660 Gaza Christians Allowed into West Bank to See Pope
Israeli authorities have allowed 660 Christians from Gaza to see Pope Francis, on Sunday, in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.According to Al Ray, the Ministry of Interior has…
Activists Prevent Israeli Company From Painting Over Apartheid Wall for Papal Visit
Workers from an Israeli construction company were stopped by protesters, on Friday, as they were painting a section of the massive so-called ‘separation barrier’ which is to extend approximately 430…
Pope Francis Begins Mideast Pilgrimage
Pope Francis embarked upon a three-day pilgrimage to the Middle East, Saturday, with a plea for peace in war-torn Syria, calling for people to uphold religious freedom ‘in a region…
More Detainees To Join Hunger Strike
Fifty Palestinian detainees held at the Nafha Israeli Prison, in addition to 15 In Ramon Prison and 15 in Asqalan Prison, said they will be joining the ongoing hunger strike…
Two Palestinians Killed In Khan Younis Explosion
[Saturday, May 24 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were killed, and two others were seriously injured, in an explosion in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Israelis Write Anti-Christian Graffiti On Church Wall In Be’er as-Sabe’
[Saturday, May 24, 2014] As the Pope is launching his visit to the region, a number of Israeli vandals wrote racist graffiti, against Christianity and Jesus Christ, on a wall…
Army Invades Village Near Hebron, Three Palestinians Injured
[Saturday, May 24, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that three young men were shot and injured by Israeli army fire, after several military jeeps invaded the at-Tabaqa village, south…
Turkish Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel’s Attack On Solidarity Ship
After more than four years in a coma, a Turkish man has died of serious injuries he suffered after Israel’s navy attacked, in international waters, the MV Marmara solidarity ship,…
Protests Dispersed by Israeli Forces Across West Bank
Israeli forces dispersed Friday demonstrations in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoners and in protest against the illegal Israeli occupation and its apartheid wall in three West Bank cities on Friday, including…
VIDEO: Lifta – Commemoration and Return
Some 500 residents of the partially destroyed Palestinian village of Lifta recently returned to their homes and lands on Friday May 16, commemorating the Nakba and vowing to return. Four…
Hunger Strikers: ‘Either I go home – or I go in a plastic bag’
On April 24th of this year, over 100 Palestinian political detainees went on an open-end hunger strike in demand to an end of administrative detention, in which Palestinian prisoners are…
Bennett Suggests ‘Stability Plan’ Over Peace Talks
Israeli minister of economy and leader of the Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, has suggested a new plan for peace in Palestine, calling for dismantling the security barrier in the…
Gaza Rocket Hits Israel after Youth Shot on Border
Southern Israel was hit by a rocket fired across the Gaza border, after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian residents east of Deir al-Balah, shooting one youth, on Friday afternoon.According…
This Week in Palestine Week 21 2014
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Netanyahu: “Abbas Is Not Partner In Peace, Israel Weighing Unilateral Moves”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attacked Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accusing him of obstructing direct “peace talks”, and said Israel is weighing unilateral moves that would include limited withdrawals from…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia
[Friday Morning, May 23, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer and a police officer…
Contaminated Water Lands Striking Detainees In Hospital
The Palestine Detainees Study Center quoted lawyer Rami al-Alamy stating that the Prison Administration at the Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheba) Israeli Prison had to move all hunger striking Palestinian detainees to…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron And Tubas
[Friday, May 23, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and…
Army Kidnaps A Disabled Palestinian, Throw His Wheelchair
[Thursday Evening, May 22, 2014] Israeli soldiers violently attacked and kidnapped a disabled Palestinian man, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after forcing him into their jeep, and…
Hunger Striking Detainee Facing Serious Health Conditions
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] The International Red Cross – Palestine Branch has informed the family of detainee Ayman Tbeish, from the southern west Bank city of Hebron, that their hunger-striking…
Israeli Minister To Present Bill To Expand Jerusalem Borders
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said he intends to submit a draft law expanding the boundaries of occupied Jerusalem, to include the settlement blocs of Maaleh…
Palestine Today 05 22 2014
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3 Under House Arrest For Pope Francis’ Visit
In what appears to be a token move by the state of Israel, three young Jewish militants have been placed under house arrest for suspicion of possible plans to disrupt…
Israeli Settlers Storm Joseph’s Tomb
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli settlers at Joseph’s Tomb, after it was stormed by dozens of Jewish Israelis who performed religious rituals there. According to witnesses, a large…
50 New Prisoners to Join AD Hunger Strike
50 Palestinian prisoners held in Nafha Israeli prison, Mitzepe Ramon, will start an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday in support of the hunger striking administrative detainees, who also threatened to…
VIDEO: Settler Runs Over Teenager in Hebron
Yesterday, during the early evening, several Palestinian youth were riding bikes near checkpoint 56 in the Tel Rumeida area of Al-Khalil (Hebron). At around 7pm, one youth, 17-year-old Izz Adel…
Israel Digs Grid of Tunnels Underneath Al-Aqsa Gate
Al-Aqsa Foundation for Heritage and Waqf stated, Thursday, according to WAFA, that Israeli authorities have almost completed grid of tunnels underneath Bab al-Mathara, one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex gates.…
Rami Hamdallah is PM of New Unity Government
An informed source has told Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency that Rami Hamdallah is now the head of the forthcoming national reconciliation government. According to Al Ray, the source confirmed…
John Kerry Not to Return to Middle East with New Peace Deal
The US has announced that there will be no new Middle East peace project offered by the American Secretary of State, John Kerry.Kerry’s spokesman says that Kerry is busy with…
Israeli Court Hears Rachel Corrie Appeal
The Israeli Supreme Court heard the appeal, Wednesday, by the parents of US activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003. An Israeli…
Army Uproots Olive Trees, Bulldozes Lands Near Salfit
Several Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday morning [May 22, 2014], Palestinians lands and olive orchards in Kufur Ed-Deek, west of the central West bank city…
Settlers Burn Palestinian Farmlands Near Hebron
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and burnt Palestinian wheat…
Israel To Install 500 Surveillance Cameras In Occupied East Jerusalem
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] The Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Jerusalem City Council, have decided to install 500 surveillance cameras in Palestinian neighborhoods, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Israeli…
Israeli Extremists Storm Yards Of Al-Aqsa Mosque
[Thursday, May 22, 2014] Israeli police officers kidnapped a Palestinian working for the Waqf and Islamic Endowment Department, in the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while dozens of Israeli…
EU to Cooperate with Unity Government if Quartet Conditions Met
EU Ambassador to Israel, Lars Boberg Andrson, says that the European Union will cooperate with the new government if it recognizes the conditions outlined by the Mideast Quartet, which include…
US, EU and UN Draw Attention to Killing of Two Teens near Offer
Representatives of the United States and the European Union have expressed a concern and called for investigations regarding the senseless deaths of two youth on May 15, near Ofer prison,…
Army Demolishes Several Palestinian Shops in Occupied Jerusalem
The Israeli army has bulldozed a number of shops in the al-Khalileh neighborhood, near the village of al-Nabi Samwill, in Jerusalem.Ismaeil Abu-Rbah, the head of neighborhood, said that Israeli forces…
VIDEO: Israeli Forces Fire Tear Gas and Stun Grenades at Children in Hebron
This morning, in al-Khalil (Hebron), the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reports that several children threw stones towards Checkpoint 29 on their way to school. 21st May 2014 | International Solidarity…
Israeli Forces Kidnap Five Palestinians in Jenin and Jerusalem
Three Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces, on Wednesday, from the Jenin district, in addition to two others from the Jerusalem area, according to reports by local and security sources.The…
Palestine Today 05 21 2014
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Young Palestinian Injured by Israeli Fire in Southern Gaza
The Israeli army shot and injured a young Palestinian citizen in the head, this morning, in the neighborhood of al-Farain, to the east of Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip.The…
Indyk to End Duties, Dissolve Negotiating Team
According to Israeli media sources, an unnamed US official has said that Washington’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Martin Indyk, will be leaving his duties, the negotiating team dissolved.On Wednesday,…
Israeli Army Demolishes 20 Barracks in Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers demolished 20 barracks in Jiftlik, this morning. As a result of the military’s actions, 25 Palestinian families have been left homeless.Jiftlik is a village in the Jordan Valley…
Hunger Strike Expanding In Israeli Prisons, 20 Detainees Hospitalized
As more Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons are joining the hunger strike that started 28 days ago, at least 40 more detainees have joined the strike, while all 5200…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Two Palestinian Fishermen In Rafah
[Wednesday Morning, May 21, 2014] Israeli navy vessels attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, close to the shore in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
Al-Hamdallah: “No Peace Agreement, Or Truce, Without Releasing All Detainees”
[Tuesday, May 20, 2014] Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami al-Hamdallah, stated there can be no peace with Israel, or even a truce, without the release of all Palestinian political prisoners held…
Hamas-Fateh Unity Government Talks Advancing
[Tuesday, May 20, 2014] The Arabs48 news website has reported that unity and government formation talks between the Fateh and Hamas movement, as well as other factions, are advancing, and…
Mashal: “Palestinian Reconciliation, Not An Alternative To Resistance”
[Tuesday, May 20, 2014] Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, stated that Palestinian reconciliation and national unity are not alternatives to the legitimate resistance against…
Palestine Today 05 20 2014
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Israeli Forces Destroy 1,500 Fruit Trees Near Bethlehem
Israeli forces destroyed an estimated 1,500 fruit trees belonging to the Tent of Nations farm outside Nahalin village, in the Bethlehem region of the occupied West Bank yesterday morning.Ben White…
11 Kidnapped in West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli forces kidnapped four Palestinians, including two minors, from the Hebron area, in addition to seven others from inside the yards al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, according to reports by security…
Barghouthi, Saadat, Negev Prisoners to Join Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Palestinian leaders Marwan Barghouthi and Ahmad Saadat have announced that they will go on hunger strike tomorrow, according to a senior official. 40 prisoners in Al-Naqab Prison will also…
12-year-old Imprisoned Following Interrogation
Israeli forces have taken Ahmad Qasim al-Azraq to Ofer prison, following his interrogation in Etzion.Ahmad is a resident of Aida refugee camp, the PNN reports. Sunday evening, the Israeli army…
2 Workers Killed, 1 Injured in Central Israel Fire
In a fire which broke out in central Israel, on Tuesday, two Palestinian workers have died while another has been injured after jumping to safety, according to medical sources. A…
Jenin – Army Invasion Causes Damage to Homes, Hospital And Infrastructure
[Tuesday, May 20, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, as well as the Jenin refugee camp, kidnapping one Palestinian and attacking various…
Two Fishermen Injured By Israeli Navy Fire
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two fishermen were shot and injured late Monday night, after Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in…
Army Invades Villages Near Ramallah, Bethlehem
[Tuesday, May 20, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Obeydiyya village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and the al-Mogheer village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Palestinian Injured After Settlers Hurl Stones At His Car
A number of militant Israeli settlers hurled stones, on Monday, May 19, 2014, at a Palestinian car driving on the main road near Beitello village, near the central West Bank…
New Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Killing Two Teens in Unprovoked Attack Last Thursday
A newly-released surveillance video showing the killing of two teenage boys, age 16 and 17, by Israeli troops during a demonstration last week contradicts Israeli accounts of the incident.While the…
Homes, Structures, Demolished In Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished on Monday, May 19, 2014, nine buildings in occupied Jerusalem, displacing families, and causing significant losses. The destruction took place in al-Ezariyya and a number of Bedouin…
Arab World Remembers Mavi Marmara Attack
Monday marked the 4th anniversary of the Israeli massacre, in international waters, on board the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara. In commemoration, dozens of Palestinians and Arab activists staged a march…
Israeli Troops Shoot & Injure Man in Northern Gaza
A Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, on Monday, in the second incident of its kind in 24 hours, according to locals. In the…
Homes, Structures, Demolished In Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished on Monday, May 19, 2014, nine buildings in occupied Jerusalem, displacing families, and causing significant losses. The destruction took place in al-Ezariyya and a number of Bedouin…
Palestine Today 05 19 2014
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Abbas Amends Sentencing for ‘Honor Killings’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has amended Article 98 of the Palestinian Criminal Law no. 12 of 1960, abolishing the ease in punishment against crimes of honor killing committed against women.According…
Hamas Leader: Palestinian Muslims, Christians United
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the Hamas political bureau, says all Palestinians, regardless of religious diversities, are sailing on the same boat.Abu Marzouk, making a visit to…
Update: Shireen Essawi Hunger Strike
On May 8, 2014, human rights defender and lawyer Ms. Shireen Essawi began a hunger strike after learning of the postponement of her trial for nine months and a day.…
VIDEO: Interview With Haidar Eid
Palestinian Professor Haidar Eid discusses several of the most pressing topics of Palestinian national liberation, including the ongoing siege of Gaza, the apartheid nature of Israel, the BDS movement and…
Ongoing Demolitions in Naqab Reinforce Prawer Plan
The ongoing demolitions in the area between the Naqab (Negev) and Jerusalem show that the Prawer Plan is still in full force, even if not under official implementation; the effects…
As Israeli Violations Escalate, BDS Gains International Momentum
With settler attacks on the rise across the West Bank and historic Palestine, and military incursions escalating throughout the occupied territories, often in direct conjunction with one another and with…
Army Uproots Trees In Bethlehem
[Monday, May 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers uprooted hundreds of trees that belong to members of various families of Nahhalin village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The WAFA news…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Hebron
[Monday, May 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians during a number of military invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, while one resident…
Army Demolishes Wall, Uproots Land, In Hebron
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by a military bulldozer, invaded Tel Romedia area, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, where they…
Elderly Man Kidnapped By Israeli Police In Al-Aqsa Mosque
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Occupied Jerusalem – Israeli police officers attacked and kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man in the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, the WAFA…
Israel Approves Illegal Confiscation Of 700 Dunams Of Palestinian Lands
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] The Israeli “Regional Council for Planning and Construction” approved a plan that would lead to the annexation of more than 700 Dunams (172.9 Acres) as part…
Two Aid Convoys Arrive In Gaza
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Around 30 international peace activists, in two humanitarian convoys, made it into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.The convoys, Miles…
Settlement Toxins Kill 14 Sheep In Jordan Valley
[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Aref Daraghma, head of the Al-Maleh Village Council, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, stated that at least 14 sheep died due to…
Israeli Forces Storm School Near Bethlehem
Israeli forces, on Sunday, stormed a school in the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, while settlers took over an agricultural property in the village, according to Ahmad…
Some Hunger Strikers Close to Death
The High Leadership Committee for Palestinian Prisoners has announced that health conditions of some of the prisoners are deteriorating. The committee points out that three prisoners, Nael Khalaf, Yasser Badrassawi…
New Unity Government To Be Unveiled in Days
A new Palestinian ‘consensus government’, to be named by the PLO and Hamas, is to be finalized within days, according to a senior Hamas official.Senior member of President Mahmoud Abbas’…
Army Confiscates Tents, Displaces Palestinians, Near Nablus
[Sunday Morning, May 18, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Khirbit at-Tawil village, near Aqraba village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, where they confiscated tents and…
At Least Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
[Sunday at dawn, May 18, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six…
Child, Fisherman, Injured In Two Israeli Attacks In Gaza
[Saturday, May 17, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child, and a fisherman, were shot and injured by Israeli army fire, in two separate attacks, in the…
Lieberman: “Israel Has An Alternate Plan For Peace”
[Saturday, May 17, 2014] Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that his Ministry has an alternate plan to use following the collapse of direct talks with the Palestinians, and that…
Elderly Hebron Man Dies of Heart Attack after Israeli Raid
[Saturday, May 17, 2014] An elderly Palestinian man from Wadi al-Hariya, in Hebron, has died of a heart attack after Israeli soldiers raided his house, Saturday, according to local sources.‘Abd…
Thousands Attend Funeral for Two Boys Killed During Nakba Protests
Palestinians attended, on Friday, the funerals of Nadeem Siyam Nuwara, age 15, and Mohammad Odeh Abu al-Thahir, 17, who were shot dead by Israeli forces during a demonstration in commemoration…
Palestine to Receive Fuel from Venezuela
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has pledged to send oil and diesel to the Palestinian Authority, as part of agreements signed in Caracas with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.The country of…
Haniyah Expresses Solidarity With Turkey
Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyah called all Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza and Pre-1948 Palestine, Thursday, to unify in prayer for the souls of some 230 Turkish miners who…
Amnesty Condemns Israel’s ‘Reckless Killings’
International human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s military for the murder of two Palestinian youth during a protest on Nakba Day.Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s…
Princess Al-Hussein Donates Food to Gaza Families
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, has made a…
Several Palestinians Injured in East Jerusalem
Over 15 Palestinians sustained injuries during clashes in Issawiya, East Jerusalem, according to medical sources.Medics told Ma’an News Agency that 11 people were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, while another…
Ariel: “Settler Popular Could Witness a %50 Increase By 2019”
[Friday, May 16, 2014] Israeli Housing Minister, Uri Ariel, stated that he expects the number of Jewish settlers, illegally living in segregated settlements in occupied Palestine, to significantly increase, reaching…
This Week in Palestine Week 20 2014
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Three More Deaths Due to Israeli Violence as Nakba Continues
In commemoration of the 66th annual Nakba day, hundreds of Palestinian youth from the Ramallah district moved against Israeli soldiers outside of Ofer prison in Beitunya. Soldiers retaliated with tear…
Abbas: Time to End the Longest Occupation in History
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said during a speech, this past week: ‘After 66 years since the Palestinian catastrophe ‘al-Nakba’, Palestinians have been proving that their presence on the map will…
Israeli Settlers Destroy 58 Trees Near Bethlehem
Jewish Israeli settlers have reportedly raided a Palestinian-owned orchard, west of Bethlehem, where they destroyed 58 trees early Friday morning, according to the victim of the raid.Raji Abd al-Aziz Sabateen…
14 Palestinian Women Killed Since Beginning of 2014
In a statement, yesterday, UN Women in Palestine expressed concern over the killing of ‘yet another Palestinian woman this week, raising the number of reported cases of femicide in the…
Palestine Today 05 15 2014
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Thousands Mark Nakba Anniversary with Rallies in Israel, West Bank and Gaza
Palestinians commemorated, today, the 66th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, by participating in a series of nonviolent actions in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, pre-1948 occupied lands…
As Palestinians Mark Nakba In Jerusalem, Army Kidnaps Four
[Thursday Evening, May 15, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers attacked Palestinians nonviolently protesting, marking the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, and kidnapped four young…