Activists Raise the Palestinian Flag over Al-Khader
Activists, on Tuesday, have raised the Palestinian flag over an Israeli occupation military camp set in Al-Khader village, south Bethlehem, removing the Israeli flag.Activist against the Wall and Settlements, Hassan…
Gaza: Another Palestinian Dies in Collapsed Tunnel
A Palestinian worker died on Monday when a tunnel collapsed in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a health official said.A Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an News…
Four Families Made Homeless in a Day
Yesterday morning (27th of April 2015) at 5 am, in the area of al Makhrouk, al Jiftlik, the Israeli military arrived with bulldozers and demolished four houses belonging to Fathe…
Five Homes Demolished in West Bank
Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the Ramallah-area village of Nabi Saleh, Tuesday morning.The Palestinian News and Info Agency reports that the home, built prior to Israel’s 1967 occupation…
Mass Strike Staged in Pre-48 Occupied Territories
Palestinians in the pre-1948 occupied territories staged a mass strike in protest of the policy of house demolitions. The strikers also prepare for a mass rally intended towards Tel Aviv,…
Special UN Report: 2014 Israeli Assault on Gaza Hit 7 UNRWA Schools
Attacks to be considered of ‘extreme severity toward those who looked to them for protection and sought refuge and were granted shelter there, had their hope and trust denied”, according…
Fire from Jordan Valley Military Drill Burns Thousands of Dunams
A fire sparked by an Israeli military drill swept across thousands of dunams of Palestinian farmland in the northern Jordan valley, Monday, the Palestinian civil defense said.Some 3,000 to 4,000…
Army Kidnapped Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem, in addition to one Palestinian in Bethlehem, and one in Hebron.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…
Israeli Navy Ships Open Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
As part of daily violations against the Palestinian people in the besieged and improvised Gaza Strip, Israeli navy ships opened fire on a number of fishing boats in the Sudaniyya…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By A Settler’s Car In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child was moderately injured, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after being hit by an Israeli settler’s…
Army Opens Fire On Homes, Farmlands, In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire into Palestinian agricultural lands, and several homes, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Army Demolishes A Home In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian home in Nabi Saleh village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Media Office of the Popular Resistance…
Critically Injured Palestinian Dies Of His Wounds
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday at dawn that the young man who was shot and critically injured on Monday evening, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin,…
Soldiers Break Into Homes, Shops, In Aida Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, broke into homes, and destroyed doors of a number of stores, before…
50 Olive Saplings Uprooted In Bethlehem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers, living in the Eliezer illegal colony, invaded, Monday, a Palestinian orchard in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and uprooted more than 50 olive…
Israeli Extremists Uproot Palestinian Trees In Hebron
A number of Israeli extremists cut and uprooted, Monday, dozens of olive and almond trees, and grapevines, in Wadi al-Amir area, in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank…
Including A Child, Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, two young Palestinian men, and a child, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently searched homes before attacking several family members, causing injuries.The Wadi…
Israel To Build 77 New Homes In Illegal East Jerusalem Colonies
The Israeli government invited, Monday, tenders for constructing 77 new residential units in illegal colonies in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli Peace Now Movement has reported. Peace Now said the tenders…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, One In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Monday, four Palestinians in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and one Palestinian in occupied Jerusalem. Clashes and home invasions have been reported.The soldiers…
Despite Israeli Restrictions, Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Slain Jerusalem Child
Despite Israeli demands and preconditions for the burial of the slain Palestinian child from occupied Jerusalem, hundreds of Palestinians managed to attend the funeral, late on Sunday at night.Ali Abu…
Spread of BDS Movement Unprecedented Worldwide
In its periodic report on the boycott against Israeli products, the national office for land defense said that the movement is growing worldwide, and that people in different fields including…
Palestinian Arrested Over Alleged Hit-and-Run
A Palestinian suspected of ramming his car into a group of Israeli policeman in occupied East Jerusalem on Saturday night has been arrested by Israeli police, a police spokesman said…
Palestinians in Israel Call for General Strike
A general strike has been called for Tuesday in protest of the recent wave of home demolitions in Palestinian communities throughout Israel. The strike, called for by the High Follow-Up…
Israelis Resume Extremist Raids on Al Aqsa Mosque
A group of Israeli settlers, early Sunday, stormed Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards from Al Magariba gate, under heavy guard by Israeli police, and attacked students, according to local sources.Director of…
Thousands Attend Funeral Procession of Slain Palestinian in Hebron
Thousands of Palestinians participated, Sunday, in the funeral procession and ceremony for the young man who was killed on Saturday by Israeli army fire near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the…
Palestinian Homes in Hebron Stoned by Israeli Settlers
A group of Israelis from settlements in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron, Sunday morning, were reported to have stoned Palestinian homes in the center of the city.Local sources…
Israeli Forces Continue to Fire on Gaza Fishermen and Farmers
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, with no injuries reported.Witnesses reported that Israeli naval forces fired on fishing boats four miles…
Dozens Of Palestinians, Four Police Officers, Injured In Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported that four police officers were injured, on Saturday at night, in the at-Tour neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem, in the area where clashes took place earlier between…
Kafr Qaddum: Israeli Forces Shoot 6, Teenager Shot in the Eye
Yesterday’s Friday demonstration in Kafr Qaddum continued the trend of senseless and extreme violence from Israeli forces against Palestinian villagers, as the ISM has reported on numerous occasions. Even before…
Many Injured in East Jerusalem Clashes
Dozens of Palestinians were shot and injured on Saturday, while others suffocated during clashes which erupted with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem village of al-Tur, following an earlier shooting…
15-year-old Boy Assaulted by PA Forces
A 15-year-old Palestinian was injured and his brother arrested when the two were assaulted by Palestinian police in Nahalin, southwestern Bethlehem, late Friday, his family said.The parents of Abd al-Hamid…
Family Of Slain Child Refuses Police Preconditions For His Body’s Release
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the home of the slain Palestinian teen who was shot and killed by the army, late on Friday at night, kidnapped his father,…
Israeli Air Force Targets Syrian Army, Hezbollah, Sites
The Israeli Air Force fired missiles, late on Friday at night, into military targets belonging to the Syrian Army, and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, in the al-Qalamoun area on the…
Palestinian Shot and Injured by Israeli Soldiers near Khan Younis
A Palestinian was shot and injured when Israeli forces opened fire east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Witnesses said that Israeli forces deployed along the border opened fire…
New Pro-Settlement Legislation Pending in US Congress
If passed, new legislation would reverse the long standing official US policy of opposing the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories by de facto recognition of all settlements…
Palestinian Teen Killed By Army Fire In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday at night, a young Palestinian named Ali Mohammad Sa’id Abu Ghannam, 16 years of age, near the Zaim military roadblock, east of occupied…
Many Injured In Nil’in Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that several residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the soldiers…
Palestinian Loses His Eye Due To Israeli Fire In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers used excessive force, on Friday, against the weekly protest against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, causing a serious…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Scores of protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, while many olive trees caught fire, after Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation…
This Week in Palestine Week 17 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 18th, to the 24th, 2015. This week New…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the town of Hizma, north of occupied East Jerusalem, kidnapped two Palestinians, and forced shut dozens of stores and shops. The SAFA News Agency…
Israel Cancels Permits Of 200 Gazan Worshipers
The Israeli Authorities canceled entry permits of the 200 Palestinian, from the besieged Gaza Strip, who were previously allowed to enter Jerusalem for Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.General Yoav…
Israeli Man Found Stabbed In Trunk Of Fleeing Car in Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported that the police found an Israeli man in the trunk of a Palestinian car, and that the man suffered several stab wounds; the police said the…
Palestine Today 04 23 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 23ed, 2015. Israeli military bombards Gaza and in the…
Israeli Army Bombards Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday at dawn, three artillery shells into an area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, while navy ships fired dozens of rounds of live…
Israel Denies Entry Visas To SA Education Minister, Leftist Leader, And Officials
The South African Communist Party (SACP) issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli decision to deny entry visas to South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education and Training, South African Communist…
Christian-Islamic Committee Warns of New Al Aqsa Excavations
The Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites warned,, Thursday, of a new project underway by Israeli authorities which is conducting tunnel excavations beneath the homes in Silwan…
Israeli Soldiers and Armed Settlers Raid Nablus District
Hundreds of Israeli settlers raided Palestinian villages in the Nablus district on Thursday, officials and witnesses said. Several Palestinian students suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces raided a girls’ school…
Israeli Company to Build Surveillance Towers on Native American Land
The US had chosen an Israeli company called Elbit Systems Ltd. (an Israel international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs) to build a surveillance system on…
Barclays No Longer Listed as Elbit Shareholder
UK high street bank Barclays is no longer listed as a shareholder in Elbit Systems, the major Israeli military company that manufactures drones used in Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and…
Palestinians March in Remembrance of Historic Displacement
Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in protest, Thursday, as their Israeli compatriots celebrated, each group marking in its own way the 67th anniversary of Israel’s founding as an…
Rocket Fired from Gaza into Southern Israel
A rocket, Thursday night, was reported to have been fired from the Gaza Strip into the Negev desert area. Sirens sounded in Sderot settlement in the south, according to the…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (16 – 22 April 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 16 – 22 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians Near Al-Aqsa Mosque, Attack Worshipers
Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian worshipers near the Chain Gate, one of the Gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped two young men. Army invades a…
New UNESCO Motions Against Israeli Violations in Palestine
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on Tuesday received two motions strongly condemning Israeli occupation’s humanitarian and legal violations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.The first…
New Zealand Preparing Initiative To “Resume Peace Talks”
The Associated Press has reported that New Zealand, a member of the U.N. Security Council, is preparing a draft resolution meant for reviving the stalled political talks between Israel and…
PA Pays Off Last of Public Sector Salaries
The Palestinian Authority, Tuesday, declared that it was able to pay the remainder of civil servants’ wages and pensions for the past four months (40% each), hours after Israel released…
Palestine Today 04 22 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015. Israeli settlers invade Al Aqsa mosque in…
Palestinian Kidnapped In Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli Extremists Storm Mosque Compound
As dozens of Israeli extremists stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, chanting and raising Israeli flags, and trying to raise the flags on the mosque, Israeli…
Israeli Leaders Refuse to Meet Former US President Carter
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned down a request from Jimmy Carter to meet during his upcoming visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, because of…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, One In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, five Palestinians in a village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near Ramallah; soldiers also invaded several villages and…
Israel Sentences Belgian-Iranian Man To 7 Years For “Spying”
An Israeli court in Lod city sentenced, Tuesday, a 56-year-old Belgian-Iranian man to seven years in prison after convicting him of what the court said “spying to Iran.”Ali Mansouri, 56,…
Israeli Bulldozers Raid Gaza, Level Lands
Several Israeli vehicles raided lands in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, witnesses said.Sources told Ma’an News Agency that four Israeli vehicles and two bulldozers raided and leveled Palestinian farming…
Palestine Today 04 21 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 21st, 2015. A Palestinian youth dies in a tunnel…
Abu Khdeir Family: ‘We Demand Justice’
The family of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, the young Palestinian who was burnt alive by Israelis on July 2 last year, protests that the teen’s name has been added to Israel’s…
Goods, Aid, Construction Materials Allowed Entry into Gaza
Presidential Commission for the Coordination of Goods into the Gaza Strip, confirmed the admission of 700 truckloads of goods, aid, and construction materials into Gaza, on Tuesday.Head of the commission,…
Hundreds of Jewish Extremists Raid Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus
Hundreds of extremist Israeli settlers again invaded and performed prayers at Joseph’s Tomb in eastern Nablus, under armed protection, early Tuesday.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli forces escorted a…
Japan Opens New Classrooms in Bethlehem and Hebron
On Monday April 20th, 2015, Mr. Junya Matsuura, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and the Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, attended the opening ceremonies for two schools projects.…
41 New Administrative Detention Orders Issued Against Palestinian Detainees
Israeli authorities, Tuesday, issued administrative detention orders against 41 Palestinian prisoners, including 26 Palestinians from Hebron district, according to the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS).The detainees were sentenced for a period…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man was killed, Tuesday, in a siege-busting tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources said Ahmad…
West Bank: Israeli Settler Runs Over 4 Palestinians
An Israeli settler ran over four Palestinian pedestrians in the occupied West Bank, Tuesday evening, according to witnesses.Days of Palestine has reported that the settler approached the four pedestrians while…
Settlers Destroy 450 Olive Trees in Salfit
Israeli settlers from the Immanuel settlement uprooted some 450 olive trees and saplings from lands in Deir Istiya, northern Salfit, on Tuesday.Mayor of Deir Istiya Amal Qouqash told Ma’an News…
Extremists Raise Israeli Flag over Ibrahimi Mosque
Extremist Israeli settlers raised the Israeli flag on the walls and over the rooftop of al-Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, today in Hebron.The reconstruction committee…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Hebron, One In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, a number of villages and towns, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the city itself, searched homes, and kidnapped three…
Soldiers Invade Zabbouba Near Jenin
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Zabbouba, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted military training close to the al-Jalama military…
Two Elderly Men, One Guard, Denied Access To The Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli Authorities decided, Tuesday, to deny access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, to two elderly men for 30 days, and a mosque guard for ten days.…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, an area near the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths wounding one.The…
Soldiers Attack A Nonviolent Protest Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers attacked, Monday, nonviolent protesters, marching in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees, near the Huwwara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Khaled Mansour, a local organizer…
Imprisoned Voices: Corporate Complicity in the Israeli Prison System
This briefing was published on 17 April 2015 to coincide with the annual day of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. It collects the memories of the pain, suffering and resilience of…
Bulldozers Take Lands in Al Araqib and Al Khader
Israeli bulldozers, Monday, demolished homes in the Bedouin village of al-Araqib village, in the Negev, for the 83rd time, in addition to a home in the Negev village of Atir,…
MoH: 62% of Gaza Medicines and Disposables Depleted
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced that the crisis of shortage in medicines and medical disposables has been critically aggravated because of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip…
VIDEO: The Story of Nadeem Nowarah
Last year, during clashes on the 66th Nakba day, May 15 2014, Nadeem Nowarah (17) was shot dead by an Israeli soldier, in cold blood, during a protest in front…
Palestinian Worker Stabbed near Tel Aviv
An Israeli man stabbed a Palestinian worker at a construction site north of Tel Aviv on Monday, Israeli police and media reported.The victim, a Palestinian worker for the Herzliya Municipality,…
Palestine Today 04 20 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, April 20th, 2015. Israeli radical stab a Palestinian worker in…
The Siege – Cultural Resistance in Palestine
The room was overflowing with people who had come to witness the opening of the play The Siege. Pushing our way through the throng we managed to find some seats,…
Army Kidnaps 12 In West Bank, Storms Homes, And A Telecommunications Company
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the West Bank different parts of the West Bank, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including four children. Soldiers stormed a…
Over $30,000 in Fines Imposed on Minor Detainees since 2015
Representative of Palestinian minor prisoners held in Israeli Ofer prison, Abd al-Fattah Dawla, reported Sunday that the Israeli military courts have imposed a total of NIS 120 thousand (just over…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (09 – 15 April 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 09 – 15 April 2015.Israeli attacks…
Weakening and Discrediting the UN: Mission of Israeli QGOs
QGOs, along with Israeli and American diplomats, have managed to intimidate and neutralize the UN as a foundation of support for the justifiable grievances of the Palestinian people. In so…
Five More Placed under Administrative Detention Orders
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Sunday, said that the Israeli military court of Ofer has issued administrative detention orders against another five Palestinian prisoners.PPS said that prisoners Abd al-Rahman Hammad,…
Dozens of Settlers Raid Al Aqsa Compound
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque yards, early Sunday, via Al Magariba Gate under heavy guard of Israeli police. Local sources reported that about 33 settlers broke…
Settlers Steal Palestinian Soil near Salfit
Israeli settlers have stolen large amounts of nutrient-rich soil belonging to Palestinians in the Salfit-district village of Kafr ad Dik, witnesses reported Sunday.Witnesses said, according to Ma’an News Agency, that…
DCI-Palestine: Israel Willfully Targeted & Murdered Gaza Children
A new report by Defense for Children International-Palestine, titled ‘Operation Protective Edge: A War Waged On Gaza’s Children’, has displayed documented events proving that that Israel deliberately murdered Palestinian children…
B’Tselem: New Low Reached in Israeli Authorities’ Disregard for Palestinian Lives in oPt
On the 5th of January, 2013, sixteen-year-old Samir ‘Awad was killed by Israeli soldiers near the apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank village of Budrus. According to Israeli-based human…
A World Lost: Escape From Yarmouk
Over the past four years war has ravaged the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk. At no other time has the future looked so dismal for the community of refugees who…
Spent 28 Years In Israeli Prison; Home Of Former Detainee Burnt
Palestinian security sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported, Sunday, that unknown assailants burned sections of the home of a former political prisoner, a Palestinian National…
Cancer Ridden Detainee In Critical Condition
The Palestinian Detainees Committee stated that a political prisoner, held by Israel, is facing a serious health condition due to severe complications resulting from his colon cancer and the lack…
One Palestinian Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Saturday at night, a number of Palestinian towns and communities in occupied East Jerusalem, searched homes and kidnapped one Palestinian. The soldiers also occupied rooftops.The…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including five in Bethlehem, and one child in Hebron. The soldiers also handed several Palestinians military…
PA Forces Begin Deployment near Jerusalem
Palestinian police officers, for the first time, have taken on duties in three designated West Bank areas just outside Jerusalem, sources said Thursday. The officers were deployed to Abu Dis,…