Palestine Today 02 29 2012
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Army Invades Ramallah, Shutsdown Local TV Station
The Israeli military targeted on Wednesday Watan TV, a local Palestinian television station broadcasting from the central West Bank city…
Israeli troops kill alleged gun smuggler on Israel-Egypt border
An Egyptian man was killed Tuesday by Israeli troops while attempting to cross into Israel. Israeli sources report that a…
Israeli Troops Arrest 20 Palestinians During Wide-Scale Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Invasions on Wednesday morning were reported in northern and southern West Bank, local sources announced that the morning invasions of…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved Back To Security Detainees Facility
The Israeli Prison Administration moved, on Tuesday, hunger-striking female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, to the security prisoners branch of the Ha-Sharon…
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Over Olympia Food Co-op Boycott Of Israeli Goods
A Washington State court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against current and former members of the Olympia Food Co-op board…
Palestine Today 02 28 2012
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Gaza Power Plant Goes Offline Due To Fuel Shortage
Palestinian officials told IMEMC on Tuesday that the lack of fuel has caused the only Power Plant in Gaza to…
PLO Considers Halting Security Coordination with Israel
Yasser Abed Rabbo, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), announced Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority…
Army Clashes With Gunmen At Border With Egypt
The Israeli Army Radio reported Tuesday that Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with a group of gunmen on the Egyptian-Israeli border,…
Detainee “Adnan” Undergoes Surgery
Sheikh Khader Adnan, who ended his hunger strike last week after 66 days after Israel agreed to release him this…
The Israeli Military Arrest Five civilians; Settlers Attack a Palestinian Village
Israeli forces invaded on Tuesday morning Jenin refugee camp, in northern West Bank and arrested five civilians while in a…
Israeli government confirms plan for segregated settler train system
On Monday, Israeli officials announced their intention to construct a train system for Israeli settlers living in violation of international…
Dozens Of Settlers Attack Home In Burin, Cut Olive Trees
Palestinian sources reported that dozens of armed Israeli settlers attacked, on Monday evening, a home in Burin village, near the…
Al-Quds Conference Decides To Head To UN
The Al-Quds Conference, held in Doha – Qatar, concluded its deliberations on Monday with a decision to head to the…
US Students campaign for release of nonviolent activist Fadi Quran
After Israeli forces pepper sprayed and abducted US citizen and non-violent activist Fadi Quran on Friday, a group of students…
Palestine Today 02 27 2012
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Japanese Distributer Ends Contract With AHAVA
DaitoCrea, Japanese agent of the Israeli cosmetics firm, AHAVA, announced on their Webpage that it has ended all sales of…
School Children Organize Solidarity Protest with Detainee Shalabi
As Palestinian Political Detainee Hana Ash-Shalabi entered her twelfth day of open-ended hunger strike on Monday, school children and teachers…
Fateh: Hamas Must Allow the Elections Committee to Operate in Gaza
The Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, demanded on Monday that the Palestinian elections committee be allowed to conduct the…
During Israeli Invasions; Medic Injured, Eight Palestinians Arrested
A Palestinian Medic was injured on Sunday evening, while eight Palestinian civilians were arrested on Monday morning during separate Israeli…
Palestinian Who Was Repeatedly Rammed By Settler Vehicle Sentenced To 12.5 Years
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced on Sunday resident Waseem Maswada, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to…
Heavy Israeli Military Clampdown in Jerusalem
Many Jerusalem Streets and its surrounding towns witnessed Heavy Israeli Military Procedures early Sunday Morning. Israeli Soldiers and their Machines…
Islamic-Christian Committee Calls For Protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Islamic-Christian Committee for Protecting Jerusalem and the Holy Sites, called on the Arab, Islamic and international countries to intervene…
Troops Invade Nabi Saleh Village
Israeli troops invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke…
Detainee Shalabi Enters Her Eleventh Day Of Hunger Strike
Female detainee, Hana Ash-Shalabi, entered her eleventh day of open-ended hunger strike at her cell at the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison,…
Israel To Grab 21 Dunums In Salfit
Aziz Aasi, mayor of Qarawat Bani Hassan stated, Saturday, that the Israeli army issued a new order to takeover privately-owned…
New Video Showing Israeli Soldiers Abusing A Cuffed, Blindfolded Palestinian
A new video showing Israeli soldiers abusing Ashraf Abu Rahma, who was cuffed and blindfolded, was released after being shot…
Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp In Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of…
Palestinian Killed, 6 Injured in Clashes Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that one resident was killed and four were residents were wounded, two seriously,…
This Week in Palestine week 8 2012
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Clashes Took Place At The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian sources reported Friday that clashes took place between dozens of youths at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 25 Palestinians wounded, 21 abducted in 74 Israeli incursions
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 –…
Israeli Jets Target Gaza, Two Palestinian Fighters Injured
On Friday morning, two Palestinian fighters were slightly injured as an Israeli air strike targeted a group of Palestinian fighters…
Female Detainee Declares Hunger Strike
Palestinian Researcher, specialized in Detainees Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that female detainee Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalaby, 28, declared hunger strike after…
Extremist Israeli MK Denied US Visa For Terror Affiliation
Extremist far-right Israeli Member of Knesset, Michael Ben Ari, of the fundamentalist National Union Party (Ichud Leumi), was denied a…
Palestine Today 02 23 2012
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Open letter from North American organizations
New York, NY, February 21 2012 – More than 20 organizations representing human rights activists and artists around the United…
Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And Daughter
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to…
Under-reported Palestinian Political Prisoners: An Urgent Matter For Peace
The situation of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails gets very little coverage in the mainstream media, in contrast…
Palestine Today 02 22 2012
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Palestinian Factions to meet in Cairo Thursday
Palestinian leaders are set to meet in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Thursday to follow up the reconciliation agreement…
Israeli Prison’s Authority Move 120 Prisoners To Unknown Location
One day after the deal between the Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan who ended his hunger-strike after 66 days, the Israeli…
Zahalka: “Lieberman’s Statements Reveal Israel’s Racist Nature”
Arab Member of Knesset (MK), Jamal Zahalka, of the National Democratic Assembly, strongly denounced the statements of Israeli Foreign Minister,…
Army Invades Al-Khader, Clashes reported
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Al-Khader town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired rubber-coated metal…
Haniyya: “Gaza Electricity Crisis To Be Resolved Soon”
Ismail Haniyya, head of the Hamas-led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, stated that the electricity crisis in the Gaza…
66-day hunger strike ends after Israel agrees to free Khader Adnan
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike on Tuesday after meeting with Israeli officials who pledged…
Palestine Today 02 21 2012
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Journalists light 66 candles in solidarity with the imprisoned Khader Adnan
On Monday evening, in the field of Martyr Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, a number of Palestinian journalists lit 66 candles…
Qalandia Refugee Camp Struggling Amidst Power Outages
Jerusalem Governor, Abudallah Siam, and the representative of the Jerusalem Electricity Company, held a meeting to discuss the repeated power…
Court To Look Into Adnan’s Appeal Tuesday
Lawyer of detainee, Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike since 65 days, stated that the Israeli Supreme Court…
Palestine Today 02 20 2012
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Jerusalem Church Vandalised with Graffiti Inciting Hatred Against Christians
Racist graffiti has been sprayed on a church in Jerusalem on Monday in the third such incident in the past…
PCHR Calls upon the International Community to Save the Life of the Detainee Khader Adnan
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned for the life of Khader Adnan, a detainee in Israeli jails,…
Palestinians Foil Settlers Attack On Al-Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of Palestinian residents foiled, on Sunday morning, an attempt by dozens of fundamentalist Israeli settlers to break into the…
Father, Mother, Their Two Children Injured In Further Israeli Strikes On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Sunday at dawn, that a father, mother and their two children,…
Two Injured After Army Bombarded Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents were wounded, on Saturday evening, when the Israeli Air…
Detainees In Ramon Punished For Protesting Abuse
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that Palestinian political detainees held at the Ramon Israeli prison, are being punished…
Adnan Still On Hunger-Strike At Galilee Hospital
Sahar Francis Lawyer of the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Ad-Dameer, visited on Friday, detainee Khader Adnan who has…
This Week in Palestine week 7 2012
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Thousands Protest In Support Of The Political Prisoners
Thousands of protestors rallied in the Gaza strip and the West Bank on Friday in support of Islamic Jihad leader…
Journalist Released After Eight Years In Israeli Prisons
Journalist Ya’qoub al-Hotary was released, on Friday, from an Israeli detention facility after spending eight years in different Israeli detention…
Army Invades al-Isawiyya In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday in a pre-dawn raid, al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem and broke into several homes, starting…
PCHR Weekly Report: Elderly man killed, 18 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 09 –…
Hamas Slams Israeli Attacks Against Elected MP’s
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release denouncing the Israeli army’s attacks against homes and officers of elected Palestinian…
Israeli Extremists On Facebook Celebrate Death of Palestinian Children Killed In Traffic Accident
Earlier on Thursday morning, 9 Palestinian children and one adult were killed, and 42 were wounded in a tragic traffic…
Report: “Israeli Army Killed 114, including 15 Children, In 2011”
A report released and published by the Mezan Center for Human Rights stated that Israeli troops killed 114 Palestinians, including…
Sniper Fire in the ‘Buffer Zone’
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Former Prisoner’s Wife Miscarried as IOF Stormed Her House in Salem Village near Nablus
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns crimes of harassment and intimidation committed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) during…
Palestine Today 02 16 2012
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NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Replaced
Ethan Bronner, who has served as the Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the New York Times newspaper for four years, has…
Israeli Settlers Invade Joseph’s Tomb In Nablus
Israeli settlers invaded Wednesday night the Joseph’s Tomb site in the West Bank city of Nablus.The Ma’an News Agency reported…
Israeli Troops Break Into Homes, Offices of Three Palestinian MPs
An Israeli military force invaded the offices and homes of three Palestinian members of Parliament and confiscated their computers and…
Six Wounded In Two Israeli Air Strikes In The Gaza Strip
Six Palestinian civilians have been wounded in two air strikes by the Israeli air force that targeted the besieged Gaza…
Despite Domestic Cuts, U.S. Aid To Israel Up By $25 Million In Proposed Budget
An examination of the proposed U.S. budget submitted by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Congress this week shows that…
Palestine Today 02 15 2012
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Dozens of Palestinians declare Hunger Strike as Fasting prisoner Khader Adnan is on day 60
Dozens of Palestinians declared hunger strike in support of the Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike…
Gaza Power Station Shut Down For Fuel Shortage
The Gaza Strip’s only power station, which supplies the Palestinian coastal region with up to two-thirds of its energy was…
Israeli troops kidnap 8 Palestinians overnight
Palestinian media sources said that eight Palestinians have been kidnapped overnight across the occupied West Bank.Israeli forces detained a young…
KAIROS Canada: Canadian Gov’t must urge Israel to resume peace talks within international law
The KAIROS Canada group said in a statement published on Monday that the Canadian Government can play a positive role…
UN Envoy Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence
After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk…
Four Injured By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources reported that four residents were injured, on Tuesday evening, after inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers invading…
Islamic Jihad Fighter Killed In Rafah
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Tuesday…
Khader Adnan, 59 days on hunger strike, starving for freedom
The Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 59 days demanding his immediate release. Khader Adnan refused…
Palestine Today 02 14 2012
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Former Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Israel is turning Jerusalem into a Jewish City
Former Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michael Sabbah said the current municipality of Jerusalem is trying to turn the city into…
Court Confirms Sentencing Of Ailing Hunger-Striking Detainee
An Israeli Military Court rejected on Monday evening the appeal that was filed by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) against…
Palestine Today 02 13 2012
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Israeli Court Forbids Nablus Mosque from Using Loudspeakers
The Israeli Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling, forbidding Burin village mosque, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli Navy Abducts Four Fishermen
The Israeli Navy abducted four Palestinian fishermen on Monday morning, after attacking their boats in Palestinian waters north of the…
Israeli Bulldozers Destroy Playground in Silwan
Israeli bulldozers from the Jerusalem Municipality destroyed a playground on Monday morning, in the Wadi Hilweh area, in Silwan of…
Troops Detain Five Residents at a Settlement Near Jenin
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian residents from Ya’bod village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Four Injured After Troops Break into Palestinian Home in Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that four residents were wounded on Sunday evening, when Israeli troops and policemen broke…
Fighter Killed In Rafah
The Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, reported that one of its fighters was killed…
Man, 71, Killed, Two Wounded, In A Fresh Israeli Attack Against Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Sunday that a 71-year-old man was killed, and two residents were wounded,…
Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest Near Hebron
Israeli troops attacked on Saturday the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Beit Ummar town, near…
Protests for hunger-striking prisoner attacked by Israeli troops; 16 injured
As 33-year old Khader Adnan continues his 56-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison, a group of supporters held a…
Two Injured In Beit Lahia Blast
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that two Palestinians were wounded in an explosion that took place in…