Netanyahu To Toughen Conditions For Palestinian Detainees
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will toughen conditions for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in response to Hamas’s refusal to allow the International Red Cross access to…
Clinton: “Ships Heading To Gaza Defy Israeli Siege”
United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated Thursday that solidarity ships heading to Gaza come in defiance of the Israeli Blockade on the coastal region, and are considered “unnecessary…
Detained Legislator Receives Extended Administrative Detention Order
An Israeli military court decided Thursday to renew, for six more months, the administrative detention order against elected legislator, Mohammad At-Til, from Al Thaheriyya town, south of the southern West…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 civilians wounded, including a child; 3,500 chickens killed by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16– 22 June 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Palestine Today 06 23 2011
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Red Cross Demands Information Proving Gilad Shalit Is Alive
The International Red Cross has demanded, in a statement on Thursday, that Hamas authorities prove that captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive. The ICRC has demanded that Hamas…
Israeli Jerusalem Municipality Continues Judaizing Of City
The Israeli Jerusalem municipality has continued to Judaise East Jerusalem through the renaming of Arab street names and monuments in the city, according to Wafa.As part of what the municipality…
“Third Palestinian Intifada” Apple App Removed
The technology firm, Apple have removed an application called “The Third Palestinian Intifada” for purchase for Mac, and iPhone users.The action was taken after Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Israeli Minister for Public…
Sources Claim Hezbollah Prepared To Open Front With Israel To Relieve Pressure On Syrian President
Israeli newspapers Haaretz and JPost are claiming that the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah are gearing up for possible action against Israel in the case that Syrian leader Bashar al Assad’s…
OIC: “Water Situation in Gaza Deteriorating”
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a report warning of the sharp deterioration of the water situation in the besieged Gaza Strip due to the devastated infrastructure in…
‘Freedom Flotilla 2’ prepares to sail to Gaza in next few days
While Israeli and US officials have worked to dissuade the Freedom Flotilla from setting sail to Gaza next week, the flotilla participants have vowed to go ahead with their plan…
Israeli Academics Support Acts Of Civil Disobedience
In an advertisment posted in Haaretz on Friday 17th June 300 Israeli academics from around Israel have signed their name to a letter supporting actions taken by the Israeli womens…
Jerusalem Arab Housing Plan Blocked By Political Right
A plan to build 2,500 Arab housing units in East Jerusalem was stopped by right-wing pressure groups and Haredi city council members on the grounds that it was a ‘politically…
PPP Calls For Forming Social-Democratic Coalition To Save Unity Deal
The leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) called on the Palestinian factions to act on saving the National Unity Agreement by forming a large democratic-social coalition to prevent the collapse of…
US Jews comprise one-fourth of US Freedom Flotilla contingent
Jewish activists from the US, outraged at the siege of Gaza carried out by the Israeli government in their name, have been among the key organizers of the upcoming humanitarian…
Ross: “Israel Must Remain Jewish State”
Dennis Ross, senior aide to American President, Barack Obama, stated during a speech in Jerusalem, Wednesday, that all steps must be taken to ensure that Israel “remains a democratic and…
Palestine Today 06 22 2011
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Israeli Forces Bulldoze Business Near Jenin
The Ma’an News Agency reports that ten workshops have been destroyed by Israeli forces in Barta’a ash-Sharqiya near Jenin.The workshops are located in the West Bank but are on the…
B’Tselem Show Increase In Israeli Residential Demolitions In the West Bank. Many In The Last Week.
Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, has released figures showing a steep rise in the number of Israeli housing demolitions in the West Bank compared to 2010 and 2009. According to…
Fayyed Says He Will Not Stand In The Way Of Unity
Current Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Sallem Fayyed, has said that he will not stand in the way of national reconciliation but declined to say that he would step down from…
Israeli Army Invades Multiple Towns in the West Bank, Resulting in One Arrest
The Israeli military placed two flying checkpoints in Beit Sahour Wednesday morning. The raids did not result in any major incident. In Hebron, however, one Palestinian civilian was abducted after…
UNRWA Appeal For Funds To Support Palestinian Refugee’s
Jordan’s Prime Minister Marouf al Bakheet and the UNRWA’s Commissioner General Filippo Grandi appealed for monetary aid to appeal for finances to fund the UNWRA’s work among Palestinian refugees. In…
Israeli Military Stop Christian Leader From Visiting Central Hebron
A visit to Hebron, in the southern West Bank, by the Archbishop of Jerusalem, Fuad Twal, was cut short on Monday when Israeli forces stopped the Archbishop from entering the…
Israel Strikes Underground Tunnel In Gaza
The Israeli air force attacked an underground tunnel running from the Gaza strip into Israel. According to military officials the strike was in response from a rocket fired from the…
Despite Israeli Pressure, Apple Approves “Third Intifada” App
The giant Apple Company decided to allow the publishing of a new App for the IPhone carrying the name “Third Intifada” despite Israeli pressures on the company to ban the…
Israel Shifts A Section Of the Annexation Wall in Bilin
The Israeli army started on Tuesday evening to shift a section of the illegal Annexation Wall built on lands that belong to the residents of Bil’in village, west of the…
Palestine Today 06 21 2011
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63% Of Israeli Public Support Mass Prisoner Exchange For Gilad Shalit
A poll released today by the Rafi Smith polling company on behalf of the campaign to release Gilad Shalit and published in Haaretz newspaper shows that a majority of the…
Israel High Court Issues Order Regarding Communities Law
The Israeli High Court presided over a hearing on Monday regarding two separate petitions brought against the controversial Israeli “Acceptance to Community Law”. The petitions were brought by the Association…
Israeli Officer Indicted On Charges Of Ramming Mentally Disabled Palestinian Boy
The Israeli military prosecutor has filed an indictment against an Israeli officer for illegally ordering the ramming of a mentally disabled Palestinian civilian in an incident in the West Bank…
Netanyahu Expresses Desire To Separate From Palestinians
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his belief that Israel need to disengage from Palestinian areas in the West Bank in order to avoid the demographic nature of Israel as…
Obama Reiterates US-Israel Bond ‘Unbreakable’
US President Barrack Obama has reaffirmed his US administration’s “unbreakable” bonds with Israel and described differences between him and the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as “purely tactical”. Obama made the…
Report: “30% of the Palestinians in the W. Bank, 67% In Gaza, Are Refugees”
The Palestinian Census Bureau reported that nearly half of the Palestinians in the occupied territories are internally displaced refugees, and that, since its creation in Palestine in 1948, Israel forcibly…
Haniyya: “Solidarity Convoys Expose Israel’s Crimes”
On Monday evening, Hamas leader, head of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated during a welcome ceremony for the “Miles of Smiles 3” solidarity convoy that flotillas and…
Hamas Denounces Abbas’s Statements Regarding New Government
Hamas spokesperson Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, denounced the Monday statements of President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the upcoming unity government, and described the statements as an “unnecessary media escalation”. In an…
Abbas: “I Have The Right To Name New Prime Minister”
In an interview with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he has the right to name the head of the upcoming Palestinian transitional government that…
Palestine Today 06 20 2011
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Israeli Migdal Oz Plan Outlines Response To Palestinian Reactions To Declarations of Statehood
Israel is drawing up plans for a series of eventualities come September and a Palestinian declaration of statehood. The Migdal Oz plan, seen by YNet, is the Israeli document on…
Gisha Ordered To Pay 25,000 NIS As A Result Of Failed Legal Petition
The Israeli human rights organization for the freedom of movement, Gisha, have been fined 25,000 NIS (7,250 USD) in legal fees as part of ruling against a case brought by…
Troops Demolish Homes, Tents, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers demolished on Monday seven Palestinian homes and tents that belong to residents of Khirbet Bir Al-Ad, east of Yatta town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Fayyed To Refuse Position Of PM In Interim Government
Salem Fayyed is to refuse the position of Palestinian interim government PM in the interests of national unity according to sources close to the current PM, reports PNN. Current Palestinian…
Malaysian, French ships join ‘Freedom Flotilla’ to Gaza
The Prime Minister of Malaysia voiced his support for the upcoming ‘Freedom Flotilla’ of aid ships and 500 supporters from around the world who plan to enter Gaza by sea…
14 Year Old Palestinian Boy Detained By Israeli Military In Husan
Wafa news site reports that Israeli soldiers have abducted a Palestinian minor from the town of Hasan near Bethlehem. Israel soldiers detained 14 year old Muhammad Hamamrah after entering his…
Israeli troops shoot and abduct Palestinian man near Qalqilia
A Palestinian man was severely injured when Israeli soldiers shot him in the legs for allegedly carrying a knife at a checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia…
Expansion of Settlement homes in East Jerusalem approved by Jerusalem Municipality Sunday
The Jerusalem municipality agreed to the expansion of 2,000 Settlement homes in Ramat Shlomo in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. The plan allows for each Settlement household to add an…
Former Israeli Military Chief Urges Netanyahu To Return To Talks
Former Israeli Army chief Gabi Ashkenazi has warned Israel that it should return to negotiations with the PA to ward off Palestinian attempts to declare statehood in September, according to…
Unity Government Postponed
According to Al Jazeera the announcement of a interim unity government between political rivals Fatah and Hamas has been delayed due to disagreement between the two sides as to who…
Miles Of Smiles Convoy Enters Gaza
The Miles of Smiles humanitarian convoy made it, on Sunday evening, into the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt, carrying 50 human rights activists, medical…
Israel Claims Freedom Flotilla Aims At Confrontation With the Army
Head of the Israeli Navy, Eliezer Marom, voiced on Sunday a strict warning targeting the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla, dubbed in his speech as the “Hate Flotilla” that will…
Barak: “U.S Will Veto Attempts To Declare State”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that he believes that United States will use its Veto power at the Security Council in order to prevent an international recognition of an…
The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center: a Case Study
The idea of having an organization designed to offer appropriate and comprehensive assistance to victims of torture in the Palestinian territories is crucially necessary in the context of the ongoing…
Egypt negotiates for release of Israeli soldier captured five years ago
An Egyptian official told Israeli reporters Saturday that there are active negotiations taking place with Palestinian resistance groups for the potential release of the Palestinians’ only Israeli prisoner, a soldier…
10 injured in non-violent weekly protests Friday
Ten civilians were injured as Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protests organized at a number of West Bank communities. This week, protests were reported in the villages of al-Nabi…
25 Detainees Facing Death Due To The Lack Of Medical Attention
25 Palestinian political prisoners in the Al Ramla Israeli detention facility are facing imminent death due to illegal Israeli policies that deprive the detainees from their right to medical treatment.…
Lebanese Army Officer Sentenced To 20 Years
A Lebanese Court sentenced on Friday evening a Lebanese army officer to twenty years imprisonment after convicting him of spying for Israel.The court ruled that Lieutenant Mansour Diab, 20, provided…
Netanyahu: “No Peace With The Palestinians Without Recognizing Jewish State”
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Friday that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, believes that there can be no peace agreement with the Palestinians unless they recognize Israel as a state for…
Settlers Torch Farmlands Near Ramallah
After a recent burning of its mosque, a group of extremist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian farmlands planted with wheat in the Al Mogheer village, north of the central…
Activism News Interview: Alice Walker on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the struggle for justice
Celebrated American author and poet Alice Walker will later this month be among 38 people aboard the Audacity of Hope, the ship sponsored by US Boat to Gaza as part…
The confrontation to come
Israel reported a record $7.2 billion weapons exports solidifying its position in the top four countries profiting from war and destruction. The other two main official sources of income for…
This Week in Palestine week 24 2011
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IHH Pulls Out Of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2’ due to technical problems
The Turkish Organisation IHH has said that its ship, the Mavi Marmara, will not be taking part in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2 because of technical problems with its ship.…
Ex Israeli Soldier, Eden Aberjil, will not face Charges for Controversial Pictures
Israeli Deputy State Prosecuter, Shai Nitzan, has judged that the state will not take proceedings against Israeli military soldier, Eden Aberjil, over photographs posted on Aberjil’s Facebook page in which…
Israeli Military trains for potential Palestinian Protests in September
Israeli police are taking part in a 3-day training exercise to prepare for potential large-scale Palestinian protests in September following Palestinian moves towards UN recognition of statehood. The exercise is…
Lieberman: “We Will Cancel All Peace Accords Should Palestinians Declare State”
Israeli Foreign minister and leader of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated during his meeting with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, that Israel will void all related…
Herzog: “U.S. Does Not Even Want To Hear Netanyahu’s Name”
Labor Party member of Knesset, Yitzhak Herzog, stated that he recently met with a number of American government officials close to president Barack Obama. They allegedly told him that they…
PCHR Weekly Report: One Dead, Four Wounded By Israeli Troops And Settlers
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 09– 15 June 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Egypt Denies The Entry Of Six Out Of Eight Buses Carrying Gazan Passengers
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that the Egyptian Border Authorities only allowed two out of eight passenger buses to cross through the Rafah Border Terminal, located…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Orchards Near Nablus
On Thursday evening, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers torched Palestinian Olive orchards near the illegal Itamar settlement, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Douglas, in charge of…
4 Israelis Killed, At Least 50 Injured In Netanya Blast
Israeli medical sources reported that a blast late on Thursday night occurred in a building in Netanya leading to the death of four Israelis while at least 50 were injured.…
Palestinian Worker Seriously Wounded After Being stabbed By Israeli Assailant
A Palestinian worker was seriously injured on Thursday after being attacked and stabbed by an Israeli man in Netanya, in the north of the country. The injured worker was identified…
Palestine Today 06 16 2011
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Freedom Flotilla 2 To Sail Irrespective Of IHH Participation, Claims Organisers
The organizers of the “Freedom Flotilla 2” have said they intend to sail irrespective of Turkish organization IHH’s participation, according to Haaretz.Organizers of the upcoming “Freedom Flotilla 2” due to…
Israeli Arms Companies Report $7.2 Billion In Exports for 2010
JPost reports that Israeli military companies sold a total of $7.2 billion worth of military hardware abroad and a further $2.4 billion to the IDF in 2010, according to the…
Hamas Detain Fatah Official In Gaza
Fatah have complained that one of its officials in Gaza, Abu A’itah, was detained in Gaza by Hamas security forces, according to Maan. Fatah officials have complained that the detention…
Jordan’s King Abdullah Pessimistic About Peace Talks. Netanyahu Claims Conflict Is Unsolvable.
Jordan’s King Abdullah has stated in an interview with the Washington Post that he is pessimistic that there will be progress on Israeli Palestinian peace talks in 2011. Speaking to…
Army Kidnaps Palestinian Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn legislator Dr. Samir Al Qadi, 55, after breaking into his home in Surif town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchards Near Ramallah
A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers torched on Wednesday at night dozens of olive trees that belong to villagers of Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of…
Limited Numbers Of Cars, Food and Construction Materials To Be Allowed Into Gaza Thursday
The Israeli Authorities decided to partially open the Kerem Shalom Crossing (Karem Abu Salem) on Thursday in order to allow into the Gaza Strip a limited number of cars, food…
Settler Who Killed Palestinian Youth Apprehended
The undercover forces of the Israeli Police stated that one of its units managed to apprehend an Israeli settler who shot and killed a Palestinian youth in January this year.…
Detainees Torch Mattresses In Protest To Detaining Mother
Palestinian political detainees at the Israeli Eshil detention center torched their mattresses in protest to detaining a mother of one of them under the pretext of carrying “unpermitted luggage” for…
Israeli troops attack anti-Wall protest near Ramallah, injuring seven
According to local sources, Israeli forces attacked a non-violent action by Palestinian men, women and children trying to block Israeli bulldozers from bulldozing their farmland and orchards on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses reported…
Palestine Today 06 15 2011
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Report: Palestinians spend high percentage of income on basic necessities
A new report by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Palestinians spend more than one third of their income on foodstuffs and only 1.5% on recreation and…
Conflicting Reports On Syria’s Involvement In Border Clashes During Nakba and Naksa Day
The UN Disengagement Force have reported their findings that Syria allowed Palestinian Refugees access to the Syria-Israeli occupied Golan border. The report also concluded however that Syrian officials did not…
Turkish Group Reconsiders Its Role In Freedom Flotilla 2
The Turkish organisation IHH has said it is reconsidering its participation in the planned “Freedom Flotilla 2” set to sail for Gaza on June 27th. The group has sighted recent…
Netanyahu Seeks To Form Block Of 30 To Counter To Palestinian UN Bid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his intent to create a block of 30 to 50 countries against the Palestinian move to declare statehood in the United Nations in…
Israel Readies To Attack Freedom Flotilla 2
Israeli media sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army and the navy are intensifying their training and preparing plans to intercept and attack the Freedom Flotilla 2 should it try…
Israeli troops invade Nablus area, abduct 8 Palestinians
According to local sources, several squadrons of Israeli soldiers invaded the Nablus region at around 2:30 am Wednesday morning, abducting 8 Palestinians from their homes.The soldiers invaded the villages of…
Army Attacks Political Prisoners In Qidar Prison, Four Injured
Israel soldiers attacked on Tuesday the Qidar Prison, and violently attacked Palestinian political prisoners before transferring more than half of them to the Ramon detention facility; at least four detainees…
Israeli FM Calls New Peace Initiative ‘Naïve’
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli Army radio on Tuesday that focusing the international Mid-East policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was, ‘naive.’Lieberman pointed to events in other countries including…
German Development Minister Visits Gaza
German Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, visited the Gaza Strip, the stronghold of the Hamas movement, on Tuesday, and praised the reconciliation and unity agreement between the Fateh movement of President…
Fateh, Hamas, Agree On New PM, To Hold Another Round Of Talks Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Fateh and Hamas movements held in Cairo their first meeting to implement the National Unity Agreement, and agreed to hold the next round of talks next Tuesday,…
Settlers Hurl Stones At Palestinian Homes In Hebron
Dozens of fundamentalist Israeli settlers, living in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, hurled on Tuesday at night, stones at five Palestinian homes in the city while chanting racist…
Palestine Today 006 14 2011
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Village Homes Demolished In Jordan Valley
According to residents, ten Bedouin homes were demolished on Tuesday morning in the Jordan valley area, leaving dozens homeless. The small village of Fasayil, north of Jericho was invaded by…
Wells Demolished In Hebron
The Ma’an News Agency reports that Israel demolished 5 wells in Hebron area on Tuesday morning.According to Ma’an, the wells belonged to the al-Jamal family and were located in the…
17 Year Olds Abducted By Military
The Israeli army abducted a 17-year-old boy from a village near Bethlehem, according to locals. Another was arrested near Nablus.An Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the two were arrested overnight…
Lebanese PM Forms New Government
Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, has appointed a new 30 cabinet member Lebanese government. The new government is dominated by Hezbollah allies who hold 18 of the 30 cabinet positions.The…
After Running Out Of Anesthesia, All Surgeries In Gaza Put On Hold
Dr. Atef Al Kahloot, head of the Medical Services in the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that all surgeries in hospitals across the coastal region have been put on hold until…
Palestine Today 06 13 2011
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