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Mother of detainee: “I don’t know how to tell him that his father is dead”
Um Da’oud (the mother of Da’oud) does not know how she can tell her son, Amer, who has been detained by Israel since seven years, that his father died, especially…
Nazareth; thousands protest in support for Dr. Azmi Bishara
Thousands of Arab residents of Israel protested on Saturday in Nazareth in support to Dr. Azmi Bishara, the former Arab member of Knesset, after the Israeli Authorities claimed this week…
Barghouthi: “Only the Ministers Council is authorized to set date for local elections”
Palestinian Minister of Local Government, Mohammad Al Barghouthi, stated on Saturday that his latest meeting with Hanna Nasser, head of the Central Elections Committee, is a primary meeting to set…
P.A presidency slams the Israeli attacks in Gaza
A spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli Saturday attack in the Gaza Strip where three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli shelling to an area east…
Hamas’s exiled leader, Khaled Mash’al, says resistance is ‘a legitimate right’
The exile-based political supreme leader of Hamas, Khaled Mash’al stated Saturday in Cairo that ‘resisting the Israeli occupation’ is a legitimate right for the Palestinian people. Masha’l, who is based…
President Abbas says he is optimistic that the economic embargo will be lifted
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he is optimistic over possible end to internationally-imposed economic embargo. Abbas’s remarks came during a meeting he held Saturday with the Egyptian President Husni Mubarak…
Non-violent action on Palestinian land occupied by Israeli convict
On Saturday morning Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists accompanied a Palestinian farmer to his land near Al Khader village, in the southern West Bank Bethlehem district. Their intention was…
Israeli Settlers and troops attack Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists near Hebron
200 Israeli illegal settlers and soldiers attacked Palestinian farmers, international and Israeli peaceful activists who were protesting in stolen Palestinian land in Yatta village south of Hebron in the southern…
One civilian kidnapped from Hebron by the Israeli army
The Israeli army attacked and searched a number of homes in Hebron city on Saturday and kidnapped one civilian. Mohamed Missik, 19, was taken from his home after Israeli troops…
The Israeli army storms Nablus under a barge of heavy fire
An Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus under a barge of heavy fire on Saturday morning. Troops attacked and searched homes in the old city are…
One Palestinian civilians abducted by Israeli troops near Hebron
One Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by Israeli troops at a military checkpoint near Ithna village west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday. Abd Al Rahman Badran,…
Army attacks a training school and kidnaps one student in Qalqilia
An Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia attacked a training school in the city and kidnapped one student on Saturday afternoon. Troops surrounded the school…
Four Palestinian resistance fighters killed in Gaza, three by Israeli gunfire
Four Palestinian resistance fighters were killed Saturday in two separate incidents, three by Israeli army gunfire, Palestinian medics in Gaza said. The Israeli army, stationed on Gaza Israel-Gaza border line,…
P.A Information minister visits Spain, meets Moratinos
Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed at the Spanish Foreign Ministry, the Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Who is also the official spokesperson of the Palestinian National…
Israel claims Israeli settler disappeared near Tulkarem
The Israeli Authorities informed the Tulkarem Palestinian District Coordination Office that the army intends to operate in the area after Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli settler went missing…
Minister of Social Affairs meets French general-consul
Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs, Saleh Zeidan, met in Gaza on Thursday evening with the French general-consul in Jerusalem, Alain Remy, and discussed with him the latest developments in the…
EU Commissioner Louis Michel calls for preservation of humanitarian space in Middle East
Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is assessing the humanitarian situation in the Middle East, in the context of a five day visit to the region.…
The Israeli army attack the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in injures three
On Friday, villagers from the Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli peace activists, marched in the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal…
This Week In Palestine – week 17 2007
Click here to play or download MP3 file || 19.2MB || Time 21m 0s|| This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for April…
From Jerusalem to Beit Jala: scene similar to that on either side of Israeli occupied Syrian border
Most of the family could not accompany Umm Issam’s body to the cemetery. They were from Hebron and were not allowed to pass the Israeli checkpoint in Beit Jala along…
Israeli army detonates an explosive device near the wall surrounding Gaza
Israeli army troops found a suspicious device near the wall that surrounds the Gaza Strip, a military spokesperson said on Friday. Sappers unit arrived at the scene and safely detonated.…
Peaceful demonstration against the illegal wall and settlements near Bethlehem
On Friday midday Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists held a non-violent demonstration near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protesting against illegal Israeli settlement expansion and the Illegal…
Israeli army kidnap elderly woman from a village near Hebron
An elderly Palestinian woman was kidnapped by Israeli forces which invaded and searched homes in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West…
Three civilians kidnapped from Bethlehem by inavding Israeli forces
The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and kidnapped three civilians on Friday morning.A massive Israeli force invaded the city, troops searched and ransacked homes in…
One Palestinian security officer killed during a car chase in Ramallah
Palestinian sources reported that a Palestinian security officer died during an armed car chase in Al Birah town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday night. Mohamed…
Unknown gunmen kill security officer and wound three policemen at Rafah terminal
Palestinian sources confirmed Friday that one national security personnel was killed and three other policemen were wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire at the Rafah crossing terminal in Rafah, Gaza.…
Palestina Oggi 042607
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file Time 4m19 sBenvenuti a PAlestina Oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per giovedi 26 Aprile 2007. L’esercito…
EU: “Aid to the Palestinians will bypass unity government”
The European Union stated that its aid will bypass the Palestinian National Unity Government until it accepts the conditions of the Quartet committee. The statement was made by the EU…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Israeli army killed 9 Palestinians, including two children”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report documenting the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories in the period between…
Nazzal: “Mashal-Abbas meeting will be in Cairo”
Mohammad Nazzal, member of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas, stated on Thursday that the meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas political Bureau…
DFLP slams Israeli attempts to demolish Higher Islamic Council building in Jerusalem
The leftist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) slammed on Thursday the Israeli plans to demolish the building of the Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem. The Front considered…
Erekat: “We value the Egyptian efforts to enforce the truce”
Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, head of the Negotiation Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization, stated on Thursday that the Palestinian leadership values the Egyptian efforts to enforce the truce, and called…
EU parliament calls on the PA to secure the release of BBC reporter
The European Union Parliament passed a resolution today calling for the unconditional release of BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, who was abducted in Gaza six weeks ago. The EU parliament's resolution…
Palestine Today 042607
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Israeli army detains Palestinian shepherds near Nablus
The Israeli army detained a group of Palestinian shepherds for several hours south of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank on Thursday. Local sources reported that…
UN report: Rafah Crossing terminal was closed 50% during April
A United Nations report said Thursday that Israel kept the Rafah crossing terminal closed half of the scheduled opening days between 4 and April17. The Office of Coordination of Humanitarian…
Palestinian resistance fighter dies of wounds sustained last year
Palestinian sources reported late on Wednesday night that a Palestinian fighter died of wounds he sustained in November 2006. Omer Abu Shari'a, 26, was critically injured when an Israeli war…
Egyptian officials in Gaza say Palestinians will stop rocket fire if Israel cancels attacks
Media reports said Thursday that the Palestinian resistance groups returned to a truce with Israel following a meeting of their representatives with senior Egyptian security officials in Gaza. A meeting…
Two civilians kidnapped by Israeli army near Ramallah
Israeli forces invaded Al Jalazon refugee camp located in the northern part of the central West Bank city of Ramallah and kidnapped two residents on Thursday. Jamal Nakhlah, 40, and…
PFLP attack Israeli army vehicles in central and northern parts of West Bank
Palestinian resistance fighters targeted two Israeli army vehicles in two deferent attacks in central and northern parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn. The fist attack took place…
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Israeli army kidnaps five civilians from Nablus
The Israeli army kidnapped five civilians during a pre-dawn invasion of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Thursday. A massive Israeli force…
Palestinian refugee and his Iraqi nephew, both killed in Iraq
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that one Palestinian refugee died in an explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, as he was heading with his Iraqi nephew to hospital to receive…
Israeli troops advance into Khan Younis and uproot farmlands, civiliain injured in Jabalia
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday night that several Israeli military vehicles invaded Soufa area, south-east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One…
Barghouthi meets German Foreign Minister
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the Palestinian Minister of Information and spokesperson of the National Unity Government, met on Wednesday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He described the meeting as positive.Barghouthi…
MIFTAH calls for reforming security devices
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) called for reforming all security devices on professional basis far away from political orientations in order to regain…
Time will Never Heal this Wound
For Israeli Jews, this week was all about celebrations, barbecues and oversized blue and white flags fluttering in the spring breeze as their country celebrated the 59th anniversary of its…
Alto mando del ejército israelà dice a los niños de las escuelas que sabÃa que la guerra del LÃbano
Fuentes mediáticas israelÃes informaron el miércoles que el General Gadi Eisenkott, comandante mayor del “GOC†del norte, admitió que Israel se embarcó en la segunda guerra con LÃbano el año…
Israeli army to launch limited military attack on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered his military to carry out limited pinpoint operations inside the Gaza Strip, in what Israel termed ‘foiling more Qassam-rocket fire at Israel and the…
Palestine Today 042507
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 4.57 MB|| Time 5m0s ||Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for…
Former Palestinian foreign Minister Al-Zahar wonders ‘where does Israel exist?’
Former Palestinian foreign minister and a Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, wondered Tuesday where Israel exists, saying his movement will lose confidence in the national unity government, should it not fulfil…
Last extremist settlers removed from dismantled illegal W.B settlement of Homesh
The Israeli army issued a statement on Wednesday saying that Israeli border police had removed the last right-wing Israeli settlers from the ruins of what used to be the illegal…
Army shells areas in Beit Hanoun in the southern Gaza strip
Israeli tanks stationed at the borders near Beit Hanoun city in the southern part of the Gaza strip shelled homes on Wednesday at dawn. Houses sustained damage but Palestinian sources…
One Palestinian refugee killed in Iraq
Palestinian sources in the Iraqi capital Baghdad reported that a Palestinian refugee was killed on Wednesday by an explosion in down town area. Mohamed Shuhada, was on his way to…
Israeli forces kidnap two men and bee hives from Beit Omer near Hebron
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Beit Omer south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron kidnapped two civilians and bee hives on Wednesday morning. Troops invaded…
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
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file Benvenuti a Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per martedi 24 Aprile 2007. Una serie di scontri…
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
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 2.66MB || Time 3m 0sBenvenuti a Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per lunedi 23 Aprile…
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…