Internal clashes; 25 Palestinians killed, at least 245 injured in two days
As the internal violent clashes between Hamas and Fateh continued in the Gaza Strip, the number of Palestinians killed arrived to 25 and at least 245 were injured, including several…
Under Egyptian Patronage, Fatah and Hamas Agree to a Ceasefire
Senior leaders from both Fatah and Hamas agreed Friday to a ceasefire under the patronage of an Egyptian security delegation, during a meeting at the Egyptian embassy in Gaza city.…
Bilin village calls for National Unity
The focus of today 's weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli Wall in Bilin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, was the need to end the internal conflict…
This Week in Palestine – Week 05 2007
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Three civillians killed in factional in-fighting in Gaza Strip named
Dr Muaweyah Hasanin, the head of the Aid and Emergency department in the Palestinian Ministry of health said that three civilian fatalities have been identified as: Ramzi Abu Amshah, 25,…
Unknown Gunmen Abduct Hamas Activist in Jenin
In the West Bank city of Jenin unknown gunmen kidnapped Mohammad Al Jammal, a Hamas activist, while he was on his way to a local mosque today. Gunmen also opened…
Israeli army attacks Abu Dees village near Jerusalem and abducts three Palestinian youths
On Friday morning Israeli forces invaded the village of Abu Dees to the east of Jerusalem city, searched houses and abducted three Palestinian youths. Local sources identified the three as…
Hamas Source: Abbas and Mashaal expected to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Palestian President Mahmoud Abbbas and Khaled Mashal, head of the poliburo of Hamas, will meet in Mecca in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a bid to end the ongoing…
Two Security Officers Killed as Internal Clashes Continue in Gaza
Palestinian security sources confirmed Friday that two security officers were killed during renewed clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The killings brought to…
Army invades a town near Ramallah city and kills two PA security officers
The Israeli army invaded the town of Beitunyah near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah and killed two Palestinian Authority security officers on Friday at dawn. Israeli troops broke…
Israeli forces kill a resistance fighter and injure at least seven other civilians in Tulkarem
More than 20 Israeli military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and Tulkarem refugee camp on Thursday evening, killed one resistance fighter and injured seven other civilians.…
Presidential guards withdraw from the Islamic University in Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday night that the presidential guard forces withdrew from the Islamic University in Gaza two hours after breaking into it. Israeli sources…
PCHR weekly report on Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied territories
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories during the period between January 25 and January…
13 Palestinians killed by Israeli military fire in January
Israeli soldiers shot and killed thirteen Palestinian residents during the month on January. The number includes two children and three fighters who were extra-judicially assassinated.Israeli soldiers shot and killed thirteen…
Fifty Palestinians killed during internal clashes in January
The January death toll in inter-Palestinian clashes reached 50, with over 304 injuries. Tolls of the recent clashes have mounted to 6 deaths and 89 injuries. Two members of the…
Internal clashes on Thursday: six killed,89 injured- Egypt denies involvement
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that the number of Palestinians killed during today\’s clashes in the Gaza Strip reached six, and that 89 residents…
Palestina oggi – 020107
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Palestine Today – 020107
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Armed clashes break out between the executive forces and Presidential guards in central Gaza strip
IMEMC correspondent reported that armed clashes have broken out between the Hamas affiliated executive forces and the Fatah affiliated Presidential guard force, in central Gaza strip.
Israeli army kills a Palestinian boy near Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem
Israeli army troops shot and killed a Palestinian boy near Qalandia checkpoint located between the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Jerusalem on Thursday at midday. Tahha Qiljawi, 17, sustained…
Hamas Denounces Washington’s Fund to Palestinian Security Bodies
Hamas movement, now in power, denounced Wednesday Washington’s intention to fund Palestinian security bodies. Hamas’s spokesman, Ismail Radwan, said that the intended fund is a part of Washington’s intention to…
Palestinian Presidency Condemns Israeli Army Attack on Nablus
On Thursday the Palestinian Presidency spokesman, Nabil Abu Rodaina, condemned the Israeli army attack on the West Bank city of Nablus earlier in the day, which claimed the lives of…
Palestinian Wounded by Israeli Army Gunfire in Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources said that on Thursday the Israeli army shot and wounded a Palestinian resident to the north of Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, head of emergency department…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian civilian at Qalandia checkpoint
Israeli army troops shot and killed a Palestinian civilian at Qalandia checkpoint located between the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Jerusalem on Thursday at midday. Army sources claimed that…
Olmert investigated, testifies that Israel won the Lebanon war
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was brought before the Winograd Committee investigating the second Lebanon war. Despite a chorus of public criticism of the country's leadership, Olmert is…
Israeli army abducts five residents from a village near Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinian men were abducted by Israeli forces that invaded the village of Tafouha, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday morning. Soldiers…
One Palestinian man injured by Israeli army gunfire north of Gaza strip
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops stationed near Beit Hannoun crossing opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him. Medical sources identified the man as Talal Hgubon, 30, and…
Israeli army abducts two Palestinian men from Tulkarem
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and attacked residents' houses before abducting two men on Thursday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed downtown Tulkarem city, searched…
Israeli army invades Taqua village and abducts one man
The Israeli army has invaded the village of Taqua south east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted one man on Thursday morning. Troops…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Obadiyah village near Bethlehem
On Thursday morning, Israeli army forces invaded Obadiyah village east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted one resident. Iyad Radaidah, was taken to…
Two Palestinians killed as Israeli Army invades Nablus
Two Palestinians were killed and a third was injured when Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of Thursday morning, Palestinian sources reported.…
Settlers take Palestinian lands by force, plant trees on them
Dozens of farmers from the West Bank city of Hebron complained that Jewish settlers took their lands at gunpoint and started digging holes in the lands in preparation for planting…
US to send money and weapons to forces loyal to Abbas
The United States is seeking to arm and train the presidential guards, loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a plan that was presented to the Quartet,…
40 members of Knesset sign petition calling for impeachment of Katsav
A petition calling for the removal of President Moshe Katsav from office was submitted to the Knesset House Committee on Wednesday. The petition was signed by 40 Knesset members.The petition…
One woman injured during an Israeli Army invasion in Nablus
On Wednesday night Israeli soldiers invaded the northern west Bank city of Nablus and injured one woman, while soldiers broke into her home in an attempt to abduct her husband.…
Israeli Supreme Court rules against petition to save Beit Dijan cemetery
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that an Islamic cemetery in the village of Beit Dijan, whose residents were displaced in 1948, can be paved over. It said that the graves…
Hamas: “We will not recognize the Zionist entity”
Dr. Ismail Radwan, spokesperson of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, said on Wednesday that the movement will not recognize the “Zionist entity” and will not abandon the Palestinian national…
Israel’s former justice minister found guilty
An Israeli online daily reported on Wednesday that former justice minister Haim Ramon was found guilty of indecent behavior at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Wednesday afternoon.Ramon was found guilty…
Gaza Residents Protest against Factional Infighting
Hundreds of Palestinian residents in Gaza city took part today in an anti-infighting protest, in which they called for an end all forms of internal violence. The demonstration has been…
Detainees in Majeddo demand that Israeli army stops attacks against them
Palestinian detainees imprisoned at the Majeddo Israeli prison appealed to the international community to intervene in order to stop the continuous attacks carried out against them by the soldiers.Fateh movement…
Palestine Today – 013107
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Israeli soldier wounds a Palestinian girl with a stone
A Palestinian girl was wounded when she was hit with a stone thrown by an Israeli soldier in the village of Saida near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Palestinian…
In January: Army abducts 85 residents of Bethlehem including 22 minors and a girl
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society in Bethlehem issued a monthly report on the total number of the abductees in the West Bank District of Bethlehem during the month of January which…
Clashes erupted in Gaza following a drive-by shooting
Clashes erupted between Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah and the Executive Force of the ministry of Interior in Al-Saftawi area in the north of Gaza City, Palestinian sources…
British MPs meet with Hamas officials; criticise embargo
A private meeting between a group of senior British MPs and prominent members of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority took place in Ramallah last week, British daily The Indepentent reported on…
21 Palestinians abucted by Israeli forces in West Bank overnight (Tues/Weds)
According to an Israeli media source 21 Palestinians were arrested during the night of Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday throughout the West Bank. According to Palestinian media sources…
Israeli Army destroy Palestinian home in Nablus
Palestinian media sources reported that on Wednesday morning a Palestinian home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus was destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces. Witnesses stated that Israeli soldiers,…
Russia Calls for End of Embargo on Palestinians
Russia called yesterday for an end to the international embargo which is imposed on the Palestinian people, and urged the Quartet Committee to take relevant action. Alexander Sultanov, Deputy-foreign minister…
Olmert approves shifting route of Wall to include settlements
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has approved shifting the route of the Annexation Wall at least five kilometers eastward from the Green Line in the area of Modi'in Ilit settlement.…
Israeli forces stepping-up procedures in East Jerusalem: five Palestinian homes demolished
After demolishing three homes in East Jerusalem's Azaria, At Tur and Issawiya Tuesday, Israeli forces continued into the evening. Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality bulldozers destroyed two more Palestinian homes in At…
Palestinian child injured, two resistance fighters taken prisoner in Jenin
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday night that under-cover forces of the Israeli army infiltrated into the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and injured one child and abducted two…
PLC council convenes for first time in three months
The Palestinian Legislative Council, PLC, convened in an urgent session on Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah. This is the first time they have met in three months. The purpose of…
Palestine Today 013007
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Hamas gunman shot dead in southern Gaza
A Hamas affiliated gunman was shot dead in Khan Younies on Tuesday afternoon. It is the first fatality to be reported since the cease-fire came into effect at 3 A.M…
Jerusalem: Israeli authorites demolish two Palestinian homes on Tuesday morning
Israeli bulldozers demolished one house in Issawiya, a Palestinian neighborhood in northeast Jerusalem, and another in Ras a-Baba (The Pope's Hill) in Eizariya. The second home is located near the…
Mahmoud Abbas condemns Eilat bombing
On Tuesday the Fateh-oriented Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abass, condemned the suicide bombing in Eilat which killed three Israelis yesterday, Israeli media reported. After talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in…
An-Nasser Salah Eldin Fires a Home-made Shell at an Israeli Town
The An-Nasser Salah Eldin Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Resistance Committees, announced on Tuesday that it has fired a home-made shell at the Israeli town of Miftahim, to the…
US Government report: Israel broke US arms deal terms
A British media source reported on Monday that a US Government report has come to the conclusion that Israel probably violated the terms of its arms deals with Washington by…
Explosion in shop in Rafa, southern Gaza
Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that an explosion occured in a music shop in Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip at 4am on Tuesday morning.…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man and attacks residents houses in villages near Hebron
Israeli troops invaded the villages of Yatta and Al Samo'a near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning and abducted one Palestinian man. Ali Mur, 40, was…
Israeli Air Force bomb tunnel in Gaza
Early on Tuesday morning, the Israel Air Force attacked a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip near the Karni crossing. The army said it was designed to transport Palestinian militants…
Palestinian security officer dies of wounds he sustained on Monday
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian security officer of the 17 force, a Fatah affiliated force, died on Tuesday morning due to wounds he sustained on Monday during the…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Tammoun village
Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian man from the village of Tammoun near the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Tuesday morning. Samier Bisharat, 23, was abducted when Israeli soldiers…
Israeli army abducts 23 Palestinian men from a village near Nablus
A large Israeli army force invaded the village of Kufer Kalil to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and abducted 23 Palestinian men on Tuesday morning.…
Cease-fire Declared In Gaza Strip
A cease-fire took hold in Gaza on Tuesday morning after five days of intensified Hamas-Fateh feuding, which left 32 dead and many more injured. The truce was struck by Prime…
Following Eilat bombing, Israel to step-up operations
Following the Monday suicide bombing in Eilat, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz instructed the army to step up operations against Palestinian armed groups and said that Israel has decided to…
Construction continues in illegal settlement outposts that are slated for evacuation
The Israeli Peace Now movement reported that constructions in illegal settlement outposts on Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank continued, as four out of six illegal outposts have expanded.…
Hamas and Fateh agree on cease-fire deal
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahhar, said on Monday night that a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Fateh has been reached. The two movements agreed to withdraw all gunmen from the…
Eilat bomber hitched ride with a reserve colonel
The Israeli media reported on Monday night that the bomber, who blew himself up Monday morning in an Eilat bakery, attempted to hitch a ride to the center of the…
Abbas arrives in Cairo for talks with Mubarak
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Cairo on Monday after he concluded his trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Abbas intends to hold talks with the Egyptian president, Hosny Mubarak.The Abbas-Mubarak…
Political prisoners move to hunger strike: What is happening is an insult to what we have sacrificed
Palestinian Legislative Council member in charge of the prisoner issue, Issa Qaraqa' received a letter from two political prisoners. Abu Ali Yatta and Jamal Huwail issued their statement from Israeli…
Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem, Israeli Style
Israeli authorities are carrying out a process in East Jerusalem that can accurately be described as ethnic cleansing. It is plainly geared to uproot Palestinians from an area that historically…
Palestina oggi – 29 Gennaio, 2007
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Grand Palestinian Mufti Prohibits Infighting as Mediation Efforts Continue
Grand Palestinian Mufti, , Mohammad Hussein, declared on Monday that infighting is prohibited and called on those fighting in Gaza to refrain from doing so. “Spilling blood is forbidden and…
Three Israelis killed in Eilat Bombing
On Monday morning the first Palestinian suicide bomb attack since April 2006 occurred in a bakery in the coastal town of Eilat, killing three Israelis and injuring several others. …
Palestine Today – January 29, 2007
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President Abbas: a Unity Government Priority, no Room for Partial Solutions
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that forming a national unity government is a priority and there is no room for partial solutions. Speaking from Adis Ababa, where he is…
Gaza strip: One man killed, infighting continues, death toll still rising
One Palestinian civilian was killed on Monday afternoon in the continuous clashes between the two Palestinian rival parties Hamas and Fatah, in Gaza city. Palestinian medical sources reported that Wassfi…
Attmepted assasination of Interior Ministry office manager in Gaza
On monday afternoon armed men opened fire on the car carrying Ibrahim Salah as he was travelling in the centre of Gaza City, injuring his comapion but avoiding him. The…
Israeli army abducts 17 Palestinian men from northern West Bank areas
The Israeli army invaded several cities in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted 17 Palestinian men on Monday morning. In Qalqilia, an Israeli army force searched and…
Explosion in Fateh office: Executive Force and the Al-Qassam Brigades accused
The Fateh movement has reported that a number of missiles were set off in their office in Bani Suheila, in the east of Khan Younis, in the south of the…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian resistance operative in Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Rummana village, west of Jenin city in the northern Part of the West Bank and killed one Islamic Jihad operative on Sunday at…
Infighting continues in Gaza: One Palestinian Security Officer and a civilian killed
Palestine sources reported that one Palestinian National security officer and a civilian man were killed on Monday at midday in the Gaza strip due to continuous infighting between Hamas and…
Questa Settimana in Palestina 012707
Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3 19m 0sQuesta settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, per la settimana dal 19 al 26 Gennaio 2007 L\’esercito…
King of Saudi Arabia Invites Palestinians for a Dialogue in Makkah
King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz, called yesterday on rival factions in Palestine, Hamas and Fatah, to visit Makkah for a resolution of their differences away from violence. The…
Israeli army abducts three Palestinian men from Qalqilia
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and abducted three men on Monday morning
Exit Denied: An Escalation in the Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing
At around 12:30 am this morning I was heading back to Bethlehem, by myself, from Ramallah so as to avoid the early morning delay at the dreaded Qalandia terminal. At…
More People Killed and Wounded in Gaza Clashes
As factional infighting in Gaza continues for the fifth day consecutively, more people have been killed and wounded. Medical sources in Gaza said that a Palestinian national security member in…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Report: `Are We Proud of This?!`
Press release, Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) – Gaza: 19 Palestinians, including two children killed and at least 70 others wounded in shameful bloody clashes between Hamas and Fatah…
Electronic Intifada website leaks internal Israeli presentation documenting apartheid plan
The following is an article by the founder of the 'Electronic Intifada' website, Ali Abunimah, in which he presents the content of an internal Israeli government document that was leaked…
Palestinian leaders protest against internal clashes
Dozens of Palestinian political leaders and activists from different Palestinian factions took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the ongoing internal clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen. They…
Religious leaders take to the streets of Ramallah and Gaza City in protest of internal fighting
Religious leaders staged sit-ins Sunday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in protest of the Fateh – Hamas fighting. Chief Palestinian Justice Sheikh Taysir Tamimi issued the call to…
West Bank-based heart surgeon facing deportation
Dirgham Abu Ramadan, one of the few doctors in Palestine who performs open-heart surgery, is now facing deportation by the Israeli government due to their new restrictions on foreigners living…