Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired on Wednesday at night a missile targeting a group of fighters east of Jabalia, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported,…
Hale Demands Abbas To Void U.N Move
U.S. Envoy, David Hale, has officially demanded on Wednesday, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to void the plan to head to the United Nations to seek international recognition of statehood, and…
Fighter Assassinated In Gaza, Al Quds Brigades Vows Retaliation
Israeli Air Force assassinated on Tuesday evening a fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad west of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip,…
Settlers Vandalize An Israeli Military Base, As A ‘price Tag’ Act
The Yesha Council of Settlements, the central body representing Israeli settlers in the West Bank, condemned the ‘price tag’ operation carried out by a group of Israeli settlers at an…
Palestine Today 09 07 2011
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French Fair Trade Activist Denied Access To Palestine Through Tel Aviv Airport
Michel Besson, director of the ‘Andines’ Cooperative, which develops Fair Trade cooperation with Palestine, was arrested Monday morning on his arrival at the airport in Tel Aviv and was placed…
Palestinian Killed, Six Injured, As Army Bombards Khan Younis
One resident was killed and four others were injured on Tuesday evening, when the army bombarded an area east of Al Qarara, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
Arab League Calls For Serious Boycott Of Israel
The Arab League called on Wednesday for instating a comprehensive and serious popular and official boycott of Israel due to its ongoing violations, and stances that obstruct peace talks.Mohammed Sbeih,…
Abbas: “We Are Committed To Serious Talks”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Tuesday at night that the Palestinian leadership is committed to peace negotiations with Israel, but the Israeli stances and its rejection to abide by…
The Islamophobia Industry: Zionism and The Middle East
Anders Brieviek the Norwegian mass murderer idolised Islamophobic demagogues like Fjordman, Robert Spencer, Bat Ye’or, Pamella Geller, Brigette Gabriel and Geert Wilders. What do Islamophobes, whether they are nazis, white…
U.S. Concerned About Deteriorating Israeli-Turkish Relations
U.S. Department of State spokesperson, Victoria Noland, stated Tuesday that Washington is deeply concerned regarding the deteriorating relations between Israel and Turkey, the Arabs48 news website reported.In a press release,…
Abu Zuhri Calls On West Bank P.A To Stop Arresting Resistance Members
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, called on the Palestinian Security Forces of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, to stop the arrests against resistance members,…
Army Kidnaps Jerusalem Legislator
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, Palestinian legislator Mohammad Abu Teir, and took him to an unknown destination.Abu Teir, of the Hamas Change and Reform Parliamentary bloc, was kidnapped…
Airstrike Kills PRC Fighter In Southern Gaza
A senior member of the Salah Ed-Deen Brigade was killed, and an elderly man and two of his sons, were injured, in an Israeli airstrike near Kissufim crossing, east of…
Turkey Freezes Trade, Military Ties With Israel
Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdgan, declared Ankara is freezing all trade and military ties with Israel, as well as stepping up Turkish naval patrols in the Mediterranean. Erdogan added…
Palestine Today 09 06 2011
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Gates: “Netanyahu’s Policies Isolate Israel, Ungrateful To U.S.”
Robert Gates, former U.S.. Secretary of Defense, strongly criticized Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for his polices adding that the policies of Netanyahu indicate that he is not grateful to…
Israeli Intellectuals Meet Abbas, Express Support For Palestinian UN Bid
A group of 20 Israeli intellectuals, including artists and writers, held a meeting with Abbas at his headquarters in Ramallah, and discussed the Palestinian move for full membership at the…
Israeli Air Force Bombards An Area In Gaza
Israeli war-jets bombarded, on Monday night after midnight, an empty area close to the Electricity Company, west of the Al Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.The bombardment led to several…
U.S Envoys In Israel To Discuss “The Day After UN Vote”
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported on Monday evening that a number of senior American officials, headed by Dennis Ross, advisor to President Barack Obama, will be arriving in Israel Tuesday to…
A Graveyard for Trees
An apology for writing more frequent than the usual 2-3 messages a week but our hearts broke when we arrived to find that much of the Israeli uprooting of Palestinian…
Palestine Today 09 05 2011
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Soldiers Invade Hebron, Kidnap Three
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday morning, three Palestinians from Al Sammoa’ town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and installed roadblocks leading to several nearby…
New Palestinian Strategy To Avoid U.S. Veto At The UN
Fatah’s leadership is re-wording the proposal for a Palestinian State to submit to the United Nations this month. The new version is designed so that the countries that are more…
P.A Slams Israeli Escalation, Settler Attacks
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank denounced the Israeli military escalation and settlement construction, describing the Israeli violations as an attempt to foil the Palestinian initiative to seek international…
Army Surrounds Bethlehem Village, Uproots Olive Trees
Local sources reported Monday that Israeli soldiers are currently surrounding the Al Walaja Village, near Bethlehem, and are uprooting dozens of Olive trees in order to construct a section of…
Border Authority Prevents West Bank Patient From Traveling To Jordan
Israeli Border Authorities at the Allenby Bridge, leading to Jordan, prevented on Sunday a seriously ill West Bank patient, a former political prisoner, from traveling to Jordan for urgently needed…
Turkish Officials: No More ‘Israeli Bullying’ In Eastern Mediterranean
According to a report by Turkish media agency Hurriyet, Turkish officials have pledged to accompany any future civilian aid missions to Gaza, saying, ‘ The eastern Mediterranean will no longer…
Settlers Burn A Mosque Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers broke, on Monday at dawn, into a mosque in Qasra village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and torched it after destroying…
Army Demolishes Three Structures In Migron Illegal Outpost
Israeli sources reported that hundreds of policemen and members of the so-called Civil Administration Office, running under the Israeli army, demolished on Monday at dawn, three structures in the illegal…
OIC Slams UN Report On Flotilla Attack
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, expressed support regarding the statement made by Turkey on the report of the UN Panel of Inquiry regarding…
Officials accuse Israeli Prime Minister of withholding information that could have prevented attack
At a hearing on Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister were accused of ordering Israel’s top intelligence officials not to share warnings and information that could have been…
Gaza journalists rally for release of Al Jazeera reporter
Dozens of Palestinian journalists held a non-violent protest Saturday in Gaza City outside the offices of the United Nations. They called on UN officials to pressure Israel to release their…
Hamas Welcomes Turkish Decision To Expel Israeli Ambassador
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, welcomed the Turkish decision to expel the Israeli ambassador, to reduce the diplomatic relations with Israel, and to freeze all military agreements signed with Tel Aviv.On…
Settlers Attack Nablus, Demand Residents To Leave
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers invaded Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked residents and homes, and demanded the indigenous Palestinian villagers to leave.Ghassan Douglas,…
France Warns Against Palestinian UN Bid
French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, warned the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank of heading to the United Nations this month, and claimed that “heading to the UN to seek…
Palmer/Uribe Report: ‘Another Attempt by Israel to Whitewash Murder’
The following is a Press release issued on Friday September 2nd, 2011 by the Free Gaza Movement regarding the Palmer report on the Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla and…
Istanbul Expels Israeli Ambassador, Downgrades relations With Tel Aviv
Turkey decided on Friday to expel the Israeli Ambassador in Istanbul after Israel refused to meet the Turkish demands to officially apologize and to compensate the families of the slain…
This Week in Palestine week 35 2011
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PCHR Weekly Report: 17 killed by Israeli forces, including 5 civilians
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18– 24 Aug. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
“Dignity” Ship Prevented From Sailing To Gaza
The Authorities in Greek prevented the “Dignity” solidarity ship from sailing to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies.Ship organizers reported that Greek coastguards held the ship in Crete Island,…
Settlers Plan Attacks Against Palestinians In September
As Israel decided to further arm the settlers by providing them with stun grenades and tear gas bombs, the settlers, supported by extremist right wing factions in Israel, are preparing…
Palmer Report: “Israel Used Excessive Force Against Flotilla”
The New York Times published Thursday the leaked Palmer report on the Israeli attack on the MV Marmara Turkish ship that was heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies on…
Tel Aviv joins other Israeli districts in opening segregated schools
The Tel Aviv municipality in western Israel has become the latest of a dozen school districts in Israel to force children to attend schools segregated by race and nationality.Four new…
Israeli Military Kidnaps Senior Hamas Leader In The West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped a senior Hamas West Bank leader Wednesday night in the West Bank city of Ramallah.Palestinian media sources said that Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of prominent leaders…
Palestine Today 09 01 2011
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Israeli Military Setup Check Post Near Jenin
Jenin-Palestine – An Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday morning, the village of Al-Arqa west of Jenin, Palestinian media sources reported.Troops patrolled the village going through the allies and the…
Oren: “Palestinian UN Move Will Void All Agreements”
Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, stated that should the Palestinians go ahead with their plan to seek international recognition of statehood at the UN in September, Israel…
Israeli Finance Minister Refuses To Transfer Money to P.A
Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, refused a request from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to transfer NIS 380 Million to the P.A so it can pay salaries as…
Rabbi Froman Meets Abbas, Expresses Support to UN Bid
Jewish Rabbi Menachen Froman met on Wednesday with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, and informed him that he and several Jewish Rabbis support the Palestinian bid at the United…
Bill To Ban US Funds To Pro-palestinian UN Bodies
A republican congresswoman introduced a bill, along with 57 co-sponsors, asking Congress to block U.S. funds for any United Nations entity that supports giving Palestine an elevated status at the…
Palestine Today 08 31 2011
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Head of Knesset: Zionism is a Policyof Settlement
Reuven Rivlin, head of the Israeli Knesset said on Wednesday that all ‘the land of Israel’ belongs to the Jewish people and peace will never prevail until the Palestinians accept…
Thousands Protest In Front Of Israel’s Embassy In Cairo
Marking the first day of the Al- Fitr Muslim Feast on Tuesday, thousands of Egyptians held a massive protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo carrying Egyptian flags…
Leaked Document: Israeli Forces Train And Arm Settlers To Attack Palestinian Protesters
Israeli settlers living in violation of international law in the West Bank have been issued stun grenades and tear gas by the Israeli military, in preparation for anticipated protests by…
Netanyahu Holds Talks On “Possible Borders For Palestinian State”
Israeli political sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been holding talks, in recent months, with reserve Maj. Gen. Dani Terza, who drew a West Bank withdrawal map…
Pro-Israel Foreign Diplomats Advise Against Sending Peres To UN
Pro-Israel foreign diplomats in New York advised Israel against sending its president, Shimon Peres, to give a speech at the United Nations this September in an attempt to topple the…
Palestine Today 08 30 2011
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Miles Of Smiles, Africa, Convoys Make It Into Gaza
The Miles of Smiles 5, and the Africa 1, solidarity convoys managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday evening via the Rafah Border Terminal with Egypt. The Miles of…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Recognizes Palestinian State
The Palestinian Mission at the United Nations received, on Monday evening, a letter from the country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines officially recognizing an independent Palestinian State.The official letter…
Child Dies Of Wounds Suffered Ten Days Ago In Beit Lahia
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that a Palestinian child died of wounds inflicted when the Israeli army bombarded Beit…
UN chair for Palestine made in Jenin
Thirty-five men from Jenin have made a chair to send to the United Nations in New York in hopeful anticipation of the state of Palestine gaining a seat in the…
P.A Condemns Tel Aviv Arrack, Ongoing Israeli Escalation In Palestine
The Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank condemned the Tel Aviv attack that led to the injury of eight Israelis, and also condemned the…
Palestine Today 08 29 2011
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Soliers Kidnap A Palestinian From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, Sami Mukhaimer, 30, from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took him to…
The Killing Of A Palestinian Child Called Islam
”The sun sank behind the horizon, as if running away quickly, seemingly not wanting to be part of what is about to happen. “I did not know that my heart…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protest in Al-Walaja; 5 abducted
A group of several dozen residents of Al-Walaja village, near Bethlehem, held a march and rally on Saturday calling on Israel to end the takeover of their land for the…
124 Out Of 193 Countries Recognize Palestinian Independence
A total of 124 countries, out of 193 UN member countries, have officially declared recognition of Palestine, and the Palestinian UN move this September, to seek recognition of statehood and…
Report: Israel had planned to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza
An Egyptian newspaper reported Saturday that Israeli forces had planned to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza after last week’s shooting attack that killed five Israeli civilians and…
Abbas: “We Are Willing To Listen to Suggestions, Alternatives To UN Move”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Saturday that the Palestinian leadership is willing to listen to proposals and suggestions from the International Community to return to the negotiations table with Israel,…
Undercover Forces Kidnap Two Hamas Members In Jenin
An undercover unit of the Israeli Army kidnapped on Friday evening two members of the Hamas movement, after ambushing them just before evening prayers, at the Arraba Junction, near the…
Thousands Protest In Front Of Israeli Embassy In Cairo
UPDATE: More protesters continue to gather in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Power blackout was also reported in the area, while ambulances arrived at the scene as a…
Clashes Reported At The Qalandia Terminal
Israeli troops fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets as hundreds of residents who gathered at the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem, demanding their legitimate right to enter…
Ufree Demands An Immediate Release Of Reporter Samer Allwai
UFree calls on the Israeli occupation to immediately release a Palestinian journalist Samer Allawi (46 years), who is a reporter for Al Jazeera TV channel and was arrested early this…
Resident, Child, Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest In Al Ma’sara
Israeli army attacked, on Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall, in Al Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem, leading to the injury of two residents, including a 9-year-old child.…
Six Protesters Wounded in Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Kafr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to six injuries.The wounded protesters were identified as Odai Jom’a,…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Weekly Protest In Nil’in
Several injuries were reported in Nil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as Israeli soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs at the weekly nonviolent protest against…
Troops Attack Nonviolent Weekly Protest in Bil’in
Local sources in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that several protesters were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the Israeli soldiers…
This Week in Palestine week 34 2011
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Factions In Gaza Declare Truce
The Islamic Jihad Movement in the Gaza Strip reported that a new mediated understanding was reached between Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza, on one hand, and Israel on the other,…
PCHR Weekly Report: 17 killed, including 2 children; 14 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18– 24 Aug. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
El Salvador Recognizes Independent Palestinian State
The President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, stated Thursday that his country officially recognizes Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, and that it supports the efforts of the Arab…
Eight Palestinians Killed Thursday; 11 in Two Days
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that two residents were killed when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at their motorcycle, north of Gaza City. The assassination raises…
Palestine Today 08 25 2011
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Israeli forces surround Jenin Freedom Theatre for second time in a month; abduct three
A squadron of Israeli armored vehicles and soldiers entered Jenin refugee camp at around 2 am on Tuesday morning, surrounded the Jenin Freedom Theatre, beat the security guard before abducting…
Another Quds Fighter Assassinated In Gaza
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, reported on Wednesday at night that one of its fighters was assassinated when the Israeli Air Force bombarded…
PCHR Welcomes President’s Decision to Postpone Elections of Local Councils
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the decision taken by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to postpone the elections of local councils which were scheduled to be organized on…
Palestine Today 08 24 2011
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Security On High Alert As Israeli Delegation Arrives In South Africa Amidst Protest
South African security forces were put on high alert this week as a delegation of former Israeli soldiers arrived as part of a campaign by an Israeli group to promote…
Ayalon Heads To Spain To Talk It Into Opposing UN Move
As part of the ongoing Israeli lobbying campaign against the Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations this coming September, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, arrived in Spain on…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees, Grapevines, Plum Trees Near Hebron
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers of the Beit Ayin illegal colony, north of Beit Umamar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked on Tuesday Palestinian orchards and…
Fighter Assassinated In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a resistance fighter was killed, on Wednesday at dawn, and another resident was injured when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles…
Palestine Today 08 23 2011
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Israeli Cabinet Decides To Refrain From Large-Scale Offensive On Gaza
The Israeli cabinet voted in majority against conducting a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, and decided to indirectly maintain the truce declared by the Hamas movement in Gaza,…
EU Commission Grants P.A €115 Million
The European Commission announced Monday that it granted the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank additional €115 Million ($165.11M) to help in development projects in the Palestinian territories.The Commission stated…
Israel Plans Expulsion of 384 Palestinian Activists From Jerusalem
The Israeli government is planning to expel 384 Palestinian activists from occupied East Jerusalem for their political activities in the city.A number of activists stated that they were contacted by…
Egypt Identifies Three Believed To Be Behind Eilat Attack, Ceasefire With Gaza Initiated
The Egyptian Authorities stated that three of the men believed to be behind the Thursday attack in Eilat coastal city have been identified, and that one of them is a…
Palestine Today 08 22 2011
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Kadima Opposition Party Demands Massive Military Attack On Gaza
Officials of the Israeli Kadima opposition party, headed by Tzipi Livni, are currently demanding the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip,…
Following A Night Protest In Jerusalem, Soldiers Invade Al Aqsa Mosque Yard
Israeli Policemen and members of the so-called Border Guard Units, closed on Sunday night after midnight the Bas Al Amoud area, one of the main gates of Jerusalem, while more…