Palestine Today 12 31 2012
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Israel To Displace 1000 Palestinians Next Wednesday
Head of the Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the occupied West Bank, Aref Daraghma, stated that the Israeli army intends to displace around 10000 Palestinian Bedouins in…
December; Army Kidnapped 88, Including 12 Children, 18 Patients In Hebron
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) – Hebron branch, reported Sunday that the Israeli army kidnapped since the beginning of this month 88 Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of…
Israeli High Court Overturns Zoabi Ban
The Israeli High Court has overturned on Sunday the ban of Haneen Zoabi of the Balad Party from running for re-election to her position in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.Zoabi, a…
Peres: “Abbas Is Israel’s Peace Partner”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Sunday that Israel has a partner in the “peace process”, and that this partner is Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas; Peres warned that the lack of…
Soldier, Settler, Injured In Two Separate Incidents
Israeli media sources reported on Saturday evening that an Israeli soldier and a settler have been injured in two separate incidents after Palestinian youths hurled stones at them.The sources said…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians, Claim They Carried Weapons
Israeli media sources reported, Saturday evening, that the army kidnapped two Palestinian young men at a roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and claimed they carried weapons,…
Three Children Sentenced To 4 Months Each
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center reported that the Israeli Salem military court sentenced three Palestinian children from Azzoun town near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to four months…
Palestinian From Gaza Killed In Damascus
The Maan News Agency reported that a Palestinian man from the Gaza Strip, was killed Friday, during clashes that took place in Syria. Maan reported that Mohammad Qneita, 31, was…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Police Officer In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Friday, a Palestinian police officer who allegedly punched an Israeli soldier, in the center of Hebron, as the army was chasing and firing at Palestinian youths who…
Army Fails To Evict Illegal Outpost Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers tried to evict an illegal settlement outpost, erected by extremist Israeli settlers near the Bet EI illegal settlement, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah; the…
Security video of killing of Hebron circus student shows claim of ‘toy gun’ fraudulent
An Israeli security video recently leaked to the media shows that a Palestinian teenager who was killed at a checkpoint on December 12th was actually walking away from soldiers when…
This Week in Palestine week 52 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 12 Palestinians wounded by Israeli troops, including 3 children
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 20- 26 Dec 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 12 27 2012
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Palestine Today 12 26 2012
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Israel Claims Arresting A Cell That Planned To Abduct A Soldier
A gag order was lifted Tuesday on the arrest of what Israel claims to be a Palestinian cell that planned the abduction of an Israeli soldier to negotiate his release…
In Another Direct Message Against Peace; Israel Approves 942 Settlement Units
The so-called Israeli Committee for Construction and Planning in occupied Jerusalem approved, Monday, a new project for the construction of 942 units for Jewish settlers in the illegal Gilo settlement,…
Sharawna Suspends His Hunger Strike
Palestinian Minister of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that hunger striking detainee Ismail Sharawna, who started his hunger strike more than 162 days ago, and is facing serious health deterioration, decided…
Israel To Demolish Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers, and personnel of the Jerusalem City Council, distributed Sunday new orders against a number of Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.Local sources reported that the army invaded As-Sowwana…
Palestinian Cab Driver Shot In Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported, Sunday morning, that a Palestinian Taxi driver was shot by Israeli soldiers near a military base in Jabal Al-Mokabbir area in occupied East Jerusalem.The sources claimed that…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at night and on Saturday, five Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while several Palestinians have been injured after being attacked by…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnapped 900 Children In 2012
The Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees reported that this year witnessed a sharp increase in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, and said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped this year 900 Palestinian children…
PCHR Weekly Report: 10 Palestinian civilians wounded; one dies of earlier wounds
In its weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13- 19 Dec 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
This Week in Palestine week 51 2012
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Europe Trying To Convince U.S To Obtain Security Council Resolution Against Settlements
Nimir Hammad, Political Advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas, stated that several European Countries are exerting efforts meant at convincing the United States to obtain a serious resolution at the United…
General Assembly Votes For Palestinian Right To Self Determination
With an overwhelming majority, the United Nations General Assembly voted for the “Palestinian Right To Self Determination”; the vote passed by 179 votes while only seven countries, including Israel and…
Palestine Today 12 20 2012
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Despite US criticism, Israel continues with plan to construct 6,000 new settlement units
The US State Department issued a statement this week that included a rare criticism of Israeli policy, calling the ongoing construction of settlements on Palestinian land a ‘pattern of provocative…
Palestine Today 12 19 2012
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Several Palestinians Injured In Jenin, Two Children Kidnapped
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported Wednesday that several residents have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the…
Army Besieges Al-Isawiyya, Removes Protest Tent
Palestinian sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Wednesday that Israeli soldiers imposed a full siege on the El-Isawiyya town, in the center of the city, conducted searches of Palestinian vehicles…
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Hebron And Bethlehem
The Palestine New & Info Agency, WAFA, reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and one resident in…
Israel To Demolish Palestinian Residential Building In Occupied Jerusalem
The Palestine News & Info Agency, WAFA, reported that Fatima Ja’afara, a Palestinian native of occupied East Jerusalem, voiced an urgent appeal for immediate action as Israel intends to demolish…
Injuries Reported In Clashes Near Aida Refugee Camp In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that clashes took place, on Tuesday evening, between local youths of Aida refugee camp, in the city, and Israeli soldiers; several residents were treated…
US, EU, Denounce Israel’s Settlement Plan
The United States and the European Union issued statements denouncing Israel’s new plan to build thousands of units in illegal Israeli settlements in and around occupied Jerusalem, and in a…
4600 Palestinians, Including 182 Children, Imprisoned By Israel
Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel is currently holding captive 4600 Palestinians, including 182 children and 11 women, in addition to 1200 detainees who are ill,…
Palestine Today 12 18 2012
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Soldiers Attack Funeral Of Palestinian Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, hundreds of Palestinians participating in a funeral of a child in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; at least three…
Several Injuries Reported In Night Invasion Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that several young Palestinian men have been injured on Monday at night, including one who suffered a serious injury, after the army invaded Madama village, south…
Israel Kidnapped 173 Palestinians This Month
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, since the beginning of this month until Tuesday December 18, 173 Palestinians in different parts of…
Soldiers Attack Hunger-Striking Detainee And His Family
Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked hunger-striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, and his family when he tried to salute them as he was being taken into court. Al-Eesawy has been…
Knesset Head: “Jerusalem Not Part of Negotiations”
Head of the Israeli Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that settlement construction in Jerusalem will continue, and claimed that Israel will never give-up control…
Palestine Today 12 17 2012
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Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, different parts of the of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians including…
Four, Including A Wounded Resident, Kidnaped Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Beit Reema village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped four residents, including three brothers, and a resident who was…
Clashes Reported Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, the town of Ya’bod, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and fired gas bombs leading to dozens of injuries among the…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire At Farmers In Gaza
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, dozens of Palestinian farmers working on their lands in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.Local sources reported…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Youths In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped four youths before taking them to an unknown…
Injuries Reported In Ongoing Clashes In Aida Refugee Camp
Palestinian medical sources reported, Sunday, that clashes continued, for the second day, between local youths in the camp and Israeli soldiers who fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal…
Palestinian teachers prepare to strike after PA fails to pay salaries
The Palestinian Authority has failed to pay the salaries of teachers and other civil servants in the West Bank for months, largely due to the withholding of most of its…
Settlers Attack Residents, Vehicles, Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several injuries took place in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after extremist Israeli settlers, and soldiers attacked Palestinian homes and…
Dozens Of Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protests In West Bank
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protests against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in different parts of the occupied West Bank; dozens of injuries were…
15 Injured By Israeli Fire In Jerusalem, Five Kidnapped
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that 15 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and five residents have been kidnapped…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinians were shot and injured, on Friday evening, by Israeli military fire close to the Israeli “security fence” east of…
Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Issued Their Latest Fact Sheet entitled “Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem”.Bethlehem is a vivid example of the severe and appalling effects that Israeli…
Israel Starts Removing Mines Close To Border With Jordan, To Build Settlements
Israel has officially started the removal of landmines close to the border with Jordan to use the lands for illegal settlement construction in the area, especially in the Wadi Araba…
Israeli FM Resigns Following Fraud, Breach Of Trust, Indictment
Israeli Foreign Minister of the far right ‘Israel Our Home” Party, Avigdor Lieberman, had to submit his resignation Friday after facing an indictment of fraud and breach of trust, and…
This Week in Palestine week 50 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 3 dead, including child; 8 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 06- 12 Dec 2012, Israeli Forces killed 1 Palestinian child in Hebron…
New Zealand divests from companies of Israeli settlement-builder Lev Leviev
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which invests money on behalf of New Zealand’s government, announced on December 12 that it is divesting from Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel…
Dozens Injured, One Seriously, in Ongoing Clashes In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that one youth was seriously injured by Israeli military fire during ongoing clashes that erupted after…
Palestine Today 12 13 2012
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Clashes Renew In Hebron Following Funeral Of Slain Youth
Clashes between local residents in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and Israeli soldiers, continued to escalate one day after the Israeli soldiers shot and killed a…
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli border police in Hebron
A sixteen year old boy identified as Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah was killed by Israeli border police Wednesday outside the Ibrahimi mosque in downtown Hebron.According to Israeli officials, Salaymeh was…
Palestine Today 12 12 2012
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Extremist Israeli Settlers Write Racist Graffiti On Christian Monastery
A number of extremist Israeli settlers wrote, on Wednesday at dawn, racist graffiti attacking Christianity and Jesus Christ on the walls of a monastery in occupied Jerusalem, the WAFA News…
Lieberman: “Heading To ICC, A Palestinian Declaration Of War On Israel”
Israeli Foreign Minister of the extremist far-right ‘Israel Our Home Party’, Avigdor Lieberman, stated that should the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank head to the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Dr. Barghouthi: “Army’s Use of Live Ammunition, Implementation of Israeli Government Policy”
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, stated that the Israeli army’s invasion of the West Bank village of Ni’lin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Soldiers Granted More Freedom In Live Ammunition Regulations
The Israeli army has modified its instructions to the soldiers regarding the use of live ammunition against Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank, allowing the soldiers in the field…
Abbas Threatens To Head To ICC Should Israel Implement E1 Project
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, threatened to head to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should Israel insist on implementing its decision to build more than 3000 homes for Jewish settlers as…
PCHR Condemns Raids of Three Civil and Human Rights Organisations in Ramallah by Israeli Forces
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the raids of the offices of three civil and human rights organisations in Ramallah in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Forces.…
Two Injured as Israeli Troops Invade Ni’lin
Two Palestinian youth were reported injured on Tuesday night when Israeli troops invaded the central West Bank village of Ni’lin and clashed with local youth. Witnesses told IMEMC that two…
Palestine Today 12 11 2012
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Army Invades Ramallah, Breaks Into NGO’s
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into and searched several nongovernmental institutions, including the office of the Palestinian Women’s…
Army Invades Ramallah, Breaks Into NGO’s
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into and searched several nongovernmental institutions, including the office of the Palestinian Women’s…
Report: “Obama Will Let Netanyahu Face International Isolation On His Own”
A recent report published in the Newsweek by Peter Beinart, who is described as a “Jewish liberal at the American-Jewish community in the United States’, also close to the Obama…
Israel To Sponsor Ads Attacking Abbas In European Papers
Israeli daily, Maariv, reported, Tuesday morning, that Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, instructed Israeli ambassadors in five European countries to sponsor ads in major newspapers attacking the Palestinian president, Mahmoud…
Five Palestinians, Including Mother, Her Two Underage Daughters, Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, five Palestinians, including a mother and her two daughters, in Qaa’ Al-Hara area, in At-Tour in…
Soldiers Break Into School Near Bethlehem, Attack Students, Teachers
Palestinian sources in Taqoua’ village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported that Israeli soldiers broke, Monday, into the village’s High School for Boys, attacked several teachers and…
Soldiers Kidnap A Resident Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian university student from the village of Ya’bod, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin; the soldiers broke into and…
Soldiers Occupy A Palestinian Home In Huwwara
For the second day in a row, Israeli soldiers continued to occupy a Palestinian home in Huwwara village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, despite the fact…
PCHR launches campaign ‘ Palestine to the ICC’
On 10 December, 2012, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, PCHR is launching its ‘ Palestine to the ICC’ campaign.The campaign aims to encourage the relevant stakeholders, namely the…
EU Countries Denounce Israeli E1 Plan
Foreign Ministers of the European Union issued a statement, after holding a meeting in Brussels Monday, denouncing the Israeli E1 illegal settlement project that will lead to the total isolation…
Palestine Today 12 10 2012
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Soldiers carried Out a Limited Invasion Into Khan Younis
Media sources in the Gaza Strip revealed that Israeli soldiers carried out, earlier on Monday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern…
Arab Countries To Grant P.A. $100 Million A Month
The Arab Follow-up Committee decided, during its meeting Sunday in Doha – Qatar, to immediately implement a decision that was made during the Baghdad Summit late in March this year,…
18 Seriously Sick Detainees Facing Medical Neglect In Israeli Prisons
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights issued a press release revealing that 18 seriously ill detainee, permanently at the Al-Ramla Prison Clinic are facing life-threatening conditions due to the…
Palestinian Dies Of Serious Injuries Suffered During Latest War On Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man, who was seriously injured by Israeli shells during the recent war on Gaza, died of his…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Intelligence Officers In Hebron
Local sources in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the town, on Sunday at dawn, and kidnapped two Palestinian intelligence…
Soldiers Kidnap 9, Including 3 Children, In The West Bank
The Israeli army kidnapped late on Friday evening, and on Saturday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including three children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Bethlehem reported…
Mashal Calls On Arab Countries To Support Resistance
Speaking the massive celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Hamas, in Gaza, Khaled Mashal head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, called on the Arab…
Khaled Mashal Arrives In Gaza
Leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, arrived in the Gaza Strip Friday after 37 years in exile, making his first trip to the besieged coastal region via the…
10 Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Palestinian sources in the occupied West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday, 10 Palestinians, including three children, in Qalqilia, Tubas and Bethlehem, after breaking into and searching their…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in Weekly Protest Against Wall, Settlements
The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation…
This Week in Palestine week 49 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians dead, 14 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
14 Injured By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that 14 residents have been injured, while dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation,…
Canada Denounces Israeli Settlement Plan
Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, informed Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that his country cannot support Israel in its recent decision to build thousands of settlement units in the E1…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Children In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, four children in Ash-Shuhada’ Street, in the center of Hebron city, and the nearby Beit Ummar town, in the southern part of the West…