Ma’an – February 12, 2016 BETHLEHEM – US President Barack Obama intends to sign a sweeping trade agreement including provisions that fail to differentiate between Israel and illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as discourage the boycott of Israeli goods. The agreement — H.R. 644: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of […]
International Solidarity Movement | February 9, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – On Tuesday, February 9, Israeli forces patrolled the Palestinian market in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron), harassing and intimidating residents. Israeli forces on their patrol through the Palestinian market A group of soldiers marched through the souq, the main Palestinian market since the closure of Shuhada […]
Israeli forces blocking the entrance to the Palestinian market International Solidarity Movement | January 31, 2016 Hebron, Occupied Palestine – On Saturday, 30th January 2016, large groups of settlers, accompanied by heavily-armed soldiers, entered the Palestinian market at night and took it over for about an hour during night-time in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron). Around 9:30 […]
Ma’an – January 29, 2016 RAMALLAH – After a nearly three-year long battle in Israeli military courts, five Palestinian teens from the occupied West Bank village of Hares accused of manslaughter after reportedly throwing stones were on Thursday issued sentences of 15 years, a prisoners’ rights group said. The case has been disputed in the […]
By Cassandra Dixon | Dissident Voice | January 28, 2016 The worst worries of a child’s school day should be homework. Maybe a lost book, or an argument with a friend. No child’s walk to school should routinely involve armed soldiers and fear of sometimes being chased and assaulted by angry adults. But for the […]
“We must eradicate this evil from within our midst” IMEMC News & Agencies | January 24, 2016 Chief Israeli Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu announced Tuesday, on Facebook, that Palestinians should be executed in order to establish safety in Israel. “Israeli army has to stop arresting Palestinians,” he posted on his Facebook wall, “but, it must execute […]
Ma’an | January 20, 2016 JERUSALEM – Israeli bulldozers demolished three housing structures belonging to Palestinian Bedouins in Jerusalem district on Thursday, displacing 17 Palestinians, half of them children. Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli forces raided and surrounded the Jabal al-Baba neighborhood of the village of al-Eizariya, forcibly evacuated residents, and demolished the houses. Jabal […]
Palestine Information Center – January 21, 2016 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Mercator, Slovenia’s largest supermarket chain, has removed Israeli products from its shelves – including pomelos, dates and avocados, following pressure from the BDS movement, Ynetnews newspaper reported Wednesday. The Slovenian ambassador to Israel was summoned this week for a discussion at the Foreign Ministry in […]
The reconstructed roadblock, in the village of Kafr Qaddum. Photo credit: ISM International Solidarity Movement | January 16, 2016 Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine – On the 16th of January, Israeli forces shot a young protester with live ammunition while the villagers of Kafr Qaddum were protesting the theft of their land. The Israeli military also […]
MEMO | January 14, 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday decided to downgrade diplomatic representation in Brazil over the latter’s refusal to approve settler leader Dani Dayan as Israeli ambassador, local media reported. The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Netanyahu saying: “If Brazil won’t approve former settler leader Dani Dayan as its ambassador, Israel won’t […]
