Condoleeza Rice takes no stance on unity government in meeting with Palestinian President
The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but did not make a statement either supporting or rejecting the Palestinian unity government. The government,…
Israeli Prime Minister to Shun Palestinian Unity Government
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said Sunday during a weekly cabinet meeting that he would shun any Palestinian government that does not meet the international Quartet’s demands to recognize Israel,…
Israeli Army Wounds a Palestinian Civilian in Gaza
The Israeli army wounded a Palestinian resident of northern Gaza, and Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishermen on Gaza’a shoreline. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, Director of the Emergency Department…
Israeli Army Invades Jenin City
Early on Sunday, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin using dozens of armored vehicles, local Palestinian security sources confirmed. The sources said that scores of Israeli…
Palestinian Parliament Condemns an Attack on an MP’s House in Gaza
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) condemned Thursday an attack by unknown gunmen on the house of MP Yousef Alsherafi in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement released by the…
Questa settimana in Palestina
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Palestinian prisoners at Etzion military detention camp go on hunger strike
Scores of Palestinian prisoners in Etzion Israeli military detention camp south of Bethlehem city, in the southern part of The West Bank, declared a hunger strike on Saturday. The action…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Beit Jalla city
Israeli forces abducted Ibraheem Al Kurbi, 36, from Beit Jalla city in the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday at dawn. Several Israeli military vehicles stormed downtown Biet…
Israeli settler lightly injured in the West Bank
An Israeli settler was injured when he was traveling in his car that was stoned by Palestinians, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank, late on Friday. Israeli sources…
Two Palestinian men living in Israel assaulted by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men
Two Palestinian men from the town of Qalansuwa, inside the green line, were injured during a scuffle that broke out at a home of the Bnei Brak family on Saturday.…
Poll: Majority of Palestinians Back Makkah Deal, 62% also Support Feb.19 Summit
A majority of the Palestinian people back the Makkah deal, while 62% support the upcoming three-way summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and US Secretary…
Amnesty International Calls on Palestinian Leaders to Ensure Protection for Civilians
Amnesty International called yesterday on Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, to ensure protection for Palestinian civilians is on the upcoming agenda of the expected national…
Israeli sources: “Rice and Olmert are angry with Abbas for signing unity deal”
Israeli sources reported on Friday that the U.S secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, are angry with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, for signing…
Army invades village near Hebron, injures several residents
The Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported that Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday afternoon the village of Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The soldiers clashed with…
Formal talks on forming government start Saturday
Senior Palestinian sources reported on Friday evening that official talks on forming the new unity cabinet will start on Saturday. The talks will be held with parliamentarian blocs and independent…
This Week in Palestine – Week 07 2007
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Eleven injured in the weekly protest in Bil’in village
On Friday, 300 protestors from the village of Bilin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, joined with Israeli and international supporters. They marched in the weekly protest in…
Israeli police prevent Muslims access to Jerusalem Mosque for prayer
Palestinian sources reported that Israel increased its military presence around Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram Al-Sharif area, also known as the Temple Mount, in the old city of Jerusalem on…
Israeli airline extends racist policies to include transport of deceased passengers
Racial profiling is common practice at airports and is often used against Arabs traveling to and from Palestine and Israel. Now an Israeli airline is even refusing to carry the…
US deny statement related to boycotting new PA government
US Secretary of State Rice denies news that American administration informed President Abbas that it will not deal with new government if Prime Minister Haniya remains in his position
Israeli Settlers occupy a Palestinian house in Hebron
Palestinian sources in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday at night that a group of Israeli settlers occupied an old Palestinian house close…
Olmert expresses support for transferring four Jordanian detainees to Jordan
An Israeli online daily reported on Thursday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, expressed support for transferring four Jordanian detainees to their country of origin to continue the remainder…
PCHR Weekly report on Israeli violations of Human Rights in the Palestinian territories
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza, published on Thursday its weekly report on the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. The report concerns violations…
Israeli Police in Jerusalem on high alert Friday
Israeli news reported on Thursday night that Israeli Police Commissioner, Moshe Karadi, said during a security assessment that some 3,000 police and Border Police forces will be deployed on Friday…
US will boycott new Palestinian Unity Government
Aides to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that the United States has informed Abbas that it will boycott the new National Unity Government because it “will not…
Bethlehem suffering because of Israel’s land Confiscation Policy
Bethlehem and Jerusalem are the hardest hit this year by settlement expansion and land confiscation. Today in the south central West Bank Israeli forces said they will confiscate 17 dunams…
During his meeting with Abbas, Haniyya resigns and receives official notice to form new government
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, submitted his official resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas, and received from him an official notice to form the new…
Palestina Oggi 021507
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Fatah and Hamas Agree to Constitutional Procedures Ahead of Unity Government
Officials from both Hamas and Fatah declared Thursday that their movments would start constitutional procedures ahead of forming the national unity government agreed upon in the Saudi Arabian city of…
Palestine Today 021507
Click on Link to download or play MP3 filePalestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday February 15th, 2007. Excavation near Al Aqsa mosque…
Implementation of Makkah Deal Faces Hamas Conditions
Implementation of the Makkah deal between Fatah and Hamas on a unity government has faced three conditions set by Hamas prior to the resignation of Ismael Haniyeh cabinet, Palestinian President’s…
Six Hundred French Tourists Visit Bethlehem
Led by the Arch-Bishop of Paris Andre the 23rd, around six hundred French tourists visited the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. Led by the Arch-Bishop of Paris…
PLC Member Abu Houli: ‘To Make Mecca Deal Sustainable, Hamas Should Abandon Rhetoric’
In a special interview with IMEMC correspondent in Gaza, Ahmad Abu Houli, a Fatah member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said that the success of the latest Mecca deal…
Israel launches webcam coverage of Al Aqsa excavation
On Thursday the Israeli Antiquities Authority, who started demolishing an entrance to the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem last Tuesday, launched online visual coverage of the excavation it is continuing…
Israeli forces abduct one Palestinian youth from Qabatiya village near Jenin
Palestinian sources reported that a massive Israeli force invaded the village of Qabatiya, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted one local youth on Thursday morning.…
Israeli army levels seven Palestinian homes in Hebron and nearby villages
Israeli forces destroyed seven houses and at least 13 other structures privately owned by Palestinians in Hebron city and nearby villages in the southern West Bank on Wednesday. The attacks…
Army invades Nablus, attacks houses and abducts five Palestinian men
On Thursday morning Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Beit Ein Al Maie refugee camp, attacked residents’ houses and abducted five civilians. Soldiers…
Residents of Nablus hold a peaceful protest against checkpoints and occupation
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians, members of the People’s Committee to Break the Siege and non-governmental organizations held on Wednesday a massive non-violent protest in Nablus against the Israeli occupation, roadblocks,…
46% of the Israel’s Jewish population supports renewing talks with P.A unity government
Forty-six percent of the Jewish population in Israel supports renewing peace talks with the new Palestinian National Unity government, if and when it is established, a study conducted by the…
Abbas delays Thursday speech assigning new government
In what seems to be a new internal crisis between Hamas and Fateh, the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has cancelled his Thursday speech, in which he was supposed to officially…
Sabri: “Digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque aims to gain control over it”
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, slammed the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He considers it part of an Israeli plan to…
Palestina Oggi 021407
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Palestine Today 021407
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 5m 0s || 4.50MB || Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday February…
Army abducts six Palestinian men from the old city of Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army abducted six Palestinian men from the old city of Hebron in the southern West Bank on Wednesday afternoon. According to the sources troops…
Unknown gunmen attack Palestinian officer in Rafah
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked the car of a Palestinian officer while he was traveling to work via the Dier Al Balah – Rafah road…
Israeli army conducts an abduction campaign against demonstrators in Jerusalem
Israeli forces launched a major abduction campaign in the Old City of Jerusalem and nearby neighborhoods on Tuesday, targeting Palestinians who had participated in demonstrations against the destruction at Al…
Army abducts five Palestinian men from Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces invaded Yatta, Hallul and Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted five men on Wednesday morning. Israeli soldiers attacked…
Haniyya: “Still too early to talk about government resignation”
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas party, stated on Tuesday that it is still early for the Palestinian government to resign in the context of the Palestinian Unity…
Israeli army abducts six Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces have invaded a number of cities and villages in the northern and southern parts of the West Bank and abducted six men on Wednesday…
Palestina Oggi 021307
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Hamas official accuses U.S and Israel of planning collapse of Palestinian unity government
Hamas official and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Yahia Mousa, said that the United States and Israel are planning to bring about the collapse of the Palestinian Unity Government,…
Israel: ‘Monday’s trilateral summit to be dominated by deliberations on Mecca agreement’
Senior Israeli government sources reported on Monday that the planned trilateral US-Israeli and Palestinian summit, next Monday in Jerusalem, will be dominated by deliberations on the Mecca Agreement between Hamas…
Syrian group claims to be holding an Israeli soldier captive, Israel expresses doubt
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that a Syrian group claimed to be holding an Israeli soldier captive. The soldier went missing in 1979; Israeli military sources expressed doubts over the…
Attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq continues; three abducted on Tuesday
The Civil Network for aiding Palestinian Refugees in Iraq reported on Tuesday night that three Palestinian refugees were abducted by an armed group in one of Baghdad’s districts.The three were…
Israeli troops abduct 50 Palestinians in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers, policemen and border guard units have abducted at least fifty Palestinian residents of Jerusalem and its suburbs.The sources stated that soldiers broke…
Mandela: Israeli Authorities Exile a Female Palestinian Prisoner
On Tuesday the Mandela Prisoners Affairs Society learned that a female Palestinian prisoner, Rowayda Fraitekh, was exiled to Jordan by Israeli authorities after being imprisoned at the Telmond detention facility.…
Palestine Today 021307
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Military bulldozers destroy farm land in Hebron
On Tuesday Israeli army bulldozers started to destroy farmlands that are privately owned by Palestinian farmers from the village of Beit Omer near Hebron in the southern West Bank. The…
Israeli army relocates a military checkpoint near Nablus
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army has moved a military checkpoint from the entrance of Al Majdal village south east of Nablus city, in the northern part…
Malaysia Demands UN Security Council to Intervene to Halt Digging in Jerusalem
On Tuesday Malaysia, a large Islamic country, called the UN Security Council to intervene to halt the Israeli authorities’ construction works at the Al-Aqsa mosque of east Jerusalem, which is…
Arab MK faces investigation for participating in ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’
On Tuesday, Member of Knesset Otniel Schneller of the Kadima party demanded that an investigation be launched against Arab MK Dr. Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly due to…
Israeli army abducts thirteen Palestinian civilians from Hebron
On Tuesday morning Israeli forces conducted a wide scale invasion into several parts of Hebron city and nearby villages in the southern part of the West Bank. Thirteen men were…
Dahalan will Scrutinize Implementation of Makkah Deal
Former Palestinian Minister and a Fatah leader, Mohammad Dahalan, said the Makkah unity government deal last Thursday, will be scrutinized thoroughly. In an interview with the London-based Alhayat Arabic newspaper,…
Israeli troops abduct one Palestinian civilian from Al Khader village
On Tuesday morning the Israeli army invaded the village of Al Khader, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. They searched houses and abducted one Palestinian man. Local residents reported…
Israeli soldiers abducts six Palestinian civilians from Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli police abducted six Palestinian civilians on Tuesday morning form several parts of Jerusalem. Three men were taken when police attacked and searched Palestinian homes in…
Israeli army abducts three residents of Nablus
Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and abducted three Palestinian men on Tuesday morning. Palestinian sources reported that a number of Israeli armored vehicles stormed downtown…
Palestinian Resistance Fighter Killed by Israeli Army Gunfire in Gaza
On Tuesday morning Israeli army troops stationed on the Gaza-Israel border line, to the east of Gaza City, opened heavy fire at Palestinian resistance fighters. They killed one and injured…
Israel considering cutting ties with Abbas
Israeli officials reported on Tuesday morning that Israel is considering cutting its ties with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if the new national unity government, which will be formed in…
Olive trees planted in western Ramallah on lands now blocked by the illegal Wall
The Palestinian nonviolent resistance against illegal Israeli practices continued in Bil’in on Sunday. The western Ramallah village began its protests two years ago when Israeli forces were confiscating its lands…
Dispute between Olmert and Abbas over trilateral summit agenda
Israeli sources reported on Monday that a dispute between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, could cause uncertainty over the planned US/ Israeli/Palestinian summit…
Olmert: “New P.A cabinet is a test for Abbas”
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Monday that the formation of the new Palestinian national Unity government is a test for the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas .The statements of…
Exiled Gaza Resident Returns Home after Six Years
Palestinian resident, Mohammad Rehan, 28, of the Jabalya refugee camp north of Gaza, returned home Monday after having spending six years in exile, sentenced by an Israeli military court. Rehan…
PM Haniya: International Community including US Should Respect Palestinian Will
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, stated Monday that the international community including the US should respect the Palestinian people’s will. Haniya was speaking in a televised speech after…
Palestina Oggi 021207
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Palestine Today 021207
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Israeli army destroy Palestinian Farm Land to make way for military post near Hebron
Israeli army bulldozers destroyed a large amount of private Palestinian owned land in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday in order to make way for a military…
Israel to Postpone Construction at the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israel decided Monday to suspend construction of a new bridge near the Al-Aqsa mosque of Jerusalem, allowing the Israeli public to have their say, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski said. However,…
Unknown gunmen abduct a former Palestinian official and blow up a restaurant in southern Gaza strip
Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen have abducted a former Palestinian official and blown up a small restaurant in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday.The former State…
Israeli Army invades Al Thahria village near Hebron, attacks Palestinian shops
On Monday morning, the Israeli army invaded the village of Al Thahria to the south of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank and attacked residents’ shops.…
Undercover Israeli force abducts a Palestinian child from Bethlehem
An Israeli army undercover force abducted a Palestinian child on Monday midday from the southern West bank city of Bethlehem. Eyewitnesses stated that undercover Israeli masked soldiers using a civilian…
Israeli army injures one Palestinian man and abducts 13 others from several northern West Bank areas
Israeli forces invaded several parts of the northern West Bank, abducted 13 Palestinian men and injured one on Monday at dawn. In Nablus city, one man was injured and eight…
Questa settimana in Palestina
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Arab Transitional Parliament Calls for Lifting the Economic Embargo
The Arab transitional parliament hopes that a national unity government can be formed as soon as possible, in accordance with what has been agreed upon by both Fatah and Hamas…
Israeli police close Palestinian schools in Jerusalem, fearing protests
For the last week, while Israeli forces have been excavating a controversial area around the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, hundreds of schoolchildren have been denied access to education.For the last…
Quartet Hopes Calm will Prevail with Palestinian National Authority Government
Reacting to the agreement to form a Palestinian national unity Government, the diplomatic Quartet – made up of the United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union – today…
Israel continues excavating under Muslim holy site despite condemnations
Despite mounting condemnations by many worldwide bodies, Israeli bulldozers continued digging around the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied east Jerusalem. The Israeli cabinet today deemed the excavations ‘necessary’. The decision,…
President Abbas Meets Mubarak as Israel Requests Canceling Feb.19 Summit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Sunday with his Egyptian counterpart Husni Mubarak in Cairo for discussion on the recent Palestinian factions agreement on a unity government in the Saudi…
Israeli Army Abducts Five Civilians, Denies others Access
The Israeli army took five Palestinian residents prisoner from different West Bank areas on Sunday, and barred the access of others. Mayor Amr Kashor of the Beit Elrosh village, south…
Israeli rejects the Palestinian unity agreement
On Sunday, Israel officially rejected the Mecca agreement on a Palestinian National Unity government and considered it out of line with the Quartet Middle East mediators’ condition, an Israeli online…
Hamas-led Government to resign within 48 Hours
The Hamas-led government would likely resign in 48 hours, ahead of forming the new unity government agreed by Palestinian factions in the Saudi Arabian city of Makkah, Palestinian sources said.…
Arab residents of Israel call on UN to stop Jerusalem dig near the Al Aqsa Mosque
Several Arab leaders in Israel called on the international community to act against the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The leaders said that East Jerusalem is…
PA officials rally for international support of new government
Several Palestinian leaders took off to several countries in an attempt to gather international support to the new Palestinian deal of a national unity government by lifting the international embargo…
Quartet Conditionally Welcomes Palestinian Unity Government
The Quartet Committee for Middle East peace (United Nations, United States, European Union, Russia) conditionally welcomed a Palestinian national unity government, insisting that any government should renounce violence, recognize Israel…
Resident injured in Qalqilia invasion
Palestinian medical sources in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the west Bank, reported on Saturday that one resident was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the nearby…
Cairo to Pass a Bill Condemning Israeli Digging around Al-Aqsa Mosque
Cairo will be passing a bill at the upcoming Arab Foreign Ministers meeting, due to be held shortly, condemning in the strongest terms underway Israeli digging around the Al-Aqsa mosque…
Israeli Forces seize a public bus in Bethlehem and abduct 8 Palestinian men
Israeli forces invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday and took over a public transportation bus on Saturday afternoon. The troops detained all of the passengers, then…
Eight injured and three abducted by Israeli army in Hebron
Israeli army forces have injured five Palestinians three internationals and abducted three others in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli army forces attacked the house of Antar and…
Israeli army abducts a Palestinian boy from Hebron
The Israeli army abducted a Palestinian boy from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday midday. Mohamed Al Ja'bari, 16, was taken to an unknown detention camp after…