Obama Releases Aid To P.A.
President of the United States, Barack Obama, decided to release millions of dollars of U.S. funds to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in a move that was explained…
Israeli troops attack non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations in four West Bank villages
Two people were severely injured, and dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation this week when Israeli troops attacked anti-wall and settlement protests on Friday…
Extremist Israeli Settlers Break Into Israeli Military Base
Israeli sources reported Friday that a group of extremist Israeli settlers broke into an Israeli military base in the West Bank and wrote graffiti against the army before the soldiers…
Detainee Thiab: “My Hunger-Strike Is Until Freedom Or Martyrdom”
Palestinian political detainee, Bilal Thiab, sent a letter from his hospital bed at the Ramla Israeli Prison hospital that lacks adequate supplies and equipment, stating that he is persistent and…
PCHR Weekly: “Army Carries Out 81 Invasions In W. Bank, 1 in Gaza”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, revealing that Israeli soldiers conducted 81 invasions into the West Bank,…
Settlers Raise Israel’s Flag On Top Of Ibrahimi Mosque
A group of Israeli settlers raised Israeli flags on top of the fourth holiest site in Islam, the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. This is…
Abu Rodeina: “Words Without Deeds Do Not Create Peace”
Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stated that “words about the willingness to achieve peace” are not sufficient to realize this peace on the ground, adding that Israel talks about…
58 Days On Hunger-Strike, Ailing Detainee Determined To Continue
Palestinian political prisoner, Tha’er Halahla, entered his 58th day of hunger-strike at the Ramla Prison Hospital, and is still determined to continue his strike while prison doctors warned that his…
P.A. Demands Israel To Stop Unilateral Moves
Amidst Israeli plans to “legalize” random and unauthorised settlement outposts, to build new settlements, and expand existing ones, Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, demanded the Israeli government of Prime…
UNRWA Builds 223 Homes In Gaza
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has built 223 homes in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern part of the…
Female Detainee Sent To Solitary Confinement
In an illegal attempt to force an end to her hunger-strike, the Israeli Prison Administration has placed detainee Lina al-Jarbouni, 37 years old, into solitary confinement at the Ramla Israeli…
Officer Who Killed Handcuffed Palestinian Sentenced To Just 8 Months
An Israeli court sentenced an Israeli police officer on Tuesday to only eight months imprisionment for killing a detained and handcuffed Palestinian in Tel Aviv on September 14 2010.The officer…
140 Detainees Moved From Majeddo Prison
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration moved approximately 140 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees from the Majeddo prison to an undisclosed location. Most of…
Israel To Build Wall On Lebanese Border
Israeli TV Channel 10 reported Monday that Israel will start the construction of a separation wall along part of the border with Lebanon, in the north of the country. The…
Number Of Hunger-Striking Detainees Could Reach 3,000
The number of hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel in various prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities around the country, will likely reach 3,000 persons as waves of detainees…
Court Turns Down Appeal Of Two Hunger-Striking Detainees
An Israeli military courted rejected, Monday, an appeal filed by lawyer Jamil al-Khateeb, on behalf of Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahla, who are holding an open-ended hunger strike demanding to…
Soldiers Abduct 13 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday, thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, and took them to unknown destinations; at least three of those taken are children.Local sources reported…
Eight Children Injured By Israeli Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that eight school children were injured when a group of extremist Israeli settlers, from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, attacked them in Orif village, south…
Hebron Home Caged Due To Settlements
Steel bars surround the home, not only sliding down the windows, but all over the place, covering it from every side and corner, covering its doors, covering its external yard…
Israel To Build New 217 Units In Jerusalem
The Civil Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem reported that the Israeli government decided to expand the illegal Nof Zion settlement outpost in Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied East Jerusalem, buy…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron, Kidnap Five
Israeli soldiers attacked, Saturday, a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped five residents.Rateb Al-Jabour,…
Court Orders Removal Of Settlers From Hebron Home
The Israeli District Court ordered the removal of extremist Israeli settlers from a Palestinian home they illegally occupied several years ago in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the occupied southern West…
Republicans Seek Extra $680 M. For Iron Dome
Israeli sources reported that U.S. Republican lawmakers intend to grant Israel additional $680 Million to be transferred in full by 2015, in order to help Israel’s Iron Dome system that…
Settlers Attack Local, International Law Professors In Hebron
Extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Friday local and international law professors participating in a conference regarding Palestine’s membership at the United Nations, organized by the Hebron University, in Hebron city,…
PCHR Weekly Report:19 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 12 – 18 April 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Haredi Man Stabbed In Jerusalem
A Haredi Jewish man was stabbed in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli controlled East Jerusalem on Thursday evening, an Israeli source reported. The Israeli Police stated that…
20 New Homes Built In Illegal Settlement Outpost
Israeli settlers have constructed 20 new homes on privately owned Palestinian land in an illegal outpost known as Ulpana, in Beit El settlement northeast of Ramallah, Israeli daily Haaretz reported…
Israeli Officer Demoted After Video Shows Him Brutalizing Danish Tourist
Following the publication on the internet and in other media of a video showing a senior Israeli military officer striking a Danish tourist on a cycling tour of the West…
19 Year Old Israeli Soldier Dies During Training, Two Others Injured
Israeli sources reported that one soldier died during training at a military base in the south of the country on Wednesday. The soldier had been moved to a hospital in…
Soldiers Demolish Sheds And Tents In Bedouin Camp Near Jerusalem
Israeli military bulldozers demolished several sheds and tents belonging to the Al-Jahalin Bedouin tribe, north west of Jerusalem on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses reported that the army demolished 13 sheds and tents leaving…
Jerusalem Family Displaced, Home Handed To Settlers
Israeli soldiers and policemen displaced resident Khaled An-Natsha and his family from their home in Al-Ashqariyya area, in Beit Hanina, north of Israeli controlled East Jerusalem. The eviction came following…
Woman Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a woman was shot and wounded on Wednesday morning, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at farmers working on their land in Khuza’a town, east of…
Israeli Soldiers Detain 10 Residents Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers carried out a dawn invasion of dozens of homes in Burin village, near the central West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. As dawn broke, soldiers invaded and…
Soldiers Invade Homes In Hebron, Settlers Attack Young Man
Israeli soldiers invaded several homes in the neighborhoods of al-Ja’bary and Khallit Hadour in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday night, while Israeli settlers attacked a youth…
Settlers Chop Down 250 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Israeli settlers chopped down 250 Palestinian owned olive trees on Tuesday, belonging to residents of Betello village northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Orchard owner Fawzi Dar Bazar…
Report On The Palestinian Political Prisoners
Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Palestinian Central Census Bureau and the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees issued a joint release revealing that 201 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since 1967…
320 Local And International Groups Campaign For Detainee’s Rights
An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held…
Palestinian Detainees Initiate An Open-Ended Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, campaigning for an end to all violations carried out against them by the Israeli Prison Administration, and demanding…
Detainee Khader Adnan Released
Sheikh Adnan Khader, a leader of the Islamic Jihad who went on hunger-strike for 66 consecutive days demanding an end to his illegal detention without charges or trial, was released…
470 Passengers Marked As Activists Had Nothing To Do With “Welcome To Palestine”
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel blacklisted as “pro-Palestinian” and part of the Welcome To Palestine campaign, were not activists; two of them were…
Nonviolent Resistance Activist Released
Ashraf Abu Rahma from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was released by the Israeli Prison Authorites on Sunday evening after being detained for six and…
Resident Injured By Army Fire In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Israeli controlled East Jerusalem reported on Sunday that one youth from Al-Esawiyya town in the Jerusalem district, was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire during…
Resident Killed, Dozens Injured, In Jenin Clashes
Local sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that one resident was left dead and dozens were injured on Saturday during armed clashes between Palestinian…
Zoabi: “Israel Violates Freedoms At A Global Level”
Arab member of Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, stated that Israeli pressures and threats against nonviolent solidarity activists, the Welcome To Palestine campaign, in addition to the German and British cancellation of…
Four hunger striking prisoners now in hospital
The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer announced Saturday that it knows of eight Palestinian detainees currently on open-ended hunger strikes, four of whom have been hospitalized and are being force-fed…
As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter, Archbishop denounces Israeli restrictions
Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered in Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Friday through Sunday for the celebration of the Easter holiday, which is celebrated one week later than the Latin churches…
1600 Detainees To Declare Hunger-Strike on April 17
1600 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, declared they will be starting an open-ended hunger strike on April 17th in protest to their illegal detention, and demanding basic rights. Palestinian…
Airlines Cancel Tickets Of Dozens Of Flytilla Activists
The Guardian newspaper reported that the British Jet2 airlines canceled tickets of three British peace activists who intended to fly to Palestine this Sunday as part of the solidarity campaign…
PCHR Report: 6 civilians & 2 fighters wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its weekly report on human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces Continued Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians…
Israeli, Lebanese Navy Cooperate To Counter Solidarity Ships
A senior Israeli Navy official stated that the Israeli Navy has recently stepped-up its cooperation with the Lebanese Navy in an attempt to prevent solidarity ships from reaching the Gaza…
Israeli Troops Blockade Palestinian Town Near Jerusalem
Beginning Sunday evening and continuing through Wednesday, Israeli soldiers set up a blockade around the town of ar-Ram, east of Jerusalem, preventing vehicles from entering or leaving the town.According to…
Iranian Source: “Israeli Terrorist Cell Captured In Tehran”
The Iranian “Islamic Republic News Agency” (IRNA) reported that the Ministry of Intelligence captured, on Tuesday, what it called “an Israeli terrorist cell that planned terrorist operations in the country”.IRNA…
White House Refuses To Release Israeli Spy
The U.S. Administration of President Barack Obama rejected a request by Israeli President, Shimon Peres, for the release of Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, for humanitarian purposes.Peres sent a letter to…
Mansour: “Israel Is Destroying Two-State Solution”
Permanent Palestinian observer at the United Nations, Riyadh Mansour, sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Head of the Security Council, in addition to the head…
Soldiers Abduct Three Residents Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the town of Yatta, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and abducted three residents.Rateb al-Jabour,…
On Video; Soldiers Abuse Elderly Shepherd, Sheep Near Hebron
A volunteer with the Israeli Information Center in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) documented on film a group of Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian shepherd and his sheep, after the soldiers…
Three Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that one Palestinian child, in addition to an Israeli and an international peace activist, were injured after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against…
Convicted Of Murder, Treason; 3 Palestinians Executed In Gaza
The Hamas-run Ministry Of Interior in the Gaza Strip announced Saturday that it executed three Palestinians who were previously sentenced to death by hanging, and added that one of them…
British High Court Annuls Deportation Ruling Against Salah
A High Court in England issued a verdict voiding a deportation order that was serviced against Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the…
Three Egyptian Detainees Declare Hunger-Strike
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Saturday that three Egyptian political prisoners, held by Israel at the Nafha prison, declared an open-ended hunger-strike demanding their release.The PPS identified the three as…
Two Residents Injured in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that two residents were injured after the Israeli army fired a missile at their motorcycle near Al-Fadliyya School, in Rafah, in the southern part of…
Miles Of Smiles 11 Arrives In Gaza
The Miles of Smiles 11 solidarity convoy made it into the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening after the Egyptian border control at the Rafah Border Terminal granted it the green…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Three Killed, Dozens Injured Last Week”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories for the period between March 29 – April 4,…
20 Palestinians, Including 2 Officers, Kidnapped In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Kufr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 20 Palestinians,…
Let’s Build “Peace”, I Mean Colonies
The fundamentalist, right-wing, extremist led government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not stop talking about peace, and how, unlike the Palestinians, Israel is not placing obstacles “in the…
Abbas Denounces New Settlement Construction Plan
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli decision to build 654 units in Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, and 180 units in the West Bank.Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina,…
Israel To Build 632 Homes In “Har Homa” Settlement
The Israeli Housing Ministry declared new tenders for the construction of hundreds of new homes in Jabal Abu Ghneim “Har Homa” illegal settlement, south of occupied East Jerusalem.Ahmad Mustafa Sob-Laban,…
Netanyahu To Send Letter To Abbas Asking Him To Resume Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, intends to send a letter to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, asking him to return to the Negotiations table, and telling him that he is willing,…
Abbas Receives Russian Envoy
Visiting Jordan’s Capital, Amman, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday the visiting special Russian Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process, Sergey Vershinin, and held talks on the situation…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated that detainee Omar Abu Shallal, 55, was moved to Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital, after being on hunger-strike…
Army Constructs Outpost On Mt. Olive
Fkahri Abu Thiab of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, stated that Israeli soldiers have concluded the establishment of an outpost near the “Seven Arches…
Worker Attacked By 15 Extremist Settlers In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian construction worker was attacked by approximately 15 extremist Israeli settlers while heading to a construction site in West Jerusalem.The sources identified the…
Netanyahu Asks Barak To Delay Eviction of Settlers From Hebron Home
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asked Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, to delay the eviction of settlers who occupied a Palestinian home in Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
Barghouthi Forced Back Into Solitary Confinement
Elected Palestinian Legislator and senior Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, was forced back into solitary confinement, and his lawyer, Elias Sabbagh, has been prevented from seeing him for more than one…
Shalabi To Be Exiled To Gaza Sunday
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, is being exiled to the Gaza Strip, and that the Red Cross is bringing her family…
Four Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported that several extremist Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday afternoon, several Palestinians in the central West Bank district in Salfit, wounding four of them, including two women;…
61 Detainees Injured In Nafha
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Sunday that 61 Palestinian political prisoners, held at the Nafha Israeli detention camp in the Negev Desert, were injured after the army attacked them…
Zoabi: “We Did Not Invade Anybody’s Land”
Arab Member of Knesset, member of the National Democratic Assembly, Hanin Zoabi, stated during a massive protest, marking Palestinian Land Day in Jaffa, that the Arabs and the Palestinians in…
Safa Protesters Remove 100 Meters Of Fence Isolating Them From Their Orchards
As part of the protests marking the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, and the Global March to Jerusalem, residents of Safa village, near the central West Bank city…
Israel Planning Settlement Neighborhood In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is planning to construct a new settlement neighborhood in Abu Dis, in occupied East Jerusalem.The sources said that Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, is…
Several Residents Injured In Jerusalem, 15 Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, several Palestinians in Al-Esawiyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading the town leading to clashes with local youths; at least fifteen Palestinians…
Hammad: “Resistance, Of All types, Is The Way to Liberation”
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated that resistance, of all types, remains is only option of the Palestinian people, fighting for their liberation and…
On Land Day; Israel Orders West Bank Sealed For 24 Hours
As the Palestinians mark the Palestinian Land Day on March 30th, Israel ordered the West Bank completely closed, and deployed thousands of soldiers in the occupied territories, and raised the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 wounded, 19 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22 – 28 March 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found…
Israel expels Palestinian hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza
After 43 days on hunger strike, Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi has agreed to end her hunger strike after Israeli officials agreed to release her from prison. But her release…
Army Kidnaps 9 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.The army violently broke into…
Settlers Occupy A Palestinian Home In Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers occupied, on Wednesday night after midnight, a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and claimed purchasing the property from its…
Egypt Hands Body Of Arab-Israeli Man To Tel Aviv
Egyptian security sources reported that the Egyptian Authorities handed the body of an Arab man to Tel Aviv after he was shot and killed by Egyptian border police fire on…
Hammad: “Land Day Marches Are Nonviolent”
Nimir Hammad, adviser to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that all marches planned for commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, on Friday March 30th, are nonviolent in…
Israeli Envoys In Cairo To Discuss Spy Release
Egyptian sources reported that senior Israeli government envoys arrived in Cairo, on Wednesday, to hold talks with Egyptian officials on a prisoner-swap deal that would secure the release of a…
Soldiers, Settlers, Break Into The Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a press release on Wednesday morning stating that dozens of Israeli soldiers and fundamentalist settlers broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through…
Irish Chairman To Sign Sister City Agreement With Gaza City
Councillor and chairman of the Irish Moyle District Council, Padraig McShane, will be arriving in Gaza City on Wednesday to officially sign a historic sister city agreement with the City…
Political Detainee Injured After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Palestinian political prisoner, Abbas as-Sayyid, was injured after Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked him in front of his prison cell at the Gilboa’ Israeli prison.As-Sayyid was beaten to…
Youth Injured By Settler Gun Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a Palestinian youth was shot in his leg by a fundamentalist Israeli settler in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of…
Barghouthi Calls For Halting Coordination With Israel
Detained Fatah strongman and legislator, Marwan Barghouthi, sent a letter from his prison cell at the Hadarim Israeli prison, calling on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, to stop…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five residents.The sources…
Soldier Stabbed Near Ramallah, Three Palestinians Wounded
An Israeli source reported, Tuesday morning, that one Israeli soldier was wounded after being stabbed in an area east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Soldiers opened fire…
Prisoner Group Files Appeal In The Case of Ash-Shalabi
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the release of female detainee Hana’ ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 40 days.Ash-Shalabi…
Settlers Attack A Resident In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Sunday, that one resident was injured after being attacked by a group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers near Yatta, in the southern Bank city of Hebron. Settlers…
Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…