Israel To Illegally Confiscate 380 Dunams Near Nablus
[Wednesday June 26 2013] the Israeli Authorities have decided to illegally confiscate 380 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to local villagers of Kufur Qaleel, south of the northern West…
Egypt Charges Nine With Spying For Israel
[Wednesday June 26, 2013] The Egyptian security forces stated that six Israeli Arabs and three Egyptians, apprehended in Egypt, are currently facing trial for spying for Israel.Egyptian Prosecutor, Hisham Kharmouty,…
East Jerusalem man pleads guilty to meeting with Hezbollah
A Palestinian man was convicted Tuesday in a Jerusalem court of meeting with members of the Hezbollah resistance group in Lebanon, after initially facing more serious charges and then accepting…
Fighter Dies In Gaza Of Wounds Suffered Three Years Ago
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian fighter died Monday [June 24], of wounds suffered three years ago when the Israeli army attempted to assassinate him.The sources said that…
Settlers Attack Israeli Peace Activists Near Qalqilia
The Yesh Din independent Israeli human rights group reported that some of its activists have been injured, Tuesday, after being attacked by extremist Israeli settlers near the northern West Bank…
Palestine Today 06 25 2013
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Soldiers Invade Salfit
A number of Israeli military jeeps invaded on Tuesday at dawn [June 25 2013] the central West Bank city of Salfit, broke into homes and searched them.Local sources have reported…
Army Kidnaps Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday evening [June 24 2013] two Palestinian children in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied East Jerusalem.Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the…
Kerry To Visit Region Thursday
Amidst speculations that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, would organize a direct meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli sources have reported that…
P.A Refuses To Resume Peace Talks Without Guarantees
The Palestinian Authority (P.A) headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, is said to be reluctant to resume direct peace talks with Tel Aviv without a viable and clear agenda for any…
PPP Denounces Political Arrests In Qalqilia
[Monday June 24 2013] The leftist Palestinian People’s Party issued a statement strongly denouncing the Palestinian security forces for arresting members of leftist parties, members of the Popular Resistance Movement,…
Settlers Attack Palestinians In Hebron
Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped [Monday June…
Israeli TV: “Abbas To Resume Talks With Israel In Near Future”
Israeli media sources have reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has allegedly decided to resume direct political talks with Israel in the near future, and that an understanding was reached…
Hamas Government In Gaza Prevents Zahar From Travelling
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that the Hamas government in the coastal region prevented Mahmoud Zahar, one of the political leaders of Hamas, from travelling, as he…
Palestine Today 06 24 2013
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Lieberman Calls for “Reoccupying” Gaza
Israeli Member of Knesset, head of the Foreign and Security Committee, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Monday [June 24 2013] that Israel should seriously consider “reoccupying and imposing fill Israeli military and…
Settlers Puncture Tires Of 22 Cars In Jerusalem
A number of masked extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Monday at dawn [June 24] 22 Palestinian cars in Beit Hanina, in occupied East Jerusalem, and punctured their tires before drawing…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded late on Sunday at night the town of the Al-Ezariyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.Local sources have…
Two Palestinians Injured, One Kidnapped Near Hebron
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at dawn [June 24 2013] Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped one resident, and shot two…
Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza
Fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles targeting what the army called “weapons storage facilities” in the Gaza Strip, and another location apparently used as a training…
Islamic Jihad Fighter Killed By Hamas Fire in Gaza
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, reported that one of its leaders was shot and killed by live rounds, fired by security officers of the…
Four Children Kidnapped Near Qalqilia
Local sources in Azzoun village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village, on Sunday at dawn [June 23…
Protesters pray at checkpoint after being denied entry to Jerusalem
On the morning of June 22nd, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched to the Israeli occupation military checkpoint blocking the West Bank from Jerusalem. Upon reaching the Israeli occupation roadblock,…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday [June 23 2013] that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, in the central West Bank…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Strike For The 53rd Day
Jordanian political prisoners, held by Israel, entered their 53rd day of ongoing hunger strike protesting their continued detention, the bad treatment and dire health and living conditions they face in…
Settlers Attack Shepherds, Burn Orchards Near Nablus
Local sources have reported Saturday [June 22] that several extremist Israeli settlers of the Bracha illegal settlement, attacked Palestinian shepherds in the southern area of Burin village, south of the…
Four Injured, Palestine TV Reporters Kidnapped In Kufur Qaddoum
The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, reported Frida [June 21, 2013] that dozens of Israeli soldiers…
This Week in Palestine Week 25 2013
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Israeli Man Killed By Officer’s Fire In Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported Friday [June 21 2013] that a civilian security officer shot and killed an Israeli man near a public toilet at the Al-Boraq Wall (Western Wall Plaza)…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13 – 19 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Ashton Arrives In Gaza, Visits UNRWA School
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union, arrived in the Gaza Strip Thursday [June 20 2013], and visited a school…
New Palestinian PM Resigns
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson to the Palestinian President, stated Thursday evening [June 20 2013] that the newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Rami Hamdallah, has officially submitted his resignation.Abu Rodeina…
Palestine Today 06 20 2013
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Palestinian Car Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked, late on Wednesday at night [June 20] a Palestinian car driving on the Nablus-Qalqilia road causing excessive damage but no injuries.Resident Amjad Amin…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Thursday at dawn, June 19 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians.Dozens of soldiers…
Hamad: “Hamas Held Meetings With U.S, E.U. Officials In Amman”
Dr. Ghazi Hamad, a political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) revealed, Wednesday, that political leaders of Hamas held meetings with several European ambassadors and officials, and with senior…
“It’s as if we are living on another planet”
Dr Kamalian Sha’ath, President of the Islamic University of Gaza, is one of many dedicated academics providing higher education in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic University was one of the…
The Closure Continues
This report is issued in the context of the closure policy imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip, which has been implemented for six consecutive years, which has…
Palestine Today 06 19 2013
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Palestine Today 06 19 2013
coming soon Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday June 19th, 2013. Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian village and troops kidnap…
18 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
{Wednesday, June 19] Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a total of 18 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The army invaded the West Bank districts…
Anatomy of Land Theft
Violence came to Bethlehem last May on a quiet Sunday morning. According to a report from the International Middle East Media Center, on 12 May 2013, Israeli soldiers fired concussion…
Soldiers Invade Teqoua’ Near Bethlehem
Local sources have reported that several Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Tuesday at night [June 15 2013], the village of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Qabalan Town
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at night [June 18 2013] Qabalan town, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources have…
Settlers Attack Village Near Nablus
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday evening (June 18 2013] the village of Aseera Al-Qibliyya, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt the room…
Palestine Today 06 18 2013
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Settlements Budget Exceeds Allotted Finances By Millions
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government budged, allotted for settlement activities in the occupied territories, is hundreds of millions over the allocated annual budget.Haaretz said that, by investigating…
Settlers Slash Tires Of 28 Palestinian Cars In Jerusalem
Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported [Tuesday morning June 18] that a number of extremist Israeli settlers punctured tires of 28 Palestinian cars in Abu Gosh area in…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on [Monday at Night and Tuesday at dawn] five Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and…
Gaza Government: “We Never Prevented Muslim Students From Attending Christian Schools”
The Palestinian Ministry of Education, under the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, denied reports claiming that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its government ever prevented Muslim students from…
“We Destroyed Arab Villages To Create Our State”, Retired General Said
A retired Israeli military general told the Israeli Army Radio on his 100 birthday that the Israeli army destroyed and depopulated hundreds of Arab villages in order to establishment the…
New Israeli Plan To Rip-off 22500 Dunams From Palestinians In Bethlehem
The Israeli government is planning one of its largest schemes to illegally confiscate 22.500 Dunams (5559.87 Acres) that belong to the Palestinians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as…
Palestine Today 06 17 2013
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Hamas Official Demands Hezbollah To Withdraw Fighters From Syria
[Monday June 14 2013] The Hamas movement called on the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party to withdraw its fighters from Syria [supporting President Bashar Assad], and to focus on the struggle against…
Settlers Attack An Elderly Woman In Jerusalem
Three Israeli settlers attacked [Sunday June 16] an elderly Palestinian woman in Deir Yassin area, in West Jerusalem. Medical sources said that Fathiyya Mohammad Ajaj, 75, was visiting her son,…
Hamas Formed Special Unit To Counter Shell Fire From Gaza, Report Claims
[Monday June 17 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Hamas movement in Gaza formed a special unit to prevent resistance groups from firing shells into adjacent Israeli areas.Israeli Wallah…
Report: “Detainee Abu Hamdiyya Died Of Advanced Stage Of Carcinoma”
Sunday [June 16] Head of the Palestinian Forensics Center, Dr. Saber Al-‘Aloul, stated that the final findings of the forensic report regarding the cause of death of detainee Maisara Abu…
Elderly Man Kidnapped Near Hebron
[Sunday June 16] Israeli soldiers kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man, after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked shepherds in a Palestinian village, south of the southern West Bank city…
Palestinian Injured In Nablus
A Palestinian man was injured on Friday [June 14] in Jama’in town, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after being attacked by several Israeli soldiers during clashes that…
Man Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday evening [June 14 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli army fire, as he worked in his land in Deir Al-Balah, in…
This Week in Palestine Week 24 2013
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Settlers Burn Two Cars In Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Friday [June 14 2013] that extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze two Palestinian cars in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The sources added that the settlers also…
Abbas Meets Palestinian Climber Who Raised Flag On Everest
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Thursday [June 13 2013] the Palestinian climber who managed to reach the summit of the Everest, and raised the Palestinian flag.Abbas met Raed Zidan,…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped By The Army In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn [June 14 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.Local sources…
Palestinian Seriously Injured At The Qalandia Terminal
[Thursday June 14 2013] An Israeli soldier shot, and seriously injured, a Palestinian man at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.The army claimed that the Palestinian failed to stop…
Israel claims Uncovering Two Tunnels In West Bank
Israeli army sources reported Thursday [June 14 2013] that the army located two tunnels under a section of the Annexation Wall, close to the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 civilians wounded, 51 abducted in 69 Israeli incursions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 05 – 12 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Report: ‘Tel Aviv University Received Finances From Settler Group’
[Thursday June 13 2013] The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the Tel Aviv University is cooperating with right wing settler groups involved in excavations in Silwan Arab town, south…
Zahalka: “Government, Police, Responsible For Escalating Settler Violence”
[Wednesday June 13] Arab Member of Israeli Knesset (MK) Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, demanding him…
Israel To Build More Than 1200 Units For Settlers In West Bank
[Thursday June 13 2013] Israeli media sources have reported that despite efforts by the United States to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Tel Aviv decided…
Palestine Today 06 13 2013
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Settlers Deface Christian Cemetery In Jaffa
[Thursday June 13 2013] a number of extremist Israel settlers carried out another Price Tag attack, this time targeting a Christian Cemetery in Jaffa, and spray-painted “Price Tag”, and “Revenge”…
Dannon: “The Palestinian Future is In Jordan”
Israeli TV, Channel 1, aired an interview with Israeli deputy Defense Minister, Member of Knesset (MK) Danny Danon, who said that there will never be a Palestinian State, and that…
Army Opens Fire At Palestinians In Khan Younis
[Thursday morning June 13 2013] Israeli military vehicles, stationed across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and homes in Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of the southern West…
“Whatever You Take From The Sea, The Sea Takes Back From You”
Majed Fadel Hassan Baker (53) is a fisherman from the Gaza Strip. Having been a fisherman since the age of 10, he has borne witness to the sharp decline of…
Army: “Shots Fire At Settlement Bus Near Nablus”
Israeli military sources claimed, on Thursday evening {June 12 2013] that gunmen opened fire at a settlement bus driving, close to the Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West…
165 “Price Tag” Attacks Carried Out This Year
The Israeli Police revealed Wednesday [June 12 2013] that Israeli settlers carried out 165 Price Tag attacks against the Palestinians and their property, in the West Bank, and in the…
Legislator Moved To Administrative Detention
On Wednesday [June 12 2013] an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.The army kidnapped the legislator…
Israel Soldiers Breach Lebanon Border
Lebanese army sources reported Wednesday [June 12 2013] that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced approximately 15 meters into Lebanese territory, and that Lebanon complained to the UNIFIL. The…
Palestine Today 06 12 2013
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Four Hunger Striking Detainees Forced Into Solitary Confinement
[Wednesday June 12] the Prison Administration of the Negev Detention Camp forced four hunger striking detainees into solitary confinement in an attempt to force them to quit their strike.The four…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 12 2013] Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military jeeps…
The Palestinian struggle is a black struggle
One of the pillars of my trip to Gaza with the Palestine Literature Festival turned out to be an ongoing discussion regarding the essential blackness of the Palestinian struggle and…
Five Injured By Army Fire Near Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 11 2013] the Al-Far’a refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Tubas, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones at the…
Home, Shed, Demolished Near Jenin
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded on Wednesday morning [June 12 2013] Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, in the Jenin district, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished…
Palestinian Injured In Hebron
[Tuesday June 11 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli army fire, when Israeli soldiers attacks a funeral procession of a child in…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered In 2004
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening [June 11 2013] that a young Palestinian man died of serious injuries suffered in 2004 when undercover forces of the Israeli army tried…
Palestine Today 06 11 2013
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Child Kidnapped In Aida Refugee Camp
[Monday late at night June 10] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child and his father, from the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The child…
Palestinian Injured By Settler’s Fire Near Qalqilia
On Monday morning [June 11 2013] one Palestinian was shot and injured by a live round fired by a guard of the Oranit illegal Israeli settlement, built on lands that…
Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
[Tuesday June 11 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped nine Palestinians in Nablus and one in Hebron.Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the…
Tel Aviv Sold Advanced Weapons To Four Arab Countries
The British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has reported that Israel sold, over the past five years, military and security equipment for four Arab countries in addition to Pakistan.In…
Netanyahu: “We Are Not Operating In Syria”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Monday [June 10] that the Israeli army is not operating in any way, shape of form, in Syria, and described reports of such an…
Alleged “Anti-Terror Bill” to Legalize Administrative Detention
The Israeli Government passed Sunday [June 9 2013] the “Anti-Terror Bill”, authorizing harsher punishment against individuals suspected or convicted of aiding armed groups in the country, and anywhere in the…
Palestine Today 06 10 2013
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Palestinian Seriously Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that a farmer was seriously injured after being targeted by Israeli army fire while working in his land, in southern Gaza.The sources said that Amer…
Child Kidnapped In Jerusalem
On Monday at dawn [June 10 2013] Israeli police officers kidnapped one child in the Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. One resident was also kidnapped in Beit Hanina.Media sources…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
On Monday morning [June 10, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into several homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians before taking them to…
Hebron man arrested for filing complaint about settler attack
Human rights activist Jawad Abu Eysheh, 39, was arrested Friday 7th June following a complaint he made four months ago about a settler attack.At 4:20 pm on 7th June, Israeli…
Palestine Becomes Member of the IFJ
Palestine became a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) during the meeting in Dublin Castle, on June 6. Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate head, Abdul-Nasser An-Najjar, was elected as a…