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Latin Patriarch of the Holy Lands, Michel Sabbah, reached Bethlehem on Christmas Eve day, the most celebratory time that the West Bank city sees all year. Thousands of people crowded…

Head of the Israeli Security Agency, Shabak, Yuval Diskin, said during a cabinet session on Sunday that if Palestinian general elections are to be held today, the chances of the…

The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Saturday on a bill that condemns all forms of violence against journalists in areas of armed conflict, calling for the respect…

The Israeli army tightened military measures on Sunday in different areas of the West Bank, ahead of the Muslim holiday Aladha Eid and the Christian holiday Christmas. In Tulkarem city,…

The United Nations General Assembly endorsed unanimously Wednesday a resolution that acknowledges the Palestinian people’s permanent sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) including the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and…

Local scouting troops paraded through Nativity Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, playing drums and bagpipes to a crowd of a few thousand Palestinian and international…

Local boyscout groups paraded through Nativity Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, playing drums and bagpipes to a crowd of a few thousand Palestinian and international…

The Israeli army erected several military checkpoints around the northern West Bank city of Tubas on Sunday morning. Residents said that soldiers stopped and searched them for several hours at…

A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired two home made Qassam shells at the northern Israeli city of Sederot on Sunday morning. The Al Qudes brigade, the armed wing of…

Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas, said that the Friday meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, did not achieve any positive results. Hamas…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, met on Saturday at Olmert’s residence in Jerusalem and agreed that Israel would transfer $100 million of Tax revenue…

The special committee formed by the Fateh and Hamas movements met in Gaza on Friday evening and confirmed that all Palestinian factions, especially Fateh and Hamas, are committed to end…

Leaving Bethlehem this morning after a three-day pilgrimage, the UK's church leaders pledged themselves to continue to be a "voice for the voiceless" on behalf of the beleaguered people of…

Even the dead cannot cross through this gate installed in the Annexation Wall section leading to Barta'a village, south-west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. As…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the truce and temporal borders offer, proposed by Hamas movement, are considered as means of deception to the Palestinian people. Hamas renewed…

Thirty village councils in Bethlehem voiced an appeal to all Palestinian factions in order to stop the internal clashes and solidify the ceasefire between the armed groups, especially Fateh and…

When President Abbas announced he would commence early elections, some say he was breaking the law. Palestinian Minister of Justice and Professor of Constitutional Law at An Najah University, Dr.…

Two Nation survey: America vs Bethlehem. Most Americans believe Bethlehem is an Israeli town inhabited by a mixture of Jews and Muslims, a pre-Christmas survey of US perceptions of the…

The Israeli military court of Salem, north of the West Bank, sentenced on Saturday a Palestinian detainee to 21 years in military detention camps. Mohamed Taha, 23, was sentenced based…

Unknown gunmen opened fire on Saturday morning at a Palestinian Authority Security Forces official in Rafah city south of the Gaza strip, critically wounding him and injuring his bodyguard. Major…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved the original route of the Annexation Wall that will surround Maali Adumim settlement by annexing more Palestinian lands and placing them inside the settlement’s…

Palestinian sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Friday afternoon that Fateh and Hamas gunmen engaged in renewed armed clashes in the city. The…

Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said that his movement, Hamas, is willing to start new talks on a national unity government, based on Palestinian requirements and…

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Today, like the past 2 years, the demonstrations in Be'lin started after Friday prayers with participants including residents of the village, Internationals and Israeli activists participating.  This week there was…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. Nine Palestinians, including one child, were killed, and twelve,…

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered outside the Parliament Building in Gaza to protest the ongoing violence and infighting which was initiated after President Abbas called for new Presidential and Parliamentary elections. …

Palestinian Lawyer Shadi Younis reports that the sanitary conditions and the state of detention for Palestinian political prisoners in solitary confinement in Israeli prisons is deteriorating.   Shadi Younis was…

The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Friday morning, attacked residents' homes, and abducted 24 residents. In the northern part of the West Bank, an army…

Hundreds of Palestinians are lining up at the Rafah Crossing to make their way to the Holy City of Mecca for the Hajj (Islamic Religious Pilgrimage).  Today was the first…

Mohammad Ata Al Jirjawi, 35, died on Friday at dawn of wounds sustained Thursday night when unknown gunmen opened fire at Hamas activists in Gaza City Center.   Medical sources…

{mosimage}Yesterday, while I was walking the streets of Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, I was struck by the gleaming white buildings on a hill parallel to the city that is the…

Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp and a nearby village on Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the area and attacked, searched…

Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, have agreed to hold a meeting next Monday after Christmas celebrations.   The Maan News…

As Christmas approaches, Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, remains surrounded by the Israeli Annexation Wall, and strangled by Israeli checkpoints and expanding settlements.   This year, Bethlehem is challenging…

The United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, unanimously endorsed a resolution that acknowledges the Palestinian people’s permanent sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 21st 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.3MB|| time:4m32s   A Gaza fisherman died…

A Palestinian home made shell landed on Thursday morning on a Palestinian house wounding three Palestinians including a pregnant woman in the northern Gaza strip. The shell landed on a…

Nasser Abd Al Qader, a Palestinian worker who has been detained by the Israeli authorities for working in Israel without permission, was not allowed to attend the funeral of his…

In the early hours, Thursday morning, the Israeli Army invaded an Islamic Charitable Organization in the town of Beit Sahour, just outside Bethlehem.  This is the fourth time that the…

  A fisherman died on Thursday morning due to wounds he sustained earlier this month when Israeli navel gun boats opened fire at a group of fishermen near the Rafah…

A large Israeli force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem in the early hours of Thursday morning and arrested one resident from the Deheisha refugee camp, Palestinian security sources…

After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…

After the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, decided to hold early legislative and presidential elections as a way to break the international embargo imposed on the Palestinians, Hamas and Fateh officials…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday that an Israeli war-jet fired a missile at a group of fighters in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries…

Al Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party, reported that the party is in possession of documents that state that a Portuguese military plane carrying eleven passengers, who remained…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza published a report entitled "Crossings Agreement – Another Year of Suffering", in which the center conducted a study on the effects…

Organization of the Islamic Conference General Secretary Ekmel Eddin Ihsan Oglu suggested opening an investigation in the latest events of factional infighting in the Gaza Strip which claimed the lives…

On Wednesday Israeli forces occupying Al Hamra Checkpoint in Jenin confiscated the identity cards of hundreds of Palestinians, detaining them for five hours. While the soldiers were confiscating identification and…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 20th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.67MB|| time:5m 6s Two Palestinians were killed…

An Israeli settler ran over an elderly man Wednesday midday in Al Khader village south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Medical sources said that Ahmed Sbeih 72…

The Israeli Army invaded several cities in the West Bank and abducted eight Palestinian men on Wednesday at dawn.  Israeli troops invaded several parts of the southern West Bank city…

Palestinian sources reported that a ten year old girl, Du'a' Abd Al Qader, was shot and killed by an Israeli sharpshooter while playing near the illegal Israeli wall in the…

Local Palestinian sources reported that an Israeli army convoy invaded the village of Siliet Al Harthia, surrounded a house in the center of the village and clashed with the besieged…

Two Palestinian residents were killed early on Wednesday and at least six others wounded in renewed gun battles between militants in Gaza. Local medical sources reported that two unidentified people…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismael Haniyeh, reiterated Tuesday acceptance of forming a Palestinian national unity government and refused President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for early elections. In a televised speech, Palestinian Prime…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 19th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.41MB|| time:5m 54s   Five Palestinian men killed…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 19th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.41MB|| time:5m 54s   Five Palestinian men killed…

As the death toll continues to mount, between Israeli assassinations, abductions and a fledgling civil war, the mood in the West Bank and amongst Palestinians continues to degrade.  In speaking…

Undercover Israeli armed forces infiltrated the village of Alar near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem and killed one Palestinian man, injured one and abducted two others on Tuesday…

Two Palestinian security officers were killed in the Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon as a result of ongoing Fatah – Hamas clashes.   Medical sources reported that the bodies of…

Israeli troops attacked and searched residents houses in the northern West Bank city of Jenin , the Jenin refugee camp and the nearby village of Kifer Dan, on Tuesday morning.…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Jab'a, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted three men including the Mayer of the village on Tuesday morning. Local…

At a point in time when the American and Iranian governments have found various differences in ideology, the people of both countries have shared an astute judgment in determining that…

At least one person was killed and seven others were wounded on Tuesday morning in clashes between the Palestinian General intelligence service and the Executive forces in the Gaza Strip,…

Israeli undercover special agents killed one Palestinian and abducted two others in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday morning. Sources…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 18th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2MB|| time:5m 33s Fighting between Fatah and Hamas…

A trip past the King David Hotel in Jerusalem this morning showed that Israel was preparing for the arrival of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair.  At that same time…

Israeli army military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday morning. Troops fired live rounds and sound bombs into the air and towards residents houses, searched…

The Israeli army on Monday morning abducted eight Palestinian men from several parts of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli troops invaded Hebron, the old city, and also…

One Palestinian teen was critically wounded in the neck after being hit by a live round in central Gaza city in the Gaza strip on Monday morning during a gunfight…

At a time when Syrian President Bashar Assad is hoping to engage Israel in peace talks, President Ehud Olmert has laid Israel's failure to engage in peace talks on the…

The Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian man from the village of Tafuha near the southern West Bank city of Hebron in Monday morning. Troops surrounded the houses of Isma'el Izrikat,…

I am writing this piece with tears falling from my eyes.  You know I am a Palestinian, you must know my friends from the West Bank are Palestinians as well. …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Central Election Commission in Ramallah to discuss legal steps and logistics for holding the elections.   Dr. Hanna Nasser chair of the commission…

One Palestinian presidential guard was killed early Sunday morning after scores of masked militants attacked an outpost, west of Gaza City, belonging to the Palestinian President’s 17 force, as armed…

Who has failed to make peace prevail in the holy land of Palestine?  The Palestinians, the Israelis, the international 'community' or the apathetic around the world?  This is a question…

Palestinian factions in exile rejected the call of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, for early legislative and presidential elections, and called for withdrawing arms from the streets. In a press…

The Israeli government, the United States and the United Kingdom welcomed Abbas' Saturday speech and his call for early elections, considering it a serious Palestinian political decision. An Israeli security…

At least five Palestinian residents were wounded Saturday night during clashes between supporters of the two major Palestinian political parties, Fateh and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip city of…

Dozens of residents of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, gathered on Saturday evening in front of the Municipality building, in the center of the town, to light…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early presidential and legislative elections as soon as possible, ending a 9 month-old internal Palestinian dialogue that failed to reach a unity government.…

The European Union decided on Friday to extend by three months an aid deal that bypasses the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas movement, that won the legislative elections earlier this…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Friday that United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, stated that she intends to ask the Congress for dozens of millions of dollars to…

Israeli forces attacked on Saturday a Palestinian police station in Al Samoa' village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers stormed the station, searched and ransacked it then…

The Israeli army has abducted two Palestinian men during a house raid campaign in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday morning. Mohamed Abu Shamah, 41, and Kamal…

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday morning that an Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and killed on man. Ameen Makhluf, 20, was killed after being…

Hundreds of Palestinian children held a candle procession in front of the Jabalia police station, in Jabalia town in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, against the Monday killing…

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In the weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall, held today in the village of Bil'in, a group of villagers, internationals and Israelis gathered in the village after noon prayers…

Number of Palestinians injured in the Hamas-Fateh clashes in Ramallah arrived to 35 residents, members of Hamas and Fateh, including four who suffered serious wounds. The Ramallah clashes took place…

Palestinian legislator, and senior Fateh leader, Mohammad Dahlan, said during a Friday press conference that accusing him by Hamas leaders of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, is a…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly reports on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories during the period between December 7 and December 13, and…

After the shooting incident targeting the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya of the Hamas, which took place shortly after he was allowed back in to the Gaza Strip,…

After the shooting attack that targeted the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas movement, shortly after he was allowed back in the Gaza Strip, the movement…

In spite of the blockade, closures, arrests, killings, settlements, and the Wall, the Christmas tree will be lit on Friday night. Rarely has anything been able to stop the lighting,…

Friday morning, Israeli army abducted Palestinian man from Nahaleen village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ra'ed Ghaiad, 29, was taken to unknown detention after troops surrounded,…

An explosion rocked the center of Gaza city on Friday at dawn after bomb went off near a pharmacy. Eyewitnesses reported that a group of unknown gunmen placed the bomb…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 14th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.1MB|| time:4m30s   Four Palestinians were killed in…

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that 123 Palestinian children have been killed since outbreak of hostilities, more than double the 2005 figure, adding that some 340 children remain in…