Army Invades Awarta Village
Only a few days after Israeli soldiers concluded a military operation in Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, troops invaded the village again on Tuesday morning…
Detainee Abu Sisi Discloses Details Of His Kidnapping In Ukraine To Pchr Lawyer
On 19 February 2011, members of the national intelligence agency of Israel (Mossad) kidnapped Derar Mousa Yousef Abu Sisi, 42 while he was in the Ukraine. Mr. Abu Sisi is…
Israeli Soldier Stabbed In Haifa
Israeli sources reported that an Israeli soldier was stabbed in Jaffa city on Sunday, and that the masked assailant snatched his weapon and fled the scene.The soldier suffered moderate wounds…
Two Palestinians Shot By A Settler In Beit Ummar
Medical sources reported Monday that Ahmad Ali, 59, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is currently in a serious condition after being shot in his neck by a…
Palestine Today 03 21 2011
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PFLP-GC Claims Projectile Fire at Israel
The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command launched a projectile on Monday from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the Ma’an News Agency…
Palestinian Stabbed by Settler Near Hebron
A Palestinian farmer was stabbed by a settler whilst working his land in Tuba village near Hebron on Monday.Palestinian news sources report that Mohamed Awad was attacked by a group…
Israeli Officials Admit To Monitoring Left-wing Organizations
According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli intelligence service set up a special department several months ago to monitor groups involved in bringing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, claiming…
PLC Head Hopes To Join Abbas In His Gaza Visit
Dr. Aziz Dweik, head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), stated Saturday that he hopes that he would be able to accompany President Mahmoud Abbas in his first visit to…
Five Palestinians Wounded In Israeli Air Strikes In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians were wounded on Saturday morning when the Israeli army bombarded several areas in the Gaza Strip. Israel claimed that 48 shells were recently…
Israeli army claims Palestinian fighters fired projectile at Israeli tank in Gaza
Israeli forces operating in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Friday claim that they were attacked by Palestinian fighters, who fired an anti-tank projectile at an Israeli tank.…
US Journalist Helen Thomas: “I’m not anti-Jewish, I’m anti-Zionist”
Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, 89, who was fired last year after making controversial comments about Israel, told Playboy magazine in a feature interview that her comments were misinterpreted…
Edinburgh University Votes To Boycott Israel
The student association of Edinburgh University in Scotland voted overwhelmingly Thursday night to support a boycott of Israeli goods and services. This comes after the student association, which represents all…
Clashes Takes Place In Silwan
Clashes took place on Friday between dozens of Palestinian residents on Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Several residents and one Israeli officer, were injured.Israeli sources reported that the Border…
This Week in Palestine week 11 2011
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Six Injured, Two Kidnapped As Troops Attack West Bank Anti-wall Protests
Six civilians were injured and two were kidnapped when the Israeli army attacked the weekly anti-wall protests organized on Friday in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and an-Nabi Saleh, in…
Israel To Demolish Six Homes In East Jerusalem For Wall Construction
The Israeli Authorities handed down orders to six Bedouin families, from Al Saray’a tribe, in occupied East Jerusalem, informing them the the Jerusalem Municipality intends to demolish their homes.The new…
Hamas Denies Israeli Report On Taha
The Hamas movement denied a report said to be published by Haaretz Israeli newspaper claiming that Ayman Taha, one of Hamas’ political leaders, is involved in financial corruption and indecent…
Settlers Attack A Cab Driver Near Salfit
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Friday a Palestinian Cab driver at the Za’tara junction east of the central West Bank city of Salfit. The driver, Fathallah Bozeah, 45,…
Youth Continue to Demand National Unity in Bethlehem
Three days after thousands of Palestinian youths rallied in the West Bank and Gaza Strip demanding national unity, a group of youth continued their sit-in Bethlehem’s Manger Square. “Unity Tent”.…
PCHR Weekly Report: Two Palestinians, five Israelis killed; 40 attacks by Israeli settlers this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 10-16 March 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Netanyahu Denounces Fateh-Hamas Reconciliation Efforts
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, harshly slammed the reconciliation efforts between the rival Fateh and Hamas movements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.In an interview with the CNN,…
Children Denied Passage Through Wall Gate After Refusing Electronic Body Scan
On Wednesday and Thursday, Israeli soldiers stationed at a gate in the Annexation Wall near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, have been demanding that the students undergo electronic…
As Israel Celebrate Purim, Palestine Placed Under Siege
The Israeli army enforced a full closure on the occupied territories as Israel and its West Bank settlers celebrate the Purim holiday.Effective Thursday midnight until midnight Monday, the occupied territories…
Higher Islamic Clerk Not Allowed To Leave Country
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Elyahu Yishai, decided on Thursday to prevent Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Committee in Jerusalem, from leaving the country for six months. Yishai…
Jewish Official Stopped By Police Because He Looked Arab
Israeli Ynet News reported that a Jewish man, member of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Council was stopped by a policewomen who racially profiled him as an Arab. The man described…
Lebanon Dismantles Israeli Spy System
A statement released by the Lebanese Army revealed that an Israeli surveillance system was uncovered and dismantled on Thursday in Sahmaa town, near Tyr in southern Lebanon.The system was in…
Palestine Today 03 17 2011
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Palestinian nearly beaten to death in attack by Israeli settlers
On Thursday afternoon, a 31-year old man named Sami, from Ytima village, was attacked and beaten severely by a group of eight Israeli settlers. He was taken to a hospital…
6 Trees Cut Down in at-Tuwani. Settlers Accused of the Attack
Villagers from at-Tuwani, in the southern West Bank region, discovered, on Wednesday, that olive groves belonging to residents of the village had been attacked, with six trees destroyed. Residents believe…
Israeli Military Withdraws From Awarta. Damage, Theft, Assaults Reported
The Israeli military withdrew, on Wednesday, from the village of Awarta, near Nablus following it’s imposition of four days of curfew.The military’s action were in response to the murder of…
Egypt Uncovers Israeli Spy Network
Egypt announced Wednesday that it managed to uncover a spy network working for Israel on Egyptian soil, and that its intelligence services are trying to locate two Israelis and one…
Abbas: “Israel Rushes To Blame The Palestinians For Itamar Killings Before Truth Is Even Known”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Wednesday that Israel always rushes to blame the Palestinians, and rushed to blame them for the brutal murder of a Jewish family in Itamar settlement,…
Facebook Activist Charged With Incitement And “Humiliating Public Employee”
A Palestinian Facebook activist from Sakhnin, north of the country, was kidnapped by the Israeli police on Wednesday and was placed under interrogation on charges of “inciting violence, and humiliating…
Army Bombards Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired on Wednesday evening several artillery shells at an area surrounding the eastern Al Shuhada Graveyard, east of Gaza city; damage was reported, no injuries.Local sources reported that…
Soldiers Abuse A Palestinian Company Guard Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers broke on Wednesday morning into a tower that belongs to the National Cellular Phone Company in Jenin, attacked and detained the guard forcing him to remove his shirt…
Jewish organizations endorse boycott of Israel
Around twenty Jewish organizations, and a number of prominent Jewish individuals, including several Holocaust survivors, have signed on to a letter published by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network this week…
Fisherman Wounded By Israeli Navy Fire
Palestinian medical sources reported that a local fisherman was shot and wounded on Wednesday at noon by Israeli navy fire near the Gaza shore. The sources added that the navy…
Two Palestinians Killed As Army Bombards Gaza Village
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Air Force bombarded on Wednesday morning a location for the Palestinian National Security Forces, north of Al Mighraqa village…
Palestine Today 03 16 2011
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Abbas Says Ready To Head To Gaza For Talks
Mahmoud Abbas has stated, on Wednesday, that he is willing to travel to the Gaza Strip to meet with Ismail Haniyya of Hamas, in an attempt to restart the stalled…
Popular Rally Calls for Palestinian Unity in Nablus
Over 1,500 Palestinians took to the streets of Nablus, on Tuesday, urging for national unity and an end of internal division, in tandem with thousands of pro-unity protesters in the…
Tens Of Thousands Rally In Gaza Calling For National Unity
Rallies organized by a grassroots youth movement in Palestine took place all over the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The largest such rally was in Gaza City, involving…
Hamas Accuses Ma’an Agency Of Publishing Falsified Reports
Hamas spokesperson in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, slammed the Ma’an News Agency for, what he called, “publishing false reports that proved it is biased towards the Fatah…
Haniyya Calls On Abbas To Visit Gaza, Start National Unity Talks
Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, called Tuesday on Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to visit the Gaza Strip and initiate comprehensive unity talks.Haniyya said that…
Settler Opens Fire At Palestinian Vehicle Near Hebron
Palestinian sources reported, Tuesday, that an armed Israeli settler opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle driving near the entrance of Bani Neim town, south of Hebron, in the southern part…
Palestine Today 03 15 2011
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Hundreds Protest for Unity in Ramallah
Hundreds of protesters came together, on Tuesday, in Ramallah’s al-Manara Square to call for the end of political division, and a united stance for all Palestinians against the Israeli occupation…
Palestinian Non-violent Organizer Released From Prison
Abdullah Abu Rahme, a Palestinian organizer of the weekly non-violent demonstrations in Bil’in village, in the central West Bank, was released from prison on Monday after serving a 16-month sentence…
Palestinian youth plan peaceful protests for internal unity on Tuesday
Tuesday, March 15, is the day set for massive popular protests in Palestine, a date set by a number of activist groups and the Youth for the End of Internal…
Leftist PPP Will Not Be Part Of New Appointed Government
Secretary-General of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP), Bassam Salhi, stated Monday that the PPP will not join the new interim government that is expected to be declared soon by…
Awarta Village Under Full Closure Since Saturday; Scandinavian Activists Trapped
Israeli forces have maintained a closure of the village of Awarta for the last three days, preventing all residents from leaving their homes, with no indication as to when the…
Palestine Today 003 14 2011
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The killing of children is a horrific, despicable act
What kind of sick person would kill children asleep in their beds? What sadistic, twisted logic would ever make someone think its ok to murder children? There is no justification,…
Israeli Government Approves 500 New Settler Homes As Punishment For Murder Of Family
After alleged reports that a Palestinian murdered five Israeli settlers, including a baby and two small children, in their beds Friday night, the Israeli government announced that 500 new units…
Itamar: This Violence Can Not Be Supported
Although I do not support violent means of resistance, I do not find that they de-legitimize the struggle of any oppressed group, nor do they sanctify the oppressor. With that…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Homes Near Nablus. Attacks Reported In Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers attacked late on Saturday at night and early Sunday at dawn dozens of Palestinian homes in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city…
Israeli forces abduct 20 Palestinians for interrogation following murder of settler family
After the stabbing deaths of five family members, including an 11-year old, 4-year old, and 3-month old baby on Friday night in the northern West Bank, Israeli troops set up…
Fayyad Denounces Stabbing That Led To The Death Of Settler Family
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, strongly denounced that stabbing attack that was carried out in Itamar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to the death…
Report: Palestinian Allegedly Stabs Five Israelis To Death, Including Baby, In West Bank Settlement
Israeli sources reported that an unknown assailant, presumed to be Palestinian, attacked a family of Israeli settlers in their house in Itamar settlement late Friday night. Israeli authorities have called…
This Week in Palestine week 10 2011
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P.A. Security Arrest Three Hamas Members in Nablus
The Ma’an News Agency reported, on Friday, that Palestinian Authority security forces detained three members of the Hamas party in the West Bank in pre-dawn raids.Hamas stated that the raids…
UN Believes Engineer Kidnapped In Ukraine, Held By Israel
The United Nations believes that a Palestinian Engineer, who lived in Gaza and worked as a senior engineer at the Gaza Power Plant, and went missing in Ukraine more than…
PCHR Weekly Report:7 Palestinian civilians wounded by Israeli soldiers and settlers this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 03-09 Mar. 2011, 7 Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded by…
Ayalon: “Israel Will Absolve Itself From All Peace Deals Should the P.A. Announce State”
Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, Danni Ayalon, threatened that should the Palestinian Authority declare a Palestinian state without reaching a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel, Tel Aviv will absolve itself from…
Fateh Rejects A Document Presented By Hamas “To End Internal Divisions”
After the Hamas movement presented a document that was described as a new initiative to achieve internal Palestinian unity, the rival Fatah movement rejected it and said that Hamas is…
An undercurrent of discontent surfaces
When I am in Palestine, I work as a volunteer reporter for the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC). My job is to read and edit English translations of news…
An undercurrent of discontent surfaces
When I am in Palestine, I work as a volunteer reporter for the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC). My job is to read and edit English translations of news…
Palestine Today 03 10 2011
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Israeli authorities allow settlers to occupy Palestinian Home
Israeli authorities decided, last week, that settlers will take over part of a Palestinian home in East Jerusalem, local sources reported.Based on a decision issued by an Israeli court last…
Four Youths Arrested in Silwan
Israeli forces raided homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan Wednesday at dawn, and arrested four youths. The raids and arrests took place in the regions of Al-Ein Fawqa…
Denmark Upgrades Palestinian Representation to Mission
Denmark will upgrade the status of Palestinian delegation to the level of a mission, news agencies informed on Thursday. Danish Prime Minister, Lars Lakke Rasmussen, announced on Wednesday that the…
Five Palestinians Arrested in Husan by Israeli Military
The Israeli military arrested five Palestinians, Thursday, from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem.The Israeli military spokesperson announced the names of the five detained: Abed al-Majeed Sami Hmamreh, 18…
As Protest On Gaza Border Continues, Israeli Officials Partially Open Unused Crossing
After permanently closing the main commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip two days ago, Israeli authorities allowed 10 trucks to cross into Gaza with building materials, Wednesday morning,…
Neglected Revolution in Palestine
In Palestine, it’s called popular resistance and has been going on for years – in fact, since 1987, when Israel began occupation of Palestinian territories taken in a six day…
An Undercurrent of Discontent Surfaces
The revolution that surprised many people would come as no surprise to anyone who comes and takes time to listen to the “real” people. Israel’s undemocratic policies supported by the…
Palestine Today 03 09 2011
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Al-Arakib Demolished Yet Again
The Alternative Information Centre reports that al-Arakib village has been demolished again by Israeli forces.Four huts, which were being used for village meetings, were demolished on Monday by JNF (Jewish…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources reported that one worker was killed late on Tuesday evening in a tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources stated that…
Army Invades Several Villages Near Jenin, Kidnaps Eight Across The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn several villages east of Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank. Eight Palestinian were kidnapped across the West Bank.Eyewitnesses reported…
Lod Residents Protest Home Demolitions
Arab residents of Lod held a massive protest, on Tuesday at night, in support of Abu Eid family that lost its seven homes after the Israeli Authorities demolished them four…
Abu Mojahid Welcomes Stance Of New Egyptian Government
Spokesperson of Popular Resistance Committees, Mohammad Al Abreem (Abu Mojahid), welcomed the stances of the new Egyptian government regarding rejecting the Israeli siege on Gaza and the necessity to lift…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, issues a press release stating that one of its fighters was killed in what was described “a mission in…
Israeli Prime Minister Vows To Maintain Military Occupation Of Jordan Valley
During a tour around the eastern West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to keep the Israeli military presence on the eastern border of the West…
Army Does Not Believe It Can Contain Widespread Revolution In The West Bank
In light with the current events and protests against the ruling regimes in some Arab countries, and the latest removal of Egyptian and Tunisian presidents, the Israeli Army’s Central Command…
Neglected Revolution in Palestine
U.S. mainstream media seldom lists Palestine among countries fighting oppressive regimes. It should. A visit to the West Bank and talks with Palestinians are signs of what will come. In…
Palestine Today 03 8 2011
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Rania Khayyat – Rural Women’s Development Society
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 12 m 59s || 11.8 MB || The following interview is with Rania Khayyat, the head of public relations for…
Hitam Saafin – Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 18 m 16s || 16.7 MB || The following interview is with Hitam Saafin, the Chair of the Union of…
International Women’s Day in Palestine 2011
Tuesday marks International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women. In Palestine, rallies and conferences were organized to celebrate this day. These provided a chance and space to reflect on…
Bethlehem Celebrates International Women’s Day with Protest
To celebrate International Woman’s Day, on Tuesday, women in Bethlehem protested against the annexation wall, that divides many parts of the West Bank and annexes Palestinian owned land.Between 150 and…
Settlers Injure 3 Near Nablus
The Ma’an News Agency reports that settlers shot and injured three Palestinians in As-sawiya vilage near Nablus. Dozens of residents of the Yash Adam outpost allegedly attacked the village on…
Britain To Upgrade Palestinian Delegation To A Mission Status
British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, stated Monday that his country has decided to upgrade the status of the official Palestinian delegation in London to the level of a Mission, similar…
Israeli Seeks $20 Billion in US Aid
The Israeli government is planning to head to the United States to ask for a $20 Billion in additional military aid to “cope with the new changes in the Middle…
Gaza’s Ministry Of Detainees Calls On Egypt To Release Palestinians Prisoners
The Ministry of Detainees at the Hamas-led interim government issued a press release calling on the Egyptian government to immediately release all Palestinian detainees held in Egyptian prisons. The Ministry…
Hamas Police Detains Six Protestors In Gaza
As hundreds of residents marched, Monday, in the streets on Gaza City calling for an end to the internal Palestinian divisions and urging for unity, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian police and…
Army To Demolish Homes, Barns, Near Jenin
The Israeli Authorities handed on Monday evening eight orders for the removal of eight homes and barns that belong to residents of Barta’a Al Sharqiyya, isolated behind the Annexation Wall…
Israeli Settlers And Soldiers Attack Palestinians Near Nablus: 10 Palestinians, 1 Settler Injured
According to local sources, a large group of armed Israeli settlers invaded Qusra village, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Monday, and began uprooting olive…
Israel Constructs Electric Fence On Egypt Border
An Israeli military official based in the southern part of Israel stated Monday that the first stage of the Israeli electric fence on the Israel-Egypt borders will be accomplished soon.…
Palestinian Boy Summoned to Jerusalem Police Station
10 year old Muslim Aoudeh from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, was summoned to the Jerusalem police station for investigation on Sunday. Aoudeh was abducted, along with four other…