The need for a referendum
The assignment the editors at Al Quds Educational television gave their reporter seemed simple: Go out and assess the public’s reaction to the suggestion by President Mahmoud Abbas to hold…
Troops invade Jenin refugee camp, clashes with resistance fighters
Sunday after midnight, Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with resistance fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military…
Abbas, Haniyya meeting ends with no agreement, next meeting Monday evening
A meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and the Minister of Interior, Sa’id Siyam, ended Sunday evening without an agreement on the referendum, though both leaders agreed to hold…
NIC: `“Ten Killed and 59 Injured in several Israeli attack last week`
A statistical report documenting the Israeli violations against the Palestinian people asserted that Israeli occupation forces killed ten Palestinians and injured 59 others in one week throughout the different Palestinian…
Army targets a Palestinian vehicle in Gaza
Sunday evening, an Israeli fighter-jet targeted a Palestinian vehicle driving in Al Nasser neighborhood, west of Gaza city, two residents were moderately injured. Local source reported that the vehicle was…
Settler opens fire at workers in Hebron, one resident seriously injured
An extremist settler opened random fire on Sunday at a group of Palestinian workers, the south of the West Bank city of Hebron, seriously wounding one of them and taking…
Two Palestinians killed, seven injured in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun
Two Palestinian fighters were killed after the Israeli air force fired missile at a resistance group in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, three other fighters…
Three more Palestinians killed in Gaza, several injured
Three Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The three belong to Al-Qassam brigade, Hamas’ armed wing, as Israeli gun shelled the strip, Palestinian…
Israeli forces invade Bethlehem, arrest two Palestinians, naked and blindfolded
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses jointly reported that an Israeli force of eight military patrols invaded Bethlehem since the pre-dawn hours, and invaded Beit Jala and northern Bethlehem near Aida…
Blowback: Why Palestinian civil war must be avoided
At the height of the second intifada, in October 2002, I was one of those who called publicly upon the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to dissolve itself. At the time,…
Palestinian Prime Minister, President meet to discuss ‘National Unity’ document
Hours after announcing that he would hold a referendum on the Palestinian ‘National Unity’ document, President Mahmoud Abbas received Prime Minister Ismael Haniyya to discuss the possibility of avoiding a…
Abbas Receives child who Lost her family in Israeli attack on Friday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Saturday at night at the Presidential headquarters in Gaza, the child Huda Ghalia who lost on Friday seven members of her family in an…
Palestinian Preventive Security Chief, Abu Shbak, escapes attack
Saturday. gunmen opened fire at convoy of Raheed Abu Shbak, head of the Preventive Security force in the Gaza Strip, loyal to Fateh movement, as he attended the funeral of…
Abbas sets referendum for July 26; Hamas rejects poll, calls for boycott
In a press conference in Ramallah, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, announced on Saturday that the general referendum on statehood, and proposal implicitly recognizing Israel, will be conducted on July 26.…
Palestinian Authority security officer killed in Gaza
A Palestinian Preventative Security officer was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Gaza City, on Saturday. Bassem Qotob died instantly after suffered several rounds of live ammunition in his…
Troops uproot dozens of olive treas south of Qalqilia
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted on Saturday morning dozens of olive treas that belong to the sons of Mahmoud Hussein Al Sheikh, from Snieria village, south of the West Bank city…
Army uproots dozens of olive trees Sniria village south of Qalqilia
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees in farmlands that belong to residents of Sniria village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Saturday morning. Army bulldozers…
Army invades Nablus city, arrests one resident
Israeli troops have arrested one resident from Askar refugee camp, to the east of the West Bank city of Nablus, after invading the city, Saturday morning. Dozens of military vehicles…
Army installs two checkpoints south of Tubas
The Israeli army has installed two portable checkpoints in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubass, Saturday morning. By istalling the two checkpoints, the main road…
Four family members injured in northern Gaza
Four Palestinian civilians of one family were wounded when a shell landed on their house in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, Palestinian medical sources…
After ten civilians were killed, Palestinian mourn, Hamas ends truce
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Saturday as a day to mourn the ten Palestinian civilians, including three children, killed in Gaza Strip when Israeli gun-boats shelled the beach in…
In an invasion to the city, army vehicles chase children in Tubas
Sarurday morning, Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and chased dozens of school children. Soldiers invaded the city and started to provoke the youth and the children,…
Army invades Jenin, arrests one resident at a military checkpoint
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, and its refugee camp, and arrested one resident at a nearby military checkpoint, Saturday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the…
Gaza sea cries pure and dear blood
{mosimage}She was running over a small sand hill, screaming and crying… “Father, Father” but her father did not reply as his blood and the water of the sea were mixed, and…
Army `“apologizes` after killing 10 civilians, including two infants
After the Israeli army shelled the Gaza beach killing 10 civilians, including two infants aged 6 months and 18 months, and injuring forty other residents, army spokesperson “apologizes” and says…
Army injures five residents, including one child in Hebron
Five Palestinian residents, including one child, from Doura village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron were injured during an Israeli military invasion to the village, late on Friday…
Bil’in residents, peace activists protest against the Wall call for solidarity with journalist subje
Hundreds of Palestinian residents, Israel and International peace activists protested on Friday against Israel’s annexation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and expressed their support and…
Ten civilians, including children, killed in Israeli strike at Gaza Beach
Friday evening, Israeli air force and Navy gunships fired missiles at the Gaza Beach in Al Soudaniyya area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing at least ten…
This week in Palestine, June Week 1
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Three killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported, on Thursday afternoon, that three Palestinians were killed, one injured, after an Israeli air craft fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle driving near Al…
Dozens of Israeli settlers wreak havoc on streets of Bethlehem District
Israeli settlers from Gosh Atzion Settlement to the southwest of Bethlehem tore through the streets of Bethlehem area villages Friday. The settlers were protesting their inability to use more of…
The Last Taboo: Israeli father whose child was killed by suicide bomber stands up for peace
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, an opponent of all kinds of attacks on civilians and a persistent voice for Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, wrote: ‘We have to understand – not justify –…
The Palestinian Right to Return Home
In the spring of 1948, some Jewish mukhtars (headmen) of Jewish colonies in Palestinian went over to the Arab Palestinian mukhtars in the nearby villages which maintained good neighbourly relations…
Ismail Haniyeh: Palestinian Prime Minister
The following are excerpts of an interview Aljazeera.net had with the Palestinian prime minister recently. Aljazeera.net: Is a Palestinian civil war inevitable? Ismail Haniya: Inter-Palestinian fighting is a red line…
The Fateh Force in Jenin
At about 10am on Saturday morning 2,500 members of the new Fateh security force in Jenin gathered in different parts of the city to march towards the center of town…
Army shells east and north areas in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army heavy artillery shelled east and north areas of the Gaza strip, Friday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The shelling targeted residential areas in Al Shagai’a area, Beit…
One resident arrested from Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident, Friday morning. Several army vehicles and troops invaded the city, shot live rounds and sound bombs…
Army arrests one resident from Siliat Al Harthia west of Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Siliat Al Harthiya near the city of Jenin, in the northwestern area of the West Bank and arrested one resident there, Friday morning.…
Army fires a missile near the American School, north of Gaza
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli air-force fired one missile, on Friday at dawn, at an area close to the American School, north of Gaza city, causing damage…
P.A officials: `“Abbas to hold referendum July 31`
Palestinian Authority officials said on Thursday at night that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will hold a referendum on a statehood proposal on July 31. The officials, close to Abbas, added…
P.A officials: `“Abbas to hold referendum July 31`
Palestinian Authority officials said on Thursday at night that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will hold a referendum on a statehood proposal on July 31. The officials, close to Abbas, added…
Army assassinates leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, three of his assistances
Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Thursday evening that Israeli army assassinated Jamal Abu Samahdana, general leader of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), General Supervisor of the Palestinian Authority’s…
Army to demolish more homes in Bethlehem
The Israeli authorities sent notices, on Thursday, to the three members of the same family informing them that they intend to demolish their homes south of Bethlehem. The order is…
Under cover army unit invades Askar refugee camp east of Nablus
An Israeli undercover army unit invaded Askar refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday morning. The unit was followed by several army jeeps and APCs, soldiers…
One resident injured from Sorif town near Hebron
One resident injured from Sorif town west of the West Bank city of Hebron after being attacked by right wing Israeli settlers, on Thursday. Mohamed Ighnimat, was injured when a…
Army arrests resident form Ithna near Hebron
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the village of Ithna near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday The man whose name remains unknown was driving his car…
Army invades Nablus city and its two refugee camps
The Israeli army has invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata and Ein Al Ma’e refugee camps in the city, Thursday morning. Troops stormed the city and the…
Army beats and arrests one resident in Hebron
Israeli forces have beaten and arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron, this Thursday morning. Yahya Mohtasib, 24, was attacked and arrested when troops invaded his family…
Israeli forces reinvade southern West Bank Hebron City, arrest 7 including a school teacher
Thursday morning at dawn Israeli forces once again raided the southern West Bank city of Hebron, taking seven Palestinians to unknown locations. Israeli forces began Thursday morning’s invasion with…
Army hands out military order to demolish several houses in Al Kader village near Bethlehem
Israeli civil administration officers and soldiers invaded the village of Al Khader south of the west Bank city of Bethlehem and handed out military orders to demolish several houses there,…
Army invades Balata Al Balad village near Nablus and arrests one
The Israeli army troops have arrested one resident from Balata Al Balad village east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the village and searched…
Army arrests one resident from Tulkarem
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Tulkarem refugee camp, Thursday at dawn. Ossama Al Jurmy, 22, was arrested when an the Israeli army invaded…
Army invades Kofer Ra’e and Fahma villages west of Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Kofer Ra’e and Fahma west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning. In Fahma, army jeeps entered the village from several…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, June 08, 2006
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Troop kill three Palestinians security officers, injured three, east of Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported on Wednesday evening that Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian security officers near the “security fence” located east on the borders between Israel and east…
Hamas and Fateh leadership agree to activate truce in order to stop tensions during Egyptian meeting
The Hamas and Fateh leadership completed their meetings in Egypt today, and agreed to activate what they refer to as the “Commission of Inquiry.” The agreement was reached in light…
Two settlers stabbed in Gush Atzion
An Israeli police source reported on Wednesday that two youth settlers traveling near Alon Shvot settlement, in the Gush Atzion settlement Bloc in the West Bank, were stabbed and were…
Army arrests two residents, suspected of killing a settler mother and son in 1996
An Israeli military source reported that troops arrested on Wednesday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah suspected on killing a settler woman and her teenage son in…
Army continues its siege on villages west of Salfit
The Israeli army is continuing it’s siege Wednesday on several villages west of the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops closed the checkpoint at the entrances of Al Zawia, Rafat,…
Army arrests two residents, suspected of killing a settler mother and son in 1996
An Israeli military source reported that troops arrested on Wednesday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah suspected on killing a settler woman and her teenage son in…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza strip
Israeli air force jet fighters launched several missiles into the northern Gaza strip Wednesday at dawn. The shelling targeted residential areas in the town of Beit lahia, causing damage to…
Army injures to youth during an invasion to Tubass
The Israeli army injured two youth during an invasion to the West Bank city of Tubass late Tuesday night. Troops stormed the village and shot live round and sound bombs…
The new security forces clashes with unknown gunmen in Gaza , two injured
Two members of the newly formed security forces were injured due to clashes between the force and unknown gunmen, in the Gaza strip, Wednesday morning The clash lasted for more…
Army invades Jenin and the nearby Araba village and arrests two residents
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Araba Wednesday morning. Two arrests were made as the army entered the city from several…
Union drawing attention to Israeli injustice
A CBC TV news report on the recent Israeli election vividly captured the "agony" Israelis were going through as they pondered the key election issue: Israel’s plans to unilaterally withdraw…
F16 Israeli fighters shlell main roads, farmlands in Beit Lahia
Israeli air force shelled on Wednesday night after midnight several main roads and agricultural roads leading to the northern borders between Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza…
International Peace activists and Israel’s annexation policy
{mosimage}They look different than us, but their actions and their solidarity with us makes them part of our people and companions to us in our struggle against the occupations’ policy…
Israeli air-force shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
Eyewitnesses and Palestinian security sources reported, on Tuesday night after midnight, that the Israeli air force shelled a training center for the Popular Resistance Committees, south of Gaza City. Troops…
Hamas has until week end to accept prisoners’ proposal for unity
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has given the Hamas government until the end of the week to accept a manifesto drafted by senior Palestinian detainees, implicitly recognizing Israel, or face a…
When Palestinians kill Palestinians
There is nothing more intoxicating, more soul-stirring, nothing more thrillingly, unstoppably transcendent, than nationalism. Until, that is, the moment that you begin to become a nation. Take the Palestinians. Take…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, June 07, 2006
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Audio Report: Palestine Today, June 6, 2006
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Shin Bet Chief: `“P.A collapse does not serve Israeli interests`
Shin Bet Chief (Israeli Domestic Security Service) Yuval Diskin, said on Tuesday that the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (P.A) and its institution does not serve the Israeli interest in…
Hamas and other Palestinian faction praise prolonging the national dialogue
The step taken by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he decided to prolong the national dialogue over the National Agreement Document presented by the Palestinian prisoners. The ultimatum…
Israeli High Court rejects Peace Now petition on illegal outpost
The Israeli High Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday a petition filed by the Israeli Peace Now movement demanding the government to evacuate six illegal settlement outposts installed on private…
Six injured after gunmen fired RPG shells at a security center in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that six Palestinian residents, including four members of the Preventive Security Force, were injured after gunmen fired RPG shells (rocket propelled grenades) at a…
Five injured in a RPG attack on Preventative Security headquarters in Gaza
Five Gaza City residents were injured, including two PA officers, when three RPG’s (rocket propelled grenades) landed at the preventative security headquarters in Gaza city on Tuesday afternoon. One of the five…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells at Sederot
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad fired two home-made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot, on Tuesday. In a press release the Brigades said that…
One resident injured in unexplained explosion in Hebron
On Tuesday one resident from Hebron city was injured in an unexplained explosion. The Israeli army has intensified its presence in several parts of the city. Abd Al Fatah Ezghaier, sustained…
Israeli forces led bulldozers down the central market of Balata Refugee Camp
During the morning’s invasion to Nablus, an event that has become a daily occurrence for two months, Israeli forces arrested Palestinians, taking them to an unknown locations and destroyed the…
Army sets farms in Tayasser village on fire
An Israeli army force has set fire to farm lands belonging to farmers from the village of Tayasser, east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Tuesday at dawn. The…
Army arrests one resident from Tulkarem
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday morning. An army force invaded the city, surrounded the house Samier Barhosh, 34, searched it, then…
Soldier commits suicide in a village mosque east of Tubass
One soldier from the Israeli army has committed suicide in Al Aqba village mosque east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Monday at dawn. The soldier killed himself after…
Army invades Al Aqba village and imposes curfew
More than 300 Israeli army soldiers invaded the village of Aqpa east of the West Bank town of Tubass and imposed curfew on the village, Tuesday morning. According to the…
Army arrests six residents from Nablus
The Israeli armed forces arrested six residents in a massive military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday at dawn. Massive army forces enterd the city and the…
Army arrests one resident from Qabatia village south of Jenin
Mo’taz Hanaisha, 27, was arrested when troops invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday at dawn. Army vehicles entered the village and soldiers…
After talks with Hamas failed; Abbas to call referendum on Prisoners Document
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas informed delegates from various Palestinian factions that efforts aimed at getting the Hamas government to support the prisoners’ document for a two-state solution have failed, and…
Two Palestinians assassinated in Gaza, Qassams hit Israel
In a quick response to the assassination of two resistance fighters in Gaza, a Palestinian resistance group fired two home-made shells at Israeli areas outside of the Gaza Strip. No…
Palestinian Prime Minister rejects President’s ultimatum
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh voiced his opposition Sunday to the "prisoners’ document" for Palestinian internal unity, saying that Palestinian President Abbas’ ultimatum on the initiative was illegal under the…
Arab Bank closes two branches in the Gaza Strip after account-holders vent their anger
The Arab Bank closed two of its branches in Gaza City because it did not want to expose its employees to the anger and frustration of hundreds of employees of…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, June 5, 2006
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Israel’s Targeted Assassination Policy
On May 24, 2006, Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, appeared before the U.S. Congress to decry the lack of any "genuine Palestinian partner for peace," with whom Israel could talk.…
Gunmen break into the Palestinian Satellite TV Station
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported on Monday that a group of gunmen broke in Monday afternoon into the main headquarters of the Palestinian Satellite TV station in the Khan…
Israeli soldiers confiscate IDs from Palestinian women
Eyewitnesses reported Monday that Israeli soldiers have been confiscating the identity cards of Palestinian women from Jenin and Tulkarem, apparently due to the fact that the women are related to…
Army levels two houses in Atof village east of Tubas
Monday, Israeli troops invaded the village of Atof, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and leveled two houses. Army jeeps and soldiers stormed the village after sealing its…
Army closes Tulkarem city, bars residents from leaving
Israeli troops closed on Monday the entrances of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and barred the residents from entering or leaving the city. Troops barred the vehicles and the…
Army and settlers attack Hebron, arresting one and leaving two brothers injured
The Israeli army and settlers attacked farmland, burned olive trees and injured two brothers, arresting arresting one of them in the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday at dawn. Rami…
Israeli forces invade Jenin Refugee Camp, arrest 4 as resistance fights back
At dawn this morning Israeli forces invaded Jenin Refugee Camp. Members of the armed resistance wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds Brigade, fought back against the invading army as Israeli forces…
Explosion in Gaza kills one Palestinian
An explosion has ripped through a house in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing one person and wounding two others, hospital officials say. The source of the…