Israeli Troops Attack March Commemorating One Year Anniversary of Murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
As hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the Shoafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem Thursday, one year after 16-year old Mohammed Abu Khdeir was brutally tortured and burned alive by a group…
Palestine Today 07 02 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, July 2nd, 2015. At least eight civilians injured during clashes…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (26 June- 01 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 26 June- 01 July 2015.Israeli attacks…
UNRWA to Close Hundreds of Schools
UNRWA might close 700 Palestinian refugee schools due to funding crisis faced by the organisation, a senior official has said.Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Britain Still Arming Israel Despite Targeting of Gazans
The British government has been accused of ignoring evidence that its weaponry may have been used by Israel in its assault on Gaza, last year, after fresh arms deals worth…
Obama Signs Legislation Inhibiting Boycott of Israel
President Obama has signed legislation which would tackle anti-Israel boycotts all over the world and would raise specific US priorities in roughly 150 trade objectives in its negotiations. One of…
Journalists and Activists Attacked during Ramallah Protest
A number of journalists and foreigner activists were wounded by Israeli forces during a protest which closed the entrance of Adam illegal settlement, near Ramallah, Thursday. The protest was meant…
Update: Army Poured Conceret 2 Meters High In Abu Jamal Home
The Israeli army forced, earlier on Wednesday, the family of Odai Abu Jamal, from their home in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied Jerusalem, and poured concrete in the property, completely sealing…
Army Uproots Lands, Issues Demolished Orders Against A Home, Well
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Yatta town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed demolition orders against a home, and a water well. Soldiers…
Two Kidnapped, Many Injured In Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapped two Palestinians, and wounded several others; one of…
Palestine Today 07 01 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, July 1st, 2015. Israeli forces invade parts of Gaza and…
Soldiers Invade Silwad, Clash With Local Youths
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and clashed with dozens of residents before firing gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets…
Soldiers Shoot Palestinian Man at Qalandiya Checkpoint
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man at Qalandiya checkpoint on Tuesday, Israeli police said.A police spokesman told Ma’an News Agecy that a Palestinian man ran toward a security…
Palestinian Detaniee Initiates New Hunger Strike
A Palestinian detainee currently being held in the Israeli prison system has entered an open-ended hunger strike over his administrative detention without charge or trial, according to the Committee of…
Israel Deports Former Tunisian President
Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla III.After intercepting and towing the Gaza bound ship, the Israeli…
Limited Israeli Incursion into Central Gaza
Several Israeli bulldozers, Wednesday morning, carried out a limited incursion to the east of Deir al-Balah, near Abu Mutabiq and east of Maghazi, in the central Gaza Strip.According to Al…
Moroccan Flotilla to Head for Gaza Soon
Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki said, Tuesday, that a Moroccan flotilla will be heading to the Gaza Strip within a few day, according to Ma’an.Marzouki reached Charl Degol airport in Paris,…
Israeli Police Invades Church, Confiscates Furniture
The Israeli police and personnel of the “Israel Land Administration” invaded, on June 29, the local church in the depopulated Christian village of Eqreth, in ‘Akka (Acre), and confiscated all…
United Church of Christ Divests from Israeli Occupation
The U.S.-based United Church of Christ voted 508 – 124 on Tuesday to divest from companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.The divestment resolution passed by the United Church…
Elderly Man Injured Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah have reported, late on Tuesday evening, that a 60-year-old man was injured, after a number of extremist Israeli settlers assaulted him near the main entrance…
Palestine Today 06 30 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, June 30th, 2015. One Palestinian youth injured by Israeli troops…
Soldiers Invade 10 Villages Near Ramallah
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, 10 villages in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, searched dozens of homes and property, and confiscated surveillance tapes, looking for the shooters…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Children, Summon Several Palestinians, Demolish Structures
Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian children in Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, handed nine families notices to stop the construction of their homes, and demolished…
Israel to Demolish Animal Shelter near Bethlehem
Israeli authorities notified, on Monday, a resident of the town of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, of an order to demolish his private-owned shed, used as an animal shelter,…
Israel and Jordan Renegotiate Al Aqsa Access to Non-Muslims
Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, today, revealed that Israel and Jordan have been involved in negotiations for a number of months concerning reopening Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock on…
VIDEO: Palestinian Home and Market Attacked by Settlers
At 18:30 PM on the 29th of June 2015, masked settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Beit Hadassah attacked Palestinian houses and souq (market) with a water hose and…
VIDEO: Interview with Jerusalem Affairs Minister
On January 25, 2006 Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem elected delegates to the Palestinian parliament. After the elections the Change and Reform (Hamas) party headed a national…
Palestinian Kidnapped Less Than 12 Hours After His Release
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, a young Palestinian man in occupied East Jerusalem, less than 12 hours following his release, after he spent six and a half months in…
EU Ambassador to Israel Rules Out Academic Boycott
Hebrew media reported, today, that the European Union’s ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg, has ruled out the imposition of any European academic boycott of Israel.PNN reports that, in addition to…
Israeli Forces & Settlers Retaliate over West Bank Shooting
Israeli forces carried out multiple detention raids across the occupied West Bank, overnight Monday, after three Israeli settlers were injured in a shooting south of Nablus and an explosive device…
One Palestinian Injured, Five Kidnapped, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Tal and Qasra villages, and Aseera ash-Shemaliyya town, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, kidnapped five Palestinians, and wounded another.Media sources…
Four Israelis Injured, One Seriously, In West Bank Shooting
Israeli medical sources have reported that four settlers have been injured, one seriously, late on Monday, in a shooting attack carried out at the Shvut Rachel Junction, south of Nablus,…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
A number of Israeli settlers attacked, late at night, a number of Palestinian cars driving near the Bet El illegal settlement, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Palestine Today 06 29 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, June 29th, 2015. Israeli troops take over siege-busting ship heading…
UNRWA Announces Reduction of International Personnel
Today UNRWA announced that 85 per cent of all 137 international personnel on short term contracts will be separated in a phased process which will last until the end of…
Palestinian Assaulted in East Jerusalem Settler Attack
Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian man Saturday night in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, his family says.Ashraf al-Alami told Ma’an News Agency that three Israeli settlers assaulted…
Two Convicted of ‘Incitement on Facebook’
The District and Magistrate judges sentenced on Sunday four young Jerusalem men, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.Al-Dameer organization lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, explained that the district judge sentenced Tarek…
Remembering Gaza
Testimony from a Gaza resident about Palestinian divisions, understanding and the role of internationals in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The following is the transcript of a talk given at the AICafe in…
Israeli Soldier Stabbed At Jerusalem Crossing
Israeli military has reported that a female soldier suffered a moderate-to-severe injury after a Palestinian woman stabbed her in the neck, at the Rachel Crossing, between the West Bank city…
VIDEO: Pharell Williams BDS Spoof Goes Viral in South Africa
Woolworths was a top trending topic on social media this weekend as the South African BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement released a spoof video reworking the retailer’s launch video,…
Israelis Overtake, Board Siege Breaking Vessel
Israel’s navy has boarded and taken over an activist ship seeking to break its Gaza blockade and was escorting it to port, Monday, in an operation that did not employ…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, five Palestinians, including a child and a former political prisoner, in different parts if the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli army claimed the child…
Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan Ends 54-day Hunger Strike, To Be Released July 12
Following an assessment on Saturday that long-time hunger striker Khader Adnan was near death, Israeli authorities finally reached a deal with the ailing prisoner and agreed to release him on…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Woman Near The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday, a Palestinian woman while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Chain Gate, in occupied Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogation facility in the Old…
Army Kidnaps Four Children In Occupied Jerusalem, Two In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Saturday and on Sunday at dawn, at least four Palestinian children after the army invaded various neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also kidnapped two…
Israeli Soldiers Detain Archbishop Hanna
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Saturday, Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox Church of occupied Jerusalem, Theodosius Attallah Hanna, and held him for several hours in the Etzion military and security…
Israeli Forces to Demolish Homes South of Hebron
Israeli forces, on Saturday, notified two Palestinians of their intention to demolish their residential tents in Hebron’s Masafer Yatta, an area that lies almost entirely in area C, under full…
No Deal For Khader Adnan
No deal has been reached between the Israeli authorities and Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan who, on Saturday, entered his 54th day on hunger strike, his lawyer said.'(Israel) is seeking to…
Army Kills Palestinian Man in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces killed, on Friday, a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley.Days of Palestine reports that, according to a credible source, the soldiers were stationed…
Israel Purchases New War Technology
An Israeli decision to purchase new defense technology and to update older mechanisms was revealed by Israeli media, today.Israeli television Channel 7, this morning, revealed the existence of an Israeli…
VIDEO: Israeli Soldier Attempts to Arrest Palestinian, Activists Intervene
Yesterday, 26 of June 2015 approximately 21:30, nineteen year old Hatem Al Mohtaseb from Tel Rumeida, Hebron, was walking up the hill of Tel Rumeida when an Israeli soldier detained…
Israeli Forces Shoot Teen in Kafr Qaddum
Israeli forces shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian boy with live ammunition on Saturday when they opened fire on a march in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum, near…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Beiteen and Ein Yabroud villages, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle near…
Freedom Flotilla III en route to Gaza; military plane spotted overhead
On June 26th 2015, four boats of the 2015 the Freedom Flotilla III set sail toward Gaza to try to break Israel’s nine-year-long economic siege on Gaza. The ships are…
‘Juliano’ Attacked On Its Way To Break The Siege On Gaza
Passengers of the Freedom Flotilla III bound for Gaza have announced that one of the boats, named Juliano after the co-founder and director of The Freedom Theatre, Juliano Mer Khamis…
Man Injured After Israeli Extremists Assaulted Him In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man, 57 years of age, suffered a serious injury, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted him, on Saturday at night, in Be’er…
Israeli Troops Stop a Protest Against the Takeover of Beit Al Baraka Church by Israeli Settlers
Members of the Combatants for Peace movement and activists from Popular Committees against the Wall and settlements in the southern West Bank gathered, on Saturday, near Beit Al Baraka Church…
Hundreds March for Adnan at Al Aqsa
Hundreds of Palestinians marched through the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday in support of Khader Adnan, as the Palestinian prisoner passed his 53rd day on hunger strike.Carrying banners depicting Adnan,…
Obama “Hamstrung” by Israeli Lobby on Palestinian ICC Bid
The US opposition to the bid by the Palestinian Authority to bring Israel to the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Gaza is the result of pressure from the…
Vatican Signs Historic Accord with Palestine
The State of Palestine signed an historic accord with the Vatican on Friday, two years after the Catholic body recognized it as a state.’For the first time, the agreement includes…
Palestinian Taxi Driver Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near The Al-Hamra Roadblock
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday afternoon, that a young Palestinian Taxi driver was shot and killed by Israeli army fire on the Al-Hamra Roadblock, between the West Bank…
Scores Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers fired, Friday, gas bombs at Palestinian and international peace activists, during the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West…
Army Attacks Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing scores to suffer the…
Many Injured In Kufur Qaddoum Protest
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked dozens of local demonstrators conducting their weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements,…
This Week in Palestine Week 26 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 20th, to the 26th, 2015. This week a…
Woman Injured By A Settler’s Car In Jerusalem
Medical sources have reported that a Palestinian woman was injured, late on Thursday evening, after being struck by a settler’s car, in Sultan Suleiman Road, in occupied Jerusalem.Eyewitnesses said a…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (18- 24 June 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 18- 24 June 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Gaza: The Drone Eats With Me — Diaries From a City Under Fire
“We prepare the suhoor. We all sit around five dishes: white cheese, hummus, orange jam, yellow cheese, and olives. Darkness eats with us. Fear and anxiety eat with us. The…
1,000 Palestinian Homes Demolished in Negev Per Year
The Israeli Interior Ministry and Land Administration Agency, in cooperation with the Regavim NGO and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), have been demolishing 1,000 Arab homes in Al-Naqab every year,…
Activist Says Flotilla Ship Was Sabotaged
Dror Feiler, an Israeli-born Swedish activist who renounced his Israel Citizenship more than 30 years ago, stated that somebody with the needed knowledge, sabotaged the Marianne Ship, of the Freedom…
Israel Releases MP Hasan Yousef
The Israeli Authorities released, Thursday, Palestinian Member of Parliament Hasan Yousef, after holding him under arbitrary Administrative detentions that were renewed three times, without charges or trial, since his abduction…
House Democrats Urge Kerry to Prioritize Detained Palestinian Children
19 House Democrats signed a letter urging the Obama administration to make Israel’s treatment of imprisoned Palestinian minors a priority in the US-Israeli relationship.The letter, initiated by Rep. Betty McCollum,…
New Flotilla Heading to Gaza Soon, Israel Renews Threats
One of the organizers of Freedom Flotilla III trip, Dror Feiler, said on Wednesday that Marianne of Gothenburg is about to set off to Gaza within hours. In response, the…
PA Presents Evidence Against Israel to ICC
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday delivered the first batch of evidence to the International Criminal Court in support of its campaign to have Israel investigated for alleged war crimes.’The state…
Palestine Today 06 25 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, June 25th, 2015. Palestinian woman injured after attacked by a…
PHR-Israel, Ad-Dameer, Call For Immediate Release Of Khader Adnan
The Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel call for Khader Adnan’s immediate release as he enters a life-threatening condition after 51 days…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians, Searches Homes
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Wednesday at night and on Thursday at dawn, at least eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and clashed with dozens of…
Israel Carries Out Arrest Sweep after Golan Attack
Israeli police said, on Wednesday, that they had carried out a ‘wave of arrests’ of suspects involved in two attacks by Druze on military vehicles transporting wounded Syrians to hospital.Israeli…
WB/Jerusalem: Seven Minors Kidnapped by Army, Agricultural Structures near Bethlehem to be Removed
Israeli police last, night abducted seven Palestinian minors while they were leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque compound following Taraweeh (Ramadan night prayers), according to local sources.The children were identified as Noor-Eddin…
Israeli Air Force Again Targets Gaza
The Israeli air force attacked a target in the northern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday after another missile fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area…
Israel Punishes Rights Groups Aiding UN Inquiry
The Israeli government removed, on Tuesday, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem from its service programme after contributing to the UN Gaza inquiry.B’Tselem was one of ten human rights groups which…
Judge Davis: Israel Must Stop the Use of Military Force
American judge Mary McGowan Davis, stated that the most important part of the UN Human Rights Council’s recent report about crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the last offensive…
Mads Gilbert: ‘My camera is my Kalashnikov’
Amid a dense jumble of chaotic streets and overcrowded apartment buildings not far from the seafront, the Shifa hospital is in many ways the beating heart of Gaza. Like any…
Thurston Moore Cancels Israel Show in Support of BDS
Thurston Moore, founding member of the 90’s rock band Sonic Youth, has confirmed his support for the cultural boycott of Israel, following the cancellation of his performance in Tel Aviv…
PLO to Submit ICC Documents Thursday
The PLO on Thursday will submit information to the International Criminal Court to assist with preliminary examinations into crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories since June 2014.Mustafa…
UNRWA Launches Campaign to Fund Gaza Children Education
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) launched a global Ramadan campaign to raise funds to support the education of thousands of…
Palestine Today 06 24 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, June 24th, 2015. Israeli settlers attack and destroy farmlands and…
Israeli Settlers Use Chainsaw to Destroy Over 60 Olive Trees Near Nablus
On Sunday, 21st of June, residents of the Jamma’in village in the Nablus region discovered that Israeli settlers had cut down over 60 Palestinian owned olive trees. They suspect that…
ICRC: Hunger Striker’s Life at ‘Immediate Risk’
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday it was concerned about the deteriorating health and critical condition of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian detainee in Israel, who has…
Egypt Surrounds Gaza with Tunnel
Egyptian military forces have started digging massive tunnel along borders with the Gaza Strip, according to Days of Palestine.Security sources confirmed on Monday that Egyptian authorities have begun digging a…
Knesset Debate: Lawmaker to Join Gaza Flotilla
The Knesset is currently holding a ‘heated debate’ on whether or not to rescind the diplomatic immunity of MK Basel Ghattas of the Joint List party, after he announced on…
Palestinian MKs: Israel Should be Sued at ICC
Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset said Tuesday that the UN report on last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip provided enough evidence that Israel should be taken before the…
Israeli Forces Evacuates Jordan Valley Bedouins for ‘Military Practices’
Israeli occupation forces began, on Tuesday morning, a wide military exercise in the al-Maleh valley in the northern Jordan Valley, and evacuated dozens of Bedouin families.According to Al Ray, Palestinian…
UK Celebrities Demand Sanctions on Israel
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the UK government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of…
New Unity Government in the Works
The PLO will discuss forming a new unity government next week, a Palestinian Authority spokesperson said Tuesday, after an announcement on June 16 that the consensus government formed last year…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinian Children In Jerusalem
Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, seven Palestinian children in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, after attacking and beating them, causing various cuts and bruises. One…
Qurea’ Denounces Israeli Plan To Confiscate 615 Dunams Near Jerusalem
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ahmad Qurea’, who also heads the Jerusalem Department, strongly denounced the Israeli decision to illegally confiscate 615 Dunams, belonging…
Soldiers Attack, Kidnap, A Former Prisoner Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers, stationed on the Container Roadblock, north of Bethlehem, assaulted on Tuesday evening a former Palestinian political prisoner, and kidnapped him before taking him to an unknown destination.Eyewitnesses said…
Army Fires A Missile Into An Agricultural Land In Northern Gaza
The Israeli Air Forced fired, on Wednesday at dawn, a missile into a Palestinian agricultural land, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, causing fires. Army…
Palestine Today 06 23 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015. Israeli troops open gunfire at Palestinian farmers…