Clashes Reported In Shufat Refugee Camp
Local sources reported Wednesday that clashes erupted between several residents and Israeli soldiers in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem.The army claimed that several youths hurled stones and…
Israel: “Syrian Missile Fired Into Golan Heights”
Israeli military sources claimed Wednesday that a missile, fired by members of the Syrian army targeting a resistance group rebelling against the regime, landed in an open area close to…
Palestine Today 09 26 2012
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Six Palestinians Killed In Syria
Palestinian sources in Syria reported that six Palestinians were killed, on Wednesday, in the Syria capital Damascus and the city of Aleppo. The six were killed execution style; four of…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday that one resident was killed and two were wounded when a siege-busting tunnel, on the border in Rafah, in the southern…
Israel To Build New Settler-Road Near Qalqilia
The so-called Israeli Civil Administration Office, run under the Israeli Military in the occupied West Bank, is planning to pave a new road to be used by Jewish settlers, in…
UN Chief: “Door Closing To Two-State Solution”
United Nations Secretary-General, Bank ki-moon, stated that the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is having less chances of survival, and warned that Israel’s ongoing actions of construction and…
Quakers Divest from Veolia and Hewlett Packard!
The US Campaign is thrilled to announce that the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) has become the first U.S. national fund to divest from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Veolia Environment following…
Palestine Today 09 25 2012
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Meretz Head Submits Plan To Replace Oslo Accords
Zahava Gal-On, head of the Israeli Meretz Party, submitted a draft for a new “peace plan” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and called on Israel to support the Palestinian statehood…
Army Kidnaps Palestinian Woman Visiting Detained Sons
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from occupied East Jerusalem while she was trying to visit her sons detained at the Eshil Israeli Prison In Beershiva (Be’er As-Sabe’). The army…
UNHRC: “Israel Fails To Prosecute Soldiers, Settlers, Who Attack Palestinians”
A report prepared and published by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) accused the state of Israel of failing to prosecute Israeli soldiers and settlers who commit crimes against…
Olmert Receives Suspended Sentence
The Israeli District Court in Jerusalem sentenced, Monday, former Israeli Prime Minister and former Jerusalem Mayor, Ehud Olmert, to a one-year suspended sentence and a NIS 75.000 fine after convicting…
Palestine Today 09 24 2012
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Palestine Today 09 24 2012
fd Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday September 24, 2012. Palestinian public transportation union strike brings the West Bank to…
PCHR Statement Regarding Recent Israeli Violations In Jerusalem
Continuing its Efforts to Judaize Occupied East Jerusalem, Israel’s Forces Close the Ras Khamis Checkpoint and Declare the Establishment of a Bridge between Silwan and al-Buaq Wall.The Palestinian Centre for…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped six…
UN Holds Conference On “Jewish Refugees”
Israeli daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that despite extensive pressure from various Arab countries, Israel managed to get the United Nations to hold a conference on “Jewish Refugees displaced from Arab…
Egypt Wants To Modify Peace Agreement With Israel
Israeli media sources reported that the new Egyptian government, headed by elected Islamist leader, Mohammad Morsi, intends to hold deliberations on modifying the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement, especially regarding security attainments…
Egyptian Army Increases Deployment on Border
The Egyptian armed forces increased their deployment along the border with Israel and the Palestinian territories, following a deadly attack carried out Friday by gunmen against Israeli soldiers; three gunmen…
Israeli Soldier, 3 Gunmen, Killed During Clashes Along Border With Egypt
The Israeli army reported that one of its soldiers was killed, Friday, and another soldier was seriously injured, during armed clashes with gunmen along the Egyptian border; three gunmen were…
This Week in Palestine week 38 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians executed; 3 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13- 19 Sep. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Egypt: “U.S. Did Not Threaten To Stop Aid”
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Amro, denied media reports claiming that the United States issued an official threat to cut all financial aid to Cairo, adding that there is no crisis…
P.A Security Captures Three Soldiers In Nablus, Hand Them Back To Israel
Members of the Palestinian security forces in the northern West Bank city of Nablus captured, Thursday, three Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into the city using a civilian vehicle, and handed…
Clashes Took Place Near Ofer Prison, Injuries reported
One Palestinian was injured, on Thursday, at several others received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers attacked a protest in solidarity with Palestinian detainees held…
Palestine Today 09 20 2012
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Ailing Detainee To Be Moved To Egypt
Palestinian Minster of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, reported Thursday that arrangements are being conducted to transfer ailing hunger striking detainee, Samer al-Barq, to Egypt after a sharp decline in his health…
Settlers Steal Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers illegally confiscated, on Thursday, six Dunams of privately-owned Palestinian lands, south of Al-Khader, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ahmad Salah, Coordinator…
ISR Legal Counselor Calls For “Cracking Down” On Illegal Outposts
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday that the Legal Counselor of the Israeli Government sent an official document to Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, asking him ensure the government closely monitors…
Soldiers Kidnap Four, Including Two Children, Near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Kufr Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into several homes and kidnapped four residents, including two children.Local…
World Bank Grants P.A. $14.3 Million
The World Bank stated Wednesday that its transferred on September 12 the amount of $14.3 Million to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, as part of a plan of…
Settlers Invade Palestinian Home In Hebron, Attack Family Members
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers of the Avraham Avino illegal Israeli settlement, invaded on Wednesday a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked…
P.A To Reopen Embassy In Kuwait
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyadh Al-Maliki, stated Wednesday that the Palestinians embassy will be reopening its office in Kuwait for the first time since 22 years, and that the new ambassador…
Youth Injured By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Wednesday, that Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, shot and injured one Palestinian youth and…
Two Palestinians Assassinated In Gaza
Two Palestinians were assassinated, on Wednesday at night, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a Palestinian car driving near Abu Taha Fuel Station, in the center of Rafah…
Occupied Lives: Nothing Left To Hope For
Youssef Abu Mghasib (38) owns 10 dunnums of farmland in Deir el Balah, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, just over 300 meters from the Gaza-Israeli border and…
Palestinian Security Services Arrest Dozens of Hamas Members in the West Bank
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the wide-scale campaign of arrests waged by Palestinian security services in the West Bank, which targeted dozens of members of the Islamic…
Palestine Today 09 19 2012
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PPS Demands Release Of Wounded Detainee
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) demanded Israel to release Kamal Salah Al-Husseini who, on September 9, was taken prisoner by Israeli soldiers during clashes that took place in occupied East…
Army Attacks Protesters In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday evening, dozens of protesters in the Shu’fat refugee camp, in occupied East Jerusalem and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at them; the army…
Zobeidi Resumes Hunger Strike In Palestinian Prison
Former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, resumed his hunger strike at a Palestinian prison after the court refused, Tuesday, to release him.Zobeidi was…
Palestinian Arrested Near West Bank Settlement
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday, a young Palestinian man close to the barbwire fence of an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the West Bank.The army claimed that the…
Palestine Today 09 18 2012
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Palestinian Leadership Might Reconsider The Oslo Accords
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may present the Oslo Accords to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) for reconsideration, a close source of the PLO said Tuesday.Abbas is considering unilaterally declaring the…
Detainee Al-Barq Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated on Monday evening that hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Barq, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit…
Five Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that five residents were treated for the effects of tear-gas inhalation during clashes that took place near the Qalanida terminal, separating between occupied Jerusalem and…
Three Palestinians Injured By Settlers Near Nablus
Three Palestinian farmers were injured, on Monday, after being attacked by a number of extremist Israeli settlers, in Aqraba village, south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…
Palestine Today 09 17 2012
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Murderers of Italian activist, Vittorio Arrigoni to face life imprisonment
The murderers of the Italian peace activists, Vittorio Arrigoni, were sentenced to life terms in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping and killing Arrigoni. A Gaza military court sentenced…
Palestinian injured by Israeli settlers near Nablus
In the village of Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, a group of armed Israeli settlers stormed the village on Saturday, injuring one Palestinian and sending people running…
Red Cross: Three Palestinian hunger strikers near death
Three men on hunger strike to protest the conditions of their imprisonment by Israel are near death, according to a Red Cross spokesman who spoke with Agence France Presse on…
Gaza engineer kidnapped from Ukraine goes on hunger strike over solitary confinement
Dirar Abu Sisi, the 43-year-old deputy engineer of the only power plant in the Gaza Strip, went on a one-day hunger strike Thursday to protest against being held in solitary…
Protesters Injured In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Dozens of residents, and a number of International peace activists, marched towards the Annexation Wall, isolating the villagers from their lands, and were attacked by dozens of Israeli soldiers who…
Army Attacks Kufr Qaddoum Weekly Protest
Dozens of residents were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements, and against the closure…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest In Nabi Saleh
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, and fired gas bombs, rubber-coated…
This Week in Palestine week 36 2012
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Israeli Politician: “Netanyahu Thinks He Runs America”
Israeli daily, Yedioth Aharonoth reported Friday that political criticisms of the policies of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, are on the rise due to his meddling in the American Presidential election…
Hunger Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPPS) reported, Thursday, that detainee Hasan Safady was moved to the Assaf Harofeh Israeli hospital after his health condition witnessed a sharp deterioration following 85 days…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 killed, 11 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 06- 12 Sep. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
After Seeing Video Footage, Judge Orders Release Of Palestinian Detainee
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli Military Court Judge ordered the release of a Palestinian man who was kidnapped and detained by the Israeli army three weeks ago, in…
Court Rules Hebron Home Belongs To Settlers
The Israeli District Court in Jerusalem ruled, Thursday, that Al-Rajabi home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron is officially owned by the settlers, and ordered the Palestinian owner…
Palestine Today 09 13 2012
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Egyptian Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza stated Thursday that a convoy headed by Secretary-General of the Humanitarian Relief Committee, Dr. Khaled Abdul-Aziz, managed to enter the Gaza Strip to…
Japan To Fund Private School Construction In Gaza
The Japanese government’s Official Developmental Assistance program (ODA) has decided to fund the construction of a new building at a private school in Ad-Daraj area, in Gaza city.The Japanese Representative…
Israel Seeks Expansion Of 40 Settlements
The right-wing led government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been seeking the approval of the Israeli Supreme Court in order to expand more than 40 settlements build on…
Army Invades Central Gaza
Several Israeli Tanks and armored vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at night, an area east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, and opened sporadic fire, local sources reported.Eyewitnesses said…
Settlers Occupy Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported Thursday that a number of extremist settlers occupied privately-owned Palestinian lands that belong to residents of the Al-Khader town, near the West…
Gaza; Convicted Collaborator Sentenced To Death
A Palestinian Military Court in the Gaza Strip sentenced, Wednesday, a Palestinian man to death after convicting him of collaborating with the Israeli occupation. The man’s wife was sentenced to…
Settler’s Vehicle Rams Child In Bethlehem
A Palestinian child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Medical…
Upon Israel’s Request, Germany To Void Submarines Deal With Egypt
Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, personally vowed to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to void a submarines deal its country signed with Egypt, and said that her government will not…
Occupied Lives: No justice for my son’s death
On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Saad al-Majdalawi, a 17-year-old mentally disabled boy, died when he was targeted with live fire by Israel’s forces positioned on the border between Nusseirat, in…
Only Immediate Intervention Will Save The Lives Of Three Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Ramallah, 12 September 2012 – Addameer is deeply concerned that the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prison are in immediate danger as their prolonged hunger…
Palestine Today 09 12 2012
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Settlers Deface Mosque Near Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers defaced, on Tuesday at dawn, a mosque in Emresh village, south of Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The settlers…
Israel To Confiscate Lands Near Nablus
The Israeli military and its so-called, Civil Administration Office in the occupied West Bank, decided to confiscate 675 Dunams (166.79 Acres) of privately-owned Palestinian lands in the Nablus district, in…
Israel To Transfer 250 M. NIS To P.A
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the transfer of the first payment of 250 Million New Israeli Shekels to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank due to the…
Two Workers Wounded In Hebron
The sources said that the car was transporting several workers in Jinba area, south of Yatta town, taking them to Be’er As-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva); soldiers chased the car until it…
India Pledges $10 M. To P.A
Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announced Tuesday that his government has decided to grant the Palestinian Authority $10 Million to help it overcome its current sharp financial crisis, the Wattan…
White House Refuses To Arrange Meeting With Netanyahu
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the White House declined, Tuesday, an Israeli request to arrange a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and American President, Barack Obama, this month.Netanyahu…
Palestine Today 09 11 2012
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Egypt Warns Israel Of Pending Attacks Against Israeli, US Embassies
Egypt’s Intelligence warned Israel and the United States that extremists are planning attacks against the embassies of the two countries in Cairo, and said that these attacks are planned by…
To Prevent P.A. Collapse, Israel To Transfer Money To Fayyad
The Israeli Radio, Channel 2, (Reshet Bet) reported that senior Israeli security officials filed an urgent recommendation to the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu to transfer large sums of cash…
Life and Death – The Tank Man and Rachel Corrie
The court decision in Israel, which exonerated the driver of a huge bulldozer in the death of activist Rachel Corrie, recalls a previous confrontation between man and machine – the…
80 Injured In Clashes Between Residents, Security Forces In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Monday that eighty residents and members of the Palestinian security forces were reported when a number…
Palestinian Protesters close roads, burn tires to protest living conditions
In protests throughout the West Bank and Gaza over the weekend, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets to protest the economic conditions and call for an annulment of the…
Palestine Today 09 10 2012
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Injuries Reported In New Bombardment Targeting Gaza
Israeli soldiers bombarded, late on Sunday at night, several areas in northern and southern Gaza, leading to extensive damage and several injuries. Children were among the wounded.The Israeli Air Force…
Saadat: “Zionist War Criminals Are The Ones Who Must Be Prosecuted”
Imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, stated during a court session at the District Court in Jerusalem, that “Zionist leaders, and leaders…
Abbas: “We Will Head To The UN Sep. 27”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Saturday that he will be heading to the United Nations, on September 27, for deliberations on the Palestinian request for full Palestinian membership at the…
Israel: “Two Missiles Fired From Gaza”
Israeli sources reported that two Grad shells were fired, overnight Saturday, from the Gaza Strip into the Netivot settlement, leading to a number of mild injuries. The latest incident comes…
Four Workers Hospitalized After Being Assaulted By Soldiers
The Ma’an News Agency reported that four Palestinian workers were injured, late on Saturday at night, after Israeli soldiers violently attacked them south of Hebron, in the southern part of…
Four Residents, Including Two Children, Kidnapped By The Army In Hebron
Palestinian sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday at night, four Palestinians, including two children, and took them to…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Medical sources reported Friday that dozens of nonviolent protesters were treated for the effects off teargas inhalation after the Israeli army violently attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation…
Soldiers Attack Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and fired gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets at the…
Abusing children ‘part and parcel’ of Israeli ideology, says rights defender
Rifat Kassis is the director of Defence for Children International-Palestine Section. In 2010, I interviewed Kassis about about his organization’s work and the special situation of Palestinian children growing up…
This Week in Palestine week 36 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians, wound 7 in air strikes and ground attacks
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 30 Aug.- 05 Sep. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Palestinians Hold Protests Against High Living Costs
Several protests and demonstrations were held, starting on Thursday evening and extending to early Friday morning, as thousands of Palestinian youths took to the streets protesting the sharp increase of…
Egypt Says It Identified 7 Who Participated In Deadly Attack Last Month
The Egyptian Interior Ministry reported that it managed to identify seven of the assailants who carried out the deadly attack against an Egyptian military base, last month, killing 16 Egyptian…