Soldiers detain reporters at the Qalandia Crossing
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Qalandia Crossing, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah, detained reporters working with Dubai satellite Channel after claiming that they attacked and hit a…
Hamas’ armed wing says Fateh is attempting insurgence
The Iz Ed-Deen Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated on Saturday that it will not “remain silent towards the attempts of insurgence by…
Abbas` `“Talks for a national unity government back to square zero`
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that talks for the formation of a National Unity Government have collapsed back to square zero. The statements of Abbas came after the…
Assailants fire at church in Rafidia, P.A police deploys to defend churches
After a recent attack carried by unknown gunmen at a Greek Orthodox Church in Rafidia neighborhood in Nablus, Father Yousef Saada called on the Palestinian Authority to take a firm…
In the Name of Security: Historical Proofs of the Validity of Palestinian ‘paranoia’
Six Palestinian churches in the West Bank and Gaza Strip suffered damage and arson attempts in reaction to the words of Pope Benedict XVI. Palestinian spokesmen of all stripes condemned…
The Next Palestinian Struggle
An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael…
Unknown gunmen attack a church in Nablus
An group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a Latin Church in the Rafidia neighborhood in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday at dawn. Palestinian police officers, who…
Disengagement Vs the Road Map
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, decided to open the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt for two days to allow Palestinian residents to cross into and from Egypt. …
Israeli air force shells a house in Rafah
Israeli air force shelled on Friday at night a Palestinian house in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. At least one missile hit a house that belongs…
World Bank Proposes Oiling The Prison Gates Of The Occupation
The recent report from the World Bank, An Update on Palestinian Movement, Access and Trade in the West Bank and Gaza, vividly illustrates the damage that is being done to…
Weekly peaceful anti-wall protest in Bil’in attacked by Israeli military
At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil’in village today, around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall construction on village land, but…
This Week in Palestine – September Week 3
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Army invades Bsl’a village near Tulkarem, attack one house
Israeli forces invaded Bal'a village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem and attacked one house that belongs to Anwar Al Wawi. Local sources reported that soldiers searched, ransacked and…
Army invades Jenin and two nearby villages
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby villages of Dir Abu Da'ef and Jalabon, on Friday. Troops invaded Jenin and fired rounds of live…
As Israel prepares for Rosh Hashanah holiday, army imposes full closure in the Palestinian areas
Israeli forces imposes full closure on the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip to prevent the entry of Palestinians into Israel as it celebrates the Jewish Rosh Hashanah (New…
Stalemate on Palestinian unity government talks after Abbas returns from U.S. with new ‘orders’
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is being challenged by the Palestinian government of acting as a mouthpiece for the United States government, and misrepresenting the Palestinian demands during his visit…
Detainee facing death as health condition sharply deteriorates
In an urgent letter sent by the detainees to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the detainees in Be'er Sheva Israeli prison appealed human rights organizations to save the life of…
The Right of Return cannot be dismissed
The Director of the Center for the Right of Return for Refugees reiterated Friday that UN Resolution 194 is nonnegotiable. Two-thirds of Palestinians are refugees and are not about…
Abbas: National Unity Government Will Recognize Israel and Renounce Violence
In a meeting with the UN General Assembly Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured his listeners that any national unity government he negotiated with Hamas would recognize Israel’s right to…
Resistance fighters explode a roadside bomb in Nablus and injure seven Israeli soldiers
A road side bomb planted by Palestinian resistance fighters exploded near an Israeli army vehicle in the West Bank city of Nablus, injuring seven soldiers on Friday morning. The…
Army takes three prisoners from Tammoun
Israeli forces invaded the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, late on Thursday at night and took three residents prisoners. The three were identified as Ahmad…
Two homemade projectiles fired from Gaza toward Israeli town of Sderot
The Al-Aqsa brigades, the main armed group affiliated with the Fatah movement has claimed responsibility on Thursday for launching two "Aqsa 103" homemade projectiles at the Israeli town of Sderot.…
Israeli military announces: West Bank and Gaza will be closed while Israel celebrates new year
Israeli security sources said on Thursday that a comprehensive closure would be imposed on the West Bank and Gaza starting on Friday until further notice during the Jewish New Year…
The children killed in a war the world doesn’t want to know about
Nayef Abu Snaima says his 14-year-old cousin Jihad had been sitting on the edge of an olive grove talking animatedly to him about what he would do when he grew…
Israel says it will open the Rafah Crossing for two days
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Thursday that he decided to open the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt for two days to allow Palestinian residents to cross…
Peres meets Abbas on sidelines of General Assembly meetings
Israeli Vice Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, met on Thursday with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Peres told Abbas…
Israeli government issues tender for the construction of more settler homes
The Israeli government is ongoing with its expansion plans in the occupied West Bank; on Thursday, it issued tender bids to build 164 new homes for settlers in three settlements…
Palestine Today – September 21, 2006
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Israeli army’s complicity with settlers must end
For years human rights organizations have pointed out the complicity between the Israel Defense Forces command headquarters in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israeli settlers, nurtured by policies intended to…
Army closes the entrance of Qarawit Bani Hassan village near Salfit
Israeli troops stationed at the gate of the Israeli wall surrounding the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan , near the West Bank city of Salfit, closed the gate on Thursday…
Women leaders urge peace talks between Israel and Palestine to continue
Members of the International Women’s Commission met with other women leaders at the UN Wednesday to discuss reopening peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Results were generally positive, drawing…
Five killed, more than seven injured in the Gaza strip
In separate Israeli attacks on both the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip early Thursday, five Palestinians have been killed, two of whom bled to death in Rafah…
Detained student receives 6-month extended detention order
The Israeli Salem military court extended the detention order of a student from Salfit, in the West Bank, for additional six months without any charges. The student Fawwaz Abdul-Bassit Maali,…
Five residents, including two University students, taken prisoner near Nablus
Israeli troops took five residents as prisoners on Thursday in two separate incidents in Nablus area, in the northern part of the West Bank. Three of the detainees, including two…
Failures of Zionism
The circular logic that pervades pro-Israeli rhetoric today is in fact undermining the security of the Jewish State, and feeding the fire of anti-Jewish sentiment worldwide. This logic can be…
Army invades Tubas, injures several residents
An Israeli military force invaded the city of Tubas, in the norther part of the West Bank and injured a number of civilians, Thursday noon. Local sources reported that troops…
Undercover army units kidnap three Palestinians east of Jenin
Undercover Israeli army units stormed a farm near the village of Abu Da'eif, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, and took three prisoners, on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses reported…
Troops invade Bethlehem, Al Khader, take two residents prisoners, ransack homes
Israeli troops backed by twenty military vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Thursday morning the West Bank city of Bethlehem, surrounded one home and arrested two residents, Palestinian sources in the…
Army invades Nablus and takes one prisoner
Nassem Al Khzari, 32, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army during an incursion into the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered the…
Army takes two prisoners from Bethlehem
Hamza Al Sha'lan, 19, Ahmad Sabah, 27, were taken prisoners during an Israeli army incursion into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the…
Abbas meets foreign and Arab officials at the UN Headquarters
Abbas met foreign officials Wednesday to discuss the current social and political situation in the Occupied Territories as it relates to Israel. The President met with leaders from Spain, the…
Two teenagers injured by Israeli gunfire in Tubas
Israeli Forces wounded two teenagers in the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday. Security sources told the WAFA News Agency that Israeli forces backed by tanks and armoured vehicles…
Bush meets Abbas in New York
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met on Wednesday with the US president, Georg W. Bush, in New York, and held talks on efforts to revive the stalled peace process, the National…
Human rights group’s report leads to indictment of two Israeli soldiers
The Israeli human rights group B'tselem recently reported an incident of abuse by Israeli soldiers against two young Palestinian men. Today, the group's investigation of the incident has led to…
I went to Nablus
There were many places I wanted to see in Palestine this June and Nablus was certainly one of them. Many people were telling me not to go. It was not…
Seven Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad leader, abducted in Rafah
Palestinian sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Wednesday at night that under-cover forces of the Israeli army abducted seven Palestinians, including a leader…
Palestine Today – September 20, 2006
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Dialogue on the Two World Systems
It is essential to reflect on this background before one can comprehend the widespread outrage at Pope Benedict XVI's remarks in Germany. Imagine, for a moment, how much more enjoyable…
Army stops demonstration against the Pope’s remarks against Islam
A massive demonstration was organized Wednesday morning in the West Bank city of Hebron against the Pope’s comments on Islam and its Prophet Mohammad and the Israeli army moved to…
Army stops a resident from entering Jerusalem for medical treatment.
Mohammad Shahine, 50, from Al ‘Azaria south of Jerusalem was denied entry to Jerusalem by Israeli troops Wednesday morning. Shahine, a cancer patient, was going to Jerusalem for surgery as…
Army installs military checkpoint south of Tubas
Israeli troops installed Wednesday afternoon a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tubas. The checkpoint was installed between the village of Tamoun / Al Fara’a refugee camp…
Gasoline and vehicle licensing prices expected to drop after amendments made by Hamas government
To ease the economic burden of thousands of Palestinian families, the Palestinian Ministry of Transport requested that a less costly form of gas be available for automobiles. If the Council…
Israeli army invades Beit Fourik near Nablus, sets one house ablaze, takes one prisoner
Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Fourik at dawn on Wednesday, set one house ablaze and took one person prisoner. Soldiers surrounded the house of Ferass Militat, 30, and…
Palestinian killed by Israeli shells in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday that one resident was killed, another was injured, after the Israeli army fired a tank shell at a group of…
Hamas changes stance on Arab Peace Initiative; Fatah Outraged
Hamas retracted its original agreement to include the 2002 Arab peace initiative in the proposed national unity government with Fatah, party officials said Tuesday. Hamas officials are against the initiative’s…
Army invades Al Dohaisha refugee camp in Bethlehem
An Israeli force invaded the Dohaisha refugee camp in the southern part of West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday. Troops conducted a wide scale search campaign in the refugee…
Army takes one prisoner from Tamon village
Bashar Bsharat, 24, was taken to an unknown location by the Israeli army troops who invaded Tamon village near the West Bank city of Tubass on Wednesday morning. Israeli troops…
Israeli Army enters a town near Bethlehem and takes one prisoner
Siraj Yousif, 23, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army during an incursion to Al Doha town west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday at dawn. A…
Israeli army attacks Palestinian Banks and money exchange shops, stealing millions
The Israeli army invaded several cities in the West Bank and broke into money changers' shops and banks, confiscating some 1.5 million USD, on Wednesday morning. The seizure of cash…
Beit Hanoun girl dies of wounds sustained last month
Hanan Abu Odah, 15, from Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Gaza strip, died on Wednesday morning of wounds she sustained last month in an Israeli attack that killed…
UN says Israeli overuse of cluster bombs in Lebanon ‘defies belief’
Following on a statement by an Israeli commander that the Israeli army fired at least 1.2 million cluster bomblets on Lebanon during the war, the majority of which were fired…
Israel must recognize the Palestinian government
Despite the rising tension this past weekend between Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas movement, it is safe to assume that soon a government of national unity…
Detainee Paralyzed During Torture in Israeli Prison
Every Palestinian detainee has his own story of the horrors of being held in Israeli detention facilities, but in the case of detainee Luay Al Ashqar, 28, from Saida village,…
Female detainees facing severe punishment in Telmond
Detainee Suad Abu Hamad, from Nazareth, said that female detainees in Telmond Israeli prison are facing harsh procedures and collective punishment after the prison administration claimed that two detainees attempted…
Palestine Today – September 19, 2006
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Undercover Israeli army unit abducts a resident of Burkeen village near Jenin
Israeli Undercover army units abducted a resident of Burkeen village, south west of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday morning. The man was identified as Abd-Allah Atik, 30,…
The First Palestinian Circus School: The Dream of Shadi Zmorrod
The crowd of men, women and children assembling outside Ramallah’s Ashtar Theatre on a hot August Friday evening is decidedly diverse, running the gamut from veiled Palestinian women to a…
Elderly Palestinian man attacked by Israeli settlers while Israeli soldier watches, doing nothing
Khalil Nawaja, in his 70s, was attacked with sticks and pipes Monday evening by a group of seven Israeli settlers with their faces covered. An Israeli soldier was escorting the…
Halutz: `“Troops to leave Lebanon in coming days`
Israeli online daily Haaretz quoted Meretz member of Knesset Ran Cohen stating that Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said on Tuesday that the Israeli soldiers will pull out…
Unknown gunmen attacked WAFA news agency offices in Khan Younis
A group of unknown gunmen attacked and damaged the offices of the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA,in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon. According…
Army takes seven prisoners from Nablus district
Israeli forces stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and Osren nearby village, taking seven prisoners on Tuesday. Soldiers troops stormed Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, and took Rashad…
Settlers attack elderly man south of Hebron
An extremist group of Jewish settlers living in Sousia illegal settlement outpost attacked and severely punched an elderly man, near Yatta town, south of Hebron in the southern part of…
Since 1967 one quarter of the Palestinian population have been arrested by Israeli forces
Since the Israeli occupation in 1967, Israeli forces have arrested 700,000 Palestinian residents of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem according to a report issued Tuesday by the…
Abbas and Livni meet for first time in four months
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met at the UN headquarters in New York Monday to discuss the current political situation in Israel and Palestine. Considered…
Settlers attack an old man in Yatta near Hebron
Khalil Al Nawaj'a, 79, was moved to hospital after being attacked by Israeli settlers in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. The settlers…
Army invades Tubas and injures on resident
Taufik Abu Mihassen, 52, was injured during an incursion by the Israeli army into the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. According to local residents several army vehicles…
Army takes two prisoners from Al Shawawra village east of Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Shawawra east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took two prisoners on Tuesday morning. Nidal Raba'a, 20, and Ala' Salem…
Two killed in the West Bank one of them a pregnant woman
Two West Bank residents were killed by the Israeli army on Tuesday morning, one of them a pregnant woman who was delayed at an army checkpoint. Bushra Sultan, 27, from…
Help! Peacemongers!
GUESS WHOSE words these are: "Starting this war was a scandal…It was possible to solve the problem of the missiles in South Lebanon by diplomatic means…The offensive of the last…
Palestinian Woman Dies at the Rafah Crossing
Palestinian sources reported, on Monday evening, that a woman died on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing. The woman, Aghfra Mohammad Al Arja, died as a result of…
Palestinian Islamic Justice criticizes Pope’s speech; says attacks on churches counter to Islam
Chief Islamic Justice for Palestine, Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, said Monday that attacks on churches in Palestine and anywhere in the Islamic world contravene the teachings of Islam, and that…
Soldiers shell Rafah, Beit Hanoun
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that the Israeli army and air force shelled a Palestinian house in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Palestinian family attests to ongoing Israeli settler attacks
A Bedouin family near the village of Sussiya in Hebron was visited today by a group of internationals and Palestinians working for the PSP (Palestine Solidarity Project) and International solidarity…
Three children critically wounded by Israeli gunfire in Al-Fara’a refugee camp
Israeli Forces wounded three Palestinians in al-Far'a Refugee Camp, north of the West Bank, on Monday, witnesses said. Local witnesses reported that three Israeli jeeps stormed the Camp and…
Palestine Today – September 18, 2006
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Israeli military court withholds final ruling over detained Hamas officials
Despite the Israeli military court’s decision last week to release 18 detained Hamas officials, the court at the Ofer military base withheld its final decision, which was supposed to be…
Army takes one prisoner at a military checkpoint near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem took one prisoner late Sunday night. Ra'ed Al Herbawi, 29, was stopped at Al Khader checkpoint…
Three Hezbollah men captured during war indicted in Israeli court
Sources at the Israeli Ministry of Justice reported that state prosecutors indicted three Hezbollah fighters who were captured during the recent war between Israeli and Hezbollah. The accusations filed by…
PLC cancels its session after clashes between PM guards and angry Public sector employees
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza canceled its session on Monday after clashes between angry public sector employees and guards of the Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyya. Earlier, hundreds…
Israeli army official: `“We did not know enough about the deployment of Hezbollah Positions`
The Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, reported in its online edition on Monday that senior Israeli army officials complained about the lack of knowledge of Hezbollah deployments in Southern Lebanon…
Army invades Beit Kahil village near Hebron,takes two prisoners
Israeli troops attacked and ransacked several houses and took two residents prisoners in Beit Kahil village, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, on Monday morning.…
Hebron resident taken prisoner at a military roadblock near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers stationed at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem, took one resident of a Hebron village prisoner. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers took Ra'ed Mohammad Al…
PLC cancels its session after clashes between PM guards and angry Public sector employees 14:05
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) canceled its session on Monday after clashes between angry public sector employees and Prime Minster Isma'il Haniya's guards in Gaza. Earlier, hundreds of angry…
Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip unable to reach Israeli hospitals for treatment
A report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Health revealed that Israeli authorities deliberately prevent the transport of cancer patients from the Gaza Strip to Israeli hospitals for treatment. The…
Army invades Abasan town east of Khan Younis
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip, on Monday at dawn. Two tanks and one…
Seven residents taken prisoners in Nablus invasion
Israeli forces invaded several areas in Nablus district, in the norther part of of the West Bank, and took seven prisoners on Monday morning. In Kofer Qalil village south of…
Army takes two prisoners from Hebron, invades the nearby Doura village
Two Palestinian police officers were taken prisoners by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, as the army invaded it. Soldiers also invaded the nearby village of Dooura.…
Army confiscates four tractors in the Jordan valley
The Israeli forces confiscated four tractors used by local Palestinian farmers in the northern area of the Jordan valley in the West Bank on Monday. Local sources reported that Israeli…
Army injures two youth from Tulkarem refugee camp
Soobhi Yassin, 17, and Ra'fat Abu Sabeit, 27, were injured by an undercover unit of the Israeli army after the unit infiltrated into Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern part…
The Palestinian Authority: A government in jail
Mohammed Barghouthi was coming home from a late-night meeting when he found himself at a makeshift Israeli army checkpoint. The soldiers were stopping Palestinians, checking their IDs, and telling them…