IHH Pulls Out Of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2’ due to technical problems
The Turkish Organisation IHH has said that its ship, the Mavi Marmara, will not be taking part in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2 because of technical problems with its ship.…
Ex Israeli Soldier, Eden Aberjil, will not face Charges for Controversial Pictures
Israeli Deputy State Prosecuter, Shai Nitzan, has judged that the state will not take proceedings against Israeli military soldier, Eden Aberjil, over photographs posted on Aberjil’s Facebook page in which…
Israeli Military trains for potential Palestinian Protests in September
Israeli police are taking part in a 3-day training exercise to prepare for potential large-scale Palestinian protests in September following Palestinian moves towards UN recognition of statehood. The exercise is…
Lieberman: “We Will Cancel All Peace Accords Should Palestinians Declare State”
Israeli Foreign minister and leader of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated during his meeting with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, that Israel will void all related…
Herzog: “U.S. Does Not Even Want To Hear Netanyahu’s Name”
Labor Party member of Knesset, Yitzhak Herzog, stated that he recently met with a number of American government officials close to president Barack Obama. They allegedly told him that they…
PCHR Weekly Report: One Dead, Four Wounded By Israeli Troops And Settlers
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 09– 15 June 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Egypt Denies The Entry Of Six Out Of Eight Buses Carrying Gazan Passengers
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that the Egyptian Border Authorities only allowed two out of eight passenger buses to cross through the Rafah Border Terminal, located…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Orchards Near Nablus
On Thursday evening, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers torched Palestinian Olive orchards near the illegal Itamar settlement, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Douglas, in charge of…
4 Israelis Killed, At Least 50 Injured In Netanya Blast
Israeli medical sources reported that a blast late on Thursday night occurred in a building in Netanya leading to the death of four Israelis while at least 50 were injured.…
Palestinian Worker Seriously Wounded After Being stabbed By Israeli Assailant
A Palestinian worker was seriously injured on Thursday after being attacked and stabbed by an Israeli man in Netanya, in the north of the country. The injured worker was identified…
Palestine Today 06 16 2011
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Freedom Flotilla 2 To Sail Irrespective Of IHH Participation, Claims Organisers
The organizers of the “Freedom Flotilla 2” have said they intend to sail irrespective of Turkish organization IHH’s participation, according to Haaretz.Organizers of the upcoming “Freedom Flotilla 2” due to…
Israeli Arms Companies Report $7.2 Billion In Exports for 2010
JPost reports that Israeli military companies sold a total of $7.2 billion worth of military hardware abroad and a further $2.4 billion to the IDF in 2010, according to the…
Hamas Detain Fatah Official In Gaza
Fatah have complained that one of its officials in Gaza, Abu A’itah, was detained in Gaza by Hamas security forces, according to Maan. Fatah officials have complained that the detention…
Jordan’s King Abdullah Pessimistic About Peace Talks. Netanyahu Claims Conflict Is Unsolvable.
Jordan’s King Abdullah has stated in an interview with the Washington Post that he is pessimistic that there will be progress on Israeli Palestinian peace talks in 2011. Speaking to…
Army Kidnaps Palestinian Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn legislator Dr. Samir Al Qadi, 55, after breaking into his home in Surif town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchards Near Ramallah
A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers torched on Wednesday at night dozens of olive trees that belong to villagers of Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of…
Limited Numbers Of Cars, Food and Construction Materials To Be Allowed Into Gaza Thursday
The Israeli Authorities decided to partially open the Kerem Shalom Crossing (Karem Abu Salem) on Thursday in order to allow into the Gaza Strip a limited number of cars, food…
Settler Who Killed Palestinian Youth Apprehended
The undercover forces of the Israeli Police stated that one of its units managed to apprehend an Israeli settler who shot and killed a Palestinian youth in January this year.…
Detainees Torch Mattresses In Protest To Detaining Mother
Palestinian political detainees at the Israeli Eshil detention center torched their mattresses in protest to detaining a mother of one of them under the pretext of carrying “unpermitted luggage” for…
Israeli troops attack anti-Wall protest near Ramallah, injuring seven
According to local sources, Israeli forces attacked a non-violent action by Palestinian men, women and children trying to block Israeli bulldozers from bulldozing their farmland and orchards on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses reported…
Palestine Today 06 15 2011
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Report: Palestinians spend high percentage of income on basic necessities
A new report by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Palestinians spend more than one third of their income on foodstuffs and only 1.5% on recreation and…
Conflicting Reports On Syria’s Involvement In Border Clashes During Nakba and Naksa Day
The UN Disengagement Force have reported their findings that Syria allowed Palestinian Refugees access to the Syria-Israeli occupied Golan border. The report also concluded however that Syrian officials did not…
Turkish Group Reconsiders Its Role In Freedom Flotilla 2
The Turkish organisation IHH has said it is reconsidering its participation in the planned “Freedom Flotilla 2” set to sail for Gaza on June 27th. The group has sighted recent…
Netanyahu Seeks To Form Block Of 30 To Counter To Palestinian UN Bid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his intent to create a block of 30 to 50 countries against the Palestinian move to declare statehood in the United Nations in…
Israel Readies To Attack Freedom Flotilla 2
Israeli media sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army and the navy are intensifying their training and preparing plans to intercept and attack the Freedom Flotilla 2 should it try…
Israeli troops invade Nablus area, abduct 8 Palestinians
According to local sources, several squadrons of Israeli soldiers invaded the Nablus region at around 2:30 am Wednesday morning, abducting 8 Palestinians from their homes.The soldiers invaded the villages of…
Army Attacks Political Prisoners In Qidar Prison, Four Injured
Israel soldiers attacked on Tuesday the Qidar Prison, and violently attacked Palestinian political prisoners before transferring more than half of them to the Ramon detention facility; at least four detainees…
Israeli FM Calls New Peace Initiative ‘Naïve’
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli Army radio on Tuesday that focusing the international Mid-East policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was, ‘naive.’Lieberman pointed to events in other countries including…
German Development Minister Visits Gaza
German Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, visited the Gaza Strip, the stronghold of the Hamas movement, on Tuesday, and praised the reconciliation and unity agreement between the Fateh movement of President…
Fateh, Hamas, Agree On New PM, To Hold Another Round Of Talks Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Fateh and Hamas movements held in Cairo their first meeting to implement the National Unity Agreement, and agreed to hold the next round of talks next Tuesday,…
Settlers Hurl Stones At Palestinian Homes In Hebron
Dozens of fundamentalist Israeli settlers, living in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, hurled on Tuesday at night, stones at five Palestinian homes in the city while chanting racist…
Palestine Today 006 14 2011
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Village Homes Demolished In Jordan Valley
According to residents, ten Bedouin homes were demolished on Tuesday morning in the Jordan valley area, leaving dozens homeless. The small village of Fasayil, north of Jericho was invaded by…
Wells Demolished In Hebron
The Ma’an News Agency reports that Israel demolished 5 wells in Hebron area on Tuesday morning.According to Ma’an, the wells belonged to the al-Jamal family and were located in the…
17 Year Olds Abducted By Military
The Israeli army abducted a 17-year-old boy from a village near Bethlehem, according to locals. Another was arrested near Nablus.An Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the two were arrested overnight…
Lebanese PM Forms New Government
Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, has appointed a new 30 cabinet member Lebanese government. The new government is dominated by Hezbollah allies who hold 18 of the 30 cabinet positions.The…
After Running Out Of Anesthesia, All Surgeries In Gaza Put On Hold
Dr. Atef Al Kahloot, head of the Medical Services in the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that all surgeries in hospitals across the coastal region have been put on hold until…
Palestine Today 06 13 2011
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UNRWA Puts Gaza Unemployment At 45.2%
A recent report by UNRWA has put Gaza’s unemployment at 45.2%, the highest in the World. The report says that the Israeli siege is the main cause of this high…
Israeli High Court Freezes Construction In Ofra Settlement
The Israeli high court has demanded a freeze to construction in the Jewish Israeli settlement of Ofra in the central West Bank. The Israeli high court has ordered a freeze…
Majority Of Israeli’s Unaware Of Realities Of Jordan Valley
A report by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel has released a report showing that the majority of Israelis are not aware of the legal or demographic background of…
Hamas Reject Fayyad As Interim PM
Hamas has rejected Fath’s proposal of Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad for the post of Prime Minister in the new interim government, according to Maan News Agency. Fayyad was selected by…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered During the Israeli Assault On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Saturday of wounds suffered during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip between December 28 and January 2009. Six members…
Troops Kidnap Three International Activists Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday afternoon three international peace activists participating in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar town, near the southern…
Troops Kidnap A Woman At Roadblock Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Sunday morning a Palestinian woman at the Um Al Reehan roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and claimed that she was carrying an…
Livni “Netanyahu Is A Danger To Israel”
Opposition head in Israel, leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a danger to Israel as he…
Arabs48: “Fateh’s Central Committee Fired Mohammad Dahlan”
According to a report published by the Arabs48 news Website, a confidential source within the Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, reported on Saturday at night that Fateh leader Mohammad…
Israel Prevents Jerusalem Mufti From Traveling To Jordan
The Israeli Authorities prevented Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, from travelling to Jordan to participate…
Palestinian Dies Of Electric Shock Inside A Siege-busting Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that a Palestinian youth was electrified to death while working in a siege-busting tunnel in the border area in Rafah, in the southern part of…
Army Invades Bilin Village
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday evening Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs in different directions…
Haniyya: “No Negotiations With the Enemy, No Concessions On National Rights”
Palestinian Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Friday that his movement is united and strong, and that the only language of…
Army Breaks Into Al Aqsa Mosque Yards, Fires Gas Bombs At Worshipers
The Al Aqsa Foundation for Wadf and Heritage stated Friday that Israeli soldiers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, attacked dozens of worshipers…
65-year-old Man Wounded By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and injured on Friday a 65-year-old man during clashes that took place in Kafr Malik village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, between local residents…
Hunger strike by detainee with untreated brain tumor enters second week
A Palestinian man being held in an Israeli prison has entered the second week of hunger strike after Israeli authorities refused to allow him to receive treatment for a recently-diagnosed…
This Week in Palestine week 23 2011
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Dozens Wounded In Bil’ins Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation when the Israeli army showered protestors with tear gas in the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of…
Stop Greenwashing Apartheid Makes a Breakthrough
On the occasion of Palestinian Land Day and the Global BDS Day of Action last 30th March, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) officially launched an international…
67 Children Dispossessed Or Affected By Demolitions In May
The UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has reported that the month of May shows the highest number of children made homeless or otherwise affected by Israeli demolitions in the…
Army Kidnaps Former Detainees Minister
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Friday at dawn former Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Qabha, 50, after breaking into his home in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Maan News…
Israel Plans International Response To Obstruct Palestinian Statehood
Instructions sent to Israeli embassies around the world have outlined the diplomatic and media strategy combating Palestinian attempts to declare statehood at the UN in September, according to Haaretz. Israeli…
Palestine Today 06 09 2011
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Israel Raids West Bank Towns Overnight
Maan news agency is reporting that five Palestinian men, including minors, were abducted over night during raids on West Bank towns and villages by the Israeli military. Israeli soldiers raided…
Hamas Considering Abstention From Future PA Cabinets
Sections of Hamas’s political leadership are debating proposals to stay out of future governments in the Palestinian Territories in a bid to avoid international isolation, according to AFP.Top officials in…
Divisions Arise In PA Over Plans For September
According to a report by Haaretz, based on conversations with Palestinian and UN officials, divisions between the PA leadership have emerged over plans to seek statehood at the UN in…
Poll Shows Fayyad Most Favored By Palestinians For Role Of PM
A new poll conducted by Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre has shown that incumbent Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad is the most favoured among Palestinians to lead the next unity government.…
‘East Jerusalem-Six Voices’
Israeli human rights group B’T Selem and the Gaurdian UK have released a series of short films based on life for Palestinians living under the threat of eviction and dispossession…
Palestine Today 06 08 2011
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Wine Bottles Smashed In Al-Aqsa Compound
Local sources report that a number of Jewish settlers broke into the al-Aqsa compound and began drinking wine and smashing bottles on the floor.Consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Islam…
Settlers Burn Palestinian Crops Near Hebron
The Palestine News Network reports that on Wednesday afternoon, extremist settlers set fire to crops owned by Palestinian farmers near Hebron.It is alleged that the settlers came from the settlement…
UNRWA Claims West Bank Economy Not As Healthy As Perceived
The UNRWA has released a report undermining recent media reports that the West Bank economy was booming under the PA and Israeli occupation, according to research author Salem Ajluni. The…
Rafah To Reopen Under Specified Agreement
The Rafah border crossing is to reopen following four days closure.The border between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah has reopened according to Gaza border official Ayyoub Abu Sha’ar. The border…
Palestine Today 06 07 2011
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US Seeks To Maintain Central Role In Peace Process
The US has signalled that it intends to maintain its leading position in facilitating Middle East peace talks with its announcement of discussions aimed at renewing the peace process. US…
Settlers Torch A Mosque Near Ramallah
Local residents of Al Mughayyir village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Tuesday at dawn that fundamentalist settlers set the local mosque ablaze, and wrote racist graffiti…
Three Arrested In Majdal Shams As Security Remains Tight
Three men have been arrested in the Israeli Occupied Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams according to PNN. The three were protesting those killed during protests by Palestinian refugees during…
Palestinian Mourners Clash With Security In Syria
There has been an outburst of violence between mourners of those killed at Israel’s border to Israel on Naksa Day and Palestinian resistance group Popular Front for the Liberation of…
Soldiers Kidnap Hamas Legislator in Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn Hamas legislator, member of the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc, Sheikh Ahmad Al Haj, after breaking into his home in the northern West…
Non-violence activist addresses Israeli military court
Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi’s address to Israel’s Ofer military court during his trial for organizing protests in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. A military judge refused to allow…
Report: Palestinian, Israeli Officials Hold Separate Talks With U.S Officials
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported that Palestinian and Israeli officials are holding separate underground talks with U.S. officials in Washington as part of what was described as the American efforts to…
Israel Prepares To Approve 4100 New Units For Israeli Settlers In East Jerusalem
The Israeli Interior Ministry, and the so-called Construction and Planning Committee, are preparing to officially approve 4100 units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem.A special committee, appointed two months…
Explosive Remnants Located in Villages Near Nablus
Palestinian Sources reported Monday that remnant of explosives dropped by the Israeli forces in previous invasions were located in Surra and Bazaria villages, west of the northern West Bank city…
PA Seeks WTO Membership
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in conducting preparations to ask for official membership at the World Trade Organization (WTO), or at least an observer status in the current…
Palestine Today 06 06 2011
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Palestinian Girl, 13, Detained During Visit To Her Detained Father
A 13 year old Palestinian girl has been detained during a visit to her father in a Israeli prison in the Negev Israeli detention camp. The girl, Samah Majdi Musallam,…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
A Palestinian worker was killed on Monday at dawn when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on him at the Gaza-Egypt border, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…
Tension Remains High on Syrian Border
The Israeli Army deployed dozens of additional units at the border with Syria following Sunday clashes in which the army short and killed 23 protesters marking the Naksa Day, and…
Israel Army Attacks Naksa Demonstration In Qalandia
A fresh round of violence erupted during Naksa Day in the Golan and the West Bank as Palestinians marched for the right of return to their homes in what is…
24 Killed By Israeli Fire In the Golan, 350 Injured
Syrian media sources confirmed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Sunday 24 protesters who gathered on the Syrian side of the border of the Israeli occupied Golan Heights marking…
5,000 Israelis march in Tel Aviv calling for Palestinian statehood
At a march organized by a number of Israeli center-left groups, around 5,000 protesters marched through the streets of downtown Tel Aviv Saturday night calling for a Palestinian state on…
French Activist summoned to court over Israel Boycott Video
Olivia Zemor a French national has been summoned to appear before the Paris tribunal for publishing a video on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against israel on the website…
Qabha: “Real Reconciliation Does Not Exist In The West Bank”
Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political official, Wasfi Qabha, stated that there are no real indications of reconciliation in the West Bank as the Palestinian security forces are still interrogating…
Palestinian protesters storm Gaza-Egypt border terminal
Dozens of Palestinian protesters from the Gaza Strip broke into the Rafah terminal that links between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Saturday morning.The Egyptian authorities have suddenly decided to close…
This Week in Palestine week 22 2011
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June 5th March Postponed In Lebanon
A high ranking Palestinian leader has told Lebanon Daily Star newspaper that the June 5th march by Palestinian refugees will be postponed due to pressure from the Lebanese government. The…
Sammy Ofer Dies Age 89
One of Israel’s richest businessmen, Sammy Ofer, has died in his home at the age of 89. The shipping magnate spent the last months of his life embroiled in scandal…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 wounded, including child, 44 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 May – 01 June 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Settlers Clash With Israeli Police, 11 injured
Israeli Police spokesperson, Micky Rosenfeld, stated that six Israeli policemen and five settlers were injured during violent clashes that took place on Thursday when the Israeli police dismantled an illegal…
Israeli Sources: “Peres Meets Abbas In Italy”
Visiting Italy Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting, on Thursday, with Israeli President, Shimon Peres, and the two held talks on the efforts to resume the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace…