Netherlands denies entry to a Palestinian Minister
The as Palestinian Youth and Sports Minister, Basim Na’im, landed in Holland as he was on his way to participate in a conference in Belgium; the Dutch Authorities held him…
A Palestinian resident killed by Israeli gun fire in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources said that Israeli army killed early on this morning a Palestinian resident and wounded critically another in northern Gaza Strip. The sources said the casualties were not…
Islamic Jihad retaliates against Israeli killing of its members, a statement says
In a statement sent to press on Saturday, the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza claimed it fired two homemade shells on the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, hitting a house…
Democratic Teachers Unions demands president, government to abide by the signed agreement
The Committees of the Democratic Teachers Union demanded president Mahmoud Abbas, and the government, to abide by the signed deals between them and the Committee representing the government teachers regarding…
Shallah: “It is unjust to describe the Palestinian retaliation to Israeli crimes as a violation”
Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad movement stated on Friday that Israel is to be blamed for the recent deterioration and that the Palestinians did not violate the truce, but retaliated…
Abbas believes elections are inevitable
The Al Sharq Al Awsat (Middle East) newspaper reported on Friday that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said in a closed session with some of his aides that holding early…
President Abbas condemns Israeli killing of three Palestinians in Jenin
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned on Friday the Israeli army killing of three Palestinian resistance fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin. Spokesman of Palestinian president, Nabil Abu Rodaina,…
Fateh rejects statements about resignation of President Abbas
Spokesperson of Fateh movement in the West Bank, Fahmi AL Za’areer, stated on Friday that any talks about the resignation of president Mahmoud Abbas are unacceptable since Abbas was elected…
Israeli troops assassinate three fighters in Jenin
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army assassinated on Friday evening three resistance fighters in Silat Alharithiya town, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.The three fighters…
This Week In Palestine – week 18 2007
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Nonviolent Anti-Wall Protest by Palestinian Workers in Bethelehm
Some two hundred peaceful demonstrators in Bethlehem protested on Friday against the construction of the annexation wall in the village of Wadi Al-Neiss. The demonstration included mostly Palestinian workers in…
Stray bullet injures a seven month old baby in Jabalia
Unknown gunmen fired randomly near residents' homes in Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip Friday. One of their stray rounds hit and injured a seven month…
Israeli forces invades Beit Jala town and kidnaps one civilian
An Israeli army force invaded Beit Jala town located south of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and kidnapped one civilian on Friday morning. Soldiers searched…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and Israeli police near Hebron
A massive group of illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers while working on their lands that are close to an illegal settlement post near Bethlehem in the southern part of…
Palestina Oggi 050307
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file ||Time 4m14s ||Benvenuti a PAlestina Oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per giovedi 3 maggio 2007. Una…
General Workers Union in Palestine receives representatives of European Unions
The Palestinian Workers Unions received on Thursday delegates representing several European Workers Unions, and conducted special celebrations and activities on the event of May 1, the International Workers Day as…
EU agrees to make coordinated payments for Palestinian employees
The European Union and the Palestinian Finance Mnister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, agreed that the EU would start coordinated and regular payments of salaries to the Palestinian government employees at the…
Soldiers kidnap a female teacher in Hebron
Israeli soldiers continued their violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, and kidnapped a Palestinian female teacher on Thursday at dawn, after surrounding her home near Hebron, in the southern part…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Two Palestinians killed, 3 injured, and 55 taken prisoner”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, based in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the Palestinian occupied territories in the period between April 26 and May…
Israelis hold a mass rally demanding Olmert to resign
Thousands of Israelis poured into the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday at night and rallied against the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, for his and his government’s conduct…
Why Israel is after me
Amman, Jordan I AM A PALESTINIAN from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament.Amman, Jordan I AM A PALESTINIAN…
Palestine Today 050307
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Israeli forces invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp and kidnapped two civilians on Thursday morning. During the invasion troops fired sound bombs and live rounds into residents homes and caused a…
Army opens fire at farmers in northern Gaza strip
The Israeli army stationed at the Palestinian Israeli borders near Beit Hannon town in the northern part of the Gaza strip opened fire at Palestinian farmers working their land on…
Fatah’s armed wing threatens to extend operations outside the Palestinian territories.
Fatah’s aL-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, threatened on Thursday to carry out resistance attacks outside the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, unless the internationally-imposed economic embargo is lifted. In a statement…
PM Haniya dismisses possibility for another coalition cabinet if boycott remains
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, ruled out Thursday possibility to forming another coalition government, saying that dissolution of the current government remains an option if the international economic embargo remains…
Palestinian peaceful protesters remove a military road block near Ramallah city
Palestinian villagers from Rass Karkar and Al Ganiah villages near Ramallah city in the central West Bank along with Israeli and international supporters removed on Thursday midday an Israeli military…
One woman kidnapped as army invades Dora village near Hebron
During a pre dawn invasion Israeli forces carried out in the village of Dora near Hebron city located in the southern part of the West Bank troops kidnapped a Palestinian…
12 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped 12 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. The civilians were kidnapped from Bethlehem and Hebron city in the southern…
The Israeli army invaded Bethlehem city and kidnapped one civilian
Israeli forces invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and kidnapped one civilian of Thursday morning. Anwar Al Assa, 39, was taken form his home located in Al Kadier…
A woman shot dead in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources said early on Thursday that a woman from the Khan Younis city was shot and killed by unknown gunfire. The sources added that Raghda Alghalyeeni, 24, was…
World Press Freedom Day; reporters working in unsafe conditions
Palestinian and foreigners journalists working in the Palestinian National Authority areas ( PA) Celebrated on Thursday may 3ed, the World Press freedom Day in the most difficult working conditions of…
12 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped 12 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. The civilians were kidnapped from Bethlehem and Hebron city in the southern…
Palestina Oggi 050207
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || Time 4m10s ||Benvenuti a PAlestina Oggi un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, per martedi 2 maggio 2007. L’esercito…
Israeli army invades Beit Sahour and Beit Jala towns near Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded Beit Sahour and Beiot Jala towns located in the eastern and southern side of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday morning. At least 10…
Haniyya says UK rejected proposal to use force to release abducted BBC reporter
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that the British government rejected a Palestinian proposal to use force in order to release the kidnapped BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, captured…
Abu Laila: “the government must fulfill its vows regarding late salaries”
Palestinian Legislator, member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Qais Abdul-Karim, Abu Laila, stated on Wednesday that he will call on the Legislative…
Soldiers install fence around West Bank settlements, isolate Palestinian orchards
The Israeli army installed a fence around several settlements which were illegally constructed on Palestinian annexed lands that belongs to the residents of Dir Istia village, near the West Bank…
Palestinian Journalists Union issues statement on World Press Freedom Day
The Palestinian Journalists Union issued a statement on the event of May 3, the World Press Freedom Day, and called on the free world and the international community to ensure…
Palestinian student kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Nablus
The Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus kidnapped a Palestinian student on Wednesday evening. Rafiq Al Haje, a student in…
Army invades Tulkarem city and near by Nur Shamis refugee camp
An Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city Tulkarem and the nearby refugee camp of Nur Shamis on Wednesday night. Soldiers attacked and searched scores of residents homes,…
The Livni-Rice Plan: Towards a Just Peace or Apartheid
For years I have been one of the doomsayers, arguing that the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has become the only realistic political outcome of the Israel-Palestine conflict–…
Chief Palestinian negotiator slams PNA over BBC reporter
Top Palestinian negotiator, Sae’b Eriqat, slammed Wednesday the Hamas-led government for being unable to release BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who has been held hostage in Gaza over the past several…
A Cheerless Labor Day in Gaza
Forty-eight-year-old Riyad Hammad from the Maghazi Refugee Camp in central Gaza woke up on Friday morning whilst his wife sat before a wood-burning stove. He headed for a nearby store,…
Palestine Today 050207
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 3.66 MB|| Time 4m0s ||Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for…
Army killes a Palestinian civilian and kidnaps his brother in northern Gaza strip
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army shot and killed Palestinian civilian and kidnapped his brother in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday midday. Dr. Mo’awiah Hassanin,…
Three Palestinians kidnapped and one injured as Israeli army attack homes in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked and searched homes in the southern West Bank city of hebron and nearby by Beit Omer and Ithna villages; one civilians was injured and another three were…
Fatah, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility of an attack against Israeli army Unit near
The joint operation unit of Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah, and Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack against an Israeli…
Army bulldozer chases journalists; troops kidnap four civilians as army invades Jenin
A massive Israeli army force and one military bulldozer invaded the city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp located in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning,…
Army bulldozer chases journalists; troops kidnap four civilians as army invades Jenin
A massive Israeli army force and one military bulldozer invaded the city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp located in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning,…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village and kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby villages, during the invasion troops kidnapped 4 civilians another 2 were kidnapped at a nearby military checkpoint on…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village and kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby villages, during the invasion troops kidnapped 4 civilians another 2 were kidnapped at a nearby military checkpoint on…
One Palestinian civilian kidnapped as army invades Qalqilia city
One Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by the Israeli forces that invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Wednesday morning. Mohamed Al Aqra’, 27, was taken from his home…
Palestina Oggi 050107
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || Time 4m8s ||Benvenuti a Palestina oggi un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per martedi 1 maggio 2007. Il…
Arab MK Mohammad Baraka says an Israeli military offensive against Gaza is possible
The Arab member of Knesset Mohammad Baraka said that he does not rule out an Israeli mlitary offensive against Gaza especially following the Winograd Committee report which blamed the Israeli…
Mediators of the Quartet Committee to meet officials of Four Arab countries
Officials of the Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East are set to meet on Friday with several officials of four Arab countries in Egypt in order to discuss…
Islamic Jihad leader isolated and tortured for more than four months
Israeli Prison Administration transferred Sheikh Mahmoud Al Sa’adi one of the jailed leaders of the Islamic Jihad, to Majeddo prison, after he spent four months under interrogation and torture at…
Palestinians start preparations to commemorate the “Nakba”
The National Committee for Commemorating the Nakba Day (cataclysm) along with several national and Islamic factions in the occupied territories, the Refugees’ Affairs Department, the Palestinian Coalition for the Right…
Abu Laila slams Israeli attacks against Labor Day procession near Ramallah
Palestinian Legislator Qais Abdul-Karim (Abu Laila) member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, slammed that harsh Israeli military attack against a peaceful procession…
Abbas meets the Singaporean FM in Ramallah
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday at his headquarters in Ramallah, the Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon, and informed him on the latest development in the Palestinian territories, and…
Lawyer of Mandela Institute visits the detained PLC head, legislators and several detainees
Lawyer of the Mandela Institute, Bothaina Douqmaq, visited the Dr. Aziz Dweik, the jailed head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a number of detained legislators and officials illegally held…
Palestine Today 050107
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 4.57 MB|| Time 5m0s ||Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for…
PM Haniya: Coalition government works on releasing the BBC reporter
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, told reporters on Tuesday that his coalition government has been working silently on releasing the BBC reporter Alan Johnston. Hniya’s remarks came following a meeting…
Army attacks Palestinian labor union demonstrators at Qalandia checkpoint near Ramallah
Israeli troops stationed at Qalandia checkpoint, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah attacked, on Tuesday Palestinian labor union demonstration that was organized to make the international workers…
Palestinian Interior Minister renews warning of stepping down
Palestinian interior minister, Hani Alqawasmi, renewed Tuesday his warning to step down, on claims of lacking cooperation by security officials, who are loyal to the rival Fatah party. Minister aL-Qawasmi,…
Israeli forces invaded Al Doha town near Bethlehem and search homes there
An Israeli army force invaded Al Doha town west of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and started to search homes there on Tuesday midday. Israeli…
Palestinian resistance fighters survive an Israeli air strike attack
In a statement, issued Tuesday by the Fatah-linked Martyr Ayman Jouda militant group read that a group of its resistance fighters survived an attack Tuesday morning by an Israeli drone…
Teachers union calls for protesting at PLC in Ramallah and Gaza on Wednesday
The Teachers union called, on Tuesday, for a massive protest in front of the Palestinian legislative council buildings in Ramallah city in the central West Bank and in Gaza city…
Palestinian resistance attack invading Israeli troops in central and northern W.B
Israeli media sources reported that during pre dawn invasions Israeli army conducted in the central west Bank city of Ramallah and Nablus city in the northern part of the West…
25 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
25 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli army as the later conducted pre dawn invasion in several part of the West Bank on Tuesday. Ten of the civilians kidnapped by…
25 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
25 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli army as the later conducted pre dawn invasion in several part of the West Bank on Tuesday.
Israeli army kidnaps three Palestinian children near Nablus
Israeli forces abducted three Palestinian children from Beita village located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on late Monday evening. Soldiers calmed that the three children hurled stones…
Six residents injured in Khan Younis, as angry families attack an Egyptian building
Six Palestinian family members were reportedly wounded on Monday evening in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics said. The medics added that the injured were hit hurt during…
Palestina Oggi 043007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || Time 4m 41s ||Benvenuti a Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per lunedi 30 Aprile 2007.…
On Labor Day; Workers Unity Bloc appeals ending the siege
May 1 marks Labor Day, but the Palestinian territories remain under a strict siege and the Palestinian workers remain unemployed facing poverty and hardships. The Palestinian Labor Unity Bloc demanded…
Wednesday General Strike for all teachers in Palestine
Bassam Zakarna, head of the Government Teachers Union stated on Monday that all governmental teachers will hold a general strike on Wednesday, and that they will escalate their procedures if…
PICCR initiates a probe in the killing of a Gaza resident
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights (PICCR) initiated a probe into the incidents that led to the killing of resident Izzat Rasheed Al Bazary, who was abducted last week.The…
Palestinian workers without employment or income on Labor Day
Tomorrow is May Day when workers of the world are meant to unite, to organize, unionize. Some take to the streets and demonstrate, while others stay at home with their…
Winograd Commission accuses Olmert of serious failure in the second Lebanon war
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday that the partial report prepared by the government appointed commission to probe the Second Lebanon War accused the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert,…
Questa settimana in Palestina Week 17 2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file Time 19m 14 s Questa settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, per la settimana dal…
Palestinian deputy-PM expects more pressure on Palestinians in light of Winogard report
Palestinian deputy-prime minister, Azzam Al-Ahmad, expected Monday that more pressure will be exerted on the Palestinians in light of Winogard report over failure of Israeli army in its last summer…
Palestinian government rejects kidnappers’ demands for releasing BBC reporter Johnston
Palestinian deputy-prime minister, Azzam Al-Ahmad, told reporters in Ramallah on Monday that the Palestinian government has rejected demands by kidnappers of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was abducted at a…
Palestine Today 043007
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Settlers attack a mosque and Islamic Waqf offices in Hebron city
A group of illegal Israeli settlers attacked and ransacked Al Aqtab mosque and the nearby Islamic Waqf offices in downtown Hebron city located in the southern part of the West…