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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Hebron

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four young Palestinian men in Beit Ummar and Halhoul towns, near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded and searched homes in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted three former political prisoners, identified as Mohammad […]

August 26, 2018 7:55 AM IMEMC News Hebron, Israeli attacks, News Report, West Bank 0

Extremist Settlers Attack West Bank Palestinian Commuters

Israeli settlers attacked, late Friday night, the cars of Palestinians traveling on roads in the northern West Bank, causing damage but no injuries, according to local WAFA sources. Settlers reportedly threw rocks and bottles at Palestinian cars driving on a road between Jenin and Nablus near the village of Silat […]

August 25, 2018 7:40 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, News Report, West Bank 0

PLO Official Warns of Arming Israeli Settlers

Tayseer Khaled, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), warned of the reduced terms for Israeli settlers to carry weapons, which was recently approved by the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Gilad Ardan. Khaled said, in a released statement, that there are currently about 145,000 Israel […]

August 25, 2018 7:30 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Israeli attacks, Israeli Politics, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Palestine 0

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Waqf Employees In Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli soldiers abducted, Saturday, four Palestinians who work for the Al-Aqsa Reconstruction Committee of the Islamic Waqf and Endowment Department in occupied Jerusalem. The four were taken prisoner while performing their duties in the holy site, and were moved to al-Qashla detention and interrogation center in the Old City. They […]

August 25, 2018 11:48 AM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Jenin, Jerusalem, News Report, West Bank 0

Trump Cuts $200 Million In Aid To Palestinians

The U.S. Administration of Donald Trump said it decided to cut $200 Million of the aid budget to the Palestinians, which was approved earlier this year. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that most of the money Trump is cutting was not meant for the Palestinian Authority, but was supposed to […]

August 25, 2018 7:55 AM IMEMC News News Report 0

Israeli Colonialists Cut 30 Olive Trees Near Nablus

A number of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, Friday, a Palestinian olive orchard in the as-Sawiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and cut 30 olive trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official in charge of monitoring Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the assailants cut thirty […]

August 25, 2018 2:24 AM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, Jenin, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0

PCHR: Israeli Forces Attack Non-Violent Protest in Gaza, Wounding 89 Civilians

On Friday, 24 August 2018,  using excessive lethal force against the peaceful protesters in eastern Gaza Strip for the 22nd  Friday in a row, Israeli forces wounded 89 civilians, including 17 children, 2 women and 3 paramedics, after hitting them with live bullets and direct tear gas canisters. Five of those […]

August 25, 2018 1:51 AM PCHR Gaza Strip, Human rights, Israeli attacks, News Report, Non-violent action 0

Israeli Soldiers Adduct Two Palestinians Near Nablus And Jenin

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at night, two young Palestinian men near Jenin and Nablus, in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, and attacked protesters with gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, […]

August 24, 2018 2:21 AM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Jenin, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0

Barghouti: “SodaStream is Still Subject to Boycott”

Earlier this week, PepsiCo announced that it signed an agreement to buy SodaStream, a producer of home-carbonation machines. SodaStream has faced global boycotts because of its complicity in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian human rights. Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights, said: “SodaStream is still subject to boycott […]

August 23, 2018 7:33 PM IMEMC News & Agencies Boycott Movement, Human rights, International, Israeli Settlement, News Report, Non-violent action 0

UNRWA Confronts Deficit of $270 Million

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) currently faces a budget deficit of $270 million, which could cause serious consequences for the humanitarian situation in the region. During a UN security council meeting, UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary Anne DeCarlo said, “We always […]

August 23, 2018 7:26 PM IMEMC News & Agencies International, International Politics, News Report, Refugees/Immigration 0

Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Hebron

Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian man from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded Wadi as-Somman area, in Hebron, and abducted Husan Abu Sneina, 27, after storming his home and violently searching it. The […]

August 23, 2018 1:33 PM IMEMC News Hebron, Israeli attacks, News Report, West Bank 0

Erekat: “Israel’s Illegal Expansion Of Colonies, Direct Outcome of American Greed”

Dr. Saeb Erekat, a member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) strongly denounced Israel’s approval of hundreds of new units in its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank, and said the move is an outcome of the American greed, and the U.S. support to Israel’s apartheid […]

August 23, 2018 1:03 PM IMEMC News International, International Politics, Israel, Israeli Settlement, Jerusalem, News Report, Palestine, Palestinian Politics 0

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Nablus

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in the al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The soldiers also attempted to abduct a child, but he was not at home during the invasion. Marzouq Abu Na’im, a member of the Local Council […]

August 23, 2018 12:20 PM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0

Israeli Colonialist Settlers Injure Two Palestinians Near Nablus

Medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were injured, on Thursday at dawn, after being attacked by illegal Israeli colonialist settlers near Nablus, in northern West Bank. The sources said the two Palestinians, identified as Suleiman Edrees Qanni, 20, and Yahia Na’im Qanni, 23, were moved to Rafidia hospital, suffering […]

August 23, 2018 11:40 AM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0

Israeli Colonialist Settlers Attack Homes And Cars Near Nablus

A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked homes and cars, causing property damage. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel’s illegal colonialist activities, said the Israeli assailants […]

August 23, 2018 11:02 AM IMEMC News Israeli attacks, Israeli Settlement, Nablus, News Report, West Bank 0