The Israeli Military & Police Raid Palestinian Areas in Jerusalem to Enforce Taxes
The Israeli police forces, along with Israeli soldiers, stormed a number of Palestinian neighborhoods, on Monday, to enforce resident to bay taxes.At Shu’fat camp for Palestinian refugees near Jerusalem’s old…
British Journalist Detained In Gaza
Palestinian and British sources confirmed that a British documentary director was arrested by the Hamas controlled security forces after he arrived at a Gaza court to testify in a law…
Arab Parliamentarians In Gaza Monday
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) reported that 26 Arab Parliamentarians from different countries will visit, Monday, to express solidarity with the residents of the war-torn & impoverished region. The…
Child Wounded By Israeli Fire In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday evening that a Palestinian child suffered moderate wounds after the Israeli army bombarded a number of homes in the Juhr…
Husseini: “I Was Framed; Tape Was Dubbed To Blackmail Me”
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, a top aide to president Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, stated at a Sunday evening press conference in Ramallah, that the “sex tape scandal” against him was dubbed,…
Gaza Children Suffer Psychological Issues Due To War
Fadel Abu Hayyin, head of the Psychological Program at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that more than 100.000 Palestinian children in Gaza are suffering from different psychological…
PFLP Leader Visits Cairo, Holds Talks with Egyptian Leaders
Visiting Cairo, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Jamil Majdalawi, held a series of meetings with Egyptian leaders to ease…
Fighters Survive Assassination Attempt In Gaza
A group of Palestinian fighters survived on Saturday at night an Israeli assassination attempt targeting them in Al Zeitoun neighborhood, south east of Gaza City. Two residents were wounded in…
MK Tibi: “We Are The Natives Of This Land”
Arab member of Knesset, Ahmad Tibi, slammed the statements of Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, who called for swapping areas inhibited by the Arab population in Israel with settlements.…
Gaza Power Plant To Cease Functioning Due to Israel’s Siege
The Energy Authority in the Gaza Strip reported Saturday that Gaza’s sole power plant will case functioning in a matter of hours due to the ongoing Israeli blockade, preventing basic…
Medical Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
The Arab Physicians Union’s Committee of Relief and Emergency in Egypt stated Saturday that a convoy filled with medical aid, estimated by 2.5 Million USD, made it into the besieged…
Clinton: “Blair and Mitchell To Intensify Efforts To Resume Middle East Talks”
U.S. Secretary-of State, Hilary Clinton, stated Friday that U.S. Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, and Middle East Envoy, Tony Blair, will intensify their efforts to ensure the resumption of…
Palestinian Man Killed By Israeli Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that a Palestinian man, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday evening in…
This Week in Palestine -Week 06 2010
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Two Injured at the Weekly Bil’in Protest
A journalist and a villager were injured by Israeli fire when troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank. As has been the case…
The Israeli military detains two civilians at the Nil‘in weekly protest
A Palestinian teen and an Israeli supporter were detained by Israeli soldiers during an anti-wall protest at the village of Nil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The…
Israeli Troops Attack Protester Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers attacked anti-wall protesters on Friday near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem using tear gas and sound bombs. This Friday, villagers from al Ma’ssara along with international…
250 Olive Trees Planted By Volunteers Near Osh Grab
Following the beginning of construction of a new watchtower at the site of the former military base, this week, residents of Beit Sahour and international volunteers gathered at the surrounding…
Army Bombards Al Maghazi Refugee Camp in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army bombarded on Friday morning an area east of the Al Maghazi refugee camp, in the central district of the Gaza Strip. The sources…
Dr. Husseini On TV To Talk About “Scandal Report” Targeting Him
Head of the Palestinian President’s Office in Jerusalem, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, will be participating in the “All In The Open” program at the Palestinian TV to talk about the details…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinian civilians wounded by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, during the week of 04 – 10 February 2010, 7…
US Store discontinues Ahava dead sea products after boycott call
The ‘Stolen Beauty’ campaign has declared a small victory, after Costco stores agreed to stop carrying Dead Sea Salt from the Ahava corporation.AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories is an Israeli cosmetics…
Abbas Instructs Erekat To Ensure The Release of An Ailing Detainee Imprisoned By Israel
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that President Mahmoud Abbas instructed head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization to act on the release of a sick detainee…
P.A Plans To Investigate Corruption Tape Scandal
Israeli Ynet news reported Thursday that Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is planning to investigate a video tape showing the Palestinian Authority’s head of bureau trying to solicit sexual relations, the…
Medical Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
A medical aid convoy sent by the Arabs Physicians Union managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon via the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt. The convoy…
Palestine Today 02 11 2010
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Israeli Military Destroys Five Water Cisterns And Three Farming Huts In Southern West Bank
Israeli military bulldozers demolished five water cisterns and three farming huts owned by farmers from Ithna village, southern West Bank, on Thursday. The soldiers also confiscated water pumps and electricity…
Israel To Demolish Home of Palestinian Man Who Killed Soldier On Wednesday
On Thursday, Israeli troops ordered the family of Muhammad al Khatib, to leave their home in al Khiljan village, north in the West Bank. Al Khatib was detained by the…
The Israeli Military Detain Four Civilians From Bethlehem City
Four Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by the Israeli military during invasions targeting the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources said that troops stormed down town Bethlehem…
Protest Continues at Osh Grab
This morning, Thursday, February 11th, a group of residents from the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, arrived at the former military base, Osh Grab, to discover that excavation of…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported on Thursday morning, that one of its fighters was killed in Gaza City during what the group described as…
Palestinian Killed In An Israeli Airstrike In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that a Palestinian resident was killed, while another resident was wounded, after the army bombarded Juhr Al Deek area, east of Gaza city. Palestinian…
Two Children Wounded By Israeli Shells In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two sisters, aged 13 and 5, were wounded when the Israeli army bombarded Juhr Ed Deek area, east of al-Boreij refugee camp, in the central…
Youth Suffers Broken Leg After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Undercover forces of the Israeli army violently attacked a 17-year-old youth in Abu Dis town, in East Jerusalem, and broke his leg. The youth was transferred to an Israeli hospital…
Palestinian From Hebron Sentenced To Three Years For Faxing Death Threat To Netanyahu
Israeli Ynet News reported, Wednesday, that a Palestinian man from the southern West bank city of Hebron was sentenced to three years for sending a fax to Israeli Prime Minister,…
Increased Hostility Towards Reporters In West Bank
Palestinian reporters, either working for local or international agencies, were repeatedly subjected to attacks by the Israeli army, but recently such attacks witnessed a sharp increase leading to injuries, damage…
Six Palestinians Detained After Death of Israeli Soldier
The Israeli army invaded al Khiljan village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and detained six members of the Al Khatib family. This invasion came after Mahmoud al…
Palestine Today 02 10 2010
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Troops Detain Two Civilians, Attack And Search Homes in Hebron City
Two Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Wednesday, during house search targeting the city of Hebron and nearby town.Local sources said that two young men were taken by…
Beit Sahour Residents Protest Work Carried Out at Osh Grab
Members of the town of Beit Sahour, along with members of the international community, protested at the site of former military base Osh Grab, on Wednesday, against work carried out…
Israeli Soldier Killed After Being Stabbed, the Attacker Was Injured by police
An Israeli soldier was reported to have been stabbed & killed, on Wednesday at midday, when he was attacked by a Palestinian man in northern West Bank. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/armed_israeli_setters_near_hebron__photo_by_michael_ramallah_1.jpg 300 0)…
Israeli Troops Attack Palestinian Farmers & Internationals in Southern West Bank
Israeli troops fired tear gas at Palestinian famers and their international and Israeli supporters, on Wednesday, at the town of Yatta southern West Bank. The villagers along with their supporters…
Egypt Detonates Rafah Tunnel
The Egyptian security forces detonated, on Tuesday, a tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources reported that the Egyptian security forces…
Israeli Settler Security Guard Shoots Palestinian Teen in Northern West Bank
Local sources have reported that an 18-year old teenager from the Palestinian village of Iraq Burin, near Nablus, was shot by an Israeli security guard from the settlement of Har…
Israel Bombards the Gaza International Airport
The Israeli air force fired, on Tuesday evening, several missiles at the Gaza International Airport, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported…
Arab Parliamentarians To Visit Gaza Mid February
A group of 15-25 Arab Parliamentarians are expected to visit the Gaza Strip in the middle of this month to express support to the Palestinian people living under siege in…
Shabak Instructs Lieberman’s Bodyguards Not To Speak In Russian
The Israeli General Security Agency, Shabak, informed the guards of Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, that they will not be allowed to talk to him in Russian and should only…
Israel Retracts Its Pardon Of Palestinian Fighter In Nablus
Senior Palestinian sources reported, Tuesday, that the Israeli government retracted its full pardon previously issued to a Palestinian fighter from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and decided downgrade…
Palestine Today 02 09 2010
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Clashes Continue At Jerusalem Refugee Camp Following Monday’s Attacks
Tensions continued, on Tuesday, at the Shu’fat refugee camp, East Jerusalem, following yesterday’s clashes and arrests, Ma’an News Agency reported.Hostilities flared between a group of children and the border guards…
The Israeli Military Opens Fire at Farm Lands Near Gaza City
Israeli tanks stationed at the borders of the central part of the Gaza Strip opened fire at farm lands on Tuesday, at midday.Local sources reported that the fire targeted farm…
Non-Violent Action Continues In The Gaza Strip; Inspired By The West Bank
A delegation of farmers from Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, will be joined by international supporters from the International Solidarity Movement, Tuesday, in a demonstration inspired by the non-violent…
The Israeli Military Detained 16 Palestinian Civilians From The West Bank
The Israeli military detained 16 Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting West Bank communities, late Monday night and Tuesday at dawn.The Israeli army radio announced that all those detained today were…
Shaath: “Hamas Will Release Fateh Detainees, Reopen Headquarters”
Dr. Nabil Shaath, a Member of Fatah’s Central Committee, stated that the Hamas government in Gaza will be releasing Fatah political prisoners in the coming days, and will also re-open…
Israel To Partially Open Gaza Trade Crossings
The Israeli Authorities decided, Tuesday, to partially open its trade crossings with the Gaza Strip to allow the entry of some foodstuffs, and to enable the export of flowers and…
British Government Promises Israeli Official He Won’t Be Arrested During Visit
After receiving a letter from the British Foreign Ministry promising that he wouldn’t be arrested for war crimes while in England, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon arrived in London…
Effort To Retroactively Approve Illegal Jerusalem Settlement Backed By Interior Minister
A seven-story building constructed by right-wing Israeli settlers on Palestinian land, in East Jerusalem in 2004, is moving toward receiving ‘retroactive approval,’ with the unexpected support of Israel’s Interior Minister,…
Hamas Government: “Decision For Local Councils Elections in West Bank, Unconstitutional”
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, stated that the decision of the government of Dr. Salam Fayyad in the West Bank regarding holding local councils elections is unconstitutional, and…
Female Activist Kidnapped By The Army
The Ahrar Center for Detainee Studies stated that the Israeli army detained, on Monday, Montaha Taweel, 45, an activist who works to defend the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and…
Israel Objects To Moscow’s Reception of Mashal
The Israeli embassy in Moscow sent a letter to the Russian government expressing dismay over Moscow’s reception of Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Khalid Mashal, and a number of Hamas officials.…
Mashal: “Netanyahu’s Maneuvers Collapsed Peace Talks, Swap-deal”
Khalid Mashal, head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, accused the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of obstructing peace talks and a prisoner-swap deal. Mashal said that there…
Troops Invade Hebron Town & Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday, evening the town of Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the al-Arroub refugee camp in the city. Dozens of…
Palestine Today 02 08 2010
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The Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen Near Gaza’s Southern Shore
Israeli navy forces opened fire, on Monday midday, at Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Rafah town, southern Gaza Strip.The fishermen said that Israeli boats stopped them while fishing then…
Ten Detained By Israeli Troops During Pre-Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Monday, during pre-dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Invasions were reported at the town of al-Bireh, central West…
Scores Detained By The Military As Soldiers Attack Palestinian Refugee Camp In Jerusalem
Sixty Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers, on Monday, during house-to-house raids targeting the Shufat refugee camp in the city of Jerusalem.Local sources said that troops stormed the refugee…
Stop The Wall Campaign Raided & ISM Activists Released On Bail
The Stop the Wall campaign has issued a press release stating that their office, in Ramallah, was raided by the Israeli military, late Sunday night.The military arrived, with a convoy…
Israeli Authorities Ban Palestinian Cartographer From Travel Abroad
60-year old Palestinian geographer and cartographer Khalil Tufakji, who has spent years researching Israeli settlements constructed on Palestinian land, was ordered to appear at an Israeli police station last week,…
Israeli Navy Ships Crossed The Suez Canal
Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that two Israeli Navy Vessels crossed the Suez Egyptian Canal on Thursday morning, while on their way to the Red Sea. The reason behind the…
U.S Vows To Bury Goldstone Report At UN
Israeli sources reported Saturday that the United States vowed to Israeli leaders to bury the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Israel’s war in Gaza last year. The sources added…
Hamas Says It Did Not Apologize For Civilian Israeli Casualties During Israel’s War On Gaza
The Hamas-led government in Gaza stated Saturday that it did not apologize for Israeli civilian deaths during the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.The statements of Hamas came in its…
Five Israeli Family Members Wounded in Mine Explosion In The Golan Heights
Israeli sources reported, Saturday, that five members of the same Israeli family, including three children, were wounded when a land mine detonated near them as they were vacationing in the…
Israel Slaps Six-month Travel Ban On Palestinian Map Expert
Citing ‘security reasons’ — the ubiquitous and unanswerable catch-all phrase against which it is almost impossible to mount any defense — Israel’s Ministry of the Interior has just issued a…
Mizrahi: “Our Army Can Reach Damascus, Syria Cannot Stop Us”
Head of the Central Command at the Israeli Army, Avi Mizrahi, stated that Syria cannot defeat the Israeli Army, and that the army can reach the Syrian capital, Damascus, “while…
Irish Herald: “Four Israelis Who Assassinated Hamas Leader Carried Irish Passports”
The Irish Herald reported Friday that members of the hit squad that operated in Dubai and killed Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, 50, carried Irish passports. The Irish Foreign Ministry…
NYT’s Israel Editor’s Sticky Situation
Ethan Bronner is the New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief. As such, he is the editor responsible for all the news coming out of Israel-Palestine. It is his job to…
This Week in Palestine -Week 05 2010
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Two Injured at the Weekly Anti-Wall Protest in Bil’in Village
Two civilians, one Palestinian and one international, were injured by Israeli fire when troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank.As has been the…
Soldiers Attack Anti-Settlement Construction Protest in Central West Bank
Three Palestinian villagers were injured when they were fired upon by Israel soldiers, on Friday, at the village of Nabi Saleh, central West Bank.The villagers of Nabi Saleh, along with…
Nil’in’s Weekly Protests Ends After Tear Gas Assault
Local villagers of Nil’in held their weekly non-violent protest, after Friday prayers, despite rainfall.The villagers, who have held demonstrations against the construction of the annexation wall that passes through their…
Friday Protest in al-Ma’sara Ends Peacefully, Without Clashes
The weekly demonstration against the construction of the annexation wall on Palestinian land, ended with no clashes with the Israeli military, in the West Bank village of al-Ma’sara.After Friday prayers,…
Fateh and Hamas Form Field Committee
The rival Fateh and Hamas movements managed to form a committee that would be in charge of discussing field issues that are preventing reconciliation. The committee was formed after Fateh…
Dubai Might Issue Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu
Head of the Police Department in Dubai, Dhahi Khalfan, stated that an arrest warrant will be served against Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should the investigation reveal that the Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian child injured, 20 civilians abducted by Israeli forces this week
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 28 Jan.- 03 Feb. 2010, a…
Livni Vows To Visit Britain Despite Arrest Warrant
Israeli Foreign Minister, opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, vowed to visit Britain soon even if the country refrains from changing its laws regarding the arrest and prosecution of leaders accused of…
Explosion hits Red Cross convoy in Gaza; no injuries
A vehicle driving as part of a Red Cross envoy, was damaged by an explosion in Gaza, on Thursday.Palestinian sources reported that they believe the explosion that blew out the…
Palestine Today 02 04 2010
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Settlers Occupy a Palestinian Mountain In Nablus
A group of right-wing, armed, Israeli settlers occupied a 500-Dunam Palestinian mountain south of Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. The settlers intend to create a…
Israel Exiles A Detainee To Gaza, Aim At Expelling Nine To Jordan
Less than one month after detaining him in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli soldiers exiled a detainee, Baker al-Hafi, to the Gaza Strip. Israel also wants to…
Gaza Patient Dies Of Kidney Failure
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that a 22-year-old Palestinian patient from Gaza, who was wounded in an Israeli offensive in 2003, died of health complications and kidney failure. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/gaza_hospital.jpg…
Army Kidnaps 29 Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday at dawn, 29 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Army sources claimed that those detained are on their “wanted-list” by the Israeli…
Sha’ath Meets Hamas Leaders In Gaza
Dr. Nabil Sha’ath, member of the Central Committee of the Fatah party, met on Wednesday evening with delegates of the rival Hamas movement, and also met with Fatah leaders and…
Netanyahu Expects Peace Talks To Resume Within Coming Weeks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Wednesday that there is a chance that the stalled peace process would be unconditionally resumed in the coming few weeks. Netanyahu said that the…
Palestine Today 02 03 2010
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Italian Prime Minister Evasive During Bethlehem Press Conference
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, visited the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, today and held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud…
The Israeli Military Invades Areas Near Gaza City & Destroys Farm Lands
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded residential areas and farm lands, east of Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon.Witnesses said that ten Israeli tanks and a number of bulldozers stormed eastern areas…
The Israeli military detained 12 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank
Twelve Palestinian civilians were detained, on Wednesday, by Israeli troops during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Local sources reported house-to-house searches in villages and town centers in…
Two Palestinians & One American Detained Following Pre-Dawn Incursion in Bil’in
26 Israeli soldiers entered the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, on Wednesday at 3 am. They detained 2 Palestinians, one a journalist, and an international journalist.Local sources report…
More Detainees Seeking Higher Education
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that more Palestinian detainees, imprisoned at the Ramon Israeli prison, are joining the Hebrew Open University. The detainees are also holding seminars and educational…
Israeli Army Breaks Into The Home Of Hebron Legislator
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday at dawn, broke into the home of Palestinian Legislator of, Hatem Qafisha, in Wad al-Harya area, south of Hebron in the southern…