Month: August 2013

Palestinian medical sources have reported Sunday [August 11, 2013] that the Palestinian man who was shot and killed by Israeli army fire on Saturday at night has been identified. A…

[Sunday August 11, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli government intends to build hundreds of units for Jewish settlers, not only in settlements and in settlement blocs in…

In a move labeled by Israeli government officials as a ‘goodwill’ gesture, but questioned by the families of the over 4,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel as a public relations stunt,…

[Sunday August 11, 2013] Israeli “Housing Minister”, Uri Ariel, and the Jerusalem City Council head, Nir Barkat, placed the cornerstone of a new settlement, meant for Haredi Jews, on Palestinian…

On August 8, seventeen young Palestinian musicians put Palestine on the ‘map’ of one of the world’s most prestigious international music festivals, the BBC Proms. Aged twelve to twenty-three years,…

I came to Palestine last Tuesday and joined the weekly protest held on Friday the 8th of August in Kafr Qaddum. The demonstration represented non-violent resistance against the land grab…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, claiming that the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) and its President, Mahmoud Abbas, are inciting against Israel,…

Saturday August 10 2013, Israeli military sources have reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by army fire, near the border fence, east of the Gaza Strip.The army…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday evening [August 10, 2013] that a number of residents was been injured after dozens of soldiers invaded Kufur Ra’ey village, south of the northern…

Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Alastair Burt, denounced the recent Israeli government decision to construct 1096 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. The…

Palestinian medical sources in al-Khader town, south of the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem, have reported that several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Tel Aviv would firmly respond to any attack against it from the Gaza Strip or the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula.His statements came during a…

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An Israeli human rights defender identified as Sarit Michaeli was shot in the leg by Israeli army fire during the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements in Nabi…

On Wednesday Israeli deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin accompanied by a group of settlers and Israeli soldiers entered the Islamic holy site of al-Aqsa. The group toured the site for…

In Bab-al-Asbat area, in occupied East Jerusalem, the annual Tisha B’Av march led to violence. The Jewish occasion, which marks ‘the grieving of the temple destruction’, invoked violence when a…

Several protesters arrested during Monday’s nation-wide demonstrations against the Prawer-bill are still being kept in detention, and are awaiting charges. On Tuesday nine arrested in the Galilee got their remand…

During friday’s weekly protest in the village of An Nabi Saleh the villagers once more stipulated their discontent over their difficult situation under the occupation. The peaceful protest was met…

When the US secretary of state John Kerry left Israel and the Palestinian territories on the 30th of June, there had been no further progress in the peace talks. Despite…

On Saturday afternoon, Israeli settlers from illegal settlements in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, entered the old city of Hebron accompanied by a large number of Israeli soldiers. The…

Natural gas assets in the Mediterranean Sea have long played a crucial role in politics; it is therefore easy to see why they continue to receive media attention. Yet, surprisingly,…

Despite PA rejection of the Israeli railway plan that would construct a 473 km long railway system running through most of the occupied West Bank, Israel pushes forward with the…

Abed Abed-Rabbeh is standing on the dirt road looking anxiously at the bulldozers further up the hill. The Israeli bulldozers are digging a sewer system for the nearby illegal settlement…

[August 7] Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians, one of them al-Quds Press journalist Mohammed Mona, during an invasion into the ad-Dahiya neighborhood, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…

According to a new poll conducted by Israeli Democracy Institute 56% of the surveyed were opposed to Israeli withdrawal to pre 1967 ceasefire line.The poll also showed that 66% did…

After a visit to hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli prison clinic, an official of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees warns the deteriorating health conditions of the striking detainees might…

On Saturday afternoon [August 3 2013], a group of Israeli soldiers were seen violently assaulting three young boys in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. In…

The two documents allegedly written by Fatah, that describe a plot against the Hamas party, were dismissed today as fabrications by members of Fatah’s revolutionary council. On Tuesday, Hamas members…

On Monday, Palestinan president Mahmoud Abbas met with Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour in Cairo. The visit to the country was Abbas’s first since the military overthrow of former president…

On Saturday, hundreds of people marched the streets of Ramallah to show their discontent with the decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to return to negotiations Israel. The negotiations are…

United Foreign Secretary, Jennifer Psaki, stated Thursday [August 8, 2013] that the next round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be held on August 14 in Jerusalem, then in the West…

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The Palestinian Christian Initiative (Kairos Palestine) issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israel attempts to recruit Arab Palestinian Christians, in historic Palestine to the Israeli military that occupies their people.The…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that direct political talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will start very soon, and added that the Palestinians will not abandon their legitimate rights,…

The Israeli Government has officially announced a timeframe for the release of 104 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned since before the first Oslo peace accord was signed in 1993, and said that…

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Israeli military sources have reported (Wednesday August 7, 2013] that four soldiers suffered mild to moderate injuries in an explosion that took place near the northern border with Lebanon. The…

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, who is presiding over the UN Security Council this month, criticized on Tuesday [August 6] the veto power of the permanent Security Council members and how…

Jerusalem: a city considered a capital by two countries and a key issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is an ongoing ethnical cleansing of the city’s eastern parts that’s striving…

[Wednesday at dawn August 7, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped two children, and injured five Palestinians.Mohammad…

Dr. Saeb Erekat, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), stated that Israel believes that the outcome of peace talks is more illegal settlement construction, and…

Israeli sources have reported Tuesday that Jerusalem City Council head, Nir Barkat, and Israeli Housing Minister, Uri Ariel, intend to place the cornerstone of a new settlement, in Jabal Al-Mokabbir,…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn [August 7 2013], the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident; clashes and injuries have been reported.…

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[Tuesday August 6, 2013] Local sources have reported that several armored Israeli military vehicles and military bulldozers, carried out a limited invasion into the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza,…

[Tuesday at dawn, August 6, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the…

In a serious escalation of the Israeli attempts to divide the Arab community in the country, and amidst massive objections, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the formation of a…

The French Foreign Ministry strongly denounced an Israeli decision, made on Sunday August 4, to add 20 settlements, including four isolated settlement outposts, to its national priority fund as part…

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron have reported that Israel approved the construction of 230 units in the Ma’on illegal settlement, built on Palestinian lands east…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian in July, kidnapped 154 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied…

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[Sunday August 4, 2013] Israeli Minister, Silvan Shalom, alleged that the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the occupied West Bank rejected an Israeli “offer” to freeze construction activities in settlements located…

Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stated that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is ongoing with its violations and illegal settlement activities, and is obstructing U.S. efforts to resume…

[Saturday Evening August 3, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed at his Presidential Headquarters in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, the players and coach of Barcelona soccer team, who…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Saturday [August 3, 2013] that the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) will not accept transitional solutions to the conflict, and is acting on negotiating on…

On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly protests organized in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in, in the central West Bank, and Al Ma’ssara village in the…

Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, stated that the next round of direct peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (P.A) will be held in Israel in the second week of this…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 – 31 July 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

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On August 1st – the national “day of rage” against the Prawer plan – protestors gathered near Beersheba, in al-Naqab, to protest the impending forcible displacement of up to 70,000…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, received on Thursday evening [August 1, 2013] a phone call from U.S. President, Barack Obama, and discussed the ongoing efforts to ensure smooth resumption of direct…

[Thursday evening August 1, 2013] Israeli soldiers and police officers attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters nonviolently marching in occupied East Jerusalem against the Prawer Negev displacement plan.The protesters carried Palestinian…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported Thursday [August 1, 2013] that several Palestinians have been injured, and one has been…

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