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Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, one Palestinian near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched a store and many homes in Hebron city, Yatta and Dura town.…

Download / Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, July 18, 2016. Israeli settler injuries a Palestinian child meanwhile…

One Palestinian fighter was killed, Monday, and at least three others were injured, when a border tunnel collapsed on them, in the al-Qarara town, in the southern Gaza Strip district…

It’s taken a long time and demanded patience and perseverance. But slowly, and in spite of all the obstacles, Gaza’s Watar Band is gaining international recognition. The soft rock pop…

Over the last few years, Israel and its most ardent supporters have waged a campaign to restrict critical speech of the Jewish state on social media. They want the state to…

Haaretz Israeli daily newspaper, on Sunday, said that right-wing lawmakers from the Jewish Home nationalist party will attempt, today, to legalize expropriation of private Palestinian land in West Bank settlements through…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday, said that Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s visit to Hizma checkpoint and vows to ease the travel process is an enforcement of the…

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles.  …

by Amjad Iraqi The transnational solidarity movement between Palestinians and Black, indigenous, and other minority Americans has made significant strides in promoting the struggle of Palestinians living under occupation in the…

Israeli forces, on Sunday afternoon, broke into Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, where they raided a cultural center and kidnapped a number of youth, causing clashes to erupt in the vicinity. PNN…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Monday, at least seventeen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including one who came under fire of an armed Israeli paramilitary settler, before…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, kidnapped three Palestinians, shot and injured another, and violently assaulted a woman. The soldiers stormed a…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped at least fourPalestinians. In Hebron city, the…

A Palestinian child was injured, on Monday morning, after a colonist Israeli settler rammed him with his car, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and fled the scene.…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Qabatia, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished one home and injured at least four…

A 14-year old Palestinian boy was sentenced Sunday to 6.5 years in prison for allegedly attacking an Israeli security guard in Jerusalem last November. Moawiya Alqam was accused of trying…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian detainees in Section 5 of the Ramon Israeli Prison. The PPS said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, overnight and on Sunday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including a young woman, after invading their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The Hebron office…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi delivered a closing keynote address entitled, “Framing Current Issues in Palestine,” at the 5th Annual Palestinian Diaspora Conference, yesterday, which was sponsored by…

In a recent phone call to French Consul General Hervé  Magro, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi extended her “deepest condolences and sympathies to the victims of the brutal…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday at dawn, at least four Palestinians during invasions and searches of homes, in different parts of the southern West Bank district on Hebron. The Hebron…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, six Palestinians with live fire after the army opened fire on protesters, east of the Sheja’eyya area, east of Gaza city, and…

Yahya Hisham Hijazi, 24, from Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem, who was injured by nine Israeli army bullets, became the latest victim of Israel’s security obsession and paranoia, under…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday afternoon, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and injured four Palestinian teens with live fire. Clashes took place in the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. The…

A Palestinian worker was injured, Friday, after two extremist Israeli colonists attacked him in a car repair and a carwash garage, in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem. Coordinator of…

Approximately 20 international and Israeli peace activists and nearly 50 Palestinians held, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies in Bil’in village. near the central West…

via the International Solidarity Movement. In occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), possibilities for Palestinian children to play are scarce. With the help of the Playgrounds for Palestine project, a brand-new playground was installed…

Forensic Architecture – The Gaza platform is an innovative new tool being used to investigate human rights abuses. Amnesty International commissioned Goldsmiths University’s Forensic Architecture department to build a unique…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 09, to the 16, 2016. Israeli Primer Netanyahu accuse Palestinian…

On the record quote from Chris Gunness, UNRWA spokesperson:   “The Israeli authorities have carried out a large scale demolition in the Bedouin refugee community at Anata in the occupied…

At least 700 Palestinian and Israeli activists and other peace groups marched on Friday at the freedom march to mark the 10th anniversary of founding Combatants for Peace movement. Joining…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and kidnapped two siblings after storming their homes. The soldiers also invaded a village near the…

Undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated, on Thursday evening, into the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, shot thirteen Palestinians with live fire, and kidnapped one.…

Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continued during the reporting period (30 June – 13 July 2016). Shooting: Israeli forces have continued…

The Israeli “Civil Administration”, on Wednesday, approved the construction of 90 settlement units in the illegal settlement of Gilo, Jerusalem. The decision came a few days after Tel Aviv approved plans…

In 2002, the Israeli government decided to construct “a barrier” separating the West Bank and Israel with the declared purpose of improving the security of Israel by preventing Palestinians from…

  Palestine Today 07 14 2016 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, July 14, 2016. Thirteen Palestinians injured, at least…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Thursday, a young Palestinian man, and kidnapped another, after several army vehicles invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. The army prevented Palestinian medics…

The Israeli army completely surrounded and isolated the town of al-‘Isawiyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, earlier on Thursday, after the soldiers parked their vehicles on all of its entrances, preventing…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Deir Abu Mashal village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, stormed homes and injured three Palestinians during ensuing…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, two areas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, while many suffered the effects of…

As the extensive Israeli military invasion into the southern West Bank district of Hebron continues to escalate, the soldiers destroyed, on Thursday morning, water wells, and the entrances of several…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and several nearby towns, stormed homes after detonating their doors, searched and ransacked the properties, and…

 ‘Combatants for Peace’ activist participating in new documentary film ‘Disturbing the Peace’ will not be able to participate in movie’s world premiere screening today at the Jerusalem Film Festival Combatants…

After Israel conducted an autopsy on the body of Anwar Falah Salaima, 24, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, at dawn Wednesday, it became clear that the young…

The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Wednesday evening, two air strikes targeting Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in Central, and Johr ed-Deek area, southeast of…

Villagers of Deir Qiddees and Ni’lin, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, along with international solidarity activists, managed to stop Israeli bulldozers from uprooting Palestinian lands, despite Israeli…

Palestine Today 07 13 2016 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, July 13, 2016. In the West Bank, Israeli troops…

International Solidarity Movement – On July 9th at 4:00 in the morning, the Be’rat family awoke to find Israeli soldiers pounding on the door of their home in Kufr Malik, demanding…

Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted parts of them, close…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday, the town of al-‘Isawiyya, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, searched several homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians. The army also kidnapped one Palestinian near…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinian homes belonging to ‘Oweisat, Abu Shakran and ‘Oqeil families, in the al-Kharja area in Jabal al-Mokabber town, southeast of occupied East…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man, and injured another, after the army fired several live rounds at a Palestinian car in the town…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Tulkarem, after the army invaded several neighborhoods and searched homes. The Bethlehem office…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday afternoon, a nonviolent Palestinian activist after stopping him at a military roadblock, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian, also a…

Palestine Today 07 12 2016 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities,…

Recent statistics have revealed that the number of demolitions and confiscations by Israel in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2016 have increased by 450%, in comparison to 2015,…

The Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs announced, Tuesday, that Turkey is to establish a seawater desalination plant to solve water crisis, estimating the coast of the project to…

Groups of extremist Israeli settlers led by the radical rabbi, Yehuda Glick, heavily guarded by Israeli special forces broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, early on Tuesday. About 30…

The Israeli parliament of the Knesset has approved a controversial law forcing NGOs to declare the funds they receive from foreign state entities, with opposition saying the legislation will lead…

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, on Tuesday, issued a statement condemning Israel’s plan to support the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement, and Jewish settlers in Hebron, with an additional 50 million News…

Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Tuesday, morning, ‘Anata town, northeast of annexed East Jerusalem, and demolished sheds, a farm, a car repair facility and several walls, in…

Several Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday morning ‘Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished sheds, a farm, a car repair facility and several walls, in…

The Israeli military continued its siege on the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and invasions of homes, for the twelfth consecutive day, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the northern West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Nablus, and Jenin, searched homes and kidnapped ten Palestinians. The Qalqilia office of the Palestinian Prisoners…

Palestine Today 07 11 2016 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, July 11, 2016. Israeli forces destroy farm lands to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, the Shiokh town, northeast of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured many Palestinians during clashes that took place after the invasion.…

For the fourth time in seven years, the British government has intervened to protect Tzipi Livni, Israel’s former foreign minister, from a possible a war crimes investigation into her role…

An Israeli court in Jerusalem sentenced a Palestinian man to multiple life sentences, with an additional 60 years, on Monday, after he was convicted for the murder of three Israelis.…

Israeli army forces, Monday, razed Palestinian-owned land near the village of N’ilin, west of the government seat of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Witnesses told…

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition in Palestinian civil society, has offered its congratulation and thanks, to both the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly,…

via the Alternative Information Center, Beit Sahour. Lawyers for Palestinian political prisoner Bilal Kayed expect Israeli authorities to transfer him from Ashkelon prison to Barzilai Hospital at any time, due…

Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight and on Monday morning, several districts in the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and kidnapped fourteen Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that…

Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, the village of Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapped four Palestinians, and confiscated two cars, a lathing machine, and a…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said four Israeli tanks,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the ‘Aida refugee camp, searched several homes and kidnapped two teenagers from their homes. The soldiers also assaulted and injured a Palestinian from…

The strict Israeli siege and collective punishment imposed on Sa’ir and Bani Neim towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, continued for the eleventh consecutive day, while the…

At least 1,000 Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip suffered from food poisoning from eating salted herring on the first on Wednesday and Thursday — the second day of Muslim…

nsnbc : Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has flown to Israel, on Saturday, to discuss the resumption of the stalled peace talks between Israel and Palestine. Unofficially, Shoukry may also…

  As the majority of the 12 million Palestinians in the world are now living in exile outside of Palestine, 60 representative of exiled Palestinians have just arrived in Palestine to…

The Palestinian government called on the international community and various human rights groups to intervene, and pressure Israel into lifting its siege on the southern West Bank district of Hebron,…

The Bethlehem Office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp and Artas town, in the West Bank…

Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night and on Sunday at dawn, Sa’ir town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, injured at least four Palestinians and kidnapped three…

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, has reported, on Sunday at dawn, that one of its fighters was killed in a tunnel accident, in the northern…

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett advocated, on Thursday, for Israelis to kidnap Palestinians, to be used as leverage to obtain the release of two Israeli civilians and the bodies of…

The Jordanian government has expressed its utmost rejection to the Israeli government’s settlement policies and repetitive decisions to build and expand [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to…

Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activist participated, Friday, in the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies, in the village of Bil’in, west of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the town of Doura, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with many local youths, wounding several Palestinians, and…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Friday evening, two young Palestinian men, after stopping them at a sudden military roadblock near the main entrance of Arraba town, southwest of the northern…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalandia, shot and injured an international…

nsnbc : Leila Khaled, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Council, delivered a keynote speech at…

A comprehensive report issued by Physicians for Human Rights has addressed the condition of wounded persons residing in the Gaza Strip, and who were left with amputated limbs and who, in…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 2, to the 8, 2016. International and regional countries criticize…

Hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria have been stranded in Greece after local authorities sealed off all passageways to neighboring countries, a rights group reported Friday. According to the…

07/08/16 | International Solidarity Movement | al-Khalil team Israeli forces, during the last week of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, have increased and stepped up restrictions for Palestinians in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, the town of Huwwara, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinian children. Local sources said the kidnapped children…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Husan town, west of Bethlehem. The soldiers also invaded al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem and searched many homes.…

Israeli soldiers, based at the Erez terminal, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, kidnapped on Thursday evening, a Palestinian merchant, and released another after holding him captive for…

The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, has reported, Thursday, that one of its fighters, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire, last year, died…