Palestine Today – December 18, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 18th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2MB|| time:5m 33s Fighting between Fatah and Hamas…
Blair Meets with Abbas as Israel Prepares for Blair Meeting
A trip past the King David Hotel in Jerusalem this morning showed that Israel was preparing for the arrival of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. At that same time…
Army invades Jenin city
Israeli army military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday morning. Troops fired live rounds and sound bombs into the air and towards residents houses, searched…
Army abducts eight Palestinian men including three brothers from Hebron
The Israeli army on Monday morning abducted eight Palestinian men from several parts of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli troops invaded Hebron, the old city, and also…
Fatah Hamas fighting continues, one Palestinian teen wounded in Gaza city
One Palestinian teen was critically wounded in the neck after being hit by a live round in central Gaza city in the Gaza strip on Monday morning during a gunfight…
American Government Acts as Impediment to Israeli Peace Talks
At a time when Syrian President Bashar Assad is hoping to engage Israel in peace talks, President Ehud Olmert has laid Israel's failure to engage in peace talks on the…
Army abducts one Palestinian man near Hebron
The Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian man from the village of Tafuha near the southern West Bank city of Hebron in Monday morning. Troops surrounded the houses of Isma'el Izrikat,…
Imaginary Hugs In Palestine
I am writing this piece with tears falling from my eyes. You know I am a Palestinian, you must know my friends from the West Bank are Palestinians as well. …
President Abbas meets the Central Election Commission
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Central Election Commission in Ramallah to discuss legal steps and logistics for holding the elections. Dr. Hanna Nasser chair of the commission…
One Palestinian Presidential Guard Killed as Armed Clashes Break Out in Gaza
One Palestinian presidential guard was killed early Sunday morning after scores of masked militants attacked an outpost, west of Gaza City, belonging to the Palestinian President’s 17 force, as armed…
Who has Failed?
Who has failed to make peace prevail in the holy land of Palestine? The Palestinians, the Israelis, the international 'community' or the apathetic around the world? This is a question…
Palestinian factions in exile reject Abbas’ call for early elections
Palestinian factions in exile rejected the call of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, for early legislative and presidential elections, and called for withdrawing arms from the streets. In a press…
Israel, US, UK welcome Abbas’ call for early elections
The Israeli government, the United States and the United Kingdom welcomed Abbas' Saturday speech and his call for early elections, considering it a serious Palestinian political decision. An Israeli security…
Five Palestinian Residents Wounded in Internal Clashes in Southern Gaza
At least five Palestinian residents were wounded Saturday night during clashes between supporters of the two major Palestinian political parties, Fateh and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip city of…
Beit Sahour begins Christmas celebration in the midst of economic depression
Dozens of residents of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, gathered on Saturday evening in front of the Municipality building, in the center of the town, to light…
President Abbas Calls for Early Presidential and Legislative Elections, Hamas Refuses
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible, ending a 9 month-old internal Palestinian dialogue that failed to reach a unity government.…
EU aid to be extended by bypassing the Hamas-led government
The European Union decided on Friday to extend by three months an aid deal that bypasses the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas movement, that won the legislative elections earlier this…
Rice says she would seek funds for Palestinian security forces
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Friday that United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, stated that she intends to ask the Congress for dozens of millions of dollars to…
Israeli troops attack a Palestinian police station near Hebron
Israeli forces attacked on Saturday a Palestinian police station in Al Samoa' village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers stormed the station, searched and ransacked it then…
The Israeli army abducts two Palestinian men from Hebron city south of the West Bank
The Israeli army has abducted two Palestinian men during a house raid campaign in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday morning. Mohamed Abu Shamah, 41, and Kamal…
One Palestinian man killed by Israeli army fire in Nablus north of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday morning that an Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and killed on man. Ameen Makhluf, 20, was killed after being…
Children hold a candle procession in Jabalia
Hundreds of Palestinian children held a candle procession in front of the Jabalia police station, in Jabalia town in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, against the Monday killing…
THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE – DECEMBER WEEK 2
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Non-violent march in Bil’in village met by Israeli military violence
In the weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall, held today in the village of Bil'in, a group of villagers, internationals and Israelis gathered in the village after noon prayers…
35 Palestinians injured in Hamas-Fateh clashes
Number of Palestinians injured in the Hamas-Fateh clashes in Ramallah arrived to 35 residents, members of Hamas and Fateh, including four who suffered serious wounds. The Ramallah clashes took place…
Dahlan: “Accusing me of attempting to kill Haniyya, a clear lie, a bid for my assassination”
Palestinian legislator, and senior Fateh leader, Mohammad Dahlan, said during a Friday press conference that accusing him by Hamas leaders of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, is a…
PCHR weekly report on Israeli violations
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly reports on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories during the period between December 7 and December 13, and…
Hamas accuses Dahlan, presidential security of attempting to assassinate Haniyya
After the shooting incident targeting the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya of the Hamas, which took place shortly after he was allowed back in to the Gaza Strip,…
Hamas accuses Dahlan, presidential security of attempting to assassinate Haniyya
After the shooting attack that targeted the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas movement, shortly after he was allowed back in the Gaza Strip, the movement…
Bethlehem tree lighting Friday evening
In spite of the blockade, closures, arrests, killings, settlements, and the Wall, the Christmas tree will be lit on Friday night. Rarely has anything been able to stop the lighting,…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian near Bethlehem
Friday morning, Israeli army abducted Palestinian man from Nahaleen village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ra'ed Ghaiad, 29, was taken to unknown detention after troops surrounded,…
Explosion rocks Gaza city
An explosion rocked the center of Gaza city on Friday at dawn after bomb went off near a pharmacy. Eyewitnesses reported that a group of unknown gunmen placed the bomb…
Palestine Today – December 14, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 14th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.1MB|| time:4m30s Four Palestinians were killed in…
UNICEF: 2006 One of the Worst Years for Palestine Children
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that 123 Palestinian children have been killed since outbreak of hostilities, more than double the 2005 figure, adding that some 340 children remain in…
MK’s react on High Court order justifying assassinations
After the Thursday ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice justifying the Israeli targeted-killing policy, several Arab members of Knesset slammed the ruling and said that is authorizes War…
Palestinian killed by Israeli military fire near Salfit
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that one Palestinian resident from Kafr Al Deek village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, died of wounds suffered on Thursday morning after…
Israeli High court Okays targeted killings
The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the targeted killings (assassinations) of Palestinian fighters do not violate the international law, and the “legality” of each targeted killing must…
Islamic Jihad: “Israel is waging war against us”
The Islamic Jihad movement said that the Israeli army is waging war against its members and leaders as the army killed several members and took prisoner at least 50 fighters…
Haaretz: “Peretz said Israel will free P.A taxes if Hamas stops its military attacks”
Israeli vice premiere Shimon Peres said that Israel will transfer tax revenue Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (P.A) if Israel is “confident that the money will not…
Abbas expected to announce referendum on Saturday
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will present a speech on Saturday and is expected to keep the Hamas-run government in power for a short period before calling a referendum in March…
Man dies en route to hospital as Israeli forces will not allow car to pass
The family of Ismail Ramadan was preparing for a trip to Mecca next Sunday when they received news that the 48 year old had suffered a heart attack. He was…
Two youth taken prisoner east of Qalqilia
Wednesday evening, Israeli troops invaded Izbit Al Tayyib, east of Qalqilia district in the northern part of the West Bank, and took prisoner two youth. Bayan Wanees, head of Izbit…
Five Palestinian refugees killed in Iraq, dozens injured
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday evening that armed militias in Iraq shelled a Palestinian compound in Baghdad killing five Palestinian refugees and injuring at least 25 others,…
Israeli security guard stabbed north of Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday evening that an Israeli security guard was stabbed in his neck and suffered serious wounds at the Qalandia checkpoint area, north of Jerusalem. Troops detained…
One Palestinian killed in Al Mintar area east of Gaza city
Palestinian man was shot and killed on Wednesday night in Al Mintar area in the eastern part of Gaza city. No names have been issued but initial reports are talking…
Israeli Navy fires at Palestinian fishermen, three injured
Israeli Navy ships fire at boats of Palestinian fishermen, near the coastal line northern Rafah in the Gaza strip on Wednesday night. IMEMC corresponded in the Gaza strip said that…
Palestine Today – December 13, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 13th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2MB|| time:5m38s Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian…
Army opens the Rafah Border Crossing
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers reopened the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and that residents started crossing on both…
Army abducts two Palestinian men from Hebron
The Israeli army abducted two Palestinian men during a wide scale search campaign to residents' houses in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday midday. Hassan Mahfoth, 20,…
Israeli army attacks a Palestinian school and takes over two nearby houses south of Hebron
Israeli forces attacked a Palestinian high school for boys and took over two adjacent houses in Al Samou'a village south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday. Troops…
Israeli Hight Court rejects appeal against Wall route north of Jerusalem
The Israeli High Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal filed by residents of Al Ram neighborhood, in Jerusalem, against the construction of the Annexation Wall around the norther Jerusalem neighborhood.…
Turkish Red Crescent donates medical supplies to Palestine
The Turkish Red Crescent donated medical supplies to the Palestinian hospitals to help easing the serious shortage in medical supplies at the Palestinian hospitals. “The Turkish Red Crescent proceeded its…
Ten Palestinian men abducted by the Israeli army during morning invasions in the West Bank
Ten Palestinians were abducted from several parts of the West Bank during an Israeli army morning invasions on Wednesday. Hassan Badir, 16, and Ather I'lian, 14, were abducted when…
Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian judge in southern Gaza Strip
A group of unknown gunmen opened fire and killed a Palestinian judge on Wednesday morning outside of a courthouse in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported.…
Study: “Wall forced 17% of Jerusalem families out of the city”
The Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (BADIL) conducted a study that revealed that 17% of the Palestinian families in Jerusalem were forced to relocate outside the borders…
Fighters fire several homemade shells into Sderot
The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad fired on Tuesday evening five homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, near the northern borders of…
Palestinian killed by Israeli military fire in Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian near the Karni Crossing, east of Gaza. The resident is the first casualty in the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian factions declared cease…
Palestine Today – December 12, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 12th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 11.0MB|| time:6m9s An elderly woman dies due…
Israeli High Court rules on easing compensation ban for civilians harmed by the army
The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday against legal obstacles that had prevented Palestinian civilians harmed by what was described as “non-belligerent” Israeli military operations in the occupied…
Hamas, Fateh trade accusations over Tuesday armed clashes
Following Tuesday's armed clashes between members of Hamas' Executive Force and Palestinian Security forces dominated by Fateh, leaders and security officials of the two movements traded accusations over the injury…
Mother of three children killed by gunmen in Gaza
Following Monday morning tragic shooting, where unknown gunmen shot at the car of Major Baha' Balousha, killing his three children on their way to school, instead of him, the mother…
Bethlehem welcomes the world although this year Christmas will be celebrated behind the Wall
Mayor of Bethlehem, Dr. Victor Batarsa, held his traditional Christmas season kick-off press conference and stressed that “the birthplace of Jesus Christ is in its worst economic, political and tourist…
Israeli police demolish a number of Arab houses in Negev desert
The Israeli Land Authority have demolished a number of houses in the Arabic village of Um Mitnan, located in the Negev desert in the southern Israel, on Tuesday afternoon. The…
Under-cover troops abduct three resident in Tulkarem
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army infiltrated into the West Bank city of Tulkarem and abducted three Palestinian men on Tuesday midday, local sources reported. Salah Iraki, 24, Mo'men Safaka,…
Aged woman dies due to an Israeli army sound bombs fired into her house in Qalqilia
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian aged woman died after Israeli army fire a sound bomb into her house in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday morning. Latifa…
Soldiers abduct eleven Palestinians from several West Bank areas
Israeli army abducted eleven Palestinian men during morning invasions to several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday. Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West…
Israeli settler rams a Palestinian child in Hebron
An Israeli settler driving in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, rammed a Palestinian child causing moderate wounds, Palestinian medical sources reported. Resident…
Israeli army invades Walaja village near Bethlehem and levels Palestinian home
Several Israeli army vehicles, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the village of Walaja, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished a Palestinian home in the…
Olmert: “Iran aspires to have nukes like us”
Just before his trip to Germany, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted “when his tongue slipped” that Israel has nuclear weapons. Olmert stated that “Iran wants to possess nuclear weapons…
Israeli soldier moderately injured in Jenin
The Salah Ed Deen brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility of shooting an Israeli soldiers near Qabatia town, south of Jenin, in the northern part…
Haniyya concludes Tehran visit, Iran donates 250 M USD
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, concluded on Monday his visit to Iran and headed to Sudan. Haniyya said that Iran has donated 250 M. USD to aid the Palestinian government…
Palestine Today – December 11, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 11th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.0MB|| time:4m22s Unknown gunmen kill four children…
Bethlehem mayor appeals the world not to forget the Birthplace of Jesus Christ
Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, said on Monday that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is facing the most difficult economic, political and touristic conditions as a result of the continuous…
Carter: Israel’s apartheid policies are worse than South Africa”
Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, said that the Israeli policies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are worse than the policies that were practiced in…
Abbas slams the Gaza attack that led to the death of four children
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the Gaza attack carried by unknown gunmen who shot and killed four Palestinian children children in Gaza City after opening fire at a car…
Palestinian political prisoners taking Israeli government to the International Court of Justice
In light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails are filing a suit against the Israeli government at the International Court of Justice in…
Israeli soldiers attack barber shop in Yatta village, beat three Palestinian brothers badly
Israeli forces attacked a barber shop and assaulted three men who were inside the shop on Monday morning. The attack occurred during an Israeli military invasion of Yatta village, south…
One Hebron resident abducted by Israeli army
Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian resident of the southern West Bank city of Hebron after attacking his home on Monday. Wisam AL Qudsi, 26, was abducted from his home…
Israeli Army bulldozes Palestinian vinyards south of Bethlehem
Israeli armored bulldozers began the destruction of a Palestinian vinyard on Monday morning, located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Salah Shahin, the owner of the land, said…
Israeli Army invades city of Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby Jenin refugee camp and searched a number of houses, on Monday morning. At least 15 army…
Israeli Army abducts Palestinian man from Balata refugee camp
Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and took one Palestinian man prisoner on Monday morning. Ibraheem Abed, 19, was taken to an…
Unknown gunmen kill four children in Gaza, and injure five others
Four Palestinian children have been killed and five others were injured when a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a car in Al Rimal area, in Gaza city, on…
Israeli special forces invade Nablus, take two prisoners
Local sources reported that Israeli special forces invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, on Sunday morning, and abducted two men. Mohammad Hurd, 25,…
Four schoolboys injured in Israeli invasion of Tubas
Local sources in the West Bank town of Tubas reported that an Israeli military force consisting of a dozen jeeps and armored vehicles invaded the town, located in the northern…
Palestinian shot, seriously wounded by Israeli military east of Gaza City
A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces east of Gaza City on Sunday, and was brought to the hospital with critical injuries, local sources reported. The man was shot…
Abed-Rabbo appointed as PLO Secretary General
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, was appointed on Sunday as the Secretary General of the PLO. Sources at the Executive Committee reported…
Lieberman: “Expel any citizen who does not recognize Israel as a Zionist state”
Speaking at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, Israeli Ministers of “Strategic Affairs” Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel has the right to demand all of its citizens…
Under-cover Forces abduct P.A Intelligence Officer in Beit Sahour
Palestinian security sources reported on Sunday that under-cover units of the Israeli army infiltrated into Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, and abducted Khaled Salahat, 38, member of the Palestinian security…
Gunmen who fired at convoy of Palestinian Interior Minister arrested
Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, Khalid Abu Hilal, stated on Sunday that that ministry arrested gunmen who reportedly fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Minister of Interior…
Issa Qaraqa’: Israeli prison system funded by imposing fines on political prisoners
Palestinian Legislative Council member Issa Qaraqa' reports that the Israeli Prison Commission intends to increase the sentences between six months to one year for 41 Palestinian political prisoners. Their families…
Jimmy Carter: even talking about international law in this situation is political suicide
Former American President Jimmy Carter published “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid” last month. It is considered by many to be critical of Israeli and United States policy. Some are lashing out…
Palestinian man and his wife killed and their son critically wounded due to an explosion in Hebron
A Palestinian man and his wife were killed on Saturday midday, and their son was badly wounded, when an explosive left behind by the Israeli army blew up near the…
The Niggerization of Palestine
“What do you call a Black man with a PhD? Nigger.” – Malcolm X The situation of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has become so bad that even…
Olmert slams German Foreign Minister for visiting Syria
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, who plans to visit Germany in the the coming days, slammed the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for visiting Syria and considered the move as…
Army attacks a house of a local journalist in Hebron
The Israeli forces attacked the house of Yousri Al Jamal, a photojournalist working for Reuters agency, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Troops surrounded the house, forced the…
Army bars residents aging less than 35 from leaving Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers, stationed at military checkpoints surrounding the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, barred residents aging less than 35 from leaving the city. Palestine sources reported that soldiers stopped…
Olmert says he is open to the Italian proposal for sending International Force to Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert stated on Friday that he is willing to discuss the Italian proposal to send an international force to Gaza. Olmert said that he will discus…
Security forces officers take the streets demanding their overdue salaries
Scores of Palestinians security forces officers took to the streets, in Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in the northern West Bank city…
Security forces officers take the streets, in Khan Younis, demanding their overdue salaries
Scores of Palestinian security forces officers took the streets, in Khan Younis town northern of Gaza strip on Saturday morning demanding their 9 months overdue salaries. The protesters said that…
THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE – DECEMBER WEEK 1
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