Israeli Military Invades Villages, Residents Claim Troops Stole Gold
Israeli forces invaded the village of Talluza near Nablus on Wednesday morning and kidnapped two Palestinians.The WAFA News Agency reported that 30 military vehicles invaded the village, and troops broke…
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza, No Casulaties
Israeli air force gunships launched air strikes on two sites in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning.The airstrike targeted Az-Zaitoun and Ash-Shujaiyeh neighbourhoods south of Gaza City causing massive…
Palestine Today 07 19 2011
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Obama Demands Turkey To End Crisis With Israel
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Tuesday that American President, Barack Obama, is demanding Turkey to end its crisis with Israel in order to avoid any further deterioration in the relations between…
Israeli Navy Takes Over Dignity Ship
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Navy stopped, on Tuesday, the Dignity solidarity ship that was heading to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, no clashes were reported. Israeli…
Dignity Ship Surrounded By Israeli Navy Ships
Israeli navy gunboats surrounded on Tuesday morning the Dignity French Ship, while on its way to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip.The ship reached…
Palestinian Bid for UN Recognition Moves Forward
Public endorsements from Norway and Syria are the most recent gains in the Palestinian pursuit of statehood recognition through the UN, while Israel claims lobbying efforts are slowing its momentum.Syria…
Spanish Ship from Freedom Flotilla Leaves Greece And Departs To Spain
The Spanish ship, the Gernika, part of the Second Freedom Flotilla, that has remained at Port Kolymvari for two weeks, has finally been authorized by Greek Authorities to set sail…
Israeli Knesset member stripped of rights for participating in 2010 flotilla
Palestinian-Israeli Member of the Knesset (Parliament) Hanin Zoabi has been stripped of her rights as a Parliamentarian, and will be prevented from addressing the Knesset and participating in votes until…
French flotilla ship nears Gaza
The one ship from the Freedom Flotilla that managed to elude a blockade by the Greek government is nearing the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to…
Palestine Today 0718 2011
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Palestinian Silwan Family Fined $10,000. Face Home Demolition.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Monday that an Israeli court fined a Palestinian family $10,000 for building its Silwan home without a permit. Widad Tawil, the owner of the…
Settlers Bulldoze Farmlands near Hebron
Israeli settlers uprooted on Tuesday Palestinian farmlands in Sair town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; Israeli soldiers were present but did not attempt to stop the…
B’Tselem: Rights Of Palestinian Minors Being Abused
Israeli human rights groupB’Tselem released a report Monday on the findings of a investigation into the arrest, detention and interrogation of 50 Palestinian minors detained by Israeli military forces for…
Germany To Provide Israel With A Sixth Submarine
Israeli online daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that Germany agreed to a request made by Israel to provide it with a “Dolphin” submarine that has the capabilities of carrying nuclear heads.Israel…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Gaza, Two Fighters Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported that two fighters were wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, a number of missiles into an area, east of Khan Younis,…
Israeli military links settlement school to ‘Jewish terrorist’ organizing efforts
The Od Yosef Chai yeshiva religious school in the settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus, faces a possible closure, after the Israeli military commander found it to harbor a number of…
Army Bombards Beit Hanoun; Seven Family Members, Including Four Children, Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Sunday at dawn, that Israeli soldiers bombarded a home Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, injuring seven family members, including four…
Undeterred, two Freedom Flotilla ships head to Egypt
After weeks of threats by the Israeli and US governments, sabotage by unknown parties, and a public relations campaign by the Israeli government aimed at discrediting the Freedom Flotilla in…
Palestinian Youth Moderately Wounded In A New Israeli Attack In Beit Hanoun
Israeli soldiers bombarded, after midnight Friday night, an area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, one resident was injured.The injured youth is…
Sheikh Salah, Detained By Britain, To Be Released On Bail
The British Authorities decided to release Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories, on bail after being detained for two weeks.…
Calling For Independence, Israelis And Palestinians, March In Jerusalem
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that nearly 2000 Israelis and Arabs marched on Friday in occupied Jerusalem calling for the recognition of an independent Palestinian State. Fundamentalist Israeli right-wingers tried…
Palestinian Detainee On Hunger Strike, Moved To Prison Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that detainee Yousef Skafi, who has been on hunger strike since 34 days, was moved to Al Ramla prison hospital; he is currently…
This Week in Palestine week 28 2011
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Settlers Torch Olive Orchards Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian olive orchards in Jabal Suleiman area, near Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Eyewitnesses reported that…
Poll Shows Plummet In Favourably Attitudes Towards The US In Arab World
A new poll by the Arab American Institute shows that attitudes to the US in the Arab world have plummeted following Obama’s favorable ratings in the wake of his Cairo…
The Israeli Military Conducts Investigation On Killing Of Ibrahim Sarhan
The Israeli military will be investigating the killing of twenty-one year old Ibrahim Omae Sarhan on Wednesday July 13, 2011, for alleged wrongdoings. Israeli military sources said that an investigation…
Armed Confrontation Between Israeli Soldiers And Settlers, Not A Far Fetch
Commander of the so-called “Judea and Samria” Israeli army brigade, operating in the occupied West Bank, Nitzan Alon, stated during closed military and security sessions that armed clashes between Israeli…
Israeli Army Airstrikes Gaza; Four Residents, Including Two Children, Wounded
The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to damages and four injuries among the civilian population, two of the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Civilian killed, woman, child wounded by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 07– 13 July 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Israeli peace groups to file petition challenging anti-boycott law
A coalition of Israeli peace groups have announced that they plan to file a petition with Israel’s High Court challenging the legality of a law passed earlier this week that…
Palestine Today 07 14 2011
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Arab League To Ask For Full Palestinian Membership At the United Nations
The Arab League decided Thursday that it would be filing, on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, for a full Palestinian membership at the United Nations, and the Security Council, and…
Protesters Take To The Streets Again In Egypt
Mass protests have again broken out in Egypt over delays in the prosecution of security personal who shot dead protesters during the Egyptian uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak out of…
Navy Attacks “Olivia” Boat In Palestinian Waters in Gaza
The Palestinian Society for Fishing and Water Sports reported that the international boat, Olivia, run by human rights activists to monitor Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen, was located in front…
Ghassan Shaka: Local Elections For October
According to Maan news agency the PA will call municipal elections in the West Bank and Gaza strip for October. The move is a means of deepening the recent unity…
Israeli Kindergarten Teachers To Raise Flag And Sing Anthem Every Week
The Israeli Education Ministry has published new guidelines to Israeli kindergarten school teachers to raise the Israeli flag and sing the Israeli anthem every week with their students. The directive…
Israel To Expand Itamar Illegal Settlement Near Nablus
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday evening that the Israeli government decided to approve a plan aiming at the expansion of the Itamar illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city…
Fundamentalist Israeli Minister Seeks Additional 6 Months Ban on Family Unification
Israeli Interior Minister, member of the extremist Shas ultra-orthodox Jewish party, Eli Yishai, is demanding the Israeli cabinet to extend the ban on family unification for Arabs and Palestinians for…
Israel Collected $900.000 In Fines Imposed On Jerusalem Children In Nine Months
As Israel escalates its arrests campaign and violations against the Palestinians in Jerusalem, especially the children, Fakhri Abu Diab, a resident of Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, member of…
Five Palestinians Injured, One Missing, As Army Bombards A Tunnel In Rafah
The Israeli Air Force carried out on Wednesday at night an air strike targeting the border area, between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
Settlers Ambush Palestinian Car Near Jenin, One Resident Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian youth was injured when a group of Israeli settlers ambushed a Palestinian car, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and…
‘Tolerance Museum’ Given Go Ahead By Israeli Interior Ministry
Agence France Presse has reported that Israel has given the go ahead to build a planned “tolerance museum” on top of a Muslim burial site. The plans were the subject…
Palestine Today 07 13 2011
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Eleven Palestinian Youths Detained In Silwan
Wafa has reported that eleven Palestinian teenagers have been arrested in the Palestinian district of Silwan in East Jerusalem. The teenagers, aged between 14-17, were taken from their homes by…
Hamas: Fayyed Unacceptable As PM
Senior Hamas official, Moussa Abu Marzouk, speaking to the Palestinian daily, al Falesteen, has reiterated the party position that Hamas will not support Salam Fayyed continuing in his current position…
US Zionist Groups Voice Opposition To Israeli Anti Boycott Law
Both soft and hard line US Israeli supporters have come out against the new Israeli Boycott Law that came into effect on Monday when it gained a majority vote in…
PA: US Responsible For Israel’s Racist Policies
The Palestinian Authority has slammed the role of the US in Middle East talks in a statement on Monday. In a press release following a PA meeting to discuss the…
Army Attacks Gaza with Two Airstrikes, One Resident Injured
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, two air strikes targeting a blacksmith workshop in Gaza City, leading to excessive damage and one injury.Local sources reported that…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Army Fire In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a 19-year-old college student was shot and killed, on Wednesday at dawn, by Israeli military fire in Al Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern…
Israel Confiscates Palestinian Lands To Expand Efrat Settlement
The Israeli Army decided to expropriate large areas of Palestinians land in the Bethlehem district in order to expand the Efrat illegal settlement, built on lands illegally annexed from residents…
Dozens Protest Visit Of Greek President To Ramallah
As the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians protested the visit to express rejection to…
Over Two Thousand Jewish Americans And Canadians Make Aliyah This Summer
Twenty-five hundred Jewish Americans and Canadians are expected to immigrate to Israel this summer of 2011. The immigrants will be residing in areas with a largely Palestinian population, as part…
Palestine Today 07 12 2011
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Jordan Valley Villages Have Wells Destroyed
The Ma’an News Agency reports that the Israeli army has destroyed wells and water pumps in 3 Jordan Valley villages on Tuesday.The villages of al-Akrabanyah, an-Nasaryah and Beit Hassan all…
Knesset Set To Vote On Law Allowing Probing Of Israeli Leftist Groups
Just one day after the controversial Boycott Bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset the Yisrael Beiteinu faction has announced its intention to table a vote on a law setting…
Quartet Make No Progress On Talks. Palestinians On Course To Go Ahead With UN Bid
The Quartet on the Middle East made up of the EU, UN, US, and Russia have neglected to release a statement from Mondays meeting in Washington on a way out…
Youth Abducted In Husan
Maan news agency has reported pre dawn raids of the West Bank village of Husan near Bethlehem. Two youths, including a minor, were detained during the raid by Israeli military…
Gas Line From Egypt To Israel Attacked For The Fourth Time Since The Fall Of Mubarak
The pipeline transporting gas from Egypt to Israel has been targeted for the fourth time since the fall of the Egyptian Mubarak regime in February. The attacks are a response…
‘Boycott Bill’ Slammed By Israeli Civil Society Groups
Israeli opposition politicians and civil society have come out against new legislation passed Monday in the Knesset that outlaws the boycott of Israeli goods, including settlement goods, in the state…
Last witness testifies in Rachel Corrie case; family says Israel suppressed evidence
The last witness testified Sunday in an Israeli court case seeking justice for slain peace activist Rachel Corrie. Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz claimed that Rachel’s death was her own fault…
Palestine Today 07 11 2011
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Knesset Set To Vote On Boycott Bill
The Israeli Knesset is Monday set to vote on a bill that will make illegal the boycott of Israeli goods, including Israeli settlement goods, in the state of Israel. The…
Army Invades Al Esawiyya Town, Clashes Reported
Israeli troops invaded, on Sunday evening, the Al Esawiyya town, in occupied Easy Jerusalem, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them. The army also…
Qaddafi Representatives Visit Israel
Military correspondent of Israel’s TV Channel 2, Roni Daniel, reported Sunday that Libyan envoys, representing president Moammar Qaddafi, arrived in Israel several days ago in order to hold a meeting…
Israel Deports 36 Activists, 82 Still Detained
The Israeli Immigration Agency reported Sunday evening that 36 pro-Palestine activists of the “Welcome To Palestine” campaign, who flew from Europe to Tel Aviv, were deported, while 82 activists are…
Palestinian Woman Wounded After Army Fired At Homes In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday at night that Israeli soldiers, based near the northern Gaza border, opened automatic fire at a number of Palestinian homes wounding a young Palestinian…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Brick Factory In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Saturday at night, an air-strike targeting a brick factory, east of Gaza city; damage was reported, no injuries. Eyewitnesses reported that at least…
Activists Break Through Israeli Annexation Barrier Near Qalandya
“Welcome to Palestine” participants on Saturday took part in demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians protesting against Israel’s Annexation Wall in the West Bank city of Qalandya and the village of…
Despite Israeli arrests, threats and scare tactics, “Welcome to Palestine” tour begins
Less than 50 of the International Solidarity visitors managed to arrive in the West Bank as part of the Welcome to Palestine campaign, called for by at least 40 Palestinian…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians, Including Daughter Of Legislator
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Friday three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank including the daughter of a female legislator from the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Three more Palestinians…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests in four West Bank villages
On Friday, Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protests in a number of West Bank villages. This week, protesters marched in solidarity with Freedom Flotilla 2 detained in Greece and…
Israel gives award to tank shell used against civilians in Gaza
The Israeli Defense Ministry awarded the “Israel Defense Prize” to the Calanit artillery tank shell, a new type of shell which has been deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza…
This Week in Palestine week 27 2011
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Palestine Activists In Stand Off With Airline Company
Fifty pro-Palestinian activists refused to leave the terminal at the Charles De Gaulle airport after being denied to board the plane headed to Israel on July 8, 2011.Activists have refused…
PCHR Weekly Report: Three dead, one wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 30 June– 06 July 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
‘Welcome to Palestine’ tour organizers: “We are NOT an air flotilla”
The organizers of a 300-person tour of Palestine this week have condemned Israeli efforts to derail the program by calling it an “air flotilla” and pre-emptively blocking participants from entering…
Israel Confiscates Palestinian Land For Hayovel Settlement Outpost
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week approved the confiscation of private Palestinian land in the Palestinian village of Karyut in the Occupied West Bank for Israeli settlement activity. The…
UN Rapporteur Slams UN Report Backing Israeli Raid On Flotilla
Olivier De Schutter, Special United Nations Rapporteur on the Right to Food, voiced strong criticism of a highly anticipated UN report that is said to back Israel’s attack against the…
Palestine Today 07 07 2011
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Israel Instructs Air Lines To Cancel Tickets Of Passengers With “Welcome To Palestine’ Campaign
Israeli ministry of Interior has sent out directives to all air lines asking them to cancel reservation of passengers Israel believes they are part of the “Welcome to Palestine Campaign”.…
PA Government Ministers To Be Investigated For Corruption
Immunity from prosecution has been lifted from several PA government Ministers in order to allow investigations into charges they have been involved in instances of corruption according to Rafiq Natsheh,…
Majdal Shams Resident Imprisoned For Eight Months For Throwing Stones
A man from the Israeli Occupied Golan Heights has been sentenced to eight months in prison by an Israeli court for throwing rocks during the Naksa Day disturbances this year…
Final Witness To Testify In Rachel Corrie Case Sunday
Colonel Pinhas Zuaretz is scheduled to testify on Sunday July 10, 2011 as the final witness for the case involving the killing of Rachel Corrie. Rachel Corrie was an American…
US Reiterates Opposition To Palestinian Bid For Statehood
The US has once again set out its position against the PA seeking recognition of Palestinian statehood in September at the United Nations. The US’s standing envoy to the Middle…
Israel Prepares To Stop ‘Welcome To Palestine’ Activists
Israeli police have been briefed on the arrival of international activists, taking part in the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ programme, at Ben Gurian airport in Tel Aviv over the coming days.…
Spanish flotilla activists occupy embassy in Greece
A group of Spanish activists have occupied their country’s embassy in Greece, calling for the release of an aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip.The Greek government decided last week to…
Palestine Today 07 06 2011
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BT Selem Release Footage Of Settler Attack
Human rights organisation BT Selem has released footage of Israeli settlers from the Yitzhar settlement in the West Bank setting fire to fields near olive orchards belonging to Palestinians in…
Israeli Human Rights Org’s Express Support For Flotilla
A group of Israeli human rights organisations have signed a letter supporting the Freedom Flotilla 2 and calling on the Greek and Israeli governments to allow it safe passage to…
UN Report Critical Of Israel’s Actions During Nakba Day
The UN report into this years Nakba Day events along the Lebanese-Israeli borders has criticized Israels use of disproportionate force against protesters seeking to cross into Israeli held territory. The…
Organizers Of “welcome To Palestine” Campaign Deny Alleged Intention Of Airplane Take Over
The organizers of “Welcome to Palestine” campaign issued a press statement nullifying allegations of plans to take over airplanes on July 8 in Ben Gurion airports.The statement said, “The organizers…
Palestinian Authority Disperse Demonstration By Use of Violence
On Saturday July 2, 2011 Palestinian police and the Palestinian National Security Service injured over 20 peaceful Palestinian demonstrators in Hebron, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Many…
Troops Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn six Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were kidnapped on Tuesday at night.Israeli army Radio claimed that the…
Three Injured As Army Bombards Gaza
Israeli Air Force bombarded, late on Tuesday at night, an area east Gaza city causing damage to several structures and mildly wounding three residents.Local sources reported an F-16 Israeli fighter-jet…
French boat sets sail to Gaza
As the Greek government prevents the departure of a number of Gaza-bound aid boats, one of the boats with the Freedom Flotilla, which was not docked in Greece, has managed…
Palestine Today 07052011
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Two Palestinians Killed, One Injured, As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that two residents were killed, and one was injured, after the army bombarded Al Masdar village, in the central…
Israeli Military Notes Increase In Clashes With Settlers. Fears For September
There has been an increase in clashes among Palestinian villagers and Israeli settlers according to Israeli military commanders. Military leaders, speaking to Haaretz, have expressed fears that hostility will increase…
PA Adviser: Gilo Expansion Shatters Peace
Spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, has strongly condemned the plans to expand the Jewish only settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem. The plan to extend the…