Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that a man was killed by an electric shock in a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.The resident was identified as Ashraf Al Attar, 23.…
King Abdullah Of Jordan: “We Will Not Be A New Occupation in Palestine”
King Abdullah of Jordan stated Saturday, that the whole world would pay the price of failed peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and added that his country will not accept…
Swedish Mayor Denounces Zionism As Racism
A Swedish mayor has upset the Jewish community by saying that Zionism is unacceptable in an interview published on the 27th of January, the International Holocaust Memorial Day.Ilmar Reepalu, mayor…
Report: “7300 Detainees, Including 33 Women And 300 Children, Still Imprisoned By Israel”
Former prisoner, researcher and the head of the census department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated in a comprehensive report that there are currently 7300 Palestinians imprisoned…
Israel Files First Response To Goldstone Report, Refuses Demand For Inquiry
Israel filed on Friday its first official response to the report of Judge Richard Goldstone, accusing its army of committing war crimes during the war on Gaza.The report failed to…
10 Women, 15 Children, Wounded After Soldiers Fired Gas Bombs Into A Palestinian Home
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at night that 10 women and 15 children were hospitalized suffering severe effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs into…
Dubai Says It Revealed Mystery Of Al Madbouh Assassination
The Media Office of the government in Dubai reported Friday the details of the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Madbouh who was killed on January 20. Al Madbouh is…
Testimonies of Israeli Female Soldiers Regarding Violations Against Palestinian Civilians
…Somehow, a female combatant has to prove herself more, on the ground too. Again, a female combatant who can lash out is a serious fighter. Capable. A ball-breaker. There was…
Netanyahu: “We Will Never Evacuate Settlement Blocs’
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, toured on Friday a number of settlements in the occupied West Bank, and reaffirmed the stance of his government regarding retaining West Bank settlements, especially…
This Week in Palestine -Week 04 2010
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Despite Threats of Police Force, Sheikh Jarrah Protest Ends Without Arrest
Following warnings of a forceful crackdown by the Israeli police, this week’s protest in Sheikh Jarrah was attended in volume but remained restrained.Starting at 3pm, on Friday, the non-violent demonstration,…
Nabi Saleh Protesters Met With Live Ammunition
This Friday the 29th of January, an anti-wall and settlement march occured in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.The march began after mid-day prayers in front of the…
Non-Violent Protesters In Bil’in Suffer Tear Gas Inhalation
This Friday, in the West Bank village of Bil’in, numerous people including two Palestinian journalists suffered tear gas inhalation.For the past five years, villagers and international supporters have participated in…
Israeli Undercover Agents Infiltrate Non-Violent Protest in Nil’in
The weekly protest against construction of the Israeli seperation wall commenced after mid-day prayers, this Friday in the village of Ni’lin.The villagers, joined by International and Israeli supporters, marched to…
Hamas: Israeli Agents Committed Assassination
Izzat Al Rihisq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, claims Israeli agents are responsible for the death of Mahmoud Al Madbouh on January 20th in Dubai.Details of the incident are…
Beit Omar Raid: Israeli Attempt To Run Over Grandma
On Tuesday January 26th, three Israeli military jeeps entered the village of Beit Ommar near Hebron. International observers reported Israeli forces drove to the center of the village and shot…
Netanyahu To Release Hundreds of Palestinian Detainees
The Israeli paper Haaretz reported on Friday that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a decision to release hundreds of Palestinian detainees belonging to the Fatah political party. This proposition…
27,000 NIS Fine For East Jerusalem Woman
Fatima al-Dahoudy, a home-owner and resident of East Jerusalem, was fined 20,000 NIS after objecting to a court ruling allowing settlers to live in her home. An additional fine of…
Israeli Police To Use Maximum Force Against Protestors
Israeli Police have warned they will forcefully remove activists from Sheikh Jarrah this Friday in an effort to end the weekly protests against Israeli settlers occupying Palestinian homes in the…
Rabbi Arson Suspect Released
This Thursday, the Jerusalem District Court ordered the release of arson suspect, Rabbi Itzik Shapira. He has been detained since Tuesday for his alleged involvement with the mosque arson in…
Palestine Today 01 28 2010
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Israeli Soldiers Detain Six Civilians from Southern West Bank
Six Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Thursday, during a number of invasions targeting southern West Bank communities.Local sources reported house-to-house searches by Israeli troops that targeted people’s…
Israeli Tanks Shell Areas East of Gaza City
Israeli tanks shelled areas close to Gaza City and the borders with Israel, this Thursday afternoonResidents of Al Shojayia neighborhood reported the shelling of their homes and farm lands by…
Leading Member of the Bil’in Popular Committee Arrested During the Night
Mohammed al-Khatib, leading member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlement Construction in Bil’in, was arrested last night in a pre-dawn incursion.Al-Khatib, a proponent of non-violence, was awoken…
Egypt Allows Twelve Aid Trucks Sent by UAE To Gaza
Omar Hadhoud, the representative of the Palestinian Authority at the Al Oja trade terminal, stated Friday that aid trucks filled with food products donated the by the Red Crescent of…
Army Attacks Reporters In Nablus
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday, a number of Palestinian reporters in the village of Burin, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The reporters were documenting an event…
Israeli Navy Fire Upon Gazan Fishermen
Israeli military boats have fired upon Gazan fishermen in Palestinian water this Thursday. The attack allegedly occurred in waters near the Rafah border crossing, off the southern coast of Gaza.According…
Ehud Barak Meets With Egyptian Officials
Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, met with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and senior Egyptian officials this past Wednesday in Egypt.Barak also met with his Egyptian counterpart, Mohammad Tantawi and Egyptian…
Hamas Would Sign Reconciliation Document Should Egypt Provide Guarantees
Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that they would sign the Egyptian document for internal Palestinian unity should the Egyptian leadership provide guarantees to ensure…
Israel Orders Demolition Of 11 Homes And Public Structures Near Hebron
According to local sources, Israeli Authorities have ordered the demolition of Palestinian property in the towns of Al Baq’a and Ithna outside of Hebron. The houses in danger of demolition…
Jerusalem Palestinian Man Sentenced to 10 Years For ‘Smuggling” Palestinian Workers
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian man from Jerusalem was sentenced by the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem to 10 years and 9 months imprisonment after being “convicted of…
Palestine Today 01 27 2010
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The Israeli military detains 15 Palestinian civilians during West Bank invasions
Fifteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, Wednesday, during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Local sources reported military invasions at the cities of Jenin…
Protester Throws Shoe at Senior Israeli Judge
A protester attacked Dorit Beinisch, Israel’s Supreme Court chief justice, on Wednesday, striking her in the face with his shoe.The assailant, Pinchas Cohen, an Israeli, was reported to have screamed,…
P.A Security Forces Arrest 14 Hamas Members In The West Bank
Palestinian Security Forces arrested 14 members of the Hamas political party in the West Bank this Wednesday at dawn. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/securityforces.jpg 300 0) Palestinian Secuirty Forces – Palestine-Info Palestinian Security Forces…
Settlers Attack Beit Illu Village, Ramallah
Dozens of armed fundamentalist settlers invaded the village of Beit Illu, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Tuesday evening. Local sources reported that armed settlers ransacked…
Operation Cast Lead: a Critical Study of the Goldstone Report
It has been one year since Israel launched its 22-day long attack codenamed Operation Cast Lead (OCL) on the Gaza Strip. Last week a British court issued an arrest warrant…
Danish Companies To Divest From Israel
The Danske and Pensioner Bank (PKA) have decided to withdraw all investments from two Israeli companies, Elbit and Magal Security Systems, for their role in constructing the annexation wall in…
Rabbi Arrested In Connection To Arson of Mosque in Palestine
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, head of the Od Yusef Chai Yeshiva, was detained and interrogated by the Israeli police, on Tuesday, in connection with the arson of a mosque in the…
Barak To Visit Cairo, Wednesday
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, will be heading to Cairo to hold a meeting with Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, on Wednesday morning. It will be held at the Egyptian resort…
Palestine Today 01 26 2010
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 26th, 2010. The Palestinian…
Sha’ath: Palestinians Will Not Resume Talks Until Settlement Construction Stops
The head of Fatah’s international relations bureau, Dr. Nabeel Sha’ath, announced on Tuesday that his movement will not resume talks with the Israeli government until it stops settlement construction in…
Israeli Govt. Annuls Sentences Brought Against Settlers Who Refused to Leave Gaza
On Monday, the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) overruled the country’s court system by enacting legislation that overturns the sentences for Israeli settlers who refused to move from their homes built on…
Army Kidnaps Two Civilians From Bethlehem
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a Tuesday morning invasion targeting the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Witnesses said that soldiers stormed downtown area inBethlehem, then searched the…
Israel Issues Stop-Work Order For Nablus Mosque
An Israeli government decision has stopped construction of the Salman Al Farisi mosque in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The order was delivered by…
Germany Voids Deal with Iran Due To Israeli Pressure
Israeli sources reported that Germany decided to void a deal signed between a German company and Iran to rebuild Bandar Abbas Iranian Port. The deal was canceled due to Israeli…
Yousef: “Occupation Deliberately Tries To Humiliate Figures and Legislators Visiting Gaza”
Dr. Ahmad Yousef, advisor of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Israeli occupation deliberately tries to humiliate international figures and legislators who attempt to visit the Gaza…
Our Playing Small does not Serve the World
I remained silent. I went below ground. I wanted to erase my name and work from internet sites-from the memory and eyes of the Israeli security. But by hiding, silencing…
Soldiers Kidnap 15 Palestinians In Less Than Two Days
Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least 15 Palestinians, this Sunday and Monday, and detained them for the purpose of interrogation.Local sources reported that on Monday, at dawn, soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians…
B’Tselem Releases Short Animated Video On Gaza Siege
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), has launched a short, animated clip challenging the effectiveness of Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip.The cartoon challenges…
Settlers Uproot 15 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
A group of fundamentalist settlers uprooted fifteen olive trees, on Sunday evening, that belong to a resident of the Dir Nitham village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The…
Dutch Photographer Wins Award For Ni’lin Photo
A Photographer from Holland won the Silver Camera Award for a picture he took of the Israeli army showering the nonviolent protesters in Ni’lin village, near Ramallah, with tear gas.…
Palestine Today 01 25 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 25th, 2010. Soldiers given land in exchange…
Gaza Power Station To Shut Down By This Weekend
Gaza’s only power plant may close by the end of this week due to the European Union’s decision to stop buying fuel to power the plant. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/gazapowerplantpchr.jpg 300 0) Gaza’s…
Soldiers Get “Free Space In Settlements” For Military Service
Israeli Paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Monday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved a deal that grants former soldiers free pieces of land in the occupied Negev and Galilee.…
Hamas Legislator: “P.A Security Forces Arrest Six PLC Employees”
Mahmoud Ramahi, a leading member of the Hamas party, accused the Palestinian Security Forces of arresting six employees of the Palestinian Legislative Council without cause, after they left their Ramallah…
Belgium To Ask E.U For A Unified Stance Against Israel For Preventing Officials From Entering Gaza
Belgium has decided to ask the European Union to make a decision as to whether it will sanction Israel for preventing E.U. officials from entering the besieged Gaza Strip to…
No Elections without Reconciliation
On General Elections in the Palestinian National Authority: No Elections without ReconciliationThis is a press release by the Palestinian Center For Human Rights Today, 24 January 2010, is the due…
Mubarak Slams Hamas, Defends Iron Wall
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, slammed Hamas for criticizing the Iron Wall that Egypt is constructing along, and under, its border with Gaza. Mubarak claims the construction of the wall is…
Hamas In Lebanon Marks First Anniversary Of Gaza War
The Hamas movement in Lebanon held a massive ceremony marking the first Anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza, and confirmed its stance in “resisting the occupation and countering [Israel’s] plots…
Russia Ongoing With Talks With Hamas
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, stated that his country in ongoing with its talks with the Hamas movement and described the talks are vital. Lavrov added that Moscow would push…
Settlers Attack Nablus Village, Two Youth Wounded By Soldiers
Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday evening that two Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli military fire as soldiers attacked local residents defending themselves from fundamental settlers near Nablus. The…
German sources: Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal about to collapse
According to the German paper Der Spiegel, a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the elected government of the Palestinian people (represented by the Hamas party) was about to collapse…
Egypt Detains 10 African Immigrants Trying To Infiltrate into Israel
Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that Border Guard policemen managed to arrest eight Eritreans and two Ethiopians while trying to cross the border fence in an attempt to infiltrate into…
Tawil: “Israeli Compensation To UN, Scandal, Helps Israel Hide Its Crimes”
Palestinian Legislator, Husam Tawil, stated that the United Nations’ stance in accepting the 10 Million USD from Israel as a compensation for bombarding its facilities during the war is a…
Israel Compensates UN For Damages
Israel handed the United Nations the amount of 10.5 Million USD in compensation for the damages to its facilities inflicted by the Israeli army during the offensive against the Gaza…
Arab College Student Removed From Bus For Speaking Her Language
Israeli Ynet News reported that an Israeli-Arab student, studying at Ariel College, was humiliated and forced out of an Israeli bus after she “was heard” speaking Arabic on her cell…
Israeli Police Attack An Employee Of The Italian Consulate in Jerusalem
Israeli policemen, and members of the Special Forces, attacked on Friday at night Khalid Daoud Oleyyan, 40, and several members of his family, including his 60-year-old mother. Oleyyan, an employee…
For The First Time Since P.A Establishment; Palestinian Woman Sworn In As Governor
For the first time since the Palestinian Authority (P.A) was established in 1996, a Palestinian woman was sworn in on Friday as the first female governor in the Palestinian territories.…
This Week in Palestine -Week 03 2010
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Israeli Soldiers Injure Non-Violent Protesters at Villages Near Ramallah
Eight people have been injured, and five kidnapped, by the Israeli military in response to non-violent protests. These protests were organized by villagers in the West Bank who stand against…
Protester Injured in Bil’in During Weekly Non-Violent Demonstration
This Friday, the 22nd of January, 30 to 40 Palestinian, Israeli, and other international protesters marched through the West Bank village of Bil’in to the Israeli built separation barrier, ruled…
Local Organizer Arrested Following Weekly Protest in al-Ma’sara
Today in al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, the weekly non-violent demonstration started at the village mosque and marched towards the land where Israel is building their separation wall. This wall is built…
Nil’in’s Weekly Protest Ends in Israeli Violence
Starting early in the morning, the Israeli military sealed of the village of Nil’in, near Ramallah, in an attempt to prevent those from outside of the village gaining access, to…
Israeli Officer Arrested For Taking Bribes From Palestinian Detainees
The Special Investigation Unit of the Israeli army arrested on Friday morning an Israeli military officer on suspicion that he took bribes from Palestinian detainees at the Negev detention camp…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians wounded, 34 abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 14-20 Jan. 2010, 9 Palestinian civilians,…
UN Chief: “Mid East Situation Worsening”
Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban ki-Moon, stated that the situation in the Middle East is worsening due to the lack of progress in the Peace Process, and urged…
UN Expresses Concern Over Health System In Gaza
The United Nations said it is deeply concerned over the declining health care system in the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing Israeli siege and closure. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/gaza_offesnive_un.jpg 300 0) Gaza…
Obama Says His Middle East Peace Expectations Were Set Too High
United States President, Barack Obama, told the Time Magazine that he made a mistake when he had high expectations for Middle East peace, and added that both Israel and the…
Shiokhy: “Toxic Settlement Products Buried in West Bank”
Azmi Shiokhy, head of the Palestinian Consumer Protection Program in the West Bank, stated that several Israeli factories in are pumping and burying their toxins in several areas in the…
Fayyad To Participate In Israel’s National Security Conference
Organizers of the Hertzilia National Security Conference in Israel stated that Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, would be participating in the conference scheduled to start by the end of…
Indictment Filed Against Two East Jerusalem Youths
The Israeli prosecution at the Central Court in Jerusalem filed on Thursday an indictment against two Palestinian youths from East Jerusalem, for allegedly planning to attack Israeli soldiers at the…
Palestinian Families Evacuated from Haiti
The Palestine Media Center (PMC) reported that twelve Palestinians, members of three Palestinian families in Haiti, were safely evacuated Wednesday from the earthquake stricken area, with the help of the…
Palestine Today 01 21 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, January 21st, 2010. The Israeli military kidnaps civilians…
Presidential Aid to Netanyahu: Palestinians won’t accept any military presence after occupation ends
Nabeel Abu Rudiyneh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that Palestinians will not accept any Israeli military presence in the future Palestinian state after occupation…
The Israeli military orders families to leave their homes in northern W.B ready for demolition
Israel’s military handed out, Thursday, demolition orders to three Palestinian owned homes located in northern West Bank. The houses are the homes of three different families and located at the…
The Israeli military kidnaps ten civilians from the West Bank
Ten Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Thursday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions to the city of Bethlehem, southern West…
Canada Removes Funding from UNRWA to ‘Redirect in Accordance with Canadian Values’
The Canadian government has decided to pull its funding from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and direct the money towards specific projects.The…
Netanyahu States Intention to Maintain Military Presence Even After Final Peace Deal
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has stated that even if a deal is reached to enable lasting peace, Israel will maintain a military presence along the border with Jordan.Netanyahu’s justification…
Mitchell Starts Mid-East Diplomatic Tour
Visiting United States Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will start his diplomatic mission with a meeting with senior Israeli officials in an attempt to resume the stalled…
P.A Security Forces Arrest Five Hamas Members, Court Sentences Several Detainees
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that the Palestinian security forces of Fatah movement arrested five Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Nablus, Slafit and Hebron.…
Israel: Global NATO’s 29th Member
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is pressuring its 28 member states and dozens of partnership affiliates on five continents to contribute more troops for the war in Afghanistan, the…
Israel Continues To Spy on Its Biggest Ally, Another Israeli Spy Arrested by FBI
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested on Monday an American scientist on charges of attempting to pass classified information to Israel. The scientist is accredited for helping…
Rajoub: “US Threatened Fateh of Boycott Should It Reconcile With Hamas”
Deputy-head of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, Jibril Rajoub, stated that the movement and its presidents, Mahmoud Abbas, were threatened on boycott by the United States should they achieve…
Settlers Desecrate Muslim Cemetery Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist settlers vandalized and desecrated on Wednesday a Muslim cemetery near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/hebron_cemetry.jpg 300 0) File – Muslim Cemetery Desecrated in…
El Khodary Welcomes Two Medical Delegates In Gaza
Palestinian Legislator, Jamal El Khodary, welcomed on Wednesday two medical delegates, from France and Switzerland, who came to Gaza to perform orthopedic, neurological and plastic surgeries in the Gaza Strip.…
Qassam Fighter Dies In Exile
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, reported that one of its fighters, from the northern part of the Gaza Strip, died at age 50, in the United…
Palestine Today 01 20 2010
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Israeli military kidnaps two civilians from central West Bank
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by Israeli troops during an invasion targeting the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Local sources reported that troops stormed parts of the city…
Israel to Stop Issuing Work Permits for NGOs in the West Bank
Israeli media is reporting that the Ministry of Interior has made the decision to stop issuing work permits for internationals working for non- governmental organizations in the West Bank and…