Jewish Businessmen Negotiating With Orthodox Patriarchate To Renew Jerusalem Land Leases
Israeli sources reported that a number of Jewish businessmen are holding talks with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, controlled and dominated by the Orthodox Patriarchate in Greece, with the…
Russia Demands Israel To Lift The Siege On Gaza
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Israel to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, and also demanded actual measures to end the humanitarian crisis in the coastal region. The siege…
U.N. Human Rights Council Approves International Committee To Probe Flotilla Attack
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted for forming an international committee to probe the deadly Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla on May 31, leading to dozens of casualties…
Israeli Organization Places Ad for Volunteers To Attack Solidarity Ships
An Israeli security organization placed an advertisement in the ads section in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, seeking “women volunteers” to attack and remove women from the Lebanese aid flotilla…
Candle Light Rally In Gaza In Support of Aid Ships
Hundreds of Gaza women held a rally on Monday evening at the Fishermen Port in Gaza City and lit candles in a display of solidarity with the Lebanese Aid Ship,…
Hezbollah Member Killed in Pakistan
A Senior member of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party was killed Monday by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan. Sixteen people were killed in the attack, and dozens…
U.S. Warns Americans Against Traveling To Gaza
The U.S. State Department warned its citizens against going to the Gaza Strip, and against what it called “infiltrating” into Gaza by participating in solidarity ships or by any other…
Palestine Today 06 21 2010
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Dock Workers In California Refuse To Off-load Israeli Ship
In the first such action in the US, the Longshoreman’s Union in Oakland upheld a picket and refused to offload goods imported from Israel into California on Sunday. The picket…
Israeli High Court Rejects Appeal Against Deporting Jerusalem Legislators
The Israeli High Court rejected an appeal, on Sunday, against deportation orders targeting three Palestinian legislators and a former minister from Jerusalem. Ahmad Attoun, a Palestinian Legislator affiliated with Hamas,…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protestors in Beit Jala
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, a nonviolent protest against settlements and the Annexation Wall in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, leading to a number of injuries. The soldiers also attacked bystanders and…
Mitchell Meets Egyptian President Mubarak
At the end of his Middle East tour, U.S. Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, held a meeting on Saturday with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. Mitchell toured the region…
Israel Officially Informs UN It Will Intercept Lebanese Solidarity Ship
Tel Aviv sent an official letter to the United Nations stating that it will, and “has the right” to intercept the Lebanese solidarity ship, Mariam, carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza.Israeli…
Israel Closes Gaza Trade Crossings
Despite Israel’s Thursday decision to “ease restrictions on Gaza”, the Israeli Authorities closed all trade crossings leading to the coastal region. The closure, unless extended, will last until Sunday. Fattouh…
Israel Decides To Use Force Against Lebanese Solidarity Ships
The Israeli government instructed the army and the navy to intercept, and if necessary, to use force against the two Lebanese ships that would be heading to Gaza to deliver…
This Week in Palestine week 24 2010
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Protestors Wounded During Bil’in’s Nonviolent Anti-wall Protest
The villagers of Bil’in organized their weekly nonviolent protest against the wall despite Israeli declaration of the area as a closed military zone.A number of protestors were wounded when Israeli…
Nonviolent Actions In Bethlehem Against The Wall
In Bethlehem, Palestinians protested Israel’s construction of the wall by marching after the Friday prayer from the mosque to their lands.Dozens of residents from the village of al-Ma’asara protested the…
Scores Wounded at Nonviolent Protest in Ni’lin
The villagers of Ni’lin, together with international supporters, marched after Friday prayers to their confiscated land where Israel is building the wall. Abu Amira, member of the Popular Committee Against…
As Mitchell Tries To Launch Talks, Israel To Demolish 22 Homes in Jerusalem
Amidst efforts to create a positive atmosphere for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel to discuss demolishing 22 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.Last time Mitchell visited the…
Ayalon: “Israel Might Agree To International Observers Monitoring Gaza Crossings”
Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, Dani Ayalon, stated that Israel might accept having international observers monitor Gaza Strip border crossings in order to supervise the transfer of humanitarian supplies to Gaza.His…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 civilian killed, 1 child wounded by Israeli forces
In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that during the week of 10-16 June 2010,…
Israel To Demolish Homes In Jerusalem
Workers of the Jerusalem municipality and officers of the Israeli Border Police broke into several homes, Thursday, that belong to the Salah family in Beit Safafa in East Jerusalem, and…
U.S. State Department: “Israel Not Doing Enough To Counter Human Trafficking”
The U.S. State Department stated, Thursday, that although Israel has managed to achieve significant progress in countering human trafficking, it still “lacks the awareness to battle it and the will…
Soldiers Ordered Not To Enter Arab Towns in Israel
The Israeli army issued strict orders to the soldiers to stay away from Arab towns in the country and not to interact with Arab citizens. Israeli online daily, Maariv, reported…
Amnesty International Calls For Ending the Siege on Gaza
Amnesty International issued a statement urging Israel to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, stating that the siege is a form of collective punishment against 1.4 million Palestinians.Commenting on…
Irish Singer’s Concert In Israel Canceled
Legendary songwriter, performer and peace activist, Tommy Sands’ scheduled performance at the ‘Festival Bloomsday Concert ‘ Sunday June 20 has been cancelled.The appearance was canceled after Sands refused to be…
Palestine Today 06 17 2010
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Israel To Ease Some Restrictions On Goods To Gaza
The Israeli Ministerial Cabinet decided on Thursday morning to ease some of the restrictions it enforces on the entry of goods and supplies into the besieged coastal region. The cabinet…
Aid Ship Sets Sail From Iran Bound For Gaza
One cargo ship full of humanitarian aid has departed from Iran bound for Gaza, with another ship planning to join it by the weekend. The Iranian flotilla, organized by the…
Mitchell To Meet Barak Thursday
Israeli sources reported that the U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Thursday with Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and a number of other Israeli…
Turkey Will Not Send New Ambassador To Israel
The Star newspaper in Turkey reported Wednesday that the Turkish government decided not to send a new ambassador to Israel unless it cooperates with the International Investigation Committee in charge…
Freedom Flotilla 2 To Sail In Mid-July
The Freedom Flotilla 2 carrying humanitarian supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip will be sailing to Gaza in mid-July 2010. All arrangements have been concluded and several ships are now…
Accused Murderer Appoints Own Jury
The New York Times, whose regional bureau chief has a son in the Israeli military, reports that Israel has just appointed a panel charged with investigating its attack on an…
Palestine Today 06 16 2010
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Soldier Who Killed Gaza Woman, Her Daughter, Will Face Charges, Israel Says
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli soldier who shot and killed a 64-year-old Palestinian woman and her daughter, 35, during Israel’s offensive against the Gaza Strip, 18 months ago,…
Israeli Media Report That Officers Shot Palestinian Lying On Ground
The official Israeli version of an incident last Friday, in which a Palestinian motorist from East Jerusalem was killed by Israeli border officers after a motor vehicle accident, has been…
Abu Zuhri: “Nothing New In Fatah Statements”
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson for the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, said Wednesday that the statements of Azzam al-Ahmad, a member of the Central Committee of the Fatah…
Israeli Military Kills One Person Near Eilat
The Israeli army killed one man on Wednesday morning after spotting a group of people, some of them armed, apparently attempting to infiltrate through the border from Egypt, some 40…
Fighters Survive An Assassination Attempt in Gaza
A group of fighters survived, late on Tuesday night, an Israeli assassination attempt in Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The al-Quds Brigade, the…
Hamas: “Israel’s Probe Committee, is a Deception and Manipulation”
Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyya, stated that Israel’s decision to investigate its own attack against the Freedom Flotilla in international waters is an attempt to deceive the world, adding that the…
PPP Holds A Protest In Nablus Against Prosecution Of Party Members In Gaza
The leftist Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) held a protest in Nablus on Tuesday against political prosecution practiced by Hamas’ security forces in the Gaza Strip against members and leaders of…
Palestien Today 06 15 2010
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Peaceful March Against The Buffer Zone In Gaza
Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the Gaza Strip to protest the “buffer zone” Israel is creating in the northern, and eastern side of the Gaza Strip.The march, called for by…
EU Wants Blockade Lifted, Israel Responds with own Demands
The EU desires the Gaza blockade lifted, international participants in any inquiry. Israel wants future ships stopped before they leave port.The EU has expressed to Israel its desire to see…
Israel Arrests 14 Throughout West Bank
Tuesday morning 14 civilians were arrested all over the West Bank in military invasions.The Israeli military claims that all fourteen men were on its ‘wanted’ list and that all of…
Palestinian Boy Ran Over by Military vehicle
9 year-old injured after military jeep crashes into him, currently hospitalizedAhmed Saeed was struck by a military jeep Tuesday morning in Hebron. He was taken to a hospital in a…
Israeli Authorities Demolish Two Sheds In Jerusalem
Israeli authorities demolished on Tuesday two barracks that belong to Palestinians from Jerusalem, claiming they are built without the proper permits. Clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and Israeli police who…
Israel Tells Tehran, Beirut Solidarity Ships Will Be Stopped
Israel sent messages to Iran and Lebanon threatening that it will resort to violence if needed in order to prevent the Iranian and Lebanese solidarity ships from reaching the Gaza…
US Consul Asks Israeli Government To Look Into How American’s Eye Was Shot Out In West Bank Protest
When Israeli border control officers attacked a non-violent protest near Qalandia checkpoint on June 1st, eyewitnesses reported that the troops fired three high-velocity tear gas canisters directly toward 21-year old…
Iran Does Not Plan To Escort Solidarity Ship
Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hussein Salami, stated that the Corps has no plans to escort the Gaza-bound solidarity ships heading from Tehran.The statement is contrary…
Israeli Settler Killed, 2 Wounded In Attack By Palestinian Fighters In The West Bank
A group of Israeli settlement police travelling through the occupied West Bank Monday morning were shot at by unknown gunmen from the side of the road, in what was presumed…
Palestine Today 06 14 2010
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Gush Shalom Slams Decision To Hold An Israeli Probe Into Flotilla Attack
‘This is a cover-up commission, toothless and powerless. Even had it wanted to, it can’t probe the real issues. International friends of Dore Gold won’t bite’ This was the first…
Iranian Boats To Sail To Gaza With Aid Supplies
The first of two Iranian ships carrying aid left port on Sunday for the Gaza Strip, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The ship is transporting construction material, food and toys for…
The Truth Behind The Israeli Propaganda
I have, of course, been outraged at armed men boarding ships in international waters, killing passengers on board who attempt to resist and then forcing their ship to the hijackers’…
Barak Cancels Trip to France after Threat of Lawsuit over Flotilla Raid
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak canceled a trip to an arms trading fair in France after French passengers of the Freedom Flotilla attacked two weeks ago said they plan to…
Mosad Agent Arrested in Poland
The German Federal Prosecution announced Saturday that a Mosad agent has been arrested in Poland for his suspected involvement in the flagrant assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Madbouh in Dubai…
Norwegian Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships
Responding to requests from the Palestinian Workers Union and other unions and organizations around the world, the Norwegian Ports Union decided to follow its Swedish counterpart by launching a boycott…
Hebron Child Hospitalized After Being Attacked By Israeli Soldiers
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported, Saturday evening, that a 10-year-old child was hospitalized after being violently attacked and beaten by Israeli soldiers. The child, Gandhi Nidal al-Oweywy, 10, suffered…
This Week in Palestine week 23 2010
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Ni’lin Residents protest the wall and settlers chant ‘Palestinians go to Jordan’
Residents of the village of Ni’lin organized an anti-wall demonstration after the Friday prayer today. Protesters marched from the mosque to the land slated for confiscation, despite the Israeli decision…
New kind of protest: Bil’in villagers play football at the wall
Israelis and international supporters joined on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest against the wall in the village of Bil’in, central West Bank.Demonstrators in Bil’in today formed their own Palestine national…
Nonviolent anti-wall activities in Bethlehem villages after the prayer
Palestinian villagers near Bethlehem, southern West Bank, organized on Friday protests against the wall Israel is building on their lands.In the village of Wad Rahal international supporters joined the farmers…
African Immigrant Killed By Egyptian Border Police
Egyptian sources reported that an African immigrant was shot and killed on Friday morning by Egyptian Border Police fire as he was trying to infiltrate into Israel, another immigrant was…
Preparations Underway For Mousa’s Visit To Gaza
Hisham Yousef, assistant Arab League Secretary-General, left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah terminal later on Thursday at night after conducting a short visit to observe the preparations for the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 killed, 3 wounded by Israeli forces
In its weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 3– 9 June 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Four Extremist Young Settlers Could Face Mosque Vandalism Charges
The Magistrates Court in Haifa decided on Thursday to keep four settlers, Yeshiva students, in custody as they are the main suspects in spraying racist graffiti on the walls of…
Local Elections Delayed Until Further Notice
The Palestinian Ministerial Council in the West Bank decided to delay that local council elections scheduled for July 17, until further notice. The Council said that a new elections date…
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Thursday that detainee Mohammad Abdul-Salaam Abdeen, 37, from al-Toor Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, died at the al-Ramla prison. The detainees was…
Soldiers Detain, Violently Attack A Youth In Hebron
Israeli soldiers detained and violently attacked a Palestinian Youth in Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and released him later on. The youth, Hisham Khalil, 16,…
Israel announces it will allow some Coca Cola, junk food to enter Gaza; Hamas rejects ‘PR move’
While the people of Gaza continue to demand that Israel lift its 3-year long siege and allow building materials, electric appliances, medical equipment and car parts into Gaza, the Israeli…
Palestine Today 06 10 2010
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50 Ships To Join Second Freedom Flotilla
Yasser Qashlaq, the head of the Free Palestine Movement, announced Thursday that Freedom Flotilla 2 could include up to 50 ships.Qashlaq said that a ship organized by Journalists Without Borders…
Egyptian Minister: “Egypt Will Keep Rafah Terminal Open”
Dr. Mofeed Shihab, Egyptian Minister of State for Legal and Representative Councils Affairs, announced that the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt will remain open in order to enable…
New Knesset Bill To Demand Sending P.A Money To Settlements
25 fundamentalist members of Israeli Knesset submitted a bill proposing that the Knesset transfer money allocated to the Palestinian Authority to Jewish settlements, to punish the Palestinians for their boycott…
Veterans Commemorate 43rd Anniversary of Israeli Attack on American Ship
In the 1967 War, the Israeli military attacked and sank the USS Liberty in international waters. 34 US sailors were killed and 174 wounded after Israeli Navy officers mistook the…
Two Iranian Aid Ships to Sail to Gaza
Abdul-Raouf Adeeb Zada, head of the the Iranian Red Crescent’s International Relations department , announced Wednesday that two Iranian ships carrying humanitarian supplies will be sailing to Gaza by the…
Obama to Give 400 Million Dollars for Development in Gaza
Following his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, US President Barack Obama announced that his administration had decided to give 400 million dollars to the Gaza Strip in order to…
Palestien Today 06 09 2010
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Israel Could Accept A British Proposal To Ease Gaza Siege
The UK submitted a secret proposal last week that suggested easing the siege on Gaza in return for what it called “a watered-down” investigation into Israel’s deadly attack on the…
Extensive Report on Palestinian Detainees In Israeli Prisons
The head of the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees’ Census Department , Abdul-Nasser Farawna, who is himself a former detainee, stated that Israel has arrested around 700,000 Palestinians since June 1967.…
PPS: “Israel To Expel Nine Detainees’
A special committee in Israel will be holding a meeting on Wednesday to make a decision on expelling nine Palestinian detainees from the West Bank. The violation is considered an…
Three Activists Detained in Nonviolent Action Near Bethlehem
The Israeli military and police detained three peace activists in the village of al-Walaja Wednesday morning who were trying to stop Israeli bulldozers from uprooting treesIsraeli forces arrested two Israeli…
Israel Deports Sudanese Man to Gaza
On Tuesday, in the first incident of its kind, the Israeli Authorities deported a Sudanese citizen who had been working in Israel without a visa to the Gaza Strip. The…
Arab MK Receives Death Threat from New York Extremists
An extremist organization in New York, calling itself “The Pulsa Di Nura,” sent a letter to Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi informing him that he has “180 days…
Soldiers Uproot Agricultural Lands Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers uprooted and bulldozed, on Tuesday morning, agricultural lands in the al-Walaja village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Israeli soldiers invaded that village after closing all of…
Palestine Today 06 08 2010
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Lawsuit Filed Against Israel for Flotilla Attack
Lillian Glock, a French lawyer, has filed two lawsuits against the State of Israel on the grounds of kidnapping and detention without reason.Glock, who works on behalf of the Committee…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Selects General for Flotilla Investigation
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi appointed Major General Giora Eiland to lead the investigation into the Freedom Flotilla raid and to “draw lessons” from the botched operation. The…
Egypt Prevents Nine Parliamentarians from Entering Gaza
The Egyptian Authorities stopped nine Egyptian Legislators at the Rafah Terminal who were trying to deliver construction supplies to Gaza.In Sinai, Egyptian Authorities confiscated four trucks filled with cement and…
Turkey Calls for International Investigation of Flotilla Raid
In a joint press conference with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey will not be silent regarding Israel’s deadly raid on Freedom…
Report: Israeli Government Asked The US For More Weapons
During his most recent visit to the US, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu requested that the US provide him with Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs, rockets, aircraft ammunition and other…
Israeli Troops Issue 10-day Eviction Orders To Palestinians In Jordan Valley
Five Palestinian families in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern part of the West Bank, received eviction orders from the Israeli military on Sunday, just days after Israeli settlers set…
Palestine Today 06 07 2010
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Senior Israeli Army Commander: Turkish Attempt To Break The Siege Would Be “Act of War”
A senior commander in the the Israeli military has stated that he believes that action taken by the Turkish government in protecting an upcoming flotilla to Gaza would be considered…
Four Fighters Killed In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday at dawn, that four fighters were killed by Israeli fire near the Gaza coast.The attack was carried out approximately at 4:30am, at dawn, as the…
US Embassy in Israel Demands Investigation into American Injured in Protest
The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest…
US Embassy in Israel Demands Investigation into American Injured in Protest
The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest…
Divestment Movement Gains Momentum In US And Britain
The largest labor union in Britain, Unite, has passed a resolution to divest from Israel, while another U.S. College, slain activist Rachel Corrie’s school Evergreen College, has also voted for…