Nigeria Intercepts Weapons Shipment Reportedly En-route To Gaza
Nigeria announced, Tuesday, that its secret service managed to intercept 13 containers reportedly loaded with weapons that are believed to be sent from Iran to the Hamas movement in Gaza.The…
Likud Members Form Israeli ‘Tea Party’
On Sunday, the group will hold a rally at the Zionist Organization of America House in Tel Aviv, under the banner ‘Say No to Obama.’ Their objective is to push…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Children From Silwan
Palestinian sources reported, Wednesday, that Israeli soldiers and undercover units of the Israeli army kidnapped seven children in the town of Silwan, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East…
MK Hanin Zoabi Wounded By Israeli Fire
Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Haneen Zoabi, stated that she was hit by two rubber-coated bullets fired by the Israeli police during Wednesday clashes in Umm al-Fahm, after the…
Settlers Torch Hothouses Near Ramallah
A group of fundamentalist settlers torched, on Wednesday, several agricultural hothouses that belong to residents of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham villages, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Palestine Today 10 27 2010
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Israeli Army Kills a Palestinian Citizen and Injures Three in Gaza
On Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian man was killed by shrapnel fragments from an exploded artillery shell fired by Israeli tanks stationed in the town of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza…
Israeli Occupation Gunboats Attack Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza
On Wednesday at dawn, Israeli gunboats opened fire at fishing boats off the shoreline in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.A WAFA correspondent reported that an Israeli gunboat opened…
Israeli Police Car Kills Palestinian Child
Israeli sources reported that on Tuesday night, a Palestinian boy from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, was killed by an Israeli police car that ran over him in…
Israeli Public Prosecution Postpones Sentencing Fatah Official
The Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli public prosecution has postponed sentencing Hatem Abd al-Qader, an official in charge of the Jerusalem Folder in the Fatah…
Israeli Soldiers Confiscate Heavy Equipment During Invasion of Beit Fajjar
Kamel Hamash, head of the local council, confirmed on Wednesday morning, that a number of Israeli army soldiers confiscated a bulldozer and other equipment belonging to a citizen from the…
Israeli Army Ransacks Homes; Detains Palestinians in Nablus
The Palestinian News Agency Ma’an, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army detained five Palestinians from the villages of Madama and Beta in the southern part of Nablus.Local sources stated…
Extremist Settlers To March In Umm al-Fahm
Under police protection, right-wing extremists intend to march in the town of Umm al-Fahm, in the north of Israel to demand the expulsion of Arabs from the country and to…
Bardaweel Denies Secret Talks with Israel
Salah Bardaweel, a prominent political leader of the Hamas movement, denied an Israeli report claiming that Hamas and Israel are holding talks on a prisoner-swap deal. Bardaweel added that the…
U.N. Envoy Demands Israel Act Against Settler Violence
U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, demanded Israel act against the escalating attacks carried out by Jewish settlers against Palestinian farmers and their olive trees.…
Palestine Today 10 26 2010
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Study Reveals Israel Among the Most Corrupt Countries
A study released by the International Transparency Organization on Tuesday, found Israel to be among the most corrupt countries in the Western World. The 2010 study ranked 178 countries. A…
Israeli Troops Kidnap 6 Palestinians in Jerusalem
The Israeli army abducted, on Tuesday morning, six Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem claiming they were hurling stones at Israeli police vehicles. The detainees were taken to al-Maskobeya detention and interrogation…
Netanyahu Considering Three Months Freeze On Settlements
The Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to weigh the possibility of offering a three-month freeze on settlement activities in order to give peace…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians from Hebon
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning, five Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, after first invading and searching…
Palestinian Legislator Sentenced to Six Months
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced Palestinian Legislator Hatem Qfeisha of the Hamas’ Change and Reform Bloc, to six month in administrative detention without presenting any charges against him. Qfeisha,…
Rightist Settlers Paint Slogans Praising Kahane in Jaffa
On Tuesday morning, the slogan ‘Kahane Tzadak’ (Kahane was right) was found written on the walls of restaurants, stores and on the walls of the Latin church in Jaffa City.According…
Two Palestinians Killed By Power Surge in Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were killed on Monday evening due to a power surge at a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israel Hands 231 Orders Targeting Arab Homes In Jerusalem
Local sources in Jerusalem reported Monday that the Israeli Authorities handed 231 demolition orders on Monday targeting Arab and Palestinian homes in several neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. The orders…
Hamas Minister: “We Will Liberate Akka And Haifa”
Israeli sources reported that Hamas Interior Minister of the dissolved government in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, stated that Hamas will liberate Akka and Haifa, and that armies from different parts of…
Palestine Today 10 25 2010
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Abbas Visits the Restoration Works of the Nativity Church
On Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the site of restorations being carried out on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Abbas said that he was happy to see…
Israeli soldiers kidnap Palestinians from the West Bank
The Israeli army abducted,on monday morning, twelve Palestinians from Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilya and Jenin in the West Bank.Israeli soldiers abducted Nidal Hasanat,19, and Mo’tasem al-‘Essa,16, from al-Dheisheh Refugee Camp. On…
Israeli Military Abducts 4 Palestinians, Burns The Holy Quran
On monday morning, Israeli soldiers burned and tore up the holy Quran during the invasion of the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya. They, kidnapped three Palestinians, two of whom…
The Annual Hajj to Mecca Ready to Begin
Beginning Thursday, Muslim Palestinians from the West Bank will start the annual pilgrimage to Mecca via the Allenby Bridge on the West Bank’s border with Jordan. The Palestinian Authority crossings…
Court Decides To Keep Sa’adat in Solitary Confinement For an Additional Six Months
An Israeli court decided to keep the imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in solitary confinement for an additional six months. Ahmad Sa’adat will…
Ancient Mosque Vandalized by Rightist Israelis in Nazareth Area
On Sunday, vandals attacked an ancient mosque in Ma’alul village near Nazareth, inside Israel. They removed the stones and spray-painted slogans of the Israeli settler movement on the walls. According…
Israeli Troops Invade Hebron & Neighboring Towns
On Monday mornin, the Israeli military invaded the towns of al-Samu’, Halhol, Beit al-Rosh, Sa’er, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawar Refugee Camp near Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The…
Army Prepares For The Possibility Of Not Invading P.A Areas At Will
After the United States reportedly backed a request by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, the Israeli army is preparing for potentially not being able to invade P.A. controlled…
Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, an area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources reported that the army fired rounds of live…
Israeli Soldiers Continue Their Facebook Displays
The Israeli Walla News Website published, on Sunday, several pictures by Israeli soldiers on Facebook showing “memories” while humiliating Palestinians during the war on Gaza. The Website said that the…
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel says non-Jews born only to serve Jews
On Saturday, the spiritual leader of the right-wing Israeli ‘Shas’ movement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, made a speech to followers in which he compared non-Jews to donkeys, and said that they…
Army Installs Two Roadblocks Near Salfit
On Sunday afternoon,Israeli soldiers installed two military roadblocks at the crossroads of the town of Hares and at the entrance of the town of Deir Estia, near the West Bank…
Israeli Break Into Houses, Kidnaps 3, Inluding 2 Children, In Hebron
On Saturday morning, Israeli troops kidnapped a Palestinian man and twp children from Hebron,in the southern part of the West Bank, and handed citizens orders to head to the nearest…
Israeli military prevents UN from building new schools in Gaza; 40,000 students without schools
Nearly two years after the devastating Israeli invasion of Gaza that left 1400 dead and over 30,000 families without homes, many of the schools that were destroyed in the invasion…
Settlers Attack Dozens of Protestors, Spray Them With Wastewater
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday a group of nonviolent protestors who demanded Israel to reopen the Al Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of…
Extremists Settlers Assualt Arab Students In Safad
On Friday midnight, a group of extremist settlers hurled stones at students dorms, at the Academics College of Safad, in the Galilee.The Arab students resisted the extremists until the arrival…
Army Abducts Two Palestinians, Invade Homes In Hebron
On Saturday morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and broke into houses of members of the National Committee Against Settlements.Mohammad Awad, Media…
Settlers Uproot 40 Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers uprooted on Saturday at least 40 olive trees in Al Lubban Al Sharqiyya village, south the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Resident Akram…
Settlers Desecrate Graves Near Nablus
Israeli settlers desecrated a number of graves near Kufr Qaddoum village, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and wrote graffiti on the walls of a number of Palestinian…
Falk: “Settlement Construction Makes Peace Seem Like A Mirage”
United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur, Professor Richard Falk, stated that Israel’s ongoing settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem makes the ultimate goal of an…
This Week in Palestine week 42 2010
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15 Injured; Homes Burned by Israeli troops in attack on Nabi Saleh Protest
On Friday, at least 15 civilians were injured and three homes were burned by the Israeli military during the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Nabi Saleh in…
Three Civilians Injured in Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
The weekly non-violent anti-wall protest in the West Bank village of Bil’in ended with two adults and one child injured by Israeli forces, who attacked the protesters with so-called ‘non-lethal…
Man Dies in Gaza After Falling into Smuggling Tunnel
On Friday, 20-year-old Ahmad Maher Abu Tu’eimah from southern Gaza died after falling into a tunnel, near Salah El-Deen gate in Rafah.According to Gaza medical services spokesman, Adham Abu Silmiyya,…
Moratinos: ‘I Regret Leaving Without Seeing Peace in Palestine’
The former Foreign Minister of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos, who was replaced on Wednesday by Trinidad Jimenez, told the media that, despite the efforts, he has been unable to achieve…
Israel Considers Unilateral Moves
Israeli officials are considering declaring unilateral steps if the Palestinian leadership of Mahmoud Abbas implements its vows to walk out of the negotiations and seek international recognition of a Palestinian…
New Electronic Checkpoints to Replace Soldiers in the West Bank
Some new “soldier-free” checkpoints will replace ordinary checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank beginning next year.According to Israeli YNetNews.com, a military source reported that under the new system, entry…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Five Citizens From Towns Near Hebron
On Friday morning, the Israeli military abducted five Palestinian citizens from the towns of Beit Umar and Beit ‘Awa near Hebron.Local sources in Hebron reported that the Israeli military invaded…
More Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at night the Al Tour neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of residents. Local sources reported that the soldiers invaded the neighborhood…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 killed, 3 wounded, 13 abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 14– 20 October 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Artery Of Life Makes It Into Gaza
Participants of the Artery of Life (Viva Palestina 5) solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon via the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and…
The Changing Character Of East Jerusalem Is An Obstacle To Peace
The possibility of a viable two-state solution being eroded by settlement expansion, Palestinian home demolitions and deportationsMary Robinson, Ela Bhatt and Jimmy Carter are in the Middle East to encourage…
Palestine Today 10 21 2010
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Turkish Government Denies Direct Support to Gaza Flotilla
The Israeli government reported Thursday that documents found in one of the laptops confiscated by the Israeli Defense Forces suggest that the flotilla organizers received assistance from the Turkish government…
Israeli Military Bulldoze Lands in Hebron
Israeli bulldozers began, on Thursday morning, clearing large areas of Palestinian land in the region of al-Bok’a, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Badran Jaber reported to Palestine News…
Center Reports on Israeli Abuse of Children
The Palestinian, Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights published, on Thursday, new reports about Israeli abuse and random detention of Palestinian children and their parents in the town of…
Israeli Military Abducts Two, Distrupts Many Near Hebron
The Israeli army, on Thursday morning, abducted two Palestinian citizens after invading their houses and ransacking their contents in the town of Beit Ummar north of Hebron. The citizens were…
The West Bank Ready For a New Airport
According to Palestinian News Network, the Palestinian Authority is ready to start the construction of a new international airport, east of Jerusalem.On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority said that the project…
Rate Of Israeli Settlement Construction Quadrupled In Last Month
At least 500 new buildings have been constructed since Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, lifted the partial hold on new permits that was in place for six months prior to…
Clinton: ‘Two-State Solution Still Possible’
On Wednesday, at an annual gala of the American Taskforce for Palestine in Washington D.C., United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said that Israelis and Palestinians have not abandoned…
Two Wounded in Gaza Strip Collecting Scrap Metal
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday, that two residents who work in the collection of scrap metal were wounded when the Israeli army opened fire at them in northern Gaza.One…
Settlers Escalate Attacks Against Olive Orchards. 2,500 Trees Torched In One Week
On Wednesday afternoon, a group of extremist Jewish settlers from Bracha illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked Palestinian villagers, cut and burned trees and injured…
Convoy Of Hope Arrives In Tunisia
The Convoy of Hope, having departed from London on October 10th, arrived in Tunisia via Algeria on Wednesday, October 20th. It is heading to Gaza to deliver urgently needed humanitarian…
Palestine Today 10 202010
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Netanyahu Agrees With Rabin’s Approach
At the 15th anniversary memorial of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed: ‘I am a partner to Rabin’s approach that we must always continue pushing for…
Israeli settlers set fire to a school in Nablus
On Wednesday, a girl’s school in the Nablus district village of As-Sawiya was attached and torched by a group of Israeli settlers. According to the headmistress, Maysoon Sawalha, the settlers…
Israili Military Invades Ethna Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the town of Ithna, north-west of Hebron and searched the house of Abed al-Qaisi and many other houses.Furthermore, the Israeli military installed a blockade…
Two Detainees Start Their Twenty-Fifth Year in Israeli Jails
The Palestinian national committee for supporting detainees stated, on Wednesday, that two detainees, Ibraheeb A’layan, 45, detained on October 10th,1986 and Sameer Abu Ne’mehn, 50, detained on October 20th,1986, both…
Israeli Settlers Attack Olive Pickers In Nablus
On Wednesday morning, a citizen from the village of Burin, south of Nablus, was wounded by Israeli settlers who attacked him with sharp objects while he was picking olives.Local sources…
Palestinian Legislator Released After 54 Months Imprisonment
Palestinian Legislator of the Hamas affiliated Change and Reform Bloc, Ali Romanim, was released on Tuesday evening from an Israeli detention center after spending 54 months in detention. Romanim, one…
Netanyahu Orders to Redraft the Israeli Loyalty Oath
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change in his controversial amendment to the Citizenship Act, so that the loyalty oath would also apply to Jews immigrating to Israel. On…
Viva Palestina 5 Sails Towards Egypt
Viva Palestina 5 humanitarian flotilla sailed, on Wednesday at dawn ,from the Lathiqiyya Syrian Port, headed for the Al Arish Egyptian port. The flotilla is on its way to the…
Palestinian Tour Guides Angered By Proposed Jerusalem Plan To Deny Them Permits
Tourism in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is an extremely political issue. The narrative given by tour guides shapes the views of visitors to the area, and the Israeli…
Clashes Reported East of Khan Younis, Gaza
Palestinian sources reported, Wednesday morning, that clashes took place between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers near the Kissufim Israeli military post, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
Elderly Man Wounded By Military Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Wednesday morning, that a 65-year-old man was wounded by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers stationed near the Sofa Crossing east of Rafah, in the…
Army Demolishes Four Structure in Bat Ayin Settlement
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers demolished four structures that had been illegally built by Jewish settlers in the Bat Ayin settlement. The illegal settlement is located near the Etzion settlement…
Rabbis Issue Letter Urging Jewish Landlords to Refuse Palestinian Tenants
Eighteen prominent Israeli rabbis recently issued an open letter calling on Jews to refuse to rent or sell property to Arabs, and to ostracize any Jew who rents or sells…
Palestine Today 10 19 2010
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Netanyahu: “Demolition of Outposts Carries Political Implications”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netenyahu, is still wary of razing six West Bank outposts waiting for demolition since 2004, while the High Court deliberates the case against the state.On Tuesday,…
Israeli Settlers Torch Olive Trees near Bethlehem
On Tuesday afternoon, Beitar Illit settlers torched a number of olive trees that belong to residents of the village of Husan.The settlement of Beitar Illit is located between the villages…
Israeli Settler Runs Over A Palestinian Man Near Bethlehem
On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli settler is alleged to have deliberately ran over a young Palestinian man from the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, and fled the scene.Tayseer Abu…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap a Citizen From Beit Umar
The Israeli military abducted, on Tuesday morning, Ayyad Bregheth, 20 years old, from the town of Beit Umar, located between Bethlehem and Hebron.Security sources reported that the Israeli army conducted…
Israeli Settlers Invade al-Makkam Near Nablus
On Monday night after midnight, Israeli settlers invaded Al Maqam village near Nablus, in the northern West Bank.Security sources reported that dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Al Maqam and withdrew…
Erdogan Says He Will Not Participate In Athens Conference If Netanyahu Attends
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he will not participate in the Climate Conference in Athens if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends it. In an interview with…
Incidents of Violence Continue During the Olive Harvest
According to the Israeli internal defense establishment, the current olive harvest has been the most violent of the last several years, due to fact that trees on both sides have…
P.A. To Submit Resolution To U.N. Calling For Settlement Evacuation
As Israeli settlers throughout the West Bank launch a construction blitz following a partial freeze, the Palestinian Authority has drafted a resolution to put to the United Nations Security Council…
Saudi Paper: “Netanyahu Agrees To Release Barghouthi In A Swap Deal”
The Saudi newspaper, al-Madina, reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to release detained Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi as part of a prisoner-swap deal for the release of captured…
Five Peaceful Protesters Wounded By Israeli Military In Silwan
Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs at dozens of Palestinian protestors in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem. At least five residents were wounded…
Israeli Settler Sewage Floods Beit Ommar Land
Thousands of liters of raw sewage from the illegal Gush Etzion settlement flooded over 50 dunams of Palestinian farmland in the village of Beit Ommar last night. The sewage was…
Remembering Furkan Dogan
Furkan Dogan. I’m going to say Furkan Dogan so often that it will sound, as it rightly should, just as ‘American’ as John Smith or Bill Jones. Furkan Dogan was…
Palestine Today 10 18 2010
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Netanyahu Calls Settlement Expansion Trivial
On Monday, during a Likud meeting in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that only a small percentage of settlements have added construction. “The additions are trivial and…
Israeli Army Abducts Four Citizens From Hebron
The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, four Palestinian citizens from different areas in Hebron, surrounded a mosque and errected many barriers in the region.Security sources reported to Palestine News…
Medical Supplies en Route to Gaza
On Monday, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health sent 17 truckloads of medicine and supplies to the Gaza Strip. According to the Minister of Health, Fathi Abu Moghli, the goods…