Cyprus Recognizes Independent Palestinian State
Cyprus announced Sunday that it recognizes a Palestinian State in the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Cyprus is the first European Union member country that officially recognizes…
Egyptians, Supporters, Protest Mubarak In Front Of UN Headquarters in NY
Massive crowds of Egyptians and supporters held a protest on Saturday outside the UN Headquarters in New York to express support to the ongoing protests against the regime of Hosni…
17-year-old Boy Killed In Beit Ummar, Hundreds Protest After Funeral
Hundreds of residents of the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron took to the streets in the funeral of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayyil who was shot dead by Israeli settlers on…
Egypt Protests Continue, 24 killed
Despite the excessive use of force by the Egyptian Police and security forces, Egyptian protesters continued their activities demanding the regime of Hosni Mubarak to be removed, and calling for…
Paraguay Recognizes Independent Palestinian State
Paraguayan Foreign Minister, Hector Lacognata, stated Friday that his country recognizes a Palestinian state, free and independent in the 1967 territories.’With the failure of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian…
Egypt cuts off access to the internet from inside the country
In the latest move to repress the wave of protest that has swept across Egypt in the last four days, the Egyptian government has apparently cut off access to the…
27 dead in Egypt uprising; Mubarak refuses to step down
As hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Egypt Friday in the 4th straight day of protests, President Hosni Mubarak said that he would replace his cabinet…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Anti Wall Protests in West Bank Villages
Ramallah – PNN – one injured, many treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli soldiers attacked the anti-wall protests in the villages of Bil’in and Nil’in in…
Settlers Kill Palestinian Youth In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday at night that a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by settlers fire in Safa Village, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.…
This Week in Palestine week 4 2011
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Sit-in at Palestinian Embassy in London
On Thursday, Palestinian academics and students living in London staged a sit-in at the Palestinian embassy.Press Release from the group: We are not affiliated to any Political faction, or group.…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 6 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 20-26 January 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that Israeli…
Egyptian Killed In Sinai, Officer Killed in Suez, Massive Protest Anticipated Friday
A young Egyptian man was shot and killed by Egyptian Security Forces fire during clashes that took place in in front of Sheikh Zweid Police station in Sinai. A Police…
Child Killed Near Sofa Crossing In Southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a 13-year-old child was killed on Thursday evening when an ordnance dropped by the Israeli army detonated near him close to the Sofa Crossing in…
PA-Controlled Office Sacked in Gaza
Unidentified vandals broke into the Palestinian Authority-controlled Civil Administration building in northern Gaza ransacking the office, on Thursday morning, Ma’an News reported. According to officials, the office doors were found…
Palestine Today 01 27 2011
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Settlers Murder 19 Year Old Near Nablus
A 19 year old man from the village of Iraq Burin, near Nablus, has been shot and killed, on Thursday, by settlers.Reports are conflicted as to the nature of the…
B’Tselem Report Indicates Rise in Home Demolitions in 2010
Demolitions by Israel of Palestinian homes in the West Bank tripled in 2010, figures from an Israeli human rights group showed on Wednesday, with a big increase in demolitions in…
Anti Al-Jazeera Protest in Nablus
A protest was held in the city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, against the recent release of documents by al-Jazeera, the PNN reported. Major General Jibreen al-Bakri, Governor of Nablus,…
Palestine Papers: ‘PA Delayed UN Vote On Goldstone Report’
In the latest revelation to come out of the 1,600 Palestine-Israel peace process documents leaked this week by news outlets al-Jazeera and The Guardian, a transcript from 2009 shows that…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Vehicle In Nablus
A group of extremist settlers torched, on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian vehicle in Einabus village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The vehicle was torched at approximately 3…
Erekat Names Former CIA, MI6 Agents as Source of Leaks
Speaking on the al-Jazeera program “Without Borders,” chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat named al-Jazeera reporter–and alleged former CIA agent–Clayton Swisher and former MI6 agent Alastair Crooke as the source of…
Protests Continue While Egypt’s Security Forces Resort To More Violence
As the massive protests against the Egyptian regime of America’s ally, Hosni Mubarak, continued in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities, the Egyptian Police and Security Forces have escalated their…
Israel’s Peacemakers Unmasked
For more than a decade, since the collapse of the Camp David talks in 2000, the mantra of Israeli politics has been the same: ‘There is no Palestinian partner for…
Palestine Today 01 26 2011
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An-Nabi Saleh Popular Committee Leader Beaten, Two Children Arrested
Following the arrests of Karim Saleh al-Tamimi and, his brother, Islam, the leader of the Popular Commitee Against The Wall & Settlements in Nabi Saleh, Bassam Tamimi has been arrested,…
Israeli Man Who Murdered Peace Now Activist To Be Released
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli citizen who killed an Israeli peace activist in 1983 will be set free on Wednesday. Yona Avursham, was convicted in 1983 of throwing…
Hamas: “Abbas No Longer Authorized To Negotiate On Behalf Of the Palestinians”
The Hamas movement in Gaza stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, does not represent the Palestinian people, and is no longer authorized to negotiate with Israel on behalf of the…
Two Civilians, One Officer, Killed in Egypt Protests
As massive protests swept across Egypt demanding the removal of Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and his government, two protestors and one police officer were killed, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera network reported.Thousands…
Ireland Upgrades Palestinian Mission To Embassy
On Tuesday, the Irish government announced it’s decision to upgrade the status of the Palestinian mission to the country, the official Palestinian representative office, to the level of an official…
Palestine Today 01 25 2011
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Peru Recognizes Palestinian State
Peru announced on Monday night it recognizes a Palestinian state, becoming the eighth South American country to do so amidst a growing momentum towards global recognition, media agencies reported.Peru recognized…
Rioters Attack Al-Jazeera Office in Ramallah
A crowd of angry Palestinians attacked the office of Al-Jazeera TV in the city of Ramallah, on Monday afternoon, in protest against recently leaked documents regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks,…
11 Palestinians, Including 10-year-old Child, Kidnaped By Soldiers in West Bank
Israeli soldiers conducted an arrest campaign in the occupied West bank city on Tuesday and kidnapped ten Palestinians including a 10-year-old child. Local sources reported that soldiers kidnapped the child…
A Statement by a Group of Palestinian Youths Regarding the PA Crackdown of Tunisia Solidarity Rally
Palestinian Authority Police Sabotage Solidarity with Tunis Event in Ramallah and Confiscate Tunisian Flag Occupied Palestine – Ramallah – January 20, 2011 Palestinian security forces sabotaged an event that was…
Palestinian Authority Sabotages Tunisia Rally in Ramallah
Last Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority refused to grant permission to a group of Palestinian activists for a solidarity rally with the people of Tunisia for their overthrow of the Tunisian…
Abbas: “Al Jazeera Report Mixed Between Israeli Proposals, Palestinian Demands”
Describing the report of the Qatar-based News Agency, Al Jazeera, as shameful, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the report is misleading as it mixed between what Israel is proposing…
Barhoum: “Fateh Is Dropping The Right Of Return”, Fateh Denies Al Jazeera Report
Fawzi Barhoum, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that the cables published by the Al Jazeera TV in Qatar prove that the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West…
Israel Concludes Tunnel Linking Silwan With the “Western Wall”
Uzi Dahari, in charge of the so-called Israeli Antiques Authorities, stated on Monday at night that the digging of a tunnel that links Silwan Arab town in East Jerusalem with…
Army Absolves Two Soldiers Who Committed Two Separate Roadblock Killings
The Israeli Military Central Command absolved on Monday two Israeli soldiers who shot and killed two Palestinians at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank. The army said that the…
Palestine Today 01 24 2011
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Newly Leaked Documents Show A Weakened PA Willing To Give Up East Jerusalem
Documents reveal PA made series of concessions to Israel negotiators; East Jerusalem was offered and rejected since it didn’t include settlements in West Bank.Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to concede almost…
Settlers Attack Internationals Escorting Palestinians In South Hebron Hills
On Sunday, settlers assaulted internationals while they were escorting Palestinians to their pasture to graze their herds in Um al Hir , a Beduoin village in South Hebron Hills.Settlers threw…
14 Year Old Boy Arrested By Israeli Military In Night Raid In Nabi Saleh
On Sunday night, the Israeli army raided the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh for the third time in two weeks and arrested a 14 year old boy.Last week, the army…
Gaza Flotilla Survivors Respond To Turkel Commission Report
After Israel released a report absolving its forces from wrongdoing in an attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla last year that left nine aid workers dead, survivors of the attack…
Israel’s Internal Inquiry Into Killing Of Humanitarian Aid Workers Finds No Wrongdoing
The commission created by the Israeli government to ‘investigate’ the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters in May 2010 has issued its first report, claiming that…
Two Settlers, Detained By P.A Police In Nablus, Handed Over To Israel
After a group of extremist settlers went to the northern West Bank city of Nablus reportedly to visit Joseph’s Tomb, when Palestinian police arrested two of them as they did…
Two Workers Wounded By Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that two workers were shot and wounded by Israeli army fire south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The sources…
For Gaza’s Children, the Trauma never ends
The Sept. 6, 2010 issue of the leading German newspaper Der Spiegel included the article ‘Studies Show Nurture at Least as Important as Nature’ by Joerge Blech on the findings…
Lieberman’s “solution” : Palestinians will be forced to live on 13% of their original land
The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, known for his controversial stance advocating the ‘transfer’ of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, has drafted his own map to “solve” the Israel-Palestine conflict, in…
Palestinian Worker Killed, Two Injured East Of Gaza City
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that a worker was killed and two other were wounded in an explosion that took place near the Israeli border fence east in Al…
Zahhar: “We Run Shalit File In Total Confidentiality”
Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated that the issue of the captured prisoner-of-war, Gilad Shalit, is a sensitive matter that is being dealt with in utmost confidentiality, and added that…
Protestors in Gaza Hurl Eggs, Shoes, at Visiting French FM
After the French Foreign Minister, Michelle Alliot-Marie, arrived in Gaza two days ago, a number of protesters hurled eggs and their shoes at her vehicle in protest to her statements…
Ban Ki-moon Says Israeli Settlements Are An Obstacle To Peace
On Friday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, told a UN Committee that Israel has put up barriers to peace with its continued construction of settlements on Palestinian…
Anti-Wall demonstrations in four West Bank villages attacked by Israeli military
At the non-violent anti-Wall protests which took place on Friday afternoon, Israeli troops fired CS gas and other so-called ‘non-lethal’ weapons at demonstrators in Bil’in, Nil’in, and Nabi Saleh villages…
This Week in Palestine week 3 2011
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Palestinian-Israeli Critically Wounded after Israeli Soldiers Open Fire at West Bank Checkpoint
On Thursday night, Israeli soldiers critically wounded a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship who had approached a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron.According to an investigation of the…
Quds 5 Solidarity Convoy Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Authorities allowed on Thursday evening the Al Quds 5 solidarity convoy to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Palestinian Fighter Killed In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Jenin
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that one of its fighters was killed on Thursday afternoon during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Jenin, in…
Clinton: “Washington Opposes Security Council Move Against Israeli Settlement Activities”
U.S Secretary Of State, Hilary Clinton stated Thursday that the White House rejects the proposal that was submitted by the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations in an attempt to…
Pchr Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian Civilian Killed, 8 Wounded By Israeli Troops This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13-19 January 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Palestine Today 01 20 2011
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Settlers Plant Trees Near Nablus
On Thursday a group of settlers planted dozens of trees in the evacuated settlement of Homesh, west of Nablus, near the Palestinian village of BurqaHomesh was the site of an…
FM Malki Condemns Land Rush in Jerusalem
In an interview with Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on Thursday Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki condemned the ‘land rush’ and ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem,Malkim told the newspaper that, ‘The occupation’s…
Haniyya’s Facebook Page Removed
The fan page of Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, has been removed from Facebook, the Palestinian Information Center reported. In reaction to the removal of…
UK Labour Friends of Israel to Re-Launch
In an admission that Israel is losing the public relations battle in the UK with the Palestinians, Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), is to change tack and re-launch itself.Under the…
Over 200 Graves to Be Destroyed in Jerusalem’s Islamic Cemetery
Jerusalem’s municipality ordered the excavation of around 200 graves in the city’s largest Islamic cemetery, The Palestinian Information Centre reported. A request by Jerusalem municipality and Land Administration to excavate…
Troops Attack House Near Jenin, Eight Palestinians Arrested in Southern Hebron
Israeli soldiers tear gassed a house in a village near Jenin, on Wednesday evening. Soldiers also arrested eight young Palestinians including five minors in the south of Hebron, the PNN…
Israel Claims Palestinian Woman Died Of Previous Health Condition, Medical Reports State Otherwise
The Israeli army issued a report claiming that Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who was killed by the army more than two weeks ago during a nonviolent protest against the Wall in…
Israeli Committee Likely To Find Israel Not Guilty
According to the Jerusalem Post a source working closely with the Turkel Committee said on Thursday that its members were likely to find Israel innocent of war crimes when they…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Army Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday at noon, a Palestinian youth near the Dotan military roadblock, near the Mivo Dotan illegal settlement, south of the northern West Bank city…
Four Fishermen Kidnapped In Palestinian Waters In Southern Gaza
The Israeli Navy kidnapped attacked late on Wednesday at night a Palestinian fishing boat in Palestinian territorial waters, near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
Cement, 20 New Vehicles, To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Authorities Decided on Thursday to allow twenty 20 new vehicles into the Gaza Strip via the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Crossing, in addition to allowing the entry…
Soldier Who Shot Sleeping Palestinian Man Exonerated
The Israeli Army reported Wednesday that the soldier who repeatedly shot a 65-year-old Palestinian man, while he slept in his bed on January 7th, has been exonerated, while the soldier…
Finland shopping for ‘battle-tested’ Israeli weaponry
Finland’s Ministry of Defense has narrowed the field in its competition to provide the Finnish army with mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Of the five remaining bidders, four are Israeli…
Army Eyes At Demolishing Palestinian Village To Expand Settlement
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday “Khirbit At Taweel”, a small village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed the residents military orders to demolish their clay homes…
Dozens Of Palestinians Injured in East Jerusalem Clashes
Medical sources reported on Wednesday at night that dozens of Palestinian residents were injured in clashes that took place in Silwan neighborhood, Ras Al Amoud, and the Shu’fat Refugee camp…
Palestine Today 01 19 2011
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Data Shows Israeli Arabs Work Longer Hours,Yet Earn Less Than Jews
According to 2008 data, the average gross salary per household was much lower for Arabs – NIS 8,818, compared to NIS 14,242 for Jews.Data from 2008 that was recently released…
WZO Settlements Division Back With Netanyahu
The World Zionist Organisation’s (WZO) Settlements Division is again under the control of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office after a period of nearly four years with the Agriculture Ministry. The…
Soldiers Kidnap 14 Members Of Fateh, PFLP
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn more than 14 Palestinian youths, all under the age of 21, apparently for their affiliation with the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas,…
Racism In Jewish Schools; “A Dead Arab Is A Good Arab”
A number of teachers working in Jewish Schools in Israel stated that more instances of racism are reaching alarming levels as more students are expressing their views that exceeded their…
Barak Announced His New-Born Party, Independence
After publicly announcing his resignation from the Labor Party, Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, announced on Monday the birth of a new party, running under his command, called “Independence Party”.…
Saed Bannoura Speaking To Stanford Journalism Students
This is a video of IMEMC Editor-in-Chief, Saed Bannoura, speaking to Middle East Journalism Students at Stanford University. This video was filmed and edited by two Middle East Journalism students,…
Palestinian Killed, Two Children Wounded In Israeli Bombardment of Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was killed and two children were wounded , after the Israeli army bombarded an area in…
For The First Time, PLO Mission In DC Raises Flag Outside Office Building
In a symbolic move towards the recognition of an independent Palestinian State, the Palestinian mission in Washington raised the Palestinian flag outside its office building. Maan Erekat, the Palestinian envoy…
Palestine Today 01 18 2011
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UN and EU Call for Protection of Palestinians in Jerusalem
According to a report by IRIN, UN agencies and European Union (EU) officials in the occupied Palestine are calling for the implementation of international humanitarian law to protect the Palestinian…
President Medvedev to Confirm Russian Recognition of Palestine
Prior to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called the trip “historic” and a top negotiator said he expected Medvedev to…
European countries may recognize Palestinian state – Shin Bet
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yuval Diskin said on Tuesday that he believed that international recognition of a Palestinian state will spread.In remarks during a meeting of the Knesset’s…
Interpal Replies to Report on Blacklisting of 163 Foreign Charities
Interpal has responded in writing to a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, published last week, regarding Israel’s ban on 163 foreign charities suspected of ‘supporting terrorism’, the Middle East…
Three Youths Injured in Blast in Southern Gaza
Three young Palestinians were injured on Tuesday morning after the explosion of an unknown ordnance in the southern Gaza strip, local sources reported. Medical officials said the blast took place…
Israeli BDS Group Takes Credit for Vanessa Paradis Cancellation
Boycott From Within, Israeli based Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) group, is taking credit for the recent Tel Aviv appearance cancellation of the French pop star, Vanessa Paradis. The group,…
3 Palestinians Detained in Hebron-area by Israeli Forces
On Tuesday morning, the homes of three men in the southern West Bank towns of Beit Ummar and Adh-Dhahiriya were raided and searched by Israeli forces, resulting in the men’s…
Ethiopians Seeking Israeli Citizenship Arrive in Israel
A group of 175 Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage arrived in Israel on Monday, with the intention of becoming citizens of the Jewish state.A second group made up of another…
According to Netanyahu Aides, Labor Party Exit will Help Advance Peace Process
On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides said the Prime Minister believes that the Labor Party split will actually help move forward the peace talks with the Palestinians.According to Netanyahu,…
Arab Nations Decide to Submit Draft Resolution on Settlements
Arab envoys resolved to present a formal draft resolution opposing Israel’s illegal settlement construction at the UN Security Council, AFP reported on Tuesday. Tunisia’s UN envoy Ghazi Jomaa told reporters…
Palestine Today 01 17 2011
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Nof Zion to Remain in Jewish Hands
Israeli supermarket magnate Rami Levy has made made a successful bid to take over development of the Nof Zion settlement project being built near the Palestinan neighbourhood of Jabal Al…
Rabbis Call for Extermination Camps
An article in the Israeli Jewish Orthodox publication ‘Fountains of Salvation’, which purports to be a ‘family magazine’, suggests that Israel will create death camps for Palestinians in order to…