Palestine Today 120909
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Israeli Troops Kidnap PFLPLeaders In Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank City of Nablus on Wednesday at dawn and kidnapped several leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).A senior…
Palestinian threatens lawsuit against ‘Bruno’ for misrepresenting him as a terrorist
Former political prisoner and Christian peace activist from Beit Sahour, Ayman Abu Aita, has threatened to file a lawsuit against filmmaker Sacha Baron Cohen for misrepresenting him as a ‘terrorist’…
Israel To Open Kerem Shalom And Al Mintar Crossings
The Israeli Authorities decided to open the Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) and the Eretz (Al Mintar) Crossing to allow the entry of home humanitarian aid, fuel and cooking gas…
EU Foreign Ministers Support Division Of Jerusalem
Foreign Ministers of the European Union declared Tuesday support for dividing Jerusalem to be the capital of both Israel and the future Palestinian State. They said that a solution should…
Israel to Build A Wall Along The Border With Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to build a Wall along Israel’s border with Egypt after stating that this step is unavoidable and strategic to stop the thousands of African…
Israeli Police Apprehends Three Fundamentalists Suspected Of Stabbing An Arab Man
The Israeli Police in Jerusalem apprehended last month three fundamentalists, including two minors, on suspicion that they stabbed an Arab man in Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. The news were…
Palestinian PM Welcomes EU Call Regarding Jerusalem
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad welcomed the call of the European Union to make Jerusalem a capital of two states.The Palestinian Premiere said this position of the EU is an…
Palestine Today 120809
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Al Maqt, A Detainee Behind Bars Since 24 Years
Former detainee, specialist in Detainees’ Affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that detainee Sidqi Al Maqt, from the Golan heights, is hoping a prisoner-swap deal would free him after 25 years in…
Settlement Leaders To Fight Settlement Freeze
Leaders of Jewish settlement in the occupied territories said they will do all what they can to counter the Israeli Government’s decision to temporarily freeze settlement activities in the occupied…
Netanyahu claims Syria Dropped Golan Withdrawal As Precondition
Israeli media sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Syria dropped an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights as a precondition to resume indirect peace talks.…
LRC: “14 Homes Demolished In Jerusalem In November”
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli authorities conducted 187 against Jerusalem in November, and demolished 14 Palestinians homes in addition…
Israeli Man Shot Dead By Israeli Border Policemen
Israeli sources reported that an Israeli man was shot dead on Monday when Israeli Border Policemen opened fire at him as he tried to cross the border fence into the…
Palestine Today 120709
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Settlers stop state inspectors from handing out settlement activity freeze orders
Israeli settlers escalated their protest against the Israeli government decision two week ago to freeze construction in west Bank settlement. On Monday morning scores of Israeli settlers blocked a road…
The Israeli military kidnaps five Palestinians from the West Bank
Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday by Israeli troops during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Israeli soldiers ransacked and searched homes at a…
Israeli MK Demands Preventing Mosques For Calling For Dawn Prayers
Israeli member of Knesset (MK) Arie Bibi of the Kadima party headed by Tzipi Livni, intends to file a proposal to the Knesset to vote on preventing the mosques in…
French Medical Crew Examined Shalit
The Al Hayat newspaper, based in London, reported that four French physicians examined the captured prisoner of war, Gilad Shalit, in the Gaza Strip last week marking the first time…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 Palestinians wounded, 20 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 25 Nov.- 02 Dec 2009, 6…
Egyptian Security Uncovers Tunnel, Two Storehouses
Egyptian security forces uncovered a tunnel and two storehouses filled with goods meant to be smuggled into the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. The tunnel and storehouses were uncovered as…
Israel Rejects Swedish Initiative, P.A Promotes It
Israel considered the initiative of Sweden for declaring recognizing a Palestinian State in the occupied territories, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as a stance that does not represent the…
Egypt Invites The Reconciliation Committee To Resume Unity Talks
The Egyptian leadership issued an invitation to the Palestinian National Reconciliation Committee to visit Cairo in an attempt to resume the talks and efforts to end internal divisions and achieve…
Soldiers Invade Nur Shams Refugee Camp, Kidnap One Youth, Elderly Man Wounded Near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn the Nur Shams Refugee Camp, near the northern West Bank City of Nablus, broke into several homes and kidnapped one youth. A 75-year-old…
Five Palestinians Wounded Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians were wounded, on Friday morning, by setters and soldiers fire in Aseera Al Qibliyya town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Eight Palestinians Wounded Near Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday that eight Palestinians were wounded by Israeli military fire in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem.Israeli soldiers invaded the camp and fired at protesters who…
This Week in Palestine -Week 49 2009
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Bil’in residents demonstrate in support of recent Swedish initiative calling for a Palestinian state
Residents of Bil’in village, central West Bank, alongside international and Israeli solidarity activists, demonstrated on Friday against the Wall after the midday prayer. Many suffered from tear-gas inhalation, as the…
One injured and dozens suffers effects of tear gas at the weekly Nil’in protest
One civilians sustained moderate wounds as others treated for tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked on Friday the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Nil’in, central West…
Homemade video shows settler driving car back and forth over Palestinian assailant
When a Palestinian man from Hebron entered an Israeli settlement gas station with a knife, the Israeli settlers on the scene took things into their own hands. After beating the…
Jordan Protests Over Excavation At The Church Of Holy Sepulcher
Jordan filed an official complaint to Israel demanding it to stop the excavations and renovations at the Church of Holy Sepulcher in East Jerusalem.The letter was handed to the Israeli…
Palestine Today 120309
Click here to downloas MP3 file Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, December 3ed, 2009. Israeli troops kidnap Palestinian civilians…
The military: two home-made bombs were found near an army base in central West Bank
Israeli military sources announced that troops have found on Thursday afternoon two home-made bombs near an army base in the central west Bank. the military said that troops have managed…
Israeli tanks invade southern border area of the Gaza Strip and open fire at residents’ homes
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Thursday morning border areas close to Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip and opened fire at residents’ homes. Witnesses said tanks advanced…
The Israeli military kidnaps 15 civilians from the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped on Thursday 15 Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting West Bank communities.Local sources reported that the Israeli army searched and ransacked homes in Ramallah city, central West…
Hamdan Denies Shalit Was Moved To Egypt
Osama Hamdan, a political leader of the Hamas movement, denied reports claiming that the prisoner of war, corporal Gilad Shalit, was moved to Egypt as part of the efforts to…
Abuse Continues Against Families Visiting Their Detained Loved Ones
Several parents of Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel complained of ongoing harassment and abuse against them while trying to visit their detained loved ones. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported…
Bethlehem Mayor: “Peace In Bethlehem Leads To Peace Everywhere”
Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, stated in an interview with the Globe newspaper, based in Joplin Missouri in the United States, that peace starts in Bethlehem, the city of Nativity and…
Israel Uprooted 7000 Olive Trees This Year
The Land Research Center reported that the Israeli Authorities uprooted 7000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank this year. 1455 trees were uprooted during the olive picking season.Fundamental settlers,…
Kuwaiti Paper: “Shalit Already In Egypt, Countdown Started”
The Al Jareeda Kuwaiti newspaper reported that countdown for prisoners swap has already started as the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, is already in Egypt accompanied by the head of…
84 Structures To Be Built In West Bank Settlements
The Israeli cabinet decided on Wednesday evening to build 84 more homes in a number of illegal West Bank settlements. The decision came while Israel vowed a 10-month freeze of…
Sheikh Sabri Barred From Al Aqsa Mosque For Six Months
The Israeli Authorities in Jerusalem handed Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Committee in Jerusalem, a restriction order preventing him from entering the Al Aqsa Mosque, in East…
Barak: “Settlements Part Of The State Of Israel”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated during a Wednesday night meeting with heads of West Bank settlements, that West Bank settlement blocs are an important part of Israel. He added…
Palestine Today 120209
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Palestinian fighter killed in Gaza car bomb
A fighter with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Fateh party, was killed on Monday when his car exploded in Al Shati refugee camp, near Gaza…
Hamas fighter Reported dead in the Gaza Strip
The ruling Hamas movement in the Gaza announced that one of its fighters were killed on Wednesday morning. The Al Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas identified the fighter…
Settlers Fake Foundations to bypass the government decision on settlement freeze
In order to bypass government freeze of settlement construction , dozens of ‘Fake Foundations’ were established in West Bank settlements in recent days. The Israeli government decided last week to…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in response to the settlement freeze
During an anti settlement construction freeze rally, scores of Israeli settlers hurled, on Wednesday, stones at Palestinian cars in northern West Bank.The rally lunched from the Elon Moreh illegal settlement…
Israeli Spy Imprisoned By The U.S Demands Executing Palestinian Detainees
Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy imprisoned by the United States harshly attacked talks on the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees in exchange for the release of the prisoner of…
Hamas Official: “Swap-deal Reached An Advanced State”
A senior Hamas official stated Tuesday that a prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas managed to reached an advanced level that requires both sides to make decisive and difficult decisions.…
Palestine Today 120109
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Israeli secret agency defends use of torture
he Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, responded to a petition in Israel’s High Court on Monday, defending their use of torture against detainees. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/dec2009/torture_technique.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes Here…
EU To Consider Resolution Recognizing East Jerusalem As Palestinian Capital
Sweden has introduced a resolution to the European Union to be considered next week in Brussels that would call for the recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of any…
Israeli Helicopters Drop Warning Leaflets On Rafah
Israeli choppers dropped on Monday evening thousands of leaflets warning the residents of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, that the army would bombard their areas once…
Israeli Soldiers Get ‘Slap On The Wrist’ For Force-feeding Detainees
Four Israeli soldiers who were caught abusing and forcefeeding Palestinian detainees were sentenced Monday by a military court to a demotion of one rank and a small fine of less…
400 Detainees Approved For Release, Talks On 50
A senior Hamas source stated that the movement and Israel agreed during indirect talks on 400 names of Palestinians detainees who would be released in return for the release of…
Palestine Today 113009
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Fundamentalist Jewish settlers attack Palestinian villagers in northern West Bank
On Monday midday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Bureen near Nablus city in the northern West Bank. Local media sources said that the settlers stormed the…
Israeli Tanks open fire at Palestinian homes on the northern Gaza border with Israel
On Monday afternoon, Israeli tanks opened fire at homes close to the northern Gaza Strip border with Israel. Witnesses said that a number of Israeli tanks invaded the area early…
The Israeli military kidnaps two civilians during invasions targeting the West Bank
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday during Israeli military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources said that the Israeli military kidnapped the two men during…
Fighters Detained In Nablus Go On Hunger Strike
A number of Palestinian resistance fighter, detained by the Palestinian Authority at the Jneid prison in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, went on hunger strike four days ago…
The Artery Of Life Expected in Gaza in Mid-December
The Artery of Life 3 humanitarian convoy, led by member of parliament in the British House of Commons, George Galloway, is expected in the Gaza Strip in mid-December, as part…
Israel To Release 980 Palestinian Detainees For Shalit
Israel decided to release 450 Palestinian detainees as part of a prisoner-swap deal to secure the release of the captured soldier, Gilad Shalit, and would also release additional 550 detainees…
Israeli Navy Shells Palestinian Fishing Boats
The Israeli Navy fired several shelled at a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the Al Shudaniyya shore, north west of Gaza City. No injuries were reported in the shelling.…
Israeli Navy Shells Palestinian Fishing Boats
The Israeli Navy fired several shelled at a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the Al Shudaniyya shore, north west of Gaza City. No injuries were reported in the shelling.57245…
Israeli army admits that hundreds of soldiers can’t speak Hebrew
The Israeli military’s Education Corps admitted Saturday that hundreds of new immigrants to Israel are allowed to serve in combat units in the Israeli occupying forces in the West Bank…
Likud Fundamentalists Protest Netanyahu, Obama
Some 200 Likud party members protested on Saturday evening against the decision of Likud leader, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to temporarily freeze settlement activities in the occupied territories. They…
Jordan: “Settlement Freeze Must Include Jerusalem”
Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Joudah , stated Saturday that the Israeli declaration of a temporary freeze of settlement activities, excluding in Jerusalem, is an insufficient step that does not help…
Palestinian Authority in West Bank shuts down radio station after Israel claims interference
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, led by Mahmoud Abbas of the Fateh party, shut down a radio station on Friday that Israel claimed was causing interference to air…
East Jerusalem protest brings together Israeli, Palestinian peace activists
On Friday afternoon, around 70 Israeli and Palestinian peace activists gathered in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to protest a court order that denies Palestinian owners the right to remain in their…
Ala’ Jaradat of Addameer on Palestinian prisoners
This is a one-hour audio interview with Ala’ Jaradat about the conditions facing Palestinian political detainees – including family visitation, administrative detention, imprisoned children and women, and mothers whose children…
PCHR Weekly Report: 9 Palestinians injured 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 19-24 Nov. 2009, 9 Palestinian civilians,…
Israeli forces racially profile, deny entry to former Black Panther leader from US
Dhoruba bin Wahad was a political prisoner in the US for 19 years – 7 of those years in solitary confinement. In 1990, he was cleared of all charges when…
This Week in Palestine -Week 48 2009
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Nil’in: dozens suffer tear gas inhalation during the weekly protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, along with their international supporters staged their weekly protest on Friday. Villagers along with their international supporters conducted the midday prayers at the…
The Israeli military attacks Bil’in’s weekly protest
The international day for solidarity with the Palestinian People in the Palestinian Eid holiday, dozens suffered teargas inhalation in Bili’n’s weekly protest. Under the slogan, “Towards a Palestine free from…
Army Closes Huwwara Roadblock Due To Settlers’ Protest
Israeli soldiers closed on Thursday evening Huwwara roadblock, leading to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, as fundamental settlers held a protest for more than two hours demanding to…
Israel Pardons Dozens Of Fighters, Some Partially
Palestinian sources reported Friday that Israel decided to pardon dozens of Palestinian fighters of Fateh’s armed wing, in the occupied West Bank, including senior fighters who were targeted for assassinations.…
Palestine Today 112609
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Gaza based Resistance groups fire home made shells into the Negev
Palestinian resistance fighters fired on Thursday five home made shells from Gaza at the Negev region, southern Israel. Israeli sources reported that the shells landed in open area causing no…
Settlers take over 10 Acers of farm lands owned by Palestinian farmers in northern W.B
Israeli settlers took over on Thursday 10 Acers of lands owned by Palestinian farmers from Yannon village, northern West Bank. Villagers said that settlers invaded the village then took over…
Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian man after stabbing two settlers
A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Thursday evening by an Israeli soldier after he stabbed two Israeli settlers in southern West Bank. Israeli media said that attack took…
U.S Asked Israel To Release 1000 Fateh Detainees
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s Foreign Minister, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamentalist party, stated that the United States asked Israel to release 1000 detainees of the Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud…
Freeze Not Cease
Several fundamental Israeli ministers slammed Netanyahu’s temporary settlement freeze proposal, which was approved by his cabinet, and said that “that this issue a submission to the Palestinian demands”. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/netanyahu_isrflag_3.jpeg 300…
Netanyahu Announces 10 Months Settlement Freeze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his government has decided on a 10-month freeze of construction in West Bank settlements, The temporary 10 months freeze will not include settlements…
Palestine Today 112509
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The Israeli military kidnaps six Palestinians from the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped on Wednesday six Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. Local sources announced that the invasions targeted the southern West…
Israeli troops and police attack a Palestinian village and remove electricity pylons
Israeli military and police forces attacked on Wednesday afternoon the village of Towani southern West Bank. Around 50 soldiers and police officers surrounded the village decelerated it a close military…
American Diplomats Touring Israeli Settlements
American diplomats are touring Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to gather information and meet settlement mayors and settlers. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/us_isr_settlement2.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes Here American diplomats are touring…
Detainee To Be Allowed To Receive Medical Treatment Abroad, Won’t Be Allowed Back
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities decided to release detainee Akram Oneiter, 25, who will be receiving urgent medical treatment abroad under the condition that he does not…
UN Slams Israel’s Plan To Expand Gilo Settlement
The United Nations slammed an Israeli plan to expand the Gilo illegal Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and considered it as another obstacle to the already stalled peace process. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/un_1.jpg…
Abbas: “Obama Is Doing Nothing To Advance Peace”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that U.S. President, Barack Obama is, so far, doing nothing to facilitate the peace process, and added that he hopes Obama will be playing an…
Abbas: “Obama Is Doing Nothing To Advance Peace”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that U.S. President, Barack Obama is, so far, doing nothing to facilitate the peace process, and added that he hopes Obama will be playing an…
Palestine Today 112409
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The Israeli military kidnaps eight civilians from the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn eight Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. According to local sources Israeli troops searched and…
Israel Bans Senior P.A Official From Al Aqsa For Six Months
The Israeli Authorities decided to ban Fateh official, Hatem Abdul-Qader, from the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for six months. The official said he will not respect the decision as…
Three Palestinians Wounded In An Israeli Air Strike In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday morning that three Palestinians suffered mild-to-moderate wounds after the Israeli Air Force shelled the ‘Tunnels Area’ in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Two Qassam Fighters Killed In Gaza
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, reported that two of its fighters were killed on Tuesday at dawn in an explosion that took place in a home…
Israeli TV: “Israel Agees To Freeze Settlements For 10 Months”
The Israeli TV, Channel One, reported on Monday at night that Israel agreed to freeze all settlement activities, except in Jerusalem, for 10 months. The TV added that Israeli Prime…
Shalom: “Israel Will Not Free Barghouthi, Saadat”
Visiting London, Israeli deputy Prime Minister, Silvan Shalom, stated that Israel will not release Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, and Secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmad…