Knesset Revokes Privileges of MK Zo’by for Flotilla Participation
The Israeli Knesset house committee decided to revoke three key parliamentarian privileges of MK Zo’by for being part of the Freedom Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The…
American Journalist Slammed for Comments on Israel
Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas was harshly criticized by American Jewish groups for comments she made last week regarding the Israeli occupation in Palestine.Thomas was asked if she has…
Arab Parliamentarians Visit Gaza
A delegation of Arab Parliamentarians visited the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a step that was described as a move to challenge the Israeli siege on the coastal region, and…
Mousa To Visit Gaza In Coming Days
Arab League Secretary-General, Amro Mousa, will be heading to the besieged Gaza Strip in the coming few days. Mousa phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and informed him of his intention.…
Flotilla Organizers: Israel Fakes Radio Conversation To Depict Flotilla Passengers As Anti-semites
The Israeli army published a Youtube video on Saturday that includes a radio conversation Israel says it happened between the Marmara passengers and the Israeli navy prior to the attack…
Israel Agrees to Form an Investigation Committee into Flotilla Attack, Lebanese Ship to Sail Soon
Israeli Army Radio reported that Israel agreed to form an investigation committee for its violent attack against the Turkish ship heading to Gaza with the solidarity flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies…
Israeli Forces Commandeer MV Rachel Corrie; Seize Humanitarian Aid and Arrest 11 Aid Workers
The last ship in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the MV Rachel Corrie, was captured by the Israeli navy early Saturday morning in international waters about 35 miles off the coast…
While Israeli Navy Surrounds Flotilla Ship, Right-wing Israelis Harass Arab Journalists In Isdud
Around 35 miles off the coast of Gaza, at least three Israeli naval ships have blocked the passage of the MV Rachel Corrie, a humanitarian aid ship trying to deliver…
You Will Have No Protection
‘You will have no protection.’ — Medgar Evers to Civil Rights Activists in Mississippi, shortly before he was assassinated, 12 June, 1963 My heart is breaking; but I do not…
Communication Cut With MV Rachel Corrie Ship; Hundreds Rally Outside Israeli Consulate In Dublin
As the Irish-Malaysian aid ship MV Rachel Corrie approaches within 25 miles of Gaza, communication with the passengers and crew has been cut. This development occurred just after 6:30 am…
Israeli Court Orders Expulsion of Four Palestinian Officials From Jerusalem
On Friday, the Israeli Police informed Hamas political leaders, Mohammad Abu Teir, Mohammad Totah, Khalid Abu Arafa, and Ahmad Attoun, all from Jerusalem, that the High Court ordered their expulsion…
Name Of Slain American Activist Omitted From New York Times Article
The New York Times provided, on Thursday afternoon, internet ‘coverage’ of the deadly Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla and its nonviolent peace activists heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian…
Infant Dies Due To Ongoing Siege
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that an infant died at a hospital in Gaza after Israel refused to allow his family to transfer him to an Israeli hospital to receive…
Egyptian Convoy Heading To Gaza Monday
Egyptian Legislator, Dr. Hazim Farouq, stated Friday that an Egyptian humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip this coming Monday carrying construction materials. Dr. Farouq, who was among…
The ‘Rachel Corrie’ is on Her Way
[Cyprus, June 4, 2010] The Rachel Corrie is 150 miles away from Gaza in international waters and on her way. They will arrive on Saturday morning. The 1200 ton cargo…
This Week In Palestine Week 22 2010
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Four Civilians Injured In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Four civilians were injured in the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Bil’in including Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Parliament, two journalists and another protester.Villagers and their…
Palestinians Raise Turkish Flags In Nonviolent Demosntration In N’ilin
In the village of N’ilin, near Ramallah hundreds of the villagers were joined by International supporters as they held the Friday prayer on the lands on which Israel is planning…
Hundreds demonstrate against the wall in Bethlehem
Around 150 Palestinians, Internationals and Israelis marched, on Friday, in the village of Wad Rahhal near Bethlehem to protest Israel’s construction of the wall on their land and to protest…
Obama Attempts to Justify Israel’s Attack On Freedom Flotilla
United States President, Barack Obama, attempted to justify Israel’s deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla, described it as tragic, yet stated that Israel has “legitimate concerns regarding the Gaza Strip…
Hamas Invites Abbas To Gaza
The Hamas movement invited Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the rival Fateh party, to visit the Gaza Strip as the first step to break the Israeli siege, and end internal…
PCHR Weekly report: 5 fighters killed, 6 civilians wounded in the occupied Palestinian territories
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 27 May – 02 June 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Israeli Interior Minister Recommends MK Zo’by Be Stripped Of Citizenship
Israeli Interior Minister, Elie Yishai, sent a letter to the Legal Councelor of the Israeli government, Yehuda Feinstein, recommending that he revokes citizenship rights of Arab MK, Hanin Zo’by, for…
South Africa Recalls Ambassador To Israel
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera reported that South Africa has recalled its ambassador to Israel to protest the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Ships filled with humanitarian supplies, and…
Israel Rejects International Investigation Into Its Attack On Solidarity Ships
The Israeli government stated Thursday that its opposes any international investigation into its violent and deadly attack against the Freedom Flotilla that was heading to Gaza, leading to the death…
Thousands Participate In Funeral Of Turkish Activists
Thousands of Turkish nationals and international activists participated on Thursday in the funeral of Turkish peace activists who were murdered by the Israeli Navy during the attack against the Marara…
Palestine Today 06 03 2010
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Arab MK Receives Death Threats for Participation in Freedom Flotilla
Arab Member of Knesset Hanin Zo’by was given a security detail after she received several death threats for her participation in the Freedom Flotilla, the convoy of aid ships that…
Arab League Calls For Lifting The Siege On Gaza
Arab League secretary-general, Amro Mousa, stated that the Arab League will demand the United Nations to ensure Israel lifts the siege on Gaza immediately, and added that the Arab League…
Resident Sent To Gaza, Turkish Wife Deported
The Israeli government sent a Gaza Strip resident back to the coastal region while his Turkish wife was deported back to Istanbul. The resident and his wife were among the…
Fundamentalist Israeli Legislators Interrupt Arab MK’s Speech, Call For Deporting Her To Gaza
Several fundamentalist members of Knesset attacked Arab legislator Hanin Zo’by, Wednesday, during a discussion of Israel’s deadly raid against the Gaza-bound humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Zo’by was onboard one of the solidarity…
Three Planes Carrying Turkish Activists Land In Istanbul
Three Turkish ships, carrying hundreds of human rights activists who were kidnapped and attacked by the Israeli army, during the illegal Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza,…
Israeli Ambassador to US: Attack on Flotilla was “Humane … responsible”
In an interview with Fox News, the Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, told viewers that he believed that his government’s raid on an unarmed aid ship in international…
Nonviolent Activist Arrested Near Bethlehem
Israeli Police arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian nonviolent activist in al-Ma’sara village Wednesday evening.Saddam Ala Ed-Deen, 17, is active in the nonviolent movement and resistance against the Annexation Wall in the…
Soldiers Break Into Arab Hospital In East Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and Border Policemen broke into the al-Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem in an attempt to arrest a wounded Palestinian but were forced out in a clash with local…
“They Shot From The Air.” Details Emerge About Israeli Attack on Aid Ships
Some of the aid workers and activists arrested from Freedom Flotilla have been released from Israeli detention and are beginning to tell their stories of the botched Israeli raid that…
Israel Deploys Nuclear Submarines Off The Coast Of Iran
In the midst of the international Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid convoy, Israel has quietly deployed three nuclear submarines off the coast of Iran. This is the latest escalation…
Palestinian Man Dies After Being Hit by Israeli Army Jeep Near Hebron
Mazin al-Jamal, 48, was hit while trying to cross Road 60, a route used mainly by settlers and military forces. The road links Jerusalem with south of the West Bank.…
Palestine Today, 06 02 2010
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Freedom Flotilla Activists To Receive Palestinian Citizenship
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that, in appreciation of their efforts, all those who were aboard the Freedom Flotilla or helped organize it will be granted honorary Palestinian citizenship.The Palestinian…
ECESG: “We Have Donations To Prepare First Three Ships of Freedom Flotilla 2”
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) reported that it has enough donations to prepare the first three solidarity ships of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2,’ a second humanitarian…
Of Cowardice, Dignity, And Solidarity
I personally know over 80 of those kidnapped on the freedom flotilla. It angers us not having any information from all survivors. The only footage received after the vicious attack…
Palestinian-Israelis from Gaza Flotilla Face Extended Detention
A court hearing held in Ashkelon, Tuesday, resulted in the decision to extend the detention of four Flotilla detainees who are prominent Arab Israeli citizens. The Arab Israeli detainees are…
Netanyahu: “Siege will Continue”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel will not end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.He said that the his government’s stance has not changes, and that the…
45 Flotilla Activists Released from Israeli Detention
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, Tuesday, that Israel will release and deport the 620 peace activists who were arrested after Israel’s violent raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. Several…
Palestine Today 06 01 2010
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B’Tselem Demands Investigation into Attack on Solidarity Ships
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) is demanding that Israel conduct an “immediate, independent and effective” investigation into the Israeli raid that killed 19…
UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting; Calls for Investigation Of Israeli Raid
In an emergency session that began Monday afternoon and continued into Tuesday morning, the representatives of the UN Security Council discussed a response to Israel’s violent raid against the Freedom…
American Activist Loses Eye After Being Shot In Face With Gas Canister
Emily Henochowicz, 21, was hit in the face by a tear gas canister Monday while attending a Ramallah protest against Israel’s raid on the Freedom Flotilla. Henochowicz was taken to…
Israeli Army Warns Violent Interception of Flotilla Straggler
The Israeli Army and Navy are willing to use violence against the Rachel Corrie, an Irish ship that was supposed to sail with the Freedom Flotilla but was delayed by…
Flotilla Activist’s Family on Hunger Strike to Demand his Release
The family of Osama Qashoo, a British citizen of Palestinian descent, has declared a hunger strike that will only end with Qashoo’s release. Qashoo was one of the activists aboard…
Governments Condemn Israeli Attack on Aid Ship
A number of countries have issued strong condemnations of the Israeli raid on the Freedom Flotilla, and Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel. The violent raid left 19 activists dead…
Protests around the world in response to Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla
Hundreds of protests were organized Monday calling on the world’s governments to hold Israel accountable for its unprovoked attack on the humanitarian convoy attempting to saild to Gaza.10,000 people gathered…
Israel Tows Aid Ships to Ashdod, Detains 700 Activists Including Foreign Members of Parliament
16 hours after the attack on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla that killed at least 19 passengers, Israeli naval vessels towed the convoy’s ships to the port of Ashdod. The Israeli…
Palestine Today 05 31, 2010
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Nineteen Activists Killed In Israeli Attack On Freedom Flotilla
19 activists were killed in the attack and dozens were wounded, Israeli news agencies reported.Among the wounded was Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement,…
15 Killed And 30 Wounded After Israeli Navy Attacks Freedom Flotilla
In what activists are calling a ‘massacre on the high seas,’ Israeli commandos assaulted a ship sailing with the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza. The Israeli commandos roped from…
News Agencies Call On Israel To Lift Media Blackout On Gaza Flotilla Attack
The Israeli Navy has jammed all communications aboard the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, blocking cell phone signals and internet connections aboard humanitarian aid ships. Scrambling the signals preceding the…
Palestinian Woman Killed by Settler’s Car
A Palestinian woman died of wounds suffered when a settler hit her with his car Sunday, Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported. Her husband was also wounded in the attack.The…
Hamas: “Israel’s Attack on the Solidarity Ships, a Crime Against Humanity”
Hamas announced that it is holding Israel responsible for its deadly commando raid on the Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the death of at least 16 activists. Hamas called the…
The Aftermath: Three days of mourning in Palestine, Israel seals off Gaza
Reactions in the Middle East and around the world to Israel’s violent raid on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Secretary of the Arab League, Amro Mousa: Israel feels it is above the…
Israeli commando pirates attack Gaza flotilla in international waters
OK, where do we start? how many international laws were being breached, violated, broken, trampled?Ten activists, maybe up to sixteen by the latest reports, were killed today when Israeli commandos…
Turkish Protesters Try To Storm Israeli Consulate In Istanbul After Israel Attacks Turkish Ship
Protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate to demand the expulsion of the Israeli embassador in response to this morning’s news that the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza had been…
Communication Lost With Freedom Flotilla
The Israeli Navy has scrambled all communications with the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy carrying hundreds of peace activists and tons of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.Al-Jazeera reporter said that…
Lawyers Say Spying Confession Inadmissible
A leading human rights activist from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority was charged yesterday with the most serious security offences on Israel’s statute book, including espionage. Prosecutors indicted Ameer Makhoul, the…
Israeli Navy Boat Approaches Flotilla Ship
The al-Jazeera journalist travelling aboard the Freedom Flotilla reported that an Israeli patrol boat approached his ship and demanded to see its captain. Human rights activists aboard the Flotilla say…
Israeli forces launch two airstrikes on destroyed Palestinian airport in southern Gaza Sunday
The Israeli airforce announced Sunday that its warplanes had dropped two missiles on the previously-destroyed Palestinian airport in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Sunday…
Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla launches from Cyprus after delay: Report from crewmember
On Sunday morning the Flotilla of humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip finally set off for Gaza, after several delays from the government of Cyprus and technical issues with…
Four Residents Wounded By Settler Fire In Silwan
Four Palestinian residents were wounded by settler fire, on Saturday at night, in Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem. Medical sources described their injuries as mild-to-moderate. Jawad Siyam of the Wadi…
Six Killed In Tunnel Explosion In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that six Palestinians were killed and twelve were wounded in an explosion that took place in a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part…
Israel Dubs Its Planned Attack On Gaza Ships As “Operation Sky Winds”
The Israeli army and navy, under direct supervision and orders from the Israeli government, prepared a plan dubbed “Operation Sky Wind” to attack the Freedom Flotilla” heading to Gaza and…
Under Israeli Threats, Freedom Flotilla Prepares To Sail To Gaza
The Freedom Flotilla started gathering in international waters near the coast in Cyprus in preparation to sail to the Gaza Strip while Israel continued its threats to intercept and even…
Army Carries Out Five Airstrikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out on Saturday at dawn five airstrikes targeting Rafah and Gaza City leading to excessive damage. Local sources reported that the Israeli air force fired…
Egypt Arrests Three Ethiopian Women
The Egyptian authorities arrested on Friday three Ethiopian women near the Egyptian-Israeli border in Sinai.Egyptian security sources reported that the three, detained on Friday at dawn, were trying to infiltrate…
Settlers Hurl Stones At Palestinians Near Qalqilia, Four Wounded
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday evening that four Palestinians were mildly wounded after a group of settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of…
Lieberman: “Freedom Flotilla, Violent”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Friday afternoon that the solidarity ships, filled with medical and humanitarian supplies, and heading to Gaza, is a “violent propaganda against Israel”, and vowed…
This Week in Palestine week 21 2010
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Israeli Troops Stop Anti Wall Protest Near Bethlehem
The villagers of Al Ma’ssra, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, conducted on Friday their weekly anti wall protest. Villagers along with international and Israeli supporters marched from…
One Injured, Four Arrested During The Weekly Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
One man was injured, four other supporters arrested as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest in Bil’in village, central West Bank.As is the case for the past five…
Nil’in Anti Wall Protest Ends With Clashes
The weekly anti wall protest at the village of Nil’in ended this Friday with clashes between local youth and Israeli troops. Villagers along with their international and Israeli supporters gathered…
Fighters Exchange Fire With Soldiers Near Khan Younis
The Palestine Eagles Brigades reported Friday that its fighters exchanged fire with Israeli infantry troops in Sheikh Hammouda area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Egypt Uncovers 17 Tunnels
Egyptian security personnel uncovered 17 tunnels across the border with Rafah during a campaign carried out overnight targeting siege-busting tunnels.The tunnels were uncovered near border marker 4 and in the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 killed, 30 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 20– 26 May 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that…
Salah: “We Don’t Need Israel’s Permission To Break The Siege”
Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, stated that solidarity ships heading to Gaza, all acts of solidarity with the Palestinians people and…
Six Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that six residents were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Al Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. Local sources said that Israeli…
15 European Parliamentarians Enter Gaza
The Borders and Crossings Authority in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that fifteen European parliamentarians entered the coastal region via the Rafah terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israel Joins OECD
Israel has officially joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) during a ceremony held in Paris where the organization is located. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attended the…
Ten, Including A Pregnant Woman, Wounded In Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten residents, including a pregnant women, were wounded on Thursday at night by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place in Silwan town, near…
Palestine Today 05 27 2010
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Israeli Government: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
The Israeli government’s political cabinet decided to instruct the army and the navy not to allow the Freedom Flotilla from reaching the Gaza coast under no circumstances, and said that…
Detainee Hospitalized Due To Sharp Health Deterioration
Palestinian researched, specialized in detainees’ affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that the administration at the Negev desert detention camp moved a detainee to the hospital of al-Ramla prison. The detainee was…
Ewa Jasiewicz – Free Gaza convoy
The largest aid convoy to date is currently en route to Gaza to break the Israeli siege. The convoy includes nine ships, ten thousand tons of aid and eight hundred…
US Adviser to Palestinian Security Forces May Retire
The American Army general advising Palestinian security forces has requested retirement, according to sources in the Pentagon. The adviser, Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, has held his current post for five…
Israeli Arab Women Join Israel’s Army Rescue Unit
Israeli Ynet news reported that several young women, some wearing a hijab, from Kafar Qassem and Kafar Bara, have enlisted in rescue units under the Israeli Army’s Home Front Command.…
Abbas to Visit Washington Soon
The White House reported Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be visiting Washington soon to hold a meeting with President Barack Obama. The White House says that president Obama…
Nasrallah: “Israel-bound Ships Will Be Attacked if War Takes Place”
Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah party, announced that in the event of war with Israel, all ships sailing to Israel will be attacked by Hezbollah fighters.Nasrallah’s statements came…
Palestine Today 05 26 2010
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Three Farmers Wounded by Israeli Army Gunfire In Northern Gaza
Three Palestinian farmers were injured Wednesday afternoon by gunfire from Israeli soldier near the Israeli border in northern Gaza. Witnesses said that the famers were harvesting crops near the town…
The Israeli Military Detain 12 During Home Raids In the West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Wednesday 12 Palestinian civilians during morning raids targeting West Bank communities. Local sources reported military invasions and home raids in the cities of Ramallah, central West…