Palestine Today – December 11, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 11th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.0MB|| time:4m22s Unknown gunmen kill four children…
Bethlehem mayor appeals the world not to forget the Birthplace of Jesus Christ
Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, said on Monday that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is facing the most difficult economic, political and touristic conditions as a result of the continuous…
Carter: Israel’s apartheid policies are worse than South Africa”
Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, said that the Israeli policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are worse than the policies that were practiced in…
Abbas slams the Gaza attack that led to the death of four children
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the Gaza attack carried by unknown gunmen who shot and killed four Palestinian children children in Gaza City after opening fire at a car…
Palestinian political prisoners taking Israeli government to the International Court of Justice
In light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails are filing a suit against the Israeli government at the International Court of Justice in…
Israeli soldiers attack barber shop in Yatta village, beat three Palestinian brothers badly
Israeli forces attacked a barber shop and assaulted three men who were inside the shop on Monday morning. The attack occurred during an Israeli military invasion of Yatta village, south…
One Hebron resident abducted by Israeli army
Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian resident of the southern West Bank city of Hebron after attacking his home on Monday. Wisam AL Qudsi, 26, was abducted from his home…
Israeli Army bulldozes Palestinian vinyards south of Bethlehem
Israeli armored bulldozers began the destruction of a Palestinian vinyard on Monday morning, located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Salah Shahin, the owner of the land, said…
Israeli Army invades city of Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby Jenin refugee camp and searched a number of houses, on Monday morning. At least 15 army…
Israeli Army abducts Palestinian man from Balata refugee camp
Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and took one Palestinian man prisoner on Monday morning. Ibraheem Abed, 19, was taken to an…
Unknown gunmen kill four children in Gaza, and injure five others
Four Palestinian children have been killed and five others were injured when a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a car in Al Rimal area, in Gaza city, on…
Israeli special forces invade Nablus, take two prisoners
Local sources reported that Israeli special forces invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, on Sunday morning, and abducted two men. Mohammad Hurd, 25,…
Four schoolboys injured in Israeli invasion of Tubas
Local sources in the West Bank town of Tubas reported that an Israeli military force consisting of a dozen jeeps and armored vehicles invaded the town, located in the northern…
Palestinian shot, seriously wounded by Israeli military east of Gaza City
A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces east of Gaza City on Sunday, and was brought to the hospital with critical injuries, local sources reported. The man was shot…
Abed-Rabbo appointed as PLO Secretary General
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, was appointed on Sunday as the Secretary General of the PLO. Sources at the Executive Committee reported…
Lieberman: “Expel any citizen who does not recognize Israel as a Zionist state”
Speaking at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, Israeli Ministers of “Strategic Affairs” Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel has the right to demand all of its citizens…
Under-cover Forces abduct P.A Intelligence Officer in Beit Sahour
Palestinian security sources reported on Sunday that under-cover units of the Israeli army infiltrated into Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, and abducted Khaled Salahat, 38, member of the Palestinian security…
Gunmen who fired at convoy of Palestinian Interior Minister arrested
Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, Khalid Abu Hilal, stated on Sunday that that ministry arrested gunmen who reportedly fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Minister of Interior…
Issa Qaraqa’: Israeli prison system funded by imposing fines on political prisoners
Palestinian Legislative Council member Issa Qaraqa' reports that the Israeli Prison Commission intends to increase the sentences between six months to one year for 41 Palestinian political prisoners. Their families…