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…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees Near Hebron
Tuesday May 7 2013, a number of armed extremist settlers of the Susiya illegal settlement, built on lands that belong to the residents of Yatta town, near the southern West…
Palestine Today 05 07 2013
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Israeli forces destroy 400 dunams of Farmland near Hebron
On Tuesday Israeli forces destroyed over 400 dunams of privately-owned Palestinian farmland in the village Tarqumiya near Hebron.Sami Fataftah, the mayor of the village said that Israeli bulldozers destroyed the…
Israeli Man Stabs A Palestinian Cab Driver In Jerusalem
Tuesday at dawn, May 7 2013; Israeli Police spokesperson, Luba Samri, reported that an Israeli man stabbed a Palestinian taxi driver, south of Jerusalem, and added that initial investigations indicate…
Settlers Burn 20 Dunams Of Farmland Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, late on Monday at night, twenty Dunams of Palestinian agricultural lands that belong to residents of Burin village, south of the northern West…
P.A. Slams Israeli Attack On Worshipers Marking Eastern Orthodox Easter
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israeli military and police attacks against Palestinian Christians, diplomats, priests and visitors, celebrating the eastern Holy Fire Saturday, before Easter…
Israel Wants Detainees To Pay For Their Medical Expenses
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Monday that the Israeli Prison Authority is demanding Palestinian political prisoners to pay for their own medical expenses, and refused to provide them with…
Army Demolishes Power Network Near Hebron
Monday May 6, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished the electricity network that provides power to Khallet Ad-Deeb and Attous areas that belong to Beit Ola town, west of the southern West…
Palestine Today 04 06 2013
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Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In Bethlehem, 2 In Jenin
Monday at dawn, May 6 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar, Al-Khader and Beit Sahour, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Army also invaded Jenin…
Israeli court rules to allow mosque demolition in Jerusalem
An Israeli court in Jerusalem has decided to allow the Israeli government to demolish part of a mosque, despite appeals from the mosque’s imam and several Palestinian members of the…
Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter in Jerusalem despite Israeli restrictions
Thousands of Israeli police officers were deployed in the streets of Jerusalem as Orthodox Christians from around the world gathered Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the Easter holiday. The Palestine…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Gaza- Saturday evening May 4 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian resident was shot and injured after the army opened fire at Palestinian homes and lands in the…
Israeli Army Bombards A Syrian Military Center In Damascus
Sunday at dawn, May 5 2013, Syrian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force bombarded a Syrian army center north of Damascus, causing excessive damage.The official Syrian News Agency (SANA)…
Twelve Palestinians Injured Near Ramallah
Ramallah, Saturday May 4 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army rubber-coated metal bullets, while four others suffered fractures and bruises after being…
To Break Their Strike, Israel Denies Jordanian Detainees Access To Liquids
The Israeli Prison Authority decided on Friday to deprive the hunger striking Jordanian detainees in its prisons access to liquids in an attempt to force them end their strike, that…
Google Recognizes Palestine
Google, the internet giant, has officially recognized the name Palestine in its search engine, thus showing the name Palestine instead of “The Palestinian Territories”.Google spokesperson, Nathan Tyler, stated that Google…
15 Palestinians Injured In Hebron
Friday evening May 4 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that 15 Palestinians, and four Israeli soldiers, have been injured during clashes that took place between local residents and invading Israeli…
Soldiers Invade Kufur Qaddoum, Clash With Local Youths
Friday, May 3 2013, Israeli soldiers, supported by an armored military bulldozer and armored vehicles, invaded the village of Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qilqilia, after…
Ahrar: “1227 Palestinians Kidnapped, 16 Killed, This Year”
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 1227 Palestinians, including children, women, elderly, intellectuals and legislators, since the beginning of this year, shot…
Israeli forces burn 40 olive trees in Qalqilia
Israeli forces burned over 40 olive trees in a field in Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqilia. A report for the Palestinian civil defense said that firefighters managed to extinguish a…
This Week in Palestine Week 18 2013
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PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian killed, 8 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 April- 01 May 2013, the Palestinian Cdenter for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Hebron Governor Meets EU Representative In Palestine
Thursday May 2, 2013, Hebron governor, Kamal Hmeid, held a meeting with the representative of the European Union in Palestine, John Gatt-Rutter, and informed him of the ongoing and escalating…
Settlers Cut Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Thursday May 2 2013, a number of armed extremist settlers of the Ofra illegal settlement, attacked Palestinian orchards in Deir Jareer village, east of the central West Bank city of…
Haniyya: “Hamas Rejects The Modified Arab Initiative”
Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, stated that Hamas rejects the modified Arab peace initiative and added “Palestine is not a property, not for…
Palestine Today 05 02 2013
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Egypt Destroys Border Tunnels With Gaza
Thursday April 2nd 2013; The Egyptian TV reported that the Egyptian Border Police destroyed several border siege-busting tunnels with the Gaza Strip.According to the report, the Egyptian security forces located,…
Israeli Soldiers Search Homes, kidnap a Civilian In Beit Sahour
Thursday at dawn May 2 2013; An Israeli military force invaded the town of Beit Sahour near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, searched homes and kidnapped one man. The…
Lebanon Arrests Israeli Man Who Crossed Border
The Al-Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Party, reported Wednesday that the Lebanese army arrested an Israeli man who illegally crossed into the country.The Al-Manar quoted a Lebanese official…
Israeli Housing Minister: “We Will Oppose Any Budget That Does Not Include Settlements”
Israeli Housing Minister, Uri Ariel, of the Jewish Home Party, stated that his party will oppose an government budget that does not includes budgets for the construction and expansion of…
Jamal Ismail Faris Baker- The Fisherman’s Narrative
“I can only give false assurances to my children” Today, 1 May 2013, marks the International Labour Day, which commemorates peoples right to work, along with their protection of human…
Palestine Today 05 01 2013
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Report: ‘Four Killed, 259 Kidnapped In April’
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights published its monthly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinian in April, revealing that the soldiers killed four Palestinians and kidnapped…
Israeli Tanks Invade Tubas, Kidnap One Resident
Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, a number of Israeli tanks, and several armored vehicles, invaded the Al-Aqaba village, north of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and kidnapped one…
Army Bombards Rafah In Southern Gaza
Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, the Israeli Air Force fired at least two missiles into an area believed to be used as a training center for Popular Resistance Committees, northwest…
U.S. Welcomes “Modified” Arab Peace Initiative
The Arab League modified it Peace Initiative of 2002, allowing the principle of land swap between Israel and the Palestinians under a comprehensive peace agreement sponsored by the United States.…
Several Palestinians Injured near Nablus
Tuesday April 30 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured after a group of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones at their vehicles close to various roadblocks,…
Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats In Gaza
Tuesday April 30 2013, the Israeli navy opened fire at several Palestinian fishing boats along the coast in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported but no injuries.Local sources reported that,…
Palestine Today 04 30 2013
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Settler Stabbed To Death Near Nablus
Israeli sources reported that an Israeli settler of the Yitzhar illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man near the…
Army Assassinates A Palestinian In Gaza
Tuesday April 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was assassinated by an Israeli missile northwest of Gaza city; two Palestinians have been injured in the attack.The…
Al-Eesawy Slowly Recovering Following His 9-Month Hunger Strike
Monday April 29 2013, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy was moved from the Kapalan Israeli hospital to the Al-Ramla prison clinic, adding that…
Israel Approves 120 Units In Givat Ze’ev Settlement
Monday April 29 2013, Israeli “News One” news website reported that the “Lands Authority” of the Israeli Housing Ministry approved the construction of additional 120 units in the Givat Ze’ev…
Israel Removes Dozens Of Bedouin Families In The Jordan Valley
The Al-Maleh and the Bedouin Tribes Village Council in the Jordan Valley reported that Israeli soldiers started, on Monday evening, the eviction of dozens of Bedouin families in the area…
Palestine Today 04 29 2013
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Explosive Detonates In Front Of Home Of Fateh Official In Rafah
Monday at dawn, April 29, 2013, an explosive charge was placed and detonated, in front of the home of a Fateh official, in the Rafah district, in the southern part…
Army Demolishes Three Homes In Occupied Jerusalem
Monday morning, April 29, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in the At-Tour area, in occupied East Jerusalem, rendering at least 30 Palestinians homeless.Mohammad Abu Al-Hummus, coordinator of the…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Man In Hebron
Sunday April 28, 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers violently attacked a Palestinian man, 60, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Israeli Soldiers…
Army Kidnaps A Disabled Palestinian At The Al-Karama Crossing
Sunday evening April 28, 2013, Israeli Soldiers kidnapped a disabled Palestinian young man from Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, as he was crossing the Al-Karama terminal…
Israel Delays Eviction Of Illegal Outpost
Sunday April 28, 2013, the Israeli High Court accepted an appeal filed by the Israeli government regarding delaying the eviction of an illegal settlement outpost near the central West Bank…
Settlers Burn Greek Orthodox Church Land In Jerusalem
Sunday evening April 28, 2013, a group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt a land that belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church in Wadi Hilweh, in Silwan town, in occupied East…
Israel: “Escalation In Gaza Likely To Continue”
The Israeli TV reported that a number of senior Israeli military and security analysts believe that the escalation in the Gaza Strip will not stop and will likely lead to…
Army Bombards Southern Gaza
Sunday at dawn, April 28, 2013, the Israeli Air Force bombarded two areas west of Khan Younis, and west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage…
Settlers Burn Cars, Home, Trees In Jerusalem
A group of extremist settlers torched, late on Saturday at night April 27, nine cars that belong to the United Nations in its headquarters in Jabal Al-Mokabbir, south of occupied…
Israeli Committee Rejects Appeals Against Path of Wall in Beit Jala
WAFA – The Israeli Special Appeals Committee for land seizure under emergency law rejected last week two appeals against the route of the Annexation Wall Israel is building in the…
Israeli Committee Rejects Appeals Against Path of Wall in Beit Jala
WAFA – The Israeli Special Appeals Committee for land seizure under emergency law rejected last week after seven years of proceedings two appeals against the route of the Annexation Wall…
Dozens Injured In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Friday April 26 2013; Palestinian medical sources in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that dozens of local resident, Israeli and international protesters have been…
This Week in Palestine Week 17 2013
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Amry Attacks Nabi Saleh Nonviolent Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. This…
Seven Kidnapped In Silwad, Dozens Injured
Friday April 26, 2013, media sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least seven Palestinians, while dozens of residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after the…
Army Invades Hebron, Kidnaps Three Palestinians
Thursday evening, April 25, 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded the Bab Az-Zawiya area, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped three…
PCHR Weekly Report: 8 wounded, 52 abducted by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18- 24 April 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Israel Uproots Trees To Prepare For New Settlement In Bethlehem
Thursday April 25, 2013, Israeli bulldozers uprooted dozens of trees on a hill close to the Jabal Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) illegal settlement, east of the West Bank city of…
Soldiers Uproot 700 Olive Trees Near Jenin
Thursday April 25, 2013; Israeli soldiers uprooted more than 700 olive trees in Arraba area, close to the Dotan illegal Israeli settlement, near Arraba village, south of the northern West…
Army Invades Khan Younis, Uproots Farmlands
Thursday April 25, 2013; several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded an area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted Palestinian farmlands…
Palestine Today 04 25 2013
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Israel Downs A Drone Over Haifa Shore
Thursday April 25, 2013, Israeli military sources that the Israeli Air Force intercepted and downed a drone believed to have been flown by Hezbollah party in southern Lebanon, and added…
Soldiers Invade Bil’in Village Near Ramallah
Wednesday evening, April 24, 2013, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Western Area of the Bil’in village, and took photos of the lands especially where a military monitoring tower was…
Palestine Today 04 24 2013
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Three Palestinian Apartments Demolished In Jerusalem
Wednesday April 24, 2013, Israeli bulldozers of the Jerusalem City Council, accompanied by Israeli soldiers and police officers, demolished three vacant brand new apartments in Al-Hardoub neighborhood in the At-Tour…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
Wednesday morning April 24, 2013, Israeli Navy boats opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishing boats at the Gaza coast, an issue that forced them back to the shore…
Two Injured By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin
Wednesday evening, April 24, 2013, Israeli sources reported the army shot and wounded two Palestinian youths near a “security fence” close to Jenin city, in the northern part of the…
Police Arrests Two Israeli Teenage Settlers For Torching Palestinian Cars
The Israeli Police announced on Tuesday evening that it apprehended two Israeli teenage setters living in an illegal settlement outpost near Dir Jareer village, north east of the central West…
Army Demolishes Structures, Tents, In The Northern Plains
Tuesday April 23, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished several of agricultural structures and tents used by Palestinian shepherds in the northern plains area, east of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in…