Fateh gunman injured in infighting with Hamas gunmen
Monday afternoon, one Fateh gunman was shot and injured during armed clashes between Palestinian security sources loyal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen. The clashes erupted after a disagreement over who…
Fighter killed as he was preparing explosives in Gaza
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday evening that one fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, was killed…
Palestina Oggi 030507
Click to download MP3 File || 4.47 MB || 4m 50s Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per lunedi 5 marzo 2007. A Hebron si…
Palestine Today 030507
Click here to download or play MP3 file || 4.57 MB || Time 5m 0s Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday March…
Fatah, Hamas agree on Minister of Foreign Affairs
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister designate Ismael Haniyeh have finally agreed on the name of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was one of the issues on the…
Villagers barred from their land in Tulkarem area
Residents of the West Bank village of Far’oun near Tulkarem said that they have not been able to enter their farmland since the Israeli army closed the gate in the…
Palestinian resistance foils an invasion attempt near Jenin
Palestinian resistance foiled on Monday midday an Israeli army attempt to invade the village of Qabatiya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. A group of resistance fighters from…
Palestinian nurses take the streets demanding their overdue salaries
Palestinian nurses working in the ministry of health took the streets in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday midday. The nurses demanded the Palestinian Authority to pay…
Israeli army abducts two teens from a village near Nablus
The Israeli army abducted two Palestinian teens on Monday morning from the village of Burka, north of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank. Soldiers invaded the…
Non-violent protest in Hebron
The Palestinian Popular Committee in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, organized on Monday midday a non-violent protest against the Israeli army massures of restricting Palestinian residents’ movement in…
Israeli army surrounds the village of Dier Istiya
The Israeli army surrounded the village of Dier Istiya, north of Salfit city, in the northern part of the West Bank on Monday. Residents reported that the Israeli forces kept…
Report: 13 Palestinians killed, 188 injured by Israeli army fire during February 2007
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza issued a report on Monday which stated that 13 Palestinians including one woman, were killed while 188 others were injured by Israeli army…
Army invades Al Duha village near Bethlehem
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Al Duha west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday midday. Local sources reported that army vehicles and soldiers…
Israeli army abducts a Palestinian civilian east of Tubass
The Israeli soldiers stationed at Tayasser checkpoint east of the northern West Bank city of Tubass abducted one Palestinian civilian on Monday. Troops stopped the man and searched him, then…
Keep Hope Alive campaign holds second International Planting Day
On Saturday March 3rd the Joint Advocacy Initiative of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine held this year’s second International Planting Day. Over 40 international participants, along with…
Maria doesn’t know she’ll never walk
Maria Aman was seriously wounded in a targeted killing in Gaza some ten months ago. Since then she has been hospitalized in Israel, paralyzed from the neck down. Her father…
Abbas, Haniyya Gaza meeting fails in making progress on unity government
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and acting Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, met in Gaza on Sunday in an attempt to push forward the formation of the Palestinian Unity Government, but the…
Israeli forces desecrate Qur’an and force Palestinians to undress in detention center
Bethlehem resident Adnan Shnaith is imprisoned in Al Mascobia, or the Russian Compound, in West Jerusalem. He reported to a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner Society that since his detention…
Palestinians in Gaza are Deprived of a Vital Food Source
Since the abduction by Palestinian resistance groups of an Israeli soldier Gila’d Shalit in June25, 2006, the Israeli gun ships have prevented Palestinians from fishing off the coast. This has…
Israel claims that Syrians threw 10 mines into Israel on Saturday afternoon
Senior Israeli military sources reported that the Israeli army located ten anti-personnel mines that were allegedly thrown by Syrians into Israel on Saturday afternoon. Military sappers arrived in the area…
Caught on tape: “Army still using civilians as human shields”
A scene caught on tape by the Associated Press raised questions on the Israeli army practices in using Palestinian civilians as human shields during its invasion to the Palestinian occupied…
Sarid: “In 1967, Israeli army executed 250 unarmed Egyptian soldiers”
Former Meretz party leader in Israel, Yossi Sarid said in an interview with the Egyptian daily, Al Ahram, that the Israeli army executed 250 unarmed Egyptian soldiers at the end…
Questa settimana in Palestina No. 09 2007
Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3 20m 23s http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/03/35501…0.mp3Questa settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, per la settimana dal 24 febbraio al 2…
Five Gunmen Abduct a Palestinian Civilian in Khan Younis
Palestinian media sources reported that five unknown gunmen abducted Saturday a resident of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. Mohammad Shahin, 22, owner of an internet café, has…
Three civilians injured, two taken prisoner in Nablus
Israeli forces invading the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and injured three Palestinian residents, and abducted two others in the Old City. The…
King Abdullah: “Israel must choose between peace or being a fortress”
King Abdullah of Jordan stated on Friday night that Israel must make a choice between the mentality of being a fortress, and living in peace with its neighbors.During an interview…
Unity Government to be declared on Sunday
Palestinian governmental sources reported on Friday that the Unity Government will be announced after a meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas, and the acting Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya on Sunday.The sources,…
Israel wants an “improved version of the Arab peace initative”
An Israeli online daily reported on Thursday that Israel is “expecting the Arab league to adopt an improved version of the Saudi peace plan. Arab leaders will meet in a…
Saraya Al Quds leader: Palestinian blood is not cheap
A week before Israeli forces assassinated Ashraf As Saadi in Jenin Refugee Camp this Wednesday, the West Bank's Saraya Al Quds leader carried his colleague's coffin in a funeral procession.Israeli…
Government donates funds for reconstruction efforts after invasion of Nablus’ Old City
Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Nasser Addin Al Sha'er, surveyed the latest damages incurred in Nablus' Old City during the recent four days of Israeli military invasion The…
Haniyya appeals to factions to speed-up choosing ministers for unity government
Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, appealed to the Palestinian factions who want to participate in the unity government to speed-up in choosing their candidates. He warned that further delays…
This Week in Palestine – Week 9, 2007
Click Here to download MP3 File || 18.3 MB || 20m:0sWelcome to This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for February 24th through…
Non-Violent protest in Um Salamoneh
On Friday, the village of Um Salamoneh, near Bethlehem in the southern part of the West Bank, was the scene of a non-violent protest against the construction of the illegal…
Bil’in : 19 protesters among them two children were injured in the Weekly Non Violent protest
On Friday, in the weekly demonstration against the illegal wall in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, soldiers shot two children at a range of less than…
PM Designate: Consultations on Unity Government Concluded
Palestinian Prime Minister designate, Ismail Haniya, confirmed Friday that consultations on the upcoming unity government have been finalized. He called on both Hamas and Fatah to submit the names of…
Clashes in Bethlehem, one arrest
On Friday, youths clashed with Israeli troops at Bethlehem’s Rachel’s Tomb, near the illegal wall. Troops fired tear gas and stun grenades at stone-throwing youths.
PCHR weekly report on Israeli violations of human rights in the OPT
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between February 22 – February 28.…
Israeli troops carry out further invasion of Nablus
Several hours after the Israeli army concluded a large military offensive in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, troops re-invaded the city on Friday morning firing rounds of live…
Israeli army imposes full closure on the West Bank
The Israeli army imposed a full closure on Thursday at midnight of the occupied West Bank ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts on Saturday night, an Israeli…
Palestina Oggi 030107
Click here for MP3 File || 4.57 MB || 5m 15sPalestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per giovedi 1 marzo 2007 L’esercito israeliano continua la…
Palestine Today 030107
Click Here to Download MP3 file || 3.57 MB || Time 4m 0sPalestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday March 1st, 2007. The…
Israeli soldiers attack and beat up six Palestinian civilians
A group of Israeli soldiers attacked and beat up six Palestinian farmers who were working in their lands near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. The…
Palestinian resistance launch five home-made shells at Israeli settlement
Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza strip launched five home-made shells at Israeli targets in the northern part of Israel on Thursday morning. The attack targeted Israeli military instillations near…
Israeli troops invade a village near Salfit and abduct four civilians
On Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan, west of Salfit city in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted four Palestinian civilians. Ten armored…
Israeli settler injured in the northern West Bank
An Israeli settler was moderately injured in a shooting attack in the northern West Bank on Thursday midday. The attack happened near an Israeli army checkpoint north of Qalqilia city,…
Non-Violent Protestors Defeat Israeli Bulldozer by Sitting on It
On Thursday the Palestine Solidarity Project released information about yesterday’s events in Um Salamoneh village. The Palestinian village stands to lose 700 dunams of vital farmland to the construction of…
Nablus: Israeli army offensive continues for the fifth consecutive day
The Israeli army continued on Thursday its military offensive nicknamed as ‘Hot Winter’ for the fifth consecutive day, targeting the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Today the city witnessed…
One Palestinian abducted by Israeli troops from Al Yamoun village
Ahmad Al Ja’bari, from the village of Al Yamoun west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, was abducted by Israeli troops during a military invasion of the village on…
Israeli forces abduct two Palestinians from Tulkarem
Israeli forces invaded Tulkarem refugee camp in the city of Tulkarem in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted two Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. Wa’el Id’ibes, 23,…
Israeli army invades a Palestinian refugee camp near Tubas; four civilians injured, two abducted
The Israeli army invaded Al Far’a refugee camp south of Tubass city in the northern part of the West Bank on Thursday morning. During the invasion, Israeli troops attacked and…
Israeli sources: “Olmert and Abbas plan to meet in two weeks”
An Israeli online daily reported on Thursday at dawn that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will meet in two week’s time to resume…
Mandela Institute: “Detainees in solitary confinement describe their lives as a slow death”
Lawyer of Mandela Institute for Human Rights – Palestine, Botheina Doqmaq, stated that detainees living in solitary confinement in Israeli prisons are facing harsh living conditions and that they are…
Israel plans to build a settlement neighborhood near Qalanida checkpoint
The ‘Arabs48’ news website published an article based on a report by an Israeli newspaper on Wednesday morning, stating that the Israeli Government is preparing a plan to construct a…
Israeli troops training in the Negev seriously wound a Bedouin child
A twelve-year old Bedouin child was shot in the head as she was herding her family’s cattle near an Israeli military base in the northern Negev. The Israeli military police…
Senior Israeli military officials call for a large offensive in Gaza
Senior Israeli officials of the Gaza Israeli military Brigade claimed that Palestinian factions, especially Hamas, are preparing at least ten tunnels that lead to Israeli area, and that Hamas is…
Palestina Oggi 022807
Click here for MP3 file || 4.57 MB || 5m 15sPalestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per mercoledì 28 febbraio 2007 Tre palestinesi sono stati…
Palestine Today 022807
Click Here to Download MP3|| 4.57 MB || Time 5m 0sPalestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday February 28th, 2007. Three Palestinians were…
Nablus: Israeli soldier wounded as roadside bomb detonates near mlitary vehicle he was riding in
The jeep was hit as troops continue their invasion of Nablus.
Israeli army continues military offensive in Nablus
The Israeli army has continued on Wednesday morning its military offensive nicknamed as "Hot Winters", targeting the northern West Bank city of Nablus. On Wednesday morning Israeli tanks and…
State Police ban interfaith news conference opposing Al –Aqsa ‘excavations’
On Wednesday the Israeli police force entered a hotel in East Jerusalem, where a news conference was to be held by Muslim and Christian figures opposing recent excavation works near…
Israeli army bulldozers destroy farm lands near Bethlehem
Several army bulldozers resumed on Wednesday morning, destroying farm lands that is privately owned by Palestinian farmers from the village of Um Salamunah near the southern West Bank city of…
17 Palestinians taken prisoner in the West Bank, including a law maker
The Israeli army had invaded several parts of the West Bank on Wednesday morning and abducted at least 17 residents, among them a Palestinian legislator. The Israeli army had invaded…
Israeli force assassinates three Palestinians in Jenin
Three Palestinians were assassinated by an undercover Israeli army unit in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Wednesday morning. Three Palestinians were assassinated by an undercover Israeli…
Two civilians injured, two taken prisoner during anti-Wall protest near Bethlehem
Two Palestinian civilians were injured, and two were taken prisoner, during Tuesday clashes between farmers and residents of Um Salmouna village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The clashes…
Awad: “Haniyya met with Fateh and Hamas leaders”
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that the acting Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas party, held in his Gaza office a meeting with Fateh and Hamas leaders for further…
PFLP General Command to participate in unity government, PPP still undecided, ALF rejects
Dr. Adel abdul-Hakim, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, said that on February 20 the acting Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, invited the Front…
Israeli troops carried out 40 invasions in Jenin in February
A report prepared and published by the National Institutions Office in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, revealed that in February Israeli troops carried out 40 invasions…
UN Official Urges World Community to Match ‘Courage’ of Palestinian Unity Government
The agreement to form a new Palestinian Unity Government challenges the International community to “match the courage and compromises” shown by the rival parties with “bold steps of its own,”…
Palestina Oggi 022707
Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3 || 4.57 MB || 5m 15sPalestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per martedì 27 febbraio 2007 L’esercito israeliano…
Palestine Today 022707
Click here to download MP3 File || 4.57 MB || Time 5m 0s Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday February 27th, 2007.…
Aljamali: Suffering of Palestinians in Iraq has Increased since U.S Invasion
Living conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Iraq have been steadily deteriorating since the U.S invasion of the Arab country in 2003, Mahmoud Aljamali, coordinator of the Civil Network for…
Murder of Hebron Settler: Two Palestinian teens confess under interrogation
Israeli media sources on Tuesday announced that the illegal Israeli settler whose corpse was found late on Sunday night was 42 year-old father of three, Erez Levanon from Bat Ayin…
Israeli forces abduct four Palestinian civilians near Hebron
Israeli forces have abducted four Palestinian civilians from villages located near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning, Palestinian sources reported. Monif Hamdan and…
Israeli army pulls out of Nablus without ending operation
The Israeli forces that invaded northern West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday morning left the city on Tuesday morning. No official statements regarding the status of the military offensive…
PM Designate Advisor: ‘People’s Party and Third Way to Join Unity Cabinet’
Both the Palestinian People’s Party and the Third Way bloc will join the upcoming Palestinian unity cabinet, advisor of Palestinian PM designate Ahmad Yousef stated Tuesday. “Leaders of both parliamentary…
Israeli war-ship opens fire at Palestinian fishermen in Rafah
Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli war-ship opened heavy gunfire at Palestinian fishing boats and civilians at Tal Al Sultan beach, on the Rafah city coast in the southern Gaza…
Israeli army abducts a Palestinian worker near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military roadblock east of Jerusalem have abducted a Palestinian worker on his way to work in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Raed Rabaiah, 24, originally from…
Israeli army abducts two civilians east of Qalqilia
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Jayous, east of Qalqilia city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers searched and ransacked a number of…
Journalists condemn attacks on media during ongoing Nablus invasion
Since 60 military vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the northern West Bank's Nablus City on Sunday at 1:00 am, the attacks have been continuous. The French government appealed Tuesday morning…
EU External Relations Commissioner: EU Committed to Helping the Palestinian People
European Union’s External Relations Commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Walnder, said that the EU is committed to helping the Palestinian people through temporary mechanisms. Walnder was speaking to reporters upon arriving in the…
Palestina Oggi 022607
Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3 || 5.57 MB || 6m 10s https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/media/2007/02//363574.mp3Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per lunedi 26 febbraio 2007 Un…
Palestine Today 022607
the Audio link http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2007/02//363554.mp3 File 5.57 MB Time 6m0sPalestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday February 26th, 2007. A Palestinian man was killed…
Israeli army attacks Nablus hospitals
Israeli forces attacked a field-hospital in the old city of Nablus, forced doctors and health workers outside, and searched and destroyed medical equipment on Monday afternoon. Israeli forces attacked a…
Gush Shalom: Israeli Army Attack on Nablus a Provocative Action
Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, called Monday the ongoing Israeli army attack on the West Bank city of Nablus ‘irresponsible provocative action’, reiterating belief that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert…
Spokesman of Hamas Parliamentary Bloc Soon to Announce Names of New Cabinet
Salah Albardawil, spokesman of the Hamas bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council, confirmed Monday that the names of the new Palestinian cabinet will be made public within the next few…
Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian man in Iraq
Sources in the Iraqi capital Baghdad reported on Monday that a Palestinian refugee was killed by a group of unknown gunmen. The man who is identified as Anwar Mohamed was…
Palestinian civilian killed as Israeli army offensive continues in Nablus
A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Monday at midday by Israeli army gunfire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The military offensive continues for the second…
PSIS Report Documents One Week of Israeli Violations Against Palestinians
The Israeli army has killed one Palestinian, wounded 16 and taken prisoner 122 others over a period of one week, the Palestinian Authority-run 'Palestinian State Information Service' documented. The report…
Israeli army abducts ten Palestinian civilians near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Rumanah located west of Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank on Monday morning and abducted ten Palestinian civilians. A…
Musical comedy on West Bank wins Oscar for best live action short film
"West Bank Story," a short musical comedy touching on life in the West Bank, was awarded an Oscar for best live action short film on Sunday. "Oh my God," the…
One Israeli Settler found dead near Hebron
One Israeli illegal settler was found dead on Sunday evening near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli police stated that the man was stabbed to death and…
Palestinian woman dies of wounds sustained two weeks ago in Al Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported on Sunday that a Jerusalem woman died of wounds she sustained two weeks ago. She was injured during an Israeli attack that targeted people…
Amir Peretz: Upcoming Palestinian Government Must Meet International Demands
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said Sunday that the upcoming Palestinian government should meet the international demands concerning recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence and acceptance of previously signed agreements,…
Member of Executive Force Wounded in Khan Younis
Palestinian security sources reported Sunday that a member of the Hamas executive force was shot and wounded by unknown gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. The…
Army carries out a large scale offensive in Nablus
Israeli soldiers started a wide-scaled military offensive in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, on Sunday at dawn. The offensive included at least six abductions, imposing curfew,…
PMOH Appeals for Lifting an Israeli Siege of Nablus’ Hospitals
The Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMOH) appealed Sunday to concerned bodies to intervene to lift the Israeli army's tightened control over main hospitals in the West Bank city of Nablus.…
BADIL Center: “Israel is practicing ethnic cleansing”
Human rights organizations testify about Israel’s ongoing policy of population transfer, also known as “ethnic cleansing,” to the UN’s anti racism body. A press release by BADIL Resource Center for…
Five year old girl terrified to death after Israeli forces arrest her father
Late last night a five year old girl died in a southern West Bank hospital after weeks of struggling with her condition. The Palestinian Prisoner Society's Hebron branch issued the…
Israel plans to construct 1500 settlement housing units on private Palestinian lands
Israeli sources reported on Saturday night after midnight that the so-called Supreme Planning Council for settlements in the occupied West Bank, authorized recently the construction of what was described as…
Israeli Deputy Defense Minister denies report Israel is holding talks over attacking Iran
The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, denied on Saturday reports which stated that Israel is holding talks with the United States over a potential attack against nuclear facilities in…