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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…
“What do you call a Black man with a PhD? Nigger.” – Malcolm X The situation of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has become so bad that even…
Scores of Palestinians security forces officers took to the streets, in Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in the northern West Bank city…
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Dozens of Palestinian residents, Israeli and International peace activists held their weekly protest in Bil'in village, West of Ramallah, against the Israeli Annexation Wall. Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty…
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that the detainee in Al Jalama Israeli detention and interrogation facility are facing very bad conditions and harsh treatment as…
Hamas member of parliament, Khaleel Al Hayya, stated that his movement is willing to field its own candidate to early presidential elections if the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, opts to…
Israeli soldiers stationed near Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot and seriously injured one child, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. The agency stated…
The Palestinian center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations and illegal activities in the occupied territories in the period between 30 Nov –…
The Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, through the Bethlehem Center for Citizenship Rights, is holdings its annual competition in the arts. The award is granted to “the most creative in…
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday that the first stage of ceasefire between Israel and fighters in Gaza, under Egyptian mediation, could take place within the coming weeks, Israeli online daily…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, imemc.org, for Thursday December 7th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.3MB|| time:5m45s Despite ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces…
Abdullah Banat, 18, was shot and injured on Thursday midday by the Israeli army troops stationed at the Gaza borders. Banat was working in his land in Beit Lahia town…
Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinians were taken prisoner by the Israeli army during morning invasions to different parts of the West Bank on Thursday. Israeli army jeeps and troops…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, imemc.org for Wednesday December 6th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.1MB|| time:5m32s Two Palestinians injured by Israeli…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Wednesday that prisoner swap deal talks should remain out of public reach, adding that “Israel does not negotiate with the media”, and that…
The Israeli army barred scores of residents from arriving to their homes in the Jordan valley area in the West Bank, on Wednesday afternoon. Troops stationed at Tayaseer military checkpoint,…
Israeli forces invaded the town of Huwwara, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, and forced a curfew on the village on Wednesday morning, barring the residents from leaving…
One child was injured and four residents were taken prisoner by the Israeli army in the southern West Bank cities of Hebron and Bethlehem on Wednesday. Rabi' Awad, 9, was…
Thirty five year old Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Al Zalav is a political prisoner in the Israeli Damon Prison. He was arrested as part of a campaign against the armed resistance,…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Kafer Dan, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin and took at least 25 residents prisoner, on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of Israeli…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday at night that the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation organization will convene on Wednesday evening, in the West Bank city of Ramallah for talks…
Lebanese security sources reported on Tuesday that a Lebanese construction worker, was killed and his relative was injured when an Israeli cluster bomb exploded as they were working at a…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, imemc.org for Tuesday December 5th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.1MB|| time:4m30s Palestinian resistance fighters survive an…
A Palestinian child detainee, who was taken prisoner by the Israeli forces two months ago, said that he was threatened with rape by Israeli interrogators unless he confesses to what…
An Israeli court sentenced detainees Raed Al Hotari to twenty-two consecutive life-terms after accusing him of involvement in a Tel Aviv suicide bombing in June 2002. Twenty-three Israelis were killed…
A senior Israeli source stated on Monday that Israel is offering to release 1000 Palestinian detainees in exchange to the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, held by…
The Israeli army invaded several West Bank cities and villages and took prisoner 14 residents on Tuesday morning. In the southern West Bank city of Hebron troops invaded the village…
Palestinian Minister of Detainee, Wasfi Qabha, revealed on Monday during a meeting with parents of Palestinian detainees, in Bethlehem, information regarding a prisoners swap deal between Israel and Palestinian resistance…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Monday December 4th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.8MB|| time:5m12s Israeli forces attacked several…
Dr. Usama Al Mazeeny, a political leader of Hams movement, said that statements of some Fateh leaders claiming that Hamas demanded the suspension of National Unity talks are “illusive” and…
Member of the Fateh Central Committee, Palestinian Legislator, Nabil Shaath, said on Monday that it early elections or a referendum are possible solutions to the current diplomatic crises and the…
Northern Bethlehem's Al Nu'man Village is enveloped from all sides by the Wall and residents cannot come or go without passing through an Israeli controlled gate. On Sunday Israeli forces…
Written by Alternative Information Center (AIC) Thursday, 30 November 2006 An Israeli military court approved the extension of Ahmad Abu Hannya’s administration detention until 14 May 2007, by which time…
Israeli forces took prisoner three residents during a pre-dawn invasion to the village of Al Safa, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Mohamed Allan, 21,…
The Israeli forces attacked several areas in the West Bank Monday at dawn and took a number of residents prisoner and injured two. A mother and her child were…
On the occasion of the international day to honor the disabled, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights is calling on the international community to intervene in Palestine. The call is…
"The calm is on the edge of collapse due to the continued Zionist violations and the attacks against our Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza", stated Abu Ahmed,…
Under the guise of "chasing the designated wanted," Israeli forces continued to hold the Jenin District hostage under widespread campaigns of repression. The citizens pay the price for Israel's arbitrary…
Today (Thusday, Nov 16) is definitely a good day to pick some olives; in fact, with the heavy rain from yesterday, it is even better that we are doing this…
The Israeli army invaded the town of Beit Sahour, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took prisoner one resident on Saturday morning. Khaled Awad, 24, was taken…
Israeli and Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that the Israeli Navy fired at a Palestinian fishing boat off the Gaza coast. The attack is considered a direct violation to the…
by Palestine News Network Last Wednesday, November 29, was the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, the UN Partition Plan for partitioning Palestine of November 29,…
The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization demanded on Friday the resignation of the Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas party, Ismail Haniyya, to step down before talks on…
Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Friday afternoon that a resident who was shot and killed by the Israeli army two weeks ago and remained unknown was identified on…
Residents of Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists held the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and the…
An Israeli military court on Wednesday renewed the detention of Wadha Fukaha, the wife of the detained Islamic Jihad leader Yousef Fukaha for two weeks, Palestinian legal sources reported. She…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today urged restraint and a continuation of a week-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian resistance, and called for an expansion…
Jamal Farag, a 40-year old Palestinian journalist currently being held without trial in Israeli detention, has declared an open hunger strike in the Israeli Al Naqab (Negev) Prison. He is…
The Israeli High Court rejected on Thursday a petition filed by the “Movement for Quality Government in Israel” to replace the Winograd committee which is investigating the handling of Israeli-Lebanon…
The Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, issued a statement on Thursday declaring its position that it will not abide to the truce since its excludes halting…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Thursday, November 30th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.8MB|| time:5m13s The army takes scores of…
Every year the United Nations (UN) marks the 29th of November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. The UN has, through the years, passed dozens of…
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmouad Zahhar, said on Thursday that internal talks on the formation of a National Unity Government have reached an impasse, and that Hamas movement will not allow…
The Israeli army leveled to the ground three Palestinian owned shops in the West Bank city of Salfit. The shops are located just on the outskirts of the city near…
The Israeli army invaded several West Bank cities on Thursday at dawn and took prisoner 21 residents. In the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Israeli army vehicles surrounded Al…
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that Israeli Prison Authorities extended the remand of detainee Wadha Al Foqaha, the wife of detainee Yousef Al Foqaha. Yousef is one of the leaders…
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, spokesperson of the Hamas “Change and Reform bloc” at the Palestinian legislative Council, accused on Thursday a stream within Fateh movement of attempting to void the results…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 .|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.4MB|| time:4m51s Army shells areas in…
The Right to Education Student Committee at Birzeit University has recently published a press release to present their latest initiative. In response to the Irish call for academic boycott, the…
American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, who plans to meet Thursday with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, to tell him that me must increase his efforts to impose order in…
Israeli forces stormed the villages of Dir Ghassanah and Beit Liqia, searched scores of residents' houses and took prisoner four residents on Wednesday. In Dir Ghassanah, more than 14 army…
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's Intelligence Chief, arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli officials over a prisoner swap deal that would see the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit…
Israeli troops attacked Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops chased and attacked the farmers, and forced them…
Palestinian legal experts explained the options available to foreign nationals in light of Israel’s refusal to permit them to access to the Palestinian areas, said a news release published by…
Tuesday night, dozens of Israeli soldiers and the Israeli Prison Authorities broke into Ofer Israeli detention facility, attacked dozens of detainees, and transferred 90 to solitary confinement in Ayalon prison…
Israel has been accused of placing a number of landmines in its invasion of southern Lebanon this summer, in addition to leaving behind one million unexploded cluster bomblets. The accusation…
The International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP) will be launched in Ramallah on Tuesday, December 7, shifting Palestinian artists from dream to reality, a press release by the administration of…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Tuesday, November 28th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.0MB || time:5m18s Twenty-one prisoners are taken…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) published a report on the living conditions of the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Be’er Shiva and Nafha prisons. According to the report, the detainees…
During an appearance in late October on Ireland's Pat Kenny radio show, a popular national program broadcast daily on Ireland's RTE Radio, we were asked as the opening question if…
A woman in Jenin gave her life on Monday to save a young man. Israeli forces shot Mahmoud Abdul Razik Baker Nasser in front of Fatima Mahmoud Ahmed Shriem's northern…
The Israeli army conducted a number of invasions across West Bank cities, towns and villages and took prisoner 21 residents and injured another three on Tuesday morning. In Siliat Al…
Last Wednesday, a 70-year old Palestinian refugee in Iraq was abducted by a group that carried repeated attacks against the Palestinian refugees living in Iraq. The man, Tawfiq Abdul-Khaliq, Abu…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Monday, November 27th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.0MB || time:5m29s A fighter and a…
Neither Democrats nor Republicans are prepared to say a word in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to add far-right Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beiteinu…
A senior source at the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, reported on condition of anonymity that the movement fired the head of Na'lin village council, west of Ramallah, after…
Senior Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, will head to Cairo on Tuesday for meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss the issues of National Unity Government,…
Mahmoud Al Sa’dy, one of the prominent leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, demanded the Palestinian factions to reject any truce with Israel if it does not include the…
Palestine will not be able to join the Fifteenth Asian Games in Qatar 2006 due to the Israeli closure imposed on the Gaza Strip, media sources reported. Palestine’s participation was…
Ghazi Hamad, Palestinian Government spokesperson from the Hamas movement, said on Sunday that the government will not allow any faction to violate the ceasefire as long as Israel is committed…
Palestinian armed groups offered a ceasefire with Israel starting on Sunday at 6 a.m, in exchange to an Israeli halt of all attacks, assassinations, and military escalation. Israel said that…
Detainee Rabee' Ali Hussein Ali, was paralyzed after soldiers fired on November 24, 2006, several rounds of live ammunition at him, one of the bullets directly hit his spine causing…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday afternoon that Israeli soldiers shelled several houses, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed on resident in Al Sehikh Zayid neighborhood in Beit Lahia town, in the noprthern part of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday midday. Ahmad Lubbad, 22,…
Palestinian sources reported on Friday night after midnight that Israeli soldiers fired a shell at a residential building in Sheikh Zayid city, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip, reported on Friday evening that one resident died of wounds sustained three weeks ago in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…
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This Friday in Bil'in, some 250 Palestinians and 50 Israeli and international peace activists carried the weekly protest against the Israeli annexation Wall in Bil'in village, near the West Bank…
Friday evening, three Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli military fire in Tal Qleibo area, east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One of…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday evening that two residents were injured in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The two were injured after the army,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territories in the period between November 16 and 22, and…
Palestinian source in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas was shot and…
The Israeli army took seven residents prisoner in two separate invasions in Jenin city refugee camp in the north of the West Bank and Taqua village near Bethlehem city in…
The Israeli army shot and killed one resident and critically wounded a 9-year old boy, in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday morning Palestinian medical sources reported that Ayman…
A senior Palestinian source reported on Thursday evening that Palestinian armed groups offered Israel a limited cease fire in exchange to an Israeli suspension of all attacks and operations in…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Thursday, November 23rd, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.41MB || time:4m31 Two are killed in…
Israeli security sources reported that soldiers took four residents prisoner, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. The four according to the Israeli security are Islamic Jihad…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan near the West Bank city of Salfit, demolished one house and one sheep shad on Thursday. The house and the…
Palestinian sources in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that a senior Hamas leader was moderately injured after unknown gunmen opened fire at him earlier on…