Month: October 2010

Viva Palestina 5 humanitarian flotilla sailed, on Wednesday at dawn ,from the Lathiqiyya Syrian Port, headed for the Al Arish Egyptian port. The flotilla is on its way to the…

Tourism in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is an extremely political issue. The narrative given by tour guides shapes the views of visitors to the area, and the Israeli…

Palestinian sources reported, Wednesday morning, that clashes took place between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers near the Kissufim Israeli military post, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…

Palestinian medical sources reported, Wednesday morning, that a 65-year-old man was wounded by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers stationed near the Sofa Crossing east of Rafah, in the…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers demolished four structures that had been illegally built by Jewish settlers in the Bat Ayin settlement. The illegal settlement is located near the Etzion settlement…

Eighteen prominent Israeli rabbis recently issued an open letter calling on Jews to refuse to rent or sell property to Arabs, and to ostracize any Jew who rents or sells…

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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netenyahu, is still wary of razing six West Bank outposts waiting for demolition since 2004, while the High Court deliberates the case against the state.On Tuesday,…

On Tuesday afternoon, Beitar Illit settlers torched a number of olive trees that belong to residents of the village of Husan.The settlement of Beitar Illit is located between the villages…

On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli settler is alleged to have deliberately ran over a young Palestinian man from the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, and fled the scene.Tayseer Abu…

The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, Ayyad Bregheth, 20 years old, from the town of Beit Umar, located between Bethlehem and Hebron.Security sources reported that the Israeli army conducted…

On Monday night after midnight, Israeli settlers invaded Al Maqam village near Nablus, in the northern West Bank.Security sources reported that dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Al Maqam and withdrew…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he will not participate in the Climate Conference in Athens if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends it. In an interview with…

According to the Israeli internal defense establishment, the current olive harvest has been the most violent of the last several years, due to fact that trees on both sides have…

As Israeli settlers throughout the West Bank launch a construction blitz following a partial freeze, the Palestinian Authority has drafted a resolution to put to the United Nations Security Council…

The Saudi newspaper, al-Madina, reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to release detained Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi as part of a prisoner-swap deal for the release of captured…

Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian protestors in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. At least five residents were wounded…

Thousands of liters of raw sewage from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement flooded over 50 dunams of Palestinian farmland in the village of Beit Ommar last night. The sewage was…

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On Monday, during a Likud meeting in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that only a small percentage of settlements have added construction. “The additions are trivial and…

The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, four Palestinian citizens from different areas in Hebron, surrounded a mosque and errected many barriers in the region.Security sources reported to Palestine News…

On Monday, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health sent 17 truckloads of medicine and supplies to the Gaza Strip. According to the Minister of Health, Fathi Abu Moghli, the goods…

Palestinian Authority Spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudaineh, said that the decision to delay a regional summit in Paris was made by Israel to avoid revealing its rejection of peace negotiations.On Saturday,…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, Legislator Hatim Qfeisha, 49, after breaking into his home in Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.His family…

Palestinian medical sources report that at least 20 Palestinians were injured, on Sunday night, during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers and policemen in the town of Silwan in…

During a TV Interview with Israel’s Channel 1, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him that he cannot extend the freeze on settlement activities…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian protestors in the El Ein and Wadi Hilwa neighborhoods of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem. Local sources reported that dozens of residents held protests…

The following is a press release from the Rachel Corrie Foundation For Peace And Justice, quoted in full.The military commander in charge of the unit on the ground and the…

After promising, on multiple occasions, to arrest any participants in the humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, Israeli officials have now made an ‘open call’ to those same participants to testify…

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed one Palestinian and wounded five has claimed a second victim, as 22-year-old Muhammad Hisham Zaqout succumbed to his wounds in a Gaza City…

Arab League Secretary-General Amro Mousa slammed the new Israeli plan to construct more settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem.Mousa said that the Israeli plan is provocative and contradicts all efforts…

Mary Robinson, Ela Bhatt and Lakhdar Brahimi say the isolation of Gaza is not only illegal collective punishment, but also an impediment to peace. President Carter will join his fellow…

In spite of a statement by US officials on Friday, expressing disappointment in Israel’s decision to continue expanding settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, construction on existing settlements and…

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Many suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalition during the weekly non-violent demonstration against the wall in the village of Nil’in, near the centrel West Bank.Residents of the village…

Detainees in Nafha prison reported to the ‘Wa’ed’ society for detainees and ex-detainees that Israeli military invaded, on Friday afternoon, the Nafha prison and attacked detainees.The society confirmed that clashes…

The Israeli army erected, on Friday afternoon, a roadblock at the entrance of the town of ‘Aja, south of Jenin, and hindered the movement of palestinian citizens.Palestinian Security Sources reported…

The trip will be the second collective visit by The Elders, a group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, who are also going to travel to Egypt, Syria, Jordan…

The Israeli soldiers installed, on Friday morning, several roadblocks at the main entrances leading to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched Palestinian vehicles and inspected the ID cards…

The Israeli Housing Ministry announced bids for the construction of 240 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Friday that the bids are for units in…

Israeli settlers attacked, on Friday morning, Palestinian olive pickers, and fired rounds of live ammunition at them, near the village of ‘Azmout, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Approximately…

The Egyptian Authorities informed a number of Hamas political leaders that they will not be allowed to cross into Egypt on their way for pilgrimage to Mecca. Hamas spokesperson, Dr.…

The Arab League’s monitoring committee decided last week to consider alternatives to negotiations On Friday, the Egyptian foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said that Arab nations may seek recognition of…

Zaher Beerawy, spokesperson of the Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy stated that the flotilla will likely leave the Syrian port of al-Lathiqiyya on Sunday instead of Friday, the originally planned…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 07– 13 October 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…

Ahmad Roweidy, head of the Jerusalem Unit at the Palestinian President’s office, stated that the Israeli government is escalating what he called “the demographic war” in Jerusalem in order to…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinian Authority believes in a two-state solution that would ensure the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, and that…

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On Thursday, the Hamas-led government in Gaza, called for the resignation of a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official, Yasser Abed Rabbo, who was quoted in the press as agreeing to…

With regard to PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabbo’s request to see a map of Israel’s borders, U.S. State Department Spokesman Phillip Crowley said it is a “perfectly legitimate question,’ and…

A Palestinian youth was wounded, on Thursday afternoon, by Israeli soldiers near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.Medical sources reported that the youth, Yahia al-Za’anin, 17 years old, was…

Israeli army detained, on Thursday afternoon, a number of journalists who participated as volunteers in harvesting olives. Their work was organized by the Palestine Mininstry of Information in Kafir Kadom,…

Palestinian security sources reported to Palestine News Agency, WAFA, that a group of Israeli settlers in Hebron, on Wendesday night, attempted to abduct a child.The child’s mother and her neighbour…

On Thursday, Isaa Qaraq’, minister of detainees and ex-detainees said he received many letters from detainees in different Israeli jails. They are threatening to begin a hunger strike lasting until…

Israel could reconsider their future presence in the Jordan Valley, according to Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev, but the recognition will depend on conditions on the ground. Regev told the…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday morning, an elderly farmer from the town of Yasid, south of Jenin, while he was working in his land. They also invaded several communities in…

Ahmad Assaf, the spokesman of Fateh movement, stated on Thursday that Netanyahu’s conditions are on one hand a clear evidence for the political fail of the Israeli government which always…

The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday morning, a house in Dheisheh Refugee Camp south of Bethlehem and made a thorough inspection of the house.Security sources reported to a WAFA correspondent…

Israeli army abducted, on Thursday morning, a citizen from the town of Tammoun, near the central West Bank city of Tubas, after breaking into two houses and ransacking their property.…

Israeli settlers started, on Wednesday, expansion work in Elkana settlement at the expense of Palestinian lands that belong to villagers of Mas’ha village, west of the central West Bank city…

Spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 (Viva Palestina 5) solidarity convoy Zaher Beerawi, said that the Egyptian Authority decided on Wednesday evening to allow the convoy to enter the…

Yasser Abed Rabbo, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organization, told reporters on Wednesday that in response to the Israeli demand that the Palestinians recognize it as a ‘Jewish state’,…

Don’t mention cartoons to the boys of Silwan. Their story of capture and harassment is more like a horror movie which hasn’t yet ended, even with their release—instead, it’s imprinted…

Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that Jewish settlers in the northern part of the occupied West Bank are avoiding attempts by the Israeli army to stop them from harvesting…

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Bishops meetings with a Vatican synod to discuss the immigration of Christians from the Middle East have blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for spurring the exodus.Bishops claimed that the region is…

Israeli army detained, on Wednesday afternoon, two journalists and the media spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity Project (PSP) in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, in the southern part of the…

The Israeli Ministry Of Interior continued to demolish houses in the village of Al-Araqib, in Negev. Bulldozers of the Israeli Interior Ministry demolished houses after being rebuilt for the fifth…

On Wednesday, a Palestinian child was wounded by Israeli fire while he was working in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Adham Abu Salmeyah, media coordinator working for Ma’an News…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian citizens, including a 70-year-old man, in various areas in the West Bank after attacking their homes. A statement issued by the Palestinian…

On Wednesday, the Israeli army made plans to deploy a large force of border guards and undercover units, in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, during the next few days.According to Palestine…

Member of the Knesset of the National Union fundamentalist party in Israel, Aryeh Eldad, stated on Tuesday that the “solution” for the conflict is to consider the Hashemite Kingdom of…

After several nations announced that they will likely boycott this month’s planned bi-annual tourism conference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Secretary-General of the OECD wrote a…

Zaher Beerawi, spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 flotilla, which is attempting to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, said that Egypt backpedaled on what…

Philip Crowley, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said that the United States is committed to the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and that President Obama’s administration…

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On Tuesday, Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian official in charge of monitoring Israeli settlement in the northern part of the West Bank, stated that Israeli settlers started the expansion of Eli…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday night a young man from the town of Beit Reema, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, after breaking into his home and ransacking it,…

Tuesday night Israeli troops launched large-scale raids of homes in several neighbourhoods and battled with children in the town of Silwan near the Al Aqsa Mosque.Eyewitnesses said that Israili soldiers…

Israeli human rights group, Breaking the Silence, best known for publishing testimonials by current and former Israeli soldiers has been nominated by two European Green parties for the European Union’s…

On Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into the house of Mofeed Mansour and kidnapped his eight year old child. Fakhri Abu Thiab,…

The Israeli military arrested or attached several citizens in towns south of Hebron..On Wednesday morning Israeli soldiers arrested Iyad Al-Yamani, 27, from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and…

On Monday, Syrian President, Bashar Asad, strongly denounced the new Israeli citizenship law requiring all non-Jews in the country to pledge allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish democratic state”. Asad…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered on Monday, a new temporary freeze of settlement activities in the West Bank in exchange for an official Palestinian recognition of Israel as the…

Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday evening, that a child was shot by rubber-coated bullets in his leg and a gas bomb in his face during clashes between Palestinian youths, Israeli…

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The Israeli military kidnapped on Monday Sajeda al-‘Awawda, 20, a student at the Hebron University, and moved her to an unknown destination.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Hebron, in the…

On Monday, the Israeli army arrested five citizens from the Hebron area and invaded several other areas in the same region.Security sources reported that Israeli soldiers arrested Iyad al-‘Alama, 23,…

“Learning Each Other’s Historical Narrative” is the name of a new textbook approved for teaching in Palestinian schools but is still banned in Israel. The book explains the historical narratives…

The Irish Ministry of Defense had voided a weapons deal with Israel in which Israel was to provide Ireland with 20 Million rounds of live ammunition. The decision was attributed…

On Monday morning, the Israeli military kidnapped three Palestinian youths from the towns of Kafel Hares and Kera, east of Salfit in the West Bank. The WAFA News Agency reported…

Thirty seven years ago, during the 1973 war between Israel and surrounding states, then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir considered the use of nuclear weapons against Syria, according to recently unsealed…

Shortly after the Israeli cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu passed a bill on Sunday requiring all non-Jewish citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel not only as a state but as a…

Israel’s Foreign Minister of the fundamentalist right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, told his French and Spanish counterparts that Europe should first solve its own problems before trying to complain about Israeli…

The Israeli Cabinet passed a law Sunday requiring all non-Jewish applicants for citizenship to take a ‘loyalty oath’ confirming their support for Israel’s ‘Jewish character’ as a state. A number…

Israeli military forces, along with undercover units, arrested 8 participants in a weekly non-violent protest, including four international activists, in Beit Ummar village near Hebron on Saturday.The protest was organized…

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian and Israeli solidarity activists in the village of Susya, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while the activists accompanied Palestinian farmers to their olive…

On Saturday, Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad participated in picking olive trees in the West Bank village of Iraq Burin, near Nablus.Speaking to reporters, Dr. Fayyad said, ”[t]oday we…

On Saturday morning, in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, a group of right-wing Israeli settlers assualted Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest.Eyewitnesses reported that around 15 settlers set…