Palestine Qualifies for 1st Asian Cup
Palestine’s soccer team has qualified for their maiden Asian Cup appearance, with a 1-0 win over the Philippines, in the final of the AFC Challenge Cup in Maldives, on Friday.According…
EU Announces Renewed Support for Palestinians
The European Union has made funds available to the figure of €200 million, in ensuring support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Further Israeli Raids Across West Bank and Gaza
Israeli forces stormed several villages in regions near Hebron, Jenin, Tulkarem and Khan Younis, on Saturday, causing damage to property and suffering to residents, due to tear gas inhalation. WAFA…
Hamas Launches Rally in Solidarity with Hunger Strikers
A march was organized in the West Bank by Hamas, on Friday, in solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees in the Israeli jails. Furthermore, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken a…
Three Injured in Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Non-violent Anti-Wall Protests
This week, three protesters were injured when Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protests organized in several West Bank villages. Protests were organized on Friday in the village of al Nabi Saleh,…
This Week in Palestine Week 22 2014
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Gaza Fisherman Shot & Injured by Israeli Forces
Another Palestinian fisherman has been shot and injured by Israeli forces off the northern Gaza Strip, according to medical officials. Also on Friday, a car belonging to a Jewish settler…
US Radio Station Interviews Top Analysts on Palestinian Crisis
Portland, Oregon based community radio station KBOO has conducted on-air audio interviews, in recent days, with three of the most well-versed speaker/authors currently addressing the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Alison…
Abbas: Collaboration with Israeli Army, Secret Police is “Sacred”
Mahmoud Abbas, the de facto leader of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, has told Israeli journalists and business people that his collaboration with Israeli occupation forces is…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped, Beaten, In Hebron
Eyewitnesses have reported that Israeli soldiers attacked, on Thursday evening (May 29, 2014], three young Palestinian men on Ash-Shuhada Street, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied…
Army Alleges Foiling A Bombing Attempt Near Nablus
[Friday, May 30, 2014] The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers managed to foil a “suicide bombing attack”, at the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Settlers Invade Ush Grab Area, Near Beit Sahour
[Friday, May 30, 2014] A number of fanatic Israeli settlers invaded the Ush Ghrab area, east of Beit Sahour, apparently preparing to install a new illegal settlement outpost. The area,…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22 – 28 May, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Communities Demand An End to Ethnic Cleansing in Jordan Valley
Palestinians protested Wednesday in front of the United Nations office in Ramallah against the latest wave of home demolitions and displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin community in the village of…
Israelis Demolish Naqab Village for 69th Time
Israeli soldiers demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib, in the Naqab (Negev), for what amounts to the 69th consecutive time, on Thursday, say witnesses. The previous evening, suspected Jewish vandals…
Fatah: New Government Formed Within Hours, Hamas: It Could Take Days
According to a statement by a senior Fatah official, Faisal Abu Shahla, on Thursday afternoon, a government of national consensus would be decided upon and made public in the coming…
Palestine Today 05 29 2014
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VIDEO: Israeli Soldiers Beat Palestinian Elderly
Israeli soldiers have again surfaced in recently publicized video footage, on Wednesday, as they violently beat a Palestinian elderly in al-Aqsa mosque compound, occupied Jerusalem.A number of soldiers appear in…
Kidnapped Stroke Survivor Held Under Administrative Detention
The Israeli Authorities have issued an arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian who suffered a stroke prior to his arrest. He and his wife were kidnapped at the al-Karama…
Soldiers Kidnap Fifteen Palestinians In West Bank
[Thursday, May 28, 2014] Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped at least fifteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after dozens of soldiers invaded…
Israeli Forces Violently Disperse Protest in Jerusalem
Nine Palestinians were abducted and three injured by Israeli forces after they violently dispersed a public protest, by Palestinians, in Jerusalem’s Old City.A multitude of Palestinians gathered near Damascus Gate,…
VIDEO: 4 Young Girls Detained in South Hebron Hills
Israeli forces, on Tuesday, detained four Palestinian girls in the south Hebron hills after being accused by a settler of stealing cherries, according to human rights group B’Tselem. The girls,…
Israeli Military Vehicle Runs Over Teen Near Hebron
A Palestinian youth was severely injured after being over by an Israeli military vehicle in the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to a local activist.WAFA Palestinian News…
Abbas to Announce New Palestinian Government
Hamas and Fatah movements are nearing an agreement over the members of the government to be announced by President Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, in Ramallah. Nevertheless, senior Fatah officials claim…
Three Fishermen Kidnapped From Rafah Coast
Israeli navy forces abducted, early this morning, three fishermen working off the Rafah coast, in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has released a report stating…
Palestine Today 05 28 2014
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Israeli Soldiers Raid al-Ayam Newspaper Offices
Israeli soldiers raided the offices of al-Ayam Palestinian newspaper in Ramallah, managers said, where they rummaged through the contents of the building and ordered them to stop printing three Hamas…
Hundreds Of Detainees Continue Their Strike, Many Hospitalized
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that the number of hunger striking Palestinian detainees held by Israel reached over 350 detainees in different Israeli prisons, and that dozens of…
Five Palestinians Injured In Clashes After Israeli Fanatics Invade Al-Aqsa Mosque
[Occupied Jerusalem, May 28, 2014] At least Five Palestinians were injured when more than 200 Israeli militants invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinians managed…
At Least 22 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Occupied Jerusalem
[Wednesday, May 28, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem, kidnapping at least 22 Palestinians. Local sources in Jerusalem stated that the…
Knesset Draft Bill: NGOs Receiving Foreign Funds = ‘Foreign Agents’
A new draft bill initiated by the Jewish Home and Likud Beitenu members of the Knesset aims to define non-governmental organizations or Israeli individuals who receive funding from foreign countries…
Nablus Rallies in Solidarity with Political Prisoners
On the 26th of May, more than 500 people joined a demonstration in Nablus in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners and hunger strikers. Starting from the city’s main square, they…
Settlers Graze Sheep, Destroy Crops near Nablus
Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, grazed their sheep on Palestinian-owned land planted with wheat crops in the village of Jaloud, to the south of Nablus, according to Ghassan Daghlass, who monitors…
Palestine Today 05 27 2014
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Increase in Israeli Violations Against Holy Sites in oPt
A recent rights report has warned against escalating violations of both Israeli authorities and settlers against Islamic and Christian holy shrines in Palestine, amounting to 525 over the past five…
Amnesty Urges PA to Drop Criminal Charges Against Activists
Amnesty International has urged the Palestinian Authority to drop charges filed against four BDS activists detained since April. According to Ma’an News Agency, PA security officers and men in civilian…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap At Least 14 Palestinians In West Bank
[Tuesday, May 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various communities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, violently searched dozens of homes, kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians, and took them a…
Jerusalem Physician Dies Due To Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
[Tuesday Morning, May 26, 2014] Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that an elderly Palestinian physician has died due to the effects of teargas inhalation. He was hurt…
Settlers Attack School Near Bethlehem, Attempt to Invade It
[Tuesday, May 25, 2014] A number of fanatic Israeli settlers surrounded a Palestinian school in the Teqoua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and attempted to invade…
Palestine Today 05 26 2014
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Pope Calls for Allowing Free Access to Holy Sites in Jerusalem, Urges Two State Solution
Pope Francis, on his last day of a 3-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, called for allowing all believers free access to holy sites in Jerusalem, according to Agence France-Presse…
Israeli Navy Shoots Palestinian Fisherman Off Gaza Coast
The Israeli navy shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman, on Monday, while he was working off the coasts of Gaza, according to media sources. A correspondent from WAFA said that…
Settlers Continue Raids on Joseph’s Tomb
A number of Israeli settlers raided Joseph’s Tomb, in the West Bank city of Nablus, this morning, according to the PNN.Eyewitnesses said that the settlers raided the place, under guard…
Israel Approves 50 New Units In Abu Ghneim Settlement
[Monday, May 26, 2014] Even before the Pope concluded his visit to the Holy Land, calling for peace and justice, the Israeli Construction and Planning Committee of the Jerusalem City…
Pope Meets Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem In The Al-Aqsa Mosque
His holiness Pope Francis met on Monday [May 26, 2014] the Grand Mufti of Occupied Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, and various Jerusalemite Islamic and Christian leaders.He…
Dozens of Hunger Striking Detainees Face Serious Complications
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that scores of hunger striking detainees, held by Israel, have been moved to a number of hospitals and clinics, due to serious health…
Qaraqe’: Israel Reneges on Previous Hunger Strike Agreement
Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe’ said, Sunday, that the Israeli prison administration has distributed leaflets to all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in an official renege on a…
SOS Message from Jerusalem Christians to Pope Francis
Your Holiness Pope Francis: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,…” ~Matthew 19:14, Our Lord Jesus said this over two thousand years ago in this…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 15 – 21 May, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
VIDEO: Crops Set on Fire in South Hebron Hills
Palestinian farmers from the village of Qawawis in the South Hebron Hills discovered Thursday morning that about 3 tons of wheat they had recently harvested were set on fire in…
Bennett Proposes to Demolish Wall and Annex Area C
Israeli newspaper, Hayom, reports that Naftali Bennett, Israeli Minister of Economy and head of the Jewish Home Party, has suggested in an article he wrote for the Wall Street Journal…
Two Teens Kidnapped North of Hebron
Israeli forces, on Sunday, kidnapped two Palestinian teenagers from Beit Ummar, to the north of Hebron, according to reports by a local activist. Mohammad Awad, Spokesperson of the anti-settlement Popular…
Pope Meets with Abbas
In an official reception with President Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Francis I of the Roman Catholic Church voiced hopes that peace in the Middle East could soon surface, so as to…
Abbas Calls on Francis to Recognize Palestinian Crisis
In a speech, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presented to Pope Francis the need to support the work of Palestinians in ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent, free Palestinian…
Israel Illegally Confiscates 3,000 Dunams Of Salfit Lands
[Sunday, May 25, 2014] The Israeli Authorities announced the illegal annexation of 3,000 Dunams of privately owned Palestinian lands belonging to residents of the Salfit district, in central West Bank.Jamal…
Bethlehem Welcomes Pope Francis
His Holiness Pope Francis arrived in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the occupied State of Palestine.He started his visit with a press conference with…
Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
[Saturday, May 24, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said dozens of Palestinians were injured after Israeli soldiers attacked a nonviolent protest in support of the detainees, in Hebron, in the southern…
More Than 30 Days Of Hunger Strike, And Their Battle Continues
[May 24, 2014] Their tongues paralyzed, their bodies collapse. They have lost the ability to move or tend to their bodily functions and needs. Their eyes carry a thousand questions,…
660 Gaza Christians Allowed into West Bank to See Pope
Israeli authorities have allowed 660 Christians from Gaza to see Pope Francis, on Sunday, in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.According to Al Ray, the Ministry of Interior has…
Activists Prevent Israeli Company From Painting Over Apartheid Wall for Papal Visit
Workers from an Israeli construction company were stopped by protesters, on Friday, as they were painting a section of the massive so-called ‘separation barrier’ which is to extend approximately 430…
Pope Francis Begins Mideast Pilgrimage
Pope Francis embarked upon a three-day pilgrimage to the Middle East, Saturday, with a plea for peace in war-torn Syria, calling for people to uphold religious freedom ‘in a region…
More Detainees To Join Hunger Strike
Fifty Palestinian detainees held at the Nafha Israeli Prison, in addition to 15 In Ramon Prison and 15 in Asqalan Prison, said they will be joining the ongoing hunger strike…
Two Palestinians Killed In Khan Younis Explosion
[Saturday, May 24 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were killed, and two others were seriously injured, in an explosion in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Israelis Write Anti-Christian Graffiti On Church Wall In Be’er as-Sabe’
[Saturday, May 24, 2014] As the Pope is launching his visit to the region, a number of Israeli vandals wrote racist graffiti, against Christianity and Jesus Christ, on a wall…
Army Invades Village Near Hebron, Three Palestinians Injured
[Saturday, May 24, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that three young men were shot and injured by Israeli army fire, after several military jeeps invaded the at-Tabaqa village, south…
Turkish Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel’s Attack On Solidarity Ship
After more than four years in a coma, a Turkish man has died of serious injuries he suffered after Israel’s navy attacked, in international waters, the MV Marmara solidarity ship,…
Protests Dispersed by Israeli Forces Across West Bank
Israeli forces dispersed Friday demonstrations in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners and in protest against the illegal Israeli occupation and its apartheid wall in three West Bank cities on Friday, including…
VIDEO: Lifta – Commemoration and Return
Some 500 residents of the partially destroyed Palestinian village of Lifta recently returned to their homes and lands on Friday May 16, commemorating the Nakba and vowing to return. Four…
Hunger Strikers: ‘Either I go home – or I go in a plastic bag’
On April 24th of this year, over 100 Palestinian political detainees went on an open-end hunger strike in demand to an end of administrative detention, in which Palestinian prisoners are…
Bennett Suggests ‘Stability Plan’ Over Peace Talks
Israeli minister of economy and leader of the Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, has suggested a new plan for peace in Palestine, calling for dismantling the security barrier in the…
Gaza Rocket Hits Israel after Youth Shot on Border
Southern Israel was hit by a rocket fired across the Gaza border, after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian residents east of Deir al-Balah, shooting one youth, on Friday afternoon.According…
This Week in Palestine Week 21 2014
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Netanyahu: “Abbas Is Not Partner In Peace, Israel Weighing Unilateral Moves”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attacked Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accusing him of obstructing direct “peace talks”, and said Israel is weighing unilateral moves that would include limited withdrawals from…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia
[Friday Morning, May 23, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer and a police officer…
Contaminated Water Lands Striking Detainees In Hospital
The Palestine Detainees Study Center quoted lawyer Rami al-Alamy stating that the Prison Administration at the Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheba) Israeli Prison had to move all hunger striking Palestinian detainees to…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron And Tubas
[Friday, May 23, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and…
Army Kidnaps A Disabled Palestinian, Throw His Wheelchair
[Thursday Evening, May 22, 2014] Israeli soldiers violently attacked and kidnapped a disabled Palestinian man, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after forcing him into their jeep, and…
Hunger Striking Detainee Facing Serious Health Conditions
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] The International Red Cross – Palestine Branch has informed the family of detainee Ayman Tbeish, from the southern west Bank city of Hebron, that their hunger-striking…
Israeli Minister To Present Bill To Expand Jerusalem Borders
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said he intends to submit a draft law expanding the boundaries of occupied Jerusalem, to include the settlement blocs of Maaleh…
Palestine Today 05 22 2014
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3 Under House Arrest For Pope Francis’ Visit
In what appears to be a token move by the state of Israel, three young Jewish militants have been placed under house arrest for suspicion of possible plans to disrupt…
Israeli Settlers Storm Joseph’s Tomb
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli settlers at Joseph’s Tomb, after it was stormed by dozens of Jewish Israelis who performed religious rituals there. According to witnesses, a large…
50 New Prisoners to Join AD Hunger Strike
50 Palestinian prisoners held in Nafha Israeli prison, Mitzepe Ramon, will start an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday in support of the hunger striking administrative detainees, who also threatened to…
VIDEO: Settler Runs Over Teenager in Hebron
Yesterday, during the early evening, several Palestinian youth were riding bikes near checkpoint 56 in the Tel Rumeida area of Al-Khalil (Hebron). At around 7pm, one youth, 17-year-old Izz Adel…
Israel Digs Grid of Tunnels Underneath Al-Aqsa Gate
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Heritage and Waqf stated, Thursday, according to WAFA, that Israeli authorities have almost completed grid of tunnels underneath Bab al-Mathara, one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex gates.…
Rami Hamdallah is PM of New Unity Government
An informed source has told Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency that Rami Hamdallah is now the head of the forthcoming national reconciliation government. According to Al Ray, the source confirmed…
John Kerry Not to Return to Middle East with New Peace Deal
The US has announced that there will be no new Middle East peace project offered by the American Secretary of State, John Kerry.Kerry’s spokesman says that Kerry is busy with…
Israeli Court Hears Rachel Corrie Appeal
The Israeli Supreme Court heard the appeal, Wednesday, by the parents of US activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003. An Israeli…
Army Uproots Olive Trees, Bulldozes Lands Near Salfit
Several Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday morning [May 22, 2014], Palestinians lands and olive orchards in Kufur Ed-Deek, west of the central West bank city…
Settlers Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Hebron
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and burnt Palestinian wheat…
Israel To Install 500 Surveillance Cameras In Occupied East Jerusalem
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] The Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Jerusalem City Council, have decided to install 500 surveillance cameras in Palestinian neighborhoods, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Israeli…
Israeli Extremists Storm Yards Of Al-Aqsa Mosque
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] Israeli police officers kidnapped a Palestinian working for the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while dozens of Israeli…
EU to Cooperate with Unity Government if Quartet Conditions Met
EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Boberg Andrson, says that the European Union will cooperate with the new government if it recognizes the conditions outlined by the Mideast Quartet, which include…
US, EU and UN Draw Attention to Killing of Two Teens near Offer
Representatives of the United States and the European Union have expressed a concern and called for investigations regarding the senseless deaths of two youth on May 15, near Ofer prison,…
Army Demolishes Several Palestinian Shops in Occupied Jerusalem
The Israeli army has bulldozed a number of shops in the al-Khalileh neighborhood, near the village of al-Nabi Samwill, in Jerusalem.Ismaeil Abu-Rbah, the head of neighborhood, said that Israeli forces…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Fire Tear Gas and Stun Grenades at Children in Hebron
This morning, in al-Khalil (Hebron), the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reports that several children threw stones towards Checkpoint 29 on their way to school. 21st May 2014 | International Solidarity…
Israeli Forces Kidnap Five Palestinians in Jenin and Jerusalem
Three Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces, on Wednesday, from the Jenin district, in addition to two others from the Jerusalem area, according to reports by local and security sources.The…
Palestine Today 05 21 2014
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Young Palestinian Injured by Israeli Fire in Southern Gaza
The Israeli army shot and injured a young Palestinian citizen in the head, this morning, in the neighborhood of al-Farain, to the east of Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip.The…
Indyk to End Duties, Dissolve Negotiating Team
According to Israeli media sources, an unnamed US official has said that Washington’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Martin Indyk, will be leaving his duties, the negotiating team dissolved.On Wednesday,…