Palestinian Dies Of Serious Injuries Suffered During Latest War On Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man, who was seriously injured by Israeli shells during the recent war on Gaza, died of his…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Intelligence Officers In Hebron
Local sources in Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the town, on Sunday at dawn, and kidnapped two Palestinian intelligence…
Soldiers Kidnap 9, Including 3 Children, In The West Bank
The Israeli army kidnapped late on Friday evening, and on Saturday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including three children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Bethlehem reported…
Mashal Calls On Arab Countries To Support Resistance
Speaking the massive celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Hamas, in Gaza, Khaled Mashal head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, called on the Arab…
Khaled Mashal Arrives In Gaza
Leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, arrived in the Gaza Strip Friday after 37 years in exile, making his first trip to the besieged coastal region via the…
10 Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Palestinian sources in the occupied West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday, 10 Palestinians, including three children, in Qalqilia, Tubas and Bethlehem, after breaking into and searching their…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in Weekly Protest Against Wall, Settlements
The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation…
This Week in Palestine week 49 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians dead, 14 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
14 Injured By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that 14 residents have been injured, while dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation,…
Canada Denounces Israeli Settlement Plan
Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, informed Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that his country cannot support Israel in its recent decision to build thousands of settlement units in the E1…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Children In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, four children in Ash-Shuhada’ Street, in the center of Hebron city, and the nearby Beit Ummar town, in the southern part of the West…
Army Invades Faqqu’a Village Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, the Faqqu’a village, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, installed roadblocks and searched several vehicles. Clashes were reported and the army…
King Abdullah Of Jordan Arrives In Ramallah, Meet Abbas
Amidst official ceremonies, King Abdullah of Jordan arrived in the central West Bank city of Ramallah and held a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in a visit that is…
Indonesian Parliament Head Arrives In Gaza
Indonesian Parliament head, Ali Marzouki, arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal on Wednesday heading a senior Indonesian delegation to observe the massive destruction caused by Israel…
Israel Approves Advancement Of The E1 Settlement Project
The Israeli Civil Administration Office in the occupied West Bank has officially approved “the advancement” of the recent decision made by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to build thousands units…
Army Kidnaps 9 Palestinians In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby town of Birzeit town, and kidnapped nine Palestinians before taking them to an unknown…
Settlers Cut, Uproot, 200 Olive Trees Near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported that a group of extremist settlers cut and uprooted approximately 200 olive trees in Palestinian orchards west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The sources said that…
Palestine Today 12 05 2012
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Hamas: “We Are Going To Cairo This Month To Implement Unity Agreement”
Osama Hamdan, head of the International Relations Department of the Hamas movement, stated that Hamas will be heading to Cairo this month to participate in meetings meant at implementing the…
191 Palestinians Killed, 1492 Injured In November
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that 191 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, have been killed by Israeli military fire in Gaza in November, and…
P.A To Head To Security Council To Counter Israel’s’ New Settlement Plan
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, headed by president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to head to the United Nations Security Council to ask it for a resolution ordering Israel to…
King Abdullah Of Jordan To Visit Ramallah
Jordanian Al-Ghad Newspaper reported that that King Abdullah of Jordan intends to visit the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday December 6, to hold an official meeting with…
Wives, Mothers Of Detainees Subjected To Naked Search
The Husam Society for Detainees and Ex-detainees reported that Israeli soldiers subjected wives and mothers of Palestinian detainees to illegal strip search before they visited their detained family members on…
Ad-Dameer Expresses Concern Regarding Lives Of Hunger Striking Detainees
The Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Ad-Dameer) said that it is deeply concerned regarding the lives of Palestinian detainees who are conducting extended hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, especially…
UN Votes For Inspecting Israel’s Nuclear Facilities
The United Nations passed, Tuesday, an overwhelming vote calling for inspecting Israel nuclear facilities, and called on Israel to open its facilities for this inspection especially since Tel Aviv never…
Army Demolishes A Mosque Near Hebron
For the second time, Israeli soldiers demolished the Al-Mafqara mosque, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and did not even allow the residents…
Palestine Today 12 04 2012
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Israel Defies International Law by Approving More Settlement Projects in Occupied Jerusalem
In violation of international law, Israel is continuing its policy of settlement expansion in the West Bank in general, and occupied East Jerusalem in particular. The Office of the Israeli…
Palestinian Killed by Army Fire In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was shot and killed, Monday morning, by Israeli military fire, just outside of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Israel claimed that…
Israeli Ambassadors Summoned In Britain, Sweden, and France
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Monday that the governments in Britain, Sweden and France summoned the Israeli ambassadors in protest to the newly declared Israeli plan to construct settlement units in…
Palestine Today 12 03 2012
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Israel Asked Jordan’s Approval To Strike Syrian Facilities
Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu asked Jordan, twice in the last two months, to grant Tel Aviv a green light to strike what Israeli…
Israeli Security Services Oppose Government Decision To Build More Settlements
The Israeli Security Services expressed rejection of the new Israeli government decision to build additional 3000 units for Jewish settlers in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, and said that…
Israeli Forces Arrest 14 Fishermen, Confiscate 3 Fishing Boats
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) repeats its condemnation of Israel’s violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip. PCHR is concerned over the escalation of Israeli attacks directed…
Report: “ 650, Including 85 Children, 7 women, Kidnapped In November”
The Palestinian Detainees Research Center published a report on Sunday revealing that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 650 Palestinians in November; adding that 85 women and 7 children were among the kidnapped…
Two Palestinians Die Wounds Suffered Saturday, And During War
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered on Saturday at dawn after the army opened fire at him in Rafah,…
Europe “Concerned” Regarding Israel’s New Settlement Construction Plan
Israeli Army Radio reported, on Saturday evening, that several countries of the European Union strongly denounced the new Israeli decision to build 3000 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man was shot by a rubber-coated metal bullets in his abdomen in Doura city, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians In West Bank, Gaza
Israeli soldiers and Navy kidnapped, Saturday, 19 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; 12 fishermen were kidnapped in Gaza territorial waters in Gaza, and nine in the…
Palestinian Killed, Six Injured In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one Palestinian was killed, on Friday at dawn, in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, and six residents have been injured, when…
Israel Threatens To “Reoccupy’ West Bank
Israeli member of Knesset, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and Galilee, Silvan Shalom, threatened that Israel would reoccupy the West Bank…
Israel To Build 3000 Settlement Units In West Bank, Jerusalem
In a new direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory and a repeated violator, the Israeli government decided to build 3000…
Eight Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Friday, that eight Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in different parts of the Gaza Strip in a new military escalation against the coastal…
Two Injured, Dozens Suffocated After Inhaling Gas, In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; two residents were hit by…
This Week in Palestine week 48 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 8 dead, 44 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22 -29 Nov. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Qassam Fighter Killed, Several Injured, In Jabalia
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters was killed and eight were injured, on Friday at dawn, when an unexploded Israeli…
US Senate Threatens Sanctions Against P.A.
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the United States Senate threatened to block all funding to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank should the Palestinians decide to sue Israel…
Palestine Wins General Assembly Vote
The Palestinians managed to garner an overwhelming support to their UN General Assembly membership bid and were voted in as a nonmember observer state.138 member states voted in favor of…
150 Countries To Vote “Yes” For Palestine
As the vote approaches, the Palestinians seem to be garnering all needed support to be recognized as a nonmember observer state at the United Nations General Assembly with more than…
PCHR Statement On Ongoing Attacks Against Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
The Continued Attacks against Palestinian Fishermen Prove False Israeli Claims of Permitting Fishermen to Fish up to 6 Nautical Miles.The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s violations against…
Palestine Today 11 29 2012
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UN Secretary-General; “Peace Process Dying Off”
United Nations Secretary General Bank Ki-moon, stated that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are “on life support”, adding that both Israel and the Palestinians must step out of…
Two Israeli Policemen Face Charges Of Abusing A Kidney Patient
Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that two Israeli Policemen are facing charges after they abused and humiliated a Palestinian kidney patient, including hitting him with their rifles, at a military…
E.U Says It Backs Palestinian State, But Split On UN Vote
The European Union expressed direct support of a Palestinian state, but not all of its 27 countries will be voting for upgrading Palestine’s status at the United Nations, to become…
Tunisian Health Minister Arrives In Gaza
Tunisian Health Minister, Dr. Abdul-Latif Al-Makky, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, heading a medical team in addition to the Tunisian Ambassador in Cairo, and were welcomed by…
Abbas Meets UN Secretary General In New York
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Wednesday at night with the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and discussed the Palestinian nonmember state application (observer state) that will be submitted…
European Parliamentarians, Politicians, To Visit Gaza Saturday
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that senior European Parliamentarians and officials will be arriving in the coastal region on Saturday to observe the devastating effects of the latest…
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Central Gaza
The Israeli army continued its violations of the ceasefire that was reached on the evening of Wednesday November 21, shot and injured on Wednesday evening (Nov. 28), seven Palestinians east…
Turkish PM To Visit Gaza
Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated that he will be visiting the Gaza Strip on December 5, in order to express support to the Palestinian people living under siege…
UN Third Committee Votes For Palestinian Right To Self Determination
The General Assembly of the United Nations, Social, Humanitarian, & Cultural – Third Committee, unanimously voted Wednesday for a resolution acknowledging the Palestinian Right to Self Determination.173 countries voted for…
Palestine Today 11 28 2012
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Fundamentalist Israeli Mk’s To Burn Palestinian Flag
A number of fundamentalist Israeli members of Knesset (MK) stated that they will be burning a Palestinian flag in front of the United Nations office in occupied Jerusalem, in protest…
Abbas Arrives In New York, US Slams France For Supporting P.A Bid
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in New York accompanied by several senior Palestinian officials, in order to officially submit the Palestinian application for a nonmember state status at the United…
France To Support Palestine At The UN
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday evening that France confirmed that it will support the Palestinian bid at the United Nations General Assembly during the Thursday vote for observer state status.France…
Israeli Occupation Forces detained three Jerusalemites during clashes
Jerusalem. On Tuesday night the Israeli occupation forces detained three Jerusalemites among them youths, during clashed that sparked in the neighborhood of Silwan, East of Jerusalem.The official Palestinian news agency…
Palestinian Youth Injured By Army Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Tuesday evening, that a young Palestinian man was shot by a live round in the chest after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at…
Palestine Today 11 27 2012
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Despite U.S.-Israeli Pressure; P.A. Refuses To Alter Text Of UN Application
Despite enormous pressures practiced by the United States and Israel, and all threats impose heavy financial sanctions besides the sanctions that are already in place, the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in…
Israel Is Seeking A Modified Palestinian UN Draft
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to shift the Israeli policy and stance regarding the UN Thursday vote on the Palestinian nonmember status, and is currently tying to tone down…
Israeli Report: “Palestinian Killed By Army Fire Across The Border With Gaza”
Israeli sources reported that the army shot and killed, on Monday, a Palestinian man who managed to cross the border fence with Gaza, and managed to reach the home of…
Woman Dies Of Wounds Suffered During Israel’s War On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian woman died, on Monday morning, of wounds suffered during the latest Israeli war on Gaza.The woman, Sabah As-Skafy, in…
Four Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that four Palestinians have been injured, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them near the eastern border of the…
Mashal Phones Abbas, Confirms Support To UN Bid
Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, phoned Monday Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, informing him that the Hamas movement approves and supports the UN bid Abbas…
Clashes Reported Near Jenin
Palestinian sources reported that clashes took place between dozens of residents and Israeli soldiers after the army placed iron barriers blocking the eastern entrance of Ya’bod village, near the northern…
Palestine Today 11 26 2012
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Mashal To CNN: “We Are Not Behind Tel Aviv Bombing, We Accept State in 1967 Border”
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s, Christiane Amanpour, in the Egyptian Capital, Cairo, head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, stated that his movement is not behind the Tel…
Jerusalem Municipality Delays Discussion Session To Change Arab Names Of Jerusalem Neighborhoods
Yesterday, the Jerusalem Municipality postponed a session to discuss the change of names and streets in the neighborhoods of Silwan and Swaneh, in accordance with the request of the settlers…
Three Injured By Israeli Fire In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan…
Arafat’s Body To Be Exhumed Tuesday
Tawfiq Tirawi, head of the Palestinian committee that is investigating the assassination of Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, stated that Arafat’s grave will be opened this coming Tuesday in order to…
Palestinian Killed In Gaza Tunnel, Three Injured
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Friday that one resident was killed, and three more were injured, after they inhaled toxic gas fired by the Israeli army at…
This week in Palestine week 47 2012
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Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Khan Younis, 19 Injured
In a direct violation of the truce that was declared Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian, and wounded 19 others after opening fire at them, near the border…
Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation In Bil’in’s Nonviolent Weekly Protest
The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that two residents were shot by a rubber-coated metal bullets,…
PHR Israel Statement On Hunger Striking Detainee Sharawna
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR) issued a statement revealing that an independent PHR doctor visited hunger striking detainee, Ayman Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike for 141 days,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 158 Palestinians killed, including 33 children; 1,000 wounded in last week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 14 -21 Nov. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
After Ceasefire Was Implemented; Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
In what seems to be the first Israeli violation of the truce that came into effect Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a young Palestinian man near the border fence,…
Israeli Offensive on Gaza Stopped Following 8 Days of Attacks
By the Last Day of the Offensive: Palestinian Deaths Rise to 156, Including 103 Civilians, and 1,000 Others, Including 971 Civilians, Wounded- 33 Children Killed and 274 Others Wounded –…
Palestine Today 11 22 2012
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Army Kidnaps 55 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, 55 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank; soldiers broke into dozens of homes and searched them before kidnapping the residents.The Palestine…
Another Body Found Under Rubble In Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams located the body of Mohammad Al- Dalou, 35, buried under the rubble of his home that was bombarded by the…
Soldiers Kidnap A Young Palestinian Woman In Jerusalem
Under the pretext that she attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, Israeli soldiers kidnapped , Thursday, a young Palestinian woman in Jerusalem, and took her to an interrogation center, the…
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Endorse Abbas’s Move At The UN
Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyya, senior Hamas official, Ahmad Bahar, and Islamic Jihad Leader, Mohammad al-Hindi, phoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, informing him that their movements endorse Abbas’s UN Observer Status…
Ceasefire Takes Effect; Egypt Takes Responsibility Of Maintaining It
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Kamel, stated in a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, in Cairo, that the ceasefire between Israel and the resistance in Gaza started…
Bombing Leads To More Casualties In Gaza
The Israeli army intensified its bombing to the Gaza Strip, apparently rushing to bombard as much targets at it can before the truce agreement is implemented. The Wednesday Israeli shelling…
Israeli Chief Of Staff: “We Will Continue To Pound Gaza Despite Truce Mediation”
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Benni Gantz, stated Wednesday that the Israeli army will continue its offensive against the Gaza Strip “as if mediation efforts are not ongoing”, and added…
Palestine Today 11 21 2012
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12 Palestinians Killed In Gaza Wednesday, 157 In Eight Days
The Israeli army intensified it bombardment targeting government building and dozens of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip, and killed on Wednesday 12 Palestinians while dozens have been injured; some…
Hundreds Protest Clinton’s Visit To Ramallah
Hundreds of Palestinian youths held a massive protest against U.S. Secretary Of State, Hilary Clinton, who visited the central West Bank city of Ramallah and held a meeting with Palestinian…