Four Palestinians killed, several injured, in an Israeli air strike in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that the Israeli air force fired missiles at civilian areas east of Gaza City killing four residents and injuring eight others, The…
Baraka: “Killing of the Palestinian driver wasn’t just an incident”
Arab member of Israeli Knesset, Mohammad Baraka, head of the parliamentarian bloc of the Democratic Front in Israel, stated on Thursday that the killing of the Palestinian driver by a…
Hamas’ armed wing denies plan to target Abbas
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, denied on Thursday any plan to target the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas when he return to the…
PCHR report: “Six Palestinians, including an infant in the womb of his mother killed by Israeli gunf
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between May 10 and May 16.The center reported…
B’Tselem sends an urgent letter to Peretz to bar the army from shelling civilian areas
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanding him to bar the army from…
Legislative Council calls for unity, end of clashes
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) issued a press release on the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Nakba and called on the end of all clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in…
Islamic Jihad leader appeals Fateh, Hamas to end clashes
Khalid Jaradat, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad, appealed on Thursday the leaders, members and supporters of Fateh and Hamas movements to stop the daily bloody clashes in…
Family of a three detained sons appeals human rights groups to aid in freeing them
Under very difficult conditions, the three brothers Ra’fat, Izzat, and Mohammad Amin Turkman are imprisoned by the Israeli Authorities, while Ra’fat and Izzat are suffering from bad health conditions and…
Palestina Oggi 051707
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Palestine Today 051707
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Fashion under Adversity
Sitting among the audience awaiting the event to take place, I could not but have a smile on my face as I recalled the wording on the invitation. “Haute Couture”…
Palestinians protests against the Israeli army closer of their old city in Hebron
Scores of Palestinians took to the streets, on Thursday midday, in the old part of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, demanding the Israeli army to…
Four Palestinians killed in Gaza in a series of Israeli Air Strikes
Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4 Palestinians and wounded about 40 others. Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4…
Clashes erupt in Rafah, killing two and wounding severeal others
Media reports and witnesses said that two people were killed and several were wounded during a shootout between Hamas supporters and personnel of the Fatah-linked preventive security forces in Rafah…
President Abbas heads for Gaza as relative calm observed
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Gaza Thursday as the city sees relative calm following a ceasefire agreement on yesterday night. Abbas, also chairman of Fatah, will…
Barghouthi calls on media to avoid broadcasting inciting material regarding the infighting
Palestinian Minister of Information and spokesperson of the National Unity Government Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi called upon all Palestinian and Arab media outlets to refrain from over reporting and magnifying the…
Al Qassam Brigades continue to fire home-made shells at Israel
Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, fired at least 40 home-made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot and the Western Negev on Wednesday, according to the Palestine…
Palestinian man dies of wounds sustained during Wednesday’s clashes in Gaza
One Palestinian civilian was reported dead on Thursday midday due to wounds he sustained on Wednesday’s Hamas Fatah infighting in Gaza.Medical sources identified the man as Kareem Abu Meghasib, 24…
Nine Palestinian civilians kidnapped as army invades several West Bank areas
Nine Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during Israeli military invasions to several West Bank areas of Thursday morning. During the invasion to Nablus city and nearby Balata refugee camp Palestinian sources…
Palestina Oggi 051607
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Italian FM says EU considering sending peacekeeping force to Gaza
Italian Foreign Minister, Massimo D'Alema, stated on Wednesday that Italy would consider sending a peace keeping force to the Gaza Strip in order to stop the Palestinian internal clashes and…
Dr. Barghouthi slams attacks against ambulances in Gaza
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, slammed on Wednesday that attacks carried by gunmen against Palestinian ambulances in the Gaza Strip, and stated that one medic of the Palestinian Medical…
Palestinian Child Art center warns of affects of infighting on children
Dr. Sameeh Abu Zakia, director of the Palestinian Children Arts Center and an activist in the rights of children, called on all Palestinian political, educational, health and civil institutions to…
Dr. Barghouthi slams all attacks against reporters
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, rejected on Tuesday all attacks against reporters and called for the release of journalists surrounded by gunmen in a building in Gaza, and the…
An Israeli air strike kills a Hamas fighter in northern Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed on Wednesday a Palestinian resistance fighter of Hamas and wounded three others moderately. Hospital sources said that Rami aL-Zaqzouq, arrived dead at the Kamal Edwan…
Clashes continue in Gaza despite calls and declared cease-fire
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered all Fatah loyalists to withdraw from the streets after clashes between the two main rival parties, Hamas and Fatah continued in the Gaza Strip despite…
Students at Harvard launch a campaign against Israeli General
A group of students and professors at Harvard University in the United States have launched a campaign against the former Israeli Army Chief of Staff, reserve General Dan Halutz.A group…
Palestine Today 051607
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Army detains five Israeli peace activists and injures a number of Palestinians
In a protest organized by local Palestinian peace groups against Israeli road blocks and checkpoints, Israeli troops detained five Israeli peace activists and injured a number of Palestinians on Wednesday…
16 killed in infighting in Gaza bringing the death toll to 33 this week
Palestinian sources have reported the arrival of seven new dead bodies to several hospitals as the clashes in the Gaza Strip intensify. The number of people killed on Wednesday now…
Israeli warplanes bombard a buildling in Rafah, killing seven
Israeli warplanes bombarded Wednesday a building, belonging to the executive force of Hamas, formed by the former interior minister, Saed Siyam of Hamas, killing seven executive force members and wounding…
Rafah police chief resigns over deteriorating security situation
Chief of the Palestinian police department of Rafah city, in southern Gaza, Zuheir Shahin, resigned today in protest of the deteriorating security situation in the Gaza Strip. Shahin said that…
Palestinian resistance attack Israeli army military post in central West Bank
A group of Palestinian resistance men opened fire at an Israeli military post near the central west Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday morning. Israeli media sources reported damage to…
Five Palestinian civilians kidnapped as army invades Nablus
A massive Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and a nearby refugee camp on Wednesday morning, kidnapping five civilians. Witnessed reported that troops attacked and searched…
Palestinian resistance shells Siderot; four Israelis injured
Palestinian resistance fired several Qassam homemade shells at the southern Israeli town of Siderot last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, injuring four Israelis. On late Tuesday night, a number of…
A number of nonviolent protestors stop Israeli bulldozers in Artas village near Bethlehem
At least 30 Palestinian, International and Israeli peace activists and farmers are preventing the Israeli army from bulldozing land near the village of Artas south of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning.At…
Israeli army shells areas in Gaza; five Palestinians killed but by Palestinian fire
Five Palestinians were killed on Wednesday morning as the internal clashes renewed between rival Palestinian factions. In the meantime the Israeli army shelled several areas in the Gaza strip.The internal…
A double Nakba in Gaza
My pen is bleeding, my hand is shaking, my heart is sighing and my mind is stuffed with the bitter experiences of the past 14 months. The latest is today’s…
Israeli forces attack Atteel village
During a military operation to apprehend activists from the Islamic Jihad group, Israeli forces destroyed a civilian car and kidnapped the parents of the activist Saleh Karkor to force him…
Palestina Oggi 051507
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The Dirty Civil War
…and so street fight returned to Gaza, and the indications of the war which we warned of for so long has returned to the streets… as if the internal clashed…
EU weighing the transfer of direct aid to the Palestinians
The European Union is currently weighing the options to transfer direct financial aid to the Palestinians, especially after some EU countries held meetings with non-Hamas ministers of the unity government.…
As night falls on Gaza, seventeen residents killed, at least 60 injured in internal clashes on Tuesd
Tuesday, one of the bloodiest in the Gaza Strip as internal clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen left 17 dead, and at least sixty injured. The clashes continued throughout Tuesday…
Palestinian FM discusses with EU Official Palestine Situation
EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana met with Palestine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ziad Abu Amr in Brussels on Tuesday and discussed the latest developments in Palestine. Speaking to…
Detainees in Bir Sheva barred from their visitation rights
Lawyer of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees, Sana’ Dweik, stated that she met with three detainees in Holi-Qidar – Bir Sheva Israeli detention facility who…
In Tulkarem, residents march on Nakba day, demand end of internal clashes
Thousands of residents and officials marched on Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the “Nakba”, when the historic Palestine was captured…
MUSAWA demands excluding the legal system from the general strike
The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (MUSAWA) demanded that the legal system and the prosecution should to be excluded from the general strike…
Bethlehem Commemorate 59 anniversary of Al-Nakba
Palestinians in Bethlehem commemorate the 59 anniversary of the expulsion of the Palestinians people in 1948 by Jewish group and the destruction of their villages.Palestinians in Bethlehem commemorate the 59…
Palestine Today 051507
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Despite ceasefie, ten people killed in renewed violence in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that ten more people were killed and at least 20 others were wounded during renewed Hamas-Fatah clashes. Clashes flared up today after a Hamas gunman…
Armed Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and injure two near Hebron
A group of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers east of Hebron city in the southern West Bank on Tuesday afternoon. Palestinian media sources reported that around 20 armed settlers…
Armed Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and injure two of them near Hebron
A group of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers laboring their land located east of Hebron city in the southern West Bank on Tuesday afternoon.
Army invades Nablus and nearby refugee camp
A massive Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camps on Tuesday morning. Troops entered the city and the Al Ein and Balata…
Army invades Hebron region and injures one Palestinian civilian
Israeli forces attacked and searched scores of Palestinian homes in the Hebron region on Tuesday morning, injuring one Palestinian civilian in the process. In Sa’er village east of Hebron city,…
Eight PA officers killed in Gaza
Eight presidential guards’ officers were killed near Al Mintar in northern Gaza Tuesday morning during the continuous clashes between the presidential guards and Al Qassam members, the armed wing of…
Army invades Jenin refugee camp injures a boy and kidnaps a civilian from nearby village
Israeli forces invaded Jenin refugee camp located in Jenin city in the northern part of the West bank and injured one child, in the meantime another force invaded a nearby…
Army stops nonviolent demonstration near Bethlehem
More than 30 Israeli soldiers stopped a nonviolent demonstration to reach road settlers only road number 60 located south of Bethlehem city on Tuesday midday. The event was organized by…
Two civilians injured due to infighting in Gaza city
Palestinian medical sources reported that two were injured during clashes between the two revel parties Fatah and Hamas in Gaza city on Tuesday. The sources stated that the two sustained…
Renewed infighting in Gaza leaves one killed and five wounded
A Hamas gunman was killed and five others wounded in renewed shootouts in Gaza, despite deployment of the security forces and agreement on a ceasefire late on Monday. Media sources…
Information Minister: “Gunmen are been withdrawn, president fully supports government decisions”
Palestinian Minister of Information and the official spokesperson of the Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Monday at night that president Mahmoud Abbas met with government representatives and informed…
PFLP calls of Hamas and Fateh to end the clashes
After the violent clashes resumed in the Gaza Strip, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) demanded Hamas and Fateh movements to end the internal clashes and return…
Khalid: “What is happening in Gaza stems from the absence of law”
Taiseer Khalid, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stated on Monday that…
Jewish Man from Tel Aviv confesses to slaughtering an Arab taxi driver
Israeli media sources reported on Monday at night that a Jewish immigrant from France, living in Tel Aviv, confessed to the Israeli police that he murdered a 35-year old Arab…
Popular Committees slam the renewed Fateh-Hamas clashes
Media Office of the Popular Committees in Palestine slammed on Monday the renewed violent clashes between gunmen of Hamas and Fateh, and stated that these clashes and all sorts of…
Two Lawyers of Mandela institute visit detainees in Gabloa’ and Shatta detention facilities
Bothiana Douqmaq, and Hilal Jaber, lawyers of the Mandela institute reported that they managed to visit a number of detainees in Gilboa’ and Shatta Israeli detention facilities. The detainees complained…
Palestina Oggi 051407
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Palestine Today 051407
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Palestinian interior minister walks off as Fatah-Hamas fighting heightens
Palestinian interior minister, Hani Al-Qawasmi, resigned Monday from his post after a series of deadly infighting between the rival Hamas and Fatah parties in Gaza. Palestinian interior minister, Hani Al-Qawasmi,…