Scores Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked a nonviolent protest in Tormus Ayya town, north of the central West Bank city…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out Two Strikes Against Gaza
The Israeli air force carried out, on Saturday at dawn, two air strikes targeting two areas in the Gaza Strip, for the first time since Israel’s war on the coastal…
This Week in Palestine Week 51 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 13th, to the 19th 2014. This week the…
Army Orders A Palestinian To Stop Digging A Well In His Land
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Friday, an area in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and ordered a Palestinian to stop digging…
Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Man Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday, a Palestinian man near the village of Ta’nak, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing various cuts and bruises.Media sources in Jenin…
Palestinian Kidnapped Near Jenin, Many Injured
Media sources in the northern West Bank city of Jenin several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday evening, the al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, kidnapped one residents while many suffered…
ITUC Recognizes Palestine, Calls For Reconstruction Of Gaza
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has officially recognized Palestine as a state, expressed its support for ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and has called for speeding the reconstruction…
Geneva Conference Slams Illegal Israeli Settlement Activities
The summary resolution of the conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention has denounced the continued practice of settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), expresseing deep…
UN General Assembly Passes Resolution For Palestinian Right To Self-Determination
The United Nations General Assembly passed on Thursday, by an overwhelming majority, a resolution recognizing the Palestinian legitimate right to Self-Determination, including the right to an independent Palestinian State.180 countries…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Accidental Explosion In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Thursday, in what it described as an accidental explosion…
Settlers Assault Palestinian Bus Driver In Jerusalem
A Palestinian bus driver was injured, Thursday, after a number of Israeli extremists assaulted him at the Central Bus Station in West Jerusalem.The driver, identified as Anwar Tawil, 32, works…
Abbas Submits UN Resolution Draft with 2017 as Deadline for Israeli Withdrawal
Palestinian President and Fateh party member Mahmoud Abbas submitted, on Wednesday, the awaited UN resolution draft setting terms for final peace talks with Israel, saying that Palestine is open to…
Israeli Settler Alleges Palestinians Tried To Kidnap Him
An Israeli settler claimed, on Thursday at night, that two Palestinians tried to kidnap him as he was waiting for an Israeli bus in the bus junction located at the…
Settlers Attack Homes, Sabotage Electricity in Burin
A group of Israeli settlers, Thursday, cut power to an electricity line that had been supplying a Palestinian home in the village of Burin, to the south of Nablus, according…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured in the Safa and ath-Thaher areas, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Gazans Who Filed Compensation Against Israel Will Not Be Allowed Into Israel To Testify
Press Release: Israeli Supreme Court approves regulations that ban Palestinians from Gaza from entering Israel for their compensation cases against the Israeli military.On 16 December 2014, the Supreme Court of…
Palestine Today 12 18 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, December 18th, 2014. Israeli radicals attack a Palestinian bus driver…
Israeli troops forcibly abduct two crying 10-year old children [video]
The Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron videotaped an incident on Wednesday morning in which two small children are grabbed and held by soldiers. As the boys begin to cry and…
EU recognizes Palestinian state; removes Hamas from terror list
On Wednesday, the Parliament of the European Union voted to recognize ‘in principle’ a Palestinian state, and, in a separate action, the General Court of the European Union decided to…
Palestine Today 12 17 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 17th, 2014. Israeli settlers injure a Palestinian woman in…
Clashes Take Place In Different Parts Of Occupied Jerusalem
Clashes took place overnight in different parts of occupied Jerusalem, as protests continue following the death of Mahmoud ‘Adwan, who was shot and killed by the army in the Qalandia…
Woman Injured After Being Struck By A Settler’s Car Near Qalqilia
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a woman was injured after being hit by a speeding Israeli settler’s car, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.The sources…
US To Veto Palestinian Resolution
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said his country will veto the Palestinian resolution at the United Nations, aiming at ending the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine within two years.…
Soldiers Attack Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded several Palestinian homes in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and violently assaulted three young Palestinian men, causing various cuts and bruises.Local sources said the soldiers…
Israeli Police Attempt to Arrest Jerusalem Preschoolers
Israeli police, on Tuesday, attempted to arrest two preschoolers during a raid on two homes in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to witnesses.WAFA correspondence reports that police…
Israeli Bus Strikes Palestinian Worker
22-year-old Mohyi Eddin Najajreh, from Nahhalin village, in the Bethlehem district, was moderately injured on Tuesday after being run over by an Israeli bus.According to the PNN, eyewitnesses in Nahhalin…
At Least 115 Jerusalemites Abducted by Israeli Forces since December
Israeli occupation forces have taken into custody, since the beginning of December, some 115 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, including 30 minors, a Palestinian official revealed.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Over 30 Palestinians Injured in Qalandia Funeral Procession
Over 10,000 people, on Tuesday afternoon, participated in the funeral procession of 21-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah ‘Adwan who was killed just hours earlier during an Israeli raid on the Qalandia refugee…
Palestine Today 12 16 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 16th, 2014. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities kill…
Soldiers Invade Eastern Areas In Rafah, Khan Younis
Media sources in Gaza has reported that five Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Tuesday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of the southern Gaza Strip districts of…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, three Palestinians from the town of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and handed four residents military orders to stop the…
Kerry To Meet Palestinian, Arab Officials In London
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be holding a meeting in London, on Tuesday, with the Palestinian delegation headed by Chief Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat, and various Arab officials.Again,…
Abbas To Meet PA Officials Before Security Council Application
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be holding a meeting, on Tuesday evening, with various senior Palestinian officials before submitting the Palestinian application at the UN Security Council, demanding a time-frame…
Five Palestinians Injured In Hebron, One Kidnapped
Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the city, and nearby communities, shot and wounded one Palestinian,…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Qalandia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Qalandia refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, shot and killed a young Palestinian man with a live round…
Palestine Today 12 15 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, December 15th, 2014. Israeli soldiers attack school children in the…
Scores Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Safa area, north of Beit Ummar town and…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Burin School, Suffocate Students
Israeli forces assaulted a number of Palestinian students at a school in Burin village, to the north of Nablus, Monday, causing many cases of suffocation, according to an Israeli activist.Mr.…
Liquid Used in Alleged West Bank ‘Acid Attack’ Determined to be Vinegar
The Jerusalem Post has reported that the acid thrown by a Palestinian on six Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Friday, was actually vinegar, according to Channel 2.The victims were…
Egyptian Soldiers Shoot and Injure Gaza Fisherman
A Palestinian fisherman was injured, this past Saturday, by Egyptian gunfire off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to a spokesman from the Gaza fishing community.’The fisherman was injured…
Israeli Army Closes Highway 60 for Settler Rally
Israeli soldiers, Monday, closed a highway linking the town of Yatta and nearby small villages to allow a rally organized by Jewish settlers to pass, according to local sources.Coordinator of…
46 Structures Demolished in November
Israeli authorities demolished 46 Palestinian-owned structures in the month of November, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The demolitions resulted in the forcible…
Israel to Demolish Family Home of Glick Shooting Suspect
Jerusalem’s Israeli municipality delivered, on Monday, demolition orders for the family home of Mutaz Hijazi, who is suspected of attempting to assassinate extremist American-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.Mutaz’ brother, Uday, told…
Israeli Forces Continue to Fire on Gaza Farmers
Israeli military jeeps opened fire towards Palestinian farmers along Gaza’s southern border region, near the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis.According to Al Ray correspondence, several Israeli military jeeps…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Northern West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, two Palestinians from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one Palestinian at the Za’tara roadblock, near the Nablus.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…
Nine Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, violently searched homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.Head of the Jerusalem Detainees Parents Committee Amjad Abu ‘Asab…
P.A To Submit UN Sec. Council Application After Ministers Meeting With Kerry
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) has officially decided to file an application to the United Nations Security Council, demanding a resolution to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and a clear…
Israel Declares Palestinian Lands ‘Natural Reserve’ for the Purpose of Settlement Expansion
For the continued political goal of illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, Israel has zoned hundreds of dunams in the town of Kafr El-Deek, West Salfit, as an…
Report: “17 Detained Woman Face Harsh Conditions”
A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…
Report: “17 Detained Woman Face Harsh Conditions”
A report published by the Palestinian Detainees Committee on Sunday revealed that 17 Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, are facing very harsh conditions, harassment and are denied the right…
BDS victory in Belgium
The Belgian city council of Molenbeek voted to exclude businesses active in the Israeli occupation of Palestine in its bid for surveillance cameras, reports the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB).On…
Nakba in Tel Aviv
Imagine if in the U.S. it were illegal to teach about the genocide of the Native Americans at the hand of the colonists, or about how violent and gruesome the…
Extremist Settlers Continue to Storm Al Aqsa, Further Demolition Orders Imposed in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers again stormed Al Aqsa Mosque, this Sunday, guarded by Israeli ‘special forces’, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency reports.According to a worshiper at the mosque, about 15 Israeli settlers…
Two Detained Teens Speak Of Abuse, Torture
Heba Masalha, a lawyer working for the Palestinian Detainees Committee, managed to visit two Palestinian teens, held by Israel, who testified to her of horrific abuse and torture by the…
Israeli and American Academics Demand US and EU to Sanction Israeli Leaders
PNN reports that a group of Israeli and American academics calling themselves ‘genuine Zionists’ have sent written demands to the US government and European countries insisting that they impose sanctions…
Seventy Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that seventy Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started more six days ago, demanding an end to…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in occupied East Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.Local…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, four Palestinians during clashes that took place in the at-Tour town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after dozens of soldiers invaded it. Two Palestinians kidnapped…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in Continued West Bank Raids
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians and summoned four others from the districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to reports by security sources and a local activist.25-year-old ‘Abd-l-‘Al Abu-Mayyala…
PCHR Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (04-10 December 2014)
Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the reporting period of 04-10 December 2014.PCHR Report On Israeli…
US to Raise Finance of Israeli ‘Iron Dome’ Defense System
United States Congress will vote, in the next few days, on a resolution to raise its financial contribution to the Israeli Iron Dome system to 1.2 billion dollars.Congressional negotiators agreed…
Explosion near French Cultural Center in Gaza City
A Palestinian was injured, late Friday evening, in an explosion which occurred near the French Cultural Center in western Gaza City.Gaza police spokesman Ayman al-Batneiji told Ma’an News Agency that…
Child House Arrests Rise in Jerusalem Clampdown
Ramallah, December 11, 2014—Othman, 15, is sitting at the top of a narrow staircase in the front porch of his family’s home in the Old City, in Jerusalem. He almost…
Portugal’s Parliament Calls for Palestinian Recognition
The Portuguese parliament adopted, on Friday, a recommendation calling on the government to recognize the Palestinian state, drawing votes from the majority and opposition.The motion, AFP reports, was filed jointly…
VIDEO: It is Time to Recognize Palestine
The Palestinian Negotiation Affairs Department has released a video showing Israeli crimes against Palestinians. Crimes include home demolitions, attacking elders and youngsters, kidnapping children and stealing land. The video shows…
BDS Victory! UAW Supports Divestment
Historic: UAW 2865, UC student-worker union, becomes first major American labour union to support divestment from Israel by membership vote. In solidarity with Palestinian workers and students, voting members approve…
Palestinian Seriously Injured Near Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli settler fire, after soldiers alleged that he “sprayed an Israeli…
Three Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least three residents have been injured, with many others suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes which took place on Friday…
Palestinian Injured By Live Fire In Hebron
One Palestinian has been shot and injured, by an Israeli live round, during clashes that took place south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank,…
This Week in Palestine Week 50 2014
Audio Link After text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 6th, to the 12th 2014. This week, Palestinian…
Israel to Boycott Geneva Conference
Israel decided, this Thursday, to boycott the international Geneva conference scheduled for December 17th, and will also reconsider its relationship with Switzerland, according to Israeli sources.The decision comes following Switzerland’s…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped Near Hebron
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians.…
19 Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at 19 residents have been injured, on Thursday evening, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes that took place in…
Thousands Attend Funeral Of Murdered Minister Abu Ein
Thousands of Palestinians, government officials and President Mahmoud Abbas, attended on Thursday afternoon, the funeral ceremony of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu ‘Ein, who was murdered Wednesday by an Israeli soldier…
Jerusalem Legislator Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison
The Jerusalemite Prisoners Committee said, Thursday, that an Israeli court sentenced 64-year-old exiled Jerusalemite lawmaker Mohammed Abu Teir to 25 months in Ofer prison. According to WAFA correspondence, Abu Teir…
Palestine Today 12 11 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, December 11th, 2014. Israeli troops invade West Bank communities, clash…
PA: No Security Coordination with Israel
The Palestinian leadership has ended all security coordination with Israel in response to the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein Wednesday following clashes with Israeli soldiers.Jibril Rajoub told press that…
Palestinian Family’s Home Invaded, Two Youths Arrested by Israeli Soldiers in Azzun Village
At 3 am, on the 8th of December in Azzun whilst the Radwan family slept, dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded their house and broke in. 11th December 2014 | International…
2 Injured by Explosion Outside Gaza Charity
Two passersby were were reported to have been lightly injured, late Wednesday, after a bomb exploded in front of a charity in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.Witnesses said…
French Senate Adopts Palestinian Recognition
The French Senate has adopted a resolution calling on its government to recognize the state of Palestine.The proposal was tabled in the Senate by Social Party senator Gilbert Roger and…
Irish Parliament Calls for Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
The lower house of the Irish Parliament has approved a nonbinding resolution calling on the government to officially recognize the state of Palestine. The bill was passed late Tuesday night…
Clashes Take Place In Different Parts Of Jerusalem
Clashes took place, on Thursday morning, in different parts of occupied East Jerusalem, while dozens of soldiers have been deployed in various parts of the city; soldiers also kidnapped five…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday morning, eleven Palestinians, including two children, from different parts of the West Bank, including five in occupied East Jerusalem. Several Palestinians injured near Jenin.Local sources…
Hebron; Schoolchildren, Teachers, Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
Medical sources have reported that scores of children, and teachers, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in southern Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, during…
Abbas: “Israel Must Be Held Accountable For Its Crimes”
During a meeting with scores of officials and ministers in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, following the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein, President Mahmoud Abbas said all…
After Army Killed Minister Abu Ein, Palestine Demands International Protection
Following the death of Minister Zia Abu Ein, who was violently assaulted by Israeli soldiers during a nonviolent activity near Ramallah, Permanent Palestinian Observer at the UN Riyad Mansour, demanded…
Palestine Today 12 10 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 10th, 2014. Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian official, and…
Continued Settler Assaults in West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli settlers continued to launch attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Wednesday, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence reports that Israeli settlers attacked a…
PA Official Killed by Israeli Soldiers
The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements has died after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers in a village near Ramallah.55-year-old Ziad Abu Ein died…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In Hebron And Bethlehem
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped…
Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including one woman, after breaking into their homes and searching them.Local sources said the soldiers…
Army Confiscates 321 Dunams Of Palestinians Lands In Ramallah
In what seems to be an attempt to nullify a ruling by the Israeli High Court, allowing the Palestinians to use bypass road #443, Israel decided to illegally expropriate 321…
Settlement Expansion Continues Across West Bank
Illegal expansion of ‘Jewish only’ settlements continued unabated, in various parts of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, with further demolition notices and destruction of Palestinian property by Israeli settlers.Israeli…
Settler Invasions at Al Aqsa Mosque Continue, Coalition Planning Chanukah Raid
Dozens of Israeli settlers, Tuesday morning, again stormed al-Aqsa mosque compound under the protection of Israeli special forces and soldiers.Media official at the Al Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage,…
Palestine Takes on Observer Status at the ICC
Palestine became an official observer at the Hague’s International Criminal Court, on Monday, according to UN envoy Riyad Mansour.The Palestinian official said the move would strengthen possibilities for Palestinian statehood,…
Mayor of Hebron Sent Toxic Substance and Death Threats
Hebron Mayor Dr. Daoud Al Zatari stated, Tuesday, that he had recently received an envelope at the Municipality, containing death threats and a toxic substance.According to the PNN, security and…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians East Of Bethlehem
Bethlehem – Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinian men, near Teqoua’ illegal Israeli settlement, allegedly after the army found out one of them carried a knife.The two…
Seventy Detainees To Hold Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that seventy detainees, held in a number of Israeli prisons and detention centers, have decided to hold an open-ended hunger strike, starting Wednesday.The…
Palestine Today 12 09 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 9th, 2014. Israeli settler attack a Palestinian teenager, and…
Palestinian Injured After Being Stabbed By A Settler In Hebron
Medical sources have reported that an extremist Israeli settler attacked and stabbed a Palestinian teen, late on Monday evening, near Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city…