Palestinian, Israeli journalists protest against abduction of BBC reporter
A group of Palestinian journalists and some foreign media people protested Wednesday at the Eritz checkpoint (Beit Hanoun checkpoint) on Gaza-Israel border line in northern Gaza Strip, against the ongoing…
Female Palestinian prisoners talk about their experiences
One girl has lost teeth, another is in poor health, and the rest live with back pain, serious skin diseae or other ailments. These descriptions are not of prisoners in…
Top Israeli army official tells schoolchildren he knew Lebanon war would not free abducted troops
Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that The GOC Northern Command Major General Gadi Eisenkott admitted that Israel embarked on the Second Lebanon War last year knowing that the conflict…
Palestinian dies of wounds sustained two months ago
One Palestinian man died on Wednesday of wounds he sustained in Gaza city two months ago. Hassan Siam, 24, was admitted to a hospital in Gaza City when he sustained…
Palestinian dies of wounds sustained two months ago
One Palestinian man died on Wednesday of wounds he sustained in Gaza city two months ago.
Israeli army invades Nablus, opens fire randomly at civilians, resistance injures two soldiers
A massive Israeli army force stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus and opened fir at civilians and their homes on Wednesday at dawn. A massive Israeli army force…
Israeli army kidnaps five Palestinians from Hebron
An undercover Israeli army force kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn five Palestinian men from the southern West Bank city of Hebron and a nearby village. Palestinian sources reported that an…
Hamas denies reports of Egyptian travel restrictions on its officials
A spokesman for the Palestinian Hamas movement on Tuesday denied Israeli reports of Egyptian restrictions on Hamas officials who travel through Egypt, calling them “Israeli maneuvers to poison the Egyptian-Palestinian…
Palestina Oggi 042407
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P.A government interested in truce, Hamas fighters say truce does not exist
In spite of a clear declaration by the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, that the truce with Israel is effectively dead after the recent assassinations and attacks,…
Egyptian security officials plan to meet with Hamas to avoid escalation
Tension is rising in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank following several Israeli assassinations of resistance fighters. As Hamas fighters, along with fighters of several other groups, vowed…
While carrying his body, relatives of slain Gaza resident break into legislative council building
Dozens of relatives of a Gazan man who was abducted and killed by the “Army of Islam” group, broke into the Legislative Council building in Gaza carrying his body, and…
Palestinian Analyst: “Israeli threats to invade the Gaza Strip are serious”
Hazim Abu Shanab, a Palestinian political analyst, said that the Israeli threats to invade the Gaza Strip and carry out a military offensive are real. Israel is trying to evaluate…
Higher Follow-up Committee calls for continued resistance, end of chaos
The Higher Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Factions held an urgent meeting on Tuesday to discuss the recent escalation in Israeli military attacks and assassinations of Palestinians. They issued…
Armed leftist group claims responsibility for firing homemade shells at a military post east of Gaza
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the leftist Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine, issued on Tuesday evening a press release claiming responsibility for firing homemade shells…
Two children injured in an explosion near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that two brothers aged 7 and 4 were moderately injured when an explosive object left behind…
Palestinian cabinet spokesman warns of possible collapse of ceasefire
The Palestinian cabinet’s spokesman, Ghazi Hammad, warned Tuesday of a possible collapse of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance groups, in light of ongoing Israeli attacks on…
Implication of Interior Minister’s Resignation
After almost one month and one week in office, the Palestinian interior minister Hani al-Qawasmi submitted Monday his resignation to Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya. Haniya rejected the resignation and…
Palestinian minister says abducted BBC journalist still in ‘good health’
BBC journalist Alan Johnston, kidnapped in the Gaza Strip more than a month ago, remains in good health according to Palestinian deputy prime minister Azzam Al-Ahmad on Tuesday. BBC journalist…
Palestine Today 042407
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Palestinian injured by unidentified explosive in northern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that an explosion caused by an unknown object took place in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday midday. Wa'el Hassan,…
Israeli army takes over a house in a village near Ramallah
Israeli forces took over a Palestinian house in the village of Um Al Safa, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday. Soldiers stromed the house and…
A miniature train surprises residents of downtown Nablus
Shop owners and bystanders stood in awe in downtown Nablus as they heard and saw a miniature train full of children touring the area of the northern West Bank city.…
Public Sector employees to go on strike demanding unpaid salaries
Workers in the public sector have decided to strike again on Wednesday. They are protesting what is being referred to as “the lack of government’s commitment to the agreements made…
Six Palestinian civilians abducted from several West Bank areas by Israeli army
Six Palestinian civilians were abducted as the Israeli army invaded several West Bank areas on Tuesday morning. The troops invaded the city of Jenin in the northern part of the…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Tal village and searched homes on Tuesday morning. Troops searched and ransacked a number of homes in…
Israeli army opens fire at homes, Al Barghouthi warns of effects of Israeli attack on Gaza
Israeli army tanks stationed east of Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip opened fire at nearby Palestinian civilian homes on Tuesday morning. The homes sustained…
Palestinian resistance fires 100 homemade shells at Israeli targets
The Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, conducted a wide-scale shelling attack on Israeli targets near the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at dawn declaring a two-year-long cease fire…
League of Arab States Warn of Israeli Attacks
League of the Arab states warned Monday of the continued Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people, voicing concern over chances of peace in the region. Hesham Yousef, spokesperson of…
A series of internal incidents in Gaza leave one boy dead, seven others wounded
A series of internal incidents had taken place in the Gaza Strip, leaving one boy dead and seven others injured. In the northern Gaza Strip, Muhammad As-Sa’di was announced dead…
Palestina Oggi 042307
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Israeli bullets and the Arab Initiative
It is not by chance, not accidental that only a few days after the Arab Follow-up Committee assigned Jordan and Egypt to start holding talks with Israel, to present the…
Abbas visits Greece, meet with PM Kostas Karamanli
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Greece on Monday and met with its Prime Minister Kostas Karamanli. On his part, Karamanli expressed positive attitude regarding his talks with Abbas and said…
Israel bars chief Islamic cleric from travelling to Jordan
Israeli authorities barred on Monday Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, grand mufti of Jerusalem, head of the Higher Islamic Commission, from travelling to Jordan. Sabri arrived at the crossing point between Jordan…
European Commission adopts aid decision to assist the Palestinians
The European Commission has adopted a new humanitarian aid decision for €50 million to assist the most vulnerable Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The aid…
Several detainees confined to solitary cells as punishment for objecting to collective punishment
The administration of the Ofer Israeli detention facility, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, confined several detainees to solitary cells for objecting to the human rights violations against…
Leftist leader: “Abbas must cease meetings with Olmert due to military escalations”
Khalid Mansour, member of the Central Committee of the leftist Palestinian People Party, said on Monday that president Mahmoud Abbas must stop his meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud…
As Palestinian government is set to implement security plan, chaos intensifies in Gaza
As the Palestinian government is preparing to implement the newly approved security plan, chaos in Gaza intensified, leading to further civilian casualties and the destruction of private and public property.…
Questa settimana in Palestina – settimana 16 2007
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Palestine Today 042307
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Israeli Settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron and injure two
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked and injured Palestinian farmers from the village of Halhol north of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, while they were working on…
Dr. Azmi Bishara resigns from Knesset, Police close his office
Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara submitted his resignation to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo- Egypt on Sunday. Israel closes his office in Jerusalem and his successor Sa’eed Naffa’…
Israeli army continues to enforce curfew on Howwara town near Nablus
For the second consecutive day the Israeli army continued to enforce a curfew on the town of Howwara, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, leading…
Israeli army abducts one civilian at a checkpoint near Hebron
One Palestinian civilian was abducted by Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint located south of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Monday morning. Soldiers…
Israel preparing for military offensive in Gaza
In a sign of what seems to be a possible Israeli military campaign against the Gaza Strip, Israeli war planes dropped warning leaflets on Monday at dawn in the northern…
Israel completely closes the Palestinian territories to mark creation of Israeli state
On monday Israel imposed a complete closure on what remains of the Palestinian territories and announced a 'high state of emergency' as part of the celebrations of Israel's establishment in…
Shootout in East Jerusalem leaves two injured
Israeli radio reported Monday that an Israeli and a Palestinian were hurt in a shootout in east Jerusalem. According to the radio a Palestinian opened fire early on Monday at…
Eyewitnesses: Israeli army used a young Palestinian as a human shield in Balata Refugee camp
Despite an Israeli high court ruling to ban on using Palestinians as human shields, the Israeli army continue to force Palestinian civilians to walk in front of their military vehicles…
Chaos; Two brothers killed near Gaza shore, one resident killed in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday at night that two brothers were killed by unknown gunmen and a third resident was killed in the northern part…
Teachers go on strike in Qalqilia
School teachers in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia went on strike on Sunday in protest of the Palestinian government's inability to pay their salaries. The teacher's union in…
One child killed by Israeli army gunfire during invasion of village near Ramallah
On Sunday morning one Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire during an invasion of the village of Dier Abu Mish'al, located west of the central West…
Young girl killed in Jenin refugee camp, eight Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in 24 hours
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Saturday evening that a 17-year old girl was shot and killed by Israeli military fire…
Two fighters assassinated in Nablus
On Saturday night after midnight Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and assassinated two fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh.The two…
Minister of Information slams Israel for detaining a peace activist
The Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, criticised Israel for detaining an international peace activist for 96 hours after he raised the Palestinian flag on a communication tower during…
Israeli troops assassinate three resistance fighters in Jenin
Undercover forces of the Israeli army assassinated on Saturday evening three fighters of the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, and the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing…
Israeli airstrike kills a Palestinian, injures two others in northern Gaza
Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a civilian car in northern Gaza, killing at least one passer-by identified as Kamal Annan, and injuring two otrhers-…
The American school of Gaza, another nightmare!
The building where the American school of Gaza is situated is no longer beautiful. The damage can be seen in many areas of the school; in the front door, in…
Journalist injured in internal clashes in northern Gaza strip
Ashraf El Ajrami, a journalist and employee of the Ministry of Information was injured during clashes with Palestinian Authority security force and gunmen from the same family in Jabalia town…
Palestinian resistance clashes with the army as it invades Jenin refugee camp
Israeli army invaded Jenin refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and clashed with local resistance fighters on Monday morning. Soldiers attacked the refugee camp local…
Israeli army invades down town Bethlehem city and abducts three civilians
On Saturday midday a number of Israeli army vehicles along with one unmarked vehicles invaded the down town Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted…
Six residents abducted as army invades village near Hebron
Israeli forces invaded the village of Ithna west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron searched homes and abducted six civilians on Saturday morning. Troops stormed the village and…
Israeli army invades down town Bethlehem city and abducts two civilians
A number of Israeli army vehicles along with one unmarked vehicles invaded the down town Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted two residents and…
Army invades Kufer Daan near Jenin kills one civilians and abducts several others
The Israeli army invaded the village of Kufer Daan village west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, killed one civilian and abducted ten residents, on Saturday morning. Palestinian…
Troops invade Beit Forik, several residents, including one child, injured
As Israeli forces invaded Beit Forik town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, dozens of Palestinian youth clashes with the invading forces who fired live rounds and…
Nobel prize winner, and others, injured at Bil’in protest
“This is terrible what's happening here to the Palestinians. They're suffering so much — and they can't even have a voice to nonviolently protest against what's happening to them. It's…
Bethlehem: activists plant trees in memorial to students killed in Virginia
Palestinian residents and international peace activists, including Americans, and Israelis, held on Friday a protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall surrounding and suffocating Um Salmouna village, near the West Bank…
Palestinians and Arab Human Rights groups to commemorate Arab Prisoner Day
Palestinian residents, Arab nations and human rights groups in the Arab World are set to commemorate the Arab Prisoner Day on April 22, which is also the day when Sameer…
Prime Minister Haniya: the newly-announced security plan won’t affect resistance
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, stated Friday that the recently-announced interior ministry’s security plan, intended to contain internal unrest, would not affect the Palestinian resistance. Speaking to worshippers…
This Week In Palestine – Week 16 2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 23.8MB || Time 26m 0sThis Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for April…
EU’s foreign policy chief calls for abducted BBC reporter’s release
European Union’s chief for foreign policy, Javier Solana, called on Friday for the release of the BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza five weeks ago. In a…
PFLP fires a grenade at an Israeli military jeep in northern Gaza
Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, an offshoot of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed Friday it fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli military jeep to the…
Palestina Oggi 041907
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3.66MB || Time 4m 0sBenvenuti a palestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per giovedi 19…
Gunmen shoot and injure a P.A security officer in Qalqilia
Palestinian security sources reported on Thursday evening that unknown gunmen shot and injured a Palestinian security officer in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank.Palestinian security sources reported…
Hamas denies agreeing with Abbas on a comprehensive truce with Israel
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied reports that stated that it agreed with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on a comprehensive truce with Israel, and stated that resistance will continue as…
Abbas optimistic, believes embargo could be lifted soon
In a press conference at the Belgium Foreign Ministry, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he is optimistic that the embargo and siege imposed on the Palestinian people and their…
Abducted BBC Journalist alive, P.A security obtained info regarding his fate
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that Palestinian Security devices managed to obtain information regarding the fate of the abducted BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, and that he is alive.Johnston was…
PCHR Weekly report: “Fighter assassinated, six civilians injured, 33 invasions carried out”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, based in Gaza, published on Thursday its weekly report on the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories in the period…
Mounting garbage and frustration in Gaza
Mountains of garbage, billowing smoke, have been concentrated across the streets of Gaza the past few days. However, the uncollected garbage heaps are not cannot be attributed to a lack…
Palestine Today 041907
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 3.66MB || Time 4m 0sWelcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday…
Arab league to promote its peace initiative
The Arab states league decided Wednesday to promote its peace initiative, first launched in 2002 and revived on March . In a ministerial meeting of the Arab Quartet (Saudi Arabia,…
Israeli army invades Nablus and abducts four civilians
Israeli forces invaded Balata and Askar refugee camps located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and abducted four civilians on Thursday. Soldiers attacked and searched a number of…
Several West Bank cities invaded by Israeli army, 24 civilians abducted
The Israeli army abducted 24 Palestinian civilians in pre-dawn invasions of several West Bank cities on Thursday. The Israeli military claimed that those abducted are what the army calls Wanted…
Israeli army invades villages near Hebron; demolishes homes and uproots trees
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Qawawis and Towani south of the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, uprooted trees and demolished houses on…
Second Conference on Popular Resistance in Bilin continiues
The second International conference on Popular resistance continues for the second day in the village of Bilin, northwest of the Palestinian city of Ramallah. The second International conference on Popular…
One civilian abducted as Israeli army invades refugee camp near Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded Tulkarem refugee camp located in Tulkarem city in the northern part of the West Bank, and abducted one civilian on Thursday. Soldiers stormed and attacked score…
Israeli army abducts four civilians from village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the village of the Taqua east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted four civilians, among them a municipality official…
Unknown gunmen blow up a hair salon in northern Gaza
Palestinian media sources said Thursday that unknown gunmen blew up late last night a hair salon in the city of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that…
Israeli army invades Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and attacked and searched a number of homes on Thursday. Troops attacked and search a number of homes it…
Unknown gunmen destroy a shop in northern Gaza Strip
A group of unknown gunmen detonated a home made bomb inside a barber shop in the city of Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday…
Israeli Central Court acquits border policeman who killed a Jerusalem Palestinian
The Jerusalem District Court acquitted Shmuel Yehezkel, an Israeli border policeman, from charges of manslaughter today. Yehezkel was accused of killing Samir Dari, a Palestinian resident of Al Isawiyya neighborhood…
Palestinian child seriously injured by Israeli settler gunfire near Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources at Al Ahli Hospital, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, reported on Wednesday evening that a Palestinian child from Tiqoua’ village, near Bethlehem, was seriously…
Report: “Jenin fighter was unarmed, killed after he was captured”
Eyewitness reports on the assassination of Ashraf Hanaisha, from Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, confirmed that he was executed after the under-cover forces of the…
Olmert lowers expectations on the list of prisoners that Palestinians want freed
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, lowered Wednesday expectations on the list of Palestinian prisoners, delivered by Egyptian mediators. The individuals named on thie list are part of a prisoner swap…
After meeting with Rice, Palestinian Finance Minister optimistic
Palestinian Finance Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated on Wednesday after a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, that he is optimistic that the restrictions and sanctions on…