Israel Approves 900 Settlement Units Near Bethlehem
The Israeli Regional Construction and Planning Committee approved a new settlement plan that aims at constructing 900 units for Jewish settlers in an area adjacent to Al Walaja Palestinian town…
Fighter Killed While Handling A Grenade
A Palestinian fighter was accidentally killed on Wednesday evening while handling a grenade west of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The fighter is a member of the…
Fateh Wins Bethlehem Student Senate Election, Leftist Coalition Shows Significant Boost
While Hamas and the Islamic Jihad boycotted Student Senate elections at Bethlehem University on Wednesday, Fateh movement garnered 18 seats while the leftist coalition garnered 13 seats. The leftist coalition…
Palestinian Detainee Exiled To Malaysia
Detainee Maher Odah, 48, from Ein Yabroud village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was forced into exile on Wednesday evening after the Israeli government decided to deport…
Israeli FM Could Face Fraud Charges
Israeli Attorney-General, Yehuda Weinstein, informed Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, that he is facing serious charges of money laundering, witness-tampering and fraud. Weinstein told Lieberman that he will be allowed…
Israeli Court Extends Remand Of Two Legislators For Additional Six Month
An Israeli court decided on Tuesday at night to extend the remand of two elected Palestinian legislators for additional six month under administrative detention, once again, without an indictment. Legislator…
Palestine Today 04 13 2011
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Clashes Reported In Silwan, Several Residents Wounded, One Kidnapped
Palestinian sources in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported on Wednesday morning that several residents were injured, one seriously, while one resident was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers and policemen following…
Army Kidnaps 14 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn 14 Palestinians, including children, in several West Bank areas.The invasions targeted the districts of Nablus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. In Jerusalem, soldiers broke…
European Network Denounces Extended Solitary Confinement Of Blind Palestinian Detainee
The European network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners, (UFree), denounced Tuesday an Israeli court ruling forcing a blind Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement for additional six months.The detainee…
Flowers For Export Rot In Gaza As Total Closure Continues
For the eighth straight day, Israeli officials maintained a full closure of all border crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip Tuesday, refusing to allow even the small trickle…
Israel Considers Allowing Solidarity Ships To Reach Gaza After International Search
The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of allowing solidarity ships to reach the Gaza shores as long as they undergo a thorough search by an international authority, probably Greece,…
Four Palestinians Killed In Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that four Palestinians were killed and six others were injured when a tunnel collapse on them in Al Barazil border area, in Rafah, in the…
Corrie lawsuit challenging Israeli impunity
Several Israeli soldiers testified at the witness stand in the Haifa district court earlier this week, as trial hearings continued in the case of Corrie vs. the State of Israel.…
Israeli Prosecution To Close File Of Four Civilians Shot Dead During The War On Gaza
The Israeli prosecution intends to close an investigation that was initiated to reveal the circumstances that led to the death of four Palestinian civilians, including a three-year –old child, after…
Palestine Today 04 12 2011
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Citizens From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, seven citizens from the West Bank city of Hebron.Security sources reported to Wafa News Agency that the Israeli military invaded the town of…
7,000 Palestinian Prisoners Hold One-Day Hunger Strike To Protest Conditions
According to the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, a one-day hunger strike was held on Monday to protest the conditions where Palestinian prisoners are being held by Israeli authorities, including medical…
Palestinian Youth Remain Camped Out On Hunger Strike For 17th Day
A group of Palestinian youth who began a sit-in and hunger strike in Ramallah 17 days ago say they will continue the strike until the Palestinian Authority releases political prisoners,…
Three Residents From Awarta Abducted Near Ramallah
Israeli troops abducted on Tuesday at dawn three residents from Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after surrounding and breaking into their rented apartment in Betunia,…
Netanyahu Considers Partial Withdrawal of Troops from West Bank
As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the state of Palestine in September, Israeli sources report that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees In Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted and destroyed more than 45 olive trees that belong to the residents of Beit Ummar village, near the southern West Bank city of…
Netanyahu: “Gaza Flotilla, A Provocation”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Monday that the Freedom Flotilla solidarity ships, planning to send aid and humanitarians supplies to the Gaza Strip, are a provocation that must be…
Director of Jerusalem Media Center Detained by Israeli Troops
After filming an Israeli jeep blocking traffic and driving through pedestrians in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, Muhammed Sadeq of the Jerusalem Media Center was detained by Israeli forces, then…
Village of Awarta Under Curfew During Israeli Settlement Expansion Ceremony
In a cornerstone-laying ceremony Sunday, hundreds of Israeli settlers gathered to commemorate the night one month ago when five members of a family, including a baby, were stabbed to death…
Palestine Today 04 11 2011
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Israeli Military Demolishes a Water Well and a Farm In Bethlehem
Israeli military forces demolished a water well designed to collect rain water and an agricultural structure in al-Khader village southwest of Bethlehem on Monday. The well and the building belong…
PA: Palestinians Are Ready For Statehood By September
Palestinian Prime Minister of the care-taker government said Monday that Palestinians are now ready for statehood in September 2011.’I believe that our governing institutions have now reached a high state…
Lieberman: We should not settle for truce with Hamas
Israel should not invest efforts in settling for truce with Hamas in Gaza and should instead try to topple Hamas’ government in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdore Lieberman said on…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Palestinian Fishing Boats
The Israeli Navy opened fired on Sunday evening at Palestinian fishing boats near the Khan Younis port, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, but no…
Eighteen Palestinians Killed By Israeli Shells Since Thursday
The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Saturday evening the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing one member of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades. Eighteen Palestinians were killed and nearly…
Palestinian Factions Resume Firing Homemade Shells Into Israel, Causing No Injuries
After Palestinian factions declared a ceasefire Thursday, saying they would stop firing homemade shells if Israeli forces ceased its airstrikes, Israeli forces killed ten Palestinians in airstrikes, including a young…
This Week in Palestine week 14 2011
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Israel Fears West Bank Escalation
Israeli military leaders expressed fears that the current state of calm in the West Bank, induced by the tight security cooperation with the Palestinian Security Forces, could collapse at any…
Despite Ceasefire Declared by Palestinian Factions, Army Bombards More Areas In Gaza
Despite the fact that the Palestinian factions, including the Hamas movement, in Gaza declared a ceasefire with Israel starting Thursday midnight, the Israeli army bombarded several areas, and carried out…
Palestinian Factions In Gaza Declare Ceasefire
Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip declared a ceasefire starting at 11 p.m. on Thursday. The declaration came following a day of escalation that led to the death of five…
Five Palestinians Killed, 40 Injured By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that five Palestinians were killed and at least 40 residents, including children, were wounded in several Israeli air strikes and…
Two Israelis Hurt In a Mortar Attack In Southern Israel
Israeli sources reported Thursday that two Israelis, including a 16-year-old school student, were injured when a mortar shell, fired from Gaza struck a school bus in a settlement adjacent to…
Palestine Today 04 07 2011
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Army Demolishes Two Homes In Aqaba Village
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the Aqaba village, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, declared it as a closed military zone, demolished two homes bulldozers internal…
Army Detains Hundreds Of Palestinians Near Nablus, Conducts DNA Tests
Qais Awwad, head of the Awarta village Council, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stated that Israeli soldiers invaded Awarta and detained hundreds of residents, including more than…
Thousands Participate In The Funeral Of Slain Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaker
Thousands of Palestinian participated on Wednesday in the funeral ceremony of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaker who was shot dead by a masked gunman on Monday in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin…
Army Bombards Gaza, One Resident Wounded
The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Wednesday night after midnight several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to excessive damage; at least one resident was injured.Three consecutive air strikes were…
Army Confiscates Tractors In The Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers confiscated on Wednesday several agricultural tractors that belong to Palestinian residents on the Jordan Valley, and took them to a nearby illegal settlement. Local sources reported that the…
Egypt To Invite Palestinian Officials For Unity Talks
Egyptian sources reported Wednesday that the new Egyptian government will host several Palestinian officials in Cairo in the coming few days. The talks will focus on efforts to achieve internal…
Army Invades Awarta, Imposes Curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday evening Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew after sealing the village, and abducted several residents. Local sources reported that…
Palestinian Police Charge Former Fighter With Murder Of Israeli Peacemaker
The police force of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank arrested a man Tuesday who was identified by eyewitnesses as the masked man who shot well-known Israeli-Palestinian peacemaker, actor…
Palestine Today 04 06 2011
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HRW Report Details PA & Hamas Attacks on Journalists
Human Rights Watch has released a report, on Wednesday, claiming that both the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza carry out repeated attacks on the freedom…
Israeli Soldiers Abducts Three Residents From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Wednesday morning, three Palestinians from the town of Hebron, while a group of Israeli settlers plowed Palestinian lands in the east of Yatta, south of…
Obama: “Middle East Peace Initiative Needed”
U.S. President, Barack Obama, stated on Tuesday that “the wind of change is upon the Middle East”, and that the new changes require a much harder work in order to…
Palestinian Children Demand International Protection
Hundreds of children in the Gaza Strip participated in a Tuesday event organized by the Palestinian Ministry of Sports and Education – The General Administration of Children’s Affairs, demanding the…
Egypt Releases 13 Palestinian Detainees
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that 13 Palestinians, who were imprisoned by Egypt, were released while twelve of them managed to cross into Gaza. One…
Army Bombards Gaza, Four Palestinians Injured
The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Wednesday at dawn several areas in the Gaza Strip causing damage while at least four Palestinians, including two children sand a pregnant woman, were…
Palestine Today 04 05 2011
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Palestinian Killed in Gaza Buffer Zone
A Palestinian man has been killed in the buffer zone of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. The Israeli military has claimed that they shot the man as he was armed,…
Gazan Engineer Formally Charged By Israel
Dirar Abu Sisi, the Gazan engineer who was abducted by Israeli security personnel whilst traveling by train through the Ukraine, has been formally charged by an Israeli court on Monday.The…
6 Detained from Awarta
Six men were detained, Tuesday morning, in the village of Awarta, Ma’an News reports.The six men’s homes were raided, searched, and finally resulted in their detention. The group includes three…
Goldstone To Visit Israel
Only a few days after retracting his report on Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, South African Judge, Richard Goldstone, said will be happy to visit Israel next summer, starting…
UN Council: Will Not Retract Goldstone Report Due To Op-Ed By Chief Investigator
Richard Goldstone, the Chief Investigator of the UN Human Rights Council’s investigation into war crimes and violations by Israel and Hamas during Israel’s 2008-9 invasion of Gaza, created a diplomatic…
Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaker Killed By Masked Man In Jenin
Juliano Meir-Khamis, a well-known Israeli actor and co-director of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, was shot to death in his car Monday, just outside his theatre in Jenin refugee camp, in…
Suffering From Cancer, Child Detainee Released From Israeli Prison
Palestinian sources reported Monday that detainee Mustafa Shihab Abdul-Wahab, 16 years old, from a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was released from an Israeli detention facility…
PCHR Highlights Key Issues Relating to Report of UN Fact-finding Mission on Gaza Conflict
In light of the media debate and confusion triggered by Justice Richard Goldstone’s 1 April opinion piece in the Washington Post, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) wishes to…
Palestine Today 04 04 2011
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UNRWA Reports Record House Demolitions By Israel
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reports that Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and other buildings reached a record high in March.According to UNRWA, 76 buildings were demolished…
Army Invades Bil’in
Under the pretext of searching for international peace activists, Israeli soldiers and policemen invaded on Monday at dawn Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into…
Israel plans expansion of several West Bank settlements
A committee of the Israeli Jerusalem municipal government began on Monday to implement a plan to expand the illegal settlement of Gilo, located on the land of the Palestinian town…
Hearing resumes in case of non-violent activist killed by Israeli bulldozer
After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court resumed a hearing on Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel…
Goldstone Flip-flops After Talk With Racist Zionists
Richard Goldstone and I attended the same event last week – he as an honored guest, and I as an ordinary audience member. It was a debate on the Goldstone…
Non-violent marches attacked in at least 4 Palestinian towns
Weekly non-violent anti-Wall protests in a number of towns across the West Bank on Friday, including Bil’in, Nil’in, al Ma’sara and Nabi Saleh, were attacked by Israeli forces wielding tear…
Three Fighters Assassinated In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force assassinated, after midnight on Friday night, three fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, north of Khan Younis, in the southern…
Two States Is Dead: The UN Refugee Resolution Shows the Way
A Palestinian state alongside Israel has never been further from reality than it is today. Negotiations for a two-state solution have again capsized despite the Palestinian coup regime’s pronounced wish…
Major London Retailer For Ahava Dead Sea Salts Forced To Close; Boycott Campaign Claims Credit
After a 2-year long campaign that involved bi-weekly protests, consumer education and petitions challenging the Ahava company’s illegal theft of Palestinian land and resources, British activists are now claiming credit…
Israel Calls On UN To Prevent Planned Aid Flotilla To Gaza
The Israeli Prime Minister called the head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on Friday to insist that the UN intervene to stop an international humanitarian aid mission that is…
This Week in Palestine week 13 2011
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Army Kidnaps A Hamas Leader In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday evening, Mohammad Ahmad Rayyan, a political leader of the Hamas movement in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Rayyan’s arrest comes a few days after…
Peres, Obama, To Meet In Washington
The White House announced that U.S. President, Barack Obama, will be holding a meeting with Israeli President, Shimon Peres, next Tuesday April 5th in Washington. The White House said that…
Hamas: “Israel Is Deluding Its People, Obstructing Swap Deal”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release accusing Israel, and its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of acting to sabotage internationally-mediated talks that aims at conducting a prisoner-swap deal. The…
Abu Zuhri Accuses Fateh Of Plotting To Spread Chaos In Gaza
Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, claimed that the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas “has plans to drag the Gaza Strip into insecurity…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Resistance Fighters Killed; 43 Civilians Abducted By Israeli Forces This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24-30 March 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Tunnel Accident
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, issued a press release stating that one of its fighters was killed on Thursday evening when a tunnel collapsed…
Palestine Today 03 31 2011
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