Israeli human right group report exposes Israeli violations in detention camps
The Israeli popular committee against torture has issued a reported proving that Israeli interrogators use methods against Palestinian political prisoners that contradict with the third Geneva agreement regarding the treatment…
Israeli air force plane crashes in the sea
An Israeli training fighter crashed on Thursday lunchtime during a training exercise near the Israeli costal city of Ashkelon. According to Israeli sources the pilot ejected from the plane after…
British Academics did the right thing
Incensed by the brutal ugliness of Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinians, members of Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) have voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions.The vote, passed Wednesday, 30…
Hamas: the assassination in Nablus clouds Abbas-Olmert meeting
A car bomb, allegedly planted by the Israeli military, killed two teenage boys and left scores injured on Wednesday night in the old city of Nablus in the West Bank,…
Palestinian resistance fighters escape Israeli air strike
Palestinian sources reported that a group of Palestinian resistance fighters escaped a deadly Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza strip on Thursday. Medical sources reported that two men were…
Israeli army closes the local vegetable market in Beta town near Nablus
The municipal government of Beta town has condemned the procedures of the Israeli army after the local vegetable market was closed, causing huge problems for local merchants. Abu Husien, the…
British educators to boycott Israel
British college teachers decided to boycott Israeli academic institutions and pressure the European Union to curtail educational and cultural programs with Israel in a vote last night in the seaside…
Israeli army invades several villages near Jenin and kidnaps five Palestinians
Israeli army forces stormed a number of villages near Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and kidnapped five civilians on Thursday morning. Local sources identified the…
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Two Palestinians killed in Nablus, several residents injured
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Wednesday at night that two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured, some seriously,…
DFLP delegates meet Egyptian Security envoys in Gaza
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, issued a press release on Wednesday on Wednesday reporting that its delegates met in Gaza with the Egyptian security envoys and…
Dr. Barghouthi rejects a proposal from Meretz party to place the Gaza Strip under the control of th
Palestinian Minister of Information, and the official spokesperson of the Palestinian National Unity Government, rejected a proposal of some Israeli leaders of the Meretz movement to place the Gaza Strip…
Israeli court delays trial of detained PFLP leader Ahmad Sa’adat
The National Committee for Defending the Palestinian Legislators slammed the Israeli authorities for extending the remained of Ahmad Sa’adat, Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)…
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Report highlights widespread torture of Palestinian prisoners
In a report released on Wednesday, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel accuses the Israeli intelligence services of the widespread torture of Palestinian detainees.The accusations contained within the report…
Barghouthi: “The biggest political party in Sweden endorses the unity government”
Ann Linde, International Secretary of the Swedish Socialist Party, the biggest political party in Sweden, stated on Wednesday during a meeting with Palestinian Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Al Barghouthi…
Israeli army invades several areas in Hebron, kidnapping 5 civilians
Israeli military forces implemented several operations in Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning. Security sources in Anata reported that the army kidnapped Ahmad…
Curfew enforced in Huwwara, Nablus
Israeli troops imposed a curfew Wednesday morning in the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus city in the West Bank. Residents reported that troops opened fire at anyone who tried…
Israeli army invades homes around Bethlehem
Private homes in several villages around the city of Bethlehem in southern West Bank were attacked on Wednesday morning. Israeli soldiers fired randomly in the houses they searched, and caused…
Israeli drone kills two Palestinian resistance fighters in northern Gaza strip
Two Palestinian resistance fighters from the Hamas linked Qassam brigades were announced dead after an Israeli drone fired several missiles at a group of resistance fighters east of Jabalyia, a…
West Bank civilians and public officials detained
The rampage of the Israeli army continued today in the West Bank where twelve Palestinian activists were abducted, according to reports. Seven of the kidnapped were from the Nablus area…
Three Palestinians killed in a mysterious explosion in central Gaza
Three Palestinians have been killed and two others injured in an explosion that rocked a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that a large…
Soldiers open fire at the vehicle of Palestinian Information Minster
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the west Bank, stated that Israeli soldiers opened fire at the vehicle of Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the Palestinian Minister of Information,…
Security officer killed and seven injured by Israeli under-cover forces in Ramallah
Under-cover of the Israeli army assassinated on Tuesday evening lieutenant Omar Mohammad Abul-Halim, 24, after infiltrating into a local restaurant in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank.…
Under-cover forces assassinate a fighter in Jenin
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army assassinated on Tuesday evening a resistance fighter, member of a newly formed armed wing of Fateh movement, in Kafer Dan village, west of the…
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Army kidnaps two residents form Al Thahryia and Beit Omer towns near Hebron
The Israeli army invaded the towns of Al Al Thahryia and Beit Omer located near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, searching homes and kidnapping two…
Two more kidnapped in Hebron; clashes in Sa’er
Israeli military forces took away two civilians from Yatta, Hebron in southern West Bank on Tuesday morning, raising the number of kidnapped locals to four. According to local sources, troops…
Israeli army storms Rafah as Palestinian president calls for truce with Israel
For the first time in two weeks, Israeli army carried out early on Tuesday dawn a ground attack on southern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians, said to be Hamas members,…
Israeli forces raid Bethlehem’s city center
An Israeli army force invaded the city of Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Troops searched and ransacked a local book store, according to local sources. The Israeli soldiers invaded and trashed the…
Israeli soldiers abuses a Palestinian worker near Tubas city
A group of Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Tubas abused a Palestinian worker on Tuesday morning. Witnesses said the soldiers stopped…
Two civilians kidnapped by the Israeli army near Hebron
A massive Israeli force invaded the villages of Yatta and Hallol, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, early Tuesday morning. After searching a number of homes, two civilians…
Israeli army kidnaps 9 Palestinian civilians from Nablus, among them legislator Jamal Al Terawe
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp near Nablus on the early hours of Tuesday morning. Sources in the camp reported that troops invaded the camp and ransacked homes, causing…
Peretz loses leadership election
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will face Ami Ayalon in a second round of voting after failing to secure the 40% of the vote necessary for an outright victory.After…
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Detained Palestinian Legislative head and Legislator receive extended detentions
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) issued a press release on Monday stating that the Israeli authorities have extended the detention of the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz…
Syrian Detainees in Israeli prisons facing harsh conditions
The Golan Heights Detainees Committee has issued a press release documenting the harsh living conditions that Syrian Detainees from the Golan Heights are facing in Israeli detention facilities.The Committee stated…
Settler fires rounds of live ammunition at Arabic houses in the Negev
Palestinian sources reported on Monday evening that an Israeli settler fired several rounds of live ammunition at several Arab houses in an “unrecognized” village in the Negev.The settler fired at…
Israeli minister: an international peacekeeping force in Gaza is possible
The Israeli minister for pensioner affairs Rafi Eitan signaled on Monday that the deployment of an international peacekeeping mission in the Gaza Strip and at a later stage in the…
PA’s employees to receive half salaries
Palestinian Authority’s employees will receive half salaries by the beginning of next month, aid money Western and Arab countries have channeled through a special account by moderate Palestinian finance minister,…
Questa settimana In Palestina – Settimana 21 2007
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Voting begins in Israeli Labour Party leadership election
In an event that could have a serious bearing on the future of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, members of the Israeli Labour Party are set to vote on the election of…
Right-wing Israeli group calls for reoccupation of evacuated West Bank Settlements
Homesh First, a right-wing Israeli organization, has called for the reoccupation of West Bank settlements, evacuated under the terms of the disengagement plan, as a response to the ongoing shelling…
Palestinian civilian kidnapped as army search homes in Hebron
One Palestinian civilian was reportedly kidnapped by the Israeli army when the latter searched and ransacked homes in Hebron city, to the south of West Bank. Mohamed Abu Shukhadem, 20,…
A Palestinian MP calls for international justice against Israel
The Palestinian government could file a case in the International Court of Justice against Israel for kidnapping at least 35 Palestinian officials last week, said the Hamas-affiliated legislator from Nablus,…
Army injures two Palestinians and kidnaps them after surrounding a hospital in Jericho
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday, injuring and kidnapping two Palestinian security officers from the local hospital. Palestinian medical sources reported that Omer Abu Dayiah,…
Israeli Army kidnaps a Palestinian civilian from Jenin
Israeli military force kidnapped on the early hours of Monday morning Daoud Zubiedi,28 from Jenin. Zubiedi, brother of Al Aqsa brigade’s leader, Zakaria Zubiedi, was kidnapped by Israeli army when…
Army invades a village near Bethlehem and kidnaps three civilians
Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem city, in the southern part of the West Bank on Monday morning and kidnapped three civilians. Sources in the…
Al Aqsa brigades claims responsibility for launching homemade shell near Nablus
The Al Aqsa brigades have claimed responsibility for launching a homemade shell near the road between Nablus and Surra village, to the West of Nablus.It was reported that the operation…
Israeli forces invade Nablus, attack women’s center
A battalion of Israeli military jeeps, armored vehicles and soldiers invaded the old city of Nablus on Sunday morning, ransacking the offices of the Juthoor Women’s Center. The soldiers stole…
King of Jordan urges U.S. role in Israel-Palestine peace process
"The U.S. Senate and House of Representative have a crucial role to positively influence Mideast peacemaking through supporting efforts to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and bringing both sides back…
Israeli military occupies home of man they killed
On Sunday, Israeli troops invaded the town of Kafr ad-Dik, in the Salfit district in the northern West Bank. The troops took up a position inside the home of Mazin…
Palestinian resistance attacks Israeli military post near Efrat settlement
The Israeli military post next to the illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat, south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, was attacked by Palestinian resistance fighters on Sunday. The Nasser Salah…
Shortly after Olmert orders further attacks on Gaza, a warplane hits Deir Elbalah
Just few hours after Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, ordered further attacks on the Gaza Strip, an Israeli warplane, hit today the Deir Elbalah town in central Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources…
aL-Qassam of Hamas vows more rocket fire, as an Israeli killed in Sderot
aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement renewed Sunday vow to continue homemade shells into nearby Israeli towns unless Israeli attacks on Gaza come to a halt,…
Palestinian PM’s spokesman hopes BBC’s Johnston will be released soon.
Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist captured in the Gaza Strip over two months ago, is alive and well and could be freed ‘very, very soon,’ a Palestinian government spokesman said…
Israeli warplanes open fire at residential houses in southern Gaza
Israeli warplanes opened heavy fire early on Sunday morning at residential houses in the southern Gaza Strip town of Kheza’a. No causalities were reported. Residents expressed fears of broader Israeli…
Army invades Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem, clashes reported
A large Israeli force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the Deheishe refugee camp Saturday night, and eyewitnesses said that a drone plane was deployed above the area. …
Five residents injured in separate Israeli air strikes in Gaza, one resident died of earlier wounds
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that five residents were injured in two separate Israeli air strikes that targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, and…
Two Palestinians killed, four Israelis wounded in East Jerusalem
Two Palestinians opened fire at Israeli security guards and police in Sheikh Sa'ad neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon. Two Palestinians opened fire at Israeli security guards and…
Who’s Behind the Fighting in North Lebanon?
Wearing a beat-up ratty UNCHR tee-shirt left over from Bint Jbeil and the Israeli-Hezbollah July probably helped. As did, I suspect, the Red Cross jersey, my black and white checkered…
One Palestinian killed; fifteen injured during in-fighting in Tubas
At least one Palestinian has been killed and fifteen injured during clashes between the Palestinian security forces and fighters associated with the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of the Fateh…
Water and Resistance
The view from the Palestinian village of Nahhalin, in the west Bethlehem area, is sobering. This small village—along with the villages of Husan, Battir, Wadi Fuqin, and Al Walaja—are becoming…
El Gobierno estadounidense envÃa armas al ejército libanés
En la última evolución del conflicto que mantiene el ejército libanés con el grupo Fateh Al-Islam en el norte de LÃbano, el Gobierno estadounidense ha provisto varios aviones llenos de…
Haniyeh: “Israeli aggression against the Gaza strip reflects the political dilemma inside Israel”
The Palestinian Prime Minister Isma'el Haniyeh stated on Saturday that Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip expresses the political, security and moral dilemma that Israel is living in, stressing that…
Israeli forces kidnap three high school students and attack a Palestinian NGO in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked and searched a local cultural club and a number of hoses in Hebron and nearby villages in the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning,…
A series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill five people, injure 25 others
Frequent Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed on Saturday five Palestinians and injured 25 others, medics reported. Local sources confirmed that five Palestinians, of whom are Mohammad Aldiry and Ali…
Israeli troops abduct Palestinian Cabinet Minister in Jenin; land titles stolen
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israeli forces surrounded the home of Palestinian Cabinet Minster Wasfi Qabha, who was eventually abducted and taken to an undisclosed location. Local sources…
US Government sends arms to Lebanese army
In the latest development in the conflict between the Lebanese military and the Fateh al-Islam group in northern Lebanon, the US government has shipped several planeloads of weapons to the…
Three Israeli air strikes wound five people, hit Palestinian PM’s guards
Israeli air strikes carried out in the early morning hours of Saturday have killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least five. The air strikes were targeting Palestinians connected with the…
Cairo to host a new round of Hamas-Fatah dialogue
Cairo proposed Friday hosting representatives of the rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, over cementing their mid-May ceasefire and reaching a common ground on the ceasefire with Israel. The Egyptian…
France slams the abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister
France slammed on Friday the Israeli abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister, Nasser Ed Deen Al Sha’er, and 30 other legislators, ministers and officials, and demanded their immediate release after…
Two Hamas resistance fighters killed in an Israeli air strike in eastern Gaza
Two Hamas resistance fighters of the Alqassam brigades, have been reportedly killed and nine others, mainly bystanders, wounded in a new Israeli strike on eastern Gaza, medical sources said. Witnesses…
This Week In Palestine – Week 21 2007
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Turkish government criticizes Israeli kidnapping of Palestinian lawmakers
The Turkish government condemned on Friday the kidnapping of more than 30 high officials of the Palestinian Authority including lawmakers, Mayors and a Minister of Education Nasser Eddin El-Shaer. In…
Six wounded, two taken prisoner in Bilin’s weekly anti-wall protest
A number of Palestinians and internationals have been injured, and two others were taken prisoner in the weekly protest in Bilin, on Friday, as army attacked the protestors with tear…
One taken prisoner in Nonviolent action in Bethlehem
At least two hundred Palestinians, accompanied by a number of Israeli and International peace activists marched to the confiscated land in Artas village, south of Bethlehem, on Friday after the…
Army stops farmers and their supporters from reaching their land near Bethlehem
300 Palestinian farmers Israeli and international supporters marched on Friday midday to get to confiscated Palestinian land near Artas village south of Bethlehem city in the West Bank. Troops stopped…
Israeli army invades Hebron area, kidnapping three and injuring one
An Israeli Military force on Thursday morning kidnapped 3 Palestinians from the West Bank city of Hebron, Yatta and Taffouh. A boy from Yatta town, south of Hebron city, was…