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Palestinian resistance injures an Israeli official near the Gaza Strip
The assistant of the Israeli minister of interior, Avi Dechter, was injured by Palestinian resistance fighters on Friday near the separation fence north of the Gaza Strip. Israeli medical sources…
Mysterious explosion south of Gaza Strip, two Palestinians injured
Two Palestinians including a child were injured when an explosive charge blew up on Friday, east of Al Qararah south of Gaza Strip. On thursday evening, after the Israeli army…
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinians killed, 16 wounded in Israeli attacks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 27 March – 02 April 2008, 6 Palestinians were assassinated by Israeli military forces, and…
Apoyo masivo a Palestina en el partido de baloncesto Barcelona-Maccabi ayer en Barcelona.
En el 2º partido de tres, de cuartos de final de la Euroliga de Baloncesto celebrado en Barcelona, el jueves 3 de Abril, el Barcelona ganó al Maccabi de Tel-Aviv…
Israel, USA to boycott UN anti-racism conference in Durban
Israeli sources reported that Israel and the United States decided to boycott the Durban II Anti-Racism conference which will be conducted in early 2009. The Israeli and US decision was…
Israel, USA van a boicotear la conferencia de las NNUU anti-racismo en Durban
Fuentes IsraelÃes informaron que Israel y los Estados Unidos decidieron boicotear la II Conferencia Anti-Racismo de Durban que tendrá lugar a principios de 2009. La decisión Israelà y de los…
Over 100 organizations call for boycott of ‘Israel at 60’ celebrations
The "Boycott-Divest-Sanctions" National Committee has called for a boycott of celebrations planned by the state of Israel to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Israel's creation in 1948. 104 organizations have…
Más de 100 organizaciones llaman al boicot por las celebraciones de “los 60 años de Israelâ€
El Comité Nacional de “Boicot-Desinversión-Sanciones, (Boycott-Divest-Sanctions) llama a un boicot de las celebraciones planeadas por el Estado de Israel para conmemorar el 60 aniversario de su creación en 1948. 104…
The Popular Committees slams Israel’s plan to construct 2000 settler homes this year
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a statement on Thursday strongly denouncing an Israeli plan to construct nearly 2000 homes for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in 2008.…
PCAS accuses Israel of committing war crimes against Gaza patients
The Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) issued a statement of Thursday accusing Israel of committing war crimes against the patients of the Gaza Strip as those patients need medical treatment…
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A statement: seven members of Fatah kidnapped by Hamas in northern Gaza
A statement, faxed to press by the aL-Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, read Thursday that seven members of the brigades have…
Declaración: 7 miembros de Fatah secuestrados por Hamas en el norte de Gaza
Una declaración mandada por fax a la prensa por las brigadas de los Mártires de aL-Aqsa, brazo armado del partido Fatah del Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas, informaba el jueves que…
Barghuthi warns of the deterioration of the Human situation in the Gaza Strip
Dr. Mustafa al Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), warned on Thursday of the dangers of the ongoing deterioration of the human situation in the Gaza Strip.…
A Gaza-based commission accuses Israel of committing ‘war crimes’ against patients
The Gaza-based popular committee for breaking the Israel-enforced siege accused on Thursday Israel of perpetrating a war crime against the patients of Gaza Strip, who are in need of medical…
Gaza-based UNRWA recieves a UAE fund
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), recieved Thursday a fund from the United Arab Emirates, worthy of $4 million dollars, to be allocated…
MK Tibi visits Lebanon despite of Israeli ban
Israeli media sources reported on Thursday that Dr Ahmad al Tibi, Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, and head of the Arab bloc (United Arab List, Ra'am-Ta'al) had challenged the…
Report: Israeli Army killed 102 Palestinians in northern Gaza since the beginning of 2008
The local Popular Committee for Resisting the Israeli attacks in districts in the northern part of the Gaza Strip issued a report on Thursday stating that the Israeli army has…
Informe: El ejército Israelà mató a 102 palestinos en el norte de Gaza desde principios de 2008
El Comité local Popular para Resistir los ataques IsraelÃes en los distritos de la parte norte de la Franja de Gaza emitieron el jueves un comunicado informando que el ejército…
Hamas slams international community ‘ignorance’ of Gaza situation
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza slammed on Thursday what it termed ‘ignorance’ by the international community of Gaza conditions, calling on all concerned parties to take their responsibilities towards…
Due to the ongoing settlement expansion, Abed Rabu calls for halting talks with Israel
Yasser Abed Rabu, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO – and a member of the negotiations teem with Israel, demanded on Thursday a…
Troops invade Al Biereh town, attack its municipality
The Israeli army invaded the town of Al Biereh, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday morning and broke into its municipality offices. The municipality of…
Tropas IsraelÃes invaden la ciudad de Al Biereh y atacan su Ayuntamiento
El ejército Israelà invadió el jueves por la mañana la villa de Al Biereh, localizada cerca de la ciudad de Ramallah, en la parte central de Cisjordania, e irrumpió en…
The Israeli army injures ten Palestinians during the ongoing invasion in southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured during an on going Israeli army invasion targeting Al Qarrara village in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Al Qudes…
Israeli lawyer warns that referendum on Jerusalem could end in bloodshed
In testimony to the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) on Wednesday, Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, a well-known Israeli legal expert, warned that if Israeli Arabs are allowed to participate in a referendum on…
Abogado Israelà avisa que un referéndum sobre Jerusalén podrÃa terminar en baño de sangre
En declaración al Knesset Israelà (Parlamento) el miércoles, el Profesor Mordechai Kremnitzer, un bien conocido experto legal IsraelÃ, avisó que si a los Ãrabes IsraelÃes se les permite participar en…
Israel to distribute gas-masks to its civilians starting in 2009
The Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities decided to distribute gas-masks among the population in Israel starting in 2009. The step, the radio said, comes as a…
BBC Poll: 52% of people worldwide have negative view of Israel
Israel second only to Iran in negative image worldwide, according to the results of a BBC poll released Wednesday. 54% of those polled viewed Iran negatively, and 52% viewed Israel…
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Former Hamas official says dialogue with Fatah is possible
Former spokesperson of the Hamas-dominated government in Gaza, Ghazi Hammad, said on Wednsday that the rival Fatah party need to take a unified stance towards potential reconciliation with the Hamas…
Antiguo dirigente de Hamas dice que el diálogo con Fatah es posible
El antiguo portavoz del Gobierno de Hamas, dominante en Gaza, Ghazi Hammad, dijo el miércoles que el partido rival Fatah necesita tomar una postura unificada hacia una reconciliación potencial con…
Israel to construct nearly 2000 housing units in the West Bank
Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that the Israeli government is planning to construct nearly 2000 units in Israeli settlements located in the West Bank during 2008. The Israeli daily…
Israeli police demolish a Palestinian home in Jerusalem
On Wednesday, the Israeli police demolished the Hamdan family home in Anata, a Palestinian neighborhood in the city of Jerusalem. ICAHD, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, an Israeli human…
Hamas’s exiled leader denies responsibility for a deadly attack in Jerusalem
Hamas's exiled leader, Khaled Mash'al, who is based in Damascus, confirmed that his party can not claim responsibility for the late February deadly attack on a Jerusalem-based Jewish religous seminary.…
LÃder exiliado de Hamas niega responsabilidad por atentado mortal en Jerusalén
El lÃder exiliado de Hamas, Khaled Mash’al, ubicado en Damasco, confirmó que su partido no puede reivindicar la responsabilidad del ataque mortal del pasado Febrero a un seminario religioso JudÃo…
Gaza’s health ministry warns of a humanitarian crisis
The Palestinian health ministry of the Hamas-rule Gaza warned on Wedensday of a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip, because of continued Israeli closure on the coastal territory, since June…
El Ministerio de Salud de Gaza advierte de una crisis humanitaria
Según una declaración hecha el miércoles por el Ministerio Palestino de Salud del Gobierno de Hamas que gobierna Gaza, se advierte de una crisis humanitaria en toda la Franja de…
Death toll of Gaza patients, denied treatment , mounts to 121
The death toll of Gaza patients, who have been unable to get medication, due to the Israel-enforced closure since last June, mounted on Wedensday to 121, after the passing away…
Israeli military abducts 17 Palestinians across the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians across the West Bank during a series of invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday morning. The cities invaded include Tulkarem, Nablus,…
Los militares IsraelÃes secuestran a 17 Palestinos por todo Cisjordania
El ejército Israelà secuestró al menos a 17 Palestinos en toda Cisjordania durante una serie de invasiones llevadas a cabo el miércoles por la mañanaLas ciudades invadidas incluyen Tulkarem, Nablus,…
An Israeli army force invades northern Gaza , nabs three residents
An Israel army force invaded the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun Wednesday morning, taking several prisoners. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israel infantry force, backed…
Una fuerza del Ejército Israelà invade el norte de Gaza, y se lleva a tres residentes
Una fuerza del ejército de Israel invadió la ciudad de Beit Hanoun al norte de Gaza, el miércoles por la mañana, cogiendo varios prisioneros. Fuentes de los medios de comunicación…
Abbas to hold talks with Egypt’s Husni Mubarak
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, will hold talks today with the Egyptian President, Husni Mubarak, in Cairo. Abbas will be discussing latest developments in the region, including underway talks with Israel,…
Abbas mantendrá conversaciones con Husni Mubarak de Egipto
El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas, mantendrá hoy conversaciones con el Presidente Egipcio Husni Mubarak, en el Cairo. Abbas comentará los últimos acontecimientos en la región, incluyendo las conversaciones en curso…
One Palestinian injured, another kidnapped in Jenin refugee camp
During an Israeli military operation on Wednesday morning in Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank of Jenin, a Palestinian youth,17, named as Shuja' Qreiny was critically injured in…
Israeli High Court temporarily freezes order to confiscate belongings of two charities in Hebron
The Israeli High Court of Justice decided on Tuesday to temporarily freeze an order which authorized the Israeli army to confiscate the belongings of two charitable societies in the southern…
Israeli Foreign Ministry rejects appointing a Jewish UN envoy in the Palestinian territories
Israeli daily Newspaper, Maariv, reported on Tuesday that The Israeli Foreign Ministry decided to prevent Professor Richard Black, a high profile Jewish leader at the United Nations, from becoming the…
El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores Israelà rechaza el nombramiento de un judÃo enviado por las NU
El diario IsraelÃ, Maariv anunció el martes que el Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores propuso al profesor Richard Black, un destacado lÃder JudÃo de las Naciones Unidas, para ser el enviado…
Land Day in Palestine
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Hawatmeh: Palestinian factions approve a comprehensive simultaneous, total calm in the West Bank and
Nayef Hawatmeh, Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirmed on Tuesday that the truce with Israel should be a simultaneous, total and comprehensive one in…
Palestinian resistance homemade shells injure two Israelis
Israeli security sources reported that two Israelis were lightly injured on Tuesday after the Palestinian resistance factions launched two homemade shells on the nearby Israeli city of Asqalan located north…
Cohetes caseros de la Resistencia Palestina hieren a dos IsraelÃes
Las fuerzas de seguridad IsraelÃes informaron que dos IsraelÃes fueron heridos levemente el martes, después de que facciones de la Resistencia Palestina lanzaran dos cohetes caseros a la cercana ciudad…
A trilateral Arab summit to be held in Egypt
The daily Arab newspaper of al Hayat based in London reported on Tuesday that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Cairo on Wednesday.The Palestinian president is expected to take…
Una cumbre Ãrabe trilateral tendrá lugar en Egipto
El diario Ãrabe al Hayat con sede en Londres informó el martes que el presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas llegará el miércoles al Cairo. Se espera que el presidente Palestino tome…
At War With ‘God’
When the voice announced on the car radio "Palestinian terrorist killed eight school children in Jerusalem", I thought to myself 'How horrible.' As I was programmed to do by the…
Radical group threatens UNRWA in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that a Radical group threatened to attack the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.The group, calling itself Ahrar Al…
Grupo Radical amenaza ACNUR en GAZA
Fuentes de información palestinas informaron el martes que un grupo radical amenazó con atacar la ONG de refugiados de las Naciones Unidos (ACNUR) en Gaza.El grupo se llama Ahrar Al…
Human Rights group: the Israeli army killed 126 Palestinians in the month of March 2008
The International Solidarity Society for Human Rights issued its monthly report on Tuesday documenting Israeli army violations of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and the Gaza strip. The…
Grupo de Derechos Humanos: El ejército Israelà asesina 126 palestinos en el mes de marzo
La Sociedad Internacional de Solidaridad de Derechos Humanos distribuyó su informe el martes, dando cuenta de las violaciones de derechos humanos del ejército israelà en Cisjordania y Gaza. Entre del…
Israel to use alternative methods to protect settlements other than roadblocks
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army will start using alternative methods to protect the settlements in cases where roadblocks are removed. The army announcement came after…
Two Palestinian resistance fighters killed by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed and another two injured during armed clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Wadi Al Salqa in the southern part…
Dos combatientes de la Resistencia Palestina matados por ejército Israelà en el sur de Gaza
Fuentes Palestinas informaron que dos combatientes Palestinos fueron matados y otros dos heridos durante los enfrentamientos armados con las tropas IsraelÃes en el pueblo de Wadi Al Salqa en la…
Two Palestinians kidnapped in Israeli invasion of Jenin
The Israeli military invaded the Jenin refugee camp, Wadi Burqin and Deir Ghazala village in northern West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In the…
El Ayuntamiento de Jerusalén aprueba la construcción de 600 casas para colonos
El Comité Local de Planificación y Construcción del Ayuntamiento de Jerusalén, aprobó el lunes un plan para construir 600 viviendas para colonos IsraelÃes en el asentamiento de Pisgat Zeev, en…
The Jerusalem Municipality approves the construction of 600 homes for settlers
The Local Committee for Planning and Construction at the Jerusalem Municipality approved on Monday a plan to construct 600 homes for Israeli settlers in Pisgat Zeev settlement in Jerusalem. The…
The Popular Committees slams army attack against a Hebron orphanage
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Monday slamming the Israel Army’s attack against an orphanage in Al Salaam Street in the southern West Bank city of…
La Comisión Popular critica el ataque contra un orfanato en Hebrón
La Comisión Popular de Palestina publicó en la prensa el lunes un comunicado criticando el ataque del ejército Israelà contra un orfanato en la calle Al Salaam, al suroeste de…
A New Jewish leftist Group opposing the Israeli occupation formed in Canada
On Sunday a new Jewish leftist movement which opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine was formed in Canada. The movement calls itself the Jewish Canadian Coalition, and officially announced that…
Palestinian killed by settlers gunfire near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah city, north of Jerusalem, stated on Monday evening that one Palestinian resident was shot and killed by Israeli setters gunfire near Ramallah. The sources identified…
Palestino asesinado por disparos de colonos cerca de Ramallah
Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la ciudad de Ramallah, al norte de Jerusalén, informaron el lunes a primera hora de la noche, que a un residente Palestino le dispararon y mataron…
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Israeli official: ‘I am ready to meet with Hamas over talks regarding Prisoners deal.’
The President of the Israeli right wing Shass movement and the Minister of the Israeli security cabinet, Eli Yishai, told Israeli army radio on Monday that he is willing to…
Oficial IsraelÃ: ‘Estoy dispuesto a encontrarme con Hamas para hablar respecto a los Prisioneros
El Presidente del movimiento Israelà de derechas Shass y Ministro de Seguridad del Gabinete IsraelÃ, Eli Yishai, declaró a la radio del ejército Israelà el lunes, que quiere mantener conversaciones…
Hamas ready to welcome President Abbas in Gaza for conciliation talks
Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, stated on Monday that his ruling part in Gaza is ready to welcome Palestinain President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in Gaza for reconciliation talks.…
Hamas dispuesta a dar la bienvenida al Presidente Abbas en Gaza para charlas de conciliación
El portavoz de Hamas en Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, declaró el lunes que su partido, que gobierna en Gaza, está dispuesto a dar la bienvenida a Gaza al Presidente Palestino Mahmoud…
The Palestinian court of Justice rolls against the clearance government decision
The President of the Public Servants Union, Bassam Zakarnah, stated on Monday that the Palestinian Court of Justice based in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided today against…
Report: The Israeli army killed 121 Palestinians including 6 children in March 2008
The National and International Relations Department at the Palestine Liberation Organization issued a report on Monday documenting the Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza during…
Informe: El ejército Israelà mató a 121 Palestinos incluyendo a 6 niños en Marzo 2008
El Departamento de Relaciones Nacionales e internacionales de la Organización de Liberación de Palestina emitió un informe el lunes, documentando las violaciones israelÃes contra los Palestinos en Cisjordania y Gaza…
Palestinian resistance shells Israeli areas near the Gaza Strip
Palestinian resistance groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza, shelled early on Monday Israeli areas near the border lines with Gaza Strip. In a statement, faxed to press, the aL-Qassam brigades, the…
El ejército Israelà ataca en varias partes de Cisjordania, secuestrando a 8 civiles
Ocho civiles Palestinos fueron secuestrados por el ejército Israelà el lunes, durante las invasiones IsraelÃes antes del alba, teniendo como objetivo varias partes de Cisjordania. En la parte sur de…
The Israeli army attacks several parts of the West Bank kidnapping eight civilians
Eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli army on Monday during Israeli army pre-dawn invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank.In the southern part of the West Bank,…
Israeli army wounds two Palestinians in southern Gaza
Two Palestinians have been reportedly moderately wounded early on Monday as the Israeli soldiers, stationed to the south of Gaza Strip, opened fire at them. Medics confirmed that the two…
Israel approves construction of a Palestinian residential city
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, has informed the Palestinian side that Israel approved the construction of a Palestinian residential city, media sources reported. The planned residential buildings will be erected…
Cairo allows stranded Egyptians in Gaza, back to Egypt
Palestinian media sources reported Sunday that Cairo has decided to allow tens of stranded Egyptians, who have been stuck on the Gaza side of border in January, back to Egypt.…
U.S to verify Israel’s pledge to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement, says Rice
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, said Sunday that the U.S would observe implementation on the ground of Israel’s pledge to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement across the West Bank.…
A Palestinian dies in a tunnel collapse in southern Gaza
On Sunday a Palestinian dug tunnel, on the Gaza-Egypt border line has reportedly collapsed , causing the death of one Palestinian. An Egyptian security official, speaking anonymously, told media outlets…
Un Palestino muere en un derrumbamiento de túnel en el sur de Gaza
Se ha informado que un túnel Palestino bajo la lÃnea fronteriza Gaza-Egipto se ha derrumbado el domingo, causando la muerte de un PalestinoUn oficial de seguridad Egipcio, hablando anónimamente, contó…
aL-Aqsa martyrs brigades mourn two of their members in Gaza
The aL-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed of Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, mourned Sunday in the Jabalya refugee camp of the Gaza Strip, two of their members killed…
Arab league summit concluded
A two-day Arab league summit was concluded Sunday in the Syrian capital of Damascus, with the participation of 11 Arab states’ leaders and the absence of Lebanon. Syrian president, chairman…
La cumbre de la Liga Ãrabe ha concluido
La cumbre de la Liga Ãrabe de dos dÃas ha concluido el domingo en Damasco, capital de Siria, con la participación de los lÃderes de 11 Estados Ãrabes y la…
Israeli police detains four Palestinians in Tel-Aviv
Israeli police detained on Sunday four Palestinians in the Israel city of Tel-Aviv, Israel says were suspected of plotting an attack in the Bet Yam locality to the south of…
La policÃa Israelà detiene a cuatro Palestinos en Tel-Aviv
La policÃa Israelà detuvo el domingo a cuatro Palestinos en la ciudad Israelà de Tel-Aviv. Israel dice que eran sospechosos de planear un ataque en la localidad de Bet Yam…
On land day, Israeli forces crackdown on demonstrators in West Bank
The Israeli army forces cracked down on Sunday on demonstrators in the West Bank cities, marking the Land Day anniversary. Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators in various West Bank cities, including…
En el dÃa de la tierra, las fuerzas IsraelÃes reprimen duramente a los manifestantes de Cisjordania
Las fuerzas del ejército Israelà reprimieron duramente el domingo por la mañana a los manifestantes de las ciudades de Cisjordania, que conmemoraban el aniversario del DÃa de la Tierra. Cientos…
Leftist Israeli MP, Belin, urges Olmert to freeze settlement activities
The leftist Israel Member of Parliament, Yusi Belin, urged Sunday the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to comply with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for freezing the Israeli settlement activities…
Belin, miembro izquierdista del Parlamento IsraelÃ, insta a Olmert a que congele los asentamientos
Yusi Belin, miembro izquierdista del Parlamento IsraelÃ, instó el domingo al Primer Ministro Israelà Ehud Olmert a acceder al llamamiento del Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas de congelar las actividades de…
Palestinian resistance fighters fire homemade shells onto nearby Israeli areas
A joint group of fighters from the armed wing of the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine and the armed wing of the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud…
Maa’reef: Israel to remove a number of West Bank checkpoints
The Israeli occupation authorities will begin be removing a roadblock, separating the occupied east Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media sources reported. According to Ma’areef newspaper,…
Remembering Palestine
On May 15, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Palestinians around the world will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba or the "Catastrophe." Among other things, Al-Nakba marks…