Israel Accuses Two Palestinian Community Leaders Of Spying For Hezbollah
Two Palestinian community leaders were accused by the Israeli Security Service of spying for the Lebanese-based armed group Hezbollah. The two were identified as Omar Said, a member of the…
Palestinian- Israeli Proximity Talks At Risk
The U.S Special Envoy for Peace in the region, George Mitchell, left the Middle East on Sunday, after completing the first round of proximity talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.…
Army Hands Out 10 Demolition Orders To Villagers Near Hebron
Israeli troops invaded on Monday the village of Bani Neim, near Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, and handed out 10 demolition orders. Troops targeted homes that…
Israeli Legislator Submits A Proposal For A Palestinian State in Jordan
Israeli Legislator, Aryeh Eldad, member of the National Union fundamentalist party, asked the Israeli Knesset to discuss a proposal he submitted regarding establishing a Palestinian state in Jordan. Eldad initially…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Two Tunnels in Rafah
Local sources reported that the Israeli Air force bombarded on Monday at dawn two siege-busting tunnels east of the Rafah Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Infant Dies After Inhaling Gaza Fired By The Army In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Sunday that an infant died due to inhaling gas fired by the army at protestors in…
Palestinian Resident Expelled To Jordan
The Israeli Authorities deported Saturday a Palestinian resident of the West Bank to Jordan after the army claimed he was illegally staying in the country. Resident Morad Suleiman Zahda, 27,…
Settler Groups Modify 14 Units To Be Inhibited By settlers in East Jerusalem
Israeli Peace Now movement reported that several settler organizations started recently modification work in an old police station in Ras Al Amoud Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, in order to…
P.A To Respond To Proximity Talks Offer Saturday
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, told the U.S. Middle East peace Envoy, George Mitchell, that the Palestinian Authority would provide its final decision on U.S. mediated proximity talks with Israel on…
Netanyahu To “Legalize” Illegal Outposts
Responding to a request from the Israeli High Court regarding two illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli government stated that it intends to “legalize” Hersha and…
Five More Suspects Named In Dubai Assassination Of Hamas Leader
The police in Dubai managed to name five more persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at his hotel…
This Week In Palestine -week 18 2010
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Soldiers Use Tear Gas To suppress the Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Nil’in
Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as the villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, protested on Friday Israeli wall built on their lands. Israeli and international…
One Injured, Six Detained During The Anti Wall Weekly Bil’in Protest
One resident was injured; Six others detained, on Friday by the army during the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank. The villagers were joined…
Villagers Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli Wall
International and Israeli supporters joined the villagers of Al Ma’ssara, Al Walaja and, for the first time, Wad Rahal near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, in the weekly…
Israel To Impose Further Sanctions On Detainees
Israeli paper, Maariv, reported that Israeli Internal Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, retracted his opposition to imposing further sanctions and restrictions on the detainees in an attempt to push Hamas movement…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 civilians wounded, 40 abducted in 24 Israeli invasions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 29 April – 05 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
FBI Director In Israel For Talks On Cooperation
Israeli sources reported Thursday that FBI director, Robert Mueller, arrived in Israel and held a meeting with Israel’s Police Chief, David Cohen, on cooperation against what was described as international…
Obama Will Not Allow Unilateral Palestinian Steps
Diplomatic sources in Washington reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, gave Israel verbal and written guarantees that the United States will not allow the Palestinians to conduct any unilateral steps…
Palestine Today 05 06 2010
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Settlers Clash With Israeli Police At A Northern West Bank Settlement
Around 100 Israeli settlers clashed with Israeli police forces on Thursday when officers tried to remove homes at the settlement of Hashmonaim, northern West Bank. Police forces managed to demolish…
Israeli Troops Detain 33 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions Targeting The West Bank
Israeli soldiers detained on Thursday 33 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. The military targeted the cities of Bethlehem, southern West Bank, the nearby town of Taqua…
Three Injure, Three Arrest, As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest Near Bethlehem
Israeli troops injured three Palestinian civilians and detained three others on Thursday during an anti wall protest at Al Walaja village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. At…
Jailed leftist leader comes out in favor of one-state solution
Ahmed Saadat, the jailed Palestinian leader of the leftist People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said in an interview with Reuters news agency Wednesday that the only way to…
Biggest Solidarity Convoy To Sail To Gaza In Three Phases
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal El Khodary, stated that the biggest convoy of solidarity ships aimed at breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza…
Israel’s secret police surveilling Islamic leaders
Job interviews for the position of imam at mosques in Israel are conducted not by senior clerics but by the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret police, a labor tribunal has revealed.…
Will Obama adopt a dangerously simplistic peace plan?
A new conventional wisdom is rapidly taking shape that the United States can resolve the 130-year-old conflict in Palestine by advancing its own peace plan. Former US National Security Advisor…
Arabs In 1948 Areas Prepare For Boycott
Several popular movements, civil society institutions and women organizations in the 1948 areas are preparing to officially declare the launch of a boycott campaign targeting all settlement products as a…
Abbas: “Indirect Talks Will Discuss Final Status Issues”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that proximity talks with Israel will discuss final status issues, including borders and security, and several related issues. Abbas told reporters following his meeting with…
Former Minister: “Israel Wants to Remove Palestinians From Jerusalem”
Former Jerusalem Affairs Minister at the Palestinian Authority Engineer, Khalid Abu Arafa, stated that Israel aims at removing all Palestinians out of Jerusalem in order to ensure at least a…
Turkish Relief Foundation Demands Israel To Release Its West Bank Representative
The Turkish Relief Foundation demanded Israel to unconditionally release its representative in the West Bank, Mohammad Shahin, who was kidnapped on Wednesday April 27.Head of the Foundation, Bülent Yıldırım, stated…
Nine Wounded In Silwan
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that nine Palestinians were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen in Silwan town, south of the Al Aqsa mosque in occupied…
Palestine Today 05 05 2010
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Israeli-Palestinian Indirect Talks Pending PLO Approval
The Palestinian Librations Organization Executive Committee will convene on Saturday to decide on resuming indirect talks with Israel mediated by Washington. The U.S envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell…
Israeli Troops Detain 12 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions
At least 12 Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers during morning military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities on Wednesday. Troops invaded the southern West Bank cities…
Israeli Tanks And Bulldozers Invaded Southern Gaza Strip Areas
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farm lands close to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah boarders with Israel. As bulldozers destroyed crops and bulldozed farm lands…
Katz: “Settlement Construction Will Resume In September”
Israeli Transportation Minister, Yisrael Katz, stated that a full pace of settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank will resume directly after the temporary settlement freeze ends on…
US: “Jerusalem Issue To Be Discussed At Final Stage Of Negotiations”
As indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks are to start Wednesday, advisor to U.S. President, Barack Obama, stated that the issue of Jerusalem would be discussed during the final stages of negotiations. David…
Settler Leaders Demand Withholding P.A Money For Boycotting Settlement Products
Leaders of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank demanded the Israeli government to withhold all funds meant for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for boycotting settlement…
Indirect Talks Starts Wednesday With A Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting
United States special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem to mark the start of indirect talks…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a 19-year-old youth was killed when a tunnel collapsed on him in Al Salaam neighborhood, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Palestine Today 05 04 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday May 4th, 2010. Israeli troops wound two civilians…
Troops Open Fire At Two Palestinians Protesting At Erez Crossing
Israeli troops inured two Palestinian men while they were protesting at the Erez crossing on Tuesday. Ahmad Abu Salaf and Mahmoud Sha’baan were deported to the Gaza Strip last month…
Israeli Troops Detain Three Civilians From Hebron
The Israeli military invaded on Tuesday at dawn the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby villages. Troops detained the three men from al Samou’ and Ithan villagers near…
The Israeli Military Shells Residential Areas In Gaza City
Israeli tanks shelled on Tuesday residential areas near Gaza City and farm lands close to the borders with Israel. Witnesses told local media that tanks shells caused damage in property…
Goldstone forced to attend meeting in order to go to his grandson’s bar mitzvah
Renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone has faced increasing pressure from Zionists in South Africa since publishing a report documenting potential war crimes by both Israeli military forces and Palestinian…
Family Appeals Release Of Seriously Wounded Son
The family of detainee Ahmad Asfour voiced an appeal to human rights and legal groups to intervene and save the life of their son who was seriously wounded during the…
Soldiers Level A Mosque Near Rafah
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn an area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leveled the Al Dahniyya mosque and uprooted farmlands.Local sources reported that…
Settlers Torch Mosque South Of Nablus
A group of fundamentalist settlers torched the main mosque of the Al Lubban Al Sharqiyya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Jamal Daraghma, head of the…
International solidarity activists accuse Israeli military of break-in
When their apartment in Hebron was broken into on Saturday May 1st, the international solidarity activists stationed there said they have strong evidence that it was the Israeli military that…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed In April”
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
Israeli settlers release wild pigs on Palestinian farmland in Salfit
In a move that has become common practice among Israeli settlers, a herd of wild pigs that was captured inside Israel was recently released in the Salfit district, leading to…
Two African men killed; One Israeli returned home safely from Egypt-Israel border
In two separate incidents Sunday which critics say demonstrate the double standard of Egyptian and Israeli authorities, two African men were killed by Egyptian border police while crossing the border…
ISHR: “11 Palestinians Killed, 285 Kidnapped In April’
The International Solidarity for Human Rights Foundation (ISHR) issued a report on Monday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed in April eleven Palestinians, including two children, in the West Bank and…
Palestine Today 05 03 2010
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Police Arrests Two Palestinians Entered Egypt Via Tunnels
Two Palestinian teenagers were arrested ion Monday after they entered the Egypt via a tunnel at the borders with the Gaza Strip. Rami Abu8 Mustafa, 17, and Mahmoud Al Alawi,…
Israel’s Military Detains 13 Palestinians During Morning Invasions Into The West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Monday 13 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting several West Bank communities. Invasions were reported in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron, southern West Bank as…
Israeli outrage at PA boycott of Israeli products
Israel has threatened to prevent any goods into its ports, and to withhold transferring tax money to the Palestinian Authority if the latter continues to call for the boycott of…
Netanyahu Orders Media Blackout On Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a full media blackout on the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians slated to start Wednesday.He instructed his government and officials in charge…
Fundamentalist Jews Attack Funeral of Rabbi Moshe Hirsch
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers, including members of the Kach terrorist movement outlawed by Israel itself, attacked the funeral of Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, head of the Neturei Karta Jewish…
Proximity Talks To Start Wednesday
The Indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks, mediated by the United States, are set to start this coming Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be heading the talks on the Israeli side,…
Undercover Forces Kidnap Six Children Near Hebron
The Palestine Solidarity Project reported that undercover forces of the Israeli army kidnapped on Sunday evening six children in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Under Police Protection; Settlers Occupy Home In Beit Safafa
Enjoying Israeli police protection, a group of fundamentalist settlers occupied a Palestinian home in Beit Safafa town, in East Jerusalem, and raised Israeli flags on top of it “to declare…
Seven, Including A Reporter, Wounded In Beit Jala
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that seven residents, including a reporter, were wounded after the Israeli Army opened fire at a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Beit Jala…
Two African Immigrants Killed By Egyptian Border-Police Fire
Egyptian security sources reported Sunday that two African immigrants were shot and killed by Egyptian Border Police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel seeking work.The first, a 35-year-old man…
Palestinian workers hold Mayday protests in Gaza
In honor of the international workers’ day celebration, workers in the Gaza Strip held a rally of over 2,000 people at the Erez crossing with Israel, and 300 people at…
Israeli Police Demolishes Homes In Taybeh
Scores of Israeli policemen invaded Taybeh Arab city, in the 1948 territory, and demolished a home after surrounding it and forcing the residents out, the Arabs48 news Website reported. A…
Us Hegemony, Not ‘The Lobby,’ Behind Complicity With Israel
Many of Israel’s critics blame an ‘Israel lobby’ for the near-total complicity of the US in Israeli annexation, colonization and cleansing programs in the occupied West Bank. This complicity continues…
Hamas: “US Guarantees, A Scam”
Hamas spokesperson, Fawzi Barhoum, stated that the guarantees of the United States for the resumption of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are just a scam, and only…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday evening a nonviolent protest against settlements and ongoing settler attacks against the residents of Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of…
White House: “Obama Did Not Vow His Country Will Not Use Veto”
The White House denied reports that claimed that President Barack Obama vowed to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, that the U.S will not use its Veto power to obstruct any decision…
Mitchell Back In Middle East This Week
Israeli sources reported that American Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will be back in the region for one week in order to hold talks with Israel and the Palestinian leadership…
Israel Bans Popular Struggle Leader From Traveling
Eyad Burnat, a leader in the popular struggle against the Israeli wall, was banned by Israel’s military from crossing the West Bank borders into Jordan on Saturday.Burnat is head of…
PHRF: “52 Palestinians Gassed in Tunnels Since beginning of 2010”
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (PHRF) reported Friday that since the beginning of this year, 52 Palestinian residents were killed in border tunnels after the Egyptian Authorities gassed the tunnels…
Settlers Uproot 30 Olive Trees Near Qalqilia
Israeli settlers uprooted on Friday at least 30 Olive trees that belong to residents of Kefir Qaddoum town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Local sources reported that…
This Week In Palestine -week 17 2010
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Four Injured, Two Journalists Detained, At The Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
On Friday Palestinians, Israeli, and International activists marched to the wall built on the central west Bank village of Bil’in lands. As is the case every Friday, villagers along with…
A Number Of Youth Treated For The Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Nil’in Weekly Protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized on Friday their weekly anti wall protest. Israeli and international protesters joined the villagers this week. Villagers with their supporters held the…
Villagers Organize An Anti Wall Protest In Al Walaja Village
Villagers along with international supporters gathered on Friday in Al-Walaja village near Jerusalem to protest the Israeli wall being built on their lands. The Israeli army resumed woke at this…
Al Ma”sar Village Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli Wall
On Friday midday the residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest the Israeli-built wall on their lands. International and Israeli supporters joined the…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Two Killed, 20 Wounded and 45 kidnapped”
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians, wounded 20 residents, including children, and kidnapped 45 residents in 27 invasions into the West Bank and four limited invasions into the Gaza…
JCSER: “In 2008, Israeli Stripped Residency Rights Of 4672 Palestinians”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) published a report revealing that Israel stripped the residency rights of 4672 Palestinians in 2008 comparing to stripping residency rights of…
Palestine Today 04 29 2010
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Settlers Attack A Palestinian Town In Northern West Bank And Destroy Property And Trees
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the town of Huwara, in northern West Bank, and destroyed olive trees and property. The settlers started their attack by setting fire…
Israeli Troops Detain Nine Palestinian Civilians During Invasions In The West Bank
The Israeli army detained on Thursday nine Palestinian civilians during dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military announced that those men who were detained on Thursday…
One Palestinian Civilian Injured As Troops Opened Fire At A Nonviolent Protest In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers opened fire at a nonviolent protested organized near Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday injuring one Palestinian man. The protesters gathered near the Israeli borders with Rafah…
Israeli Tanks Invade Border Areas Near Central Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Thursday border areas near Al Buraj refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Local sources said that the bulldozers uprooted trees and destroyed crops owned…
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Responsible For The Death Of Four, Gassed In Tunnel”
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of the Hamas movement, held the Egyptian Authorities responsible for the death of four Palestinians who died in a tunnel after Egypt’s Border Police…
Mother Suffocates After Inhaling Gas Fired By The Army At Vehicle Loaded With Children
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers fired a gas bomb at a Palestinian Taxi wounding a 23-year-old mother…
Jerusalem Post: “Israel Has No Intention To Dismantle Illegal Outposts”
Israeli paper, Jerusalem Post, reported that Israel has no intention to dismantle any of the 23 illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank in the foreseeable future. The paper…
Four Killed, Nine Wounded, After Being Gassed In Tunnel By Egypt
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday evening that four Palestinians were killed and nine others were wounded after the Egyptian security forces sprayed a border tunnel…
Two Sisters Killed, Their Dad and Brother Wounded After Soldiers Ram Vehicle Into Them
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that two sisters, aged 8 and 10, were killed while their father and brother were wounded after Israeli soldiers rammed their jeep into them in…
Palestine Today 04 28 2010
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Settlers Attack A Palestinian Worker In Jerusalem
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday late at night a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem’s old city, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday. Yasser Rabayiaa, 35 years old, was on…
Israeli Troops Detain 13 Palestinian Civilians From Southern West Bank
Thirteen Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during predawn military invasions targeting the southern West Bank villages. Nine men were detained as troops searched and ransacked residents’…
The Israeli Military Open Fire At A Nonviolent Protest In Gaza Killing Youth
A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli soldiers as they opened fire at a nonviolent protest on Wednesday east of Gaza City. Palestinians along with international supporters gathered near the…
Palestinian Youth Unite Against Normalization With Israel
In commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, and as an expression of our commitment to resisting Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid in accordance with international law, we (Palestinian youth…
Gaza man who has lived in West Bank since age 4 forcibly removed by Israeli troops
In the third incident of forced removal by Israeli troops since the new regulation was implemented, Israeli troops abducted and forcibly removed 19-year old Fadi Al-Gharazmeh from the southern West…
Palestine Today 04 27 2010
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IsraeliTroops Detain Six Palestinian Civilians During Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Israeli soldiers detained six Palestinian civilians during military invasions targeting West Bank communities on Tuesday. Local sources reported invasions into the cities of Nablus and Ramallah, in the central and…