Palestine Today 011408
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Israeli army issues demolition order for Palestinian water well
On Monday the Israeli army issued demolition orders against a water reservoir that belongs to Palestinian farmers from the Bedouin village of Al Hathalen, located near the city of Hebron…
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators to meet on Monday; core issues on the agenda
Israeli and Palestinian sources reported that a new round of talks will take place in Jerusalem today between the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams; according to Israeli sources, core issues…
Israeli officials: Palestinian-Israeli final status talks to begin today
Palestinian-Israeli final status talks will be kicked off today in west Jerusalem, by Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni and chief Palestinian negotiator, Ahmad Qurai, said Israeli officials. The officials added…
Army attack villages near Nablus and kidnaps three civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Awarta and Houwara located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning and kidnapped three civilians…
While leaders talk peace, three Palestinians killed by Israeli missile
Three Palestinians were killed early Monday morning when Israeli army jet fighters attacked a car near the house of Hamas leader and deposed Palestinian Primer Isma'il Haniyya, located in Gaza…
Rights of the Palestinian people can not be ignored, says Arab league’s chief
Chief of the Arab States league, Amr Mousa, asserted on Sunday that the Palestinian people’s ‘legitimate rights’ can not be divided or abolished, either by ignorance or compensation. In a…
An Appeal to end the solitary confinement of a Palestinian journalist
The family of detainee Waleed Khalid Harb, 38, the director of Palestine Newspaper, from Iskaka village near the West Bank city of Salfit, appealed the International Journalist Union and Reporters…
Eleven Palestinians injured, four abducted during Israeli settler attack in Hebron
On Saturday night, eleven Palestinians were injured by Israeli settlers, and four others were abducted by the Israeli army, during an attack by the settlers and soldiers in Wad al-Hasin…
Two Palestinian fighters killed by Israeli airstrike
Two fighters with the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed Saturday evening, and five others were injured, when the Israeli military shelled a training site near Khan…
Food insecurity continues to rise in Gaza
Geneva_(dpa) _ The number of people requiring food aid has risen sharply in the Gaza Strip since the closure of the main Karni border crossing point in June, according to…
A tactic categorized as a systematic method of slow death
Friends of Humanity International publishes a report about the tragic conditions experienced by the Palestinian isolated prisonersFriends of Humanity International issued today Sunday a report* about the Palestinian prisoners withering…
Israeli army vehicle ran over a Palestinian child near Nablus city
Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus reported that an Israeli army vehicle ran over a Palestinian child at the southern entrance of the city. Jihan Samara…
Settlers open fire on international human right activists near Hebron
Sources in the city of Hebron told IMEMC that a group of international human rights activists were working near an illegal Jewish settlement outpost called Ma’on when a group of…
UK officials concerned over the Israeli fuel cuts on Gaza
David Milipand, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs and Douglas Alexander, the British Minister of International Development stated on Saturday that they are concerned over the effects of the Israeli…
Patient number 70 dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian patient died on Saturday after the Israeli army refused to allow him to leave the coastal region for medical care. The sources said…
Hamas: Promises by Bush are ‘an illusion’
The leader of the democratically-elected Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, warned the Palestinian people not to believe yesterday's speech by U.S. President George W. Bush in which…
Poll: Majority of Israelis support prisoner trade of Marwan Barghouthi for Gilad Shalit
A poll released Friday revealed that 71% of Israelis would support a trade of Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouthi, who is one of 10,000 Palestinians held in prison camps by…
Hamas says P.A security arrested six members in the West Bank
Sources in the Hamas movement stated on Friday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, in the West Bank, arrested six members of Hamas on Thursday from several West…
Israel bars international peace activists from entering the Palestinian territories
The Israeli Authorities barred on Friday international peace activists from entering the Palestinian territories as they tried to cross the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank.Pertika Dublin, spokesperson…
This Week In Palestine – Week 2 2008
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One International Protestor Injured Near Bethlehem
One international non-violent protestor was injured during a peaceful protest that took place in a village in the Southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning. Around 200 Palestinian…
Un internacional resultó herido durante una manifestación cerca de Belén
Un manifestante noviolento “internacional†resultó herido durante una manifestación pacÃfica celebrada en un pueblo al sur de Belén, en Cisjordania, el viernes por la mañana. Unas 200 personas palestinas, y…
Two injured in weekly demonstration
The villagers of Bil’in located near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli wall on…
Dos personas heridas en manifestación semanal
Las y los residentes de Bilin, un pueblo próximo a la ciudad de Ramala en el centro de Cisjordania, y simpatizantes israelÃes e internacionales, celebraron su manifestación semanal este viernes…
Report: Wall construction, settlement expansion and nonviolent resistance in 2007
According to a new report released by the Popular Campaign Against the Wall, during the past year, the Israeli government has continued its construction of the illegal annexation Wall in…
Report: Pollution crossing borders between Palestine and Israel
A working paper by the Arava Institute, and other Israeli and Palestinian organizations, shows a widespread pollution problem that crosses the borders that people are not allowed to cross."Most transboundary…
PCHR Weekly Report: 22 Palestinians killed, 117 injured by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of January 3rd – 9th, 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 117 injured by the Israeli…
Bush: Palestinian state must be contiguous, occupation must end
After his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, US President George Bush made a statement that contradicted earlier US policy toward Israel. He stated that a Palestinian state must…
Israeli medical delegation condemns Israel’s siege of Gaza
A delegation of four Israeli members of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel), including three doctors and PHR-Israel's Clinic Manager, entered Gaza Wednesday as part of an emergency medical caravan.In addition,…
Palestine Today 011008
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Bush visits Bethlehem
During his one day visit to the Palestinian areas the President of the United States of America George Bush arrived on Thursday midday to the Nativity Church located in the…
Dozens injured and arrested in anti-Bush demo in Ramallah
Dozens of Palestinians were wounded and at least ten arrested in Ramallah when Palestinian police attempted to disperse a demonstration opposing the visit of the US President George Bush on…
Israeli military issues demolition orders to residents of Kherbet Taweel
The Israeli Authority gave demolition orders to residents of Kherbet Taweel in Aqraba village in eastern Nablus on Thursday to demolish their buildings, claiming that they don’t possess building licenses.Jawadat…
Statistic: 700 Palestinians including 48 female kidnapped from Nablus in 2007
Statistics issued by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society about the number of abducted Palestinians in the past year in the Nablus district show that at least 700 were kidnapped. Ra’ed Amer,…
Israeli military kidnaps three Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli forces carried out invasion operations in different parts of the West Bank on Wednesday night. Security sources reported that military operations were executed in the West Bank cities of…
Israeli military jams Palestinian radio with propaganda
According to local sources, several Palestinian radio stations on the FM radio dial in the Gaza Strip have been jammed by Israeli military propaganda. The stations, which were affiliated with…
Israeli abduction of Lebanese shepherd ignored by media
In the second such incident since the 2006 war, two rockets fired from within Lebanon struck Israel Monday night. The news understandably made headlines in Israel, and was featured as…
Bush’s Visit: Triumph of Form over Substance
The U.S. President’s visit to the Middle East this week will show once and for all that status quo lives on under the attempt to validate the old saying that…
Hebron settlers welcome Bush with new settlement outpost
A group of Israeli settlers living illegally in the Palestinian territory, the West Bank, attempted to establish a new colony in the area outside Hebron on Wednesday. They said the…
Israeli artillery fire on northern Gaza leaves two Palestinians dead
Two Palestinians including a woman have been reportedly killed and three others wounded Wednesday when the Israeli artillery opened heavy fire towards a gathering of Palestinians near a house in…
Palestinian Today 010908
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Thousands of Palestinians protest Bush’s visit in Gaza
The Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip organized a protest on Wednesday afternoon against Bush’s visit to Israel and Palestine that started today. According to Hamas sources, thousands have…
Bush arrives in Israel and renews his commitment to the Jewish State
The President of the United States of America, George Bush, arrived in Israel on Wednesday. His visit to Israel is the first since he took office seven years ago. Bush…
A Living Martyr
‘He insisted that we all take a photo; it was the first in the last 12 years since we got married, as if he was feeling his death was approaching,’…
The world according to Avigdor
Anyone staying long enough in the West Bank comes to realise that the apparatus of the Occupation (prevention of free movement, house demolitions, indefinite administrative detention – just to mention…
PFLP leaders censures Bush’s visit to the Palestinian lands
The Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) confirmed on Wednesday the US President’s visit to the Palestinian lands gives unrestrained support to the Israeli occupation and approves its…
Islamic Jihad group in Gaza rejects Bush’s Visit
Islamic Jihad senior leader in Gaza, Nafed Azzam, asserted yesterday that his group is utterly rejecting George W. Bush’s visit to the occupied West Bank, saying that the Islamic Jihad…
Los lÃderes del PFLP censuran la visita de Bush a tierras palestinas
El Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (PFLP, en sus siglas en inglés) aseguró, el miércoles, que la visita del Presidente de los Estados Unidos a Palestina servirá para…
Rice lowers expectations shortly before Bush’s arrival to Palestine and Israel
In an interview with the BBC World Service, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, lowered expectations in terms of likely outcomes of President George W. Bush’s visit to the region…
Israeli military kills one Palestinian, wounds six in missile strike on Gaza
Early Wednesday morning, the Israeli military fired a surface-to-surface missile at a group of Palestinians that they claimed were launching a homemade shell from the northern Gaza Strip. The Islamic…
Hamas denies P.A security claims of arresting members of the Executive Force in Bethlehem
Responding to a statement by Lieutenant Ahmad Al Haddar, head of the Palestinian National Security in Bethlehem district, regarding arresting members of the Hamas-formed Executive Force in Bethlehem over the…
PCHR Calls for an immediate end to attacks against Fatah offices, affiliated Institutions in Gaza
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns attacks against offices of the Fatah movement and affiliated institutions in Gaza City, as well as attacks against the campus of…
Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israeli town; bomb explodes in Lebanon
Two incidents took place Tuesday morning in which Lebanese fighters targeted both the United Nations and Israel. The political leadership in Israel has connected the two attacks with the planned…
Proyectiles fueron disparados desde LÃbano hacia una ciudad israelÃ; bombas estallan en LÃbano
El martes por la mañana tuvieron lugar dos incidentes en que activistas libaneses tomaron como objetivo tanto la ONU como Israel. El lÃder polÃtico de Israel ha conectado los dos…
A senior Hamas leader calls on Palestinians to boycott Bush’s visit
Senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Mahmoud aL-Zahar, called Tuesday on the Palestinian side to boycott American President Gorge W. Bush, who will be visiting the region on Wednesday. aL-Zahar was…
Uno de los lÃderes de Hamas llama al boicot de los Palestinos a la visita de Bush
Uno de los lÃderes de Hamas en Gaza, Mahmoud al-Zahar, hizo un llamamiento, el martes, para que los palestinos boicoteen la visita del Presidente norte-americano, George W. Bush, que llegará…
On the eve of Bush’s visit, Abbas and Olmert to kick off final status talks
One the eve of the visit by President Gorge W. Bush to the occupied West Bank and Israel on Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, agreed today…
Gaza businessmen concerned over continued Gaza closure
A number of businessmen in the Gaza Strip wondered as to how U.S President Gorge W. Bush, promises the Palestinians with a Palestinian state, with all Gaza’s travel and commercial…
Shortly before Bush’s visit, Palestinian Fayyad meets with Israeli Barak
Governor of Nablus city in the West Bank, Mahmoud Burhum, stated on Tuesday that Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad is to meet with Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak today over…
A pocas horas de la llegada de Bush, Fayyad se reúne con Barak
El gobernador de Nablus, Mahmoud Burhum, aseguró, el martes, que el Primer Ministro Palestino, Salam Fallad, se reunirá hoy con el Ministro Israelà de Defensa, Ehud Barak, para concretar nuevas…
The Israeli army invades Ramallah and kidnaps two Hamas leaders
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn and kidnapped two Hamas leaders, Palestinian sources reported. Troops searched and ransacked residents homes in…
Five injured in unknown explosion in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinians from the same family were injured on Monday evening when an explosion hit their home located in Gaza city. Medical sources reported that five…
Palestinian resistance fires projectiles toward Israeli military base
The An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, claims to have launched 14 projectiles toward the Israeli military base at Kissufim, in central Gaza. No…
Three Palestinian women forced to give birth at Israeli checkpoints since mid-December
The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has issued a warning to the Israeli military after two different women had to give birth in cars in December after being prevented from…
Tres mujeres palestinas forzadas a dar a luz en checkpoints desde los mediados de diciembre
El grupo derechos humanos israelÃes BT SELEM ha enviado una advertencia a los militares israelÃes luego de que dos mujeres dieran a luz en dos coches en diciembre, luego de…
Palestinians implore U.S. actress Susan Sarandon to repudiate Leviev
Dear Ms. Sarandon, We felt sorrow when we learned that you accepted Lev Leviev's invitation to attend the opening night event for his new jewelry store in New York City…
Report: Palestinian shot in back of head by Israeli forces in Nablus
One of the 38 Palestinian civilians shot and injured by Israeli forces during their two-day invasion of Nablus this week was shot three times in the back of the head,…
Israeli settlement financier moves to bulletproof mansion in London
Lev Leviev, Israel's richest man, and a major funder of the illegal Israeli settlements scattered across Palestinian land, has bought himself a $70 million bulletproof mansion in the suburbs of…
Israeli judge finds Palestinian man guilty of involvement in 2001 killing
Bassel Asmar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was convicted Monday of being an accessory to the killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavem Zeevi…
Israel may consider release of Palestinian leader in prisoner swap deal
The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai on Monday called for the release of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by…
Palestinian leadership calls on George Bush to pressure Israel on settlements
As the Israeli state continues to expand at a growing rate into occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank, Palestinians have called on George Bush to be a voice of…
Undercover Israeli forces kill a Palestinian resistance fighter near Jenin
Undercover Israeli forces ambushed a Palestinian resistance fighter in the village of Burken near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Fawaz Frihat 18 a fighter for Al Qudes Brigades…
President Abbas attends Greek Orthodox Christmas Mass in Bethlehem
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attended the midnight Orthodox Christmas Mass at the Church of Nativity in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday.The city of Bethlehem marked the…
El Presidente Abbas atiende a la Navidad Ortodoxa en Belén
El presidente palestino Mahmoud abbas atendió en la medianoche a la celebración de la Navidad Ortodoxa en la Iglesia de la Natividad en la ciudad de Belén, al sur de…
Three Palestinians, including a woman, killed by Israeli army in central Gaza
Palestinian medics reported on Sunday that three Palestinian residents including a woman and a teen, have been killed by Israeli gunshots in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Buraij…
Palestinians celebrate the Orthodox Christmas
The city of Bethlehem marked the beginning of the celebration for the Orthodox Christmas on Sunday. Local Palestinians and international visitors flocked to the city from the early morning. Boy…
Gaza back to blackout due to Israel-imposed fuel supplies cut, say energy officials
Gaza Strip has begun to suffer a renewed blackout as power outages still go on due to shortage of fuel supplies after Israel has ruled large reduction of the fuel,…
Israeli prime minister to further strike resistance in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, vowed on Sunday to further strike Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza. ‘ Israel will strike terror in every corner in the Gaza Strip’, Olmert told…
Three Palestinians killed in renewed Israeli attacks on Gaza
Israeli army incurred early on Sunday morning into the central refugee camp of Buraij, killing one resident and injuring three others. Palestinian medical sources identified the killed as Ziyad Abu…
Arab-Israelis hold mass protest in Nazareth calling for end to Israel’s Gaza siege
A mass demonstration was held in Nazareth, in northern Israel, on Saturday, to protest the ongoing Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. At least 10,000 Arab-Israelis marched through the streets…
Protesta masiva árabe-israelà en Nazaret por el fin del asedio israelà en Gaza
El sábado se celebró una manifestación masiva en Nazaret, al norte de Israel, en protesta por el asedio israelà en la Franja de Gaza. Al menos 10.000 personas árabe-israelÃes recorrieron…
The Israeli army attacks Azon village and injures two civilians
Two Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli army fire at midday on Saturday during a military attack on the village of Azon located east of Qalqilia city in the northern…
40 million NIS the cost of the damage that was made by the Israeli army in Nablus
Shaher Sa’ed, the head of the Palestinian Workers Union, said on Saturday that the city of Nablus needs at least 40 million NIS to recover from the damage caused by…
Cancer patient dies due to the Israeli army siege on Gaza
Medical sources in Gaza reported that a Palestinian cancer patient had died on Saturday morning; the aged woman was prevented by the Israeli army from leaving the Gaza Strip for…
Bedouins in Egypt angered after man shot by Israeli border guards
After 40-year old Hamdan Suleiman Attaya was shot and killed outside his home Thursday, just 300 meters from the Israeli border, 1,000 friends and family attended his funeral Friday, shouting…
US President encourages Israel to remove a small number of the 300 existing W. Bank settlements
In the lead-up to his first ever visit to the Middle East as President of the U.S., George W. Bush stated Friday that he is encouraging Israel to take down…
In ongoing Israeli invasion of Nablus, 38 Palestinian civilians injured
According to local medical sources, 38 Palestinians, including a blind teenager, have been injured by Israeli gunfire thus far, during the two-day invasion of the city of Nablus.Khaldoun Salem, 16,…
Israel’s provocative Nablus invasion
Just two days ago, there were several articles that came out in the Israeli and Palestinian media about the calm that had settled over the Nablus area since Palestinian security…
Israeli warplane fires missiles at home of assassinated fighter
The family of Karim Dadouh, who was extrajudicially assassinated by Israeli forces several months ago, has been made homeless by the Israeli airforce, which fired a targeted missile at the…
This Week In Palestine – Week 01 2008
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Four injured in Bil’in weekly demonstration
The inhabitants of Bil’in village, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, conducted their weekly non violent demonstration against the illegal wall that is being constructed by Israel…
Cuatro personas heridas en la manifestación semanal de Bilin
Las y los habitantes del pueblo de Bilin, próximo a la ciudad de Ramala, en Cisjordania, celebraron su manifestación noviolenta semanal contra el muro ilegal que el ejército israelà está…
Um Salamunah village protest the illegal Israeli Wall
On Friday morning 200 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis marched against the illegal wall being built on land stolen illegally by the Israeli army from the villagers of Um Salamunah, located…
El pueblo de Um Salamunah protesta por el muro illegal de Israel
El viernes por la mañana, 200 persona palestinas, israelÃes y de otras partes del mundo, realizaron una marcha contra el muro ilegal que se está construyendo en tierra arrebatada ilegalmente…
Two Qassam fighters killed by Israeli army in Beit Hanoun
Two Palestinians, said to be members of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed early on Friday morning during an armed clash with an Israeli army force…
Israeli army invades al Bireh mayor’s home
Israeli forces invaded the house of Sheikh Jamal al Taweel, Mayor of the central West Bank city of al Bireh on Friday morning. After searching and ransacking the house, the…
Israeli forces kidnap four from different parts of the West Bank and injure one
Israeli military kidnap four Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank during Thursday night and early hours of Friday morning, injuring another Palestinian during the military operation.Local sources reported…
PCHR Weekly Report: 18 killed, 25 wounded, 35 abducted by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report, in the week of the 27th of December 2007 to 2nd of January 2008, 18 Palestinians were killed by…
Abbas pide a Bush una declaración contra los asentamientos israelÃes
El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas declaró, el miércoles, que cree que su homólogo norteamericano, George Bush, debe rechazar totalmente la expansión de los asentamientos israelÃes, en su visita a la…