After 83 Days on Hunger Strike, Detainee in Serious Condition
Diabetic Palestinian prisoner Akram Rikhawi has been on a hunger strike for 83 days and is at imminent risk of dying. According to the World Medical Association, in most cases…
This Week in Palestine week 26 2012
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22 Elected Legislators Still Imprisoned By Israel
Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators imprisoned by Israel dropped to 22 after Israel…
PCHR Weekly Report: “4 Killed, 32 Wounded By Israeli Fire”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in the Gaza Strip, published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territories, for the period between…
Palestine Today 06 27 2012
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Hunger Striking Detainee In Critical Health Condition
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that detainee Samer Al-Barq, who started his hunger strike 34 days ago, is currently in a critical health condition, suffering from…
Israeli Government Fails to Carry Out Terms of Prisoner Agreement
Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the Israeli government’s failure to live up to the agreement made one month ago in order to end the month-long hunger strike of…
Palestine Today 06 27 2012
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Moscow Seeks New Middle East Role
Russian President Vladmir Putin visited Israel and the West Bank on Tuesday as part of a whirlwind tour of the Middle East. The administration in Moscow has lost some credibility…
Palestine Today 06 26 2012
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Palestine Today 06 25 2012
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This Week in Palestine week 25 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 14– 20 June 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 06 21 2012
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Deal Struck by Hunger-Striking Prisoner but Others Still Suffer
After 92 days of hunger strike, Mahmoud al-Sarsak resumed eating once Israeli prison authorities agreed to release him on July 10th, however other hunger-striking prisoners continue to be mistreated as…
Palestine Today 06 20 2012
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Palestine Today 06 19 2012
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40 Detainees Wounded In Eshil Israeli Prison
Israeli soldiers stormed, on Tuesday, sections of the Eshil Israeli detention facility, in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva), wounding at least forty detainees, after forcing approximately 200 detainees under the sun…
Being a Journalist and Peace Activist in Palestine
In the Palestinian territories, journalism has become a major tool of non-violent resistance. More than anywhere else, the lines between journalism and activism are often blurred. Exposing the truth about…
Israel Imposes Sanctions On Hunger Striking Detainees
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli Prison Authority imposed sanctions on a number of hunger striking detainees, who started their strike 19 days ago, demanding that the…
Palestine Today 06 18 2012
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This Week in Palestine week 24 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops abduct 19 civilians in 45 incursions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 07– 13 June 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 06 14 2012
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Ex-Israeli soldier is seeking Palestinian citizenship
A 23-year old Israeli who served in the Israeli army told reporters Thursday that he wants to renounce his Israeli citizenship and is seeking Palestinian citizenship. He hopes to live…
Abed-Rabbo: “Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting Must Carry Commitments”
Secretary-General of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, stated that there are certain ideas about arranging a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,…
For The Third Time, Son Of Arab MK Imprisoned For Refusing Military Service
An Israeli military court ordered the imprisonment of Amro Naffa’, 18, the son of Arab Member of Knesset, Sa’id Naffa’, for two more weeks for refusing military service in the…
Palestine Today 06 13 2012
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Palestine Today 06 12 2012
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Residency Of 240.000 Palestinians Revoked By Israel Since 1967
Israeli daily, Haaretz, published a report revealing that Israel revoked the residency rights of around 240.000 Palestinians since it occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, in…
Palestinian Prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak Is In A Deteriorating Health Situation
UFree Network holds the Israeli occupation responsible for the critical health situation of Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak, who launched a hunger strike 89 days ago.On Sunday 10-6-2012, Israeli Prisons Service…
Palestine Today 06 11 2012
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This Week in Palestine week 23 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 3 killed, 23 wounded, including 8 children, by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 31 May– 06 June 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Palestine Today 06 07 2012
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Palestinian prisoner on 84th day of hunger strike at risk of dying
An independent doctor who visited Palestinian prisoner and well-known soccer player, Mahmoud al-Sarsak, said on Wednesday that al-Sarsak is at risk of death and must be hospitalized immediately.Al-Sarsak has been…
Multiple Settler Attacks on Thursday Morning
Palestinians in the West Bank were attacked in various locations on Thursday morning by settlers.Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles on Thursday morning in the south of Nablus and threw stones at…
Palestine Today 06 06 2012
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15 Palestinians Arrested from Gaza Strip and West Bank
15 Palestinians were arrested from both the West Bank and Gaza strip on Wednesday the Wafa News Agency has reported. Sources said that a resident of Jenin, Tariq ‘Aweis, was…
Amnesty International Calls for the Release of Prisoners
Amnesty International has called on Israel to release all administrative detainees or at least allow them a fair trial.A report issued by Amnesty on Wednesday called on Israel to not…
Soldiers Break Into Ramon Prison, Attack Detainees
Israeli soldiers stormed into, on Tuesday at night, the Ramon Prison and attacked Palestinian political prisoners; several injuries were reported.The Wattan TV reported that clashes took place between the detainees…
Palestine Today 06 05 2012
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Detainee Halahla Released
Israel released Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahla, 32, ending his illegal Administrative Detention, without charges or trial, starting when he was kidnapped by the army on June 26, 2010.The release comes…
Hamas and Fatah to Choose a New Prime Minister
Hamas and Fatah leaders are due to meet on Tuesday in order to discuss the selection of the prime minister of a united government stated a Fatah official on Monday.…
Detainee Suffering Serious Illness, Requires Urgent Care
Political Prisoner Amer Bahar, from Abu Dis near occupied East Jerusalem, is reportedly suffering from a serious illness that requires care beyond the provisions of a prison clinic. Bahr was…
The Legality Of Theft
Israel, the state that was established as an implementation of the Zionist ideology that looked at Palestine as a Land without People, for the People without a Land, established by…
Palestine Today 06 04 2012
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After 3 Years In Solitary, Sa’adat’s Wife Allowed To Visit Him
‘Abla Sa’adat, the wife of the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was allowed to visit her husband Sunday, for the first time after…
Israel To Transfer 395 Detainees To Different Facilities
The Husam Institution For Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that the detainees’ committee that led the most recent hunger-strike in Israeli detention camps, held on Friday a meeting with the Israeli…
Soldiers Break Into Detainees Rooms In Ofer Prison
Undercover soldiers of the Matzada and Nachshon brigades broke into Palestinian detainees’ rooms in section 14 of the Ofer Israeli Prison and searched them; the soldiers also used military dogs…
This Week in Palestine week 22 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 10 Civilians Wounded in 50 Incursions by Israeli Forces this Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24– 30 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Remains Of Slain West Bank Palestinian, Killed 36 Years Ago, Sent To Gaza
On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories, but the remains of one Palestinian…
Today We Buried 91 Persons; Do You Even Care
Today, Thursday May 31 2012, the Palestinians held an official ceremony for prayers and burial of 91 Palestinians, killed so many years ago, and buried in what Israel calls “Numbers…
Palestine Today 05 31 2012
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Barak: ‘Israel Might Consider State With Temporary Borders’
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, suggested, Wednesday, that Israel might consider a “unilateral move” for establishing a Palestinian state with temporary borders should negotiations between Israel and Palestine remain at…
Remains of 91 Palestinians Returned to Ramallah, Gaza
Minister of Civil Affairs in the Palestinian government in Ramallah, Hussein ash-Sheikh, reported that Israel handed the bodies of 91 Palestinians, buried over many years in the “Numbers Graveyard”; the…
Palestine Today 05 30 2012
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Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees in Nafha
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked Palestinian political prisoners in sections 13 and 14 of the Nafha prison in the Negev…
Palestine Today 05 29 2012
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Palestine Today 0528 2012
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Israel Court Rejects Appeal to Free Palestinian Legislator
On Sunday, Israel’s high court on Sunday rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of Palestinian legislator Hussam Khader. Khader has been detained without charge or trial since June…
Bassem Tamimi to Receive Sentence from Military Court, on Tuesday
PNN has reported on Monday that the Ofer Military Court will deliver its sentence in the case of non-violent activist Bassem Tamimi on Tuesday, May 29.Tamimi, a grass-root organizer from…
Palestine Airlines Resume Flights After 7 Years
Palestine airlines are finally back to business in Jordan following seven years of being grounded. The carrier Palestine Airlines is a small operation which owns two 48 seat turboprop planes…
Six Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces at Dawn
An Israeli army spokesman as saying that several Palestinians were arrested in various Palestinian cities at dawn this morning, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.The source added that the six…
This Week in Palestine week 21 2012
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Illegal settler products Still Welcome in Palestine?
With South Africa taking the lead in banning all products from the Occupied Territories labeled as Israeli products, and now the Republic of Ireland and Denmark to follow suit it…
The Al-Aqsa Brigades To Unify Its Ranks
The Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, stated that all of its military branches will be united under one umbrella, adding that all efforts for this unity have…
Office Of PLC Head Denies “Exile Offer”
The office of the detained democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, denied reports claiming that Dr. Dweik received an “offer” from Israel to be exiled…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 wounded, 30 abducted in 90 Israeli incursions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17– 23 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 05 24 2012
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Call for the release of a Palestinian Broadcaster
The PNN reported that the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the release of Bahaa Khairi Moussa, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Channel . Moussa was arrested on…
Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Huwarra
Ma’an news agency reported earlier today that prisoners in Huwarra prison have taken part in an open hunger strike for the second day in protest to the inhumane treatment of…
Salah Zghair alive
Reports from PNN have stated that the 18 year old Palestinian, Salah Zghair, is not dead.The Palestinian Prisoners Society has announced that Salah Zghair is in fact not dead, but…
Latest Attempt at Legalization of Ulpana Settlement Neighborhood.
Despite an Israeli High Court ruling that the Ulpana settlement neighborhood must be vacated and demolished because it is illegal, a Knesset bill that had been proposed to circumvent the…
Israel Starts Digging Graves In “Numbers Graveyard”
The Kol Hai (Live Sound) Israeli Radio reported that on Wednesday morning the Rabbinical Branch of the Israeli Military started the removal of 100 corpses of Palestinians buried in the…
Palestine Today 05 23 2012
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Palestinian Hotel Occupation in First Quarter Decreases
The WAFA News Agency reported a press release by the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) today that hotel occupancy in the Palestinian areas decreased by 16% in the first…
Palestine Today 05 22 2012
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DFLP Member Calls for Punitive Measures Against Israel at International Level
Calls for Israel to be held responsible by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court for its settlement crimes on Palestinian land were voiced by Taysir Khalid, a…
Palestine Today 05 21 2012
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Timetable For Palestinian Reconciliation Agreed Between Hamas And Fatah
Elections should be held in approximately 6 months to form a new power sharing deal between rivals Fatah and Hamas officials have said.Stalled efforts at reconciliation previously make it unclear…
Detainee On Hunger Strike Since 63 Days Determined To Continue
Palestinian sources reported that detainee Mahmoud Kamel As-Sarsak, currently held at the Ramla Prison Hospital is determined to continue his hunger strike until his release or death.Sarsak was kidnapped by…
OCHA Report: “370 Injured During Nakba Commemoration”; Injuries Doubled Since Last Year
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recently issued its weekly report on Israeli violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the period 9-15 of May,…
This Week in Palestine week 20 2012
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Palestine Today 05 17 2012
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PCHR Weekly: “46 Palestinians Wounded, Army Continues Its Invasions”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, issued its weekly report (May 10 – 16) on Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, revealing that Israeli soldiers…
Verdict in Corrie Lawsuit to be Announced August 28, 2012
(Olympia, WA USA – May 16, 2012) – The verdict in the civil lawsuit against the State of Israel for the killing of peace activist Rachel Corrie more than nine…
Arafat Adviser Suspected of Embezzling Millions of Dollars’
Ma’an News has reported from Bethlehem that Muhammad Rashid, a former adviser to the late President Yasser Arafat, is accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars, the head of…
Abbas Swears in New Ministers in Ramallah Reshuffle
Ma’an News reported from Ramallah today that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad lost his dual role as finance minister in a government reshuffle on Wednesday, as President Mahmoud Abbas…
Palestinians Behind Bars: Prisoners Without Human Rights
Marking the annual Palestinian Prisoners Day of 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights releases the film This short documentary addresses the issues of solitary confinement and other measures of…
Palestine Today 05 162012
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Nakba anniversary message
May 15, 2012 On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation…
64th Anniversary of the Nakba;
Today, 15 May 2012, marks the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the anniversary of the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland. This was the harshest…
Palestine Today 05 15 2012
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Medics: 80 Injured in Nakba Protests Near Ramallah
Ma’an News reported Medics as saying that over 80 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah on Tuesday, as protesters commemorated the Nakba, or catastrophe, the name…
On Nakba Day, Palestinian Refugees Remain Uprooted
The Palestinians mark the Nakba Day on May 15; the day armed forces uprooted hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and lands, and destroyed their villages, killed and…
Halahla, Thiab, to be Released in June, August
After an ongoing 79 days of hunger-strike, Palestinian detainees Tha’er Halahla and Bilal Thiab signed an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authorities to end their hunger-strike in exchange for their…
Son Of Arab MK Held For Refusing Military Service
The Israeli Police kidnapped Amro Naffa’, 18, the son of Arab Member of Israeli Knesset, Sa’id Naffa’, after he refused to go for compulsory military service, rejecting any part of…
Israel Agrees to Most of Hunger-Striking Detainees’ Demands
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israel has agreed to a large number of the legitimate demands of the hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, including ending its illegal solitary…