Two Palestinians Killed, Seven Wounded After Army Bombarded Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday afternoon that two Palestinians were killed and seven others, including children, were wounded on Wednesday evening after the army bombarded Beit Hanoun, in the northern…
Palestine Today 07 21 2010
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Lebanon Allows Work Permits For Palestinians
The Lebanese government has amended one of its labor laws to allow Palestinians to work in areas previously forbidden to them.The Administration and Justice Parliamentary Committee amended Article 59 of…
Israeli Military Destroys Palestinian Village
The Israeli military demolished an entire village in the Jordan Valley after declaring it within a closed military zone.The Israeli military destroyed an entire village, Monday morning, in the Jordan…
Israel Says It Will Limit White Phosphorus, Not Outlaw It
A report given to the UN by Israel details how it will attempt to limit civilian casualties in the future.The report was presented in relation to the Israeli military’s actions…
Two Gaza Crossings Partially Opened
The opening of two crossings shows possible hope of the siege ending.Early Wednesday, Israeli authorities announced the partial opening of two crossings into Gaza to allow aid deliveries. According to…
Netanyahu Open To Political Risks For Talks To Begin
Though quiet on important issues, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that he is willing to take political risks to return to direct talks with the Palestinian AuthorityIn a…
Army Invades Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of armed vehicles, tanks, and military bulldozers, invaded, Tuesday evening, Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Palestine Today 07 20 2010
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Palestinians In Jerusalem Feeling Abandoned
With the specter of more housing demolitions and the ‘Judaification’ of East Jerusalem, leaders are looking for help where they can.The official in charge of Jerusalem affairs for Fatah has…
Israeli Soldier Who Killed British Activist Released Early from Prison
An Israeli Army committee cut the prison sentence for Taysir Heib, a former soldier, who was convicted of manslaughter and other charges in relation to the shooting of a British…
Mubarak Turns Netanyahu Down
The two leaders met, Sunday, and afterwards sources have said that he rejected Netanyahu’s plan for the peace process.Egyptian President Hussni Mubarak supposedly rejected Israel’s proposed plans for the borders…
EU Foreign Policy Chief Visits Gaza
EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, is currently visiting Gaza. She has met with local leaders and witnessed the effects of the siege on Gaza. The foreign policy chief for…
Assad, Davutoglu Discuss Future of Palestine
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Damascus to discuss the current situation in Palestine as well as their nations’ relations with Israel. On Monday,…
Loyalty Oath Approved by Israeli Cabinet
The Israeli cabinet has approved a provision that would require all Israeli citizenship seekers to swear allegiance to a ‘Jewish democratic state’.On his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised…
Head of UNRWA Discusses Efforts, Frustrations in Gaza
Last Thursday John Ging, head of UNRWA in Gaza, spoke to an audience at the Zikim kibbutz near Ashkelon about his organization’s goals in Gaza, as well as the difficulties…
Palestine Today 07 19 2010
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Israeli Occupation Government To Increase Structure Demolitions
The Israeli government has ordered the Civil Administration to increase enforcement against, what it believes to be, illegal construction in area C of the West Bank.There are six areas in…
Israel Looks For ‘Legal’ Way To Unused Land In East Jerusalem
Depending on a future court ruling, city leadership would have a way to take properties belonging to individuals who moved to ‘enemy states’ or the Palestinian territories.The Attorney General told…
Lieberman Fields Interest In Gaza Plan
The Israeli Foreign Minister has been fielding good press from his plan for a second disengagement of Gaza and plans to expand its infrastructure.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continued to push…
Egypt Decides To Deny Entry To Jordanian Aid Convoy
The Egyptian Authorities prevented the “Ansar 1” Jordanian aid convoy from entering Egypt while on their way to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued an…
Mubarak Holds Separate Meetings With Abbas, Mitchell, and Netanyahu
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, held separate meetings in Cairo with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The talks were focused…
Haniyya Invites Qaddafi To Visit Gaza
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, invited the Libyan President, Moammar Qaddafi, to visit the Gaza Strip in order to participate in breaking the siege on Gaza, and to observe the…
Report: “Soldiers Killed 5 Palestinians In Gaza in June”
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, issued a report on the Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip in June and stated that Israeli soldiers continued their attacks…
Detained PFLP Secretary-General Remains In Solitary Confinement
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that its secretary-general, Ahmad Saadat, is facing what is called “slow death” in Israeli prisons and that he remains in…
Child Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported on Sunday evening that a Palestinian child was wounded after a settler rammed him with his…
Soldiers Attack Reporters In Hebron
Two Palestinian reporters were mildly wounded after being attacked by Israeli soldiers during the nonviolent weekly protest held near Beit Ummar, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. One…
UN Report: Severe water crisis in West Bank
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli control of water supplies in the West Bank has led to a severe water crisis for Palestinian residents.…
Israeli forces invade Nablus and nearby villages
In the pre-dawn hours on Saturday, Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, as well as the nearby villages of Zawata and Asira, raiding several homes and…
U.S. To Grant Israel 2.775 Billion In Security Aid
U.S.. Assistant Secretary of State, Andrew Shapiro, stated Friday that the US government intends to grant Israel the amount of 2.775 Billion U.S. Dollars in what was described as the…
Several wounded in anti-wall protest in Bil’in
Two Palestinian citizens were injured and dozens of suffocations occurred due to the attacks of the Israeli military forces to the participants in the weekly anti-wall protest in the town…
This Week in Palestine week 28 2010
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Lieberman wants second disengagement of Gaza
The notorious Israeli Foreign Minister wants to cede all responsibility for Gaza to the Europeans.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is supposedly crafting a plan that would give any and all responsibility…
Palestinians may have to swear loyalty to ‘Jewish’ state with new law.
Israel’s cabinet is set to accept a host of new measures that will greatly increase the burden on Palestinians seeking to be with their families in Israel.This coming Sunday, Israel’s…
Israeli troops invade village near Jenin, break into homes and vandalise property
An Israeli military force consists of at least 20 armored vehicles invaded the village of Barta’a near Jenin in the northern West Bank and break into residents homes in the…
Palestine Today 07 15 2010
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Soldier Who Shot Bound Palestinian Convicted Of “Unbecoming Behavior”
An Israeli Court in Tel Aviv issued a ruling, on Thursday, convicting the Israeli soldier who shot a bound and blindfolded Palestinian in Ni’lin village near Ramallah, with unbecoming behavior…
Under Suspicion of “Contacting Foreign Agent,’ Israeli Security Unit Kidnaps A Man in the Golan
Israeli officers of the “Regional Unit for International Investigation”, operating under the Israeli Security Agency, kidnapped an Arab resident from Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights, under suspicion of…
Amal “Hope” Ship Says It Received Guarantees Aid Supplies Would Be Moved To Gaza
The Gaddafi International Foundation, the sponsor of the Libyan Aid Ship heading to Gaza, stated that the ship changed its route to Egypt instead of Gaza after receiving guarantees that…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians, Including Two Women In Nablus
Israeli soldiers conducted an arrest campaign targeting leaders and members of the leftists Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and kidnapped nine residents, including two women, in Beit…
U.S. Government Considers Listing Turkish Charity As ‘Terrorists’
The US State Department is considering whether to designate a Turkish charity as a ‘terrorist group’ after the organization sent a ship of medical and school supplies to the Gaza…
PCHR: “Unknown Gunmen Hurl Grenade At YMCA Building In Gaza”
Tuesday morning, unknown persons riding a motorcycle threw a hand grenade into the building of the YMCA in the center of Gaza City. No casualties or damages were reported. This…
Palestine Today 07 14 2010
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Israel demolishes more homes in East Jerusalem
Six structures were destroyed by Israeli authorities Tuesday, the first since the settlement construction ‘freeze’ put in place last year.The rubble where homes, and other structures, used to be, represents…
Palestinian Legislator Faces Jail Time For Not Abandoning His Home
Hamas official, Abu Tir was ordered to leave Jerusalem and move to the West Bank. He refused and was arrested last week, bringing policies towards Hamas and ethnic cleansing in…
Protesters Block El Al Flight in Athens
The airport in Athens witnessed protestors blocking the ticket counters of the Israeli airline in solidarity with the Palestinian people.A flight on its way to Israel was prevented from taking…
Egypt Grants Libyan Aid Ship Green Light To Dock At al- Arish Port
The Egyptian Authorities announced Tuesday evening that Egypt granted the Libyan aid ship heading to Gaza a green light to dock at the al- Arish Port as requested by the…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of Arab MK Over Participation In Gaza Flotilla
The Israeli Knesset held a vote that led to revoking the parliamentary privileges of Arab Member of Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, as a punishment for her participation in the Freedom Flotilla…
Palestinian Woman Killed, Five Residents Wounded, As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday night that a Palestinian woman was killed and five other residents were injured when the Israeli army fired artillery shells at a number of…
Palestine Today 07 13 2010
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Germany Bans Group Behind Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Germany’s interior minister says that any group not recognizing Israel will lose their right to exist politically in the country.The group, the International Humanitarian Relief Organization, or IHH, has been…
Israeli Navy Readies To Attack Libyan Aid Ship
Israeli Radio reported, Tuesday morning, that the Israeli Navy was placed on high alert on Monday at night, and is preparing to intercept the Libyan aid ship that sailed two…
U.S. To Jordan: Change Your Nuclear Program or We’ll Cut Aid
Reports from Arab media sources, on Monday, indicated that U.S. authorities are demanding that Jordan share its uranium enrichment with Israel.The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon could lose its pecuniary aid…
Soldiers Close the Jordan Valley Area
Israeli soldiers closed, Monday night after midnight, the Jordan Valley area in the occupied West Bank, and declared it a closed military zone. The army installed several roadblocks at the…
32 Units Approved In Pisgat Ze’ev
Less that one week after the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli “Construction and Planning Committee” at the Jerusalem Municipality approved, Monday,…
Israeli Officials: ‘Mistakes Were Made’ In Attack On Humanitarian Aid Flotilla
Israeli officials have admitted that ‘senior-level mistakes were made’ during last month’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla. Results of an internal military probe were presented Monday, revealing…
Palestine Today 07 12 2010
plt Welcome to Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Thursday, July 12, 2010. Netanyahu does not believe a peace is achievable by 2012…
Netanyahu To Meet Mubarak
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Sunday, that he will be holding a meeting with Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo this coming Tuesday. The statements of Netanyahu came after…
Israel To Expropriate 30 Dunams Near Hebron
The Israeli Authorities decided to illegally expropriate 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to villagers of Beit Ola, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local farmers said…
Netanyahu: Peace Agreement Unattainable By 2012
The Israeli Prime Minster expressed doubts over negotiations as well as concerns about Iran as the ‘ultimate terrorist threat today.’In an interview held on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu said that he…
Israeli forces attack weekly anti-Wall protest near Bethlehem
Local sources reported that six Palestinian protesters sustained bruises when Israeli forces attacked an anti-Wall rally in Beit Jala with clubs and rifle butts.The protest began on Sunday afternoon after…
Qassam Fighter Dies Of Wounds Suffered In 2006
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters died of wounds suffered four years ago after the army attempted to assassinate him in…
PCATI and Adalah: ‘Exposed: The Treatment of Palestinian Detainees During Operation Cast Lead’
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report ‘Exposed’ which discusses violations of detainee rights…
‘Hope’ Ship On Its Way To Gaza
Palestinian independent Legislator, Jamal el-Khodary, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, and Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, stated that the Hope solidarity ship sent by Libya…
Palestinian collaborators fess up during Hamas’ 60 days of amnesty
As the 60 day period offered by Hamas for collaborators with Israel to give themselves up without consequences, Hamas officials announced that a number of collaborators had given themselves up,…
Charges Dropped Against Soldier Who Shot Man, Child In East Jerusalem
The Israeli prosecution decided to drop all charges against a settler-soldier who shot and wounded a Palestinian man and a child in Wadi Hilwa area, in Silwan in occupied East…
Israel Acting To Pressure Libya Into Voiding Its Solidarity Ship To Gaza
The Israeli government headed to the United Nations demanding it to pressure Libya into canceling its “Hope” solidarity ship that would be heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies to…
Three Peace Activists Detained In Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli soldiers kidnapped three peace activists in Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem during the weekly protest against occupation and extremist settlers who took over Arab homes…
Obama Phones Abbas, Assures Him Peace Is Possible
United States President Barack Obama, phoned on Friday evening the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah and discussed with him the latest developments that took place during Obama’s meeting with…
P.A Calls On the U.S To Stop Tax Breaks For Settlements
The Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank called on the United States to stop its tax breaks and deductions to organizations that support Israel’s illegal settlements. Dr. Ghassan Khatib,…
Libyan Aid Boat Heading To Gaza
A charity ship sent by Libya to the Gaza Strip will be heading from Greece to Gaza in an attempt to break the illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region…
This Week in Palestine week 27
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Reports: Palestinian Authority in West Bank refusing to issue passports for Gazans
Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have reported that 100,000 passport applications submitted to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank have yet to be processed – although it is…
Netanyahu thinks peace possible within a year
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed to a crowd in New York that he thought peace was attainable in the next year in spite of Israel’s recent actions.The idea that peace…
Netanyahu: “Settlement Activities To Resume By The End Of September”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that he will not renew the so-called settlement freeze in the occupied West Bank after it expires at the end of September. He said…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 civilians injured, including 2 children, by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 01-06 July 2010, seven civilians, including two children and a journalist, were…
48 New Cars Make It Into Gaza Via Special Tunnel
Egyptian smugglers managed to smuggle nearly 48 new cars into the Gaza Strip via a tunnel specially made for smuggling vehicles. The Middle East Saudi newspaper said that the smugglers…
Haifa Mayor Calls For Turning Seized Turkish Ship Into Floating Hotel
After Israel attacked the Turkish “Marmara” solidarity ship trying to send humanitarian and medical supplies to Gaza, and killed nine nonviolent activists before towing the ship to Haifa, Haifa mayor,…
Israel Reveals Info On Hezbollah Training Sites
The Israeli Army and National Security released on Wednesday photographs and maps reportedly illustrating the military activities and training sites for the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party. Israel warned that it would…
Palestine Today 07 08 2010
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Emirates ambassador wants Iranian nuclear sites destroyed
The U.S. ambassador of the United Arab Emirates said that the short-term costs of a strike would outweigh the long-term benefits.A reporter at the Washington Times quoted the ambassador, Yousef…
Israeli refuseniks paint ‘Free Gaza’ on Warsaw Ghetto
In a demonstration in Poland, Israeli activists who refuse to serve in the military (refuseniks) painted the words ‘Free Gaza’ and ‘Liberate all the ghettos’ on the wall of a…
Israeli Army Conducts Limited Invasion In Southern Gaza
A number of Israeli armored military vehicles carried out a limited invasion on Thursday at dawn into an area close to the Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) Crossing, east of…
Neturei Karta Members Visit Jerusalem Protest Tent
Members of the Neturei Karta religious Jewish organization that opposes Zionism visited the protest tent of Palestinian legislators from Jerusalem to show solidarity and express rejection to Israel’s intention to…
UN Flotilla Probe Set To Start In Spite Of U.S. Reservations
The committee, lead by Former International Criminal Court President Phillipe Kirsch, will investigate the deaths of nine Turkish citizens at the hands of Israeli naval commandos. Phillipe Kirsch, who has…
Recent Survey of Palestinians Reveals Opinions, Hopes, Frustrations
A recent survey conducted in Gaza and the West Bank demonstrated that a slim majority supports direct talks with Israel and that most Palestinians want Marwan Barghouti to succeed current…
Five Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that five residents suffered concussions and bruises in two separate attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers…
PCHR Response to Publication of New Israeli List of Items Banned from Entry to Gaza
On Sunday, 4 July 2010 the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs published two lists, detailing items not permitted to enter the Gaza Strip and those used for construction, which may…
Palestine Today 07 07 2010
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PHR – Israel Issues Report on Gaza, Calls For End To Siege
Physicians For Human Rights – Israel has released a report, on Wednesday, detailing the progressive degradation of the medical situation in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing…
Clashes Reported In Wadi Ara As Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Arab Home
On Wednesday, bulldozers belonging to the Israeli Ministry of Interior, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and police cars, demolished the home of No’man Abu Salem from Ara village…
Charges Filed Against Soldier Who Killed Two Women In Gaza
The Israeli Military Court filed charges against an Israeli soldier of the Givati Brigade after he was convicted of direct involvement in the killing of two Palestinian women during the…
Israel To Demolish Two Homes, Workshop, In Nablus
Israeli soldiers handed residents of Borqa village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, military orders informing them that the army intends to demolish their homes under the pretext…
White House: “Direct Talks To Resume Within Weeks”
Following the meeting between U.S. President, Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said that direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will resume in the coming weeks.The sources added…
Soldiers, Policemen, Carried Out 50 Attacks In Jerusalem in June
The Land Research Center In Jerusalem reported that Israeli soldiers and policemen conducted 50 documented attacks against the Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem, and their property, during the month…
Five Palestinians Injured, Including Four Children, as Two Suspicious Objects Explode
During the last two days, five civilians, including four children, were injured as two suspicious objects blew up in two separate incidents in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip,…
Palestine Today 07 06 2010
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Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Megiddo
Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian detainees after raiding their cells in section 4 and 5 of the Majido prison. The army said that the soldiers were searching for a mobile…
Settlements Control 42% of West Bank Lands
Some half a million Israelis are now living over the Green Line: more than 300,000 in 121 settlements and about one hundred outposts, which control 42% of the land area…
Egypt Locates 60 Cars Meant To Be Smuggled To Gaza
The Egyptian Security Forces managed to foil an attempt to smuggle more than 60 cars, reportedly meant to be brought into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel specifically designed for…