Will Obama adopt a dangerously simplistic peace plan?
A new conventional wisdom is rapidly taking shape that the United States can resolve the 130-year-old conflict in Palestine by advancing its own peace plan. Former US National Security Advisor…
Arabs In 1948 Areas Prepare For Boycott
Several popular movements, civil society institutions and women organizations in the 1948 areas are preparing to officially declare the launch of a boycott campaign targeting all settlement products as a…
Abbas: “Indirect Talks Will Discuss Final Status Issues”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that proximity talks with Israel will discuss final status issues, including borders and security, and several related issues. Abbas told reporters following his meeting with…
Former Minister: “Israel Wants to Remove Palestinians From Jerusalem”
Former Jerusalem Affairs Minister at the Palestinian Authority Engineer, Khalid Abu Arafa, stated that Israel aims at removing all Palestinians out of Jerusalem in order to ensure at least a…
Turkish Relief Foundation Demands Israel To Release Its West Bank Representative
The Turkish Relief Foundation demanded Israel to unconditionally release its representative in the West Bank, Mohammad Shahin, who was kidnapped on Wednesday April 27.Head of the Foundation, Bülent Yıldırım, stated…
Nine Wounded In Silwan
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that nine Palestinians were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen in Silwan town, south of the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…
Palestine Today 05 05 2010
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Israeli-Palestinian Indirect Talks Pending PLO Approval
The Palestinian Librations Organization Executive Committee will convene on Saturday to decide on resuming indirect talks with Israel mediated by Washington. The U.S envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell…
Israeli Troops Detain 12 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions
At least 12 Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers during morning military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities on Wednesday. Troops invaded the southern West Bank cities…
Israeli Tanks And Bulldozers Invaded Southern Gaza Strip Areas
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farm lands close to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah boarders with Israel. As bulldozers destroyed crops and bulldozed farm lands…
Katz: “Settlement Construction Will Resume In September”
Israeli Transportation Minister, Yisrael Katz, stated that a full pace of settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank will resume directly after the temporary settlement freeze ends on…
US: “Jerusalem Issue To Be Discussed At Final Stage Of Negotiations”
As indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks are to start Wednesday, advisor to U.S. President, Barack Obama, stated that the issue of Jerusalem would be discussed during the final stages of negotiations. David…
Settler Leaders Demand Withholding P.A Money For Boycotting Settlement Products
Leaders of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank demanded the Israeli government to withhold all funds meant for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for boycotting settlement…
Indirect Talks Starts Wednesday With A Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting
United States special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem to mark the start of indirect talks…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a 19-year-old youth was killed when a tunnel collapsed on him in Al Salaam neighborhood, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Palestine Today 05 04 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday May 4th, 2010. Israeli troops wound two civilians…
Troops Open Fire At Two Palestinians Protesting At Erez Crossing
Israeli troops inured two Palestinian men while they were protesting at the Erez crossing on Tuesday. Ahmad Abu Salaf and Mahmoud Sha’baan were deported to the Gaza Strip last month…
Israeli Troops Detain Three Civilians From Hebron
The Israeli military invaded on Tuesday at dawn the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby villages. Troops detained the three men from al Samou’ and Ithan villagers near…
The Israeli Military Shells Residential Areas In Gaza City
Israeli tanks shelled on Tuesday residential areas near Gaza City and farm lands close to the borders with Israel. Witnesses told local media that tanks shells caused damage in property…
Goldstone forced to attend meeting in order to go to his grandson’s bar mitzvah
Renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone has faced increasing pressure from Zionists in South Africa since publishing a report documenting potential war crimes by both Israeli military forces and Palestinian…
Family Appeals Release Of Seriously Wounded Son
The family of detainee Ahmad Asfour voiced an appeal to human rights and legal groups to intervene and save the life of their son who was seriously wounded during the…
Soldiers Level A Mosque Near Rafah
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn an area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leveled the Al Dahniyya mosque and uprooted farmlands.Local sources reported that…
Settlers Torch Mosque South Of Nablus
A group of fundamentalist settlers torched the main mosque of the Al Lubban Al Sharqiyya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Jamal Daraghma, head of the…
International solidarity activists accuse Israeli military of break-in
When their apartment in Hebron was broken into on Saturday May 1st, the international solidarity activists stationed there said they have strong evidence that it was the Israeli military that…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed In April”
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
Israeli settlers release wild pigs on Palestinian farmland in Salfit
In a move that has become common practice among Israeli settlers, a herd of wild pigs that was captured inside Israel was recently released in the Salfit district, leading to…
Two African men killed; One Israeli returned home safely from Egypt-Israel border
In two separate incidents Sunday which critics say demonstrate the double standard of Egyptian and Israeli authorities, two African men were killed by Egyptian border police while crossing the border…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed, 285 Kidnapped In April’
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
Palestine Today 05 03 2010
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Police Arrests Two Palestinians Entered Egypt Via Tunnels
Two Palestinian teenagers were arrested ion Monday after they entered the Egypt via a tunnel at the borders with the Gaza Strip. Rami Abu8 Mustafa, 17, and Mahmoud Al Alawi,…
Israel’s Military Detains 13 Palestinians During Morning Invasions Into The West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Monday 13 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting several West Bank communities. Invasions were reported in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron, southern West Bank as…
Israeli outrage at PA boycott of Israeli products
Israel has threatened to prevent any goods into its ports, and to withhold transferring tax money to the Palestinian Authority if the latter continues to call for the boycott of…
Netanyahu Orders Media Blackout On Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a full media blackout on the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians slated to start Wednesday.He instructed his government and officials in charge…
Fundamentalist Jews Attack Funeral of Rabbi Moshe Hirsch
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers, including members of the Kach terrorist movement outlawed by Israel itself, attacked the funeral of Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, head of the Neturei Karta Jewish…
Proximity Talks To Start Wednesday
The Indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks, mediated by the United States, are set to start this coming Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be heading the talks on the Israeli side,…
Undercover Forces Kidnap Six Children Near Hebron
The Palestine Solidarity Project reported that undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped on Sunday evening six children in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Under Police Protection; Settlers Occupy Home In Beit Safafa
Enjoying Israeli police protection, a group of fundamentalist settlers occupied a Palestinian home in Beit Safafa town, in East Jerusalem, and raised Israeli flags on top of it “to declare…
Seven, Including A Reporter, Wounded In Beit Jala
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that seven residents, including a reporter, were wounded after the Israeli Army opened fire at a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Beit Jala…
Two African Immigrants Killed By Egyptian Border-Police Fire
Egyptian security sources reported Sunday that two African immigrants were shot and killed by Egyptian Border Police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel seeking work.The first, a 35-year-old man…
Palestinian workers hold Mayday protests in Gaza
In honor of the international workers’ day celebration, workers in the Gaza Strip held a rally of over 2,000 people at the Erez crossing with Israel, and 300 people at…
Israeli Police Demolishes Homes In Taybeh
Scores of Israeli policemen invaded Taybeh Arab city, in the 1948 territory, and demolished a home after surrounding it and forcing the residents out, the Arabs48 news Website reported. A…
Us Hegemony, Not ‘The Lobby,’ Behind Complicity With Israel
Many of Israel’s critics blame an ‘Israel lobby’ for the near-total complicity of the US in Israeli annexation, colonization and cleansing programs in the occupied West Bank. This complicity continues…
Hamas: “US Guarantees, A Scam”
Hamas spokesperson, Fawzi Barhoum, stated that the guarantees of the United States for the resumption of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are just a scam, and only…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday evening a nonviolent protest against settlements and ongoing settler attacks against the residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of…
White House: “Obama Did Not Vow His Country Will Not Use Veto”
The White House denied reports that claimed that President Barack Obama vowed to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, that the U.S will not use its Veto power to obstruct any decision…
Mitchell Back In Middle East This Week
Israeli sources reported that American Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will be back in the region for one week in order to hold talks with Israel and the Palestinian leadership…
Israel Bans Popular Struggle Leader From Traveling
Eyad Burnat, a leader in the popular struggle against the Israeli wall, was banned by Israel’s military from crossing the West Bank borders into Jordan on Saturday.Burnat is head of…
PHRF: “52 Palestinians Gassed in Tunnels Since beginning of 2010”
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (PHRF) reported Friday that since the beginning of this year, 52 Palestinian residents were killed in border tunnels after the Egyptian Authorities gassed the tunnels…
Settlers Uproot 30 Olive Trees Near Qalqilia
Israeli settlers uprooted on Friday at least 30 Olive trees that belong to residents of Kefir Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Local sources reported that…
This Week In Palestine -week 17 2010
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Four Injured, Two Journalists Detained, At The Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
On Friday Palestinians, Israeli, and International activists marched to the wall built on the central west Bank village of Bil’in lands. As is the case every Friday, villagers along with…
A Number Of Youth Treated For The Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Nil’in Weekly Protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized on Friday their weekly anti wall protest. Israeli and international protesters joined the villagers this week. Villagers with their supporters held the…
Villagers Organize An Anti Wall Protest In Al Walaja Village
Villagers along with international supporters gathered on Friday in Al-Walaja village near Jerusalem to protest the Israeli wall being built on their lands. The Israeli army resumed woke at this…
Al Ma”sar Village Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli Wall
On Friday midday the residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest the Israeli-built wall on their lands. International and Israeli supporters joined the…