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Israeli forces invaded the village of Kafer Dan, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin and took at least 25 residents prisoner, on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of Israeli…
Palestinian sources in Jerusalem reported on Tuesday that Israeli policemen and border-guard units leveled two Palestinian homes in Al Tour and Ras Al Amoud, in East Jerusalem. Israel claims that…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday at night that the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation organization will convene on Wednesday evening, in the West Bank city of Ramallah for talks…
Lebanese security sources reported on Tuesday that a Lebanese construction worker, was killed and his relative was injured when an Israeli cluster bomb exploded as they were working at a…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, imemc.org for Tuesday December 5th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.1MB|| time:4m30s Palestinian resistance fighters survive an…
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad survived an apparent assassination attack near the souther entrance of Beit…
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli troops handed out 11 military demolishing orders to Bedouin huts, east of Yatta village in the West Bank city of Hebron. Army claimed that the huts are…
A Palestinian child detainee, who was taken prisoner by the Israeli forces two months ago, said that he was threatened with rape by Israeli interrogators unless he confesses to what…
A journalist working with the Al Arabiyya news channel was injured in an Israeli military invasion to Al Masayif neighborhood, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian News…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Ithna, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday afternoon. Troops invaded the village and attacked school boys with rubber-coated bullets,…
An Israeli court sentenced detainees Raed Al Hotari to twenty-two consecutive life-terms after accusing him of involvement in a Tel Aviv suicide bombing in June 2002. Twenty-three Israelis were killed…
A senior Israeli source stated on Monday that Israel is offering to release 1000 Palestinian detainees in exchange to the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, held by…
Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint in the old town of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, took prisoner one teenager, on Tuesday midday. Mohamed Al Maharmah, 17,…
The Israeli army invaded several West Bank cities and villages and took prisoner 14 residents on Tuesday morning. In the southern West Bank city of Hebron troops invaded the village…
Palestinian Minister of Detainee, Wasfi Qabha, revealed on Monday during a meeting with parents of Palestinian detainees, in Bethlehem, information regarding a prisoners swap deal between Israel and Palestinian resistance…
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army shot and killed, on Monday evening, one resident in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. One resident was injured in the…
Local sources reported that settlers uprooted several olive trees that belongs to Tubassi family, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. The sources stated that armed…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Monday December 4th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.8MB|| time:5m12s Israeli forces attacked several…
Israeli opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed on Monday the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and said that Palestinian factions did not halt the firing of homemade shells, warning that…
Dr. Usama Al Mazeeny, a political leader of Hams movement, said that statements of some Fateh leaders claiming that Hamas demanded the suspension of National Unity talks are “illusive” and…
Palestinian sources in the West Bank City of Bethlehem reported on Monday afternoon that Israeli soldiers abducted a political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).…
Member of the Fateh Central Committee, Palestinian Legislator, Nabil Shaath, said on Monday that it early elections or a referendum are possible solutions to the current diplomatic crises and the…
The Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and the nearby village of Azzoun, and took prisoner one resident on Monday morning. Troops and army jeeps attacked…
The Syrian News Agency reported on Monday that the Syrian president, Bashar Asad, met in Damascus with the Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyya, and discussed with…
Israeli army bulldozers started on Monday morning to bulldoze farmlands, and barred school students from leaving their school in Al Khader village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…
The London-based Al Hayat Arabic newspaper reported on Monday that Noam Shalit, the father of the captured Israeli soldier in Gaza, Gilad Shalit, held talks with a source in the…
Northern Bethlehem's Al Nu'man Village is enveloped from all sides by the Wall and residents cannot come or go without passing through an Israeli controlled gate. On Sunday Israeli forces…
Israel has authorized U.N. troops to deploy in the Lebanese part of the divided border village of Ghajar, completing its pullout from Lebanon following the war with Hizbullah. The influential…
Scores of Al Aroub refugee camp residents located near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the Israel during an invasion to the camp…
Written by Alternative Information Center (AIC) Thursday, 30 November 2006 An Israeli military court approved the extension of Ahmad Abu Hannya’s administration detention until 14 May 2007, by which time…
Israeli forces took prisoner three residents during a pre-dawn invasion to the village of Al Safa, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Mohamed Allan, 21,…
The Israeli army invaded the southern WEst Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby villages of Ithna and Al Samou'a on Monday morning, and took three residents prisoner. Troops attacked…
The Israeli forces attacked several areas in the West Bank Monday at dawn and took a number of residents prisoner and injured two. A mother and her child were…
On the occasion of the international day to honor the disabled, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights is calling on the international community to intervene in Palestine. The call is…
"The calm is on the edge of collapse due to the continued Zionist violations and the attacks against our Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza", stated Abu Ahmed,…
The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, announced Sunday that Israeli forces will resume their shelling of northern Gaza, and will continue the daily invasions and attacks of the West Bank. …
Under the guise of "chasing the designated wanted," Israeli forces continued to hold the Jenin District hostage under widespread campaigns of repression. The citizens pay the price for Israel's arbitrary…
Palestinian sources in Hebron reported that a six-year old child was shot by settlers fire near Khirbit Qalqas area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said in a meeting with the Security cabinet on Sunday that the Israeli army and the security service (Shin Bet) will continue the military operations…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers took prisoner 98 resident in several attacks and invasions carried by the army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during…
Palestinian security source in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday that unknown gunmen shot and killed one resident, and injured another resident south…
Palestinian medical and security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Sunday afternoon that Israeli troops shot and killed a 15-year old child in…
Today (Thusday, Nov 16) is definitely a good day to pick some olives; in fact, with the heavy rain from yesterday, it is even better that we are doing this…
The Israeli army invaded the town of Beit Sahour, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took prisoner one resident on Saturday morning. Khaled Awad, 24, was taken…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Karamah village, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and took one resident prisoner on Saturday morning. Afif Awaoudah, 38, was taken…
Israeli and Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that the Israeli Navy fired at a Palestinian fishing boat off the Gaza coast. The attack is considered a direct violation to the…
After months of public sector strikes due to nonpayment of salaries in light of the US-led blockade, now banks are striking. Following an Attack against the Arab Bank, it planed…
Friday night, the General Assembly approved six pro-Palestinian resolutions in spite of Israeli and American objections, the resolutions back the Palestinians right to have an independent state and call for…
Ayman Abu Mahdi, 10, from Jabalia town, in the norther part of the Gaza strip died on Saturday morning of wounds sustained during Israeli army attacks last month. The child…
by Palestine News Network Last Wednesday, November 29, was the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, the UN Partition Plan for partitioning Palestine of November 29,…
The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization demanded on Friday the resignation of the Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas party, Ismail Haniyya, to step down before talks on…
Palestinian medical sources in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that one child on Friday evening was injured by Israeli soldiers who invaded the nearby town…
Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Friday afternoon that a resident who was shot and killed by the Israeli army two weeks ago and remained unknown was identified on…
Friday evening, a group of setter youth hurled stones at an UNRWA bus as it was driving in a Jewish street in Jerusalem; damage no the vehicle was reported, no…
Residents of Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists held the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and the…
[My son] Yousuf and I, along with my parents, left the US to Gaza nearly 3 weeks ago. For two of those weeks, we have been stuck 50 km from…
An Israeli military court on Wednesday renewed the detention of Wadha Fukaha, the wife of the detained Islamic Jihad leader Yousef Fukaha for two weeks, Palestinian legal sources reported. She…
In one of the few cases where the shooting of an unarmed man at an Israeli checkpoint in Asira al-Shemaliya, Palestine on November has actually warranted investigation by Israeli officials,…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today urged restraint and a continuation of a week-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian resistance, and called for an expansion…
Jamal Farag, a 40-year old Palestinian journalist currently being held without trial in Israeli detention, has declared an open hunger strike in the Israeli Al Naqab (Negev) Prison. He is…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Sawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Friday morning and took prisoner one Palestinian man. Khaldon Salem, 20, was taken…
One Palestinian resident was shot and killed in the old town area of the southern West Bank city of Hebron after being shot in the head by Israeli soldiers on…
The Israeli High Court rejected on Thursday a petition filed by the “Movement for Quality Government in Israel” to replace the Winograd committee which is investigating the handling of Israeli-Lebanon…
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Tuesday evening that a 17-year old youth was shot and killed by Israeli military fire…
The United Nations office for Human Affairs in the West Bank published a report on Thursday morning accusing Israel of violating every article of the Crossings agreements, and stated that…
Following an earlier meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met in Jerusalem with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. The Israeli…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza reported on Thursday that the Former Israeli Cheif of Staff, Moshe Ya'alon, had to flee out of New Zealand this week after…
The Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, issued a statement on Thursday declaring its position that it will not abide to the truce since its excludes halting…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Thursday, November 30th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.8MB|| time:5m13s The army takes scores of…
Nearly five decades have passed, thousands of Palestinian refugees in three northern West Bank camps see no signs of improvement on the horizon. Askar, Al Ein, and Balata refugee camps…
Every year the United Nations (UN) marks the 29th of November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. The UN has, through the years, passed dozens of…
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmouad Zahhar, said on Thursday that internal talks on the formation of a National Unity Government have reached an impasse, and that Hamas movement will not allow…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met on Thursday in the West Bank city of Jericho to discuss cease-fire and efforts to achieve a sustainable…
The Israeli army leveled two Palestinian houses located in the Iskarba area, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. The houses are located on lands belonging to…
Palestinians threw an explosive device at Israel soldiers in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday. Israeli media sources reported the incident but reported no injuries or damage.
Several army vehicles stormed Aida refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday. Soldiers closed the eastern entrance of the camp, and are not…
The Israeli army leveled to the ground three Palestinian owned shops in the West Bank city of Salfit. The shops are located just on the outskirts of the city near…
Israeli army bulldozers leveled a number of residents' property in the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Thursday morning. Troops and army bulldozers invaded the city then demolished an outdoor…
The Israeli army leveled a Palestinian house in Wadi Al Rasha, south of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Thursday morning. The house belongs to Na'el Odah, and…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Alar north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and searched and ransacked residents' houses on Thursday morning. Troops stormed the village and attacked…
The Israeli army invaded several West Bank cities on Thursday at dawn and took prisoner 21 residents. In the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Israeli army vehicles surrounded Al…
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that Israeli Prison Authorities extended the remand of detainee Wadha Al Foqaha, the wife of detainee Yousef Al Foqaha. Yousef is one of the leaders…
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday evening that Israeli soldiers invaded Ya'bod town, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted two youth. The two were identified…
Egypt's Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, expressed optimism that a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinians will be reached within the coming weeks before the end of the year.…
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, spokesperson of the Hamas “Change and Reform bloc” at the Palestinian legislative Council, accused on Thursday a stream within Fateh movement of attempting to void the results…
United Nations officials reported Wednesday that Nobel Laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu, has been named to head a UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, decided on Wednesday to appoint Israel's Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, as justice minister; Livni will continue her position as…
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org. For Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 .|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.4MB|| time:4m51s Army shells areas in…
The Right to Education Student Committee at Birzeit University has recently published a press release to present their latest initiative. In response to the Irish call for academic boycott, the…
The Youth Toward Freedom Initiative in coordination with the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign have launched a three day “Freedom Exhibition” at the American University in Jenin. The students group has built…
Israeli troops demolished on Wednesday two houses in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, local sources reported. On Wednesday afternoon, soldiers leveled a house that belongs…
American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, who plans to meet Thursday with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, to tell him that me must increase his efforts to impose order in…
Jihad Zied, 25, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army during and invasion to the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses reported that undercover units of the Israeli…
Israeli forces stormed the villages of Dir Ghassanah and Beit Liqia, searched scores of residents' houses and took prisoner four residents on Wednesday. In Dir Ghassanah, more than 14 army…
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's Intelligence Chief, arrived in Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli officials over a prisoner swap deal that would see the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit…
Israeli troops attacked Palestinian farmers working in their lands east of Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops chased and attacked the farmers, and forced them…
Several school girls were injured when army fired tear gas bombs at their school in Al Samu'a village south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning. …
The Israeli army has demolished one house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning. Army bulldozers and vehicles stormed Wadi Al Suman neighborhood in the city, closed…
The Israeli forces took prisoner one resident from the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Yousif Al Aref, 38, was taken…
The Israeli army re-closed the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday morning south of the Gaza strip after opening it Tuesday after noon. On Tuesday Palestinian sources reproted that an agreement…