Palestine Today 05 31 2012
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Calls for Intervention in Arrests of Fishermen in Gaza
The General Union of Palestinian Workers in Gaza demanded that human rights organizations intervene immediately to stop attacks on Palestinian fishermen that occur every fishing season.The Union condemned the Israeli…
Barak: ‘Israel Might Consider State With Temporary Borders’
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, suggested, Wednesday, that Israel might consider a “unilateral move” for establishing a Palestinian state with temporary borders should negotiations between Israel and Palestine remain at…
Ailing Detainee, Released One Week Ago, Dies In Hospital
Palestinian medical sources reported that former political prisoner, Zoheir Lubbada, 38 years old, died on Thursday at the Intensive Care Unit of the National Government Hospital in Nablus, in the…
Israeli Citizen Fights for Palestinian Citizenship
An Israeli citizen has been imprisoned for trying to drop his Israeli citizenship and replace it with Palestinian citizenship. He said that he does not recognize Israeli courts and the…
Remains of 91 Palestinians Returned to Ramallah, Gaza
Minister of Civil Affairs in the Palestinian government in Ramallah, Hussein ash-Sheikh, reported that Israel handed the bodies of 91 Palestinians, buried over many years in the “Numbers Graveyard”; the…
Israeli Fundamentalists Hold Protest Against African Immigrants In Tel Aviv
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli citizen of Ethiopian origin was injured, on Wednesday evening, after being attacked by Israeli fundamentalists during a protest against African immigrants which called…
Army Invades Gaza, Opens Fire At Farmers
A number of armoured Israeli military vehicles invaded an area east of az-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, and opened fire at a number of farmers working their lands on…
Palestine Today 05 30 2012
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Israel To Indict Journalist Uri Blau
Israeli journalist, Uri Blau, will be indicted for possession of classified Israeli military documents, by Israel’s Attorney General, Yahuda Weinstein, Haaretz reports.Blau, who reports for Israeli newspaper Haaretz, received the…
UN Official says Opportunity Exists for Two-State Solution
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, briefed the UN Security Council in New York yesterday on developments in the Middle East in the last…
Karem Abu Salem Crossing Open for a Second Day
Israel opened the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on Wednesday morning allowing approximately 270-280 trucks into the Gaza Strip loaded with aid as well as supplies for the commercial…
Army Abducts Fishermen In Gaza
The Israeli Navy abducted, on Wednesday, four Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial waters off the coast of Beit Lahia town, in the Gaza Strip.The Maan News Agency reported that the…
Jerusalem Municipality & Israeli Government Fund New Settlement Close to Al-Aqsa
The Jerusalem Municipality along with Israeli Ministry of Tourism are to jointly allocate 4 million NIS to fund the development of a new settlement project, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz,…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Various Neighborhoods in Hebron
Several neighborhoods in the city of Hebron were invaded on Wednesday morning by Israeli soldiers who then proceeded to take photographs of several homes in the area. The WAFA News…
President Joachim Gauck Visits Israel and Ramallah
A meeting is scheduled between the new German President, Joachim Gauck and Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Prime Minister, Dr. Salam Fayyad, in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss the…
Israel Extends Monopoly over Oil/Gas Supply to West Bank and Gaza: PA Quiet
Two Israeli oil companies have signed 2 year contracts which will supply all of the gasfuel requirements of the West Bank and Gaza Strip thus extending Israel’s monopoly and strategic…
Swiss Giant to Begin Labelling Settlement Products
Migros, one of Switzerland’s largest enterprises, has announced that it will start labeling all Israeli settlement products in 2013, following the example of various countries around the globe. Migros spokeswoman…
Army Bulldozes Farmlands Near Hebron
On Tuesday Israeli soldiers bulldozed more than 30 Dunams (7.4 Acres) of Palestinian farmlands in al-Baq’a area, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and confiscated irrigation systems…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees in Nafha
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked Palestinian political prisoners in sections 13 and 14 of the Nafha prison in the Negev…
Palestine Today 05 29 2012
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Attacked By Israeli Fundamentalists In Tel Aviv, Six Female Arab Students Injured
Six teenage Arab students of the at-Tur School in Jerusalem were injured, on Thursday, at the Menachem Begin Public Park in the Yarkon area of Tel Aviv, after being attacked…
Popular Commitee Leader Bassem Tamimi Sentenced
Bassem Tamimi, a leading member of the grass roots movement against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlement construction in the village of an-Nabi Saleh, was sentenced on Tuesday at the…
Settlers Fire ‘Spreads’ Into Palestinian Land
A fire started by Israeli settlers on Tuesday in Qaffin, near Tulkarem in the West Bank was put out by the Palestinian Civil Defense. The fire fighters arrived at the…
New Computer Virus hits Iran & West Bank in Unprecedented Cyber Attack
Internet security company Kaspersky Lab announced on Monday that it had uncovered a ‘cyber-espionage worm’ designed to collect and delete sensitive information, primarily in Middle Eastern countries.Kaspersky called the malware,…
Hamas and Fatah Working Towards Gaza Elections
The Central Elections Commission (CEC) has been granted permission on Monday to begin working in Gaza by the Hamas led government in order to prepare for elections. After years of…
CEC Preparing Gaza for Elections
After years of rivalry, Hamas and Fatah are working together towards elections. Therefore the Central Elections Commission (CEC) has been granted permission to begin working in Gaza by the government…
Israeli Official: Turkey ‘Killing’ Relations with Israel over Gaza Flotilla Charges
A court in Istanbul has voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel’s former military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the former heads of its navy, air force…
Tent of Nations: A Role Model for Self-Sustainability.
The Tent of Nations, situated outside of Bethlehem, has become a symbol of self-sufficiency and self-sustainability for Palestine as the Nassar family fights for the land it has owned for…
Fuel Crisis Impacts Water and Sanitation Services in Gaza
The current fuel crisis in Gaza, now in its fifth month, is causing extended power outages that severely disrupt the lives, health and livelihood of the region’s 1.6 million residents.…
Egypt Confirms Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq in Election Runoff
Egypt’s final presidential race will be between the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohammed Morsi of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, and a former air force general Ahmed Shafiq, a law…
Contractors Union Calls for Boycotting UNICEF Bids
The Palestinian Contractors Union has urged all Palestinian contractors and suppliers to boycott any bids offered by the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) until it decides to withdraw all bids…
Under Guise Of Tourism, Settler Group In Charge Of “National Park”
The Jerusalem Municipality and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism will be allocating 4 million Israeli Shekels for a “sound and light” project, in what Israel calls the “City of David…
Al-Aqsa Foundation Slams Provocative Settler Tour
The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage, in occupied East Jerusalem, stated that dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers conducted a provocative tour in al-Aqsa Mosque compound, raising Israeli flags,…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday evening Kufr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted a Palestinian security officer; clashes were reported between local residents and…
Israel Prevents Jerusalem Sheikh From Entering Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli Authorities ordered Sheikh Ra’fat Sameeh Najeeb, 30 years old, from al-Wad, in occupied East Jerusalem, from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for four months. Najeeb was abducted by Israeli soldiers…
Us Congressman Works to Strip Millions of Palestinians of Refugee Status
A new bill introduced in the US Congress by Republican Representative Mark Kirk would call for the US government to demand that a United Nations agency serving Palestinian refugees provide…
Palestine Today 0528 2012
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Israel Court Rejects Appeal to Free Palestinian Legislator
On Sunday, Israel’s high court on Sunday rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of Palestinian legislator Hussam Khader. Khader has been detained without charge or trial since June…
Bassem Tamimi to Receive Sentence from Military Court, on Tuesday
PNN has reported on Monday that the Ofer Military Court will deliver its sentence in the case of non-violent activist Bassem Tamimi on Tuesday, May 29.Tamimi, a grass-root organizer from…
Youth Activists Voice Opposition to UN Agencies in Gaza
Youth activists in the Gaza Strip have suspended their demonstrations against the UN International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which reportedly placed contracts with Israeli companies for reconstruction projects in Gaza.…
Palestine Airlines Resume Flights After 7 Years
Palestine airlines are finally back to business in Jordan following seven years of being grounded. The carrier Palestine Airlines is a small operation which owns two 48 seat turboprop planes…
Six Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces at Dawn
An Israeli army spokesman as saying that several Palestinians were arrested in various Palestinian cities at dawn this morning, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.The source added that the six…
Palestinian Citizen Wounded by Settler
PNN has reported Israeli sources as announcing that a resident of the Palestinian village of Urif near Nablus had been seriously wounded during a confrontation with Israeli settlers. The Israeli…
Hezbollah ‘Deplores’ Houla Massacre in Syria
Reuters reported Sunday that the Shiite political party and militant group, Hezbollah, President Bashar Assad’s main Lebanese ally, said it deplored the Houla massacre in neighboring Syria.Without assigning a blame…
DFLP leader Calls for Settler Watch Groups to Counter Increasing Settler Violence
B’Tselem reported that after armed settlers arrived in Asira al-Qibilya on Saturday two Palestinian men were injured. DFLP leader, Qais Abed al-Karim, stressed the importance of forming popular watch committees…
Footballer: Prisoners’ Health Deteriorates After 70 Days on Hunger Strike
Ma’an News has reported a PA Ministry of Detainee Affairs warning from Sunday that a prisoner on hunger strike for 70 days is suffering deteriorating health.Mahmoud al-Sarsak, a 25-year-old soccer…
Soldiers Invade Bil’in, Break Into Home Of Local Peace Activist
Late on Sunday night Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to kidnap a local peace activist, one of the…
African Immigrants in Tel Aviv Attacked by Racist Israeli Mobs
Beginning on Wednesday and continuing through Saturday night, mobs of right-wing Jewish Israelis have attacked the neighborhoods of African immigrants in the southern part of the city of Tel Aviv,…
Australia Offers 90 million Dollars to UNRWA
PNN has reported that Australia has offered the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) 90 million dollars to help cover costs of the services provided for Palestinian…
Turkish FM: “No Peace, Stability, Unless Conflict Resolved”
Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmad Davutoglu, stated Sunday that there can be no peace and stability in the Middle East without a fair solution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict that ensures the…
“WHO” Denounces Israeli Siege On Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution submitted by Arab member countries condemning the Israeli siege on Gaza, calling for its and lifting all restrictions on Gaza border terminals.The…
Army Kidnaps Four Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, four Palestinian children, in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem, and took them to an interrogation facility in Salah ed-Deen…
Settlers Attack Villages Near Nablus, Resident Wounded
Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported Saturday that a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in their lands in a number…
Al-Ma’sara Village Holds Its Weekly Nonviolent Protest
The popular Committee Against the Wall in Bethlehem, and the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation…
Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest
The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that dozens of residents and international supporters were treated for…
This Week in Palestine week 21 2012
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Illegal settler products Still Welcome in Palestine?
With South Africa taking the lead in banning all products from the Occupied Territories labeled as Israeli products, and now the Republic of Ireland and Denmark to follow suit it…
The Al-Aqsa Brigades To Unify Its Ranks
The Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, stated that all of its military branches will be united under one umbrella, adding that all efforts for this unity have…
Office Of PLC Head Denies “Exile Offer”
The office of the detained democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, denied reports claiming that Dr. Dweik received an “offer” from Israel to be exiled…
Released Detainee Admitted To Hospital
Fuad al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies, stated that Palestinian detainee, Zuheir Lubbada, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in the northern West…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 wounded, 30 abducted in 90 Israeli incursions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17– 23 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 05 24 2012
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UK: Israel’s Settlements Harm its International Standing
The WAFA News Agency reported today a UK Foreign Office statement issued on Wednesday. British Foreign Secretary William Hague told his visiting Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman that Israel’s settlement expansion…
An Hour Before Release, Prisoner Transferred to Administrative Detention
In a PNN report today, the Al-Ahrar Centre for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights stated that on Wednesday, May 23rd, prisoner Sameh Elaiwe, 50, was transferred from Nablus city to…
Call for the release of a Palestinian Broadcaster
The PNN reported that the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the release of Bahaa Khairi Moussa, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Channel . Moussa was arrested on…
Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Huwarra
Ma’an news agency reported earlier today that prisoners in Huwarra prison have taken part in an open hunger strike for the second day in protest to the inhumane treatment of…
Amnesty International: Israel Often Uses Excessive Force, Killed 55 Palestinians in 2011
Haaretz reported today that the Amnesty International 2012 Annual Report for 2011 was released on Wednesday, and detailed violations of human rights worldwide. Among other things, the report is highly…
Salah Zghair alive
Reports from PNN have stated that the 18 year old Palestinian, Salah Zghair, is not dead.The Palestinian Prisoners Society has announced that Salah Zghair is in fact not dead, but…
Transforming Hebron into a Free Trade City
Ma’an News Agency reported today that in an attempt to develop the Palestinian economy, Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad is due to meet with various businessmen and economists from the…
Latest Attempt at Legalization of Ulpana Settlement Neighborhood.
Despite an Israeli High Court ruling that the Ulpana settlement neighborhood must be vacated and demolished because it is illegal, a Knesset bill that had been proposed to circumvent the…
Settlers with Soldiers Close Road Near Bethlehem, Harass Residents
Palestinian sources reported that on Wednesday evening dozens of Israeli settlers closed the main road near Tiqua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, blocking Palestinian traffic which…
Israel Starts Digging Graves In “Numbers Graveyard”
The Kol Hai (Live Sound) Israeli Radio reported that on Wednesday morning the Rabbinical Branch of the Israeli Military started the removal of 100 corpses of Palestinians buried in the…
Israeli Companies Win Bids For Gaza Reconstruction
According to the Palestine Press News Agency (Palpress) the Palestinian Contractors Union has stated that two Israeli companies have won bids for reconstructing water distilling stations destroyed by Israel during…
Palestine Today 05 23 2012
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EU Defends Right of Palestinians to Peaceful Protest
The WAFA News Agency reported a statement issued by the spokesperson of the EU’s High Representative Catherine Ashton yesterday that the European Union defends the right of Palestinians to hold…
Palestinian Hotel Occupation in First Quarter Decreases
The WAFA News Agency reported a press release by the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) today that hotel occupancy in the Palestinian areas decreased by 16% in the first…
Peace-Making Without Mediators
This opinion piece was first published by PNN on 17 May 2012. It raises serious questions about what if any contribution the various mediators have made to the Palestine/Israel ‘peace…
Palestinian Capital in Jerusalem Now a Slim Possibility.
Givat HaMatos or “Airplane Hill”, so named for the military plane shot down during the six day war in 1967, has major new settlement plans for 2,610 housing units and…
Mother of 4 Jailed Sons: Christians Suffer For Homeland, Too
Ma’an News Agency reported today on a Christian family whose four sons have all been imprisoned by the Israeli Military. ‘Since 2004, the whole family did not gather, not even…
Israeli Incursion East of Deir al-Balah in Gaza
The Palestinian News Network, PNN, reported that Israeli forces invaded an area east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip this morning.According to WAFA Agency News, 5 tanks and…
Israeli Forces Abduct Palestinians From Across the West Bank, Take Them to Unknown Destinations
The Palestinian News Network, PNN, and Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, reported that Israeli forces invaded several areas of the West Bank on Tuesday, and abducted seven Palestinians. The Israeli Army…
Palestine Today 05 22 2012
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UK Community Split Over JNF Invitation to Avigdor Lieberman
In the UK, the Jewish National Fund and more than 280 ‘concerned’ Jews, including the religious head of the Reform Movement, clashed this week over the charity’s invitation to Israeli…
Israeli Military Probing 15 Cases of Soldiers Ignoring Settler Attacks on Palestinians
Haaretz reported today that from the start of the second intifada in September 2000 through December 2011, the human rights group B’Tselem filed 57 complaints over soldiers who allegedly did…
DFLP Member Calls for Punitive Measures Against Israel at International Level
Calls for Israel to be held responsible by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court for its settlement crimes on Palestinian land were voiced by Taysir Khalid, a…
For Second Straight Year Marchers Chant Anti-Arab Slogans During Jerusalem Day
Haaretz reported Monday that hundreds of Jewish youths participating in the Jerusalem Day flag procession Sunday shouted anti-Muslim slogans like ‘Mohammed is dead’ at Palestinian protesters gathered at Damascus Gate…
Israel’s Control and Use of Water Leads to Water Crisis
The water crisis in the West Bank is a consequence of Israel’s control and use of water resources, PA Prime Minister Salem Fayyad said on Monday. A conference on water…
Palestine Today 05 21 2012
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Timetable For Palestinian Reconciliation Agreed Between Hamas And Fatah
Elections should be held in approximately 6 months to form a new power sharing deal between rivals Fatah and Hamas officials have said.Stalled efforts at reconciliation previously make it unclear…
Evictions of Palestinians From Their Homes and Other Properties Using Affadavits
A recent court case, from May 8 2012, reported by Haartez has highlighted how The Absentee Property Law together with unsupported affadavits has been used to secure the evictions of…
Denmark May Follow South Africa’s Lead To Prohibit Labeling Palestinian Products As “Made In Israel”
A recent decision by the minister for trade and industry in South Africa to remove “Made in Israel” tags on products that are actually made in the West Bank settlements…
‘Civil Rights’: 84% of Palestinian Children in Jerusalem Live Below the Poverty Line
The Israeli Association for Civil Rights stated in a report published on Sunday that 84% percent of the Palestinian children of Jerusalem live below the poverty line.’Jerusalem Day’ 2012 was…
Court Ruling Of Two Nonviolent Activists Delayed
The Maan News Agency reported that on Sunday the Israeli Ofer Israeli Military Court postponed its verdict announcement in the case against the Coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee, Naji…
Shaath: Israel Must Respond to International Demand to Stop Settlement Expansion
Ma’an News Agency has reported on Monday that Dr. Nabil Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah, met separately the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hugo…
Netanyahu: ‘United Jerusalem Is The Heart Of Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Sunday that he will never accept any peace agreement that ‘divides Jerusalem’, adding that “Israel without Jerusalem is like a body without heart’.His statements…
Video: Settlers Firing Live Ammunition At Palestinians In The Presence Of Soldiers
Press Release By B’Tselem; On Saturday, 19.5.2012, around four thirty in the afternoon, a large group of settlers descended on the eastern outskirts of the village ‘Asira al-Qibliya, from the…
Nine Palestinians Abducted In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and policemen abducted, on Sunday evening, nine Palestinian youths, including a woman and a medic, during a protest at the Nablus Road in occupied East Jerusalem. The residents…
Palestinian Seriously Wounded, Kept On The Ground As Soldiers Stepped on His Hands
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian youth was injured near the Israeli settlement of Etzion, between Bethlehem and Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers then stepped…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, a nonviolent protest held in solidarity with the secretary of the National and Popular Committee in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of…