BDS Salutes UNHRC New Resolution
The BDS Committee, on Thursday evening, welcomed the news from the UN Human Rights Council after four resolutions were passed regarding Palestine, with emphasis to a resolution that will produce…
This Week in Palestine Week 12 2016
Audio Link After TextWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for March 19, to the 25, 2016. The UN bans international…
Elderly Man Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and injured many Palestinians, including an elderly man who was…
Israeli Soldiers Assault The Nonviolent Weekly Protests In Bil’in And Ni’lin
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many to…
Israeli Prime Minister Lambasts UN Human Rights Council for Settlement Resolution
The Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, issued a statement on Thursday criticizing the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it an “anti-Israel circus”. The statement followed the passage of a…
Soldiers Kidnap A Young Woman In Hebron, Invade Homes Of Slain Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday, a Young Palestinian woman in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The army also invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem,…
Mladinov Denounces Israeli Execution Of Wounded Palestinian In Hebron
Nicholai Mladinov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, denounced earlier on Friday the Israeli military execution of a young Palestinian man, after the soldiers already shot…
Gaza; Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats; Army Fires On Shepherds
Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier on Friday morning, targeting a number of Palestinian fishing boats, while the soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on shepherds, in the…
VIDEO: Israeli soldier executes wounded Palestinian after shooting and killing another Palestinian
Two Palestinians were killed Thursday morning in Hebron, one of whom was executed by a shot to the head while lying wounded on the ground.The video shows Israeli soldiers and…
Palestine Today 03 24 2016
Audio Link After TextWelcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 24, 2016. Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Hebron and…
Lebanese Creativity Award Winner Donates Award to Birzeit University
Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, winner of the prestigious Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity 2016, donated his $25,000 award to Birzeit University.Khoury was cited both for his large and diverse literary…
Nassar Ibrahim on Palestine in the Arab Context
Nassar Ibrahim discusses the Palestinian struggle in a globalized era and the Arab uprisings. Nassar Ibrahim is a Palestinian political analyst, writer, author and Co-Director of the Alternative Information Center…
Four Palestinian-backed Resolutions Passed by UN
In a landmark victory for Palestinian leadership, the UN Human Rights Council, Thursday, passed four resolutions pertaining to the occupied Palestinian territories, one of which will draw up a “blacklist”…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In Ramallah And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank districts of Ramallah and Jenin, searched several homes and kidnapped five Palestinians.The army invaded Silwad town, east of the central…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Man And A Child, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian man near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and a child near Bethlehem.The soldiers kidnapped Emad Suleiman al-Khouly, 28, from Azzoun…
Family Returns to Its Hotel Building In Jerusalem After Israeli Army Occupied It For 13 Years
The Ayyad family in occupied Jerusalem managed on Tuesday to enter its “Cliff Hotel”, in Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, for the first time in 13 years. The…
PA Bans 5 Major Israeli Food Imports
The Palestinian Authority decided, on Tuesday, to halt imports from five major Israeli food production companies into the occupied Palestinian territory.In a statement released after the weekly cabinet meeting, the…
Palestine Today 03 23 2016
Audio Link After TextWelcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The Israeli Municipality approves settlement project in Jerusalem,…
Israeli Regional Construction Committee Approves “Kedem” Colonialist Project In Jerusalem
The Israeli “Regional Planning and Construction Council” approved, on Wednesday, the so-called “Kedem – City of David” colonialist project that would be undertaken at the main entrances of the Wadi…
Jamal, Steadfastness and a Death
Jamal is younger than I am but he doesn’t look it. He is always there, as are all the storekeepers in the souk and he always greets us, as does…
UN: Settlements Root Cause of Violations against Palestinians
A senior UN rights official says that the continued development of illegal Israeli settlements is the root cause of a broad spectrum of human rights abuses across the occupied Palestinian…
No Safe Place: BADIL Releases Public ICC Submission
The BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights has announced the release of ‘No Safe Place’; a report based upon BADIL’s formal submission to the International Criminal Court,…
From the Spring to the Valley, Ain Samia to Wadi Auja
Even for the more experienced trekker, a hike from Ain Samia to Wadi Auja, is long and challenging, yet will prove to be rewarding. Ain Samia, is located on the…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnaped, on Wednesday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive military invasions and searches of homes, and property. The…
Child whose family was burned alive by settlers returns home to Douma
Five-year old Ahmad Dawabsha, who was four when his entire family was burned to death in their beds last July, returned to his hometown for the first time on Tuesday.The…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday morning, a Palestinian teenager in the southern area of Hebron’s Old City, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after he…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jenin, Injure Three Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Saturday, two Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Jenin; one of them is a former political prisoner who was held for 13 years. The soldiers…
This Week in Palestine Week 11 2016
Audio Link After text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for March 12, to the 18, 2016. This week six…
East Jerusalem Closed for Marathon
Israeli authorities, early Friday, shut down the streets of annexed East Jerusalem and detained four Palestinians, in preparation for the annual Jerusalem marathon, locals said.A number of roads were blocked…
Palestinian Journalists Bear a Heavy Burden
Palestinian journalists must navigate both the Israeli government’s and Palestinian authorities’ attempts to criminalize their profession. Deception remains one of Israel’s primary weapons in influencing local and international public opinion.…
US, UK, Germany, France Publicly Denounce Settlement Expansion
The US, UK, French and German governments condemned Israel’s decision to further expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, this week.According to the PNN, US State Department spokesman John…
Netanyahu: Breaking the Silence Crossed a Red Line
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said rights group Breaking the Silence had “crossed a red line’, following allegations that the group collected classified information from members of the Israeli military.The…
Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum town, in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, fired many rubber-coated metal bullets, and gas bombs, before invading…
Several Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have reported that the soldiers shot, Friday, a young man with a live round, while many residents suffered the effects…
Many Injured After Israeli Soldiers Attack Bil’in’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing dozens of suffer the…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Young Man Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Friday, a young Palestinian man near the Etzion roadblock, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The army said the young man was driving a…
Dozens Injured In Ni’lin’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing dozens to suffer…
Israeli Soldiers Besiege Beit Fajjar Town, Kidnap 11 Palestinians In The West Bank
Updated: 05:16 – Israeli soldiers imposed, starting on Thursday at night, a tight siege on the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, completely isolating it and kidnapped one Palestinian.…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians Dead from Israeli Military Attacks, 6 Wounded
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 10– 16 March 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 03 17 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 17, 2016. Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian youth and…
Israeli Extremists Threaten to Kill Al-Qeeq
Israeli extremists have reportedly made death threats against Palestinian journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who had been on a hunger strike for nearly a hundred days and is now recuperating in hospital.An…
Israel Cancels Gazans’ Weekly Visit to Al-Aqsa
Israeli authorities, on Wednesday, cancelled a weekly visit which allows elderly Palestinians, from the Gaza Strip, to travel to annexed East Jerusalem for Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to…
Bus Crashes During Pilgrimage, 16 Palestinians Dead
16 Palestinian pilgrims killed, while 36 others were injured when their bus overturned on Wednesday evening, in Ma’an city, south of Jordan.The Palestine Information Center reported from the Jordanian Civil…
Update: Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians In The Northern West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Thursday, two Palestinians near the Ariel Israeli colony, illegally built on Palestinian lands, near Salfit in the central West Bank. The army said they reportedly…
Rachel
This is the first time in which I could sit behind the computer and write about the tragic murder of Rachel. Since that happened many of us at the International…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Thursday, a young Palestinian man in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and one Palestinian in occupied Jerusalem.Local sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded Doura…
Wadi Qelt and St. George Monastery
Another breathtaking hike through nature, flora and fauna is that through Wadi Qelt. The hiker can only traverse Wadi Qelt from west to east, walking in its deep gorge. Since…
March 16th: Anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie
March 16th, 2016 marks 13 years since a young American peace activist stood in front of an Israeli armored bulldozer to try to protect a Palestinian home from demolition, and…
March 16th: Thirteenth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie
March 16th, 2016 marks 13 years since a young American peace activist stood in front of an Israeli armored bulldozer to try to protect a Palestinian home from demolition, and…
Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians In Nablus, Demolishes Six Stores
Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night and on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, kidnapped six Palestinians, including two children, and demolished six…
Palestine Today 03 16 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Israeli troops kidnap civilians during West Bank…
Israeli Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians in different invasions targeting Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers also kidnapped a…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the ash-Shurfa area, between al-Khader and Batteer towns, west of Bethlehem, and demolished a Palestinian home. The army also kidnapped a Palestinian near Ramallah.Several army vehicles…
Israeli Troops Teargas Bethlehem School
Several Palestinian students suffered from teargas inhalation on Tuesday, when Israeli troops fired teargas towards a school in the village of Hosan, to the west of Bethlehem, according to local…
4 Palestinian Stores Demolished in Jerusalem
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, demolished four Palestinian-owned stores and the foundations of a building in Beit Hanina, an outskirt of Jerusalem, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence said that Israeli police,…
An Internal BDS Movement?
Israeli sociologists and Palestinian citizens of Israel contemplate initiating boycotts against an Israeli university in a West Bank settlement, though with key ideological differences.At the first conference on the role…
Billionaire Donor Using British Council to Combat Israel Boycott
New documents seen by The Electronic Intifada, obtained under freedom of information laws, show that the British Council has been quietly working to thwart the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS)…
Israeli Forces Seize Over 2,300 Acres near Jericho
The Israeli government, on Tuesday, announced the seizure of 2,340 acres of land in the Jericho area, central occupied West Bank, claiming it as “state land”.Israel radio said that the…
Palestine Today 03 15 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Palestinian youth dies of wounds sustained two…
Russian Officials Meets with Hamdallah in Ramallah
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah met, on Tuesday, with Russian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Maxim Topolin, who is also the head of the joint Russian-Palestinian affairs committee, to…
Why BDS Cannot Lose: A Moral Threshold to Combat Racism in Israel
A foray of condemnations of the boycott of Israel seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Calls from Western governments, originating from the UK, the US, Canada and others, to…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered Two Weeks Ago In Qalandia
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man died, Tuesday, of serious wounds he suffered two weeks ago after Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied…
Army Kidnaps 29 Palestinians In The West Bank, Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, various districts of the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped 29 Palestinians. The soldiers also invaded Kadoori college, in Tulkarem, and searched…
Palestine Becomes A Full Member Of ‘The Court Of Arbitration’
On Monday, Palestine was awarded a full membership in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, after 57 countries votes in favor, 24 abstained and zero voted against.The Palestinian application was filed…
Autopsy Shows Soldiers’ “Overkill” of 3 Palestinians; Prosecutors Say Reveals Systematic Policy
The Head of the General Prosecutors’ Office in Hebron Ashraf Mashal has reported that autopsies performed on the three Palestinians, who were killed by the Israeli military on Monday in…
Demolition Orders Handed to Jerusalemites
The Israeli occupation municipality, Monday, handed demolition orders to Palestinians in al-Isawiyya, under the pretext of unlicensed buildings. Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported, according to Al Ray, that the crews…
The U.S. Will Not End the Occupation
On Tuesday of last week, Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The meeting was conducted in an atmosphere rife with rumors…
Gaza: Hamas Officer Dies in Tunnel Accident
A Hamas field commander died on Monday, in a tunnel accident which occurred in the Gaza Strip, the party stated.The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said that Abd…
Palestine Today 03 14 2016
Audio Link After Link Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 14, 2016. Israeli troops kill a three Palestinians, injuries…
Army Kidnaps Twelve Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Monday, at least twelve Palestinians, from their homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in al-‘Isawiyya town, in Jerusalem. One of the kidnapped…
Israeli Soldiers Kill Three Palestinians In Hebron; Four Soldiers Injured
Israeli soldiers killed Monday, three Palestinians in two separate incidents, in the al-Baq’a area, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army said four soldiers were mildly…
Palestinian teacher wins international Global Teacher’s Prize
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, announced Sunday that Hanan al-Hroub, a teacher from the Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, was awarded the…
14-year old boy shot in chest by Israeli troops during invasion of Palestinian village
A Palestinian boy is in serious condition after he was shot in the chest with live ammunition by Israeli forces who invaded his village, al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya, on Sunday.The boy, 14,…
Peaceful Rally Suppressed near Ramallah
Israeli troops, on Sunday, suppressed a peaceful rally organized by five dairy companies at Ofer checkpoint, to the southwest of Ramallah, to protest being denied the marketing of their products…
Israel Denies Indonesian FM West Bank Entry
Israeli authorities denied entrance, to the occupied West Bank, to an Indonesian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, on Sunday morning.The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, in a…
Schoolteachers Halt Month-Long Strike
More than 25,000 public schoolteachers, on Sunday, agreed to end a month-long strike after President Mahmoud Abbas urged them to go back to work and pledged to improve working conditions.A…
The Anniversary of Tristan Anderson and the Ongoing Struggle (VIDEO)
On the 13th of March, 2009, at around 4:30pm, Tristan Anderson, an ISM volunteer from the US, was critically wounded by the occupying Israeli forces while peacefully demonstrating against the…
Israel Bans Palestinian Products from Jerusalem
Five Palestinian companies warned of financial losses as Israeli occupation forces banned their products from being marketed in occupied Jerusalem, under political and economic pretexts, Palestinian sources reported Saturday. A…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 15 Palestinians In The West Bank, Injure A Child In Gaza
Israeli soldiers, invaded on Sunday at dawn several Palestinian districts in different parts of the occupied West Bank, stormed and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped, at least, fifteen Palestinians.…
Bodies Of Two Palestinian Workers Located Under Rubble Of Border Tunnel
The Palestinian Civil Defense, of Gaza’s Interior Ministry, has reported on Saturday evening that rescue workers managed to locate the bodies of two Palestinians, who went missing after a siege-busting…
Palestine Today TV Closed by Israel – Website Blocked
The Palestine Journalists’ Syndicate strongly condemned Israel’s closure of Palestine Today TV after a raid on Friday. The TV channel’s website appears, moreover, to have been subject to a cyber-attack…
Ashrawi Meets with Washington Officials
This week, PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi conducted a series of meetings in Washington D.C., and accompanied by Palestinian Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, Chief Representative of the General…
Gaza: Fateh Committee to Submit Resignation to Abbas
The Fateh High Leadership Committee in the Gaza Strip reportedly plans to submit its resignation to defacto Palestinian President and Fateh leader Mahmoud Abbas, a Fateh official in the besieged…
Palestinian Hackers Send a Message on Israeli Television
Suspected Palestinian hackers briefly overtook an Israeli television broadcast, Friday evening. During the airing of a popular television show “Big Brother” on Israeli Channel 2, the broadcast was briefly interrupted…
Navy Attacks Fishermen Off Gaza Shore
Israeli naval boats, Saturday, targeted Palestinian fishermen’s boats with several missiles, despite sailing within the unilaterally-designated allowed fishing zone offshore, to the northwest of Gaza City.WAFA correspondence said that soldiers…
France: Another Palestinian TV Station Shut Down
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his gratitude, on Saturday, to French President Francois Hollande, after the French government shut down a Hamas-affiliated television station that, according to the Israeli…
Hours After Her Brother Was Killed In Israeli Bombardment; Child Dies Of Her Wounds In Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Saturday, that a child, six years of age, who was seriously injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into their…
19 Palestinians Injured In Abu Dis
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Abu Dis town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding nineteen Palestinians, including one who was shot in his…
Child Killed, His Sister And Brother Seriously Injured, As Israeli Air Force Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Saturday at dawn, a series of airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, killing a child and seriously wounding his sister, and…
Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Ramallah, Kidnap Two Near Jenin
Two Palestinians have been injured Friday, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The army…
This Week in Palestine Week 10 2016
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for March 5, to the 11, 2016. Israeli troops kill…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and fired dozens of…
Two Children Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation, In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, two Palestinian children in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, and fired gas bombs, causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnaped, on Friday at dawn, three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while two others were kidnapped on Thursday evening.Media sources in Bethlehem said the soldiers invaded…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 Palestinian Civilians Killed, 8 Wounded by Israeli Forces This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 03– 09 March 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Denounces Israel’s Closure Of ‘Palestine Today’ TV
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate denounced, Friday, the Israeli invasion into Palestine Today Satellite TV Agency, in the occupied West Bank, the military orders shutting it down, and the abduction of…
Army Shuts Down ‘Palestine Today TV’ In Ramallah, Kidnaps Three Journalists
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the main headquarters of Palestine Today TV, in the al-Biereh city, in the Ramallah and al-Biereh District in the occupied West…
US VP Joe Biden: Israel Cannot Stop Violence through Physical Force Alone
United States Vice President Joe Biden, Wednesday, said that Israel could not stop violent acts carried out by Palestinians solely through physical force, the Associated Press reported.Biden landed in Tel…
Tamimi to be Released under Conditions and $1,000 Fine
Ofer Israeli military court, in the Ramallah region, on Thursday morning, 10 March 2016, has agreed to release activist Manal Tamimi (43) after two days of detention, on a fine…
Galant Supports Establishing Gaza Seaport
Israeli Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Galant has expressed support for the idea of constructing a seaport for Gaza, explaining that it would release pressure on the Strip, which…