This Week In Palestine – Week 20 2007
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Two detained, others wounded in anti-wall nonviolent protest in Bethlehem
Around 60 Palestinian, Israeli and International protesters gathered in southern Bethlehem on Friday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and to protest against the construction of the…
Eight wounded in a nonviolent protest in Bilin
In the West Bank village of Bilin Palestinian and international peace activists marched after the Friday prayer to the construction site of the wall in village. Two Palestinian Parliament Members…
Wad El Joz Municipality Court announces compensation for those affected by heavy rainfall
Mo’ath Za’tari, Head of Wad El Joz Society, has stated that the organization’s lawyer has been able acquire the approval of the Municipality Court to compensate families from the Wad…
Israeli army invades Salfit city and nearby village, kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Salfit and the nearby Iskaka village; soldiers searched homes and took six residents to unknown detention camps, on Friday at dawn.…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian child near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that a Palestinian child died in Beit Jala public hospital, located in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, after being shot by Israeli soldiers…
Three Palestinian children injured as army invades Tulkarem city
Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinian children were injured by Israeli army fire as the latter invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday night and Friday morning.…
Al Qassam brigades attacks Sderot and the Western Negev
The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have declared responsibility for the attacks on Sderot and Askalan city, north of the Gaza Strip. The brigades fired dozens of…
Four Palestinians killed, several injured, in an Israeli air strike in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that the Israeli air force fired missiles at civilian areas east of Gaza City killing four residents and injuring eight others, The…
Baraka: “Killing of the Palestinian driver wasn’t just an incident”
Arab member of Israeli Knesset, Mohammad Baraka, head of the parliamentarian bloc of the Democratic Front in Israel, stated on Thursday that the killing of the Palestinian driver by a…
Hamas’ armed wing denies plan to target Abbas
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, denied on Thursday any plan to target the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas when he return to the…
PCHR report: “Six Palestinians, including an infant in the womb of his mother killed by Israeli gunf
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between May 10 and May 16.The center reported…
B’Tselem sends an urgent letter to Peretz to bar the army from shelling civilian areas
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanding him to bar the army from…
Legislative Council calls for unity, end of clashes
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) issued a press release on the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Nakba and called on the end of all clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in…
Islamic Jihad leader appeals Fateh, Hamas to end clashes
Khalid Jaradat, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad, appealed on Thursday the leaders, members and supporters of Fateh and Hamas movements to stop the daily bloody clashes in…
Family of a three detained sons appeals human rights groups to aid in freeing them
Under very difficult conditions, the three brothers Ra’fat, Izzat, and Mohammad Amin Turkman are imprisoned by the Israeli Authorities, while Ra’fat and Izzat are suffering from bad health conditions and…