ICC Probe Into Israeli War Crimes Opened
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, on Friday, opened an initial probe to see if war crimes have been committed against Palestinians, including during last year’s war on Gaza. ‘Today the…
This Week in Palestine Week 03 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for January 10th, to the 16th, 2015. This week Arab…
Army Invades Two Villages Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Sanour village south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched and ransacked several homes and stores, and kidnapped one Palestinian; many…
Soldiers Open Fire On Farmers In Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Thursday morning, rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian farmers in the eastern area of the Khan Younis District, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…
Palestine Today 01 15 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, January 15th, 2015. Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian youth and…
UN Official: “Chances For Resuming Peace Talks, Next to Nothing”
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jens Toyberg-Frandzen, stated Thursday that the changes of resuming direct Palestinian-Israeli peace talks remain very law, practically next to nothing.The official said, during…
MK Tibi Demands Police To Investigate Deadly Negev Shooting
Arab Member of Israeli Knesset, head of the Arab Movement for Change, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Police Commissioner Major-General Yohanan Danino, demanding him to…
Palestine National Football Team Holds Press Conference In Melbourne Australia
In front of a backdrop of the Palestinian flag and a keffiyeh, the Palestinian football team spoke of the challenges they have faced in qualifying, and their upcoming match against…
Setters Uproot Farmlands Near Bethlehem
A group of extremist Israeli settlers, accompanied by three bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started bulldozing and uprooting them.Coordinator of the Popular…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem; Settlers Uproots Farmland In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Wednesday at night and on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem. A group of fanatic Israeli settlers uproots nearly 30 dunams…
Al-Araqib Village Buildings Demolished for 80th Time
Israeli authorities, on Wednesday, demolished a number of steel structures belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel, in the Negev-region village of al-Araqib, for the 80th time in a row.Ma’an further…
36 Prisoners Issued Administrative Detention Orders
Israeli authorities, Wednesday issued administrative detention orders to 36 Palestinian prisoners for different periods of time, varying between three to six months, according to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency.The…
Dozens, Including Minors, Kidnapped in Jerusalem and Hebron
Israeli forces launched multiple raids across occupied East Jerusalem and Hebron, Wednesday at dawn, abducting 32 young Palestinian men, including minors.East Jerusalem detention raids were reported in Sur Bahir, al-Isawiya,…
Israeli Army Opens Fire in Gaza Farmlands
The Israeli army, on Wednesday, again opened live fire on farmlands in the Gaza Strip, WAFA and Anadolu Agency reported.Soldiers stationed along the border to the east of Rafah opened…
MADA To Release Documentary on Israeli Violations Against Journalists
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) recently held a meeting with journalists, to announce its release of a special report and documentary film dealing with the violations…
Israeli Police Kills A Palestinian In The Negev, Injures Two
The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the Israeli police shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man, and wounded two others, during clashes with local residents in…
Palestine Today 01 14 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, January 14th, 2015. Israeli settlers attack Palestinian cars in Jerusalem…
Palestine Today 01 13 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 13th, 2015. Child dies in Gaza due to cold…
Palestine Today 01 12 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 12th, 2015. Israeli settlers arrested for shooting a Palestinian…
Palestinian Teen Killed By Army Fire South Of Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian teenager from Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped his friend, while walking near the…
VIDEO: Olive Trees Destroyed in Yasuf
On Monday, January 11th, a farmer in Yasuf went out to see how his land had weathered during the recent storm and saw that a large number of olive trees…
Extremists Vandalize Palestinian Vehicles in East Jerusalem
Extremist Jewish vandals, on Wednesday morning, punctured the tires of vehicles parked outside the homes of their Palestinian owners, in the Jerusalem district village of Beit Safafa, witnesses told Ma’an…
Israel Closes Muslim NGOs Protecting Al Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police stated, Monday, that they had closed down three NGOs affiliated with the Islamic Movement in northern Israel, which is known for defending Al Aqsa Mosque against extremist Jewish…
Israeli Settlement Expansion Plan To Assimilate French Immigrants
An Israeli plan to expand Israeli settlements for Zionist Jewish immigrants coming from France was revealed on Tuesday, according to the PNN.The plan aims at expanding Israeli occupation settlements in…
Soldiers Kidnap 18 Palestinians In Beit Ummar
Dozens of Israeli military vehicles and jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted a large-scale invasion into…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported on Tuesday evening that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, and one…
PA Signs Environmental Treaties in Response to Gross Israeli Violations
The Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority (EQA), on Tuesday, said in a statement that, following the Palestinian Authority’s recent move of signing on to four international conventions on environment, Israel will…
Israeli Foreign Ministry: Isolation, Pressure in 2015
Israel’s foreign ministry has a bleak forecast for the country in 2015.01/13/15 | Alternative Information Center | Connie Hackbarth A classified document speaks of continuing European steps against Israel, including…
Israeli Soldiers Fire on Gaza Farmers and Bird Hunters
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and bird hunters east of Khan Younis, said witnesses.Soldiers were deployed in vehicles along the border fence in the al-Fakhari area,…
4th Infant Dies of Cold In Gaza Caravan House
After three infant deaths as a result of severe winter weather in the Gaza Strip, one and a half year-old Fadi Qudeih passed away on Tuesday, in a caravan house…
Palestinian Kidnapped Near Al-Aqsa Mosque In Jerusalem
Undercover officers of the Israeli Police kidnapped, on Tuesday before noon, a young Palestinian man while leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque through the Bab al-Silsileh (The Chain Gate), in occupied Jerusalem.Eyewitnesses…
Detainee ‘Adnan Suspends His Hunger Strike
Hunger striking Palestinian detainee Khader ‘Adnan, held by Israel without charges, said he has suspended his strike, that lasted for one week, after a court date has been set for…
Army Invades Various West Bank Communities, Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night and Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians in the southern West bank city of Hebron and the Sammoa’ nearby town, and kidnapped three Palestinians.…
January 12 2015, A Historic Day For The Palestine National Football Team, And, Indeed, Palelestine
At 6:00pm at the Hunter stadium in Newcastle, Australia, Ramzi Saleh led the Palestinian team out for their first ever game in a major tournament. To understand the importance of…
More Palestinian Teenagers Shot by the Israeli Military
On Saturday, January 10th, Palestinian youths went out to play in the snow on Al-Sabeh Mountain in east Burin. A group of Israeli settlers approached the village as if to…
Rafah Crossing to Remain Closed After Sinai Kidnapping
Egyptian authorities informed Palestinian officials in Gaza that they will not be reopening the Rafah crossing for three days on Tuesday, as previously promised, after an Egyptian solider was kidnapped…
US Senators Threaten Palestinian Officials Over ICC Bid
American senators have threatened Palestinian leadership with a ‘strong response’ over the recent decision to join the International Criminal Court.Press TV reports, via PNN, that Senators Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez,…
Settler Arrested in Connection with Hebron Shooting
Israeli police say they have arrested a settler suspected of shooting and injuring a Palestinian teenager in Hebron on Saturday.According to Ma’an News Agency, a ‘public security officer’ was arrested…
Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians, Including 3 Children
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and three children in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Jenin
Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Sunday evening, the town of Taybeh, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including two brothers. Dozens…
Israeli Forces Block Entrances to Northern Nablus Town
Israeli forces, early Sunday morning, closed all entrances to the town of Asira Ash-Shamaliya, north of Nablus, according to a local official.Head of the town’s municipality, Nasir Jawabreh, told WAFA…
Israeli Ramon Prison Closed As Detainees Nearly Froze To Death
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs stated Sunday that the Israeli Prison Authority closed, on Sunday January 11, the Ramon Prison due to the extreme cold weather, especially…
Settlers Destroy 170 Olive Trees Near Nablus
Israeli settlers have cut down over 170 olive trees in a village to the south of Nablus, the third such attack in the occupied West Bank over the past three…
Report: Israel punishing Palestinian prisoners by keeping them exposed in frigid weather
The Palestinian Prisoner Society filed an appeal with the Israeli High Court Saturday calling on Israeli authorities to provide adequate clothing and covers for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prison…
Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank hold rallies condemning Paris attacks
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City and in Ramallah on Saturday to show solidarity with the people of France, and to condemn this week’s attacks in Paris. Palestinian prisoners…
Soldiers Invade Bethlehem, Hand 4 Palestinians Interrogation Orders
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Hindaza area and the ‘Aida Refugee Camp, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, broke into and searched…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In Silwan
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the town of Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem, and kidnapped eight Palestinians. Soldiers also detained and interrogated several residents.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan…
Israeli Settler Opens Fire At A Palestinian Market In Jerusalem
An armed fanatic Israeli settler provocatively entered a Palestinian market, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, started insulting local residents before attacking a young man, and opened fire.Local…
U.S. Duplicity In Punishing Palestine for Joining the ICC
The United Nations announced this week that the State of Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1, 2015. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced on Tuesday that the…
Third Infant, Man Die In Winter Storm In Gaza Saturday
Another Palestinian infant died from the cold on Saturday, as well as a fisherman on the Gaza coast. This brings the death toll up to four in the last two…
African-American leaders visit Palestine, vow solidarity with Palestinian liberation movement
A delegation of young African American leaders from Ferguson and other US cities organized by ‘Dream Defenders’ are traveling through the Occupied Palestinian Territories this week to see first-hand the…
Another Infant Dies In Khan Younis As Cold Weather Continues
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an Infant died, Saturday, due to extreme cold in the war-torn, besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The infant’s death is the second in two…
Two Children Injured By Israeli Army Fire Near Nablus
Medical sources have reported that two Palestinian children have been injured, on Saturday morning, during clashes that took place in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli Extremists Uproot Dozens Of Olive Trees Near Hebron
A number of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, Friday, dozens of olive trees in Palestinian orchards in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West…
Infant Dies As Pouring Rain Floods Devastated Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that an infant died in southern Gaza, due to freezing temperature as dozens of homes have been flooded as a result of pouring rain.The…
This Week in Palestine Week 02 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for January 3rd, to the 9th, 2015. The Palestinian Authority…
Detainee ‘Adnan On Hunger Strike Since January 6
The family of Palestinian political prisoner Khader ‘Adnan, 37 years of age, said their son started his most recent hunger strike on January 6, protesting the renewal of his arbitrary…
Settlers Break Into Palestinian Stores In Hebron
The Youth Against Settlements Coalition in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that fanatic Israeli settlers broke, on Wednesday, into one of the Palestinian…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, several Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, imposed a siege on a number of areas, and kidnapped seven Palestinians.The invasion took place after the…
Homes, Lands, Targeted By Israeli Fire In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed on across the border fence, opened fire on Thursday evening targeting Palestinian homes and lands east of the Khan Younis district, in the southern part of the…
Settler Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing
Israeli media sources have reported that an Israeli settler was stabbed in the upper torso, and suffered a moderate injury, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Police said it is searching “for…
Settler Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing
Israeli media sources have reported that an Israeli settler was stabbed in the upper torso, and suffered a moderate injury, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Police said it is searching “for…
Storm ‘Huda’ Arrives in the Holy Land
Millions of Palestinians bunkered down at home, this Wednesday, as they faced down the first day of a huge winter storm which has brought a mixture of rain, hail and…
Israeli Soldier Aquitted of Minister Abu Ein’s Murder
The Israeli soldier whose direct involvement in the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein, early December 2014, was acquitted of all charges after a military investigation.According to WAFA Palestinian News…
Palestine to Join ICC on April 1st
In a statement posted on the UN’s treaty website Tuesday night, United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, said: ‘The statute will enter into force for the State of Palestine on…
Israel Approves Administrative Detention Orders for 13 More Palestinian Prisoners
The Israeli military court of Ofer, on Tuesday, approved administrative detention orders filed against 13 detainees, according to the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).PPS reported that the orders…
Israel and US to break Backs of the Camels called Oslo Accords and ICC
Israel will be lobbying the U.S.’ Congress to enforce legislation to freeze funds for Palestine, should Palestine lodge charges at the ICC. Israel’s decision to withhold Palestinian tax funds caused…
Palestine Today 01 06 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 6th, 2014. Israeli troops kidnap civilians during invasions targeting…
Palestine Today 01 05 2015
Audio Link after Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 5th, 2014. Israeli troops demolish Palestinians owned structures and…
Orthodox Christians commemorate Christmas; snowy weather in Bethlehem
A rare ‘White Christmas’ was celebrated Tuesday evening by Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem. The snow did not hinder the festivities, which were carried out as planned.Under the Eastern Orthodox calendar,…
Wounded Woman Moved Back To Prison Despite Need For Further Medical Care
The Israeli Prison Authority transferred, on Tuesday, wounded female detainee, Amal Taqatqa, from an Israeli hospital to prion, despite her need for further medical attention, and treatment.The Palestinian Detainees Committee…
Soldiers Kidnap 22 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians, including…
Al Aqsa Raids Continue, Settler Suspected of Killing 16 Sheep in Aqraba
A number of Israeli settlers, Monday, again entered Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, provoking worshipers, according to WAFA correspondence.The settlers were reported to have broken into the…
Israeli President Rivilin Against Palestinian Tax Freeze
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said, Monday, that he opposed a freeze in the transfer of taxes to the Palestinians in response to their application to join the International Criminal Court.’Freezing…
Israel To Ask US Congress To Cut Aid To Palestinians
Recent American legislation states that, if Palestinians initiate any action against Israel at the International Criminal Court, the State Department would have to stop US aid to the PA.According to…
Peace Activists Raise Palestinian Flags In Illegal Israeli Settlement In Bethlehem
A number of nonviolent Palestinian activists managed to raise Palestinian flags, on Monday evening, in the Efrat illegal Israeli settlement, built on Palestinian lands south of the West Bank city…
Dozens Hurt In Two Israeli Military Invasions In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday evening, the village of Zabbouba west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city…
6800 Palestinians Currently Imprisoned By Israel
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies has reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped and detained 7110 Palestinians in 2014, adding that, by the end of the year 2014, the…
Army Demolishes A Carwash Facility, Two Sanitary Storage Rooms, In Bethlehem
Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, earlier on Monday at dawn, the town of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished a car-wash structure,…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in Hebron and Jerusalem, late on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped six Palestinians after searching and ransacking their homes.Media…
Israeli government authorizes $18 million for 300 new units in Beit El settlement
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, approved on Sunday the expansion of an Israeli colony located on stolen Palestinian land near Ramallah.The expansion of…
Israeli High Court orders re-routing of Annexation Wall in Battir village
Palestinian villagers from Battir, in the southern part of the West Bank, declared a victory on Sunday in their struggle to save their village from annexation by Israeli forces for…
Netanyahu Threatens Palestinian Prosecution Over ICC Bid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, Sunday, that PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ bid to join the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) would only expose him and other Palestinian officials to…
At Least 5 Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem and West Bank, Hebron Teen Injured by Live Fire
Israeli authorities, Sunday, abducted at least five Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, according to reports by local and security sources.In Jerusalem, Israeli police invaded the…
Barghouthi: “Israel Practicing Piracy By Withholding Palestinian Tax Money”
Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, described the Israeli decision to withhold 500 Million New Israeli Shekels of Palestinian Tax money, as an act of theft and…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 killed, 17 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24- 30 Dec. 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestinian Fisherman Seriously Injured By Israeli Navy Fire In Gaza
Israeli Navy boats opened fire, on Saturday at dawn, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza waters in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, seriously…
Israeli Army Imposes Curfew On Deir Nitham Village
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday, the village of Deir Nitham, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, imposed a curfew forcing the residents under house arrest, and launched…
US Diplomats Cars Attacked By Fanatic Israeli Settlers In The West Bank
A number of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones at cars of an American diplomatic delegation who drove along with Israeli police vehicles to an area near the central West Bank…
Israeli troops attack non-violent Palestinian protests in 5 West Bank villages, wounding one
One boy was injured, and scores of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation on Friday when Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent weekly protests organized in West Bank…
Palestinian Child Killed by Egyptian Forces at Rafah Border
Egyptian military forces, late Friday, shot and killed a Palestinian child at the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that Egyptian soldiers opened fire at four…
This Week in Palestine Week 01 2015
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 27th, 2014 to January 2nd, 2015. Two Palestinian…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Ramallah
At least eleven Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas south of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and Betunia town, and kidnapped two Palestinians.Media sources in…
Israeli Extremists Attack Palestinian Cars near Jenin, Uproot Saplings In Bethlehem
Dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers gathered, on Thursday at night, on the main Jenin-Nablus road, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and attacked several Palestinian cars. Settlers…
B’Tselem: ‘Israel Demolished 188 Homes In 2014’
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) has reported that the Israeli authorities demolished, in the year 2014, 188 Palestinian homes in the West Bank…
Further Youth Detentions in West Bank Cities
Israeli forces, Thursday detained a 17-year-old from the village of Al Arqa, to the west of Jenin, and caused tens others to suffocate from teargas during confrontations, security sources told…
86 Israeli Attacks on Islamic and Christian Holy Sites in 2014
Al Aqsa Association for Waqf and Heritage has reported that Israelis carried out some 86 assaults and violations of Islamic and Christian Palestinian holy sites in the occupied West Bank…
Israeli Settlers Destroy 5,000 Olive Saplings near Turmusayya
Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in lands east of the town of Turmusayya, north of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, locals said Thursday.One…
Raids, Kidnappings and Demolitions by Israeli Forces Continue Across Occupied Palestine
Israeli forces Thursday detained three men from Hebron and Jenin districts, as a part of the Israeli army’s systematic policy of daily arrests, local and security sources told WAFA correspondence.…
VIDEO: “They look like they’re in a war zone, but what they’re aiming at is five-year-olds”
By 10:30 am on Tuesday morning of December 30, Palestinian children attending school near Qeitun checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron) had endured over forty tear gas canisters, multiple rounds of rubber…