Palestinian Boy Injured By An Israeli Bomb In Gaza
A Palestinian boy was injured on Tuesday night after a bomb left by the Israeli military exploded near him in Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip. Hassan Abu Farahana, 16,…
Israeli Troops Detain Women And Children In Northern West Bank
Six women and their children from the village of Araba, northern West Bank, were detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday evening. The women and their children were collecting grab leaves…
Israeli Tanks Invade Northern Gaza Strip Farm Lands
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farm lands, Wednesday morning, that belong to farmers from Beit Lahiya town in the northern part of the Gaza strip.While bulldozers uprooted trees and destroyed…
Israeli Settler Attack A Palestinian Old Woman And Her Grandson In Jerusalem
An Israeli settler attacked a Palestinian old woman and her grandson, on Wednesday, in Beit Safafa neighborhood of east Jerusalem. Isaac Herkovic, an Israeli settler, took over the house of…
PA Willing To Have NATO Forces In Future State
London based Al-Quds al-Arabi are reporting that Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, is willing to have NATO forces stationed in a future Palestinian state, and intends on informing Special US…
Silicon Valley Science Prize Awarded to Palestinian School Girls From Nablus
Three school girls from Nablus have been awarded first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Silicon Valley, California. Their winning entry was a walking cane for…
British musician Elvis Costello cancels Israel tour as ‘matter of conscience’
After a campaign to boycott Israel targeted singer Elvis Costello with calls, letters and faxes, he decided that he could not, in good conscience, continue with a planned tour in…
A force more powerful
Later this month, ships from all over the world will converge in the Mediterranean and set sail for the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. This international coalition is called the…
Palestine Today 05 18 2010
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The Israeli Military detains Six Civilians During Morning Invasions
Six Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli soldiers raided homes at the village of Hussan near Bethlehem, southern West…
Palestinian Fighters Clashe With Israeli Forces In Northern Gaza
A group of Palestinian fighters clashed on Tuesday with an invading Israeli force in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Salah Al Deen Brigades said in a press statement…
Settlements Boycott Campaign Starts In The West Bank, Settlers Outraged
Israeli settlers groups called on the Israeli government to stop proximity talks with the Palestinians due to the settlements products boycott campaign that started today in the West Bank. The…
Israeli Military Leaders Prepare Scenarios For Possible Redeployment In Gaza
Several senior Israeli military leaders and leaders of the military police held a meeting recently to prepare scenarios for a possible reoccupation of the Gaza Strip and appointing a “military…
Army Invades Northern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers carried out, on Tuesday at dawn, a limited invasion into al-Saifa area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and clashes with resistance…
Gaza Government Executes Three Prisoners
The Hamas run security forces in the Gaza Strip and its Ministry of Interior executed three prisoners, on Tuesday at dawn, who were previously convicted of murder and sentenced to…
Egypt Arrests 16 Palestinian Islamic Jihad Members
The Qatar-based al-Jazeera reported that the Egyptian Security Services arrested 16 members of Islamic Jihad at the Rafah Terminal, while heading back to the Gaza Strip after receiving medical treatment…
Hamas Demolished Homes In Rafah
Local sources have reported that the Hamas security forces in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, demolished several homes, Sunday, and intends to demolish more homes under…
Thousands of Palestinians commemorate Nakba in Ramallah
In a massive protest march, Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands of Palestinians marched through the city streets in remembrance of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian…
Islamic Jihad Leader Calls For Dissolving P.A.
Sheikh Abdullah al-Shamy, a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, called for dissolving the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and stated that this authority is…
Israel Planning More Home Demolition, Evacuation In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government is planning to demolish and evacuate dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in the Silwan and al-Bustan neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. The plans were presented to…
Erekat: “Mitchell And Abbas To Meet Wednesday”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will meet this coming Wednesday instead of Tuesday, as had previously…
Israeli Official: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
The head of the European Division at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Noar Gilon, stated Monday, that Israel will prevent solidarity ships, planned to reach the Gaza Strip this month, from…
Palestien Today 05172010
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3 m 30s || 3.20 MB || Palestine Today 05 17 2010 Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the…
Israeli Court Allow Makhoul To See His Legal Team
After 12 days of detaining him, Amir Makhoul, a Palestinian community leader from Haifa, is allowed to see his lawyers before a court hearing. The Israeli court at Petah Tikva…
The Israeli Police Attack Jerusalem’s Street Market
Israeli police officers attacked on Monday Palestinians street market at Jerusalem’s old city. Police officers confiscated the kiosks and assaulted their owners. This market is one of the oldest markets…
Chief Palestinian negotiator questions Israeli commitment to peace talks
Saeb Erekat, who has been chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israeli government since the Oslo Accords of 1993, told an audience in Tel Aviv Sunday that the Palestinian people’s patience…
Professor Chomsky Denied Entry To The Country
The Israeli Authorities at the Allenby Bridge, between Jordan and Palestine, prevented professor Noam Chomsky from entering the Palestinian territories after detaining him for five hours, and deported him to…
Elderly Man Killed By Army Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Saturday a 75-year oldو and wounded another Palestinian in a separate incident near the border with Gaza.Israeli Radio reported that the body of the…
Mother and her Two Children, Wounded When Settler Rammed Vehicle Into Them
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Saturday at night that a Jewish settler rammed his vehicle into a mother and her two girls in Al Jab’a village near Bethlehem, and…
Rachel Corrie Ship Sails After 48-Hour Delay
The Rachel Corrie solidarity ship sailed from Ireland heading towards the Gaza Strip after 48-hour delay due to logistic issues. Palestinian Legislator, Jamal El-Khodary, head of the Popular Committee Against…
Slain Ramallah Youth; Shot By A Settler, Left To Die
Palestinian medical sources reported that Aysar al-Zaben, 16, who was killed on Friday, was shot by Israeli settlers in Wad Al Haramiyya area near the central West Bank city of…
Report; Palestinian Killed In Gaza
The Israeli army reported that soldiers observed at a Palestinian approaching the fence near the Karni Crossing, east of the Gaza Strip, and shot him dead, the Israeli Radio reported.The…
Israeli Police Detains 30 Left-wing Protestors In East Jerusalem
The Israeli police detained on Friday at least 30 left-wing protestors in Sheikh Jarrah Arab neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. One protestor was evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital suffering cuts…
Two Settlers Wounded near Ramallah
Israeli sources reported Friday evening that two settlers were wounded after their vehicle came under Palestinian fire in near Ein Yabroud village, east of the central West Bank city of…
Palestinian Forcibly removed out of his home in Hebron
Israeli soldiers forcibly removed a Palestinian resident from his rented home in Al Shuhada Street, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and claimed that the…
Marking The 62 anniversary Of The Nakba AL Maíssara Protest The Wall
At least around 150 villagers along with Israelis and Palestinians gathered on Friday in the village of Al Ma’ssara, southern West Bank and protest the Israel wall.Al Ma’ssara village conducts…
This Week in Palestine week 19 2010
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Troops Attack The Wall Protest In Bilíin And Arrest One Journalist
Israeli troops arrested on Friday a journalist and attacked protesters with tear gas during the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bilíin central West Bank.After the midday prayers…
Palestinian Teenager Killed in Settler Shooting East of Ramallah
A number of major news providers, including Forbes, al-Jazeera, the BBC & the Associated Press, are reporting that a Palestinian youth has been killed in an act of aggression by…
Human Rights Watch: Israel unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property during the war in January 2009
Human Rights Watch revealed that Israeli army intentionally and unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property, falsifying claims that Palestinians used them for military purposes, during the January 2009 Israeli war on the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Infant killed, 3 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that during the week of 06-12 May 2010, an…
New Refugee Camp To Absorb Palestinians Forced Out Of The West Bank
The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, has decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and…
Palestine Today 05 13 2010
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One Killed, Four Injured, When A Power Generator Exploded In Southern Gaza Strip
One Palestinian was killed and four other members of his family were wounded on Thursday at dawn, when a power generator exploded in their house in Rafah city, southern Gaza…
Troops detain 12 Palestinians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
The Israeli military detained 12 Palestinian civilians, on Thursday, during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions in Jericho and Jordan valley villages where…
Around 105 Palestinians Allowed Into Gaza Via Rafah Terminal
Around 105 Palestinian patients and stranded families and students managed to return to the Gaza Strip on Thursday, via the Rafah terminal. The Rafah terminal at the borders with Egypt,…
Settler Torch Olive Orchard In Silwan
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched, Wednesday night, an 11-Dunam olive orchard in al-Rababa valley, in Silwan, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.The Maan news Agency reported that…
Resheq: “Tripartite Summit Proves Hamas Cannot Be Ignored”
Ezzat al-Resheq, Hamas political bureau member, stated that the Wednesday tripartite summit that brought together Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, and Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief, Khalid Mashal,…
Israel To Syria; “No Plans To Attack You”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asked the visiting Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, to send a message to Syria stating that Israel does not have any intention to attack…
Turkey Installs Anti-Aircraft Batteries Near Syrian Border
Turkey has installed Anti-Aircraft Hawk Missiles at a village close to the Syrian border in an attempt to prevent Israeli war jets from violating Turkish Airspace in case of an…
Russia, Turkey Call For Holding Talks With Hamas
Both Russia and Turkey stated, Wednesday, that that International Community must deal with Hamas due to the party’s support from the Palestinian people in the 2006 elections; deemed to be…
U.S Slams Israel’s Decision To Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
The United States denounced a statement by Yitzhak Aharonovich, Israel’s Internal Security Minister, who said that the government intends to demolish Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem in the coming…
Palestine Today 05 12 2010
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Israeli Troops Arrests 15 Palestinian Civilians During West Bank Invasions
The Israeli military arrested on Wednesday 15 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. The Israeli military announced that all those arrested today were…
Egyptian Navy Hit A Palestinian Fishing Boat, Fisherman Dies
An Egyptian Navy boat hit a Palestinian fishing boat near the southern shoreline of the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, killing Mohamed Al Bardaweel, 44 years old, witnesses reported.The Hamas-run government accused…
Vanunu Sentenced To Three Months
Israeli sources reported that Nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu, was sentenced, Tuesday, to three months imprisonment after he refused to perform community service in West Jerusalem, fearing harassment from fundamentalist Jews.…
Netanyahu: “Jerusalem Is Ours, We Will Build And Develop It”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel will always build and develop the city of Jerusalem is order to make it a “viable, developed and advanced city”.Netanyahu said the…
Obama To Abbas: “Talks To Focus On Borders, Security”
The White House reported Tuesday that President Barack Obama phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and informed him that the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians will focus on final-status…
New Settlement Neighborhood In Occupied East Jerusalem
The Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, approved the construction of 14 units in Maaleh David outpost, which is a new settlement neighborhood planned to be…
Detainee To Have His Leg Amputated
The Detainees Media Center of the Society for Detainees and Liberated, Husam, reported Wednesday that detainee Nahedh Al Aqra’, 41, will have his left leg amputated in a surgery scheduled…
Palestine Today 05112010
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62 Anniversary of the Nakba on Radio Free Palestine
Radio Free Palestine is presented by the IMEMC (in Beit Sahour) and CKUT Radio (in Montreal) in commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or catastrophe, marked this…
Troops Detain Three From The West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Tuesday three Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions targeting West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported homes raids and invasions at the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, southern…
Settlers Set Farm Lands On Fire In Northern West Bank
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Monday evening Palestinian farm lands and set it on fire near the village of Jiet near Qalqilia, northern West Bank. Villages said that…
Settlers Storm Silwan Town In East Jerusalem
Dozens of Israeli settlers and hardliner Jewish supporters marched into the Palestinian town of Silwan on Tuesday in support of a settlement there. Israeli troops closed off streets leading to…
Barak: “Israel Must Present A Peace Plan”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that the “deteriorating relations” with the United States should push Israel to come up with a serious initiative for peace with the Palestinians.His statements…
Jordan Union To Fight For Boycott
The Professional Associations Complex in Jordan is holding a campaign to ensure that the Jordanian markets do not carry any Israeli products. The campaign, For A Jordan Without Israeli Products,…
Opinion/Analysis: Israel’s tourism ministry is wiping Palestinians off the map
If Israel supports a two-state solution, it can start by redrawing official maps that ignore internationally recognized borders and major Palestinian towns.As Israeli-Palestinian negotiations restart, Palestinians are determined to begin…
Palestinian Man Deported To Gaza
The Waed Society for Detainees reported that the Israeli Authorities deported a resident of Be’er Sheva to the Gaza Strip after claiming that he had no residency papers.The resident was…
Israel Vows Accelerated Settlement Construction In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government vowed on Monday that settlement construction and expansion in and around occupied East Jerusalem will be accelerated, but did not present a time frame.In an interview with…
Egyptian Navy Confiscates Palestinian Fishing Equipment
The Egyptian Navy confiscated fishing equipment owned by Palestinian fishermen after claiming that they crossed into Egyptian territorial waters. The fishermen said that they were violently attacked by the Egyptian…
Settlers Torch Farmlands In Qalqilia
A group of Jewish settlers torched on Monday evening farmlands the belong to residents of Jet village near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The settlers also attacked several…
Palestine Today 05 10 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Monday May 10th, 2010. Israeli troops kill an infant…
Israel Accuses Two Palestinian Community Leaders Of Spying For Hezbollah
Two Palestinian community leaders were accused by the Israeli Security Service of spying for the Lebanese-based armed group Hezbollah. The two were identified as Omar Said, a member of the…
Palestinian- Israeli Proximity Talks At Risk
The U.S Special Envoy for Peace in the region, George Mitchell, left the Middle East on Sunday, after completing the first round of proximity talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.…
Army Hands Out 10 Demolition Orders To Villagers Near Hebron
Israeli troops invaded on Monday the village of Bani Neim, near Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, and handed out 10 demolition orders. Troops targeted homes that…
Israeli Legislator Submits A Proposal For A Palestinian State in Jordan
Israeli Legislator, Aryeh Eldad, member of the National Union fundamentalist party, asked the Israeli Knesset to discuss a proposal he submitted regarding establishing a Palestinian state in Jordan. Eldad initially…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Two Tunnels in Rafah
Local sources reported that the Israeli Air force bombarded on Monday at dawn two siege-busting tunnels east of the Rafah Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Infant Dies After Inhaling Gaza Fired By The Army In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Sunday that an infant died due to inhaling gas fired by the army at protestors in…
Palestinian Resident Expelled To Jordan
The Israeli Authorities deported Saturday a Palestinian resident of the West Bank to Jordan after the army claimed he was illegally staying in the country. Resident Morad Suleiman Zahda, 27,…
Settler Groups Modify 14 Units To Be Inhibited By settlers in East Jerusalem
Israeli Peace Now movement reported that several settler organizations started recently modification work in an old police station in Ras Al Amoud Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, in order to…
P.A To Respond To Proximity Talks Offer Saturday
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, told the U.S. Middle East peace Envoy, George Mitchell, that the Palestinian Authority would provide its final decision on U.S. mediated proximity talks with Israel on…
Netanyahu To “Legalize” Illegal Outposts
Responding to a request from the Israeli High Court regarding two illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli government stated that it intends to “legalize” Hersha and…
Five More Suspects Named In Dubai Assassination Of Hamas Leader
The police in Dubai managed to name five more persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at his hotel…
This Week In Palestine -week 18 2010
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Soldiers Use Tear Gas To suppress the Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Nil’in
Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as the villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, protested on Friday Israeli wall built on their lands. Israeli and international…
One Injured, Six Detained During The Anti Wall Weekly Bil’in Protest
One resident was injured; Six others detained, on Friday by the army during the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank. The villagers were joined…
Villagers Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli Wall
International and Israeli supporters joined the villagers of Al Ma’ssara, Al Walaja and, for the first time, Wad Rahal near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, in the weekly…
Israel To Impose Further Sanctions On Detainees
Israeli paper, Maariv, reported that Israeli Internal Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, retracted his opposition to imposing further sanctions and restrictions on the detainees in an attempt to push Hamas movement…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 civilians wounded, 40 abducted in 24 Israeli invasions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 29 April – 05 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
FBI Director In Israel For Talks On Cooperation
Israeli sources reported Thursday that FBI director, Robert Mueller, arrived in Israel and held a meeting with Israel’s Police Chief, David Cohen, on cooperation against what was described as international…
Obama Will Not Allow Unilateral Palestinian Steps
Diplomatic sources in Washington reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, gave Israel verbal and written guarantees that the United States will not allow the Palestinians to conduct any unilateral steps…
Palestine Today 05 06 2010
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Settlers Clash With Israeli Police At A Northern West Bank Settlement
Around 100 Israeli settlers clashed with Israeli police forces on Thursday when officers tried to remove homes at the settlement of Hashmonaim, northern West Bank. Police forces managed to demolish…
Israeli Troops Detain 33 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions Targeting The West Bank
Israeli soldiers detained on Thursday 33 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. The military targeted the cities of Bethlehem, southern West Bank, the nearby town of Taqua…
Three Injure, Three Arrest, As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest Near Bethlehem
Israeli troops injured three Palestinian civilians and detained three others on Thursday during an anti wall protest at Al Walaja village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. At…
Jailed leftist leader comes out in favor of one-state solution
Ahmed Saadat, the jailed Palestinian leader of the leftist People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said in an interview with Reuters news agency Wednesday that the only way to…
Biggest Solidarity Convoy To Sail To Gaza In Three Phases
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal El Khodary, stated that the biggest convoy of solidarity ships aimed at breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza…
Israel’s secret police surveilling Islamic leaders
Job interviews for the position of imam at mosques in Israel are conducted not by senior clerics but by the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret police, a labor tribunal has revealed.…