Soldiers Surround Azzoun Town
Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents.The army surrounded the…
Soldiers Remove “Canaan” Protest Village Installed On Threatened Lands
Saturday morning February 9; Israeli soldiers invaded and dismantled the Canaan protest village, east of Yatta town, near Hebron, that was installed by local nonviolent activists on Palestinian lands that…
Protests In Gaza And 40 European Cities Demand End To International Trade With Israeli Agribusiness
More than 300 farmers and activists in Gaza march towards the buffer zone near the border with Israel to demand boycott of Israeli agriculture firms.- 16 Palestinian agricultural and civil…
Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; dozens suffered the…
British businessman promises to resign as chairman of Israeli settlement exporter
Jimmy Russo, the Company Chairman of EDOM, has told Corporate Watch that he plans to resign from his chairmanship and “actively seek to sell” his 20% shareholding in the Israeli…
Israel Approves 869 Units In West Bank Settlements
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved on Friday the construction plans of a total of 869 units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Egyptian Army Stops Five Weapons Shipments Heading To Gaza
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported Friday that the Egyptian army has intensified its activities in Sinai, over the past few weeks, and thwarted five attempts to smuggle weapons to the Gaza…
Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi
Akram Rikhawi finally tasted freedom today after Israel released him from nearly a decade of imprisonment. Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of…
Palestinian Prisoner Dies At A Prison In Gaza
A Palestinian prisoner held at the detention center run by the Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip died, on Friday morning after he was moved to the Intensive care unit…
This Week in Palestine – Week 6 2013
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PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Civilians Wounded, Including 2 Children, By Israeli Troops This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 31 Jan.- 06 Feb. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Netanyahu’s Office: “No Change On Settlements Policy”
The office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Thursday that the new Israeli government, headed by Netanyahu, does not intend to change its policies regarding the construction and expansion…
Syria Files Complaint Against Israel For Bombing Syrian Territory
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations filed, on Thursday evening, an official complaint against Israel for bombarding a site in the country, and for violating Syrian airspace. Syrian Ambassador to…
Army Invades Ya’bod Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday afternoon, the schools area in the village of Ya’bod, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashed with dozens of school students, and…
Soldiers Remove Solidarity Tent In Jerusalem
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday evening, the Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and used force to remove a solidarity tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking…
Fateh And Hamas To Meet In Cairo
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated Thursday that representatives of his movement and the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, will be holding a…
Palestine Today 02 07 2013
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Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians At Border Fence In Gaza
Israeli military sources reported Wednesday that the army kidnapped three unarmed Palestinians after crossing the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel.The sources stated that initial investigation revealed that…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian shepherd was attacked, on Wednesday afternoon, by a group of extremist Israeli settlers west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The Maan…
Palestine Today 02 06 2013
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Israel To Release Detainee Reekhawy
Wednesday February 5 2013; The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that an Israeli court decided Wednesday to release hunger striking detainee Akram Reekhawi, likely on Thursday.The Foundation said…
Army Invades Yatta Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into several homes and searched them.The soldiers invaded Khirbit Z’ayma area,…
Obama To Visit Tel Aviv, Ramallah In March
Israeli TV, Channel 10, reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, intends to visit Tel Aviv and Ramallah in mid March after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, forms his new government.Channel…
Palestine Today 02 05 2013
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Army Demolishes Home In Jerusalem
Tuesday, Feb. 5 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ashraqiyya area, in Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a home for a Palestinian, leaving its members in the cold.…
Settlers Torch Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
Tuesday February 5 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers torched two Palestinian vehicles in the Dir Jareer village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote…
Palestinian Injured After Being Hit By Israeli Army Jeep
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that one youth was moderately injured after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep in Za’atara village, south of the West Bank city…
Army To Demolish Structures Near Nablus
Tuesday February 5; Israeli soldiers invaded Sabastia town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed several residents military orders demanding them to demolish structures built in…
26 Palestinians Kidnapped Since Monday At Dawn
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday and Tuesday 26 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Legislators and…
“Arabic Not Allowed Here” Says Haifa University Employee
An Arab student studying at the Haifa University was prevented from speaking his mother tongue while at the Academic Counseling Center, and was explicitly told that “Arabic is not allowed…
Palestine Today 02 04 2013
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Including 3 Legislators, Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians
Monday at dawn February 4, 2013 l Israeli soldiers kidnapped 21 Palestinians, including three legislators, in several districts in the occupied West Bank.The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported…
Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security Forces
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been injured during clashes that took place, Saturday, with members of the Al-Qassam Brigades of…
Dozens Injured Near Nablus As Army Attacks Protest Camp
Saturday evening – February 2; Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of nonviolent activists have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protesters who established “Al-Manatheer Neighborhood”, on Palestinians land…
Netanyahu: “Government Priorities; Iranian File And Negotiations”
In a Televised speech he delivered, Saturday evening, after being officially tasked with forming the new Israeli government, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that his coming government will have…
Two Children Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that two Palestinian children have been injured by Israeli military fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Medics…
Weekly Protest Against The Wall, Settlements, Held In Bil’in
Friday February 1, 2013; Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and International peace activists held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in the village on…
This Week in Palestine week 5 2012
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Four Palestinians Kidnaped In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Jenin; several Palestinians were injured in clashed with the…
Attacks Continue Against Silwan
For the second day in a row, Israeli soldiers and policemen continued their campaign in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. The army broke into homes and stores, and kidnapped…
PCHR Weekly Report: Woman, child dead; 11 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23- 30 January 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Army Breaks Into Homes Of Former Detainees In Nablus
Friday at dawn February 1; Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the Balata refugee camp, east of the city, and broke into homes of several…
The Closure Is Like Dying A Slow Death
Ramadan Daoud Hussein Abdel Bari (51) lives in Gaza together with his wife, their 8 children, and his sick mother. He opened a clothing factory in Khan Younis in 1985.…
7 Killed, 300 Kidnapped In January
A report prepared and published by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed seven Palestinians, and kidnapped more than 300, last month –…
Army Kidnaps 20 Palestinians, Allegedly Planning Attacks
The Israeli Internal Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Thursday that the army arrested, in Hebron, what it called a Palestinian cell of twenty men who planned attacks against Israeli targets,…
Palestine Today 01 31 2013
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France, Britain Said To Be Preparing Peace Initiative
The Al-Hayat Arabic Language Paper in London reported that France and Britain are preparing an initiative reportedly meant to ensure the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Syrian Military Science Center
Despite Israeli allegations of bombing a weapons convoy heading to Lebanon, Syrian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force bombarded a military scientific center in a suburban area near the…
Israel Produces A Film Replacing Al-Aqsa Mosque With Temple
In a film that was produced by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and was banned from being officially published, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, is seen standing and speaking in…
Palestine Today 01 30 2013
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Palestinian Political Activist Submits A Letter To Us Consul General On Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinian Human Rights and Political activist Samer Jaber submitted a letter to the US Consul General in Jerusalem Michael Ratney during his visit to Bethlehem on Tuesday.In his letter, which…
Palestinian Man Shot In Beit Hanoun
Tuesday January 29; Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The wounded Palestinian,…
Settler Stabbed Near Nablus
Israeli medical sources reported, Tuesday, that an 17-year-old settler suffered mild-to-moderate injuries after being stabbed near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth…
Palestine Today 01 29 2013
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Army Prevents Entry Of Samplings, Construction Material, Into Beit Iksa
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, the Israeli army denied the transport of construction materials and saplings into the village of Beit Iksa, north of occupied East Jerusalem.Head of the Beit Iksa…
166 Homes In Eli Settlement Built On Private Palestinian Land
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Tuesday that the Civil Israeli Administration, operated by the Israeli Army in the occupied West Bank, said some 166 homes in the Eli settlement in the…
Army Holds Training In Palestinian Villages In Hebron
A week ago Monday, the Israeli army started drills using live ammunition in several Palestinian villages in the southern West bank city of Hebron. The training was held despite a…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Jenin, Photograph Homes
Tuesday at dawn January 29; Israeli soldiers invaded the village of the Al-Mogheer, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and took pictures of 14 homes after breaking…
Israel Claims Foiling Infiltration Attempt
Monday at night, January 28 2013; The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers managed to foil an infiltration attempt by gunmen who attempted to infiltrate into Israel through the Egyptian…
B’Tselem Issues Report On Army’s Use of “Crowd Control” Weapons
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) issued a report on the inventory of “crowd control weapons” used by the Israeli army against Palestinian protesters…
Israel claims Arresting A Palestinian “Cell” In Bethlehem
The Israeli army revealed, Wednesday evening, that the soldiers kidnapped members of what was described as a “Palestinian cell” near Bethlehem.Members of the group are from Beit Fajjar town, near…
Palestine Today 01 28 2013
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Netanyahu Seeks A Broad Coalition Government
Senior officials in the Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Netanyahu intends to form a broad coalition cabinet that also includes the Jewish Home fundamentalist party.The…
Settlers Install An Illegal Outpost Near Qalqilia
Head of the Jayyous village council, Ghassan Khreisha, stated that a number of extremist Israeli settlers installed a new illegal outpost near the Al-Yobik area, West of Jayyous, near the…
Soldiers Invade Mosque In East Jerusalem
Sunday at night – January 27, Israeli soldiers broke into a mosque in the Al-Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, searched it and detained dozens of worshipers.Local sources reported that…
Detainees Denied Access To Books
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration is denying the Palestinian political prisoners access to books and educational materials.The Center said that…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man was killed, and another was injured, in a tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Army Invades Several Areas Near Jenin
Saturday at dawn, January 26; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank district on Jenin, and detained two Palestinians.Local sources in the Al-Yamoun village, near Jenin, reported…
Army Attacks Bilin’s Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Friday January 25. 2013; The Friends Of Freedom And Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that Israeli soldiers violently attacked the weekly nonviolent…
Army Attacks Bilin’s Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Friday January 25. 2013; The Friends Of Freedom And Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that Israeli soldiers violently attacked the weekly nonviolent…
Soldiers Attack Kufur Qaddoum Weekly Protest
Friday January 21; Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, kidnapped one…
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday January 25 2013; Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in the northern part of the coastal region.The…
Three Palestinians Injured In A Gaza Explosion
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three residents were injured in the Az-Zawayda area, in central Gaza, after an explosive device detonated near them.Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson of…
This Week in Palestine – Week 4 2013
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Paralyzed By Israeli Missile, Child Faces Israeli Legal System
The Israeli Supreme Court delayed, Thursday, deliberation in an appeal filed on behalf of a Palestinian child from Gaza who was paralyzed by an Israeli missile that also killed several…
Army Invades Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Thursday evening, January 25 2012; Clashes have been reported between dozens of Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of…
Abbas To Invite Newly Elected Israeli MK’s To Ramallah
Israel daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, intends to officially invite newly elected Israeli members of Knesset (MK) from leftist and centrist parties to visit him in…
Extremists Attack Arab Children In Jerusalem For Boarding Israeli Bus
Last Sunday, and following the end of a normal school day in Jerusalem, a number of Arab Palestinian schoolchildren from Jerusalem (around age 12) boarded an Israeli bus while heading…
Palestine Today 01 24 2013
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Army Invades Several West Bank Districts, Kidnap Several Residents
Thursday January 24; Israeli soldiers invaded several districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, installed roadblocks, interrogated and kidnapped several residents. Soldier also Invaded an…
PCHR Weekly Report: 10 civilians, including 3 children, wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 17- 22 January 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestinian Child Dies Of Wounds Suffered Last Friday
Bethlehem – Wednesday January 23; Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child from the Al-Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, died of serious injuries he suffered last Friday during…
‘We were too afraid to stay on our farmlands’
Since 2007, Israeli authorities have unilaterally and illegally established a so-called ‘buffer zone’ along the border, which officially extends 300 metres into the Gaza Strip. However, in reality, the ‘buffer…
Young Palestinian Woman Killed By Army Fire Near Hebron
Wednesday January 23; Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian woman from Bethlehem was shot and killed by an Israeli soldiers fire at the entrance of the Al-Arroub Agricultural…
Palestine Today 01 23 2013
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Including Two Children; Six Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Wednesday January 23; Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped six Palestinians, including two children, before taking them to…
Dozens Of Workers Attacked By Soldiers Near Jenin
Wednesday January 23; Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of Palestinian workers have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the army attacked them at the At-Taiba roadblock,…
Israel Announces Election Results
Wednesday January 23; The Israeli Central Election Committee announced that final results of the general Israeli election that was held Tuesday, leading to a marginal victory of the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu…
Sharawna Resumes His Hunger Strike
Palestinian political prisoner, Ayman Sharawna, resumed his open ended hunger strike, that he suspended less than a month ago, due to a very serious health deterioration and while awaiting trial.…
Believed To Have Planned Attacks, Two Brothers Arrested In Negev
A gag order has been lifted Sunday on the arrest of two Arab brothers from the Negev believed to have planned attacks against Israeli targets, Israeli sources reported, the Arabs48…
Palestine Today 01 22 2013
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Former Detainee Dies Due To Medical Neglect While In Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported, Monday evening, that a former Palestinian political prisoner from Hebron, died at a hospital in Jerusalem after falling into a coma 50 days ago…
Settlers Uproot Olive Saplings In Al-Khader
Tuesday January 22, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded an orchard that belongs to a local resident of the Al-Khader city, near Bethlehem, and uprooted several olive saplings…
Soldiers Invade Several West Bank Districts, Kidnap Residents
Tuesday – January 22, Israeli soldiers invaded several towns and villages in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped a number of residents including…
Israeli Bulldozers Remove Large Areas of Ma’man-Allah (Mamanullah) Graveyard
Monday January 21, The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage reported that Israeli bulldozers removed and bulldozed large areas of the lands of the Mananullah historic Islamic graveyard, in occupied…
Palestine Today 01 21 2013
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Army Demolishes Six Residential Structures Near Hebron
Monday – January 21, Israeli soldiers invaded the Ath-Thaheriyya town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished six Palestinian homes and structures.Local sources reported that several armored…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians, Demolish Property
Monday – January 21; Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Jenin and Tubas. The army also demolished a Palestinian home, a…
Palestinians Clash With Palestinian Security Forces In Al-Amary
Palestinian sources reported, on Sunday at night, that violent clashes took place between refugees of the Al-Amary refugee camp, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and Palestinian Security…
Soldiers Demolish Bab Al-Karama
Monday at dawn – January 21, Israeli soldiers invaded the Bab Al-Karama Palestinian village, installed by Palestinian activists on lands Israel intends to illegally confiscate in Beit Iksa, north west…