Dozens of Settlers Raid Al Aqsa Mosque Under Police Protection
A large number of extremist settlers, on Sunday morning, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of special Israeli police units.According to PNN sources, 35 settlers broke into the…
Tel Aviv: Tens of Thousands Rally against Netanyahu
Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied on Saturday evening, in Yitzhak Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, calling for the current Israeli Prime Minister to be replaced in the upcoming parliamentary elections,…
Marking International Women’s Day, Eight Palestinian Women Injured Near Ramallah
As hundreds of Palestinian women peacefully marched near the Qalandia Terminal north of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers violently attacked them, and wounded nine.The protesters marched towards the soldiers, close to…
Many Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah, Some Seriously
Clashes took place, Sunday, near the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, and Silwad town, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, after dozens of soldiers invaded the area, and surrounded it, before…
Soldiers Attack A Mentally-Challenged Teen Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers, stationed on the al-Jalama military roadblock, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, violently attacked, and detained, a mentally-challenge teen.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped Mohammad Fawwaz…
Three Injured During Clashes In Nablus
Three Palestinians have been shot and injured after the Palestinian security officers tried to enter the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to arrest…
Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Farmlands East Of Bethlehem
Several Israeli military vehicles, accompanied by two armored bulldozers, invaded Kisan village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands.Hussein Ghazal, head of the…
On International Women’s Day: 20 Palestinian Woman Still Imprisoned By Israel
As the Palestinian people mark March 8th, International Woman’s Day, the Palestinian Committee on Detainees issued a statement that Israel is still holding captive twenty Palestinian women, including one who…
Elderly Man Injured In Al-Aqsa Courtyard
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly man was injured, on Saturday evening, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted him as he was leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in…
Palestinian Injured In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a resident was injured, on Saturday evening, when an explosive object dropped by the Israeli military during a previous invasion, detonated near him.Spokesperson of…
Fisherman Killed By Israeli Fire In Gaza Waters
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a fisher who was shot and injured by Israeli navy fire, earlier Saturday, died of his wounds in the Shifa Medical Center, in Gaza,…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Saturday, a young Palestinian man at a sudden roadblock, installed by the army, west of Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.The WAFA…
Fisherman Moderately Injured, Two Kidnapped, In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy boats opened fire, on Saturday at dawn, at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, moderately wounding one fisher, and kidnapped two others.Ziad ‘Ayyash, head of the Palestinian…
Two Palestinians Shot North Of Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday at night, two young Palestinian men, after firing rounds of live ammunition on their car, driving near the al-Jalama roadblock, north of the…
Child Seriously Injured Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child was shot and seriously injured, on Friday evening, and four residents suffered moderate wounds, after Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, near…
Israeli Forces Fire at Palestinians in Southern Gaza
Israeli forces deployed on the border east of Khan Younis opened fire at Palestinians on Friday.Witnesses reported that shots were fired towards Palestinians on their agricultural lands in eastern al-Qarrara,…
Ireland: Week of Solidarity Against Israeli Apartheid Policies
From 7th-14th March, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will be hosting a week of informative and interactive events – including a public talk, film screenings and protest rallies –…
Gaza Power to Resume
The only power plant in the Gaza Strip is set to resume operations after a fuel delivery, in Friday, Palestinian officials said.The Kerem Shalom crossing will be opened as an…
Young Man Seriously Injured Allegedly After Ramming Soldiers In Jerusalem
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem has reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire, after the soldiers…
This Week in Palestine Week 10 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 28th, to March 6th, 2015. This week the…
Three Injured, Four Kidnapped as Israeli Troops Attack Nonviolent Protests in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and injured three Palestinian civilians, and kidnapped four international supports, during weekly nonviolent protests organized in West Bank villages on Friday midday. Two villagers were injured and…
Army Invades Various Areas In Hebron, Bethlehem
Clashes took place, on Friday afternoon, after Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in Hebron and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian Police Officers Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday afternoon, a number of Palestinian police officers chasing a suspect who tried to run away through an Israeli military roadblock close to the Bet El…
PLO decides to suspend security cooperation with Israel
The Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted on Thursday to end security cooperation with Israel due to the Israeli government’s continued non-compliance with past signed agreements.However, the President…
Likud Ad Draws Comparison Between Israeli Workers And Hamas Fighters
Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the election headquarters of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu removed on Thursday at night a video ad that compared workers of the Israel’s…
Israeli Forces Destroy Tin Homes and Tents in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, wrecked a number of tent homes and tin shacks in the northern Jordan Valley locality of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah, according to WAFA correspondence.Stepping up the pace…
Gaza Power Plant Closes Due to Lack of Fuel
The Gaza Strip’s sole power plant was shut down, Wednesday evening, as Qatari-donated fuel supplies finally ran out, a Gaza power authority said.’The power plant stopped producing electricity during the…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Invade ISM Apartment in Hebron
To date, ISM volunteers in Al-Khalil (Hebron) have faced two attempted night raids, two invasions, and continual daily harassment from Israeli occupation forces. 5th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement…
Extremists Raid Al Aqsa in Celebration of Purim
Extremist Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi Gate, under heavy protection by police, Thursday morning.Media coordinator for Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, Firas Debs, told Al…
Settlers Vandalize Cars, Property in Ramallah
Residents of Al-Mugheer village, east of Ramallah city, today, said that Israeli settlers torched two cars and sprayed hate slogans on walls, calling for the death of Palestinians.According to PNN…
Palestine Today 03 05 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 5th, 2015. Palestinian fishermen injured by Israeli navy attack…
Several Palestinians Injured In Hebron And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, and clashed with local youths,…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Minors Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Deir Netham village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped five teens, between the ages of 14 and 18.Safi Tamimi, head…
Israeli Fanatics Burn Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
A number of extremist Israeli colonialists infiltrated, on Thursday at dawn, the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, burnt two Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti.Local…
Soldiers Kidnap A Lawyer Near Hebron
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Safa area north of Beit Ummar town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into and searched several…
Soldiers Fire Smoke Bombs, Live Rounds, On Homes, Lands, In Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence east of Gaza city, fired several smoke bombs and rounds of live ammunition, targeting Palestinian homes and agricultural lands.The Palestinian News & Info…
Two Fishers Shot, Four Kidnapped In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy vessels attacked, on Thursday morning, a number of Palestinian fishing boats, wounding two fishers by live rounds, and kidnapped four others, in Palestinian waters near the Sudaniyya area,…
Archbishop Tutu: The West Committed The Holocaust While Palestinians Pay Historic Price”
In an interview with the Palestinian Embassy in South Africa, and the Palestinian delegation participating in the Israeli Apartheid Week, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said that the “west committed the holocaust…
Netanyahu Calls Off Hebron Visit
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called off a planned 10 March visit to the southern West Bank city of Hebron following advice from the Israel Security Agency (ISA).Hebron News…
Abbas: Negotiations with Israel ‘Still On The Table’
PA President and Fateh member Mahmoud Abbas, Wednesday, said talks with Israel are still on the table, despite failed moves at the UN and numerous past rounds of fruitless fruitless…
UK Bans Ad Showing Occupied East Jerusalem as Israeli Territory
A British advertising watchdog has banned an Israeli government tourism advertisement implying that the Old City of Jerusalem is part of Israel, a status unrecognized by the international community.The newspaper…
UN Envoy: Israel Must Investigate Murder of 1,500 Gaza Civilians
A United Nations envoy, Tuesday, called on Israel to investigate the killing of about 1,563 Palestinian civilians, one third of them children, during the 2014 offensive on Gaza, and to…
Palestine Today 03 04 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, March 4th, 2015. Israeli navy escalate attacks on Gaza Fishermen,…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Wednesday, several communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes and searched them, and kidnapped at least Palestinians, including four teenagers.The Israeli…
Soldiers Conduct A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Four armored Israeli military bulldozers, and a tank, invaded on Tuesday morning, an area east of the Rafah district, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and headed towards…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli navy boats fired, on Wednesday morning, rounds of live ammunition on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in territorial waters in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses…
Israeli Army Chief Of Staff: “We Need To Remain Ready For Any Possible Scenario”
The newly appointed Israeli army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot stated that the Israeli military always needs to be ready for a new Intifada, or attacks against Israeli targets, including…
Soldiers Prevent Journalists From Entering Ibrahimi Mosque In Hebron
Israeli soldiers prevented, Tuesday, a group of 60 journalists, members of the Central Bureau of Journalists, and other media organizations, from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank…
Many Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West…
Gaza Farmers Again Targeted by Israeli Gunfire
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers, Tuesday, as they were trying to access their borderline farmlands to the east of Gaza City, according to WAFA correspondence.Israeli soldiers, stationed in…
Sounds of Palestine: Social Empowerment for Children through Music
This Sunday, Sounds of Palestine organized the first winter mid-year concert, with the participation of over 70 kids who performed for their families in Aida Youth Center, playing violins, cellos,…
VIDEO: Palestinian MK Zoabi Assaulted by Israeli Extremists
Israeli right-wing extremists, Tuesday afternoon, attacked Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi who is running with the United Arab List for the upcoming Israeli elections on 17 March.According to the Palestinian News…
UN: Ending Israeli Siege is a Prerequisite to Gaza Prosperity
The United Nations has expressed concerns about the economic situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying that the lifting of the Israeli siege on the coastal enclave is the “prerequisite”…
Israel Seals Hebron Area Stone-Cutting Factory
Israeli authorities, on Tuesday, sealed off a stone-cutting factory and seized a lorry in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to local sources.Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the…
Bedouin Crops Destroyed by Israeli Police
Israeli police on Tuesday destroyed thousands of acres of wheat, barley and other cereal crops in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Rakhama, locals told Ma’an News Agency.Local resident Ali Freijat…
Israel Requests More US Aid Despite Congress Speech Tension
Despite current tensions with the American president over today’s speech to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his administration are requesting an additional $317 for Israel’s missile-defence programmes.Editors note:…
VIDEO: Netanyahu Addresses Congress on Iran Nuclear Deal
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress today, in an increasingly animated debate with the White House over Tehran’s nuclear power ambitions.Netanyahu has repeatedly attacked the emerging deal with…
Palestine Today 03 03 2015
Audio After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. Israeli troops injures a young man and kidnaps…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Children In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three children on Tuesday, including a seventh-grade schoolchild, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after searching his bag and locating a compass that he uses…
Soldiers Open Fire On Farmers Near Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Monday morning, rounds of live ammunition targeting a number of Palestinian farmers, in their own lands, east of Gaza City.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, stationed on military…
Young Man Injured Near Jenin, Many Treated For Tear Gas Inhalation
Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Qabatia, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday at dawn. During the invasion, the soldiers shot and injured a young…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians Near Bethlehem
Several Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of Israeli extremists from a nearby illegal colony, attacked on Monday evening, five Palestinians in a their farmlands, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped them.Ghazal…
Israeli Politician Leaks Classified Army Video Showing Soldiers Using Dogs to Attack Palestinian Boy
A video posted on Facebook Monday by a right-wing Israeli politician, then quickly removed, showed graphic evidence of what Palestinians have reported to be a common Israeli military practice: using…
Israeli Military Initiates Massive Training Drill in West Bank
The Israeli army has called up some 13,000 reservists, sending 3,000 to a surprise training mission in the occupied West Bank, in preparation for a possible escalation of violence in…
Navy Fires at Fishermen in Sudaniyya, Khan Younis
Israeli gunboats again opened fire, Monday morning, towards fishermen’s boats in the Gaza Strip, this time off the coasts of Sudaniyya and Khan Younis.Safa correspondence, according to Al Ray, said…
8 Palestinians Kidnapped in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces abducted eight Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, including three teenagers, Monday at dawn, prisoner rights group Addameer said.Lawyer for Addameer, Muhammad Mahmoud, said that Yousuf Abu Jumaah, Mahdi…
Bethlehem Area: Israeli Army Raids Villages, Floods Olive Fields with Sewage
In the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, dozens of Palestinians suffocated by teargas inhalation during confrontations with the Israeli army, local sources reported.Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Committee in…
Israel to Demolish 14 Homes in Jerusalem’s E1
The Israeli Civil Administration ordered Palestinians from the al-Jahalin community residing in the Khillet al-Raheb area to the east of Jerusalem to demolish their homes. Should they fail to do…
Extremists Call to Invade Al Aqsa Mosque for Purim
Extremists affiliated to ‘Groups for the Temple Compound’ have called on supporters to participate in breaking into Al Aqsa Mosque next Wednesday and Thursday, in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, to celebrate…
Gaza Power Plant to Close Due to Lack of Funds
Gaza’s only power plant is due to shut down by the end of this week, as donor funding for fuel in the coastal territory has run out, according to officials.The…
Palestine Today 03 02 2015
ِAudio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 2nd, 2015. Nonviolent action organized against West Bank settlement,…
Detainees To Escalate Protests Against Ongoing Violations
Head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ said Monday that the detainees, held in different Israeli prisons, detention camps and interrogation centers, are heading towards escalated protest measures that…
Activists March In Threatened Land In Bethlehem
Dozens of nonviolent resistance activists gathered, on Monday morning, in Khallet an-Nahla area, southeast of Bethlehem, and marched while raising Palestinian flags to affirm their steadfastness in their own lands…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians in Nablus, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, and stormed many homes, especially in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. Soldiers flood agricultural…
PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (19 – 25 February 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 19 – 25 February 2015.Israeli attacks…
Over 280 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in February
According to a report by Hussam Association of Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped some 285 Palestinians, 30 of whom are children under the age of 18,…
Army Storms West Bank, Provokes Confrontations
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated by teargas inhalation during confrontations with the Israeli army, which broke into the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, according to local sources. Meanwhile, forces abducted shepherds…
2 Young Palestinians Shot and Injured in Duheisha Camp
Israeli troops shot and injured two young Palestinian men, Sunday morning, in Duheisha refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that clashes…
VIDEO: SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions
A historic victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was achieved Friday in the referendum on the academic boycott of Israel, at the School of Oriental and African…
Bil’in marks ten years of popular resistance
Plumes of teargas wafted up the terraced hillside of the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday when over 1,000 demonstrators marked ten years of weekly protests against Israel’s separation…
West Bank: 3 Kidnapped, 2 Summoned for Interrogation
Israeli forces, Saturday, abducted three Palestinians, including a head of a village council, as well as summoned two others for interrogation, according to reports by security sources.According to WAFA, Israeli…
Report: PA Prison Authority Foresees Uprising in the Next Month
The Department of Prisoner’s Affairs with the Palestinian Authority recently issued a report regarding the 17 Israeli jails housing some 7,000 Palestinian prisoners. Sources within the organization have predicted uprisings…
Navy Opens Fire on Gaza Fishermen
The Israeli navy, Saturday, again opened machine gun fire on Palestinian fishermen offshore the al-Sudaniya, to the northwest of Gaza.According to WAFA correspondence, Israeli naval boats indiscriminately opened heavy gunfire…
4 Palestinians, 1 Female German Demonstrator Shot w/Live Ammunition at “Open Shuhada Street” Protest
On February 27 in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces fired live ammunition towards nonviolent protesters participating in the annual Open Shuhada Street demonstration, injuring five including four Palestinian activists, one…
Israeli Troops Attack Palestinian Teen at Border Crossing
17-year-old Muhammad Asri Fayyad, from the northern occupied West Bank, says he was violently assaulted by Israeli soldiers at al-Jalama crossing, north of Jenin, while trying to cross into Israel.The…
One Youth Killed, Another Wounded by Unexploded Ordnance in Gaza
One man was killed and his brother wounded, Saturday afternoon, as a result of the explosion of a suspicious object in the airport area east of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.According…
This Week in Palestine Week 09 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 21st, to the 27th, 2015. US court holds…
Israeli Attorney-General to Decide on Criminal Probe of Netanyahu
Israeli Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein will decide, on Sunday, whether or not to launch a criminal investigation into the various affairs regarding the spending at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence,…
‘Jerusalem Gate’ Destroyed for 10th Time
Israeli civil administration employees, on Friday, demolished the ‘Jerusalem Gate’ protest camp for the 10th time, a spokesman told Ma’an News Agency.Popular resistance committee spokesman Hani Halabiya said that Israeli…
OXFAM: Gaza Reconstruction Could Take Over a Century to Complete
British rights organization, Oxfam, stated that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip may take more than 100 years, at the current rate, to complete essential building of homes, schools and…
Two Motions on Palestine Approved by Italian Chamber
On February 27, the Italian Chamber approved two motions on the recognition of Palestine: one presented by the Democratic Party and one from the groups of the Popular Area. Both…
Soldiers Use Excessive Force Against Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, a nonviolent protest organized by hundreds of students in demand that the army reopen Shuhada Street in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied…
Abbas, Arab league, Denounce Israeli Attacks On Holy Sites
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement denouncing the Israeli attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Palestine, and called for international protection. Arab League condemns latest assaults,…
Family Demands Immediate Release; Khaled Sheikh, 14, Sentenced To 4 Months
The Israeli military court in the Ofer base and detention center, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Wednesday child detainee, Khaled Husam Sheikh, 14 years of…
Soldiers Invade Town Near Salfit
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Friday at dawn, Kuful Hares town, east of the central West Bank city of Salfit, to accompany Israelis touring archaeological sites in the town.…
Gaza in Ruins After Receiving Only 5% of Pledged Reconstruction Funds
Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), discusses the causes and consequences of the fact that only about…
Israeli Forces Again Open Fire in Gaza
Israeli forces, Thursday afternoon, opened gunfire on Palestinian houses in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondence.Soldiers deployed and stationed along the border to the east of the blockaded…
Israel to Increase West Bank Power Cuts
The Energy and Natural Resources of the Palestinian National Authority said, on Thursday, that they had received an official notice from the Israeli power company stating their attention to cut…
Dancing Children Attacked by Israeli Forces
On the 24th of February in occupied Al-Khalil (Hebron), Israeli forces opened fire on dancing Palestinian youth, firing tear gas and throwing stun grenades at group of young children performing…
Israeli Army Targets Girls for Tech Positions
The Israeli army has begun targeting girls for future service in its technological units through a new partnership project with 25 high schools throughout the country, according to the Israeli…