PA Officer Dead after Alleged Shooting at Hizma
A Palestinian was shot and killed after opening fire on Israeli soldiers stationed at the Hizma military checkpoint, to the north of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, that left…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Jerusalem
At least eight Palestinians, including two 11 years of age children, have been kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn and on Wednesday at night, during Israeli military invasions into Palestinian homes,…
Eight Palestinians, Including Two Children, Injured In Qabatia, Two Kidnapped
Medical sources have reported that eight Palestinians, including two children and a teacher, were injured, Thursday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Tulkarem, Two In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped three Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and two Palestinians, including a child, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.Dozens of Israeli military…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The Southern West Bank District Of Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday, Hebron city in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and several nearby towns, searched many homes and kidnapped ten Palestinians, including one…
Israeli Soldiers Detonate A Palestinian Home In Nablus
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded, in the early morning hours of Thursday, the Dahia area, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and detonated a home belonging…
Update: ’43 Palestinians Injured In Shu’fat Refugee Camp’
Medical sources in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, has reported that 43 Palestinians have been injured, during the massive Israeli military invasion into the camp, starting earlier on…
International Campaign to Release Child Detainees Launched by PA
The Palestinian Authority announced, on Wednesday, the launch of an international campaign aiming to pressure the Israeli government to release Palestinian child detainees, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said in a…
UPDATE: Israeli Forces Kidnap 35 Palestinians in West Bank, Close Entrance to Bethlehem Town
At least 35 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli troops across various occupied West Bank districts, mostly during night and predawn raids, according to local and security sources.Israeli forces stormed the…
‘Bring Our Sons Back’
Palestinian media networks have launched the media campaign, ‘Bring Our Sons Back’, calling for the return of the bodies of Palestinians killed in the latest incidents of civil unrest in…
ADWAR: December a Month to End Violence against Women
On the occasion of the international month for violence elimination against women, ADWAR Association’s general director presented an awareness session in cooperation with Soreef Elementary School for girls (UNRWA).They discussed…
Gaza: Elderly Woman Shot, Critically Injured by Israeli Forces
Israeli forces shot an elderly Palestinian woman in the neck, on Wednesday, near al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, a spokesperson for the Gaza-based Ministry of Health said.Ministry spokesperson Ashraf…
Palestine Today 12 02 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Israeli soldiers injuries an aged woman in…
Hundreds Of Soldiers Invade Shu’fat, Detonate Home
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at noon, the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, after completely surrounding the camp and exploding a Palestinian home — causing structural damage…
Army Kidnaps 10 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the town of Hizma, in occupied Jerusalem, searched many homes, and kidnapped ten Palestinians. One Palestinian kidnapped in Tulkarem.Local sources said…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night and on Wednesday at dawn, several parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians, including seven children.Media sources in…
Soldiers Kidnap Lawyer Tareq Barghouth In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, lawyer Tareq Barghouth of the Palestinians Detainees’ Committee, after summoning him for interrogation.Lawyer Mahmoud Taha said the soldiers decided to keep Barghouth under…
Army Injures Three Palestinians, Kidnaps One, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Jabal ar-Rahma area in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, shot and wounded three Palestinians, including one who suffered a serious injury, and…
Army Fires Gas Bombs Into Al-Makassed Hospital In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers fired, on Tuesday evening, two gas bombs into the al-Makassed Hospital, in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem, causing many Palestinians, including patients, to suffer the effects of…
Palestine Today 12 01 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Israeli attacks leave two Palestinians killed in…
Palestinian House Demolished in Arraba
Israeli bulldozers demolished, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian house in the town of Arraba (also known as Arrabat al-Battuf), Upper Galilee, in pre-1948 occupied Palestine.Ashraf Khatib, a resident of the…
US National Women’s Studies Association to Join BDS Movement
Another group of US scholars voted to joined the BDS movement: the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA), PNN reports.According to the Jerusalem Post, the NWSA vote on the BDS referendum…
Israeli Sentenced for Arson Attack on Hand-in-Hand School
An Israeli court, on Tuesday, sentenced a Jewish extremist to three years in prison for his part in an arson attack on a mixed Palestinian and Israeli school in Jerusalem,…
Army Kidnaps 27 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Tuesday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including one child.…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least eleven Palestinians in Hebron city, and…
19-year old Palestinian girl shot and killed by Israeli troops near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers stationed at a checkpoint near Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and killed Maram Ramez Hassouna, 19, on Tuesday morning.Hassouna was from Rafidia, near…
Army Kills A Palestinian Teen In Bethlehem
The army claims he “attempted to stab a settler’; Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian teen, sixteen years of age, near the Gush Etzion settlement block,…
Clashes in East Jerusalem Following Raids, Settler Vandalism near Bethlehem
Clashes broke out between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces during raids in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Silwan and al-Isawiya , on Monday. Late Sunday, Israeli extremist settlers sprayed…
Palestine Today 11 30 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 30, 2015. A Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army…
Letter From An Israeli Activist
Anti-colonial Israelis have allowed themselves to be cowed into silence.I read your open letter to Israeli activists with great shame. I do not know you personally but from your letter…
Israel Confiscates Jordan Valley Water Pumps, ICRC Tents
Israeli forces confiscated, on Monday morning, water pumps which supply Khirebt al-Deer in the Jordan Valley, near the border with Jordan, depriving farmers of their sole irrigation source. Also on…
Muhammad Abu Khdeir: Two Israelis Found Guilty of Murder
The Jerusalem District Court, on Monday, convicted two of the three people accused in the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir.On July 2, 2014, Abu Khdeir, 16, was murdered by tree…
Army Kidnaps Sixteen Palestinians In The West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, late on Sunday and earlier on Monday, 16 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, including a…
Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen in Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers fatally shot, on Sunday at night, a Palestinian teen in Ein al-Louza neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.Medical sources said the slain…
13-year old Palestinian Boy has Court Appearance; Trial will Begin in January
A 13-year old Palestinian boy accused of stabbing and wounding a 13-year old Israeli boy had a court appearance Thursday. On October 11th, Ahmad Manasra was run over by a…
Palestinian Security Officer Seriously Injured Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a security officer suffered a serious injury in his face, after Israeli soldiers opened fire on a car near Bet El settlement, in the…
November 29th: International Day of Solidarity with Palestine
Today is the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.Thirty years after the UN partition plan of Palestine, the General Assembly passed a new resolution proclaiming an annual…
Dozens Injured in Clashes Across West Bank, Kindergarten Raided
Dozens of Palestinians were injured Sunday, during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank, while at least 29 Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces, overnight.Dozens were injured by…
Netanyahu: Not One Meter of Area C to be Conceded
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that there are no plans to deliver any lands from West Bank Area C to Palestinians.In a meeting for Likud ministers, on Sunday, Netanyahu…
Woman Stabbed in Jerusalem, Palestinian Detained
A foreign citizen was stabbed in a West Jerusalem bus stop, this Sunday morning. The Palestinian man manage to run away but was arrested, shortly after, by the Israeli police.According…
Israeli Forces Shut Down 3rd Palestinian Radio Station
This Sunday morning, Israeli military forces issued an order for the closure of a Hebron radio station, the third Palestinian news outlet to be shut by Israeli authorities, this month,…
Palestinian Man Killed after Alleged Stabbing in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man on Sunday, after he allegedly stabbed and injured an Israeli police officer near Damascus Gate, in occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli police spokesperson…
Kufur Qaddoum protest attacked by Israeli forces; 3 Palestinian civilians wounded
On Saturday in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, near Qalqilia, Israeli troops opened fire with live rounds on a non-violent protest march organized by a leftist party. The protest was…
Israel Closes Jerusalem Area Road, Isolates Palestinian Villages
Israeli forces, Saturday, closed a main road leading to Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem and prevented residents from entering or exiting the area, locals said.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that…
Clashes Following Beit Ummar Raid
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces in Beit Ummar, to the south of Hebron, after the latter stormed the town to inquire after a local…
Olive Harvesters Driven From Lands in Burin
Israeli forces, on Saturday, chased Palestinian olive pickers off their land in the town of Burin, to the south of Nablus, according to an official.The Director of fieldwork in Rabbis…
Israeli Forces Storm Hebron Activist Center
Yesterday evening, Israeli forces kidnapped two activists from local rights group, Youth Against Settlement (YAS), in Hebron. Illegal settlers, under the protection of soldiers, closed the YAS center, the Soumud…
Gaza Fishermen Forced to Shore under Israeli Gunfire
Israeli naval forces, Saturday, opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local fishermen.The fishermen told Ma’an News Agency that…
Africa: Palestinian Flag Raised at UN Headquarters
On Friday, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) — the UN’s biggest entity in Africa — hoisted the flag of the state of Palestine at its headquarters, in…
EU Official Martina Anderson Calls for International Protection of Palestinians
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a European Union official, Friday, called for placing Palestine and the Palestinian people under international protection.“Ahead of…
Kerry, Israel, Palestine and Terrorism
United States Secretary John Kerry has, once again, visited the Middle East, to exert his particular brand of useless influence on Palestinian President and Israeli puppet Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (19 – 25 November 2015)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (19 – 25 November 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings…
Abbas Meets with Greek Prime Minister
In a joint address, delivered Thursday with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, PA President Mahmoud Abbas warned Israel not to turn the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict into a “religious” dispute.Abbas…
UPDATE: 82 Palestinians Shot and Injured Across oPt on Friday
At least 82 Palestinians were shot by Israeli military forces, on Friday, during ongoing clashes across the occupied Palestinian territories, according to officials and the Palestinian Red Crescent.A Red Crescent…
Obama Administration Rejects New Settlement Recognition
In a press conference this week, the Obama administration rejected Israel’s government request to recognize the construction of new [illegal] settlements in the occupied West Bank.The issue over new Israeli…
This Week in Palestine Week 48 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 21, to the 27, 2015. US Secretary of…
Cameraman Injured, Many Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation, In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest, carried out by Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. A Palestinian…
104 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces since October 1st (List)
The full list of the 104 Palestinians and 16 Israelis killed since October 1st is below.In the latest numbers on injuries, from this past Friday, November 20th, the Palestinian Health…
Army Injures Eleven Palestinians In The Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers shot 11 Palestinians with live rounds, including one who suffered a serious injury, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes near border areas in…
28 Palestinians Injured, 171 Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation in Qalqilia
Medical sources in the Red Crescent Society in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that 27 Palestinians have been shot with rubber-coated steel bullets,…
Two Palestinians Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Kufur Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, wounding two Palestinians.Media spokesperson…
Several Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem, Two Children Kidnapped In Beit Sahour
Clashes renewed, Friday, between Israeli soldiers and local youths, near the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem; two Palestinians were injured, and six suffered the effects of…
Army Kills A Palestinian Near Hebron, Five Soldiers Injured
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that a Palestinian teen, 19 years of age, was shot dead with several live Israeli army rounds, on the entrance of Beit Ummar town, north…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus, Jenin And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the northern West Bank districts of Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two former political prisoners. The army also confiscated…
Armed Paramilitary Settler Kills A Palestinian Near Jerusalem
On Friday, an armed Israeli paramilitary settler shot dead a young Palestinian man, identified as Fadi Mohammad Mahmoud Khseib, 25. The slain Palestinian is the brother of Shadi Khseib, who…
Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man, after the army invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied…
Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube, To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, held meetings this week with representatives of YouTube and Google, to find ways of cooperating to censor Palestinian videos from…
Palestine Today 11 26 2015
Audio link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 26, 2015. Three Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire…
Stores Demolished near Bethlehem, Settlers Close Major Junction
The Israeli army, Thursday, demolished two commercial structures and seized some of their contents in the village of Hosan, west of Bethlehem, according to local sources.Hassan Hamamreh, mayor of Hosan,…
B’Tselem: Israeli Government Encourages Field Executions
Israeli human rights center, B’Tselem, is holding PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s government responsible for the committing of field executions against Palestinians by both Israeli forces and civilians. The director general of…
Five Resolutions in Favor of Palestine Approved by UN
The overwhelming majority of General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, voted on five draft resolutions in favor of Palestine. The decision comes after the Assembly discussed the two articles,…
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jordan Valley
Early Thursday, Israeli authorities demolished residential structures in the northern Jordan Valley locality of al-Hadidiya, according to PNN municipal sources.Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors settlement activities in the Jordan Valley, said…
3rd Palestinian Shot and Killed on Thursday
A 19-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed at al-Arroub refugee camp in northern Hebron, Thursday, after Israeli soldiers invaded the it. He is the 3rd Palestinian to be killed during…
Many Palestinians Injured In Hebron
Two Palestinians were shot with live rounds; one with a rubber-coated steel bullet and several others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the…
Names Of The 101 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Fire Since October 1st
The Following is a list of names of the 101 Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including one…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A 51-year old Palestinian Man South Of Nablus
A Palestinian man, 51 years of age, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers, Thursday, at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. 101 Palestinians…
Including A 10-Year-Old Child, Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped nine Palestinians in Qalqilia, Jenin and Hebron, including a 10-year old child. Two fishers…
100th Palestinian killed by Israeli troops since Oct. 1st: 21 year old shot during protest
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Qotna, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, early Thursday morning, shooting and killing one Palestinian, in addition to kidnapping and wounding many residents. The…
Soldiers Confiscate Eight Buses In Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into the Tamimi Bus Company, and confiscated eight buses, working on the Nablus-Ramallah road, and…
Palestinian Child Dies of Wounds Suffered Two Weeks Ago In Ramallah
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Wednesday, that a child died of serious wounds he suffered, two weeks ago, after Israeli soldiers shot him in the heart, in a town…
Palestine Today 11 25 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Two Palestinians die after being shot by…
Palestinian Killed, Israeli Soldier Seriously Injured, In Hebron
The Palestinian District Coordination Office in Hebron (DCO), has reported that the Israeli side has informed them that Mohammad Ismael Shobaki, 19, died of serious gunshot wounds he suffered when…
Jewish-Only Cities to Evict Thousands of Palestinians
Thousands of Palestinians will be displaced as part of a new Israeli plan to build several Jewish-only communities in the Negev region, in south of the Israeli territory, which will…
Right-wing Paramilitary Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Israeli right-wing paramilitary settlers, on Wednesday, broke into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, in an act of provocation against Muslims worldwide, who consider it the third-holiest site…
Army Kidnaps 34 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, overnight and on Wednesday morning, 34 Palestinians, including many children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.In Hebron, the soldiers kidnapped ten Palestinians,…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians, Including Five Children, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Wednesday, several Palestinian homes and searched them, in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including five children.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians, Including Five Children, In Hebron
At least nine Palestinians, including five children, have been kidnapped, earlier on Wednesday, after Israeli soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and a number of nearby communities.Media…
Soldiers Assault And Kidnap A Child, Eight Years Of Age, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, a Palestinian child, only eight years of age, from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and took him to…
Palestine Today 11 24 2015
Audio Ink After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Palestinian driver injured by army gunfire after…
Airstrike Launched on Central Gaza
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, continued to breach the truce agreement reached between the Palestinian-Israeli sides under the Egyptian auspices, earlier in August 2014, launching an airstrike on a site…
British Labour Drops G4S over Israeli Prisons
The British Labour Party will no longer be doing business with G4S.The National Executive Committee of the party voted 12-4 to boycott G4S over its involvement with Israeli repression against…
Kerry Unwavering in Support of Tel Aviv
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday expressed support for Israel’s right to ‘defend’ itself from ‘terrorism’ and ‘senseless violence,’ in comments which will most likely be viewed in…
3,500 Medical Patients Wait for Rafah Crossing to Open
Some 3,500 patients in Gaza are eagerly awaiting the opening of Rafah crossing, on the joint borders between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in order to travel to receive medical…
€10 Million Made Available to UNRWA by European Commision
Yesterday, the European Commission announced an additional €10 million in support to UNRWA, in order to keep schools open, and to maintain core services for Palestinian refugees..According to the official…
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Statement by Riyad Mansour)
In a meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, to be observed 29 November, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Riyad H. Mansour, called…
WAFA and B’Tselem Correspondents Assaulted in Hebron
Israeli forces manning a military checkpoint, set up near al-Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, assaulted two correspondents working for WAFA news agency and B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights center.WAFA correspondent, Jwed…
Army Kidnaps Nineteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped nineteen Palestinians.In the…
Palestinian driver hits group of Israeli soldiers in the road; soldiers shoot & wound driver
A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces Tuesday after he drove his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers at Za’atara checkpoint in the central West Bank. Three of…
Army Injures Five Palestinians With Live Fire In Tulkarem
Medical sources have reported that five Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, on Monday evening, and four others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after the soldiers…
Soldiers Injure Three Palestinians Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday evening, three Palestinians with live fire, after the army invaded the al-Mogheer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Local sources…