Israeli Airstrikes Kill Islamic Jihad Members in Golan Heights
Israel’s army targeted members of the Islamic Jihad group on Friday, in the Syrian Golan Heights, in attacks which killed at least five people.’Aircraft of the Israeli enemy targeted a…
Qaraqe: ‘Allan’s Health Condition Improving, But Remains Serious’
The head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe has reported, Thursday, that the health condition of Mohammad ‘Allan is still considered serious, but is gradually improving, and that Allan…
Within 9 Days, Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians At Military Checkpoints
Israeli forces stationed at military checkpoints have used excessive lethal force against Palestinian civilians. During the past few days, Israeli forces have killed 3 Palestinian civilians in similar circumstances which…
Palestine Today 08 20 2015
Audio Link After text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, August 20th, 2015. Israeli tanks invade parts of Gaza meanwhile…
Palestine Today 08 19 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, August 19th, 2015. Nine Palestinian refugees die of Turkish shores;…
AIC Report: Beit Jala
The Palestinian Authority is the most significant enabler of the occupation today.August 20, 2015 | The Alternative Information Center (AIC) | Beit Sahour Seventy years ago, at the height of…
Mashal Invited to London for Long-term Truce Talks
Azzam Tamimi, head of Hamas-affiliated institution said on Wednesday that former British prime minister and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair invited Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to London, for discussing…
Israeli Troops Kidnap 18 Palestinians, Including 3 Children, Overnight
Israeli occupation forces abducted, overnight Thursday, 18 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.Families reported, according to Days of Palestine, that large numbers of Israeli soldiers stormed homes, taking two Palestinians…
Allan Regains Consciousness, Ends Hunger Strike
Hunger-striking prisoner Mohammad Allan, on Thursday, regained consciousness following a medically induced coma day earlier, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority’s Committee for Prisoner’s Affairs told Maan News Agency.Karim Ajwa…
Israeli Tanks Conduct Limited Invasion into Northern Gaza
Eyewitnesses from Beit Hanoun city, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, said that four Israeli tanks and three bulldozers entered the Strip, opened fire and razed civilian lands.Locals said that the…
Palestinian Christians Clash with Police over Apartheid Wall
Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli border police near Bethlehem, Wednesday, after dozens of demonstrators, including priests, gathered to protest renewed work on Israel’s controversial apartheid wall in the Christian majority…
Ya’alon Instructs Soldiers to Shoot Dead Any Suspect
Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon, on Wednesday, reportedly gave clear instructions to his soldiers to shoot dead any Palestinian who tries to carry out an operation against Israelis.During a…
Family Home, Agricultural Facility Demolished in Tubas
Israeli forces accompanied with bulldozers, on Thursday morning, demolished homes and agricultural facilities at the Oyoun area, in the city of Tubas, northern West Bank.PNN security sources in Tubas said…
Allan Re-enters Coma, Condition Critical
Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan was in a medically induced coma on Thursday, Palestinian Authority officials and doctors said, a day after Israel lifted his administrative detention order due to…
Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Wednesday, ten Palestinians after storming into their homes and violently searching them, in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association has…
Woman, Four Children, Denied Entry To The Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli Police have decided, Wednesday, to prevent a Palestinian woman, and four children, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, for periods that vary between 15 and 60 days.Lawyer of…
Gunmen Kidnap Four Palestinians In Egypt’s Rafah
The Egyptian Interior Ministry has reported that unknown gunmen have kidnapped four Palestinians, on Wednesday at night, while traveling in the Egyptian city of Rafah, in the North Sinai Governorate.Spokesperson…
Soldiers Kidnap A Child, Wound Several Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths, wounding many, and kidnapped one child before moving him to an interrogation…
Israeli ‘Spy Dolphin’ Captured by Hamas
The military wing of Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has captured a dolphin sent by Israeli forces to spy on the Gaza Strip, it was reported on Wednesday.In a statement, Al-Qassam…
Israeli Forces Demolish Homes in Wadi Joz, Occupied East Jerusalem
On Wednesday August 19, at 5:30 AM, Israeli occupation forces began demolishing a three-story home of the Totah and Totanji families in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.19th…
Nine Palestinians Dead as Vessel Capsizes Off Turkish Coast
At least nine Palestinian refugees died on Wednesday, after an overloaded boat carrying illegal migrants fleeing the Syrian conflict capsized off the coast of Turkey, according to media sources.The boat…
Huckabee: West Bank ‘Not Occupied’
US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem, on Wednesday, that he did not consider the West Bank occupied by Israel.The Republican and Baptist minister, a regular…
Structures Demolished in Jerusalem and Ramallah
Israeli authorities demolished, on Wednesday, two residential units in Jerusalem and Ramallah, as well as notified to demolish the house of a prisoner in Hebron, according to local and media…
Israel to Lengthen East Jerusalem School-day to Prevent Demonstrations
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, on Wednesday, unveiled a plan for the Israeli municipality to a finance “long educational day” at high schools in East Jerusalem, in order to prevent the student…
UNRWA to Begin School Year on Time
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said, Wednesday, that the school year for half a million Palestinian refugees would start on time, after an eleventh hour scramble to cover a…
10 Palestinians Kidnapped from West Bank Districts
Israeli forces, early Wednesday, abducted 10 Palestinians from West Bank districts, according to reports by security sources and an activist.WAFA reports that forces raided al-‘Eizariya town, to the east of…
Israeli Intelligence Monitoring BDS Activism Worldwide
Haaretz Israeli newspaper, on Wednesday, said that the Israeli military intelligence monitors all BDS groups and activities all over the world.According to report by the newspaper, the Israeli military intelligence…
Israeli High Court Lifts Detention Order Against Allan
Israel’s High Court on Wednesday suspended a detention-without-trial order on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan but said he must remain in hospital pending a decision on his future.’Due to the…
Noam Chomsky: Israeli Apartheid ‘Much Worse’ Than South Africa
Famous American linguist Noam Chomsky has described the actions of the Israeli occupation in Palestine as “worse than South African apartheid”.“In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian From Hebron, Install Roadblocks
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man from Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as he was trying to cross the…
12 Residential Tents Demolished in Jordan Valley
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, demolished a number of residential tents in the village of Fasayel, in the southern Jordan Valley, according to local sources.Hamza Zubedat, a local activist, said that…
Israeli Forces Raid Family Home of Palestinian Killed at Checkpoint
Israeli army forces raided, before dawn on Tuesday, the house of Mohammad Abu Amsha al-Atrash’s family, a Palestinian who was shot dead in cold blood by the Israeli army on…
8 Palestinians Kidnapped across West Bank
Israeli forces, overnight Monday, abducted eight Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, according to reports by Palestinian security sources and the Israeli army.Palestinian security sources said that Israeli undercover…
Shirin and Samer Isawi Back Allan in Hunger Strike
Detainee Shirin Isawihas joined her brother and fellow inmate in an open-ended hunger strike, in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad Allan, who recently awoke from a coma induced by failing…
Israeli Troops Demolish Homes in the Jordan Valley; Kidnap Civilians in the West Bank
Israeli troops demolished on Tuesday 12 tents owned by Palestinian Bedwens in Al Fasayel area in the Jordan Valley. Another four structures were demolished by the army in the nearby…
Palestine Today 08 18 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, August 18th, 2015. Hunger striking political detainee recover from coma…
Settlers Stone Hebron Girl, Severely Beat Boy
Israeli settlers, Tuesday morning, have brutally assaulted a girl and a youth in the old city of Hebron, causing them both wounds. The settlers stoned little girl named Farah Abu-Sneineh,…
VIDEO: In Palestinian Hip-Hop, Even Love Songs Become Political
A Palestinian boy and a Jewish girl get stuck in the elevator. The girl changes her military uniform to civilian clothes, and the boy pays her a compliment: “Looks better…
Dangerous Trends In Palestinian Health Caused by Occupation: UNRWA
A United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) report on Palestine’s Gaza Strip concludes that infant mortality has risen for the first time in decades. A significant marker for a…
‘Allan wakes from coma; 250 Palestinian prisoners join open-ended hunger strike
Palestinian lawyer/political prisoner Mohammed ‘Allan entered his 64th day of hunger strike Tuesday after waking from a four-day coma, and pledged to continue the open-ended strike until death if necessary.…
Palestine Today 08 17 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, August 17th, 2015. Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian man at…
Mashal: Gaza-Israel Talks to be Mediated by Tony Blair
On Sunday, a senior adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Yasin Aktay, said that there will be a truce between the Gaza-based Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Israeli…
Bedouin Structures Demolished East of Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers, Monday morning demolished structures belonging to more than 20 families of the Jahalin Bedouin community in eastern Jerusalem, locals said.Israeli border police reportedly escorted the bulldozers into the…
VIDEO: Kafr Qaddum Punished by Damaging Water Supply
On Saturday the 15th of August 2015, the villagers from Kafr Qaddum once again demonstrated against the blockage of the road leading to Nablus as well as the nearby Kedumin…
Cremisan Valley: New Section of Apartheid Wall Underway
Israeli occupation forces, on Monday morning, have invaded Beit Jala town, northwest of Bethlehem, using bulldozers, to proceed with building a new section of the apartheid wall.The razing is taking…
Another Palestinian Youth Killed by Israeli Troops
Israeli soldiers, on Monday, shot dead a Palestinian at Za’tara military checkpoint to the south of Nablus, according to the Red Cross. According to WAFA correspondence, Red Crescent said that…
Brushing Your Teeth with White Phosphorus?
One year ago, on 15 August – 40 days into Israel’s 51 day monstrous assault on Gaza that was clocking up 1800 innocent Palestinian deaths – Adrian Orr, the CEO…
Muhammad Allan: PA says Israel is Preventing Palestinian Doctor from Visiting
Senior Palestinian Authority officials, Sunday, accused Israeli authorities of preventing a Palestinian doctor from visiting Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan at Barzilai Medical Center.Issa Qaraqe, the head of the PA…
Hollywood Blacklists Penelope Cruz over Gaza Sympathies
Actress Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have roused the fury of Hollywood producers, with pledges made to snub the Spanish couple.Oscar-winner Bardem and Cruz signed an open letter…
BDS Pressure Cancels Matisyahu Concert
The rapper Matisyahu was taken off the schedule of a Spanish Reggae festival due to his refusal to publicly support creation of a Palestinian state, Spanish media reports.16 August 2015…
Israeli Forces Kidnap 5 Palestinians, Seize Tractor
At least five Palestinians were abducted by the Israeli military during predawn raids across the West Bank, over the past 24 hours. The army also seized a tractor belonging to…
Demonstration against the Sale of the Presbyterian Church and New Settlements near Beit El Baraka
For two months, concerned Palestinians have demonstrated against the sale of the Presbyterian church in Beit el Baraka to right-wing activist Aryeh King. 15 August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement…
Lands Adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque Confiscated by Occupation
Israeli forces confiscated, on Sunday morning, a strip of land adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, near the Golden Gate.Director of Wadi Hilweh Information Centre, in occupied East…
Israeli Forces Target Farmlands East of Rafah
Soldiers stationed in occupation watchtowers along the eastern border of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fired toward the Palestinian farmers and shepherds, early Sunday. No injuries were reported.…
Gaza Woman Dies of Wounds Caused by Israeli UXO
A Palestinian woman from Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip, died Sunday morning from wounds she sustained more than a week ago when an unexploded ordnance, from last summer’s…
Settler Hits Palestinian Child with Car, Flees Scene
An Israeli settler, on Sunday, ran over a Palestinian child in Yatma village, to the south of Nablus, and fled the scene, according to the PNN.Security sources said that a…
Many Injured As Army Attacks Solidarity Protest With Hunger-Striking Prisoner ‘Allan
Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, Saturday, after Israeli soldiers assaulted hundreds of residents marching in solidarity with hunger striking detainee Mohammad ‘Allan, in Kufur Qaddoum,…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire South Of Nablus
Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday evening, a young man at the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…
Rafah Border Crossing to be Opened August 17 – 20
Egypt will be opening the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip on August 17 – 22 in both ,directions. The border crossing was closed to regular…
Carter says Israel Killed Two-state Solution
Former US president Jimmy Carter said, recently, that the two-state solution has “zero chance” of being realized in the present day, pointing to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for the plan’s…
Israeli Troops Shoot, then Abduct Palestinian Youth Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and wounded, on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man near Beit ‘Aour al-Foqa town, West of the Central West Bank City of Ramallah, before abducting him; Israeli…
Israeli Soldiers Fire on Memorial for Ali Dawabsha
Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian and foreign activists on Friday during a memorial in the village of Susiya south of Hebron for 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha who was killed in…
Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly protest against the Israeli Apartheid Wall, colonies and the closure of the main road for the thirteenth consecutive year, in Kufur Qaddoum, near the…
Soldiers Attack Bilin’s Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers used excessive force against nonviolent Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists, during the weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and colonies, in Bil’in village, near the central West…
This Week in Palestine Week 33 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for August 8th, to the 14th, 2015. UNRWA’s financial crises…
Allan Falls into Coma on 60th Day of Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, who has been on hunger strike for two months, lost consciousness Friday morning, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said.PPS said that Allan’s health had dangerously deteriorated…
Ali Dawabsheh, Cecil the Lion and the Biopolitics of Animal Life
How is it that outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion has spread so far, and yet many people in the United States have still not heard the name…
Israeli paramilitary settler gang beats Palestinian worker with steel rods
A gang of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian worker who was repairing a traffic light in an illegal Israeli settlement near Jerusalem Thursday, landing the worker in the hospital with…
Report: Palestinian Prisoner Resistance
Palestinian prisoners are continuing their protests and resistance inside prison.This includes Muhammad Allan, the 31-year-old lawyer on hunger strike for 58 days to protest his administrative detention without charge or…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (06- 12 August 2015)
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 06- 12 August 2015.Israeli attacks in…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap 12, Shoot 2 in the West Bank
Israeli forces abducted at least 12 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, overnight on Wednesday, according to local reports.Two of the Palestinians were taken in the Jordan Valley, two close…
Simple Drawings Bear Messages from Gaza’s Children
In her small atelier surrounded by hundreds of small, medium and large portraits, Palestinian painter Majdal Nateel from the besieged Gaza Strip uses her skills to express her hopes for…
$26 million to East Jerusalem Hospitals via EU
The European Union, with the government of Denmark, has announced a donation of $26 million in aid to be transferred to hospitals in occupied East Jerusalem.The latest contribution is being…
Israel Facing Dramatic Decline in Tourism
The number of tourists entering Israel has declined 13 per cent in the first seven months of this year, in comparison with the same period during 2014, a report by…
Two Homes Demolished While Under Construction, Property Seized East of Bethlehem
Israeli forces, Thursday morning, demolished two homes and seized a shipping container in the eastern outskirts of Bethlehem, said a municipal source.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency reports that military…
Israeli Settlers Suspected in New West Bank Arson Attack
A Palestinian Bedouin tent was set ablaze in the occupied West Bank, near Ramallah city, on Thursday. Extremist Jewish settlers are under suspicion for the attack.Local sources reported that the…
Allan Enters 59th Day of Hunger Strike, in Critical Condition
A lawyer representing hunger-striker Muhammad Allan lodged an urgent request to Israeli authorities on Thursday, urging them to consider his release due to his deteriorating health, a prisoners’ committee said.Abir…
Palestine Today 08 13 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, August 13th, 2015. Two youth injured, another 12 kidnapped as…
Israeli Forces Continue to Fire on Gaza Fishermen
Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza City, early Wednesday, witnesses said.The fishermen said that they came under fire as they were sailing off…
Israeli Forces Kidnap 9 from West Bank Districts
Israeli forces abducted, early Wednesday, nine Palestinians and summoned another from West Bank districts, said security sources and an activist.WAFA correspondence stated that Israeli forces raided a Hebron city neighborhood,…
Mother of Ali Dawabsha’s Health Deteriorating, Possible Brain Death
The mother of the 18-month-old Palestinian boy who was killed in a recent arson attack on his home, by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, may have gone brain…
Petition Calling For the Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral
A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few days. A petition…
$35 million to UNRWA from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will provide $35 million to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in a bid to avert a financial crisis within the organization, a statement…
Palestine Today 08 12 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, August 12th, 2015. Israeli navy attack Gaza fishermen and in…
Israel Denies Water Access to More Palestinian Villages
During the hottest month of the year, the Israeli occupation has cut off water from three more Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank.The villages of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Biddya…
New Illegal Colony Planned In Silwan, In Occupied Jerusalem
Palestinian researcher in settlement affairs, Ahmad Sob Laban, has reported that the Israeli colonization organization “Ateret Cohanim”, based in the Muslim Quarter in occupied Jerusalem, has presented a construction plan…
Palestine Today 08 11 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, August 11th, 2015. Israeli settlers attack Palestinian Public Park, and…
West Bank Refugees Block Roads in Protest of UNRWA Crisis
Palestinians in a number of refugee camps across the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, reportedly closed main roads near the camps to protest a possible decision by the UN agency…
Israeli Police Deny Access to Al Aqsa for Women and Children
Israeli police has denied women and children access to al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in East Jerusalem, provoking resentment among the crowds, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence said that a scuffle broke…
ISM Report: Israeli Soldiers Open Fire on 13-year-old Boy in Gaza
Maher Shitat, 13 years old, was shot in the leg on Friday night by the occupation forces.11th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team Hi’s father sent him…
Israeli Banks Prepare for BDS Tsunami
Recommendations to the EU would “shut down” the Israeli economy.Israel’s financial sector is preparing for the worst following European recommendations not to work with banks invested in the oPt. Bank…
Israeli Forces Demolish 3-story Building in Qalandia
Israeli forces, Tuesday morning, demolished a three-story commercial building in the industrial zone of Qalandia, just north of Jerusalem, the owner told Ma’an News Agency.Mazin Abu Diab said that Israeli…
3 Jordan Valley Family Homes Demolished
Israeli forces, on Tuesday morning, have demolished three residential structures near the Hamra military checkpoint, central Jordan Valley.Jericho governor Majd Al-Fityani said, according to the PNN, that soldiers tore down…
Extremist Settlers Set Fire to West Bank Park
Jewish Israeli settlers, at dawn on Tuesday, used molotov cocktails in an attempt to set fire to a public park in the northern West Bank village of Qaryut.Local Palestinian sources…
Jarrar Trial Postponed
Ofer Israeli Military Court has decided to keep Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar in custody without charge, refusing to release her on bail.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, the judge…
Ya’alon Breaks into Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Tuesday morning, broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron.WAFA correspondence reported that Ya’alon broke into the mosque under tightened security protection.…
Israel Says It Arrested A Senior Hamas Fighter From Rafah
The Israeli Security Service (Shabak) has reported that the army arrested, earlier in July, a senior Hamas fighter, allegedly responsible for digging tunnels across the border, and various other military…
Extremist Gopstein Freed After Questioning
Israel police questioned and freed, on Tuesday, a Jewish extremist leader who condoned torching churches amid an uproar over recent attacks carried out by Israeli settlers, including the deadly firebombing…
Residential, Agricultural Structures, And Barns, Demolished In Central Plains
Israeli soldiers demolish, on Tuesday morning and on Monday at night, a number of residential and agricultural structures, and barns, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, and in al-Jiftlik, Zbeidat, Froush…
Army Demolishes A Commercial Building In Jerusalem
The Israeli army demolished, on Tuesday morning, a commercial building in the Industrial Zone, north of occupied East Jerusalem, after surrounding the entire area.Several Israeli vehicles, accompanied by army bulldozers,…