Army Demolishes Home, Shed And Well Near Hebron
Monday February 11 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that nearly 30 Palestinians have been treated for the effects of tear-gas inhalation during clashes that took place in Beit Awwa town,…
Palestinian Detainees Weigh Hunger Strike
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported that the Israeli violations against the Palestinian detainees are seriously escalating, an issue that could push the detainees to conduct an open-ended hunger…
Army Demolishes A Residential Structure In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, an area west of Ithna Palestinian town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and demolished a mobile home inhabited by a resident…
Israel Said To Be Willing To Conduct Limited Settlement Freeze
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is “weighing the possibility of a conditional, limited freeze” on settlement activities, as an act of goodwill towards the Palestinian…
Four Palestinians Injured In Traffic Accident With A Settler
Palestinian medical sources reported that four Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, in a traffic accident with a settler south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Coordinator of…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest Against Settlement Road in Beit Safafa
Sunday February 10; Israeli soldiers and policemen violently attacked a nonviolent protest against a settlement road being built on Palestinian lands in Beit Safafa town, in occupied Easy Jerusalem. Two…
Soldiers Surround Azzoun Town
Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents.The army surrounded the…
Soldiers Remove “Canaan” Protest Village Installed On Threatened Lands
Saturday morning February 9; Israeli soldiers invaded and dismantled the Canaan protest village, east of Yatta town, near Hebron, that was installed by local nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that…
Protests In Gaza And 40 European Cities Demand End To International Trade With Israeli Agribusiness
More than 300 farmers and activists in Gaza march towards the buffer zone near the border with Israel to demand boycott of Israeli agriculture firms.- 16 Palestinian agricultural and civil…
Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; dozens suffered the…
British businessman promises to resign as chairman of Israeli settlement exporter
Jimmy Russo, the Company Chairman of EDOM, has told Corporate Watch that he plans to resign from his chairmanship and “actively seek to sell” his 20% shareholding in the Israeli…
Israel Approves 869 Units In West Bank Settlements
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved on Friday the construction plans of a total of 869 units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Egyptian Army Stops Five Weapons Shipments Heading To Gaza
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported Friday that the Egyptian army has intensified its activities in Sinai, over the past few weeks, and thwarted five attempts to smuggle weapons to the Gaza…
Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi
Akram Rikhawi finally tasted freedom today after Israel released him from nearly a decade of imprisonment. Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of…
Palestinian Prisoner Dies At A Prison In Gaza
A Palestinian prisoner held at the detention center run by the Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip died, on Friday morning after he was moved to the Intensive care unit…
This Week in Palestine – Week 6 2013
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 9 m 31s || 8.72 MB || Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Civilians Wounded, Including 2 Children, By Israeli Troops This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 31 Jan.- 06 Feb. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Netanyahu’s Office: “No Change On Settlements Policy”
The office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Thursday that the new Israeli government, headed by Netanyahu, does not intend to change its policies regarding the construction and expansion…
Syria Files Complaint Against Israel For Bombing Syrian Territory
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations filed, on Thursday evening, an official complaint against Israel for bombarding a site in the country, and for violating Syrian airspace. Syrian Ambassador to…
Army Invades Ya’bod Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday afternoon, the schools area in the village of Ya’bod, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashed with dozens of school students, and…
Soldiers Remove Solidarity Tent In Jerusalem
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday evening, the Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and used force to remove a solidarity tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking…
Fateh And Hamas To Meet In Cairo
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated Thursday that representatives of his movement and the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, will be holding a…
Palestine Today 02 07 2013
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Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians At Border Fence In Gaza
Israeli military sources reported Wednesday that the army kidnapped three unarmed Palestinians after crossing the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel.The sources stated that initial investigation revealed that…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian shepherd was attacked, on Wednesday afternoon, by a group of extremist Israeli settlers west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The Maan…
Palestine Today 02 06 2013
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Israel To Release Detainee Reekhawy
Wednesday February 5 2013; The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that an Israeli court decided Wednesday to release hunger striking detainee Akram Reekhawi, likely on Thursday.The Foundation said…
Army Invades Yatta Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into several homes and searched them.The soldiers invaded Khirbit Z’ayma area,…
Obama To Visit Tel Aviv, Ramallah In March
Israeli TV, Channel 10, reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, intends to visit Tel Aviv and Ramallah in mid March after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, forms his new government.Channel…
Palestine Today 02 05 2013
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Army Demolishes Home In Jerusalem
Tuesday, Feb. 5 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ashraqiyya area, in Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a home for a Palestinian, leaving its members in the cold.…
Settlers Torch Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
Tuesday February 5 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers torched two Palestinian vehicles in the Dir Jareer village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote…
Palestinian Injured After Being Hit By Israeli Army Jeep
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that one youth was moderately injured after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep in Za’atara village, south of the West Bank city…
Army To Demolish Structures Near Nablus
Tuesday February 5; Israeli soldiers invaded Sabastia town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed several residents military orders demanding them to demolish structures built in…
26 Palestinians Kidnapped Since Monday At Dawn
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday and Tuesday 26 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Legislators and…
“Arabic Not Allowed Here” Says Haifa University Employee
An Arab student studying at the Haifa University was prevented from speaking his mother tongue while at the Academic Counseling Center, and was explicitly told that “Arabic is not allowed…
Palestine Today 02 04 2013
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Including 3 Legislators, Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians
Monday at dawn February 4, 2013 l Israeli soldiers kidnapped 21 Palestinians, including three legislators, in several districts in the occupied West Bank.The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported…
Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security Forces
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been injured during clashes that took place, Saturday, with members of the Al-Qassam Brigades of…
Dozens Injured Near Nablus As Army Attacks Protest Camp
Saturday evening – February 2; Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of nonviolent activists have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protesters who established “Al-Manatheer Neighborhood”, on Palestinians land…
Netanyahu: “Government Priorities; Iranian File And Negotiations”
In a Televised speech he delivered, Saturday evening, after being officially tasked with forming the new Israeli government, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that his coming government will have…
Two Children Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that two Palestinian children have been injured by Israeli military fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Medics…
Weekly Protest Against The Wall, Settlements, Held In Bil’in
Friday February 1, 2013; Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and International peace activists held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in the village on…
This Week in Palestine week 5 2012
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Four Palestinians Kidnaped In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Jenin; several Palestinians were injured in clashed with the…
Attacks Continue Against Silwan
For the second day in a row, Israeli soldiers and policemen continued their campaign in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The army broke into homes and stores, and kidnapped…
PCHR Weekly Report: Woman, child dead; 11 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23- 30 January 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Army Breaks Into Homes Of Former Detainees In Nablus
Friday at dawn February 1; Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the Balata refugee camp, east of the city, and broke into homes of several…
The Closure Is Like Dying A Slow Death
Ramadan Daoud Hussein Abdel Bari (51) lives in Gaza together with his wife, their 8 children, and his sick mother. He opened a clothing factory in Khan Younis in 1985.…
7 Killed, 300 Kidnapped In January
A report prepared and published by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed seven Palestinians, and kidnapped more than 300, last month –…
Army Kidnaps 20 Palestinians, Allegedly Planning Attacks
The Israeli Internal Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Thursday that the army arrested, in Hebron, what it called a Palestinian cell of twenty men who planned attacks against Israeli targets,…