Jewish immigration into Israel on the rise
Today, about 40 British Jews will arrive in Israel, bringing the number of British Jewish émigrés this year up to 700, according to the Jewish Agency, a group responsible for…
Israeli army demolish one Palestinian house in Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem
The Israeli army bulldozers demolished one Palestinian house in Shu'fat refugee camp in Jerusalem city on Wednesday midday. Israeli soldiers and police surrounded the camp and closed it totally while…
Israeli army demolishes one Palestinian house in Shu’fat refugee camp in Jerusalem
The Israeli army bulldozers demolished a Palestinian house in Shu'fat refugee camp in Jerusalem city on Wednesday midday. Israeli soldiers and police surrounded the camp and closed it totally while…
Army abducts at least 17 Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted at least 17 Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank in pre dawn invasions on Wednesday morning. In the…
Abbas arrives in Cairo for one-day visit
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that president Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosny Mubarak. The visit came as the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya,…
Israel: “Two Israeli youth injured by Qasam shell in Sderot”
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday evening that two Israeli youth were injured, one seriously, after Palestinian fighters fired homemade shells into the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The two…
Palestine Today – December 26, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 26th 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.95MB|| time:5m24s One Palestinian farmer injured by…
Unknown gunmen attack a trading company in Beit lahyia
On Tuesday Morning unknown gunmen detonated a bomb in the Madhoun trading company based in the town of Beit Lahyia in the northern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that the gunmen…
Palestinians nonviolently block Israeli bulldozers from devastating their lands near Bethlehem
Palestinians from Um Salamunah village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, nonviolently tried to block Israeli army bulldozers from destroying their lands on Tuesday afternoon. Residents reported that…
Hebron: Israeli army attacks medical center, abducting residents,while settlers destroy farm lands
The Israeli army attacked a medical center and abducted two Palestinian men and Israeli settlers destroyed Palestinian farm lands in three separate attacks in the southern West Bank city of…
Israeli troops abduct six Palestinian men during morning invasions across the West Bank
On Tuesday morning the Israeli army invaded several cities, villages and refugee camps across the West Bank and abducted six Palestinian men Troops invaded Al Khader village south of Bethlehem…
One Palestinian farmer injured by army in Northern Gaza
A Palestinian farmer was shot and injured by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday morning. Palestinian medical sources in the town reported…
Candle Light Procession calling for the end of Infighting
At least 2000 Palestinians and Internationals joined the Candle Light procession in the town of Beit Sahour on Christmas Day to light a candle for the End of Violence, Unity…
Near Jenin, Israeli troops abduct ten Palestinians, including a senior fighter
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday at night that Israeli soldiers took prisoner ten residents including a senior fighter of the popular Resistance Committees in Qabatia town, near Jenin in…
Israel deports a detainee from Jenin to the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that the Israeli Prison authorities deported a Palestinian detainee from Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, to the Gaza Strip. The detainee,…
Olmert: “We will negotiate with Syria if it cuts its ties with Iran”
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Monday that Israel will negotiate with Syria over a peaceful settlement to the conflict if it cuts its ties with Iran. The statements…
Peretz: “We will remove 59 out of 400 checkpoints in the West Bank”
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, claimed on Monday during his security cabinet session that he will instruct the army to remove 59 out of 400 checkpoints installed by the army…
Israel threatens a large operation in the Gaza strip if Qassams continue
During a session for Israel’s “security Cabinet” on Sunday, several Israeli ministers warned that Israeli would carry a large military offensive in the Gaza Strip if Palestinian fighters continue to…
Eid Al Adha preparations underway with eyes toward national unity
Shoppers crowded the market place in Nablus Monday for Eid Al Adha. The Muslim holiday was called for 30 December this year and people in the streets said they were…
Midnight Mass in Bethlehem: Patriarch calls to end internal fighting which strengthens occupation
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…
Diskin: ‘Fateh chances of winning new elections, close to zero’
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…
UN Security Council Votes on a Resolution Preventing Violence against Journalists
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…
Israeli Army Tightens Military Measures Ahead of Holidays in Palestine
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,…
UN General Assembly Reiterates Palestinian Sovereignty over OPT
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…
Bethlehem on Christmas Eve: Where are all the Christians?
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…
Bethlehem on Christmas Eve: Where are all the Christians?
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…
Israeli army erects military checkpoints around Tubas
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…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells at Sederot
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…
Hamas downplays Abbas-Olmert meeting
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…
Abbas, Olmert meet in Jerusalem; agree to release of some frozen tax funds
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…
Fateh, Hamas met on Friday, confirmed commitment to end violence
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…
UK Church leaders pledge to be the ‘voice for the voiceless’ of Bethlehem
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…
Wall gate delays transfer of body of a deceased resident for three hours
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…
Abbas: “Five years truce, temporal borders, deception to the people”
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…
30 village councils in Bethlehem voice appeal for ceasefire
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…
Minister of Justice: early elections contravene Basic Law, being used to solve political
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.…
Americans back Bethlehem – but not sure where it is
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…
Israeli military court sentences a Palestinian man to 21 years in detention camps
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 open fire at a PA official, critically wounding him
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…
Peretz approves Wall route around Maali Adumim
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…
Fateh, Hamas fighters engage in renewed clashes
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…
Haniyya: “We are ready to start talks on unity government”
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…
THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE – DECEMBER WEEK 3
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 10.4 MB || 11m23s This Week in Palestine, a service of…
Be’lin Weekly Demonstration Against Illegal Israeli Seperation Wall
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…
PCHR Weekly Report on Israeli Violations in the Occupied Territories
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,…
Palestinians Rally for Peace in Gaza Outside Parliament Building
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 Manages to Meet Detainees Confined to Solitary
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…
Israeli Army attacks several West Bank areas and abducts 24 Palestinian men
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…
Palestinian Muslims Wait at Rafah Crossing to Participate in the Hajj
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…
Man dies of wounds sustained on Thursday night
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…
Following the Scar over Bethlehem
{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…
Army invades Tulkarem and attacked residents houses
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…
Abbas, Olmert to meet next week
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…
Christmas in Bethlehem, Surrounded and Lacking Resources
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…
UN General Assembly Reiterates Palestinian Sovereignty over the Palestinian areas
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 – December 21, 2006
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…
Homemade Shells Injure Three Palestinians Including a Pregnant Woman in Gaza
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…
Israeli Court Refuses Palestinian Detainee’s Plea to Attend His Murdered Daughter’s Funeral
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…
The Israeli Army Invades Charitable Organization in Beit Sahour
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…
Gaza fisherman dies of wounds inflicted earlier this month
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…
Israeli army invades Bethlehem, takes one prisoner
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…
Fateh, Hamas at odds on early elections
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…
Fateh, Hamas at odds on early elections
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…
Israeli Air-force targets fighters in Gaza
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…
Hezbollah: “Portuguese plane arrived from Tel Aviv to Beirut’
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…
PCHR: ‘Border crossing agreement, another year of suffering’
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…
Oglu proposes a probe in latest events in Gaza
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…
Palestinian nonviolent protest at checkpoint as Israeli soldiers beat student
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 – December 20, 2006
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…
Israeli settler Runs over 72-year-old Palestinian man near Bethlehem
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…
Israeli Army Abducts Eight Palestinian Men During Morning Invasion in the West Bank
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…
Ten Year Old Girl Shot and Killed East of Tulkarem
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…
Israeli Army Assassinates Two More Palestinians in the West Bank
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 Killed After Cease Fire Announced on Wednesday
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 PM Reiterates National Unity and Refuses Call for Early Elections
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 – December 19, 2006
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 – December 19, 2006
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 – An Open Air Prison With an Abu Ghraib Mentality
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…
Israeli army kills one Palestinian, injures one, and abducts two near Tulkarem
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 killed due to infighting in Gaza – Death toll reaches five
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 forces invade Jenin city, Jenin refugee camp and a nearby village
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 army invades a village near Bethlehem and abducts three men
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…
Iranians Like Americans Show Their Discontent in Elections
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…
One killed 7 wounded in internal fights in Gaza
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,…
one killed, two wounded in abductions in Nablus
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 – December 18, 2006
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…
Blair Meets with Abbas as Israel Prepares for Blair Meeting
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…
Army invades Jenin city
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…
Army abducts eight Palestinian men including three brothers from Hebron
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…
Fatah Hamas fighting continues, one Palestinian teen wounded in Gaza city
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…
American Government Acts as Impediment to Israeli Peace Talks
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…
Army abducts one Palestinian man near Hebron
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,…
Imaginary Hugs In Palestine
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. …
President Abbas meets the Central Election Commission
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 Killed as Armed Clashes Break Out in Gaza
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?
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 reject Abbas’ call for early elections
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…
Israel, US, UK welcome Abbas’ call for early elections
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…
Five Palestinian Residents Wounded in Internal Clashes in Southern Gaza
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…
Beit Sahour begins Christmas celebration in the midst of economic depression
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…