Vik’s not gone
Vik, habibo, you’re not gone, not for me at least. In life you brought the warmth everytime I met you, and to everyone else. You did not see it as…
PCHR Weekly Report: Civilian dies, 7 injured from Israeli attacks this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 14 – 20 April 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
The Body Of Jordanian Extremist, Killed In Gaza, Transferred To Jordan
On Friday morning, the Palestinian District Coordination Office transferred to the Jordanian side the body of Abdul-Rahman Al Breizat, one of the extremists involved in the abduction and murder of…
Settlers Disrupt Israeli Left Wing Protest Calling For Palestinian Statehood
A group of extremist Israeli settlers disrupted on Thursday evening a peaceful rally held by Israeli left-wing activists and Israel Prize Laureates calling for an independent Palestinian State.The settlers blew…
Palestinian Lawyer Released After A Year In Captivity
The Israeli Prison Authority released on Thursday evening a Palestinian lawyer, along with her two brothers, after a year in detention on charges of “illegally” transferring money to Gaza Strip…
Abbas Warns Of Consequences Should US Reject State Declaration
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday evening that dangerous and harsh consequences could take place should the United States obstruct Palestinian efforts to declare statehood at the United Nations…
White House Said To Be Preparing A New “Peace Plan”
Over the last four months, the U.S Administration, headed by President Barack Obama, has been preparing a new peace plan that consists of four main principles meant to “restart the…
Israel Plans More Settlement Construction In Jerusalem
Israeli Army Radio reported Thursday that the Israeli Housing Ministry started new plans to build more settler homes in Givat Zeev, north west of occupied Jerusalem.The plans calls for constructing…
Israeli Excavations Continue Under The Al Aqsa Mosque
The Al Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Endowment (Waqf) and Heritage reported Thursday that the Israeli Authorities are ongoing with their excavations under the Al Aqsa Mosque as they are ongoing…
Army Bulldozers Raze Factories In Gaza
Israeli soldiers driving, armored vehicles and armored bulldozers, invaded on Thursday an area east of the Gaza Strip and demolished Palestinian factories in the industrial zone near the Al Mintar(Karni)…
Palestinian Farmer Wounded By Army Fire In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian farmer was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern…
Palestine Today 04 21 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 4 m 08s || 3.79 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Hundreds Attend 6th Bil’in Conference
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reports that hundreds of activists and dozens of senior Palestinians, including Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, attended the opening of the 6th International Bil’in Conference on…
International activists in Gaza launch boat off shore to monitor attacks on fishermen
A new project by the non-violent activists of the International Solidarity Movement began on Wednesday, as activists launched a fishing boat from which to monitor attacks by Israeli forces on…
Youth Injured In The Face During Clashes In Silwan
The Wadi Hilwa Information Center in Bir Ayyoub area, in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported on Wednesday at night that a Palestinian youth was shot in the face by…
Palestinian Priest, Muslim Officials, Arrive In Italy To Offer Condolences To Vittorio’s Family
On Behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, Christian and Muslim Palestinian officials arrived in Italy on Wednesday to offer their condolences to the family of Italian peace activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, who…
Palestine Today 04 20 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3 m 501s || 3.50 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Ten More Families To Be Evicted In Sheikh Jarrah
The Palestine News Network reports that extremist settlers handed out eviction notices to a further 10 families living in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem on Tuesday.A group of settlers from…
Man Found Dead In Gaza Prison
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that Abdel Rizik, 52, died in a Gaza prison.He had been arrested on the previous Thursday. His family were informed…
Israel Arrests Four Arab Lawyers Believed To Be Liaisons For Islamic Jihad Detainees
Israeli sources reported that the Police arrested in recent weeks four Arab lawyers from the north of the country on suspicion that they delivered messages from detained Islamic Jihad detainees…
Hamas forces kill two men suspected of involvement in Arrigoni murder
On Tuesday, Hamas forces raided a building to attempt an arrest of several suspects in the murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni last week. When the suspects shot at the…
Al Ahram: “New European Mediator In Shalit Talks”
Egyptian Al Ahram Newspaper reported that a new European mediator has started mediation talks for the release of prisoner-of-war, corporal Gilad Shailt, captured by the resistance in Gaza since mid-June…
Miles Of Smiles 3 Prepares To Head To Gaza
The “Miles Of Smiles 3” humanitarian convoy is preparing to head to the Gaza Strip as preparations and coordination between several international human rights groups and local Palestinian organizations are…
Settlers Attack Nablus Village, One Resident Injured
Palestinian medical sources in Iraq-Burin village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was shot and wounded after a group of extremist…
Israel Arrests A Saudi-Australian Man At The Ben Gurion Airport
Israeli TV, Channel 2, reported on Tuesday at night that an Australian man from a Saudi descent was arrested at the Ben Gurion Airport on suspicions that intended to spy…
Peace Begins with Justice
Speaking first was Pastor Jeanne Loveless, Interim Senior Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oakland. Pastor Loveless introduces Emily Wheeler (pictured above) of Friends of Sabeel North America. Emily…
Palestine Today 04 19 2011
plt Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday April 19th, 2011 Palestinian sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron…
Killer Of Israeli-Palestinian Director Still At Large
A Palestinian security official stated Tuesday that the murderer of Israeli-Palestinian director, Juliano Mer-Khamis, is still at large as DNA tests exonerated a suspect who was detained by the security…
Hamas Accepts Arab Offer To Mediate Reconciliation Talks
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement, Izzat Al Rishiq, stated that the movement has agreed to the Arab offer to host and mediate Palestinian reconciliation and national…
UN Official Calls For Protecting Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Territories called for providing the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons with protecting due to repeated Israeli military attacks and constant violations against them.Maxwell…
Lifeline For Gaza: “Suspect In Arrigoni’s Murder Was Not Aid Convoy Member”
The Lifeline for Gaza Jordanian Committee issued a press release denying allegations that Abdul-Rahman Al Breizat, one of the suspects in the murder of the Italian peace activist, Vittorio Arrigoni,…
Army Occupies Several Homes In Hebron, Uses Them As Monitoring Towers
Palestinian sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported Tuesday morning that Israeli soldiers broke into and occupied a number of homes and used them as monitoring towers.…
A Small Break in the Siege on Gaza: the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project
The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project is a project co-produced by The Rachel Corrie Foundation and Break the Silence Mural Project along with co-sponsors The Middle East Children’s Alliance, the Gaza…
Palestine Today 04 18 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 4 m 89s || 4.88 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Mother Of Slain Italian Activist To Sail To Gaza, Flotilla Change Name In Honor Of Vittorio
Agidea Prata, the mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian activist and journalist killed in Gaza on Friday, said that she will be sailing to Gaza on May with the Free…
Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday at dawn six Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to interrogation centers. Israel orders West Bank Closure, to close…
Israeli teen injured by Palestinian shell dies of wounds
A 16-year old boy who was in a schoolbus struck by a Palestinian shell on Thursday April 7th died of his wounds Sunday. He and a bus driver, who were…
The murder of Arrigoni: True Muslims don’t do that
We don’t know for sure as of yet who murdered international Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni. However, whoever committed this despicable crime must be a human beast walking on two legs.Vittorio…
P.A Police Arrests Suspects Believed To Be Behind Arrigoni’s Murder
The Palestinian Police in Gaza released pictures and names of three persons believed to be behind the murder of Italian peace activist, Vitorio Arrigoni. The Police stated that evidence against…
To those who murdered Juliano & Vittorio in cold blood
You are an enemy to yourself and the Palestinian struggle. You have just renounced your right to call yourself Palestinian. Juliano, Vittorio, Rachel Corrie Tom Hurndall and many others all…
Israeli Police Arrests Sheikh Raed Salah
The Israeli Police arrested on Sunday evening Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories. Sheikh Salah was taken prisoner at the…
West Bank Placed Under Strict Closure
As Israel prepares to mark the Jewish Pesach feast, the Israeli army placed the occupied West Bank under strict siege starting Sunday at midnight and lasting until April 26.The decision…
“Olivia” Boat To Be Monitoring Gaza Shore, Document Navy Violations
Human Rights activists in the Gaza Strip announced that they will be launching this Wednesday a boat tasked with accompanying Palestinian fishing boats to monitor and document the repeated Israeli…
Israel Suspects Two Palestinian Teens Of The Itamar Killing
Two Palestinians admitted that they killed the settler family in the illegal settlement of Itamar last March, Israeli media sources reported on Sunday.The two were identified as Hakim Awwad, 17…
Haniyya Phones Arrigoni’s Mother To Express Condolences
On Friday, the Prime Minister of the dissolved Government in the Gaza Strip, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyya, phoned the mother of slain Italian activist and Palestine Solidarity Movement member,…
Four Wounded, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation In Bil’in
On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as local residents along with Israeli and international supporters marched…
With Great Shock and Sorrow, PCHR Condemns Murder of Italian Activist, Vittorio Arrigoni
With great shock and sorrow, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the murder of Italian activist, Vittorio Arrigoni. On Friday morning, 15 April 2011, Vittorio’s body was found…
This Week in Palestine week 15 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 10 m 00s || 9.15 MB || This Week in Palestine – Week 15 011 Welcome to this Week in…
PCHR Weekly Report: Mother and two children among 18 Palestinians killed this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 07 – 13 April 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Salafist Group Claims No connection With Murder Of Italian Activist
The Tawhid and Jihad fundamentalist Salafist group in Gaza, claimed it has no connection with the murder of Italian peace activist, Vittorio Arriogoni, whose body was found hanged on Friday…
Military Police: “Most Abuse Complaints Against Soldiers Never Make It To Court”
Commander of the Israeli Military Police, Brigadier General, Meir Ohanna, admitted Thursday that most complaints of abuse practiced by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians end up without an investigation, court and…
Body Of Human Rights Solidarity Activist Found In Gaza
The body of an Italian peace and human rights activist, member of the Free Gaza Movement, was found on Friday at dawn in an abandoned house in the Gaza Strip,…
Netanyahu: “Israel Is A Jewish State, Will Not Bow To Pressure”
Israeli Prime Minister, stated on Thursday that Israel is a “Jewish State”, and that the country will not bow to international pressures. His statements came in a speech to the…
While At Israeli TV Building, Peace Now Director Attacked By Right-Wing Researcher
On Thursday evening, and while Peace Now General Director, Yariv Oppenheimer, was waiting at the prep room at the Israeli TV, Channel 1, preparing to be interviewed by the Israeli…
Palestine Today 04 14 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3 m 55s || 3.60 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Fighter Dies Of Wounds Sustained Last Week
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday morning that a fighter died of wounds suffered last Thursday, April 7th, after the Israeli army bombarded Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Israel Demolishes Tin-Houses, Barns, Near Jericho
The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center reported that Israeli soldiers violated a ruling issued by the Israeli High Court, and demolished six tin-houses and barns that belong to…
Israel Approves 900 Settlement Units Near Bethlehem
The Israeli Regional Construction and Planning Committee approved a new settlement plan that aims at constructing 900 units for Jewish settlers in an area adjacent to Al Walaja Palestinian town…
Fighter Killed While Handling A Grenade
A Palestinian fighter was accidentally killed on Wednesday evening while handling a grenade west of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The fighter is a member of the…
Fateh Wins Bethlehem Student Senate Election, Leftist Coalition Shows Significant Boost
While Hamas and the Islamic Jihad boycotted Student Senate elections at Bethlehem University on Wednesday, Fateh movement garnered 18 seats while the leftist coalition garnered 13 seats. The leftist coalition…
Palestinian Detainee Exiled To Malaysia
Detainee Maher Odah, 48, from Ein Yabroud village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was forced into exile on Wednesday evening after the Israeli government decided to deport…
Israeli FM Could Face Fraud Charges
Israeli Attorney-General, Yehuda Weinstein, informed Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, that he is facing serious charges of money laundering, witness-tampering and fraud. Weinstein told Lieberman that he will be allowed…
Israeli Court Extends Remand Of Two Legislators For Additional Six Month
An Israeli court decided on Tuesday at night to extend the remand of two elected Palestinian legislators for additional six month under administrative detention, once again, without an indictment. Legislator…
Palestine Today 04 13 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 4 m 08s || 3.79 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Clashes Reported In Silwan, Several Residents Wounded, One Kidnapped
Palestinian sources in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported on Wednesday morning that several residents were injured, one seriously, while one resident was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers and policemen following…
Army Kidnaps 14 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn 14 Palestinians, including children, in several West Bank areas.The invasions targeted the districts of Nablus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. In Jerusalem, soldiers broke…
European Network Denounces Extended Solitary Confinement Of Blind Palestinian Detainee
The European network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners, (UFree), denounced Tuesday an Israeli court ruling forcing a blind Palestinian detainee in solitary confinement for additional six months.The detainee…
Flowers For Export Rot In Gaza As Total Closure Continues
For the eighth straight day, Israeli officials maintained a full closure of all border crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip Tuesday, refusing to allow even the small trickle…
Israel Considers Allowing Solidarity Ships To Reach Gaza After International Search
The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of allowing solidarity ships to reach the Gaza shores as long as they undergo a thorough search by an international authority, probably Greece,…
Four Palestinians Killed In Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that four Palestinians were killed and six others were injured when a tunnel collapse on them in Al Barazil border area, in Rafah, in the…
Corrie lawsuit challenging Israeli impunity
Several Israeli soldiers testified at the witness stand in the Haifa district court earlier this week, as trial hearings continued in the case of Corrie vs. the State of Israel.…
Israeli Prosecution To Close File Of Four Civilians Shot Dead During The War On Gaza
The Israeli prosecution intends to close an investigation that was initiated to reveal the circumstances that led to the death of four Palestinian civilians, including a three-year –old child, after…
Palestine Today 04 12 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 4 m 16s || 3.90 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Citizens From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, seven citizens from the West Bank city of Hebron.Security sources reported to Wafa News Agency that the Israeli military invaded the town of…
7,000 Palestinian Prisoners Hold One-Day Hunger Strike To Protest Conditions
According to the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, a one-day hunger strike was held on Monday to protest the conditions where Palestinian prisoners are being held by Israeli authorities, including medical…
Palestinian Youth Remain Camped Out On Hunger Strike For 17th Day
A group of Palestinian youth who began a sit-in and hunger strike in Ramallah 17 days ago say they will continue the strike until the Palestinian Authority releases political prisoners,…
Three Residents From Awarta Abducted Near Ramallah
Israeli troops abducted on Tuesday at dawn three residents from Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after surrounding and breaking into their rented apartment in Betunia,…
Netanyahu Considers Partial Withdrawal of Troops from West Bank
As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the state of Palestine in September, Israeli sources report that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees In Hebron
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted and destroyed more than 45 olive trees that belong to the residents of Beit Ummar village, near the southern West Bank city of…
Netanyahu: “Gaza Flotilla, A Provocation”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Monday that the Freedom Flotilla solidarity ships, planning to send aid and humanitarians supplies to the Gaza Strip, are a provocation that must be…
Director of Jerusalem Media Center Detained by Israeli Troops
After filming an Israeli jeep blocking traffic and driving through pedestrians in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, Muhammed Sadeq of the Jerusalem Media Center was detained by Israeli forces, then…
Village of Awarta Under Curfew During Israeli Settlement Expansion Ceremony
In a cornerstone-laying ceremony Sunday, hundreds of Israeli settlers gathered to commemorate the night one month ago when five members of a family, including a baby, were stabbed to death…
Palestine Today 04 11 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3 m 45s || 3.43 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Israeli Military Demolishes a Water Well and a Farm In Bethlehem
Israeli military forces demolished a water well designed to collect rain water and an agricultural structure in al-Khader village southwest of Bethlehem on Monday. The well and the building belong…
PA: Palestinians Are Ready For Statehood By September
Palestinian Prime Minister of the care-taker government said Monday that Palestinians are now ready for statehood in September 2011.’I believe that our governing institutions have now reached a high state…
Lieberman: We should not settle for truce with Hamas
Israel should not invest efforts in settling for truce with Hamas in Gaza and should instead try to topple Hamas’ government in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdore Lieberman said on…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Palestinian Fishing Boats
The Israeli Navy opened fired on Sunday evening at Palestinian fishing boats near the Khan Younis port, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, but no…
Eighteen Palestinians Killed By Israeli Shells Since Thursday
The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Saturday evening the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing one member of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades. Eighteen Palestinians were killed and nearly…
Palestinian Factions Resume Firing Homemade Shells Into Israel, Causing No Injuries
After Palestinian factions declared a ceasefire Thursday, saying they would stop firing homemade shells if Israeli forces ceased its airstrikes, Israeli forces killed ten Palestinians in airstrikes, including a young…
This Week in Palestine week 14 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 8 m 55s || 8.16 MB || Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East…
Israel Fears West Bank Escalation
Israeli military leaders expressed fears that the current state of calm in the West Bank, induced by the tight security cooperation with the Palestinian Security Forces, could collapse at any…
Despite Ceasefire Declared by Palestinian Factions, Army Bombards More Areas In Gaza
Despite the fact that the Palestinian factions, including the Hamas movement, in Gaza declared a ceasefire with Israel starting Thursday midnight, the Israeli army bombarded several areas, and carried out…
Palestinian Factions In Gaza Declare Ceasefire
Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip declared a ceasefire starting at 11 p.m. on Thursday. The declaration came following a day of escalation that led to the death of five…
Five Palestinians Killed, 40 Injured By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that five Palestinians were killed and at least 40 residents, including children, were wounded in several Israeli air strikes and…
Two Israelis Hurt In a Mortar Attack In Southern Israel
Israeli sources reported Thursday that two Israelis, including a 16-year-old school student, were injured when a mortar shell, fired from Gaza struck a school bus in a settlement adjacent to…
Palestine Today 04 07 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3 m 20s || 3.05 MB || Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,…
Army Demolishes Two Homes In Aqaba Village
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the Aqaba village, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, declared it as a closed military zone, demolished two homes bulldozers internal…
Army Detains Hundreds Of Palestinians Near Nablus, Conducts DNA Tests
Qais Awwad, head of the Awarta village Council, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stated that Israeli soldiers invaded Awarta and detained hundreds of residents, including more than…
Thousands Participate In The Funeral Of Slain Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaker
Thousands of Palestinian participated on Wednesday in the funeral ceremony of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaker who was shot dead by a masked gunman on Monday in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin…
Army Bombards Gaza, One Resident Wounded
The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Wednesday night after midnight several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to excessive damage; at least one resident was injured.Three consecutive air strikes were…