Minister of Information: No Israeli Partner for Peace
The Palestinian Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi said on Saturday that there is no partner for peace in Israel. Barghouthi’s comments come one day prior to the meeting that…
Palestinian PM calls for halting statements regarding the prisoner swap deal
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, of Hamas, called Saturday for halt of all statements involving the prisoner swap proposal presented by Palestinians, via Egypt, to Israel. The prime minister stressed…
Palestinian PM says the government is seriously following up Johnston’s case
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, said Saturday the government is following up closely and seriously the case of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was abducted last month by unknown gunmen…
Israeli forces abducts two civilians from Hebron
The Israeli army attacked and searched residents’ homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby Dora village; two civilians were abducted, on Saturday. Sources in the…
Two women injured by Israeli army fire in Qalqilia
Two Palestinian women were injured by Israeli army that invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and surrounded a house there, on Saturday morning. The Israeli army stormed the…
Village near Bethlehem protest the Wall
On Friday midday, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists destroyed part of the foundation of the illegal Israeli wall being built in Um Salamunah village south of Bethlehem city in the…
Israeli army uses Palestinian civilians as human shields in Nablus
During a recent invasion that took place on Thursday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli Forces operating in the Sheikh Munis neighborhood surrounded a house and began…
Eriqat: Abbas-Olmert meeting’s agenda ‘open’
Chief Palestinian negotiator, Sae’b Eriqat, stated Saturday that the agenda of President Abbas’s meeting on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will be an open one, dealing with a…
Two women injured by Israeli army fire in Qalqilia
Two Palestinian women were injured by Israeli army that invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and surrounded a house there, on Saturday morning.
The Israeli army abducted five civilians in from Nablus
The Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus searched attacked residents homes then abducted five civilians, on Saturday morning. Local sources stated that three of those abducted…
Palestinian resistance targets invading Israeli troops in Jenin
Palestinian resistance fighters targeted, using home made road side bombs, Israeli army vehicles that invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp on Saturday morning. A…
Oxfam Survey: Financial Boycott Pushes Palestinians into poverty
The international development agency, Oxfam International released results of a survey conducted in Palestine, highlighting “how the suspension of Western aid and Israel’s refusal to transfer money owed to the…
Waldner reiterates the EU’s commitment to support the Palestinian government
Commissioner of the European Union’s external relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, reiterated the EU commitment to support the Palestinian government on basis of the Quartet’s principles. Waldner’s remarks came during a press…
Israeli source: “soldiers arrested a Syrian who crossed into the Golan Heights”
Israeli military sources claimed on Saturday that soldiers arrested a Syrian resident who crossed into the Golan Heights on Friday. According to the sources, the man is suffering from serious…
Israel claims that Hamas is providing the Islamic Jihad with homemade shells
Israeli security sources claimed that Hamas is providing the Islamic Jihad with homemade shells to fire them from the Gaza Strip into Israeli areas, and that Hamas is encouraging the…
Report: “Soldiers kidnapped 600 women since 2000”
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees revealed that Israeli troops kidnapped nearly 600 women since the beginning of the Intifada in September 28, 2000; 128…
Troops broke into a Jenin house, force family out and ransacked the property
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported on Friday that soldiers broke into the house of Houriyya Al Saidaly, in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of…
PCHR weekly report: “Two Palestinians killed, 15 including 7 children injured”
The Palestinian center For Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published on Thursday its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the Palestinian occupied territories in the period between April 5…
This Week in Palestine – Week 14 2007
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Sixteen wounded in a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in
In the weekly non-violent protest on Friday against the illegal annexation wall in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, 16 protesters were injured including three…
Four non violent demonstrators injured south of Bethlehem
A non violent demonstration against the illegal Israeli separation wall took place in the village of Juret Al sham’a near the southern the West Bank city of Bethlehem. International and…
UN Secreatry General calls for the release of an abducted BBC reporter in Gaza
United Nations Secreatry General,Ban Ki-Moon, pressed Thursday for the release of BBC reporter, Alan Jhonston, who has been abducted in Gaza over the past month. Ki-Moon voiced deep concern over…
President Mubarak of Egypt: no one can amend the Arab peace initiative
Egyptian president, Husni Mubarak, stated Thursday that ‘no one can amend the Arab peace initiative or even remove the clause that affirms Palestinians’ right to return’. Mubarak, whose country was…
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Israeli court sentences three Israelis to 13 years for driving a suicide bomber
The Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced three Israelis to 13-years in prison after convicting them of driving a Palestinian suicide bomber. …
Israeli army storms a Palestinian society building in Tulkarem
Israeli army stormed on Thursday a local Palestinian society building in the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem and broke into several Palestinian-owned houses. No further details were reported. Israeli army attacks…
Ivanov invites Palestinian FM to visit Russia
Russian Secretary of National Security Igor Ivanov extended on Thursday an official invitation to the Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Ziad Abu Amr to visit Russia, as soon as possible.Russian Secretary…
Palestinian resistance groups shoot an Israeli soldier to the east of Gaza
In a joint press release, the IMEMC received a copy of which, the Abu Ali Mustafa brigades of PLFP and the Shuhada Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah, claimed responsibility for wounding…
Palestine Today 041207
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Israeli army abducts five Palestinian civilians from the West Bank
Israeli forces abducted five Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank on Thursday morning. In Jenin refugee camp near Jenin city in the northern part of the West…
Two civilians killed in southern Gaza strip
Two Palestinian men were killed in Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip due to armed clashes between rival families in the city on Thursday midday. Palestinian…
Israeli forces attack homes in Tulkarem
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and searched homes in the eastern and the western side of the city on Thursday morning. Soldiers also attacked and…
One civilian killed in the southern Gaza strip
One Palestinian man was killed in Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip due to armed clashes between rival families in the city on Thursday midday. Medical…
Army attacks PLC offices in Hebron
The Israeli army attacked and searched the offices of the Palestinian legislative council members in the southern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning. A massive Israeli force surrounded…
Resistance fighters join journalists in their protest to free kidnapped BBC reporter
Mohamed Shehada, top Palestinian wanted resistance fighter for the Israeli army did not hesitate to come out from his hiding place to join a group of Palestinian journalists who organized…
Salem military court treats elected members of government like criminals
“I have been kidnapped from home and I have been elected in free and fair elections, This court is not entitled to charge me with anything,” Dr. Omar Abdel Razik,…
Israeli forces destroy family home in Nablus during arrest attempt
Israeli forces destroyed the home of the Zaqout family in southeast Nablus after an eight-hour stand off started Wednesday afternoon. Israeli army bulldozers damaged much of it during a failed…
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Four Palestinians wounded during clashes in Gaza and Rafah
Four Palestinian residents were reportedly injured Wednesday during family clashes in both the Gaza Strip cities of Gaza and Rafah, Palestinian medical sources said. Witnesses said that three passersby were…
Israeli army kidnaps a Palestinian at a military checkpoint
Israeli soldiers, stationed at a military checkpoint east of Jerusalem, detained Usaid Atta, 21, from Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon.Atta was on his way back from work…
Five years after Jenin: family members continue to search for bodies
Five years have elapsed since the battle and massacre in Jenin Refugee Camp. The memories and scars live on in the northern West Bank where a mother is still searching…
Palestine Today 041107
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Israeli army surrounds a building in Nablus
Israeli forces invading the northern West Bank city of Nablus beseiged a building in the city center on Wednesday afternoon. Soldiers using loudspeakers are calling at resistance fighter, the army…
Army abducts a university teacher at a checkpoint near Ramallah
The Israeli army abducted a Palestinian university teacher while crossing Attara military checkpoint near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon. Fawaz Ikmil, 47, who works as…
Israeli government decides to evacuate illegal settlement in Hebron
The Israeli government gave settlers, on Wednesday, 30 days to voluntarily leave a Palestinian building they occupied in the southern West Bank city of Hebron three weeks ago. Following which…
Israeli policies contravene with peace, Palestine Permanent Observer at the UN Says
Palestine permanent observer at the United Nations, Mansour Mansour, warned Tuesday of continued Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people, saying such actions contravene with peace and help further feul tension…
Israeli army bulldozer surrounds a home in a village near Nablus
An Israeli army bulldozer surrounded on Wednesday midday a Palestinian house located in the village of Kufer Qalil south of the city of Nablus in the northern part of the…
Army invades Nablus for the second time in lest than five hours
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday midday, only five hours after the first invasion that took place today’s morning. Troops and jeeps entered the…
Army invades village near Bethlehem and abducts two civilian
The Israeli army invaded the village of Nahalen east of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and the Dohaisha refugee camp in the city and abducted two civilians on…
Army invades Nablus for the second time in lest than five hours
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday midday, only five hours after the first invasion that took place today’s morning.
The American Money to President Abbas should be properly monitored
Any money aid that is channeled to the Palestinian Authority without being properly processed and monitored by the relative bodies of the PA is dirty money, a Hamas official said…
PA officer dies of wounds sustained on Tuesday; unknown gunmen attack a building in Gaza
One Palestinian Authority security officer died on Wednesday morning of wounds he sustained on Tuesday evening in Khan Younis city in he southern part of the Gaza strip. Tahssen Al…
Israeli army kidnaps four civilians in Hebron including two officials
Israeli forces attacked and searched homes in several parts of the southern West Bank city of Hebron and lidnapped four civilians including two Palestinian Authority, officials, on Wednesday morning.Israeli forces…
A Palestinian student abducted at a military checkpoint near Jenin
Israeli troops stationed at the military checkpoint located at the entrance of Qabatiya town south of Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, abducted a Palestinian student…
The Israeli army abducts seven civilians from Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus attacked and searched residents homes then abducted seven civilians on Wednesday morning. The Israeli army invaded the northern West…
Al Ataba family awaits the release of their son detained nearly 30 years ago
Living in the Northern Mountain, overlooking the center of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and most of its neighborhoods, the family of detainee Sa’id Al Ataba, are still…
Report: “68 women gave birth on checkpoints, 33 infants and 4 women died”
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights (PICCR) reported that Israeli troops stationed at hundreds of roadblocks in the occupied territories barred dozens of pregnant women from crossing the checkpoints…
US Congress Okays transfer of $59 million to bolster Abbas’ security forces
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Tuesday at night that the Bush Administration authorized the Congress to send $59 million to bolster the Palestinian Security Forces loyal to the Palestinian…
Israel to amend list of detainees Palestinian wants to see freed
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday at night that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is “disappointed” by the list of detainees that the Palestinian demand to be freed in a…
Israeli source: “One settler moderately injured near Nablus”
Israeli military sources reported on Tuesday that one settler was moderately injured in a drive by shooting attack that took place near Kidumum Israeli settlement , near the northern west…
Israeli gunboats heavily fire Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza
Israeli gunboats heavily fired on Monday Palestinian fishing boats, while on board on northern Gaza shores. Palestinian media sources said that the Israeli naval forces opened their heavy fire on…
“Numbers Graveyards”, inhumane/immoral Israeli practice, Fatah says
Fatah, a major Palestinian faction, said Monday that Israel has withheld corps of 150 Palestinians in what it termed ‘ numbers graveyards’, calling for pressuring Israel to hand them over…
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Palestine Today 041007
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Israeli army abducts a Palestinian man near Ramallah
Israeli forces invaded Kufer Ein village to the north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah and abducted on man on Tuesday morning. Troops and army vehicles surrounded and…
One man dies of wounds sustained on Monday
One Palestinian man died on Tuesday of wounds he sustained on Monday during internal clashes in Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Abd Al Razik…
Cancelled suicide attack on Tel Aviv, bomb accidentally explodes in Qalqilya
A would-be suicide bomber drove to Tel Aviv but for unknown reasons returned to his hometown of Qalqilya in the West Bank, without carrying out the attack. The bomb then…
Hebron homes attacked and searched by Israeli army
The Israeli army attacked and searched Palestinian homes in various parts of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. Soldiers forced families outsied, then searched and ransacked…
Internal clashes return to Nablus
Fears of destabilization fill the Nablus streets today after internal clashes resumed at dawn. Six people were injured when fighting erupted between members of one of the Fateh wings and…
Deputy PM: efforts being made to persuade international community to deal with PA government
Azzam Al Ahmad, the Deputy Palestinian Prime Minister, on Tuesday described European positions on the Palestinian government of national unity as 'mixed'. He stressed that the government and the presidency…
Israeli army impedes movement between Nablus and Jenin in northern West Bank
Israeli troops impeded the movement of Palestinian civilians between the two cities of Jenin and Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning. Without warning, Israeli…
Israeli forces attack Palestinian man at military checkpoint near Tubas
Israeli forces attacked a Palestinian man from Tamoun village near the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Tuesday. Israeli troops stopped the man at a military checkpoints north of…
Detained mother appeals to be released with her infant in any possible swap deal
Detainee Samar Sbeih is one of several female detainees who gave birth in Israeli prisons and remained imprisoned with their children. She was taken prisoner three months after her wedding,…
Hamas presents list of prisoners it wants freed in prisoner swap deal
Recently, a website affiliated with Hamas published a list of names of some detainees that Hamas is requesting to be freed as part of a prisoner-swap deal between Israel and…
Remember Deir Yassin
Monday commemorates the massacre in Deir Yassin Village, one of numerous conducted during the ethnic cleansing campaign enforced in order to establish the state of Israel. Thirty-three massacres are officially…
Egyptian border-guards uncover two tunnels on Gaza border
Official Egyptian sources reported on Monday that Egyptian border-guards arrested one Palestinian who allegedly crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt through one of two tunnels that were recently dug…
Four Palestinians Injured in Shootout in Nablus
Four Palestinians were injured in Nablus on Monday evening when Palestinian security personnel stopped a car for inspection. Local sources said that a fierce gun battle broke out after gunmen,…
Three Palestinians killed, one injured during family feud in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that three Palestinian civilians have been killed and one was injured during a clan feud in Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip. The…
UNRWA may withold services to Palestinian refugees, a spokesperson says
Spokesperson of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees, Sami Mosha’sha’, warned yesterday that the UNRWA may stop providing services to the Palestinian refugees unless an emergency…
Israeli Human Rights activist warns Arab MK Azmi Bishara of Israeli security plan to indict him
Israeli sources claim that Bishra will resign from the Israeli Knesset. Arab sources in Israel dismiss claims of Bishara's intention to resign. Sholamit Aloni, former MK and HUman Rights activists…
Swap Deal advances, Shalit may be transferred to Egypt as first step
Informed Palestinian sources reported that the Prisoners’ Swap deal, through which Israel will release a number of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad…
Gulf States Co-operation Council Condemns Latest Israeli Attacks on Gaza
The Secretary General of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf , Abdelrahman El’atiya, condemned Sunday the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have resulted…
Palestinian Medic Attacked by Israeli Soldiers Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers manning a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Jenin attacked a Palestinian medic on Sunday evening. Palestinian sources said that Firas Haj Ahmad, a local ambulance…
Large Crowds of Christians in Holy Jerusalem Celebrate Easter
Tens of thousands of Palestinian, Arab and international Christians made their way Sunday to the occupied holy city of Jerusalem to mark the major Christian occasion of Easter festival, which…
Woman Returns to Her Baby After Years in an Israeli Jail
Manal Ghanem, a 32 year-old woman, was eventually released on Sunday after having served almost 4 years in an Israeli jail. In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, where Mrs.…
Barghouti Calls for Pressuring Israel to Absorb Palestinians of Iraq into PA lands
Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti called Sunday on the international community to pressure the Israeli authorities to consider absorbing 7,000 Palestinian refugees, currently residing in Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Calls for Broader Publicity of the Arab Peace Initiative
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abuelgheit, called Sunday for broader publicity of the Arab peace initiative, which the Arab states re-endorsed in March. The peace proposal, first drafted in 2002, calls…
Palestinian boy injured by Israeli army gunfire as two soldiers are stabbed in Hebron
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron shot and wounded Sunday a Palestinian boy after two soldiers were stabbed near the Haram Al Ibrahimi mosque, also the site…
Israeli media reveals names of Palestinian prisoners to be swapped for Shalit
The Israeli Daily Ma’areev published Sunday a list of names of the would-be released Palestinian prisoners in the framework of a likely Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap deal. Ma’areev named 11 leading…
Palestinian civilian wounded during clashes in Northern Gaza
Palestinian media sources said that a Palestinian resident of the northern Gaza Strip was shot and moderately wounded early on Sunday during an armed clash. The man identified as Khaled…
Israeli Soldiers Delay Palestinian Movement in West Bank Areas
Israeli soldiers, manning checkpoints in the Tubas town in the West Bank, blocked Sunday morning movement of Palestinian vehicles while driving to the Alghour area. Witnesses said that the Israeli…
PPS report: “Israeli occupation soldiers killed 869 children, kidnapped 6000 since 2000”
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) revealed that Israeli troops shot and killed 860 Palestinian children since the beginning of the Intifada in September 2000.…
Detainees complain of lack of medical treatment in Israeli prisons
Palestinian political detainees in Gilboa’ and Shatta Israeli prisons complained that they are deprived from medical attention and treatment, and stated that several detainees are in immediate need for hospitalization.The…