Protestas por todo EEUU exigent el cese al asedio en Gaza
El pasado fin de semana se celebraron protestas por numerosas ciudades y pueblos estadounidenses para pedir que el gobierno israelà abandone su acción de encarcelar a 1 millón y medio…
Abbas and Olmert discuss the situation in Gaza
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, discussed on Sunday the situation in Gaza, amidst growing concerns over a likely humanitarian crisis, as Israeli closure continues. Media…
Abbas y Olmert discuten sobre la situación en Gaza
El presidente Palestino, Mahmoud Abbas, y el Primer ministro IsraelÃ, Ehud Olmert, intercambiaron impresiones sobre la situación en Gaza, el pasado Domingo, en medio de una creciente preocupación sobre una…
Haniya’s former advisor expects reopening of other Gaza crossings
Former advisor for the Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, said Sunday that having the Egypt-Gaza border line reopened by what he termed ‘ the Palestinian people’s will’ can…
El ex consejero de Haniyah espera la reapertura de otros cruces fronterizos en Gaza
El antiguo consejero del primer ministro palestino Ismail Haniyah, de Hamas, aseguró que la reapertura de fronteras por “la voluntad del pueblo palestino†puede repetirse en el checkpoint de Eretz,…
Gaza scrambles for supplies as border forced open
Three kids, their mother and their aunt hurried towards the Salah al-Din gate in southern Gaza on Wednesday. The mother, in her early thirties, explained in a rush, ‘We are…
Palestinians rally in West Bank cities to mourn PLFP leader George Habash
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of several West Bank cities on Sunday to mourn the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), George Habash,…
PFLP founder, George Habash, dies in Jordan at the age of 82
George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) died on Saturday evening at a Jordanian Hospital one week after he was admitted to the…
Soldiers attack underage Palestinian detainees during interrogation
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society visited Hasharon Israeli prison on January 23 and met with a number of detainees, including underage detainees illegally imprisoned by Israel.…
DFLP Central Committee Mourns Habash
The Central Committee of the leftist Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a statement mourning its leader, founder of the Front and founder of the Arab nationalist…
Around 5.000 protested opposite Downing Street today to call for end of siege of Gaza
Around 5.000 protested opposite Downing Street in London on Satrurday, residence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling for Israel’s brutal illegal siege of Gaza to be immediately lifted.They were joined…
Members of the Montreal Palestinian community react to the humanitarian crisis provoked by the Block
We, as members of the Palestinian community in Montreal, are worried about the plight of the people in the Gaza strip who are currently under siege. The Israeli government by…
As Egypt seals the borders, Palestinians opens it again to get supplies
On Friday late a night the Palestinian resistance and civilians living in Gaza breached a section of the iron wall surrounding the Gaza Strip after Egyptian troops closed a previous…
Aunque Egipto cierra las fronteras, los Palestinos las abren de nuevo para conseguir suministros
El viernes a última hora de la noche, la Resistencia Palestina y los civiles que viven en Gaza rompieron una parte de la valla de hierro que rodea la Franja…
UN Security Council fails again to condemn the Israeli Siege imposed on Gaza
The United Nations Security Council failed again on Friday to issue a statement calling for the end of the Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip and the halt of…
International protests continue against the Israeli Siege on Gaza
Several protests were organize on Friday evening in several European cities, the protests had one thing in common they all called for the immediate left of the Israeli siege imposed…
Las protestas internacionales contra el asedio de Israel en Gaza continúan
El viernes por la tarde se organizaron varias protestas en diferentes ciudades europeas. Todas tenÃan algo en común: pedÃan el cese inmediato al asedio que Israel está llevando a cabo…
Gaza Siege claims the lives of 83 patients, including 16 children
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that two patients died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred them from leaving the Gaza…
El Asedio de Gaza se cobra las vidas de 83 pacientes, incluyendo 16 niños y niñas.
Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades IsraelÃes no les dejaran…
El Asedio de Gaza se cobra las vidas de 83 pacientes, incluyendo 16 niños y niñas.
Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades IsraelÃes no les dejaran…
Candle procession in Kafer Kanna Arab town in solidarity with the Gaza Strip
Hundreds of Arab residents of Kafer Kanna Arab town in the north of the country held a massive candle procession on Friday evening in solidarity with the Gaza Strip which…
Israel’s blockade poses immediate threat to the lives of Gaza’s sick and elderly
Friday 25 January 2007: The seven-month ongoing Israeli blockade is taking an ever-more severe toll on the health system in the Gaza Strip, says aid agency Oxfam International. The one-off…
El bloqueo de Israel pone en peligro inmediato las vidas de los enfermos y los ancianos,dice Oxfam
Viernes 25 Enero 2007: El bloqueo Israelà que dura ya siete meses está cobrándose un precio cada vez más alto en el sistema de salud en la Franja de Gaza,…
Qurea meets EU envoy for Middle East Peace Process, slams settlements, siege
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Ahmad Qurea, met on Friday morning with Mark Otte, the EU envoy to the Middle East Peace Process and discussed with him several issues regarding the stalled…
Hamas: “P.A security arrested five Hamas members in the West Bank on Thursdayâ€
Hamas media sources reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested on Thursday five Hamas members in several areas in the West…
This Week In Palestine – week 4 2008
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Eight injured and four kidnapped in the weekly Bil’in anti-wall protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near Ramallah city in the central part of the West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the…
One killed and seven injured by Israeli army fire near Hebron
One Palestinian youth was killed and at least seven others injured when Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Omer near Hebron city in the southern part of the West…
The Israeli army attacks a non-violent protest near Bethlehem
On Friday midday the villagers of Al Khader village located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protested today against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the villagers…
Four Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes in Rafah
In two separate Israeli air strike attacks, at least four Palestinians were killed in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in Rafah city.The first Israeli air strike hit a…
Palestinians protest in Jerusalem, call for ending Gaza siege
Dozens of Palestinian residents, and peace activists, held a protest on Thursday evening against the ongoing Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip. The protest…
PCHR Weekly Report: 22 Palestinians killed, 71 injured by Israeli forces
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 17 – 23 January 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 71 were injured by the…
Olmert, Abbas to meet Sunday
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, are scheduled to meet on Sunday in Jerusalem in order to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip.Well informed…
Dozens of Israelis and Arabs protest in Haifa
On Thursday, dozens of Arab residents of Israel and Jews held a joint protest in Haifa city against the ongoing Israeli attacks and siege against the Gaza Strip, the Arabs48…
One Israeli policeman, two Palestinians killed, four Israeli injured in two separate attacks
Israeli military and medical sources reported on Thursday at night that one Israeli policeman, member of the Border Guard Units, in addition to two Palestinian fighters, were killed, and four…
Settlers attack a Palestinian house , international observers in Hebron
Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the house of Shadi Nabeel Sidir, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and also attacked members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron…
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American Official Visits Bethlehem and meets with UN Representatives
The assistant of the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for foreign policies Mr Nicolas Burns, visited the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday and met with UNRW…
The Palestinian National Conference in Damascus calls for Unity
In a joint statement issued on Thursday by all the participants in the Palestinian National Conference for Palestinian National Rights said that this conference is to bring unity to the…
La Conferencia Nacional Palestina pide la Unidad en Damasco
En una declaración conjunta respaldada por todos sus participantes, la Conferencia Nacional Palestina para los Derechos Nacionales Palestinos declaró, el jueves, que su objetivo debe ser devolver la unidad al…
Haniyah is willing to negotiate with Abbas and Egypt about a deal to run Rafah crossing
The Hamas leader and deposed prime minister Isma’el Haniyah stated on Thursday he is willing to negotiate a deal to run the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian president Mahmoud…
Haniyah desea negociar un acuerdo con Abbas y Egipto para abrir el cruce de Rafah
El lÃder de Hamás, y depuesto primer ministro, Isma´el Haniyah, aseguró, el jueves, que está dispuesto a negociar un acuerdo para abrir el cruce fronterizo de Rafah con el Presidente…
Palestinian Sources: Israeli army invades several parts of the West Bank and kidnaps 7 civilians
Palestinian media sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped at least seven Palestinian civilians.According to sources the kidnappings…
Gazans continue to flow into Egypt, Israel says siege continues, Egypt sends troops
As thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip continued to flow into Egypt through the southern Gaza strip city of Rafah border wall, the Israeli government announced that it will…
Israeli army invasion in northern Gaza leaves one killed and one injured
Preliminary medical sources reported one Palestinian killed and another injured in Israeli shelling of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun on Thursday at dawn. .Local sources said that…
Vigil in Montreal Against Gaza Siege
Dozens of Palestinians and Canadians held a vigil on Wednesday in Montreal – Canada, against the ongoing and unjust Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza…
Resistance attack a military camp near Jenin
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli military post west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.The Brigades…
Soldiers kidnap a Palestinian Human rights Activist in Nablus
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported on Wednesday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Ahlam Jawhar, a Palestinian woman active in Human Rights, as she was leaving Nablus city through the…
Soldiers assault and arrest B’Tselem worker in Hebron
Soldiers assaulted and arrested Issa ‘Amro, a B'Tselem fieldworker, in Hebron on January 19. ‘Amro was arrested while filming a disturbance by settlers in the Wadi Hsein neighborhood in East…
Researcher: “Israel is about to pass a law which will bar thousands of detainees from visitation ri
Fuad Al Khafsh, a Palestinian researcher and specialist in detainee’s affairs, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading a new law which will give the Israeli…
EU Press release on breach of the WAll in Rafah
Brussels, 23rd January 2008, Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt "The thousands of…
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Washington hampers UN decision against the Israeli siege of Gaza
USA blocks statement by the UN Security Council criticizing the Israeli siege of the Gaza strip. The US representative in the UN, Zalman Zad, said that this statement ‘is not…
After a one day respite on Tuesday, Israel resumes fuel blockade of Gaza strip
Israeli sources announced on Wednesday that the Israeli army had stopped all fuel and food supplies shipments from interring the Gaza strip on Wednesday. The Israeli government said that its…
The Israeli army kills two Palestinians in two separate attacks on the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army killed two Palestinians on Wednesday in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip.On Wednesday midday a Palestinian farmer, Isma’el Al Attar, 50, was killed when Israeli army…
7300 housing Units to be constructed in Israeli settlements located inside and around Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality controlling the occupied city of Jerusalem approved 7300 new housing units to be added to five Israeli settlements located inside and around the city of Jerusalem.The announcement…
Eight Palestinian kidnapped by the army during invasion in several parts of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army conducted several pre-dawn invasions that targeted Palestinian cities and villages located in the northern and central parts of the West Bank and kidnapped…
Undercover Israeli troops invade Bethlehem and Kidnap two Palestinians
An Israeli army undercover force invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and kidnapped two Palestinians on Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that the undercover army force invaded the…
Thousands cross Rafah borders; Hamas says it’s the decision of the people
Thousands of Palestinians residents of the Gaza strip managed to cross into Egypt in the early hours of Wednesday after the Palestinian resistance destroyed part of the Wall located on…
Israeli army kills and one and injuries four in invasion to eastern Rafah
Israeli forces invaded the border area of Karm Abu Mo’amar, east of Rafah on Wednesday morning, leaving one Palestinian dead and another four injured.Medical sources reported that Yahia al Beyok,…
Palestinian dies of injuries in Nablus
On Wednesday, Ahmad Abu Hantash,33 from the northern West Bank city of Nablus died of wounds sustained during the Israeli invasion of the city last Friday. Abu Hantash was on…
Israeli policemen arrest the advisor of Palestinian P.M
The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday, Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs, and interrogated him in Al Maskobiyya Israeli prison in Jerusalem after he participated…
Aisha, 3, the youngest Palestinian detainee, freed
This is not fiction or a tale meant for amusement or to make the reader sad; it is one of the real-time stories of the suffering of the Palestinian people,…
An appeal to save the life of a sick detainee
Family of detainee Ali Rajih Asfour, 31, from Ya’bod town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, voiced an appealed to human rights groups to intervene for the release…
Resistance fires homemade shells at settlements near the Gaza Strip
The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Tuesday evening of firing several homemade shells at Kfar Azza settlement, east of the Gaza Strip,…
The Popular Committees appeals the international Community to save Gaza from imminent disaster
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Tuesday appealing the International Community to intervene and save the Gaza Strip from an imminent humanitarian disaster as the unjust…
Scores of Palestinians and internationals protest in Bethlehem against the Siege imposed on Gaza
About 150 Palestinians and internationals gathered on Tuesday evening in front of the Nativity church located in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem in protest of the Israeli imposed…
Numerosa protesta palestina e internacional en Belén contra el asedio a Gaza
Unas 150 personas palestinas e internacionales se concentraron el martes por la tarde frente a la iglesia de la Natividad que hay en Belén, al sur de Cisjordania, para protestar…
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Scores of Palestinian women protest at the Rafah Crossing southern Gaza
Egyptian police and troops attacked the protest using water canon and batons, medical sources reported that at least 20 women suffered injures so far and had to be moved to…
Abbas: halting talks with Israel is not helpful; we condemn the Israeli attacks
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Tuesday that the latest Israeli shipment of fuel that entered that the Gaza strip today is not enough, and demanded that Israel immediately…
Abbas: Detener las conversaciones con Israel no nos ayuda; Condenamos los ataques israelÃes
El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas ha asegurado que el último envÃo de combustible que ha entrado hoy, en la Franja de Gaza, no es suficiente y ha pedido a Israel…
Israel: fuel shipment to Gaza to thwart UN Security Council condemnation of Gaza siege
Israeli government sources stated on Tuesday that the latest fuel shipment Israel allowed into the Gaza strip is an attempt to sabotage any Security Council condemnation of the siege imposed…
Israeli tanks shells civilians in southern Gaza Strip, no injures reported
Palestinian sources reported that on Tuesday midday Israeli tanks shelled a group of Palestinian civilians in Khaza’a village near Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza StripThose…
Despite entry of fuel shipments to Gaza, the crisis persists
Israel allowed Tuesday entry of some fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on the heels of local and international protests to latest Israeli closure of Gaza, media sources reported. Society…
The Israeli army injures a Palestinian youth and kidnaps him near Hebron city
Israeli troops shot and injured a young Palestinian man late Monday night in the village of Al Shukh located north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Lou’e Warssanah,…
Gaza: man dies of wounds sustained earlier in the week, while navy attacks fishermen
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Tuesday morning due to wounds he sustained in Israeli army attacks on Sunday. The Islamic Jihad armed wing, Al Qudes…
Israeli military invades Qabatiya and Deir Abu Da’eif village in Jenin
In pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, and village of Abu Da’eif in Jenin the Israeli army attacked several civilian homes.Local sources reported that…
Emergency session of UN Security Council called to deal with Gaza crisis
The United Nations Security Council has called for an emergency session on Tuesday to respond to the heightening crisis in the Gaza Strip. The crisis came to a head Sunday…
Sesión de emergencia del Consejo de Seguridad de las NNUU convocado para tratar la crisis de Gaza
El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas ha convocado una sesión de emergencia para hoy martes para dar una respuesta a la creciente crisis en la Franja de Gaza.…
Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza for one day only; Palestinians condemn ‘token’ gesture
After a widespread international outcry followed Israel's cut-off of all fuel into Gaza on Sunday, Israeli authorities agreed to allow fuel and medicine into the Palestinian coastal region on Tuesday…
Israel permitirá la ayuda humanitaria a Gaza un dÃa,los Palestinos condenan el gesto de ‘muestra’
Después del clamor internacional generalizado a raÃz del corte de Israel de todo suministro de fuel a Gaza el Domingo, las autoridades IsraelÃes acordaron permitir la entrada de fuel y…
Israeli army kidnaps at least 14 Palestinians from Nablus
Israeli forces kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians from several areas in the northern West Bank city of Nablus in a pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday.Local sources reported that among the areas…
Senior Israeli defense official: Collective punishment works
In a statement to the Israeli press Monday, a senior Israeli official claimed that the collective punishment of the entire Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip was an effective way…
Oficial superior de defensa IsraelÃ: El castigo colectivo funciona
En una declaración a la prensa Israelà el lunes, un oficial superior Israelà manifestó que el castigo colectivo de la población Palestina entera de la Franja de Gaza fue una…
Israeli groups call for lifting the Gaza Blockade
A number of Israeli groups called for Saturday, January 26, to be a countrywide relief convoy and demonstration in Israel in solidarity on the Gaza border with a parallel Palestinian…
British group calls for protest of Israeli siege on Gaza
A British peace group has called for protests against the Israeli government, after Gaza’s only power station was forced to shut down Sunday, when Israel cut fuel supplies to the…
Grupo Británico convoca protesta por el asedio Israelà a Gaza
Un grupo de paz Británico ha convocados protestas contra el gobierno IsraelÃ, después de que la única central eléctrica de Gaza fue obligada a cerrar el domingo, cuando Israel cortó…
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Palestinian official: President Abbas will not stop the negotiations with Israel
Yasser Abed Rabo, the secretary general of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as well as a member of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israelis, stated on Monday…
Gaza demonstrates against the Israeli siege
Thousands of Palestinians, including children, public figures and medics, took out to the streets of Gaza city on Monday, in protest of the crippling siege, Gaza Strip has been going…
While Army intensifies Siege, Israeli PM: ‘We will not allow humanitarian crises in Gaza,’
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehod Olmert stated on Monday that Israel will not allow a humanitarian crises to take place in Gaza, meanwhile the Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak ordered…
Gaza power cuts leave people cold physically, emotionally
Israeli fuel cuts in Gaza are affecting daily life, particularly now as the region has been experiencing an uncommonly cold winter. "We went four days without having electricity during the…
Israelis kidnap the Governor’s consultant to religious affairs in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped, Mohammad Abu Alia, the Governor’s consultant of religious affairs, and a senior leader of Fatah in Al Duhiesheh refugee camp in the southern West bank city of…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian women and children in Hebron; seven injured
In the latest Israeli settler attack to take place in the Palestinian city of Hebron, a group of armed settlers attacked and beat a group of women and children, and…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in Tulkarem during wide-scale attack
A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in the Thenaba neighborhood in eastern Tullkarem Monday morning, when Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood and besieged his home.Medical sources reported…
A Palestinian killed in northern Gaza as Israeli aircrafts shell a home
Israeli aircrafts shelled overnight Sunday an occupied home in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza. The attack left one Palestinian killed another two injured, one critically and were moved to…
Israel admits there’s a crisis as Gaza power plant grids to a halt
On Sunday, due to lack of fuel supplies from Israel, the Gaza power plant stopped operations. Sunday night, Israeli security officials admitted that the impacts of Israel's complete cut-off of…
Fatah and PFLP plea to countries for lifting Gaza siege
The largest parties of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), appealed to world countries including the Arab ones to move immediately…
Fatah y el PFLP instan a la comunidad internacional a que levanten el cerco a Gaza
Los principales partidos de la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina (OLP), Fatal y el Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP), apelaron a la comunidad internacional, especialmente los…