PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 17 wounded by Israeli forces in last 2 weeks
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (for the two week period of 03 – 16 November 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human…
Israeli Army Closes the Entrance of Beta, Erects Dozens of Military Blockades in Nablus
On Thursday, the Israeli army closed “Beta” entrance in the southern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing Palestinian residents from passing through it, the Palestinian news agency,…
Israel Confiscates Palestinian Lands To Expand Religious Kibbutz
The Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government confiscated privately owned Palestinian lands in the Jordan Valley, and gave the lands to Kibbutz Merav, inhabited by Jewish settlers.The Israeli…
Palestine Today 11 17 2011
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Israeli Defence Minister Exudes Fear Over Nuclear Iran
Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, expresses his concern over a nuclear Iran to American interviewer, Charlie Rose, and claimed that if he were an Iranian, he would certainly opt to…
Qaraqe’: “Long-Term Detainees Must Be Released”
The Minister of Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs, Issa Qaraqe’, has urged Egypt to exert pressure on Israel to free long-term prisoners, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported on Thursday.Qaraqe’…
Israeli Military Breaks into home of an Ex-detainee; Freed Under Prisoner-Swap Deal
The Israeli army broke into the house of ex-detainee, Duaa’ al-Jayyousi, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.The army personnel broke into and searched…
Army Arrests Seven Palestinians in Hebron and Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn, in the southern part of the West Bank, and four children in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers broke…
Abbas: “We Seek Peace. We Want A Balanced U.S. Role”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated, during a speech on the 7th anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat and the 23rd anniversary of his declaration of independence, that…
Abbas & Mashal To Meet Soon
Senior leaders of the Fatah and Hamas movements stated that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Political Bureau head, Khaled Mashal, will be holding a meeting in approximately one…
Army Kidnaps Palestinian Journalist In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian journalist, Wednesday, in Jerusalem after she was ordered to head to a security center for questioning. Journalist Isra’ Salhab was detained by the Israeli Police…
Another step against freedom of speech in Israel:
“The new bill backed by the Israeli government last Sunday represents another link in the chain of anti-democratic legislation which aims to curtail the work of Israeli NGOs and reduce…
Palestine Today 11 16 2011
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Israel Offering Bids On Settlement Construction In The West Bank
Israeli Housing Minister, Ariel Atias, of the Shas fundamentalist party, stated on Tuesday that Israel will advertise bids for the construction of hundreds of Jewish settlements units in the occupied…
Two Injured In Israeli Airstrikes Targeting Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three Palestinians were injured, on Wednesday at dawn, after the Israeli Air Force carried out a number of airstrikes targeting different…
Palestinian Family Stripped Jerusalem Residency Rights
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) reported that the Israeli Authorities stripped the residency rights of Ammar Khaled Badriyya, and his family, living in Al Matar neighborhood,…
Palestinian Authority: “New Unity Government Will Not Include Fayyad”
After talks between the two major Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority announced that elections will be held in May, and the interim government which…
Six Palestinian ‘Freedom Riders’ detained by Israeli forces for defying segregation on buses
In an action reminiscent of the US-based ‘Freedom Riders’ who rode on segregated buses in the American South in the 1960s, six Palestinian non-violent activists styling themselves under the same…
Palestine Today 11 15 2011
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Palestinians to ride on Settler Buses to challange segregation
A group of Palestinian, International and Israeli activists rode Israeli Eged buses, going to Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon, challenging and Israeli regulation that prohibits Palestinians to use such buses except…
Nine Palestinian Residents Kidnapped by Israeli Army in the West Bank
The Israeli army arrested nine Palestinian residents from different districts in the West Bank, the Palestine News & Info Agency reported on Tuesday.Local Palestinian sources stated that the Israeli military…
British Experts Sent To Libya to Assist In Destruction Of Illegal Chemical Weapons Stashes
Despite assurances to the contrary, former Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has kept numerous stores of chemical weapons across the country. The weapons should have been destroyed in 2004, and have…
French Consul and Family wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza
On Monday, 14 November 2011, the French Consul in the Gaza Strip, Majdi Jameel Yaseen Shaqqoura, 44, his wife and his two children were wounded in an Israeli attack on…
Palestine Today 11 14 2011
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Obama: ‘Iranian Nuclear Weapons Pose a Direct Threat to U.S.’
U.S. President, Barack Obama, opened the door to military action against Iran on Monday, saying that ‘all options are on the table’ to try to prevent Iran from possessing nuclear…
Israeli Army Calls the Ex-detainees for Interrogation
Israel continues to breach the terms of the prisoner-swap deal by breaking into the houses of ex-detainees’ throughout the West Bank , Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.Palestinian officials in charge…
Israel To Withhold Palestinian Tax Money
The Israeli Cabinet decided Monday to withhold Palestinian tax and customs money it collects on behalf of the P.A, The decision was made despite the opposition of Israeli Defense Minister,…
Palestinian Killed, Four Injured, As Army Bombards Gaza
The Higher Committee for Medical and Emergency Serices in Gaza, reported that one Palestinian was killed and four others were injured, on Monday at dawn, when the Israeli Air Force…
Palestinian Family In Silwan Served Eviction Order
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that a Palestinian family in Silwan was served an eviction order issued by the Jerusalem municipality with the…
Clashes Reported In Silwan
Palestinian sources reported that clashes took place on Saturday night between dozens of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers after the army invaded Silwan town, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in…
Report: “Settler Attacks Increased By 40% During 2011”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reported that compared to 2010, this year witnessed a 40% increase in attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against…
Families Of Former Detainees Prevented From Visiting Them In Exile
The Israeli authorities are preventing dozens of Palestinian families from travelling to meet their sons, who were released from the Israeli jails last month under the Gilad Shalit prisoner-swap deal,…
UN Security Council Fails To Reach Agreement On Palestinian Application
The United Nations Security council stated on Friday that it was unable to reach an agreement on the Palestinian application for full UN membership.The Admissions Committee of the Security Council…
This Week in Palestine week 45 2011
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Injuries Reported at Five Non-Violent Protests; Multiple Arrests
Non-violent protests took place in five locations across the West Bank on Friday, resulting in injuries at all locations, and arrests in the village of al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem; Kafr Qaddum,…
Nabi Saleh Protest Organizer Shot in Face at Weekly Protest
In the village of an-Nabi Salah, in the district of Ramallah, an organizer of the weekly non-violent protest, Abu Hussam Tamimi, was shot in the face by the Israeli military,…
UNESCO Lodges Complaint Over Haaretz Cartoon
Eric Falt, a senior official at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, sent for Israel ambassador to UNESCO, Nimrod Barkan to admonish Israel over a cartoon published in Haaretz…
Military strike against Iran Unlikely
Defence officials from both Israel and the US have publicly hosed down speculation that an attack on Iran’s nuclear program is imminent.The Palestinian Chronicle reported that Israeli Defence Minister Ehud…
Hamas: “Ten Female Detainees to be released Soon”
On Wednesday, Hamas prisoners minister, Saleh Arouri, stated that as a follow up to the prisoner swap deal initiated last month, approximately ten female Palestinian detainees are going to be…
Israeli Soldiers Accidentally Kill a Settler Near Hebron
Israeli sources reported that Israeli soldiers accidentally shot and killed an Israeli settler and wounded two others, early on Friday, in the Hebron district, in the southern West Bank.Israeli daily,…
Ancient Islamic Graveyard, Attacked & Vandalized Again
The al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf (Islamic Endowment) and Heritage issued a press release on Thursday evening, denouncing a fresh attack carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the Ma’man-Allah (Mamanullah)…
Palestine Today 11 10 2011
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Britain To Abstain From UN Membership Vote
The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has announced that Great Britain will abstain from the upcoming United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote regarding the granting of full UN membership to…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Three Fishermen
The Israeli Navy arrested, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinian fishermen, from the same family, west of the Fishermen Port, in Gaza. Head of the Palestinian Committee for Fishing and…
Egyptian Gas Pipeline Rocked By Explosions
At dawn on Thursday, unknown gunmen hit an Egyptian gas pipeline which provides Israel and Jordan with gas, for the seventh time this year, Egyptian security sources reported. The pipeline…
Conviction Of Former Israeli President Upheld
The Israeli Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the conviction against former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, after it rejected the appeal filed by his lawyer against two convictions of rape, and…
Peres Calls For Resumption Of Talks
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, called on the Palestinian leaders in the West Bank to resume direct peace talks with Israel in order to resolve all issues that are hindering the…
Canadians face two months of incarceration in Israel without trial
On Tuesday, Freedom Waves to Gaza activists detained in Israel – including Canadians David Heap and Ehab Lotayef – came before a judge and were told they could be held…
In Three Separate Attacks, Israeli Settlers Torch Cars; Kill Palestinian; Shoot Gas At Family
Three separate settler attacks on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning resulted in one Palestinian dead and three injured, in different parts of the West Bank.On Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man…
Palestine Today 11 09 2011
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Iran Under Increasing Pressure
Pressure has increased on Iran following the IAEA’s report suggesting that Tehran may have been undertaking activities to develop a nuclear warhead.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found evidence that…
Tension Between Tel Aviv And Seoul Becoming Taut
Fissures appear in the relationship between Israel and South Korea, after Tel Aviv considers scraping a USD$1 billion arms deal between the two countries and opting to honour a preliminary…
Israeli Troops Charge Palestinian Farming Family With ‘Trespassing’ On Their Own Land
A Palestinian farmer was detained, along with his wife and sister late on Monday, and charged with trespassing on his farmland – even though the farmer holds the title to…
Russell Tribunal Finds Israel Guilty Of Apartheid, Prosecution
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine has ruled that Israel is guilty of Apartheid and Prosecution crimes, as its panel of jurists ruled that the Israeli actions against the Palestinians breach…
Army Carries Out Two Airstrikes Targeting Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, two airstrikes targeting Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.Local sources reported…
Quartet To Meet Palestinian & Israeli Leaders
The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that the delegates of the International Quartet Committee will be holding separate meetings with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders next Monday, November 14,…
Likud Wants Tougher Restriction On Arab, Leftist Organizations
The Likud Party, headed by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, filed a draft for a new law that calls for enforcing more restrictions on foreign funding to Arab organizations and…
Death Threat Graffiti Found On Home of Peace Now Settlement Watch Director
Israeli Peace Now Movement reported that the home of the director of the movement’s Settlement Watch Project, Hagit Ofran, was targeted for the second time in recent months. The act…
Israel Deports Democracy Now! Correspondent Jihan Hafiz; Most Gaza Flotilla Activists Still Detained
Guest: Jihan Hafiz, Democracy Now! correspondent who has just returned to the U.S. after being arrested, detained and deported by Israel for covering the ‘Freedom Waves to Gaza’ flotilla. AMY…
Palestine Today 08112011
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Army Installs Roadblocks Surrounding Nablus, Kidnaps One Resident
The Israeli Army kidnapped a 25-year-old Palestinian resident, on Tuesday morning, en-route to Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after having searched him, the Ma’an News Agency…
Army Shells Gaza, Three Injured, One Serious
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that three Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, after Israeli soldiers fired artillery shells into Al-Shujaeyya neighbourhood, east of…
Settlers Uproot Thirty Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted at least thirty olive trees on Monday. They belonged to the Palestinian residents of Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city…
Fundamentalist Coalition Members Threaten To Quit Netanyahu Government
The fundamentalist National Union Party in Israel threatened to quit the coalition with the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should the P.M. demolish random settlement outposts in…
U.S. Releases $200 Million To Palestinian Authority
The U.S. Administration authorized the transfer of $200 Million to the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli Newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported late on Monday.Head of the U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee, Leena Ros…
Palestine Today 07112011
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Iran: ‘Israel Owns 300 Nuclear Missiles’
Iranian President, Ahmadinejad, stated during an interview with an Egyptian newspaper on Sunday, that Israel owns 300 nuclear missiles, the Maan News Agency reported.“Even though Israel owns 300 nuclear missiles,…
Flotilla Passengers Accuse Israel Of Unnecessary Violence And Endangerment During Raid
Twenty-one passengers of the two aid ships remain in Israeli prison; three days after Israeli forces intercepted the ships in international waters. The passengers were unlawfully arrested, and the ships…
Hackers Shut Down Israeli Military and Intelligence Websites
A group of hackers, calling itself Anonymous, managed to infiltrate sensitive Israeli websites that belong to the Israeli Army and security services, and was able to shut them down. The…
Settler Injured Near Qalqilia
Israeli sources reported Sunday that a settler was mildly injured when a Palestinian hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on a settler road near Qalqilia, in the northern…
Israel Arrests Palestinian Youth Involved In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
Israeli sources revealed that the police in Jerusalem arrested last Thursday a Palestinian youth allegedly involved in stabbing a Jewish teenager in Ramot, in occupied Jerusalem, which took place three…
Kadima MK Files Complaint Against Zoaby, MK
Israeli Member of the Knesset (MK), Otniel Schneller, of the Kadima opposition party, filed a complaint against Arab MK, Hanin Zoaby, for travelling to South Africa to testify in a…
US & Israel To Conduct Largest Drills In History
The U.S. and Israel are getting set to conduct their largest joint-military drill in their history, the U.S. Department of State’s Assistant for Political & Security Affairs, Andrew Schubert, announced…
Activists Hold Sit-In Protest At Israeli Embassy In Boston
On Saturday evening a group of American activists staged a sit-in at the Israeli embassy in Boston, Massachusetts. They chanted slogans of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and against the…
Palestinian Killed, Three Wounded, As Army Air Strikes Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported that the Israeli Air Force fired, on Saturday evening, missiles into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and injuring…
Youth Injured By Israeli Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers opened fire on Saturday morning at Palestinian civilians near the “Nahal Oz” zone, east of the Gaza Strip leading to the injury of a Palestinian youth, the Maan…
Erekat Urges France To Reconsider Its Stance
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, member of the executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, urged the French government to reconsider its decision to abstain from UN vote…
Army kidnaps A resident In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday a Palestinian resident, active in nonviolent resistance against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Beit Ummar Town, north of the southern West Bank city of…
Resident Wounded By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian Medical sources reported on Saturday morning that Israeli soldiers opened fire at dozens of residents near “Nahal Oz” area, east of Gaza city; one resident was injured.Eyewitnesses reported that…
Israel Interrogates Four Activists Of Solidarity Ships
Israel sources reported that the Israeli Authorities interrogated four activists who were onboard the Irish and the Canadian ships (Freedom Waves) that were intercepted by the army, on Friday, while…
Hamas Calls On Arab League To Break The Siege On Gaza
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on the Arab League to break the Israeli siege on Gaza and to ensure all border terminals remain open, in retaliation to the “Israeli piracy”…
Egypt Denounces Settlement Construction In Jerusalem
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Kamel Amr, denounced on Friday the recent Israeli decision to construct and expand Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, and stated that this decision causes another…
Army Attacks Weekly Protests Against The Wall, Injuries Reported
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, dozens suffered the effects…
Israeli Navy Intercepts Aid Ships; Detains Passengers
Two Gaza-bound aid ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy Friday morning and towed to an Israeli port, where the passengers were detained by Israeli security forces.Dennis Kosseim, a coordinator…
This Week in Palestine week 44 2011
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Israeli Authorities ban Freed Palestinian Prisoners from Leaving to Mecca
On Friday morning, the Israeli borders police banned hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims, who were released in Shalit swap deal signed by the Hamas Movement of Israel last month; from leaving…
Israeli Army Abducts Three Hebron Residents, Including Two Children
The Israeli army kidnapped a young man and two children from the West Bank city of Hebron after breaking into their houses on Friday at dawn, the Palestinian news agency,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 12 fighters killed; 5 fighters, 4 civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 Oct. – 02 Nov. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Israeli Injured In Palestinian Village
Israeli Ynet News reported that an Israeli man was injured near the “Joshua’ Tomb, in Kafel Hares Palestinian village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The man suffered…
Israel “Pardons” Dozens of Wanted Palestinians
Palestinian security sources reported Friday that the Israeli side handed the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, a list containing the names of dozens “wanted” Palestinians who received full and…
Palestine Will Not File New UN Applications
The Palestinian Authority headed by President Mahmoud Abbas stated, it will not be filing for any new bids at any United Nations agency at this time, and will only focus…
Miles Of Smiles 7 Enters Gaza
The Miles of Smiles 7 solidarity convoy made it in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after crossing through the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Issam Yousef,…
Gaza Flotilla Supporters Rally As Boats Continue Toward Coast
Hundreds of people gathered in Gaza City Thursday to protest the Israeli government’s announcement that it will stop the two humanitarian aid boats currently en route to Gaza.As of Thursday…
After US, Israel Freezes Support To UNESCO
Israel has frozen its financial support to the UNESCO after the latter extended Palestine’s status to a full membership at the international body, the Maan News Agency reported on Thursday…
Palestine Today 11 03 2011
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Two Palestinians Killed In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday afternoon, that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Adham…
Israel Withholds Tax Revenues
Palestinians have expressed their outrage after the Israeli government made a decision to withhold tax revenue, to the tune of millions of dollars, while the ongoing settlements’ construction is continued…
Israeli Air Force Conducts Manoeuvres In Italy
Last week, the Israeli Air Force conducted aerial manoeuvres at an Italian NATO military base, in which fourteen sophisticated Israeli F-16 Fighting Falcons and mid-air refuelling Boeing jets, conducted various…
Palestinian Killed By Electric Shock In Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that a Palestinian man was killed by an electric shock while working inside a siege-busting tunnel on the border with Egypt, in Rafah,…
Egypt: “We Will Not Allow Israel To Attack Gaza”
Egyptian security leaders stated that they believe Israel still intends to conduct a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, despite extensive Egyptian efforts to maintain calm, and added that…