This Week in Palestine Week 22 2013
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Settlers Write Anti-Christian Graffiti On Jerusalem Church
Friday May 31 2013, a number of Israeli settlers wrote anti-Christian graffiti on the back wall of a Christian Church, near the southern wall of the Old City of occupied…
“The Police Shot Me, Then Cuffed Me”, Says Victim Of Bank Attack
A young Palestinian man, from the Negev, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli Police fire when an armed Israeli man attacked the Hapoalim Bank in Beersheba, on Monday…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 civilians wounded, 41 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
U.S Trying To Hold Palestinian-Israeli Meeting In D.C
The Al-Quds Newspaper has reported that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is working on holding a meeting next week between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, in an attempt to…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem
Thursday evening, May 30 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers broke into the home of a Palestinian family in Shu’fat, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked family members while…
29 Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured Near Hebron
Thursday May 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a shepherd was attacked by a number of Israeli soldiers, near Yatta city, south of the southern West Bank city…
Palestinian Leader Passes Away After Life Of Struggle
On Tuesday at dawn, May 28 2013, senior Fateh leader, a leader who fought the occupation and fought injustice and corruption, Abdul-Aziz Sahin (Abu Ali Shahin), 80, passed away at…
Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
Israeli NGO, Terrestrial Jerusalem, has reported that Israel is planning to build more than 1000 units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem.It stated the move “could significantly hinder the…
Israel Might Release Detainees Held Before Oslo Agreement
Israeli Channel 7 has reported that a leaked Israeli document revealed that Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, is weighing the possibility of releasing Palestinian detainees who have been held by…
Extremist Settlers Burnt Olive Trees, Farmlands, Near Qalqilia
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian olive trees and farmlands planted with wheat, in an area located between the villages of Far’ata and Jeet,…
My Family Died For Nothing
At approximately 20:30 on 14 January 2009, during ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Israeli forces carried out a drone strike at the house of Ezz Eddin Wahid Mousa Family, in Gaza City.…
Palestine Today 05 29 2013
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Soldiers Hurl Stones, Bottles, At Palestinians In Hebron
Wednesday May 29 2013; local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that a number of Israeli soldiers hurled stones and empty bottles at…
Dozens of Soldiers Invade Central Gaza
Wednesday morning, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and opened fire at Palestinian farmers forcing them…
Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al-Aqaba area in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded a home before demolishing it. Soldiers also…
Soldiers Invade Nablus, Kidnaps Several Palestinians
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Sorra village, and the Balata refugee camp east of the city, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including…
Settlers Puncture Tires Of Palestinian Cars In Jerusalem
Wednesday May 29 2013, in a second attack since Monday, extremist Israeli settlers punctured tires of a number of Palestinian vehicles in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Jerusalem
Wednesday at dawn, May 29 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home and searching it. Army surrounds…
Settlers Burn Cars, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Tubas
Wednesday morning, May 29, a group of Israeli settlers invaded the Az-Beidat area, near the West Bank city of Tubas, burnt four cars and a tractor, and wrote racist graffiti…
Soldiers Caught On Tape Assaulting A Palestinian Youth
After a video documenting the attack surfaced more than a month after the assault took place, the Israeli Military Police decided to investigate a violent attack carried out by Israeli…
Four Soldiers Injured During Training
Israeli sources reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers have been injured when their tank overturned during training for reserve soldiers at an Israeli military base in the Negev.Israeli TV, Channel…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported, Thursday, that Jordanian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 27 days ago, protesting…
Child Forced Under House Arrest In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 28 2013, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that the Israeli Police released an 11-year-old child, identified as Saif Roweidi, after kidnapping…
Five Palestinians Injured In Northern Gaza
Tuesday evening May 28 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that five Palestinians, members of the same family, have been injured by an explosion in Jabalia, in the northern part…
Palestine Today 05 28 2013
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Police Kidnaps A Guard Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police officers kidnapped, Tuesday, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he tried to stop some extremist Israeli settlers from breaking into the…
Soldiers Invade Al-Khader, Four Injured
Tuesday morning May 28, Palestinian medical sources have reported that four Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Khader town, south of…
UN Official: “Israel Is Committing Serious Human Rights Violations”
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, stated that Israel is committing serious Human Rights violations, and called on Tel Aviv to stop its settlement construction activities, and to…
Army Demolishes Three Homes, Two Hothouses, Two Barns In Jericho
Monday May 27 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jiftlik Palestinian village in the Jericho district in the West Bank, and demolished three homes, two hothouses and two barns.Local sources have…
Palestine Today 05 27 2013
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Israeli Settlements Occupy 538.303 Dunams In West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that, in 2012, Israel confiscated 8000 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank for the benefit of its settlements in areas referred to…
Settlers Illegally Seize Two Stores In Jerusalem’s Old City
Dozens of Israeli settlers, illegally occupied on Monday two Palestinian stores near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported.PNN said that dozens of…
Settlers Deface Cars, Puncture Tires in Jerusalem
Monday at dawn, April 27 2013, local sources have reported that extremist Israeli settlers defaced 15 Palestinian cars, and punctured their tires, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.Saleh…
Abbas, Peres, Meet In Jordan
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli President, Shimon Peres, met on Sunday in Jordan, and discussed the efforts to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.The meeting…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In Jerusalem
Sunday evening May 26 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped seven Palestinians, shot and wounded several others, during clashes that took place in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Two more…
Israel To Demolish 18 Newly Rebuilt Homes In Negev Village
Sunday may 26 2013, personnel of the Israeli Ministry of Interior placed official orders on 18 under construction homes, being rebuilt after the army demolished them a week ago, in…
Israeli troops decimate Bedouin village in Negev, leaving 24 children homeless
The village of Atteer Um al-Hieran is considered an ‘unrecognized’ village by the Israeli government, and has experienced home demolitions in the past, in 2007. But this week, residents say,…
Peres: Peace ‘still possible’
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has stated on Sunday that the State of Israel wants to restart the long forestalled peace process with the Palestinian people.Peres’ comments came at the World…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Brothers In Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, two brothers from Qaffeen village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.The two were kidnapped as they were heading to the Salem…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle
Sunday May 26 2013; Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that a 7-year old child was injured after being rammed…
Peres To Visit Amman For Economic Forum
Saturday May 25 2013, Israeli sources have reported that Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, will be traveling to Jordan, Sunday, to participate in the World Economic Forum held in the Dead…
Settlers Spray Olive Trees With Toxic Chemicals
Nablus – Saturday April May 15 2013, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard that belong to two residents of Burin village, south of the…
Why Palestine Is Different
Secretary of State John Kerry is making an all-out effort to restart peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Many well-intentioned, highly intelligent people from around the world have engaged in…
Palestinian Envoys Head To Syria
Saturday, May 25 2013, a senior Palestinian delegation, headed by member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Zakariyya Al-Aagha, headed to Syria in an attempt to…
Israel Files A Complaint Against Syria
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, filed a complaint to the Security Council against Syria after the Syrian Army opened fire, several days ago, at an Israeli military…
“Mom, What Happened To My Legs”
Ata Mohammad Sharaka is only 13 years old, last week he was shot in the back, by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers at him near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp,…
Detainee Continues Hunger Strike, Demands Release
Palestinian detainee, Ayman Issa Hamdan, who went on hunger strike 27 days ago, rejected an Israeli “offer” for an additional six-month extension of his Administrative Detention, without trial, and demanded…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Friday evening, May 254 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed and another was injured when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on them, in Rafah, in the…
This Week in Palestine Week 21 2013
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Palestinian injured in the head near Qalqilia
A Palestinain was injured in the head in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Kafr Qaddum near Qalqilia.Ayman Nazzal,a driver for the Palestinian Broadcast corporation ,was shot in the…
Detainee traferred to hospital in a critical condition
Palestinian detainee Murad Abu Maeleq was transferred to hospital in a critical condition after falling ill. Abu Maeleq, who is from the Gaza strip, suffers from colon cancer, and was…
PCHR refutes Israeli committee findings concerning killing of Mohammed al-Durrah
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) refutes the findings of the recently-published report from the Israeli Government Review Committee, titled ‘The France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and Implications’,…
Settlers Puncture Car Tires Near Bethlehem, Write Racist Graffiti
A number of extremist Israeli settlers punctured tires of five vehicles near the Gilo Israeli settlement, illegally built on Palestinian lands near Beit Jala city, in the West Bank district…
PCHR Weekly Report: 17 civilians wounded, including 12 children, by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 – 22 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
World Bank To Grant P.A. $55 Million
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors advised its Board of Governors to authorize the US$55 million replenishment of the Gaza and West Bank Trust Fund, a World Bank press…
Hunger striker accepts deportation to Gaza
Detainee Ayman Abu Dauod on Thursday accepted a proposal to exile him to the Gaza Strip for 10 years to end the hunger strike he started on April 14. Jawad…
a 14-year-old seriously injured after a settler car runs over him
An Israeli settler on Thursday ran over a Palestinian minor from the village of Burin near Nablus.Palestinian Red Crescent said a car with an Israeli licence plate ran over a…
AMNESTY: “Israel, Palestinian Fighters, Committed War Crimes”
AMNESTY International issued a report on the Israeli war on Gaza, in November of 2012, and statedthat its investigations conducted that both Israel and the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, violated…
Five Palestinians Kidnaped In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, three Palestinians in Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two children in the Old City of Jerusalem, local sources…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians Near Jenin
Thursday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bod town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped five Palestinians. The army also invaded Zabbouba nearby village, and Beit…
In Two Separate Incidents; Two Children Injured By Settlers Vehicles
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian children have been seriously injured, on Wednesday, in two separate incidents after being rammed by settlers’ vehicles in the West Bank districts…
“Who would want to live in a place like this?”
Since Israel tightened its closure of the Gaza Strip in 2007, severely restricting the import of fuel and construction materials, repairing and maintaining the waste management facilities to meet the…
Palestine Today 05 22 2013
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Army Kidnaps 12 Children In Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 22 2013, The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped twelve children, students of the Orphanage School in occupied East Jerusalem.Bassam Khalil, vice-principal…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Wednesday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, the army broke into several homes and searched them causing…
Islamic Jihad Denies Involvement In Syrian Clashes
On Tuesday, May 21, the Islamic Jihad in Palestine denied accusations of involvement in the ongoing clashes between the Syrian army and armed groups in Syria, and said that its…
Israel Claims Arresting Two Hamas, Islamic Jihad “Cells” In Hebron
The Israeli Security Agency (Shabak) revealed Tuesday that the army managed to arrest, a month ago, members of two “cells” that belong to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in…
Child Injured By Army Fire In Ramallah
Tuesday May 21 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a child was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the central West Bank city…
PPP Slams Arrest Of Five Of Its Members By P.A. Forces
Tuesday May 21 2013; the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) issued a statement condemning the arrest of five of its members by the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West…
Palestine Today 05 21 2013
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Soldiers Kidnap Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, two Palestinian children in Abu Dis town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after breaking into their families’ homes and violently searching them.Local sources reported…
Israel Allows Fishermen To Fish Within 6 Miles Off Gaza Shore
Tuesday May 21 2013, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that Israel decided to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish within six nautical miles of the Gaza shore.Fishermen were originally allowed…
Palestinian Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 21 2013, Israeli bulldozers of the Jerusalem City Council demolished a Palestinian home in Khallit Al-Ein area, in At-Tour neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus
Tuesday at dawn, May 21 2013, Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several homes and searched them before kidnapping four…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday, four Palestinians, after the army tried to force a young Palestinian woman to be hand searched by the army in the…
2400 Palestinians Stuck At The Rafah Terminal
Tuesday May 21, 2013; the Himaya Center for Journalists Defending Human Rights has reported that more than 2400 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are currently stuck at the Rafah Border…
P.A Security Arrests A PFLP Leader In Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian security officers kidnapped, on Monday evening, one of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home,…
Dozens Injured As Army Invades Bodrus Village
Monday evening, May 20 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Bodrus village, west of the…
Soldiers kidnap Two Children In Jerusalem
Monday, May 20 2013; Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian schoolchildren returning home from school, in the Al-Wad Road area, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. The twin brothers,…
Army Invades Jenin
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored jeeps, invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Al-Yamoun nearby town, installed a number of roadblocks…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Fishermen In Northern Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, has reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two Palestinian fishermen near the coast of Beit Lahia…
Palestine Today 05 20 2013
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Israel Issues Arrest Warrant For Palestinian Minister Of Detainees
Monday May 20 2013, according to Israel’s daily, Haaretz, the Salem Israeli Military Court issued a warrant ordering the Israeli army to arrest Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’. Qaraqe’…
Army Uproots Farmlands In Hebron, Destroys Irrigation Systems
Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.Ata’ Jaber,…
Dr. Ashrawi Slams Israeli Plans to Legalize Illegal Settler ‘Outposts’
In response to Israel’s most recent unilateral violation of international law, including plans to legalize settler ‘outposts,’ and the escalation of settler violence against the Palestinian people and their resources,…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians Near Nablus
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded kafr Qalil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources reported that the army…
Army Demolishes Five Commercial Structures Near Jenin
Monday Morning, May 19 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished five commercial buildings, and handed demolition notices to a number…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Village In The Negev
Sunday May 19 2013; a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Beit Hadaj Bedouin village in the Negev, and assaulted the villagers before torching at tent inhabited by Eid…
Settlers Hurl A Molotov Cocktail At A Car Near Ramallah
A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp road, in the central West city…
Army Invades Awarta Town, Kidnaps One Resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at noon, Awarta town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one resident. One Palestinian was also kidnapped near Ramallah. Local sources…
Israeli archive file shows that Israel’s founder tried to erase Palestinian Nakba
A new report published in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz describes the information found in a newly-uncovered document in the government archives, which reveals that the first Israeli government, including the…
17 Palestinians Injured In The Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Friday, May 17, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp,…
25 Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
Friday evening, May 17 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that approximately 25 Palestinians have been injured, including twelve who were shot by live rounds, during clashes that took place when…
Soldiers Break Into The Negev Detention Camp, Attack Detainees
The Palestinian Detainees Study Center has reported that undercover forces of the Israeli military broke, on Thursday, into section 24 of the Negev detention camp, attacked the detainees and searched…
This Week in Palestine Week 20 2013
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Army Kidnapped 28 Children In The first Half Of May, Dozens Injured
According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers continued their…
Settler Installs Mobile Home In Palestinian Land near Jerusalem
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported Thursday, May 16 2013, that an armed Israeli settler installed a mobile home in Nabi Samuel village, north west of occupied East Jerusalem.Resident Eid Barakat,…
Settlers Attack Schoolchildren Near Nablus
Thursday May 16 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked several schoolchildren in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Local sources reported that the settlers…