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Groups of Israeli settlers carried out, Tuesday evening, a wide range of attacks against Palestinians in several residential homes surrounding the ‘Kiryat Arba’ settlement, east of Hebron, in the occupied…

Israeli forces continued, on Wednesday morning, heavy deployment in the city, tightening the siege imposed on occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.Forces erected a number of military checkpoints in several neighborhoods…

Israeli Jewish Rabbis have declared the killing of Palestinian resistance fighters “a religious duty”, Israeli media has reported. (MEMO/Days of Palestine) Israeli news website Walla reported that right-wing rabbis recently…

On 16 October 2015, Israeli Ambassador Roet addressed the UN Security Council in an emergency session on the escalating situation in Israel and Palestine. Below are his statements followed by…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, October 21, 2015. One Palestinian youth were killed by Israeli…

Leading Jewish historians, according to the PNN, have rubbished Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims that the Holocaust was caused by Palestinians.Netanyahu blamed the slaughter of millions of people during World War II…

A Palestinian was shot and injured after allegedly committing a suspected car attack that injured at least four Israelis off route 60, near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush…

One Palestinian youth were killed by Israeli troops’ gunfire near Jerusalem, on Wednesday, while an elderly man died during ongoing clashes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Since…

Medical sources at the Hebron Governmental Hospital, in the southern West bank city of Hebron, have reported on Wednesday evening that an elderly man died of severe effects of tear…

Number of Palestinian Victims Rises to 47 Killed, Including 12 Children and Woman, in oPt, Since Early October, Occupied East Jerusalem Isolated and Divided into Small Cantons.With the continuing international…

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, various Palestinian communities and towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped twenty-one Palestinians.Media…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped four Palestinians during extensive searches of homes, while three…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian child near the Yitzhar illegal colony, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Child injured after settlers attacked…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two boys, aged 15 and 17 years old, in Hebron’s Old City Tuesday night, claiming that the two tried to attack a soldier. The military…

Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in southern West Bank, on Tuesday, while a third Palestinian died after being shoot by Israeli troops during clashes at borders areas…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Three Palestinian youth killed and more than…

Israeli forces shot and injured at least nine Palestinians with live fire on Tuesday during clashes across the occupied West Bank, medics and witnesses said.A reporter in al-Bireh in the…

Armed Israeli settlers — under Israeli military protection — attacked Palestinian homes with stones and empty glass bottles to the east of Hebron city, on Tuesday, according to local and…

A Palestinian teenager was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers, Tuesday, during clashes near Ramallah, while a number of Palestinians suffocated by teargas in clashes near Jenin, according to local…

A video posted on October 12th, by Shehab news agency, described an attack on a Palestinian girl from Haifa in her twenties, for allegedly trying to assault a taxi driver…

Israeli police are planning to arrest “hundreds of Palestinians” in Jerusalem, over the coming week.Acting Police Commissioner Bentzi Sau told journalists, Tuesday, that “during the coming week hundreds of East…

The Government Media Office (Ministry of Information) documented 62 Israeli violations against the Palestinian journalists during the recent uprising, which has occurred since the beginning of October.The office explained, in…

A Palestinian man was shot dead, Tuesday afternoon, after his car ran into a soldier and a civilian.The incident happened at the Gush Eztion Junction toward Jerusalem in the West…

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian, and injured nine others with live fire on Tuesday, during clashes on the border of the northern and central Gaza Strip, a medical…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday before noon, a young Palestinian man in Beit ‘Awwa town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Army also invaded various…

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Monday, that the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of this month, has arrived to 45, including 10 children, in…

In the latest punitive home demolition carried out by Israeli troops since they resumed the practice this year, the military on Monday night destroyed the interior of an apartment located…

On 13 October 2015, an Israeli paramilitary settler fired 3 bullets at Alaa Abu Jamal (33), from al-Mukaber Mountain, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, at a bus stop on ‘Malkhei…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Monday evening, that eleven Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in Abu Dis town, in occupied Jerusalem, and seventeen others in the northern…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, October 19, 2015. An elderly woman die of tear gas…

Dozens of students suffered, Monday, the effects of tear gas inhalation in the Palestine Technical University “Khadoury,’ west of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, after Israeli soldiers fired…

An elderly Palestinian woman from the al-’Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, died late on Sunday at night, on a military roadblock, after Israeli soldiers, manning a roadblock on the eastern…

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied Jerusalem, has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening and Monday at dawn, various towns and neighborhoods in…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, seventeen Palestinians, including children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive military invasions and searches of homes, and also shot…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement, Sunday, strongly condemning the ongoing “Israeli violations and crimes, carried out by soldiers and paramilitary settlers’, on a daily basis in different parts…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian woman and her son, while trying to cross into the occupied West Bank, on their way back home from Jordan. Soldiers also kidnapped a…

After a day of intensified violence in al-Khalil (Hebron) the midnight hour brought horrifying screams for help from local mosques, the screaming sirens of ambulances and clouds of teargas drifting…

Over 2,000 Israeli Jews and Arabs demonstrated Saturday night in Jerusalem.Protesters marched under the slogan ‘we will not surrender to despair’. They called for an end to the Israeli occupation…

Israeli forces, on Sunday, began installing a large concrete wall in occupied East Jerusalem to separate the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir from the illegal Israeli settlement of Armon Hanatziv.Witnesses…

Israeli forces suppressed marches across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, as clashes continued for the 17th consecutive day.Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians with live fire during clashes…

Israeli forces, on Sunday, fired tired gas canisters and stun grenades inside a boys’ secondary school in Jenin while students were still inside, as groups of settlers attempted to storm…

A suspected Palestinian was shot dead in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, and another injured, after allegedly grabbing an Israeli officer’s gun and opening fire in the city’s central…

Three Palestinians were killed in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, another youth was killed in Jerusalem, and a fifth was killed at Qalandia checkpoint by Israeli live gunfire…

Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces on Saturday evening, after allegedly carrying out separate stabbing attacks in Hebron and Qalandia, in the occupied West Bank.Their deaths bring the…

At least three witnesses to the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager, Saturday morning, have been abducted by Israeli forces.Ma’an News Agency reported that Mufeed Sharbati, an eyewitness and an…

Israeli police sources confirmed, Saturday, that the Jerusalemite woman Israa’ A’bd, aged 29, who was shot previously, was not intending to carry out a stabbing attack at the bus station.A’bd…

As soon as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas concluded his speech earlier this week, in which he spoke about the 13-year old boy Ahmad Manasra, Israeli media was flooded with images…

The Youth Against Settlements Coalition in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, published a video of the fatal shooting a Palestinian youth on the hands of…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday at noon, a Palestinian girl in Wad al-Ghrous, close to the Keryat Arba’ Israeli colony, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday, a Palestinian teen close to the Armon Hanetziv illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands in Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Israeli…

A right-wing Israeli paramilitary settler shot and killed a Palestinian teenager Saturday morning on Shuhada Street in the center of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.Video footage…

Three Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire, on Friday evening, with dozens of Israeli soldiers invading Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Eyewitnesses said the three fighters…

Hundreds of Palestinians clashed, on Friday afternoon, with Israeli soldiers who attacked a nonviolent protest with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, concussion grenades and gas bombs, in the al-Baloa’ neighborhood,…

Five Palestinians have been killed, and at least 300 injured by live Israeli fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, in the occupied Palestinian territory on Friday, the…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Friday evening, five Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Ramallah, and injured dozens of Palestinians, during clashes that took place in the…

A few weeks before an Israeli soldier shot him through the stomach, Mutaz Zawahreh discovered a love of the sea.On the coast of Brittany, Mutaz and two friends from Duheisha…

Palestinian civilians joined by international solidarity activists will gather tonight, Friday 16, October 2015, at the Nablus city homes of Yahya Hamad, Karam Al-masri and Sameer Al-kosa after Israeli forces…

In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 08 – 13 Oct. 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

A Palestinian home, belonging to members of Harb family, close to Rachel Tomb north of the Palestinian West Bank city of Bethlehem was burnt after being targeted with dozens of…

Audio After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 10th, to the 16th, 2015. This week Israel’s cabinet…

The grave of a young Jerusalem man whose dead body was kicked by settlers has been attacked.A photo on social media (below) this morning (Friday) show the grave of the…

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron, Friday, after he allegedly stabbed a soldier in the area. A Palestinian news crew…

The Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem) in the last few weeks has witnessed an explosion of Israeli forces’ presence, supposedly for ‘security reasons’. 16th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement…

A 24-year old Palestinian was shot in the head and killed, while at least 27 others were injured after Israeli occupation forces fired at demonstrators in the Gaza Strip on…

Israeli forces have announced heavier deployments at the border area with Gaza, following the announcement of a Hamas-prompted ‘Day of Rage’ planned for Friday, an Israeli army spokesperson said.The spokesperson…

Palestinian youths set fire to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, overnight Friday, after throwing Molotov cocktails at the holy site, locals said.Palestinian Authority police and fire brigades arrived at the scene…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, kidnapped three Palestinians, and injured one.Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that a Palestinian man died, earlier this morning, of wounds he suffered last Friday October 9, after Israeli soldiers shot him…

Samah Sabaw is a Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and member of the board of directors for the National Council on Canada Arab Relations (NCCAR).History in the…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, October 15, 2015. Israeli soldiers attack a Palestinian killing him…

Israeli settlers, Thursday, resumed their attacks against Palestinians, stoning Palestinian cars to the south of Bethlehem with stones, according to security sources.Sources informed WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency that…

Black-Palestinian solidarity: a choice of life and resistance.Black-Palestinian solidarity is neither a guarantee nor a requirement – it is a choice. We choose to build with one another in a…

A Palestinian farmer died on Thursday after suffering a stroke when he was assaulted by Israeli troops on his way home from his olive grove.According to local sources, the man…

Videos and photos related to the violations committed by Israeli forces, police officers and settlers against the Palestinian civilians, have been surfacing on social media. These incidents have increased lately…

Israeli authorities, overnight Wednesday and during the day on Thursday, executed punitive measures against the families of Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks against Israel, giving four families 72 hours…

The Israeli military invaded various parts of the West Bank Wednesday night, abducting 26 Palestinians from their homes. Since the beginning of October, more than 650 Palestinians have been abducted…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Two Palestinians were shoot dead by Israeli…

Ahmad Fathi Abu Sahban, 23, was killed by live Israeli fire near the Central Bus station in Jerusalem after allegedly stabbing a 50-year old woman.According to Israeli sources, Sahban took…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 40 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, during clashes with soldiers invading the northern entrance of the West Bank city of…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Wednesday at night, that seven residents were injured by Israeli army fire, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Two Palestinians kidnapped in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured six Palestinians, including two children, by sniper fire in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in Central Gaza.Palestinian medical sources said the soldiers, stationed across the border…

Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, Wednesday, while a third Palestinian died while being held by the Israeli army as a political detainee. Clashes between Palestinian…

Israeli forces, on Wednesday, blocked the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, north of Ramallah, for the third consecutive day, said a local Palestinian.Speaking over the phone with WAFA, Naji al-Tamimi…

The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party, has reiterated its support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) measures against Israel at the conclusion of its National General Council…

Israeli settlers, Wednesday, set fire to large swaths of Palestinian-owned agricultural land near the village of Burin, to the south of Nablus in the West Bank, and injured a British…

Israeli forces shot a 17-year-old Palestinian in the chest as clashes erupted throughout the Hebron area on Wednesday, medics said.Medical sources identified the teen as Bare’ Ismael Shalash, who was…

At least 36 Palestinians were abducted overnight and Wednesday, while four others were summoned by Israeli forces from various West Bank districts, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence reports that at…

The Israeli Security Cabinet has approved what is being called ‘drastic measures’, in order to quell the Palestinian revolt against Israeli actions at Al-Aqsa Mosque, including placing additional security for…

The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Committee has officially announced, on Wednesday, the death of Fadi Al-Darbi (30) from Jenin city, while being detained in Israeli jails.Al-Darbi suffered a brain-stroke earlier…

A Palestinian teenager identified as Basel Bassam Seder, 17, was shot dead at the Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday after he allegedly pulled out a knife, Israeli…

Update: After the family was unable to locate the missing girls, they contacted the Israeli police. The police told the family that the girls had been arrested and were in…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, October 13th, 2015. Israeli troops kill three Palestinians; meanwhile 83…

Since October 1st, 30 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 1500 others injured by Israeli troops, according to the most recent report by the Palestinian Ministry of HealthThe MOH…

At least 50 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during rallies in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with at least three seriously wounded, medics said.Dozens of Palestinian…

Israeli settlers, Tuesday afternoon, attacked olive farmers near Turmus‘ayya and Tal villages, south and west of Nablus, as well as hurled stones at a Palestinian car driving at Ramallah-Nablus Road,…

Israeli forces pummeled Palestinian children going to school near Salimeh & Queitun checkpoints in Hebron with a total of 19 rounds of tear-gas and one stun grenade fired. The onslaught…

A group of Gaza children organized a stand on Tuesday, in front of the mourning tent erected for the murdered child, Rahaf Hassan, age 2, who was killed along with…

Palestinians in the pre-1948 occupied territories have staged a mass strike in protest of continued Israeli crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the recent escalations which extended to all areas of…

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp Tuesday evening during clashes at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, medics said.Mutaz Ibrahim Zawahra, 27, was hit with…

Since October 1st, 27 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 1400 others injured by Israeli troops, according to the most recent report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health The…