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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order, on Sunday, that will penalize people and businesses in support of the non-violent movement to boycott of Israel. In a speech to…

In a place where children are treated like adults, or even enemies, where they are imprisoned, injured and killed, child protection campaigns become a necessity. In order to protect children, the…

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in the Russian capital Moscow on Tuesday. On the agenda are bilateral relations in various…

Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, denounced Tuesday the visit of Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin to illegal colonies, built on Palestinian lands, east of the central…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday, the village of Douma, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed demolition orders targeting two homes, and a carpentry workshop. The…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Tuesday, nine Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including four who were taken prisoner…

The Israeli Information Center on Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, issued a press release Monday stating that a second Palestinian was executed in Hebron on March 24th, in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded Rashayda village, east of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), on Sunday, said that Israeli courts have imposed fines on imprisoned Palestinian children in the realm of 88,000 Shekels ($22,000), during the month of May alone. Lawyer for…

The Israeli High Court in Jerusalem, on Sunday, has rejected a petition demanding that the Zionist “Jerusalem Day” march, which celebrates the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and…

The European Union announced, Sunday, a contribution to the PA of €15.0 million for the payment of May’s salaries and pensions for over 66,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal investigation into serious crimes committed against Palestinians, by the state of Israel, over the past…

Israeli occupation bulldozers reportedly penetrated into the Gaza Strip, east of the border fence, today. Eyewitness stated that five Israeli bulldozers, of the D9 style, penetrated some 50 meters into Palestinian…

Following the release of Khalida Jarrar, prominent leftist and feminist legislator and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, six members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) remain imprisoned in Israeli jails.…

International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team 7 years ago today, Aqil Srour was murdered by an Israeli sniper in the occupied West Bank village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah. He was…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Monday, that a young Palestinian man died of serious wounds he suffered, on Friday at dawn June 3rd, after Israeli soldiers shot him during…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society PPS, has reported, Monday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians in Ramallah, and one in Qalqilia. The PPS stated that the soldiers invaded and searched home…

A number of armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, and bulldozed them. Media sources…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched many homes and kidnapped at least four Palestinians. One Palestinian was…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and abducted a child in occupied East Jerusalem, on Sunday at night. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, the head of the Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Nasser Qous. PPS Lawyer Mofeed al-Haj said the soldiers kidnapped Nasser Qous…

Sunday June 5th marks the 49th anniversary of the day known to Palestinians as the ‘Naksa’, the day that the Israeli military occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinians districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians, including ten who were taken prisoner in the southern West Bank…

Israeli navy ships opened fired, on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza City, causing serious property damage. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said…

By Samidoun- The detention and interrogation of Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Hasan Safadi, Arabic media coordinator for Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, was renewed on Friday, 3…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Tarqoumia town, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also invaded Teqoua’ town, east of…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 28, to June 3, 2016. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian…

Medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian teen with a live round, while dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, east of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and assaulted the weekly protesters, wounding two siblings with live rounds. The army also sprayed…

The Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protest, causing…

Friday June 3rd, 2016 – Bethlehem – As is the case every first Friday of every month, Combatants for Peace Movement, in collaboration with a number of Palestinian and Israeli…

The Israeli authorities released, Friday, elected Palestinian legislator, senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Khaleda Jarrar, after holding her captive for fourteen months.…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 May – 01 June 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with many local youths, wounding two Palestinians with live fire, while one of them…

Update: The Palestinian  Health Ministry said the slain woman has been identified as Ansar Husam Harsha, 25, from  Qaffin town, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. She…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, twelve Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The PPS said the…

As thirty nations prepare representatives to meet in Paris Friday for talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday that high-lecel Israeli officials have been meeting secretly with…

Several Palestinians prisoners support groups have reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped 471 Palestinians in May, and that the number of Palestinians who have been kidnapped since the begging…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in Hebron and Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a former political…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned one Palestinian for interrogation. Eyewitnesses said the…

Israeli military vehicles invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in Central Gaza, and fired live rounds and smoke bombs. The WAFA Palestinian…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Two Palestinians injured, more than 50 other kidnaped by…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee warned, Wednesday, that three Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, are facing deteriorating health conditions, in the Eshil Israeli prison, and are denied the right to…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, close to the border fence, in the southern and central parts of the Gaza Strip. Several…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, six Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and four others in Tubas, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.…

Israeli soldier invaded, on Wednesday at dawn the Suwwana neighborhood, and the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and kidnapped 45 Palestinians, including several…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers started the illegal eviction and removal of 42 Palestinian families, out of their homes and villages, in the Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Tuesday at night, two Palestinians in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in the city said several military…

Israeli military sources have reported that a soldier was mildly injured, on Monday evening, after being stabbed with a screwdriver in Tel Aviv, before he was taken to Ichilov Medical…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, May 31, 2016. A Palestinian fisher injured by navy fire near Gaza,…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that one fisher was shot and injured by Israeli navy fire, and four others were kidnapped, after the navy ships attacked them in Gaza waters,…

The (Shams) Human Rights and Democracy Media Center issued a statement strongly denouncing the Hamas authority in Gaza for executing three condemned Palestinians, on Tuesday at dawn, and considered it…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday, fourteen Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded Thannaba…

Avigdor Lieberman, the controversial right-wing politician who has frequently called for the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland, was sworn in Monday as the new Israeli Defense Minister. The appointment…

The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has supervised, on Tuesday at dawn, the execution of three convicted Palestinians, despite repeated calls and condemnations from human rights groups. The…

Several Israeli military vehicles and tanks invaded, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the coastal region, and fired many rounds of…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and three others in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. On Monday…

The deadly siege on the war-torn Gaza Strip claimed, on May 29 2016, the life of a five-month old infant, who was born with a heart condition, but whose family…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May 30, 2016. Israeli army invade areas in Gaza and in the…

Israel has, yet again, unilaterally reduced the fishing zone in Gaza territorial waters to only six nautical miles, in all of Gaza’s waters, from the northern to the southern parts…

A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said the…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank district of Nablus, violently searched homes, and kidnapped eleven…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a child. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian in…

NSNBC – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called for international mobilization against the planned Paris Conference scheduled for June 3 – 4 aimed at resuming internationally…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, nine Palestinians, including a child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported. The PPS said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, and the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, kidnapped two Palestinian children, and summoned a third…

After the Israeli military released the body of Abdul-Fattah Sharif Friday, two months after his execution by an Israeli soldier in Hebron, Sharif’s parents held a funeral for their 21-year…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Saturday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped two Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron; one was taken prisoner from his home…

Riyad al-Ashqar, the media spokesperson of The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies, has reported that the Israeli occupation authorities issued 729 arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, since the beginning of this…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a child was injured by Israeli army fire near Bethlehem’s northern entrance. A young from the al-Khader town, south of the city, was…

Protection of Civilians Weekly Report | 17 – 23 May 2016 — This is a report bu the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) — Published on…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 21, to the 27, 2016. While international attempts to revive…

Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists held, on Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, and for the first time in eleven years, Israeli…

Israeli soldiers assaulted Friday, dozens of protesters holding the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Ni’lin village, near Ramallah, wounding many persons, including a child and an…

The Israeli army kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem. Media…

The Israeli Authorities decided to demolish homes, agricultural sheds, in addition to water and electricity networks, in Douma Palestinian village, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Friday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats within six nautical miles from the Gaza shore, forcing them to return without fishing. The WAFA news…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19 – 25 May 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

Ashraf Abu Sneina, a lawyer with the Palestinian Detainees Committee, has reported that hunger striking detainee Fuad ‘Aassi has ended his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli…

The Israeli Salem military court ordered a paralyzed Palestinian detainee under detention for 72 additional hours, and is considering imprisoning him under Administrative Detention, without charges. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped a Palestinian child, and a man, in two areas, in Nablus district, in the northern part of…

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly denounced the Hamas decision to execute 13 convicted Palestinians, and called on the Palestinian President…

The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Thursday at dawn, two air strikes targeting two centers of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip. The…

Hamas legislators in the Gaza Strip, and the Hamas movement, said they intend to allow the execution of 13 Palestinians, convicted with several crimes, without the approval of the president,…

The Israeli Authorities moved, Tuesday, the imprisoned senior political leader, legislator Marwan Barghouthi, from the Ramon prison in the Negev Desert, to an unknown prison, just a few days after…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Israeli navy attack Gaza fishers as troops target farmers,…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, announced Wednesday that they will stop working with the Israeli military law enforcement unit, which is supposed to…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, Wednesday, targeting fishers in Palestinian waters, northwest of Gaza city, while the soldiers opened fire on shepherds and farmers, in different parts of the coastal…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the al-‘Isawiyya and Abu Dis towns, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped four Palestinians. The soldiers searched homes in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of Jerusalem,…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday dawn, nine Palestinians in the central West Bank district of Salfit, and two others in Hebron and Ramallah. Five Palestinians were also kidnapped earlier in…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, in addition to two university students in Nablus. The soldiers invaded…

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Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan alleged that the family of Ala Abu Jamal, that buried its son, Tuesday, after Israeli held his body for seven months after he was killed…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday afternoon, a Palestinian teenage girl, near the Ras Biddo military roadblock, north of occupied Jerusalem, allegedly after she “attempted to attack soldiers. She was left…

Download/Listen Here Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Health conditions of two hunger striking political detainees deteriorates,…

The Ofer Israeli military ordered, on Monday at night, the release of internationally recognized human rights defender, and the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians, including children, after invading their homes and searching them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the health conditions of detainees Fuad ‘Aassi and Adeeb Mafarja, in Barzelai hospital, continues to deteriorate following 51 consecutive days of hunger strike…

Dozens of Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem participated, after midnight, in the burial ceremonies of two Palestinians, including a child, who were killed by the Israeli army seven months ago, and…

Israeli soldiers, and personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, invaded earlier on Tuesday the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and demolished several strictures. The soldiers also invaded…