WHO Requests $40 Million for Gaza Hospitals
“The World Health Organization (WHO) appeals for US $40 million for medicines and medical supplies for the Ministry of Health in Gaza has achieved a response rate of 45%, considering…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (28 August – 03 September 2014).Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza:…
One Injured in Kufr Qaddum Protest
Since 2011, villagers from Kufr Qaddum demonstrate each Friday against the Israeli military. The village of Kufr Qaddum has had much land stolen by the nearby illegal settlement of Qedumim…
Israel Confirms Confiscation of Land in South Hebron Hills
Israeli authorities confirmed confiscation of 2,000 dunams of Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank’s South Hebron Hills area. PA: Confiscation constitutes ‘new stab’ by Israel on efforts to achieve peace…
Palestinian Youth Dies of Wounds Inflicted by Israeli Police
Palestinian teen Mohammad Sonnoqrot, who was critically wounded last week during a protest, in occupied East Jerusalem, died on Sunday.According to Al Ray, the boy’s relatives said the 16-year-old was…
127 Palestinians Detained in Past Week
Israeli forces took at least 127 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank into custody, during the first week of September alone, according to recent statements by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society…
Israeli Troops Invade Beit Sahour Town
Israeli forces invaded on Sunday afternoon the town of Beit Sahour, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops surrounded the old part of town, detained around 10 youth…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinian citizens on Sunday, at dawn, in the West Bank after a series of raid and storm campaigns throughout a number of villages in the occupied…
Palestinian Dies From Earlier Wounds Suffered In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that a young man died of wounds suffered during the latest Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.The sources said the young man, Mahmoud Suleiman Sheikh…
Blockade ‘Choking Recovery’, Gaza Demands Implementation of Ceasefire Agreements
With nearly all of its water now contaminated, with basic medicines lacking, and some 200,000 of its population unemployed, Gaza demands the lifting of the blockade. A delegation of 13…
Abbas Begins New 3-day Visit to Egypt
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a new three-day visit to Cairo this weekend, is scheduled to attend a meeting with foreign ministers of the Arab League. In addition, a delegation…
Krahenbuhl to Request Emergency Aid in Cairo
In a speech to be delivered tomorrow (Sunday), to Arab League Foreign Ministers in Cairo, UNRWA’s Commissioner General, Pierre Krahenbuhl, will ask for 47 million dollars for 4 weeks emergency…
Israel Illegally Confiscates 2,000 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, the Wad Ben Zeid valley area, northeast of Yatta town and south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, handing a number of residents military…
Soldiers Invade Hebron And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday night and on Saturday, at dawn, several Palestinian communities in Hebron and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping one Palestinian and handing another a…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Bethlehem
Medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that several Palestinians were been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Wad Fokkin village, west of Bethlehem.The sources said the soldiers attacked protesters…
Protests Against Israeli Occupation Across West Bank
Hundreds of Palestinians marched in solidarity across the West Bank, on Friday, in a call for an end to the Israeli occupation and in protest against the continued illegal confiscation…
This Week in Palestine Week 36 2014
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Netanyahu Renews Efforts to Define Israel as Jewish State
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu intends to renew efforts at legally defining Israel as ‘the nation-state of the Jewish people’. Such a law would address ‘attempt(s) to undermine the national identity…
Orphans Protest Demolition of Dairy Factory
Yesterday, 300 orphans staged a protest following the demolition of Al-Rayyan Dairy Factory, north of Hebron, which occurred in the early hours of 1st September 2014.5th September 2014 | International…
US Implies to Block Abbas’ UN Resolution Proposal
US permanent representative to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has implied that Washington will block any resolution in the Security Council to pass Palestinian initiatives which aims to end the…
Gaza Reconstruction to Cost $7.8 Billion
The reconstruction of Gaza is to cost $7.8 billion, according to Palestinian experts. Around 200,000 workers in the Gaza Strip are currently unemployed, say recent statistics, while the European Union…
Israel Charges Suspect in Alleged West Bank Murders
An alleged prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, in mid-June, has been officially charged with organizing and financing the crime, according to Israeli security officials.Israeli…
Bennett: “Palestinian State Is Not An Option”
Israeli Economy Minister of the extremist Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, said that establishing a Palestinian State is not an option, or a viable solution, and called on Netanyahu to…
Israel Announces Bids For The Construction Of Settlement Units Near Ramallah
The Israeli government announced, Thursday, bids for the construction of 283 units in an illegal settlement, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The “Civil Administration Office’, run by…
Soldiers Burn Olive Trees Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers burned, on Thursday, a number of Palestinian olive trees in an orchard of the Wad al-Hasseen area, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.The…
Palestine Today 09 04 2014
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Petition: Deny Nomination of PM Harper for Nobel Peace Prize
More than 22 thousand, including individuals and organizations from different parts of the world, have signed an online petition against the nomination of Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada,…
West Bank: Israeli Forces Close Agricultural Roads, Confiscate Water Pipes
Israeli forces, on Thursday, closed agricultural roads in Idhna and confiscated water pipes from al-Baq‘a, located respectively to the west and east of Hebron, according to municipal sources and witnesses.WAFA…
ISM Report: Night Raid in Far’a Refugee Camp
We arrived around one o’clock in the afternoon of September 1st to the Far’a Refugee Camp and found that we had awakened the three Mansour family households.3 September 2014 |…
Fishing in Gaza
We sailed out from Gaza City’s harbor just before dusk with the 13-man crew, including two boys, and we had a theoretical possibility to reach six nautical miles for fishing.…
Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and Joseph’s Tomb
Dozens of Israeli settlers, protected by special Israeli forces and soldiers, stormed the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque, Thursday morning.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, Director of Media at Al-Aqsa…
2,200 New East Jerusalem Settlement Constructions Announced
The Israeli Municipality in Jerusalem announced, in a Thursday press release, that they plan to build 2,200 new constructions in East Jerusalem.The head of the municipality declared, according to the…
Negotiators Meet With Kerry
Palestinian negotiators met with US Secretary of State John Kerry for over two hours of ‘constructive’ talks concerning future relations with Israel, said a US official.Media sources said, it was…
Elderly Woman Dies Of Wounds Suffered During The War On Gaza
Egyptian medical sources have reported, Thursday, that an elderly Palestinian woman died at the Nasser Medical Center, in Cairo, of serious injuries suffered on August 29, during the Israeli war…
One Week After Ceasefire Took Effect, 108,000 Gazans Remain Homeless
A report by the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has estimated that, one week after Israel’s 50-day long assault on Gaza came to an end,…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday, at dawn, eleven Palestinians in various invasions targeting homes and areas in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Tulkarem and Qalqilia. Additionally, near…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered During The War On Gaza
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that a Palestinian man died, Wednesday, of wounds suffered during Israel’s war on the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip.The sources said resident…
Palestine Today 09 03 2014
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Krähenbühl: Gaza Blockade Must Be Lifted
UNRWA Commissioner-General, Pierre Krähenbühl, says that the reconstruction process of Gaza may take over a decade, if the current blockade on the Gaza Strip is not lifted. According to Al…
Faraj and Erekat Visit US for Meeting with Kerry
Major General of the Palestinian Intelligence Service, Majed Faraj, along with the head of the Palestinian negotiation team, Saeb Erekat, traveled to the United States to meet Secretary of State…
Israeli Forces Demolish Hebron House and Well
Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned house and a water well in Hebron, on Tuesday, according to locals.Landowner Muhammad Nafith al-Herbawi stated that Israeli forces destroyed his house, along with all…
When The School Day Ends With Tear Gas
ISM watched over two different checkpoints in al-Khalil (Hebron) on the 31st of August, Qeitun (209) and Salaymeh (29), both separating the H1 and H2 zone in this occupied city…
Army Opens Fire At Gaza Fishermen, Kidnap Two
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Wednesday morning, at a number of Palestinian fishing boats close to the shore in the Sudaniyya area, west of Gaza City, and kidnapped two.Eyewitnesses said…
Soldiers Kidnap Fourteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday, at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, searched and ransacked several homes and properties, and kidnapped fourteen Palestinians.Media sources…
13 US Activists Arrested for Protesting US Senators’ Unquestioning Support of Israel
Two New Jersey senators were the subject of a protest, last Tuesday, which called for an end to what they termed “a blank check for Israel’s crimes”. 13 of the…
Palestinian Injured, One Kidnapped In Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city Nablus, and broke into a local sports center, a kindergarten, and a society for the disabled, shot and…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron And Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinians near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and one Palestinian near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Mohammad Awad, coordinator of…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire Near Qalqilia
Tuesday, September 2: A young Palestinian man, from Nablus, was shot and killed, by Israeli army fire, at the Taybeh roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia; one…
Palestine Today 09 02 2014
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Homeless Gazans Need 5,000 Caravans
The Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing has stated that Gaza needs five thousand caravans, in order to provide shelter more than 130,000 displaced peoples.“It is so important to…
Israeli Warships Open Fire on Gaza Fishermen
Israeli forces have opened fire at fishermen off the coast of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in an apparent violation of the ceasefire agreement reached in Cairo last week,…
UN & Amnesty Denounce Recent Israeli Land Grab
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has joined international figures in publicly denouncing Israel’s recent announcement that it will confiscate approximately 1,000 acres of Palestinian-owned land near the illegal…
VIDEO: Gaza City’s Devastated Al-Shuja’eyya Suburb
The scale of the devastation caused by Israeli shelling on Gaza during the recent two-month assault has been shown in an online video, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency reports.The brief…
Army Demolishes Orphanage Dairy Factory In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday, at dawn, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and initiated the destruction of a dairy factory that belongs to the Islamic Charitable Society for…
Soldiers Kidnap 17 Palestinians In Jenin
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, ‘Anza village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped 17 Palestinians.…
Man, Child, Die Of Wounds Suffered During Israel’s War On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources report that a man and a child have died of serious injuries suffered, in different strikes, during Israel’s extensive bombardment and aggression on the Gaza Strip. The…
Further Abductions, Demolitions in West Bank
Israeli forces kidnapped six Palestinians and physically assaulted two teenagers in West Bank districts, on Monday, according to reports by security sources. Also on Monday, seven residential and agricultural structures…
Netanyahu: No Israeli Delegation to Cairo Talks
According to Israeli media, PM Netanyahu does not plan to send a delegation for negotiations in Cairo, as stipulated by the recent ceasefire agreement.In a TV report, Channel 10 stated…
Palestine Today 09 01 2014
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Israeli Police Adopt New Crowd Control Method in Jerusalem
Israeli police have begun using skunk water against Palestinian demonstrators in Jerusalem, where over 770 Palestinians have been arrested since the July 2 murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir. Prior to…
Continued Clashes in West Bank, Four Injured, Several Detained
At least four Palestinians were injured during clashes which erupted Monday, at dawn, in Deheishe refugee camp, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.According to Al Ray…
Cairo Truce Negotiations to Begin Soon, PA to Pay Hamas Employees
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is set to pay civil servants employed by Hamas in Gaza, on Wednesday, following an extended salary crisis which came upon the forming of the new…
Israeli Forces Kidnap 4 Palestinians, Summon Others for Interrogation
Israeli forces abducted four Palestinians from different areas of the West Bank, on Sunday, while summoning others to appear for interrogation, according to local reports.The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said…
Israel Announces the Confiscation of 4,000 Dunams
Israeli sources have announced that authorities are planning to confiscate 4,000,000 m² (4,000 dunams/1,000 acres) of Palestinian-owned land near the illegal Gush Etzion settlement area.The area is located 3 km…
Four, Including Two Children, Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including two children. The two children were attacked and beaten…
Israeli Court Extends Detention of Activist for Facebook Posts
Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was first taken into custody for political activities on Facebook, a Ma’an News Agency reporter said.The detention of Suhaib Zahida,…
PPS: 597 Palestinians Arrested During August
Israeli authorities have arrested some 597 Palestinians from the West Bank governorates, including Jerusalem, since the beginning of August, the Palestine Prisoners Society (PPC) said, Saturday.According to WAFA Palestinian News…
Abbas to Develop 3-stage Plan for Independent Palestinian Statehood
According to the Palestinian News Network (PNN), Palestinian sources have confirmed that President Mahmoud Abbas has set into action a plan comprised of 3 stages, with the aim of reaching…
Four Palestinians Abducted Before Dawn by Israeli Forces in the West Bank
Two brothers were abducted from their home in a village near Ramallah, and two other men were taken into custody by Israeli troops at the Qalandia checkpoint overnight.The brothers were…
Gaza – Two Palestinians Die Of Earlier Wounds
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that two Palestinians died, on Friday, of wounds suffered during the Israeli aggression on Gaza.The Ministry stated that Mohammad al-Ma’sawani, 22,…
Victory Celebrations in Gaza Following Friday Prayers
Palestinians across Gaza turned out by the thousands for a victory march, on Friday, as they experienced their first opportunity in 50 days to attend Friday prayers, at mosques in…
Boycott Could Have Major Effect on Israeli Economy
For the past two months, Palestinians across the West Bank have been boycotting Israeli goods by increasing numbers, as popular campaigns have taken to the street to promote the movement.Ma’an…
This Week in Palestine Week 35 2014
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Even The Sky Belongs To Us
On the 25th August, the village of Burin, in the south of Nablus, was closed by the Israeli army and declared a military zone.29th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement…
Israel Ramps Up Pressure On PFLP
Following Tuesday morning’s detention of 12 leaders from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the party has declared that Israel is conducting a clear campaign against it.28…
Settlers Chop Down Palestinian-Owned Orchard near Hebron
Israeli settlers, on Thursday cut down around 30 Palestinian-owned trees in an area to the north of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, according to a local media source.Spokesperson of…
WFP Humanitarian Convoy Delivers Food To Gaza Through Egypt’s Rafah Crossing
For the first time since 2007, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip Wednesday , carrying enough food…
Demolitions Leave 51 Homeless Near Jerusalem
Israeli authorities, Thursday, demolished six homes near Jerusalem, leaving 51 Palestinians homeless. According to Ma’an News Agency, this brings the year’s total of displaced West Bank and East Jerusalem peoples…
Organizer with Block the Boat action in Oakland, CA
Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), the main organization behind the wildly successful #BlockTheBoat protests in Oakland. Hosted by @violentfanon, @dankmtl, @cushbomb, and new…
Palestine Today 08 28 2014
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Israeli ZIM Ship Delayed Another Day in Seattle
After delaying work on the Israeli freight ship ZIM CHICAGO at the Port of Tacoma, local human-rights activists have learned that they also delayed the arrival of ZIM CHICAGO into…
Settler Attacks in Hebron, Army Declares Nablus Village ‘Closed Military Zone’
A Palestinian youth has been injured, Thursday, after an Israeli settler deliberately ran him over, in the north of Hebron, according to local sources.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency has…
Army Kidnaps Fourteen Palestinians, Detains Two, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped fourteen Palestinians in various invasions targeting different communities in the occupied West Bank, and briefly detained two other Palestinians.Media sources, in the central West Bank city of…
IFRC: 250,000 Palestinians Displaced by Gaza Strikes
“The military operations in the Gaza Strip, in which civilians and civilian objects were attacked, has led to the displacement of around 250,000 Palestinians who now live in public and…
Gaza Officials: Ceasefire Terms Being Implemented
Gaza officials state that Israeli authorities have begun implementing the terms of a ceasefire agreement which went into effect early Tuesday. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu declared, Wednesday, that Hamas achieved…
Three Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Wednesday evening, and dozens suffered the effects…
Ferwana: “More Than 2000 Palestinians Kidnapped Since July 12”
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 2000 Palestinians since July 12, after three Israeli…
Palestine Today 08 27 2014
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Half of Israeli Political-Security Cabinet Opposes Ceasefire Agreement
According to Israeli National Radio, Avigdor Lieberman (Foreign Minister), Naftali Bennett (Industry, Trade and Labor Minister), Gilad Erdan (Home Front Defense Minister) and Yitzhak Aharonovich (Internal Security Minister) oppose the…
Israeli Police Kidnaps Eight In Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli police officers and soldiers invaded, on Wednesday, at dawn, various Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped eight Palestinians. Amjad Abu ‘Asab, head…
Shepherds Detained for Crossing a Road
While shepherding approximately 1 km south of Qawawis, a village south of al-Khalil (Hebron), on Sunday 24th near the illegal settlement and army base of Suseya, three shepherds were stopped…
Including Two Children, Five Kidnapped In West Bank, Several Palestinians Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least five Palestinians, including two children, in a number of invasions into homes in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Clashes and injuries have also…
Israel Agrees to Open Gaza Crossings, Government Salaries to Be Paid
Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouq said, Tuesday, that Israel has agreed to open Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid and construction materials.Mr. Abu Marzouq stated to Ma’an News Agency that…
“Israel Killed My Wife, And Four Children”
His children were waiting for the day when they would buy new clothes, books and pencils before the new school year started, they were playing and laughing with their mother…
Ministry of Health: “2145 Palestinians, Including 578 Children, Killed In Israel’s Aggression”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza issued a report stating that Israeli missiles and shells, fired against the Palestinian population of Gaza since July 8, led to the death…
Ten Palestinians, Including Two Underage Brothers, Killed In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that ten Palestinians, including two children, have been killed, and dozens injured, by Israeli missiles and shells in different parts of…
Palestine Today 08 26 2014
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Celebrations in Streets of Gaza as Open-ended Ceasefire Announced
An open-ended ceasefire announced last night between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas led to celebrations in the streets of Gaza Tuesday, where people have been under constant bombardment and…
69% of Gaza Schools Damaged by Israeli Assaults
Almost 69 percent of government and UN schools in the Gaza Strip were damaged by Israeli assaults. West Bank students began their school year in solidarity with Gaza counterparts. And,…
17 Journalists Killed in Gaza Since Beginning of Israeli Aggression
Palestinian journalist Abdullah Fadel Moratja was killed, Monday evening, by Israeli shelling on citizens’ houses in the area of al-Shejaia, east of Gaza City. The Ministry of Information now states…