Author: Saed Bannoura

Israeli soldiers and Border Policemen broke into the al-Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem in an attempt to arrest a wounded Palestinian but were forced out in a clash with local…

Some of the aid workers and activists arrested from Freedom Flotilla have been released from Israeli detention and are beginning to tell their stories of the botched Israeli raid that…

In the midst of the international Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid convoy, Israel has quietly deployed three nuclear submarines off the coast of Iran. This is the latest escalation…

The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) reported that it has enough donations to prepare the first three solidarity ships of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2,’ a second humanitarian…

A court hearing held in Ashkelon, Tuesday, resulted in the decision to extend the detention of four Flotilla detainees who are prominent Arab Israeli citizens. The Arab Israeli detainees are…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel will not end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.He said that the his government’s stance has not changes, and that the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, Tuesday, that Israel will release and deport the 620 peace activists who were arrested after Israel’s violent raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. Several…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) is demanding that Israel conduct an “immediate, independent and effective” investigation into the Israeli raid that killed 19…

In an emergency session that began Monday afternoon and continued into Tuesday morning, the representatives of the UN Security Council discussed a response to Israel’s violent raid against the Freedom…

Emily Henochowicz, 21, was hit in the face by a tear gas canister Monday while attending a Ramallah protest against Israel’s raid on the Freedom Flotilla. Henochowicz was taken to…

The Israeli Army and Navy are willing to use violence against the Rachel Corrie, an Irish ship that was supposed to sail with the Freedom Flotilla but was delayed by…

The family of Osama Qashoo, a British citizen of Palestinian descent, has declared a hunger strike that will only end with Qashoo’s release. Qashoo was one of the activists aboard…

A number of countries have issued strong condemnations of the Israeli raid on the Freedom Flotilla, and Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel. The violent raid left 19 activists dead…

Hundreds of protests were organized Monday calling on the world’s governments to hold Israel accountable for its unprovoked attack on the humanitarian convoy attempting to saild to Gaza.10,000 people gathered…

16 hours after the attack on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla that killed at least 19 passengers, Israeli naval vessels towed the convoy’s ships to the port of Ashdod. The Israeli…

19 activists were killed in the attack and dozens were wounded, Israeli news agencies reported.Among the wounded was Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement,…

In what activists are calling a ‘massacre on the high seas,’ Israeli commandos assaulted a ship sailing with the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza. The Israeli commandos roped from…

The Israeli Navy has jammed all communications aboard the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, blocking cell phone signals and internet connections aboard humanitarian aid ships. Scrambling the signals preceding the…

A Palestinian woman died of wounds suffered when a settler hit her with his car Sunday, Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported. Her husband was also wounded in the attack.The…

Hamas announced that it is holding Israel responsible for its deadly commando raid on the Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the death of at least 16 activists. Hamas called the…

Protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate to demand the expulsion of the Israeli embassador in response to this morning’s news that the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza had been…

The Israeli Navy has scrambled all communications with the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy carrying hundreds of peace activists and tons of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.Al-Jazeera reporter said that…

The al-Jazeera journalist travelling aboard the Freedom Flotilla reported that an Israeli patrol boat approached his ship and demanded to see its captain. Human rights activists aboard the Flotilla say…

The Israeli airforce announced Sunday that its warplanes had dropped two missiles on the previously-destroyed Palestinian airport in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Sunday…

Four Palestinian residents were wounded by settler fire, on Saturday at night, in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem. Medical sources described their injuries as mild-to-moderate. Jawad Siyam of the Wadi…

Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that six Palestinians were killed and twelve were wounded in an explosion that took place in a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part…

The Israeli army and navy, under direct supervision and orders from the Israeli government, prepared a plan dubbed “Operation Sky Wind” to attack the Freedom Flotilla” heading to Gaza and…

The Freedom Flotilla started gathering in international waters near the coast in Cyprus in preparation to sail to the Gaza Strip while Israel continued its threats to intercept and even…

The Israeli Air Force carried out on Saturday at dawn five airstrikes targeting Rafah and Gaza City leading to excessive damage. Local sources reported that the Israeli air force fired…

The Egyptian authorities arrested on Friday three Ethiopian women near the Egyptian-Israeli border in Sinai.Egyptian security sources reported that the three, detained on Friday at dawn, were trying to infiltrate…

Palestinian medical sources reported Friday evening that four Palestinians were mildly wounded after a group of settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Friday afternoon that the solidarity ships, filled with medical and humanitarian supplies, and heading to Gaza, is a “violent propaganda against Israel”, and vowed…

The Palestine Eagles Brigades reported Friday that its fighters exchanged fire with Israeli infantry troops in Sheikh Hammouda area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Egyptian security personnel uncovered 17 tunnels across the border with Rafah during a campaign carried out overnight targeting siege-busting tunnels.The tunnels were uncovered near border marker 4 and in the…

In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 20– 26 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, stated that solidarity ships heading to Gaza, all acts of solidarity with the Palestinians people and…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that six residents were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Al Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. Local sources said that Israeli…

The Borders and Crossings Authority in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that fifteen European parliamentarians entered the coastal region via the Rafah terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israel has officially joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) during a ceremony held in Paris where the organization is located. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attended the…

Palestinian medical sources reported that ten residents, including a pregnant women, were wounded on Thursday at night by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place in Silwan town, near…

The Israeli government’s political cabinet decided to instruct the army and the navy not to allow the Freedom Flotilla from reaching the Gaza coast under no circumstances, and said that…

Palestinian researched, specialized in detainees’ affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that the administration at the Negev desert detention camp moved a detainee to the hospital of al-Ramla prison. The detainee was…

The American Army general advising Palestinian security forces has requested retirement, according to sources in the Pentagon. The adviser, Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, has held his current post for five…

Israeli Ynet news reported that several young women, some wearing a hijab, from Kafar Qassem and Kafar Bara, have enlisted in rescue units under the Israeli Army’s Home Front Command.…

The White House reported Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be visiting Washington soon to hold a meeting with President Barack Obama. The White House says that president Obama…

Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah party, announced that in the event of war with Israel, all ships sailing to Israel will be attacked by Hezbollah fighters.Nasrallah’s statements came…

Early Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers raided the town of Bil’in in the central West Bank. Soldiers fired tear gas, sound bombs, and live ammunition at villagers, detained three journalists attempting…

The dissolved Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip stated that the municipal elections slated to take place in the West Bank July are illegitimate. The Gazan government says that there…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday morning that at least Gaza sixteen residents, mostly women and children, were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes over northern…

The Turkish government officially demanded that Israel not intercept or obstruct the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships attempting to bring humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. Turkey is requesting…

Palestinian security forces arrested the deputy mayor of Al Biereh Tuesday. Al Biereh is a city in the central West Bank near Ramallah. Deputy Mayor Jamal Tawil, who is affiliated…

(Hearklin, Crete, Tuesday, May 25, 2010) As Israel continues to insist it will stop the seven-ship international Freedom Flotilla, two more ships departed from Greece to Gaza today.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

The Greek-Swedish solidarity ship, carrying humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, sailed earlier on Tuesday morning after several hours delay due to technical difficulties, while the rest of the ships…

Palestinian fighters detonated an explosive device near an Israeli military vehicle, Tuesday morning, near the Erez terminal in northern Gaza. The Jihad Jibril Brigade, the armed wing of the Popular…

Hamas spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri stated that he is sure the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian support and international and Arab activists to the Gaza Strip,…

An Israeli diplomat in Australia who is believed to have been involved in forgery of passports used in the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Madbouh in Dubai earlier this…

The Israeli police recommended indicting Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who is under investigation for corruption and money laundering charges. The police recommended pressing new charges that involve corruption, the…

Four Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli gunfire near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medical sources.Local sources from the town of Beit Ummar reported that…

The European Union announced, Monday, that it may consider cutting funds allocated for the Palestinian Authority if talks with Israel continue to stall.The statement was made during an EU meeting…

Dozens of Arab residents of the northern Israeli city of Shefa-‘Amr met Sunday to protest Israeli President Shimon Peres’ participation in the city’s 100th anniversary celebration.The protesters carried posters decrying…

Residents of the Gaza Strip and several humanitarian institutions are preparing to receive the “The Freedom Flotilla,” the largest convoy of solidarity ships yet, expected to arrive by Friday. Israel…

Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli who served 18 years in prison for exposing a secret nuclear weapons production facility in Dimona, was sent back to prison Sunday for requesting that he…

The United Nations reported Sunday that the Israeli siege on Gaza and the aftermath of its December 2008 war are still hindering the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and that…

The Israeli Ministerial Legislative Committee is expected to sign a new legislation that imposes further sanctions on Hamas detainees and other political prisoners imprisoned by Israel. The sanctions include the…

Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday, that Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian youth north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers opened…

A group of fundamentalist settlers torched, on Saturday, several farmlands in Wad al-Maleh in the northern plains of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.The torched lands were planted…

Israeli military sources reported Friday evening, that one soldier was shot and wounded by Palestinian sniper fire near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…

Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, representative of the Hezbollah party in southern Lebanon, stated that the fighters of the party will remain alert ahead of Israel’s large-scale military drill which is slated…

American Professor Noam Chomsky held a meeting on Friday with a senior official of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, and discussed several issues regarding the Middle East conflict, Israel and the…

Palestinian sources reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a camel that belongs to a Bedouin resident of northern Jericho in the occupied West Bank.The owner of the camel…

The Wall Street Journal reported, Friday, that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, offered Israel concessions regarding the borders of the anticipated Palestinian State. The report stated that Abbas and his negotiations…

Palestinian sources reported, Friday, that two fighters were shot and killed during clashes with Israel soldiers east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…

A senior Lebanese security source reported that the Lebanese security forces managed to uncover and dismantle 22 spy networks working for Israel. The sources added that the security forces managed…

In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 13 – 19 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out several airstrikes on Thursday night, after midnight, targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.…

As the United States Special Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, concluded a new series of talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials as part of the proximity talks, Israeli Prime…

Israeli sources reported that two Israeli boats will be sailing Saturday from northern Israel in order to counter the Freedom Flotilla bringing 600 peace activists and humanitarian aid to the…

The Israeli Police decided, Thursday, to expel Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Teir, from occupied East Jerusalem and claimed that he lost his residency right in the city after he decided…

The United States Senate approved the American President’s plan to grant Israel more than $200 Million meant for the development of Israel’s Iron Dome that intercepts short-range missiles.The plan was…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, at dawn several Palestinian children, aged 16-18, in al-Suwwana area, near the walls of occupied East Jerusalem.One of the kidnapped is Eyad al-Shalaby, the son…

Israel paper, Haaretz, reported Thursday that the Israeli Foreign Ministry recently prepared a document stating that the Palestinian Authority will continue its international political campaigns against Israel’s policies despite the…

A number of political leaders of the Islamic Jihad arrived in Cairo on Wednesday after being invited by the Egyptian Authorities in order to hold talks on Islamic Jihad members…

The Qatar-based al-Jazeera news agency expressed shock and disbelief over a decision by authorities in Bahrain, temporarily shunning its work in the country after it broadcasted a report on poverty…

The al-Quds International Institution reported that the Israeli Authorities are continuing the construction of the annexation wall and Jewish settlements leading to the isolation of more than 154,000 Palestinians of…

Despite Israeli guarantees to the International Community, the Israeli Authorities are still obstructing the entry of medicine and medical equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip. The last time medicine was…

The Security Forces of the dissolved government of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested, on Wednesday, Dr. Osama al-Farra, member of the Revolutionary Council on Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian…

Israeli security sources reported, Wednesday, that a homemade shell was fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in an open area in the Western Negev.The shell caused no damage or…

After a campaign to boycott Israel targeted singer Elvis Costello with calls, letters and faxes, he decided that he could not, in good conscience, continue with a planned tour in…

Several senior Israeli military leaders and leaders of the military police held a meeting recently to prepare scenarios for a possible reoccupation of the Gaza Strip and appointing a “military…

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers carried out, on Tuesday at dawn, a limited invasion into al-Saifa area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and clashes with resistance…

The Hamas run security forces in the Gaza Strip and its Ministry of Interior executed three prisoners, on Tuesday at dawn, who were previously convicted of murder and sentenced to…

The Qatar-based al-Jazeera reported that the Egyptian Security Services arrested 16 members of Islamic Jihad at the Rafah Terminal, while heading back to the Gaza Strip after receiving medical treatment…

Local sources have reported that the Hamas security forces in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, demolished several homes, Sunday, and intends to demolish more homes under…

In a massive protest march, Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands of Palestinians marched through the city streets in remembrance of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian…

Sheikh Abdullah al-Shamy, a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, called for dissolving the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and stated that this authority is…

The Israeli government is planning to demolish and evacuate dozens of Palestinian homes and buildings in the Silwan and al-Bustan neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. The plans were presented to…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Monday that President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will meet this coming Wednesday instead of Tuesday, as had previously…

The head of the European Division at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Noar Gilon, stated Monday, that Israel will prevent solidarity ships, planned to reach the Gaza Strip this month, from…

Saeb Erekat, who has been chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israeli government since the Oslo Accords of 1993, told an audience in Tel Aviv Sunday that the Palestinian people’s patience…

The Israeli Authorities at the Allenby Bridge, between Jordan and Palestine, prevented professor Noam Chomsky from entering the Palestinian territories after detaining him for five hours, and deported him to…