Troops abduct four residents near Ramallah
Israeli troops abducted on Saturday morning four residents of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, as they were heading to Ramallah to attend a ceremony commemorating the…
Troops abduct one resident east of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted on Saturday evening one resident from Thannaba village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Resident Ashraf Bilal Al Tabbal, 19, was taken prisoner after soldier stopped…
Egyptian Consul visits hunger strikers in Israeli prison, working for release
Egyptians detainees continue their hunger strike in Israeli prison in protest of being held without a legal cause or trial. On Saturday the Egyptian Consul in the Egyptian Embassy in…
Palestinian government determined to unmask the causes of Arafat’s death
On the second anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas has affirmed that it is determined to solve the mystery…
Abbas: “National Unity Government will be born by the end of the month“
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the National Unity Government will be formed, in spite of all the difficulties, by the end of this month and that the…
Elderly woman resists further land destruction
A 65 year old woman attracted international attention to the plight of Palestinian olive farmers when she grabbed hold of the trunk of an olive tree, refusing to allow Israeli…
Cluster bomb blast kills one Hezbollah fighter
Lebanese sources reported on Friday at night that one Hezbollah fighter was killed when an Israeli cluster bomb exploded as he was clearing unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon. The fighter…
Rizqa: “National Unity Government should not be formed before Abbas receives guarantees”
Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Yousef Rizqa, said on Friday that the National Unity Government should not be formed before president Mahmoud Abbas receives American and Israeli guarantees that the…
In Nazareth; thousands protest against Israeli attacks in Beit Hanoun
Thousands of Arab residents of Israel held on Friday in a regional protest against the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the recent killing of twenty-one civilians, including several…
Five residents taken prisoner in Hebron
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Awwa village, near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took five resident prisoner. Local sources reported that soldiers broke into…
We overcame our fear
Yesterday at dawn, the Israeli air force bombed and destroyed my home. I was the target, but instead the attack killed my sister-in-law, Nahla, a widow with eight children in…
This Week In Palestine – November Week 1
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Bil’in protest commemorates Yasser Arafat; challenges international silence on Israeli atrocities
In the village of Bil'in today, more than a hundred people, including Palestinians, Israelis and internationals, held a nonviolent protest to challenge the Israeli Wall and attacks, as well as…
Restrictions Imposed on West Bank Due to Israel’s High State of Alert
The Israeli government imposed restrictions on West Bank residents, including prisoners as part of Israel’s high state of alert after the killings in Beit Hanoun that left 20 civilians dead.…
Palestinian Prime Minister says he’s willing to resign if it will lead to lifting of siege
Just two days after an Israeli attack in Gaza killed 18 civilians, many of them children, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has announced that he would be willing to…
Nonviolent marches throughout Palestine condemn Israeli massacre of civilians in Beit Hanoun
In response to the Israeli military assault on the town of Beit Hanoun that left over 75 Palestinians dead in one week, including 18 civilians killed in an artillery strike…
Arab countries demand international condemnation of Beit Hanoun attack
Several Arab countries condemned the Beit Hanoun Israeli military attack that against civilian houses that left twenty residents killed, including eight children. The Palestinians demanded sanctions against Israel while Washington…
Hamas and Fateh committee formed to create unity government
Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei is among the members of a new committee formed between Hamas and Fateh factions to hash out details of the new coalition government. Leftist…
Resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident died of wounds sustained in the town last Wednesday after the Israeli…
Israeli Police Arrest Gay Pride Activists Amidst Security Threats
Israeli police detained about 30 gay pride activists in Jerusalem Friday for secretly planning a parade in violation of an earlier decision agreed upon by police and parade organizers to…
Army closes the Aqsa Mosque to those aged less than 45 years old
Israeli army officers closed the old city area of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Palestinian worshipers whose ages are less than 45 on Friday. There is a strong presence…
One resident is taken prisoner during an army invasion in Al Khader village near Bethlehem
One resident of Al Khader village was taken prisoner during a morning invasion to the village by Israeli troops on Friday. Troops searched houses and fired sound bombs and live…
Army invades Bethlehem and takes two prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning and took two prisoners. The two were known as Ahmad Habib, 45, and Yasser Iskafi, 45. They…
One resident is taken prisoner from Abu Dis town near Jerusalem
The Israeli forces took one resident prisoner from Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem during a Friday morning invasion. Local sources reported that members of the Israeli secret police Shin-Bit…
Army takes prisoner two residents from Habla village near Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Habla south of Qalqilia city north of the West Bank and took two residents prisoner on Friday morning. Troops stormed the village and…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday night after midnight Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and the Jenin refugee camp, and fired rounds of live ammunition. The…
Palestinian farmers fight back against Israeli attack during demonstration
The Palestinians of southern Bethlehem's Wadi Rahal Village engaged in nonviolent resistance Thursday by demonstrating at the site of land confiscation for Wall construction in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers…
Israeli report: Settler apparently abducted west of Bethlehem
Israeli media and security sources reported on Thursday evening that one settler was apparently abducted in Betar Illit settlement, south of Jerusalem. The report was not officially confirmed. Israeli Jerusalem…
Palestine Today – November 9, 2006
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A Massive Demonstration Against Home Demolition
Thursday morning, approximately 1,500 demonstrators protested against the recent demolition of Arab homes in the unrecognized villages of the Negev. The demonstrators marched from the Beer-Sheva Market to the offices…
PLC member Ashrawi calls for impartial probe committee into Gaza attacks
Palestinian lawmaker, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called on Thursday on the International Community to send an impartial international probe committee to investigate the Israeli attacks and “crimes” carried by the army…
UNICEF: Renewed violence in Gaza raises serious concerns for children’s safety
Renewed violence in Gaza is again raising serious concerns about the welfare of civilians, including children. Over the past week, the armed conflict has claimed the lives of an estimated…
Army opens fire at Al Faraheen village south of Gaza strip
The Israeli army opened fire at the residents' houses in the village of Al Faraheem near Khan Younis city south of the Gaza strip on Thursday morning. Local sources reported…
Army invades the city of Bethlehem and a nearby village, takes four prisoner
The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and a nearby village of Taqua, troops took prisoner four residents on Thursday morning. In the city of Bethlehem,…
Army takes one prisoner at a checkpoint near Nablus
The Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus took prisoner one resident after stopping and hitting him on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said…
Army takes one prisoner from a village near Jerusalem
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Sawahra Al Sharkia, south of Jerusalem on Thursday and took prisoner one resident. Troops attacked the houses of Jameel Ja'fa in the…
Five residents injured by the army in Hebron
Five Palestinians were injured on Thursday by the Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron. Clashes erupted in several neighborhoods of the city between the local youth and…
Government Hospitals to Remain Closed Throughout Palestine, Despite Recent Plan to Pay Salaries
The Federation of Unions of Health Care Professionals continues to strike against unpaid salaries despite a recent government plan to pay all salaries owed to the health care employees since…
Nonviolent protest continues against construction of Jewish museum on desecrated Islamic cemetery
Palestinians inside the Green Line are holding a nonviolent sit-in throughout Tuesday in protest of the Israeli decision to build a Jewish museum on the ruins of an Islamic cemetery,…
Nonviolent protest continues against construction of Jewish museum on desecrated Islamic cemetery
Palestinians inside the Green Line are holding a nonviolent sit-in throughout Tuesday in protest of the Israeli decision to build a Jewish museum on the ruins of an Islamic cemetery,…
Jerusalem; dozens of school students detained after protesting in solidarity with Beit Hanoun
The Al Aqsa Foundation for Protecting Islamic Holy Sites reported on Thursday morning that under-cover forces of the Israeli army detained dozens of school students in Jerusalem as they were…
Three-Day Mourning Period For Gaza Victims Begins Thursday
Seven days later and over 80 Palestinians dead, Palestinians living inside Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip participate in the first of a three-day mourning period to remember those…
Israeli forces attack protesters in Jerusalem and take prisoners
Israeli police and army officers attacked Palestinian protesters who were protesting peacefully Thursday morning against the massacre in Beit Hanoun, which killed 20 civilians Wednesday. The protest, organized by the…
Fighter of the Al Quds brigades injured in Jenin refugee camp, three brothers taken prisoner
Palestinians sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli forces invaded the Jenin refugee camp, exchanged fire with resistance fighters of the Al Aqsa…
Army takes 10 residents prisoner after invading Jenin
Israeli forces invaded Qabatiya town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into several houses and searched them several houses before taking Mohammad Bsharat to an unknown location. Also…
Army takes 10 residents prisoner after invading Jenin refugee camp and Tamoun village
Israeli forces invaded Qabatiya town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into several houses and searched them several houses before taking Mohammad Bsharat to an unknown location. Also…
Army invades Nablus and takes prisoners two residents
The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and its refugee camp Balata, Askar and Ein Beit Al Ma', two residents were taken prisoners during the invasion, on…
The reopening of Rafah border crossing
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Thursday morning that the European monitors came back to the Rafah border crossing and reopened it on Thursday morning. The crossing was opened…
Israeli Military Launches Investigation of Deaths in Gaza
The Israeli military has launched an investigation of itself for its “accidental” slaughter of 20 Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and suggested the…
Two fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades killed by Israeli air strike east of Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that two Palestinians, members of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, were killed in…
Palestine Today – November 8, 2006
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Mashal calls on resistance factions to avenge the Beit Hanoun killings
Hamas political bureau cheif, Khaled Mashal, called on the Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people “and the massacres conducted against them”. “Resistance is…
Extremist Jewish groups calls for attacking the Al Aqsa Mosque
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday that an extremist Jewish group threatened that it will attack the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday. The Al Aqsa Foundation for Muslim Holy…
Abbas: “Israel does not want peace and stability, it carried a horrible, ugly, massacre”
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli attack that killed twenty residents, all family members and relatives, and described the attack as a horrible and ugly massacre. Abbas stated that…
P.A Government: “Beit Hanoun attack disgraced the international community”
Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, said Wednesday that Israel is not a state, but rather a gang of criminals. The international community that Hamad says Israel disgraced in this morning's…
Casualties of the Beit Hanoun Israeli shelling are civilians including eight children
Twenty Palestinians were killed and at least forty were injured after the Israeli army shelled a civilian area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eight…
Palestinian resistance responds to the army attacks on Beit Hannoun
After the Israeli army killed 20 civilians in Beit Hannoun on Wednesday morning, Palestinian resistance retaliated by firing homemade shells at Israeli targets near the Gaza Strip. At first,…
Bloody Day in Palestine, what is the reaction
At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in less than one day. 20 mostly civilians were killed in Beit Hanoun in Gaza Strip and five in Al-Yamoun near Jenin. Most…
Five Palestinians killed in Al Yamoun, near Jenin
Wednesday at dawn, under-cover forces of the Israeli army shot and killed five Palestinians in Al Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank. At…
20 civilians killed in Beit Hannoun, Palestinians call Security Council to meet
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas-led cabinet, Wednesday demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after 20 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Beit…
Ten Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday evening, and one on resident died of earlier wounds. Earlier on Wednesday six Palestinians were…
Palestine Today – November 7, 2006
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Troops invade Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday evening the West Bank city of Tubas and attacked several youth who were playing in the street. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…
Army invades Tulkarem
A number of Israeli armored vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, its refugee camp and one of its suburbs on Tuseday afternoon. No residents were taken prisoner, but…
Four residents taken prisoner in Ramallah
Tuesday evening, Israeli troops took four residents prisoner in Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank.. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers broke into a…
Dahlan: “Monday meetings were serious, unity is what the people hope”
Fateh legislator, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Tuesday that the meetings between president Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, were serious and detailed, and that they discussed and solved several…
Israeli sources: “Shin Bet uncovers women cell belonging to the Islamic Jihad”
The Israeli Jerusalem Post (Jpost) online newspaper edition reported that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered a cell composed of Palestinian women operating in the West Bank. The cell,…
Israel: Recognize This!
'Recognize Israel'. This term is repeated to Palestinians so often that it is taken for granted by virtually everyone who hears it – without pause, or question. Even those who…
Resident injured by settler fire in Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that one resident was shot and injured after a settler from the Keryat Arba' settlement, east…
Army abducts twenty-five West Bank Residents
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn, fired rounds of live ammunition and abducted twenty-two…
Recent Reports Hint at New Palestinian Prime Minister
Unofficial reports by Hamas on Tuesday suggest that the party may have chosen Minister of Health, Dr. Bassem Naim, to take the place of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh as the…
Army Invades West Bank Villages near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded Tuesday at dawn the northern West Bank village of Rumana, west of Jenin, the villages of Kafr Dan and Far’a nearby and broke into and ransacked…
Army kills three residents and shells the house of a Palestinian legislator
Three residents were killed, including one woman, after Israeli jet fighters shelled the house of law maker Jameelah Al Shati east of the Jabaliyah refugee camp north of the Gaza…
Israeli Forces Complete Gaza Pullout
Israeli armed forces retreated from Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip late Monday night, after a six day military operation aimed at Palestinian rocket launchers that has killed 53…
Teachers strike to be suspended Saturday
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that Palestinian government representatives, representatives of the Teachers Union and a representative of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed to suspend the teachers…
Abbas-Haniyya meeting ends with no agreement, but will meet again Tuesday
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that the Monday evening meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, ended without an agreement on a national unity government,…
Two Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip, seven killed on Monday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday evening that two residents were killed in two separate incidents in that took place in Gaza city and in the…
Palestine Today – November 6, 2006
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Haniyya: “I might not head the Palestinian Government”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Monday that he might not be heading the coming Palestinian government that might be announced today or tomorrow. During the thirty-third session of…
Seven Egyptian detainees on Hunger Strike since 13 days
The Palestine News Network reported on Monday that seven Egyptian detainees imprisoned by Israel in the Negev Detention Camp continued their hunger strike for the thirteenth day in protest of…
Beit Hanoun: A People’s Will vs. an Army’s Arsenal
"The Israeli army soldiers are now blockading the mosque; while a number of resistance fighters are inside, where they have taken sanctuary for fear of being attacked. Dozens of women…
Suicide bomber blows herself up near soldiers in Beit Hanoun
One Israeli soldier was injured on Monday afternoon when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up near soldiers invading Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Two fighters killed in Gaza and Beit Lahia
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday afternoon that two Palestinians were killed in two separate Israeli military attacks in Gaza city and Beit Lahia. At least…
David Grossman’s speech at the Rabin memorial
The annual memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin is the moment when we pause for a while to remember Rabin the man, the leader. And we also take a look at…
You exist if the Israeli computer says so
Commentators in the media and elsewhere proclaimed after the disengagement from Gaza that "the frontier posts in the Strip are now international crossings," and that "removing Israeli control of access…
Leftist PLFP leader Sa’adat sentencing postponed
Leftist member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Khalida Jarrar, confirmed late Sunday that an Israeli military court postponed sentencing of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Secretary General Ahmed…
Two children killed in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two schoolchildren were killed after the Israeli air force fired a missile at a vehicle driving beside a school bus; nine…
National Unity in Palestine nears
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Gaza Strip on Monday to discuss details of National Unity Government, Palestinian sources said. The sources added that chances to reach an agreement…
Seminar on Nonviolence in Amman
For the first time Arab activists and trainers of nonviolence meet to discuss establishing a network of Arab Network for Nonviolence. Trainers and activists from five Arab countries, Palestine,…
ICRC deplores the death of 2 Palestine Red Crescent volunteers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the death on 3 November of two Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics in the Gaza Strip and is deeply shocked…
MK Khenin demands Olmert to fire Lieberman
Member of Knesset Dr. Dov Khenin from the Hadash party demanded the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to sack Avigdor Lieberman from the government after his recent statements against the…
Lieberman says there is no hope for peace with the Palestinians
An Israeli far-right politician has called for a near-total separation of Jews and Arabs in the country, saying Israel should follow the example of the divided island of Cyprus. Avigdor…
Israeli Army: “65 Palestinians taken prisoner, 45 fighters killed in the Gaza Strip”
The Israeli army announced on Sunday evening that troops operating in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday killed 45 Palestinian fighters and took 65 fighters prisoner. A spokesperson of the Israeli…
Elderly woman dies of wounds sustained on Friday in Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that an elderly woman died on wounds sustained during an Israeli military offensive in the West Bank city of Bethlehem; two residents were killed…
PRC spokesperson: “We will not kill Shalit under any circumstances”
Abu Mojahid, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees, one of three groups holding an Israeli soldier captive since June 25, said that the group will not kill the soldier…
Troops invade a village near Jenin, take prisoner one resident
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Kafer Dan village, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, and took one resident prisoner. Local source in the village reported…
Two Palestinians killed in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday morning that two Palestinians were shot and killed by an Israeli military fire Hanoun, in the northern part of the…
Resident killed in Beit Hanoun, death toll rises to 49 since Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources stated on Saturday at night that one resident was killed and at least two were injured after the Israeli army fired shells at Beit Hanoun, in the…
Seven homemade shells fired into Israel by Palestinian resistance; no injuries
Israeli sources reported that of seven homemade shells fired into the Negev desert from the northern Gaza Strip, six hit open areas, and one damaged a farm building near the…
UNRWA: “We have to send food and medical aid to the surrounded residents”
John Ging, UNRWA’s Gaza Field Director, demanded the International Community to ensure the entry of food and humanitarian aid to the surrounded residents in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part…