Convicted Of Murder, Treason; 3 Palestinians Executed In Gaza
The Hamas-run Ministry Of Interior in the Gaza Strip announced Saturday that it executed three Palestinians who were previously sentenced to death by hanging, and added that one of them…
Facebook Post: “Nothing Like Pesach Bread Dipped In Muslim, Christian, Blood”
A post on a Facebook page that carries the name of Israeli Basketball Player, Ido Kozikaro, reads “There is nothing like celebrating the Pesach with “Matzah dipped in the blood…
British High Court Annuls Deportation Ruling Against Salah
A High Court in England issued a verdict voiding a deportation order that was serviced against Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the…
Three Egyptian Detainees Declare Hunger-Strike
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Saturday that three Egyptian political prisoners, held by Israel at the Nafha prison, declared an open-ended hunger-strike demanding their release.The PPS identified the three as…
Two Residents Injured in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that two residents were injured after the Israeli army fired a missile at their motorcycle near Al-Fadliyya School, in Rafah, in the southern part of…
This Week in Palestine week 14 2012
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Soldiers Attack West Bank Protests Injuring Two Civilians
Two civilians were injured when Israeli troops attacked anti wall and settlements protests on Friday at a number of West Bank communities. At the village of Nabi Saleh, in central…
Miles Of Smiles 11 Arrives In Gaza
The Miles of Smiles 11 solidarity convoy made it into the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening after the Egyptian border control at the Rafah Border Terminal granted it the green…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Three Killed, Dozens Injured Last Week”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories for the period between March 29 – April 4,…
Palestine Today 04 05 2012
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20 Palestinians, Including 2 Officers, Kidnapped In Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Kufr Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 20 Palestinians,…
Let’s Build “Peace”, I Mean Colonies
The fundamentalist, right-wing, extremist led government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not stop talking about peace, and how, unlike the Palestinians, Israel is not placing obstacles “in the…
Eviction of 15 settlers in Hebron causes rift in Israeli government
In the West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli police evicted 15 Israeli settlers from a house owned by Palestinians that had been taken over by Israeli settlers last week. Numerous Israeli…
Abbas Denounces New Settlement Construction Plan
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli decision to build 654 units in Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, and 180 units in the West Bank.Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina,…
Israel To Build 632 Homes In “Har Homa” Settlement
The Israeli Housing Ministry declared new tenders for the construction of hundreds of new homes in Jabal Abu Ghneim “Har Homa” illegal settlement, south of occupied East Jerusalem.Ahmad Mustafa Sob-Laban,…
Human Rights Group: ‘A Dark Day For International Justice’
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a statement Wednesday expressing its extreme disappointment following the decision by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Palestine Today 04 04 2012
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Israeli Shelling Kills a Teenager in Gaza
A Palestinian teenager was found dead on Wednesday midday near the Israeli border with Gaza, after he was hit by an Israeli tank shell on Tuesday night. Medical sources announced…
Israel Targets Welcome To Palestine Campaign
On Tuesday at dawn Israeli forces raided the city of Bethlehem and targeted the house of Jacques Nino, general coordinator of Children Play and Education.Nino organization is one of the…
Netanyahu To Send Letter To Abbas Asking Him To Resume Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, intends to send a letter to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, asking him to return to the Negotiations table, and telling him that he is willing,…
Abbas Receives Russian Envoy
Visiting Jordan’s Capital, Amman, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday the visiting special Russian Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process, Sergey Vershinin, and held talks on the situation…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated that detainee Omar Abu Shallal, 55, was moved to Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital, after being on hunger-strike…
Army Constructs Outpost On Mt. Olive
Fkahri Abu Thiab of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, stated that Israeli soldiers have concluded the establishment of an outpost near the “Seven Arches…
Palestine Today 04 03 2012
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Palestinian Child Dies Of Wounds Sustained Last Year
Four-year-old Aseel Ara’ra form the town of Anata near Jerusalem was pronounced dead on Tuesday of wounds sustained October 25, 2011, Palestinian medical sources reported. Her injury left her quadriplegic…
Army Demolishes Four Houses Near Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers demolished on Tuesday morning four houses in the town of Beit Jala near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Palestinian media sources reported.Residents of Beit Jala…
UN Report: Susiya Village Faces a High Risk of Forced Displacement
A report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHAoPt) states that a Palestinian village is facing a high risk…
Worker Attacked By 15 Extremist Settlers In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian construction worker was attacked by approximately 15 extremist Israeli settlers while heading to a construction site in West Jerusalem.The sources identified the…
3 Youths Detained in South Nablus by Israeli Military
The Israeli military detained, on Tuesday, three young men including the son of MP Hamed al-Betawi and a reporter from their homes in south Nablus.Local Palestinian sources stated that the…
Prisoners On Hunger Strike For One Day In “South Jails”
Prisoners have begun a hunger strike, on Tuesday, in the “South Jails” for one day, and continue to protest against the conditions imposed on political prisoners in Israeli jails.The prisoners…
Netanyahu Asks Barak To Delay Eviction of Settlers From Hebron Home
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asked Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, to delay the eviction of settlers who occupied a Palestinian home in Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
New evidence shows desecration of Muslim cemetery for ‘Museum of Tolerance’ construction
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has documented the continued desecration of an ancient Muslim cemetery, the Mamilla Cemetery, in Jerusalem, for the construction of the “Museum of Tolerance,” despite…
Barghouthi Forced Back Into Solitary Confinement
Elected Palestinian Legislator and senior Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, was forced back into solitary confinement, and his lawyer, Elias Sabbagh, has been prevented from seeing him for more than one…
Conditional Release: Hana Shalabi Expelled to Gaza Strip Today
This is a joint statement by the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel welcoming the release of Hana Shalabi, and explaining the illegality of…
Palestine Today 04 02 2012
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Palestinian Family loses property ownership case in Israeli court
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a prominent Palestinian family could not claim ownership of a landmark and now derelict building in East Jerusalem.The Husseini family said the Shepherd…
Three detained upon attempt to retrieve a Palestinian house in Hebron
Three people from Hebron have been detained on Monday after a group of 20 Palestinian and international activists attempted to retrieve a Palestinian house that was forcibly occupied by Israeli…
Palestinian Youth dies of wounds sustained last week
A young Palestinian man died on Monday morning from wounds suffered in an Israeli raid on his village near Ramallah last weekRashad Shoukha, 28, was critically injured by a gunshot…
Shalabi To Be Exiled To Gaza Sunday
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, is being exiled to the Gaza Strip, and that the Red Cross is bringing her family…
Four Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported that several extremist Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday afternoon, several Palestinians in the central West Bank district in Salfit, wounding four of them, including two women;…
61 Detainees Injured In Nafha
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Sunday that 61 Palestinian political prisoners, held at the Nafha Israeli detention camp in the Negev Desert, were injured after the army attacked them…
Zoabi: “We Did Not Invade Anybody’s Land”
Arab Member of Knesset, member of the National Democratic Assembly, Hanin Zoabi, stated during a massive protest, marking Palestinian Land Day in Jaffa, that the Arabs and the Palestinians in…
Safa Protesters Remove 100 Meters Of Fence Isolating Them From Their Orchards
As part of the protests marking the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, and the Global March to Jerusalem, residents of Safa village, near the central West Bank city…
Israel Planning Settlement Neighborhood In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is planning to construct a new settlement neighborhood in Abu Dis, in occupied East Jerusalem.The sources said that Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, is…
Several Residents Injured In Jerusalem, 15 Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, several Palestinians in Al-Esawiyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading the town leading to clashes with local youths; at least fifteen Palestinians…
Hammad: “Resistance, Of All types, Is The Way to Liberation”
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated that resistance, of all types, remains is only option of the Palestinian people, fighting for their liberation and…
This Week in Palestine week 13 2012
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One Killed, 37 Injured, by Israeli troops Gunfire in Gaza Land Day Protests
A Palestinian 20 year old youth was killed, 37 injured, among them a journalist when Israeli troops opened fire at Palestinian protesters marking land day in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian…
Scores Injured as Israeli Troops Attack West Bank land Day Protests
Thousands of Palestinians marked land day, on Friday, Palestinian sources said that 100 civilians were injured when Israeli troops attacked protesters in Ramallah and Bethlehem cities. Marking the 36th anniversary…
Seven injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Bethlehem
Seven protestors have been injured when clashes erupted between stone throwing youth and Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint on the northern entrance of Bethlehem.Hundreds of Palestinian civilians marched…
On Land Day; Israel Orders West Bank Sealed For 24 Hours
As the Palestinians mark the Palestinian Land Day on March 30th, Israel ordered the West Bank completely closed, and deployed thousands of soldiers in the occupied territories, and raised the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 wounded, 19 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22 – 28 March 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found…
Israel expels Palestinian hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza
After 43 days on hunger strike, Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi has agreed to end her hunger strike after Israeli officials agreed to release her from prison. But her release…
Army Kidnaps 9 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.The army violently broke into…
Palestine Today 03 29 2012
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Settlers Occupy A Palestinian Home In Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers occupied, on Wednesday night after midnight, a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and claimed purchasing the property from its…
Egypt Hands Body Of Arab-Israeli Man To Tel Aviv
Egyptian security sources reported that the Egyptian Authorities handed the body of an Arab man to Tel Aviv after he was shot and killed by Egyptian border police fire on…
Hammad: “Land Day Marches Are Nonviolent”
Nimir Hammad, adviser to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that all marches planned for commemorating the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, on Friday March 30th, are nonviolent in…
Israeli Envoys In Cairo To Discuss Spy Release
Egyptian sources reported that senior Israeli government envoys arrived in Cairo, on Wednesday, to hold talks with Egyptian officials on a prisoner-swap deal that would secure the release of a…
Plan For Negev Mass Expulsions Moves Forward
Ha’aretz has reported today [Wednesday] that a steering committee in Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office has approved “a five-year economic development plan for Israeli Bedouin”. This is another step along the…
Occupied Lives: Dying While Waiting For Medical Supplies
Akram Mones Abu Sefan and his son Ahmad in his home of Nuseirat refugee camp Akram Mones Abu Sefan, 35, lives in Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip with…
Launch Of A Dutch Funded Programme To Support The Palestinian Civil Police
The Chief of the Palestinian Civil Police (PCP), Major General Hazem Attallah, together with Mrs Birgitta Tazelaar, Head of Mission of The Netherlands Representation to the Palestinian Authority and Henrik…
Israeli settlers protest re-opening of road to Palestinian village
After the Israeli military re-opened the road to Beit Dajan, near Nablus, on Tuesday, a group of several dozen Israeli settlers gathered Wednesday at the entrance to the Palestinian village,…
International delegations begin arriving for Land Day protests on Friday
Hundreds of international non-violent activists began arriving in Lebanon and other neighboring Arab countries on Wednesday in advance of a planned ‘Global March to Jerusalem’ on Palestinian Land Day, March…
Palestine Today 03 28 2012
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Soldiers, Settlers, Break Into The Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a press release on Wednesday morning stating that dozens of Israeli soldiers and fundamentalist settlers broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through…
Irish Chairman To Sign Sister City Agreement With Gaza City
Councillor and chairman of the Irish Moyle District Council, Padraig McShane, will be arriving in Gaza City on Wednesday to officially sign a historic sister city agreement with the City…
Political Detainee Injured After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Palestinian political prisoner, Abbas as-Sayyid, was injured after Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked him in front of his prison cell at the Gilboa’ Israeli prison.As-Sayyid was beaten to…
Israeli Border Patrol Kill Two Men Along Egyptian Border
Shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu toured the route of a border fence under construction between Israel and Egypt, on Tuesday, Israeli Border Patrol Agents shot and killed two…
Palestine Today 03 27 2012
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Youth Injured By Settler Gun Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a Palestinian youth was shot in his leg by a fundamentalist Israeli settler in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of…
Leader Of Islamic Jihad On Hunger Strike In Israeli Jail
Islamic Jihad have declared that leading member, Jaffar Izz al-Din, 40 years old, has begun an open hunger strike following his detention in rejection of the policy of administrative detention.The…
Barghouthi Calls For Halting Coordination With Israel
Detained Fatah strongman and legislator, Marwan Barghouthi, sent a letter from his prison cell at the Hadarim Israeli prison, calling on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, to stop…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five residents.The sources…
Soldier Stabbed Near Ramallah, Three Palestinians Wounded
An Israeli source reported, Tuesday morning, that one Israeli soldier was wounded after being stabbed in an area east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Soldiers opened fire…
Prisoner Group Files Appeal In The Case of Ash-Shalabi
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the release of female detainee Hana’ ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 40 days.Ash-Shalabi…
Ashrawi Condemns Israeli Threats of Cutting Tax Revenue
On Monday Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the PLO executive committee, slammed the Israeli government threats to cut tax revenue as part of Israeli response to the last week UN…
Palestine Today 03 26 2012
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Settlers Attacks Leave One Injured; Troops Arrest Nine Civilians in Dawn Invasions
A Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli armed settlers attacked a group of farmers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. Local sources announced that Ayman Loui’e…
Settlers Attack A Resident In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Sunday, that one resident was injured after being attacked by a group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers near Yatta, in the southern Bank city of Hebron. Settlers…
Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…
Ayalon: “We Will Not Allow UN Committee Members Into The Country”
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, stated Sunday that Israel will not cooperate with the United Nations Human Rights Council and its investigation committee, and will not allow committee members…
Soldiers Attack Detainees, Conduct Forced DNA Tests
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Saturday that Palestinian political prisoners in Nafha, Megiddo , Gilboa’, and Ramon Israeli prisons, returned their meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning, in…
Ambassadors Of Portugal, South Africa, Teargased Near Ramallah
Ambassadors of Portugal and South Africa were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs at dozens…
U.S. Likely To Release $147M To P.A.
Republican Lawmaker, Representative Kay Granger, stated Friday that she will be releasing $147 Million to the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, after she withheld the…
Al-Ma’sara Village Holds Its Weekly Non-violent Protest
Dozens of local residents, and International peace activists, held the weekly non-violent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements in al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem. Israeli soldiers attacked the protestors leading…
Confined cruelty
They shoot children don’t They The innocence of childhood is a precious jewel, to be gently cared for and nurtured, allowing the child, whose future we are building, to develop…
Soldiers Invade Several Towns Near Hebron
Israeli army invaded on Thursday at night several towns near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and also invaded several neighborhoods in the city. Clashes were reported.Eyewitnesses reported that…
This Week in Palestine week 12 2012
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Two Civilians Injured, One Critically, As Troops Attack West Bank Anti Wall Protests
On Friday two civilians were injured, one seriously, while many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli soldiers suppressed anti wall protests in a number of…
Army Detains A Child At Roadblock Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday evening, a 12-year-old Palestinian child at a roadblock close to an illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.The Palestinian News…
PCHR Weekly: “Army Conducts 56 Invasions Into W. Bank, 1 In Gaza”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territory for the period between March 15-21,…
UN Human Rights Council Calls For Investigation Of Israeli Settlements
With the United States singled out with its opposing vote, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations passed on Thursday a resolution ordering the first ever investigation into the…
Prisoner’s Society: Hana Shalabi in Serious Condition in Hospital
Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi is in a serious health condition, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society told media Thursday morning.Advocate Jawad Pauls, director of the legal department of the society said, after…
Palestine Today 03 22 2012
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Power Crisis Posing Serious Health Risks In Gaza
The Hamas led Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip is now trying hard to control the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, following the serious shortages of electricity and fuel…
Soldiers Kidnap 11 year old Child From His Classroom
A report by the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed that on Monday Israeli soldiers kidnapped an 11 year old Palestinian child while he sat behind his desk at an elementary school…
Occupied Lives: My Son Ayoub
Adila Ahmad Yussef Asalia, 44 years old, is the mother of Ayoub, a 12 year old child killed by an Israeli drone while running after a puppy on his way…
HR Groups Call on B’Tselem to Withdraw from Conference Featuring Olmert
As organizations dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights—including those acting as legal representatives for war crimes victims— we are disappointed by B’Tselem’s active participation in an upcoming…
Palestine Today 03 21 2012
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