Month: July 2012

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A Palestinian youth organization called ‘Palestinians for Dignity’ issued a statement on Monday regarding the hypocritical stance taken by the European Union in its decision to upgrade relations with Israel…

On Tuesday the Israeli military raided several refugee camps south of Hebron and detained two residents. Five more Palestinians were arrested simultaneously around the West Bank.The arrests of seven Palestinians…

Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported on Tuesday that the Israeli government spent NIS 1.1 billion on illegal settlements in the West Bank in 2011, an increase of 38 % over the…

In Salfit on Monday, the Israeli military closed two dirt roads used by farmers.The mayor of the Salfit village of Deir Istiya, Nathmi Salman told WAFA news that Israeli soldiers…

The Jerusalem municipality has issued a decision to convert al-Aqsa mosque’s yards into public parks and gardens that would be open to the general public, according to Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib,…

The Israeli military arrested a young Palestinian with special needs after severely beating him in front of his parents, the media spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against Settlement in Beit…

The Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, announced on Monday that he plans to send officials from his office to Israel to observe trials of Palestinian children who are sentenced…

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Palestinian was killed and two others were injured on Monday after the Israeli military opened fire toward their car on al-za’em military checkpoint, east of Jerusalem.Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that…

The United States has long been one of the fiercest allies of Israel on the international stage. The 2012 presidential election has highlighted this relationship, perhaps more than ever before,…

In Gaza today, the Israeli military opened fire on Palestinian homes and farms in Khuza’a, a town east of Khan Younis. According to WAFA News, no injuries were reported.The areas…

Israeli Military Forces Detained 17 Palestinians across the West Bank Saturday morning including 3 teenagers and 6 children, including one 12-year-old, Ma’an News reported.Palestinian police reported in a statement that…

Illegal Israeli settlers from Havat Ma’on in the south Hebron hills terrorized a Palestinian child and attacked international activists in the Humra valley area on Saturday according to a press…

Israel gives illegal settlers 70 times more water than Palestinians in the West Bank according to the head of the Palestinian Water Authority and Ma’an News.On Sunday in Ramallah, Shaddad…

Israel reports that the influx of settlers to the West Bank has increased by 4.5 % bringing the total number of illegal Israeli settlers to 350,143, according to the Population…

Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that one Palestinian was killed on Monday at dawn, and two others were wounded, when Israeli soldiers, stationed at a roadblock east of occupied…

Following Mitt Romney’s arrival in Israel on Saturday it has been reported Sunday that Romney would support military action by Israel against Iran.A senior aide, Dan Senor, told press that…

Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, landed late on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli officials. Israeli media sources reported that the visit aims at securing Jewish-American vote…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the village of Nabi Saleh, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired several concussion grenades and gas bombs at random before kidnapping…

Israeli soldiers and policemen invaded, on Saturday night after midnight, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked several worshipers while trying to forcefully remove them out of the…

Israeli sources reported that resistance fighters in Gaza fired on Friday and Saturday evening, four shells into the Eshkol Regional Council of Settlements, in the Western Negev, and Sderot; no…

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In central West Bank, Palestinians organized anti-wall and settlements protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh. Israeli troops used chemical water in addition to tear gas to…

Israeli daily Ha’aretz is reporting that the Israeli military has called for the demolition of a Palestinian village under the pretext that it is built on an archaeological site.The village…

Several incidents of Israeli military violence were reported on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank in the Ramallah and Hebron districts.In Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, a group of religious settlers…

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A number of Israeli settlers setup mobile houses in the village of al-Khader near the southern Palestinian city of Bethlehem.Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall in…

The United Nation’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry has stated on Wednesday that no breakthrough has been made in restarting dialogue between Palestinian representatives and…

The World Bank released a detailed report concluding that the economy of Palestine is unsuitable for statehood and incapable of sustaining itself without foreign aid.On Wednesday the World Bank released…

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Israeli forces raided several neighborhoods in the areas in and around Hebron on Wednesday, detaining nine Palestinians in the process, while Israeli settlers simultaneously attacked Palestinians according to reports from…

In the town of al-Kahder Tuesday, a group of Israeli settlers erected a military tower on agricultural land in the West Bank according to WAFA news.The coordinator of the popular…

The body of 22-year-old Jihad Abu Shaluf, a Palestinian killed by Israel at the Gazan border was returned on Wednesday, two weeks after his death, according to Ma’an News.Israeli soldiers…

On Tuesday Israel announced plans to take full municipal control of a section of East Jerusalem that lies on the other side of its separation wall.Israeli officials in Tel Aviv…

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Akram al-Rekhawi’s 102-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison came to an end on Sunday after Israel agrees to his release.Israel has agreed to release al-Rekhawi 6 months earlier than…

Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian children on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Hebron according to a statement the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club made to WAFA news.15-year-old Basel Mataryeh was…

The United Nations Special Committee on Israeli Practices in the Occupied Territories issued a statement against the arrest, detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children by the Israeli military, the Palestine…

A Palestinian man was seriously injured in the Bardalah district of Jenin after approaching unexploded ordnance left by the Israeli military.Police officer Luba al-Smari reported that a Palestinian man, aged…

Is Israel’s move to the hardline far right hurting its international standing? The Netanyahu government’s treatment of Occupied Palestine may harm the long-term solvency of the Israeli state.Murtaza Hussein, writing…

The Arab League has announced on Monday that it will unanimously support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations General Assembly.On Monday evening the Arab League announced…

The Israeli military stepped up its presence and military actions in Hebron on the fourth day of Ramadan in a tactic which is often used during the Muslim holy month.Homes…

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday ordered the demolition of 8 Palestinian villages in the hills south of Hebron because the Israeli military needs the land for training exercises,…

Israeli settlers seized Palestinian land in several areas around the West Bank on Sunday and Monday according to WAFA news.On Sunday, near the village of Yatta south of Hebron, Israeli…

UK daily the Guardian, is reporting on Monday that relations between the European Union and the State of Israel are to be upgraded. The EU is to offer improvements on…

The Arab League met in Doha, Qatar on Sunday to discuss Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ planned bid for further UN member recognition, reports Ma’an News. The Palestinian Authority has spent…

Hamas official Mahmoud Zahhar stated on Sunday that the Gaza Strip will not break away from the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank in the near future.Mahmoud Zahhar, a senior…

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About 60 demonstrators gathered in the small village of Bil’in in the northern part of the West Bank. The gathering was part of the weekly demonstrations which take place all…

Hamas party leader Khalid Mashaal met with Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi on Wednesday evening to discuss the future of Gaza’s relationship with Egypt.On Wednesday Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal met for…

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On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education announced the 2012 results for the country-wide Tawjihi exams. Over 87,000 students sat for the Tawjihi exams, similar to high school exit…

Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator, dispatched a letter to the international community urging them to “examine their bilateral agreements with Israel to ensure that they are not unwittingly supporting Israel’s…

On Wednesday, Hamas urged Egypt’s new president to defy the Israeli siege on Gaza and allow more fuel to enter the area, according to Ma’an news.During a demonstration in the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi on Tuesday evening in Cairo to begin a two-day series of discussions regarding their nations’ future.Multiple agencies have reported…

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On Tuesday, the Israeli army raided Al Qanoub area in Sa’ir, eastern Hebron and issued a demolition order on two cisterns used to irrigate land for the benefit of twenty…

The Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem demolished a Palestinian building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Wednesday, according to WAFA news.Jawad Siyam, director of Wadi Hilweh information center in…

A Palestinian man who was attempting to travel from Gaza to Jerusalem for medical treatment was detained due to travel restrictions in the third such case this month according to…

A teenager from a Bethlehem village was seriously injured two days ago when Israeli soldiers beat him during an arrest raid, a lawyer for the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs…

Israel’s defense ministry revealed plans yesterday to expand the illegal outpost of Givat Salit, near Tubas in the north part of the West Bank.There are more than 100 settlements in…

Late Tuesday night news broke that Israel’s Kadima Party dropped out of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s grand coalition government over the Prime Minister’s surrender to ultra-Orthodox political groups.Multiple news agencies reported…

A Palestinian village which is completely cut off from the West Bank by the illegal Israeli separation barrier has been without electricity for ten days. Mechanics required to repair their…

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The fifth annual festival of nonviolent popular resistance was celebrated by Palestinians in the village of Um Fagarah in the hills south of Hebron on Saturday according to Ma’an news.The…

A Palestinian dabke group will compete in an international dance festival in Bulgaria in July, according to Ma’an news.“Fononyat” will showcase Palestinian culture dancing dabke at the festival which will…

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Palestinian Prime Minister Salem Fayyad in Jerusalem. This after meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on July 6th.The planned meeting between…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army of occupation destroyed farmland belonging to a Palestinian family in the village of Qasra near Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank. The…

Israeli soldiers raided several homes and kidnapped three youngsters in the village of ya’bud, southwest of Jenin on Tuesday.The youths were named as Nameq Tareq Abu Bakr, 19, Haidar Yousef…

Representing the imprisoned and democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, lawyer Fadi Al-Qawasmi stated that Dweik will be released from an Israeli detention camp this coming…

Several Palestinian journalists in Jerusalem boycotted a press conference held by U.S. Secretary of state, Hilary Clinton, in Jerusalem after Israeli security officers ordered them to undergo a strip search…

Families of political prisoners held by the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip stated that their detained sons declared an open ended hunger strike demanding their release. The families told…

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The Israeli military’s department governing civil affairs in the occupied West Bank said Sunday that a UN agency’s humanitarian aid to displaced Palestinians is actually illegal, according to Ma’an news.The…

On Sunday the Nelson Mandela Foundation for Political Prisoners urged the UN to investigate human rights violations in Israeli jails. In testimony given to the UN, Buthaina Duqmaq, head of…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Tel Aviv Monday morning for two days of policy discussions with Israeli leadership. The talks will focus on Israel’s evolving relationship with Egypt,…

An 11 member team from the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner’s office arrived in Gaza from Egypt on Saturday evening.According to Egyptian media, they will be investigating human rights abuses…

Amidst the ongoing sharp financial crisis the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) is facing, Saudi Kind Abdullah Ben Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, ordered the fast transfer of $100 Million to the P.A. in…

Israeli soldiers assaulted and abused Mahmoud Al-Badan, 17, after breaking into his home, Sunday, in Tiqua’ town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped him before driving away…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, Palestinian legislator of the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc of the Hamas movement, Ahmad Abdul-Aziz Mubarak, after breaking into his him in Al-Biereh…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday, dozens of Palestinian and international peace activists holding their weekly protest against the Israeli annexation wall and settlements, in Beit Ummar town, in the southern…

Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire near the Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Israeli…

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A Dutch national sustained a head injury after being hit by a tear gas canister and dozens of others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 05– 11 July 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

The Red Cross announced, during a Thursday meeting with representatives of national and Islamic factions, and a committee of parents of political prisoners held by Israel, that Gaza Strip detainees,…

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A total of 17 Palestinians were arrested in different parts of the West Bank on Thursday and transferred to centres for interrogation.In the city of Tubas in the northern part…

Mahmoud al-Haiji, 27, was killed and another man injured as the Israeli bombardment of Gaza continued on Thursday. Both men were in the Gaza City neighborhood of al-Zaytoun when Israeli…

A group of hackers calling themselves “Pirates Of Gaza, the Winds of Victory”, managed Thursday to hack the official webpage of the Israeli Knesset, and replaced its front page with…

Three people, including a heavily pregnant woman, suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation on Tuesday night in what Israeli police are calling a racist attack. Micky Rosenfeld of the Israeli…

The Palestinian Authority stated yesterday that part of employees’ salaries would be paid today, Thursday July 12. Salaries, which are usually paid on the 7th of each month, have not…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip report that several Palestinians suffered moderate-to-severe injuries when the Israeli army fired artillery shells before invading Ash-Shijaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.Dr. Ashraf…

The Detainees’ Study Center reported Wednesday that, following the release of detainee Mahmoud Sarsak on Tuesday, one Palestinian detainee remains imprisoned under the Israeli “Illegitimate Combatant Law”.Detainee Osama Hajjaj Az-Zaree’ey…

Palestinian sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Old City of Hebron leading to clashes with local…

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A French citizen was hit in the shoulder as the Israeli army fired tear gas canisters and sound grenades in the old city of Hebron on Tuesday.During a disturbance between…

On Tuesday Khaled Mesmar, head of the Political Committee of the Palestinian National Council, reported that an official statement issued by Washington had been received demanding that if another membership…