Soldiers Kidnap Five Residents From Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers, kidnapped on Thursday evening, five persons from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, including one man who carries a Jordanian citizenship.The International Solidarity…
Extremist Settlers Attack A Palestinian In Jerusalem
A group of Israeli extremists violently attacked, on Thursday at night, a young Palestinian man in al-Qatamon neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem. The young man suffered two fractures in his leg.…
Fayyad To Resign As Prime Minister
Sources close to Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated Thursday that he intends to submit his resignation to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, once the latter returns to the country,…
Palestine Today 09 06 2012
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Palestinians Amongst Rescued as Refugee Boat Sinks Near Turkey: 39 Killed
The al-Jazeera news network has reported on Thursday that 39 persons were killed when a boat carrying refugees sank attempting to illegally enter Turkey. Amongst those who survived were Palestinians.The…
3 More Palestinians Killed In Gaza, 6 Since Wednesday At Night
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three Palestinians were killed, on Thursday morning, when the Israeli army bombarded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza…
Abbas Arrives In Cairo, Holds Talks With Security Officials
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Cairo, on Wednesday evening, to attend talks held by the Arab Follow-up Committee. Abbas held talks with Egypt’s acting security chief and a number…
7 Palestinians Killed In Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp In Syria
Palestinian sources in the Al-Yarmouk refugee camp, in the Syrian Capital, Damascus, reported that seven Palestinian refugees were killed in the camp, on Thursday evening, after several mortars were fired…
Occupied Lives: No place to call home
Somewhere between 8-10 January 2009, during Operation Cast Lead, Israeli forces bulldozed and destroyed the Abu Daher family’s home and farmland in Qarara, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Three Palestinians Killed By Israeli Missiles In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians were killed, and a fourth resident was wounded, late on Wednesday at night, when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles into an area…
Palestine Today 09 05 2012
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Soldiers Kidnap 7 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped seven residents.The Ahrar Center for Detainees…
Norwegian Foreign Minister Calls For Reconsidering Import Of Settlement Products
In a special Interview with Israel’s leading paper, Haaretz, Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, stated that the International Community should reconsider the import of goods produced in Israeli settlements…
Soldiers Kidnap Girl, Her 12-Year-Old Brother In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, a young Palestinian woman, 18, and her 12-year-old brother, in Tal Romedia neighborhood in the center of the southern West Bank city of…
Palestinian Security Lieutenant Shot Dead In Jenin
Palestinian security sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Lieutenant Hisham Ar-Rikh, deputy head of the Palestinian Preventative Security Forces, was shot and killed…
U.S. – Egyptian Aerial Drills To Be Held Soon
The Middle East News Agency reported Tuesday that several American Air Force planes landed at an Egyptian Airbase to participate in joint drills with the Egyptian Air Force. The drills…
Abbas To Meet Morsi In Cairo
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will be arriving in Cairo on Wednesday evening for a two-day visit that will include a meeting with the newly elected Egyptian President, Mohammad Morsi, and…
Palestinian Killed In Gaza Tunnel, One Injured
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was killed, on Tuesday evening, and another resident was injured in a tunnel collapse accident, near the Salah ad-Din…
Palestine Today 09 04 2012
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Israeli Extremists Desecrate Christian Monastery in Jerusalem
A group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked the Latrun Christian Monastery in occupied Jerusalem, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, and wrote racist graffiti describing Jesus as a “Monkey”, and other…
‘You want to kill him but he’s crying’: More Israeli soldiers’ confessions of crimes against childr
In 2007, Israeli soldiers arrested 13-year-old Majid Jaradat for throwing stones during a demonstration in Sair village, near Hebron. Majed spoke about the violence of his arrest and detention in…
Palestinian Man Self-Immolates to Protest Poverty and Unemployment in Gaza
A 20-year old Gazan man killed himself in a public act of protest Sunday, dousing himself with gasoline and setting himself on fire. The family of Ihab Abu Nada said…
Soldiers Physically Attack Palestinian Youth In Hebron
Israeli soldiers physically attacked, on Monday at night, a Palestinian nonviolent activist after stopping his vehicle, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The soldiers forced…
Army Invades Ya’bod, Fires Gas Bombs At Homes; Injuries Reported
Palestinian medical sources in Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, reported Monday that several residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the…
Israeli Army: “Man Drops Explosive Bag at Roadblock”
The Israeli military reported Monday that a Palestinian man dropped a bag filled with explosives a roadblock near Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and fled…
Palestine Today 09 03 2012
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Israeli Air Force Bombards a Qassam Center in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles into a training center that belongs to the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, near an-Nusseirat refugee camp,…
Migron Outpost Evicted; Clashes Reported
Israeli sources reported that despite the fact the some settlers of the Migron illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank have voluntarily left the outpost, dozens of teenage settlers clashes…
Imminent Danger to Lives of Hunger Strikers Samer al-Barq and Hassan Safadi
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL) fear for the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers held by Israel.Of utmost concern…
Israeli Army Opens Fire at Shepherds Herding Livestock in Gaza; 30 Sheep Killed
The Quds Press Media Agency reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers, stationed at military towers across the border, opened automatic fire at Palestinian shepherds herding their sheep in central Gaza, killing…
Soldiers Invade Jenin, Kidnap One Resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday afternoon, Sielet Al-Harithiyya village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident. Local sources reported that the kidnapped resident, a former…
Settlers Hurl Stones At Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones and empty, on Saturday evening, at Palestinian homes in Shu’faat neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, one resident was injured.Israeli Police Spokeswoman for Arab…
Israel Offers The Release Of All Egyptian Detainees In Exchange For Spy
Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, reported that the case of the Israeli spy, Odah At-Tarabeen, imprisoned in Egypt, has surfaced again after the Israeli Radio reported last Tuesday that Israel is willing…
Hunger Striking Detainee Refuses To End His Strike In Exchange For Meds
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the clinic at the Ramla Prison is trying to bargain with an ailing hunger striking detainee, and told him that he will be…
Two Injured As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents were injured, on Saturday at dawn, after the Israeli army bombarded an area, north east of Gaza City.The sources…
This Week in Palestine week 35 2012
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Injuries Reported In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Palestinian medical sources in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that dozens of protesters suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the army fired gas…
Soldiers Attack Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest, Injuries Reported
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, injuries were…
PCHR Weekly Report: 14 civilians wounded, 33 abducted by Israeli troops
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 – 29 Aug. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
AMNESTY Denounces Verdict In Rachel Corrie’s Case
AMNESTY International issued a statement, on Wednesday, denouncing the Israeli court ruling in the case of the murder of American Peace Activists, Rachel Corrie, in Rafah in 2003. The court…
Palestinian Child Sentenced To 4 Months Imprisonment
The Israeli Military Court at the Salem military base, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, sentenced, Thursday, a 16-year-old Palestinian child, from Ya’bod village, near Jenin, to…
Palestine Today 08 30 2012
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Including Children; Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into several homes and kidnapped 13 residents, including children, the Palestine News & Information…
Palestinian Killed By Police Fire In Tel Aviv
Israeli daily, Maariv, reported that an Israeli policeman shot and killed, on Wednesday at night, a 33-year-old Palestinian man in Tel Aviv. The off-duty policeman claimed that the Palestinian was…
Israeli Navy Chases Fishing Boats, Tries To Sink Them
A Palestinian cameraman from the Gaza Strip managed to capture on tape, an attack carried out by Israeli Navi boats, on Wednesday, against small Palestinian fishing boats. The video shows…
Army To Demolish Homes In Silwan
Palestinian field researcher, member of the Committee for Defending Lands of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, Fakhri Abu Diab, stated that the Jerusalem Municipality handed notices for the demolition of…
Army Demolishes Four Homes In the Negev
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, several Arab villages in the Negev, and demolished four homes in what Israel describes as “unrecognized villages”. The soldiers invaded Beer Hadaj village, and…
Soldiers Demolish A Home In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday a Palestinian home in Al-Obaydiyya town, in the Bethlehem district. Local sources reported that several military jeeps, accompanied by a military bulldozer, invaded the town…
Occupied lives: I hope to see my son before it’s too late
5 years ago, Yahya Ahmad (28) was arrested while trying to cross the border fence to search for work in Israel. He was subsequently sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment…
PCHR Condemns Continued Israeli Violations against Palestinian Fishermen in the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s continued violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and expresses concern about the escalation of these violations. On Tuesday morning,…
Dozens Wounded After Inhaling Gas Fired By the Army In Al-Biereh
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that dozens of residents were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Biereh, near the central West Bank city of…
Palestine Today 08 29 2012
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Abbas To Head To Tehran
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will be flying to Tehran, on Tuesday evening, in order to participate in the summit of the international Nonaligned Movement. Abbas will be heading to Jordan…
Settlers Burn Two Palestinian Cars, Deface Two Cars
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinian cars in Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, near Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on two more vehicles, the Palestine News…
Charges Filed Against Nine Extremists Involved In Lynch Attack
The Israeli Prosecution at the Central Court in Jerusalem filed, Tuesday, indictments against eight extremist Israeli settlers who violently attacked a Palestinian in Jerusalem, on August 16, leading to serious…
Two Children Injured After being Attacked By Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that several extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in Al-Lubban village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and violently attacked the family…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian citizen of Jerusalem after the army, undercover units and security officers, invaded a sweets shop in Az-Zahra’ Trade Center in Salah Ed-Deen…
France To Investigate Arafat’s Death
The French Prosecution decided to open an official investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 after becoming sick while surrounded by the…
Continuing Impunity for the Death of Rachel Corrie
PCHR strongly condemns the decision of the Israeli court this morning, Tuesday, 28 August 2012, that Israel’s forces are not responsible for the death of US peace activist Rachel Corrie.On…
Palestine Today 08 28 2012
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Navy Opens Fire At Fishermen In Gaza
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli navy opened automatic fire at Palestinian fishermen, in Palestinian territorial waters, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and chased…
Court Rules Army “Not AT Fault” In Death Of Rachel Corrie
An Israeli court ruled, Tuesday, that the army “was not at fault” in the murder of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, who in 2003 was crushed to death by an…
Army Destroys 5 Wells, 5 Tents Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers destroyed, on Tuesday morning, five wells and three tents used by local residents of Zannouta area, in addition to removing two tents in a Khirbit Susya village, south…
Army Bombards Several Targets In Gaza
The Israeli Radio reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out, on Monday at night and on Tuesday at dawn, several air strikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip,…
Israel To Close Bribery Case Against Sharon, His Sons
Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli prosecution is weighing the possibility of dropping bribery and corruption charges against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and his two sons, Omri…
Elderly Man Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that a 65-year-old man was moderately injured after being attacked by a group of extremist Israeli…
PCHR Strongly Condemns the Denial of Entry to the oPt of dozens of International Solidarity Activist
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the denial of entry into the West Bank of dozens of international solidarity activists participating in the “Welcome to Palestine Campaign”.…
Palestine Today 08 27 2012
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Three Israeli Teenage Settlers Apprehended
The Israeli Police and the Internal Security announced Sunday that three Israeli teenage settlers have been apprehended on suspicion that they are involved in a Molotov attack against a Palestinian…
Gaza Government Will Not Attend Tehran Summit
The Hamas-led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip stated that it turned down an invitation by the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran to attend its conference that will be held…
Migron Settlers To Resist Eviction
Settlers residing in the illegal settlement outpost of Mirgon, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, said that they will resist their eviction, and…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, , on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn several Palestinians communities in the West Bank, and kidnapped eight Palestinians after breaking into their homes and…
PCHR welcomes South Africa decision Label Settlement Goods
The South African Ministry of Trade and Industry has approved a move to place Occupied Palestinian Territory labels on imported goods from Jewish settlements. In a press briefing on Wednesday…
Israel denies entry to Welcome to Palestine visitors
In a precedented measure, Israel denied entry to nearly 85 international visitors who were planning to enter Palestine through the King Hussein bridge via Jordan.The Welcome to Palestine Campaign media…
Welcome To Palestine III, Coming From Jordan To Palestine
Over one hundred international peace and human rights activists, who are planning to visit the occupied Palestinian territories, are scheduled to arrive at the Allenby Bridge Sunday afternoon.The activists, mostly…
Swiss Forensic Experts To Examine Arafat’s Remains
Experts working for the Swiss Radiophysics Institute stated Friday that they will be arriving in the West Bank to examine the remains of the late president, Yasser Arafat, after receiving…
US State Department: Israel’s investigation of Rachel Corrie’s death not credible
The US State Department has told the family of the late Rachel Corrie that the Israeli government has not been thorough or credible in their investigation of her death.Corrie was…
This Week in Palestine week 34 2012
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Police Repeatedly Taser Palestinian Vacationing With His Family
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that a Palestinian man from Jerusalem was shocked by an Israeli Policeman with an electric gun five times; the incident took place at a park…
Soldiers Invade Homes In Hebron, Resident Injured
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Thursday at night, several homes in Wadi Al-Hasseen area, close to…
Zahhar Denies Connection To Facebook Page That Carries His Name
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, denied any relation to a Facebook page that carries his name and places statements allegedly made by him.Dr.…
Army To Confiscate Lands Near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers handed, Thursday, several residents of the Kufr Jamal village, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, military orders informing them that the army intends to confiscate…
Palestine Today 08 23 2012
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Army Confiscates Palestinian Tractors In the Jordan Valley
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Bardala village, in the northern plains area of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, confiscated three agricultural tractors that belong to Palestinian farmers,…
Settlers Write Racist Graffiti In Nablus village
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Awarta village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and wrote racist graffiti on the walls…
Settlers Plant Palestinian Land Illegally Annexed 3 Months Ago
A group of Israeli settlers planted, on Thursday morning, Palestinian land that they illegally took over three months ago, near Al-Khader town, in the Bethlehem district.Coordinator of the Popular Committee…
Cairo And Tel Aviv Reach Understanding On Army Deployment in Sinai
An Egyptian security source told the Maan News Agency that the ongoing negotiations between Tel Aviv and Cairo led to an understanding regarding the deployment of Egyptian soldiers in the…
7 Detainees Injured In Ramon Prison, Several Sent To Solitary Confinement
The detainees clashed with the soldiers for approximately two hours after the army tried to force them to undergo a strip search in Ramon prison. Seven detainees were injured, and…
Soldiers Attack Family In Jerusalem, Elderly Woman Wounded
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that an elderly Palestinian woman was wounded, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers attacked her and her family, in Atarot area north of Jerusalem,…
High Court Delays Deliberations Of Settlers Eviction From Hebron Home
The Israeli High Court delayed deliberations in a case filed by Israel’s Peace Now Movement on behalf of a Palestinian family demanding Israel to remove Israeli settlers squatting in a…
Settler’s Vehicle Rams Child In Hebron
An Israeli settler driving in Jaber Neighborhood, in the southern West Bank of Hebron, hit a Palestinian child then drove off in what appears to be a ramming attack, medical…
Palestine Today 08 22 2012
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Settlers Invade Nablus Village
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Awarta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and tried to torch two Palestinian cars…
Verdict In Rachel Corrie Case To Be Announced August 28
The Rachel Corrie Foundation issued a release stating that the verdict in the civil lawsuit filed by the family of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, killed by Israel in 2003,…
Lieberman: “Abbas, An Obstacle To Peace”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, of the fundamentalist Israel Our Home Party, stated that the Quartet Committee must act of setting a date for general and presidential elections in the…
Jerusalemite faces decades in prison after visiting nearby village
Samer Isawiwas freed from Israeli prison after last year’s exchange of a captured Israeli soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. But today he is awaiting hearings in two Israeli courts,…
Israeli Media: “Egypt’s Military Activities In Sinai, Coordinated With Israel”
Israeli Channel 7 reported that Israeli and Egyptian officials confirmed that the Egyptian military activities, targeting armed extremists in Sinai, are conducted in coordination with Israel.Channel 7 quoted an Egyptian…
Report: “43 Years Later, Al-Aqsa Mosque Still Targeted”
The Higher Islamic Committee and the Islamic Waqf Department in occupied Jerusalem, issued a statement commemorating the 43rd anniversary of burning the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by an Australian fundamentalist,…
Israeli Court Approves Well Destruction In Bethlehem
An Israeli military court approved, Tuesday, an order issued by the Israeli military demanding a Palestinian farmer from Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, to demolish an irrigation well under the pretext…
27 Years In captivity; Arab Detainee To Be Released Wednesday
Syrian political prisoner (from the occupied Golan Heights) Sidqi Suleiman Al-Maqt will be released from Israeli prison Wednesday after 27 years in captivity. Al-Maqt is currently 45 years old.Born on…