Palestine Today 06 11 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, June 11th, 2015. Israeli settlers injure a Palestinian man in…
Photographer Shot by Israeli Forces, Refused Treatment
Israeli security forces fire tear gas towards Palestinian protesters on May 16, 2015 next to Huwarra checkpoint south of Nablus. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File)Israel has barred a Palestinian photographer allegedly shot…
Amer Ba’jawi, Youngest Detainee In Israeli Prisons
Amer Ba’jawi is 14 years-old Palestinian child, a pupil of the seventh grade from the village of Ya’bad near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, is the…
ICC to Begin Investigation on Israeli Crimes in Gaza
The Hague-based International Criminal Court will send inspectors to arrive in Israel on June 27, as part of probe into suspected “war crimes” during last summer’s war in Gaza, Haaretz…
Soldiers Invade Two Villages Near Jenin
Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the villages of ‘Anin and Kafrit, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, stormed and searched a few homes, and clashes…
Army Removes 30 Families To Conduct Training In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, the al-Borj, al-Meeta and al-Maleh areas, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, and removed thirty families, to conduct live-fire military training.Head of the…
Eight Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, three Palestinians in Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and five teenagers, in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.…
Soldiers Uproot Farmlands In Bethlehem
Several Israeli military vehicles, and armored bulldozers, invaded, Thursday, Palestinian agricultural lands in Wadi Fukin village, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and bulldozed around 17 Dunams of farmlands.…
Clashes In Silwan After Soldiers Attempted To Kidnap A Child
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that clashes took place, on Wednesday evening, between the residents and Israeli soldiers, after the soldiers attempted to kidnap a…
Israeli Fanatics Attack Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli fanatics attacked, Tuesday, a 13-year-old child, and his 10-year-old sister, as they were walking towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to participate in a summer camp.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in…
Former Longtime Political Prisoner Dies At Age 85
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) issued a press release stating that former longtime political prisoner, Sami Younis (Abu Nader), 85 years of age, died Wednesday…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian.Mohammad Ayyad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against…
Freedom Flotilla: ‘This time we will reach Gaza’
This summer, Swedish seaman Joel Opperdoes, 32, is not piloting cargo ships in the Baltic Sea.This summer, Swedish seaman Joel Opperdoes, 32, is not piloting cargo ships in the Baltic…
Gaza Activists Announce Hunger Strike in Support of Adnan
A group of activists, institutions and prominent figures in the Gaza Strip Wednesday announced a hunger strike in solidarity with detainee Khader Adnan who went on a hunger strike to…
Many Injured Near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, late on Wednesday at night, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Kafrit village, southwest of the…
Since 1967: 95,000 Palestinian Children Incarcerated by Israel
A human rights group submitted, on Wednesday, a report to UN about Israeli torture and mistreatment of Palestinian children. Military Court Watch (MCW) lodged the submission with the UN Special…
Israel Destroys Land, Trees in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces destroyed land and trees early Wednesday morning in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya.Accompanied by scores of police and border police officers, Jerusalem municipal bulldozers razed land in…
Nablus: Israeli Soldiers Steal Cash, Car of Palestinian Detainee
Israeli forces raided, at dawn on Tuesday, the house of Palestinian political prisoner Khader Sarakji, 39, in the city of northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, and stole cash…
Palestinian Kids Bring Their Cause to Cambridge
Palestinian children and teenagers visiting Britain held a demonstration, yesterday, rallying against Palestinian child imprisonment by Israel in the West Bank and Israel.Cambridge news reported that the children were given…
Half of Gazans Polled Considering Emigration
Half of Gazans say they are considering emigration from the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.AFP reports that the 50 percent of those polled…
Palestine Today 06 10 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, June 10th, 2015. Israeli troops shot and kill and Palestinian…
Two Children Kidnapped In Jerusalem, One Teen In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, two Palestinian children in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and an 18-year-old in the northern West Bank district of Nablus. Army also demolished a…
Israeli Army Demolishes Structures, Uproots 150 Trees, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, eight Dunams (around 2 acres) of farmland in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, demolished several structures, and uprooted fruit and olive trees.The…
Israeli Military Vehicles Conduct A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, conducted, on Wednesday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younis, in the southern…
Detained PLC Head, Dr. Dweik, Released
Israel released, on Tuesday evening, the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, after holding him captive for twelve months.The Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas…
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, shot and killed one Palestinian, during clashes that took place after…
UNRWA Announces Over $2M in Aid to Gaza Families
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said that $2,097,225 in funding were made available for cash assistance to meet the needs…
Mental Disability On the Rise Under the Israeli Siege
The number of mentally disabled people in the Gaza Strip has increased substantially in the last years. 9th June | Miguel Hernández | Gaza, Occupied Palestine It so happens that…
Adnan Forcibly Hospitalized and Restrained
Israeli media reported, Tuesday, that Khader Adnan, the Palestinian administrative detainee who has been on hunger strike for over a month has been forcibly hospitalized and chained to his bed.Al…
Israeli Forces Demolish 3 Industrial Facilities
The West Jerusalem municipality, on Tuesday, issued orders to demolish industrial facilities for Palestinians in Al-Jeeb town, northwest Jerusalem, under the pretext of no building permit.PNN sources say that soldiers…
MP Hazan to Sue Channel 2 over Drug Dealing, Pimping Allegations
Israel’s deputy parliament speaker, lawmaker Oren Hazan, has said he will sue privately owned Channel 2 over a report alleging his involvement in pimping and drugs.’I have ordered my lawyer…
Palestine Today 06 09 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, June 9th, 2015. Israel’s government demolish Palestinian business in Jerusalem…
DCI: “UN Shields Israel From Accountability For Atrocities Against Children”
Defense for Children International – Palestine Branch (DCIP), issued a statement expressing deep concern regarding the decision of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to exclude the Israeli army from the UN…
Army Demolishes Three Industrial Structures In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the al-Khalayla neighborhood in the al-Jeeb town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished three Palestinian industrial structures.Several military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded the…
Twelve Palestinians Kidnapped In The Occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Monday at night and on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian villages and towns in different parts of the occupied West Bank, violently searched and ransacked…
Russia Offers to Host New Fateh/Hamas Reconciliation Meeting
Russia has offered to host a reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fateh in Moscow, Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported Monday.The offer was reportedly made by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail…
Al-Maliki: “Files Of Settlements, Gaza, To Be Submitted To ICC On June 25”
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, stated that the files of Israel’s illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, and the repeated Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal…
Palestinian Popular Resistance in Hebron
The southern West Bank city of Hebron is a microcosm of the Israeli occupation with its five settlements and 600 settlers, massive military presence, Separation Wall and institutionalised violation of…
White House Backs Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza
The White House, on Sunday, announced its support for Israel’s missiles on Gaza as the right to defend itself, after rockets were fired from the Strip into Israel by Salafist…
Supreme Court Ruling: President Sets US Stance on Jerusalem — Not Congress
The American president rather than Congress has authority to decide policy on matters of sovereignty such as the US stance on the status of Jerusalem, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.The…
Palestine Today 06 08 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, June 8th, 2015. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities and…
Soldiers Storm Hospital To Attempt Abduction Of Two Wounded Palestinians
Undercover units of the Israeli military invaded, on Monday at dawn, the Beit Jala governmental hospital in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and attempted to kidnap two wounded Palestinians…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, five Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, while another resident was kidnapped, on Sunday evening, near Bethlehem.Media sources in the…
Several Kidnapped by Israeli Forces Across West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, the Israeli army said. On Sunday morning, at the entrance of occupied East Jerusalem, forces detained a young…
Report: 93 Minors Incarcerated in Ofer Prison Alone
The Palestinian Authority’s Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA) said, in a statement Sunday, that 93 Palestinian minors are currently incarcerated in the Israeli Ofer prison near Ramallah.According to WAFA correspondence,…
Israel Ups Budget to Fight BDS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has allocated an additional NIS 100 million and ten government positions to the fight against BDS.The Israeli news site ynet reports that Netanyahu held consultations about…
Al Ray Network Organizes Prisoner Solidarity Protest
Al Ray Palestinian media network organized, on Sunday morning, a solidarity protest with political detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails, with special note to Khader Adnan and Abdullah Barghouti..Participants…
Gaza Crossings on Full Lockdown
Israeli authorities, on Monday, closed Erez and Kerem Shalom border crossings into Gaza, citing “security reasons”.Only few hundred truckloads of aid at a time and a very few number of…
Salafists to Continue Firing on Israel if Hamas Does not Halt Crackdown
Walla! Israeli website, following the latest rocket on Israel yesterday, said that a Salafist group leader in Gaza announced the group will continue with its strikes if Hamas does not…
Salafists Claim Rocket, Israel Launches Strikes
A Salafist group has claimed responsibility for a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards the Israeli town of Ashkelon on Saturday night, as Israel carried out retaliatory airstrikes overnight.…
Israeli Official: Government ‘Out of ways to combat BDS’
Israeli officials, last week, launched a war against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which has been gaining ground in recent weeks.According to thge PNN, Hebrew, international and Palestinian…
Orange CEO: Company in Israel ‘To Stay’
The chairman of Orange told AFP on Saturday that he ‘sincerely’ regretted a ‘controversy’ over the French telecoms group’s relations with Israel, saying, the Orange Group ‘is in Israel to…
Israeli Forces Injure 2 Protesters near Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Friday evening, near Jerusalem, injuring two citizens.Soldiers opened fire at unarmed Palestinian protesters in Abu-Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem, Days of Palestine reports. Witnesses…
Adnan Shows Signs of Approaching Coma
Chief of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe said, today, that the health of prisoner Khader Adnan had become increasingly bad after he reached the 35th day in his hunger strike protesting…
Soldiers Attack Protesters Marking The 48th Anniversary of the Naksa, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters as they were commemorating the 1967 occupation of the full area of historic Palestine by the Israeli military. The demonstrators tried to reach the…
Another Rocket Reportedly Fired into Southern Israel from Gaza
A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel Saturday, falling in an open space in Ashkelon, the Israeli army said.Rocket-warning sirens were sounded across the Ashkelon region, including…
Israeli Navy Attacks Fishing Boats In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Saturday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters. Soldiers open fire on farmers in different areas. Media sources said…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian From Beit Ummar
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him on the Tunnel Roadblock;…
UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouins
United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, today, repeated his call for the Israeli occupation to abandon its plans for the forced relocation of Palestinian Bedouins in the West Bank.PNN…
Hamas Organizes Protest against Unity Government, UNRWA
Hamas, on Friday, organized a march in Jabaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, to protest the national unity government‘s alleged neglect of the coastal enclave, as well as…
Five Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation, In Silwad
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday afternoon, the town of Silwan, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding three Palestinians with live rounds, and two with rubber-coated metal…
This Week in Palestine Week 23 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 30th, to June 5th, 2015. This week the…
Bulldozers Raze Lands East of Gaza City
A number of Israeli military units, including bulldozers, today, infiltrated east of the neighborhood Shuja’eyya, east of Gaza City, in a leveling operation on agricultural border lands.Eyewitnesses reported, according to…
Video: Six Children Suffocate After Soldiers Fired Gas Bombs Into Their Home In Kufur Qaddoum
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday, Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked the weekly protest, which led to clashes; the soldiers fired…
Hundreds Marched to Save Susya on Naksa Day
MK Dov Khenin: ‘The Path of dispossession and deportation prevents Palestinians and Israelis from having a future’Approximately two hundred Israeli and international activists joined today (Friday, June 6th, 2015) midday…
Many Injured As Soldiers Assault Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
As dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, marched Friday, marking the 48th anniversary of the Palestinian Naksa, Israeli soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (28 May- 03 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 28 May- 03 June 2015.Israeli attacks…
Shin Bet Officially Announces Name Of Jerusalem Stabbing Suspect
The Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) and the Police in Jerusalem have officially announced, Thursday, the identity of the Palestinian who allegedly stabbed, on May 24, two Israelis near…
Orange Pulls Out from Israeli Partner Firm
The French telecommunications giant, Orange on Thursday announced decision to end its brand licensing deal with the Israeli firm Partner Communication and quit its operations in the country.The decision, according…
5 Palestinian Fishermen Kidnapped by Israeli Forces
Israel’s navy, on Thursday, detained five Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an New Agency.Israeli naval forces stopped a fishing boat belonging to the Bakr family near…
Palestine Today 06 04 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, June 4th, 2015. Israeli jetfighters attack Gaza and in the…
Elderly Woman Suffers Heart Attack during Hebron Raid
An elderly Palestinian woman, Thursday, suffered a heart attack after as Israeli forces raided her family’s home in al-Samou‘ town to the south of Hebron.WAFA correspondence reported that dozens of…
Status of Palestine in 2015
Some of this information is from a summary issued by the Negotiations Affairs Department (an independent group advising Palestinian negotiators):- It has been 67 years since the occupation of 78%…
Settler Runs over Palestinian, Causing Serious Injuries
A female Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian youth on Thursday morning, near the West Bank city of Salfit.Witnesses said that the settler approached the youth while he was walking…
Israel Destroys 30 Farm Structures in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces demolished over 30 agricultural structures in the northern Jordan Valley on Thursday morning, local officials said.Israeli bulldozers protected by military vehicles stormed an area known locally as Diraa…
Army Kidnaps 12 In The West Bank, Demolishes Wells And A Wall, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped at least…
Israeli Air Force Fires Missiles Targeting Different Areas In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Thursday at dawn, several air strikes targeting a number of areas, and resistance camps, in different parts of the Gaza Strip, causing excessive…
ISIS Supporters Hack Official Website Of Leftist Palestinian Peoples Party
Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) group defaced the official webpage of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) on Wednesday.The cyber-attackers replaced…
Abu Khdeir’s Father: “Trial Of My Son’s Murderers, A Farce”
Father of the slain Palestinian child, Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, who was kidnapped, tortured and burnt to death by Israeli fanatics, in Shu’fat in occupied Jerusalem, last year, stated Wednesday…
Army Kidnaps A Palestinian-American Child Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers installed, Wednesday, a sudden roadblock at the main entrance of Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one child, who also holds…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Protesting “Jerusalem Light Festival”
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, at least three Palestinians, participating in procession against the provocative Israeli march, on the sidelines of the so-called “Jerusalem Lights Festival,” that was organized…
Activists Protest Lights Festival in Jerusalem
Palestinians, on Wednesday afternoon, protested the start of the Lights in Jerusalem festival, in the Damascus Gate area of the Old City, onlookers said. A Ma’an reporter said that activists…
7 Palestinians, 4 Israelis Injured in Auto Wreck South of Nablus
7 Palestinians and 4 Israeli settlers have been injured in a car accident Wednesday morning involving an Israeli car and a Palestinian car south of Nablus city, according to Israeli…
Obama: Israel Losing Credibility over Peacemaking
United States President Barack Obama, Tuesday, blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diplomacy terms for failure to advance peace with the Palestinians, saying that Israel seems to have lost its…
Thoughts on Normalisation in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
What is normalisation and why is it so damaging to achieving justice?Anyone with any exposure to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will also be exposed to certain oft-repeated words and phrases that…
Gazans Begin Hunger Strike over Rafah Crossing Closure
Gazans unable to travel due to Rafah crossing’s closure started, on Tuesday, an open-ended hunger strike, calling for Egyptians to open it.Days of Palestine reports that the hunger strikers set…
Adnan Enters 2nd Month of Hunger Strike, Health Deteriorates
The family of Khader Adnan, leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, who was rearrested and incarcerated in Israeli jails, has confirmed to media the physical weariness which has appeared…
Livni: Worsening US Relations a Security Risk to Israel
Zionist Camp representative Tzibi Livni said, today, that the crisis in Israeli-United States relations was not a personal or diplomatic issue but rather an issue in terms of Israeli security.In…
Two Rockets Land in Southern Israel
Israel’s military reported, late Wednesda,y that two rockets were fired from the southern Gaza Strip.The Israeli army confirmed reports of rocket-warning sirens going off in Ashkelon and Netivot. No injures…
Palestine Today 06 03 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015. Israeli navy attack fishing boats near Gaza…
Palestine Today 06 02 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015. Israeli navy attack fishermen in Gaza and…
PCHR: Israeli Naval Forces Wound Two Fishers and Arrest Five Others, including Child in Gaza Sea
On Tuesday, 02 June 2015, Israeli naval gunboats chased and opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boat sailing off northern Gaza shore wounding two fishers. On Monday morning, 01 June…
Army Kidnaps At Least Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, dozens of Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped at least thirteen Palestinians. Media spokesperson of the…
Five Palestinian FIshers Kidnapped, Farmer Injured, In Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, Wednesday, several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, and kidnapped five fishers. Israeli army vehicles carried out a limited invasion into southern Gaza, opened fire…
Palestinian Farmer Injured By Army Fire In Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Wednesday morning, on a number of Palestinian farmers in their own lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan…
‘Baby Warehouses’ Putting African Infants at Risk
It is nap-time at Felizia’s daycare center, a squalid street-level flat in Tel Aviv where loud pop music drowns out the miserable cries of dozens of children and babies cooped…
Alleged ISIS-supporters Give Hamas 48 Hours to Stop Crackdown
Proponents of ISIS in the Gaza Strip have issued Hamas a 48-hour deadline to stop its crackdown on them, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.In a statement sent to the…
UN Recognition of UK NGO Angers Israel
Israel has rebuked the United Nations for granting accreditation to a Palestinian non-governmental organization which Tel Aviv says is linked to the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas.Press TV/Al Ray reports that,…
Extremist Jews Ban Christian Prayer in Jerusalem
Israeli Jews banned, on Monday, Christian prayer at holy site of Jesus’ Last Supper, calling it “pagan ceremony.”Witnesses said that clashes erupted between the Israeli Jews and Christians –Palestinian and…
E1 Project Aims to Eliminate Palestinians from C Areas
The Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) today warned from the Israeli civil administration’s project E1, which aims to conduct six structure plans annexed to each other, forming a new…