This Week in Palestine week 41 2012
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Churches In U.S. Call On Government To Review Aid To Israel
The Israeli Radio reported that 15 church organizations in the United States issued a statement calling on the United States to review the financial aid to Israel, and to question…
Israeli Police Forms “Jewish Terror” Branch In The West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to form a unit that has the sole responsibility of dealing with “Jewish Terrorism”, and that…
Palestine Today 10 11 2012
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Child Moderately Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Thursday that a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near…
Army To Demolish Home Near Ramallah
Israel soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Dir Nitham village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and handed a resident a military order informing him that the army intends…
Caught On Tape: “Settlers Harvest Palestinian Olive Trees”
A number of Israeli settlers, including children, were caught on tape harvesting Palestinian olive trees in the Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The Youth Coalition…
Settlers Attack Burin village Near Nablus
Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked several residents returning home from their olive orchards. Two youths…
Army Bombards An Area In Gaza City
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, one missile into a building in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.The sources added that the…
Two Palestinians Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were injured, on Wednesday evening, after being attacked by several extremist Israeli settlers in Burin village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Under Claim He Stabbed Settler; Settlers Assault a Palestinian
Several Israeli settlers attacked a young Palestinian man from Husan town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after claiming that he stabbed a settler near the Beitar Illit settlement.…
Palestine Today 10 10 2012
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Occupied Lives: No child should have to go through this
On Sunday, 07 October 2012, at approximately 5.30pm, Israel’s forces launched 2 missiles targeting 2 men on a motorbike as they were passing by Taha Hussain Elementary School in the…
Settlers Uproot 300 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that several extremist Israeli settlers uprooted around 300 olive trees that belong to residents of Al-Mogheer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Army Bombards Beit Lahia, Invades Rafah
The Israeli Air Force fires missiles into Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Several children suffered anxiety attacks. The army also invaded Rafah, in the…
Egypt Holding Talks To Prevent Further Escalation In Gaza
The Quds Net News Agency reported Wednesday that the newly elected Egyptian leadership is holding talks with different armed groups in Gaza to instate a truce and prevent further escalation…
1 Palestinian Man Assassinated, Another Wounded
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the assassination, on Sunday, 07 October 2012, of 1 Palestinian man and the severe injury of another. 8 civilian bystanders, including…
Palestine Today 10 09 2012
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Child Who Was Violently Attacked By Israel Police Released
Last Friday, several Israeli policemen, in full riot gear, violently attacked and punched a Palestinian child from Jerusalem and kidnapped him. The child was released Tuesday and was placed under…
Soldiers Kidnap Wife Of Political Prisoner In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, the wife of detainee Mohammad Atiyya Abu Warda, after breaking into her home in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the southern…
Settlers Cut Dozens Of Olive Trees Near Nablus
Local sources reported that a group of armed extremist settlers of the Aliyea illegal settlement cut dozens of Olive trees that belong to residents of Qaryout village, south of the…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured, on Monday afternoon, by Israeli military fire near Beit Jala city, northwest of the West…
Children Evicted From Five Gaza Schools Due To Israeli Bombardment
The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, evicted Monday dozens of schoolchildren from five schools, east of Khan Younis, due to…
Extremists Hurl Molotov Cocktails, Stones, At Jerusalem Church
the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported reported Monday evening that Israeli extremists hurled stones, Molotov cocktails and trash at a Christian Church in occupied Jerusalem. This is the third attack…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered Sunday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Monday that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered Sunday after the Israeli army bombarded Rafah, in the southern part of…
Four Fishermen Arrested and a Fishing Boat Confiscated
Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and is concerned about the escalation of these violations, which have resulted in the arrest of four fishermen and the confiscation of a fishing…
Palestine Today 10 08 2012
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10 Palestinians Injured By Army Missiles In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured, on Sunday evening, when the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles into Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Ansar 3 Convoy Arrives In Gaza
The Ansar 3 Jordanian solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip, Sunday, through the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the Palestinian Information Center reported.The convoy,…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Farmers Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported Saturday that dozens of Palestinian villagers, picking their olive trees west of Hebron, were treated for…
Israel Downs Hezbollah Drone
An Israeli military spokesperson reported Saturday that the Israeli Air Force downed an unmanned drone over the northern part of the Negev Desert. The army said that the drone did…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest In Kufr Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Kufr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped an international…
Families Of Marmara Victims File Lawsuit Against Israel
The Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported that 33 family members of Turkish citizens who were shot and killed by the Israeli army when Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara solidarity ship that…
Solidarity Ship Sailing to Gaza
The Helsingin Sanomat Swedish paper reported that Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship sailing under a Finnish flag, is on en route to the besieged Gaza Strip carrying tons of aid supplies…
This Week in Palestine week 40 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 1 killed, 2 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 Sep.- 03 Oct. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Palestinian Cab Driver Who Rammed Israeli Soldiers Turns Himself In
Israeli sources reported that a Palestinian Cab driver, who accidentally rammed four Israeli soldiers near an Israeli settlement, south of Bethlehem, handed himself in to the Israeli Police.The Accident took…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday afternoon, two Palestinians teenagers near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.The army claimed that the two carried “a…
Kidnapped Engineer Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
Palestinian sources reported the health condition of isolated detainee, Engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, 43, has sharply deteriorated at the Asqalan (Ashkelon) Israel prison, and added that he currently suffers from…
Palestine Today 10 04 2012
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Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Jenin And Hebron; Clashes Reported
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Ban districts on Tulkarem, Jenin and Hebron, broke into several homes and buildings leading to clashes with…
Israel Rejects Settlers Claim Of Purchasing Hebron Home
The Israeli Civil Administration Office in the occupied West Bank decided not to grant a group of settlers a permit to purchase a Palestinian home near the Ibrahimi Mosque in…
Detained Legislator Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
The family of Sheikh Hasan Yousef, an elected Palestinian Legislator of the Change and Reform Bloc of the Hamas movement, stated that Yousef is facing a deteriorating health condition in…
Israel Believes Al-Qaida Was Behind Attack On Border With Egypt
Israeli security sources reported that the Israeli investigations into an attack that took place on the border with Egypt last month, leading to the death of one Israeli soldier and…
Settlers Attack A Young Palestinian Man In Jerusalem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked, Wednesday, a young Palestinian man from Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, while he was working at his bakery in Ash-Sharaf neighborhood, in the…
Settlers Install New Illegal Outpost Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers installed, Wednesday, a new illegal settlement outpost near Yanoun Palestinian village, south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Daghlas, in charge…
Palestine Today 10 03 2012
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Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday morning, ten Palestinians, including children in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the northern West Bank districts of Qalqilia and Jenin. The army…
OCHA: “Israel Restricting Palestinian Access To Basic Services”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA) issued a new report accusing Israel of continuing its serious violations against the Palestinian…
New Racist Graffiti Found On Gate On Jerusalem Monastery
A number of extremist Israeli settlers spray-painted racist graffiti against Jesus Christ on the main gate of the Franciscan Monastery, located in Jerusalem. This is the second attack against a…
P.A Financial Crisis Likely To Escalate
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Palestinian official stated that, during their September 23rd and 24th meetings in New York, representatives of Donor Countries did not express any interest…
Israel: “4 Soldiers Injured After Being Hit By Palestinian Car”
Israeli Ynet News reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a Palestinian Taxi crashed into an Israeli military vehicle that was parked near the Neve Daniel…
Resident Killed, One Injured In A Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian worker was killed, and another was injured, on Tuesday afternoon, when a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Commemorating the Sabra-Shatila massacre
On 6th September 2012, with the participation of residents, an international group of artists originating from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and the United States, completed a series of murals in…
Five Palestinian Refugees Killed In Syria
Five Palestinians were killed, Tuesday, as the Syrian army bombarded the Dir’a refugee camp, in Syria, during clashes between the army and members of the opposition in the country. Several…
Palestine Today 010 02 2012
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US Warns EU Against Supporting Palestinian UN Bid
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanaan Ashrawi, stated that the United States sent a memorandum to countries in the European Union warning of…
Renewed Clashes Reported Ras Al-Amoud In East Jerusalem
A Palestinian woman and a teenage girl were injured, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers broke into their home in Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, following clashes that…
Jenin Court Orders Release Of Former Aqsa Brigades Leader
A Palestinian court in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, ordered the release of former leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, Zakariyya…
Palestine Today 10 01 2012
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Palestine Participates In UNESCO Meeting As Member State
For the first time, Palestine is participating at the UNESCO meeting, held in Oman’s capital, Masqat, with the participation of secretary-generals of the national committees of the UNESCO in the…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians from Azzoun village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia; the army also opened fire at random and installed…
Palestinian Youth Found Dead Near Israeli Settlement
Palestinian medical sources reported that the body of a 16-year old Palestinian youth was found near Beit Arieh, an illegal Israeli settlement built on Palestinian lands that belong to residents…
Ailing Detainee Moved To Hospital
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that Palestinian detainees, Mohammad Rafeeq At-Taaj, 42, imprisoned at the Hadarim Israeli prison was moved to hospital due to a sharp deterioration…
Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian child in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also invaded several nearby villages.Local sources reported…
Fighter Killed In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Sunday at dawn, in what it called “a Jihadist mission”. The…