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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, two villages in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of…

On Sunday at night, a Palestinian was shot with an Israeli army gas bomb in the face, near Doura town, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while many…

Medical sources have reported that more than 160 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, Sunday, during clashes in various parts of occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in…

On Sunday at night, a Palestinian teen identified as Hotheifa Othman Suleiman, 18 years of age, died of a serious injury he suffered earlier when Israeli soldiers shot him in…

Israeli authorities have issued a 48-hour ban on Palestinians from entering the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, following two stabbing attacks in which two Israelis were killed and three…

In light of settlers’ flare-up of violence across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Palestinian Red Crescent raised the alert status across the West Bank to third degree, declaring a…

Sireen Frarjarh and her husband Mahmoud Abujoad Frarjah met eyes numerous times during this past Tuesday’s trial in an Ofer military court hearing. The trial was to determine if the…

Israel may commence a “second Operation Defensive Shield” against Palestinians in both the West Bank and Jerusalem. According to Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud), following weeks of clashes and…

Officials close to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, said that Israel could launch another offensive on the West Bank, to halt what he called “Palestinian violence”, referring…

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, late Sunday, with no reported injuries, the Israeli army said. A spokeswoman said that the rocket landed in an…

Seven Palestinian have been shot and injured by Israeli army fire, Sunday, after dozens of soldiers invaded ‘Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Medical sources said…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that ten residents were injured, Sunday, by Israeli rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place…

Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Jawad Awwad, strongly denounced the abduction of a patient by undercover Israeli soldiers who stormed the Specialized Arab Hospital in the northern West Bank city of…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the home of Fadi Samir Alloun, 19 years of age, who was shot and killed at dawn, searched the property and attacked…

Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that 27 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in the Jenin refugee…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Sunday at dawn, a Palestinian teenager in the al-Misrara area, in Bab al-Amoud in occupied east Jerusalem. The Israeli army claimed that the slain…

Israeli soldiers, and groups of Israeli extremists, carried out dozens of attacks on Saturday targeting the Palestinians and their property in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, wounding dozens of residents,…

A Palestinian teen was shot to death by Israeli police after allegedly stabbing to death an armed Israeli, grabbing the gun of a settler who intervened, then killing an additional…

The Palestinian Police is investigating the events that led to the serious injury of a Palestinian child near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, after reports surfaced indicating that…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs, wounding dozens of residents,…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 26th, to October 2nd, 2015. This week Palestinian…

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 28th – 30th September 2015 is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. In the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), while Israeli settlers from the…

Israeli settlers set fire to dozens of olive trees on Palestinian agricultural land near the Nablus village of Burin, on Friday, as tensions remain high in the occupied West Bank…

In the wake of rising tension and riots over the al-Aqsa mosque, as well as Abbas’s speech for the UN that he held on Wednesday, the Middle East Quartet has…

Hundreds of Israeli troops were searching for suspected Palestinian gunmen on Friday, after the killing of a settler couple between the illegal Israeli settlements of Itamar and Elon Moreh, near…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements held by Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists, in Bil’in village, west of the central…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, wounding three Palestinians, including a journalist, with live fire, while one…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a young man was shot and injured after an Israeli settlers, living in the Gush Etzion Settlement Block, south of Bethlehem, opened fire…

Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated Friday that the UN speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is deceptive, manipulative, and…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17 – 30 September 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, the town of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and searched several homes, before kidnapping six Palestinian children between the…

Palestinian medical sources in the northern West Bank district of Nablus have reported that dozens of residents, including a mother and her child, have been injured, on Friday at dawn,…

Medical sources have reported, on Friday at dawn, that several Palestinians, including many children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded Sinjel town, north of the…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Thursday evening, Nine Palestinians, including children, in the al-‘Isawiyya and Silwan towns, the Suwwana, Bab Hata and the at-Tour neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, during…

Israeli sources have reported, on Thursday evening, that a husband and his wife, living in the Naria Israeli settlement in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, were killed…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, October 1st, 2015. Israeli soldiers invade homes in Jerusalem, kidnap…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 562 Palestinians, including dozens of children, mainly in occupied Jerusalem, in September.The PPS said the soldiers kidnapped 294 Palestinians,…

The Israeli army issued, Thursday, a military order occupying a Palestinian home in Halhoul town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The property owner…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, various Palestinian neighborhoods and towns in occupied East Jerusalem, searched homes and attacked families, wounding several Palestinians, and kidnapped twelve. The…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Wednesday at night, two Palestinians in the in Einabous village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and violently assaulted another Palestinian in…

In his Wednesday speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority cannot remain committed to peace accords signed with Israel…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the administration of the Ramla Israeli Prison Clinic continues to neglect the urgently needed care of ailing and wounded Palestinian detainees, an issue…

Ramallah, September 30, 2015—Children represent 46.2 percent of the 4.68 million Palestinians living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Instability and violence has defined much…

Two new reports were released today documenting a widespread campaign on college campuses across the U-S to stifle free speech on the issue of Israel and Palestine.The first report, co-authored…

Palestine Today 09 30 2015 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 30th, 2015. Link to audio is below text…

Chaos in the streets of Gaza. Israeli forces showered the strip with gunfire while Palestinian medics ran frantically to evacuate those crumpled on the ground with blood rushing from holes…

Muammar Quider was set to marry, but he reached his breaking point as he dealt with the unique pressures of life in the Gaza Strip. The 21-year-old Palestinian recently tried…

By Dr. Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. For decades the flag of Palestine has represented the struggle of a whole nation for its human and national…

Israeli forces have continued the tight siege and restrictions imposed on Al-Aqsa Mosque and banned Palestinian worshippers from entering the mosque, for the third day in a row.For the third…

Delivered by Fr. Ibrahim Shomali:Thank you, Mr. President, The CCIA of the World Council of Churches would like to express its deep concern on the building of the Israeli annexation…

Israeli forces detained at least 36 Palestinians across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, overnight Tuesday, a day after violent clashes took place across the occupied Palestinian territory.Israeli police…

Tens of Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers Tuesday in protests against Israel’s attacks on al Aqsa and in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners.The Palestinian political and Islamic…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Wednesday, that surgeons in the Hadassah Ein Karem Israeli Hospital, in occupied Jerusalem, have decided to amputate the leg of a wounded, and detained,…

Israeli soldiers continued, Wednesday, the daily violations and invasions targeting the Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, stormed and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 15 Palestinians, including children.The Wadi Hilweh…

Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron have reported, Wednesday, that scores of children suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several missiles targeting different areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing significant property damage.Media sources in Gaza said the army fired…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, several Palestinian ambulances while transporting wounded Palestinians to hospitals, in Ramallah, kidnapped one Palestinian after dragging him out of the ambulance, and attempted to abduct another.Medical…

Israeli authorities will release Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Allan on Nov. 4, a lawyer said Tuesday, alleviating fears that his administrative detention would be renewed again.Jawad Boulos, the head of the…

Hunger striking Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails have suspended their hunger strike on Tuesday, after reaching a deal with the Israeli prison service, according to Minister Issa Qaraqe, Chairman…

The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias Ellwood, the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign…

Israeli authorities delivered notices, on Monday, to Palestinian farmers in Salfit, telling them of plans to uproot 140 olive trees.The Palestinian farms to be targeted by the Israeli occupation are…

Some 18 Palestinians were injured on Tuesday, as Israeli forces suppressed demonstrations across the occupied West Bank in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Twelve Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces suppressed…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, September 29th, 2015. Israeli troops attack Al Aqsa mosque for…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, nine Palestinians, including three women, in occupied East Jerusalem, attacked several men and women near Al-Aqsa Mosque, and prevented them from entering it.The head of…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said a Palestinian detainee, who has been in solitary confinement since September 20, is currently held in a cell that lacks basic requirements, in addition to…

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, September 28th, 2015. Palestinian fighter die in Gaza and soldiers invade Al Aqsa mosque…

The Israeli authorities announced that the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as Cave of the Patriarchs, will be closed to Muslim worshippers on Tuesday and Wednesday, for the Jewish holidays, the…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies on Monday issued an urgent call for action on 17 hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, seven of whom the center said were in ‘real danger’.The center…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, four Palestinian children in the at-Tour village, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic), in Jerusalem, said the…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Monday, while working in one of its border tunnels.In a press…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers, police officers and undercover forces, invaded on Monday morning, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades causing many injuries, before forcibly…

Many Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, on Sunday evening, after several Israeli military vehicles invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem. Soldiers also kidnapped a teen in Jerusalem.The…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Sunday, that detained wounded child, ‘Issa ‘Adnan Adbul-Mo’ty, 13 years of age, currently hospitalized at the Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem, could lose…

Clashes broke out in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound when Israeli forces stormed the holy site on Sunday morning, the last day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, witnesses said.Witnesses told…

If there is any reason for our existence, at least it should be our capacity to inform about a story while it is happening, in a way that nobody can…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Saturday, that a Palestinian teen was shot and injured, by Israeli army fire, after several military vehicles invaded Beit Forik town, east of the northern…

Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West Bank, after the funeral of a Palestinian killed by the army.A…

The PLO secretary-general said, Saturday, that new Israeli regulations authorizing forces to use live ammunition in occupied East Jerusalem served to ‘dehumanize’ Palestinians.Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday broadened the rules…

Amnesty International has reported that it obtained evidence indicating that the killing of Hadeel al-Hashlamoun, 18 years of age, by Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron…

Two Palestinians have been kidnapped, earlier Saturday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Doura and Halhoul towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Media sources in Hebron said several military vehicles…

Israeli soldiers, and police officers, have kidnapped on Friday evening five Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly after they attacked an Israeli settler, mildly wounding him.The Police said the five…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday evening, that three Palestinians were injured by live Israeli army fire in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, while many residents suffered the effects…

Israeli soldiers assaulted, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and illegal Israeli settlements, in Bil’in village west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding two…

The chief of police in the Nablus district and his three-year-old daughter were injured after being shot by Israeli forces with rubber-coated bullets, on Friday, during a raid in the…

Audio Link After Script Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 19th, to the 25th, 2015. this week Israeli…

Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday from wounds sustained by Israeli forces at the Beit Furik checkpoint, in the occupied…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that the hunger striking detainees, held in various Israeli prisons, are facing serious health complications, and could suffer further deterioration.The PPS said…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 24th, 2015. Palestinian man dies of wounds sustained at…

The challenging situation of Palestinian women was created by the establishment of Israel.An article by Nirit Anderman appeared in Ha’aretz about a new film, to be screened next week at…

A Palestinian shot and critically injured by Israeli forces, at a military roadblock in eastern Nablus, in northern West Bank, last week, has died from his wounds on Thursday, medics…

The Husam Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported, Thursday, that the Israeli Prison Authority forced nine Palestinian detainees in solitary confinement, and denied them the right to family and…

Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night and Thursday morning, fourteen Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.A worker of the Islamic…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the first day of Eid al-Adha Muslim feast, Ras al-‘Amoud neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians, while one…

She planted three kisses on his forehead, and held him so tight, as this would be the last time she would be able to see him or hold him, hoping…

As Israeli police continued to severely restrict Palestinian access into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, groups of extremist Jewish settlers wearing priestly garments, Wednesday morning ,forced their way into the flashpoint…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015. Palestinians march in the funeral of a…

An Israeli settler ran over 40 lambs in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday evening.Owner Ayesh al-Da’ajneh said that one of his sons was…

More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations had called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and Defense Systems from Olympics contracts, after the Israeli company announced…

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon, on Wednesday, a day after the teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Hebron, as a…

The Palestinian National Unity Government has demanded the United Nations to form an international investigation committee to look into the circumstances that led to the murder of Hadeel Hashlamoun, who…