Unknown group blasts Al Arabiya TV office in Gaza, no injuries
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that an explosion ripped through Al Arabiya Television office in Gaza City causing excessive damage, no injuries were reported.!– @page { size: 21.59cm…
Israeli Police take Fateh officials prisoner on 42nd anniversary of movement, in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources in Jerusalem reported on Monday that the Israeli police and intelligence services broke into the Al Maqassed Islamic Hospital east of the city during a celebration marking the…
Palestina oggi -22 Gennaio, 2007 (Italian)
Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’international Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org per lunedì 22 gennaio 2007.|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/35260…2.mp3 L’esercito ha invaso diverse zone della…
Palestine Today -January 22,, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday January 22nd, 2007|| Copy and Paste this link http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/35259…7.mp3Israeli army invades several West Bank areas and…
Questa settimana in Palestin a – Gennaio 18, 2007.
Questa settimana in Palestina, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org per la settimana dal 15 al 18 gennaio 2007 ||Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il…
Rafah border crossing reopened
Palestinian sources reported that the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza strip was reopened on Monday morning and will stay open until five PM. The sources added that…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Al Ezariya village near Jerusalem
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Al Ezariya to the east of Jerusalem and abducted one Palestinian man on Monday morning. Soldiers attacked and searched the home…
Israeli Army Invades Yatta Village Near Hebron, Abduct Two Palestinian Men and Attack Three Others
Israeli forces invaded the village of Yatta, to the south of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Monday morning, abducted two Palestinian men and attacked…
Israeli Army: At least 44 roadblocks allegedly removed, did not exist
An Israeli army source admitted that at least 44 roadblocks that were allegedly removed from around West Bank villages did not actually exist, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Monday.…
Thirty Days Against Checkpoints campaign sing Katyusha song at a checkpoint north of W.B
In the second action of the 'Thirty Days Against Checkpoints' campaign a youth band will perform the popular Russian folk song 'Katyusha' at Huwwara checkpoint on Wednesday 24th of January…
Israeli army invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp in the eastern side of the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning and searched houses. Local sources reported that…
Follow-up Committee meets in Gaza
The Palestinian Follow-up Committee met on Sunday at night in Gaza City and agreed to resume national talks next Tuesday. Representatives of Fateh and Hamas attended the meeting.The Committee agreed…
Abbas, Mashal, met in Syria
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, Khalid Mashal, met on Sunday, and discussed the efforts conducted for the formation of a National Unity Government.…
Islamic Movement in Israel: “Israel is still digging under Al Aqsa Mosque”
The Islamic Movement in Israel, headed by member of Knesset Ibrahim Sarsour, said on Sunday that Israel is still digging and carrying out excavations under the Al Aqsa Mosque in…
Solana says he is shocked by settlement growth in occupied West Bank
Javier Solana, EU Foreign Policy Chief, toured several Arab towns near Jerusalem on Sunday and said that he is shocked by the Israeli settlement growth in the occupied West Bank.…
Hebron family: “Armed settlers walk right through our home”
“Did your home ever become a conduit, a bridge, a shortcut for strangers? This is what has happened in my home,” says Hisham Idris. He and his family of four…
Abbas meets Asad, his meeting with Mashal postponed
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Saturday evening with the Syrian president, Bashar Asad in Damascus, but his meeting with Khalid Mashal, Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, was postponed.…
Palestinian construction worker killed by Israeli guard in Be’er Shiva
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday evening that a Palestinian construction worker was shot and killed by an Israeli guard in Be’er Shiva town, in southern Israel.The worker, Mohammad Kamal Battat,…
For 6 years some Hebron residents forced to move via rooftop, now Israelis allowing them on street
Six years ago Israeli forces occupying the southern West Bank denied the Palestinians of Hebron the right to walk on Shuhada Street. The Society for Citizens Rights conducted investigations in…
Rice: “Abbas, Olmert agreed hold informal talks on Palestinian state”
After the U.S secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, conducted her Middle East tour, she announced that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed to…
Bartaa residents boycott obtaining Israeli permission to move
In the northern West Bank, Palestinians are boycotting increased measures of Israeli control on their lives. Although it will be difficult to be trapped, it would be more difficult to…
Haniyya: “Hamas agrees to a Palestinian State within 1967 borders”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas party, said on Saturday that the Hamas movement accepts an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, will not “recognize the Israeli…
One Country: Reviewing an Alternative Vision
For years the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been mired by a series of failed peace negotiation, enmeshing Israeli Jews and Palestinians in a seemingly intractable struggle. Even 59 years after the…
International Peace Activists in Hebron Protest at the Wall
Scores of international peace activists protested on Saturday against the wall Israel is building in the West Bank City of Hebron. Scores of international peace activists protested on Saturday against…
The Israeli army abducts a Palestinian child from Hebron
Israeli soldiers stationed at the entrance of the Ibrahimi mosque ( or tomb of patriarchs) in the old town of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, abducted a Palestinian…
Two Children Wounded by Israeli Gunfire in Northern Gaza
Two Palestinian children were shot and wounded by Israeli army gunfire on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said. Dr. Mo’awiya Abu Hasaneen, director of the Emergency Department…
Storms blow top secret Israeli documents into Syrian hands
On Friday, the stormy weather in the Golan Heights carried Israeli documents over the border into the 'enemy' territory of Syria. The documents are said to be instructions for launching…
Army abducts a Palestinian man from Beit Sahour
Yousif Al Wa'arah, 20, was abducted by Israeli troops from his house in Beit Sahour town near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday morning. Eyewitnesses reported…
Israeli army invades Nablus and abducts five Palestinian men
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning, abducted five Palestinian men and attacked the house of Palestinian Parliament member. Local sources reported that…
Seven injured in the weekly demonstration against the illegal Wall in Bilin
Friday's weekly peaceful demonstration against the illegal Wall in Bilin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah saw excessive Israeli army violence, seven injuries, and the abduction…
PRC: “We will attempt to abduct more soldiers”
The Popular Resistance Committees, one of three Palestinian groups holding the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit captive since June 25, said that it will attempt to abduct more soldiers in order…
President Abbas in Damascus: consequences of whether he meets with Mashal will be major either way
President Abbas will surely see Syrian President Bashar Al Assad when he arrives in Damascus tomorrow. He will meet with Vice President Farouk Al Shara and others in the Syrian…
This Week In Palestine – January Week 03, 2007
Copy and paste link into your browser or media player to download and/or play MP3 file || http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352500.mp3 || 15.5 MB || 17m 00s This Week in Palestine, a service…
Israeli Army violates Israeli High Court Ruling in Hebron
Israeli police and troops operating in the West Bank city of Hebron prevented on Thursday a Hebron peace activist accompanied by a number of Palestinian residents to walk down Al-Shuhada…
Anti-Wall demonstration in Um Salamonah village near Bethlehem
At least 1500 Palestinian and international peace activists gathered in Um Salamonah village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday to protest the construction of the illegal…
Israeli army injures a farmer in northern Gaza strip
Israeli army troops stationed at the northern Gaza/ Israeli borders opened fire and injured a Palestinian farmer working in farm lands near Beit Lahyia on Friday morning. Medical sources…
Unknown gunmen shoots and kills a Palestinian man in Khan Younis
Salem Abu Al Khaier, 55, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen near a mosque in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza strip on Friday midday. Medical sources reported…
PCHR report on Israel\’s violations of human rights from 11th-17th of January
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between January 11th and January 17th. The…
Detainee on Hunger Strike after prison administration refused to provide him with medical treatment
Detainee Ahmad Ismail Safi, 22, from the West Bank city of Jericho, declared an open-ended hunger strike after the Israeli Prison Administration at the Negev Detention Facility refused to provide…
Palestinian human rights group demand a probe into the death of two Nablus residents
The Palestinian Prisoner Committee demanded that international human rights organizations conduct an immediate investigation into the death of a Palestinian fighter in Nablus, and a sick resident who died at…
Gunmen fire at vehicles of Ramallah deputy mayor, and municipality board member
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday that unknown gunmen fired at the vehicles of Ramallah deputy Mayor and municipality board member as the two vehicles were parked in front of the…
Barghouthi meets Mashal, representative of Palestinian factions in Syria
Palestinian legislator, Mustapha Barghouthi, met with the Hamas political bureau chief, Khalid Mashal, and delegates of Hamas in Syria on Thurdsday; they discussed the ongoing efforts for the formation of…
Palestinian patient dies at a military checkpoint, woman dies of earlier wounds
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday that that night, a Palestinian patient died at an Israeli military roadblock after the soldiers stopped the vehicle transferring him to hospital. In a separate…
Palestina oggi -17 Gennaio, 2007 (Italian)
Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per Giovedì 18 gennaio 2007|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352433.mp3 Un militante palestinese ucciso e tre…
Palestine Today – January 18, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday January 18th, 2007|| Copy and Paste this link http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352428.mp3 Palestinian fighter killed and three residents,…
Israeli army abducts 17 Palestinian men, one of whom is blind, from several West Bank areas
Israeli forces invaded cities and villages in the northern, southern and central parts of the West Bank and abducted 17 Palestinian men, one of whom is blind, on Thursday morning.…
Palestinian fighter killed and three residents, including one child, injured in Nablus
A massive Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning. They killed one Palestinian fighter and injured three residents, including one child, and abducted…
Palestinian fighter killed and three residents, including one child, injured in Nablus
A massive Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning. They killed one Palestinian fighter, injured three residents including one child, and abducted another four…
Army of Islam: “Shalit is held by Hamas fighters”
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Army of Islam, one of the three Palestinian groups holding the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit captive since June 25 2006, issued a handbill…
Azzam: “Coming days will witness development regarding unity government”
Nafeth Azzam, a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, said in a phone interview with Maan News Agency, that he is optimistic that the coming days will witness a significant…
10 year old in terminal condition this morning after Israeli Army gas bomb attack on Tuesday
Abeer Aramin was hit in the head by an Israeli Forces gas bomb as she left her school in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning;she was declared clinically dead in hospital this…
Under-cover forces attack detainees in Be’er Shiva prison
Parents of dozens of Palestinian detainees imprisoned in Be’er Shiva Israeli prison reported that under-cover forces of the Israeli army broke into the rooms of the detainees in the facility…
Mediation talks for Abbas-Mashal meeting fails
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported on Wednesday that mediation talks to coordinate a meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas political bureau chief in Syria, Khalid Mashal,…
Israel to transfer $100 million of taxes its withholds to Abbas
A senior Israeli official reported on Friday that Israel intends to release $100 million of Palestinian tax revenues it withheld, to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by Friday, Israeli online…
Palestine Today – January 17, 2007
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 17th, 2007|| Copy and Paste this link http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352360.mp3 One Palestinian inured in the Gaza strip…
Palestina oggi -17 Gennaio, 2007 (Italian)
Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per mercoledì 17 gennaio 2007|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file||http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/352358.mp3 Un ferito oggi nella Striscia…
Israeli Army freezes racist decree concerning road use by Palestinians in West Bank
The postponed decree forbidding Israelis and foreign nationals from driving Palestinians in the West Bank was issued by Commanding General at Israeli Army Central-Region Command, Ya'ir Naveh in Novemeber and…
Palestinian teen injured in Jabalia refugee camp
Ibrahiem Hassan, 16, was injured when an unidentified object exploded near him in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday. The boy sustained…
Unknown gunmen throw a hand grenade at a shop in downtown Gaza city
A group of unknown gunmen threw a hand grenade at a shop in downtown Gaza city on Wednesday morning. The shop, which is a cell phone shop, was badly…
Israeli Army fires one tank shell into the eastern side of Beit Hannoun
Israeli army tanks stationed at the Gaza/Israel borders fired one tank shell into the eastern side of Beit Hannoun in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday at…
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…