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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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…