Army Admits Using A Child As Human Shield During Gaza War
The Israeli Radio reported Thursday evening that the Israeli Military Prosecution revealed that one of the “elite” military forces used a Palestinian child as a human shield and forced him…
Soldiers Kidnap a 9-year-old Child And His Brother
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Thursday evening that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a 9-year-old child and his 20-year-old brother. Soldiers broke into the…
Settler Woman Mildly Wounded Near Ramallah
Israeli military sources reported that a settler woman was mildly wounded on Thursday evening after Palestinian youths hurled stones at her vehicle in an area north of the central West…
Teachers Not Allowed Into School Isolated Behind The Wall
For the second day, Israeli soldiers prevented on Thursday teachers of the Al Dab’a School, totally isolated behind the Annexation Wall in Qalqilia district, from reaching the school, and demanded…
Work Day Rebuilt Bulldozed Playground In Beit Jalla Town, Southern West Bank
Palestinians along with international and Israeli supporters replanted trees on Thursday at the town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem city southern West Bank. A dozen people armed only with pick…
Palestine Today 03 11 2010
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The Israeli Military Detains A Palestinian Activist From Jerusalem
Israeli troops detained on Thursday a Palestinian community organizer from his home in East Jerusalem. Eyhab Al Jallad, is a member of the Jerusalem popular committee, a local group that…
E.U. Parliament Calls For Implementing The Goldstone Report
The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the…
Hammad: “Fateh Is Leading Smear Campaign Against Hamas”
Fathi Hammad, Interior Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, accused the rival Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, of carrying a smear campaign, supported by Israel and the United…
50000 Units For Settlers in Jerusalem Currently In The Planning Stage
The Ir Amim “City of Nations” Israeli peace group reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is currently looking into a plan to build 50.000 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem.…
P.A Decides Not To Hold Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank decided that it will not be entering indirect talks with Israel due to its ongoing violations and its decision to build 1600 homes…
Two Palestinians Wounded in East Jerusalem, Youths Kidnapped
Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen attacked and wounded on Monday evening, two Palestinians in Al Bustan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several youths. The two wounded residents were…
Clashes Reported In Hebron
Israeli soldiers reported that a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a military post near the eastern entrance of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron; no…
Israeli military on trial in Rachel Corrie case
A civil suit filed by the parents of slain activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel began today in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Rachel Corrie was run over…
Palestine Today 03 10 2010
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Palestinians Protest The Israeli Wall Surrounding The Gaza Strip
Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest Wednesday in central Gaza the Israeli built wall around the costal enclave. The demonstration today was organized by the popular committee against the Israeli wall.…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Northern West Bank And Set A Car On Fire
A group of armed Israeli settlers attack on Wednesday the village of Bureen northern West Bank and destroyed a car there. Witnesses told media that the settlers came from the…
The Israeli Army Shells Residents’ Homes In Eastern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks opened fire on Wednesday afternoon at residents’ homes and farm lands located close to the eastern Gaza Strip boarders. Residents reported damage to their homes and groves but…
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Israeli New Settlers’ Houses In Jerusalem
The United Nation secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the latest Israeli decision to build 1,600 new settlers homes in East Jerusalem. Ban Ki-moon in his statement said that Israeli settlements…
Israel To Deport Ukrainian Detainee
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detainee Irena Sarahna from Ukraine, and married to a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, was officially informed by the…
Barghouthi: “Indirect Talks Should Stop”
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to void its approval for holding talks with the Israeli…
Israel “Pardons” Ten Fateh Fighters
The Israeli Authorities decided to pardon ten fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement. A list containing the names of the fighters was handed to…
Interpol Identifies 27th Suspect in Dubai Assassination
The International Police Agency, Interpol, managed to identify suspect number 27, believed to be involved in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, in his hotel room in Dubai…
Biden: “New Constructions in Jerusalem Undermine Peace Talks”
U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, stated that Israel’s Interior Ministry’s decision to build 1600 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem undermines the efforts to restart the Middle East peace…
Netanyahu Gives Private Talks For The Right Amount
Directly after finishing his first term as a Prime Minister (1999-2002), Benjamin Netanyahu turned into “an independent figure” who became accustomed to giving lectures and is paid millions of US…
Abu Rodeina: “By Its New Construction Orders, Israel Is Foiling Talks Before They Start”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, stated Tuesday that the Israeli decision to build 1600 units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem is a serious Israeli escalation and…
Soldiers Attempt to Strip-Search Five Palestinian Women
Five Palestinians women preferred to go home rather than heading to an Israeli prison to visit their detailed family members after Israeli soldiers stationed at a Roadblock near the central…
Palestinian Today 03 09 2010
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Palestinians Protest The Israeli Buffer Zone In Northern Gaza Strip
Palestinians along with international supporters organized on Tuesday a protest at the Eriz crossing at the northern Gaza Strip borders protesting the Israeli army attempts to create a buffer zone.…
Palestinian Youth Hurl Molotov –cocktails At Settler Car In Central West Bank
Palestinian youth hurled on Tuesday two Molotov –cocktails at Israeli settler car near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian information center reported that troops stormed the nearby…
Israel’s Army Takes Over Land In Central West Bank For The Wall Construction
Israeli troops notified on Tuesday the villagers of Beit liqya, central West Bank, the army intentions to take over part of their land to build the wall. Beit liqya, a…
Imprisoned Qassam Leader Calls For Capturing More Soldiers
Abdullah Barghouthi, imprisoned leader of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that the solution to the issue of thousands of detainees imprisoned by Israel is by…
Israeli Police Kidnaps Two Children in Hebron
The Israeli Police kidnapped recently two brothers, ages 11 and 12, in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the central of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Local sources reported that the…
Amidst US Officials visit; Netanyahu’s Government Allocates Millions For Settlements
“The Marker” Israeli newspaper reported Monday that the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to allocate dozens of millions of US Dollars for settlement activities in the occupied West…
Interpol Seeks Apprehension Of 16 More Suspected Assassins
The International Police Agency, Interpol, issued on Monday arrest warrants for 16 more persons, suspected in involvement in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at…
Palestinian Tractor Driver Arrested After Crash With Two Israeli Cars
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian tractor driver was arrested by the army after fleeing the scene following an accident with two Israeli cars near…
UN Chief To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would allow United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the EU High representative of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, into the Gaza Strip.…
Human Rights group honors Palestinian women on International Women’s Day
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement today commemorating International Women’s Day, saying “This international occasion comes at a time when Palestinian women are confronting the most severe…
Palestinian Youth Dies In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Palestine Today 03 08 2010
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The Israeli Military Detains Six Residents During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Six Palestinian civilians were detained on Monday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West bank communities. Local sources said that the army kidnapped civilians from northern and…
Israel’s Government Approves More Settlers Homes In The West Bank
The Israeli government approved 112 new housing units to be built in a settlement in southern West Bank. The Israeli environment minister told the army radio that the government approved…
The Israeli Military Hands Out 10 Demolition Orders To Palestinian Farmers In The Jordan Valley
Israeli troops handed out on Monday 10 demolition orders to Palestinian farmers from villages in the Jordan valley. Troops stormed Al Jeftlek and Al Fasayil villages in the Jordan valley…
Settlers Step Up Attacks In Northern West Bank
A number Israeli settlers’ attacks were reported on Monday in two Palestinian villages located near Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. At the village of Oreef,…
PLO Agrees To Indirect Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to holding indirect talks with Israel, as proposed by the United States, while some PLO factions expressed rejection to such talks.Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of…
Egypt’s Navy Arrests Two Palestinian Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Sunday three Palestinian fishermen after their boat capsized near the Al Arish Egyptian Port. The fishermen were in Palestinian territorial waters when their fishing boat…
Israel Demands P.A To Stop Protests
The Israeli government sent messages to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) demanding it to act on stopping popular protests in the West Bank, and to forbid P.A officials from participating in…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents at the entrance of the Shufat refugee camp. Clashes were also…
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Denied Me Entry”
Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated Saturday that the Egyptian Authorities prevented him from entering the country to testify in an Egyptian court death of his brother…
Mitchell Starts Middle East Tour Saturday
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will start his Middle East tour on Saturday evening as he will be holding separate meetings with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and…
Five Killed In Crash With Israeli Military Hummer
Five Palestinian were killed on Friday evening and two others were injured when their vehicle accidentally slammed into a military hummer at the Silwad Bridge, by the entrance of Ofer…
This Week In Palestine -week 09 2010
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Five Youths Injured at Ni’lin Protest Including 11 Year Old Boy
After midday prayers villagers of the village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, were joined by Israeli and international protestors in their weekly protest of the separation wall built on land confiscated…
Weekly Protest in Bi’lin Marks International Week Against Racism
This week’s protest in Bi’lin was joined by international and Israeli peace activists, and groups representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine political party and the Freedom Theatre…
Protest Continues in al-Ma’sara
Following midday prayers, the villagers of al-Ma’sara marched, in their weekly tradition, towards the construction site of the separation wall, that annexes them from their farmlands.The villagers were joined by…
Eleven Injured As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest At Al Nabi Saleh Village, Northern West Bank
Eleven people, amongst them two internationals, were injured, on Friday, by Israeli military fire when troops suppressed an anti wall protest at the al-Nabi Saleh village, northern West Bank.After the…
Clashes Reported at al-Aqsa & Ibrahimi Mosques
Following Friday prayers, clashes have occurred at both al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, and Ibrahimi mosque, Hebron.At al-Aqsa, Friday prayers were followed by protest by young men from the city throwing stones…
Israeli High Court Refuses Appeal To Remove Saadat From Solitary Confinement
The Israeli High Court rejected, on Thursday, an appeal to remove the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, from his solitary confinement…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Palestinian Killed, 17 Wounded, as Army Continues Its Violations”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, issued its weekly report on the period between February 24 and March 3, revealing that the army killed one Palestinian,…
Facebook Post Leads To Cancelling Israeli Invasion
The Israeli army had to cancel an invasion into a West Bank village to kidnap Palestinians after an Israeli soldier posted on his facebook page details regarding the invasion, its…
Barcelona Tribunal: “Israel Carried Severe Violations To The International Law”
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in Barcelona, started its activities on Thursday with a criticism to the Israeli government for committing severe violations against the International Law and the…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Friday morning that one of its fighters was killed “in a mission” in the Gaza Strip.The Brigades identified the…
Fayyad Meets The UN Official Holmes
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met, on Thursday, at the Ramallah Ministerial Council with John Holmes, UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and informed him…
Dahlan: “Talks With Israel, Fruitless”
Mohammad Dahlan, member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, told the Ma’an News Agency that direct or indirect peace talks with the current Israeli government, headed by Benjamin…
Palestine Today 03 04 2010
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Israeli Military Detains Eight Palestinian Residents From The West Bank
Eight Palestinian civilians were detained, on Thursday, by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli army radio announced that those taken on Thursday were on the military’s…
Israeli Tanks Open Fire At Residents’ Homes And Farmlands In Northern Gaza
Israeli tanks stationed at the boarder of Israeli and the Gaza Strip shelled, on Thursday at midday, residents homes and farm lands at the Beit Hannon town in northern Gaza…
Fundamentalist Settlers Praise Goldstein, Celebrate His Massacre
Israeli Ynet News obtained a video showing fundamentalist Jewish settlers celebrating the memory of terrorist Dr. Baroch Goldstein, and praising his crime that targeted Muslim worshipers at the Ibrahimi mosque…
Anti Wall Protest Continue At Beit Jala Town, Southern West Bank.
Residents of Beit Jala town, southern West Bank, along with Israeli and international supporters chained themselves to olive tree in protest of the Israeli built wall on their land.At around…
Israeli repression in Palestine is escalating – Mazin Qumsiyeh: “The Israeli army wants me”
The Israeli army invaded Mazin Qumsiyeh’s neighborhood in Beit Sahour, a suburb of Bethlehem, on 2 March in the night, waking up his mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked…
Indirect Palestinian-Israel Talks Could Resume As Early As Sunday
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Thursday, that indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks could be resumed as early as this coming Sunday. Haaretz said that U.S Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, will be…
Hamas Slams Decision To Resume Talks With Israel
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release, on Wednesday, slamming the decision to the Follow-up Committee of the Arab Peace Initiative, authoring president Mahmoud Abbas to resume indirect talks…
Gaza: The Video Game
When your are only referred to as a shape monitored by a few young soldiers, mostly 18 or 19 years old sitting in the comfort of their office, and determine…
Arab League Supports Indirect Israeli-Palestinian Talks
The Arab League expressed, on Wednesday, its support to holding indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, hoping that the stalled peace process could be renewed.Arab Foreign Ministers, convening in…
Israel Release Hamas’ Spokesperson In Tulkarem
The Israeli Authorities released, on Wednesday, Sheikh Abdullah Yassin, the spokesperson of the Hamas movement in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. Yassin was imprisoned by Israel…
Palestine Today 03 03 2010
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Troops Attack Protesters At A New Wall Section Construction Site Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday morning, home and land owners from Beit Jala town, near Bethlehem southern West Bank, when they protested the destruction of their land to build a new…
Israeli Troops Injure And Detain Two Palestinians During Military Operation In Southern West Bank
Two Palestinian men were injured and taken by Israeli troops during an overnight invasion targeting the villages near Jenin city, northern West Bank. Israeli forces stormed the villages of al-Yamon,…
Military Post Comes Under Fire; Soldiers Detain Nine Palestinians From Central West Bank
Invasions targeted the central West Bank village of Nabi-saleh and nearby refugee camp, this Tuesday.Local sources said that soldiers searched homes the village of Nabi-Saleh and detained five men. Meanwhile…
Dubai Seeks Netanyahu’s Arrest
Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, stated that he would ask the state prosecutor to issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Israeli…
Jordan Imprisons Six Residents For Attempting To Enter Gaza, Fight The Army in 2009
A Jordanian Court ordered, on Tuesday, the imprisonment of six Jordanians who attempted to form an armed wing that would try to enter the Gaza Strip and carry out a…
Netanyahu & Livni Trade Accusations Over “Concessions”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, traded accusations with Israel’s opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Tivni, over what they described as “concessions made to the…
Israel “Annoyed” By Israeli Apartheid Week
The Israeli government expressed rage over the “Israeli apartheid week” which stated on Monday in universities in more than 40 cities around the world, and calls for economic and academic…
EU Commission Allocates €58 Million To Relief Palestinians in the country and in Lebanon
Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday, that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…
Abu Rodeina: “Hamas Is Not Invited To Arab Summit”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday, that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
Abu Rodeina: “Hamas Is Not Invited To Arab Summit”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
EU Commission Allocates €58 Million To Relief Palestinians in the country and in Lebanon
Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…
Palestine Today 03 02 2010
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Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality Halts Demolition Orders Of Palestinian Homes
The Israel controlled Jerusalem municipality announced, on Tuesday, that it will halt its decision of demolition 88 Palestinian owned homes in East Jerusalem. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/mar2010/jerusalem.jpg 300 0) The Israel controlled Jerusalem…
Israeli Military Starts To Install A New Wall Section Near Bethlehem
Israeli troops started, on Tuesday, to build a new section of the Wall at the town of Beit Jala located in southern West Bank near Bethlehem city.Amy bulldozers arrived at…
The Israeli Military Detains 19 Civilians During Invasions At West Bank Communities
Nineteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Ommar, southern West Bank. Soldiers…
Israel Gathering Information On Israeli Non-violent Activists
The Israeli army started gathering information, including recording license plates, of Israeli peace activists who protest along with Palestinian and International activist against the Annexation Wall and settlements in the…
12-year-old Child To Be Prosecuted As An Adult By An Israeli Military Court
The Israeli Authorities decided to file charges against a 12-year-old Palestinian child from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after arresting him and charging him with throwing stones at…
Israelis Will Not Be Allowed In UAE
Head of the Police department in Dubai, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will prevent any Israeli from entering the country, even if they carry foreign…
Palestinian Child Hit By A Military Vehicle In The West Bank
A Palestinian child sustained wounds Monday after she was ran over by an Israeli military jeep near a military checkpoint at the northeast of West Bank area. 6-year-old Dallal Abu…
Sheikh Yousef Disowns His Son
Hamas leader, Sheikh Hasan Yousef, imprisoned by Israel at the Negev detention camp, has officially disowned his son who converted to Christianity and also collaborated with the Israeli security, Shabak,…
Israel Plans To Takeover More Palestinian Owned Land In East Jerusalem
Israeli municipality workers and troops started, on Monday midday, preparation steps to takeover a land owned by a {Palestinian man in East Jerusalem. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/mar2010/stopethniccleansing.jpg 300 0) Photo by Active Stills…
Palestine Today 03 01 2010
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Report: Israel Kills Four Palestinians, Detains 300 In February
Israel’s military had killed four Palestinians and detained 300 others during the month of February 2010, the International Solidarity association for Human Rights reported on Monday.According to the reported two…
Four civilians detained by Israeli troops during raids targeting West Bank
Four Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources announced that those invasions targeted the southern West…