Palestine Today 04 302012
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Qassam Fighter Killed During Training
One Hamas fighter was killed and three others wounded near Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip during what the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, described as a training…
Detained Leaders Meet Prison Administration Head
The demands of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli detention were discussed at a meeting in the Hadarim Prison between senior detained political leaders and the Head of the Israeli Administration, Aharon…
Major European Retailer Joins Campaign To Boycott Israeli Settlement Products
One of the largest food retailers in the UK has announced that it will boycott four Israeli produce companies which are operating in illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank…
Army Invades Three Tulkarem Towns
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday the towns of Dir al-Ghsoun, Bal’a and Shewika, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, installed several roadblocks and inspected the ID cards of…
Egypt Arrests Two Palestinians In Sinai
The Egyptian Security Forces arrested, Sunday, two Palestinians at a roadblock in Sinai after claiming that the two entered Egypt illegally.The Egyptian Ahram daily reported that the Egyptian Security Forces…
Detained PFLP Leader Moved To Prison Hospital
Palestinian sources reported, Sunday, that detained secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’adat, was moved to the Ramla prison hospital after a sharp deterioration…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Five Fishermen
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday morning, five fishermen, four of them brothers, near the Gaza Port and took them to the Ashdod Port. Nizar Ayyash,…
Eighth hunger striking prisoner transferred to hospital; at least 2,000 still on hunger strike
On Saturday, Palestinian prisoner Muhammed Halas was transferred to Ramleh prison medical center after twelve days on hunger strike, joining seven other long-term hunger strikers, including two that have had…
Palestinian Injured After Being Attacked By Boars Released By Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was seriously injured after being attacked by a pack of boars that belong to extremist Israeli settlers near Kufur Thuluth Palestinian village,…
Egypt Prevents Egyptian Convoy From Entering Gaza
The Egyptian Border Authorities prevented, on Saturday evening, an Egyptian convoy of the Egyptian Engineers Union from entering the Gaza Strip to deliver construction materials to the besieged coastal region.Egyptian…
Obama Releases Aid To P.A.
President of the United States, Barack Obama, decided to release millions of dollars of U.S. funds to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in a move that was explained…
Israeli troops attack non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations in four West Bank villages
Two people were severely injured, and dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation this week when Israeli troops attacked anti-wall and settlement protests on Friday…
Extremist Israeli Settlers Break Into Israeli Military Base
Israeli sources reported Friday that a group of extremist Israeli settlers broke into an Israeli military base in the West Bank and wrote graffiti against the army before the soldiers…
Detainee Thiab: “My Hunger-Strike Is Until Freedom Or Martyrdom”
Palestinian political detainee, Bilal Thiab, sent a letter from his hospital bed at the Ramla Israeli Prison hospital that lacks adequate supplies and equipment, stating that he is persistent and…
This Week in Palestine week 17 2012
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PCHR Weekly: “Army Carries Out 81 Invasions In W. Bank, 1 in Gaza”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, revealing that Israeli soldiers conducted 81 invasions into the West Bank,…
Settlers Raise Israel’s Flag On Top Of Ibrahimi Mosque
A group of Israeli settlers raised Israeli flags on top of the fourth holiest site in Islam, the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. This is…
Palestine Today 04 26 2012
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Abu Rodeina: “Words Without Deeds Do Not Create Peace”
Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stated that “words about the willingness to achieve peace” are not sufficient to realize this peace on the ground, adding that Israel talks about…
58 Days On Hunger-Strike, Ailing Detainee Determined To Continue
Palestinian political prisoner, Tha’er Halahla, entered his 58th day of hunger-strike at the Ramla Prison Hospital, and is still determined to continue his strike while prison doctors warned that his…
PCHR Warns Against the Continuing Obstruction of Detainees’ Visitation at Detention Centers of ISS
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over the restrictions imposed by the Internal Security Service (ISS) against lawyers’ visits to their clients, who are detained at detention…
Palestine Today 04 25 2012
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P.A. Demands Israel To Stop Unilateral Moves
Amidst Israeli plans to “legalize” random and unauthorised settlement outposts, to build new settlements, and expand existing ones, Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, demanded the Israeli government of Prime…
UNRWA Builds 223 Homes In Gaza
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has built 223 homes in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern part of the…
Female Detainee Sent To Solitary Confinement
In an illegal attempt to force an end to her hunger-strike, the Israeli Prison Administration has placed detainee Lina al-Jarbouni, 37 years old, into solitary confinement at the Ramla Israeli…
Mk’s Celebrate Latest E. Jerusalem Settlement By Posing On Evicted Palestinian Family’s Sofa
Following last week’s eviction of the Palestinian Natsha family from their Beit Hanina home, Israeli Knesset members Michael Ben-Ari and Aryeh Eldad visited the house now inhabited by some eight…
Palestine Today 04 24 2012
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Officer Who Killed Handcuffed Palestinian Sentenced To Just 8 Months
An Israeli court sentenced an Israeli police officer on Tuesday to only eight months imprisionment for killing a detained and handcuffed Palestinian in Tel Aviv on September 14 2010.The officer…
140 Detainees Moved From Majeddo Prison
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration moved approximately 140 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees from the Majeddo prison to an undisclosed location. Most of…
Israel To Build Wall On Lebanese Border
Israeli TV Channel 10 reported Monday that Israel will start the construction of a separation wall along part of the border with Lebanon, in the north of the country. The…
Number Of Hunger-Striking Detainees Could Reach 3,000
The number of hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel in various prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities around the country, will likely reach 3,000 persons as waves of detainees…
10th Palestinians In Europe Conference To Kick Off Next Week
The 10th Palestinians in Europe Conference is due to begin next week as preparations completed. The event is organized by the General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference, The…
Palestine Today 04 23 2012
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Court Turns Down Appeal Of Two Hunger-Striking Detainees
An Israeli military courted rejected, Monday, an appeal filed by lawyer Jamil al-Khateeb, on behalf of Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahla, who are holding an open-ended hunger strike demanding to…
Soldiers Abduct 13 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday, thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, and took them to unknown destinations; at least three of those taken are children.Local sources reported…
Eight Children Injured By Israeli Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that eight school children were injured when a group of extremist Israeli settlers, from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, attacked them in Orif village, south…
Hebron Home Caged Due To Settlements
Steel bars surround the home, not only sliding down the windows, but all over the place, covering it from every side and corner, covering its doors, covering its external yard…
Israel To Build New 217 Units In Jerusalem
The Civil Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem reported that the Israeli government decided to expand the illegal Nof Zion settlement outpost in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied East Jerusalem, buy…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron, Kidnap Five
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped five residents.Rateb Al-Jabour,…
Court Orders Removal Of Settlers From Hebron Home
The Israeli District Court ordered the removal of extremist Israeli settlers from a Palestinian home they illegally occupied several years ago in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the occupied southern West…
Republicans Seek Extra $680 M. For Iron Dome
Israeli sources reported that U.S. Republican lawmakers intend to grant Israel additional $680 Million to be transferred in full by 2015, in order to help Israel’s Iron Dome system that…
Settlers Attack Local, International Law Professors In Hebron
Extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Friday local and international law professors participating in a conference regarding Palestine’s membership at the United Nations, organized by the Hebron University, in Hebron city,…
Israeli forces assault 5 non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations, 1 demonstrator critically injured
In five separate demonstrations on Friday, Palestinians in the northern, central and southern West Bank marched and rallied in opposition to the Israeli Annexation Wall being built on their land.…
This Week in Palestine week 16 2012
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B’Tselem Release New Video of Attacks Against Activists
Further evidence has emerged Thursday following the suspension of Israeli military officer, Shalom Eisner, countering statements made by the officer. Footage was released showing Eisner striking a Danish activist with…
Shepherd Seriously Wounded by Gun Fire in the Jordan Valley
A Palestinian shepherd has been seriously wounded on Friday by Israeli gunfire, according to Agence France Presse and Lebanese news site, al-Akhbar.Quoting Palestinian security sources, al-Akhabr states that the 18…
PCHR Weekly Report:19 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 12 – 18 April 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Haredi Man Stabbed In Jerusalem
A Haredi Jewish man was stabbed in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli controlled East Jerusalem on Thursday evening, an Israeli source reported. The Israeli Police stated that…
Collectively punishing families through prisoners isolation
Nisreen Murtaja, 35, lives in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza city in the house of her husband’s family. In 1993, Nisreen’s husband, Samir, 41, was arrested from his home in…
Palestine Today 04 19 2012
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Two Palestinian Children Kidnapped Near Hebron
Israeli troops kidnapped two 15 year old Palestinian children from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.Local sources said that Mohammad Alami and Fadi Abu Fanus were handcuffed and…
20 New Homes Built In Illegal Settlement Outpost
Israeli settlers have constructed 20 new homes on privately owned Palestinian land in an illegal outpost known as Ulpana, in Beit El settlement northeast of Ramallah, Israeli daily Haaretz reported…
Israeli Officer Demoted After Video Shows Him Brutalizing Danish Tourist
Following the publication on the internet and in other media of a video showing a senior Israeli military officer striking a Danish tourist on a cycling tour of the West…
19 Year Old Israeli Soldier Dies During Training, Two Others Injured
Israeli sources reported that one soldier died during training at a military base in the south of the country on Wednesday. The soldier had been moved to a hospital in…
Palestine Today 04 18 2012
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Soldiers Demolish Sheds And Tents In Bedouin Camp Near Jerusalem
Israeli military bulldozers demolished several sheds and tents belonging to the Al-Jahalin Bedouin tribe, north west of Jerusalem on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses reported that the army demolished 13 sheds and tents leaving…
Jerusalem Family Displaced, Home Handed To Settlers
Israeli soldiers and policemen displaced resident Khaled An-Natsha and his family from their home in Al-Ashqariyya area, in Beit Hanina, north of Israeli controlled East Jerusalem. The eviction came following…
Woman Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a woman was shot and wounded on Wednesday morning, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at farmers working on their land in Khuza’a town, east of…
Israel rides the rollercoaster of mass hysteria
Spending a week in Israel these days is like being trapped within a scene from the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.Like Jack Nicholson in the lead role of…
Israeli Soldiers Detain 10 Residents Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers carried out a dawn invasion of dozens of homes in Burin village, near the central West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. As dawn broke, soldiers invaded and…
PCHR Denounces Israel For Denying Entry To Peace Activists
This is a press release by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, denouncing Israel for preventing solidarity activists from across Europe traveling to the occupied Palestinian territories.…
Soldiers Invade Homes In Hebron, Settlers Attack Young Man
Israeli soldiers invaded several homes in the neighborhoods of al-Ja’bary and Khallit Hadour in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday night, while Israeli settlers attacked a youth…
Settlers Chop Down 250 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Israeli settlers chopped down 250 Palestinian owned olive trees on Tuesday, belonging to residents of Betello village northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Orchard owner Fawzi Dar Bazar…
Palestine Today 04 17 2012
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On Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Doubles
Today, 17 April 2012, marks the Palestinian Prisoners Day, which has been devoted by the Palestinian people to support the cause of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails. Since 1979,…
Report On The Palestinian Political Prisoners
Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Palestinian Central Census Bureau and the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees issued a joint release revealing that 201 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since 1967…
320 Local And International Groups Campaign For Detainee’s Rights
An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held…
Palestinian Detainees Initiate An Open-Ended Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, campaigning for an end to all violations carried out against them by the Israeli Prison Administration, and demanding…
Detainee Khader Adnan Released
Sheikh Adnan Khader, a leader of the Islamic Jihad who went on hunger-strike for 66 consecutive days demanding an end to his illegal detention without charges or trial, was released…
Press Release: ’50 Peace Activists In Israeli Jails Declare Hunger Strike’
50 international peace supporters and peace activists detained by Israel and imprisoned at the Givon Prison, near Tel Aviv, declared a hunger strike in support of Palestinian political prisoners and…
470 Passengers Marked As Activists Had Nothing To Do With “Welcome To Palestine”
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel blacklisted as “pro-Palestinian” and part of the Welcome To Palestine campaign, were not activists; two of them were…
Nonviolent Resistance Activist Released
Ashraf Abu Rahma from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was released by the Israeli Prison Authorites on Sunday evening after being detained for six and…
Resident Injured By Army Fire In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Israeli controlled East Jerusalem reported on Sunday that one youth from Al-Esawiyya town in the Jerusalem district, was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire during…
Exclusive: ‘Political contract’ required to enter Israel?
A Swedish tourist trying to enter Israel was made to sign a “contract” promising she won’t get in touch with “pro-Palestinian” organisations, and acknowledging she’ll get deported if she “gets…
Resident Killed, Dozens Injured, In Jenin Clashes
Local sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that one resident was left dead and dozens were injured on Saturday during armed clashes between Palestinian…
Zoabi: “Israel Violates Freedoms At A Global Level”
Arab member of Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, stated that Israeli pressures and threats against nonviolent solidarity activists, the Welcome To Palestine campaign, in addition to the German and British cancellation of…
Four hunger striking prisoners now in hospital
The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer announced Saturday that it knows of eight Palestinian detainees currently on open-ended hunger strikes, four of whom have been hospitalized and are being force-fed…
As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter, Archbishop denounces Israeli restrictions
Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered in Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Friday through Sunday for the celebration of the Easter holiday, which is celebrated one week later than the Latin churches…
Israeli settlers injure three Palestinians, uproot dozens of olive trees in two separate incidents
On Thursday and Friday in the West Bank, groups of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and their property. In the northern West Bank on Thursday, armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian…
Three injured by Israeli forces in non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations
Israeli troops attacked the weekly Friday protests held in six Palestinian towns and villages. In addition to dozens of demonstrators suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation, three protesters were…
1600 Detainees To Declare Hunger-Strike on April 17
1600 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, declared they will be starting an open-ended hunger strike on April 17th in protest to their illegal detention, and demanding basic rights. Palestinian…
Airlines Cancel Tickets Of Dozens Of Flytilla Activists
The Guardian newspaper reported that the British Jet2 airlines canceled tickets of three British peace activists who intended to fly to Palestine this Sunday as part of the solidarity campaign…
Conflicting Jewish reactions to ‘Welcome to Palestine 2012’
The Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign has triggered a number of reactions among Jewish groups.On their part, right-wing Jewish group known as ‘Jewish Defense League’ have sent out a call…
This Week in Palestine week 15 2012
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PCHR Report: 6 civilians & 2 fighters wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its weekly report on human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces Continued Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians…
Palestine Today 04 12 2012
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Israeli Troops Attack a Number of West Bank Communities and Search Homes
Israeli forces invaded on Thursday at dawn the town of Tayasser, near the northern West Bank city of Tubas. Troops searched homes and handed over orders to two men from…
Eleven Palestinian Political Detainees Continue their Hunger Strike
Eleven Palestinian political prisoners continued on Thursday their hunger strike, Palestinian human rights groups reported. According to the report two of the prisoners, Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiyab, have entered…
Israeli, Lebanese Navy Cooperate To Counter Solidarity Ships
A senior Israeli Navy official stated that the Israeli Navy has recently stepped-up its cooperation with the Lebanese Navy in an attempt to prevent solidarity ships from reaching the Gaza…
Israeli Troops Blockade Palestinian Town Near Jerusalem
Beginning Sunday evening and continuing through Wednesday, Israeli soldiers set up a blockade around the town of ar-Ram, east of Jerusalem, preventing vehicles from entering or leaving the town.According to…
Palestine Today 04 11 2012
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Verdict in Corrie Lawsuit Postponed
The announcement of a verdict in the civil lawsuit against the State of Israel for the killing of peace activist Rachel Corrie, which was scheduled for late April, has been…
Iranian Source: “Israeli Terrorist Cell Captured In Tehran”
The Iranian “Islamic Republic News Agency” (IRNA) reported that the Ministry of Intelligence captured, on Tuesday, what it called “an Israeli terrorist cell that planned terrorist operations in the country”.IRNA…
Palestine Today 04 10 2012
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Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign launched in Bethlehem
Over 1,200 international visitors are expected to arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv to participate in the Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign on Sunday April 15, said Dr.…
White House Refuses To Release Israeli Spy
The U.S. Administration of President Barack Obama rejected a request by Israeli President, Shimon Peres, for the release of Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, for humanitarian purposes.Peres sent a letter to…
Mansour: “Israel Is Destroying Two-State Solution”
Permanent Palestinian observer at the United Nations, Riyadh Mansour, sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Head of the Security Council, in addition to the head…
Soldiers Abduct Three Residents Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and abducted three residents.Rateb al-Jabour,…
Palestine Today 04 09 2012
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