Israeli Military Reneges on Jarrar’s Release
An Israeli military judge reversed a ruling to release Khalida Jarrar on bail, deeming the Palestinian parliamentarian as a ‘security risk’ based on secret evidence, prisoner rights group Addameer told…
Report: “Hamas Forces Kill ISIS Supporter In Gaza”
Media sources in Gaza said the Hamas-run security forces in the Gaza Strip shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian man, believed to be a supporter of ISIS, in…
Soldiers Deliver Destruction Notices Against Four Homes South Of Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers and members of the “Civil Administration Office” run by the army in the occupied West Bank, invaded Tuesday Um Salmouna village, south of Bethlehem, and handed orders against…
Soldiers Kidnap 17 Palestinians In The West Bank And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late at night and earlier on Tuesday, at least seventeen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including seven in East Jerusalem. The Jericho Office…
Israeli Extremists Bulldoze Palestinian Lands South Of Nablus
Bashar Qaryouti, Coordinator of Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said Israeli extremists bulldozed and uprooted, on…
Soldiers Demolish Three Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Silwan town, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, demolished three homes, near the al-Magharba Gate, and the Salah Ed-Deen Street, and kidnapped two…
Deputy Head of Hamas: No Progress in Gaza
The Deputy Head of Hamas says there has been no humanitarian or economic progress in the Gaza Strip since the national consensus government was formed a year ago.According to Ma’an,…
Three Fishers Injured By Israeli Navy Fire In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza city, wounding three fishers.The Palestinian News &…
(UPDATE) 15 Palestinians Kidnapped in West Bank, Jerusalem
At least 15 Palestinians were abducted late Sunday night and Monday at dawn, by the Israeli army and police, in raids that targeted many cities across the West Bank and…
Demonstration in Jerusalem over Israeli Discrimination against Christian Schools
On Wednesday, the 27th of May 2015, at 11:00 AM, an unprecedented demonstration will be held in the plaza in front of the Lev Ram building in Jerusalem (Ministry of…
20 Israeli Settlers Storm Al Aqsa
Extremist Israeli settlers broke into the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque, on Monday morning, from Mughrabi Gate, under heavy guard of Israeli police.Mahmoud Abu Atta, media coordinator of Al-Aqsa Foundation…
Israeli Navy Boats Open Fire on Gaza Fishermen, Five Detained
Israeli naval boats, Monday, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishing boats and detained five fishermen offshore the Sudaniya to the northwest of Gaza.According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli naval boats opened…
German FM Calls for Lift on Gaza Blockade
The German foreign minister, on Monday, called on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza in return for Palestinian security reassurances during a visit to the beleaguered coastal enclave.Frank-Walter Steinmeier,…
Portugal: Israel Increasing its Isolation through Apartheid Policies
The delegate of the Palestinian-Portuguese parliamentary friendship committee in the Legislative Council ended his visit to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. According to the PNN, the committee was convened in…
Palestine Today 06 01 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, June 1st, 2015. Israeli navy attack fishermen in Gaza, meanwhile…
“160 Files On Israeli Settlements To Be Submitted To ICC,’ Expert Says
Khalil Tafakji, a Palestinian expert in Maps and the head of the ‘ and Geographic Information Systems Department’ of the Arab Studies Center in Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Authority intends…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and handed a family near Jenin an order to demolish their…
Checkpoint to Open After 10 Years
The Eyal checkpoint will be reopened after 10 years of forced closure, allowing Palestinians in Israel to travel to the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.According to Ma’an, the decision…
Lawyer reports: Palestinian children abused in a ‘heinous’ manner by Israeli interrogators
Palestinian Authority lawyer Hiba Masalha reported that young Palestinian detainees are being ‘terrified, threatened, and blackmailed’ by Israeli authorities while detained.There are currently 68 Palestinian teenagers being held in Section…
ISIS Offshoot Group Claims Responsibility For Killing A Hamas Commander In Gaza
A group claiming allegiance with ISIS issued a statement, Sunday, claiming responsibility for assassinating a senior Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip, by detonating his store in Khan Younis.The group,…
Settlers Attack Hebron Residents in Presence of Soldiers
Israeli settlers from Beit Hadassa, Beboya and Ramat Yishai, Saturday, attacked citizens from Tel Rumeideh, central Hebron, using sharp tools.According to the official agency, seven settlers from these settlements, illegally…
Barghouti Begins Hunger Strike in Solitary Confinement
Palestinian detainee Abdullah Barghouti began, on Sunday, an open-ended hunger strike to protest his solitary confinement, Chairman of the Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, Issa Qaraqe, reported.The Israeli prison administration placed the…
IPS Isolates Detainee Following Secret Radio Interview
Israeli Prison Services, on Sunday, put Palestinian detainee Abdulla al-Barghouti in solitary confinement after he gave a radio interview.Israeli troops were ordered by prison services to storm Al-Barghouti’s cell in…
Settlers Set Palestinian Home on Fire
Around 12 PM Saturday night the 30th/31st of May, Imad Abu Shamsiyeh woke up to the sound of stones being thrown at his home, in Tel Rumeida, Al Khalil (Hebron).…
Soldiers Storm Jenin Area in Search of Water Wells
Israeli occupation forces stormed, on Sunday, the Marg Ibn Amer plain, west of the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, and launched a broad campaign in search…
Jerusalem: Israelis March to End the Occupation (VIDEO)
A range of organizations, Saturday, held a march in Jerusalem to call an end to 48 years of the 1967 occupation. Among the organizers was the Coalition of Women for…
Activists Mark 5th Year since Israeli Flotilla Raid
Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel’s deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a day after the ship leading Freedom Flotilla III arrived…
Adnan Continues His Hunger Strike For The 27th Day
Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan is ongoing with his hunger strike for the 27th consecutive day, demanding an end to his arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges, and is refusing vitamins…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jenin And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, one Palestinian near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and wounded several others, while another resident was kidnapped in occupied Jerusalem.Media sources…
Israeli Extremists Hurl Molotov Cocktails At A Home In Hebron
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked, late on Saturday night after midnight, a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, by throwing rocks and several Molotov…
Protesters Use Snake against Israeli Forces
Palestinian protesters in the Silwad town north of Ramallah allegedly used a snake to fight Israeli forces firing tear-gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in the area on…
Mother of Six Begins 2nd Year in Israeli Prisons Without Charge
Palestinian mother of six children, wife of prisoner, sister of three prisoners Samaher Zeineddin has now entered her 2nd year in prison, without charge.Samaher, age 35, the mother of six…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Break the Arm of a Palestinian Man at Peaceful Protest, Beit Ummar
Today, in Beit Ummar, just north of Al Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces broke the arm of local activist Yousif Abu Maria, and then arrested him. Yousif was protesting with a…
4 Activists Detained near Beit Ummar
Israeli forces, on Saturday, detained one Palestinian and three foreign activists during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion near Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank.Israeli forces injured other activists…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron, Kidnap One
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, scores of Palestinian and international peace activists protesting in front of the Al-Baraka home, near the main Jerusalem-Hebron Road, north of the southern West bank city…
Rajoub Drops Bid to Suspend Israel from FIFA
Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub dropped a bid to suspend Israel from FIFA, just minutes before the bid was brought to the table on Friday.The football governing body voted…
Rivlin: BDS and FIFA a ‘Strategic Threat’ to Israel
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin , this week, warned that the Palestinian push towards Boycott, Divestment and sanctions against Israel, in international universities, and Footbal Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)…
Gaza Power Plant to Close Again Due to Lack of Fuel
The Gazan energy authority has announced that Gaza’s sole power plant will stopping running again on Saturday due to fuel shortages.In a statement issued on Friday the authority blamed the…
Maureen Clare Murphy on Hunger striker Khader Adnan
A Palestinian hunger striker has entered his twenty-fifth day without food, and is unable to move or stand up. Khader Adnan is a prisoner held by Israeli authorities for the…
Soldiers Attack Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest
Several Palestinians have been injured, Friday, as dozens of soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West…
Soldiers Attack Kufur Qaddoum Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, fired live rounds and gas bombs,…
Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest
As dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists marched, Friday, in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city…
This Week in Palestine Week 22 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 23rd, to the 29th, 2015. This week Israel…
EU Chief Calls For Renewal of Peace Talks
EU foreign policy chief Frederica Mogherini is calling on Israel and Palestine to resume peace talks, saying the situation on the ground is ‘unsustainable.’Mogherini spoke out on the issue after…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (21 – 27 May 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 21 – 27 May 2015.Israeli attacks…
Activists Confront ‘Jerusalem Hug’ March
Activists confronted participants in the so-called ‘Jerusalem Hug’ march, in which Palestinian and Israelis participated in Jerusalem, on Thursday. Palestinians from Jerusalem gathered near Damascus Gate, where the march took…
Israeli Minister Aims to Impose 20-year Sentence for Throwing Stones
Israeli Minister Ayelet Shaked has proposed a sentence of 20 years in prison for Palestinian boys throwing stones at Israeli forces, reports Days of Palestine.Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported, Thursday,…
14 Palestinian families in Jordan Valley receive demolition orders from Israeli military
As Israeli settlement expansion continues in the eastern part of the West Bank, in the Jordan Valley, another set of eviction/demolition notices were issued by the Israeli military authorities to…
Soldiers Invade al-Yamoun, And The Jenin Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, various neighborhoods in the al-Yamoun town, and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Two Palestinians kidnapped in…
Israel 2015: A Government of Extremists in Charge of An Out-of-Control Military
Shocking words from Israeli officials’ and soldier testimonies of criminality reinforce immediate need for arms embargo and other sanctions, says the IPSC.According to the PNN, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has…
Cover Up: American Millionaire Funded Transfer of WB Church to Settlers
A Swedish company established in 2007 was used to cover up the sale and transfer of a West Bank church compound to settlers funded by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, Israeli…
Israeli Forces Close Door to Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli forces closed, on Wednesday, a door leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron, said the mosque caretaker.The Ibrahimi Mosque caretaker, Munther Abu al-Filat, told WAFA…
Surviving in Gaza’s Caravan Houses
The family El Najjar was expelled during the Nakba from the Palestinian village of Salamah. This village was the subject of a total ethnic cleansing by the Zionist colonizers.Nowadays just…
Palestinian Man Dies Of Wounds Suffered Last Year In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, late on Thursday, of serious wounds suffered during Israel’s aggression on the coastal region in the summer of 2014.The sources said…
Land Confiscated from Jerusalem Village
Israel confiscated eight dunams of land from the occupied East Jerusalem village of Issawiya, Thursday.The land, ostensibly confiscated “for military purposes”, is located in the east of Issawiya, an area…
Elderly Woman Dies Hours after Entering Gaza via Rafah
Yousra Omar Al Najjar, an elderly woman of 77, died on Wednesday evening, in Gaza’s European hospital, after a case of fatigue she sustained during her way back to the…
UN Considers Blacklisting Israeli Army for Crimes Against Children
A push is currently being made to add the Israeli military to the blacklist of the UN Council for Children and Armed Conflict.The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children…
Israeli Forces Demolish Another Bedoouin Home in the Negev
In an ongoing campaign by Israeli authorities to push Bedouin communities from the Negev, Israeli bulldozers demolished the home of Ali Hammad Abu Rabia in the Makhul village Thursday, locals…
Palestine Today 05 28 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, May 28th, 2015. Israeli troops injures a Palestinian worker and…
No Back Down From Palestinians on FIFA Vote
Palestinian Football Association chief, Jibril Rajoub, says of the vote to expel Israel from FIFA that ‘the situation has not changed.’FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been trying to avoid the…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Thursday, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin, and searched several homes; soldiers also handed one resident from Bethlehem a military order for…
Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Near Qalqilia
Medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers repeatedly assaulted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man, and detained several others for a few hours. The young man, Sa’eb al-Asmar, 25,…
Israeli Forces Close Checkpoint Near Nablus
Early Wednesday, Israeli forces blocked off the checkpoint to a Palestinian town east of Nablus.According to Ma’an, the Israeli military a closed military checkpoint that leads into the West Bank…
Arab League Condemns Israeli Strikes On Gaza
The Arab League condemned, Wednesday, the latest Israeli bombardment of different parts of the Gaza Strip, and said that the “extremist Israeli government is trying to make excuses for its…
Palestine Today 05 27 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, May 27th, 2015. Israeli fighter-jets bombards Gaza and in the…
Including Two Women, Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, eleven Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to one woman while visiting her imprisoned son in the Israeli Gilboa’ prison, and…
Palestinian Fishing Boats Targeted By Israeli Navy Fire
Israeli Navy ships opened fire, on Wednesday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, near the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern part of the coastal region.Eyewitnesses…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Home in Silwan
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished an under construction Palestinian home.The Wadi Hilweh Information…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out A Series Of Air Strikes On Gaza
The Israel Air Force carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.Media sources said Israeli F-16 fighter jets fired…
Israel Claims A Rocket Was Fired From Gaza Into Southern Area
Israeli military sources claimed one rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into an area in the southern part of the country, and that the army confirmed sirens went off,…
Jerusalem Child Injured After Being Rammed By A Settler’s Car
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child was injured after being struck by an Israeli settler’s car, in Ras al-‘Amoud area in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Palestinian Seriously Injured After Being Assaulted Gun Gunmen
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a man was seriously injured, after severely beaten and shot, by unknown gunmen,…
Palestine Today 05 26 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, May 26th, 2015. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities and…
Despite Deteriorating Health, Adnan Ongoing With His Hunger Strike
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe’ warned of serious complications, and life-threatening health setbacks, as detainee Khader Adnan continues his hunger strike for the 23rd consecutive day.Qaraqe’…
Wife of Prisoner Gets Jerusalem Residency Revoked
Less than two weeks after Omar al-Shalabi’s nine-month prison sentence over posts on Facebook, Israeli authorities have revoked his wife’s residency status in East Jerusalem.Muna Abdullah al-Shalabi has been living…
Ten Palestinians Injured Near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources have reported that ten residents, including children, have been injured when Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Jaba’ town, south of the northern West Bank city…
Palestine Today 05 25 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May 25th, 2015. Israeli navy attack fishermen in Gaza injuring…
Bethlehem; Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian, Settlers Burn Farmlands
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, a Palestinian from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, after stopping him on a roadblock east of Bethlehem. Extremist Israeli settlers torch several Dunams of…
Update: Three Fishermen Injured In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Monday evening, that a third Palestinian fisherman was shot and injured by Israeli Navy fire, in Palestinian waters in Rafah, in the southern part…
The Israeli Military to Remove Power Grid of a Palestinian Village
Israeli troops invaded on Monday at dawn the village of Al Qoum near the southern West Bank city of Hebron and ordered villagers to remove the power grid there. According…
Canadian Quakers Continue to Support BDS Regardless of Canadian Law Issue
Individual members of the Canadian Friends Service Committee, (The Canadian Quakers) will continue to support the call for Boycotts Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, regardless of the situation of the…
Palestinian boy killed near Nablus
A Palestinian boy was reported killed on Monday morning at the village of Taluza near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ahmad Hasayika, 16, was stabbed to death by…
Israeli Troops kidnap 16 Palestinians during home searches in East Jerusalem
Israeli military invaded on Monday at dawn areas in occupied East Jerusalem, troops searched homes and kidnapped 16 civilians including a number of teenagers.According to local sources homes were searched…
Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Prisons Continue to be Abused by Interrogators
Israeli forces use extreme and brutal methods to force confessions out of Palestinian detainees for ‘crimes against Israel’ such as stone-throwing.The head of the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs committee, Issa…
Palestinian Authority Pledges $50,000 to Bedouin Community Facing Displacement
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah of the Palestinian Authority pledged $50,000 to the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwwar east of Jerusalem that is currently being displaced by Israeli forces.According to Ma’an,…
The ‘S’ in the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Call
The BDS National Committee website describes BDS as, ‘[t]he global movement for a campaign of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian…
Denmark Cancels Elbit Deal
Denmark has cancelled its planned purchase of howitzers from the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, a deal that was worth up to DK 1.000 million.The progressive news portal modkraft notes…
Another Violent Attack on Palestinian Family
On the 23rd May, settlers in Al Khalil (Hebron) blocked the entrance to Hashem Younes Azzeh’s house and attacked his family. Large rocks were thrown at them and his daughter…
Gaza’s Only Commercial Crossing Closed by Israeli Authorities
Israel closed the Gaza Strip’s only functioning commercial crossing (Kerem Shalom), on Sunday, for the Jewish holiday ‘Feast of Weeks’, a Palestinian official said.’The Israeli closure would disrupt trade traffic…
Settlement Sewage Water Pollutes Salfit Tourist Areas
The farmers and citizens of Salfit city, and of Kafr Al-Deek town, in the southern occupied West Bank, on Sunday, made complaints about the dangerous environmental damage they were facing…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians from the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, six Palestinian Muslim worshipers in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, as groups of Israeli fanatics stormed the area while chanting and…
Israel To Confiscate 820 Dunams For New Settlements’ Dumping Ground
The Israeli Authorities have decided to confiscate around 820 Dunams (202 acres) of privately owned Palestinian lands to establish new dumping grounds for its illegal colonies, in the central West…
UNRWA High School Principal Injured By Gunmen Fire In Khan Younis
Palestinian security sources in Gaza have reported that unknown gunmen shot and injured, on Saturday at dawn, the principal of an UNRWA school in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Two Israelis Stabbed In Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported on Saturday at night that two Israeli teens were stabbed near the Damascus Gate, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and suffered moderate-but-stable injuries. Israeli…
Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status
The announcement comes after raft of new agreements between Caracas and Ramallah.Venezuela will boost its diplomatic representation in Palestine to full embassy status, according to the Venezuelan minister for foreign…
Israeli Forces Continue to Fire on Gaza Fishermen & Farmers
Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinians fishing boats, while forces targeted farmers in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that naval forces opened fire the…
Why Americans Are ‘Deranged About Palestine’ and What To Do About It
A longstanding staple demand of the US Palestine solidarity movement is ending our country’s military aid to Israel. It has been a goal of the US Campaign to End the…
Detainee Begins Hunger Strike in Protest of Familial Visit Deprivation
38-year-old Palestinian detainee Mohammad Idrees Rashdan, from the village of Einabus, near Nablus, has launched an open-ended hunger strike after being denied family visits by Israeli authorities, the Palestinian Prisoner’s…
Hotovely: ‘The whole land of Israel belongs to the Jews”
‘The whole land of Israel belongs to the Jews”, said the new Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely of the new coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, during a…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians From Jenin And Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, Palestinian towns in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and the southern district of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Soldiers, stationed on a military roadblock near…