Israeli Troops Detain 13 Palestinian Civilians From Southern West Bank
Thirteen Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during predawn military invasions targeting the southern West Bank villages. Nine men were detained as troops searched and ransacked residents’…
The Israeli Military Open Fire At A Nonviolent Protest In Gaza Killing Youth
A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli soldiers as they opened fire at a nonviolent protest on Wednesday east of Gaza City. Palestinians along with international supporters gathered near the…
Palestinian Youth Unite Against Normalization With Israel
In commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, and as an expression of our commitment to resisting Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid in accordance with international law, we (Palestinian youth…
Gaza man who has lived in West Bank since age 4 forcibly removed by Israeli troops
In the third incident of forced removal by Israeli troops since the new regulation was implemented, Israeli troops abducted and forcibly removed 19-year old Fadi Al-Gharazmeh from the southern West…
Palestine Today 04 27 2010
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IsraeliTroops Detain Six Palestinian Civilians During Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Israeli soldiers detained six Palestinian civilians during military invasions targeting West Bank communities on Tuesday. Local sources reported invasions into the cities of Nablus and Ramallah, in the central and…
Gaza: Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli naval forces attacked on Tuesday Palestinian fishing boats off the shoreline of northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Fishermen said that navy vessels opened fire at them while…
Scuffle Reported Between Residents And Israeli Troops In East Jerusalem Neighborhood
A scuffle erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli troops in Silwan East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday. Witnesses told local media that troops gathered at Silwan and provoked local youth, a…
Ariel settlement dumps sewage on Palestinian town
According to the Palestinian Water Authority, the settlement of Ariel has been pumping its sewage directly into the nearby Palestinian village of Bruqin, creating a dangerous and unhealthy situation for…
Troops Attack Anti Wall Protesters Near Bethlehem And Detain One Boy
A number of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation and one child was detained by soldiers when they attacked anti wall protest at the Wallajeh village…
Abbas Bans Settlement Products
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a ban on products from Jewish settlement in West Bank, Reuters reported on Monday.“There’s an international consensus that the settlements are illegal and therefore…
Palestine Today 04 26 2010
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Hundreds Of New Settler Homes In Jerusalem
The Islamic Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites announced on Monday Israel’s intentions to build 321 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. The new homes which will…
Settlers – Outpost To Be Authorized As A New Settlement Near Bethlehem
In 2001 the outpost of Derech Ha’avot was established on lands owned by Palestinian villagers from Al Khadir, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. On September 28, 2008…
Israeli Troops Detain Five Civilians During Dawn Invasions In The West Bank
Five Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers on Monday at dawn and Sunday night during military invasions targeting West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions at villages located southern…
Hamas: “Assassination Of Sweity Outcome Of Collaboration Between P.A Forces And Israel”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, held Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Army, responsible for the Monday assassination of Qassam Brigades fighter, Ali Sweity, and said that this…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Clashes Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources report on Monday morning a fighter of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers who surrounded a…
Portland protest challenges AIPAC fundraiser
A group of protesters in Portland, Oregon, USA, erected mock settlements, a ‘Wall of Shame’, and a checkpoint as part of a protest against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
Israel Kidnaps Lawyer Representing Jordanian Detainees
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Sunday Shereen Al Esawy, a lawyer representing Jordanian Detainees imprisoned in Israel. Al Esawy was kidnapped at a roadblock, near Jabal Al Mokabbir, in East Jerusalem.The…
Israel Angered By Shalit Animation
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for releasing an a short animating video about the captured soldiers Gilad Shalit, and described it as an irresponsible…
Al Qassam Releases 3D Video About Shalit
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a 3D video about the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and stated that the video carries several messages to the…
At Least Five Palestinians Wounded In East Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that at least five Palestinians, including a medic, were wounded by rubber-coated bullets fired by the Israeli army at protestors in Al Bustan neighborhood in…
Settlers Wounded In Jerusalem Scuffle
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that a number of settlers were wounded during a scuffle that took place with Palestinian residents in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Responding TO Israeli Threats; Syria Says It Can Strike Israel With Hundreds Of Missiles
After an Israeli official stated that “Israel can send Syria to the Stone Age”, a Syrian official told Manbar Al Rai paper in Kuwait, that Syria can send Israel to…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron, Kidnap Four
Israeli soldiers used excessive force against a nonviolent protest in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped Four residents. The protest was organized against the ongoing closure of…
Palestinians protesting land takeover in Gaza fired upon by Israeli troops, six injured
One international peace activist was shot in the leg, and five Palestinians wounded (one seriously) when Israeli troops fired live ammunition at a group of unarmed demonstrators in the northern…
Israeli Police Shoot a Tourist in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
The Israeli police shot and wounded on Saturday a tourist who reportedly attempted to stab a police officer in the Church Of Holy Sepulcher. The police claimed that the policemen…
Israeli forces deport 2 Palestinian residents of Israel to Gaza
In what appears to be the first enforcement of a recent Israeli military order on Palestinian residency rights, 2 Palestinian residents of Israel have been deported to Gaza in separate…
Qassam Fighter Killed in Gaza Explosion
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Friday that one of its members was killed in an explosion in Al Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza…
This Week In Palestine -week 16 2010
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Bil’in Ends Its Fifth Conference, Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest Injuring A Dozen Civilians
At least a dozen Palestinian and international civilians were injured during the weekly nonviolent protest at the central West Bank village of Bil’in. This Friday protest marked the end of…
Villagers Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli Wall Built On Their Lands
Residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest on Friday midday the Israeli-built wall on their lands. Villagers, joined by International and Israeli supporters…
Al Walaja Villagers Protest The Wall Being Built On Their Lands
Around 200 villagers along with international supporters gathered in Al-Walaja village south of Jerusalem on Friday to protest the Israeli wall being built on their lands.The protest started at the…
Seven Injured in The Weekly Nil’in Anti-Wall Protest
Seven local youth were injured at the village of Nil’in, central West Bank during the weekly anti wall protest on Friday. Villagers along with international and Israeli supporters held the…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian fighter killed, 3 Palestinian civilians injured by Israeli troops
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that during the week of 15-21 April 2010,…
Israel Bars Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem From Traveling
Israeli Interior Minister, Elie Yishai, issued a decree on Thursday preventing Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and head of the Higher Islamic Committee…
Sunday Could Witness Official Declaration Of Indirect Talks, Israel Says
Israeli sources reported that this coming Sunday could witness an official declaration for the beginning of American-mediated indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The sources expressed optimism that the mission of U.S.…
Haniyya: “Resumption Of Talks Gives Israel A Cover-up For The Judaization Of Jerusalem”
Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, stated Thursday the resuming peace talks with Israel provides another cover-up for what he described as the…
58 Detained, One Wounded and 70 Dunams Drowned in Sewage
Thursday witnessed several attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and policemen leading to the kidnapping of 58 Palestinians in the West Bank and in the 1948 areas, while one fisherman…
Jordan Confirms Grad Missile Hit Aqaba
The Jordanian Authorities confirmed Thursday that the explosion that took place at a cooling warehouse, north of the Aqaba coastal city was a grad missile, but added that the missile…
Netanyahu To Mitchell: “No Settlement Freeze”
On Thursday evening, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the visiting U.S. Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, that Israel will not freeze its settlement activities in the occupied territories, including…
Palestine Today 04 22 2010
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Israeli Tanks Invade And Destroy Farm Lands In Southern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and bulldozers stormed on Thursday the village of Abassan Al Mubra in southern Gaza Strip and destroyed farm lands. Witnesses told local media that tanks opened fire at…
Two Injured, One Detained; As Troops Attack People Protesting Wall Construction Near Bethlehem
Two Palestinian civilians were injured, one international peace activist detained on Thursday as Israeli troops used batons to suppress wall construction protesters at the town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem…
Israeli Troops Detain 15 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions Targeting The West Bank
Fifteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting West Bank communities on Thursday. Najeep Qawasmeh from Jenin, northern West Bank, sustained light wounds after soldiers attacked…
Two Katyusha Shells Fired Into Israel
Israeli security sources reported Thursday morning that two Katyusha rockets were fired at Eilat city. Israel is investigating the possibility that the rockets were fired from the Sinai peninsula although…
PPS: “Detainee Who Died Last Week, Was Hit On His Spine, Neck”
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that detainee Raed Abu Hammad, who died on April 16, was hit by Israeli interrogators on the center spine and the back on his…
As Mitchell Delays Visit To Israel, Shapiro Arrives In The Country
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, decided to delay his visit to Israel this week and will instead visit the region next week to hold meetings with Israeli officials.…
Former Minister Of Detainees Released From Israeli Prison
The Israeli Authorities released on Wednesday former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Qabha, who was arrested along with several Hamas ministers and elected officials last year. After his release, Qabha…
Child Reveals Abuse, Torture By Israeli soldiers
A Palestinian child, 15 years old, revealed to the Qatar-based, Al Jazeera, details on how Israeli soldiers kidnapped him, struck him and forced him to drink untreated sewage water at…
Clashes Reported in Silwan
Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Wednesday that clashes took place between several Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem.The clashes took place after a…
Hariri: “Hezbollah Did Not Receive Scud Missiles From Syria”
Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Al Hariri, stated Wednesday that Hezbollah did not receive any long-range Scud Middles from Syria, and added that reports about the issue are fabricated by Israel…
Palestine Today 04 21 2010
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Fifth Annual Conference On Popular Resistance starts in Bil’in
Hundreds of Palestinians along with international and Israeli delegates started on Wednesday the fifth annual conference on popular resistance in village of Bil’in near the central west Bank city of…
Settlers Attack Israeli soldiers, Wound One
Israeli sources reported that a group of settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement, attacked several soldiers and lightly wounded one soldiers on Thursday evening, and also hurled stones at military…
Thousands March Towards A Destroyed Arab Village Near Al Teera
Thousands of Palestinians, carrying Palestinian flags and posters carrying the names of destroyed Arab villages, marched on Tuesday from Al Teera Arab city towards the ruins of Miska Arab village…
Fundamentalist Settlers Attack An Arab Home In Jaffa
The Arabs48 news Website reported Tuesday that a group of fundamentalist settlers of Keryat Arba’ Yeshiva in Jaffa broke on Sunday into an Arab home in the city and attacked…
Palestinian Factions Meet In Gaza
Palestinian factions, including the rival Fateh and Hamas movements, held on Tuesday a meeting in northern Gaza to discuss the latest Israeli decision to deport thousands of Palestinians from the…
Israeli Tanks Bombard Gaza
On Tuesday evening, Israeli tanks fired several shells into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and into Dir Al Balah in central Gaza; damage was reported,…
Eritrean Immigrant Killed By Egyptian Border Police
Egyptian security sources reported Tuesday that a 31-year-old Eritrean man was killed by Egyptian Border Police fire while trying to infiltrate into Israel. Medical sources in Egypt reported that two…
Palestine Today 04 20 2010
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Israeli Settlers Uproot Olive Trees In Northern West Bank
Israeli settlers uprooted on Tuesday dozens of olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers form the village of Qarwit near Nablus city, northern West Bank. Famers said the settlers arrived at…
Israeli navy attacks Gazan fishing boats
Israeli navy vessels attacked on Tuesday Palestinian fishermen boats off Gaza City shoreline. Local sources announced that the navy opened fire at fishing boats damaging some of them, but reported…
Palestinian Worker Dies, Two Injured At Separate Tunnel Accidents In The Gaza Strip
A Palestinian worker was killed and two others injured late Monday night during separate tunnel accidents at the southern Gaza Strip boarders with Egypt. Mohamed Abu Sha’er, aged 20, was…
Falk Slams Israel’s Deportation Orders
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, slammed the Israeli decision to deport thousands of Palestinians from the occupied territories the claim…
Beit Sahour: A Microcosm Of Israeli Colonization
Recent construction in the Har Homa settlement in the occupied West Bank. Forced by Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, the US president delivers a ‘rare rebuke’ of an ally. Israeli…
Settlers Install An Illegal Outpost On Palestinian Land In Hebron
A group of armed, extremist, Israeli settlers occupied on Monday a Palestinian agricultural land in Wadi Al Hasseen area, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and installed…
Israel To Deport A West Bank Detainee To Gaza
The Israeli Authorities decided to deport a detainee from Kafr Thuluth town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to the Gaza Strip. 14 other detainees will also be…
P.A Shuts Down Ten TV, Radio Stations
The Palestinian government in the West Bank officially shut down ten TV and Radio stations; seven in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and three in Hebron, in the…
Palestine Today 04 19 2010
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Troops Open Fire At A Nonviolent Wall Protest In The Gaza Strip
Israeli troops opened fire on Monday at Palestinians gathered at the Israeli built wall near Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. The local Committees against the Wall organized the Monday event.…
The Military Orders The Demolishing Of Four Homes In Southern West Bank
The Israeli army handed out on Monday demolition orders to four Palestinian home-owners at the town of Halhul, southern West Bank. The army says the homes are located in an…
Palestinian Worker critically Injured In A Tunnel Accident At The Gaza Egypt Borders
A Palestinian worker was critically injured, on Monday, while working inside a tunnel between the southern Gaza Strip borders and Egypt. Ibrahim Al Khawas, aged 24, lost his leg due…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars At The Ramallah-Nablus Road Central West Bank
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Monday Palestinian cars at the road connecting the central West Bank city of Ramallah with the northern city of Nablus. Witnesses said that…
Fighters Exchange Fire With Israeli Forces In Northern Gaza
The Salah Ed Deen Brigades issued a press release stating that its fighters exchanged fire with under-cover forces of the Israeli army invading an area in northern Gaza on Monday…
Family Of Dead Detainee Demands Investigation
The family of detainee Raed Abu Hammad, from Al Ezariyya town in east Jerusalem, demanded a full investigation into the death of their sign who died last Friday at an…
Barak: “Currently, Iran Poses No Threat”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated Monday that, at the current stage, Iran does not pose any threat to the existence of the state of Israel, and added that should…
Fighters Killed In Gaza Explosion Identified
Palestinian medical sources reported that the two fighters who were killed in an explosion in Gaza on Saturday evening, have been identified.The two were identified as Ayman Abu Khousa and…
Troops Detain Ten Peace Activists In Hebron
Israeli soldiers detained on Saturday evening ten international peace activists in Al Tiwani area in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented others from entering Beit Ummar Town,…
Mezan Center: “Israel Deliberately Killed Reuters Cameraman”
On the third anniversary of his death, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the Israeli army deliberately shot and killed Palestinian cameraman, working for Reuters, Fadel Shana’a,…
Iran Kicks-off Nuclear Summit
Iran has officially started, Saturday, its summit on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of atomic weapons, the Iranian Press TV reported. The conference will last for two days while the participants…
On Prisoners Day: 8500 Detainees Still Imprisoned By Israel
As the Palestinians mark the Palestinian Prisoners Day on Saturday March 17, at least 8500 detainees, including women and children, and several legislators and officials, are still imprisoned by Israel…
Gaza; Thousands Protest Against Israeli Deportation Orders
The Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movements organized on Thursday massive processions in the Gaza Strip in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, and against Israel’s decision to deport…
Detainee Dies Friday in Israeli Cell
Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that a detainee died at the Be’er Sheva Israeli prison after the Israeli authorities placed him in a cell…
This Week In Palestine -week 15 2010
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Dozens Suffered Form Gas Inhalation During Anti-wall Protest In Ni’lin
Dozens of residents from Ni’lin village near Ramallah in the northern West Bank took to the streets to protest the construction of the wall on their land.This weekly nonviolent protest…
Palestinian Killed, Another Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Troops In Gaza
A Palestinian fighter was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops who invaded Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip, Friday noon, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr. Mu’awiya…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinian fighters killed; 7 civilians, 3 fighters wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in the week 8-14th April 2010, 7 Palestinian civilians, including…
Olmert Main Suspect In Corruption Case
On Thursday, an Israeli court lifted a gagging order in the case of the“Holy Land” corruption scandal revealing that the main suspect in this case is Israel’s former Prime Minister,…
Army Obstructs Firefighters Causing Further Damage, Losses near Jenin
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday that after several storehouses for household and sponge products caught fire, the Israeli army obstructed Palestinian firefighters and rescue teams from reaching the area, causing…
Trial against Israeli whistleblower focuses on missing documents
As the Israeli trial against journalist Anat Gam continues, the Israeli government and media are focusing on the fact that certain key evidence has gone missing, a focus which some…
Palestine Today 04 15 2010
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Hamas Government In Gaza Executes Two Collaborators
The dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip officially announced on Thursday morning that it executed two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with the Israeli Intelligence. The two were shot to…
Former Jerusalem Mayor Arrested For Corruption, Bribery And Money Laundering
The Israeli police arrested on Wednesday former Jerusalem mayor, Uri Lupolianski, on suspicions of corruption, bribery, and money laundering. He will remain in custody for 5 days pending further investigation.…
Child Wounded By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that the 10-year-old child was wounded by a rubber-coated bullet fired by the Israeli army at protesters near Beit Ummar town, north of…
Israeli Tourism Agency Advertises Al Aqsa As Jewish Site
The Guardian British Newspaper reported that an Israeli tourism agency is advertising the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in occupied East Jerusalem as Jewish sites, and…
Moscow Warns Against Israel’s Decision To Deport Thousands of Palestinians
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement warning that implementing Israeli order #1650 regarding the deportation of thousands of residents from the West Bank could lead to further escalation and…
Nine Detainees Could Face Deportation
The Israeli Authorities decided to send nine Palestinian detainees to court although they served their terms, under the pretext that they do not carry Identity Cards. The nine detainees will…
Israeli TV: “Hamas Wants To Abduct More Soldiers”
The Israeli TV, Channel 2, reported that the Hamas movement ordered its military wing to try to abduct soldiers and move them to safe locations, preferably in the West Bank,…
Palestine Today 04 14 2010
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