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…
Abbas: “We Believe In A Two-State Solution”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinian Authority believes in a two-state solution that would ensure the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, and that…
Palestine Today 10 14 2010
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Gaza Government Demands Abed Rabbo’s Immediate Resignation
On Thursday, the Hamas-led government in Gaza, called for the resignation of a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official, Yasser Abed Rabbo, who was quoted in the press as agreeing to…
U.S. Supports The PLO’s Request To See A Map Of Israel’s Borders
With regard to PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabbo’s request to see a map of Israel’s borders, U.S. State Department Spokesman Phillip Crowley said it is a “perfectly legitimate question,’ and…
Israeli Troups Shoot a Palestinian Youth in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian youth was wounded, on Thursday afternoon, by Israeli soldiers near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.Medical sources reported that the youth, Yahia al-Za’anin, 17 years old, was…
Israeli Army Detains Journalists Helping with Harvest
Israeli army detained, on Thursday afternoon, a number of journalists who participated as volunteers in harvesting olives. Their work was organized by the Palestine Mininstry of Information in Kafir Kadom,…
Israeli Settlers Attempt to Abduct a Child in Hebron
Palestinian security sources reported to Palestine News Agency, WAFA, that a group of Israeli settlers in Hebron, on Wendesday night, attempted to abduct a child.The child’s mother and her neighbour…
Detainees Threaten Hunger Strike Until Death
On Thursday, Isaa Qaraq’, minister of detainees and ex-detainees said he received many letters from detainees in different Israeli jails. They are threatening to begin a hunger strike lasting until…
Israel Willing To Review Presence In Jordan Valley, Depending On Conditions On The Ground
Israel could reconsider their future presence in the Jordan Valley, according to Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev, but the recognition will depend on conditions on the ground. Regev told the…
Israeli Troops Abduct Farmer; Invade Several Towns & Villages In Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday morning, an elderly farmer from the town of Yasid, south of Jenin, while he was working in his land. They also invaded several communities in…
Fatah Movement: Netanyahu Conditions Are Evidence For His Political Bankruptcy
Ahmad Assaf, the spokesman of Fateh movement, stated on Thursday that Netanyahu’s conditions are on one hand a clear evidence for the political fail of the Israeli government which always…
Israeli Soldiers Invade House In Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday morning, a house in Dheisheh Refugee Camp south of Bethlehem and made a thorough inspection of the house.Security sources reported to a WAFA correspondent…
Troops Abduct A Citizen, Attack Houses near Tubas
Israeli army abducted, on Thursday morning, a citizen from the town of Tammoun, near the central West Bank city of Tubas, after breaking into two houses and ransacking their property.…
Settlers Level Palestinian Lands To Expand Settlement
Israeli settlers started, on Wednesday, expansion work in Elkana settlement at the expense of Palestinian lands that belong to villagers of Mas’ha village, west of the central West Bank city…
Egypt Okays Entry Of Artery OF Life
Spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 (Viva Palestina 5) solidarity convoy Zaher Beerawi, said that the Egyptian Authority decided on Wednesday evening to allow the convoy to enter the…
PLO Responds To Israeli Demand Of ‘Jewish State’ Recognition: ‘Show US The Map Of Your Borders’
Yasser Abed Rabbo, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organization, told reporters on Wednesday that in response to the Israeli demand that the Palestinians recognize it as a ‘Jewish state’,…
Silwan Boys Are Men Nonetheless: A Story Of Capture And Lifelong Terror
Don’t mention cartoons to the boys of Silwan. Their story of capture and harassment is more like a horror movie which hasn’t yet ended, even with their release—instead, it’s imprinted…
Settlers Harvest Palestinian Olives at Night
Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that Jewish settlers in the northern part of the occupied West Bank are avoiding attempts by the Israeli army to stop them from harvesting…
Palestine Today 10 13 2010
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Bishops Warn About the Flight of Christians from the Middle East
Bishops meetings with a Vatican synod to discuss the immigration of Christians from the Middle East have blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for spurring the exodus.Bishops claimed that the region is…
Israel Detains Two Journalists, A Solidarity Activist near Hebron
Israeli army detained, on Wednesday afternoon, two journalists and the media spokesman for the Palestinian Solidarity Project (PSP) in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, in the southern part of the…
Village of al-Araqib Demolished for Sixth Time
The Israeli Ministry Of Interior continued to demolish houses in the village of Al-Araqib, in Negev. Bulldozers of the Israeli Interior Ministry demolished houses after being rebuilt for the fifth…
Palestinian Child Wounded In Gaza
On Wednesday, a Palestinian child was wounded by Israeli fire while he was working in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Adham Abu Salmeyah, media coordinator working for Ma’an News…
Israeli Troops Abduct Five Citizens in the West Bank
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian citizens, including a 70-year-old man, in various areas in the West Bank after attacking their homes. A statement issued by the Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Intensify Presence In East Jerusalem
On Wednesday, the Israeli army made plans to deploy a large force of border guards and undercover units, in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, during the next few days.According to Palestine…
Israeli MK: “Jordan Is the Palestinian State”
Member of the Knesset of the National Union fundamentalist party in Israel, Aryeh Eldad, stated on Tuesday that the “solution” for the conflict is to consider the Hashemite Kingdom of…
OECD Considers Relocating Conference Planned For Jerusalem Due To Boycott Calls
After several nations announced that they will likely boycott this month’s planned bi-annual tourism conference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Secretary-General of the OECD wrote a…
Egypt Places New Preconditions For Allowing Artery of Life Into Gaza
Zaher Beerawi, spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 flotilla, which is attempting to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, said that Egypt backpedaled on what…
Crowley: “U.S Committed To Recognizing Israel As A Jewish State”
Philip Crowley, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said that the United States is committed to the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and that President Obama’s administration…
Palestine Today 10 12 2010
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Israeli Settlers Began Settlement Expansion Work Near Nablus
On Tuesday, Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian official in charge of monitoring Israeli settlement in the northern part of the West Bank, stated that Israeli settlers started the expansion of Eli…
Military Invades Towns In West Bank, Kidnaps Three
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday night a young man from the town of Beit Reema, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, after breaking into his home and ransacking it,…
Israeli Army Invades Silwan and Arrests Children
Tuesday night Israeli troops launched large-scale raids of homes in several neighbourhoods and battled with children in the town of Silwan near the Al Aqsa Mosque.Eyewitnesses said that Israili soldiers…
Israeli Veteran’s Group Breaking The Silence Nominated For EU Human Rights Award
Israeli human rights group, Breaking the Silence, best known for publishing testimonials by current and former Israeli soldiers has been nominated by two European Green parties for the European Union’s…