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…
Israel Delayed a Summit of Regional Leaders in Paris
Palestinian Authority Spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudaineh, said that the decision to delay a regional summit in Paris was made by Israel to avoid revealing its rejection of peace negotiations.On Saturday,…
Soldiers Kidnap A Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, Legislator Hatim Qfeisha, 49, after breaking into his home in Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.His family…
20 Palestinians Injured In Jerusalem Clashes
Palestinian medical sources report that at least 20 Palestinians were injured, on Sunday night, during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers and policemen in the town of Silwan in…
Abbas: “Netanyahu Told Me He Cannot Extend Settlement Freeze’
During a TV Interview with Israel’s Channel 1, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him that he cannot extend the freeze on settlement activities…
Soldiers Attack Protestors in East Jerusalem
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian protestors in the El Ein and Wadi Hilwa neighborhoods of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem. Local sources reported that dozens of residents held protests…
Bulldozer Driver And Ground Commander To Testify In Corrie Trial
The following is a press release from the Rachel Corrie Foundation For Peace And Justice, quoted in full.The military commander in charge of the unit on the ground and the…
Israeli Inquiry Calls on Flotilla Attack Witnesses to Testify
After promising, on multiple occasions, to arrest any participants in the humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, Israeli officials have now made an ‘open call’ to those same participants to testify…
Palestinian Dies of Wounds Sustained in October 7th Israeli Airstrike
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed one Palestinian and wounded five has claimed a second victim, as 22-year-old Muhammad Hisham Zaqout succumbed to his wounds in a Gaza City…
Mousa Slams Israel´s New Construction Plan
Arab League Secretary-General Amro Mousa slammed the new Israeli plan to construct more settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem.Mousa said that the Israeli plan is provocative and contradicts all efforts…
The Elders Visit Gaza; Call for Lifting Blockade
Mary Robinson, Ela Bhatt and Lakhdar Brahimi say the isolation of Gaza is not only illegal collective punishment, but also an impediment to peace. President Carter will join his fellow…
Israeli settlers begin new settlement expansion outside Jenin
In spite of a statement by US officials on Friday, expressing disappointment in Israel’s decision to continue expanding settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, construction on existing settlements and…
This Week in Palestine week 41 2010
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Many Protesters Suffer From Tear Gas During The Weekly Non-violent Protest In Nil’in
Many suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalition during the weekly non-violent demonstration against the wall in the village of Nil’in, near the centrel West Bank.Residents of the village…
Detainees in Nafha prison Attacked by Israeli Military
Detainees in Nafha prison reported to the ‘Wa’ed’ society for detainees and ex-detainees that Israeli military invaded, on Friday afternoon, the Nafha prison and attacked detainees.The society confirmed that clashes…
Israeli Occupation Set Up Roadblocks In Jenin
The Israeli army erected, on Friday afternoon, a roadblock at the entrance of the town of ‘Aja, south of Jenin, and hindered the movement of palestinian citizens.Palestinian Security Sources reported…
Jimmy Carter Will Visit The Occupied Palestinian Territories, Beginning On Saturday
The trip will be the second collective visit by The Elders, a group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, who are also going to travel to Egypt, Syria, Jordan…
Soldiers Install Roadblocks In Hebron
The Israeli soldiers installed, on Friday morning, several roadblocks at the main entrances leading to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched Palestinian vehicles and inspected the ID cards…
Israel Declares Bids For New Construction In Jerusalem
The Israeli Housing Ministry announced bids for the construction of 240 settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Friday that the bids are for units in…
Settlers Attack Olive Pickers In Nablus
Israeli settlers attacked, on Friday morning, Palestinian olive pickers, and fired rounds of live ammunition at them, near the village of ‘Azmout, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Approximately…
Egypt Decides To Prevent A Number of Hamas Leaders From Crossing Through
The Egyptian Authorities informed a number of Hamas political leaders that they will not be allowed to cross into Egypt on their way for pilgrimage to Mecca. Hamas spokesperson, Dr.…
Gheit: ‘Arab nations may ask U.N. to recognize Palestinian state if settlements continue’
The Arab League’s monitoring committee decided last week to consider alternatives to negotiations On Friday, the Egyptian foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said that Arab nations may seek recognition of…
Viva Palestina 5 Likely To Sail To Egypt Sunday
Zaher Beerawy, spokesperson of the Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy stated that the flotilla will likely leave the Syrian port of al-Lathiqiyya on Sunday instead of Friday, the originally planned…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 5 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 07– 13 October 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
P.A. Official: “Israel Changing Jerusalem’s Demography”
Ahmad Roweidy, head of the Jerusalem Unit at the Palestinian President’s office, stated that the Israeli government is escalating what he called “the demographic war” in Jerusalem in order to…