Palestine Today 04 14 2010
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Israeli Military Kidnaps Two Palestinians And Assault Another
Israeli forces kidnapped two Palestinian civilians Wednesday morning from the West Bank. Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli troops invaded the town of Yattah near Hebron and kidnapped Hamza Hoshiyeh…
Israeli Forces Demolish three houses in the West Bank
Israeli military demolished three houses in the West Bank on Wednesday in Al-Khader and Beit Sahour near Bethlehem and the village of Hares near Salfit.Israeli bulldozers demolished a house that…
Three Wounded After Army Opened Fire At Peaceful Protest Near Gaza
Local sources reported Wednesday that three Palestinians were shot and wounded after the Israeli army opened fire at a nonviolent protest east of Al Shujaeyya in Gaza city. The protest…
Settlers Torch Two Vehicles, Right Graffiti On Mosque’s Wall
Israeli settlers invaded on Wednesday at dawn the village of Huwwara, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, torched two cars and wrote graffiti at the wall of a…
Israelis Advised Out of Sinai
Israeli sources reported that the “Counter Terrorism Unit” at the office if Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued an urgent waning advising all Israeli tourists in Sinai to return to…
Jerusalem Mayor Wants More Palestinian Homes Demolished
Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, issued orders instructing municipality engineers to demolish more Palestinian homes at a number of neighborhoods in Silwan town in East Jerusalem.The municipality will start the demolishing…
Several Palestinians wounded in Hebron clashes
Three Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets fired by the army at a group of Palestinian protesters on Tuesday, while several other residents received medical treatment after inhaling gas fired…
Palestine Today 04 13 2010
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Israeli settlers pay a provocative visit to a village near Tulkarem
Israeli settlers invaded the village of Kherbit El-Hamam near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Tuesday.Around fifty settlers of different ages marched through the village that is inhabited…
Clashes Reported After Army, Settlers Invade Nablus
Local sources reported that clashes took place between dozens of youths and Israeli soldiers and settlers invaded Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank; no injuries were reported.The…
Fighter Killed, Three Wounded In Israeli Bombardment In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed and three were wounded during clashes that took place after the Israeli forces invaded an area east of Al Boreij refugee…
Army Invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded early Tuesday morning the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into the home of a 16-year-old youth in order to…
Obama Urges Israel, the Palestinians, To Start Proximity Talks
United States President, Barack Obama, urged the Palestinians and Israel to start proximity Talks. His statements came during a Monday meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan. He also called on…
JCESR:”New Israeli Decision, As Dangerous As the Nakba of 1948”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) issued a press release slamming the Israeli decision to expel thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, and stated that this…
Israel To Demolish 13 Homes in Lod
While Israel is demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem and replacing the residents with Jewish settlers, the Israeli government decided to demolish 13 homes in Lod, near Tel Aviv.The…
Qatar, Algeria Donate More Than $36 Million To The P.A
Arab League assistant secretary-general for Financial and Administrative Affairs, Yousef Al Yazal, stated that the Arab League received $36 Million from Algeria and Qatar to be transferred to the Palestinian…
Al Quds Brigades: “Hamas Arrested Some Of Our Fighters”
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated that the security forces of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested some of its members while preparing to…
Israeli Order To Expel Thousands of Palestinians and Internationals From the West Bank
The Israeli government is set to start the implementation of a new order that would lead to the expulsion of thousands of Palestinians, and even internationals living in the West…
African Immigrant Dies, 28 Detained, At Egypt-Israel Border
An African immigrant trying to infiltrate to Israel through the border with Egypt died of a heart attack, while 28 others were detained by the Egyptian Border Police.Egyptian sources reported…
Dr. Barghouthi: “Nonviolent Resistance Will Defeat Israeli Apartheid”
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that nonviolent, popular resistance in Palestine is the most effective means of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime.Dr.…
Obama Signs Waiver Allowing PLO Office To Remain In DC
United States President, Barack Obama, signed waiver allowing the Palestinian Liberation Office to keep its office opened in Washington DC for additional six months. The united States passed a law…
ECESG Slams Threats Against Activists Participating In Gaza Solidarity Ships
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) strongly denounced threats made against activists who intend to participate in the upcoming convoy of solidarity ship heading to the…
This Week In Palestine -week 14 2010
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Palestinian Journalist Arrested In Bil’in While Documenting Demonstration
On Friday Palestinians, Israeli, and International activists marched to the wall built on the central west Bank village of Bil’in lands. Today’s protest was in commemoration of the April 19th…
Nil’in Village Commemorates The April 19th 1948 Dier Yassin Massacre
Villagers, along with international and Israeli supporters, protested on Friday at the village of Nil ‘in, central West Bank, the Israeli built wall on farmers lands. Villagers conducted midday prayers…
Al Ma’ssara Village Near Bethlehem Protest The Israeli-built Wall
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. The Israeli military invaded on Thursday Al…
Netanyahu To Skip US Nuclear Summit
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided not to attend the Nuclear Summit in the United States after learning that a number of Muslim Countries would seek…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians dead, 5 wounded at the hands of Israeli forces
According to the Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, during the week of 01-07 April 2010, an…
Gag Order On Case of Israeli Reporter, Ex-Soldier, Who Leaked Info On Gaza Assault, Lifted
The Tel Aviv District Court Judge lifted on Thursday a months-long gag order regarding the case of Israeli ex-Soldier, and reporter, Anat Kam, for providing a reporter of Israeli daily…
Resistance Fire Shells At Invading Forces in Gaza
The Israeli army reported Thursday evening that one of its armored vehicles was hit by a shell during an invasion into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Internal Clashes Between PFLP-General Command Members Reported in Lebanon
Lebanese sources reported Thursday that internal clashes between members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP General-Command took place at a training base in Ein Al…
Settlers Uproot 15 Olive Trees near Dir Estia
A group of extremist Jewish settlers uprooted on Thursday 15 Olive trees in Wadi Qana area, north east of Dir Estia, near the central West Bank district of Salfit.Head of…
Palestine Today 04 08 2010
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Young Man Found Dead Inside A Collapsed Tunnel At The Gaza-egypt Borders
A Palestinian young man was found dead on Thursday inside a tunnel at the Gaza Strip boarders with Egypt. Eighteen year old Bilal Abu Taha went missing along with five…
Four Palestinian Civilians Injured By Settlers In Hebron’s Old City
Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday Palestinian residents in Hebron’s old city, southern West Bank, and injured four of them. Armed Israeli settlers attacked residents while on their way to the…
Two Youth Injured By Israeli Troops Fire During Clashes In Bethlehem City
Two Palestinian youth were injured on Thursday by Israeli troops during clashes that erupted in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops stormed the Dheisheh camp for Palestinian Refugees…
Landau Calls For Cutting Water Supplies In West Bank
Israeli Infrastructure Minister, Uzi Landau, threatened that Israeli would cut water supplies if the Palestinians do not install water treatment plants. His statement disregard the fact that Israel is not…
Israeli settlement school fined for discriminating against non-white Jews
An Israeli-government funded Jewish religious school received a fine Wednesday from the Israeli government for refusing to adhere to a court order made last August requiring the school to end…
Erdogan: “Israel Is The Real Threat To Middle East Peace”
Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, stated that Israel is currently considered the real threat to peace in the Middle East. His statements came as he started his visit to…
Another organ trafficking ring surfaces in Israel
Just months after the Israeli government’s chief pathologist was exposed admitting years of involvement in organ trafficking involving both Israeli and Palestinian civilians without their consent, another major organ trafficking…
Obama Weighs Presenting Plan, Netanyahu Rejects “Imposing” Solutions On Israel
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that U.S. President, Barak Obama, is seriously weighing presenting a new plan for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This plan could be presented this Autumn and…
Israel Slams P.A For Naming A Street After Slain Fighter
The Israeli government and the office of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a harsh condemnation to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for naming a street in the central…
Settlers Attack, Wound, Two Youths In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, reported Wednesday that two youth were hospitalized after being attacked by fundamentalist Jewish settlers in the…
Palestine Today 04 07 2010
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Palestinian Political Detainees Start A Hunger Strike
Thousands of Palestinian political detainees imprisonned by Israel started on Wednesday an open hunger strike. According to the Prisoners Center for Studies, around eight thousand Palestinian detainees being held in…
Israeli Tanks Invade Northern Areas Of The Gaza Strip And Destroy Farm Lands
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Wednesday midday farm lands close to the northern Gaza Strip boarders with Israeli and destroyed farm lands. The lands are privately…
Israeli Troops Detain Eight Palestinians, Among Them Two Injured, From The West Bank
Four Palestinians were detained during a military operation targeting the village of Beta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Undercover forces of the Israeli army, using a Palestinian car,…
Home-made Bomb Explodes Near A Fatah Fighter Home In Tulkarem City
A home-made bomb exploded on Wednesday near the house of Fatah fighter located in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. Hassan Abu Zighb, an activist in the Al Aqsa…
Settlers Attack Palestinians In Northern West Bank
On Wednesday at midday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and their cars near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Duglass, the Palestinian government’s head of Settlement Affairs in the…
Settlers Aim To Evict Two More Palestinian Families in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli settlers are trying to have two more Palestinian families evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, in order to allow the construction of Jewish-only…
Israeli government holding up to two hundred million dollars of Palestinian funds
According to a recently-released report, the Israeli government has withheld payment of up to two hundred million dollars meant for the Palestinian Civil Administration over the last sixteen years, instead…
Five Palestinians Wounded By Homemade Shell In Beit Hanoun
Local sources reported that five Palestinians were wounded on Tuesday at night when a Palestinian group fired a homemade shell towards adjacent Israeli settlements but the shell landed near Palestinian…
Israeli Court Convicts Arab Youth Of “Collaborating With The Enemy”
The Israeli Central Court in Petah Tikva convicted on Tuesday an Arab detainee from the Al Teera City, north of the country, of “collaborating with a foreign enemy” and providing…
Detainees Hunger Strike Starts Wednesday
Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel confirmed that Wednesday would be the first day of their hunger strike after the Prison Administration refused to recognize their legitimate demands. This is a…
Netanyahu To Attend Nuclear Summit in Washington, Will Not Meet Obama
Israeli sources reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be attending the Nuclear Summit in the United States, but will not be holding a meeting with U.S. President, Barack…
Youth Missing In Tunnel Collapse
Palestinian medical sources reported that resident Bilal Abu Taha, 17, who went missing in a tunnel collapse accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, was not…
Palestine Today 04 06 2010
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Boy reported dead in Gaza was found alive
Important Update: Palestinian media sources reported that Mohammad Al-Faramawi, 16 who was reported dead during Land Day activities in the Gaza strip, on March 30, is still alive. Local sources…
Troops Detain Three Palestinians During Pre Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Israeli troops detained on Tuesday at dawn three Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military searched and ransacked homes at the city of Nablus,…
Tunnel Collapse In Southern Gaza, Two Works Missing
Two Palestinian workers went missing as a tunnel at the southern Gaza Strip borders collapsed on them on Tuesday. Palestinian media sources said that the tunnel is located at the…
Qatar Conducting Efforts To Achieve Palestinian National Unity
Palestinian sources reported Tuesday that Qatar is conducting serious efforts to achieve reconciliation between the rival Hamas and Fateh movement, and to achieve a Palestinian National Unity deal. Recently, the…
Army: “Death Of Four Palestinians near Nablus in March Could Have Been Avoided”
Avi Mizrahi, head of the General Command of the Israeli army stated that the March fatal shooting of four Palestinians in two separate incidents near the northern West Bank city…
63-year-old Palestinian-French Man Dies At Al Hamra Roadblock
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a 63-year-old Palestinian-French man died Sunday at the Al Hamra roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers prevented him from crossing…
PCDD: “340 Children Still Imprisoned By Israel”
The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees (PCDD) issued a press release on Monday stating that Israel is holding captive nearly 340 Palestinian children, depriving them of their basic rights…
Gandhi’s Grandson Visits Hebron, Israel Tries To Obstruct His Tour
As Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Indian human rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and his wife Usha visited Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank on Sunday, Israeli…
Hundreds of Children Light “Freedom Candles” in Gaza
Hundreds of children marched on Monday evening towards the Unknown Soldier Square, west of Gaza City marking the Palestinian Child Day and lit candles demanding the release of their fathers…
Five Nonviolent Protestors Wounded By Settlers in East Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported Monday that five nonviolent protestors, including two women of the International Council of Churches, were wounded after being attacked by fundamentalist Jewish settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood…
Islamic Jihad Calls For Capturing Israeli Soldiers
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine called for kidnapping Israeli soldiers in order to trade them with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.The movement added that capturing soldiers is the only option…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Residents Near Nablus, Child Wounded In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Sunday evening two residents at the Qalandia roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, local sources reported. A Palestinian child was moderately wounded after…
Settlers Attack Resident, Throw Acid At Him
Palestinian sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian resident from Tammoun town, near Tubas, suffered second degree burns after a group of fundamentalist settlers attacked him near Keryat Shomeneh settlement, and…
El Khodary Calls For Saving The Children In Gaza
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, called on the international community to save the children in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip as they are…
Oren: “Settlements In Jerusalem Will Continue, Our Relation With The U.S Is Strong”
Israel’s Ambassador In Washington, Michael Oren, stated that Israel will continue the construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem, and added…
Army Fires At Palestinians Near Gaza Border
Israeli army sources reported Sunday that soldiers fired at two Palestinians, believed to be armed, who approached the Kissufim Crossing; no injuries were reported. Palestinian media sources said that the…
Israel: “While Hamas Leaders In Gaza Seek Calm, Mashal Seeks Escalation”
Several Israeli media outlets accused Hamas leader in exile, Khalid Mashal, of pressuring Hamas leaders in Gaza to have further confrontations and clashes with Israel along the borders of the…
Hundreds Mark Holy Saturday Near Bethlehem, PM Salam Fayyad Join The Festivities
Hundreds of Palestinian Christians at the southern West Bank town of Biet Sahour near Bethlehem marked Holy Saturday. The festivities started as scout bands played music and marched throughout the…
Reporters Without Borders:“Palestinian Journalists Repeatedly Targeted By Israel”
Reporters Without Borders reported that the Israeli army is violating the freedom of press in the occupied territories and repeatedly opened fire at them. At least eight Palestinian reporters were…
Hamas: “A.A Forces Arrest 11 Supporters In The West Bank”
The Hamas movement reported Saturday that the Palestinian Security Forces of Fateh movement arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…
Free Gaza movement announces upcoming caravan to Gaza; Palestinian legislator voices support
After announcing the purchase of a new cargo ship in Ireland, which will participate in a planned caravan to break the blockade in Gaza, the Free Gaza movement received a…
Troops Kidnap A Resident In Nablus
Palestinian sources reported Saturday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped one resident in Huwwara, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.The sources added that soldiers invaded Huwwara and kidnapped Ala’…
Medics Locate Body Of Fighter Killed Last Week
Palestinian medics located on Friday evening the body of an Islamic Jihad fighter who was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip last…
Settlers Attack a 89-year-old woman, her 50-year-old daughter in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers attacked on Friday Rifqa Al Kurd, 89, and her daughter Nadia, 50, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, the Maan News Agency reported.The attack took place after…
This Week In Palestine -week 13 2010
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Troops Use Tear Gas To Suppress Bil’in’s Village Anti Wall Weekly Protest
The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands. As has been the case since the inception of the…
Villagers Protest The Israeli Wall In Deir Istiya In Northern West Bank
Local politicians joined the villagers of Deir Istiya in northern West Bank in their protest against the Israeli wall on Friday. People marched from the village towards their lands Israeli…
Dozens Treated For Tear Gas Inhalation At The Nil’n Anti Wall Protest
Dozens for protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the anti wall protest in the village of Nil’in central West Bank. Villagers along…
One Detained, Journalists Injured, Cars Damaged As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest Near Bethlehem
One international supporter detained by Israeli troops, three journalists were injured and cars damaged by military fire at the weekly anti wall protest at Al Ma’ssara village near the southern…
For The First Time Since Three Years, Israel To Allow Construction Materials Into Gaza
Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Friday that for the first time since the siege was imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip more than three years ago, the Israeli government decided…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 18 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 25-31 March 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Three Children Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Army carried, and during late night hours and on Friday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting a several areas in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported…
Israeli Court Decides Not To File Charges Against Soldier Who Killed Nonviolent Protestor in Bil’in
Despite a video clearly showing the death of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was shot in the chest by a gas bomb, an Israeli court decided Thursday that the killing that…
Right-wing Israelis, including legislators, occupy Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron for ‘celebration’
Several thousand right-wing settlers and their supporters poured into the Palestinian city of Hebron Thursday and declared the site of the Ibrahimi mosque to be a part of the land…
Israeli Police Break Into Media Office In East Jerusalem, Attack Locals and Visitors
The Israeli Police attacked on Thursday Wadi Hilwa Media Center, in Silwan’s Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently attacked employees and visitors, leading to several injuries, the…
Israeli army fails to safely escort Palestinian children to and from school
For three consecutive days Palestinian school children from Maghayir al Abeed and Tuba, near Hebron in the southern West Bank, were subjected to unprofessional conduct by Israeli soldiers. Army personnel…
Palestine Today 04 01 2010
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Israeli Military Court Release Nonviolent Activists And Politicians On Bail
On Thursday the Israeli military court of Ofer ordered the release of 9 Palestinian nonviolent activists and a politician that were detained by the army on Sunday. All ten have…
Six Palestinian Civilians Detained By Israeli Troops From West Bank Areas
Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities; another shepherd was detained while herding his sheep. Local sources reported invasions and…
Egypt Uncovers Weapons Cache Believed To be Bound To Gaza
The Egyptian Security Forces managed to local and seize a large cache of missiles and mortars in an area in northern Sinai. The supplies are believed to be bound for…
Israeli Army, Navy, Bombards Beit Lahia
The Israeli Navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen near the Beit Lahia coast, while Israeli tanks fired several shells at area in the north of the city, local sources reported…