Israeli Court Allows Oil Drilling In Occupied Golan Heights
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled, Tuesday, in favor of allowing the Afek Oil Company headed by hardliner and former Minister of National Infrastructure, Effie Eitam, to dig for oil in…
Fateh Denounces Assassination Of One Of Its Leaders In Syria
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fateh, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, issued a statement, Tuesday, strongly denouncing the assassination of one of its leaders, in the al-Yarmouk refugee camp in…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Accidental Explosion In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Thursday, in what it described as an accidental explosion…
Dreaming Palestinian Identity
“Hiraeth – (n). A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of…
Qassam Fighter Killed During Training In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated Tuesday that one of its fighters was killed during training, east of Gaza City.The brigades said the fighter, identified…
Desalinated Drinking Water Inducing Cancer and Other Fatal Illnesses in Gaza
Iyad Salman was terribly shocked to find out that his 9-year-old son, Mohammad, has osteoporosis, an illness that became hugely spread between the children of Gaza. Iyad assured that he…
Israeli Man Stabbed In Jerusalem; Police Kidnaps Two Palestinians
The Israeli police kidnapped, on Sunday evening, two young Palestinian men during what the police claimed “a search for a person who stabbed a man in occupied East Jerusalem.’Palestinian sources…
Israeli Settler Killed; Israeli Soldier & Palestinian, Killed In Two Attacks
Israeli sources confirmed Monday that a 25-year-old settler woman and an Israeli soldier were killed in two separate stabbing attacks, in Tel Aviv and the West Bank, while at least…
PLO Recommends Journalists Use the Term ‘Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound’ Instead of ‘Temple Mount’
The Palestinian Liberation Organization has called on international media to desist from using the term ‘Temple Mount’, saying its use doesn’t ‘adhere to international law’.According to PNN correspondence, ‘Temple Mount’…
With two year memorial underway, President’s death remains shrouded in mystery
The Fateh movement is memorializing the late President Arafat two years after his death. Near his tomb in Ramallah's Presidential Offices, formerly known as Al Muqata, President Arafat's Fateh party…
Barghouthi Out of Presidency Race
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will not run for chairmanship and calls his loyalists to support PLO head Mahmoud Abbas, Kadoura Fares said on Friday after meeting Barghouthi in his…
Palestine Today – October 12, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.3MB || time: 5m47s Palestine Today, a service of the…
Succession politics in Palestine
My barber, Abu Salah couldn’t wait for me to come to his shop. He had been very concerned this week and wanted an answer to his question. He was searching…
Life in Occupied Palestine
Try to imagine daily life under these conditions: You live in limbo in a country occupied by a repressive foreign army and a system of institutionalized and codified racism. You…
Barghouti Still Wavering Over Candidacy
Following Fatah’s revolutionary council unanimous decision to nominate PLO new head Mahmoud Abbas as their candidate for the position of the PA chairman in the coming January 9, presidential elections,…
War on Independent Media by “Security Agencies” and Corporations Continues
The unprecedented harassment of independent media and journalists continues as the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) has been targeted by a DOS attack. The independent news agency’s website was…
Palestinian Stabbed To Death In Silwan
In what seems to be related to a case of selling homes to Israeli settlers, a Palestinian man was stabbed to death, on Thursday evening, in Silwan town, occupied East…
VIDEO: Israeli Soldiers Train Children to Use Weapons in the Negev
A footage release from Hebrew TV Channel 1, on Sunday, shows armed Israeli children training with weapons at one of Israeli military sites in the Negev Desert.Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Palestinian Killed, Two Arrested, By Egyptian Soldiers In Sinai
The Maan News Agency has reported that one Palestinian was killed on Saturday, at dawn, and two were arrested by Egyptian soldiers as they exited a border tunnel in Sinai.Maan…
Fishing in Gaza
We sailed out from Gaza City’s harbor just before dusk with the 13-man crew, including two boys, and we had a theoretical possibility to reach six nautical miles for fishing.…
Victory Celebrations in Gaza Following Friday Prayers
Palestinians across Gaza turned out by the thousands for a victory march, on Friday, as they experienced their first opportunity in 50 days to attend Friday prayers, at mosques in…
Palestinian And Israeli Killed In Jerusalem Incident
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli police, in occupied Jerusalem, in what they claim is an attack the man carried out against an Israeli bus and a car…
Settler Killed Near Nablus, Cause Seems To Be Accidental
Israeli military sources has reported that an Israeli settler was killed, and another was wounded, allegedly after an a Palestinian car struck them, near the Za’tara Israeli military roadblock, south…
Shin Bet Admits Failure to Find 3 Missing Teens
Shin Bet has admitted their failure to come up with any positive conclusion regarding the whereabouts of the alleged ‘abduction’ of the three Israeli settlers in Hebron.According to Al Ray,…
Bodies of Missing Settlers Found
According to various news agencies, the Israeli army has found the bodies of the three missing settlers near Halhoul, north of Hebron. The information is confirmed and the families of…
Israel Drops anti-Hamas Lollipops in West Bank
The Israeli state has found it appropriate to drop hundreds of anti-Hamas lollipops in Nablus and Ramallah, in what Ma’an News Agency has deemed ‘a renewed attempt to incite Palestinian…
Israel Claims Identifying Two Palestinians “Responsible For Abducting Missing Settlers”
The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) claimed identifying two Palestinians believed to be behind the reported kidnapping of the three Israeli settlers, and that the two are former political prisoners.…
Soldiers Invade Rahat, Kidnap Several Palestinians
Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, late on Friday at night [June, 13, 2014] Rahat city, the largest Bedouin community in the Negev, conducted military searches, and kidnapped several residents.The…
War Planes Hover Over Gaza, Border Terminals Closed
Palestinian sources, in the besieged coastal region, have reported that several Israeli war jets have been flying over various areas of the Gaza Strip, while Israel also ordered all border…
Three Missing Israelis Feared Dead
[Friday, June 13, 2014] Israeli media outlets have reported, on Friday evening, that the three missing Israeli teenage settlers, might have been killed, or moved to the Gaza Strip.No Palestinian…
Three Teenage Israelis Missing In West Bank
[Friday, June 13, 2014] Israeli security officials stated that three teenage settlers, including one who reportedly holds a US citizenship, who have been missing since Thursday at night, are feared…
Child Killed In An Explosion In Gaza City
[Wednesday Evening, June 11, 2014] A Palestinian child was killed, and a young man was wounded, in an explosion that took place in a home in the at-Tuffah neighborhood, in…
Palestine Qualifies for 1st Asian Cup
Palestine’s soccer team has qualified for their maiden Asian Cup appearance, with a 1-0 win over the Philippines, in the final of the AFC Challenge Cup in Maldives, on Friday.According…
Army Alleges Foiling A Bombing Attempt Near Nablus
[Friday, May 30, 2014] The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers managed to foil a “suicide bombing attack”, at the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Two Palestinians Killed In Khan Younis Explosion
[Saturday, May 24 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were killed, and two others were seriously injured, in an explosion in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Police Investigate Israeli Organ-trafficking Ring
An Israeli man believed to be behind an organ-trafficking ring has evaded capture, according to a month long police investigation, Israeli media sources report.The main suspect is from Beersheva and…
Israeli Forces Close Down Beit Ummar Village
Israeli forces closed down the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, erecting several flying checkpoints around it. Spokesman for the local resistance committee Mohammad Ayyad Awad said that dozens…
Thousands run the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem
More than 3,000 runners from around the world took part in the second annual Palestine Marathon on Friday, passing the Israeli separation wall and curbing around checkpoints on the 42-kilometer…
Gaza’s Palestinians, Besieged by Israel, Turn to Solar Power
On the roof of Gaza City’s children’s hospital, a pristine row of solar panels gleams in the sunlight, an out-of-place symbol of modern, clean energy in the impoverished Strip.Juan Cole…
West Bank: 2 Earthquakes In Past 2 Days
Shaking in the northern West Bank, felt Friday evening and Saturday morning, was ‘definitely’ a series of two earthquakes and was not the result of explosions, Jalal Dabeek of an-Najah…
Body Of Missing Israeli Soldier Located
Israeli sources have reported, Wednesday [February 26, 2014], that the body of an Israeli soldier who went missing last week has been located near a road leading to the Haifa…
Palestinian Teen Amputees Complete Historic Kilimanjaro Climb
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian teenagers have made history by becoming the first amputees from the Arab world to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.By Charlie Hoyle On Jan. 23, Mutussam…
Five Killed in Acre Gas Explosion
Five people were killed overnight in a gas explosion, in the northern Israeli city of Acre, Israeli media has reported.The three-story building in Acre’s Old City collapsed, just following the…
Israeli Man Stabbed in Jerusalem
Sunday Evening [February 9, 2014] Israeli sources have reported that a hareidi (conservative orthodox) Jewish man was stabbed near the Damascus Gate, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.Israeli…
Car Bomb Explodes in Tel Aviv, Killing One
An Israeli was killed after a car bomb exploded on Saturday evening, in south Tel Aviv.Israeli sources reported that the explosion targeted a car on Sheshet Hayamim (Six Days) street,…
Two Fighters Killed In Two Separate Incidents In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed on Friday night, [February 7, 2014], in two separate incidents, in the besieged coastal region.Spokesperson of the Ministry of…
Israeli Officer Killed By Friendly Fire
An Israeli officer was killed by friendly fire, Monday night, near the northern Gaza border, according to the Israeli army.’The IDF confirms an IDF officer was killed overnight following misidentified…
Thousands Attend Funeral for Remains Returned to Bethlehem
Thousands of people attended the funeral, on Monday, of two Palestinians whose remains were returned, by Israel, a day earlier. Ma’an News Agency reports that, on Sunday, relatives gathered at…
Teenager Killed In Explosion In Khan Younis
[Monday, January 27, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian teenager was killed in an explosion which took place, on Sunday, in the al-Boeij refugee camp, in central…
Flying Checkpoint Set Up Near Beit Ummar
[Sunday January 12, 2014] Israeli forces set up a flying checkpoint, on Sunday, near the entrance of a southern West Bank village, according to a popular committee spokesman.Soldiers stopped traffic…
Israeli Man Stabbed In Jerusalem
[Saturday January 11, 2014] Israeli sources have reported that an Israeli man, 30 years of age, was stabbed in the neck in occupied Jerusalem.The police said that the attacker fled…
Sharon Dies After 8 Years In A Coma
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has died, following a long illness, reports Al Ray with Sky News.The 85-year-old’s son was quoted as saying that he had died, at the…
Soldiers Kidnap A Young Woman In Jerusalem
[Friday January 3, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian woman in Bab Al-‘Amoud, in occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly after she tried to stab an Israeli soldier.According to Israeli Police…
Number of Palestinians in the World is 11.8 Million, says Statistics Bureau
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) presents the situation of Palestinians at the end of 2013, as follows:Increase in world population of Palestinians The projected number of Palestinians in…
Explosion Kills Palestinian Ambassador In Czech Republic
[Wednesday January 1, 2014] Official Palestinian sources said that Jamal Al-Jamal, 56, the Palestinian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, was killed in an explosion which took place when he opened…
Latin Patriarch Prays for Peace in Palestine, At Christmas Mass
[Wednesday December 25, 2013] During Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, at the Church of Nativity, in Bethlehem, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal prayed for peace and prosperity in Palestine, as well…
Army Claims Uncovering Explosive Near Ramallah
[Monday November 11, 2013] Israeli military sources have reported that a military vehicle uncovered an explosive charge near an Israeli military base, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.The…
P.A. Arrests Fighters For Allegedly Planning To Abduct Soldier
A senior Israeli military source told the Israeli Walla News Agency that the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested a week ago members of what is believed to…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Tunnel Accident In Gaza
[Sunday October 27, 2013] The Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed in an accident in one of its…
Army Refuses To Hand Body Of Slain Palestinian
The Israeli Authorities were supposed to hand the body of slain Palestinian Younis Ahmad Radayda, to his family on Sunday October 20, 2013, but decided to keep the body allegedly…
Radayda Family: “Our Slain Son Did Not Intend To Attack Soldiers”
Family of Younis Ahmad Radayda, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on Thursday, stated that he did not intend to harm any soldiers or person, and that he…
Army Uncovers Breach Of Settlement Fence
Israeli sources have reported on Tuesday evening, October 15, that Israeli soldiers located a breach in the fence of Shomron settlement, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The…
IMF predicts “challenging” and “dim” economic future for Palestine
A report released Thursday [September 12, 2013] by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza says that worrying trends have continued despite…
As Israel Marks Yom Kippur, West Bank Closure Enforced
Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, ordered a complete two-day closure on the West Bank as Israel marks the Yom Kippur (Atonement Day) Jewish holiday. Israeli media sources have reported that…
Israel Interrogates A Palestinian “Who Drove Into Military Base”
[Thursday September 12, 2013] The Israeli Police arrested a Palestinian, in his fifties, from Nazareth city allegedly for driving his car, in a high speed, into an Israeli military base…
Fighter Killed In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Thursday at dawn [September 4, 2013] east of Gaza City.The…
Tel Aviv Claims Uncovering A Hamas Cell
The Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) claimed it managed to uncover Hamas cell, and arrested its members, allegedly for planning to use explosives to detonate a mall in occupied…
42 Killed, 500 Injured In Mosque Explosion In Lebanon
The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated that 42 persons have been killed, and more than 500 have been injured, in two explosions that targeted two mosque in Tripoli, in northern…
“Tamarrod” Calls For Rebelling Against Hamas In Gaza
A Gaza-based group known as “Tamarrod”, Arabic for Rebellion, published a video through its Facebook page, and other social media outlets, stating that November 11 2013, will be a day…
Israel Intercepts Missile Over Eilat
[Tuesday August 13, 2013] Israeli military sources have reported that the “Iron Dome” missile interception system managed to successfully intercept a missile fired towards Eilat coastal city. The sources did…
Young Palestinian musicians perform in prestigious world festival
On August 8, seventeen young Palestinian musicians put Palestine on the ‘map’ of one of the world’s most prestigious international music festivals, the BBC Proms. Aged twelve to twenty-three years,…
Arrested Prawer Bill Protesters Still Detained
Several protesters arrested during Monday’s nation-wide demonstrations against the Prawer-bill are still being kept in detention, and are awaiting charges. On Tuesday nine arrested in the Galilee got their remand…
Four Israeli Soldiers Injured Near Lebanon Border
Israeli military sources have reported (Wednesday August 7, 2013] that four soldiers suffered mild to moderate injuries in an explosion that took place near the northern border with Lebanon. The…
Netanyahu Forms Committee To Enlist Christians In the Army
In a serious escalation of the Israeli attempts to divide the Arab community in the country, and amidst massive objections, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the formation of a…
Abbas Welcomes Barcelona Soccer Team In Bethlehem
[Saturday Evening August 3, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed at his Presidential Headquarters in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, the players and coach of Barcelona soccer team, who…
Army Claims Uncovering A Rifle Near Hebron
The Israeli Army claimed Tuesday [July 30 2013} that Israeli soldiers managed to uncover a rifle during what was described as “a routine inspection” of cars near the southern West…
Helen Thomas, prominent long-time White House reporter dies
Long-time White House reporter Helen Thomas died on Saturday after a long illness at the age of 92, the Washington journalists’ organization said in a statementThomas worked the White House…
Egyptian Military Leader Accuses Hamas Of Arming Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian Commander of the Third Field Army, Major General Osama Askar, accused the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip of smuggling missiles to members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.Askar…
Israeli Man Stabbed In Jerusalem
Israeli TV Channel 7 has reported on Tuesday at night [July 16, 2013] that an Israeli man, 33, was moderately injured after being stabbed in Bab Al-’Amoud area, in occupied…
Syria: “Lathiqiyya Port Explosion, Not Israeli Air Strike”
The Al-Alam Iranian news agency have reported that Syria denied that the explosions in Lathiqiyya (Latakia)Port were a result of an Israeli Air Strike, and that the explosions most likely…
Notes on status of our world
In Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood was the most organized political group running in the post-dictator era The presidential elections in the second round were between Mr. Morsi and a representative…
Israeli government shuts down Palestinian puppet fest and attempts to censor Israeli theater
Israeli authorities have taken action to shut down and censor two theaters – one Palestinian-run, and one Israeli – for performing cultural theater performances that Israel considers to be critical…
Israel Claims Palestinian Group Responsible For Attack On Navy Ship
Israel TV, Channel 2, has reported that Palestinian fighters were behind the attack against an Israeli Navy ship, paroling the Gaza shore on Wednesday at night.The TV said that the…
Israel Fears It’s Honeymoon Is Over
Only a Few hours after the Egyptians managed to get their elected president, Mohammad Morsi, to leave amidst massive protests of millions, Israeli security leaders expressed worry that the honeymoon…
Israel: “Navy Ship Targeted Near Gaza”
The Israeli Radio has reported Thursday [July 4 2013] that several rounds of live ammunition have been fired, late on Wednesday at night, at an Israeli gunship near the Gaza…
Injuries Reported In Traffic Accident Between Palestinian PM Convoy, Settlers
Several injuries have been reported on Saturday [June 29 2013] in a traffic accident between an Israeli settler’s vehicle and a Palestinian car, part of a convoy transporting Palestinian Prime…
Egypt Charges Nine With Spying For Israel
[Wednesday June 26, 2013] The Egyptian security forces stated that six Israeli Arabs and three Egyptians, apprehended in Egypt, are currently facing trial for spying for Israel.Egyptian Prosecutor, Hisham Kharmouty,…
Israeli Man Killed By Officer’s Fire In Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported Friday [June 21 2013] that a civilian security officer shot and killed an Israeli man near a public toilet at the Al-Boraq Wall (Western Wall Plaza)…
Gaza Government: “We Never Prevented Muslim Students From Attending Christian Schools”
The Palestinian Ministry of Education, under the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, denied reports claiming that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its government ever prevented Muslim students from…
Abbas Meets Palestinian Climber Who Raised Flag On Everest
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Thursday [June 13 2013] the Palestinian climber who managed to reach the summit of the Everest, and raised the Palestinian flag.Abbas met Raed Zidan,…
Army: “Shots Fire At Settlement Bus Near Nablus”
Israeli military sources claimed, on Thursday evening {June 12 2013] that gunmen opened fire at a settlement bus driving, close to the Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West…
G4S Annual General Meeting Dominated by Controversy Over Israeli Prison Contracts
G4S’ involvement in the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails dominated the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 6th June, overshadowing all other business, including last year’s Olympic…
Palestinian Killed, Four Injured, In Clashes Between Police, Gunmen In Gaza
Thursday June 6 2013, one Palestinian was killed and four Policemen have been injured during clashes between Palestinian policemen and gunmen in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…
“The Police Shot Me, Then Cuffed Me”, Says Victim Of Bank Attack
A young Palestinian man, from the Negev, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli Police fire when an armed Israeli man attacked the Hapoalim Bank in Beersheba, on Monday…
Four Soldiers Injured During Training
Israeli sources reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers have been injured when their tank overturned during training for reserve soldiers at an Israeli military base in the Negev.Israeli TV, Channel…
Five Palestinians Injured In Northern Gaza
Tuesday evening May 28 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that five Palestinians, members of the same family, have been injured by an explosion in Jabalia, in the northern part…
Israel Claims Two Mortars Fired Into The Golan
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that at least two mortar shells have been fired into the occupied Golan Heights, and detonated in the Jabal Al-Sheik, leading to no damages or injuries.The…
Report: “Hamas Attacks Gunmen, Stops Them From Firing Shells”
The Field Follow-up Committee at the Ibin Tamima Media Center in Gaza, claimed that members of the Hamas security forces, opened fire at Salafi fighters, in northern Gaza, and wounded…
Syria Allegedly Grants Palestinian Group Green Light To Attack Israel
A Political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, based in Syria, stated that Damascus allegedly granted the Front an unofficial green light to…
Lebanon Arrests Israeli Man Who Crossed Border
The Al-Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Party, reported Wednesday that the Lebanese army arrested an Israeli man who illegally crossed into the country.The Al-Manar quoted a Lebanese official…