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The Israeli army has kidnapped, Tuesday, three Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, in Ramallah and Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers installed a sudden roadblock, near the main entrance of…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the villages of Azzoun and Kafr Thulth villages, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped two Palestinians.Several Israeli military…

On Tuesday, a 24-year old Israeli woman died of wounds sustained Monday morning when she was stabbed at Horon settlement. The two Palestinians who were killed immediately following the stabbing…

Head of the detainees and ex-detainees committee, Ashraf Abu Sneineh, on Monday morning, said that the health of journalist prisoner, Muhammad al-Qeeq is deteriorating on a fast pace, confirming the…

In the early morning, 18th January, hundreds of Israeli soldiers entered the Jin Safoot village to demolish a farmhouse belonging to the Palestinian farmer Faed. The barn was serving as…

Israeli warplanes, predawn Monday, launched multiple airstrikes targeting different locations in the southern Gaza Strip, in yet another act of aggression against the besieged enclave, local sources said.WAFA correspondence said…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 25, 2016. Two youth killed in the West Bank…

The Israeli Police released, Sunday, a young Palestinian woman after kidnapping her under the allegation that she “carried a knife.” She was held in a Police Station in the Chain…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, several districts in the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and kidnapped at least ten Palestinians.The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the…

Israeli war jets fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles targeting two areas in the Gaza strip, causing damage. The army said a rocket was fired from Gaza, on Sunday…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, and in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank.Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the…

The following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one in…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, during the Sunday government meeting, to support settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and to seek ‘a legal process to allow…

The Ofer Israeli military court ordered on Sunday that the wounded detained Palestinian child Ahmad Omar al-Atrash, 13, should remain under interrogation until Thursday. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee noted that…

Dozens of Palestinian journalists demonstrated on Sunday morning, in front of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Gaza City, in solidarity with hunger striking journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq.The…

The army abducted, on Sunday at daw,n six Palestinians from Hebron; a Member of Parliament and ex- minister were counted among them.Media sources reported, according to Al Ray, that forces…

A group of Israeli settlers, on Saturday night, set fire to a Palestinian school in Tuba village of the Galilee area, inside the 1948 lands.Locals said, according to the PNN,…

A Palestinian family in the occupied East Jerusalem village of Sur Bahir, on Friday, demolished their own home following an order by an Israeli court.Khalil Dabash, owner of the home,…

Chief Israeli Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu announced Tuesday, on Facebook, that Palestinians should be executed in order to establish safety in Israel.“Israeli army has to stop arresting Palestinians,” he posted on…

A Hamas-affiliated militant died on Saturday, after a tunnel collapsed west of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, medical and local sources in Gaza said.Gaza’s Ministry…

Israeli military sources have reported that a Palestinian teen was killed, on Saturday evening, in Abu Dis town east of occupied Jerusalem, when an explosive he allegedly was preparing to…

Israeli sources reported Saturday, that an armed guard of “Anatot” settlement, north of occupied Jerusalem, shot dead a Palestinian child after she allegedly pulled a knife on him. The child…

Chinese President Xi Jinping said, Thursday, that the Palestinian cause shouldn’t be marginalized and that Palestinian rights must be given back in order to guarantee calm and security in the…

Airbnb* is enabling anyone to rent rooms and vacation homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.The list of places to rent, some of them even luxurious cottages,…

Israeli authorities allowed cooking gas and diesel into the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian sources told Ma’an News Agency.Samir Hamadeh, a board member of an organization of Gaza fuel…

With a decade of Israeli-imposed economic siege on Gaza and three devastating wars which accompanied it, the Strip now suffers from an acute housing deficit, with a need of more…

During the latest massacre in Gaza 60-year-old Fatma was one of the many Gazans who lost her home.01/22/16 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team She was sheltering in an…

During the latest massacre in Gaza 60-year-old Fatma was one of the many Gazans who lost her home.01/22/16 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team She was sheltering in an…

Israeli forces, Friday morning, evicted dozens of Israeli settlers from two buildings believed to belong to Palestinians in Hebron’s Old City, a day after the settlers forced their way into…

In just three days, an online letter endorsing the academic boycott of Israeli institutions, circulated by Brazilian intellectuals, received 200 signatories from faculty across Brazilian universities.According to the Palestinian Campaign…

Undercover soldiers of the Israeli army infiltrated, Friday, into the northern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot and injured one Palestinian youngster, and kidnapped him, along with…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for January 16, to the 22, 2016. This week, British…

Several Palestinians have been injured, Friday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, and attacked the weekly nonviolent protest. The army also closed the village, and prevented…

Medical sources have reported, Friday, that three Palestinians, including a child, were injured after Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qaddoum village, near the central West Bank city of Qalqilia, and attacked…

The Popular Committee in Bil’in, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reported that one child was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head, and dozens…

At least eleven Palestinians were injured, Friday, in the village of Ni’lin, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest.Medical sources…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, Friday, that at least 17 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, in different parts of the besieged coastal region, and that…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 14- 20 January 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

Israeli forces demolished, at dawn on Thursday, three Bedouin houses in the al-Baba mountain area, in the town of al-Ezariya, located east of occupied Jerusalem.Local sources reported, according to Al…

British doctors have called for the removal of Israel from the World Medical Association (WMA) over claims of “medical torture” on Palestinians seeking treatment.Some 71 UK doctors have started to…

The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, on Wednesday, reported that Israeli forces have arrested some 130 Palestinians for their activities on social media throughout the year 2015.The report by the…

Israeli settlers, on Thursday, attacked a number of Palestinian homes in the center of Hebron, throwing stones and verbally abusing residents, according to a local activist with Israeli rights group…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, January 21, 2016. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities, injuries…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Thursday, thirteen Palestinians, in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Ramallah and Tulkarem, raising the number of kidnapped…

Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, injured two and kidnapped eight others.Mohammad Abu…

One Palestinian was kidnapped, and three others suffered moderate wounds, after Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, the central West Bank city of Tubas, and stormed homes and clashed with local youths.The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, injured three Palestinians, and kidnapped another. Several Israeli military vehicles invaded Balata refugee…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man at Beit ‘Einoun junction, east of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, allegedly for carrying a knife.Media sources in…

The Israeli military has finished training exercises in preparation for a potential “long-term, multi-front” conflict with Syria and Lebanon, according to a statement released by the army.Major General Aviv Kochavi…

Israeli army forces, on Wednesday, tore down two tents used as shelters by Palestinian families living east of Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, to the south of Hebron.‏The Popular…

Palestinian refugees from Syria are amongst the most vulnerable refugees who seek safety in Europe. But, the legal framework that is being applied to their plight is a discriminatory one.The…

Two Israeli teenagers suspected of scrawling hate speech on a historic church in occupied East Jerusalem, earlier this week, have been arrested, according to Israeli police.A spokesperson said that a…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Israeli troops demolish homes in the West…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, a newly-built Palestinian home in Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem; the family was preparing to move into their residence next week. The demolished property…

Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an under construction Palestinian home, and its surrounding walls, in Beit ar-Roush village, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West bank.Omar Kashour,…

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Wednesday, twelve additional Palestinians, including several children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, raising the number of…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Authorities have kidnapped 130 Palestinians, in 2015, for social media activities, deemed by Israel to be “incitement.”The Committee said 27…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Wad Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished an under construction home, after surrounding the area.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian farmlands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, bulldozed and uprooted lands close to the border…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, nineteen Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, in different communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem.Media sources in Hebron, in…

Abdullah Ed’eis, the father of Morad, aged 16, denied Israeli allegations that his son was behind the killing of a settler woman in Entail Israeli colony, and said that his…

Palestinians have been banned from working in illegal Israeli settlements located in the occupied West Bank, following recent unrest, an Israeli army statement revealed.“In light of the daily situation assessment…

The Israeli army has been redeployed in a Palestinian area east of Bethlehem, in a step believed to serve as a prelude to connect illegal settlement blocs in Hebron, with…

Israeli forces, on Tuesday, sealed off the main entrance of the Bethlehem governorate town of Janata with earth mounds.Security sources told WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that soldiers blocked…

Extremist Israeli settlers stormed, on Wednesday morning, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, from Al Mughrabi gate, amid tight security protection from the Israeli occupation police.Jerusalemite sources reported, according to Al…

January 18th marked day 12 of an ongoing sit-in protest at check point 56 at the entrance to Shuhada Street and the Israeli occupied part of the city. The peaceful…

Both the EU and United States are becoming increasingly public in criticism of Israel’s settlement policies.The European Union finalised its resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Israeli settlements Monday,…

The orphaned survivor of a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian family will learn, this week, the fate of his family, five months after the attack.Five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsha lost his…

Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday, called on Israeli and international businesses to withdraw from Jewish-only settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, saying they ‘contribute to and benefit from’ Israeli violations.The…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Palestinian family members injured due to settlers…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that Israeli soldiers assaulted three Palestinians after kidnapping them, and forced several others in the cold for many hours after abducting them.…

Three more Palestinians have been kidnapped, Tuesday, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, in various Israeli military invasions and searches of homes. The soldiers also kidnapped two Palestinians…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian in Tulkarem,…

Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched many homes, confiscated mobile phones and a computer,…

The Israeli army and Internal Security Services announced they have arrested, on Monday at night, a Palestinian teen, allegedly behind the killing of a settler woman, in Otneil colony, south…

Two Palestinian youth riding their bikes near Salfit Monday were hit by an Israeli driver, leading to the death of one of them, and the injury his brother. Update: The…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 18, 2016. A Palestinian youth killed by a settlers…

Israeli Foreign Ministry officials have expressed surprise at the United Methodist Church’s decision to divest from five Israeli banks on the grounds of human rights concerns.Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, First…

“We strongly condemn the vandalization of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. Such an act is the direct result of a hate culture generated by racism and the occupation with impunity,…

The Israeli Supreme Court refused to reconsider a decision to demolish the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, and ordered to evict all its residents, Adalah center reported on Sunday.Adalah,…

Etzion Brigade Commander Colonel Roman Gofman, on Monday, issued an order to immediately remove all Palestinian workers from the Gush Etzion settlement, including from stores and businesses, according to The…

Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Sunday at night, the Kharbtha al-Misbah village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and demolished a small room and a garage.Local sources…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped overnight, and on Monday morning, 32 Palestinians in various invasions and extensive military searches of homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied…

An unidentified Palestinian man was shot and critically wounded on Monday morning after allegedly stabbing and wounded a pregnant Israeli woman in Tekoa settlement, near Bethlehem, according to Israeli sources.The…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Sunday, a Palestinian child, while many residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Forik town, east of…

A video released on Facebook, last week, shows Israeli soldiers praising and congratulating each other for shooting Palestinian protesters.The video was translated and subtitled by activist Ronnie Barkan. According to…

Israeli forces kidnapped at least eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday.In Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp, Israeli forces was reported to have abducted the wife of Palestinian detainee…

Yisrael Beiteinu party leader, Avigdor Lieberman, on Friday, called Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence ‘traitors’, stating that the groups were funded by the same people who…

The Israeli military court of Ofer prison rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeeq, on Saturday.Al-Qeeq continues his open-ended hunger strike since the…

A group of extremist, right-wing Israeli settlers, on Sunday at dawn, sprayed slogans calling for the slaughter of Christians, on the walls of an old monastery in Jerusalem.The slogans are…

An Israeli woman was stabbed and killed, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Sunday, an Israeli army spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, the suspect broke…

Israeli soldiers shot dead, on Sunday afternoon, a young Palestinian man, allegedly after attempting to stab a soldier, at the Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city…

The Israeli Prison Service has refused to allow a 45-year old Palestinian prisoner to receive a medically-indicated, lifesaving heart surgery. The prisoner is now in an intermittent coma as a…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped a Palestinian woman, the wife of a political prisoner, who is serving several life…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that at least 15 political prisoners, held by Israel, have been held in solitary confinement for several years, denied the right to family visits,…

Several Palestinian soccer players of the al-Khader team, in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, suffered severe effects of tear gas inhalation, on Saturday evening,…

The following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, Friday, four Palestinians near the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and at the eastern entrance of Teqoua’ town, southeast of the…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired live rounds, wounding one teen in his leg.Morad Eshteiwy,…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reported that Israeli soldiers assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest, causing…