This Week in Palestine week 21 2011
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Israeli Navy Fires On Fishing Boat Off Gaza
According to Maan news agency the Israeli Navy have fired on Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza injuring three. Three men have been taken to hospital after the Israeli Navy fired…
G8 Call For Renewed Peace Talks. Extend Aid To Democratizing States.
G8 leaders have called for renewed peace talks between Palestinians and Israeli’s on the basis of US President Obama’s vision for peace. Canada, however, successfully lobbies to have all mention…
Second Freedom Flotilla To Set Sail in June
The international Gaza aid flotilla that was at the centre of an international Israeli diplomatic crisis last year is due to set sail again for Gaza in the coming months.…
Study Values Settlements At $18.8 Billion
A new study by formerly Israeli state funded Macro Center for Political Economics has valued Israeli settler homes at $18.8 billion in the West Bank, according to JNet. The report…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 killed, 3 wounded, 26 abducted by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19– 25 May 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Israeli Leftists Call On Europe To Recognise Palestine Come September
About twenty Israeli writers and intellectuals have signed a petition calling on the EU recognise a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders. Members of the Israeli left have signed a…
Palestine Today 05 26 2011
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Israeli Vice-PM Shalom Against Opening Gaza Crossing
Israeli Vice-Premier Silvan Shalom has spoken out against the easing of the blockade on Gaza through relaxed restrictions at the Egypt-Gaza crossing at Rafah, according to the Jerusalem Post. Shalom…
Israeli Miltary Carries Out Abductions In Hebron
The Israeli military has conducted raids in Ramallah and Hebron according to PNN and Wafa news agencies. As part of the raids the military abducted seven men in Ramallah and…
$1 Billion Investment Fund Announced For Gaza Strip.
Maan news agency is reporting that the head of the Palestine Investment Fund and potential candidate for role of Prime Minister in the new unity interim government, Mohammed Mustafa, has…
US To Fund Four More Iron Dome Defense Systems For Israel
US President Barrack Obama’s administration is to fund the purchase of four more anti rocket systems for the Israeli military. The US will help fund the short range anti rocket…
Qabha Demands P.A. To Release All Political Prisoners
Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political leader, Wasfy Qabha, demanded the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank to release all political prisoners, and to stop the arrests and interrogation…
Inauguration Ceremony For Jewish Only Settlement In East Jerusalem
Israeli government Ministers have inaugurated a new Jewish only settlement in East Jerusalem. A ceremony including Jerusalem mayor Mayor Nir Barkat and Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan officially opened the…
CCR Launches Lawsuit In Connection With Last Year’s Raid of Flotilla Bound to Gaza
New York – PNN – Nearly one year after Israeli commandos stormed an aide flotilla that was in international waters and bound for Gaza, The CCR, the Center for Constitutional…
Israel To Allow Nearly 300 trucks Into Gaza
Palestinian liaison official in Gaza, Raed Fattouh, stated that the Israeli Authorities decided to allow 290-300 trucks loaded with aid to the trade, agriculture and transportation sectors into the Gaza…
Troops Kidnap Seven Palestinians In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn seven Palestinians in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Israeli Army Radio reported on Thursday morning that the army invaded several villages and…
Egypt Decides To Permanently Open The Rafah Border Terminal
The Egyptian Authorities decided to permanently open the Rafah Border Terminal with the Gaza Strip starting this coming Saturday in an attempt to ease the deadly four-year blockade on the…
Hamas Welcomes Egypt’s Decision To Permanently Open The Rafah Crossing
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, welcomed the Egyptian decision to permanently open the Rafah Border Terminal that links Gaza with Egypt. The movement’s media office issued a statement welcoming the Egyptian…
Palestine Today 05 25 2011
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Amnesty International Demands End To Destruction Of ‘Unrecognized’ Villages In Israel
Amnesty International has called on Israel to cease the demolition of the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel.International human rights organisation Amnesty International has called…
Abbas Says No Change Of Plan Regards September
The Palestinian Authority has reaffirmed its determination to go to the UN General Assembly in September in light of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress. The PA, following…
Further Settlements Announced
The Palestinian News and Informational Agency has reported that Israeli officials plan to confiscate 2,000 dunums worth of land in the Salfit area in the Northern West Bank near the…
‘Move Over AIPAC’ Activist Injured By AIPAC Members
A “Move Over AIPAC” activist who interrupted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech to US Congress has been hospitalised due to injuries received. The protester claims she was beaten…
Israeli TV: “Netanyahu Crushed Abbas During His Congress Speech”
Israeli TV, Channel 2, quoted several Israeli political analysts stating that, during his congress speech on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, crushed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and managed to…
Netanyahu Calls On The Palestinian Leadership to Shun Hamas
During his speech at the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) of Mahmoud Abbas to shun the Hamas movement, and to…
Hamas Leaders At Odds Over Negotiations
After the Hamas political bureau chief, Khaled Mashal, said that the movement would give Israel a chance to prove its seriousness in peace talks, Hamas political leader, Mahmoud Zahhar, denounced…
Palestine Today 05 24 2011
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Israel Cancels Controversial Visit To Josephs Tomb
Israeli officials have cancelled the proposed incursion of the Israeli military into Josephs Tomb to escort Israeli settlers and MK’s into the area due to threat of counter protests among…
‘Move Over AIPAC’ Interrupts Netanyahu Speech To AIPAC
The group “Move over AIPAC” has interrupted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s talk to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), reports Haaretz. Netanyahu was speaking to AIPAC, a powerful Israeli…
Call For Further Marches On ‘Naksa’ Day
The International Solidarity Committee, the international activist organisation for Palestine, has called for solidarity marches around the world with upcoming “Naksa” events in the Middle East.The group, which maintains a…
Fayyad Suffers Heart Attack In USA
Sources report that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has suffered heart problems whilst visiting the US. Fayyad was visiting the United States in order to attend his son’s graduation from…
Activists challenge annual meeting of Zionist lobbying group in Washington DC
Protesters held a number of events over the weekend to challenge the annual meeting of the largest Zionist lobby in the US, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). A…
Palestine Today 05 23 2011
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Israeli Officials Approve Settler Invasion into Nablus on Tuesday
Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Members and and illegal settlers have received approval from Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack to invade an area near Nablus known as ‘Joseph’s Tomb’ on Tuesday, accompanied…
Israel Under Criticism From British Leaders And Politicians
Israel has come under increasing criticism from British leaders and Parliamentarians both for its illegal settlement activity and its treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military courts. Reacting to the…
Mixed Reaction To Obama’s Speeches
Regional and International leaders have laid out their positions in the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s speech to both Congress and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Thursday…
Israeli settlers dump sewage in Palestinian town
Sewage and wastewater from the Israeli settlement of Ariel, the largest settlement in the West Bank, has polluted the Palestinian village of Bruqin, which sits adjacent to the settlement.Ariel is…
Suspected spy shot by masked men near Nablus
A man who had previously been imprisoned for working as a spy for Israeli occupation forces was shot and killed on Saturday in Beit Dajan village near Nablus, in the…
Detained Hamas Leader Calls For Suspending Talks With Fateh
Rafat Nassif, a detained political leader of the Hamas movement, called for suspending all talks and coordination with the Fateh movement for what he called “the ongoing political arrests and…
Eight Palestinians, Including Four Children, Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday evening, that eight Palestinians, including four children, were treated by the effects of teargas inhalation during clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers in the Old…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Army Fire In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday at night that a Palestinian youth was killed by Israel army fire, east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. The sources added that…
Two Young Men Wounded; Dozens Suffer Gas Inhalation In Bil’in Weekly Demonstration
On Friday, in the weekly march in Bil’in organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall with the participation of Sa’di Tameezi, the Palestinian ambassador to Vietnam, two young men…
This Week in Palestine week 20 2011
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Israeli forces deploy along border with Syria
According to Israeli and international media, the Israeli military has deployed troops along the border with Syria in the Golan Heights, and declared the area a closed military zone. The…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 children killed, 144 civilians wounded this week by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 12– 18 May 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Abbas Calls For Urgent Meeting To Discuss Obama’s Speech
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on Thursday evening for an urgent meeting between Palestinian political leaders, and for consultations with Arab leaders, to discuss the speech of U.S. President, Barack…
Abu Zuhri: “Obama’s Speech Shows Political Failure”
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that the speech of U.S. President Barack Obama, only shows failed U.S. policies that indicate political failure, and added…
Army Invades Madama Village, Imposes Curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at night that Madama village, south of the northern West Bank of Nablus, and imposes curfew placing all residents under house arrest. Ehab Al Qit,…
Hamas Slams Israel’s Approval Of 1500 Units For Settlers Near Jerusalem
The Hamas movement strongly denounced an Israeli decision to approve the construction of additional 1500 units for Jewish settlers in Pisgat Zeev and Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) illegal settlements in…
Us President Obama: “Palestinians Have the Right to a Contiguous State”
During his long-anticipated speech to the State Department on Thursday, US President Barack Obama repeated a statement made by his predecessor, George W. Bush, that the Palestinian people have the…
Palestine Today 0519 2011
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Obama To Announce Us Aid Plan For Democratizing Arab States
Rumours continue to circulate regarding the content of US President Obama’s speech on his administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East, later today. Maan news agency has reported that Obama…
Plans Announced For 1,500 New Settlement Units In Jerusalem
Maan news agency reports that The Planning and Building Committee for Jerusalem have announced plans for 1,500 new Jewish only housing units in illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem. The…
Obama Not Expected To Make Significant Announcement On Peace Process
White house officials have denied reports circulated by the Israeli media that Obama will call on Israel to recognise a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders in his policy speech…
Israeli military imposes closure on Salfit area
Residents of the Salfit township, in the north-central West Bank, reported Wednesday that scores of Israeli soldiers had deployed in the area since Tuesday and declared it a ‘closed military…
Prison Protest Expands
Protests against conditions in Israeli jails have continued recently, with two additional institutions joining the hunger-strikers’ action.The protest is intended to secure the release of a number of prisoners from…
World Bank Praises PA Progress
On Wednesday, the World Bank released a report commending state-building efforts by the PA, noting in particular its success in creating ‘strong public institutions’.However, the World Bank also noted that…
Palestine Today 05 18 2011
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Amnesty International Calls For Investigation Into Nakba Killings
Amnesty International has called on the Israeli state to undertake a full, impartial and independent investigation into the Israeli military actions during the Nakba day commemorations. At least 12 people…
Barghouti Expresses Support For Unity Deal And Palestinian Statehood
The founder of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (the armed wing of the Fateh movement), Marwan Barghouti, has backed a Palestinian move to declare statehood in September, adding that the US…
Israeli Human Rights Record Slammed In Amnesty International’s Annual Human Rights Report
Amnesty International’s annual global human rights report for 2011 has slammed Israel’s human rights record both in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The report, which described the human rights…
Israeli Military Abducts 11 Palestinians, including Journalist, On Tuesday
The Israeli military carried out incursions into the West Bank Tuesday and arrested 11 as part of the crackdown in the aftermath of Nakba commemorations held throughout Palestine and bordering…
Jerusalem Legislators Continue Protest to Deter Deportation
On the 25th January 2006, the Palestinian legislative elections were held by agreement with all concerned parties and under the supervision of the international community. The electoral process was witnessed…
Palestine Today 05 17 2011
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Local Palestinian Elections Due To Be Delayed
The Palestinian Authority has stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October in…
Israeli Demolitions More Than Double Since Last Year
The UN Agency for Palestinian refugees has stated that Israel has displaced 149 children, through housing demolitions, in the West Bank so far this year. The figures show a stark…
Netanyahu Claims He Would Give Up ‘Isolated Settlements’ For Peace
Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that he would be willing to return some of the illegal Israeli settlement blocks established in the West Bank for the sake of peace. Netanyahu stated…
Israeli authorities cut off soldiers’ access to internet
After a number of controversial posts on Facebook and other websites in recent months, the Israeli military has ordered its commanders to cut off access to the internet for nearly…
Israeli settlers invade Palestinian village of Tuba
Israeli settlers invaded the village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills late Sunday night, 15 May. They damaged property and killed and stole livestock belonging to the Ali Awad…
Lebanese government files complaint against Israel for killing 10 protesters at border protest
The Lebanese representative to the United Nations filed a complaint against Israel to the UN Security Council Monday, saying that Israel violated territorial sovereignty by shooting at demonstrators at the…
Palestine Today 05 16 2011
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Dr. Qumsiyeh to be Released on Bail from Ofer Prison
Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh and two other Palestinians are expected to be released on bail Tuesday morning from the Israeli Ofer prison.The three will be released on bail equal to 500…
Israel Backs Down On Tax Transfers
Israel has confirmed that it will renew the transfer of tax payments collected on Palestinians behalf to the Palestinian Authority. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz confirmed rumours started by The Union…
Arab Leaders React To al Nakba Killings
Leaders from various Arab countries have begun to react Sunday’s events around Israel and the Occupied Territories, in which at least 16 protesters were killed by Israeli forces, as well…
150 Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Ramallah
Palestinian medical forces reported Sunday that at least 150 Palestinians were injured by Israeli military fire, while dozens of residents were kidnapped as the army opened fire at the “Return…
Palestinian Youth Killed, 172 Injured, As Army Attacks “Return Protests” In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian youth was killed and at least 172 were wounded on Sunday due to Israeli military excessive use of force…
Israeli forces crack down on non-violent march in Al Walaja village
A total of 11 peace activists and reporters were detained Sunday by the Israeli military as they attempted to march to the old village of al Wallaja, near the West…
9 killed as Israeli forces attack Nakba marches on northern, southern and central borders
An estimated four people were killed Sunday on the Syria-Israel border, five killed on the Lebanon-Israel border, 52 injured in Gaza, and at least 24 injured in the West Bank…
Refugees march to return
Long before Muhammad Bouazizi there was Muhammad al-Dura. The horrific footage of the 12-year-old Palestinian boy gunned down by Israeli soldiers while seeking refuge alongside his father in September 2000…
Defying Israeli Restrictions; Thousands Mark The Nakba Day in Jaffa
Despite Israeli “laws” criminalizing the commemoration of the “Nabka Day”, that marks the creation of Israel on Palestinian lands and the displacement of millions of Palestinians, thousands of residents, including…
Clashes Reported in Jerusalem, Several Injured, Twenty Palestinians Kidnapped
Israel Police Superintendent, Luba Samri, stated Saturday that the police detained twenty Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem following clashes with the army and the police in several areas of the…
Army Places West Bank Under Siege
As the Palestinians prepare the mark the Nakba Day on Sunday, the Israeli authorities decided to place the West Bank under a 24-hour siege under direct orders issued by Israeli…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Settler Fire In East Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported Saturday that Milad Sa’id Ayyash, 17, died of wounds suffered Friday during clashes with the Israeli police in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem.…
Activists Travelling To Weekly Bil’in Protest Blocked by Israeli troops
Roads were blocked to activists travelling Friday to the weekly anti-wall protest in the town of Bil’in. The Israeli military blocked all roads going into the town as a means…
34 Palestinians abducted, teen shot in East Jerusalem protests
In protests against Israeli settlement expansion in the Silwan and Ras al-Amud neighborhoods of East Jerusalem Friday, Israeli police assaulted demonstrators with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, abducting 34…
Bil’in Villagers Protest Againt The Wall To Mark The Nakba
Three civilians were injured in the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as the villagers carried out their weekly anti-wall protest. As is the case…
This Week in Palestine week 19 2011
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22 Wounded One Critically in The Weekly Nonviolent Protest in Nabi Saleh
A large march started after the Friday prayers midday towards the construction site of the new settlement Israel is building on the land of the villagers of Nabi Saleh near…
PCHR Weekly Report: ‘Palestinian Dies Of Earlier Wounds; 3 Non-violent Protesters Wounded This Week’
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 05– 11 May 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Alleging Security Concerns, Egypt Demands Cancellation Of “The Return March”
The Ministry of Interior in Egypt demanded organizers of the Return March to cancel their May 15 “The Return Procession” to Gaza, due to what it called the “current delegate…
Haniyya: “We Created An Outstanding Security Agency, We Will Not Allow Chaos”
Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated Thursday that the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip managed to create a leading and an outstanding security agency…
Marking The Nakba Day On May 15, Egyptians Plan To March To Gaza
As the Palestinians prepare to mark the Nakba (Catastrophe) Day on May 15, thousands of Egyptians are said to be preparing to march to the Gaza Strip to challenge the…
Italian, Malaysian, Activists Arrive In Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that Italian and Malaysian human rights activists arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt. The…
PCBS: “More Than 7000 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Fire In 10 Years”
On Thursday, The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) issued a report stating that more than 7000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories…
Egyptian Embassy To Reopen In Gaza Soon
Egyptian sources stated Thursday that the Egyptian embassy in Gaza will soon reopen and to start usual operations, the Quds Press reported.The embassy will officially open after a high profile…
Palestine Today 05 12 2011
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Extensive Human Rights Abuses noted in B’Tselem report
A report from Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem was released Thursday documenting the extensive abuse of power by the occupying Israeli military in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea area…
Bethlehem Marks al-Nakba
Bethlehem today marked al Nakba with a march through the town centre and speeches by local organisers and youth.The march was well attended by local school students; schools shut early…
B’Tselem: “Israel Exploits Water Resources From The Palestinians”
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), reported that Israel is heavily exploiting water resources in the Jordan Valley despite the fact that most of…