Three Palestinians seized by Israeli troops in overnight raids in Abu Dis, Hebron
In two separate invasions Tuesday night, Israeli forces attacked the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis, and the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to search for men listed on…
Israeli settlers expand campaign to manipulate entries on Wikipedia
The internet’s open-source, user-edited encyclopedia called ‘Wikipedia’ has been targeted by Israeli governmental and non-governmental partisans since its inception, who have attempted to manipulate its contents to promote a Zionist…
Jerusalem residents pray with exiled legislators in Red Cross tent
A number of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have traveled to the Gaza-Israel border each day since Ramadan began last Wednesday, to break their daily Ramadan fast with legislators who have…
An Israeli female soldier poses in front of Kidnapped Palestinians
Photos of an Israeli female soldier posing in front of Palestinian detainees posted on the social networking site Facebook, were met with anger by Palestinians.The photos were posted by Eden…
Palestine Today 08 17 2010
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Israeli troops invade southern Gaza; Palestinian fighters fire 5 shells across border
Following a cross-border skirmish between Palestinian fighters and Israeli forces in which one Palestinian was killed on Monday, Israeli forces invaded southern Gaza twice in a 24-hour period.During the first…
Baby caught in checkpoint turnstile; face cut, hand fractured
A 10-month old baby was injured Monday when he was caught in a turning metal slatted turnstile in an Israeli checkpoint near Bethlehem, where his face was repeatedly slammed into…
Palestinian fighters cross Gaza border with Israel; 1 killed
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian fighter who apparently crossed the border with Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. The Islamic Jihad claimed that three fighters had gone to…
Harvard University divests from Israel
In the latest declared victory for the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement worldwide, Harvard University, one of the most prestigious and oldest universities in the United States, has sold off all of its…
Erekat: “Too Early To Set Time For Direct Talks”
Head of the negotiations department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) denounced Israel’s stance in rejecting the statement of the Quartet Committee before it is even announced, and stated that…
Palestine Today 08 16 2010
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In summer, West Bank towns have little water
FAQUA, West Bank (CNS) — You won’t find one dripping faucet in all of the northern West Bank village of Faqua, joked village council head Amar Abu Farha with the…
Settlers Uproot 250 Olive Trees Near Nablus
A number of armed Jewish settlers uprooted on Monday morning more than 200 olive trees near the village of Qasra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan…
Israeli forces move section of Annexation Wall near Gilo settlement in Bethlehem
Media reports in Israel and the US over the weekend applauded the removal of a section of Wall near Bethlehem, but failed to mention that just meters away, another section…
Child Hospitalized After Being Attacked By Settlers In Hebron
Enas Mazin Qa’qour, 10, was admitted on Sunday at night to the Hebron Governmental Hospital suffering from various bruises and concisions after being attacked by a number of Jewish settlers…
Israeli troops demolish 5 shops located on Qalqilia-Nablus Road
Five Palestinian-owned shops, located on a major West Bank highway that Israel is attempting to take over for use by settlers only, were destroyed by Israeli forces Friday.The owner of…
Hale Leaves Ramallah Following A Meeting With Abbas, P.A Officials
U.S envoy, David Hale, left Ramallah by midnight Sunday following a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and a number of Palestinian officials at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Palestinian…
UN Committee Starts Collecting Testimonies In Gaza
A U.N. special committee started Sunday collecting testimonies from residents in the Gaza Strip, the process is an implementation of recommendations set by the report of Judge Richard Goldstone who…
Explaining Murder: Israeli Hasbara in Full Swing
The hasbara industry is in full swing at the moment as Benjamin Netanyahu’s government pulls out all the stops to create a smokescreen to cover its crimes. Leading from the…
Israeli government denies media report that they might return 90% of West Bank land
Officials from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu categorically rejected a media report that Israel planned to return up to 90% of stolen Palestinian land in the West…
Israel To Demolish More Homes In The Jordan Valley
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday morning the Al Farsiyya area in the northern plains area of the Jordan Valley, and handed orders informing the residents that the army intends to…
PA To Decide On Resumption Of Direct Talks In The Coming Two Days
The decision on whether to start direct talks with Israel will come out in two days, said Azzam Al-Ahmad, member of Fatah central committee on Saturday.“Our decision will be determined…
Arab Parliamentarians Enter Gaza To Deliver Supplies
A convoy of Arab parliamentarians managed to cross into Gaza via the Rafah Border Terminal in order to deliver aid supplies estimated by 150 M. USD. An official Algerian media…
Eritrean Woman Wounded By Egyptian Fire
Medical sources in Egypt reported Friday evening that an Eritrean woman was shot and wounded by Egyptian Border Police fire while trying to cross into Israel through a border fence,…
One Injured, Two Arrested During Anti Wall Protests Near Bethlehem
A Palestinian man sustained light wounds two others arrested by Israeli soldiers during the weekly anti wall protest in Al Walajah village between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.A Palestinian man sustained light…
This Week in Palestine week 32 2010
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Protesters wounded in Anti-wall protests in two W.B villages
Dozens of Palestinian and International protesters were wounded during the nonviolent weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Ni’lin near Ramallah in the central West Bank.Israeli troops fired a number…
Israeli Peace Activist Injured During The Weekly Protest In Bil’in Village
One Israeli peace activist was injured and other civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Bil’in, in the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 civilians injured, 66 abducted by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 05 -11 August 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Palestine Today 08 12 2010
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Israeli forces desecrate 200 graves in Muslim cemetery; injure Sheikh with bulldozer
A Jerusalem Sheikh who tried to stand in the way of Israeli bulldozers demolishing a Muslim cemetery was injured Tuesday, as the Israeli government continued the desecration of hundreds of…
Egyptian forces seize control of 17 Gaza smuggling tunnels
In two separate operations on Wednesday morning, Egyptian troops stationed along the Gaza-Egypt border raided underground tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, seizing control of 17 of the tunnels…
Three Palestinians beaten by Israeli soldiers in Hebron
Israeli troops invaded the city of Hebron on Wednesday to declare the closure of three shops in Bab Al-Bladeya neighborhood. They beat the owner of one of the shops, as…
Israeli right-wing activist accused of killing 4 Palestinians released from prison
An Israeli man suspecting of killing four Palestinians in 1998 was released from Israeli prison today and put under house arrest, due to an apparent lack of evidence. Chaim Pearlman…
Palestine Today 08 11 2010
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Palestine Today 08 10 2010
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WAFA: Hamas Security Forces Harass Palestinian Journalist In Gaza
The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, said that the Hamas security forces in Gaza continue to summon a Palestinian journalist to their headquarter to harass him.WAFA said that the Hamas…
3 Palestinians Detained By Israeli Military And 5 By Palestinian Security
Palestinian security forces have detained five Hamas supporters in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday.According to a statement by the Islamic movement, Hamas, the detentions were…
Israeli police destroys 3 more homes in the Negev
Israeli authorities demolished three houses in the western Negev, southern Israel area on Monday, Palestinian media sources reported.The houses belong to at-Tantawi family in the Abda village, the source said.…
Palestien Today 08 09 2010
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Palestinian reclaims land from settlement
A farmer with the help of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee reclaimed land which had been inside of an illegal Israeli settlement.Imad Ash-Shaer of Husan village had his lands annexed…
Gaza’s only power source grumbles to a limited start
A single generator was able to start Monday after a small amount of fuel was received.The Electricity Company in Gaza received only a limited supply of fuel to start up…
US gimps Saudi deal over Israeli concerns
The US has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia fighter jets but without critical equipment over Israeli concerns of long-term Saudi intentions.As the US was set to sell Saudi Arabia many…
Israeli military has shortage of Arabic translators
The shortage mostly affects those that attempt to give testimony in regards to abuses of the Israeli military.The lack of translators is preventing investigations by the military police in the…
Israelis hold protests in 15 cities against demolition of Palestinian homes
More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in cities across Israel on Friday (6 August) for a day of solidarity marking the one-year anniversary of the eviction and settler take over of…
US Congress Allocates Record Amount For Joint US-Israel Military Effort
A committee of the US Congress designated $217.2 million of US tax money to a joint military venture between the US and Israel – this is in addition to the…
This Week in Palestine week 31 2010
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Protest In Artas Against The Israel Wall
The people of the village of Artas west of Bethlehem organized on Friday their weekly march against the construction of the wall on their land.Dozens of citizens, accompanied by international…
Anti-wall Protest In Ni’lin To Commemorate The Death Of One Of Its Activists
The villagers of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, in the West Bank organized their weekly nonviolent protest Friday at noon.This week’s activity was dedicated to commemorate the death of Yousef ‘Amira who…
Dozens Wounded In The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
The Popular Committee against the Wall and settlements in Bil’in organized their weekly march against the construction of the Wall on Friday at noon.The march started after the Friday prayer…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Killed, 7 Wounded, 7 Abducted By Israeli Forces This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 29 July – 04 August 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Abbas Is Not Opposed To Direct Talks With Conditions
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has laid out the conditions that would get Palestinians back into face-to-face discussions with the Israelis.The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has said that he will likely…
Palestinian-American Professor Threatened By Israeli Authorities
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, who has taught at Yale and Duke Universities in the US, and is a renowned author and activist on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has been issued an order…
Settlers Attack International Peace Activists In Hebron
A group of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank City of Hebron attacked on Friday a number of international peace activists in Al Bweira area, in al-Dahiya al-Sharqiyya.Local sources…
Settlers Assault A Palestinian Woman In Hebron
A group of settlers assaulted a Palestinian woman in Al-Buweira area east of Hebron in the southern West Bank Friday morning.Suzan Sultan 51, was moved by local to the nearest…
Sheikh Salah Denied Access To Jerusalem For Additional Three Months
The Islamic Movement reported, Thursday, that the commander of the so-called “Israeli Front Command” of the army, issued a new decision preventing the imprisoned head of the northern branch of…
Palestine Today 08 05 2010
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15 Graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem, Desecrated
Upwards of 15 graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, West Jerusalem, have been destroyed by bulldozers working on behalf of the Jerusalem Municipality, under police protection.The cemetery is a current site…
Police Attacks Residents, Arab Members of Knesset, in the Negev
Salem Abu Mdeighim, field researcher of the Adalah center, stated that a large Israeli police force attacked on Wednesday the residents of al-Araqeeb village in the Negev, and demolished their…
Israel To Return Three Turkish Ships
Israel intends to return three Turkish ships that were violently boarded by the Israeli army during the attack against the Freedom Flotilla that was heading to the Gaza Strip in…
Coordinator of the Popular Struggle Committees Denied Exit at King Hussein’s Bridge
On August 4, 2010 about 1 PM, Mohammed Khatib from Bil’in was denied exit to Jordan via King Hussein Bridge. Khatib was on his way to Spain via Amman when…
Customs Department Officers Close Nablus TV Channel and Attack Staff Members
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the recent raid on a Nablus TV channel, which included the beating of three journalists working for the channel and the confiscation…
Palestine Today 08 04 2010
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Israeli Group Spotlights Sham Of Israeli Construction Freeze
An Israeli NGO has documented widespread disregard for the construction freeze that was supposed to be enforced in the West Bank settlements.Peace Now, an Israeli group which focuses on illegal…
Lebanon Appears At Fault In Yesterday’s Confrontation
A Lebanese commander admits their soldiers initiated gunfire and UNIFIL says the tree was on the Israeli side of the border.Tuesday’s armed clash between the Lebanese and Israeli military left…
Israelis Demolish Bedouin Village Again
Wednesday morning Israel’s Land Administration razed the rebuilt village with the protection of Israeli security forces.The Bedouin village of al-Arakib was destroyed by Israel’s Land Administration last week as the…
1 Dead in Air Raid on Khan Younis
The Israeli military has killed one member of the population of Gaza, on Wednesday, and injured another in the third attack on the region in as many days.The attack injured…
16 Arrested in al-Walaja
16 persons of conscious, including the village’s mayor, have been arrested in the West Bank village of al-Walaja, on Wednesday, protesting the construction of the annexation wall.The group, comprised of…
Palestine Today 08 03 2010
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Israeli Military Injures One Gazan Worker
Israel shoots another man as he attempts to gather construction materials.The young man who was shot, 22 year-old Bilal Ibrahim Obeid, was gathering construction materials near the border east of…
3 Lebanese Killed in Cross Border Fire
Three Lebanese have been killed in cross border fire with Israel. Hezbollah have claimed that one Israeli has been killed, also, but no conformation has come from the state of…
40 New Settlement Units Approved For East Jerusalem
Israel, on Monday, approved construction of forty new settlement housing units in the Pisgat Ze’ev settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.Each of the four buildings will house ten new apartments, and…
Palestine Today 08 02 2010
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Israel agrees to UN probe of Flotilla attack
Israel’s cabinet agreed on being a part of the UN committee investigation into the May 31 attack on the Mavi Marmara.The top seven ministers in Israel’s cabinet decided that it…
Rockets hit Israel and Jordan
Five rockets hit the southern Israeli port of Eilat and its neighboring Jordanian city of Aqaba in the early morningEarly Monday morning around 08:00 five rockets were launched from the…
Deir al-Balah Camp Hit By Rocket Fire; 42 Injured
Rocket fire has hit the home of a member of the Hamas movement in Deir al-Balah refugee camp, central Gaza, injuring 42 civilians; there were no deaths.Medical sources in Gaza…
American Journalist Speaks About How American News Media ‘Works In Favor Of Israel’
Alison Weir, an American journalist, explains in a series of three videos about how the news media in the United States works in favor of Israel.Weir discusses in the videos…
‘Boycott Israel’ protest held Friday in Bil’in village; two injured
Around 200 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals – including a group of hip-hop musicians from the US and Britain – joined a protest on Friday afternoon in the Palestinian village of…
Erekat: “P.A Presented A Detailed Plan For Ending The Conflict”
Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the negotiations department at the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), stated that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) presented a detailed plan to the United States regarding a…
Gaza Struck By Air Raid; One Dead, Thirteen Injured
Central Gaza has been struck by a pre-dawn Israeli air raid, Saturday morning, resulting in one death and thirteen injuries.Issa Batran, a commander of Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in…
This Week in Palestine week 30 2010
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Ashkelon Struck By Missile Fire
Qatar’s al-Jazeera network are reporting that a missile fired from the Gaza Strip has struck the south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon.No injuries have been reported, and at the…
Islamic Jihad Rejects Direct Talks
The Israeli Jihad Movement expressed its rejection to direct talks with the Israeli occupation and said that it will not accept the outcome of Palestinian Israeli talks. Khaled al-Batsh, a…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Worker killed, 5 peaceful protesters injured by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 22-28 July 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that Israeli…
African Immigrant Killed By Egyptian Fire
Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that an Eritrean man was shot and killed by Egyptian border police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel.The sources added that the man was…
Youth Wounded At A Military Roadblock Near Ramallah
Local sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire at the Atara Roadblock, north of central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Palestine Today 07 29 2010
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Arab League Backs Direct Talks In Principle
The Arab League has agreed to direct talks, in principle, but would not endorse them over Abbas’s judgment and without clear guidelines for their progression.Thursday, the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh…
Israel Banning Protests With Out-Dated Military Order
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has released a report detailing the use of a military order from 1967 against present-day protests.The Israeli military has been using a military order from 1967…
Israel Controls 6.25% Of Gaza
Farmers demonstrated against the seizures of usable land for the buffer zone within Gazan territory.Wednesday, farmers in Gaza gathered in Beit Hanoun to protest the ever-expanding internal buffer zone Israel…
Settlers Take Home In The Old City, East Jerusalem
Settlers, with the protection of police, invaded a building in the Old City.Early Thursday morning settlers and police stormed a building in the Old City of East Jerusalem and evicted…
Construction Speed Increased At Al-walajah
The construction of the wall at al-Walajah has picked up pace, when it is finished it will surround the village on three sides.Residents and NGOs observing the situation in al-Walajah…
Gaza Children Shelled With Flechette Bombs
‘She came in through the front door and it wasn’t clear she was injured. Suddenly a lot of blood came from her nose and she vomited, all of the family…
Palestine Today 07 28 2010
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Palestinians Likely To Reject Direct Talks
Abbas is likely to tell the Arab League that he is rejecting direct negotiations at least until the period allotted indirect negotiations formally ends.For a while now Palestinian Authority leadership…
Israel Won’t Pay Medical Bills Of Wounded Protester
The Israeli government has refused to pay the medical costs of Emily Henochowicz, who lost her eye to an Israeli tear gas canister.Emily Henochowicz lost her eye at a protest…
Jerusalem: Accused Torturer Set To Head Police- Arab Relations
The former military interrogator known as ‘Captain George’ has been appointed the director of Arab affairs for the Jerusalem District Police.The post includes responsibilities such as being a liaison between…
Egypt Locates 10 Tunnels In Rafah
Egyptian security sources stated that the Egyptian Security Forces managed to locate 10 tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in the Rafah border area; the Egyptian Authorities also located…
Netanyahu Visits Amman
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, conducted a short, unannounced, trip to Jordan on Tuesday afternoon, and held a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. The two leaders held talks on…
Palestine Today 07 27 2010
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