actually being utilized as ‘land reserves or for agriculture,’ according…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem, Invade Ramallah Villages
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, two young Palestinians in Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem, clashed with local youths and kidnapped two teenagers. Soldiers also installed roadblocks near Ramallah,…
One Kidnapped, Many Injured In Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest
One Palestinian was kidnapped, while four were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, and scores suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Nabi…
Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing scores of residents to suffer…
Child Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday, Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, firing dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets;…
This Week in Palestine Week 27 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for June 27th, to the July 3rd, 2015. This week…
VIDEO: One Year Since the Death of Muhammad Abu Khdeir
A year ago, Mohammad left to pray the Dawn Payer…but the settlers’ hands were closer than the Mosque’s steps…the ominous vehicle arrived…kidnapped and burned him…Shu’fat and all of Jerusalem rose…
Settlers Protest Reopening of Palestinian Stores in Hebron
Dozens of settlers, lead by extremist Baroukh Marzel, gathered today near Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque in order to protest against the reopening of Palestinian stores.This protest comes after the decision of…
PA Detains Over 100 Hamas Members in Arrest Campaign
Palestinian Authority security forces detained over 100 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, overnight Thursday, an official from the Hamas movement said, Friday.According to Ma’an News Agency, Senior Hamas official…
10-year-old Girl Assaulted by Israeli Forces at Al-Aqsa
An Israeli special unit police officer was reported to have physically assaulted a young Palestinian girl in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, yesterday.WAFA/PNN said that a 10-year-old Palestinian girl was physically…
Rocket Hits Southern Israel
A rocket landed in the Eshkol region of southern Israel, Friday afternoon, with no injuries or damage reported, the Israeli army said.Rocket sirens sounded across the region at approximately 4:20…
Israeli Soldiers Detain Ramallah Governor
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday afternoon, the Governor of Ramallah al-Biereh, Laila Ghannam, as she was trying to cross the Hizma roadblock, north of occupied Jerusalem, on her way to…
Palestinians Clash With Israeli Soldiers North Of Jerusalem
Following the deadly shooting of a Palestinian teen by Israeli army fire, earlier Friday, dozens of youths clashed with the soldiers near the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied East Jerusalem.The…
Israeli General Kills Palestinian Teen North of Jerusalem
A Palestinian teen was killed, earlier Friday, near the ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem, after an Israeli commander shot him, as he was climbing the Annexation Wall, in an…