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…
Israeli Drones Drop Warning Leaflets on Gaza, Vow “Retaliation”
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that Israeli drones dropped during late night hours hundreds of warning leaflets on areas along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel warning the residents…
Fundamentalist Group Plans To Break Into The Al Aqsa Mosque
A fundamentalist Jewish group, calling itself Temple Mount & Erez Yisrael Faithful, issued a statement declaring its intention to march towards the Al Aqsa Mosque Thursday to mark the Jewish…
Israeli Settlers Try To Take Over Land Slated For New Palestinian Town
Early Wednesday morning, near the central West Bank town of Bir Zeit, a group of Israeli settlers attempted to take over buildings and land that has been designated by the…
Four Palestinians Wounded As Egypt Detonates Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that four Palestinians were wounded when the Egyptian Security Forces detonated a siege-busting tunnel on the border between Gaza and Egypt.The Quds Press reported that…
Museum of Tolerance Desecrates Graves
Rabbi Marvin Hier’s Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance, part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is building a $150 million branch in Jerusalem. The Museum, whose mission is confronting ‘global anti-Semitism,…
Qassam Brigades Publishes Video OF Friday Clashes
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, published a video documenting Friday clashes with Israeli soldiers and undercover forces infiltrating into Khan Younis, in the southern…
Palestine Today 03 31 2010
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Israeli Army Shells Homes, Farmlands In Southern Gaza
Israeli tanks shelled on Wednesday midday residents homes and farmlands in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Local sources reported damage to homes but no injuries. The situation remains…
Troops Detain Three Civilians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Three Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in Hebron and Qalqilia, in the southern…
Two Injured, Two Detained As Israeli Troops Attack Protests In Ramallah And Jenin
Two injured, dozens of people suffered effects of tear gas inhalation, and two were detained, on Wednesday afternoon, when Israeli troops attacked protests organized in Ramallah and Jenin, in the…
U.S Wants Four Months Settlement Freeze In Exchange For Direct Talks
The United States is asking Israel to announce a four-month freeze of settlements activities in East Jerusalem in exchange for pressuring the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas to hold direct…
Senior Fateh Official To Stand Trial Wednesday
Member of the Fateh’s Central Committee, Abbas Zaki, reported that senior European official, representatives of the French and Spanish Consulates, will be attending his trial which will be held at…
Troops Kidnap Two Residents, Impose Curfew On Dir Estia Village, Near Salfit
On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew on the village of Dir Estia, west the central West Bank city of Salfit, after invading and kidnapping two residents, including a child.…
Palestinian Wounded By Settlers In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening that a resident suffered concussions and bruises after being violently attacked by extremist Jewish settlers in Hebron city, in the southern part of…
Thousands Mark Land Day in Sakhneen
Thousands of Arabs residents, peace activists, held protests on Tuesday commemorating the 34th anniversary of Land Day in Sakhneen and several Arab villages and towns, north of the country. The…
DCI – Palestine completes first year of EU-funded project
‘Promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflict and occupation’At the end of March, Palestinian child rights organization, Defense for Children International – Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine)…
Palestine Today 03 30 2010
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Troops open fire at Land Day Protest in central West Bank, civilians injured including a journalist
A number of civilians were injured, among them one journalist, on Tuesday as Israeli troops opened fire at a Land Day protest in Budrus village, central West Bank. Villagers along…
Hundreds Mark Land Day In Beit Sahour Town, Southern West Bank
On Tuesday, hundreds of women with their children, nearly 300 high school students, many university students, and teachers joined farmers and activists at the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem,…
British Lawmakers To Call For Reevaluating Arms Deals With Israel
The Guardian reported that several Lawmakers in the Britain will be asking the government to halts its weapons deals with Israel after a report published recently stated British weapons were…
Child Killed By Army Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday morning that a child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Swedish Retirement Fund Boycotts Elbit Israeli Military Systems Company
The Israeli Army electronics company “Elbit systems” has been barred by the Första AP-Fonden pension fund, the biggest pensions fund in Sweden. The pensions fund decided to boycott Elbit on…
Erdogan: “Double Standards In Dealing With Iran and Israel Should Be Stopped”
Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, slammed what he called the “double standards policy” in dealing with the Iranian Nuclear Program, and Israel’s Nuclear Agenda. His statements were made Monday…
Eritrean Migrant Killed by Egyptian Fire near Border
The Egyptian Border Police shot and killed an Eritrean migrant on Monday after he reportedly attempted to cross into Israel. His death brings the number of migrants killed by Egypt’s…
Israel’s blood diamonds
Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby helping to fund one of the world’s most protracted and contentious conflicts. Most…
Thousands March In Paris Against Israel’s Violations In Jerusalem
Thousands of Arabs and French Nationals held a protest in Paris on Monday at noon and marched in solidarity with Jerusalem chanting slogans against the Israeli violations against the city…
Child Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday a 16-year-old child from Jerusalem after claiming that he attempted to stab an Israeli Policeman.The child, a resident of Jerusalem, reportedly carried a knife which…
Palestine Today 03 29 2010
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Israeli Troops Detain Four Civilians From Different Locations In The West Bank
Four Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions treating West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions targeting Hebron and Bethlehem, southern West Bank, in addition to…
Israeli Tanks Shell Residents’ Homes In Southern Part Of The Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks bombarded on Monday midday resident homes close to the southern Gaza Strip borders with Israel. Witnesses said that Israeli tanks shelled homes and farms in the eastern part…
Israeli Troops Open Fire At A Protest Commemorating Land Day In Bethlehem
Israeli troops used tear gas and rubber-coated-steel bullets to suppress a protest at the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday. The protest today was organized in commemoration of…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Local sources reported Monday that clashes took place between Palestinian youths and Israeli policemen near the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The clashes erupted after a group of…
Shoes, Clothes To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli authorities decided to allow the import of shoes and clothes into the Gaza Strip by the end of this week. Nasser Al Siraj, assistant-director of the National Economy…
U.S. Might Abstain During UN Vote On Jerusalem Settlement Construction
The BBC reported on Sunday that the United States might abstain for a possible UN Security Council vote on Israel’s illegal construction of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Israeli Troops Attack Palm Sunday Protest In Bethlehem, Detain 15 Including Two Journalists
Fifteen people, including two journalists, were detained by Israeli troops and police officers when the police attacked a Palm Sunday protest near Bethlehem. Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters,…
Army Invades Khan Younis, Israeli Leaders Weigh Resumption Of Assassinations
Several armored military vehicles carried on Sunday morning a limited invasion into Khan Youni, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The latest attack comes admits talks of a…
Mousa: “Arab Countries Need To Prepare For Peace Failure”
Amro Mousa, secretary-General of the Arab League, stated Saturday that the Arab countries should prepare for the possibility for a total collapse of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and should start…
Child Dies Due to The Siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 5-year-old child died on Saturday at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.The…
Palestinian Killed East Of Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that one resident was killed and several others were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Khuza’a town, East of Khan Younis in…
Settlement Food Company Market Its Food In Europe Using Fake Address
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, reported that “Shamir Salads” an Israeli company in a West Bank Israeli settlement, is marketing its products in Europe using a fake address claiming…
Six Palestinians Wounded As Army Bombards Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that six Palestinians were wounded on Friday evening after the army bombarded an area East…
Child Wounded By Army Fire in Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that a Palestinian child was shot and wounded on Friday afternoon near the Beit Hanoun (Eretz) crossing , in the northern part of the…
Two Israeli Soldiers, Two Palestinians, killed in Khan Younis Clashes
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for killing two Israeli soldiers during clashes that took place east of Khan Younis, in the…
U.S Informs Abbas Of Obama-Netanyahu Meeting Failure
The United States Administration officially informed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the failure of the meeting that took place between American President, Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.…
This Week In Palestine -week 12 2010
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One Injured At The Weekly Anti Wall Protest In The Northern West Bank Village Of Nabi-saleh
A Palestinian youth was injured when Israeli troops opened fire at anti wall protesters in the village of Nabi-Saleh, northern West Bank. Villagers gathered on Friday at their lands Israel…
One Israeli Detained Other Protesters Injured In The Anti Wall Bil’in Weekly Protest
Villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protested on Friday the Israeli wall built on farmers lands. As is the case every Friday since five…
Israeli Troops Use Tear Gas To Suppress Anti Wall Protest In Nil’in Village
Seven civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation in Friday at the village of Nil’in central West Bank during the anti-wall weekly protest. After the 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. Villagers were joined by International and Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 civilians, including a child, killed this week by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 18-24 march 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…
Egyptian Protestors Demand Expelling Israeli Ambassador
Dozens of Egyptians held a protest on Thursday in front of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in Cairo demanding the country to expel the Israeli ambassador from the country, and to…
Trial opens for soldiers accused of using child as human shield in Gaza
DCI-Palestine welcomes the commencement of the trial of two Israeli soldiers accused of using a 9-year-old boy for military purposes and to shield themselves from danger during Operation Cast Lead…
Palestine Today 03 25 2010
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Israeli Troops Detain Five Civilians During An Invasion Targeting Hebron City
Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during an invasion targeting Hebron, southern West Bank. Troops stormed and searched residents’ homes in the old part of Hebron…
Gaza : Israel’s Navy Injure A Palestinian Fisherman As Tanks Fire Leave Another Worker Injured
The Israeli military injured on Thursday a Palestinian fisherman and a worker during two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian fisherman sustained wounds by Israeli naval forces on…
British Organizations To Sue Israel Over Forged Passports Used By Assassins
Several British organizations, along with Palestinian and Islamic Institutions in Britain, are conducting preparations to file a lawsuit against the Israeli Mossad for forging British passports that were used by…
Sama News: “Angered By Netanyahu, Obama Leaves Meeting”
The Sama News Agency reported that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, insulted the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when he told him “the meeting is over” as…
Sudanese Man Wounded By Egyptian Fire Near Border
A Sudanese man was shot and wounded by Egyptian police fire on Wednesday evening as he tried to infiltrate into Israel from an area south of the Kerem Shalom Crossing.…
New Israeli settlement expansion plan thwarts US efforts at diplomacy
After the US administration asked for ‘clarification’ of Israel’s plan to expand settler housing in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, the Israeli government responded with another bold announcement of a settlement…
Netanyahu Leaves Washington Without Accepting Any ‘Compromise’
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, left the United States without reaching any compromise or understanding with the American administration, especially regarding settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem. Advisors of both…
Gazans To Protest The Siege Thursday
The Popular Committee Against the Siege on Gaza will be organizing a protest on Thursday before noon near the monument that commentates the victims of Israel’s illegal and deadly siege…
Rendered Homeless, Family Ordered To Pay Its Expulsion Expenses
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economical Rights (JCCER) reported that the Israeli police handed Wednesday a Palestinian family from East Jerusalem an order to pay 13.000 NIS, demanding family…
Mousa: “Withdrawing Arab Initiative, On the Agenda Of Arab Summit”
Arab League Secretary General, Amro Mousa, said that withdrawing the Arab peace initiative is on the agenda of the upcoming Arab League meeting in Libya. Shortly from travelling to Tripoli…
Jerusalem Municipality approves settlement units in Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli occupation’s Jerusalem Municipality has given final approval to a group of settlers to construct 20 housing units in Sheikh Jarrah. The announcement comes during the visit of Israeli Prime…
Palestine Today 03 24 2010
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Troops Attack School Students Near Hebron City, Southern West Bank
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas on Wednesday at school student near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said that troops stormed the school fired tear gas at…
Israeli Troops Detain 20 Palestinian Workers In Northern Gaza
Twenty Palestinian workers were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops at the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli military force invaded the evacuated settlement of Doghit, northern Gaza Strip,…
Two residents Wounded in Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two residents were wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at an area east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Child Released After Forced To “Pledge Not To Harm Israel’s Security”
The Israeli Police released a 13-year-old girl from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after detaining her for five hours and after she was forced to sign a pledge…
The US’ choreographed ‘outrage’ at Israel
The speeches at AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Netanyahu’s subsequent meeting with US President…
Netanyahu-Obama White House Meeting Ends With No Progress
United States President, Barack Obama, held a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for 90 minutes and discussed the bilateral U.S-Israeli relations and the construction of settlements in East…
Three Fundamentalist Knesset Members To Tour the Al Aqsa Mosque
Three Israeli Knesset members of the National Union fundamentalist party stated that they intend to tour the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The three, Uri…
Jerusalem Municipality Approves More Units For Jewish Settlers
The Jerusalem Municipality approved the construction of 20 more units for Jewish settlers in an area near the Shepherd Hotel, in occupied East Jerusalem.The decision came just hours before s…
Netanyahu: “Palestinian Demands Could Halt Talks For Another Year”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Tuesday that the Palestinian “demands” for a full settlement freeze could lead for delaying the peace talks for another year. He told congress members…
Palestine Today 03 23 2010
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Israeli Tanks Invade Areas At The Gaza Strip Borders
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded areas in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at dawn and opened fire at nearby homes. Witnesses reported that tanks opened fire at their homes as…
Settlers Attack Farmers At Different Locations In The West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday Palestinian farmers in different locations in the occupied West Bank. In the village of Qauit, northern West Bank, settlers prevented dozens of farmers from…
Israeli Troops Release A Community Organizer After Weeklong Detention And Torture
The Israeli military released on Tuesday at dawn Omer Aladdin from the village of Al Ma’ssara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Aladdin was detained by Israeli troops…
Britain To Formally Accuse Israel of Cloning Passports
The British Authorities will be formally accusing the Israeli Mossad of forging British passports that were used by some of the assassins who killed Hamas officials Mahmoud Al Madbouh in…
Netanyahu: “Jerusalem Is Not A Settlement”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Jerusalem is not an occupied city, but the eternal capital of Israel, and added that the Jewish people started building Jerusalem 3000 years…
Four Wounded In Israeli Air Strike In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that four residents were wounded on Wednesday at dawn when the Israeli air force fired several missiles at farmlands in Al Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza…
Hundreds Protest Jerusalem’s Mayor Visit to London
Hundreds of Arabs, Muslims and British nationals held a protest on Monday evening in the center of the British Capital, London, to protest the visit of Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat,…
Iraq Accuses Israel Of Stealing Ancient Manuscripts
The Iraqi Tourism Ministry accused the Israeli Mossad, Israel’s Security Agency, of involvement in the theft and of ancient Iraqi manuscripts that were illegally transported out of Iraq and sold…
Israeli Soldier Killed By Friendly Fire At The Borders With Gaza
One Israeli soldier was killed by friendly fire while a Palestinian civilian was wounded during clashes with Palestinians fighter at the southern border of the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops opened…
Palestine Today 03 22 2010
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Israeli Air Raids Target Southern Gaza Strip
A number of Israeli air raids targeted were reported on Monday deferent location in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli jet fighters bombarded the…
Jerusalem Municipality Cancels Meeting on Construction in Abu Ghneim
The Jerusalem Municipality canceled a meeting that was scheduled for Monday to discuss new construction plans in Abu Ghneim Mountain (Har Homa Settlement), Israeli Army radio reported. The municipality did…
Resistance Opens Fire At Army Vehicles Near Hebron
Palestinian sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian resistance group opened fire at Israeli army vehicles near Beit Awwa town, in the southern West Bank district if Hebron. The army reported…
Shaath: “No Negotiations Amidst Settlement Activities”
The Higher Political Committee of the Fateh movement held a meeting on Sunday in Ramallah and decided that there will be no resumption of peace talks with Israel while it…
Israeli Sources: “Netanyahu ‘Softens’ Stances On Peace Talks’
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the U.S. president, Barack Obama, that he will conduct measures on “good will” towards the Palestinians, including “easing” the siege on…
Egyptian Navy Arrests Three Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Saturday evening three Palestinian fishermen who accidentally entered Egyptian territorial waters.The three were in a fishing boat when they approached the Egyptian waters, near international…
Two Palestinian Children Killed in Nablus
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that two Palestinian children were killed by Israeli military fire in Iraq-Burin village, south of Nablus.…
Soldiers Kidnap a Palestinian Woman, Child, Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday evening a Palestinian woman and a 14-year-old child, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported that the soldiers kidnapped Ibtisam…
47 Residents Wounded In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported Friday evening that 47 residents were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the city and the nearby…
12 Injured In Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in reported Saturday at dawn that 12 Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number of tunnels, and the Gaza International Airport east of…
This Week In Palestine -week 11 2010
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Five Injured, Eight Detained At Anti Wall Protest In Budrus Village Central West Bank
Five Palestinians were injured, eight others detained when Israeli troops attacked an anti wall protest at the village of Budrus, near Ramallah city, central West Bank.Villagers, along with their international…
Bil’in Protest The Wall, Israeli And International Supports Join Braking Army Orders
The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands.The Israeli army, this week, announced the villages of Bil’in and…
Villagers Protest Israel’s Wall Near Bethlehem
Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested, the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands, on Friday.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…