Ashrawi: Netanyahu’s UN Speech a ‘Blatant Manipulation of Facts’
Executive PLO member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi responded to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent UN address by saying that he blatantly manipulated the facts in comparing Hamas with the ‘Islamic State’…
Palestine Today 09 30 2014
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Al-Ahmad: “Resolution For Ending Occupation Needs Nine Votes, No Veto”
Member of the Central Committee of the Fateh movement Azzam al-Ahmad said the Palestinian bid for ending the Israeli occupation would be submitted to the United Nations Security Council within…
Army Kidnaps 10 Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday, at dawn, different parts of the occupied West Bank, invaded and searched several homes, and kidnapped at least 10 Palestinians.Local sources in Hebron have reported…
Saudi Arabia Transfers $60 M. To P. A
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently announced that it had transferred around $60.000.000 to the Palestinian Ministry of Finance to help cover some of its expenses for the months of…
Settlers Take Over 23 Palestinian Apartments in Silwan
A large group of extremist Israeli settlers, with members of the right-wing fundamentalist settlement group ‘Elad’, broke into 23 Palestinian apartments in three buildings of Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem,…
Full Palestinian Statehood Still Unrecognized by US, Britain and Australia
Members of the Palestinian UN General Assembly in New York received rejection status from the US, Britain and Australia, with regard to the recognition of a Palestinian state based on…
Netanyahu Flames UNHRC Response to Gaza Massacre
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council for its refusal to accept Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, saying that it encouraged resistance…
Christian Evangelicals Increasingly Support Palestinian Human Rights
Alison Weir Counterpunch September 29, 2014 An article in Middle East Quarterly, a pro-Israel publication, reports that support for Israel is eroding among American evangelical Christians, with only 30 percent…
Palestine Today 09 29 2014
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Israel’s West Bank Prawer Plan?
Campaigns are being mounted by local and international groups against Israeli plans to expel 12,500 Bedouin-Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem’s so-called E1 area. Israel contends the expulsion is to…
Jews Against Genocide: Blood Bucket Challenge at Yad Vashem
Jews Against Genocide held memorials for the victims of Israel’s recent genocidal attack on Gaza during which the speakers poured buckets of blood like liquid over themselves at Yad Vashem…
VIDEO: Israeli Soldiers Train Children to Use Weapons in the Negev
A footage release from Hebrew TV Channel 1, on Sunday, shows armed Israeli children training with weapons at one of Israeli military sites in the Negev Desert.Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Israelis Demolish 5-story Residential in Abu Dis, Distribute Further Notices in Bethlehem
Israeli forces demolished three floors of a residential Palestinian building, in occupied East Jerusalem’s Abu Dis neighborhood, overnight Sunday, claiming that the owners lacked building permission.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency…
Soldiers Invade Coffee Shop, Bakery, in Jenin, Kidnap 10 in West Bank
A number of Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into a Coffee Shop and a Bakery. The army also…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Car Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday evening, that a child was injured after be struck by a settler’s car east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank…
United Church of Christ Committee Calls for Divestment from Israel
The Steering Committee of the United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network, on Sunday, called on the United Church of Christ Board, United Church of Christ Pension Boards, United Church…
Students Tear-Gassed near Bethlehem, 3 Kidnapped in Jerusalem Area
Several students, on Sunday, suffocated from tear gas canisters fired at them by Israeli soldiers in the village of al-Khader, to the west of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Further…
560 Palestinians Imprisoned by Israel in September
The Palestine Prisoners’ Society said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by…
VIDEO: Violence and Detention of Children in Hebron
This afternoon, Israeli border police entered through Salaymeh checkpoint and fired 14 tear gas grenades and one stun grenade at children leaving school.28th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement |…
Fateh Warns of ‘Political War’ on Israel Should US Veto Abbas’ UN Proposal
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will reportedly wage a ‘political war’ on Israel, if there is a negative response to Palestinian attempts to end the occupation via the UN, according to…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Injure Palestinian Farmer in Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza border shot a 22-year old farmer who was working his field, on Sunday afternoon, in an area designated by the Israeli military as a…
Orthodox Patriarchate Denounces Israeli Attempts To Fragment Palestinians
The Greek Orthodox Christian Patriarchate in occupied Jerusalem issued a press release denouncing the Israeli draft law for considering Aramaic Christians as a “nationality’, and said that Israel is attempting…
Tel Aviv, Washington: “Abbas’s UN Speech, Unilateral And Provocative”
The United States and Tel Aviv strongly denounced the Friday speech of President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly calling for ending the ongoing Israeli occupation and violations, dubbing…
Undercover Forces Attack Detainees In Eshil Prison
Undercover units of the Israeli army broke, on Friday at night, into Section 11 of the Eshil Israeli Prison in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva), assaulted Palestinian detainees after forcing them…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Use Violence Against Unarmed Demonstrators Attempting to Plant Olive Sapplings
Wadi Foukeen is a Palestinian village just west of Bethlehem with a population of approximately 1,250 people. A weekly Friday demonstration has been organized by the village community against the…
Abbas’ UN Speech: Return to Negotiations with Israel Impossible
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, during a speech at the United Nations’ 69th annual General Debate, on Friday, that a return to direct negotiations was impossible and accused Israel of…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday, a young Palestinian man from Hebron, at the “Container Roadblock’, east of occupied East Jerusalem.The soldiers also invaded Hebron city, searching several homes and installing…
This Week in Palestine Week 39 2014
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Displaced Gazans Still Waiting for Solutions, Brace Themselves for Cold Winter
Palestinians in Gaza who were displaced by Israel’s recent military offensive on the region are still waiting for solutions, as winter now approaches.The assault left over 110,000 Palestinians homeless, and…
‘The Land Is Ours’ Campaign Launched by OneVoice Palestine
OneVoice Palestine has launched ‘The Land Is Ours’ campaign, aiming to promote the role of young Palestinians in popular non-violent resistance.The activities promoted include those which support the political and…
UN Resolution Proposal on Israeli Nukes Defeated
A resolution proposed by 18 Arab member states, expressing concern about Israel’s nuclear arsenal was defeated again, on Thursday, at the annual general conference of the UN’s International Atomic Energy…
Al-Aqsa Mosque Under Strict Israeli Measures
Similar to every Friday, the Israeli army and police imposed a strict siege on the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, ahead of noon prayers,…
Two Female Detainees Released, 18 Still Behind Bars
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights has reported that, following the recent release of two female detainees, the number of female detainees held by Israel currently stands…
Israeli Reservists “Operate” In US Colleges
Following successive ongoing international campaigns to achieve boycott divestment and sanctions on Israel in different countries around the world, especially in colleges, the Israeli government is now acting on an…
Abbas UN Speech To Include Bid For Ending Occupation
During his speech at the United Nations, on Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intends to present a bid aiming at setting a timeline for ending Israel’s illegitimate occupation, and establishing…
Palestine Today 09 25 2014
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Gaza: Palestinian Journalists Mark International Day of Solidarity
Scores of Palestinian journalists staged a stand-in on Thursday morning, in Gaza, to mark an International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian journalists.According to Al Ray, the event was organized by…
10-Year-Old Injured in Settler Hit and Run, Forces Kidnap 3 in West Bank
An Israeli settler deliberately ran over a Palestinian child in the occupied east Jerusalem town of Silwan, on Thursday, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.A source at the center told…
Fateh & Hamas Agree to Let PA Take Charge in Gaza
The rival Palestinian political factions of Hamas and Fateh reached a ‘comprehensive’ agreement, on Thursday, to implement the return of their unity government in Gaza, after just two days of…
Russell Tribunal Looks Into Israeli War Crimes
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) began an extraordinary session, Wednesday morning, with the aim of addressing Israel’s crimes during the latest aggression on the Gaza Strip.Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Soldiers Prevent Farmer from Working Land near Nablus
Israeli soldiers prevented a Palestinian farmer from cultivating his land, on Wednesday, in the village of Qasra, to the south of Nablus, according to local sources.Village mayor Abdal-Azim Wadi said…
Knesset to Fight High Court After Asylum Ruling
Prominent Knesset members propose curbing the powers of Israel’s High Court following Monday’s ruling that upended official policy concerning asylum seekers by ruling legislation illegal.23 September 2014 | Alternative Information…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Arrest Two Children and Fire 29 Rounds of Tear Gas at Schoolchildren
Today at Salaymeh checkpoint in Hebron, Israeli forces fired 29 rounds of tear gas and 5 stun grenades at children going to school.23rd September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement |…
Fateh and Hamas Resume Reconcilation Talks in Cairo
Both the Hamas and Fateh Palestinian political movements met in Cairo, on Wednesday, with the aim of fully implementing a reconciliation agreement signed in April, according to Egyptian officials.Ma’an News…
UNRWA Urges Donor Community to Stand Against Forced Transfer of Palestinian Bedouins
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has urged the donor community to step up its opposition to the planned transfer of thousands of Bedouins, from the central areas…
Netanyahu: Gaza Talks Over Security Not Peace
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says that his country’s participation in Egyptian-brokered talks to consolidate a Gaza ceasefire is aimed at bolstering Israeli security — not a peace deal with Palestinians.’These…
Palestine Today 09 24 2014
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Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Hebron, Close Ibrahimi Mosque For Two Days
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and invaded various nearby communities.The army also issued a military order preventing Muslim worshipers from entering the…
Dozens Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that dozens of worshipers suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in the yards of the al-Aqsa mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, after dozens of soldiers…
Eight Kidnapped from West Bank Districts, 3 Injured in Hebron Clashes
Early Tuesday, eight Palestinians, including two minors, were kidnapped by Israel forces from the West Bank, according to reports by local security sources and activists.WAFA reports that, in the Bethlehem…
Gaza Hospital Hygiene Workers Announce 3 Day Strike
Hospital hygiene companies are to begin a three-day strike in all Gaza hospitals, as of Wednesday. An official has warned against the collapse of the health sector in the Gaza…
Palestinian Embassy to Open in La Paz, Bolivia
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, in New York on Tuesday. Abbas thanked President Morales for Bolivia’s solidarity and political action taken on the…
Abbas To Submit Resolution To UN Security Council Friday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that he intends to submit, Friday, a resolution calling for a three-year timetable for the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank, after his scheduled…
Palestinian Injured, Two Kidnapped Near Nablus
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Tuesday evening, the town of Burin, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, shot and wounded one Palestinian, and kidnapped two others.Eyewitnesses…
Palestine Today 09 23 2014
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Hamas Official: Indirect Talks with Israel to Continue in the Last week of October
Eizat Al Rishq, a member of Hamas political bureau, announced on Tuesday that the indirect talks with Israeli mediated by Egypt will resume in the last week of October. Al…
Israeli Troops Invade West Bank Communities; Clash with Local Youth and Kidnap Civilians
The Israeli army conducted, on Tuesday morning, invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities, searched and ransacked homes then kidnapped eight men. Troops also clashed with local youth, no…
Hebron: Two Palestinians Extra-Judicially Assassinated by Israeli Troops
Two Palestinian men were killed by invading Israeli soldiers, Tuesday at dawn, at the center of Hebron city, in southern West Bank. According to the Israeli army Marwan Al Qawasmi…
Hebron: Two Palestinians Extra-Judicially Assassinated by Israeli Troops
Two Palestinian men were killed by invading Israeli soldiers, Tuesday at dawn, at the center of Hebron city, in southern West Bank. According to the Israeli army Marwan Al Qawasmieh…
Hebron: Two Palestinians Extra-Judicially Assassinated by Israeli Troops
Two Palestinian men were killed by invading Israeli soldiers, Tuesday at dawn, at the center of Hebron city, in southern West Bank. According to the Israeli army Marwan Al Qawasmieh…
Knesset Passes New Bill Preventing Pardon for Palestinian Prisoners
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease of sentence for Palestinian prisoners by reducing it, in case…
Israeli Forces Demolish 20 Tombs in Palestinian Cemetery
Israeli forces, with the so-called ‘Nature Authority’, on Sunday, demolished 20 Palestinian tombs in occupied East Jerusalem’s Yousufeya Cemetery.The cemetery is located in the area of Lions’ gate, according to…
Rearrested Shalit Swap Detainees Announce Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoners rearrested this year, after being released in the 2011 Shalit swap deal, have announced that they would go on hunger strike this Tuesday, in order to pressure the…
Palestine Today 09 22 2014
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Thirteen Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least thirteen Palestinians in numerous invasions targeting homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to a number of military camps. The…
New Israeli Policy Results In Keeping Hundreds Imprisoned
The Israeli Persecution initiated, since the beginning of July, a new policy in occupied East Jerusalem, resulting in keeping hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of children, behind bars for extended…
Complaints Filed Against MK’s For Incitement During Aggression On Gaza
The National Democratic Assembly at the Israeli Knesset, in cooperation with dozens of Arab citizens, started a large campaign to lodge official complaints against Israeli Members of the Knesset (MK)…
Several Injuries Reported As Army Invaded Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Sunday evening, that one Palestinian was shot and many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading ‘Aida refugee camp,…
Indirect Ceasefire Talks to Resume in Cairo
Indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians, with the aim of consolidating the Gaza truce are set to resume in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, two days following new reconciliation negotiations between…
Protesters Attacked at Bil’in Weekly Protest, British Activist Arrested
Tens of Palestinians asphyxiated due to suppression of the Bil’in weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli occupation and its apartheid wall.The demonstration took place on Friday, September 19, according to…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (11- 17 September 2014)
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (11- 17 September 2014).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza: Shootings: In…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In The West Bank
At least eight Palestinians have been kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn, during Israeli military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Jenin.Local sources in…
Kindergarten For Special Needs Arab Children, Turned Into Kindergarten For Religious Jewish Children
Just one day before the new school year, the Lod City Council decided to turn an Arab kindergarten for children with special needs into a segregated kindergarten meant only for…
West Bank: Israeli Forces Kidnap 6 Palestinians, Summon 3 for Interrogation
Israeli forces, early Saturday abducted six Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to summoning three others for interrogation, according…
Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Invade Balata Refugee Camp
On the 17th of September, under heavy Israeli army protection, Israeli settlers from nearby illegal settlements entered Nablus with the aim of praying at Joseph’s tomb in Balata refugee camp.20th…
Egypt Denies Refusal to Hold Reconciliation Talks
The Egyptian government has denied recent media reports which have surfaced in regard to their refusal to host Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo.In a formal statement, on Saturday, the Egyptian…
Mossawa: ‘Worsening Situation for Arab Community in Israel’
Mossawa, the advocacy centre for Arab citizens in Israel, recently published its latest report on systematic discrimination suffered by the Arab community within Israel. The latest Israeli offensive in Gaza…
Cabinet Approves $5 Billion Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
The Palestinian cabinet has approved a $5 billion plan for the economic revival and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, in the wake of the recent Israeli assault, according to a…
Elderly Man Kidnapped In Hebron, Teenager In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, at dawn, Hebron and Bethlehem, kidnapping an elderly Palestinian man and a teenager, and handing one resident a military warrant for interrogation.Local sources in Bethlehem…
Palestinian Killed, Two Arrested, By Egyptian Soldiers In Sinai
The Maan News Agency has reported that one Palestinian was killed on Saturday, at dawn, and two were arrested by Egyptian soldiers as they exited a border tunnel in Sinai.Maan…
3 Killed, 3 Injured in Gaza by Unexploded Israeli Bomb
Three Palestinians have been killed and three injured, on Friday, when an unexploded Israeli weapon detonated in the al-Shuja’eyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City.Ma’an correspondence in Gaza said that a…
Israeli Police Brutally Assault Jerusalem Youth
Israeli police assaulted, this past Wednesday, 16-year old Shadi Raed Ghurab as he was walking along Nablus Street, in occupied East Jerusalem.Police severely beat the boy with batons while he…
Neglect and Disregard for Life in Israeli Prisons
The Israeli Prison Service maintains a systematic policy of medical negligence toward Palestinian detainees.17 September 2014 | Elizabeth Austwick | AIC Former hunger striker Samer al-Issawi, who was rearrested by…
UN Rights Council: International Campaign to Release Palestinian Ex-detainees Forthcoming
An international campaign, calling for releasing 73 ex-detainees of Shalit prisoner swap deal, is set to be launched today, at the meeting of Human Rights Council of the United Nations.The…
BDS: UEFA Decides Against Jerusalem Tournament Bid
According to bdsmovement.net, the Union of European Football Associations has rejected an Israeli bid to host games during the 2020 European Championships. Meanwhile, an Israeli court has extended the arrest…
This Week in Palestine Week 38 2014
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Soldiers Conduct A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Several Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Friday morning, a limited invasion into al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis district, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources said…
Army To Demolish A Car Repair Structure Near Bethlehem
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem, said the soldiers invaded Um Rokba area, south of al-Khader, and handed an order to resident…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians, and one in Hebron, before taking them to an unknown destination. The soldiers also searched several homes.Local…
MK Khenin Denounces Israel’s Approval Of “Admissions Committee Law”
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Dov Khenin of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash), strongly denounced Israel’s Supreme Court ruling, in which it upheld the “Admissions Committee law”,…
Ferwana: “266,500 Gazans Kidnapped By The Army Since 1967”
Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, Abdul-Naser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 266200 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip since 1967, adding that this…
Many Injured In Two Jenin Villages; Three kidnapped in Jenin And Hebron
Medical sources reported, on Thursday evening, that several Palestinians received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded two villages near the northern West Bank…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza Tunnel
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed while working in a tunnel, in Gaza City.The Brigades said that…
Elderly Gaza Fisherman Injured by Live Israeli Fire
Israeli naval forces opened fire off the coast of northern Gaza, late Wednesday, injuring a Palestinian fisherman, according to local reports.Ma’an News Agency reports that one Yousef Zayif, age 70,…
Israeli Forces Photograph Palestinian Homes While Settlers Perform Rituals near Hebron
Israeli forces raided and took photos of Palestinian homes in the villages of Ma’in and Al Karmel, located respectively to the east and southeast of Yatta, south of Hebron, while…
New Details Emerge on Palestinian Prisoner Who Was Beaten to Death by Israeli Guards
The cellmate of 37-year-old Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Ja’bari, who died on September 9th while in Israeli custody, has spoken out about Raed’s death, telling a lawyer that Israeli prison guards took…
Gaza Immigrants to Greece: The Fate of Our Companions is Unknown
Three Gazans who made the journey to Greece, following extremely risky sea trips, say that the fate of many of their on-board companions is still unknown.Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency…
Prior Forced Feeding Causes Severe Health Issues for Released Prisoner
According to the PNN, it is an incorrect assumption that the pain of prison ends after being released. For Palestinians, not only the psychological pain continues, but the physical pain…
Demolitions Begin in Bedouin Village Near Jerusalem
A number of Bedouin communities east of Jerusalem were raided by Israeli forces,on Thursday, just days after residents were served demolition and evacuation orders.Popular committee spokesman Hani Halabiya told Ma’an…