Al Ein Refugee camp, small in size, big target for the Israeli army
Destruction in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus, repeated invasions and attacks carried by the Israeli forces became a daily event over the last two weeks. The camp is one…
Talks on naming P.A ministers for National Unity Government start today
Palestinian sources reported that talks between Fateh and Hamas on National Unity Government will be resumed today (Thursday) after the talks were stopped for two days. President Mahmoud Abbas and…
Army takes one resident prisoner and abuses another two near Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded Anabta Village, east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, troops took one resident prisoner and abused another two, on Thursday morning. Troops stormed the village…
Army invades Qabatiya and takes prisoner five residents
The Israeli army invaded the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin City in the northern West Bank on Thursday at dawn and took prisoner five residents. Army vehicles and troops…
Five civilians injured by overnight strikes in Gaza
Israeli Air Force carried several air strikes late Wednesday night until Thursday morning, targeting a number of houses that belong to families of resistance fighters; five civilians were injured; some…
Israeli sources: Palestinian Resistance Fighter Captured in Jerusalem with Explosives
Israeli forces reportedly discovered a man carrying a ready-to-use explosives belt in Tzahal Square in Jerusalem. Israel Radio reported on Thursday, that the man, identified as Ashraf Hanani, 25, belonged…
What are Palestinians gaining from launching Qassams?
I want to start by saying that Israel does not need excuses to attack and kill Palestinians. However, they do it with international approval when they have this excuse. In…
Israeli Army invades Al Ein Refugee Camp in Nablus; shoots and kills one resident
Mohamed Salamah Ihmedan, 25, was shot and killed during an Israeli military invasion to Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, on…
Youth seriously injured in Sderot
Israeli sources reported that Palestinian armed groups fired more homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot seriously wounding a 17-year old youth. Earlier on Wednesday one Israeli was…
Palestine Today – November 15, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 15, 2006..|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time:4m38s In the West Bank,…
Palestine Today – November 15, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 15, 2006..|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.25MB || time:4m38s In the West Bank,…
Israeli restrictions on Gaza bars Palestinian Football team from participating in the Asia Cup
Ahmad Al Afeefy, head of the Palestinian Football Association said on Wednesday that the team was unable to participate in the Asian World Cup due to the Israeli closure of…
Independence Day in Palestine: a lifeless holiday
Palestinians living under Israeli occupation aspire to liberation and freedom, but eighteen years after the Palestinian leadership, from exile, announced the Palestinian independence day, the Palestinian people are still under…
Army invades Al Doha town for the second time and takes another prisoner
The Israeli army invaded Al Doha town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the second time on Wednesday afternoon and took another prisoner. Soldiers attacked the house…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp, takes prisoner two residents
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, searched and ransacked residents' houses and took two brothers prisoner on Wednesday at dawn. Residents…
Army invades Dora village and Al Fuwar Refugee Camp near Hebron and takes two prisoners
The Israeli army invaded Dora village and Al Fuwar Refugee Camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday morning and took two prisoners. Troops attacked residents' houses…
Lifting of Boycott Not Conditioned On Hamas’ Recognition of Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured Hamas that the boycott will be lifted despite their refusal to recognize Israel; rather it is conditioned on a non-partisan government of technocrats, according to…
Abbas to Welch: “No meeting with Olmert as long as Israel continues its attacks”
President Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday night in Cairo, with David Welch, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, for an update on the meeting held between…
Abbas-Mubarak meeting focuses on peace process, unity government
Wednesday morning, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo with the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and discussed the ongoing efforts to revive the Peace Process in the Middle East and…
A village cut in two: the goal is displacement, looting and land confiscation
The town of Azzun 'Atma has come to represent the worst of the worst of the effects of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank. The small town is in…
The Israeli Army seize mother of five to force her wanted husband to surrender
On Wednesday soldiers abducted a mother of five from Doura town, near Hebron in the south of the West Bank, in order to pressurise her wanted husband to surrender, Palestinian…
Army invaded Jenin and its refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, searched and ransacked residents houses on Wednesday at dawn. Residents said that more than 17 army…
Army takes prisoner one resident from Al Doha town near Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded the town of Al Doha west of Bethlehem, in the souther part of the West Bank, and took prisoner one resident on Wednesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Resistance fires seven homemade shells at Sederot, one killed one injured
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired on Wednesday morning seven homemade Qassam shells into the western Israeli Negev town of Sederot. One 57 year old woman was killed and…
Shin Bet Chief claims that fighters managed to smuggle 30 tons of explosives since Gaza pullout
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Shin Bet security service chief, Yuval Diskin, stated on Tuesday that the government must prepare for a "military option" in Gaza, and claimed…
Qaraqe’: “420 residents taken prisoner since less than 14 days”
Palestinian Legislator, head of the detainees committee at the Legislative Council, Issa Qaraqe', said that the number of Palestinians being taken prisoner by Israeli forces has sharply increased as the…
EU extend its mission on Gaza-Egypt border for six months
The European Union has agreed to extend its mission on the Gaza-Egypt border crossing for additional six months, EU officials stated on Tuesday. The decision came after EU Foreign…
Report: Sharp increase of Russian Jews immigrating back to Russia
A report prepared by the Israeli embassy in Russia revealed that the number of Russian Jews who left the country back to Russia arrived to 50.000, while three years ago…
B’Tselem: “Grave suspicion of extrajudicial execution of two wounded Palestinians, 8 Nov. 06”
On November 8, 2006 at around 2:00 am, under-cover units of the Israeli army shot and killed five Palestinians in Al Yamoun village, near Jenin, in the northern part of…
Palestine Today – November 14, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday November 14, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time: 5m 45s A…
Unity Government Still Dominated by Hamas
Members of the Hamas movement will still hold key positions in the nearly formed national unity government of Palestine and according to Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas will not settle…
Palestinian forces arrest two Israeli secret agents in Gaza
Sources from the Palestinian preventative security forces working in Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the forces managed to arrest two Gaza residents working as agents for the Israeli secret…
Army does not allow patients with severe conditions to enter Israel for treatment
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army controlling the border crossing in or out of Gaza is refusing to allow patients with severe…
Army invades Al Thahria village near Hebron
A special Israeli army force invaded the village of Al Thahria, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers searched a number of houses, ransacked them…
Army invades Qalqilia and takes prisoner a photo journalist
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took prisoner a photo journalist on Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the city and searched several houses including the house…
Army invades a village near Bethlehem and takes five prisoners
Israeli forces attacked the village of Harmalah, south east of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank and took prisoner five residents on Tuesday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered…
A resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained last week
Palestinian medical sources reported that Mohamed Mekhiz, 21, died on Tuesday morning of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army attack on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip last…
Army invades Nablus and kills one Intifada activist
Army invaded Ein Al Ma' refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and killed Baha' Khater, 20, on Tuesday at dawn. Local sources said that an Israeli…
Troops shell two area in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Monday at night, that soldiers shelled several homes in Al Mawassi area, and Al Qarara town, near Khan Younis, in the southern…
Shbeir, the new Palestinian Unity Government head
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that the rival Fateh and Hamas movements agreed on the formation of a National Unity Government headed by Mohammad Abu Shbeir. Abu Shbeir…
Palestine Today – November 13, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Monday November 13, 2006. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time: 5m 45s In…
Deconstructing David Grossman: If he is Israeli left, who needs right?
Gilad Atzmon highlights the inherent contradictions in the views of Israeli Zionist author David Grossman who appears to espouse peace with the Palestinians but shows worrying signs of Jewish supremacism.…
Palestinian hospital starts blood donation campaign to aid injured in Beit Hanoun
Dar Al Salam hospital (the House of Peace Hospital), along with the science and technology university departments in the city of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
After being imprisoned in Pakistani, US, Jordanian, and Israeli prisons, detainee finally freed
Israeli authorities released on November 6, 2006, detainee Marwan Ali Jabbour from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. He was taken prisoner by Israel on the…
Army invades Bethlehem city for the second time in less than 12 hours and takes six prisoners
The Israeli army invaded Al Doha Village on the western side of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner six residents on Monday at noon. Several army vehicles…
Army detains an ambulance at a checkpoint near Nablus
The Israeli soldiers stationed at Za'tara military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus detained a Palestinian ambulance who was carrying a severe case patent on Monday morning. The…
Army installs a barbed wire fence near Azone Village
The Israeli army started to install a barbed wire fence on the southern farm lands that belong to Azon Village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Monday…
Fateh, Hamas resume unity talks
Senior officials of Fateh and Hamas movements resumed their talks on the formation of a national unity government. The two movements held an extended meeting last night that concentrated on…
Army bulldozes lands south of Bethlehem
The Israeli army started to bulldoze farm lands and uproot trees that belong to the residents of Wadi Rahal Village, south of he West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday…
Army takes over a house in Rafah and turns it into a military post
Israeli troops operating in Rafah at the southern border of the Gaza Strip attacked and took over one Palestinian home on Monday morning. Soldiers took over the roof top of…
Army invades Bethlehem and takes one child prisoner
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Sunday night and took one child prisoner. More that 10 army jeeps entered the city from the western entrance and…
Army takes two prisoners from Nablus and nearby refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded Ein Beit Al Ma' refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus and took prisoner two residents on Monday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles…
Rallies throughout Palestine commemorate anniversary of death of Arafat
The late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who died on November 12th, 2004, was remembered today in simultaneous rallies held in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Gaza City, Rafah, Jenin and Beit Hanoun. In…
Israel plans to annex lands north of Jerusalem for the Wall
Israeli Authorities plan to annex Palestinians lands in Anata town, north of Jerusalem, for the construction of the Annexation Wall and for “military purposes”. The decision (T -06/84) states that…
Hamas, Fateh hold meeting on National Unity Government
Sunday evening, leaders of Hamas and Fateh movements met in order to finalize the details of the upcoming National Unity Government. The meeting was held at the presidential headquarters in…
Arab leaders decide to end siege, adopt peace plan
Arab Foreign Minister decided during an urgent summit in Cairo to break the siege imposed on the Palestinians and to transfer aid money to the Palestinian Authority. Secretary of the…
Youth dies of wounds sustained last week
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one youth died of wounds sustained on November 6, in Beit Hanoun, in the…
Troops invade village near Bethlehem, break into home
Israeli soldiers, and border-guard forces, invaded on Sunday at night Batteer village, near Bethlehem, broke into several houses and searched them, the Palestine News Network reported (PNN). The invasion is…
No One is Guilty in Israel
Nineteen inhabitants of Beit Hanun were killed with malice aforethought. There is no other way of describing the circumstances of their killing. Someone who throws burning matches into a forest…
Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire north of Khan Younis
A Palestinian was wounded Sunday in al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, when Israeli troops opened random fire towards citizens' houses in the area, local…
Breaking the silence: Israeli soldiers speak out
Standing at 6'1, with strong build, a full beard, and long dark hair, Yehuda Shaul seems like an unassuming young man. Wearing dark cargo pants, and a long-sleeved blue shirt,…
Palestinian child blown to pieces by Israeli shell, teen dies of wounds sustained Wednesday
In the town of Beit Hanoun, the site of an Israeli shelling that killed eighteen civilians on Wednesday, another child was killed Sunday by the ongoing Israeli shelling of the…
Army invades Al Zababda village, near Jenin
Sunday at noon, Israeli soldiers invaded Al Zababda village, south east of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. Local sources reported that at least fifty military vehicles…
Troops take prisoner one employee of the Hebron office of the Palestinian legislative council
Israeli soldiers took prisoner one employee of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency,…
Troops abduct four residents near Ramallah
Israeli troops abducted on Saturday morning four residents of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, as they were heading to Ramallah to attend a ceremony commemorating the…
Troops abduct one resident east of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted on Saturday evening one resident from Thannaba village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Resident Ashraf Bilal Al Tabbal, 19, was taken prisoner after soldier stopped…
Egyptian Consul visits hunger strikers in Israeli prison, working for release
Egyptians detainees continue their hunger strike in Israeli prison in protest of being held without a legal cause or trial. On Saturday the Egyptian Consul in the Egyptian Embassy in…
Palestinian government determined to unmask the causes of Arafat’s death
On the second anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas has affirmed that it is determined to solve the mystery…
Abbas: “National Unity Government will be born by the end of the month“
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the National Unity Government will be formed, in spite of all the difficulties, by the end of this month and that the…
Elderly woman resists further land destruction
A 65 year old woman attracted international attention to the plight of Palestinian olive farmers when she grabbed hold of the trunk of an olive tree, refusing to allow Israeli…
Cluster bomb blast kills one Hezbollah fighter
Lebanese sources reported on Friday at night that one Hezbollah fighter was killed when an Israeli cluster bomb exploded as he was clearing unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon. The fighter…
Rizqa: “National Unity Government should not be formed before Abbas receives guarantees”
Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Yousef Rizqa, said on Friday that the National Unity Government should not be formed before president Mahmoud Abbas receives American and Israeli guarantees that the…
In Nazareth; thousands protest against Israeli attacks in Beit Hanoun
Thousands of Arab residents of Israel held on Friday in a regional protest against the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the recent killing of twenty-one civilians, including several…
Five residents taken prisoner in Hebron
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Awwa village, near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took five resident prisoner. Local sources reported that soldiers broke into…
We overcame our fear
Yesterday at dawn, the Israeli air force bombed and destroyed my home. I was the target, but instead the attack killed my sister-in-law, Nahla, a widow with eight children in…
This Week In Palestine – November Week 1
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.7 MB || 09m 27s This Week In Palestine, a service…
Bil’in protest commemorates Yasser Arafat; challenges international silence on Israeli atrocities
In the village of Bil'in today, more than a hundred people, including Palestinians, Israelis and internationals, held a nonviolent protest to challenge the Israeli Wall and attacks, as well as…
Restrictions Imposed on West Bank Due to Israel’s High State of Alert
The Israeli government imposed restrictions on West Bank residents, including prisoners as part of Israel’s high state of alert after the killings in Beit Hanoun that left 20 civilians dead.…
Palestinian Prime Minister says he’s willing to resign if it will lead to lifting of siege
Just two days after an Israeli attack in Gaza killed 18 civilians, many of them children, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has announced that he would be willing to…
Nonviolent marches throughout Palestine condemn Israeli massacre of civilians in Beit Hanoun
In response to the Israeli military assault on the town of Beit Hanoun that left over 75 Palestinians dead in one week, including 18 civilians killed in an artillery strike…
Arab countries demand international condemnation of Beit Hanoun attack
Several Arab countries condemned the Beit Hanoun Israeli military attack that against civilian houses that left twenty residents killed, including eight children. The Palestinians demanded sanctions against Israel while Washington…
Hamas and Fateh committee formed to create unity government
Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei is among the members of a new committee formed between Hamas and Fateh factions to hash out details of the new coalition government. Leftist…
Resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident died of wounds sustained in the town last Wednesday after the Israeli…
Israeli Police Arrest Gay Pride Activists Amidst Security Threats
Israeli police detained about 30 gay pride activists in Jerusalem Friday for secretly planning a parade in violation of an earlier decision agreed upon by police and parade organizers to…
Army closes the Aqsa Mosque to those aged less than 45 years old
Israeli army officers closed the old city area of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Palestinian worshipers whose ages are less than 45 on Friday. There is a strong presence…
One resident is taken prisoner during an army invasion in Al Khader village near Bethlehem
One resident of Al Khader village was taken prisoner during a morning invasion to the village by Israeli troops on Friday. Troops searched houses and fired sound bombs and live…
Army invades Bethlehem and takes two prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning and took two prisoners. The two were known as Ahmad Habib, 45, and Yasser Iskafi, 45. They…
One resident is taken prisoner from Abu Dis town near Jerusalem
The Israeli forces took one resident prisoner from Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem during a Friday morning invasion. Local sources reported that members of the Israeli secret police Shin-Bit…
Army takes prisoner two residents from Habla village near Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Habla south of Qalqilia city north of the West Bank and took two residents prisoner on Friday morning. Troops stormed the village and…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday night after midnight Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and the Jenin refugee camp, and fired rounds of live ammunition. The…
Palestinian farmers fight back against Israeli attack during demonstration
The Palestinians of southern Bethlehem's Wadi Rahal Village engaged in nonviolent resistance Thursday by demonstrating at the site of land confiscation for Wall construction in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers…
Israeli report: Settler apparently abducted west of Bethlehem
Israeli media and security sources reported on Thursday evening that one settler was apparently abducted in Betar Illit settlement, south of Jerusalem. The report was not officially confirmed. Israeli Jerusalem…
Palestine Today – November 9, 2006
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A Massive Demonstration Against Home Demolition
Thursday morning, approximately 1,500 demonstrators protested against the recent demolition of Arab homes in the unrecognized villages of the Negev. The demonstrators marched from the Beer-Sheva Market to the offices…
PLC member Ashrawi calls for impartial probe committee into Gaza attacks
Palestinian lawmaker, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called on Thursday on the International Community to send an impartial international probe committee to investigate the Israeli attacks and “crimes” carried by the army…
UNICEF: Renewed violence in Gaza raises serious concerns for children’s safety
Renewed violence in Gaza is again raising serious concerns about the welfare of civilians, including children. Over the past week, the armed conflict has claimed the lives of an estimated…
Army opens fire at Al Faraheen village south of Gaza strip
The Israeli army opened fire at the residents' houses in the village of Al Faraheem near Khan Younis city south of the Gaza strip on Thursday morning. Local sources reported…
Army invades the city of Bethlehem and a nearby village, takes four prisoner
The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and a nearby village of Taqua, troops took prisoner four residents on Thursday morning. In the city of Bethlehem,…
Army takes one prisoner at a checkpoint near Nablus
The Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus took prisoner one resident after stopping and hitting him on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said…
Army takes one prisoner from a village near Jerusalem
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Sawahra Al Sharkia, south of Jerusalem on Thursday and took prisoner one resident. Troops attacked the houses of Jameel Ja'fa in the…