AMNESTY: “Israel, Palestinian Fighters, Committed War Crimes”
AMNESTY International issued a report on the Israeli war on Gaza, in November of 2012, and statedthat its investigations conducted that both Israel and the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, violated…
Five Palestinians Kidnaped In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, three Palestinians in Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two children in the Old City of Jerusalem, local sources…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians Near Jenin
Thursday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bod town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped five Palestinians. The army also invaded Zabbouba nearby village, and Beit…
In Two Separate Incidents; Two Children Injured By Settlers Vehicles
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian children have been seriously injured, on Wednesday, in two separate incidents after being rammed by settlers’ vehicles in the West Bank districts…
“Who would want to live in a place like this?”
Since Israel tightened its closure of the Gaza Strip in 2007, severely restricting the import of fuel and construction materials, repairing and maintaining the waste management facilities to meet the…
Palestine Today 05 22 2013
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Army Kidnaps 12 Children In Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 22 2013, The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped twelve children, students of the Orphanage School in occupied East Jerusalem.Bassam Khalil, vice-principal…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Wednesday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, the army broke into several homes and searched them causing…
Islamic Jihad Denies Involvement In Syrian Clashes
On Tuesday, May 21, the Islamic Jihad in Palestine denied accusations of involvement in the ongoing clashes between the Syrian army and armed groups in Syria, and said that its…
Israel Claims Arresting Two Hamas, Islamic Jihad “Cells” In Hebron
The Israeli Security Agency (Shabak) revealed Tuesday that the army managed to arrest, a month ago, members of two “cells” that belong to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in…
Child Injured By Army Fire In Ramallah
Tuesday May 21 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a child was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the central West Bank city…
PPP Slams Arrest Of Five Of Its Members By P.A. Forces
Tuesday May 21 2013; the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) issued a statement condemning the arrest of five of its members by the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West…
Palestine Today 05 21 2013
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Soldiers Kidnap Two Children In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, two Palestinian children in Abu Dis town, in occupied East Jerusalem, after breaking into their families’ homes and violently searching them.Local sources reported…
Israel Allows Fishermen To Fish Within 6 Miles Off Gaza Shore
Tuesday May 21 2013, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that Israel decided to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish within six nautical miles of the Gaza shore.Fishermen were originally allowed…
Palestinian Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 21 2013, Israeli bulldozers of the Jerusalem City Council demolished a Palestinian home in Khallit Al-Ein area, in At-Tour neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus
Tuesday at dawn, May 21 2013, Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several homes and searched them before kidnapping four…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday, four Palestinians, after the army tried to force a young Palestinian woman to be hand searched by the army in the…
2400 Palestinians Stuck At The Rafah Terminal
Tuesday May 21, 2013; the Himaya Center for Journalists Defending Human Rights has reported that more than 2400 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are currently stuck at the Rafah Border…
P.A Security Arrests A PFLP Leader In Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian security officers kidnapped, on Monday evening, one of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home,…
Dozens Injured As Army Invades Bodrus Village
Monday evening, May 20 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Bodrus village, west of the…
Soldiers kidnap Two Children In Jerusalem
Monday, May 20 2013; Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian schoolchildren returning home from school, in the Al-Wad Road area, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. The twin brothers,…
Army Invades Jenin
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored jeeps, invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Al-Yamoun nearby town, installed a number of roadblocks…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Fishermen In Northern Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, has reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two Palestinian fishermen near the coast of Beit Lahia…
Palestine Today 05 20 2013
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Israel Issues Arrest Warrant For Palestinian Minister Of Detainees
Monday May 20 2013, according to Israel’s daily, Haaretz, the Salem Israeli Military Court issued a warrant ordering the Israeli army to arrest Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’. Qaraqe’…
Army Uproots Farmlands In Hebron, Destroys Irrigation Systems
Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.Ata’ Jaber,…
Dr. Ashrawi Slams Israeli Plans to Legalize Illegal Settler ‘Outposts’
In response to Israel’s most recent unilateral violation of international law, including plans to legalize settler ‘outposts,’ and the escalation of settler violence against the Palestinian people and their resources,…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians Near Nablus
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded kafr Qalil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources reported that the army…
Army Demolishes Five Commercial Structures Near Jenin
Monday Morning, May 19 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demolished five commercial buildings, and handed demolition notices to a number…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Village In The Negev
Sunday May 19 2013; a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Beit Hadaj Bedouin village in the Negev, and assaulted the villagers before torching at tent inhabited by Eid…
Settlers Hurl A Molotov Cocktail At A Car Near Ramallah
A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp road, in the central West city…
Army Invades Awarta Town, Kidnaps One Resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at noon, Awarta town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one resident. One Palestinian was also kidnapped near Ramallah. Local sources…
Israeli archive file shows that Israel’s founder tried to erase Palestinian Nakba
A new report published in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz describes the information found in a newly-uncovered document in the government archives, which reveals that the first Israeli government, including the…
17 Palestinians Injured In The Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Friday, May 17, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp,…
25 Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
Friday evening, May 17 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that approximately 25 Palestinians have been injured, including twelve who were shot by live rounds, during clashes that took place when…
Soldiers Break Into The Negev Detention Camp, Attack Detainees
The Palestinian Detainees Study Center has reported that undercover forces of the Israeli military broke, on Thursday, into section 24 of the Negev detention camp, attacked the detainees and searched…
This Week in Palestine Week 20 2013
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Army Kidnapped 28 Children In The first Half Of May, Dozens Injured
According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers continued their…
Settler Installs Mobile Home In Palestinian Land near Jerusalem
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported Thursday, May 16 2013, that an armed Israeli settler installed a mobile home in Nabi Samuel village, north west of occupied East Jerusalem.Resident Eid Barakat,…
Settlers Attack Schoolchildren Near Nablus
Thursday May 16 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked several schoolchildren in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Local sources reported that the settlers…
Palestine Today 05 16 2013
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Army Uproots Farmlands Near Nablus
Thursday morning, May 16 2013, Israeli soldiers uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands that belong to a resident of Aqraba village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The army claims…
Soldiers Kidnap 20 Palestinians In Hebron
Thursday May 16 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped twenty Palestinians, mainly children, in the At-Tabaqa village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and started interrogating them in alleged…
Israel To Discuss “Legalization” Of Four Illegal West Bank Outposts
Israeli daily, Ynetnews, reported that the Israeli government informed the Supreme Court that it is examining the legalization of four illegal settlement outposts, built on privately owned Palestinian lands.In 2003,…
Clashes, Injuries, Reported In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers in Kharsa village, south of the southern West Bank city of…
Several Palestinians Injured In Jerusalem Clashes
Jerusalem Wednesday May 15 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Bab Al-‘Amoud area in occupied East Jerusalem, after the…
On Nakba Day, Palestinians March In Jaffa
Wednesday May 15 2013, hundreds of Palestinians marched in Jaffa marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, affirming that the Palestinians are determined to achieve their full and…
Palestine Today 05 15 2013
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Jewish extremists torch 2 cars
Jewish extremists set fire to two vehicles and wrote ‘price tag’ with spray paint in the village of Nein near Afula inside the green line.A resident claimed that police tried…
Thousands Mark The Nakba In Bethlehem
Thousands of Palestinians marked, on Tuesday evening, the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, and participated in a huge procession organized by the Badil Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees Rights,…
65th Commemoration: Ongoing Nakba and Secondary Forcible Displacement
Of the 11.4 million Palestinians worldwide, 66% are forcible displaced, (refugees and internally displaced people) and over half live in the Shatat (forced exile). Instead of an event relegated to…
Army Invades Jenin, Clashes Reported
Wednesday at dawn, May 15 2013, local sources reported that dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded Zabbouba town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with…
Israel Claims Two Mortars Fired Into The Golan
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that at least two mortar shells have been fired into the occupied Golan Heights, and detonated in the Jabal Al-Sheik, leading to no damages or injuries.The…
ICC To Conduct Preliminary Examination Into Marmara Attack
The International Criminal Court said that it initiated a preliminary investigation into the May 2010 deadly Israeli attack that targeted the Turkish MV Marmara solidarity Ship leading to the death…
Right Of Return Coalition calls For Unity, Rejects Arab Initiative
The International Palestinian Right of Return Coalition issued a press release marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, and called on all Palestinian factions to achieve unity and…
Four Detained Legislators Receive Renewed Administrative Detention
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported Tuesday that four illegally imprisoned legislators, held at the Negev Israeli detention camp, received renewed Administrative Detention orders, for six…
On Nakba Anniversary, Refugees Make almost Half of Population
RAMALLAH, May 14, 2013 (WAFA) – On the eve of the Nakba (catastrophe) 65th anniversary, the refugees make almost half of the total Palestinian population, the Palestinian Central Bureau of…
Palestine Today 05 14 2013
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Settlers uproot 150 trees near Nablus
Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted over 150 trees belonging to Palestinians south of Nablus.A local Settler monitoring official said that several settlers attacked Sbeih Mountain area between Beta and Yitma…
Jewish extremists set fire to wheat fields near Nablus
Jewish extremists on Tuesday set fire to several wheat fields belonging to Palestinians in the village of Beit Furik east of Nablus.An official who monitors settlers’ activities said that extremists…
Barghouthi: “Right Of Return, A Sacred Right”
In a statement released from his prison cell, detained Palestinian political leader, Marwan Barghouthi, stated that May 15, marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, when Israel was established in…
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank, Clashes Reported
Tuesday at dawn, April 14 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to…
Israeli Extremists Burn Cars, Write Racist Graffiti Near Haifa
Tuesday May 4 2013; the Arabs48 News Website has reported that a number of extremist Israelis attacked the Um Al-Qataf village, in Wadi ‘Ara area, torched three Palestinian cars and…
Settlers Burn Palestinian Agricultural Lands Near Nablus
Monday evening, May 13 2013; a group of extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze Palestinian olive orchards and farmlands that belong the villages of Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank…
Israel Delays Bids On Construction Of 1500 Units In East Jerusalem
Israeli army radio reported Monday that the Regional Construction and Planning Committee in Jerusalem decided to delay bids for the construction of 1500 additional units in the Ramat Shlomo illegal…
Palestine Today 05 13 2013
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Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinians, including an imam of a local mosque, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after violently breaking into their homes…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Property, Graves, Near Nablus
Monday morning, May 13 2013; Palestinian sources reported that a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked and destroyed Palestinian property, destroyed graves and wrote racist graffiti in As-Swiya village, south…
Report: “%100 Of Administrative Detainees Are Former Prisoners”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that all of the Palestinian current administrative detainees, held by Israel without charges, are former political prisoners who have been…
Israel Violates Lebanese Airspace
Lebanese sources reported Sunday that four Israeli F-16 war jets violated the Lebanese airspace, and circled at law altitude over several cities and towns south of the country.The Israeli Air…
Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Beit Sahour
Israeli soldiers attacked on Sunday morning a nonviolent protest carried out against the army’s illegal decision to allow Israeli settlers to install a settlement outpost on city land, used as…
Ahrar: “Israel Still Holding Captive 13 Legislators, 2 Ministers”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported, Saturday, that Israel is still holding captive 13 democratically-elected legislators, and two government ministers.Fuad Al-Khuffash, head of the Ahrar Center,…
Seven Children Injured In Jerusalem
Saturday, May 11 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that seven Palestinian children have been injured by gas bombs and concussion grenades fired by Israel soldiers at elementary schoolchildren in At-Tour…
Settlers Attack, Injure A Palestinian Near Nablus
Saturday evening, May 11 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was injured after being attacked by extremist Israeli settlers who invaded the Burin village, south of the…
Non-violent protester shot in head by Israeli troops; 4 others wounded
21-year old Ibrahim Awad was shot in the head at close range by a plastic-coated steel bullet fired by Israeli forces at a protest in Beit Ummar, in the southern…
This Week in Palestine Week 19 2013
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Clashes break out near Nablus
Clashes broke on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinians near Huwara military checkpoint south of Nablus. Dozens of Palestinians were protesting the recent settlers attacks in the area. Israeli forces…
PCHR Weekly Report: 11 Palestinian civilians, including 9-year old girl, wounded by Israeli troops
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 02 – 08 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Israel Demolishes Al-Araqeeb Village In The Negev
Thursday May 9 2013, for the fiftieth time in two years, the Israeli Authorities demolished the Bedouin Arab village of Al-Araqeeb, in the Negev, displacing dozens of families as part…
Palestinians Protest Confiscation Of Cremisan Monastery Lands In Beit Jala
On Thursday evening, hundreds of Palestinians held a protest against Israeli illegal confiscation of their lands, including lands that belong to the Cremisan Monastery, in Beit Jala city, in the…
Four Injured By Settlers Attack Near Nablus
Thursday evening, May 9 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian father and his three sons have been injured after a number of Israeli settlers hurled stones at their…
Palestine Seeks Full Interpol Membership
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is seeking a full membership with the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO), internationally known as Interpol, and will be submitting an official application…
PCHR Condemns Violent Dispersal Of Solidarity Sit-in In Khan Younis
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the violent dispersal of a sit-in in solidarity with the Syrian people, held in Khan Younis in the south of the…
Palestine Today 05 09 2013
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Jordanians Protest In Front Of Israeli Embassy
Jordanian sources reported that dozens of Jordanian young men held a protest in front of the Jordanian embassy in Amman, while some tried to break into the embassy, demanding the…
Army Demolishes Shops Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the Barta’a village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, declared the village a closed military zone, and demolished 12 shops.Ghassan Qabha, head…
Soldiers Invade Hebron, Break Into Homes
Thursday May 9 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Ithna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and Bab Az-Zawiya area in the city, broke into and searched several homes.Local…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
Wednesday evening, May 8 2013, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars at the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and hurled…
Israel Approves Construction Of 296 Units In Bet El Settlement
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the “Civil Administration” in the occupied West Bank, approved the construction of additional 296 units in the Bet El settlement,…
Palestinians March In Jerusalem To Counter Provocative Settler Procession
Hundreds of Palestinians marched Wednesday in occupied Jerusalem, carrying Palestinians flags and chanting slogans for the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem, to counter a provocative procession by extremist settlers who…
Israeli Police Releases Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem
Hours after kidnapping him on Wednesday, the Israeli police released the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported.PNN said…
Palestine Today 05 08 2013
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Report: “Hamas Attacks Gunmen, Stops Them From Firing Shells”
The Field Follow-up Committee at the Ibin Tamima Media Center in Gaza, claimed that members of the Hamas security forces, opened fire at Salafi fighters, in northern Gaza, and wounded…
Syria Allegedly Grants Palestinian Group Green Light To Attack Israel
A Political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, based in Syria, stated that Damascus allegedly granted the Front an unofficial green light to…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In Nablus
Wednesday at dawn, May 8 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The soldiers also fired several rounds of live ammunition into…
Army Kidnaps The Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem
Wednesday May 8 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, after surrounding his home and breaking into it.Local sources reported that…
Army Demolishes Two Homes In Jericho
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the Al-‘Oja village in Jericho, demolished two Palestinian homes, and handed orders for the demolition of five more homes in the village.Local sources reported…
Israel: “Reconciliation With Turkey Enabled Us To Strike Syria”
Senior Israeli military and security officials stated that the reconciliation with Turkey, and the progressing relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv, enabled Israel, over the last few days, to carry…
Israel Forces Palestinian To Demolish His Home In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 7 2013, A Palestinian man from occupied East Jerusalem had to demolish his own home in order to avoid high fines and expenses after an Israeli court decided…