P.A Holds First Official Meeting With Foreign Diplomat in East Jerusalem
For the first time since Israel illegally shut down Palestinian Authority civil offices in Jerusalem in 2001, the Palestinian Authority held its first meeting with a foreign diplomat. The meeting…
Silwan Street Collapse Increases, Meters Away From Al Aqsa Mosque Wall
The Committee for Defending the Lands and Structures in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem, reported that the land slide and collapse that took place on Monday morning in the main…
Rights Movement: “Israel Harvested Organs From Palestinian Christian In 1988”
The Popular Movement for the Support of Prisoners and Palestinian Rights showed a video in Gaza City on Monday showing Israeli soldiers executing a Christian Palestinian from Gaza city after…
Gazans Collect Donations To Haiti
Palestinians in the impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip gathered on Monday at the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza to offer donations and financial support to the victims of the devastating…
Israel, Germany hold joint Cabinet meeting amidst protests; Israel to receive nuclear submarine
“Judaism Yes, Zionism No!” read signs carried by a group of Orthodox Jews who joined dozens of other protesters outside a joint Cabinet meeting of the German and Israeli Prime…
Abu Zuhri: “Israel Deliberately Trying To Flood The Palestinians”
Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that Israel deliberately opened the dams allowing the water to flood the Gaza valley area, and added that this is yet…
Hundreds Displaced By Gaza Flood
Dozens of Palestinian homes were flooded in the Gaza Valley area on Monday evening, and hundreds of families were rendered homeless after Israel opened one of its dams that were…
Palestine Today 01 18 2010
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The Israeli military kidnaps 17 Palestinian civilians from the West Bank
Seventeen Palestinian civilians were reported to have been kidnapped on Monday by Israeli troops during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Fifteen of those kidnapped were taken from…
Israel’s military continues to target anti wall protest organizers
Four Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a pre-dawn invasion targeting the village of Nil’in, central West Bank. Israeli troops told their families that they have been kidnapped…
Hamas Welcomes Amnesty Report
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, welcomed the report of Amnesty International in which it demanded Israel to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, and stated that the siege leaves more…
Former Israeli High Court Justice Advices Mazuz To Probe Gaza War
In an attempt to respond to the Goldstone report on the war on Gaza, and after officially rejecting it, former High Court Justice in Israel, Aharon Barak, advised the legal…
Israeli Excavations Lead To A Collapse Near The Al Aqsa Mosque
The ongoing illegal Israeli excavations near and under the Al Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding areas, in occupied East Jerusalem, caused on Monday at dawn a collapse in the center…
Protesters at Egyptian Embassy in Beirut challenge Egypt’s border wall construction in Gaza
Several hundred Lebanese protesters gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday, calling on the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to immediately cease construction of a border wall between Egypt…
Israel’s Gaza Blockade Continues To Suffocate Daily Life
Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International…
Nine Settlers, Including Three Teens, Arrested For Involvement in Salfit Mosque Attack
Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli Police and Internal Security Services detained on Sunday six teen yeshiva students and three adult settlers from the illegal West Bank settlement of…
Four Israeli Policemen Face Charges For Abusing Palestinian Detainee
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that four Israeli police officers were indicted on Sunday for abusing a Palestinian detainee after arresting him on suspicion of driving a stolen motorcycle.The charges…
Hamas Security Forces Arrest Khan Younis Imam
The Palestine News and Information Center, WAFA, reported that the security forces of Hamas in Gaza arrested an imam of a local mosque in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Six Palestinian Fishermen In Southern Gaza
The Israeli Navy kidnapped on Sunday at dawn six Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial waters in the Rafah area, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Navy also…
Palestinian Security Forces Arrest 12 Hamas Members, Including A Senior Qassam Fighter
The Security Forces of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrested on Sunday 12 Hamas members in the occupied West Bank, including a senior fighter and leader of the Al Qassam Brigades,…
Turkish President, Prime Minister, Refuse To Meet Barak
Turkish media sources reported on Saturday that the Turkish President, Abdullah Gül, and Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, will not hold a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, who…
We’re Sailing Again: Join Us!
This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel’s illegal blockade on 1.5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective…
EU Parliamentarians Leave Gaza
European Parliamentarian, who managed to enter the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip on Friday, left the coastal region on Saturday afternoon via the Rafah Border Terminal, in the southern part…
Current Status of Detained Maán Journalist – Jared Malsin
Ma’an have issued a press release concerning the current status of chief English editer, Jared Malsin. Arguments will be heard tomorrow at Tel Aviv District Court to determine his possible…
Israeli Officials Arrive In Jordan After Attack On Embassy
Following a bombing that was meant to target Israeli diplomats in Jordan two days ago, a number of senior Israeli security officials arrived in Amman to review the security measures…
Detainee Seriously Wounded Due To Torture
The Detainees Media Committee reported that a Palestinian detainee was seriously wounded due to extreme torture by Israeli interrogators at the Salem detention camp in the northern part of the…
Hamas, Islamic Jihad: “No Ceasefire Under Aggression”
The Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movements in Palestine stated in separate press releases that the Palestinian resistance did not reach a ceasefire deal with the occupation and will always…
New Egyptian Harbor To Tighten Gaza Siege
Egypt announced its intention to build a harbor along its sea border with the Gaza Strip in order to be used by Egyptian navy patrols to monitor the Egyptian side…
This Week in Palestine -Week 02 2010
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Demonstrators met with live ammunition in Bil’in Village
On Friday in Bil’in village, central West Bank, demonstrators against the Israeli built wall and illegal Israeli settlements were met with live ammunition, tear gas (in both plastic and aluminum…
Israeli Military Barricades Nili’n – Journalists Denied Access
Today in the village of Nili’n, central West Bank, the Israeli military closed all entrances and exits, and didn’t allow any journalists in the village.The demonstration started after midday prayers,…
After Night Time Incursion, al-Ma’sara Protest Continues
After last night’s military incursion into the village of al-Ma’sara, central West Bank, the weekly, non-violent protest continued as usual.The protests in al-Ma’sara have occurred every Friday for the last…
Settlers Steal 25 Dunams Near Nablus
Israeli settlers stole on Thursday 25 Dunams (6.17 Acres) of Palestinian lands that belong to the residents of Dir Istia village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Local sources…
Qassam Fighter Killed in Gaza
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, reported on Friday at dawn that one of its fighters was killed “while performing a task” in Dir Al Balah, in…
A People’s Cartoon History of Gaza
The launch of a new book by Joe Sacco is a major event, and with considerable expectation a crowd recently gathered in London to hear the great Maltese-American cartoonist and…
PCHR Weekly Report: ‘7 Palestinians Dead From Israeli Attacks, 8 Wounded’
According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, during the week of 06-13 Jan. 2010, Israeli forces killed…
Bardaweel: “Hamas Ready To Sign Unity Deal”
Legislator Salah Bardaweel, a prominent political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that Hamas believes in reconciliation and is ready and willing to sign a unity deal based on the…
Israel To Exile15 Detainees
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees filed an appeal to the Israeli High Court demanding it to void a decision aimed at exiling15 Palestinian detainees who have already served their terms…
Israeli authorities prevent 17 Palestinians from getting necessary eye surgery
After the Israeli human rights group Physicians for Human Rights arranged a donation of 17 corneas to allow sight-impaired Palestinians from Gaza to receive necessary eye surgery, Israeli border agents…
Hearing Set for Detained Journalist Jared Malsin
Ma’an News Agency has released a press release regarding the current status of their chief editor of the English desk, Jared Malsin. Mr. Malsin is currently waiting a hearing in…
Palestine Today 01 14 2010
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Southern West Bank farmers accuse settlers of uprooting trees
Palestinian farmers from Yatta village southern West Bank accused Israeli settlers of destroying 70 of their trees on Thursday.The farmers reported that as they arrived to their lands this morning,…
Bomb explodes near Israeli diplomat’s car at the West Bank’s border with Jordan
A bomb exploded Thursday afternoon near an Israeli diplomat’s car near the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank. According to media sources, three Israeli diplomats were crossing…
Israeli Government Grants Permission to Settlement Municipalities to Issue Construction Permits
Israeli sources are reporting that Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, has granted the local municipalities of the settlements to continue granting permits for construction, so that construction can be renewed…
The Israeli military kidnaps 12 civilians from the West Bank, and settlers destroy cars
12 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Thursday by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Local sources reported invasions of the southern West Bank cities of…
Israel Apologizes To Turkey After Insulting Its Ambassador
The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued on Wednesday an official apology to Turkey and its ambassador after Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Danni Ayalon, insulted him over a Turkish TV Show depicting…
American Journalist Denied Re-entry to Israel, Deportation Imminent – UPDATE.
Ma’an have released a further statement on status of the potential deportation of chief editor, Jared Malsin.On Wednesday night, Ma’an attorney Castro Daoud filed an injunction in a Tel Aviv…
Israeli Court Sentences Islamic Movement’s Head To Nine Months
The Israeli District Court sentenced on Wednesday Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of The Islamic Movement, to nine months after “convicting him of incitement”. Salah was prevented…
Palestine Today 01 13 2010
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Jamal Juma’ – local organizer released from detention
Jamal Juma’, co-coordinator of the Stop The Wall campaign was released yesterday evening. Jamal had been arrested on December 16th, 2009 having been called in for questioning previously. He had…
The Israeli military kidnap two civilians as they crossing borders into the West Bank
Two Palestinian civilians from the same family were kidnapped by the Israeli military on Wednesday at dawn as they were crossing the borders between Jordan and the West Bank.Suhyaib, 23…
Chief Editor of major Palestinian news Agency detained – IMEMC Exclusive interview
Following the detention of Jared Malsin, Ma’an News Agency’s chief editor at Ben Gurion yesterday, IMEMC spoke with George Hale, an editor at Ma’an.Mr. Hale told IMEMC that in addition…
Three injured as soldiers attack farmers in southern West Bank
Two farmers and a child were injured on Wednesday at dawn when Israeli troops attacked villagers from Safa, southern West Bank, as they protested the destruction of their land.Local sources…
American Journalist and Partner Denied Re-entry to Israel – Deportation Imminent
The following is a prepared statement from Ma’an News network regarding the detention and immanent deportation of the chief editor of their news desk, Jared Malsin.The English Desk at Ma’an…
‘Fund of National Dignity’ Launched
The Palestinian National Authority has launched a venture, with private sector companies and civil society institutions, that intends to remove all settlement products from the Palestinian market by the end…
Abu Al Gheit: “Two State Solution, Or One Bi-national State”
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abu Al Gheit, stated in an interview with Egypt’s Channel 2 TV that his country believes in the necessity of establishing a Palestinian State, with East…
Palestine Today 011210
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Israel’s military crack down on nonviolent, anti-wall protest organizers in the West Bank
Israeli troops kidnapped four men on Tuesday, during invasions targeting a number of areas in the West Bank. All four are members of the local Popular Committees Against the Wall…
Strip Search, Arrest and Car Detonation at Reikhan Barta’a Checkpoint, Jenin
A Palestinian man was subjected to a strip search today at the military checkpoint of Reikhan Barta’a, near Jenin in the North of the West Bank, before having his vehicle…
Rawabi – The First Planned Palestinian City
Ground has been broken at the site of Rawabi, the first planned city to be constructed in Occupied Palestinian Territories by Palestinians.The project, funded jointly by the Palestinian Authority and…
Qassam Fighter Killed in Northern Gaza
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, reported on Monday at night that one of its fighters was killed “in a mission” in the northern part of…
Interview With Rani Bornat -Bil’in
McIntyre recently interviewed Palestinian activist Rani Bornat about his life after being shot by the Israeli army. Rani Bornat: My name is Rani Abdelfatah Ibrahim Bornat, and I’m 29 years…
Soldiers Invade Ramallah, Kidnap a Czech Peace Activist
The Israeli Army invaded on Monday at night the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a Czech citizen, identified as Eva Nováková, who started her activities…
Palestine Today 01 11 2010
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Non-violent protest at the northern Gaza borders with Israel
Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest this Monday at the northern Gaza borders Israel.The protesters were joined by international supporters. Waving Palestinian flags they marched towered the Israeli wall at the…
One injured three kidnapped during military invasions targeting West Bank areas
One man was injured and three other civilians were kidnapped, among them two children, on Monday during separate military attacks targeting a number of West Bank communities. Issa Al Showaheen…
Israel’s Siege Kills Another Child. Man Reported Dead At A Tunnel Site
A Palestinian child was reported dead on Monday after he was unable to leave the Gaza Strip for the medical care he urgently needed.Three year old Mayisarah Mousa had a…
Israel Approves Construction Of Wall Along Egypt Border
The Israeli government has officially approved on Sunday at night the construction of a Wall along its border with Egypt. The approval came after the Israeli Interior Security Minister, Yitzhak…
Israel Demolishes 30 Structures Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers demolished on Sunday morning 30 structures in Khirbit Tana, a small village near Beit Forik, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The destruction caused by…
Netanyahu: “Settlement Construction To Resume In Eight Months”
Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, told his government coalition partners on Sunday that the so-called “temporary freeze on settlement activities” ends in eight months, and…
Israeli Army Assassinates Three Fighters in Gaza
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Sunday evening that the Israeli army assassinated three of its fighters in the central Gaza Strip. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/saraya_fighters.jpg…
Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist … In Graves And Prisons
Dear Bono, In your recent column in the New York Times, ‘Ten for the Next Ten,’ you wrote: ‘I’ll place my hopes on the possibility — however remote at the…
Mitchell: U.S. May Cut Aid To Israel In Two Years
The United Stats may legally cut its international aid to Israel in two years if peace talks fail with Palestine. George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to Middle East threatened…
Abu Marzouq Blames Netanyahu For Failed Prisoner-Swap Talks
Mousa Abu Marzouq, deputy head of the Hamas Political Bureau, told Al Hayat Newspaper, that there are no current prisoner-swap talks, and that Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, is responsible for…
Two Palestinians Killed As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday that two Palestinians were killed after the Israeli army bombarded an area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/killed_in_gaza.jpg 300 0) Palestinians…
Army Installs Roadblocks Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday at dawn two military roadblocks south of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and searched dozens of vehicles and residents. Local sources…
Palestinian Wounded In Israeli Shelling In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian resident was seriously wounded on Saturday evening when the Israeli army fired artillery shells at agricultural areas east of Al Maghazi refugee camp,…
Hamdan: “Shalit Talks Ongoing”
Osama Hamdan, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated Saturday that indirect talks on a prisoner-swap deal are very tough, but are also still ongoing behind closed doors. Hamdan…
Israel Prepares Scenarios For A Possible “Gaza War 2”
The Israeli military and political leaderships are preparing scenarios for a possible “Gaza War 2” that could last for one week with the heavy participation of artillery brigades that would…
Hamas says Egyptian soldiers killed by Egyptian bullet
Egyptian soldier, killed during clashes that followed protests at the Gaza-Egypt border last week, was not killed by Palestinian fire, Hamas’ spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri stated on Saturday. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/vivapalestinalondon.jpg 300…
Amnesty International calls for immediate release of 3 Palestinian non-violent organizers
The international human rights organization Amnesty International issued a press release Friday saying that Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists…
UN accepts Gaza payoff by Israeli government
The United Nations will accept a ten million dollar payoff by the Israeli government as compensation for the bombing of UN facilities in Gaza during Israel’s invasion one year ago.UN…
US, Jordan, Call On Israel And The P.A To Advance Peace Talks
The United States and Jordan presented a new track for the stalled Middle East Peace Process, and called on both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume the peace process…
Galloway Deported, Banned From Egypt
In a clear collaboration with the Israeli Authorities, Egypt’s Intelligence Services forced British Legislator, George Galloway, head of the Viva Palestina humanitarian convoy, into a plane after informing him that…
This Week in Palestine -Week 01 2010
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Three Injuries in Bil’in, Including one Journalist
Three residents were injured on Friday at the weekly protest in Bil’in village, central West Bank. Dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation in the weekly protest against…
Nil’in: Israeli troops fail to stop the people from joining the weekly protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized their weekly protest on Friday against the wall Israel is building on their lands. They were joined this week by international supporters…
Nil’in: Israeli troops fail to stop the people from joining the weekly protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized their weekly protest on Friday against the wall Israel is building on their lands. They were joined this week by international supporters…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian fighter killed, 6 civilians wounded 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 30 Dec 2009- 05 Jan. 2010,…
Palestinian Killed, Six Wounded In An Israeli Air Strike In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday at dawn that one Palestinian was killed and six were wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting the “Tunnels Area”…
Israeli Army carries out series Of Airstrikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force bombarded, on Friday at dawn, resistance strongholds and civlian areas in a number of areas across the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no…
Nine Palestinians Wounded By the Israeli Military in Hebron
Nine Palestinian residents were wounded in separate Israeli military attacks targeting the villages of Sa’ir and Yatta, in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank. Medical…
Troops attack a Palestinian family in Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Thursday a Palestinian family in Al Tawana, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped one family member.Local sources reported that soldiers attacked six…
Army Invades Bil’in, Soldiers Say “we Are Just Doing Our Job”
In a rather familiar scene in the village of Bil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli troops invaded the village, once again, and stormed the house of…
Gaza Children Fly Balloons Carrying Pictures Of Slain Family Members
Dozens of children in the Gaza Strip launched balloons carrying the pictures of their parent and family members who were killed by the Israeli army during Israel’s illegal war against…
Hundreds Protest In Front Of Egypt’s Embassy
Hundreds of Turkish citizens and activists held a protest on Tuesday evening in front of the Egyptian Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The human rights activists, including parliamentarians, protested…
Israel To Pay 10 M. In Compensation To The UN
In an unofficial admission of targeting United Nations facilities, the Israeli government decided to pay the United Nations 10 Million USD in compensation for targeting its facilities during the war…
Several Residents Injured In Gaza Explosion
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday evening that several Palestinians were wounded in an explosion that took place at a Coffee Shop in Gaza Strip.The Coffee…
Viva Palestina Starts Entry To Gaza
The Viva Palestina Convoy, and after facing ongoing Egyptian rejection and violent attacks by the Egyptian security forces, started on Wednesday evening to roll into the besieged Gaza Strip.Thousands of…