Israeli forces abduct a Palestinian student from Jordan valley area in northern West Bank
Hanifa Salah, 19, was abducted by the Israeli army while working on his family's farm in the Jordan valley in the northern West Bank on Wednesday morning. Soldiers and jeeps…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the eastern side of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday at dawn, and abducted one Palestine man. Islam Bider, 21, was taken by…
Israeli army invades Hebron city and several nearby villages and abducts eight Palestinian men
On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces invaded Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank and the nearby villages of Yata, Doura, and Halhol. Eight Palestinian men were abducted…
Moussa to Haniyeh: Hamas has no money in the Arab League
Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa told the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh, that Hamas does not have sufficient funds deposited with the Arab League, and that he…
Israeli army abducts three Palestinian men during invasions of villages near Hebron
Israeli forces invaded several villages near the southern West Bank city of Hebron and abducted three men on Wednesday morning. They also gave military orders to another six for interviews…
Israeli border police attack and injure a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem
The Israeli border police attack and injure a Palestinian worker in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning. Mohamed Rabai'ah, 18, sustained bone fractures and cuts after an Israeli border police force…
Israeli army abducts family members of a Palestinian resistance fighter to force him to surrender
The Israeli army abducted four family members of Mohamed Abu Obeid, a leader in the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, from Jenin refugee camp in the northern…
Several members of Knesset call on Olmert to resign
Israeli sources reported that several Knesset members from different parties called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to resign or suspend his position after the state prosecution ordered police…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, resigns
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday night that the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, submitted his resignation to the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Defense Minister, Amir…
Detainees on 1-day Hunger strike, protesting death of a fellow detainee
Issa Qaraqe’, Palestinian Legislator and former head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society stated on Tuesday that all Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention facilities have announced a one-day hunger…
Palestinian Political Leaders: “Civil War is a Red Line”
Several Palestinian leaders called on Tuesday for an end to all forms of tensions and armed clashes, and said that chaos and insecurity should be stopped in order to preserve…
Olmert: “Government officials aren’t involved in secret talks with Syria”
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated on Tuesday that no government officials were involved in secret negotiations with Syria. The statements of Olmert came as he was responding to a…
Palestinian detainee dies in detention as a result of medical neglect
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that detainee Jamal al Saraheen, 37, died due to severe sickness in his lungs as prison administration failed to provide him with the neccessary medial…
Palestina oggi -16 Gennaio, 2007 (Italian)
Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per martedì 16 gennaio 2007|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352313.mp3 Tre feriti i feriti oggi…
Fatah Accuses Hamas of plot to kill Fatah leaders, Hamas denies
Abu Obaida, spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigade the armed wing of Hamas denied on Tuesday allegations of planning to assassinate Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip. Abu Obaida, spokesman of Al-Qassam…
PPS: Israeli Investigators Harass Two Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinian prisoners at Al-Jalama detention facility are constantly being harassed by jail staff, two prisoners told the Palestinian Prisoners Society. The PPS reported that Anas Sabah, of Tulkarem city and…
Palestine Today – January 16, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday January 16th, 2007 || Copy and Paste this link http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352310.mp3Palestine Today, a service of the International…
Israeli naval boats open fire at the Al Waha beach near Beith Lahiaya, in northern Gaza strip
The Israeli army naval boats opened fire on Tuesday at midday at the Al Waha beach near Beit Lahiaya town in the northern part of the Gaza strip. The boats…
Two Palestinian children injured by Israeli army missile attack in northern Gaza strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian children were injured due to an Israeli missile attack that targeted Beit Hannoun in the northern Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Dr.…
Unknown gunmen open fire at a residential building in Gaza city
Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen opened fire on Tuesday afternoon at the residential building in dawn town Gaza city, no injuries reported. The sources added that the Majed…
Unknown gunmen injures a Palestinian resistance fighter in Rafah south of Gaza
Murad Al Akhras, 20, Aqsa brigades resistance fighter, was shot and injured after being targeted by a group of unknown gunmen in Rafah city south of the Gaza strip on…
Israeli forces abduct two Palestinian men from Beit Ula and Nuba villages near Hebron
The Israeli army has abducted two Palestinian men from the villages of Beit Ola and Nuba west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. The Israeli…
Unknown gunmen shoots and injures a Palestinian security officer in Gaza
A group of unknown masked gunmen opened fire at a Palestinian security officer working for the preventative security force on Tuesday in the Al Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza…
Israeli Army abducts two Palestinian men from Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Ein Beit Al Ma'e refugee camp and abducted two Palestinian men on Tuesday morning. A…
Army abducts two women from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded Aida refugee camp in the northern side of Bethlehem city on Tuesday morning and abducted two Palestinian women. Army jeeps and soldiers stormed the camp and…
Palestinian refugees and exiles must have a say-so
A relationship that comes at the cost of Palestinian refugees: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West…
Soldiers who in 2002 killed 4 Palestinians, including 3 children, receive 3 months probation
An Israeli military court sentenced two soldiers who in 2002 fired tanks shells at civilians in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, killing three children and one…
Israeli government extends ban on ‘family reunification’ for 3 additional months
A measure banning Palestinians from uniting with their spouses, children or parents inside Israel was extended for another three months on Monday evening, despite opposition from a number of Israeli…
After losing his hands and his wife, Palestinian political prisoner sentenced in military Palestine
Although his wife died leaving his children without a parent, Israeli forces refused to release Sadiq Abdul Rahman Basharat from prison where he has been for three years as a…
Palestinian cemetery off-limits as Israelis say it is too close to settlement
At the first glance it might be part of the Israeli settlement along the Green Line in the northwestern West Bank, with the wall beside seven graves and a mosque…
Palestinian house leveled in Jerusalem, four pending
Palestinian sources in the occupied East Jerusalem reported on Monday that the Jerusalem Municipality demolished one Palestinian house in Jerusalem after claiming that it was illegally constructed; the municipality intends…
Fateh official: “Hamas dug tunnels, filled them with explosives, under houses of Fateh leaders”
Abdul-hakim Awad, spokesperson of Fateh movement headed by president Mahmoud Abbas, reported on Monday that security forces uncovered tunnels leading to houses and doorsteps of several senior Fateh leaders; the…
Hamas, Fateh officials meet Damascus, discuss National Unity Government
Senior Hamas sources reported on Monday that officials of the movement and envoys of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, held intensive talks in an attempt to gap their differences over…
Palestine Today – January 11, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday January 15th, 2007.|| Copy and paste the link to download MP3 File|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352247.mp3 The executive force…
Palestinian, Israeli and International activists to take action against new racist decree
Next Friday (Jan 19th), Palestinian, Israeli and International activists will form a convoy of cars and travel in an act of protest against the new Apartheid decree which prohibits Israelis…
Ramallah municipality plants one thousand olive trees
Ramallah municipality and the Palestinian pharmaceutical company Bier Ziet organized a campaign on monday to plant one thousand olive trees in the city of Ramallah in the central…
Israeli Army invades Howara town near Nablus and enforces curfew
The Israeli army invaded the town of Howara south of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank and enforced a curfew on Monday. Residents said that the army…
Israeli army surrounds two mosques and abuses villagers near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Kufer Ra'ie, south west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded two mosques and abused villagers leaving the mosques on Monday…
The interior ministry\’s executive force foils kidnapping of foreigners in Khan Younis
The executive force of the ministry of interior foiled the kidnapping of foreigners in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on monday. IMEMC correspondent in Gaza reported that…
Ma’areef: Israeli Ministers Call for a Massive Military Attack on Gaza
Yesterday, the Israeli Daily Ma’areef quoted a senior Israeli military officer saying that the Israeli army is preparing to launch a massive military campaign on the Gaza Strip. …
Israeli troops and bulldozers attack a village near Bethlehem and injure one farmer
Ali Issa, 38, a farmer from the village of Um Salamoneh, located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was injured on Friday morning when a group of villagers…
Israeli Army abducts fourteen Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
Israeli Forces invaded several cities and villages in different parts of the West Bank and abducted fourteen Palestinian men during an invasion on Monday morning. In Nablus city in the…
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that two residents were killed on Saturday evening near the border fence separating between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israeli sources claimed that the two…
Palestinians, Peace activists dress like Native Americans in protest
Some 100 Palestinian residents, peace activists held a peaceful protest at Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, dressing like Native Americans to send a…
11,000 political prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails protesting against internal strife
Since dawn on Sunday, approximately 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails have been on a hunger strike that will last through the evening today in protest and condemnation of the…
US Secretary of State Meets with President Abbas in Ramallah
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday in a bid to revive the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met…
Questa settimana in Palestin a – Gennaio 11, 2007.
Questa settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, per la settimana dal 5 all 11 di gennaio. || Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3||…
Israeli Army Storms Tulkarem, Restricts Movement
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem early on Sunday morning and were positioned in the northern part of the city. Witnesses said that a large Israeli…
Hamas and Fateh leaders meet in Ramallah
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday night that a meeting was held between senior officials of the rival Fateh and Hamas factions in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West…
Abbas back in Ramallah after meeting King Abdullah of Jordan
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Ramallah on Saturday evening after a short visit to Jordan where he met King Abdullah of Jordan and held talks with him over the…
Document of honor will govern new relationship between Fateh and Hamas
Late on Saturday night a meeting was held in Ramallah between several Hamas and Fateh leaders to discuss the latest developments on the domestic front in light of the continuing…
Palestine 2007: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
On this stage, not so long ago, I claimed that Israel is conducting genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip. I hesitated a lot before using this very charged term and…
Workers Union and Palestinian government sign agreement ending strike
After several months of general strike by Palestinian governmental employees, an agreement was signed on Saturday afternoon between representatives of the workers union and the government represented by vice prime…
Rice: “Aim of peace talks must be a two-state solution”
U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said during a Saturday meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, that the aim of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians should…
Barghouthi: “Cease-fire is in Palestinian National Interest”
The Jailed Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi stated on Saturday that a cease-fire with Israel is in the Palestinian National Interest, and that he supports a meeting between the Israeli Prime…
Olmert investigation is latest scandal convincing Israeli public of governmental corruption
The formal investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is the latest development in a series of scandals that are successfully convincing Israelis of their leadership's corruption. Olmert, and other Israeli…
Imam Fawaz Damra, deported by US and detained by Israel for ties with Islamic Jihad
Damra, who served as the imam for the Islamic Center of Cleveland, Ohio was deported from the US on January 4th after a long struggle to remain in the US.…
Army invades Tamoun village near Tubass
Israeli forces invaded the village of Tamoun near the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Friday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers and army jeeps invaded the village from…
Unknown Gunmen shoot and injure a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Friday morning. Palestinian…
The Israeli Municipality of Occupied East Jerusalem Constructs a Synagogue
The Israeli municipality of occupied East Jerusalem has completed the construction of a Synagogue on an Islamic WAQF land in the holy city, just 50 meters away from the Al-Aqsa…
Unknown gunmen attack the home of the Police commander in Bethlehem
A group of unknown gunmen detonated a home-made bomb near the house of the Police Commander of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, Issa Hejju on Friday morning. A…
Palestinian PM Downplays US Secretary of State’s Visit to the Region
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, downplayed US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice\\\’s visit to the region on Friday, calling it ‘unimportant’. Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas,…
Bilen Weekly Demonstration, army injures at lest 11 protesters, including a journalist
Approximately 150 Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators, accompanied by several journalists, participated in a demonstration at midday on Friday against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall in Bilin village near the…
This Week In Palestine – January Week 02
Copy and paste this link in your browser or player, http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352113.mp3 OR Click here to download MP3 File || 14.1 MB 15m: 25s || This Week in Palestine, a service…
According to Human Rights Watch; Israel Excessively Restricts Movement of Palestinians
The Washington-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that Israel has and continues to restrict the movement of Palestinians. In its annual report, the HRW explained that Israel has imposed ‘excessive’…
Arab League Chief says International Conference on Middle East Peace Welcomed
Chief of Arab States League, Amr Mussa, stated Friday that a number of 1991 Madrid Peace Conference members welcomed the initiative to hold a similar world peace conference on Middle…
Unknown gunman opens fire at Fatah activists house in Beit Lahiya, northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a house that belongs to a Fatah activist located in Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of the…
Four injured in Abu Bakier Mosque in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza strip.
An IMEMC correspondent in Gaza reported that four residents were injured after Friday prayers in Abu Bakier Mosque in Beit Hanoun, northern part of the Gaza strip, due to a…
Lieberman calls on Peretz to resign for appointing an Arab minister
The Israeli Minister of so-called 'Strategic Affairs', Avigdor Lieberman, called on the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz to resign after the latter appointed an Arab minister, and said that Peretz…
Israel extends law barring Palestinian family reunification by two months
Israeli sources reported on Thursday that Israel extended a law barring Palestinian family unification by two additional months after the Israeli Defense Establishment requested a two-year extension. The law bars…
Hamas: Dahlan foiled the Prisoners’ Swap Deal
Hamas accused on Thursday, MP and fatah Leader Mohammad Dahlan of foiling the prisoners’ swap deal between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel which was about to be reached, said the…
Two fishermen wounded by Israeli gunboats fire in Gaza sea, and an Israeli drone crashes over Gaza
Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded as Israeli gunboats opened their machine gun fire at them while fishing in the domestic water near the Gaza beach in the Mediterranean Sea on…
Arab League urges U.N. involvement in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul-Rahman Bin Hamad on Thursday urged the United Nations to lead a new peace process between Israel and the Palestinians…
Palestinian resistance claims to have captured Israeli drone in Gaza
An unmanned Israeli drone which crashed in the Gaza Strip due to technical problems was captured by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, according to a…
After midnight raid, Palestinian prisoners in Negev begin hunger strike
In a late-night raid on Palestinian political prisoners in Negev prison Wednesday night, Israeli forces beat Palestinian prisoners and destroyed their belongings, according to the prisoners. Following the raid, hundreds…
Construction of new synagogue begins on stolen Palestinian land in east Jerusalem
Residents of occupied East Jerusalem's Old City are requesting international assistance as Israeli forces move forward with plans to build a Jewish Synagogue in the heart of the Palestinian area.…
Palestina oggi -11Gennaio, 2007 (Italian)
Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, di Giovedì 11 Gennaio 2007|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351971.mp3 Aggiornamenti dalla West Bank …
Palestine Today – January 11, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday January 11th, 2007|| Copy and paste the link to download MP3 File|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351962.mp3The West Bank Update…
Israeli troops abduct two Palestinian men from Jenin
Israeli army forces invaded the down town area of Jenin city in the northern West Bank, on Thursday afternoon, abducting Khalid Al Hajj and Ghassan Al Zughbi. Israeli army forces…
Israeli army abducts 10 Palestinians from Hebron, southern West Bank
Israeli forces abducted at least 10 Palestinians including four children, during invasions of the city of Hebron and neighboring villages in the southern part of the West Bank, on Thursday.…
A Ghetto Called Israel
As the taxi sped from Tel-Aviv towards Jerusalem, I was struck by the vast open spaces between towns. Occasionally small olive groves and a cluster of small stone houses appeared. …
Unknown masked men cut off the phone and Internet cable lines of WAFA office in Nablus
A group of masked men cut of the phone and internet cable lines of the office of Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) in the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…
An Israeli Settler Harasses a Palestinian Family in Hebron
Efrat Alkobi, an Israeli settler woman in the West Bank city of Hebron was documented assaulting the local Palestinian family of Abu Ayisha by the Israeli Center for Human Rights…
Israeli army abducts 12 Palestinian men from the West Bank
Israeli military forces invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and abducted 12 Palestinian men, Palestinian sources said. Eight residents were abducted from the northern West…
Israeli army abducts 11 Palestinian men from the West Bank
Israeli forces invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and abducted 11 Palestinian men.
Israeli authorities demolish 25 Bedouin homes in the Negev
The Popular Committee for Defense of Land in the Interior reports that the very existence of “unrecognized villages” inside Israeli boundaries remains under threat. On Tuesday in the Negev Desert…
Palestinian non-violent resistance prevents Israeli airstrike
A group of Palestinian civilians managed to thwart an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday by gathering on the roof of the targeted home in a non-violent act of civil…
Barghouthi threatens to go on hunger strike if internal clashes do not cease
The jailed Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, released a statement calling for the end of internal clashes and renouncing the violence that threatens the Palestinian people and their National interests. In…
Israeli Knesset approves preliminary proposal to revoke citizenship of `unpatriotic` Israelis
The general assembly of the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading on Wednesday a proposal of a new Israeli law that authorizes the Israeli district court to withdraw citizenship from…
Hamas: Israel is a reality; but recognition will only come when Israel recognizes Palestine
Khaled Meshaal, the politburo spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, responded on Wednesday to the Israeli claim that Hamas "does not recognize Israel", saying that, in fact, Israel as…
Heads of Egypt and Jordan Voice Concern over Palestinian Tension
Both President Husni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abduallah II of Jordan voiced Wednesday their concern over the growing tension in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the Hamas-Fatah infighting that…
Palestina oggi – 10 Gennaio, 2007
Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, di Mercoledì 10 Gennaio 2007 || Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file MP3http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351909.mp3 L’esercito israeliano ha effettuato…
Palestine Today – January 10, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 10th, 2007 || Copy and paste the link to download MP3 File|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351905.mp3 Israeli army…
Palestinian teachers may go on strike again if salaries are not paid
The Union of Palestinian Teachers may go back to strike if the government does not pay their overdue salaries, a senior union official told Palestine News Network on Wednesday. The…
Israeli army tightens measures around Nablus
The Israeli army tightened its military measures on two military checkpoints located around the northern West Bank city of Nablus and invaded Al Ein refugee camp in the city on…
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinian men from Jericho city
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday morning and abducted two Palestinian men. Local sources reported that troops and army jeeps stormed and searched…
Dahlan Says Elections Can End Palestinian Infighting
Palestinian former minister and Fatah front man said that the only way out of underway Fatah-Hamas infighting is the early elections called on by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last month.…
Unknown masked men set the municipality building of Jenata village, near Bethlehem on fire
Unknown masked men set the municipality building in Jenata village, south east of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, on fire, Wednesday at dawn. Ibraheem Asakra, chair of the…
Israeli army abducts 20 Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
The Israeli army abducted 20 Palestinian men from several West Bank cities and villages during dawn invasions on Wednesday; Palestinian sources reported.Meanwhile another Israeli army force invaded the village of…