Gaza Left Out of its Own Reconstruction
The Gaza reconstruction plan is hostage to Israeli security demands, and was drawn up without participation of Gaza’s population or Hamas. International donors talk about “accountability” and “local ownership”, yet…
Netanyahu Orders $18.1 Million for West Bank Settlement Expansion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given orders for the allocation of $18.1 Million in expansion funds for 300 units of Beit El settlement, illegally built near Ramallah, according to…
Britain Reviews Arms Exports Licenses to Israel
The British government stated, on Monday, that it will review arms export licenses to Israel, to ensure that the use of such weapons does not contravene international law.Britain reviewed, in…
Israeli Bus Rams Palestinians in Jenin, Killing One
An Israeli bus driver ran over two Palestinians at al-Jalama checkpoint in Jenin, on Tuesday, injuring one person and killing another, Palestinian security sources have reported.Sources told Ma’an News Agency…
Israelis Mock US Criticism of ‘Jewish State’ Legislation
Israeli officials, on Tuesday, mocked US concerns about the controversial new ‘Jewish State’ bill that was issued on Sunday, with the cabinet set to vote on and approve it Wednesday,…
Palestine Today 11 25 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 25th, 2014. Palestinian fighter killed in Gaza meanwhile a…
Soldiers Kidnap 15 Palestinians In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem, and moved them to a number of interrogation centers.Israeli…
Fateh Official Kidnapped By The Army In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, the secretary of the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, in occupied East Jerusalem, from his home in Silwan town, south of the…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian at the entrance of the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.Local sources…
Qassam Fighter Killed During Training In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated Tuesday that one of its fighters was killed during training, east of Gaza City.The brigades said the fighter, identified…
Eight Palestinians, Including Children, Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night, a Palestinian father and his son after breaking into their home, in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied East Jerusalem, and searching it. Six more…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Monday evening, that a child suffered several fractures and bruises, after being struck by a speeding settler’s vehicle, west of occupied Jerusalem. The sources…
Israeli Authorities Prevent 100 Tons of Vegetables from Exporting out of Gaza
Israeli occupation authorities have barred, at Kerm Abu Salem crossing, ten truckloads of agricultural products from passing out of the war-torn and economically besieged Gaza Strip, due to an alleged…
Israeli Man Stabbed in Jerusalem
Israeli media reported, on Monday, that a 45-year-old Jewish man arrived at a police station in Jerusalem’s Old City with stab wounds to his abdomen. According to Ynet, the man…
Livni ‘Prepared to be Fired’ over Opposition to Jewish State Bill
The Israeli cabinet, on Wednesday, is set to vote on and approve the controversial ‘Jewish Nation’ legislation proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, which was opposed by 7 ministers and approved…
Palestine Today 11 24 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 24th, 2014. Palestinian man shot and killed by Israeli…
Army Renews Order Preventing Constructions Near Jenin
The Israeli military issued, on Sunday, a military ruling renewing an order preventing the Palestinians from building in their own lands, in thousands of Dunams of Palestinian lands, south of…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Woman In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian woman at a military roadblock, near the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem.The kidnapped woman has been as Shorouq Ayman…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man was shot and killed by Israeli army fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. In…
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Explosive In West Bank’s Northern Plains
Medical sources reported, Sunday, that a Palestinian shepherd was killed when an Israeli explosive, dropped by the army during training, detonated near him in al-Marah area, close to Bardala village,…
Several Injured in Israeli Attacks Across West Bank
Several have been injured amidst a wave of escalating violence against Palestinians by Israeli soldiers and settlers across the West Bank region. At least five Palestinians were abducted by Israeli…
Teen Seriously Injured, 2 Taken at Gaza Border
A Palestinian teenager was reported to have been seriously injured, while two others were abducted by Israeli forces near the Kerem Shalom crossing, in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources said…
Israeli Military Beat and Detain Young Men in Hebron
Yesterday evening Israeli forces beat and detained young Palestinians on Tel Rumeida hill in al-Khalil (Hebron).23rd November 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron A twenty-two-year-old man was taken from…
Knesset Approves $5.2m for East Jerusalem ‘Settlement Security’
The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee recently approved an additional 20 million NIS (roughly $5.2 million) for funding security in settlements built in occupied East Jerusalem.Estimations made by Israeli Finance Ministry…
Israeli Cabinet Votes in Favor of ‘National Jewish State’
The Israeli cabinet voted, on Sunday, in favor of a ‘Jewish State’ bill, which PM Benjamin Netanyahu says will balance democracy with Judaism. ‘Both principles are equal and must be…
Nowarah Shooting: Israeli Policeman Charged with Manslaughter
A Jerusalem court has charged an Israeli border policeman with manslaughter for the shooting death of a Palestinian teen, during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, this past May.17-year-old…
Palestinians Targeted with Live Fire Amid State of Intense Protest, Hate Attacks
A number of Palestinians across the occupied territories have been targeted with live fire this weekend, with random attacks by civilians becoming increasingly common, in addition to attacks by Israeli…
Forensic Video Analysis: Nowarah’s Killer Identified
Defense for Children International – Palestine has published a video analysis, conducted by Forensic Architecture, which identifies the Israeli soldier who shot and killed 17-year-old Nadim Nowarah six months ago,…
John Kerry Conducted a Theatre of the Absurd in Amman
No one takes US ‘peace plan’ efforts seriously anymore – the Amman meetings were proof of that.US Secretary John Kerry met in Amman with King Abdullah, PM Netanyahu, and PA…
Archbishop Hanna Calls For International Recognition Of Palestinian Rights
Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Palestine, Archbishop of Sebastia (Theodosius) Attallah Hanna, called on the world community to fully recognize all legitimate Palestinian rights of liberation and independence.Archbishop…
HRW: “Home Demolitions, Collective Punishment Mounting To A War Crime”
Human Right Watch (HRW) issued a statement calling on Israel to stop the illegal policies of the demolition of homes of Palestinians suspected of carrying attacks on Israelis, and said…
Israeli Man Apprehended After Trying To Attack Palestinian Workers
The Israeli Police apprehended, Friday, an Israeli man in Hadera city (al-Khdeira), in the Haifa District, after entering a restaurant carrying a knife, and threatened to kill Palestinian workers.The man…
Palestinian Woman Injured After A Ramming Attack In Jerusalem
A Palestinian woman has been injured, on Friday afternoon, after an Israeli settler deliberately rammed her with his car in Shu’fat town, north of occupied Jerusalem, and fled the scene.The…
Lieberman Assasination Attempt Suspects Charged
Israel’s Shin Bet security service revealed, Thursday, that security forces had apprehended a Hamas-affiliated group in the West Bank who planned to assassinate far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.According to…
International Solidarity Conference in Ramallah Disrupted by Israeli Bureaucracy
The official launching of the International Conference of Local Authorities in Solidarity with the Palestinian People took place on Friday, gathering more than a hundred International, Arab and Islamic key…
Armed Settler Invades Schoolyard in Hebron
Wednesday, at approximately 11:00 in al-Khalil (Hebron) a settler from a nearby illegal settlement approached the Qurtuba school in H2 with a gun [H2 is the area of Hebron under…
VIDEO: Settlers Attack Palestinians as Soldiers Watch
Videos show how settlers were attacking Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Orif, on Tuesday, while Israeli soldiers stood by and did nothing to stop them.Distributed by the…
Israel Agrees to Work with Probe into Attacks on Gaza UN Facilities
After refusing to cooperate with a one UN committee, Jerusalem has reportedly agreed to work with another, so long as certain conditions are met.According to the PNN, Israeli newspaper Haaretz…
This Week in Palestine Week 47 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 15th, to the 21st, 2014. The Palestinian President…
Dozens Injured During Friday Clashes in West Bank and Jerusalem
Dozens of Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday, according to witnesses. Two Israelis were reported to…
Palestine Today 11 20 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 20th, 2014. Dozens injured in ongoing clashes in Jerusalem,…
Sexual Abuse Against Palestinian Child Detainees Reported
At least 600 Palestinian children were arrested in Jerusalem since last June. Of these chlidren, nearly 40% were reportedly exposed to sexual abuse during arrest or investigation by the Israeli…
Infant Hurt By Israeli Gas Bombs Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant, three months of age, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded Beit Leqia village, west of the…
Palestinian Pathologist Summoned for Questioning by Israel
Israeli police issued a summons order, Thursday, to a Palestinian pathologist who attended the autopsy of a bus driver found dead earlier this week.Dr. Saber al-Aloul received an order to…
‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Hails Divestment Victory
Divestment organizers at UCLA, representing a wide coalition of students from all backgrounds and sectors of campus, celebrated a milestone victory for social justice with the passage of ‘A Resolution…
Israeli Forces Demolish Homes, Seize Agricultural Equipment
Israeli bulldozers demolished, on Thursday, a number of mobile homes to the east of At-Tayba village, east of Ramallah. Near Hebron, forces seized a tractor and four water tanks, while…
Palestinian Interrogated for Posting Photo of al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police in occupied Jaffa were reported to have interrogated a young Palestinian man for posting a photo on his Facebook page, while visiting al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.According to Al Ray,…
Solidarity with Palestine Soaring on US Campuses
A student-led movement taking shape on U.S. college campuses have seen a growing number of young activists organizing around solidarity with Palestine.Al Ray correspondence reports that Students for Justice in…
Israel Eases Gun Control for Civilians, Imposes Blockades and Curfews in Arab Neighborhoods
Israeli public security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, has approved to ease the rules for private bearing of arms for Israeli citizens, under a pretext of defense against ‘terror attacks’, according to…
At Least 380 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in Past 3 Weeks
Israeli forces have taken captive at least 380 Palestinians, in raids across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, over the past 20 days, including 21 on Thursday alone. The…
Three Palestinians Injured Near Nablus, More Clashes In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths wounding three. Clashes also took…
Settlers Attack Village Near Nablus; Residents Briefly Detained Two
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, Thursday, the village of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked property before local villagers chased them, and…
Settlers Attempt To Burn Home Near Ramallah
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the village of al-Mogheer, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to burn a home.Eyewitnesses said…
Soldiers Impose Curfew On Huwwara
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday evening Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew forcing the entire village under house arrest.Local sources…
Twelve Palestinians Injured, One Seriously, In Jerusalem
Medical sources have reported that at least twelve Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in occupied East Jerusalem; one of them suffered a serious head injury, while more…
Palestine Today 11 19 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 19th, 2014. Israeli police injuries dozens of Palestinian civilians…
Israeli settlers & soldiers engage in multiple attacks against Palestinians Wednesday
Israeli police released nine relatives of two Palestinian attackers who had been detained earlier in the day, Tuesday. Meanwhile, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Israeli police raided…
Palestinian Drivers Strike in Jerusalem
Disruptions to public transportation in Jerusalem are expected again Wednesday, as Palestinian drivers working for the Israeli bus company ‘Egged’ begin their second day of strike in protest of the…
Settlement Expansion Continues Unabated in West Bank and East Jerusalem
Israeli forces, Wednesday, took over thousands of dunams in Ya’abad, southwest Jenin, in the northern West Bank, according to the PNN. Additionally, 78 new settlement units have been approved in…
Gunshots, Smoke Missiles Fired in Northern Gaza
Israeli military media and military reported gunshots fired near Erez crossing, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip. on Wednesday.Channel 7 said gunshots were fired towards Israeli forces at the…
Soldiers Invade Hebron And Beit Ummar
Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Beit Ummar nearby town, broke into and searched homes, and installed roadblocks.Mohammad Awad,…
Dozens School Children Injured In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of children have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers, near the Shu’fat refugee camp, and ‘Anata town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.Local…
Child Seriously Injured During Interrogation In Jerusalem
Palestinian human rights groups have reported that a detained Palestinian child from Jerusalem was seriously injured during interrogation at an Israeli interrogation center in Salah Ed-Deen Street, in the occupied…
Army Detonates Shalloudi Family Home In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers detonated, on Wednesday at dawn, the home of Abdul-Rahman Shalloudi in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.Israel claims Shalloudi, who was shot dead…
Khater: “New Israeli Cabinet Laws, A Declaration Of War”
Dr. Hasan Ali Khater, head of the International Jerusalem Center, stated that the recent Israeli cabinet decisions regarding occupied Jerusalem are a declaring war on the Palestinians, and a green…
Palestinian Seriously Wounded By Settlers Fire Near Ramallah
Medical sources have reported, Tuesday, that a Palestinian teen was shot, and moderately injured by a live round, fired by an Israeli settler near Beiteen village, east of the central…
Israel Instates Harsher Measures Isolating East Jerusalem
Israeli Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich issued orders for more severe measures isolating entire Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, including the constant search of Palestinians entering or leaving them.Aharonovich…
Israel as Jewish Nation-state Law Delayed
Attempts to pass legislation that would officially define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people are being held up by internal problems within Israel’s ruling coalition, problems which may…
Palestine Today 11 18 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, November 18th, 2014. Palestinian teenager from Gaza dies of his…
Gaza Child Dies of Wounds Inflicted in Israeli Offensive
14-year-old Mohammed Siyam, from the Gaza Strip, lost his leg in an Israeli bombardment during the latest Israeli military aggression on Gaza, this past July.According to the PNN, after the…
Israel to Admit 6,000 Ukrainian Jewish Refugees
The Israeli government plans to provide shelter to 6,000 Jews who were internally displaced by the Western-backed conflict in the Ukraine, according to Israeli newspaper Maariv.Al Ray correspondence reports that…
Israeli Arrest Campaign Escalates, Attacks Across West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli forces arrested early Tuesday 21 Palestinians, including three minors, from the West Bank and Jerusalem, in addition to 14 members of the family of two Palestinian suspects in regard…
Young Palestinian Man Stabbed in Northern Jerusalem
A Palestinian man was stabbed on Tuesday, by a group of Israelis in northern Jerusalem, according to relatives.22-year-old Fadi Jalal Radwan was attacked and stabbed by four Israelis while walking…
Shots Fired At Army Jeep Near Nablus
Israeli military sources stated Tuesday that Palestinian fighters opened fire at an Israeli military jeep driving on the Yitzhar settlement road, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the…
Abbas Denounces Jerusalem Attack, Netanyahu: Abbas And Hamas Responsible
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the Jerusalem yeshiva attack that led to the death of four Israelis, and demanded Israel to stop its provocative attacks and invasions into the Al-Aqsa…
Four Israelis killed along with two Palestinian attackers in shooting attack on Jewish Yeshiva
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the media that his military forces would respond ‘with a firm hand’ to an attack by two Palestinians on a yeshiva (Jewish religious institution…
Palestinian Bus Driver Was Murdered, Forensic Expert Says
A Palestinian pathologist said the report published by the Israeli police speculating that the Palestinian bus driver, Hasan Yousef Rammouni, hanged himself to death is inconsistent with autopsy findings that…
PCHR Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt for November 06 – 12, 2014
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (06 -12 November 2014).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings During…
Prisoners Committee: 1,500 Palestinian Prisoners Are Sick
Head of Prisoners Committee Issa Qaraqe said, Monday, that some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are suffering from various diseases, including 25 cases of cancer.Mr. Qaraqe says that…
Where is Humanity? Post-war Life in Gaza
“I am sorry for every human. What is happening in Gaza represents a tremendous dehumanisation for every human in the world,” Heba Al Hayek, a student of English Literature at…
Israel to Reduce Electricity in Gaza and West Bank
Israel’s national electricity company has reportedly decided to reduce the amount of electricity supplied to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank due to debts on the part of the…
Desalinated Drinking Water Inducing Cancer and Other Fatal Illnesses in Gaza
Iyad Salman was terribly shocked to find out that his 9-year-old son, Mohammad, has osteoporosis, an illness that became hugely spread between the children of Gaza. Iyad assured that he…
Israel Denies Lifelong Ban for Mads Gilbert
Israel has blocked Dr. Mads Gilbert from entering the country and, thereby, accessing the Gaza Strip but denied, Monday, that it had imposed a lifelong ban on the medic.’He has…
Palestine Today 11 17 2014
Audio Link After Text Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, November 17th, 2014. Palestinian bus driver found dead near an…
Army Kidnaps Young Man, Woman, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday afternoon, a young Palestinian man and a woman, during nonviolent protests near the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem. The army and police violently assaulted…
Eight Palestinians, Including Four Children Kidnapped In Jerusalem And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded a number of Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a child. The army also kidnapped three children in occupied…
Al-‘Araqib Bedouin Village Demolished For 78th Time
Several Israeli military and police vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded on Monday morning the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib, in the Negev, and demolished it for the 78th time.Salim al-‘Araqib, a…
Settlers Uproot Palestinian Lands Near Salfit
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Monday, Palestinian farmlands, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and bulldozed agricultural lands to expand settlements’ industrial zones in…
Several Palestinians Injured In Bil’in
Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Abdullah Abu Rahma,…
Palestinian Hospitalized After Being Assaulted By Israeli Extremists
A young Palestinian man was moved to an Israeli hospital, on Monday at dawn, after being assaulted by a number of Israeli extremists while he was on his way to…
Soldiers Detain Wife Of A Wounded Detainee
Israeli soldiers detained, Sunday, the wife of detainee Maher al-Hashlamoun, 30, who is currently held at the Etzion military base, near Bethlehem, and released her later on.The Hebron Office of…
Palestinian Bus Driver Hanged To Death In Jerusalem
The Arabs48 New Website has reported that a Palestinian bus driver, who works for the Egged Israeli Bus Company, was found hanged to death by his bow tie, amidst suspicions…
Israeli Man Stabbed In Jerusalem; Police Kidnaps Two Palestinians
The Israeli police kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men during what the police claimed “a search for a person who stabbed a man in occupied East Jerusalem.’Palestinian sources…
Israeli Fire Critically Injures Palestinian in Gaza, 8 Kidnapped in Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers, on Sunday, shot and critically injured a Palestinian to the east of the town of al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.WAFA correspondence reports that…
Muslim women forced to pray on dirty street after Israeli forces keep them out of al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli forces allegedly ‘eased restrictions’ on Palestinian worshippers attending the weekly prayer service Friday at the Al Aqsa Mosque, but dozens of women were refused entry, and were forced to…
VIDEO: Palestinian and International Activists Cross Makeshift Bridges Over the Separation Wall
Friday morning around 50 Palestinian and international activists used makeshift bridges to cross the Apartheid wall between Qalandiya and Northern Jerusalem. This non-violent direct action was in response to the…
Israel Further Discusses ‘Jewish State’ Law, Repeals Arabic as Official Language in Pre-1948 Lands
The controversial ‘Jewish State’ legislation, which would define Israel as a national home of the Jewish people, is up for discussion by an Israeli ministerial committee, on Sunday.According to the…
EU Confidentially Proposes Sanctions on Israel
The European Union is considering sanctions against Israel, should the regime continue with illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank, hindering the two-state solution, Israeli media reported on Sunday.According to…
Women Assaulted as Al Aqsa Restrictions Reimposed and Settlers Tour Mosque with Armed Escort
Dozens of Palestinian women were forced to pray in the alley outside of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sunday, after Israeli forces imposed conditions for entry on female worshipers.The renewed restrictions entailed that…
Japanese-funded Project for Upgrading Electricity Distribution in Zawiya Reaches Completion
On Thursday, November 13th, the Ambassador for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the PA, Junya Matsuura attended the opening ceremony of the project for ‘Rehabilitation and Upgrading the…