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…
Israeli soldier stabbed in Jab’a village, near Jenin
Israeli sources have revealed that a soldier of the Israeli army was stabbed by a Palestinian man from Jab’a village, south of Jenin, on Tuesday night. Sources claimed the perpetrator…
Five Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli army in Bethlehem suburb of Al Khadir
Five Palestinians were kidnapped from the village of Al Khadir, west of Bethlehem city, in a pre-dawn invasion of the area on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military units invaded…
Three Palestinians kidnapped from northern West Bank
The Israeli military has invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin, kidnapping three Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that troops invaded…
Israel continues to expand settlements in Jerusalem
The Israeli Housing Ministry declared on Tuesday that preparations are being carried out to build at least 1100 houses for settlers in east Jerusalem and its surrounding Arab areas.The Ministry…
Zobeidi denies reports of Israel pardoning him
Leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, denied media reports by the French Press Agency which claimed that Israel has pardoned him and that he…
Several Female detainees suffering bad health conditions, violations
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) visited a number of female detainees in Hasharon Israeli detention facility and met with a number of detainees who informed…
Hamas sources: “P.A security arrest 11 supportersâ€
Media sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement…
Prime Minister Haniyeh of Hamas welcomes initiative for calm
In a statement faxed to press on Tuesday, Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh of the Hamas movement expressed willingness to reach ‘a state of calm’ in the region, saying that…
Haniyeh, el primer ministro de Hamas, celebrarÃa una iniciativa para la calma
En declaraciones enviadas a la prensa el pasado Martes, el primer ministro palestino Ismail Haniyeh, del movimiento Hamas, expresó su voluntad de llegar a un “estado de calma†en la…
Palestine Today 021208
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Israel to build 1100 new housing units in Israeli settlements throughout East Jerusalem
The Israeli government announced on Tuesday that it has approved the construction of an additional 1,110 housing units in two settlements in the Jerusalem municipality. According to the government statement,…
Israeli police detain senior advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister
The Israeli police force on Tuesday detained Hatem Abdel Qadder, advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Jerusalem affairs.Palestinian sources reported that Al Qadder was leaving his home, located…
Israeli Housing Minister: ‘We will not stop construction of Jerusalem settlements’
The Israeli Minister of Housing, Ze'ev Boim, told Israeli media outlets on Tuesday that the Israeli government will not freeze construction of settlements in the city of Jerusalem.He added that…
Hamas downplays Israeli threats against the group, follows security precautions
The ruling Hamas movement in Gaza considered yesterday the latest Israeli threats against its ranks ‘serious’, yet it said such threats wont deter the movement from keeping up. Mosheer aL-Masri,…
A Palestinian is kidnapped by Special Forces of Israeli army
On Tuesday morning the Special Force of the Israeli army kidnapped a Palestinian from the village of Kafr Qdoum, north of Qalqilia city in the West Bank. Palestinian sources reported…
Israeli army kidnaps one in Tulkarem, two from Jenin and continue their attack on the money changers
Israeli military continued their attacks on Tuesday morning on the places of money exchange in several areas of the West Bank. The attacked started in the northern West Bank city…
El Ejercito Israelà secuestra uno en Tulkarem, dos de Jenin y sigue secuestrando cambistas
Los militares IsraelÃes continuaron sus ataques el martes por la mañana en los lugares de cambio de divisas en varias áreas de Cisjordania. El ataque empezó en la ciudad de…
The Palestinian PM: Israeli is not fulfilling it’s obligations
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad accused Israeli of not fulfilling its obligations regarding the freezing of all settlement activity in the West Bank and not removing the…
Según el Primer Ministro Palestino: Los IsraelÃes no están cumpliendo sus obligaciones.
El martes, el Primer Ministro Palestino Salam Fayyad acusó a los IsraelÃes de no cumplir sus obligaciones con referencia a congelar toda actividad de asentamiento en Cisjordania y de no…
Israeli army kidnaps four from Ramallah area, including owner of Money exchange
Israeli military kidnapped four Palestinians from the central West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby village of ‘Arora and attacked several villages in Ramallah district on Tuesday morning.Local sources…
El ejercito Israelà secuestra cuatro personas del área de Ramallah, incluyendo cambista divisas
Los militares IsraelÃes secuestraron a cuatro Palestinos de la ciudad de Ramallah en la parte central de Cisjordania y del pueblo cercano de ‘Arora y atacaron varios pueblos en el…
Israeli army kidnapp 11 Palestinians in Nablus
Israeli army carried out a large-scale abduction campaign included 11 Palestinians among those eight owners of the money exchange in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The other three…
El ejército Israelà secuestra a 11 Palestinos en Nablus
El ejército Israelà ha llevado a cabo una campaña de secuestro a gran escala incluyendo 11 Palestinos, de los cuales 8 son propietarios de oficinas de cambio de divisas en…
Israeli army pulls out from eastern Gaza as an Israeli soldier wounded
A column of Israeli army tanks rolled back early on Tuesday morning from the eastern neighborhood of Gaza City, after an Israeli army undercover unit attempted to sweep into the…
El Ejercito Israelà se retira del Este de Gaza llevándose un soldado Israelà herido.
Una columna de tanques del ejercito Israelà se retiró temprano el martes por la mañana del lado este de la Ciudad de Gaza, después de que una unidad secreta IsraelÅ
Delegates of the International Mission of United Methodist Churches visit Bethlehem
Delegates of the International Mission of United Methodist Churches visited the West Bank city of Bethlehem and met with Palestinian families in villages and refugee camps around the city. The…
Delegados de la Misión Internacional de Iglesias Metodistas Unidas visitan Belén
Delegados de la Misión Internacional de Iglesias Metodistas Unidas visitaron la ciudad Cisjordana de Belén y se reunieron con familias Palestinas en pueblos y campos de refugiados de alrededor de…
Two Palestinians wounded in an Israeli air strike on Rafah
Two Palestinian bystanders have been wounded on Monday evening after an Israeli air craft fired a missile on a car traveling on a southern Gaza road in Rafah city, witnesses…
Khalid: “Israel approved the construction of 7000 settler home in Jerusalemâ€
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), Taiseer Khalid, stated that…
Khalid: “Israel aprobó la construcción de 7000 casas de colonos en Jerusalénâ€
El miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización de Liberación de Palestina (OLP), miembro del Buró PolÃtico del Frente Democrático para la Liberación de Palestina (FDLP), Taiseer Khalid, manifestó que…
Dos Palestinos heridos en un bombardeo aéreo en Rafah
Dos peatones Palestinos fueron heridos el lunes por la noche después de que un avión Israelà lanzara un misil a un coche que transitaba por una carretera del sur de…
Khalid: “Israel aprobó la construcción de 7000 casas de colonos en Jerusalénâ€
El miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización de Liberación de Palestina (OLP), miembro del Buró PolÃtico del Frente Democrático para la Liberación de Palestina (FDLP), Taiseer Khalid, manifestó que…
Khalid: “Israel aprobó la construcción de 7000 casas de colonos en Jerusalénâ€
El miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización de Liberación de Palestina (OLP), miembro del Buró PolÃtico del Frente Democrático para la Liberación de Palestina (FDLP), Taiseer Khalid, manifestó que…
Settlers attempt to demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees reported on Monday that an extremist settlers group attempted to demolish a Palestinian house in Bani Neim village, near the southern West Bank city of…
Los colonos intentan demoler una casa Palestina en Hebron
Los Comités Palestinos Populares (Folk) informaron el lunes que un grupo de colonos extremistas intentaba demoler una casa Palestina en el pueblo de Bani Neim cerca de la parte sur,…
Hamas sources: “P.A Security arrests 13 Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement , arrested on Sunday 13 members and supporters of the movement in several areas in the…