This Week in Palestine week 32 2011
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PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces injure 3, abduct 35 Palestinians this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 04– 10 Aug. 2011, Israeli forces wounded three Palestinians with gunfire, and…
Abbas: “Future State Will Be Under NATO Security Forces Headed By The USA”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Thursday that the future Palestinian state will be under the security responsibility of a third party, NATO forces, led by the United States of America.…
The Israel Lobby’s Return to Congress
You might think that twenty percent of the American Congress going on all-expense-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country – paid for by a lobby for that country – would…
Palestine Today 08 11 2011
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Iran Names A Street After An American Activist
Iran names one of the streets in Tehran after Rachel Corrie, the American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.…
Netanyahu Believes UN Recognition Of State Diminishes Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that the chances of reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will diminish should the United Nations approve the Palestinian demand on…
Israel To Build 1600 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government decided to start the construction of additional 1600 apartments for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem, and will approve additional 2700 units in the coming few days.Israeli…
Qassam Fighter Killed In An Explosion In Rafah
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Wednesday before midnight, in an explosion that took place in…
Palestine Today 08 10 2011
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Fatah Report Claims Dahlan Poisoned Arafat and Stole Millions
An official Fatah report claims that former Gaza security chief, Mohammad Dahlan, was responsible for the poisoning of Yasser Arafat. It also accuses Dahlan of stealing millions of dollars in…
Six People Detained As Israeli Army Chases Non-Violent Protestors into Homes at Walaja
The Israeli army responded to a non-violent protest at Al-Walaja on Wednesday with gas and sound bombs. They detained five Israelis and one Palestinian, chasing the protestors from the olive…
Gaza Clings to a Touch of Disneyland
On any given evening, Gaza’s small downtown pedestrian area, the Jundi, is crowded with adults and children. Many are fleeing the heat of their homes during the regular power cuts.…
Population of Gaza fears Israeli invasion in midst of communication blackout
Late Tuesday night, residents throughout Gaza lost internet, cell phone and landline phone service, creating a communication blackout similar to one which occurred just before a massive Israeli invasion in…
Palestine Today 08 09 2011
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Israeli Army Re-opens Road from Nablus
Israeli soldiers opened a Nablus thoroughfare for the first time in 9 years according to Maan News Agency. On Monday, Palestinian officials and liaisons of the Israeli army presided over…
Israeli government charges police officers with allowing smuggling from West Bank
A number of Israeli police officers have been charged with taking bribes to allow truckers to bring smuggled goods from the West Bank into Israel, according to the Israeli Ministry…
Ambulance with Patients on Board Delayed at Israeli Checkpoint
An ambulance carrying victims of a fatal car accident was significantly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. The Palestinian ambulance carrying victims of the accident…
Israeli Forces Advance Into Lebanese Territory
The Lebanese Army reported Monday that Israeli soldiers advanced into Lebanese territory for a distance of 200 meters and remained there for 30 minutes before heading back to the Israeli…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Army in Beit Ummar
The Israeli army invaded Beit Ummar and kidnapped four individuals Saturday night, according to Maan News Agency. Also, the soldiers fired live ammunition and gas bombs during the invasion.The Israeli…
Israeli Army Invades Nabi Saleh Firing Live Ammunition and Gas Bombs
Reports from Tamimi Press indicate that Sunday evening the Israeli army invaded the Palestinian town of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank. They fired live ammunition and gas bombs and…
Shells Fired At Army Forces Invading Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian fighters fired, on Sunday at night, a number of shells at Israeli armored vehicles invading Al Shejaeyya, east of Gaza City.The Al Quds Brigades, the…
Fateh, Hamas, Make Progress In Talk, To Release Prisoners
Palestinian sources reported Sunday that leaders of the Fateh and Hamas movement managed to reach a deal, supervised by Egypt, that aims at releasing political prisoners held by Hamas in…
Abbas To Visit Lebanon To Hold Talks on Palestinian Statehood
Palestinian sources reported that President Mahmoud Abbas will be visiting Lebanon in the middle of this month as he accepted an official invitation from the Lebanese president, Michael Suleiman Aoun.…
Palestinians Hold Non-violent Anti-Wall Protests In 4 Villages
Non-violent protests took place on Friday in the central West Bank villages of al-Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in addition to al-Ma’ssara in the southern West Bank.Local and international protesters…
This Week in Palestine week 31 2011
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PA Orders Palestinian Security Forces to Prevent Violence at September Bid Protests
Senior PA officials have ordered Palestinian security forces to prevent protests expected during the September bid from turning violent. The PLO has planned mass rallies during the UN deliberation, but…
Reporter Of West Bank Palestinian Protests Files Complaint Against Israeli Military
Mati Millstein filed a complaint against the Israeli Foreign Press Association on Thursday, August 5, 2011. The photojournalist was covering a Palestinian protest in Nabi Salih, when tear gas canisters…
Army Carries Out Three Air Strikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday at dawn, three air strikes targeting Dir Al Balah in Central Gaza and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 civilians killed, 5 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 28 July– 03 Aug. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
UN Committee enters Gaza for first time in 43 years
For the first time in forty-three years, an investigative committee of the United Nations General Assembly has managed to enter the Gaza Strip.Although various UN committees have entered Gaza during…
Palestine Today 08 04 2011
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930 New Units Approved in Settlement of Har Homa
In what appears to be a response to the ongoing housing crisis in the State of Israel, the Israeli government has on Thursday given final approval to build housing units…
Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West Bank
Forty-two MK’s and cabinet members have petitioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the housing crisis by building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Haaretz. The petition…
Turkey Not Present For Annual Naval Exercises With Israel And US
For the second year in a row, Turkey is not participating in the naval drill, Reliant Mermaid, with Israel and the US. This action taken by Turkey is a result…
Knesset Report Does Not Predict Violence in September
A report to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee indicates that intelligence officials do not expect Palestinian violence in September. It predicts peaceful protests, but recommends activating reserves as…
Israeli Supreme Court Orders Illegal Outpost Be Dismantled
In a watershed ruling on Tuesday, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to dismantle the illegal outpost of Migron by April 2012.The court issued the ruling in response to…
Aya Al-Baradiya’s Murder Changes Palestinian Law
Aya Al-Baradiya disappeared in April 2010, her remains not found until a year after her disappearance. Her uncle confessed to police that he had tied Aya up and drowned her…
Israeli Knesset considers bill to end ‘democratic’ element of Israeli state
A new law currently under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recognizes the inherent contradiction in Israel’s self-definition as both a ‘democratic’ and Jewish state, and calls on the government…
Two Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City
The Israeli airforce has confirmed that it dropped two bombs on Gaza City Thursday morning, claiming that two shells had landed in the desert in southern Israel fired from somewhere…
PLO Report: “Six Palestinians Killed in July, 230 Kidnapped, 32 Structures Demolished”
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that, in July, Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians, kidnapped 230 others, and demolished 32 homes and structures in the occupied territories. Israel is also…
Knesset Committee: “Palestinian UN Bid Would Harm Israel Internationally”
The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset stated that the Palestinian UN bid to seek international recognition of an independent state this coming September, will worsen Israel’s…
Palestine Today 08 03 2011
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Woman from Jenin Now Longest Serving Female Prisoner in Israeli Detention
The Palestinian Center for Detainees stated Tuesday that Hana Al-Shalabi has now been in Israeli administrative detention for longer than any other female prisoner, according to sources at Ma’an News…
Prisoners Denied Increased Provisions For Ramadan
Palestinian prisoners were refused increased provisions of food for the holy month of Ramadan, Ma’an News reports. Ramadan began on August 1st. Palestinian Authority detainees minister Issa Qaraqe stated that…
UN Official: Link between Israeli Settlement Expansion and Palestinian Displacement
The UN Works and Relief Agency claimed Tuesday that there is a clear link between illegal Israeli settlement expansion and the displacement of Palestinians through home demolitions. The agency released…
BDS Organization Writes Total Produce To Not Buy Agrexco
The Palestinian Boycott Divest Sanction organization has written a letter to the Irish company, Total Produce, to not purchase the Israeli produce company, Agrexco. The letter charged that Agrexco has…
Awarta Youth Convicted Of Itamar Stabbing Attack
An Israeli military court convicted on Tuesday a Palestinian youth from Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, of stabbing to death five family members of the…
Egypt Security Forces Detonate Tunnel On Gaza Border
The Egyptian Security Forces detonated on Tuesday a siege-busting tunnel at the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources reported that the tunnel was…
Palestine Today 08 02 2011
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Reportedly Ready To Restart Peace Talks
Unnamed government sources state that Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to begin negotiations with the Palestinians in accordance with boundaries offered by United States President Barack Obama, Ma’an News Agency reports.…
Right-Wing Settlers Barred From West Bank For Terrorist Activities
Twelve right-wing settlers living in the Yitzhar settlement have been banned from the West Bank for committing violent acts against Palestinians. Three settlers were banned from all areas of the…
Palestine Today 08 01 2011
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Israeli Municipalities Go on Strike as Israel Continues to Face Widespread Housing Protests
Most municipal authorities in Israel carried out a one day strike on Monday, as an act of solidarity with the popular protests which have arisen all throughout the country in…
450 Palestinians Blocked at Rafah Border Crossing
Egyptian Authorities prevented 450 people from entering Egypt through the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Sunday, despite the recent opening of the crossing. Meanwhile, Gaza authorities have decided to…
Fire Exchanged on Israel-Lebanon Border
Lebanese and Israeli soldiers traded fire on the border early Monday morning. According to Israeli reports, one Lebanese soldier was killed but there were no other injuries.Israeli soldiers came under…
Two Palestinians Killed By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources reported that Israeli troops shot and killed on Monday at dawn two Palestinian youths in Qalandia refugee camp, south of the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Situation Of Palestinian Refugees In Iraq, The Worst
The Palestinian ambassador in Iraq, Daleel Al Qassous, stated that the situation of the Palestinian refugees in Iraq is the worst compared to any other place on earth, adding that…
Miles Of Smiles 4 Arrives In Gaza
The Miles of Smiles humanitarian convoy arrived into the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening via the Rafah Border Terminal linking Gaza with Egypt. Local sources reported that the convoy was…
Settlers Torch Farmlands Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers set ablaze, on Sunday evening, 150 Dunams of farmlands that belong to residents of Ein Jaloud village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli troops attack 3 non-violent protests in West Bank, injuring four
On Friday four people were injured and four arrested, as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities. Protests took place in the central West…
This Week in Palestine week 30 2011
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Settlers Attack Internationals With An Iron Bar
Three settlers from the illegal West Bank settlement of Havat Maon harassed three Palestinian shepherds and attacked two internationals observers near Mesheha hill. The masked settlers threw stones at the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces conduct 24 incursions, abducting 17 Palestinians
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21– 27 July 2011, Israeli forces conducted 24 incursions into the West…
Israel Holding Secret Talks with Palestinian Authority in Attempt to Avoid September UN Vote
Israeli President Shimon Peres has been holding secret talks with the top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Ramallah. The talks are an attempt to restart peace talks and stop a…
Gaza Hospitals Face Major Fuel Shortage
Serious fuel shortages in Gaza are about to lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe” according to the director of public medical supplies. Already major hospitals have begun shutting down operating rooms…
Israel Declares Ties With Newly-Born Republic Of South Sudan
Israel announced Thursday that it will be holding official ties with the newly-born Republic of South Sudan, while Israeli officials visiting the country received an official letter recognizing the State…
Bank Medic In Tel Aviv Refuses To Provide Aid To Injured Sudanese Man
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday that a medic working for the Bank Hapoalim in Tel Aviv, refused to provide the needed first aid to a Sudanese refugee who was wounded…
Palestine Today 07 28 2011
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Gaza Summer Camp For Children Vandalized
A summer camp for children in Northwest Gaza was vandalized ten minutes after midnight July 28, 2011. The assailants damaged a billboard sign, torched part of the camp stage, and…
Palestinian October Elections Now Only in West Bank
An official from the Central Elections Commission stated that the October 22 Palestinian elections will only take place in the West Bank. He cited interference from Hamas as the reason…
Israel To Apologize For “Mistakes” During Flotilla Attack
The Israeli Ministerial Cabinet discussed on Wednesday the current crisis with Turkey that resulted after Israel attacked the Turkish solidarity Ship of the Freedom Flotilla last year, killing nine Turkish…
Jonatan Stanczak from Jenin Freedom Theatre about Israeli attack
At three o’clock Wednesday morning, a Palestinian theatre was attacked by the Israeli military.KBOO spoke with Jonatan Stanczak, oneof the theatre’s co-founders, who witnessed the attack.The Jenin Freedom Theatre is…
Knesset Grants Fundamentalist Settlement Groups Admin “National Gardens” Rights
On Wednesday, The Israeli Knesset approved in Preliminary Reading a law that allows “nonprofit” and nongovernmental fundamentalist Israeli settler groups, especially the El Ad group, administrative power to run the…
Israeli Soldiers Behind Latest Fire In Palestinian Trees
Israeli soldiers, stationed along the Annexation Wall surrounding Qotna village, near Jerusalem, were behind the latest fire that consumed Palestinian trees in Khallit Al Rabee’ area, in Qotna Ashraf Shamasna,…
Palestine Today 07 27 2011
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Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Non-Violent Palestinian and Israeli Activists in Al-Walaja
Two Palestinian and four Israeli activists were kidnapped outside Al-Walaja village Wednesday morning while protesting the bulldozing of an olive tree grove. The Israeli army blocked everyone from access to…
New Tunnel Being Built Underneath The Foundation Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
A new tunnel is being built connecting the Silwan Settlement to the Western Wall and will be completed within a month. The construction of the tunnel has already caused foundational…
Israel Sues 34 Bedouins For Home Demolitions
Israel has filed suit against 34 bedouins near Al-Arakib for costs incurred while repeatedly demolishing their homes. The state is seeking an unprecedented NIS 1.8 million from the groupThe Israeli…
Israeli Army Attacks Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Kidnapping Two
Israeli army special forces attacked the Freedom Theatre in Jenin early Wednesday morning. Masked soldiers threw stone blocks at windows, kidnapped several staff, and threatened others at gunpoint.At approximately 3:30…
Undercover Forces Captured On Film Kidnapping A Palestinian Child in Jerusalem
The Al Aqsa Foundation in Jerusalem published a video showing members of the undercover forces of the Israeli military attacking Palestinian children as they played in Ras Al Amoud Palestinian…
Miles of Smiles 4 Heading To Gaza Soon
The Miles of Smiles 4 humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip in the coming few days carrying medical and humanitarian supplies to the besieged residents on the…
Patient Dies In Gaza After Being Denied Exit For Treatment
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 33-year-old patient died on Sunday in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities denied him permit to be moved into…
Jewish American challenges denial of entry to Israel for ‘suspected conversion to Islam’
Last year, Israeli security forces at Ben Gurion Airport denied entry to 30-year old Jewish American Harold Fuller-Bennett because they claim he was ‘suspected of conversion to Islam’. Fuller-Bennett hired…
Palestine Today 07 26 2011
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Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Olive Trees In Al-walaja Near Bethlehem
Israeli troops detained, kidnapped two Palestinians from the village of Al-Walaja near Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Shireen al-Araj and another local youth were kidnapped when they, together with a number of…
Palestinian Authority Appeals To Arab League For Additional Aid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, requested a meeting of the Arab League to discuss additional financial aid for the Palestinians. Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi agreed to the meeting, which…
Former Israeli Soldiers and Diplomats to the U.S. Government: The 1967 Border is Defensible
A group of former Israeli army officials and diplomats have told the U.S. National Security Council that Israel’s 1967 borders are defensible and that a peace agreement with the Palestinians…
Netanyahu’s Office Denies Reports Regarding Voiding Oslo Deals
Sources at the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied media reports claiming that Netanyahu instructed his National Security advisor to weigh the possibility of voiding the Oslo peace…
Israel Extends Family Unification Ban For A Year
The Israeli Knesset approved a request by the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to extend the ban on family reunification for an additional year prohibiting granting Israeli citizenship,…
Likud MK Calls For More Settlements In the West Bank, Jerusalem, The Negev
Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli member of Knesset of the Likud party headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Israeli government to escalate the construction and expansion of Jewish settlements…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers torched, on Monday, Palestinian farmlands, that belong to the residents of Sorra village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The attack took…
Palestine Today 07 25 2011
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European MP’s Show Solidarity With Gaza
A delegation of European Parliamentarians arrived in Gaza on Sunday in a show of support for the Palestinian people.The Council for European Palestinian Relations said in a statement that the…
Israeli Military Targeted ISM Activists On Board Gaza Fishing Boat
Two American activists and one Swedish Activist boarded a fishing boat in Gaza, Olivia, on Saturday July 23, 2011. The ISM activists were on board to counteract the Israeli Military…
UN Delays Publication Of Its Report On Israel’s Attack On Flotilla
The United Nations accepted an Israeli request to delay the publication of its report on the Israeli attack on the MV Marmara Turkish ship last year, leading to the death…
Israeli government officials: Palestinian statehood bid could void Oslo Accord
According to Israeli sources, some high-level officials in the Israeli cabinet have suggested that Israel should call off the 1993 Oslo Agreement with the Palestinians, if the Palestinian Authority moves…
Israel To Construct More Units In Two Settlements In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli government intends to construct dozens of units in Jabal Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) and Pisgat Zeev illegal settlements built on Palestinian lands in occupied…
Weekly Nonviolent protest Held In Ni’lin
Local sources reported Friday that dozens of Palestinian residents of Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by Israeli and international peace activists, held the weekly…
Troops Attack Nabi Saleh Weekly Nonviolent Protest
Israeli troops attacked on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest against settlements and the Annexation Wall in Nabi Saleh village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Several residents were kidnapped…