Abbas does not agree to postponing talks on Jerusalem
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbs is opposed to Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert’s willingness to postpone talks on the issue of Jerusalem, expected to be finalized by end of 2008.In remarks…
Abbas no está de acuerdo en posponer las conversaciones sobre Jerusalén
El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas se opone al deseo del Primer Ministro Israelà Ehud Olmert de posponer las conversaciones sobre el tema de Jerusalén, que se espera finalicen a finales…
Three Palestinians injured in Hebron
Three residents of the southern West Bank city of Hebron were injured on Monday, two seriously as army assaulted them. The third was injured as a suspicious device left behind…
Tres Palestinos heridos en Hebron
Tres habitantes de la ciudad de Hebron, al sur de Cisjordania fueron heridos el lunes, dos de ellos gravemente, cuando el ejército les atacó. El tercero fue herido cuando un…
Israel radio: a prisoners swap deal between Israel and Palestinians likely
Israeli radio reported Monday that a prisoner swap deal between Israel and holders of Israeli soldier Gil’ad Shalit in Gaza is likely, as Israel gave consent to the release of…
Radio Israel. Posible trato sobre intercambio de prisioneros entre Israel y Palestinos.
Radio Israelà informó el Lunes que es posible un trato de intercambio de prisioneros entre Israel y los que retienen al soldado Israelà Gil’ad Shalit en Gaza, ya que Israel…
Israeli forces kidnap a female university student in Nablus
The media department of Nafha Society for Defending Human and Prisoner Rights indicated on Monday that Israeli military invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped a female…
Las fuerzas IsraelÃes secuestran a una estudiante universitaria en Nablus
El departamento de medios de comunicación de la Sociedad Nafha para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de los Presos indicó el Lunes que los militares IsraelÃes invadieron la ciudad…
Israeli military kidnaps a Palestinian in Jenin
Israeli army invaded the village of Kufur Ra’ii near Jenion in the northern West Bank area and kidnapped a Palestinian man, on Monday morning.Palestinian sources reported that at least ten…
Militares IsraelÃes secuestran a un Palestino en Jenin
El ejército Israelà invadió el pueblo de Kufur Ra’ii cerca de Jenin en el área de Cisjordania y secuestró a un hombre Palestino, el lunes por la mañana. Fuentes Palestinas…
Two Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem by Israeli military
Israeli military kidnapped two Palestinians from the village of Thennaba near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday at dawn.Palestinian sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles…
Dos Palestinos secuestrados en Tulkarem por los militares IsraelÃes
Militares IsraelÃes secuestraron a dos Palestinos del pueblo de Thennaba cerca de la ciudad Cisjordana de Tulkarem, el Lunes de madrugada Fuentes Palestinas informaron que un número de vehÃculos militares…
Israeli prime minister vows to further strike Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, vowed Sunday to strike back heavily against Palestinians, particularly the ruling Hamas in Gaza, once homemade shells fire continues onto Israeli areas, adjacent to Gaza.Olmert,…
El Primer Ministro Israelà jura seguir atacando Gaza
El Primer Ministro IsraelÃ, Ehud Olmert, juró el Domingo atacar de nuevo violentamente a los Palestinos, particularmente a los gobernantes de Hamas en Gaza, ya que los proyectiles caseros continúan…
Ambulance service in Gaza stops due to fuel supplies cut
The ambulance service in the Gaza Strip announced complete halt of it work on Sunday, due to what the health ministry says a 'severe shortage of fuel', a statement by…
El servicio de Ambulancias se para en Gaza debido a cortes del suministro de combustible.
El servicio de ambulancias en la Franja de Gaza anunció el paro completo de su trabajo el domingo, debido a lo que el Ministerio de Salud dice ser una ‘severa…
UN’s Holmes condemns Gaza-based homemade shells fire
United Nations Undersecretary General for humanitarian affairs, Jhon Holmes, condemned on Sunday the homemade shells, being fired from Gaza onto nearby Israeli towns.Holmes' denunciation came during a visit to the…
Holmes de NNUU condena el lanzamiento de los proyectiles caseros desde Gaza
El Subsecretario General de las Naciones Unidas para temas humanitarios, Jhon Holmes, condenó el domingo los proyectiles caseros que se lanzan desde Gaza a poblaciones cercanas IsraelÃes. . La denuncia…
A Hamas advisor recalls Israeli attempts on the life of Hamas’ Mashaal
Former advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas, Ahmad Yousef, told the Al-Sharq aL-Awsat London-based Arabic newspaper that Hamas's supreme exiled leader, Khaled Mash'aal has survived a series…
Un consejero de Hamas recuerda los atentados IsraelÃes a la vida de Mashaal, de Hamas
El antiguo consejero del Primer Ministro Ismail Haniya de Hamas, Ahmad Yousef, declaró al periódico Londinense de base Ãrabe, Al-Sharq aL-Awsat que el lÃder supremo de Hamas en el exilio,…
President Abbas to meet PM Olmert amidst dim prospects of success
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, are scheduled to meet next Tuesday in the Jerusalem's residence of Olmert, within efforts to boost up an already stalled…
El Presidente Abbas va a encontrarse con el PM Olmert en medio de tenues perspectivas de éxito
El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas y el Primer Ministro Israelà Ehud Olmert, está previsto que se encuentren el próximo Martes en la residencia de Olmert en Jerusalén, dentro de los…
Human Rights Watch challenges Israel’s use of cluster bombs
The internationally-renowned organization Human Rights Watch has demanded an independent inquiry into Israel's use of cluster bombs during its 2006 invasion of Lebanon. An internal investigation carried out by the…
Human Rights Watch, denuncia el uso Israelà de bombas de racimo
La organización internacionalmente reconocida Human Rights Watch ha exigido una encuesta independiente por la utilización por Israel de bombas de racimo durante su invasión al LÃbano en 2006. Una investigación…
Four fighters killed, 15 others wounded by Israeli army in southern Gaza
The Israeli army killed early on Sunday dawn four Palestinian resistance fighters, wounded 15 and rounded up 25 residents in southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Palestinian medical sources announced…
Cuatro combatientes muertos, 15 mas heridos por el Ejercito Israelà en el sur de Gaza
El ejército Israelà ha matado a primeras horas de la madrugada del Domingo a cuatro combatientes de la Resistencia Palestina, ha herido a 15 y ha acorralado a 25 residentes…
300 Palestinians, including 32 children, kidnapped by the army since the beginning of February
The Media Department of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights, reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 300 residents since the beginning of February,…
300 Palestinos, incluyendo 32 niños, secuestrados por el ejercito desde principios de Febrero
El Departamento de Medios de Comunicación de la Sociedad Nafha para la Defensa de los Derechos de los Detenidos y de los Derechos Humanos, informaron que el ejercito Israelà secuestró…
UN Agency in Lebanon complains of Israeli violations
The Interim United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has had bases in the country since the Israel-Lebanon War in the early 1980s, has released a report accusing Israel of…
Agencia de las NNUU en LÃbano se queja de las violaciones IsraelÃes
La Fuerza Provisional de las Naciones Unidas en LÃbano (UNIFIL), que habÃa tenido bases en el paÃs desde la guerra entre Israel y LÃbano a principios de los años 80,…
London School of Economics students vote to divest from Israel
Joining a growing list of high-profile institutions, unions and citizen’s groups that have chosen to divest from Israel, the Student Union at the prestigious London School of Economics voted overwhelmingly…
Los estudiantes de la Facultad de Económicas de Londres votan que no se hagan inversiones en Israel.
Uniéndose a una lista creciente de instituciones de gran prestigio, sindicatos y grupos de ciudadanos que han elegido no invertir en Israel, el Sindicato de Estudiantes de la prestigiosa Facultad…
UN Humanitarian Chief visits Gaza
John Holmes, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the UN visited Gaza on Friday and called for reopening the borders in the Gaza Strip in order to relief the suffering…
Cargo Importante de las NNUU visita Gaza
John Holmes, subsecretario general para temas humanitarios en las NNUU visitó Gaza el viernes y pidió que se reabrieran las fronteras en la Franja de Gaza para aliviar el sufrimiento…
Eight Palestinians, including a 5 year old, killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at night that eight Palestinians, mainly members of one family, were killed and nearly eighty others were injured when the Israeli air force fired…
Ocho Palestinos muertos en un ataque aéreo Israelà en Gaza
Fuentes médicas Palestinas informaron el Viernes por la noche que ocho Palestinos murieron y muchos otros fueron heridos cuando la fuerza aérea Israelà lanzo misiles a la casa de uno…
EU holds consultations over new funding for building civil society institutions in Palestine
The European Commission stated that it held consultation with representative from 55 organizations to discuss a new EU funding channel which aims at reducing poverty an building Palestinian civil Society…
La CE mantiene consultas sobre nuevos fondos para crear instituciones en la sociedad civil Palestina
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
La CE mantiene consultas sobre nuevos fondos para crear instituciones en la sociedad civil Palestina
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
La CE mantiene consultas sobre nuevos fondos para crear instituciones en la sociedad civil Palestina
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
PLC deputy head slams attack against YMCS in Gaza
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza, dominated by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, slammed on Friday an attack carried by unknown vandals against the Gaza office of the YMCA…
El Presidente del Parlamento del CPL condena el ataque a los YMCS en Gaza.
El Consejo Palestino Legislativo (CPL) en Gaza, dominado por el Movimiento de Resistencia Islámico Hamas, criticó violentamente el viernes el ataque perpetrado por vándalos desconocidos contra la oficina de Gaza…
Residents of Silwan continue their protest against tunnel under their lands
Dozens of residents of Silwan town, near Jerusalem, Israeli and international activist, continued their protest in the protest tent installed on the land of resident Ahmad Siyam as Israeli settlers…
This Week In Palestine – week 7 2008
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Unknown armed men attack the Y.M.C.A in the Gaza Strip
A group of unknown armed men attacked the Y.M.C.A. headquarters on the early hours of Friday .The armed men threw an explosive charge in the association’s library setting it on…
307 new Israeli housing units in an illegal settlement near East Jerusalem
An Israeli official source announced on Friday that the expansion of the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Houma near East Jerusalem reached a stage of submitting contracts to five construction…
One Palestinian journalist injured by army fire in Bil’in weekly protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built…
PCHR Weekly Report: 10 Palestinians killed, 40 wounded by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 7 – 13 February 2008, 10 Palestinians were killed and 40 were injured by the…
Palestinian man injured east of Tulkarem
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian man was moderately wounded by Israeli military gunfire during an evening invasion to Anabta town, east of the northern West…
Troops bar farmers from reaching their lands east of Rafah
Israeli soldiers stationed at the eastern borders of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, barred on Thursday hundreds of residents from reaching their agricultural lands as the…
Female detainee interrogated for 20 days, barred from visitations
One of the lawyers of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights managed recently to visit a female detainee, an activist in human rights,…
Mujer presa es interrogada durante 20 dÃas, y ni siquiera se le permiten visitas
Una de los abogados de la Sociedad Nafha para la Defensa de los Derechos de los Detenidos y los DDHH (Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and…
Israel to halve personal settlers debts
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that Israel decided to forgive NIS 350 Million in personal debts owed by 3500 settlers living in 140 settlements in the occupied West…
Israeli FM refuses handover of Gaza’s crossings to Abbas in presence of Hamas
Israeli foreign minister, Tsibi Livni, refused Thursday handover of Gaza’s crossings to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in presence of the ruling Hamas. Livni, who yesterday took 60 world countries’ ambassadors…
Palestine Today 021408
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aL-Zahar of Hamas heads for Egypt over Rafah crossing terminal
Dr. Mahmoud aL-Zahar, a senior political leader of the ruling Hamas movement in Gaza headed Thursday evening for the Egyptian town of aL-Arish for talks over the Rafah crossing terminal.…
Palestinian teenager injured in Bethlehem by bomb left behind by Israeli army
A Palestinian teenager was critically injured on Thursday afternoon when a bomb left behind by the Israeli army exploded near him in the city of Bethlehem in the southern part…
Palestinian mentally-challenged man dies of wounds sustained last week
A Palestinian mentally challenged man from the town of Qabatiya near Jenin in the northern West Bank died on Thursday afternoon due to wounds he sustained last week. Taysser Nazal,…
Israeli army demolishes Palestinian owned buildings in northern Gaza
The Israeli army invaded areas on the Palestinian side of the northern Gaza-Israel border, and demolished a number of Palestinian-owned buildings on Thursday at midday. Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded…
Due to fear of attack Israel places its troops under a state of high alert
The Israeli army announced on Thursday that they have decided to increase their state of alert on the Israeli-Lebanese borders. Army officials told media that the new state of alert…
Hamas: PA security forces arrest 8 members of the movement from several parts of the West Bank
The Hamas movement announced on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority forces affiliated with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested 8 members of the movement from several areas of…
Israeli army invades southern Gaza; kidnaps 30 civilians
The Israeli army invaded the eastern side of the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and kidnapped 30 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. An undercover…
El ejército israelà invade el sur de Gaza, raptando a 30 civiles
El ejército israelà invadió la parte oriental de la ciudad de Rafah, en el sur de Gaza y secuestró a 30 civiles palestinos en la mañana del jueves. Un ataque…
Gaza’s vehicles stop engines in protest against the Israeli siege
A large number of Gaza vehicles stopped engines for half an hour on Thursday morning, as the fuel shortage crisis has gotten worse , due to continued Israel cut of…
IPS carries transfers among female detainees, separate them from each other
The Detainees Study Center reported on Thursday that the Israeli Prison Administration (IPS) started carrying transfers among Palestinian female detainee as several detainees were moved to different prisons. Ra'fat Hamdouna,…
El IPS traslada a las mujeres detenidas, separándolas a unas de otras
El Centro de Estudios de Detenidos informó el jueves que la Administración Israelà de Prisiones (IPS) habÃa empezado a trasladar a las mujeres Palestinas detenidas a diferentes prisiones.Ra’fat Hamdouna, director…
Israeli military invades the northern part of the West Bank and kidnaps 9
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem in the early hours of Thursday morning and kidnapped six Palestinians from the Sabastiya suburb of Nablus,…
El ejército israelà invade la parte norte de Cisjordania y secuestra a 9 personas
Fuerzas IsraelÃes invadieron en la parte norte de Cisjordania, las ciudades de Nablus, Jenin y Tulkarem en la madrugada del jueves y secuestraron a 6 palestinos de Sabastiya, un suburbio…
Olmert: “No talks are being held over dividing Jerusalemâ€
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Wednesday that Israel is not holding any secret talks with the Palestinians over dividing Jerusalem. The statements of Olmert came after the religious…
Olmert: “No se mantienen conversaciones sobre dividir Jerusalénâ€
El Primer Ministro israelÃ, Ehud Olmert, declaró el Miércoles que Israel no mantiene conversaciones secretas con los palestinos acerca de la posibilidad de dividir Jerusalén. Las declaraciones de Olmert llegaron…
Israeli Knesset to discuss the demolishing of 246 homes in Al Teera
The Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday demolishing orders which were issued against 246 houses in Al Teera Arab town within the Israeli boundaries. The deliberations were made after Sheikh Abbas…
Washington to ask for clarification from Israel regarding new settlement activities
Spokespman of the U.S State Department, Jhom Mackromk, stated on Wednesday that the American administration will ask for clarifications from Israel with respect to a new settlement project on the…
Fayyad: “The Palestinians are seeking a democratic stateâ€
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated on Wednesday that the Palestinians are seeking the establishment of a Democratic Palestinian State, based on law and security, and that this state…
Fayyad: “Los Palestinos quieren un Estado Democráticoâ€
El Primer Ministro Palestino, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, declaró el miércoles que los Palestinos quieren el establecimiento de un Estado Palestino Democrático basado en la ley y la seguridad, y que…
Fayyad: “Los Palestinos quieren un Estado Democrático
El Primer Ministro Palestino, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, declaró el miércoles que los Palestinos quieren el establecimiento de un Estado Palestino Democrático basado en la ley y la seguridad, y que…
Fayyad: “Los Palestinos quieren un Estado Democráticoâ€
El Primer Ministro Palestino, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, declaró el miércoles que los Palestinos quieren el establecimiento de un Estado Palestino Democrático basado en la ley y la seguridad, y que…
PLC slams the assassination of Hezbollah senior official
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), dominated by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), issued a statement denouncing the Tuesday night assassination of Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party,…
Prominent Hezbollah leader assassinated in Lebanon, Israel denies involvement
Sources at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party stated on Wednesday that Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the party was killed on Tuesday night in a car bomb blast that took place…
The Hamas-dominated government says truce is now in Israel’s court
The Hamas-dominated government in Gaza says that any truce ‘Tahdiya’ declaration, is now in Israel’s court and linked with the Israeli actions on the ground. In a statement, faxed to…
El gobierno de Hamas en Gaza asegura que la tregua depende de Israel
El gobierno de Gaza, integrado por Hamas, asegura que cualquier declaración de tregua o “Tahdiyaâ€, está ahora en manos de Israel y la vincula a cualquier acción hebrea sobre el…
Israeli army kidnapps 85 Palestinians in the West Bank in one day
The Israeli army on Wednesday invaded both the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, and the village of Beit Ummer, located near the city of Hebron in the…
El ejército Israelà secuestra hoy 85 Palestinos en Cisjordania
El ejército Israelà el miércoles invadió tanto la ciudad de Nablus, en el norte de Cisjordania, como la población de Beit Ummer, localizada cerca de la ciudad de Hebron en…
Negotiator Eriqat warns of Israeli invasion of Gaza, denies talks on Jerusalem delayed
Head of the Palestinian negotiations department, Saeb Eriqat, believed today that once Israel reoccupies the Gaza Strip, a humanitarian disaster would emerge in the most densely-populated part of the world,…
Eriqat advierte a Israel sobre una invasón de Gaza
El jefe del Departamento de negociadores palestino, Saeb Eriqat, considera que una vez Israel reocupe Gaza, se desencadenará un desastre humanitario en una región que, con 1.5 millones de habitantes,…
Palestine Today 021308
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Israeli military court sentences Israeli soldier to 15 months for shooting a Palestinian civilian
Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli military court in the coastal city of Jaffa on Wednesday sentenced an Israeli army officer to 15 months in jail. The officer and…
Olmert optimistic over borders of Palestinian state as Qurai slams Israeli settlement building
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared optimistic yesterday towards reaching an agreement with the Palestinians regarding borders of a future Palestinian state, considering the issue of borders the simplest among…
Olmert se muestra optimista respecto las fronteras del estado palestino
El Primer Ministro israelÃ, Ehud Olmert, se mostró optimista, ayer, sobre las posibilidades de alcanzar un acuerdo con los palestinos respecto al trazado de las fronteras del futuro estado palestino.…
Israeli tanks roll into eastern Rafah, southern Gaza
Israeli tanks have rolled into the eastern parts of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, leaving one resistance fighter injured. Witnesses in the area said that at least five…