Thousands Mark Ibrahimi Massacre Anniversary in Hebron
The streets of central Hebron filled with protesters, on Friday afternoon, as around 2,000 Palestinian and international activists marked the 20th anniversary of the Ibrahimi mosque massacre. Protesters marched through…
Israeli, Palestinian Officials Collaborate on Environmental Solutions
A Thursday agreement reached to form a Palestinian-Israeli team to address common environmental issues between the two sides, said Israel Radio.The Palestinian News Network (PNN) reports that, according to the…
7 Kidnapped Across West Bank, 2 from Qalqiliya Detained
Israeli occupation forces kidnapped, on Sunday, seven Palestinians from different areas in the West Bank during the last 12 hours.Al Ray reports that in Hebron, Israeli forces took Ma’mon al-Fakhory,…
Israeli-American Prisoner Killed After Shooting Guards
A man imprisoned in Rimonim Prison, central Israel, was killed Sunday by Israeli forces after he shot and injured three prison guards, according to Israeli media.Ma’an News Agency reports that…
Prisoner Hospitalized After Being Assaulted by Israeli Prison Guards
A Palestinian prisoner, held in a Beersheba prison for driving without a license, has been hospitalized following an assault by Israeli prison guards, his family said on Friday.Jihad Abd al-Rahman,…
Four, Including Two Minors, Kidnapped by Occupation Forces
Israeli forces kidnapped, early Saturday, four Palestinians from the West Bank and summoned two minors to appear before Israeli intelligence in Bethlehem district, according to security sources.WAFA reports that forces…
Israeli Company Threatens to Cut West Bank Electricity
An Israeli electricity company, Thursday, threatened to cut off supplies to the West Bank over unpaid debts, and said that it would also cut off electricity to the West Bank…
Palestinian-Israeli Collaborator Killed in Rehovot
A Palestinian citizen of Israel was shot dead by unknown assailants at a construction site in central Israel, early Saturday.The victim was a 34-year-old Palestinian who had acquired Israeli citizenship…
13-year-old Shot and Seriously Injured Near Rafah
A Palestinian child, age 13, has been seriously injured, on Friday evening, as Israeli forces east of Rafah fired at him.Photo: A Palestinian injured during Friday, February 21, border protest…
Settlers Assault Farmers in Beit Ummar, al-Asakreh
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked a farmer and his sons in the southern West Bank, near Beit Ummar, a popular committee spokesman said. According to Ma’an News Agency, Muhammad Ayad…
Dozens Injured, Five Kidnapped As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
As dozens of Palestinians marched in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, marking the 20th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, and demanding Israel to open…
Army Invades Beit Ummar Near Hebron, Several Palestinians Injured, One Kidnapped
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Friday evening [February 21, 2014], that several Palestinians have been injured, and one has been kidnapped, after Israeli soldiers invaded the Safa area, north…
This Week in Palestine Week 08 2014
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11 Palestinians Kidnapped from West Bank
Israeli forces took 11 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Nablus and Hebron, on Thursday. Seven were taken from the village of Kufur Qadoum, west of Nablus. Eyewitnesses, according…
13 Injured as Israelis Open Fire on Gaza Border
Thirteen people were injured, Friday, after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation…
Israel Claims Gunmen Opened Fire On Navy Boats
Israeli sources reported, Friday, that Israeli Navy boats came under fire close to the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israel said the incident took place…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Northern Gaza
[Friday Morning, February 21, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, east of Jabalia town, in the northern…
Soldiers Invade Deheishe Refugee Camp In Bethlehem
[Friday at Dawn, February 21, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, clashing with dozens of local youth and…
Several Palestinians Injured, Property Damaged, In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers continued their assault against the Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, for the tenth consecutive day, firing rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs…
After Reaching A Deal, Detainee Ends Hunger Strike
The Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association (Ad-Dameer) has reported that one of its lawyers visited, on Thursday – February 20, 2014, hunger-striking detainee Abdul-Majid Khudirat at the Ramla prison…
Detainee Faints In Military Court
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights (ISFHR) has reported that a Palestinian detainee from the northern West Bank district of Nablus fainted before his military court hearing, on Thursday…
Health Conditions of Four Hunger Strikers, PM Mansour, In Decline
Four Palestinian hunger strikers’ health conditions have seriously deteriorated, the Palestinain Information Center (PIC) has reported. The four hunger strikers were transferred from Ramla prison infirmary to Israeli hospitals.(PNN) According…
US to Demand ‘Partial Israeli Settlement Freeze’
Washington is to demand Israel implement a partial settlement freeze after US Secretary of State John Kerry presents his framework for extending peace talks, army radio reported on Wednesday.Photo: Palestinian…
Children of the Occupation: Growing Up in Palestine
Nawal Jabarin wants to be a doctor when she grows up. For now, she lives in a cave with 14 siblings, in constant fear of military raids. We meet the…
Palestinian Teen Amputees Complete Historic Kilimanjaro Climb
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian teenagers have made history by becoming the first amputees from the Arab world to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.By Charlie Hoyle On Jan. 23, Mutussam…
Palestine Today 02 20 2014
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Israel Secretly Ships African Asylum Seekers to Uganda
Israel is secretly transferring African asylum seekers to Uganda, Haaretz newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting a senior Israeli government official. JERUSALEM (Haaretz/AFP/Ma’an) — The paper said that, over the past…
Israeli Settler Crashes Palestinian Car, Tires Slashed In Jerusalem
Israeli settler, driving a jeep, rammed on Thursday, a car owned by a Palestinian youth, at Za’tara Junction east Salfeet, in central West Bank.Local Palestinian sources said that the settler…
Al-Aqsa Engineer and Staff Kidnapped By Occupation Forces
Israeli police, on Thursday, took an engineer and three of his staff for fixing a run-down water pipe inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to…
Olive Trees Uprooted near Ramallah, Clashes in Nablus
Dozens of settlers, Wednesday, uprooted more than 700 olive seedlings in Turmsaya, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.The PNN reports that the Palestinian official responsible for the Settlement…
Turkey to Send $5 Million to Palestinian Authority
The Turkish government will transfer $5 million to the Palestinian Authority in the coming two days, the Palestinian ambassador to Turkey said, on Thursday.Nabil Maroof told Ma’an News Agency, on…
Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Security Center
[Thursday at Dawn, February 20, 2014] Israeli navy boats fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, targeting a Palestinian security base close to the…
Twelve Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
[Wednesday, February 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, seven Palestinians in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, three in the southern part and, also on…
Knesset Bill to Deprive 1948 Prisoners of Insurance
Israeli Knesset passed, on Wednesday, in its first reading, a bill to deprive Palestinian prisoners from 1948 territories of national insurance benefits, upon their release from Israeli jails, amidst increased…
Ministry Denounces Israeli Intimidation Against Boycott
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, denounced the Israeli prime minister’s campaign of intimidation against companies and organizations which boycott Israeli businesses involved in supporting settlement construction in the…
Israeli Officials and Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
A group of settlers, with Israeli intelligence and police officers, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, on Tuesday, through Bab al-Magharbeh gate.Jewish religious leaders have recently called the settlers to participate…
Palestine Today 02 19 2014
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Israeli Bank Blacklisted in Germany
Germany’s largest bank, Deutsche Bank (DB), has included the Israeli Hapoalim bank in a blacklist of ‘unethical companies’ reportedly because of its involvement in funding settlement activities in the West…
Settlers Uproot More Than 700 Saplings Near Ramallah
[Wednesday, February 19, 2014] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, uprooting more than 700 saplings.Resident Awad Abu…
Child Injured After Being Hit By Settler’s Car In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, that a Palestinian child was injured after being rammed by an Israeli settler’s vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron city,…
Settlers Demolish Historic Barn Near Bethlehem
[Wednesday, February 19, 2014] Israeli settlers invaded al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, demolishing a historic Palestinian barn.Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the…
Settlers Puncture Tires Of 30 Cars In Jerusalem
[Wednesday at Dawn, February 19, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers punctured the tires of more than 30 Palestinian cars, and wrote racist graffiti on a number of walls in…
Jerusalem Police Interrogates Palestinian Journalist Over Facebook Post
[Tuesday Evening, February 18, 2014] The Israeli Police in occupied Jerusalem kidnapped a Palestinian photojournalist, identified as Mohammad Abed-Rabbo, over a Facebook post and picture he shared. Abed Rabbo was…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
[Tuesday Evening, February 18, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and neighborhoods in the city, and kidnapped seven young Palestinian men.Nasser Qous,…
International Companies Drop Out of Israeli Ports Tender
Three leading international companies have decided to drop out of an Israeli bidding to build private seaports, due to concerns over political repercussions, and as a result of the increased…
Israel Plans to ‘Impose Sovereignty’ on Al-Aqsa, Isolates Beit Eksa
The Palestinian Authority and Hamas issued a warning, on Sunday, of Israeli plans to impose sovereignty on al Asqa Mosque in Jerusalem.The PNN reports that Palestinian Minister for Religious Affairs,…
Palestine Today 02 18 2014
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Israel to Build Jewish Tourist Center on Private Palestinian Land
Israel plans to build a Jewish tourist center, in East Jerusalem, on private Palestinian land, a local information center said, Tuesday.Wadi Hilweh Information Center said, in a statement, that the…
Ailing Disabled Detainee Placed In Solitary Confinement
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that a disabled Palestinian detainee, held by Israel and facing several health complications, was moved into solitary confinement, last week, for demanding to…
Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
[Tuesday Morning, February 18, 2014] A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands east of the Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday, at around 2 am, the village of Nabi Saleh, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, violently searching homes and kidnapping five young Palestinian…
Eight Detainees Holding Hunger Strike In Israeli Prisons
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that eight Palestinians detainees, held by Israel, have been holding hunger strikes demanding to be released, as they are held without charges or…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, Nablus
[Tuesday, February 17, 2014] Israeli troops kidnapped two Palestinians in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and one Palestinian in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Local sources in Bethlehem…
Army Invades Ya’bad, Several Palestinians Injured
[Tuesday at Dawn, February 17, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashing with local youth causing various injuries.Local sources…
Two Wounded Detainees, Attacked And Beaten By Soldiers
[Tuesday, February 18, 2014] Hanan Khatib, one of the lawyers of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, visited two wounded Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel who testified to her how…
Photojournalist Assaulted Near Israeli Settlement
Israeli occupation forces assaulted, on Saturday evening, photojournalist Yousef Shakarneh from Nahalin village, west of Bethlehem, who worked as a freelance photojournalist with a number of local and international news…
Five Killed in Acre Gas Explosion
Five people were killed overnight in a gas explosion, in the northern Israeli city of Acre, Israeli media has reported.The three-story building in Acre’s Old City collapsed, just following the…
Palestine Today 02 17 2014
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Family Stops Construction of Wall near Property
The Ayyad family, owners of the Cliff Hotel, located in Abu Dis, to the southeast of Jerusalem, managed on Sunday to stop the construction of a stretch in the segregation…
5 Bedouin Structures Demolished, East of Jerusalem
Israeli forces, on Monday, bulldozed five steel structures belonging to a Palestinian community in the East Jerusalem town of al-Eizariya, according to locals.A large group of Israeli forces raided the…
350 Settlement Units To Be Built in Occupied Jerusalem
Israeli television Channel 7 has announced that the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem approved, on Friday, the construction of 350 housing units in the settlement of Talpiot, east Jerusalem.Originally translated…
Abbas: “Jerusalem Should Be A United Capital Of Two States”
In a meeting with nearly 170 Israeli college students, at his office in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority does…
Poor Hygiene, Overcrowding in Israeli Prison
80 Palestinian prisoners, held in Nafha prison, have complained about the ill-conditioned ward No. 3, which houses bugs and mice. A lawyer for Prisoners’ Club society, recently delegated to the…
Army Denies Farmers Access to Lands Near Bethlehem
Israeli army and settlers prevented, on Sunday, Palestinian farmers in the village of Assakrah, east of Bethlehem, from entering their land to plant it under the pretext of it being…
Rafah Crossing Closed for 5 Days in a Row
Egyptian authorities have closed the Rafah crossing for five days in a row, now, says Director General of Borders and Crossings in Gaza Maher, Abu Sabha.He has called on Egypt…
Israel Cuts Off Water Supply to Several Jerusalem Homes
Israeli authorities, Sunday, completely cut off the water supply of 14 houses in the old city of Jerusalem, under the pretext of accumulated debts, bringing the number of houses without…
Settlers Install Cameras in Their Vehicles to Facilitate Arrests
Dozens of Israeli settlers, in recent months, have installed cameras on their vehicles’ license-plates in order to capture Palestinians and record the shooting and incidents of throwing stones or Molotov…
Jenin-area Villages Raided, Palestinian Man Detained
Israeli forces stormed three Jenin-area villages in the northern West Bank, early on Sunday, and detained a young Palestinian man, locals said.Locals informed Ma’an that Israeli military vehicles stormed the…
Young Woman Injured By Israeli Fire Near Nablus
[Saturday, February 15, 2014] A young Palestinian woman was shot and wounded after Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian car close to a military roadblock, south of the northern…
Soldiers Attack Cameraman Near Bethlehem
[Saturday Evening, February 15, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian cameraman was injured after being attacked by Israeli soldiers in Wad Fokkin village, southwest of the West…
VIDEO: Ein Hijleh, A Village That Means Resistance
Last week, some 300 Palestinian activists established the protest village of Ein Hijleh in a cluster of palm trees and abandoned houses, in the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead…
Work Begins to Exclude Religious Affiliation from Palestinian ID Cards
The Palestinian Interior Ministry has begun work to remove the religion section from Palestinian citizens’ identification cards. Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry Hassan Alawi stated that ‘the implementation to abolish…
Israeli Forces Prevent Hebron Activists from Planting Trees
Israeli forces prevented, Saturday, anti-settlement activists from planting olive saplings in the villages located to the east of Yatta, in the Hebron district, according to a local official. Activists from…
Two Arrested, Three Summoned in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces, on Saturday at dawn, arrested two young men from Hebron and Jenin and summoned three others to an intelligence office, including two ex-prisoners. Local sources said that…
Locals: Israeli Tank Fires Shell in Gaza City
An Israeli tank, on Saturday, fired a shell at an open area in Gaza City, according to local residents.Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli tanks were stationed along the border facing…
Palestinians Injured in Demonstrations
A 25-year-old Palestinian was shot in the leg and dozens, including an international activist, suffered from tear gas suffocation, Saturday, when Israeli soldiers cracked down on an anti-settlement demonstration to…
Israeli Forces Arrest Seven in West Bank, Including Minors
Israeli forces, on Thursday, arrested seven Palestinians, including three minors from Bethlehem and Nablus governorates.Israeli forces arrested Mustafa Ibrahim Abu Sror, 20, and Moath Tayseer Mashayekh, 21, after raiding their…
17 Gazans Wounded in Border Clashes with Israeli Forces
Israeli troops fired tear gas and live bullets at Palestinians who were throwing stones, Friday, near the border fence in northern Gaza, the army said, with Palestinian medics accounting for…
Soldiers Kidnap Palestinian Shepherd Near Hebron
[Friday, February 14, 2014] Coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in Hebron, Rateb Jabour, stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian shepherd, east of Yatta city.…
This Week in Palestine Week 07 2014
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Palestinian and Israeli Scholars Unite in Supporting Irish Boycott Pledge
More than 120 Irish academics have signed a pledge to boycott Israeli institutions until Palestinian rights are respected, Academics for Palestine said in a press release, on Friday.It added that…
On Camera: Settlers Caught Stealing From Nablus Nursery
Surveillance CCTV cameras recorded a group of Jewish settlers stealing seedlings, along with a set of agriculture pottery from a nursery in Sawiya village, near the West Bank city of…
Japan Contributes $30 Million to Palestinian Budget
Japan announced, Thursday, a contribution of $30 million to the Palestinian budget, out of a total of $62.2 million to be donated.WAFA reports that Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah thanked Japan…
Rightists March at Maale Adumim in Favor of New Settlements
Thousands of young Israeli hardliners marched, on Thursday, to demand that the government build new settler homes in E1, a highly sensitive strip of West Bank land near Jerusalem. (AFP/Ma’an)…
5 Palestinians Arrested in Jerusalem, Demolition Orders Served
Israeli forces arrested a number of youth, including children, on Wednesday, in the old city of Jerusalem, serving demolition orders to several citizens in Silwan town.Al Ray reports that the…
Wounded Palestinian Footballers Never to Play Again
Two young Palestinian football players shot by Israeli forces, last month, have learned that they will never again be able to play sports, due to their injuries, say doctors. Doctors…
Palestinians Protest Home Demolitions In Occupied Jerusalem
[Jerusalem – February 13 2014] Palestinian activists held a protest in front of the European Union office, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, demanding an end to the illegitimate Israeli policies of…
Palestinian Kidnapped Near Ramallah
[Thursday, February 13, 2014] Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Deir Nitham village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Dozens of residents suffered…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Gaza
[Thursday Evening, February 13, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed, and another wounded by Israeli military fire in the al-Mintar area, east of the Ash-Shujaeyya…
Palestine Today 02 13 2014
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Soldiers Attack Children Heading To School In Jerusalem
[Thursday Morning, February 13, 2014] Israeli soldiers attacked and fired gas bombs at dozens of schoolchildren in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, leading to dozens of injuries, Wadi Hilweh…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In West Bank
[Thursday, February 13, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian districts in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping twelve Palestinians before moving them to interrogation facilities.The Israeli military claimed that the twelve…
Israel Rejects Lifting Gaza Siege In Return For Reconciliation With Turkey
The Israeli Government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Tel Aviv does not agree to the Turkish demand to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip in exchange for…
Army Claims Uncovering “Cell” in West Bank
Israeli military and security sources claimed the army managed to uncover and arrest members of a cell that planned attacks against Israeli targets, in the occupied West Bank.The sources said…
Four Palestinians Injured In Jenin
[Wednesday Evening, February 12, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that four Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading an area close to Shuhada Junction, in Qabatia,…
Palestine Today 02 12 2014
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Settlers Uproot Trees Near Bethlehem, Take Over Lands
A group of Israeli colonial settlers, on Tuesday, cut down 150 grape trees in the region of Ayn Alqisis, to the south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.’The aggressive…
Israeli Army Storms Jenin, Turns House into Outpost
The Israeli army stormed, on Monday, the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, raiding a Palestinian-owned house overlooking the city and, then, turning it into a military outpost,…
Israeli Forces Demolish Khirbet Ein Karzaliyah For 2nd Time
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished tents set up by Palestinian residents in the Jordan Valley after their village was completely destroyed by Israel in January, according to an Israeli rights…
Elderly Woman Injured, Her Son, Grandson Detained In Jerusalem
[Wednesday at Dawn, February 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian home in the neighborhood of al-Bustan, in Silwan town, occupied Jerusalem, kidnapped a father and his son, and injured…