General strike in Palestine expands across all sectors
A strike which began this past Saturday by the Palestinian teachers' union has now expanded to include nearly all sectors of the Palestinian government, as well as banks and private…
More lands to be annexed in Bethlehem for Wall construction, and settler roads
The Israeli forces Commander for the Central Region of the occupied West Bank, Major General Yair Naveh, has decided to confiscate 152 Dunams of southern Bethlehem. The annexation order aims…
Army invades Tubass
sraeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Monday night the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops and jeeps stormed the city and conducted wide…
Army takes two prisoners from Al Khader
Anwar Salah, 28, and Ismail Abdul-Kareem, 41, were taken prisoners by the Israeli army during an invasion to the village of Al Khader south of the West Bank city of…
Prisoners swap deal could be reached soon
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday that progress has been made in the issue of a prisoner swap deal for the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.…
Genocide in Gaza
A genocide is taking place in Gaza. This morning, 2 September, another three citizens of Gaza were killed and a whole family wounded in Beit Hanoun. This is the morning…
Israeli forces invade Doha village, injure two, including a child
Armored Israeli jeeps and personnel carriers invaded the Palestinian village of Doha, west of the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on Monday evening. Israeli troops opened fire on…
European nations decide not to allow stop-overs of Israeli arms flights
After its 34-day war with Lebanon, in which Israeli forces killed an estimated 1,000 civilians, the Israeli government has been taking a good deal of criticism internationally. One of the…
Palestine Today – September 04, 2006
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Genocide in Gaza
A genocide is taking place in Gaza. This morning, 2 September, another three citizens of Gaza were killed and a whole family wounded in Beit Hanoun. This is the morning…
Israeli army leaves Khaza’a village, east of Khan Younis, after inflicting massive damage
The Israeli army left Khaza'a village east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip after having destroyed a good portion of the village land, Monday afternoon. Army bulldozers uprooted…
Israel issues tenders to build 690 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank
The Israeli Ministry of Housing issued on Monday tenders to construct 690 settlement homes in the Occupied West Bank. The new units will be constructed in large settlement blocs in…
Israeli Army takes two prisoners from Tarqomia, near Hebron
Mohammad Al Markten, 25, and Mahdi Shahror, 30, were taken to unknown locations by the Israeli army during an invasion of the village of Tarqomia, west of the West Bank…
Four injured by Israeli gunfire in Qabatia village near Jenin
Four residents were injured during the Israeli army invasion of the village of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday. The injured were identified as Ahmad Nazal,…
Israeli Army injures a women and attacks three reporters in Hebron
The Israeli army injured one women and three reporters during a search campaign of residents' houses in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday. Medical sources in…
Teachers, employees resume their strike, demand to receive salaries
Palestinian teachers and employees resumed their general strike for the third day in protest to not receiving their full salaries sine march 2006. Ministries, schools and government officer are closed…
Army takes one prisoner from Khan Younis
Israeli forces took one resident prisoner from Khaza'a town, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday at dawn. Abd Hamed Qadeih, 60, was…
Army invades Nablus, takes at least four prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, the Balata and Al Ein refugee camps in the city on Monday morning, and took four prisoners. Local sources…
Army injures one resident and takes four prisoners from Qabatia village near Jenin
Israeli forces invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, injured one resident and took four prisoners including three brothers. More than 15 Israeli…
Armed men attack Driver of a senior Fateh official and legislato
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported, on Sunday evening, that an unknown group of gunmen stopped the car of Dr. Nabil Shaath, a senior Fateh official and a Palestinian legislator…
One resident injured in Kofer Dan village near Jenin
Ibrahim Abed, 24, was injured during and invasion to the village of Kofer Dan west Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Monday at dawn. Israeli…
Army takes two prisoners from Tal village near Nablus
Yousif Selwadi, 22, and Hitham Ramadan, 36, were taken prisoners when the Israeli army invaded Tal village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning. Troops and…
Dahlan heads to Egypt for talks on possible Prisoner swap deal
Head of Security Committee at the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a senior Fateh leader, Mohammad Dahlan, headed to Egypt for talks on a possible prisoners swap deal with Israel. Dahlan…
Resident taken prisoner near Abu Dis
Israeli soldiers abducted one resident at the Container Checkpoint, near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem as he was heading back home in Al Obediyya village, near Bethlehem. The resident is…
Troops annex more lands in Bethlehem for `“military purposes`
Israeli troops annexed Palestinian orchards east of Bethlehem city in the West Bank, and declared the area as a closed military zone. The order, signed by General Yaer Neveh, confiscates…
Five residents injured in Gaza air strike
Israeli Air Force fired on Sunday night after midnight several missiles at a Palestinian house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip; five residents were injured while the…
Army uproots farmlands east of the Jablia refugee camp
Israeli soldiers uprooted on Sunday afternoon agricultural lands in Abu Safiyya area, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers, supported by tanks…
Father, his five sons, taken prisoners in Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn the Al Fawwar refugee camp, near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, and arrested a father and his five…
Army invades Salfit
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the western area of Salfit, in the West Bank, and conducted military searches of homes. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…
Troops invaded Jenin, its refugee camp
Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and its refugee camp, Palestinian sources reported. Troops fired rounds of live ammunition at several houses…
Resident taken prisoner in Tulkarem
Israeli soldier stationed at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, took one resident prisoner and transferred him to an unknown destination. A Palestinian security source…
Israeli air force shells a house in Jabalia
Saturday evening, the Israeli air force shelled a house in Bir Al Na'ja area, in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza strip, one resident was…
Palestinian National Unity government might be formed in ten days
A spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that a Palestinian National Unity Government might be formed in ten days. Meanwhile, Abbas met in Gaza with the…
Army takes one prisoner, increases its presence in Hebron
The Israeli army kidnapped a Palestinian man in the village of Beit Awwa, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday, and increased its presence in the villages…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin and a nearby village
Troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp, and the nearby Kafer dan village, on Saturday at dawn. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed Jenin and its refugee…
Palestine Prime Minister cleaned garbage
When garbage men went on a strike in Gaza three days ago, garbage covered the streets. In order to encourage people to do the same thing, Palestine Prime Minister Ismael…
On first day of school, hundreds of Palestinian teachers go on strike
Without salaries since the Hamas government took power in March, and with no sign that they will receive salaries anytime soon, hundreds of Palestinian schoolteachers took to the streets Saturday…
Three Palestinians, including a father and his son, killed in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday morning that three Palestinians, including a 54 year-old father and his 27 year-old son were killed in Beit…
Israeli forces attack Palestinians trying to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli soldiers in al-Ram neighborhood at the edge of occupied Jerusalem opened fire at West Bank Palestinians trying to enter Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.…
Detainees to conduct a hunger strike in protest to bad conditions
Palestinian political detainees in Salem Israeli prison are preparing to carry a hunger strike in protest of the difficult and harsh conditions they face in detention. The detainees held a…
Israel formally annexes 14% of northern Bethlehem
Israel has both effectively and officially overtaken northern Bethlehem, swallowing the entire Rachel’s Tomb area. The process was slow enough, ongoing for the past two years, however it all occurred…
Retired Lebanese General challenges Israeli account of seizure of two soldiers on July 12th
The government of Israel claimed that it sent its troops to war against Hezbollah in Lebanon seven weeks ago after the militant organization had crossed the border onto Israeli territory…
Local residents, international peace activists protest against the Wall in Al Khader
Dozens of Palestinian residents of Al Khader village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, supported by international peace activists, marched on Friday against the construction of the Annexation Wall…
Peace activists protest against the Israeli Wall in Bilin, demand implemention of High Court Ruling
Dozens of Palestinian residents, along with 150 Israeli and International peace activists, held their weekly protest in Bil'in village, near the West bank city of Ramallah, and demanded that Israeli…
Protest held in solidarity with a Bethlehem resident who lost his shop to the Israeli Wall
Friday, a group of Palestinian residents of Bethlehem and international peace activists held a solidarity act in the city in support of a poor resident who lost his small shop…
This Week in Palestine – August Week 5
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UN: 100,000 unexploded Israeli cluster bombs remain in southern Lebanon
According to the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Cell (UNMACC) on-the-ground assessments, Up to 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets remain in south Lebanon and must be defused and destroyed. Most of…
Israeli delegation in Egypt to discuss a possible deal for releasing 1000 detainees in Shalit Swap
A Saudi Newspaper, Okaz, reported that a senior Arabic source said that an Israeli security delegation is currently visiting the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss a possible deal for the…
Israeli forces violate ceasefire in Lebanon again by conducting major operation over last 24 hours
In the village of Ayt al-Shab in southern Lebanon, refugees have been trying to return home to their ravaged village. But an ongoing Israeli military operation there, in direct violation…
Israel adjourns the trial of Palestinian Legislators
The Israeli military court of Ofer near the West Bank city of Ramallah extended, on Thursday, the detention of 16 Palestinian law makers taken prisoners by the Israeli army during…
Israeli Police capture Palestinian seeking asylum in U.K. embassy
After an eight-hour standoff, special Israeli police captured an armed Palestinian who broke into the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and demanded political asylum, Israeli sources reported. No one was…
Palestinian woman injured by US-troops fire in Iraq
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Thursday that a Palestinian refugee was shot and injured by American troops fire in Iraq. The woman was shot as she was leaving…
Israel buys two submarines capable of carrying nuclear weapons
Israel purchased two German-made “Dolphin” submarines that have the capability to carry nuclear warheads. The submarines are built with a cost of 1.3 billion US Dollars but Germany will pay…
Nonviolent movement claims partial victory as part of settlement dismantled near Bil’in
Palestinians in the village of Bil'in have declared a partial victory in their struggle against Israeli settlement expansion on their land, as several structures built to expand the Matityahu settlement…