Palestine Today 11 23 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 23, 2015. Three Palestinians killed by Israeli army gunfire…
Night Raids Continue in Al Khalil (Hebron)
On Tuesday, 17th November, several groups of soldiers raided houses in the Wadi al-Hurriya neighborhood of al-Khalil, an H1 district legally outside of Israeli control.11/22/15 | International Solidarity Movement |…
VIDEO: Checkpoints, Harassment in Jerusalem
In the neighborhood of A-Tur (Mount of Olives), children fear going to school because of the permanent Israeli police presence in front of a school, AIC reports.Parents and activists organized…
Army: Rocket Fired from Gaza
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip reportedly landed in southern Israel on Monday, with no injuries reported, according to Israel’s army.A spokesperson said that the rocket was launched at…
3 More Palestinian Teens Dead after Alleged Stabbing Incidents
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager on Monday afternoon after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus, Israel’s army said.An…
Palestinian Rights Organisations Deliver Submission to ICC
Palestinian Human Rights organisations have delivered a submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on alleged Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 2014 Gaza offensive.23 November 2015…
VIDEO: Child Killed, Her Friend Seriously Injured, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, Monday, a Palestinian child, and seriously wounded her friend, allegedly after ‘carrying out a stabbing attack,’ in Jerusalem, wounding two persons.The slain Palestinian child has…
Soldiers Kidnap 37 Palestinians In The West Bank
The number of Palestinians, kidnapped by the Israeli army, largely from their homes in the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded them earlier Monday, has arrived to 37.The Palestinian…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers conducted, earlier Monday, extensive military invasions, and searches of homes, in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped at least thirteen Palestinians.Several military…
3 Palestinians & 1 Israeli Killed Sunday; 94 Palestinians Killed since 10/1 (List)
Three Palestinians, including a 16-year old girl, were shot and killed by Israelis on Sunday. All three were accused of ‘having a knife’, but in two of the three killings,…
Nine Palestinians Injured, Four Brothers Kidnapped In Bethlehem; Two Children Kidnapped In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday evening, eight Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets in Beit Fajjar town, and one near Dar Salah, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem,…
Undercover Police Assault Elderly Man in Jerusalem
Members of Israeli special forces assaulted, on Saturday evening, 90-year-old Mohammed Abbasi, severely beaing him while he was in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of Silwan.Wadi Helwah Information Center said, according…
AAA Conference Passes BDS Resolution
With over 10,000 members, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) has become the largest scholarly institution in the United States to endorse the academic boycott of Israel when its general conference…
VIDEO: Makan Tawassul Provides Haven from Occupation for Children and Parents
As the Palestinian family is living a daily struggle under the Israeli occupation, The Swiss Association, Makan Tawassul, has opened a branch in Bethlehem to provide children with a playing…
Another Palestinian Shot Dead after Fatal Stabbing Incident near Gush Etzion
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces after he stabbed to death a 21-year-old Israeli woman near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion Sunday night,…
Army Kidnaps A Woman And A Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian woman on a roadblock, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and a child in the al-‘Arroub refugee…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians, Including Three Children, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and undercover units of the army invaded, Sunday, various Palestinian towns and neighborhoods in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped ten Palestinians, including three children.Several military vehicles invaded Ras al-‘Amoud…
Second Palestinian Killed On Sunday: Taxi Driver Shot By Settler After Car Accident
A Palestinian taxi driver was shot dead by an armed Israeli paramilitary settler on Sunday after crashing into another car on the main road near the village of ‘Anata east…
Israeli Settlement Leader Kills Palestinian Girl, Claims ‘she Had A Knife’
On Sunday morning Israeli colonial settlement leader Gershon Mesika rammed a teenage girl with his car, claiming ‘she had a knife’. When the girl, Ashraqat Taha Qatanany, 16, from Nablus,…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Bethlehem, Isolate Aqraba Village Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and Beit Fajjar nearby town, kidnapped two Palestinians and summoned another resident for interrogation. The soldiers completely…
Soldiers Kidnap 19 Palestinians In Hebron, Search Hundreds Of Homes
The Israeli army carried out, late at night and on Sunday at dawn, massive invasions into hundreds of Palestinian homes, in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the…
Israeli Terrorists Burn Palestinian citizen of Israel to Death
A group of Israeli terrorists burnt to death a 22 year old Palestinian citizen of Israel, identified as Fadi Hoosh.Israeli police found the burnt body of the Israeli-Palestinian citizen inside…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (12 – 18 November 2015)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (12 – 18 November 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings…
On Children’s Day, Israel Kidnaps 400 Palestinian Children
On Universal Children’s Day, Israel reportedly abducted 400 Palestinian children between the age of 11 and 17; some of them are to be tried and others are not, the Palestinian…
Ministry of Health: More Than 10.000 Palestinians Injured Since October
This last Friday, more than 200 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, during confrontations with the military, according to the…
Stabbing in Southern Israel: 4 Israelis Wounded, Crowd Attacks Bedouin
According to Israeli police, a suspected Palestinian stabbed and wounded four Israelis, including a 13-year-old girl, in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat on Saturday evening before fleeing the…
Many Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with dozens of local youths, before…
Pollard Released After 30 Years in Prison
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Friday, addressed American spy, Jonathan Pollard, who was released on parole after serving 30 years in prison, after handing over top-secret classified information to…
Army Kidnaps Fifteen Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, searched dozens of homes and kidnapped fifteen Palestinians. The soldiers invaded the Joret Bahlas area, north…
Soldiers Storm “Hebron Radio” Shut It Down, Confiscate Equipment
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the Hebron Radio in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, confiscated its equipment and ordered it shut for six months.Media sources in…
Israeli Soldiers Attack The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding four persons. The army also…
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, after invading it.The Popular Committee in Kufur Qaddoum said the…
Health Ministry: ‘233 Palestinians Injured On Friday, 118 Of Them With Live Fire’
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that 233 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, on Friday, including 118 who were shot with live army fire, in different parts of…
This Week in Palestine Week 47 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 14, to the 20, 2015. Israeli attacks targeting…
Health Ministry: 91 Palestinians, Including 18 Children, Killed By Israeli Fire Since October 1
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since October 1 has reached 91, including 18 children and four women. More than 10,000…
Israel Agrees To Allow Palestinian Telecommunication Companies Access To 3G
The Israeli Authorities agreed, on Thursday, to release the 3G frequencies and equipment that Tel Aviv has been holding for many years, thus allowing the Palestinian telecommunication companies to provide…
Military Roadblocks? We Have An App For That!
Palestinian developers have managed to create two new digital applications to be used on smart phones, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, in order to alert the public…
New Israeli Demand: ‘Close your Facebook or you can’t travel!’
Israeli occupation authorities have asked a number of Palestinians to close their Facebook accounts, in order to be allowed to travel via Erez crossing.Head of the studies and documentations unit…
DCI: 16 Children Killed in 3 Weeks
Defense for Children International – Palestine has confirmed that Israeli forces have killed 16 Palestinian children in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza…
Police: 2 Israelis Dead, 2 injured in Tel Aviv Stabbing Attack
Two Israelis were reported killed and two injured, on Thursday, in a stabbing attack in southern Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police and medics.Israeli police spokesperson, Luba al-Samri, said that…
Shooting in Gush Etzion: 1 Palestinian, 2 Israelis Killed; Palestinian Death Toll Rises to 91
The Palestinian military liaison (D.C.O.) has received the body of Shadi Zuhdi ‘Arafa, aged 28, from Hebron who was shot dead by Israeli forces today, at Gush Etzion junction.According to…
Palestine Today 11 19 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 19, 2015. Two Palestinians killed by Israeli army gunfire…
Report: ‘Israel Kidnapped 1,000 Children In Less Than Two Months’
Translated By Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News (www.imemc.org): A statement issued by the head of the Research and Documentation Department at the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, and a member of its…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, five Palestinians in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and searched several homes.Amjad Abu ‘Asab, head of the Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee, said…
Army Kidnaps One Palestinian, Attacks Another, In Hebron
One Palestinian was kidnapped, Thursday, and another resident suffered various cuts and bruises, after Israeli soldiers stormed and searched many homes in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied…
Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians In Nablus, Kidnaps Nine Others
At least two Palestinians have been injured, on Thursday at dawn, while nine others were kidnapped, by Israeli soldiers invading Tal town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Army Injures Four Palestinians, Kidnaps Two, In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp south of Bethlehem, kidnapped at least two young Palestinian men, shot and injured four others during ensuing clashes.A large…
Palestine Today 11 18 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 18, 2015. Israeli troops injuries scores of Palestinians during…
Clashes in East Jerusalem
Clashes broke out Wednesday morning, in occupied East Jerusalem, during a commemoration of two Palestinians who were killed after carrying out a deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue last year,…
Army Injures Dozens Of Palestinians In Jenin and Qalqilia
Medical sources have reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured, on Wednesday evening, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank districts of Jenin…
Update: 41 Palestinians Kidnapped in West Bank
The Israeli army and police forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least 41 Palestinians, including minors, during predawn raids and searches in various West Bank districts, according to security sources and…
Palestinian Faces 30 Days In Administrative Detention For Facebook Post
The Nazareth District Court issued, Wednesday, a 30-day Administrative Detention order against a young Palestinian citizen for a Facebook post that appeared to be suicidal, but explained by Israel as…
Bennett: ‘We should have killed more terrorists’ (VIDEO)
Israeli Minister of Education MK Naftali Bennett said, on Wednesday, that “[Israelis] should have killed more terrorists,” in response to the Arab MK (Member of Knesset), Hanin Zoabi’s condemnations of…
South Arica Follows Suit with Spain, Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli Officials
South Africa issued, on Tuesday, an arrest warrant against four Israeli officials over their role in deadly attacks on pro-Palestinian international activists.Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against the Israeli occupation in…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians, Including Four Children, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday, eight Palestinians, including four children, during massive invasions and searches of homes, in different parts of the Hebron district, in the southern part of…
Soldiers Attack And Kidnap A Child In Hebron, Invade Homes
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian child after repeatedly kicking and beating him, and stormed many homes, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied…
Israeli Army Fire Injures One Palestinian In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and moderately injured, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. Israeli army and navy ships fire shells and…
US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Settlement Product Labels Not Boycott’
American Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro has said that the labeling of Israeli settlement products is not a boycott.Ambassador Shapiro was speaking Monday at the Israel Journalists Association conference in…
Swedish FM Likens Israel to ISIS, Accused of Being “Hostile”
Following the Paris attacks on Friday, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom made a connection between Islamic State extremism and the Israeli occupation, causing a feud between the two governments, that…
United Nations: End Punitive Home Demolition Policy
The United Nations’ Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, Robert Riper, contended that Israel’s punitive home demolition policy taken against Palestinians suspected of carrying…
5 Shot in Bethlehem Clashes
Two Palestinians were shot and injured with live bullets, while three others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in Bethlehem, on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health…
VIDEO: Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 3 Children in Jerusalem
In a series of repeated brutal attacks against Palestinians, Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinian civilians (Musta’ribeen), this morning, have kidnapped three schoolchildren from Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem.Wadi Al-Hilweh Information Center…
Palestine Today 11 17 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Palestinian youth killed two injured and arrested…
Soldiers Kidnap 10 Children, 2 Journalists And A Young Man, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers, and undercover units, have kidnapped on Tuesday ten Palestinian children, between the ages of 9 and 13, in addition to two journalists and a young man, in occupied…
Islamic Movement Outlawed Throughout Pre-1948 Territories
The security cabinet of the Israeli occupation announced a decision to outlaw the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, in the pre-1948 occupied Palestinian territories’, Netanyahu’s office announced on Monday…
Health Ministry: ’89 Palestinians Killed, 10.000 Injured Since October 1′
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that, following the death of a Mohammad Monir Hasan Saleh, 24, 24, from Ramallah, the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli fire…
500 Settlement Units Approved for East Jerusalem
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, approved the construction of 500 more illegal settlement units in the Ramat Shlomo settlement, occupied East Jerusalem. The move, which sets the stage…
Palestinian Shot Dead in Gunfight with Israeli Forces
Updated: Israeli forces have shot and killed another Palestinian during armed clashes north of Ramallah, Tuesday evening, with two others injured in an exchange of fire.The Palestinian Health Ministry said…
Israeli Prime Minister pushes for control of Golan after oil discovery
The Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to Washington last week included a meeting with President Obama, in which the two discussed the status of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Israel invaded and occupied…
Palestine Today 11 16 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 16, 2015. Israeli troops kill two Palestinians during invasions…
“When soldiers see a camera, they come to you like a beast”
Since the beginning of October Israeli soldier- and settler violence has increased sharply and resulted in even further restrictions on Palestinians’ everyday lives in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Imad Abu Shamsiyyeh,…
Spain: City Council Announces Support for BDS, Warrant Issued for Netanyahu’s Arrest
The Santiago de Compostela City Council (capital of Spain’s Galicia region) passed a motion declaring itself a space free of discrimination against the Palestinian people and in support of the…
Hebron: Soldiers Demolish 9 Residential Structures, Barns
Israeli forces, early Monday, demolished nine residential structures and animal barns in Khirbet Jorat, al-Khail and al-Qanub localities, east of Sa‘ir town, to the northeast of Hebron.WAFA correspondence said that…
Health Minister Backs Red Crescent’s Account of Wounded Settlers
Palestinian Health Minister Jawad ‘Awad, on Monday, refuted Israeli allegations that Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics abandoned three days earlier wounded Israeli settlers, to the south of Hebron.Speaking during a press…
PRCS Denies Israeli Facebook Allegations
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) categorically denies allegations made by Ofir Gendelman, Israeli Government spokesperson, on his Facebook account, in which he claims that PRCS’ teams refused to discharge…
Ashrawi: Netanyahu Exploiting Paris Attacks
In response to media inquiries, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi commented, according to PNN:“In his recent statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is cynically exploiting the pain of…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Eight Teenagers In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped eights teenagers. The soldiers invaded and searched several homes, and interrogated many…
Israeli Navy Injures Two Gaza Fishers
Israeli Navy boats opened fire, on Monday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the besieged coastal…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians Jenin And Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two Palestinians in Nablus, and two in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, during military searches that targeted many…
Israeli Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians In Hebron, Invades A Charitable Society & Dozens Of Homes
Israeli soldiers conducted massive invasions and searches of homes and property, beginning in the late night hours on Sunday, and continuing through Monday at dawn, in different parts of the…
Army Kills Two Palestinians, Injures 34 And Demolishes a Home in Qalandia
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem. The troops killed two Palestinians during clashes with resistance fighters, wounded 34, and…
Army Kidnaps A Young Woman In Bethlehem, Injures Four Palestinians
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapped a young woman, and injured at least four young Palestinian men.…
Soldiers, Paramilitary Settlers, Attack Family Picking Olives In Their Own Orchard
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary guards of an illegal Israeli colony invaded a Palestinian olive orchard in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Army Injures Eight Palestinians Near Qalqilia
Eight Palestinians, including a cameraman working for France Press, have been injured on Sunday evening, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.The invasion led…
Soldiers Injure Six Palestinians Near Ramallah
Palestinians medical sources have reported, Sunday, that six residents were injured by Israeli army fire after the soldiers invaded al-Baloa’ area in the al-Biereh city, leading to clashes with scores…
Israeli Army Jeep Rams 2 Year Old Child
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that a 2-year old toddler was injured after an Israeli military vehicle struck him in Bir Niabala town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. One woman was…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, twelve Palestinians during invasions and searches of homes, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, several nearby villages, towns and the…
Soldiers Injure Ten Palestinians, Kidnap One, In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at night, the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and clashed with local youths, wounding ten Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, while at least 25…
Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians In Hebron, Wounds Seven
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Saturday at night, six Palestinians, including a father and his son, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and the nearby…
Soldiers Wound Seven Palestinians In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Saturday, that six Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and one was directly shot with a gas bomb, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading…
Palestinian Killed, Four Israelis Injured In Traffic Accident
After several media agencies dubbed the incident as a deliberate attack by a Palestinian driver, near Ramallah, the Israeli military said what happened in Jerusalem, leading to the death of…
Israeli Army Blows Up Three Homes In Nablus, One In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded on, Saturday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and detonated bombs in two homes of detainees who were accused of killing an Israeli settler…
Names Of The 86 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Fire Since October 1st
The Following is a list of names of all Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli fire in occupied Palestine, in the period between Thursday October 1st and the end of…
This Week in Palestine Week 46 2015
Audio ink After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 7, to the 13, 2015. Israeli escalation continued;…
Three Palestinians Killed, 154 Injured, On Friday
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians, on Friday, and wounded at least 154 others, in different parts of the occupied West Bank,…
Many Palestinians Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear…
Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem have reported Friday that Israeli soldiers assaulted dozens of nonviolent protesters marching in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied Jerusalem, causing dozens to suffer the effects of…
Two Israelis killed when their minivan, allegedly shot at, crashes near Hebron
An unknown person allegedly shot at an Israeli passenger car near Hebron on Friday, causing the car to crash, killing the driver and one passenger.Two of the five other passengers…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest in Bil’in, Kidnap 3 Internationals, One Palestinian
Israeli soldiers on Friday assaulted the weekly nonviolent protest against the Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli colonies, in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, kidnapped…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (05 – 11 November 2015)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (05 – 11 November 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings…