Elected Legislator Released After Eight Years Imprisonment By Israel
The Israeli Authorities released legislator Mohammad Jamal Al Natsha, 52, of the Change and Reform Block of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning him for eight years.Al Natsha was welcomed home…
Auto Parts To Be Allowed In Gaza
For the first time since Israel imposed the siege on Gaza on June of 2007, Israel decided to allowed the entry of auto parts to the Gaza Strip.Engineer Raed Fattouh…
Three shepherds, including elderly man, killed by Israeli forces in northern Gaza
Late Sunday evening, Israeli forces stationed on the Gaza-Israel border fired tank shells across the border into the Gaza Strip, killing three shepherds – although Israel claims the men were…
Abbas, Netanyahu To Meet In Egypt Tuesday
The Palestine News Agency, WAFA, reported Saturday that Egypt will be hosting a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Egyptian resort of…
Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger Urged to Abandon Israel Event
Folk music icon Pete Seeger has been urged by over 40 organizations, along with musicians close to him, to cancel his participation in a November internet event organized by the…
Palestinian – British Political Artist Detained And Stripped Searched At Ben Gurion Airport
On Saturday September 4th British-born Palestinian Political Hip Hop artist, Shadia Mansour, was held at gunpoint airport security and intelligence officers.Ms. Mansour was told to return to her luggage after…
P.A. Receives $42 Million From UAE
The Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank received $42 Million as a donation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE); the money was donated in an attempt…
Nabi Saleh Village Holds Protest Against The Wall
Dozens of residents and international peace activists held their weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The…
Dozens Wounded As Army Attacked Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday afternoon the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah inflicting dozens of injuries.…
Sudanese Man Killed By Egyptian Fire In Sinai
Egyptian sources reported Friday that a Sudanese man was shot and killed by Egyptian Border Police Fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel through the Sinai Peninsula. An Egyptian security…
This Week in Palestine week 36 2010
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Peres Phones Abbas, Tells Him Netanyahu Is “Trustworthy”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Thursday evening and told him that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “can be trusted as a partner for peace”.Peres told Abbas…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Workers Killed, 2 Wounded, 13 Abducted by Israeli Forces This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 02-07 September 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that Israeli…
Lieberman Vows To Counter Any Settlement Freeze
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, vowed to act against any decision to freeze settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in occupied East Jerusalem.Lieberman said that he will counter…
Islamic Jihad Calls For Unity
As Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the Eid ul-Fitr Feast, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine issued a statement calling on the Palestinian people, and their factions, to…
Israeli Forces Carry Out Five Airstrikes In Gaza
On Thursday at night, the Israeli Air Force carried out five airstrikes targeting a number of areas in different parts of the Gaza Strip inflicting damage a number of injuries.…
HRW: ‘Activist Convicted After Unfair Trial’
An Israeli military court’s conviction of Abdullah Abu Rahme, an advocate of nonviolent protests against Israel’s de facto confiscation of land from the West Bank village of Bil’in, raises grave…
Palestine Today 09 092010
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Hamas Apologizes For Attack Against PFLP Members In Gaza
The Hamas movement issued an apology to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) after members of the Hamas police, running under the Ministry of Interior in Gaza,…
Sha’ath: “P.A Will Not Recognize Israel As Jewish State”
Palestinian negotiator, Dr. Nabil Sha’ath, stated that Palestinian Authority will not recognize Israel as a Jewish State as this issue would harm the Palestinian residents of Israel and the internationally…
Solidarity Ships To Sail To Gaza
Deeb Hijazi, coordinator of the National Initiative Committee Against the Siege, based on Lebanon, stated that four flotillas will be sailing to Gaza on September 18.Hijazi said that the “Artery…
While In Solitary, Detainees In Eshil Declare Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees placed in solitary confinement at the Eshil Israeli detention facility declared, on Tuesday, a hunger strike in protest of the poor quality of the living conditions within the…
Israeli Soldier Convicted Of Killing British Photojournalist Gets Early Release
The Israeli soldier convicted of killing British human rights activist Tom Hurndall, was released from jail on Wednesday, after a special committee granted him an early release. According to Israeli…
Home-made Shell Fired At The Negev, Lands In Open Area
A home-made shell hit an open space in the Negev area in the southern Israel, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday.The source added that the shell landed in an open area,…
P.A Releases Hamas Detainees
Under direct orders from Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West Bank City of Nablus released, on Wednesday at night, 46 political prisoners of the…
Palestine Today 09 08 2010
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Hamas Asks Members To Resist Arrest By PA Security Forces
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has called on all its members and affiliates to refrain from turning themselves in to the Palestinian Authority security services, the Ma’an News Agency reported…
Palestine Today 09 07 2010
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Settler Opens Fire at Palestinian Cars, Soldiers Arrest Civilians
An Israeli settler opened fire, on Tuesday, at Palestinian cars driving near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.According to a Palestinian driver, Raafat, the settler created a road block…
Three Dying Israelis Saved With Organs Donated From A Palestinian Boy
4-year-old Abdul Hayy Salhout who fell from the balcony in his house in Jabal al-Mukabbir village in occupied East Jerusalem, became source of life for three dying Israeli patients when…
President Abbas: Talks Will End if Settlement Freeze not Extended
The end of September might be the end of peace talks, if Israel refuses to extend the settlement freeze, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the local daily newspaper al-Ayyam.’This…
Palestine Today 09 06 2010
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Adalah: Former Police Officer Convicted For Killing Arab Citizen Of Israel Got Financial Aid
The Palestine News Network published a report issued by Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, which indicates that a former Israeli officer convicted of killing a…
Mortar shell hits Ashkol, causing no damage or injuries
An Israeli military source announced on Monday that a mortar shell hit Ashkol town in the southern part of Israel. According to the sources, the shell landed in open area…
Egypt To Host Second Round Of Talks
Spokesperson of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Husam Zaki, stated Sunday that Cairo will be hosting the second round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud…
Barak: “Settlement Activities Likely To Continue by the End Of September”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied West Bank will likely continue after Israel’s “temporary freeze” on such activities ends by the end of…
Free Gaza Plans To Send Aid Plane To Gaza
The Free Gaza Movement reported that its supporters in the United States have decided to organize sending an aide plane to the Gaza Strip in order to deliver humanitarian supplies…
2 Killed, 3 Injured During Israeli Airstrike on Southern Gaza
Two men have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Saturday night. The assault was focused on the smuggling tunnels between the Gaza…
Barghouthi: “Construction Continues In Dozens of Settlements”
Palestinian Legislator, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that while Israel is heading to peace talks with the Palestinians, its government continues its illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and…
250 thousand Palestinians pray in Jerusalem this Friday
At least 250 thousand Palestinians prayed in the Aqsa Mosque and the surrounding yards on the last Friday of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian media sources reported. Israeli…
Settlers take over Palestinian land near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli troops gathered on a peace of land near the village of Qaryut in the northern part of the West Bank Friday morning and…
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Peace Talks Resume in Washington
Yesterday, September 2nd, marked the beginning of a new round of peace talks between the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Israeli government in Washington. The talks are the first in…
Israeli Rabbis Defend Book’s Shocking Religious Defense of Killing Non-Jews
When I went into the Jewish religious book emporium, Pomeranz, in central Jerusalem to inquire about the availability of a book called Torat Ha’Melech, or the King’s Torah, a commotion…
150 Israeli Academics Pledge To Boycott Settlements
In a move that could cost them their jobs, 150 professors, researchers and other academic professionals decided this week to follow the lead of their peers in the theatre community…
Report: Israel Continues to Violate Right to Education in Palestine
A report by the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights shows that Palestinian students are routinely denied the right to education due to the Israeli occupation.According to the report, a blanket…
Another Attack Against Settlers In Ramallah, Two Wounded
Two Israeli settlers were wounded, Wednesday night, in a drive-by shooting near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The attack comes a day after a deadly attack in the southern…
Palestine Today 09 02 2010
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Palestine Today 09 01 2010
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Palestinian Authority Claims Arrests Of 300 Hamas Members In Response To Killing Of Settlers
In the largest arrest campaign since it’s inception in 1994, the Palestinian Authority, run by the Fateh party, sent security officers all over the West Bank Wednesday morning to arrest…
Israeli Settlers Attack Families And The Military Abducts Two In Hebron
Israeli troops abducted two Palestinian brothers and settlers attack another house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning.Troops broke into the home of the al-Tamimi family, searched…
Palestinian Fighters Open Fire On Settlers Near Hebron, Killing Four
On Tuesday night, four Israeli settlers were killed just outside Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron, in the southern West Bank, when Palestinian fighters allegedly fired at their car.According to Israeli…
Palestine Today 08 31 2010
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Farmers Near Salfit
A group of Israeli settlers opened fire at a group of Palestinian farmers while working on their lands near the village of Deir Istiah, near Salfit In the northern West…
Palestine Today 08 30 2010
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East Jerusalem Neighborhood Attacked By Israeli Soldiers; At Least 4 Detained
The Silwan neighborhood, which has been the site of an Israeli municipal plan to rid the neighborhood of its Palestinian residents, came under fire once again on Monday when Israeli…
Israeli Forces Invade Rafah; Clashes Reported
Late Sunday night, Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored vehicles invaded the southern Gaza Strip, east of Rafah, and began bulldozing land in the an-Nahda neighborhood.A spokesperson for the al-Aqsa Brigades,…
53 Israeli Artists Boycott New Cultural Center In Ariel Settlement
Dozens of prominent artists in the Israeli theatre community – including actors, playwrights and directors — have signed a pledge that they will not perform in a newly-constructed cultural center…
Israeli Universities Condemn ‘Witch Hunt’ By Right-wing Groups
In a joint statement released by Israel’s largest and most prominent universities, the academic leadership challenged a foreign-funded campaign to undermine academic freedom in the name of Zionism, led by…
Two Palestinian Workers Wounded By Israeli Gunfire In Gaza
According to local sources, a group of men who were gathering rubble to make cement in northern Gaza on Saturday were fired upon by Israeli forces at the Gaza-Israel border,…
Rabbi Yusef Wishes Death To The Palestinians
The Israeli Radio reported that during his weekly sermon on Saturday, the spiritual leader of Shas movement in Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yusef, wished that the Palestinians and their president be…
Non-violent protest in Beit Ummar attacked by Israeli forces
A protest against Israeli settlements in the Hebron area was met with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Saturday afternoon, when Israeli forces attacked the non-violent demonstration.The protest was…
Palestinian Authority infiltrates, breaks up meeting opposing ‘direct talks’
A meeting held in Ramallah this week consisting of around 200 political, academic and non-profit leaders opposed to the upcoming ‘direct talks’ in Washington was broken up when plainclothes officers…
Israel refuses to lift ban on family unification
Jerusalem-born Firas al-Maraghi has been holding a hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Germany, since 26 July, protesting a decision by the Israeli government to prevent his newborn…
Demonstrator Suffers Moderate Wounds in Bil’in
During the weekly non-violent demonstration in Bil’in Friday afternoon, one demonstrator was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital with moderate injuries, after a rubber coated bullet shot at him from a…
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Red Crescent Members Arrested at Weekly Protest, Ni’lin
Israeli writer and film maker Joseph Dana has reported, via his twitter account, that the Israeli military has conducted a number of arrests in Ni’lin, near Ramallah, including the five…
Palestine Today 08 26 2010
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Israeli Education Ministry Approves New ‘whites-only’ Settlement School
Several months ago, a religious school in the illegal Israeli settlement of Immanuel was criticized for segregating white Jewish students from non-white Jewish students in classes.Originally, the school was fined…
Palestine Today 08 25 2010
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Another Palestinian Gandhi convicted of ‘incitement’
A great man, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, has just been convicted of the most ridiculous and bogus charges by an Israeli court (incitement) for being one of the most effective non-violent…
Bedouin Women Hold Non-Violent Demo Against Razing Of Villages
Around 700 Bedouin women held a protest in Jerusalem challenging the demolition of their villages by Israeli forces. They travelled to Jerusalem from the Negev desert in southern Israel, where…
Protester Arrested In Chicago While Challenging Israeli Segregation
In a demonstration organized by the Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago on 23 August, more than two dozen activists converged on downtown Millennium Park to call on city leaders to sever ties…
Israeli Army Escorts 500 Jewish Israelis Into Controversial Settlement Near Nablus
500 Israeli citizens, escorted by dozens of military vehicles, drove by bus deep into the West Bank on Wednesday in a provocative visit to a West Bank settlement. The settlement…
Palestine Today 08 24 2010
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Non-violent activist convicted of ‘incitement’ by Israeli court
An Israeli military court convicted Palestinian peace activist Abdullah Abu Rahmah of incitement and cleared him of stone-throwing charges on Tuesday. Activists called the sentence a direct assault against the…
Palestinian Legislators From Across Political Spectrum Opposed To ‘direct Talks’
Mustafa Barghouti, a leading parliamentarian from the Palestinian left-wing, has published an open letter questioning the wisdom of ‘direct talks’ with Israel at this time. On the right of the…
Palestine Today 08 23 2010
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Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, 12 Palestinians in different areas of the occupied West Bank, and transferred them to a number of interrogation centers. In Gaza, army bulldozers…
Haniyya: “Direct Talks Have No Chances Of Success”
Prime Minister of the dissolved government in the Gaza Strip, stated Monday, that the decision of the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank to resume direct talks…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers torched, on Sunday, 20 Dunams (nearly 5 acres) of Palestinian farmlands south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The settlers came from the…
Palestinians Exiled Since Nativity Church Raid In ‘02 Appeal To Return Home
A group of 39 Palestinians who were exiled by Israel, after they sought refuge in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in 2002, have submitted an appeal through the…
Hebron: Israeli Military and Policemen Shut Three Palestinian Shops
Every Saturday for the last several months, Youth Against the Settlements has led a nonviolent action – “Open Shuhada Street” – at the entrance to the Old City of Hebron.…
Viva Viva Negotiations!
Returning from the Friday demonstration in al-Walaja in unbearable heat (new video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pftDUGV9RY) we note that the talks about the talks about the peace talks are to resume in…
Hamas: “Meeting with Fateh Leaders Delayed In Protest To Direct Talks With Israel”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, decided to put on hold a scheduled meeting with Fateh leaders in Gaza in protest to the decision of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee and…
4 British Activists Acquitted In Anti-Ahava Action
A British court has found 4 activists not guity of ‘aggravated trespass’ for an action in which they shut down a store selling Israeli dead sea beauty products. The court…
Human Rights Watch to Israel: Stop Demolishing Bedouin Homes
The Israeli government should immediately stop demolishing the homes of Bedouin citizens in the Negev desert, in southern Israel, and should compensate those displaced and allow them to return to…
El-Khoudary: “External Pressures Forced Mariam Ship To Delay Its Sail To Gaza”
Independent Palestinian Legislator and head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal El-Khoudary, stated Saturday that enormous external pressures on the Lebanese solidarity ship “Mariam” have forced the ship…
India Employing Israeli Oppression Tactics In Kashmir
The 2010 summer in the disputed area of Jammu and Kashmir, administered by India, has been marked by popular protests by Kashmiris and crackdowns by India’s military. The stream of…
Barak: “We Will Intercept Lebanese Ships Heading To Gaza”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, threatened that Israel will intercept and, if needed, use force against two Lebanese solidarity ships heading to the besieged Gaza Strip.He claimed that the Lebanese…
Clinton: “Direct Talks September 2nd”
U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, stated, Friday evening, that direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be launched on September 2nd. Clinton said that Israeli Prime Minister,…
One Journalist Injured; 2 Activists Arrested During Weekly Protests
Ramallah – PNN – Two anti wall protests were organized in the central West Bankk villages of Bil’in and Nil’in on Friday. The Israeli military attacked the weekly anti wall…
This Week in Palestine week 33 2010
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Impact of Israeli Military Order No. 1650
Located at the European University Institute (EUI), the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) conducts ‘inter-disciplinary and comparative research (on) major issues facing the process of integration and European…
Fateh, Hamas Leaders To Meet In Gaza Saturday
Member of the Central Committee of Fateh Movement, Sakher Bseiso, stated that leaders of Fateh and Hamas movements will be holding a meeting in Gaza on Saturday in an attempt…
Israel Likely To Accept U.S Calls For Direct Talks
Israeli sources reported that the government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will likely respond positively to U.S calls for starting direct talks with the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas.…
Israeli Media: Palestinians Attempt To Blow Up The Wall
Loud explosions and gun shots were been heard near the annexation wall near Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah, Thursday near Midnight.Israeli media sources reported that Palestinians set some tires on…
Father Charged With ‘Resisting Arrest’ Despite Video Evidence Disproving Charge
A man whose arrest was filmed and spread on Youtube, showing his child begging soldiers to leave his father, has been sentenced by an Israeli court to three months and…
UN Report: Israeli restrictions on farming and fishing violate human rights
A United nations report released today found that Israeli forces in Gaza have severely restricted access to farmland and fishing zones along the Gaza Coast. The report found that these…
Palestine Today 08 19 2010
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