Palestinian resistance shells Askalan in Israel
A group of Palestinian fighters fired one home made Qassam shell at the town of Asqalan North West Israeli on Friday midday. Al Qudes Brigades the armed wing of the…
Israel refuses to release Palestinian detainees
Israeli sources reported on Friday that the Israeli government will not release any Palestinian detainees being help in Israeli detention camps during the Muslim holiday of Eid Al Adha. Israeli…
Despite Israeli assurances, illegal settlements continue to grow
In the month of December alone, 90 new Israeli trailers were placed on illegally-seized Palestinian land in the West Bank. The trailers are the first stage of expanding existing Israeli…
Israeli sources: “Egypt transferred large amounts of weapons to Palestinian Security Forces”
Israeli sources reported on Thursday that Egypt transferred to Palestinian Authority security forces, under the direct control of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the Fateh party, large amounts of weapons…
B’tselem Report: Deterioration of Human Rights in Palestine during 2006
The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories (B’TSELEM), reported Thursday that the year 2006 saw an obvious deterioration of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories,…
Palestine Today – December 28, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 28th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.41MB|| time:4m495s Israeli activists blocked the central…
Minister of Planning: “I have no problem in meeting with my Israeli counterpart”
Palestinian Minister of Planning, Samir Abu Aisha, stated on Thursday that he is willing to meet with his Israeli counterpart Abraham Hertzishon, to discuss financial issues with him. In an…
140 residents transferred to Egypt for treatment
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that 140 residents suffering from heart problems and cancer were allowed through the Rafah border crossing on their way to Egyptian hospitals…
Mandela Institute: Palestinians taken to Israeli prison hospital are not given medical treatment
There are 28 Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli Ramle Prison Hospital. But they are not receiving medical treatment. Thousands of Palestinians go without the basic necessities of health care…
Israeli forces detain scores of Palestinians at Al Karamah border crossing
Israeli forces detained scores of Palestinians in a waiting hall at the Karameh "Allenby" crossing located at the West Bank – Jordanian border for a long period of time without…
Palestinian presidential guards receive 2000 machineguns from Egypt
Palestinian security forces under the command of President Mahmoud Abbas, known as the presidential guards, working in the Gaza Strip received 2000 machineguns, twenty thousand gun chargers and one million…
Hamas Denies Hawtama Claims on a Hamas-Israeli Document
In a televised interview with the Aljazeera Channle’s show ‘Without Frontiers”, Naeyf Hawatma, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), revealed that Israelis and a number of Hamas officials…
Two Palestinian prisoners escape from an Israeli detention camp and were caught shortly after
Israeli media sources reported that two Palestinian prisoners managed to escape on Thursday morning from the Israeli Katziot detention camp located in the Nigev desert in northern Israeli. One of…
Palestine Today – December 27, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 27th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.81MB|| time:5m15s The Israeli army abducts 17…
Israeli FM: “We can negotiate under fire”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, said during an interview with the Israeli online daily, Haaretz, that it is possible to hold peace talks with the Palestinians even if there was…
United Nations Report: Increasing numbers of Palestinian refugees fleeing Baghdad
As the civil war in Iraq increases, sparked by the three-year U.S. military occupation of that country, Palestinian refugees that had been living in Iraq are fleeing in increasing numbers,…
‘I was born here 80 years ago. I prefer death than to see the Wall eat my home.’
Twenty Israeli military vehicles stormed Umm Salamuna Village south of Bethlehem to protect four military bulldozers. The bulldozers were massive and there to bulldoze Palestinian land for Wall construction. What…
Army abducts at least 17 Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted at least 17 Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank in pre dawn invasions on Wednesday morning. In the…
Palestine Today – December 26, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 26th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.95MB|| time:5m24s One Palestinian farmer injured by…
Unknown gunmen attack a trading company in Beit lahyia
On Tuesday Morning unknown gunmen detonated a bomb in the Madhoun trading company based in the town of Beit Lahyia in the northern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that the gunmen…
Israeli troops abduct six Palestinian men during morning invasions across the West Bank
On Tuesday morning the Israeli army invaded several cities, villages and refugee camps across the West Bank and abducted six Palestinian men Troops invaded Al Khader village south of Bethlehem…
Candle Light Procession calling for the end of Infighting
At least 2000 Palestinians and Internationals joined the Candle Light procession in the town of Beit Sahour on Christmas Day to light a candle for the End of Violence, Unity…
Eid Al Adha preparations underway with eyes toward national unity
Shoppers crowded the market place in Nablus Monday for Eid Al Adha. The Muslim holiday was called for 30 December this year and people in the streets said they were…
UN Security Council Votes on a Resolution Preventing Violence against Journalists
The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Saturday on a bill that condemns all forms of violence against journalists in areas of armed conflict, calling for the respect…
Israeli Army Tightens Military Measures Ahead of Holidays in Palestine
The Israeli army tightened military measures on Sunday in different areas of the West Bank, ahead of the Muslim holiday Aladha Eid and the Christian holiday Christmas. In Tulkarem city,…
UN General Assembly Reiterates Palestinian Sovereignty over OPT
The United Nations General Assembly endorsed unanimously Wednesday a resolution that acknowledges the Palestinian people’s permanent sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) including the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and…
Israeli army erects military checkpoints around Tubas
The Israeli army erected several military checkpoints around the northern West Bank city of Tubas on Sunday morning. Residents said that soldiers stopped and searched them for several hours at…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells at Sederot
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired two home made Qassam shells at the northern Israeli city of Sederot on Sunday morning. The Al Qudes brigade, the armed wing of…
Hamas downplays Abbas-Olmert meeting
Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas, said that the Friday meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, did not achieve any positive results. Hamas…
Fateh, Hamas met on Friday, confirmed commitment to end violence
The special committee formed by the Fateh and Hamas movements met in Gaza on Friday evening and confirmed that all Palestinian factions, especially Fateh and Hamas, are committed to end…
Wall gate delays transfer of body of a deceased resident for three hours
Even the dead cannot cross through this gate installed in the Annexation Wall section leading to Barta'a village, south-west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. As…
Abbas: “Five years truce, temporal borders, deception to the people”
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the truce and temporal borders offer, proposed by Hamas movement, are considered as means of deception to the Palestinian people. Hamas renewed…
Minister of Justice: early elections contravene Basic Law, being used to solve political
When President Abbas announced he would commence early elections, some say he was breaking the law. Palestinian Minister of Justice and Professor of Constitutional Law at An Najah University, Dr.…
Israeli military court sentences a Palestinian man to 21 years in detention camps
The Israeli military court of Salem, north of the West Bank, sentenced on Saturday a Palestinian detainee to 21 years in military detention camps. Mohamed Taha, 23, was sentenced based…
Unknown gunmen open fire at a PA official, critically wounding him
Unknown gunmen opened fire on Saturday morning at a Palestinian Authority Security Forces official in Rafah city south of the Gaza strip, critically wounding him and injuring his bodyguard. Major…
Peretz approves Wall route around Maali Adumim
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved the original route of the Annexation Wall that will surround Maali Adumim settlement by annexing more Palestinian lands and placing them inside the settlement’s…
Fateh, Hamas fighters engage in renewed clashes
Palestinian sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Friday afternoon that Fateh and Hamas gunmen engaged in renewed armed clashes in the city. The…
Haniyya: “We are ready to start talks on unity government”
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said that his movement, Hamas, is willing to start new talks on a national unity government, based on Palestinian requirements and…
THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE – DECEMBER WEEK 3
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Be’lin Weekly Demonstration Against Illegal Israeli Seperation Wall
Today, like the past 2 years, the demonstrations in Be'lin started after Friday prayers with participants including residents of the village, Internationals and Israeli activists participating. This week there was…
PCHR Weekly Report on Israeli Violations in the Occupied Territories
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. Nine Palestinians, including one child, were killed, and twelve,…
Palestinian Lawyer Manages to Meet Detainees Confined to Solitary
Palestinian Lawyer Shadi Younis reports that the sanitary conditions and the state of detention for Palestinian political prisoners in solitary confinement in Israeli prisons is deteriorating. Shadi Younis was…
Israeli Army attacks several West Bank areas and abducts 24 Palestinian men
The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Friday morning, attacked residents' homes, and abducted 24 residents. In the northern part of the West Bank, an army…
Man dies of wounds sustained on Thursday night
Mohammad Ata Al Jirjawi, 35, died on Friday at dawn of wounds sustained Thursday night when unknown gunmen opened fire at Hamas activists in Gaza City Center. Medical sources…
Abbas, Olmert to meet next week
Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, have agreed to hold a meeting next Monday after Christmas celebrations. The Maan News…
UN General Assembly Reiterates Palestinian Sovereignty over the Palestinian areas
The United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, unanimously endorsed a resolution that acknowledges the Palestinian people’s permanent sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and…
Palestine Today – December 21, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 21st 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.3MB|| time:4m32s A Gaza fisherman died…
Israeli Court Refuses Palestinian Detainee’s Plea to Attend His Murdered Daughter’s Funeral
Nasser Abd Al Qader, a Palestinian worker who has been detained by the Israeli authorities for working in Israel without permission, was not allowed to attend the funeral of his…
The Israeli Army Invades Charitable Organization in Beit Sahour
In the early hours, Thursday morning, the Israeli Army invaded an Islamic Charitable Organization in the town of Beit Sahour, just outside Bethlehem. This is the fourth time that the…
Fateh, Hamas at odds on early elections
After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…
Fateh, Hamas at odds on early elections
After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…
PCHR: ‘Border crossing agreement, another year of suffering’
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published a report entitled "Crossings Agreement – Another Year of Suffering", in which the center conducted a study on the effects…
Palestinian nonviolent protest at checkpoint as Israeli soldiers beat student
On Wednesday Israeli forces occupying Al Hamra Checkpoint in Jenin confiscated the identity cards of hundreds of Palestinians, detaining them for five hours. While the soldiers were confiscating identification and…
Palestine Today – December 20, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 20th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.67MB|| time:5m 6s Two Palestinians were killed…
Israeli Army Abducts Eight Palestinian Men During Morning Invasion in the West Bank
The Israeli Army invaded several cities in the West Bank and abducted eight Palestinian men on Wednesday at dawn. Israeli troops invaded several parts of the southern West Bank city…
Israeli Army Assassinates Two More Palestinians in the West Bank
Local Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli army convoy invaded the village of Siliet Al Harthia, surrounded a house in the center of the village and clashed with the besieged…
Two Killed After Cease Fire Announced on Wednesday
Two Palestinian residents were killed early on Wednesday and at least six others wounded in renewed gun battles between militants in Gaza. Local medical sources reported that two unidentified people…
Palestinian PM Reiterates National Unity and Refuses Call for Early Elections
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismael Haniyeh, reiterated Tuesday acceptance of forming a Palestinian national unity government and refused President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for early elections. In a televised speech, Palestinian Prime…
Palestine Today – December 19, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 19th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.41MB|| time:5m 54s Five Palestinian men killed…
Palestine Today – December 19, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 19th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.41MB|| time:5m 54s Five Palestinian men killed…
Palestine – An Open Air Prison With an Abu Ghraib Mentality
As the death toll continues to mount, between Israeli assassinations, abductions and a fledgling civil war, the mood in the West Bank and amongst Palestinians continues to degrade. In speaking…
Palestine Today – December 18, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 18th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2MB|| time:5m 33s Fighting between Fatah and Hamas…
Blair Meets with Abbas as Israel Prepares for Blair Meeting
A trip past the King David Hotel in Jerusalem this morning showed that Israel was preparing for the arrival of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. At that same time…
Imaginary Hugs In Palestine
I am writing this piece with tears falling from my eyes. You know I am a Palestinian, you must know my friends from the West Bank are Palestinians as well. …
President Abbas meets the Central Election Commission
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Central Election Commission in Ramallah to discuss legal steps and logistics for holding the elections. Dr. Hanna Nasser chair of the commission…
Who has Failed?
Who has failed to make peace prevail in the holy land of Palestine? The Palestinians, the Israelis, the international 'community' or the apathetic around the world? This is a question…
Palestinian factions in exile reject Abbas’ call for early elections
Palestinian factions in exile rejected the call of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, for early legislative and presidential elections, and called for withdrawing arms from the streets. In a press…
Beit Sahour begins Christmas celebration in the midst of economic depression
Dozens of residents of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, gathered on Saturday evening in front of the Municipality building, in the center of the town, to light…
President Abbas Calls for Early Presidential and Legislative Elections, Hamas Refuses
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible, ending a 9 month-old internal Palestinian dialogue that failed to reach a unity government.…
Children hold a candle procession in Jabalia
Hundreds of Palestinian children held a candle procession in front of the Jabalia police station, in Jabalia town in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, against the Monday killing…
THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE – DECEMBER WEEK 2
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Non-violent march in Bil’in village met by Israeli military violence
In the weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall, held today in the village of Bil'in, a group of villagers, internationals and Israelis gathered in the village after noon prayers…
35 Palestinians injured in Hamas-Fateh clashes
Number of Palestinians injured in the Hamas-Fateh clashes in Ramallah arrived to 35 residents, members of Hamas and Fateh, including four who suffered serious wounds. The Ramallah clashes took place…
Dahlan: “Accusing me of attempting to kill Haniyya, a clear lie, a bid for my assassination”
Palestinian legislator, and senior Fateh leader, Mohammad Dahlan, said during a Friday press conference that accusing him by Hamas leaders of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, is a…
PCHR weekly report on Israeli violations
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly reports on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories during the period between December 7 and December 13, and…
Hamas accuses Dahlan, presidential security of attempting to assassinate Haniyya
After the shooting incident targeting the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya of the Hamas, which took place shortly after he was allowed back in to the Gaza Strip,…
Hamas accuses Dahlan, presidential security of attempting to assassinate Haniyya
After the shooting attack that targeted the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas movement, shortly after he was allowed back in the Gaza Strip, the movement…
Palestine Today – December 14, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 14th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.1MB|| time:4m30s Four Palestinians were killed in…
Palestinian killed by Israeli military fire near Salfit
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that one Palestinian resident from Kafr Al Deek village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, died of wounds suffered on Thursday morning after…
Islamic Jihad: “Israel is waging war against us”
The Islamic Jihad movement said that the Israeli army is waging war against its members and leaders as the army killed several members and took prisoner at least 50 fighters…
Abbas expected to announce referendum on Saturday
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will present a speech on Saturday and is expected to keep the Hamas-run government in power for a short period before calling a referendum in March…
Man dies en route to hospital as Israeli forces will not allow car to pass
The family of Ismail Ramadan was preparing for a trip to Mecca next Sunday when they received news that the 48 year old had suffered a heart attack. He was…
Five Palestinian refugees killed in Iraq, dozens injured
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday evening that armed militias in Iraq shelled a Palestinian compound in Baghdad killing five Palestinian refugees and injuring at least 25 others,…
Israeli Navy fires at Palestinian fishermen, three injured
Israeli Navy ships fire at boats of Palestinian fishermen, near the coastal line northern Rafah in the Gaza strip on Wednesday night. IMEMC corresponded in the Gaza strip said that…
Palestine Today – December 13, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 13th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2MB|| time:5m38s Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian…
Ten Palestinian men abducted by the Israeli army during morning invasions in the West Bank
Ten Palestinians were abducted from several parts of the West Bank during an Israeli army morning invasions on Wednesday. Hassan Badir, 16, and Ather I'lian, 14, were abducted when…
Fighters fire several homemade shells into Sderot
The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad fired on Tuesday evening five homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, near the northern borders of…
Palestine Today – December 12, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 12th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 11.0MB|| time:6m9s An elderly woman dies due…
Hamas, Fateh trade accusations over Tuesday armed clashes
Following Tuesday's armed clashes between members of Hamas' Executive Force and Palestinian Security forces dominated by Fateh, leaders and security officials of the two movements traded accusations over the injury…
Soldiers abduct eleven Palestinians from several West Bank areas
Israeli army abducted eleven Palestinian men during morning invasions to several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday. Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West…
Olmert: “Iran aspires to have nukes like us”
Just before his trip to Germany, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted “when his tongue slipped” that Israel has nuclear weapons. Olmert stated that “Iran wants to possess nuclear weapons…
Palestine Today – December 11, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 11th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.0MB|| time:4m22s Unknown gunmen kill four children…
Palestinian political prisoners taking Israeli government to the International Court of Justice
In light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails are filing a suit against the Israeli government at the International Court of Justice in…
Israeli soldiers attack barber shop in Yatta village, beat three Palestinian brothers badly
Israeli forces attacked a barber shop and assaulted three men who were inside the shop on Monday morning. The attack occurred during an Israeli military invasion of Yatta village, south…
Israeli Army abducts Palestinian man from Balata refugee camp
Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and took one Palestinian man prisoner on Monday morning. Ibraheem Abed, 19, was taken to an…
Four schoolboys injured in Israeli invasion of Tubas
Local sources in the West Bank town of Tubas reported that an Israeli military force consisting of a dozen jeeps and armored vehicles invaded the town, located in the northern…
Abed-Rabbo appointed as PLO Secretary General
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, was appointed on Sunday as the Secretary General of the PLO. Sources at the Executive Committee reported…
Under-cover Forces abduct P.A Intelligence Officer in Beit Sahour
Palestinian security sources reported on Sunday that under-cover units of the Israeli army infiltrated into Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, and abducted Khaled Salahat, 38, member of the Palestinian security…
Gunmen who fired at convoy of Palestinian Interior Minister arrested
Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, Khalid Abu Hilal, stated on Sunday that that ministry arrested gunmen who reportedly fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Minister of Interior…
Issa Qaraqa’: Israeli prison system funded by imposing fines on political prisoners
Palestinian Legislative Council member Issa Qaraqa' reports that the Israeli Prison Commission intends to increase the sentences between six months to one year for 41 Palestinian political prisoners. Their families…