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The Palestinian village of Hizma lies northeast of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. About 7,000 people live in Hizma, most of whose land is defined as Area C, under…

The Israeli government will transfer withheld PA tax funds, in full, on Sunday or Monday, senior Palestinian government officials have announced.In a statement released late Friday, Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday at dawn, two Palestinians, and summoned three others for interrogation, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded…

Israeli Navy ships opened fire, on Saturday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, causing damage but no injuries.Eyewitnesses said the navy fired dozens of…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Saturday, during training in Gaza.The Brigades said Nafeth Sa’id al-Moghani, 55…

Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday. Witnesses said that Israeli forces deployed along the Gazan border opened fire…

“History is us. History is not cowardly governments with their loyalty to whoever has the strongest military History is made by ordinary people everyday people, with family at home and…

Israeli forces kidnapped, in the night, nine Palestinian citizens from different parts of the occupied West Bank and delivered summonses to four citizens of Jenin.The abductions reportedly took place in…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi stated: “Today, we honor and express our solidarity with all Palestinians who have been and continue to be imprisoned in Israeli jails. We…

Five Palestinians were shot and dozens suffered excessive tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces violently suppressed protests marking Palestinian Prisoners Day across the West Bank, on Friday. In Nilin village,…

Two persons have been injured, and scores suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in village…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 11th, to the 17th, 2015. This week Israeli…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin after storming several homes and searching them. Israeli extremists force a Palestinian…

On Thursday evening, just a few hours before April 17, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the release of all political prisoners, held by Israel, is a…

The Israeli Authorities released on Thursday at night child detainee, Khaled Sheikh, 14, from Beit ‘Anan in occupied Jerusalem, while his family and scores of residents waited, and welcomed him.…

As part of the Israeli “Absentee Property Law,’ The Israeli Supreme Court approved, Thursday, a law allowing the Israeli government to confiscate Palestinian property in occupied East Jerusalem if the…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 16th, 2015. Israeli soldiers attack a protested near Ramallah…

A young Palestinian man was shot in the eye by an Israeli rubber-coated metal bullet, on Wednesday evening, and three others shot in the legs, in the el-‘Isawiyya town, south…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths; one Palestinian was injured, and many suffered…

April 17 is Palestinian Prisoners Day, the day of National, Arab and international solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel and facing serious, continuous (and escalating) Israeli violations. Marking…

Israeli forces Wednesday blocked off the main entrance leading to Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and shut down the Jerusalem-Hebron main Road, hampering Palestinians’ movement, according to a local…

Israeli forces reportedly injured 22 Palestinians during violent clashes in Sinjel village north of Ramallah, this past Sunday, following the funeral of Muhammad Jasser Karakra, who was shot dead last…

Israeli gunboats again targeted with live fire, Wednesday morning, Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza City shores.Chairman of Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate, Nizar Ayyash, said that an Israeli military gunboat targeted Palestinian…

A recent poll by the Arab World For Research And Development (AWRAD) gathered 1200 Palestinian respondents, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, to reach a national opinion regarding the…

Vandals have smashed gravestones at a Maronite Christian graveyard in a village near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, Israeli police said on Wednesday.Police opened an investigation after receiving a report…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 15th, 2015. Israeli soldiers invade West Bank communities and…

The Israeli prosecutor’s office filed to the ‘Ofer Military Court an indictment of twelve charges against leftist Palestinian Legislator, senior social and feminist figure, Khaleda Jarrar, who recently received a…

Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 27 Palestinians, including a journalist. The army also…

A number of Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Wednesday morning, a limited invasion into areas east of Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Media…

Thousands of government employees in the Gaza Strip are on strike Tuesday in protest of the Palestinian Authority’s continued violation of their rights as civil servants, including payment of salaries.Gazan…

A Palestinian working in Israel was assaulted in his workplace during a dispute over a ‘broken mobile phone screen,’ his father said, calling for Israeli accountability for mistreatment of Palestinian…

At least 21 Palestinian, including minors, were taken by Israeli military and police on Tuesday, most of them during predawn raids on Palestinian towns across the occupied West Bank districts…

“You corner me, you kill me, and on top of that you ask me not to defend myself. Human beings in this world have the right to defend themselves. We,…

A Jewish settlement foundation used a secret tunnel under Al Buraq Wall at Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, an Israeli daily paper revealed, Tuesday.The newspaper reported, according to Al Ray,…

Nabil Shaath, PLO central committee member and the International commissioner for the organization, said on Sunday that the Palestinian committees working on the Israeli war crimes case will file lawsuit…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 14th, 2015. Palestinian fighter dies of wounds sustained last…

Israel has reportedly accepted the allowance Palestinian vehicles to enter Jerusalem for the first time in 15 years, on Tuesday, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said.COGAT…

A Palestinian reporter, working for the Palestinian TV, was stabbed to death on Tuesday at dawn, near his home in the Nasr neighborhood in Gaza city. The reporter, Kamal Mohammad…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a fighter of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, died of serious complications resulting from his injury by an Israeli missile…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee warned that the health condition of detainee Yosri al-Masri, who suffers from cancer and various health issues, witnessed a serious health deterioration, and that the detainee…

The suffering of humanity in Yarmouk grows worse each day. Where is the world?Since the war in Syria started a few years ago, the people of Yarmouk have been suffering…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Tuesday at dawn, an under construction four-story residential building of 320 Square/Meters, in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. Army kidnapped two Palestinians in Silwan.The…

Israeli practices of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which defines humanitarian protection for civilians, the United Nations has said.The comments made…

Six months after donors pledged billions of dollars for the devastated Gaza Strip, most of the money remains blocked, and reconstruction efforts are painfully slow, a coalition of aid groups…

Israeli authorities, Monday, seized the content of a Palestinian-owned store in the village of Hazma, northeast of Jerusalem, according to local sources.Witnesses at the scene told WAFA correspondence an Israeli…

Family of detainee Khader ‘Adnan, held under arbitrary Administrative Detention, said the Prison Administration of the Hadrim Israeli prison moved him into solitary confinement for two weeks, starting on Monday…

Clashes broke out early Monday morning, between Israeli police forces and residents of Kufr Kanna, where Israel demolished the home of Tariq Khatib. A general strike has been declared for…

Israeli settlers, with elements of the intelligence community invaded, on Monday, the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque from Mughrabi Gate, amid tight police security.Media coordinator of the Foundation for Islamic…

Israeli settlement farms in the occupied West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest and pack agricultural produce, much of it for export, Human Rights Watch stated in…

Israeli soldiers, and undercover units, invaded on Monday evening the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of local youths.Media sources said dozens of soldiers, and members…

Israeli sources said the Police Investigation Unit is leaning towards closing the file of a Palestinian from Kafr Kanna in the Galilee, who was shot and killed by the Police…

At least eighteen Palestinians, including many children, have been kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers who invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.The…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 02 – 08 April 2015.Israeli attacks…

Heavy rain has flooded low-lying areas across the Gaza Strip, including Khazaa and Beit Hanoun, where thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israeli offensive last summer are living in caravans.Civil…

Israeli settlers who stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque yards under Israeli police protection, on Saturday, assaulted a number of Palestinian female worshippers, according to witnesses.Witnesses said that Palestinian worshippers were attacked by…

The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights, in a new report documenting Israeli harassment at Erez border crossing, has stated that an increasing number of Palestinian businessmen are being detained while…

Israeli settlers from Leshem colonial settlement, west Salfit, today, have taken over the historical village, Deir Sim’an, on the lands of Kafr Deek and Rafat. Israeli housing minister, Uri Ariel,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped five young men.The Israeli Radio said the soldiers arrested one Palestinian…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed, on Saturday at night, in a tunnel accident near the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in Rafah,…

Israeli police, on Saturday, beefed up their military presence and procedures across Jerusalem, preventing Christians from reaching Al Qiyamah Church to celebrate their holidays. WAFA correspondence reports that Israeli police…

Israeli forces began firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets even before Friday’s protest had begun, as the people of Ni’lin were gathering near the local school to begin their…

Solar panels finally brought electricity to the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, but the residents’ joy was short lived. A few weeks after the panels were…

Thousands of Christian pilgrims filled Jerusalem’s ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, on Saturday, for the ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony which marks the eve of Orthodox Easter.The ceremony, celebrated by Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the villages of Zawata and Tal, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Several military vehicles invaded Zawata from…

Earlier this month, Palestine officially joined the ICC, after the Hague-based tribunal approved its accession bid.According to the Palestinian News Network (PNN), Hamas said Thursday that it will hand over…

Gaza police have seized a work by famed street artist Banksy from a man who bought it for $200 from a family that later said it was duped, both sides…

A play about American activist Rachel Corrie is winning quiet acceptance in New York, where uproar postponed its debut a decade ago.According to eyewitness accounts, the 23-year-old was killed by…

Wadi Hilweh Information Center-Silwan monitored the Israeli violations against Jerusalemites, during the month of March, as Israeli assaults continued against Jerusalemites, their property and holy sites.Arrest campaign Occupation authorities carried…

Palestinian leadership has rejected the idea of joining the battle in Syria’s Yarmouk camp, apparently ruling out involvement in a joint military operation to expel ISIS.The position was made clear…

Israeli forces injured 12 Palestinian youth after firing live and rubber-coated bullets during clashes in al-Jalazun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, on Friday.Three Palestinians were injured by live fire, and…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 4th, to the 10th, 2015. As the Palestinian…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has reported that Israeli soldiers used excessive force against the weekly…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Friday afternoon, a young Palestinian man during the funeral ceremony of a former detainee, who was denied access to proper medical attention, while being…

Palestinian Medical sources reported on Friday that former political prisoner, Ja’far Ibrahim ‘Awad, 22 years of age, died in a Palestinian hospital in the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…

UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA has only received funding to reconstruct 200 of the 9,061 houses destroyed in Gaza, said a report released on Thursday.While some 60,000 Palestine refugee…

On April 9, 1948, Zionist militias massacred approximately 100 Palestinian men, women and children in the village of Deir Yassin. 04/09/15 | Alternative Information Center (AIC) | Beit Sahour Located…

On April 9, sixty-seven years ago, armed members of Zionist terrorist organizations, the Irgun and the Stern gangs, attacked the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and brutally murdered more than…

A group of 14 Palestinian factions said, on Thursday, that they backed a joint military operation with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State group militants from the Yarmouk refugee…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, April 9th, 2015. Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian farm lands in…

Head of the Local Council of the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, has reported, Thursday, that a group of Israeli extremists from an illegal Israeli outpost started digging a road…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Soldiers also invaded Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem.Eyewitnesses said several military…

The public workers union in the Gaza Strip announced that a general strike would be in effect Thursday, across all public institutions, in protest against the government’s continued to failure…

Israeli authorities issued administrative detention orders, Sunday, to 20 Palestinians, including member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Khalida Jarrar, reported the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).Six of the prisoners received detention…

Palestinian civil society activists have heralded the decision by French corporate giant Veolia to sell off nearly all of its business activity in Israel as a huge victory for the…

A military intelligence detention center belonging to Palestinian security forces in Hebron caught fire, Wednesday, killing one person in detention at the facility.Palestinian firefighters and civil defense rushed to the…

Israeli forces, Wednesday, took over a thousand dunams of Palestinian-owned land located between the towns of Beit Ummar and Beit Fajjar, in the Hebron district, for the benefit of settlement…

Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the occupied West Bank flashpoint site of Joseph’s Tomb, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and performed Talmudic rituals inside, said a Palestinian activist.’At…

Israeli forces, Wednesday, shot and injured a Palestinian man with a rubber-coated steel bullet as he fished off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said that fisherman…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, April 8th, 2015. Israeli troops shoot and kill a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he stabbed two soldiers, causing serious wounds…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the transfer of a former political prisoner to a hospital in Germany due to serious complications resulting from medical maltreatment while detained in Eshil Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two former political prisoners; one Palestinian was kidnapped on…

The Israeli Authorities issued a permit for the family of child detainee Khaled Sheikh allowing them to visit their detained son, for the first time, on May 7 2015, although…

A group of Israeli extremists invaded Palestinian olive orchards in the al-Jab’a village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, for the fifth time in a row, and cut more…

According to the official government-run, Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) the Palestinian government announced, Tuesday, singing an agreement with the Kuwaiti government in which the latter pledges to donate…

Mothers from the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, gathered Sunday to protest the ongoing detention of their sons by Palestinian security forces.The protest marked resulting tensions from a security campaign…

The southern West Bank city of Hebron is under what local Palestinians are calling a siege to enable tens of thousands of Israelis to celebrate the holiday of Passover this…

Israeli police have detained five minors, Tuesday, from different parts of occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of throwing stones.According to lawyer Mofed al-Haj, the detainees were identified as Joseph al-Roug,…

Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, April 7th, 2015. Israeli settlers detain Palestinian school children and…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) denounced an Israeli decision to put Khalida Jarrar, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PCL), under a six-month administrative detention.PCHR calls upon the…