Shalit In Egypt, Interviewed By Egyptian TV
Egyptian TV has published an interview with released Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, after he was safely handed over to Egypt as part of the prisoner-swap deal.In his interview, Shalit said…
Prisoner-Exchange Deal Officially Kicks Off
The prisoner-swap deal, signed between Hamas and Israel, has overcome the final hurdle after the Israeli High Court rejected all appeals filed against the deal by Israelis. Hundreds of detainees…
Zahhar: “Swap-deal Includes Lifting The Siege On Gaza”
Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, told Israeli daily Haaretz, that the prisoner-swap deal reached indirectly between Hamas and Israel includes lifting the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.Zahhar added that…
Toner: “Quartet Envoys Will Separately Meet Palestinian, Israeli Officials”
Envoys of the Middle East Quartet Committee will be holding separate meetings with Palestinian and Israeli officials in Jerusalem on October 26th, in an attempt to revive direct Palestinian-Israeli peace…
Hamas Leaders Arrive In Cairo To Welcome 40 Exiled Detainees
The Vice president of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement in Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouq, will be heading to Cairo on Monday as part of a Hamas delegation, to…
Qorea’: “Settlement Activities Prove Israel Not Interested In peaceâ€
Head of the Jerusalem Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Ahmad Qorea, stated that Israel’s violations against Jerusalem, settlement activities and annexations, are hostile activities that prove Israel is…
Saadat Moved To Al Ramla Prison Hospital
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detained Secretary-General of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, was moved to the Al Ramla Prison…
Israel Starts Moving Detainees In Preparation For Their Release
Israeli’s Yedioth Aharonoth reported on Sunday that Israel has already begun implementing its part of the prisoner-swap deal. Pison officers started moving detainees, who are included in the deal, to…
Poll: “Two-Thirds Of Israelis Support Swap Deal’
A poll conducted by Israeli TV’s Channel 10, revealed that two-thirds of the Israeli public approve of the prisoner-swap deal that was agreed upon between the Hamas movement and Israel.The…
Bil’in Weekly Protest Expresses Support To Striking Detainees
Dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by international and Israeli piece activists alike, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian Dead, 3 Wounded, 17 Adults & 7 Children Abducted By Israeli Troops
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 6th – 12th October 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported…
Ankara To Host 40 Freed Palestinian Detainees
The Hurriyet Daily News in Turkey has reported that Ankara will host forty Palestinian detainees who are to be freed under the prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel rejected…
Protest To Be Held In Nazareth In Support Of Striking Detainees
Thousands will gather for a popular protest in Nazareth to express solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners held in dozens of Israeli prisons and detention centres across the country. The…
Mashal, Abbas, To Meet Soon
A senior source within the Hamas movement reported that arrangements are being made to secure a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Political Bureau head, Khaled Mashal.The source,…
Hamas Releases Details on First Phase Of Swap Deal
Senior Hamas sources reported that the first stage of the mediated prisoners-swap deal with Israel will secure the release of most of the detainees who have been imprisoned by Israel…
Night-time Meeting Held In Cairo Between Hamas And Fatah, Who Are Set To Meet Again Soon
Officials of the Hamas and Fatah movements held a night-time meeting in Cairo on Wednesday, and agreed to meet again soon. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the…
Amnesty Asks Canada To Apprehend Bush
Amnesty International, leading human rights group, issued an appeal to the Canadian authorities on Wednesday to apprehend former American president George W. Bush when he enters the country next week…
Hamas: “Deal Includes Implementing The Demands Of Striking Detainees.â€
Former political prisoner, Saleh Al-Aroury, in charge of the Detainee File at the Hamas Movement, stated that the Egyptian mediated prisoner-swap deal reached with Israel, “also includes the implementation of…
Israel To Publish List Of 450 Detainees To Be Released In Phase One
The Israeli Ministry of Justice has announced that they will be publishing a list on Sunday, containing the names of the 450 Palestinian detainees who will be released in the…
Israeli Cabinet Approves Prisoner Swap Deal
The Israeli cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met Tuesday night after midnight and approved the mediated prisoner-swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian factions that have been holding…
Ten Female Students Injured In Hebron
Israeli soldiers assaulted dozens of female Palestinian students on Tuesday in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, injuring at least ten.Medical sources in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers tried…
Army Demolishes Mosque In Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers demolished a mosque at dawn on Tuesday, in Khirbit Izra village in Wadi El-Maleh, in the north of the Jordan ValleyAref Daraghma, head of the Wadi El-Maleh Village…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Monday that clashes broke out in Ras Al Amoud in occupied East Jerusalem between Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers and policemen, following repeated provocations by the army…
Army Airstrikes On Gaza
The Israeli Air Force bombarded several areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, while the Israeli Navy fired shells at coastal areas; damages were reported,…
Israeli Military Takes Precautions To Prevent Leaks Regarding Removal Of Minor Outposts
According to Israeli sources, the military has taken a number of measures to prevent leaks by soldiers about when minor settlement outposts will be dismantled. This is due to recent…
Hunger Strike Ongoing, Violations Against Detainees Escalating
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated on Saturday that Palestinian political detainees in Israeli prisons are continuing with their hunger strike to demand their legal rights, despite Israel’s escalating…
Israeli Navy Fires At Fishing Boats In Gaza
On Friday evening, the Israeli Navy opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip;…
Bil’in Holds Its Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Dozens of local residents, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, held the weekly non-violent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements on Friday in Bil’in village, west of…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 civilians, including a child, wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 Sep. – 05 Oct. 2011, 3 Palestinians, including a child, were…
Israel Claims 3 Men Admit Causing Death Of Settler, Son
On Thursday evening Israeli police lifted a gag order on the arrest of three Palestinian men on October 4th, stating that during interrogation the three confessed to causing the death…
Settlers Burn Dozens of Olive Trees North Of Jerusalem
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers of the Ramat Shlomo illegal settlement installed on lands that belong to residents of Shu’fat, north of Jerusalem, set ablaze dozens of olive…
Israeli Police Captured On Video Violently Attacking Arab Family in Haifa
Two days ago, the Israeli Police violently attacked and evicted an Arab family who had been living in a vacant home in Salma Street, Haifa, mistreating the mother and her…
Abed-Rabbo: “No Talks Unless Israel Halts Settlement Activitiesâ€
Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, stated that the Palestinian leadership will not return to the negotiations table before Israel halts all of…
Haniyya Meets Former Netherlands Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, met with the Netherlands Prime Minister, Andries van Agt, and a number of former ministers, ambassadors, and officials. Haniyya informed…
Israeli Judge Challenges Illegal Interrogation Of 13-year-old Boy
A gag order was lifted Wednesday in the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was recently acquitted of charges of throwing stones at an Israeli bus, after an Israeli…
Israel Orders Sections Of Jaffa Mosque Demolished
The Israeli Authorities in Jaffa are demanding the removal of sections of Al Bahar Mosque, in Jaffa, under the claim that these sections were built without construction permits, the Wattan…
Miles Of Smiles 6 Arrives In Gaza
The Miles of Smiles convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip late on Wednesday through the Rafah Border Terminal in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and received popular and…
Settlers Uproot 200 Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted on Thursday morning, at least 200 olive trees that belong to residents of Qasra village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
UNESCO Decides To Put Statehood Bid To A Vote
The Executive Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Wednesday in favor of putting the issue of granting Palestine a full membership, to a vote.…
Al Arqeeb Village Demolished For the 30th Time
Dozens of Israeli policemen and members of the so-called “Israel Land Authority” demolished and removed all tents and structures in Al Araqeeb village in the Negev., the thirtieth such attack…
IPA Starts New Measures To Punish Detainees
Israeli Maariv reported on Wednesday morning that the Israeli Prison Administration (IPA) has started a series of measures to increase pressure on the Palestinian detainees in an attempt to break…
Massive Protest Held In Hebron In Support Of Political Detainees
Thousands of Palestinians held a protest in the southern West Bank city of Hebron in solidarity with the political prisoners incarcerated by Israel in several prisons and detention camps, and…
Jailed Legislator Rejects Expulsion Plea Bargain
Detained legislator Ahmad Attoun, of Jerusalem, rejected an Israeli Court offer of expulsion from Jerusalem in exchange for his release. He also refused to sign a document stating that he…
Hamas Leader Calls For Abducting More Soldiers
Hamas political leader Khalil Al Hayya called on the Palestinian resistance factions to abduct more Israeli soldiers and settlers in order to trade them for Palestinian political prisoners, according to…
Israeli Troops Break Into Asqalan, Nahfa Prisons
In an attempt to prevent the detainees’ hunger strike from spreading to all Israeli prisons and detention facilities, undercover forces of the Israeli Army broke into the Asqalan and Nafha…
Striking Palestinian Detainee Suffers Health Deterioration
The health condition of Palestinian detainee Akram Mansour, 52, witnessed a sharp deterioration Monday as he continues his hunger strike along with hundreds of detainees imprisoned by Israel. Held in…
Mosque Torched In The Galilee
Similar to attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, a group of extremists burned a mosque at the entrance of Toba Zanghriyya village in the Galilee on Sunday night,…
Israeli Author Allowed Israeli ID With No Religion Listed
An 81-year old Israeli intellectual has been allowed by an Israeli court to register a new identity card that does not list a religion – an anomaly in Israel, where…
Arrest Of Salah Was Illegal, UK Court Rules
A British Court ruled that the arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories, had no legal grounds, and that…
Sakhnin; Thousands Mark 11th Anniversary Of Al Aqsa Intifada
Responding to a decision by the Arab Higher follow-up committee in the 1948 territories, thousands of Arabs, Palestinians, participated in a ceremony commemorating the 11th anniversary of the Al Aqsa…
Settlers Uproot Dozens Of Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist armed Israeli settlers uprooted on Saturday dozens of Palestinian olive trees that belong to residents of Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
UN Committee Held First Meeting To Discuss Palestine Bid
The special UN Security Council Admission Committee, tasked with dealing with state membership requests, held on Friday its first meeting to discuss the Palestinian request to become a full member…
Israeli Air Force Bombards A Qassam Site In Central Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force bombarded on Friday at dawn a site, reportedly used as a training center, for the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of…
Three Injured By Army Fire In Salfit
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday evening, that three residents were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Yasouf Palestinian village, near the West…
Netanyahu Rejects International, Arab, Criticism Of News Settlement Expansion Plan
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected international and Arab condemnation of a newly announced Israeli plan to build 1100 new homes in the Gilo illegal settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem.…
Miles Of Smiles 6 Heading To Gaza Soon
The Miles of Smiles 6 solidarity convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip in the coming days by sailing to Al Arish Egyptian port before heading to the besieged…
Serry Slams Israel’s Decision To Build 1100 Units
United Nations Envoy, Robert Serry, stated that with its new decision to build 1100 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel sends a wrong signal amidst the international efforts…
Israeli Report; Netanyahu To Support Quartet Initiative
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, along with eight senior members of his cabinet decided on Tuesday at night to support an initiative presented by the Quartet regarding…
West Bank Under Strict Closure As Israel Celebrates Rosh Hashanah
The Israeli army placed the occupied West Bank under full and tight security closure starting by Midnight Tuesday as Israel will be marking Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year), and…
Israel plans 1,100 more settlement units as legislators call for full annexation
A group of right-wing Israeli legislators submitted a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister on Monday stating that in response to the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral bid for statehood at the…
Three confirmed dead in Gaza tunnel from Egyptian wastewater attack
After Egyptian forces flooded a smuggling tunnel with wastewater on Sunday in an attack aimed at stopping Palestinian smuggling, two men were missing and one badly injured. Two days later,…
Army Kidnaps Jerusalem Legislator
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday Jerusalem legislator of the Change and Reform Block of Hamas, Ahmad Attoun, as he was in front of the protest tent that was installed in…
Israeli father and son die in car accident allegedly caused by Palestinian stone-throwing
According to Israeli police, a 25-year old Israeli-American settler and his 18-month old baby were killed on Friday in a car accident that they say may have been caused by…
Two Children, Ages 8 and 10, Kidnapped By Israeli Soldiers In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two children, ages 8 and 10, from Al Bustan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem. Clashes took place following the abduction.Local sources reported that the…
Hamas: Israel’s stance on blockade is ‘criminal’
In response to the speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday at the United Nations, Palestinian Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh (of the Hamas…
Settlers Put Up Posters Calling For Killing Arabs, Palestinians
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers put up Israeli flags and posters on main and bypass roads close to Jewish settlements in the southern part of the West Bank, calling for…
Two Tunnel Workers Killed, Five Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported that two tunnel workers died of wounds sustained due to a gas leak that led to an explosion inside as siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah, in the…
Man Wounded After Settlers Hurled Stones At His Vehicle
Eyewitnesses reported that a Palestinian man from Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, was injured on Saturday evening when a group of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones at his vehicle causing…
Members of Tunisian Aid Convoy Enter Gaza
Members of the Al Karama “Dignity” Tunisian Aid Convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon through the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.The convoy…
Excerpts Of Abbas’ UN Speech, Israel’s Response
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered his historic speech at the United Nations on Friday, officially submitting the Palestinian bid for a Palestinian state with full membership at the United Nations.…
Hamas: “Abbas’ Speech Filled With Contradictions”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated that the Friday evening speech of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, at the United Nations, “is filled with contradictions, despite its emotional start”. Hamas said that…
Erdogan: “Israeli Policies, The Only Cause For Tension In The Region”
In his Thursday speech at the United Nations, Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated that the policies of the Israeli government are the only cause for tension in the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Two children dead, 2 children and 2 adults wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 15 – 21 Sep. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Palestinian Authority Will Not Push For Immediate Security Council Vote
Although the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank said it is determined to go ahead with its full UN Membership Bid, it has decided not to push…
Palestinian Human Rights Worker Kidnapped In Iraq
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation reported Wednesday that its representative in Iraq was kidnapped by gunmen wearing the attire of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.The foundation said that, on Wednesday…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Woman In Hebron
Palestinian Medical Sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian woman was hospitalized after being attacked by extremist Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The woman, Intisar Al Rajabi,…
Lieberman Welcomes Obama’s Statements
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, welcomed the statements of U.S. President, Barack Obama, in front of the General Assembly in New York, and described them as “encouraging”.Lieberman, who is currently…
Supporting Palestinian-UN Bid, Protest Held In Front of U.S Embassy In Tel Aviv
Dozens of members and supporters of the National Democratic Assembly held on Tuesday evening a protest in front of the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, demanding the U.S. not to…
Netanyahu Protester Sues Security Guards For Injuring Her
A Jewish human rights activist who stood up to challenge the Israeli Prime Minister’s address to the US Congress this spring and call for equal rights for Palestinians has filed…
Israeli Embassy Officials Back In Cairo
The Al Ahram Egyptian paper reported, on Monday evening, that four Israeli diplomats working at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo have resumed their duties at the new building of the…
Report; “Israeli-Palestinian Team Prepares For Coordinated Activities”
Israeli sources reported that a Palestinian-Israeli team was formed to coordinate the activities of the Israeli Army and the Palestinian Security Forces in the event of clashes following the declaration…
Donor Countries; “P.A Ready For Statehood”
The Associated Press reported that Donor countries reaffirmed their belief that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is ready for statehood, and that the efforts to boost local institutions…
Saudi Arabia Donates $200 Million To P.A.
Amidst U.S. and Israeli threats to bankrupt and isolate the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank due to the UN state recognition bid this month, Saudi Arabia announced it is…
Ami Ayalon: “Israel Must Vote For The Palestinian State”
Former head of the Israeli Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service), Ami Ayalon, called on the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to vote for the Palestinian State at the United…
Israeli airline pilots and crews trained to give talks promoting Israel in US cities
The main Israeli-owned airline, El Al, in collaboration with the Jewish Agency, the group ‘Stand With Us’, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry, has launched a campaign to send Israeli pilots…
Settlers Plan “Sovereignty Marches” In Palestinian Towns
Israeli Ynet News reported that Israeli settlers living in the occupied territories are planning what they dubbed as “Sovereignty Marches” in the Palestinian territories, starting on Tuesday afternoon.Fanatic settlers’ leader,…
Israel Plans 10 New Settlements In The Negev
The Israeli government is planning to approve a new project that aims at building 10 new Jewish-only settlements in the Negev, by displacing thousands of Bedouins from the area.The project…
Olivia Boat Repaired, To Accompany Fishing Boats Soon
Mahfouth Al Kabarty, head of the Palestinian Committee for Fishing and Maritime Sports in the Gaza Strip, reported that the Olivia boat, operated by international activists who accompany Palestinian fishing…
Army Tightens Measures At Two Main Roadblocks
Israeli soldiers tightened on Saturday the security measures at the Container Roadblock, 10 Km northeast of Bethlehem, in ‘Wadi El Nar road’ (The Valley of Fire Road) and the Qalandia…
Islamic Jihad And Hamas Slam Abbas’ Speech
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad, denounced the speech of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, regarding the UN membership bid, in which he also stated that the hopes Israeli-Palestinian…
Fighter Dies Of Wounds Suffered January 2009
Palestinian medical sources reported that a fighter of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, died on Friday at dawn of serious wounds suffered during the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Two civilians injured, 34 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 08 – 14 Sep. 2011, Israeli forces continued to attack Palestinian fishermen…
Sharaf: “Camp David Accord Not Sacred”
Egyptian Prime Minister, Issam Sharaf, stated that the Camp David peace accord between Cairo and Tel Aviv is not a sacred deal. Speaking to the Egyptian TV on Thursday at…
Ban Ki-Moon Calls For Resumption Of Talks
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, called on the Palestinian leadership to return to negotiations with Israel, adding that the impasse of talks is negatively affecting all countries in the Middle…
England Signs Amendment Preventing Arrest of Israeli Officials
Elizabeth, the Queen of England, signed an amendment that would prevent the issuing of arrest warrants against Israeli officials accused of committing war crimes, UK ambassador in Tel Aviv said.…
E.U. Seeks Limited Upgrade Of Palestinian Status At UN
The European Union is hoping to convince the Palestinians to void their UN recognition bid by offering them an alternative of a limited upgrade to the current observer status at…
Army Attacks Protest In Hebron, Injuries reported
Israeli soldiers attacked on Thursday a nonviolent protest in the Al Arroub refugee camp, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured several residents, including one child.The wounded…
Tel Aviv Claims Apprehending Salafist Cell
Israeli sources reported that the Shabak and the Police removed a gag order on the apprehension of a cell of five in the Lower Galilee allegedly planning to conduct several…
Hamas: “Abbas’ U.N Move, Uncalculated Leap”
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, one of the senior political leaders of the Hamas movement, warned of what he called “the dangers of the Palestinian-UN bid” asking the UN to recognize a…
Four Jordanians Arrested In Sinai
Egyptian security sources reported Wednesday that four Jordanians were arrested in north Sinai for illegally entering the country, and illegally entering the Gaza Strip, the Maan News Agency reported.The five…