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…
55 Palestinians Injured As Army Invades Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that 55 residents were injured following clashes that took place between local residents and Israeli soldiers…
Egyptian Hacker Hacks Into Netanyahu’s Website
An Egyptian hacker managed on Sunday to hack into the website of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and placed a picture of Egyptian soldiers raising the Egyptian flag in Sinai…
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue through Sunday; at least 3 children among killed since Thursday
According to local sources in Gaza, Israeli missile strikes continued on Saturday and Sunday in various parts of Gaza, averaging one to two air strikes an hour. A two-year old…
Israeli settler gang beats 10-year old Palestinian boy with iron bars
In an assault that they claimed was ‘in revenge’ for the killing of eight Israelis on Thursday by unknown gunmen, a group of around fifteen Israeli settlers in the West…
Young Egyptian Man Climbs 15 Floors To Reach Israeli Embassy, Burn Flag
A young Egyptian man managed, on Sunday at dawn, to climb 15 floors on a high building where the Israeli embassy is located in Cairo, to remove the Israeli flag…
Troops Invade Hebron, Kidnap 35 Residents
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday, just before midnight, the southern West bank city of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped more than 35 residents, including elected…
Israel Apologizes To Egypt For Killing Three Of Its Soldiers
Israel submitted on Saturday an apology to Egypt over the death of three Egyptian soldiers who were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday following the Eilat attack carried out…
Palestinian shell hits home in southern Israel, killing one and wounding four
A shell fire by Palestinian resistance fighters Saturday night hit a house in Be’er Sheva, in southern Israel, killing one Israeli and wounding four. Israeli sources report that at least…
Egypt To Recall Its Ambassador To Israel
The Egyptian government decided to recall its ambassador to Tel Aviv pending an Israeli apology for its statements regarding what was described as “hasty accusations made by Israeli leaders following…
Gaza; 15 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Bombardment In 24 Hours
As Israel continued the bombardment of the Gaza Strip since Thursday, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the number of slain residents arrived to 15, while more than 40…
Egypt protests Israeli escalation in Gaza
The Egyptian government and population have challenged the Israeli response to a Palestinian attack on Thursday, which has involved bombardment of different areas of the Gaza Strip and a full…
This Week in Palestine week 33 2011
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Ongoing Escalation Against Gaza, 7 Killed, Dozens Injured
As the Israeli army continued its offensive against several parts of the Gaza Strip, the number of casualties arrived to seven, including two children, while dozens of civilians were injured.…
Israel Knew Attack was Coming, Expected Kidnapping Attempt
An initial investigation carried out by the Israeli army on the armed attack that targeting a bus loaded with Israeli soldiers, close to the border with Egypt, in the Israeli…
Palestine Today 08 018 2011
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Eight Israelis killed in two attacks in southern Israel
Although initial reports claimed that as many as 14 people were killed in two shooting attacks on Thursday afternoon, Israeli sources report that the official count in the attacks is…
Palestine UN Observer: “Settlements Jeopardize Peace Efforts”
Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, stated Wednesday that Israel’s insistence on constructing and expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied territories jeopardize all efforts to achieve…
In a New Crime, Israeli Military Kills Disabled Child in Central Gaza
On Tuesday evening, 16 August 2011, the Israeli military killed a Palestinian child from al-Nussairat refugee camp, who was 400 meters from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel,…
Palestine Today 08 17 2011
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The PA Takes Off-air A Palestinian Political Satire
The Attorney General of the Palestinian Authority decided on Wednesday to take off air, a Palestinian satire show for its strong criticism of Palestinian Authority leaders and figures.The show is…
Palestinian Woman Sentenced To 20 Years For Stabbing An Israeli Soldier
A Palestinian woman from Ramallah was sentenced to 20-year imprisonment after being indicted of stabbing an Israeli soldier at the Qalandia military checkpoint on the northern entrance of Jerusalem in…
Palestinian Man Hit By Israeli Military Jeep Dies Of Wounds
A Palestinian pedestrian died of wounds overnight when an Israeli border police jeep hit him in an East Jerusalem suburb, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported.The victim, identified as Amin…
Jenin’s Freedom Theatre after the Israeli Attack
In a letter to the Israeli security apparatus, issued on the 11th August, staff, friends and supporters of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin demanded humane treatment of the three Palestinians,…
Settlers Torch Dozens Of Dunams Near Homesh Former Settlement In Nablus
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers torched on Tuesday evening dozens of dunams of farmlands near the Homesh former settlement, north of Nablus city, in the northern part of…
Palestine Today 08 162011
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Israel approves 227 Units In Ariel Settlement
The Israeli government approved the construction of additional 227 units for Jewish settlers in Ariel illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Monday…
Resident Killed, Seven Injured, As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Tuesday at dawn, that one resident was killed and seven others were wounded in a series of air strikes carried out…
Palestine Today 08 15 2011
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Al-Walaja villagers rally to save oldest living olive tree from destruction by Israeli forces
On Saturday August 13, 2011, a show of nonviolent popular resistance occurred in Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem. The Israeli army had mobilized in large numbers, anticipating the villagers’ weekly…
Living Hell in Tel Rumeida
The first time I visited Hebron and thereafter, I thought the Old City, with its 700 Israeli settlers living under heavy protection by the Israeli army amongst about 30,000 Palestinians,…
Israeli forces abduct three children in East Jerusalem
According to local sources, Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, on Sunday morning and abducted two young children and a teenager, taking them to an unknown…
81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group
One-fifth of the US Congress is currently in Israel on a free trip sponsored by the American Israel Educational Foundation, an affiliate of the largest Zionist lobby in the US:…
Three children injured by Israeli troops in non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations
On Friday three children were injured, and dozens of children and adults were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a…
USAID Threatens To Stop Funding Projects In Gaza
A source at the US Department of State stated that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would stop funding all projects in the Gaza Strip should the Hamas…
International Condemnation Of Plan To Expand East Jerusalem Settlement
The newly announced Israeli plan to construct additional 1600 units in the illegal Ramat Shlomo settlement, in occupied East Jerusalem, attracted international condemnation, as decision that complicates the situation and…