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…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (22 – 28 October 2015)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (22 – 28 October 2015).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings…
98th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
On the second of November, Ninety-eight years ago, the destiny of our nation changed due to the action of a foreign colonial power. The Balfour Declaration should serve as a…
Palestine Today 11 03 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Dozens injured during ongoing clashes in West…
Settler Unleashes Stray Dogs at Al Khader
An Israeli settler, early Tuesday, was seen unleashing a number of stray dogs at the eastern entrance of the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, before he fled the scene,…
Knesset Approves 3-year Minimum Jail Sentence for Throwing Stones
The Israeli Knesset approved, by second and third reading, minimum prison terms for stone-throwing attacks against vehicles or pedestrians.In a vote of 51 to 17, lawmakers approved a series of…
Upated – Dozens Injured In Tulkarem And Ramallah
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured, Tuesday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading communities in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, and the central West Bank district of Ramallah.The…
Many Palestinians Injured In Hebron, Two Kidnapped; Schools Suspended In Surif
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, various villages and towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, wounded several Palestinians, including schoolchildren, and kidnapped two residents. Schools in Surif town near…
Hebron; Soldiers Invade Al-Huriya Radio, Confiscate Equipment, Shut It Down For Six Months
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before breaking into the al-Huriya Radio and violently searching it, causing significant property damage,…
Eight Palestinians Shot With Israeli Live Rounds Near Jerusalem
Medical sources have reported, Monday, that eight Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, during clashes with soldiers invading Qotna village, northwest of Jerusalem, following the funeral procession of…
GMO: 89 Israeli Violations against Journalists
The Palestinian ministry of Information-Government Media Office (GMO) released, on Monday, a report documenting Israeli violations committed against Palestinian journalists andtaking place in the last month (since the beginning of…
Elderly Israeli Injured in Netanya Attack, Palestinian Shot and Injured
Israeli police, on Monday, shot and wounded a Palestinian man after he allegedly stabbed and seriously injured a 70-year-old Israeli man in the northern Israeli city of Netanya, north of…
The Palestine Today 11 02 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 2, 2015. One youth killed at least eight others…
Army Demolishes Three Apartments In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, three Palestinian apartments in Nosseiba neighborhood, in Beit Hanina town, in occupied Jerusalem. One home was demolished earlier.The Palestine TV has reported that the soldiers, accompanied…
Teenager Killed, One Wounded, Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday morning, a Palestinian tanager, and kidnapped another, near the al-Jalama military roadblock, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, allegedly after…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Monday, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and ransacked homes, before kidnapping thirteen Palestinians, including children. Army displaces thirteen families to…
Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, Jabal al-Mokabber town, in occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a Palestinian home inhabited by seven family members.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem, Two Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, three Palestinians in Silwan and at-Tour towns, in occupied Jerusalem, shot and injured two others. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has…
73 Palestinians, Including 12 Children, 2 Infants And A Pregnant Woman, Killed Since Oct. 1
A Palestinian teen was killed Sunday Nov. 1, and another on Saturday Oct. 31. Three Palestinians were killed Friday, including a baby who suffocated to death from tear gas in…
Soldiers Invade Al-Fawwar Refugee Camp In Hebron
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Sunday evening, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded various…
Two Injured, Many Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation In Bethlehem
Several Palestinians suffocated on Sunday, due to inhaling teargas used by the Israeli army against Palestinians, after Israeli soldiers invaded al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Many…
Soldiers Detain Nablus Area Mayor and His Son
Israeli forces stormed the northern occupied West Bank village of Qusra, overnight Saturday, and detained the village’s mayor and his son, a local monitor said.Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement-related activities…
J.K. Rowling Owes Palestinians an Apology, Not an Explanation
Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story.There is a possibility that you…
Settlers Resume Provocative Visits to al-Aqsa
Israeli settlers Sunday resumed their provocative tours into al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem, despite of recent remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, by which he vowed that ‘his’…
Egyptian Army Floods Gaza Tunnels Again
For the second time in recent weeks, Egyptian authorities flooded the area along the border with Gaza with water, to destroy underground tunnels between Sinai and the Palestinian territory.A Palestinian…
Israeli Forces Increase Harassment of Palestinian School-children in Hebron
This morning at Qurtuba school in al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli soldiers harassed school-children, teachers and adults trying to pass the nearby checkpoint.The stairs leading to Qurtuba school, the scene of a…
Foreign Ministry Course Changes Due to BDS Success
Responding to the success of BDS, Israel updates foreign ministry cadets course.Under direction of Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and Director-General Dore Gold, Israel has updated its foreign ministry cadets…
VIDEO – Palestinian Killed; Two Wounded, Four Abducted in Separate Incidents near Hebron
Israeli forces shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the village of Beit Einoun east of Hebron after an alleged stabbing attempt, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Also Sunday…
Israeli troops ransack Palestinian homes in at-Tour & Shufat, abduct children, including 7-year old
Israeli troops invaded the village of at-Tour, in East Jerusalem, on Sunday, ransacking at least seven homes and abducting five Palestinians. Witnesses explained to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center that…
Imposition of Administrative Detention Expanded to Minors
Israeli authorities, last week, placed three Palestinian minors from East Jerusalem under administrative detention, a move rights group say is unprecedented in the city, as Israel heightens security measures amid…
Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, earlier Saturday, a Palestinian teenager in the al-Jalama Israeli military roadblock, north of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.Eyewitnesses said the…
This Week in Palestine Week 44 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 24, to the 30, 2015. This week 14…
Gaza: 46 Injured by Israeli Forces during Friday Demonstrations
Israeli forces injured at least 46 Palestinians during demonstrations in the Gaza Strip on Friday, including 17 by live fire, hours after Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishing boats…
Palestinian Residents of Hebron Required to Register in Preparation for Severe New Restrictions
Palestinians gather in the street to be registered in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in occupied Hebron. It is being reported that the area will be closed off completely for people…
Cameras at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
Without attention to the fact that Israel is an occupying force, cameras at al Aqsa mosque will easily become a tool of the occupier.Israeli forces removed cameras Monday set up…
Haredi Journalist: ‘Stop murdering us.’
A Haredi Jewish journalist has been slammed by pro-Israel critics after he objected to demands for Jewish access to Al-Aqsa Mosque.An opinion piece posted in Haredi newspaper, Mishpacha, on Thursday,…
Baby Suffocates to Death from Tear Gas near Bethlehem
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday, from tear gas inhalation, in Beit Fajjar village, to the south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.The…
Palestinian killed near light rail station in Jerusalem following alleged stabbing of soldier
A Palestinian from east Jerusalem was shot dead on Friday evening near the Jerusalem light rail station by three separate shooters after he allegedly pulled out a knife and very…
Two Injured In Bilin’s Weekly Protest
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 two Palestinians, while many suffered…
25 Palestinians Injured in al-Biereh, Hebron and Bethlehem
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported Friday that at least twenty-five Palestinian have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in al-Biereh town in the central West Bank, in Beit…
Video: “Army Jeep Deliberately Rams A Palestinian Protester Near Ramallah”
Israeli soldiers rammed with their military jeep a young Palestinian after deliberately targeting him, and assaulted several medics and journalists, at the northern entrance of the central West Bank city…
One Palestinian Killed, Another Seriously Injured, Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man, and seriously wounded another, near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The slain Palestinian has…
Video: ‘Soldier Fires Fatal Shot On Wounded Palestinian In Hebron’
After the Israeli army shot and killed a young Palestinian man, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, October 29, 2015, a video was published by the…
Video: Israeli Military Attacks Against Al-Makassed Hospital Continue; Gas Bombs Fired
The Jerusalem Legal Aid Center has reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers continued their invasions and violations, targeting the Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital, in the occupied city, and said the…
68 Palestinians, Including 13 Children And A Pregnant Woman, Killed This Month; 921 Wounded
The Health Minister has reported that 68 Palestinians have been killed, and 921 Palestinians have been shot and injured with live Israeli army rounds, since the beginning of this month,…
Many Palestinians Injured In Ramallah And Bethlehem
Seven Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army rounds, Thursday, seven others with rubber-coated steel bullets, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, in the West Bank districts…
VIDEO: Soldiers Invade ‘Aida Refugee, Use Loud Speakers Threatening “To Kill Everybody”
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths, before one of the soldiers used the…
Walmart Customers Offended by Children’s Israeli Soldier Costume
As the winter holiday season approaches in the United States, international megalith superstore chain ‘Walmart’ has reportedly struck a raw nerve with shoppers by offering a discounted costume resembling an…
Palestine Today 10 29 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, October 29, 2015. Two Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli…
Palestinian Teen Killed In Hebron, Second In Three Hours
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the second Palestinian to be killed…
Israeli Army Kidnaps 40 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at night and on Thursday at dawn, at least forty Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestinian…
Young Palestinian Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that a young man was shot and killed by Israeli army fire, near the…
Man Dies In Jerusalem After Soldiers Delayed Ambulance
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, on Thursday morning, after the ambulance was unable to reach him in time, due to the extensive military blockade, and roadblocks…
Eight Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem’s Al-‘Isawiyya
Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked several Palestinian homes in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped in Tubas, Many Injured
Two Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers who invaded the central West Bank city of Tubas, while many residents, including two medics, suffered the effects…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, earlier on Thursday, seven Palestinians in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Media sources in Hebron city said the soldiers invaded several neighborhoods,…
Video: ‘Al-Makassed Hospital In Jerusalem Subject To Ongoing Israeli Invasions’
The administration of the Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital in Jerusalem has reported that the hospital has been a frequent target of Israeli military invasions and attacks, and that the…
Israel Admits Wounded Young Palestinian Woman In Affoula Did Not Attempt A Stabbing Attack
The Israeli Prosecutor’s Office stated, Wednesday, that the young Palestinian woman who was shot and wounded in Affoula (near Nazareth), on October 10, did not intend to carry out a…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jericho And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jericho and Hebron. The latest abductions bring the number of kidnapped Palestinians in less 24 hours…
One Palestinian killed on Wednesday; 65 Palestinians Killed This Month, Including 14 Children
One Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli gunfire on Wednesday afternoon, while at least 19 others were injured as clashes continue all over the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.Islam…
Palestine Today 10 28 2015
Audio Link After Link Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian youth in…
Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians, including two women and five children, after invading and searching their homes, in different part of occupied Jerusalem.The Wadi Hilweh…
Soldiers Kidnap 26 Palestinians In Hebron, Two In Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, various parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped 26 Palestinians from their homes, after searching them. The…
Army Kidnaps Four Palestinians Near Ramallah And Nablus
Four Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn and Tuesday at night, in the West Bank districts of Ramallah and Nablus, after Israeli soldiers invaded them.The Palestinian Prisoners Society…
Soldiers Release Young Woman, Keep Her Teenage Sister Detained
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, late on Tuesday, that the Israeli army has decided to release a young woman, but to keep her teenage sister detained, after initially…
Three Palestinians Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinians near the Gush Etzion junction, north of Hebron, and one Palestinian in Hebron city. The soldiers also kidnapped a child,…
Three Palestinians killed on Tuesday; 64 Palestinians Killed This Month, Including 14 Children
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on Tuesday evening, while at least 50 others were injured as clashes continue all over the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.Ezzeddin Nadi…
Palestine Today 10 27 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Two were killed by Israeli troops gunfire…
Academic Boycott Launched against Israel by UK Teachers
A group of 343 professor and lecturers bought a full page advertisement in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Tuesday, to publicize the launch of the group’s academic boycott of Israeli institutions,…
NGO Sues Facebook over Pro-Palestinian Posts
According to the Israeli media, 20.000 Israelis joined the Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin – The Israeli Law Center on a civil lawsuit against Facebook on accusations of ignoring widespread Palestinian…
VIDEO: School Days Become Increasingly Perilous as Violence Rages in Hebron
The morning of October 26th, four high-risk locations near schools in Hebron were monitored by international human rights workers, and all four saw incidents of violence to Palestinians and internationals…
Israeli Forces Raid Jerusalem’s Al-Makassed Hospital
Israeli soldiers stormed Al-Makassed Hospital this Tuesday morning, in occupied East Jerusalem, looking into patients files.Dr. Ali al-Husseini, head of the union workers in Makassed Hospital, said that more than…
Over 100 Injured by Israeli Forces in West Bank Clashes
Israeli forces injured some 143 Palestinians during clashes across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Red Crescent spokesperson informed Ma’an News Agency.Errab Foqoha said that Israeli forces shot and…
Israeli Forces Isolated and Divided Jerusalem into Small Cantons
As part of the continuing Israeli threats made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against civilians in occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the decision to withdraw the Jerusalemite ID from…
Detainees’ Committee: “1083 Palestinians Kidnapped By Israeli Soldiers Since October First”
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Tuesday, that the number of Palestinians, including children, who have been kidnapped by Israeli soldiers since the beginning of this month has arrived to…
Four Palestinians, Including Two Sisters, Kidnapped In Hebron And Bethlehem
Four Palestinians, including two sisters, have been kidnapped, Tuesday, by Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.The soldiers kidnapped…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, five young Palestinians, including a 13 years of age child, after storming and searching their homes, in occupied Jerusalem, and summoned several others for…
Including Two Children, Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In Hebron
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped nine Palestinians, including two…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Nablus, Three In Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, and late on Monday at night, several communities in the northern West Bank districts of Jenin and Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; many…
Netanyahu: “We will forever live by the sword.”
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his plan to control “all of the territory” and “live forever by the sword.” The remarks were reported in Haaretz newspaper, according to…
Two Palestinians Injured In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Monday at night, two air strikes targeting targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding one civilian, and causing excessive property damage. Another Palestinian was…
Three Palestinians killed on Monday; 61 Palestinians Killed This Month, Including 14 Children
Three were killed by Israeli troops gunfire on Monday meanwhile at least 40 others injured as clashes continue all over the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Israeli soldiers shot…
Another Palestinian Dead after Alleged Attack in Hebron
Israeli forces shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian youth after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier outside the Ibrahimi Mosque on Monday, in the second reported death in…
Palestine Today 10 26 2015
Audio Link After Text Palestine Today 10 26 2015 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, October 26, 2015. Three killed…
Soldiers kill Young Palestinian Man In Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Monday morning, a young Palestinian man, at the Beit ‘Einoun Junction, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli media sources said…
Israeli Prime Minister Proposes Cutting Off 80,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in a recent Cabinet meeting, proposed revoking the residency rights of 80,000 Jerusalemites, which would mean that the people of Sho’afat refugee camp and…
Army Kidnaps Thirteen Palestinians In The West Bank; Many Injured
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians from their homes, in occupied East Jerusalem, Nablus, Jenin and Hebron, while many students and residents have been…
Video: 21-year old Remains Hospitalized, Requires Extensive Rehabilitation
The Sept. 7 video of undercover Israeli forces posing as Palestinians, then turning and shooting Mohammad Othman Ziyada with many live rounds went viral across the internet, social websites and…
100 Children Held In Ofer Israeli Prison
Detainee Abdul-Fattah Doula, representative of child detainees in Ofer Israeli Prison, told a lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee Israel is holding captive 100 children in Ofer Prison, and that…
Israeli Settler Stabs A Palestinian Near Salfit
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday evening, that one resident was injured after an Israeli colonialist settler stabbed him, near Kafl Hares village, north of the central West Bank…
Lawmaker Barghouthi Attacked near His Home in Ramallah
Unknown assailants attacked lawmaker Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the secretary-general and co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative party, also known as Mubadara, on Saturday, Barghouthi told Ma’an News Agency.Barghouthi said that…
Israeli Settler Injured in Another Alleged Stabbing
An Israeli settler was reportedly stabbed and moderately injured by a suspected Palestinian on Sunday, near the illegal settlement of Ariel, in the northern occupied West Bank.An Israeli police spokesperson…
Jerusalemite Forced to Demolish Own Home by Israeli Authorities
Israeli forces enforced, on Saturday evening, the Al-Rajjbi family to demolish their home in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, to the north of Jerusalem, by their own effort, in order to…
Settler and Soldier Attacks Continue on Sunday
Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians continued throughout the occupied West Bank, on Sunday, as soldiers assaulted and beat up a Palestinian driver working for the ministry of health. Settler attacks…
Portrait with Fire: Khader Adnan
“Some people think being jailed is a destiny. I say freedom is a destiny.”10/24/15 | International Solidarity Movement | al-Khalil Team In Heather Christle’s stirring poem, Self Portrait with Fire,…
Palestinian Voice Speaks Out: 20 War Crimes in a Month by Israeli Soldiers against Palestinians
Hamza Khalil Abu Eltarabish is a freelance journalist who graduated from the Islamic University of GazaThe young Palestinian man Fadi Alon performs the dawn prayers in his home in the…
Tel Aviv: Israelis Rally Over Netanyahu’s Policies
Thousands of Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, which they blame for the recent wave of tensions in the…
Official: US Cutting Aid to PA
The United States is cutting economic aid for the Palestinian Authority, partly because of “unhelpful actions” by Palestinians, a US diplomat said Saturday.A specialized news site, al-Monitor, said earlier that…
Palestinian Girl Killed by Israeli Police in Hebron
Israeli border police shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, identified as Dania Ershaid, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, on Sunday, Palestinian and…
Three Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Sunday, that three residents were shot and injured by Israeli army fire, two of them with live rounds during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Sa’ir…