Army takes on prisoner from Tulkarem
Jihad Yahia, was taken to prisoner by the Israeli army during an invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem, late Friday night. Yahia was taken to an unknown destination…
Army shells areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks continued on Saturday morning to randomly shell areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that tanks stationed at the northern Gaza – Israeli…
Army takes three prisoners in Hebron
Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint located at the entrance of the Ibrahami Mosque (known as the Tomb of the Patriarchs) in the Old City of the West Bank…
Army invades Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday morning, and searched scores of houses. Troops and army jeeps invaded the city from several directions, stormed and…
Army invades Khazza’a town in the southern part ofthe Gaza Strip
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the eastern part of Khazza'a village east of Khan Younis south of the Gaza strip on Saturday morning. Tanks opened random fire at…
The Israel Lobby Works Its Magic, Again
The measure of a human rights organisation is to be found not just in the strides it takes to seek justice for the oppressed and victimised but also in the…
Children Pay Price of Israel’s ‘Summer Rain’
On a humid afternoon, an hour or two after lunch, Nadi al-Attar, 12, set off on a donkey-drawn cart with his grandmother Khariya and two of his young cousins to…
This Week in Palestine – September Week 1
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UNIFIL says Israeli sea blockade over Lebanon ended
Major General, Alain Pellegrini, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), stated on Friday afternoon that Israeli had lifted the sea blockade over Lebanon. The Israeli government…
Palestinian residents, Israeli and International peace activists protest the Wall in Bil’in
Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that at least 150 residents, eight internationals and six Israeli peace activists protested against the Israeli Annexation Wall…
‘Gaza is a jail. Nobody is allowed to leave. We are all starving now’
Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores of the Mediterranean a…
Troops invade Jericho, take three residents prisoners
Israeli troops invaded on Friday at dawn the West Bank city of Jericho, and took three residents prisoners, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. Soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles…
Two residents taken prisoners east of Bethlehem
Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Al Shawawra village, east of Bethlehem, and took two residents prisoners. Local sources reported that soldiers broke into several houses, searched them and took…
Troops takes one youth prisoner near Nablus
Israeli troops abducted on Friday one resident of Nour Shams refugee camp, while he was heading back home from Nablus. Local sources reported that soldiers based at Huwwara checkpoint, south…
Army invades Qalqilia
Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. Soldiers broke into the officers of the Prisoners…
UNDP: Israeli-imposed Losses in Gaza Strip Estimated at $46 Million
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the estimated total cost of the damages in the Gaza Strip assessed for the period between June 28 and August 27, 2006,…
Army invades Jenin
Thursday night after midnight, Israeli soldiers invaded the city of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and randomly fired rounds of live ammunition, the Palestinian News Agency,…
With 200,000 unexploded cluster bombs in southern Lebanon, six nations call for ban
Cluster bombs, manufactured mainly in the United States and in Israel, are small bombs that splinter into many pieces, raining shrapnel upon an area 2-3 kilometers from where the bomb…
Four Palestinians killed, fifteen injured in Qabatia
Palestinian medical sources in Qabatia town, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that four Palestinians were killed and at least fifteen were injured by military…
Army prevents 23 internationals on a Peace Tour from entering West Bank
23 Internationals from different European countries and the United States are sitting at the Jalama military checkpoint as they were denied entry to the West Bank city of Jenin. The…
Palestinian notables: ‘Tony Blair: You are not welcome in Palestine’
In an ad today in al-Ayyam newspaper, a group of independent Palestinians published a letter stating, "We, the signatories… notables, intellectuals and political figures declare that Tony Blair [the British…
Palestine Today – September 07, 2006
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Teachers Union in the West Bank says no agreement has been reached
Riziq Al Barghouthi, member of the General Committee for the Teachers Union in the West Bank, told the IMEMC that teachers are ongoing with their strike and that no agreement…
Israeli forces invade Khaza, ransack homes, destroy electricity and water infrastructure
Thursday morning, Israeli troops invaded the Khaza area, east of Khan Younis, and attacked homes belonging to Palestinian families. Eyewitnesses stated that troops, backed with tanks and bulldozers, stormed the…
Palestinian killed in in-fighting in Nablus
Ziad Halada, 28, was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Nablus during internal factional fighting between Palestinian groups on Thursday. Halada was shot in the head…
Israeli tanks shell Al Fokharia area in Gaza
Israeli tanks stationed at the eastern border between the Gaza strip and Israel, shelled Palestinian homes located in the Al Fokharia area in Khan-Younis, in the southern part of the…
Families challenge Israel’s newly-imposed policy of expulsion of foreign passport holders
At a press conference on Wednesday, foreign passport holders, human rights organizations, and representatives of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem charged Israel with separating families that have long lived together…
Palestinian student describes being severely beaten by Israeli soldiers
Muhsan described to Ynet on Wednesday the events which had taken place on Saturday a week and a half prior: He was on his way from Nablus, where he studies…
Army invades Tamon village east of Tubass
The Israeli army invaded the village of Tamon, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, on Thursday at dawn, and attacked several residents' houses. Army vehicles and one bulldozer…
Army invades Tiqua village near Bethlehem
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Tiqua, south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late on Wednesday at night. Local residents reported that several army jeeps…
One woman taken prisoner from Asker refugee camp near Nablus
Sanaa' Qandeel, 24, from Asker refugee camp in Nablus was taken as prisoner by the Israeli army earlier on Thursday. Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp, then searched and…
Israeli officials: Recent demolition of 22 homes in Nablus was ‘a mistake”
On Saturday the 26th of August, Israeli military invaded the Jabal Shamali area of Nablus and destroyed 22 homes, according to an eyewitness report from the International Solidarity Movement. The…
Interview with Faisal Sawalha over the unrecognized Arab villages in Israel
This is IMEMC interviewing Faisal Sawalha from the Regional Council for the Arab Unrecognized Villages in the Negev. Mr. Sawalha works in resource development and public relations. Today is Wednesday…
Catholic report: ‘Israel is suffocating Gaza to seize Jerusalem’
The following is a report issued this week by the Catholic relief agency, Caritas: Today, Israel issued tenders for 690 new settlement units around occupied East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the months-long…
Israel to Lift Air and Sea Blockade on Lebanon at 6 p.m. Thursday
Israel will lift the air and sea blockade imposed on Lebanon at 6 p.m. Thursday after receiving international assurances over an arms embargo on Hezbollah, the prime minister's office said.…
My Palestinian husband and I cannot live together in the West Bank
I am an Italian citizen, born and raised as a member of the German-speaking minority in northern Italy (the relevance of this fact will be apparent later). For the last…
Leader of the AL Quds Brigades assassinated in Jenin
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army assassinated on Wednesday leader of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in Jenin, in the northern part of the…
Palestine Today – September 06, 2006
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Israeli Settlers begin construction of a new road in Hebron
A group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, east of the West Bank city of Hebron, started to open a new road to connect the settlement…
Army bars teachers from reaching schools near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers stopped on Wednesday a number of school teachers and barred them from from arriving to their school where they teach in the village of Ras-Tira near the West…
Army takes one prisoner from Beit Kahil village near Hebron
Thiab Al Asafra, 41, a resident of Beit Kahil village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning. Al Asafra was…
Army attacks a house of a Palestinian official in Hebron
Wednesday at dawn, Israeli army troops attacked the house of Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, the Palestinian chief Islamic judge, located in the West Bank city of Hebron. The house of Al…
Army invades Kafer Dan and Qabatia villages near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Kafer Dan and Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the two villages and attacked…
Army source: `“Palestinian hurl a roadside bombs at army vehicle in Nablus`
An Israeli army source reported on Wednesday that Palestinians hurled a roadside bomb at a military force near Awarta checkpoint, south of Nablus in the northern part of the West…
Three residents arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers and police detectives arrested three Palestinians in Hebron area earlier on Wednesday morning. According to the Israeli police, the three carried shooting attacks against settlers vehicles in the…
Two residents killed in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, 7 on Wednesday
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in two separate attacks, one of the casualties is a 16-year old boy. A total of seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks…
Israeli troops uproot twenty olive trees near Hebron
Israeli bulldozers uprooted Wednesday scores of olive trees to pave a colonial road near the Jewish colony of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank City of east Hebron. Local sources…
Army invades Nablus and takes one prisoner
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Wednesday morning and took one resident of the refugee camp as a prisoner.…
Israeli Army installs a checkpoint at Tayasser- Tubas road
An Israeli force installed a temporary checkpoint on the main road that connects Tayasser village with the nearby West Bank city of Tubas, late Tuesday night . Troops stopped civilian…
Report: `“25% of the Palestinians were imprisoned by Israel`
A report prepared an published by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees revealed 700.000 (25% of the total population) Palestinians were taken prisoners by Israel in the occupied territories. According to…
One resident injured in Al Yamoun village near Jenin
Khaled Ashour, 19, was injured during an Israeli army invasion to the village of Al Yamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning. Ashour sustained an injury…
Army takes four prisoners from Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday at dawn and took four prisoners. The four were identified as Hanni Syif, 20, Mohammad Abdul-Al his brother…
Resident killed, three injured in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident was killed and at least three were injured after the Israeli soldiers…
Head of Palestinian presidential security taken prisoner by Israel
The head of a Palestinian Presidential Security force, 'Force 17', was taken prisoner by Israeli forces Tuesday at an Israeli checkpoint outside the city of Nablus in the West Bank,…
Four killed in two separate air strikes in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday at night that four residents in two separate Israeli air strikes in Rafah city, in the southern part of the…
Palestine Today – September 05, 2006
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Army closes a Wall Gate cutting Far’on village farmers from their land
The Israeli army closed on Tuesday the gate number 708 of the Annexation Wall, which is located between the village of Far'on, near the West Bank of Tulkarem, and its…
Army takes one prisoner during an invasion to Bani Neim and Doura villages near Hebron
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Bani Neim and Dora south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and took one resident prisoner on Tuesday. Mohamed Al Zeer, from…
Strike in Bethlehem in support of Government employees
A general strike was carried out in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, and all surrounding villages in support of government employees who continued their strike for the fourth day…
Army takes another prisoner from Al Khader village near Bethlehem
Nader Sbeih, 29, from Al Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was taken as a prisoner by the Israeli army to an unknown location rising the…
The Silent Expulsion
In the middle of the conversation in the spacious CEO's office at the Palestinian National Beverage Company in Ramallah 10 days ago, Zahi Khouri's mobile phone danced on the table.…
Report: `“86, including 16 children killed, 270 taken prisoners in August`
A monthly report of the International Solidarity Institute for Human Right revealed that Israeli soldiers killed 86 Palestinians, including 16 children. Twelve residents were killed in targeted killing attacks. A…
Palestinian worker stab an Israeli man in Jerusalem
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that a Palestinian worker stabbed a 60-year old Israeli man on Tuesday morning at the Atarot industrial zone, north of Jerusalem. The man sustained moderate…
Strikes creating more uncertainty in Palestinian students’ already uncertain lives
Palestinians are so enmeshed in politics that it is akin to daily bread. The two are inseparable as there is no choice under occupation and now in the face of…
Army assaults a Palestinian prisoner from Nablus
Taile Al Tirawi, 30, from the West Bank city of Nablus was attacked by Israeli prison guards on Tuesday morning while leaving the prison compound when he was released after…
General strike in Palestine expands across all sectors
A strike which began this past Saturday by the Palestinian teachers' union has now expanded to include nearly all sectors of the Palestinian government, as well as banks and private…
More lands to be annexed in Bethlehem for Wall construction, and settler roads
The Israeli forces Commander for the Central Region of the occupied West Bank, Major General Yair Naveh, has decided to confiscate 152 Dunams of southern Bethlehem. The annexation order aims…
Army invades Tubass
sraeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Monday night the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops and jeeps stormed the city and conducted wide…
Army takes two prisoners from Al Khader
Anwar Salah, 28, and Ismail Abdul-Kareem, 41, were taken prisoners by the Israeli army during an invasion to the village of Al Khader south of the West Bank city of…
Genocide in Gaza
A genocide is taking place in Gaza. This morning, 2 September, another three citizens of Gaza were killed and a whole family wounded in Beit Hanoun. This is the morning…
Israeli forces invade Doha village, injure two, including a child
Armored Israeli jeeps and personnel carriers invaded the Palestinian village of Doha, west of the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on Monday evening. Israeli troops opened fire on…
Palestine Today – September 04, 2006
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Genocide in Gaza
A genocide is taking place in Gaza. This morning, 2 September, another three citizens of Gaza were killed and a whole family wounded in Beit Hanoun. This is the morning…
Israeli army leaves Khaza’a village, east of Khan Younis, after inflicting massive damage
The Israeli army left Khaza'a village east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip after having destroyed a good portion of the village land, Monday afternoon. Army bulldozers uprooted…
Israel issues tenders to build 690 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank
The Israeli Ministry of Housing issued on Monday tenders to construct 690 settlement homes in the Occupied West Bank. The new units will be constructed in large settlement blocs in…
Israeli Army takes two prisoners from Tarqomia, near Hebron
Mohammad Al Markten, 25, and Mahdi Shahror, 30, were taken to unknown locations by the Israeli army during an invasion of the village of Tarqomia, west of the West Bank…
Four injured by Israeli gunfire in Qabatia village near Jenin
Four residents were injured during the Israeli army invasion of the village of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday. The injured were identified as Ahmad Nazal,…
Israeli Army injures a women and attacks three reporters in Hebron
The Israeli army injured one women and three reporters during a search campaign of residents' houses in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday. Medical sources in…
Teachers, employees resume their strike, demand to receive salaries
Palestinian teachers and employees resumed their general strike for the third day in protest to not receiving their full salaries sine march 2006. Ministries, schools and government officer are closed…
Army takes one prisoner from Khan Younis
Israeli forces took one resident prisoner from Khaza'a town, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday at dawn. Abd Hamed Qadeih, 60, was…
Army invades Nablus, takes at least four prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, the Balata and Al Ein refugee camps in the city on Monday morning, and took four prisoners. Local sources…
Army injures one resident and takes four prisoners from Qabatia village near Jenin
Israeli forces invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, injured one resident and took four prisoners including three brothers. More than 15 Israeli…
Armed men attack Driver of a senior Fateh official and legislato
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported, on Sunday evening, that an unknown group of gunmen stopped the car of Dr. Nabil Shaath, a senior Fateh official and a Palestinian legislator…
One resident injured in Kofer Dan village near Jenin
Ibrahim Abed, 24, was injured during and invasion to the village of Kofer Dan west Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Monday at dawn. Israeli…
Army takes two prisoners from Tal village near Nablus
Yousif Selwadi, 22, and Hitham Ramadan, 36, were taken prisoners when the Israeli army invaded Tal village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning. Troops and…
Dahlan heads to Egypt for talks on possible Prisoner swap deal
Head of Security Committee at the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a senior Fateh leader, Mohammad Dahlan, headed to Egypt for talks on a possible prisoners swap deal with Israel. Dahlan…
Resident taken prisoner near Abu Dis
Israeli soldiers abducted one resident at the Container Checkpoint, near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem as he was heading back home in Al Obediyya village, near Bethlehem. The resident is…
Troops annex more lands in Bethlehem for `“military purposes`
Israeli troops annexed Palestinian orchards east of Bethlehem city in the West Bank, and declared the area as a closed military zone. The order, signed by General Yaer Neveh, confiscates…
Five residents injured in Gaza air strike
Israeli Air Force fired on Sunday night after midnight several missiles at a Palestinian house in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip; five residents were injured while the…
Army uproots farmlands east of the Jablia refugee camp
Israeli soldiers uprooted on Sunday afternoon agricultural lands in Abu Safiyya area, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers, supported by tanks…
Father, his five sons, taken prisoners in Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn the Al Fawwar refugee camp, near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, and arrested a father and his five…
Army invades Salfit
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the western area of Salfit, in the West Bank, and conducted military searches of homes. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…
Troops invaded Jenin, its refugee camp
Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and its refugee camp, Palestinian sources reported. Troops fired rounds of live ammunition at several houses…
Resident taken prisoner in Tulkarem
Israeli soldier stationed at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, took one resident prisoner and transferred him to an unknown destination. A Palestinian security source…
Israeli air force shells a house in Jabalia
Saturday evening, the Israeli air force shelled a house in Bir Al Na'ja area, in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza strip, one resident was…
Palestinian National Unity government might be formed in ten days
A spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that a Palestinian National Unity Government might be formed in ten days. Meanwhile, Abbas met in Gaza with the…
Army takes one prisoner, increases its presence in Hebron
The Israeli army kidnapped a Palestinian man in the village of Beit Awwa, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday, and increased its presence in the villages…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin and a nearby village
Troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp, and the nearby Kafer dan village, on Saturday at dawn. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed Jenin and its refugee…
Palestine Prime Minister cleaned garbage
When garbage men went on a strike in Gaza three days ago, garbage covered the streets. In order to encourage people to do the same thing, Palestine Prime Minister Ismael…
On first day of school, hundreds of Palestinian teachers go on strike
Without salaries since the Hamas government took power in March, and with no sign that they will receive salaries anytime soon, hundreds of Palestinian schoolteachers took to the streets Saturday…