This Week in Palestine week 17 2011
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PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces wound 8 people; abduct 17, including 9 children, this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21 – 27 April 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Palestine Today 04 28 2011
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 4 m 05s || 3.74 MB || The United States issued a statement on Wednesday denouncing the provisional unity deal…
Gush Shalom Welcomes Reconciliation Agreement Between Hamas and Fateh
The Israeli Human Rights group, Gush Shalom, issued a press statement on Thursday welcoming the reconciliation agreement between the two Palestinian rival groups Hamas and Fateh in Cairo on Wednesday.Former…
In Light Of Palestinian Unity Deal, U.S. Threatens To Cut Aid To P.A.
The United States issued a statement on Wednesday denouncing the provisional unity deal signed between the rival Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Hamas movement. The U.S. said…
Settlers Attack Farmers Near Salfit, Several Wounded
Palestinian sources in Salfit, in the central West Bank, reported Wednesday that a group of at least ten armed Israeli settlers violently attacked several farmers in Wadi Qana, near Salfit,…
Egyptian Protesters Demand Severing Ties With Israel
Dozens of Egyptians held a protest in front on the Israeli Embassy on Wednesday demanding the Egyptian government to sever ties with Israel, and to stop exporting natural gas to…
Six Palestinians, Detained By Egypt, Allowed Back Into Gaza
The Egyptian Authorities allowed on Wednesday evening six Palestinians who were in Egyptian prisons to return to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal. Imad Al Sayyid, spokesperson of…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Stores In Hebron
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers hurled, on Wednesday at dawn, Molotov cocktails at several Palestinian stores in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing fire in four…
Netanyahu Slams Palestinian Unity Deal
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, denounced on Wednesday the draft agreement of Palestinian unity, and added that “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chose peace with Hamas instead…
Palestinian Factions Welcome Fateh-Hamas Draft Unity Deal
Palestinian factions welcomed on Wednesday a draft unity deal that was signed in Cairo on Wednesday between the rival Fateh and Hamas movements, and expressed hopes that the four years…
Palestine Today 04 27 2011
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Rival Palestinian Factions Reach Reconciliation Agreement
Hamas and Fatah sign a reconciliation draft agreement in Cairo Egypt Wednesday evening following rounds of talks, with hope to end a four-year internal unrest in the Palestinian Territories, Palestinian…
Palestinian Embassy In Algeria Confirms Three Palestinians Tried To Assassinate Ambassador
The Palestinian Embassy in Algeria confirmed Wednesday that three Palestinians, wielding knives, attempted to assassinate the Palestinian ambassador, Hussein Abdul-Khaleq, this last Monday, the Al Quds newspaper reported.In its statement,…
Egyptian Pipeline Attacked Near Al Arish
Unknown persons detonated, on Wednesday at dawn, that a pipeline that transports natural Gas from Egypt to Jordan and Israel. The explosion took place at near the Al Arish Egyptian…
Turkey Warns Israel Against Attacking Upcoming Solidarity Flotilla
As peace activists and human rights groups prepare for sailing to Gaza next month, Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, warned Israel against a new attack against the flotilla, similar to…
Israeli Sewage Dumped In Palestinian Village Known For Anti-settlement Protests
The Palestinian town of Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank, was flooded with sewage from a nearby settlement on Tuesday, according to local eyewitnesses and officials. Locals say that…
Gaza Aid Flotilla Prepares For Launch; Israel Plans Response
Almost one year after a flotilla of humanitarian aid ships was attacked by Israeli naval forces, killing nine activists, a coalition of aid groups from around the world say they…
Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Khan Younis
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday morning that several Israeli armored vehicles carried out a limited invasion into an area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Troops Invade Tulkarem
A large force of Israeli military invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem Wednesday morning, Palestinian security sources reported.The source said, a number of military vehicles entered the city…
Palestine Today 04 26 2011
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Abbas says Obama disappointed the Palestinians
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says U.S. President Barak Obama gave us hope then abandoned us midway. Abbas’ comments were published in an interview with the American “Newsweek” magazine. Abbas said…
Germany Will Not Support Palestinian Statehood Declaration
Despite ongoing diplomatic talks and efforts carried out by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his teams, Germany announced it will not be supporting the Palestinian intentions to declare statehood this…
Settlers Attack Homes, Smash Windshield Of Palestinian Car Near Hebron
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that a group of extremist settlers attacked a number of Palestinian homes near the Keryat Arba’ illegal…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Children In East Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Monday morning that a group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers attacked, on Sunday evening, a group of Palestinian children in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Palestine…
Health Condition Of Child, Wounded Friday, Deteriorates
Medical sources at the Palestine Medical Center In Ramallah reported on Monday morning that the child, who was hit by a gas bomb fired by the army last Friday, was…
13-year old boy among five Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers on Sunday
Several groups of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian with rocks on Sunday, mainly in the Nablus area in the northern West Bank. At least five were wounded, including a 13-year old…
Palestinian Prime Minister celebrates Easter with promise of return to Jerusalem
The Palestinian Prime Minister of the appointed Fateh government in the West Bank, Salam Fayyad, told Christian worshipers in Bethlehem Sunday that it would not be long before the blockade…
Settler Shot Dead Near Nablus, At Least Three Injured, One seriously
Israeli sources reported Sunday that one settler was shot and killed, and five others were injured, one seriously, after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at them at the entrance of the…
Palestinian Prisoner Challenges Arrest By Israeli Forces As ‘illegal Extradition’
A Palestinian who was abducted Friday outside of Nablus in a joint operation by Israeli military and police forces has challenged his abduction on the grounds that Israeli police were…
P.A Slams Subaru Ad, Subaru-Israel Denies Relation To The Commercial
The Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank expressed on Thursday its anger over an advertisement showing the Subaru car hitting two Palestinian children in Jerusalem with “We will see…
Video Shows Family Members Of Arrigoni Kidnappers Urging His Release
“All of the Muslims in the world are wrong, and you three are the only ones who are right?!!” pleads the father of Mahmoud Salfity, one of the kidnappers, in…
Peres Believes Israel Should Present Its Own “Peace Initiative”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Friday that Israel needs to present its own initiative for peace in the region in order to avoid being obliged to accept a deal presented…
Rafah Terminal To Be Closed Monday
The Ministry of Interior run by the Hamas-led government in Gaza, reported Friday that the Rafah Border Terminal between, Gaza and Egypt, will be closed on Monday.The Ministry stated that,…
Israeli troops attack 4 separate anti-Wall protests, injuring 16 civilians
On Friday, 16 civilians were injured and four abducted as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh, in central West Bank…
Clashes Reported In Occupied East Jerusalem, Soldier Wounded
Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported on Friday that clashes took place in Al Esawiyya and several other neighborhood in the city. One Israeli soldiers was wounded after military…
Troops Isolate Azzoun Village
Israeli soldiers isolated on Friday Azzoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and prevented all residents from entering or leaving it. Local sources reported that soldiers were…
This Week in Palestine week 16 2011
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Army Bombards Gaza, Three Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday morning that three residents were wounded when the Israeli army fired artillery shells at warehouses that were previously bombarded, near the Karni Commercial terminal,…
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…