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…
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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…
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…