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…
Al Mezan Center: “Israel continues its violations, Security Council fails to condemnâ€
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a press release on Wednesday commenting on the failure of the Security Council in issuing a statement condemning the Israeli violations and…
Islamic Jihad hails Abbas-Hamas dialogue on Rafah terminal crossing
The Islamic Jihad group in Gaza hailed on Wednesday the Fatah-Hamas dialogue in Cairo on running the Rafah crossing terminal, hoping it will lead to reconciliation between the two rival…
La Jihad Islámica apuesta por el diálogo entre Abbas y Hamas respecto a la Terminal de Rafah
La Jihad Islámica de Gaza celebró el anunciado diálogo entre Fatal y Hamas, en El Cairo, para acordar el control de la Terminal fronteriza de Rafah, deseando que sea el…
La Jihad Islámica apuesta por el diálogo entre Abbas y Hamas respecto a la Terminal de Rafah
La Jihad Islámica de Gaza celebró el anunciado diálogo entre Fatal y Hamas, en El Cairo, para acordar el control de la Terminal fronteriza de Rafah, deseando que sea el…
Palestine Today 013008
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The Israeli army shells northern Gaza and Palestinian resistance retaliates
At noon on Wednesday, Israeli jet fighters shelled areas in the northern Gaza strip town of Beit Hanoun. Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance announced that it had shelled an Israeli military…
Poll: 73.9% support Abbas’ forces taking control of the Gaza Strip crossings
The Centre for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University in the northern West Bank city of Nablus issued on Wednesday the results of a Palestinian Public Opinion…
The UN Security Council fails to condemn Israel
The United Nations Security Council failed on Tuesday evening to issue a statement condemning Israel for its siege on Gaza.The Libyan representative of the UN, who this month holds the…
Palestinian woman dies in Gaza due to the Israeli siege imposed on the region
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday that a Palestinian older woman died late Tuesday night because the Israeli army would not allow her to leave the Gaza Strip for medical…
One Injured and four kidnapped during Israeli army attack on Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday at dawn, during the attack troops injured one civilian and kidnapped another four. Witnesses said that undercover…
Arabs, Russians, protest against Israel’s siege over the Gaza Strip
Hundreds of Arabs and Russians protested in Moscow on Tuesday against the unjust Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip and demanded the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem…
Abbas, representatives of Hamas, will separately head to Cairo on Wednesday
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Egypt on Wednesday to hold talks with Egyptian officials on the situation of the borders between Gaza and Egypt.…
Abbas y representantes de Hamas viajarán, por separado a El Cairo, el miércoles
Fuentes palestinas informaron, el martes, que el presidente, Mahmoud Abbas visitará Egipto el Miércoles para mantener conversaciones con oficiales egipcios sobre la situación en la frontera entre Gaza y Egipto.…
Hamas: “P.A security forces arrested eight Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, in the West Bank, continued their arrest campaign against members and supporters of Hamas and arrested eight residents…
Islamic Relief Society in the Negev continues collecting support to the Gaza Strip
Last week, the Muslim Relief Society in the Negev, which provides relief services for orphans, installed tents and started collecting support which will be transferred to the improvised and besieged…
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In Protest of Israeli siege, fuel companies in Gaza reject reduced fuel supply
Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that owners of fuel companies in Gaza refused to receive the Israeli shipments of fuel entering Gaza, in protest of the fuel cuts Israel…
Egyptian troops start to close the Rafah borders
Palestinian sources in Gaza conferment that the Egyptian troops started to close the borders between Egypt and the southern coastal city of Rafah on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday morning Cairo…
The Israeli army attack several villages in northern part of the West Bank and kidnaps two civilians
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli army on Tuesday morning during an army attack targeting several villages near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Jamal Harb, 28,…
The Israeli Authorities destroy part of a Palestinian owned building in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported that on Monday evening the Israeli Authorities demolished part of a house owned by a Palestinian family located in the northern part of Jerusalem city.The building which…
Abbas to operate Rafah crossing, Hamas refuse the past agreement with Israel
On Tuesday, the Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, refused to allow the decision to re-open the Rafah crossing based on the past signed agreement between the Palestinian Authority…
The Israeli army target several West Bank cities and kidnap 6 civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 6 Palestinian civilians during pre-dawn invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank. In Jerusalem city, Israeli troops attacked Al Toor area,…
Israeli sources: “Abbas and Olmert agree to demand Egypt seal Gaza bordersâ€
Israeli sources reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Sunday to demand Egypt to seal the breached border with the…
Sick detainees hospitalized in Al Ramala, face deteriorating conditions
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) visited Al Ramla Prison Hospital on January 23 and managed to meet with a number of Palestinian detainees who are…
Troops attack a female detainee while in Tel Aviv to court
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers attacked detainee Woroud Qasim, 20, from the Arab town of Al Teera, as she tried to talk to her brother before the…
Commission launches PEGASE – a new mechanism to support the Palestinian people
The European Commission will launch next 1st February the PEGASE1 mechanism, a new instrument to channel EU and international assistance as a contribution to the building of the Palestinian State…
Army ends its invasion into Bethlehem after killing one reisdent and injuring seven
The Israeli army left the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday evening, leaving one civilian dead and seven others injured. One resistance fighter was also kidnapped. Medical sources…
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Israel allows fuel into Gaza; Palestinian officials say the amount insufficient
The Israeli army allowed on Monday a shipment of fuel to enter the Gaza strip to be used in the production of electricity. The move came after Israeli and Palestinian…
EU observers at Rafah terminal may resume work, officials say
European Union official sources told Reuters on Monday that the Union is studying the possibility of redeploying EU observers on Rafah terminal. In 2005 the Rafah crossing, between Gaza and…
Egyptian foreign minister: Cairo wants regular operation of Rafah crossing terminal
Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmad Abu Elgheit confirmed yesterday Cairo will take the necessary measures to rein in movement of Palestinians at its borders with Gaza, after floods of Gazans flew…
Prisoners Society: consequences of medical negligence kill the prisoner Abu al Rab
The lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society visited the Israeli detention center of Gilbo’a last week and met several prisoners revealing a seroius problem, a statement by the society stated…
PRC won’t cede home-made shells for electricity
The Popular Resistance Committees declared Tuesday it won’t cede home-made shells fire for electricity and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip. PRC’s spokesman, Abu Yousef, told press agencies that halting…
La resistencia no parará el lanzamiento de cohetes a cambio de electricidad
Los Comités de Resistencia Popular aseguraron, el martes, que no pararán el lanzamiento de cohetes artesanales a cambio de electricidad y combustible para la franja de Gaza.El portavoz de los…
Israeli forces invade Jenin and kidnaps six
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the two nearby villages of Rummana and Zbuba, kidnapping six Palestinians in the early hours of Monday morning.Local sources…
Five Palestinians kidnapped from Hebron
Israeli military kidnapped five Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby al-Thahriya town, Monday at dawn. Local sources reported that forces attacked a house in…
Protests across the US call for an end to Gaza siege
Over the weekend, protests were held in a number of US cities and towns calling on Israel to end the imprisonment of 1.5 million Palestinians inside Gaza without access to…