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…
Settlers Burn A Palestinian Car In Jerusalem
Friday June 7 2013, several extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Friday at dawn, a Palestinian car that belongs to resident, Yasser Samir Najib, 31, from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied…
G4S Annual General Meeting Dominated by Controversy Over Israeli Prison Contracts
G4S’ involvement in the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails dominated the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 6th June, overshadowing all other business, including last year’s Olympic…
This Week in Palestine Week 23 2013
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UN To Grant Urgent Aid To Palestinian Victims Of Settler Violence
The United Nations stated it is working on plan meant for providing emergency aid to Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, victims of attacks carried out by extremist Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops wound 7 civilians, including 2 children, in attacks this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 30 May – 04 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Infant Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Late Thursday night at around midnight, June 6 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffocated after inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers invading Kufur Qaddoum, village, near…
Palestinian Minister Released After Two Years In Captivity
On Thursday evening [6 June 2013], Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Kabaha (50 years of age) after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Ramallah, Impose Curfew
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the Al-Mogheer village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after closing all of its entrances, and imposed curfew forcing the villagers…
Settlers Cut Palestinian Trees Near Hebron
Thursday June 6 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers cut nearly 20 Palestinian olive trees that belong to a farmer from Beit Ummar Palestinian town, near the southern West…
Palestinian Killed, Four Injured, In Clashes Between Police, Gunmen In Gaza
Thursday June 6 2013, one Palestinian was killed and four Policemen have been injured during clashes between Palestinian policemen and gunmen in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…
Palestine Today 06 06 2013
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Erekat: “Netanyahu’s Call To Peace, Elusive”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that calls made by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking Abbas to resume direct peace talks with Tel Aviv are illusive and aimed…
EU Demands Israel To Stop Settlement Activities
The European Union demanded Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to stop Israel’s illegal settlement activities, and stated that the EU would support the Palestinian Authority in joining the International Criminal…
Female Detainees Start Hunger Strike
Thursday June 6 2013, Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, started an open-ended hunger strike demanding the Israeli Prison Authority to provide the needed medical treatment to detainee Heba Abu…
Detainee Moved To Hospital
Thursday June 6 2013; the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Palestinian detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, was moved from the Ramla prison clinic to the Al-Affoula Israeli hospital, due to…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including an elected legislator, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Ramallah have reported that the army invaded the…
Shabak Head: “Abbas Does Not Believe Peace Is Possible”
Speaking to the Israeli Knesset Foreign and Security Committee on Tuesday, head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shabak), Yuram Cohen, stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, does not really believe…
Miles Of Smiles 20 Arrives In Gaza
Wednesday June 5 2013; The “Miles of Smiles 20” human right solidarity convoys managed to reach the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal between the coastal region and Egypt,…
“My Son Lives In Constant Fear That His Family Will Die”
Baraa’ Abd al Rahman Badawi is an 11 year old Palestinian boy who lives in Gaza City with his mother, Dima Badawi. On 7 January 2009, at approximately 18:30, during…
Palestine Today 06 05 2013
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Soldiers Kidnap Three In Jenin
Late on Tuesday at night – June 4 2013, scores of Israeli soldiers invaded two villages and a refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, broke into…
Hamas, Fateh Leaders Hold A Meeting In Gaza
Officials of the rival Fateh and Hamas movement held, Tuesday, a meeting in Gaza city, in an attempt to bridge the gaps between the two movements.The Maan News Agency has…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Jenin, Break Into Homes
Tuesday evening June 4 2013, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Jalkamous, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, broke into and searched several homes, and…
Bahar: “Newly Formed Government In West Bank, Unconstitutional”
Tuesday June 4 2013, Dr. Ahmad Bahar, deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), stated that the newly appointed government that will be formed in the West Bank, is…
Settlers Attack Residents, Hurl Stones At Cars In East Jerusalem
Tuesday evening, June 4 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles in the At-Tour Palestinian town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked local youths who…
Palestine Today 06 04 2013
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Army Demolishes Four Homes, Four Sheds Near Jericho
Tuesday June 4 2013, eyewitnesses have reported that dozens of Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by an armored D9 bulldozers, invaded the An- Nuwei’ma area, north of the West Bank city…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Bethlehem
Tuesday June 4 2013, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians from the villages of Husan and Al-Asakra.Local sources have reported that…
Israeli troops attack Palestinian civilians near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of tear gas canisters at a group of students and other civilians protesting an Israeli demolition order on Monday.The protest was not organized in advance, but…
Palestine Today 06 03 2013
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Israeli Illegally Confiscates 370 Dunams Near Nablus
Monday June 3 2013, the Israeli government announced Monday it decision to illegally confiscate 370 Dunams (91.42 Acres) of Palestinian lands, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Ghassan…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In Qalqilia, Bethlehem And Hebron
Monday at dawn, June 3 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Bethlehem and Hebron, and kidnapped ten Palestinians after breaking into their homes and…
Several Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Jenin
Monday at dawn, June 3 2013, Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, reported that several Palestinians have been injured after Israeli soldiers…
Hunger Striking Detainee Forced Into Solitary Confinement
Sunday June 2 2013, The Israeli Prison Authority forced a hunger striking detainee into solitary confinement as he stopped drinking water after two weeks on ongoing hunger strike. The Waed…
Abbas Appoints A New Prime Minister
Sunday June 2 2013, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, appointed a new Prime Minister to replace the resigned P.M. Dr. Salaam Fayyad in the occupied West Bank.Abbas asked the newly appointed…
Army To Demolish Two Homes In Silwan
Sunday June 2 2013, Israeli soldiers and workers of the Jerusalem City Council, invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and delivered warrants against two homes.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…
Settlers Block Main Road Near Salfit
Sunday June 2 2013, several Israeli settlers closed the main road leading to Yasouf village, east of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and attacked a number of cars…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In West Bank
June 2 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped…
370 Palestinians Kidnapped In May
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies issued its monthly report on the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and stated that Israeli soldiers carried out more than 280 invasions, in…
Soldiers Open Fire At Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
Saturday June 1 2013, A number of Israeli Navy boats fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters in the northern part of the Gaza…
Child Seriously Injured In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources has reported that a Palestinian child was seriously injured by Israeli army fire, late on Friday evening, at the entrance of the Aida refugee camp, north of…
This Week in Palestine Week 22 2013
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Settlers Write Anti-Christian Graffiti On Jerusalem Church
Friday May 31 2013, a number of Israeli settlers wrote anti-Christian graffiti on the back wall of a Christian Church, near the southern wall of the Old City of occupied…
“The Police Shot Me, Then Cuffed Me”, Says Victim Of Bank Attack
A young Palestinian man, from the Negev, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli Police fire when an armed Israeli man attacked the Hapoalim Bank in Beersheba, on Monday…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 civilians wounded, 41 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
U.S Trying To Hold Palestinian-Israeli Meeting In D.C
The Al-Quds Newspaper has reported that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is working on holding a meeting next week between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, in an attempt to…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem
Thursday evening, May 30 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers broke into the home of a Palestinian family in Shu’fat, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked family members while…
29 Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured Near Hebron
Thursday May 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a shepherd was attacked by a number of Israeli soldiers, near Yatta city, south of the southern West Bank city…
Palestinian Leader Passes Away After Life Of Struggle
On Tuesday at dawn, May 28 2013, senior Fateh leader, a leader who fought the occupation and fought injustice and corruption, Abdul-Aziz Sahin (Abu Ali Shahin), 80, passed away at…
Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
Israeli NGO, Terrestrial Jerusalem, has reported that Israel is planning to build more than 1000 units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem.It stated the move “could significantly hinder the…
Israel Might Release Detainees Held Before Oslo Agreement
Israeli Channel 7 has reported that a leaked Israeli document revealed that Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, is weighing the possibility of releasing Palestinian detainees who have been held by…
Extremist Settlers Burnt Olive Trees, Farmlands, Near Qalqilia
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian olive trees and farmlands planted with wheat, in an area located between the villages of Far’ata and Jeet,…
My Family Died For Nothing
At approximately 20:30 on 14 January 2009, during ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Israeli forces carried out a drone strike at the house of Ezz Eddin Wahid Mousa Family, in Gaza City.…
Palestine Today 05 29 2013
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Soldiers Hurl Stones, Bottles, At Palestinians In Hebron
Wednesday May 29 2013; local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that a number of Israeli soldiers hurled stones and empty bottles at…
Dozens of Soldiers Invade Central Gaza
Wednesday morning, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and opened fire at Palestinian farmers forcing them…
Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al-Aqaba area in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded a home before demolishing it. Soldiers also…
Soldiers Invade Nablus, Kidnaps Several Palestinians
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Sorra village, and the Balata refugee camp east of the city, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including…
Settlers Puncture Tires Of Palestinian Cars In Jerusalem
Wednesday May 29 2013, in a second attack since Monday, extremist Israeli settlers punctured tires of a number of Palestinian vehicles in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Jerusalem
Wednesday at dawn, May 29 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home and searching it. Army surrounds…
Settlers Burn Cars, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Tubas
Wednesday morning, May 29, a group of Israeli settlers invaded the Az-Beidat area, near the West Bank city of Tubas, burnt four cars and a tractor, and wrote racist graffiti…
Soldiers Caught On Tape Assaulting A Palestinian Youth
After a video documenting the attack surfaced more than a month after the assault took place, the Israeli Military Police decided to investigate a violent attack carried out by Israeli…
Four Soldiers Injured During Training
Israeli sources reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers have been injured when their tank overturned during training for reserve soldiers at an Israeli military base in the Negev.Israeli TV, Channel…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported, Thursday, that Jordanian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 27 days ago, protesting…
Child Forced Under House Arrest In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 28 2013, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that the Israeli Police released an 11-year-old child, identified as Saif Roweidi, after kidnapping…
Five Palestinians Injured In Northern Gaza
Tuesday evening May 28 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that five Palestinians, members of the same family, have been injured by an explosion in Jabalia, in the northern part…
Palestine Today 05 28 2013
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Police Kidnaps A Guard Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police officers kidnapped, Tuesday, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he tried to stop some extremist Israeli settlers from breaking into the…
Soldiers Invade Al-Khader, Four Injured
Tuesday morning May 28, Palestinian medical sources have reported that four Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Khader town, south of…
UN Official: “Israel Is Committing Serious Human Rights Violations”
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, stated that Israel is committing serious Human Rights violations, and called on Tel Aviv to stop its settlement construction activities, and to…
Army Demolishes Three Homes, Two Hothouses, Two Barns In Jericho
Monday May 27 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jiftlik Palestinian village in the Jericho district in the West Bank, and demolished three homes, two hothouses and two barns.Local sources have…
Palestine Today 05 27 2013
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Israeli Settlements Occupy 538.303 Dunams In West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that, in 2012, Israel confiscated 8000 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank for the benefit of its settlements in areas referred to…
Settlers Illegally Seize Two Stores In Jerusalem’s Old City
Dozens of Israeli settlers, illegally occupied on Monday two Palestinian stores near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported.PNN said that dozens of…