This Week in Palestine – Week 9, 2007
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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…
Questa settimana in Palestina
Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3 25m 23s http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2007/02//363259.mp3 Questa settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org per la settimana dal 16 al 23…
Abbas: “We must continue to hold talks with Israel”
Following his Saturday meeting with the French President Jacques Chirac in France, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinians and the Israelis must continue to hold talks and try…
Family Feuds in Khan Younis Claim Lives of Five Residents
Five Palestinian residents of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip were killed Saturday, and at least 15 others were wounded during renewed internal unrest, after two families clashed.…
Israeli forces uproot trees to make way for Israeli Settler-only road
Israeli army bulldozers started on Saturday morning to uproot olive trees privately owned by a Palestinian farmer from the village of Boreen, south of Nablus. Qassem Al Najar, the owner…
Israeli army invades Nablus, injures five civilians
Sources in Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank told IMEMC that at least 12 armored Israeli army vehicles stormed downtown Nablus city on Saturday midday. Soldiers…
All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
There may have been a period when all roads led to Rome, but for the Palestinian people, all roads lead to checkpoints. The latest checkpoint Palestinians find themselves at is…
Nablus city goes on strike in protest against civil unrest
The northern Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus went on strike, on Saturday, in protest against the civil unrest. Shops and public facilities closed today after a call for a…
Israeli army abducts eight Palestinians from Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army abducted eight Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed the old…
PPS Appeals for Saving Life of a Female Palestinian Prisoner
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) appealed Saturday for saving the life of Palestinian female prisoner Noura Jaber, 34, who is being imprisoned under administrative detention at the Telmond detention facility.…
Home of PNA Security Officer in Gaza Attacked
Early on Saturday morning unknown gunmen attacked the house of Colonel Suleiman Khader, commander of the second battalion of the Palestinian Authority’s national security forces, local media sources reported. In…
British Firm to Set up Call Centers in West Bank and Gaza
In a joint venture with Palestinian and Israeli companies, the London-based charity organization Transformational Business Network (TBN) plans to set up call centers for technical support in Gaza and the…
Palestinian killed, one abducted by unknown gunmen in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday night that one Palestinian resident was killed by gunmen, and another resident was abducted in a separate attack, apparently due…
Resistance factions shell settlements near the Gaza Strip
Several Palestinian resistance factions claimed on Friday responsibility for firing homemade shells into Israeli settlements north and east of the Gaza Strip.!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm }…
President Abbas: Palestinian Positions on Road Map Identical
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted Friday that Palestinian positions are identical in terms of the Road Map peace plan’s obligations. The President’s remarks came in a joint press conference with…
This Week in Palestine – Week 08 2007
Click on link to download or play MP3 file || 21.9 MB || 24m 00s || or copy and paste this link: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2007/02//363183.mp3This Week In Palestine, a service of the…
Haaretz : “Abbas says he is determined to push P.A unity government to fulfill Quartet demands”
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Friday that he is determined to push the planned Palestinian National Unity Government to comply with the Quartet…
Masha’al: A Historic Chance Now For Peace
Chief of the politburo of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, told reporters on Friday in Cairo that this moment carries an historic chance for peace in the region that should be well…
2nd anniversary of weekly non-violent Bilin demonstration against illegal wall: 1500 attend
On Friday the village of Bil'in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, celebrated the second anniversary of the civil non-violent resistance of the illegal Israeli wall and settlements being…
Israeli Army abducts two civilians from Bethlehem
The Israeli army abducted two Palestinian civilians from different parts of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning. Israeli soldiers searched and ransacked houses in Al Artas…
In a Meeting with Hamas’s Mashal, Egyptian Foreign Minister Hopes End of Embargo in Sight
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad Abuelghait, voiced hope yesterday that the international economic boycott imposed against the Hamas-led government would come to a halt with the installation of a new Palestinian…
Palestinians under the age of 45 barred from entering Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday
In another Israeli decision that could lead to further tension in Jerusalem, the Israeli authorities decided to bar all Palestinian residents under the age of 45 from entering the Al…
Israeli High Court authorizes Wall construction on Palestinian farmlands
The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that it is permissible for the Israeli Army to construct sections of the Annexation Wall around Israeli settlements in the occupied…
PCHR Weekly report: one Palestinian killed, 2 died at checkpoints, 12 injured, 46 taken prisoner
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights in Gaza published its weekly report documenting the Israeli authorities’ violations of human rights and attacks in the occupied Palestinian territories in the period…
Peretz: “We will evacuate all illegal outposts”
Aides to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Thursday that he “plans to go all the way in evacuating illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank in full…
Half of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza malnourished
Around 46 per cent of Gaza and West Bank households are ‘food insecure’ or in danger of becoming so, according to a UN report on the impact of conflict and…
Settlers release boars in Palestinian farmlands
Palestinian sources in Salfit, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday that Israeli settlers released boars in Palestinian farmlands near Salfit, in the northern part of…
Injured civilian dies after Israeli soldiers obstruct ambulance transferring him to hospital
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that Mowaffaq Raheemy, 34, died of his wounds when Israeli troops stationed at Atara checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah, obstructed…
Palestina Oggi 022207
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Palestine Today 022207
the Audio link https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/media/2007/02//363032.mp3 File 4.57 MB Time 5m0s Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday February 22nd, 2007. A Palestinian civilian was…
ISM: Three Americans kidnapped and released in Nablus do not belong to the movement
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) told IMEMC that the three Americans who were kidnapped and later released in Nablus on Wednesday were not members of their organisation.The International Solidarity Movement…
Birzeit University closes after tuition crisis escalates
Dr. Nabil Qassis, President of Birzeit University, the second largest Palestinian University, decided on Thursday to close the campus and suspend all classes until further notice after the tuition fee…