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…
In Defiance of Military Orders, Scores Protest At The Village Of Nil ‘in, Central West Bank
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. The Israeli army announced,…
Fatah and Hamas Trade Accusations Over Jerusalem Clashes
The rival Fatah and Hamas movements have returned to trading accusations, this time over the Israeli violations in Jerusalem and its holy sites.The Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza accused Fatah…
Two Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip, wounding two residents and causing excessive damage. Local sources reported that Israeli…
Resistance Clashes With Army East Of Gaza City
Local sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Thursday evening, that clashes took place between Palestinian Resistance Fighters and Israeli soldiers east of Gaza City, and near the al-Shuhada Graveyard. Sporadic…
PCHR Weekly Report: 31 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that during the week of 11-17 March 2010,…
Palestine Today 03 18 2010
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Israeli Military Detains Nine Civilians From The West Bank
Nine Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military announced that most detentions took place at the…
Qassam Shell From Gaza Kills a A Kibbutz Worker, War Jets Bombards Targets In The Strip
One foreign worker was killed on Thursday in the Nativ Ha’asara kibbutz by a Qassam home-made shell fried form Gaza. Nativ Ha’asara is located near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…
Israeli Military Investigator Admits Failures in Military Investigation of Rachel Corrie’s Killing
Today March 17, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw a fourth day of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her…
15 Palestinians Deported From Jerusalem For 15 Days
The District Court in Jerusalem decided to expell 15 Palestinian natives of East Jerusalem out of the city of a period of 15 days, after they were detained by the…
Palestine Today 03 17 2010
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Israel Lifts Closure on East Jerusalem and rest of West Bank
Israel announced on Wednesday the end of its lockdown on East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, which started last Friday. Israeli police say that thousands of troops…
Israeli Troops Injure Two Journalists During Clashes With Local Youth
Two journalists were wounded on Wednesday during clashes between Israeli troops and local youth in different parts of the southern West Bank. In Hebron, clashes erupted when troops attacked school…
The Israeli Army Opens Fire At Anti-wall Nonviolent Protest Near Gaza City
Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday midday at a nonviolent protest against the wall central Gaza Strip. The protest was organized by the local committee against the wall. People gathered…
Israel Approves Two Bids To Build 426 Units For Settlers
Israel’s TV, Channel 10, reported that Israel announced bids for the construction of 26 additional units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, especially in Abu Ghneim, and east of the…
Abed-Rabbo: “Leadership To Call For Comprehensive Meeting on Jerusalem”
Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said that the Palestinian leadership intends to call for a comprehensive meeting for all factions in order…
On 7th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s murder, Palestinian street named in her honor
Commemorations were held in several places in the Palestinian Territories Tuesday, including a ceremony in Ramallah with Corrie’s parents to name a street in the slain activist’s honor, marking the…
Jailed Fateh Leader Gets PHD
Imprisoned Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, serving five consecutive life terms in Israeli prisons, obtained his PHD degree in Political Science.Israel kidnapped the Palestinian official, an elected legislator, and accused him…
Palestine Today 03 16 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, March 16th, 2010. Dozens of Palestinian wounded and…
U.S. envoy George Mitchell cancels his visit to Israel amidst U.S-Israeli diplomatic crisis
The U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv informed Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu that U.S. special peace envoy George Mitchell had cancel his visit to the region. Mitchell was planning to meet…
Gaza: Hundreds Protest In Solidarity With Jerusalem
Hundreds of students along with politicians and teachers protested on Tuesday in Gaza city in solidarity with Jerusalem. At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on…
Jerusalem Update: 38 Injured At Least 20 Detained As Police Crackdown On Palestinian Protesters
At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on Tuesday during the ongoing clashes in East Jerusalem. Palestinian medical sources reported that most of those injured in…
Nine Wounded in Jerusalem clashes, Four Kidnapped
Clashes were reported on Tuesday morning in several parts of East Jerusalem’s Old City and its surrounding neighborhoods as the Israeli police attacked the areas in question after the residents…
Mitchell Delays Visit To Middle East
The Israeli TV. Channel 2, reported on Monday at night that the U.S. Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, decided to postpone his visit to the Middle East due to tension…
Palestine Today 03 15 2010
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 15th, 2010. Dozens injured in protests in…
The Israeli Military Detains 16 Palestinians In The West Bank
Sixteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions targeting West Bank communities. Fifteen of those detained today are from the southern West Bank village of Surif…
Ten Injured As Israeli Troops Open Fire At Students Near Ramallah City, Central West Bank
Ten Palestinian university students were injured by Israeli troops fire on Monday during clashes at a military checkpoint near Ramallah city central West Bank. Students from Birzeit University organized a…
Clashes Reported in Jerusalem’s Old City
The Arabs48 news website reported that violent clashes took place on Sunday at night between Israeli soldiers, policemen and residents of the Old City of Jerusalem. Clashes were also reported…
Israeli government allows sale of stolen Palestinian property to Israelis
In response to an inquiry by the Palestinian human rights organization Adalah, the Israeli Justice Ministry has clarified its recent revision of Israeli land law, confirming that the revision allows…
Israel extends West Bank closure until Tuesday
Israeli security forces announced that a full closure on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank would be extended until Tuesday, supposedly to protect a group of Israeli settlers as they begin…
US issues stern warning to Israel due to ongoing settlement expansion
In his latest waver back and forth on the issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, US President Barack Obama issued a warning Friday night to Israeli Prime…
Israeli settlers tear up olive grove, uprooting 40 trees near Nablus
Local municipal officials in the Palestinian Authority reported Friday morning that overnight, a group of Israeli settlers had ambushed a Palestinian olive grove in the town of Qaryut, uprooting and…
This Week In Palestine -week 10 2010
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Israeli Police Crackdown On Protesters In East Jerusalem, Eleven Civilians Arrested
Eleven protesters were arrested by Israeli officers are they crackdown of a protest organized by Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Residents along with Israeli and international supporters marched at the Shikh…
Protesters Carry Photos of ISM Activist During Weekly Nil’in Protest One Year On From Injury
Dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, this Friday, following the weekly demonstration in the central West Bank village of Nil’in, near Ramallah.Nil’in’s weekly protest…
Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Bil’in Weekly
Two civilians were injured as dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West…
Clashes Erupt At Jerusalem’s Old City
Clashes erupted, on Friday afternoon, at Jerusalem’s old city between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the later prevented people for praying.Local sources said that troops station at the entrance…
Al-Ma’sara Village, Southern West Bank, Protest The Israeli Built Wall
Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested on Friday the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…
Palestinians Demand Entry to Jerusalem without permits during the Holy Week of Easter
Palestinian Christian organizations, figures and many other Palestinians from the Jerusalem and the surrounding area have sent a letter on March 4, to the heads of churches in Jerusalem, demanding…
Barak Orders Full Closure on Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, ordered a full siege on Jerusalem and the West Bank starting on Thursday night after night. His decision was made after the Israeli Police warned…
Israeli Police Approves A Protest For Fundamentalist Settlers in East Jerusalem
The Israeli police approved a request filed by fundamentalist Jewish settlers who requested to be allowed to hold a protest in Silwan Arab town, in East Jerusalem. The protest is…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchard In Hebron
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers burnt on Thursday at night an olive orchard in Safa village, north west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Dozens…
Resident Wounded In Israeli Air Strike In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that a resident was wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at a factory in Al Qarara, north of Khan Younis,…
A Thousand Candles For Gaza
The Popular Committee Against The Siege on Gaza launched a series of event to mark 1000 days of Israeli siege and blockade on the coastal region. On Thursday the committee…