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The US Consulate General in Jerusalem, and the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in Ramallah opened a week-long art exhibit at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in the West Bank city…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accused Israel on Thursday of carrying ethnic cleansing acts against the Palestinian people in East Jerusalem by barring them from building houses and isolating the city…
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The Israeli Peace Bloc, (Gush Shalom), described the assassination of four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Tulkarem, on Wednesday as a grave provocation and accused the Israeli government of deliberately obstructing…
El bloque Israelà de Paz, (Gush Shalom), describió el asesinato de cuatro Palestinos en Belén y Tulkarem el miércoles, como una grave provocación y acusó al gobierno Israelà de obstruir…
At least ten thousand residents of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem took part in the funeral at midday on Thursday of the four Palestinian resistance fighters who were…
Al menos 10.000 habitantes de la ciudad de Belén, al sur de Cisjordania, tomaron parte el jueves al mediodÃa en el funeral por los 4 combatientes Palestinos de la Resistencia…
Palestinian sources reported that one Palestinian civilian was injured in the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday. Soliyman Abu Dahok, 34, was injured after a land-mine left by the…
Starhawk, well known American activist was deported by the Israeli government on Thursday. Starhawk, author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality arrived in Tel Aviv…
Deputy-minister of the Palestinian foreign ministry, Ahmad Sobaih, said on Thursday that it is time for Washington to act in response to Israeli occupation practices against Palestinians. Sobaih’s remarks, reported…
Palestinian security sources in Gaza City reported that unknown gunmen attacked and destroyed an internet coffee shop located in down town Gaza city on Thursday morning. Witnesses said that the…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby refugee camps, then kidnapped 13 Palestinian civilians on Thursday at dawn. Local sources…
The Al Qudes brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad issued a press statement saying that they fired 15 home-made Qassam shells from Gaza at nearby Israeli territory on Wednesday…
Las Brigadas Al Quds, brazo armado de la Jihad Islámica emitió una declaración de prensa diciendo que habÃan disparado 5 cohetes caseros desde Gaza al cercano territorio Israelà el miércoles…
Palestinian Prime Minister of the disposed government in Gaza, Ismael Haniyeh, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has failed, and that the Hamas movement, the…
Taher Al Nunu, spokesperson of the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip, slammed the Wednesday Israeli military attacks which left five Palestinians dead, and stated that Israel is to be…
On Wednesday evening, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated four Palestinians in Bethlehem. Palestinian medical sources reported that the four were identified as Mohammad Shehada, Imad el-Kamel, Issa Marzouk Zawahra and Ahmad…
Fuerzas secretas IsraelÃes asesinan a cuatro Palestinos en Belén en la tarde del miércoles. Fuentes médicas Palestinas informaron que los 4 fueron identificados como: Mohammad Shehada, Imad el-Kamel, Issa Marzouk…
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The Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak said on Wednesday that there is no political agreement that about to happen with between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Barak said that the…
El Ministro Israelí de Defensa, Ehud Barak dijo el miércoles que no hay a la vista ningún acuerdo político que vaya a alcanzarse entre Israel y la Autoridad Palestina.Barak dijo…
El ejército Israelà secuestró a 17 Palestinos durante las invasiones anteriores a la madrugada en toda Cisjordania, el miércoles. Fuentes Palestinas dijeron que los secuestros tuvieron lugar en las áreas…
El ejército Israelà secuestró a 17 Palestinos durante las invasiones anteriores a la madrugada en toda Cisjordania, el miércoles. Fuentes Palestinas dijeron que los secuestros tuvieron lugar en las áreas…
The head of the Palestinian negotiation team Ahmad Qurai sent a letter of dissatisfaction, Wednesday to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni regarding Israels recent decision to approve settlement expansion near…
El dirigente del equipo de negociación Palestino Ahmad Qurai mandó una carta de descontento el miércoles, a la Ministra de Asuntos Exteriores Israelà Tzipi Livni con referencia a la reciente…
The Israeli army kidnapped 17 Palestinians during pre- dawn invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that the kidnappings took place in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas…
El ejército Israelà secuestró a 17 Palestinos durante las invasiones anteriores a la madrugada en toda Cisjordania, el miércoles. Fuentes Palestinas dijeron que los secuestros tuvieron lugar en las áreas…
The Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO, international relations department issued a report on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army has killed 274 Palestinians including 50 children and 18 women since…
ON Wednesday the society of petrol stations, in the Gaza Strip appealed for an end to the ongoing fuel crisis in the coastal enclave as Israel continues to block adequate…
Two Palestinians have been reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip, one of them of wounds he sustained earlier during an Israeli army attack. Ayman Mansour, 25, of the central Gaza…
Saleh Karkuk, 28, said to be a Palestinian resistance fighter was killed by Israeli army fire during a morning invasion on Wednesday targeting the village of Sieda near the northern…
Saleh Karkuk, de 28 años, que según decÃan era un combatiente de la Resistencia Palestina fue matado por el fuego del ejército Israelà durante una invasión la mañana del miércoles…
The Trade Union of Palestinian Journalists organized in Bethlehem a sit-in on Wednesday morning to protest at the kidnapping of a Palestinian journalist from Bethlehem on Monday by the Israeli…
Archimandrite Atallah Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Church, stated on Tuesday that he is deeply concerned by racist statements voiced by Israeli officials against the Palestinians in Jerusalem and Arab…
The United Nations information service, IRIN, has released a report detailing the environmental devastation faced by the population of Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip.The…
Death hovered over Gaza long before locally-made Palestinian rockets struck near the Israeli southern town of Sderot on February 27, killing Roni Yechiah and sparking an Israeli ‘retaliation’ that has…
Mohammed Bakri, the producer of a film titled “Jenin Jenin”, which details the Israeli invasion into Jenin refugee camp in 2002, is currently on trial in an Israeli court under…
David Rose, a U.S. journalist with the magazine Vanity Fair, has revealed documents and sources showing that the Bush administration has engaged in a plot to undermine and overthrow the…
Amos Gilaad, el Ministro Israelà de Defensa, Consejero de Seguridad y Asuntos PolÃticos informó a los medios de comunicación IsraelÃes el martes que Israel ha aceptado anunciar una tregua de…
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Amos Gilaad, the Israeli Defence Minister Adviser for Security and Political Affairs told Israeli media on Tuesday that Israel has agreed to announce a month-long trial truce with Palestinian resistance…
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the an elderly Palestinian woman died on Tuesday after succumbing to wounds she sustained last week during an Israeli air raid targeting her…
Fuentes médicas en Gaza informaron que una anciana murió el martes después de que fuera herida la semana pasada en un ataque aéreo israelà perpetrado en su casa.Aliah Al-Simieri, de…
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs debated how to deal with the Hamas movement with regard to the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Hamas has been accused of…
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and some nearby villages on Tuesday at dawn, and kidnapped four civilians. Local sources reported that troops searched and…
Three civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a house search campaign the army carried out in several parts of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. Ryiad…
Palestinian Media sources reported on Tuesday that the Palestinian president accused the Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak of attempting to foil the peace process and sabotage negotiations. Abbas added that…
Fuentes de los medios de comunicación Palestinos informaron el martes que el Presidente Palestino acusaba al Ministro de Defensa Israelà Ehod Barak de intentar frustrar el proceso de paz y…
Hundreds of animals , including horses, donkeys, camels and live stocks marched Tuesday in the streets of Gaza city, with signs against the Israeli siege of the coastal enclave, hanged…
Javier Solana High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the European Union, stated on Monday evening that if Israeli continues to built settlements it would not…
Javier Solana Alto Representante para la PolÃtica Exterior de Seguridad Común de la Unión Europea, y Secretario General de la misma, dijo el lunes por la tarde que si los…
On Tuesday morning, Israeli military forcese in the northern West Bank city of Jenin shut-down the al-Majd Radio station allegedly linked to the Islamic Jihad. The Jenin-based station issued a…
El martes por la mañana fuerzas militares israelÃes cerraron la cadena Radio Al-Majd, en la ciudad de Jenin –situada al norte de Cisjordania- alegando que tenÃa lazos con la Yihad…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, headed on Monday the weekly cabinet session in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and discussed Israel's recent decision to resume settlement construction and…
El primer ministro palestino, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, dirigió el lunes la sesión semanal del gabinete en la ciudad cisjordana de Ramallah. Desde allÃ, se discutió sobre la reciente decisión que…
The Palestinian Journalists Bloc slammed the Israeli army's abduction of Hasan Abdul-Jawad, from Deheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Monday at dawn. The bloc considered the abduction as a direct…
El Bloque de Periodistas Palestinos criticó duramente el secuestro por el Ejército IsraelÃ, de Hasan Abdul-Jawad, del campo de refugiados de Deheisha en Belén, el lunes de madrugada. El bloque…
Khalid Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad denied recent news which stated that the movement achieved a truce agreement with Israel via Egyptian mediation, and…
France slammed on Monday the ongoing Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and considered settlement activities as obstacles that are limiting the ability to create a viable Palestinian…
n Monday, the military Radio of Israel revealed a new plan to build 400 housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Naveh Yakov northeast of East Jerusalem The Israeli…
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Israeli media sources reported on Monday that the Israeli government has instructed the army to stop attacking the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian resistance do not shoot homemade shells from…
Medios de información IsraelÃes informaron el lunes que el gobierno Israelà ha dado instrucciones al ejército para parar de atacar la Franja de Gaza si la Resistencia Palestina no dispara…
Nemer Hammad, political advisor to president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday rejected claims that any meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would be held soon.He…
Nemer Hammad, consejero polÃtico del Presidente Mahmoud Abbas rechazó el lunes las alegaciones que de pronto habrÃa algún encuentro entre el Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas y el Primer Ministro IsraelÃ…
Fawzi Barhum, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, on Monday described President Abbas’ declaration over the suspension of the peace negotiations with Israel as a ‘play’. He added that ‘the approval…
Fawzi Barhum, portavoz del movimiento de Hamas, describió el lunes la declaración del Presidente Abbas sobre la suspensión de las negociaciones de paz con Israel como una “comediaâ€. Añadió que…
The Israeli army attacked the Palestinian Authority’s civil defense offices in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday morning, and kidnapped one officer. PA sources said that soldiers…
El ejército Israelà atacó las oficinas de defensa civil de la Autoridad Palestina en la ciudad de Ramallah en el centro de Cisjordania el lunes por la mañana, y secuestró…
The Israeli army attacked several villages near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, abducting five teenagers on Monday at dawn. Local sources stated that troops searched and ransacked homes…
Medical sources in Gaza on Sunday night reported that another Palestinian patient joined those who have died waiting for medical treatment, barred from leaving the Strip to receive treatment by…
The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby town of Beit Sahour on Monday at dawn, kidnapping at least eight civilians, including a journalist.At…
Israeli media reports said Monday that ‘new rules of the game’, have put restraint on Israeli army actions against the Gaza Strip, however, there has been no agreement with the…
Los medios de información IsraelÃes dijeron el Lunes que las ‘nuevas reglas del juego’ han puesto restricciones a las acciones del Ejército Israelà contra la Franja de Gaza, y sin…
The Israeli army has carried out a large-scale military operation across the Nablus area and its refugee camps, in the north of the West Bank, in the early hours of…
Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, dismissed Sunday possibility for creation of a Palestinian state for the time being, citing what she called ‘ continued attacks on Israelis and the situation…
La Ministra Israelà de Asuntos Exteriores, Tzibi Livni, descartó el domingo por ahora, la posibilidad de creación de un Estado Palestino citando lo que llamó ataques continuados a los IsraelÃes…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said Sunday that his country has the authority to respond to what he called ‘ risks and threats surrounding us’ (the Israelis).Olmert’s remarks came during…
El Primer Ministro IsraelÃ, Ehud Olmert, dijo el domingo que su paÃs es todopoderoso para responder a lo que él llamó ‘riesgos y amenazas que nos rodean (a los IsraelÃes…
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian resident was shot and wounded by the Israeli army fire in southern Gaza. Dr. Moawiya Hasanin, chief of emergency and ambulance department…
Cairo has prepared an ‘overall’ plan towards ending underway closure of Gaza, resorting to calm and reopening all Gaza’s crossings, the London-based Al-Hayat Arabic newspaper reported Sunday. Egyptian diplomats revealed…
Senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, cast doubts on Sunday over Israel's intentions towards peace with the Palestinians. Eriqat's skepticism came after media reports said Israel plans on expanding Jewish settlements…
El veterano negociador Palestino Saeb Eriqat, expresó dudas el domingo sobre las intenciones de paz de Israel con los PalestinosEl escepticismo de Eriqat se hizo presente después de que los…
Once more, as Israel continues its ruthless attacks on the Palestinian population (against both civilians and resistance fighters), mainstream media outlets direct the blame on the victims. This…
The Al Haq Institute, a human rights center based in Palestine, issued a statement marking International Womens' Day yesterday, stating that Palestinian women are subjected to continual abuse of their…
El Instituto Al Haq, un Centro de Derechos Humanos con sede en Palestina, emitió ayer un comunicado en conmemoración del dÃa Internacional de la Mujer, diciendo que las mujeres Palestinas…
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Paris was the scene of massive nonviolent protests on Saturday against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and against the visit of Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, to the country…
La capital Francesa, ParÃs fue la escena de protestas masivas noviolentas el sábado, contra los ataques IsraelÃes contra la Franja de Gaza y contra la visita del Presidente de Israel,…
One again, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day while dozens of Palestinian women and mothers are still imprisoned by the occupation, stripped of their fundamental rights of even hugging…
Two rallies to mark International Womens' Day were held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. In the first of two rallies, banners read " Stop the Siege on Gaza" and…
El sábado tuvo lugar en Gaza dos concentraciones para conmemorar el DÃa Internacional de las Mujeres. Según la oficina de las Naciones Unidas en la ciudad de Gaza, en la…
Two Palestinian resistance fighters were injured on Saturday at dawn when an Israeli shell exploded near them outside of Gaza City. Palestinian Medical sources said that a group of fighters…
Dos combatientes palestinos de la resistencia fueron heridos el sábado al amanecer cuando un tanque israelà lanzó una bomba cerca de ellos a las afueras de la ciudad de Gaza.…
Four Palestinian youth were injured by Israeli army gunfire on Saturday at dawn in the village of Beit Fajjar, located west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.Medical sources…
Cuatro jóvenes Palestinos han sido heridos por disparos de armas de fuego por el ejército Israelà el sábado de madrugada en el pueblo de Beit Fajjar, localizado al oeste de…
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian legislator Siham Thabit and her family on Friday. The attack occurred while Thabit, a Fatah legislator, was driving with her family and son's pregnant wife on…
Colonos IsraelÃes atacaron a la Legisladora Palestina Siham Thabit y a su familia el viernes. El ataque ocurrió mientras Thabit, Diputada de Fatah conducÃa, llevando a su familia incluyendo a…
The Mandela Institute for Human Rights and Political prisoners made statements on the "steadfastness and sacrifices of Palestinian women who play an important and significant role in the Palestinian society…
El Instituto Mandela por los Derechos Humanos y Prisioneros PolÃticos hizo declaraciones sobre “la firmeza y sacrificios de las mujeres Palestinas que juegan un rol importante y significativo en la…