VIDEO: Human Rights Activists Evicted from Tel Rumeida Apartment Again
Yesterday, international activists regained access to their Tel Rumeida apartment after being denied entry for a week.This morning, at 8:45am, another activist tried to enter the apartment but was prevented…
Palestine Today 11 12 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 12, 2015. An injured Palestinian man killed by Israeli…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot Palestinian in Hebron District
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Thursday, a young Palestinian man with multiple bullets, fired while they were stationed on a number of Palestinian rooftops, at the entrance of the…
Israel to Dig ‘Groove’ around Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon revealed, on Thursday, that his government would start digging a ‘groove’ around the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli military radio, Ya’alon said that his army…
‘Doctors Without Borders’ Condemns Hospital Raid
Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on Thursday, condemned Israel’s undercover arrest raid committed earlier that day at al-Ahli hospital, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.In a statement, the organization…
Palestinian Authority Forms Special Force To Protect Hospitals
Secretary-General of the Palestinian Ministerial Cabinet, Ali Abu Diak, said that the Acting Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah issued direct orders to the police and security forces to form a…
ISIS – Israeli Style, In Knesset Too
New photos recently emerged, and were also published by Israeli TV Channel 2, of Israeli soldiers — mostly masked — expressing their support to the “Lehava” Israeli terrorist organization, largely…
Health Ministry: ’83 Palestinians Killed Since October 1”
Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Jawad Awwad, has reported that the Thursday Israeli assassination of Abdullah Azzam Shalalda, in the Hebron Governmental Hospital, brings the number of Palestinian killed by Israeli…
Families Displaced As Israeli Soldiers Conduct Training In Jordan Valley
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the Hamsa area of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank’s Plains, and displaced thirteen Bedouin Palestinian families, to conduct military training.…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire On Palestinian Farmers In Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition on Palestinian farmers, working in their lands close to the border fence, east of Deir al-Balah,…
Dozens Of Schoolchildren Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers fired, on Thursday morning, several gas bombs on schoolchildren, trying to cross a military roadblock on the main entrance of the Shu’fat refugee camp, in the center of…
Soldiers Kidnap Fifteen Palestinians, Mainly Children, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians during military invasions and searches of dozens of homes, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Seven of the…
Video: Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kill a Palestinian in Hebron Hospital
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli military invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the al-Ahli hospital in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, where they assassinated one Palestinian and kidnapped his…
Israeli Authorities Demolish 3 West Bank Village Wells
Israeli forces, this Tuesday, demolished three water wells in the northern occupied West Bank which they said had been built without a permit, according to Palestinian security sources.Sources told Ma’an…
Soldiers Quell Rally Marking 11th Anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s Death
Tension escalated on Wednesday, between Palestinian locals and Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, as the latter violently quelled a rally marking the 11th anniversary of the death…
Bill Banning BDS Supporters Passes First Stage
The Knesset plenum, on Wednesday, approved a preliminary reading of a bill that would deny entry to the country to anyone urging a boycott of Israel.According to the bill, which…
People living under violent military occupation must be instructed in nonviolence?
This morning I read yet another comment from someone in the US putting forward their solution to the “conflict” in Palestine and Israel. Apparently Palestinian women need to start pushing…
Justice Ministry to Allow Jailing of Palestinians as Young as 12
Israel’s Justice Ministry has finished drafting a bill that would allow children under 14 to be sentenced to jail, Israeli sources reported.Under the bill, which was drawn up by Israeli…
Palestine Today 11 11 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Israeli troops attack protesters all over the…
891 Settlement Units to be Built in Bethlehem
The Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, approved the construction of 891 settlement units in the illegal settlement of Gilo, which was constructed on the Bethlehem territory of the…
141 Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire In The West Bank
At least 141 Palestinians have been injured, Wednesday, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, as Israeli soldiers invaded several communities, and clashed with hundreds of Palestinians.Medical sources said…
Four Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the al-Baloa’ area, northeast of the al-Biereh city, and the area near ‘Atara military roadblock, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and…
Thirteen Palestinians Injured, One Seriously, In Qalandia, Child Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths, wounding thirteen Palestinians, including a child who suffered a…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, eight Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, after the army invaded and searched several homes.Several military vehicles invaded the al-‘Arroub…
Abusive Interrogation of Palestinian Teen Ahmad Manasra
This controversial video shows clips of the interrogation of 13-year-old Palestinian child, Ahmad Manasra, as Israeli occupation detectives curse and verbally abuse Manasra, in questioning him about the incident and…
Health Ministry: “82 Palestinians Killed, 8500 Injured, Since October 1”
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since October 1 is now 82, including two Palestinians who were shot and killed, Tuesday,…
US State Department v Edward Said
Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University. In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council appointed Falk to a six-year term as a United Nations…
Updated: ‘Two killed on Tuesday; 82 Palestinians, Including 18 Children Killed Since October 1st’
Two Palestinians were killed on Tuesday, by Israeli army gunfire, in two separate incidents which occurred in the occupied West Bank. In occupied Jerusalem, a Palestinian man,identified as Mohammad Abed…
Islamic-Christian Commission: Manasra Footage Reveals Israeli Cruelty
The Islamic Christian Commission for supporting Jerusalem and Holy sites considered a recently released video, showing the interrogation of the child Ahmad Manasra, 13, to be one simple example of…
Palestinians Warn of Plan to ‘Partition’ Al-Aqsa Mosque
Although tensions have recently subsided at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, many Palestinians fear that ‘partition’ of the site between Muslims and Jews remains a long-term Israeli objective.The current round…
Palestine Today 11 10 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Two Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and a few nearby towns, searched many homes, kidnapped six Palestinians, including…
Army Kidnaps A Teen In Bethlehem, Summons Five Palestinians
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the al-‘Obeydiyya town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapped a Palestinian teen, and summoned seven Palestinians from the…
Soldiers Kidnap 25 Palestinians In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, 25 Palestinians from their homes in Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians injured on Monday evening,…
Israel Approves Plan to ‘Legalize’ Colonial Outposts and Construct Thousands More Units
In yet another decision that violates International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Higher Construction and Planning Committee of the Israeli ‘Civil Administration Office’ has approved a construction plan…
Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Family of 20 in Their Home for 26 Hours
On the 7th of November, soldiers entered the home of the Haddad family from 5am, and did not leave until 7am the following day.11/09/15 | International Solidarity Movement | Al-Khalil…
VIDEO: Coresistance – Hashem al Azza
(Co)resistance: Palestinians and Israelis searching for a common future.Here, Palestinian activist Hashem al Azza relates both the daily crimes of the Israeli occupation and settlers in Hebron, as well as…
Nine Minors to be Held without Trial by Israel
Israeli authorities recently issued administrative detention orders, without charge or trial, against nine Palestinian minor prisoners, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA).Heba Masalha, a CPA attorney, identified the…
Soldiers Injure Dozens at Tulkarem University
Israeli forces shot and injured at least five students with live bullets, on Monday, at the northern occupied West Bank’s Palestine Technical University in the Tulkarem district, a spokesperson for…
Israeli Settler Opens Fire on Palestinian Farmers
An extremist Jewish Israeli settler opened fire, Monday morning, on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank city of Nablus.“The Palestinian farmers were working at their farm when an extremist Israeli…
Palestine Today 11 09 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 9, 2015. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian woman in…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Al-Makassed Hospital In Jerusalem, For Fifth Time In One Month
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, the al-Makassed Hospital in the at-Tour town, in occupied Jerusalem, and searched admission records, looking for the name of a wounded child. The invasion…
Soldiers Kidnap Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late at night, and on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…
Israeli Fighter Jets Fire Missiles Into A Qassam Site In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles into a site, run by of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza.The Al-Qassam Brigades…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinian Children, And A Young Man, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday morning, a Palestinian child in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, while three children and a young man were kidnapped Silwan town, Sunday. The…
Israeli Troops Shoot And Kill Young Palestinian Woman
A 24-year old woman was killed by Israeli troops Monday morning at a military checkpoint in the West Bank when she approached the checkpoint from afar, holding a knife in…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, Child Injured
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, while extremist settlers attacked and wounded a child. Clashes took place in Sinjel…
Health Ministry: 80 Palestinians, Including 17 Children And 4 Women, Killed Since October 1st
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported Sunday that the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army and armed Israeli paramilitary settlers in the period between October 1 and the evening…
BDS Norway Stages Intifada against NAMMO, Demands Government Stop Arms Trade with Israel
On Friday morning, activists from BDS Norway staged an intifada against leading arms producer Nammo Raufoss AS, in eastern Norway. In a symbolic demonstration, the activists protested against the Norwegian…
Israeli Army: Rocket Fired from Gaza
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Sunday evening, with no reported injuries, according to the Israeli army.An Israeli army spokesperson said that sirens sounded…
18 Injured in Tulkarem Clashes
At least three Palestinians were injured with live rounds, while 15 others were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets during clashes with Israeli forces inside the campus of the Palestine Technical…
Nablus: Settlers Stone Palestinian Cars, Attempt to Ram Journalists
Israeli settlers, on Sunday, attacked Palestinian vehicles passing along Nablus-Qalqilia road with stones, whereas an Israeli settler attempted to run over a group of journalists at Za’tara checkpoint, south of…
Israel Escalates Administrative Detentions
Israeli authorities have escalated the administrative detention process since the eruption of a Palestinian uprising in the beginning of last October. The number of administrative detainees increased to 500, the…
Palestinian Woman Shot and Injured near Gush Etzion
An Israeli security guard, on Sunday, shot a Palestinian woman following an alleged stabbing attack at the entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit, near the Gush Etzion…
Palestinian Killed Near Nablus, Four Israelis Injured
A young Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli army fire, Sunday, allegedly after ramming four Israeli settlers with his car, near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Eighteen Palestinians In Hebron
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hebron city and a number of nearby towns, searched scores of homes, and kidnapped eighteen Palestinians.The soldiers invaded Hebron city, searched…
Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Jerusalem, Young Man Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian child from his family’s home near Bab al-Nather Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The…
Israeli Army and Police Aggravate and Impede Assistance for West Bank Auto Accidents
Israeli police forces, Saturday, prevented civil defense crews from accessing the scene of a car accident to offer help to the injured Palestinian driver, who was driving along Anata-al-Izariyeh road…
Celebrities Raise $31 Million for Israeli Military in Just One Night
A sold-out Western Region Gala event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was attended by American and Israeli guests, this last Friday night. Among the present guests were: actors Jason Alexander,…
Israeli Forces Raid Hebron’s Youth Against Settlements Center
This Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Youth Against Settlements center in Hebron and, also, the house of its coordinator.According to YAS Facebook page, Israeli forces detained three activists: Issa…
Clashes in Ramallah, 29 Palestinians Injured
Twenty-nine Palestinians were injured in clashes throughout the Ramallah district, as they broke out between locals and Israeli forces Friday.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that clashes continued for hours in…
Israel Requesting Over 5 Billion in US Military Aid
The Israeli government has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense package to increase by as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average…
3 Israelis Injured in Hebron Shooting Attacks
Three Israelis were shot and injured Friday evening, in two separate shooting attacks in the Hebron district, Israel’s army said.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency that an Israeli…
This Week in Palestine Week 45 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 31, to November 6, 2015. Seven Palestinian civilians…
Paramilitary Settlers Attack Homes In Hebron
A number of Paramilitary colonialist Israeli settlers attacked, on Friday evening, several Palestinian homes, near the Keryat Arba’ colony, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers open…
At least Seven Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem, One Seriously
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday, seven Palestinians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, including a young man who suffered a serious injury in the neck.Medical sources said…
Health Ministry: ’78 Palestinians, Including 17 Children And Three Women Killed Since October 1′
Following the Friday deadly shooting of a young Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip, and a woman in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the number…
Young Palestinian Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Khan Younis, 38 Injured
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that one Palestinian was shot dead, and thirty-eight others injured, by Israeli army fire, close to border areas, in the besieged…
Elderly Palestinian Woman Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday, an elderly Palestinian woman in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, allegedly after she tried to ram soldiers with her car; eyewitnesses…
Army Kidnaps A Teenage Girl In Jerusalem, Two Men in Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, a teenage girl from her home, in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and two Palestinian men on roadblocks in Hebron and Jenin.The…
Child Injured In Jerusalem, Two Young Men Kidnapped
Two young Palestinian men have been kidnapped, on Thursday evening, in occupied East Jerusalem after the soldiers invaded their homes, while a child was wounded earlier, after the soldiers fired…
76 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Forces Since October 1st
Following the Thursday evening deadly shooting of a young man, north of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the number of slain…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Young Palestinian Man In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a young Palestinian man, near the Gush Etzion settlement block, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. 76 Palestinians, including…
Palestine Today 11 05 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 5, 2015. Israeli troops kill a young man in…
‘Neutralize the Terrorist’ Game Pulled from Israeli News Site
An Israeli news site, on Thursday, removed a game inviting players to help Israeli forces “neutralize terrorists”, shortly after it appeared on the site’s main children’s section, calling the game…
Israel Withheld NIS 1.5 Billion from Workers
Israel has withheld NIS 1.5 billion in Palestinian workers’ pension funds.Kav LaOved, an organisation protecting disempowered workers’ rights in Israel, filed an appeal against the Israeli government, the Population, Borders…
Mansour to UN: Israel Stealing Organs from Palestinians Bodies
In a letter to the head of the UN council, Riyad Mansour, permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations explained that Israel steals the organs of Palestinians recently killed.…
Israeli Forces Briefly Infiltrate Gaza Border
On Thursday, a number of Israeli armored tanks infiltrated the border with Gaza from the eastern part of al-Qarara town, to the northeast of Khan Younes, according to local sources.WAFA…
Bethlehem Youths Torch Apartheid Wall
Clashes broke out between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces in Aida refugee camp, after Palestinians torched part of the apartheid wall, north of Bethlehem.A PNN reporter said that Israeli soldiers…
Palestinian Fisherman Shot and Killed off Gaza Coast by Egyptian Navy
Egyptian military forces shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave said.Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (29 Oct. – 04 Nov. 2015)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (29 Oct. – 04 Nov. 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza:…
Soldiers Cause Excessive Property Damage To Homes In Silwad
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday morning, the town of Silwad, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, stormed and violently searched homes, and interrogated the…
Qaraqe’: ‘Imprisoned Children Subject To Systematic Violations, Cruel And Unusual Punishment’
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Issa Qaraqe has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 800 Palestinian children in October, most of them from Jerusalem, and subjected…
Children’s Section Of Ofer Israeli Prison Overcrowded
Representative of Detained Palestinian children in Ofer Israeli prison, Abdul-Fattah Doula, said the Israeli army has transferred more than 138 children to the detention center in October, and that 48…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Hebron, Invade Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the southern West Bank district of Hebron, installed additional roadblocks, invaded homes and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a child. The army also invaded…
Israel Releases Detainee Mohammad Allan After His Extended Hunger-Strike
The Israeli authorities released, Wednesday, detainee Mohammad Allan, who had gone on hunger-strike for more than two months, protesting his continued illegal administrative detention, without charges or trial.Allan was immediately…
Palestinian Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Central Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that one Palestinian was injured by Israeli army fire, on Wednesday evening, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.The wounded…
Palestine Today 11 04 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Israeli troops kill a Palestinian youth and…
Palestinian Minor Detainee Undergoes Leg Amputation
A 17-year-old Palestinian detainee incarcerated in Israeli jails had his leg amputated as a result of severe injuries he sustained in early October, after he was shot by Israeli settlers,…
Palestinian Cameraman Assaulted Near Jenin Military Roadblock
Israeli forces, Wednesday afternoon, physically assaulted a Palestinian cameraman and confiscated his filming equipment near al-Jalama military roadblock, north of Jenin.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency said that Mohammad Badarna,…
Why did Netanyahu dig up the mufti?
The storm unleashed by Netanyahu when he addressed the Zionist Congress garnered responses from beyond the borders of the state of Jews, responses ranging from the tagging of Bibi as…
Lawyer Hassan Ajaj Reflects on Epic Tear Gas Kick
One of the most memorable images of the current Israeli-Palestinian confrontations shows young Palestinian lawyer Hassan Ajaj in dark shades, a suit and formal legal robe as he kicks away…
Allan to be Released Wednesday
Israel is set to release famed Palestinian detainee Muhammad Allan on Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Tuesday, ending a year-long stint in administrative detention that he undertook a 66-day…
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday, a young Palestinian man, near Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, allegedly after he rammed two soldiers with…
Young Palestinian Woman Sentenced To Three Months Under Administrative Detention
An Israeli military court sentenced, Wednesday, a young Palestinian woman, a second-year student of the Media Department in Birzeit University, Jurin Sa’id Qadah, to three months under arbitrary Administrative Detention,…
Soldiers Assault An Elderly Man And His Grandson, Near Hebron
An elderly man and his grandson have been injured, Wednesday, after Israeli soldiers assaulted them at the main entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city…
32 Palestinians Kidnapped Overnight And At Dawn, Wednesday
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 32 Palestinians overnight, and at dawn Wednesday, in different part of the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.The…
17 Palestinians, Including 2 Children, Kidnapped In Jerusalem, 2 in Jenin And 2 In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night and Wednesday at dawn, thirteen Palestinian, including two children, and woman who works for the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department in the Al-Aqsa…
Israel To Demolish Ten Homes Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the Jaloud Palestinian village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed demolition orders against ten home for “being built without permits, and…
At Least Seventeen Palestinians Injured In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers continued, Tuesday, the use of excessive force against protesters in the occupied West Bank, wounding at least seventeen Palestinians with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, while scores…