Israel Lifts Closure on East Jerusalem and rest of West Bank
Israel announced on Wednesday the end of its lockdown on East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, which started last Friday. Israeli police say that thousands of troops…
Israeli Troops Injure Two Journalists During Clashes With Local Youth
Two journalists were wounded on Wednesday during clashes between Israeli troops and local youth in different parts of the southern West Bank. In Hebron, clashes erupted when troops attacked school…
The Israeli Army Opens Fire At Anti-wall Nonviolent Protest Near Gaza City
Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday midday at a nonviolent protest against the wall central Gaza Strip. The protest was organized by the local committee against the wall. People gathered…
Israel Approves Two Bids To Build 426 Units For Settlers
Israel’s TV, Channel 10, reported that Israel announced bids for the construction of 26 additional units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, especially in Abu Ghneim, and east of the…
Abed-Rabbo: “Leadership To Call For Comprehensive Meeting on Jerusalem”
Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said that the Palestinian leadership intends to call for a comprehensive meeting for all factions in order…
On 7th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s murder, Palestinian street named in her honor
Commemorations were held in several places in the Palestinian Territories Tuesday, including a ceremony in Ramallah with Corrie’s parents to name a street in the slain activist’s honor, marking the…
Jailed Fateh Leader Gets PHD
Imprisoned Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, serving five consecutive life terms in Israeli prisons, obtained his PHD degree in Political Science.Israel kidnapped the Palestinian official, an elected legislator, and accused him…
Palestine Today 03 16 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 16th, 2010. Dozens of Palestinian wounded and…
U.S. envoy George Mitchell cancels his visit to Israel amidst U.S-Israeli diplomatic crisis
The U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv informed Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu that U.S. special peace envoy George Mitchell had cancel his visit to the region. Mitchell was planning to meet…
Gaza: Hundreds Protest In Solidarity With Jerusalem
Hundreds of students along with politicians and teachers protested on Tuesday in Gaza city in solidarity with Jerusalem. At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on…
Jerusalem Update: 38 Injured At Least 20 Detained As Police Crackdown On Palestinian Protesters
At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on Tuesday during the ongoing clashes in East Jerusalem. Palestinian medical sources reported that most of those injured in…
Nine Wounded in Jerusalem clashes, Four Kidnapped
Clashes were reported on Tuesday morning in several parts of East Jerusalem’s Old City and its surrounding neighborhoods as the Israeli police attacked the areas in question after the residents…
Mitchell Delays Visit To Middle East
The Israeli TV. Channel 2, reported on Monday at night that the U.S. Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, decided to postpone his visit to the Middle East due to tension…
Palestine Today 03 15 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, March 15th, 2010. Dozens injured in protests in…
The Israeli Military Detains 16 Palestinians In The West Bank
Sixteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions targeting West Bank communities. Fifteen of those detained today are from the southern West Bank village of Surif…
Ten Injured As Israeli Troops Open Fire At Students Near Ramallah City, Central West Bank
Ten Palestinian university students were injured by Israeli troops fire on Monday during clashes at a military checkpoint near Ramallah city central West Bank. Students from Birzeit University organized a…
Clashes Reported in Jerusalem’s Old City
The Arabs48 news website reported that violent clashes took place on Sunday at night between Israeli soldiers, policemen and residents of the Old City of Jerusalem. Clashes were also reported…
Israeli government allows sale of stolen Palestinian property to Israelis
In response to an inquiry by the Palestinian human rights organization Adalah, the Israeli Justice Ministry has clarified its recent revision of Israeli land law, confirming that the revision allows…
Israel extends West Bank closure until Tuesday
Israeli security forces announced that a full closure on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank would be extended until Tuesday, supposedly to protect a group of Israeli settlers as they begin…
US issues stern warning to Israel due to ongoing settlement expansion
In his latest waver back and forth on the issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, US President Barack Obama issued a warning Friday night to Israeli Prime…
Israeli settlers tear up olive grove, uprooting 40 trees near Nablus
Local municipal officials in the Palestinian Authority reported Friday morning that overnight, a group of Israeli settlers had ambushed a Palestinian olive grove in the town of Qaryut, uprooting and…
This Week In Palestine -week 10 2010
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Israeli Police Crackdown On Protesters In East Jerusalem, Eleven Civilians Arrested
Eleven protesters were arrested by Israeli officers are they crackdown of a protest organized by Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Residents along with Israeli and international supporters marched at the Shikh…
Protesters Carry Photos of ISM Activist During Weekly Nil’in Protest One Year On From Injury
Dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, this Friday, following the weekly demonstration in the central West Bank village of Nil’in, near Ramallah.Nil’in’s weekly protest…
Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Bil’in Weekly
Two civilians were injured as dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West…
Clashes Erupt At Jerusalem’s Old City
Clashes erupted, on Friday afternoon, at Jerusalem’s old city between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the later prevented people for praying.Local sources said that troops station at the entrance…
Al-Ma’sara Village, Southern West Bank, Protest The Israeli Built Wall
Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested on Friday the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…
Palestinians Demand Entry to Jerusalem without permits during the Holy Week of Easter
Palestinian Christian organizations, figures and many other Palestinians from the Jerusalem and the surrounding area have sent a letter on March 4, to the heads of churches in Jerusalem, demanding…
Barak Orders Full Closure on Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, ordered a full siege on Jerusalem and the West Bank starting on Thursday night after night. His decision was made after the Israeli Police warned…
Israeli Police Approves A Protest For Fundamentalist Settlers in East Jerusalem
The Israeli police approved a request filed by fundamentalist Jewish settlers who requested to be allowed to hold a protest in Silwan Arab town, in East Jerusalem. The protest is…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchard In Hebron
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers burnt on Thursday at night an olive orchard in Safa village, north west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Dozens…
Resident Wounded In Israeli Air Strike In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that a resident was wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at a factory in Al Qarara, north of Khan Younis,…
A Thousand Candles For Gaza
The Popular Committee Against The Siege on Gaza launched a series of event to mark 1000 days of Israeli siege and blockade on the coastal region. On Thursday the committee…
Army Admits Using A Child As Human Shield During Gaza War
The Israeli Radio reported Thursday evening that the Israeli Military Prosecution revealed that one of the “elite” military forces used a Palestinian child as a human shield and forced him…
Soldiers Kidnap a 9-year-old Child And His Brother
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Thursday evening that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a 9-year-old child and his 20-year-old brother. Soldiers broke into the…
Settler Woman Mildly Wounded Near Ramallah
Israeli military sources reported that a settler woman was mildly wounded on Thursday evening after Palestinian youths hurled stones at her vehicle in an area north of the central West…
Teachers Not Allowed Into School Isolated Behind The Wall
For the second day, Israeli soldiers prevented on Thursday teachers of the Al Dab’a School, totally isolated behind the Annexation Wall in Qalqilia district, from reaching the school, and demanded…
Work Day Rebuilt Bulldozed Playground In Beit Jalla Town, Southern West Bank
Palestinians along with international and Israeli supporters replanted trees on Thursday at the town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem city southern West Bank. A dozen people armed only with pick…
Palestine Today 03 11 2010
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The Israeli Military Detains A Palestinian Activist From Jerusalem
Israeli troops detained on Thursday a Palestinian community organizer from his home in East Jerusalem. Eyhab Al Jallad, is a member of the Jerusalem popular committee, a local group that…
E.U. Parliament Calls For Implementing The Goldstone Report
The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the…
Hammad: “Fateh Is Leading Smear Campaign Against Hamas”
Fathi Hammad, Interior Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, accused the rival Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, of carrying a smear campaign, supported by Israel and the United…
50000 Units For Settlers in Jerusalem Currently In The Planning Stage
The Ir Amim “City of Nations” Israeli peace group reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is currently looking into a plan to build 50.000 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem.…
P.A Decides Not To Hold Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank decided that it will not be entering indirect talks with Israel due to its ongoing violations and its decision to build 1600 homes…
Two Palestinians Wounded in East Jerusalem, Youths Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen attacked and wounded on Monday evening, two Palestinians in Al Bustan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several youths. The two wounded residents were…
Clashes Reported In Hebron
Israeli soldiers reported that a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a military post near the eastern entrance of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron; no…
Israeli military on trial in Rachel Corrie case
A civil suit filed by the parents of slain activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel began today in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Rachel Corrie was run over…
Palestine Today 03 10 2010
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Palestinians Protest The Israeli Wall Surrounding The Gaza Strip
Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest Wednesday in central Gaza the Israeli built wall around the costal enclave. The demonstration today was organized by the popular committee against the Israeli wall.…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Northern West Bank And Set A Car On Fire
A group of armed Israeli settlers attack on Wednesday the village of Bureen northern West Bank and destroyed a car there. Witnesses told media that the settlers came from the…
The Israeli Army Shells Residents’ Homes In Eastern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks opened fire on Wednesday afternoon at residents’ homes and farm lands located close to the eastern Gaza Strip boarders. Residents reported damage to their homes and groves but…
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Israeli New Settlers’ Houses In Jerusalem
The United Nation secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the latest Israeli decision to build 1,600 new settlers homes in East Jerusalem. Ban Ki-moon in his statement said that Israeli settlements…
Israel To Deport Ukrainian Detainee
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detainee Irena Sarahna from Ukraine, and married to a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, was officially informed by the…
Barghouthi: “Indirect Talks Should Stop”
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to void its approval for holding talks with the Israeli…
Israel “Pardons” Ten Fateh Fighters
The Israeli Authorities decided to pardon ten fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement. A list containing the names of the fighters was handed to…
Interpol Identifies 27th Suspect in Dubai Assassination
The International Police Agency, Interpol, managed to identify suspect number 27, believed to be involved in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, in his hotel room in Dubai…
Biden: “New Constructions in Jerusalem Undermine Peace Talks”
U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, stated that Israel’s Interior Ministry’s decision to build 1600 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem undermines the efforts to restart the Middle East peace…
Netanyahu Gives Private Talks For The Right Amount
Directly after finishing his first term as a Prime Minister (1999-2002), Benjamin Netanyahu turned into “an independent figure” who became accustomed to giving lectures and is paid millions of US…
Abu Rodeina: “By Its New Construction Orders, Israel Is Foiling Talks Before They Start”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, stated Tuesday that the Israeli decision to build 1600 units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem is a serious Israeli escalation and…
Soldiers Attempt to Strip-Search Five Palestinian Women
Five Palestinians women preferred to go home rather than heading to an Israeli prison to visit their detailed family members after Israeli soldiers stationed at a Roadblock near the central…
Palestinian Today 03 09 2010
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Palestinians Protest The Israeli Buffer Zone In Northern Gaza Strip
Palestinians along with international supporters organized on Tuesday a protest at the Eriz crossing at the northern Gaza Strip borders protesting the Israeli army attempts to create a buffer zone.…
Palestinian Youth Hurl Molotov –cocktails At Settler Car In Central West Bank
Palestinian youth hurled on Tuesday two Molotov –cocktails at Israeli settler car near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian information center reported that troops stormed the nearby…
Israel’s Army Takes Over Land In Central West Bank For The Wall Construction
Israeli troops notified on Tuesday the villagers of Beit liqya, central West Bank, the army intentions to take over part of their land to build the wall. Beit liqya, a…
Imprisoned Qassam Leader Calls For Capturing More Soldiers
Abdullah Barghouthi, imprisoned leader of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that the solution to the issue of thousands of detainees imprisoned by Israel is by…
Israeli Police Kidnaps Two Children in Hebron
The Israeli Police kidnapped recently two brothers, ages 11 and 12, in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the central of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Local sources reported that the…
Amidst US Officials visit; Netanyahu’s Government Allocates Millions For Settlements
“The Marker” Israeli newspaper reported Monday that the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to allocate dozens of millions of US Dollars for settlement activities in the occupied West…
Interpol Seeks Apprehension Of 16 More Suspected Assassins
The International Police Agency, Interpol, issued on Monday arrest warrants for 16 more persons, suspected in involvement in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at…
Palestinian Tractor Driver Arrested After Crash With Two Israeli Cars
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian tractor driver was arrested by the army after fleeing the scene following an accident with two Israeli cars near…
UN Chief To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would allow United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the EU High representative of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, into the Gaza Strip.…
Human Rights group honors Palestinian women on International Women’s Day
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement today commemorating International Women’s Day, saying “This international occasion comes at a time when Palestinian women are confronting the most severe…
Palestinian Youth Dies In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Palestine Today 03 08 2010
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The Israeli Military Detains Six Residents During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Six Palestinian civilians were detained on Monday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West bank communities. Local sources said that the army kidnapped civilians from northern and…
Israel’s Government Approves More Settlers Homes In The West Bank
The Israeli government approved 112 new housing units to be built in a settlement in southern West Bank. The Israeli environment minister told the army radio that the government approved…
The Israeli Military Hands Out 10 Demolition Orders To Palestinian Farmers In The Jordan Valley
Israeli troops handed out on Monday 10 demolition orders to Palestinian farmers from villages in the Jordan valley. Troops stormed Al Jeftlek and Al Fasayil villages in the Jordan valley…
Settlers Step Up Attacks In Northern West Bank
A number Israeli settlers’ attacks were reported on Monday in two Palestinian villages located near Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. At the village of Oreef,…
PLO Agrees To Indirect Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to holding indirect talks with Israel, as proposed by the United States, while some PLO factions expressed rejection to such talks.Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of…
Egypt’s Navy Arrests Two Palestinian Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Sunday three Palestinian fishermen after their boat capsized near the Al Arish Egyptian Port. The fishermen were in Palestinian territorial waters when their fishing boat…
Israel Demands P.A To Stop Protests
The Israeli government sent messages to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) demanding it to act on stopping popular protests in the West Bank, and to forbid P.A officials from participating in…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents at the entrance of the Shufat refugee camp. Clashes were also…
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Denied Me Entry”
Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated Saturday that the Egyptian Authorities prevented him from entering the country to testify in an Egyptian court death of his brother…
Mitchell Starts Middle East Tour Saturday
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will start his Middle East tour on Saturday evening as he will be holding separate meetings with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and…
Five Killed In Crash With Israeli Military Hummer
Five Palestinian were killed on Friday evening and two others were injured when their vehicle accidentally slammed into a military hummer at the Silwad Bridge, by the entrance of Ofer…
This Week In Palestine -week 09 2010
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Five Youths Injured at Ni’lin Protest Including 11 Year Old Boy
After midday prayers villagers of the village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, were joined by Israeli and international protestors in their weekly protest of the separation wall built on land confiscated…
Weekly Protest in Bi’lin Marks International Week Against Racism
This week’s protest in Bi’lin was joined by international and Israeli peace activists, and groups representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine political party and the Freedom Theatre…
Protest Continues in al-Ma’sara
Following midday prayers, the villagers of al-Ma’sara marched, in their weekly tradition, towards the construction site of the separation wall, that annexes them from their farmlands.The villagers were joined by…
Eleven Injured As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest At Al Nabi Saleh Village, Northern West Bank
Eleven people, amongst them two internationals, were injured, on Friday, by Israeli military fire when troops suppressed an anti wall protest at the al-Nabi Saleh village, northern West Bank.After the…
Clashes Reported at al-Aqsa & Ibrahimi Mosques
Following Friday prayers, clashes have occurred at both al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, and Ibrahimi mosque, Hebron.At al-Aqsa, Friday prayers were followed by protest by young men from the city throwing stones…
Israeli High Court Refuses Appeal To Remove Saadat From Solitary Confinement
The Israeli High Court rejected, on Thursday, an appeal to remove the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, from his solitary confinement…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Palestinian Killed, 17 Wounded, as Army Continues Its Violations”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, issued its weekly report on the period between February 24 and March 3, revealing that the army killed one Palestinian,…
Facebook Post Leads To Cancelling Israeli Invasion
The Israeli army had to cancel an invasion into a West Bank village to kidnap Palestinians after an Israeli soldier posted on his facebook page details regarding the invasion, its…
Barcelona Tribunal: “Israel Carried Severe Violations To The International Law”
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in Barcelona, started its activities on Thursday with a criticism to the Israeli government for committing severe violations against the International Law and the…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Friday morning that one of its fighters was killed “in a mission” in the Gaza Strip.The Brigades identified the…
Fayyad Meets The UN Official Holmes
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met, on Thursday, at the Ramallah Ministerial Council with John Holmes, UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and informed him…
Dahlan: “Talks With Israel, Fruitless”
Mohammad Dahlan, member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, told the Ma’an News Agency that direct or indirect peace talks with the current Israeli government, headed by Benjamin…
Palestine Today 03 04 2010
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Israeli Military Detains Eight Palestinian Residents From The West Bank
Eight Palestinian civilians were detained, on Thursday, by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli army radio announced that those taken on Thursday were on the military’s…
Israeli Tanks Open Fire At Residents’ Homes And Farmlands In Northern Gaza
Israeli tanks stationed at the boarder of Israeli and the Gaza Strip shelled, on Thursday at midday, residents homes and farm lands at the Beit Hannon town in northern Gaza…