Un adolescente Palestino herido en la protesta semanal de Bil’in
Acompañados por internacionales e IsraelÃes de apoyo, los habitantes del pueblo de Bil’in, localizado cerca de la ciudad de Ramallah, en la parte central de Cisjordania, han llevado a cabo…
Israeli army attacks peaceful protest near Bethlehem, injures six
Six Palestinian civilians were injured at midday on Friday when Israeli troops attacked a nonviolent anti-wall demonstration in the village of Al Khader, located near Bethlehem city in the southern…
El ejército Israelà ataca manifestación pacÃfica cerca de Belén, y hiere a seis personas
Seis civiles Palestinos fueron heridos el viernes al mediodÃa cuando las tropas IsraelÃes atacaron una manifestación no violenta contra el muro en el pueblo de Al Khader, localizado cerca de…
41 detainees in Al Ramla Prison hospital facing harsh conditions
The Nafha Society for Defending Human Rights and the Rights of the Detainees stated that there are 41 Palestinian detainees who are currently hospitalized in Al Ramla Prison Hospital and…
PCHR Weekly Report: 12 Palestinians killed, 22 injured by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 31 January – 6 February 2008, 12 Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured by…
41 detenidos de la Prisión de Al Ramla tienen que soportar duras condiciones de vida
La Sociedad Nafha para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y los Derechos de los Detenidos relataron que hay 41 Palestinos detenidos que están actualmente hospitalizados en el Hospital de…
Organization of the Islamic Conference calls for ending the “State terrorism†practiced by Israel
The Organization of the Islamic Conference called on Thursday on the members of the Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General to intervene and stop the Israeli aggression and “state…
10 members of EU Parliament managed to visit Gaza on February 5
During a press conference conducted by ten members of the European Parliament from different political groups, led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the EU parliament, the members stated that they…
Abbas calls for a parallel ceasefire
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that he is willing to act in order to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which…
Troops invade Qabatiya twice on Thursday, one resident injured and seven kidnapped
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday evening Qabatiya town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into several houses in search for wanted resistance fighters, local sources reported.…
Palestinian security forces attack a Palestinian family in Bethlehem
Around 50 Palestinian security officers attacked a family house located in the Aida refugee camp in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday afternoon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that…
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Israel intensifies its military operation on Gaza
During a visit to an Israeli military base in the south of Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that the Israeli army will intensify its military operations…
Israeli Army blocks the only road for the residents of an east Jerusalem neighborhood
The residents of Biet Hanina, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem were surprised by the blocking of the only road that connects this neighborhood with east Jerusalem. The Israeli army has…
Tony Blair: the occupation must end and peace efforts should be doubled
The Quartet Envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair, visited the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, during his visit Blair stated that the Israeli occupation must end…
The Israeli army attacks the house of one of the Dimona alleged suicide attackers
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked and searched the house of Mohamed Al Herbawi located in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday at dawn. On…
Report: the Israeli army kills 96 Palestinians during the month of January 2008
The International Relations department in the Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO- on Thursday released its monthly report regarding the Israeli attacks on Palestinians for the month of January 2008. The…
Israeli airforce kills seven Palestinians in Gaza, Hamas vows to continue resistance
Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli airforce has shot missiles at a number of targets in the Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinians, including five Hamas fighters and another belonging…
Unknown gunmen blow up a coffee shop in down town Rafah city
Palestinian media sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen blow up a coffee shop located in down town Rafah city in the southern part of the Gaza strip. According…
A Palestinian patient looses arm as treatment refused by Israeli hospital
Israeli media sources reported that an injured Palestinian man lost his arm as Israeli hospital refused treat him. Israeli sources have reported that Theyab Mahmoud, a resident of Ramallah city…
The Israeli army invades Nablus city and nearby villages, troops kidnap three civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby village on Thursday morning and kidnapped three civilians. Sources said that troops attacked…
Israeli forces attack homes in Dora and al Thahirya towns in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked scores of civilians’ homes in the Dora and al Thahirya towns in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning. Sources added that large forces…
Four Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli army in Tulkarem and Ramallah
Israeli military invade the northern and the central part of West Bank, conducting abduction campaigns. In the northern part of the West Bank, the army invaded the city of Tulkarem,…
Six Palestinians killed in several Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday morning that six Palestinians, including one teacher, were killed in three separate Israeli air strikes that targeted several areas in…
Troops shell the house of a Hamas leader east of Khan Younis
The Israeli Air Force shelled on Wednesday evening the house of Sheikh Zaki Al Dardeesy, one of the political leaders of Hamas movement in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
DFLP calls for a national campaign to save the Plains areas continued annexation
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) called for launching a comprehensive national campaign in order to save the Palestinian Plaines areas, in the Jordan Valley, from the…
Starting Thursday, Israel will reduce electricity supplies to Gaza
The Israeli government decided that as of Thursday February 7 it will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, a measure which will affect the civilian population regionThe decision to…
Popular Committee for Defending Public Freedom prepares for its regional conference
As the Israeli state intensified its prosecution against Arab leaders in the country, the Popular Committee For Defending Public Freedom, part of the Higher Follow-Up Committee, intensified its preparations for…
EU set to provide €7.44 million to revive the Palestinian Agricultural sector
The European Union stated that it is providing assistance to five new projects to revive the development of the agricultural sector in the Palestinian territories. The amount which will be…
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Troops demolish a Palestinian-owned house in Jerusalem
On Wednesday morning the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian-owned house located in the old city part of Jerusalem. The two-story house, which is owned by Isma’il Al-Masri and his family,…
Home made shells at Israeli towns near Gaza, Israel threatens with a ground invasion
Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported that several Palestinian resistance groups had fired a number of Qassam home-made shells at Israeli towns neighboring the coastal region on Wednesday.Three of…
Report: the Israeli army kidnapped 60 civilians from Hebron during the moth of January 2008
The Palestinian Prisoners Society office in the southern West Bank city of Hebron issued a report on Wednesday; the report states that during the month of January 2008 the Israeli…
The Israeli army kidnaps four Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank
Four civilians were reported kidnapped by the Israeli army from several parts of the West Bank during pre dawn invasions on Wednesday. In Hebron city located in the southern part…
Israeli spy plane fires a missile at Palestinian civilians in eastern Gaza, two injured
Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli army spy plane fired a missile at a group of Palestinian civilians, on Wednesday morning, in the town of Jabaliya located in the eastern…
Fueling disaster
At the bus stop at Palestine Square, in the bustling heart of Gaza City, 25-year-old Said Ramadan cried to passersby, ‘Fuel, fuel, fuel! Come and buy!’Last week Ramadan took advantage…
Prisoners’ Society: 60 Palestinians kidnapped in Hebron last month including 11 children
A report issued by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in the southern West Bank city of Hebron indicated on Wednesday that in January the Israeli forces kidnapped at least 60 Palestinians…
Detainee sentenced to one-life term and twenty years for participating in killing Ze’evi
On Tuesday afternoon the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced Basil Asmar, to one life-term and additional twenty years for “participating in the assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism…
The Islamic-Christian Front calls for protecting Jerusalem, its holy places
Dr. Hasan Khatir, secretary-general of the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem and its Holy Places, called on the rich Arab and Muslim residents in the Arab World to participate in…
Israeli shells kill 7 Palestinian policemen in Khan Younis
The Palestinian police force in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that the Israeli Tuesday shelling to the police station in Abasan town, near Khan…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests four three supportersâ€
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing Palestinian security forces loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, of arresting three members and supporters of the…
CPT press release on settlers attack against residents in Hebron
The Christian Peace Teams (CPT) stationed in the southern West Bank city of Hebron issues a press release on an attack carried by extremist settlers against Palestinian Shepherds in the…
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A Boy Who Will Not See the Next Sunny Day
A mother asked her son to go to the market to buy some stuff, and she said to him: “if some money is left you can keep it.†He went…
Hamas resistance fighters from Nablus give up their weapons
A group of Hamas resistance fighters from the northern West Bank city of Nablus gave up their weapons on Tuesday in a bid to end the state of internal division…
The Israeli army attack Palestinian homes in Hebron city and kidnaps two civilians
On Tuesday morning Israeli forces attacked a number of Palestinian homes located in the old part of the southern West Bank city of Hebron and kidnapped two civilians.Local sources said…
Palestinian information minister: Dimona attack is not a security breach
The Dimona suicide attack does not constitute a security breach from the Palestinian side even though the attackers came from the Gaza Strip, the Information Minister of the Palestinian caretaker…
Ministro Palestino de la Información: “El ataque de Simona no es una violación de la seguridadâ€.
El ataque suicida de Simona no constituye una violación palestina de la seguridad a pesar de que sus autores provenÃan de la franja de Gaza, aseguró, el lunes por la…
After clashes that left one killed and 20 injured, Egypt asks for more troops on the Gaza borders
Egyptian and Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that Cairo asked Israel to allow more Egyptian troops on the Gaza Egypt borders. The Egyptian government said that the additional troops are…
The Israeli army kills two Palestinian resistance fighters in southern Gaza
Two Palestinian resistance fighters were reported killed by the Israeli army during clashes at the southern Gaza Israel borders on Tuesday at dawn. Palestinian sources stated that the Israeli army…
Several detainees, including patients, barred from visitations, medications
The Israeli Prison Authorities continues its violations against the Palestinian political detainees and continued to bar several sick detainees from their right to medical treatment, in addition to barring dozens…
Jailed Hamas legislators call for countering Israel’s plan to dig a tunnel near the Al Aqsa Mosque
Hams legislators, detained by Israel, called on the Palestinian people to counter a new Israeli plan to dig a new tunnel under the Islamic Neighborhood, near the Al Aqsa Mosque…
Israel is holding 365 Palestinian children captive in its prisons
The Palestinian Center for Detainees’ Studies issued a press release on Monday revealing that Israel is currently holding more than 365 Palestinian children captive in its prisons, including 100 children…
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Hamas sources: Palestinian security forces arrests 9 members of the movement from the West Bank
Hamas sources reported that Palestinian security forces, affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement arrested nine Hamas members on Sunday from several parts of the West Bank. The sources…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian resistance leader in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli jet fighters fired several missiles at Palestinian cars in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya on Monday afternoon, killing one, and injuring two.The…
New letter from Shalit, the captured Israeli soldier in Gaza, Olmert: a deal on the way
Israeli media sources reported on Monday that a new letter from Gil’ad Shalit the captured Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip has reached his family.The reports said that the letter…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from Hebron area
The Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron and nearby village on Monday during pre dawn invasions. Palestinian sources said that troops invaded…
Two Palestinians blow themselves up in a mall in southern Israel
At least 3 people are confirmed dead, and eight others wounded, Monday morning as two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up in a mall in the southern Israeli town of…
The Israeli army kills one Lebanese civilian and kidnaps another at the borders with Israel
Lebanese media sources reported on Monday that the Israeli army shot and killed one Lebanese civilian and kidnapped another from a village at the southern Lebanese Israeli borders on Sunday…
Zakarnah: W.B government workers will strike Tuesday and Wednesday
The Palestinian governmental workers union announced on Monday that all public service employees in the West Bank will go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Union President, Bassam Zakarna,…
A Palestinian dies of heart attack on one of Israeli checkpoints
On Sunday a Palestinian worker and a resident of Deir Ammar refugee camp, west of Ramallah city died of heart attack while waiting in line for a long time at…
Israeli military kidnaps at least three across the West Bank
Israeli military invaded several parts of the West Bank in Monday at dawn, kidnapping three Palestinians. The Military kidnapped two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…
Two leaders of al Quds Brigades assassinated in special Israeli operation in Qabatiya
Israeli forces assassinated two leaders and injured one of the al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in a special Israeli operation in the Qabatiya town, south…
Ma’areef: Hamas has long planned to disengage economically from Israel
Israeli daily newspaper Ma’areef reported Sunday that the Islamist Hamas movement has been long planning to have the Gaza Strip economically disengaged from Israel.The newspaper said that during years in…
Ma’areef: Hamas planea desconectar, económicamente, Gaza de Israel
El periódico israelà Ma’aref aseguraba, en su edición del domingo que el movimiento islamista Hamas planea, des de hace tiempo la manera de desconectar económicamente la franja de Gaza del…
Two Israeli soldiers expose their rear ends to Palestinian farmers in Hebron
A footage, taken by a foreign peace activist near the West Bank city of Hebron, showed two Israeli soldiers, undressing their pants, exposing their rear ends to some local Palestinian…
Israel’s defense minister wants a fence-off wall on Egypt-Israel border line
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, urged a cabinet meeting Sunday that a fence-off wall should be constructed along the Egypt-Israel border lines, mainly at the Nitsana and Elat areas.Barak told…
Egypt seals off its borders with Gaza, preventing influx of Gazans into its territories
The Egyptian border guards began Sunday sealing off the Gaza-Egypt border line that has seen influx of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians since January23, after Palestinian fighters knocked down the…
Three boys wounded near Bethlehem
Three Palestinian young boys were injured when Israeli troops opened fire at them in the village of Al-Khader south of Bethlehem on Saturday at night.Coordinator of the popular committee against…
Prison Administration denies medical treatment for a seriously ill detainee
Family of detainee Zeidan Mohammad Zeidan, 22, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, voiced an appeal to save the life of their detained son as he is seriously…
Israel to maintain a state of alert on Egypt-Israel border lines
Israeli military decided Saturday to maintain a high security alert on Egypt-Gaza border line, in light of continued security warnings, Israeli media sources reported.According to the Israeli army officer, in…
Palestinian Sources: Israel transferred 120 Palestinian prisoners to administrative detention
Palestinian humanitarian law organizations stated on Saturday that Israeli Authorities have stepped up policy of administrative detention.The sources said that 120 Palestinians have been kidnapped by the Israeli army from…
Hamas’s leader, aL-Zahar, says Rafah crossing will remain Palestinian-Egyptian
Senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud aL-Zahar, said on Saturday that his movement reiterates its determination that the Rafah crossing terminal will remain ‘Palestinian-Egyptian with no intervention from a third party. Al-Zahar,…
Hamas release Salam Fayyad advisor
Palestinian sources reported that the Hamas police forces in Gaza released on Friday Omar Al Ghul, 52, after arresting him for six weeks.Al Ghul was appointed as and advisor to…
Hamas: Fatah security forces arrest four Hamas members from several part of the West Bank
The Hamas movement issued a press statement on Saturday stating that the Palestinian security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah had arrested four members of Hamas movement…
Palestinian patient dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian man died on Saturday after he was denied by the Israeli army to leave the Gaza strip from treatment.Ahmad Al Shareef, 80, was…
Thousands of Arab residents protest against Israeli Attorney-general ruling
Approximately 20.000 Arab residents of Israel protested on Friday against the decision of the Israeli Attorney-general to close the file of the 2000 uprising without seeking indictments against the soldiers…
Palestinian refugees in Iraq call for unity
Palestinian refugee in Iraq, facing repeated attacks, abductions and killings, voiced an appeal to the Palestinian people in Palestine and to all factions in order to save them and place…
A freed detainee talks about the harsh conditions in Shatta prison
Detainee Mojahid Mustafa Qreeny, 25, from Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was recently freed after five years in detention at the Shatta Israeli prison.…
This Week In Palestine – week 5 2008
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Winograd – The Failure of the System, Not the PM
If anyone believes that a different Prime Minister, under similar circumstances would have acted differently, then they refuse to look at the history of Israeli incursions and the power the…
Three injured in the weekly Bil’in protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, conducted on Friday, along with international and Israeli supporters, their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 Palestinians killed, 13 injured by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 24- 30 January 2008, 6 Palestinians were killed and 13 were injured by the Israeli…
P.A security arrests eight Hamas supporters in the West Bank
In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested for the third time Sheikh Zoheir Lubbada who is suffering from a serious disease and…
Soldiers terrify family, force father and children under the rain for several hours
Local sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers broke into the house of Sami Hasan Al Sous, in Jenin refugee…
Blair, Solana to vist Middle East next week for talks on Gaza borders
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that the European Foriegn Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and Middle East Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair, are scheduled to travel to the area next…
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Winograd: Political and Military Failure in Israel during the war on Lebanon
Israeli media sources reported on Thursday that the Israeli Prime Minister Ehod Olmert felt relief by the final Winograd Committee report on the Second Israeli war on Lebanon. Retired Judge…
Winongrad: fracaso polÃtico y militar en Israel durante la guerra del LÃbano
Fuentes de medios de comunicación israelÃes comunicaron el jueves que el primer ministro de Israel Ehod Olmert se sintió aliviado por el informe final del “Comité Winongrad†sobre la segunda…
Two Palestinian patients die due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian patients from Gaza died on Thursday due to the Israeli siege imposed on the Palestinian coastal region. Cancer patient Arafat Owdah, 23, and…
The army attack Jenin city and nearby village, troops kidnaps 6 family members of resistance men
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and nearby Al Yamon village, during the attacks on Thursday morning, troops kidnapped six family members of Palestinian resistance…
The Israeli army attacks a Palestinian village near Nablus and kidnaps four civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the village of Beit Dajan, located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped four civilians.…
Resistance fighter killed during clashes with the army in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
One Palestinian resistance fighter was killed on Thursday morning during clashes that took place between a group of resistance fighters and Israeli troops near the borders between the southern Gaza…
Egypt’s Popular Committee for Supporting the Intifada to hold a protest on Friday
The Popular Committee For Supporting the Intifada, in Egypt, voiced a call to the Egyptians to participate in a solidarity protest in Nasr Egyptian city in support to the besieged…
Two Africans killed by Egyptian Border Police as they tried to cross into Israel
Israeli online daily, Egyptian security sources reported on Wednesday that the Egyptian border police shot and killed two Africans from the Ivory Coast, after they tried to infiltrate into Israel.…
Israel bars a Gaza cancer patient from entering Israel for Chemical treatment
The Israeli Security Services refused to grant a permit to a Palestinian patient, suffering from Intestines Cancer, to leave the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment in an…
The Israeli High Court approves Israeli army fuel and power cuts to Gaza
The Israeli High Court of Justice approved on Wednesday afternoon the Israeli army reduction in fuel and power supplies to the Gaza strip.The court decided that the reduced shipments of…
The Palestinian prisoners strike unmatched examples of human patience and endurance
Friends of Humanity International released today Wednesday a detailed report* about the condition of the Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli jails in 2007. The report confirms that the imprisonment of…