Court Confirms Sentencing Of Ailing Hunger-Striking Detainee
An Israeli Military Court rejected on Monday evening the appeal that was filed by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) against a military order confining ailing detainee, Adnan Khader, who has…
Palestine Today 02 13 2012
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Israeli Court Forbids Nablus Mosque from Using Loudspeakers
The Israeli Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling, forbidding Burin village mosque, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, from using loud speakers, and even from using lights…
Israeli Navy Abducts Four Fishermen
The Israeli Navy abducted four Palestinian fishermen on Monday morning, after attacking their boats in Palestinian waters north of the Gaza Strip, and near the Gaza Port.The four were identified…
Israeli Bulldozers Destroy Playground in Silwan
Israeli bulldozers from the Jerusalem Municipality destroyed a playground on Monday morning, in the Wadi Hilweh area, in Silwan of East Jerusalem, and also removed the protest tent in Silwan.Representatives…
Troops Detain Five Residents at a Settlement Near Jenin
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian residents from Ya’bod village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and held them for several hours at the Mabo…
Four Injured After Troops Break into Palestinian Home in Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported that four residents were wounded on Sunday evening, when Israeli troops and policemen broke into a Palestinian home of a former political prisoner, in…
Fighter Killed In Rafah
The Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, reported that one of its fighters was killed on Sunday evening during a training accident in Rafah, in…
Man, 71, Killed, Two Wounded, In A Fresh Israeli Attack Against Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Sunday that a 71-year-old man was killed, and two residents were wounded, when the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles into an…
Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest Near Hebron
Israeli troops attacked on Saturday the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron; four protestors were…
Protests for hunger-striking prisoner attacked by Israeli troops; 16 injured
As 33-year old Khader Adnan continues his 56-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison, a group of supporters held a rally on Saturday afternoon outside the prison, but were attacked…
Two Injured In Beit Lahia Blast
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that two Palestinians were wounded in an explosion that took place in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The…
Soldier, 2 Female Settlers, Arrested For Writing Racist Graffiti
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that an Israeli soldier and two young female settlers were arrested by the Israeli Police for writing anti-Arab, Anti-Islam graffiti in the Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiyya Palestinian…
This Week in Palestine week 6 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 11 civilians wounded, 25 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 02 – 08 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Netanyahu Refuses E.U. Demands to Release Detainees
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected demands presented by representatives of the European Union (E.U.) to release a number of Palestinian political prisoners under a confidence-building measure that would also…
P.A. Refuses to Resume Exploratory Talks with Israel
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank renewed its rejection to resume the “exploratory talks” with Israel, and stated that the “confidence-building measures” proposed by Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair, to…
Palestine Today 02 09 2012
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Fayyad: “Donor Countries Must Abide by Their Commitments”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated during his Thursday meeting with the Luxembourg’s Minister of Development, Cooperation, and Humanitarian Affairs, Marie-Josée Jacobs, that donor countries must abide by their…
Abbas to Hale: “No Contradiction Between Peace, Palestinian Reconciliation”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. Middle East Envoy David Hale, on Thursday, that there is no contradiction between internal Palestinian reconciliation and the peace process with Israel.The meeting was…
Court Decides to Hold Session of Striking Detainee at his Hospital Bed
The Israeli Military Court decided to hold a session on Thursday at the Safad Hospital where the hunger-striking ailing detainee Khader Adnan is hospitalized, and facing seriously deteriorating health conditions.Head…
Palestine Today 02 08 2012
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Judge Orders Professor To Remain In Prison Without Charge
The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees in Hebron
Local sources reported Tuesday that a number of Israeli settlers uprooted nearly 25 newly-planted olive trees that belong to residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank…
Settlers Attack a Gas Station in Jenin
A number of armed Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian gas station on Tuesday in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and forced the owners and the residents…
Israel Seeking New Air Force Base in Cyprus
The Israeli government, under Benjamin Netanyahu, is planning to initiate talks with Cyprus in order to establish an Israeli Air Force base in the country, while affirming Israel’s “outstanding” relations…
“Death To Christians” Graffiti Found on Jerusalem Monastery
Israeli Police spokesperson, Micky Rosenfeld, stated Tuesday that extremist Israeli settlers carried out another “price tag” attack, this time targeting a Christian Monastery in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross Monastery.…
Palestine Today 02 07 2012
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To Avoid Excessive Penalty, Family Members Start Demolishing Their Own Homes
After Israel informed them of its intentions to demolish their homes, members of the Hardan family in al-Fredees village, near Mount Carmel in the north of the 1948 territories, started…
Netanyahu Slams Abbas For Doha Agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the reconciliation agreement, singed on Monday at the Qatari Capital of Doha. The deal between Fateh and Hamas head,…
Ad-Dameer Laywer Visits Hunger-Striking Detainee
Lawyer of the ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Samer Samaan, was granted access to the ailing hunger-striking detainee, Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 51…
Miles of Smiles Nine Arrives in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported Monday that the “Miles Of Smiles 9” aid and solidarity convoy made it into the coastal region through the Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.Convoy Coordinator,…
Palestine Today 02 06 2012
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Abbas Recommended to Serve as Interim Government Prime Minister
After recent meetings in Qatar, mediated by Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Chief Khaled Mashaal announced that Abbas should serve as the Prime Minister of…
Anti-Wall Protest in al-Walaja Attacked by Israeli Troops, Three Abducted
On Sunday, villagers from al-Walaja and international supporters went to the area where Israeli authorities are in the midst of destroying lands to build the Annexation wall. They held a…
Hamas Leadership Leaves Syria
The last member of the leadership of the Hamas party left Syria on Sunday, in an attempt to separate the party from the Syrian government’s crackdown on protesters.Previously, the Hamas…
Ten More Detainees Join Hunger Strike
Ten more Palestinian detainees at the Ofer Israeli prison, decided to join the open-ended hunger strike of Sheikh Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 50 days, and…
Palestinian prisoner near death on hunger strike; joined by dozens of students in solidarity
Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan reached the 49th day of his hunger strike against prison conditions on Saturday. This includes five days of refusing liquids as well – although Israeli prison…
Palestinians challenge privatization in protests across the West Bank
The Palestinian People’s Party and other left-wing groups held non-violent marches in cities throughout the West Bank Saturday, challenging the Palestinian Authority’s proposed austerity measures and privatization schemes.Several hundred people…
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian shepherd
A group of Israeli settlers from the Mehola settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, approached a Palestinian shepherd who was tending his sheep…
Settlers Install New Outpost Near Hebron
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers installed on Friday a new illegal settlement outpost, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, while another group of armed settlers invaded…
This Week in Palestine week 5 2012
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13 Injured in Nabi Saleh During Weekly Non-Violent Protest
During the weekly non-violent protest in the village of an-Nabi Saleh on Friday several injuries were reported including that of a French citizen who was struck in the neck by…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 wounded, 14 abducted in 56 Israeli invasions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 Jan. – 01 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
1 Child, 1 Young Man Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian child and a young man were wounded on Friday at dawn, when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number…
PLO Apologizes To Ban Ki-Moon
The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) issued an apology for United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, after several protestors in Gaza hurled shoes at his convoy upon entering…
Hamas Slams UN Sec. Gen. for Refusing to Meet Families of Detainees
The Hamas movement slammed the U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, for refusing to meet with families of Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, and stated that his refusal is an indication…
Palestine Today 02 02 2012
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Israeli Military Shells Gaza Following Rocket Fire From Gaza Strip
The Israeli military has fired shells into the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, following the firing of rockets into the south of Israel.The Ma’an News Agency has reported…
Ban Received in the Gaza Strip by Protestors
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, was met on Thursday by a group of protestors as he entered the Gaza Strip.Protestors threw shoes, sticks and stones at the U.N.…
Elderly Woman Seriously Injured After Being Attacked by Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian woman was seriously injured after a number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled stones at a vehicle on the Yitzhar-Nablus road, in the…
Abbas: “We Seek Real, Comprehensive Peace”
On Wednesday evening, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a press conference held in Ramallah with the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban ki-moon, that the Palestinian leadership seeks a comprehensive peace…
Army Kidnapped 320 Palestinians in January
Israeli soldiers arrested more than 320 Palestinians in numerous parts of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and occupied East Jerusalem during the month of January, a Palestinian researcher stated.Researcher…
Netanyahu Rejects Demands of Settlement Freeze
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the visiting United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, that Israel will continue the construction of settlements, and that any chances for a construction freeze would…
HRW Issues Report Criticising Israel High Court
Human Rights Watch has denounced on Tuesday recent judgements by the Israeli High Court in a report titled “Israel: High Court Rulings Undermine Human Rights”. The report deals with two…
Palestine Today 02 01 2012
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U.S. Government Criticises Israel Over New Subsidy Plan
The U.S. Government has criticised, on Tuesday, the recent announcement by the State of Israel’s inclusion of 70 West Bank settlements in its list of areas to received subsidies towards…
Six Detained in West Bank, Including Hamas Leader
Six men have been detained in the West Bank on Tuesday, including a Hamas leader from Jenin. The Ma’an news agency reported the man to be Muhammad as-Sayyed, 50 years…
UN Secretary-General Starts Middle East Tour
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, started a series of talks with both Israeli and Palestinians officials on Wednesday, by holding a meeting with Israeli President, Shimon…
Netanyahu Wins Party Elections
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, won the Likud Party elections with 75% of the total votes. Party elections were held Tuesday, shortly after the Netanyahu led government approved further incentives…
Jerusalem Political Activist Ordered Out of West Bank for Seven Months
After interrogating him at a Police station in occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday, the Israeli Police issued an order forcing Palestinian activist and intellectual, Rasem Obeidat, to remain in his residential…
Haniyya Meets the Prince of Qatar
Prime Minister of the Hamas led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, met on Tuesday with the Prince of Qatar, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad al-Thani, and discussed the latest developments in…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved to Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported on Tuesday evening that detainee Khader Adnan was moved to a hospital near Bnei Brak, after a sharp deterioration in his health after 47…
Ma’an & WAFA News Sites Interrupted by Hackers
Both the Ma’an News Agency and the Palestinian Authority’s news service, WAFA, have on Tuesday suffered from repeated attacks by hackers, leading to periods where their news sites have been…
Gaza Farmer Shot by Israeli Military
A farmer in the Gaza Strip was shot on Tuesday, whilst working on his land, by the Israeli military.The Ma’an News Agency has reported that the unnamed farmer was shot…
Israel to Open New Police Station in Occupied East Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli daily, reported via their website on Tuesday that the State of Israel intends to open a new police station at the Mount of Olives, in…
Palestine Today 01 31 2012
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Detainee on Hunger Strike For 47 Days, To Stop Liquids
Palestinian detainee, Adnan Khader, head of the Islamic Jihad Movement in the West Bank, declared he will be stepping-up his hunger strike that started 47 days ago, by refraining from…
Soldiers Invade Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Kidnap Two in Rafah
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, the eastern area of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, and kidnapped two residents east of Rafah, in the southern…
Fateh: “No Talks Without Israeli Commitment to International Law”
Media spokesperson of the Fateh movement, Osama Al-Qawasmi, stated that the Fateh movement and the Palestinian leadership has a unified position regarding rejecting peace talks with Israel before Tel Aviv…
Palestinian Killed in an Iraqi Interrogation Center
Sa’ad Khalil, of the Palestinian-Iraqi Brotherhood Society, stated that the Iraqi security forces killed a Palestinian detainee three days ago, who was undergoing questioning at an interrogation center in Baghdad.Ma’an…
Palestine Today 01 30 2012
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Settler Takes Over Palestinian Land, Fences It
The Palestine New and Info Agency, WAFA, reported that a Jewish settler illegally took over Palestinian land near the northern West Bank city of Jenin by enclosing the land in…
Israel Shuts Down Two Institutions in Jerusalem
The Israeli Police shut down, on Sunday evening, two Palestinian institutions in Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, under the claim that they are funded by the Hamas movement. The…
King Abdullah Meets Hamas Leader in Amman
King Abdullah II of Jordan met the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, on Sunday in Amman. Mashal is conducting his first official visit to Amman in twelve…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Residents in Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday at night and on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians in Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, and in the nearby town…
Israeli vehicle rams Palestinian teen in hit and run incident
An Israeli driver hit a Palestinian teenager at a checkpoint near Jerusalem Saturday, then drove off in an apparent ramming attack. These types of incidents have increased in recent months,…
Israeli Missile Targets Home in Ash-Shujaa’eya Neighborhood, Abu Mustafa shells Nahal Oz
Palestinian local sources reported that an Israeli missile targeted Saturday at dawn a home in the neighborhood of Ash-Shujaa’eya, east of Gaza. No injuries reported. Eyewitness told the Maan News…
This Week in Palestine week 4 2012
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PCHR Weekly Report: 1 dead, 4 wounded by Israeli forces in 60 incursions
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19- 25 January 2012, A Palestinian civilian died out of his wounds…
Fayyad, Peres, Meet During Davos Forum
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, and Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, participated in meetings regarding the possibilities of resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and the prospects of peace in the region.…
Molcho Presents Verbal Stance On Borders
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Wednesday that Israeli Envoy, Yitzhak Molcho, presented on Wednesday a verbal Israeli stance on the issue of borders, during talks with Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb…
New UN Report Shows Sharp Rise In Palestinians Uprooted By Israeli Demolitions
Almost 1,100 Palestinians, over half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Israeli forces in 2011 – over 80 per cent more than…
International media complicit in legitimization of Israeli settlements
Unbelievable, but true: over 70 journalists from international mainstream media took part in a tour through Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank last Thursday 19th. Israel national news source…
Palestine Today 01 26 2012
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Minister of Detainees Calls for Boycott of Military Courts
Palestinian Minister of Detainees in the West Bank, Issa Qaraqe’, called for the boycotting of all Israeli military courts for their repeated rulings that confine thousands of detainees under administrative…
Israel’s Refusal to Present Borders with Palestinian State Marks End of Talks
The recent talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reached a standstill, with the Israeli negotiators refusing to present borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state. With the deadline…
Egypt’s People’s Council Head Declines Invitation to Visit Israel
Dr. Mohammad al-Kittani, the elected head of the Egyptian People’s Council, a political leader of the Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt, declined an invitation to visit Israel to deliver…
Palestine Today 01 25 2012
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Army Bulldozers Destroy Six Sheds Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Wa’r ad-Beik area of Anata town, north east of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished six sheds. These sheds were home to six…
Fifth Final Meeting Between Erekat & Molcho to be Held in Amman
The Palestinian senior negotiator, Dr. Saed Erekat, and the Israeli negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho, will be holding a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman to discuss the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli…
U.S. Government Pledges $3.8 Billion In Loan Guarantees To Israel
In a meeting on Monday between U.S. State Department and Israeli officials, the U.S. officials promised to extend loan guarantees to Israel for the next three years. The $3.8 billion…
Troops Abduct Hamas Political Leader In Jenin
Israeli troops abducted, on Tuesday evening, Sheikh Mohammad Freihat, 46 years old. Sheikh Freihat is a religious figure and a political leader of the Hamas movement, in al-Yamoun town, west…
PCHR Condemns Raid on Red Cross and Detention of Palestinian Legislator
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the detention of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Member from the Change and Reform Bloc affiliated to Hamas, Mohammed Toutah, and…
Palestine Today 01 24 2012
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The Jewish Demographic Threat to Democracy
Fear runs rife in Israeli society regarding what has been previously labelled as the “demographic time bomb”, painting a scenario whereby the Israeli-Jews will be outnumbered by non-Jews inside Israel…
Two Residents Kidnapped In Hebron
On Tuesday Morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinians near the Ibrahimi Mosque, and moved them to an undisclosed location, the Palestinian news agency, Maan, reported.Local sources stated that the…
Speaker Of Palestine Parliament Receives Six Months Administrative Detention
The Israeli Military Court at the Ofer Israeli prison, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided to imprison the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr.…
Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained In 2002
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that resident Hamid Ahmad Sahloul, 42, from the western refugee camp in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, died of…