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Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Tuesday November 21st, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.78 || time:6m19s Two were killed in southern…

The Syrian government slammed on Monday the assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, who was shot to death near Beirut, on Tuesday. The Syrian official news agency announced the…

A factory in the Israeli town of Sderot, located less than 5 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, caught fire Tuesday morning after being hit by a homemade shell fired by…

Pierre Gemayel, a Lebanese cabinet minister and member of the Christian Phalange party, has been shot dead in Beirut. His convoy was attacked in a Christian neighbourhood. Gemayel, son of…

Palestinian source reported on Tuesday that one Palestinian resident was badly injured in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, after he was violently attacked and beaten…

Israeli troops detained dozens of residents and vehicles at the main entrance of Ithna village, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Local sources reported that…

Israeli troops took prisoner Saleh Jawareesh, the Imam of Ahmad Bin Hanbal mosque in Beit Jala city, near Bethlehem, and his son Azzam, after breaking into their home in the…

Palestinian sources reported that two Italian Red Cross workers were abducted by unknown gunmen in Dir Al Balah town, in the central Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon. Iyad Nasser, a…

Palestinian sources reported that 15 residents were injured in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli air force fired two missiles at residents in Jabal Al Kashef…

During an Israeli court session for the abducted Palestinian ministers and legislators, Palestinian Minister of Finance, Dr. Omar Abdul-Raziq, addressed the court through his lawyer Usama Al Sa'ady, complaining from…

Palestinians have started to employ new tactics to prevent Israeli air attacks on their houses. Hundreds of protesters successfully forced the Israeli air force to halt air strikes on a…

17-year-old Rakan al-Nusairat was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Monday evening near Jericho checkpoint.  According to eyewitnesses, the boy had a plastic gun in his hand when he was…

The Israeli Peace Now movement held a press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday and said that it found in a new study on settlements that approximately 40% of the settlements…

Israeli military helicopters opened fire on people and their homes in  the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at noon.  Residents reported that the helicopters…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Tuesday stating that the number of Gaza Strip residents killed by the Israeli army's continuous attacks since the beginning of November…

Army bulldozers and jeeps stormed on Tuesday at dawn Balata and Ein Beit Al Ma' refugee camps in Nablus city in the northern West Bank, searched homes and damaged residents'…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and took prisoner four children. Several border police and intelligence jeeps stormed the Palestinian village of…

The Israeli forces invaded the village of Obadiya located east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and took prisoner seven residents on Tuesday morning. Army…

The Israeli army conducted a wide scale search campaign to residents during a predawn invasion of the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp and the nearby Qabatiya town,…

Israeli army tanks fired one tank shell at a group of residents in Tal Al Kashef area, east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Zaytoun neighborhood south of Gaza City. Troops opened fire randomly at residents and killed two, including one 70 year old woman, on Tuesday…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that two fighters of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed in an Israeli air…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Abdul-Aziz Shahin “Abu Ali”, member of the Fateh Revolutionary Council, was shot an injured in his leg after unknown…

Palestinians may not ride in cars with Israeli license plates, according to a new rule announced today by Israeli authorities.  Palestinians are already barred from driving on 40% of the…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah), petitioned the Israeli District Court in Haifa, on Monday, to connect the unrecognized Bedouin communities with water supply by connecting…

Palestinians may not ride in cars with Israeli license plates, according to a new rule announced today by Israeli authorities.  Palestinians are already barred from driving on 40% of the…

A statement released by parents of Arab residents of Israeli killed by the Israeli police in October 2000 issued a press release denying Israeli reports that they reached a deal…

Nine Israeli human rights organizations issued an unprecedented joint call to the international community to ensure human rights in the Gaza Strip. The statement comes in light of the dire…

German prosecutes said on Monday that Germany hold six persons under investigation over an alleged plan to blow up a commercial air flight that belongs to the Israeli Airlines EL…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Monday November 20th, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.6MB || time:4m46s   . The Israeli…

Monday evening, Israeli soldiers took resident Shareef Abu Hadeed prisoner after surrounding his house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for several hours, and after detaining and interrogating several…

Palestinian source in Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that unknown gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of Janette Michael, mayor of Ramallah, causing damage…

After months of postponements due to lack of evidence, the Israeli Salem Military Court once again put off the trials of elected Palestinian officials this afternoon. The Palestinian Authority Ministry…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, started a five-day visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, and visited Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Israeli troops, supported by tanks and armored vehicles, invaded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The invasion was carried out…

A study conducted by the Near-East Counseling Institution revealed that 71% of the Palestinian refugees are living in extreme poverty; the remaining 29% of the refugees are poor. Jamil Rabah,…

Several senior Palestinian political leaders confirmed that talks on the formation of a National Unity Government are ongoing in spite of the recent set-back regarding some issues especially the distribution…

Talks between Government Workers Union and the government ended on Sunday evening with an offer from the government to pay 1000 New Israeli Shekels to to every employee as part…

The Israeli soldiers detained trucks containing water tanks that were on their way to farmers in Khirbit Samra village, east of Tubas, on Monday morning. The drivers of the water…

  Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus city, in the norther partof the West Bank, and took ten residents prisoner. The invasion started late on Saturday at night…

  The Israeli army attacked a number of Palestinian homes in the southern West Bank city Hebron, and took  three Palestinians as prisoners, including one minor, on Monday morning. Sources…

The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and took one Palestinian man prisoner on Monday morning. A number of armored vehicles and jeeps invaded the city,…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Kahiel, north west of the city of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank on Monday morning and took two Palestinian…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers have started an invasion of the southern part of Beit Hanoun town north of the Gaza strip on Monday morning, after having partially retreated from…

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported on Sunday evening that the resident who was injured on Sunday evening in an Israeli air-strike in Gaza City is a 75-year old man.…

Palestinian doctors in the Gaza Strip said that they have been dealing with a strange kind of weapon used against Palestinians. Doctor Abdulrahman Abu Safia of Al-Shifaa hospital in Gaza…

David Grossman’s widely publicised speech at the annual memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin earlier this month has prompted some fine deconstruction of his “words of peace” from critics. Grossman, one…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, fired rounds of live ammunition and broke into one home. Local sources…

Before transferring Qalqilia resident Riad Hutri to an unknown location, Israeli soldiers forced the man to watch his home being demolished piece by piece. Eyewitness Mohammad Salameh said that Israeli…

A Palestinian family, supported by hundred of residents, of the Jabalia refugee camp managed to stop an Israeli air strike to their house after refusing the leave the house and…

The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, reported that one of its field leaders died on Saturday evening of wounds sustained on November 2, during the second day…

Palestinian resistance fired six homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot; three Israelis were injured, one moderately. The injured were moved to Barziali Hospital in Ashkelon. Israeli sources…

Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Minister of the so-called “Strategic Threats” said that Israeli must repossess the Rafah Border Crossing and the Philadelphi Route in the southern part of the Gaza…

Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Right Center (Musaada) demanded the Legal Counselor of the Israeli so-called Civil Administration Office in the occupied West Bank, to cancel a decision that aims…

Three Palestinian children and two women were injured on Saturday when settlers of the Ramat Yishai illegal outpost carried several attacks against residents, houses and school students in Hebron city,…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip reported that a 16-year old child was killed by Israeli military fire. A 70-year old woman…

The Israeli army installed two military checkpoints north of the West Bank city of Tubas on Saturday morning. One flying military checkpoint was installed on the I'kaba village – Tubas…

The Israeli soldiers closed the Huwara checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus and detained scores of residents on Saturday. Residents reported that troops are searching and messing…

The Israeli army shot one resident of Beit Lahayia north of the Gaza strip on Saturday noon. The man was moved to the nearby Kamal Udwan hospital, medical sources said…

Israeli forces invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus city north of the West Bank and took prisoner one resident on Saturday morning. Army vehicles and one bulldozer entered the refugee…

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Friday night condemning the Israeli air strike against the civilian population of Beit Hanoun which killed 20 Palestinians and wounded dozens…

Sa’eed Hajuj, 20 was killed by in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, Saturday morning.  An undercover Israeli army unit invaded the town and positioned in a civilian house…

Friday evening, a closed meeting between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya ended after the two leaders held further talks on the formation of the National…

Palestinian security sources reported on Friday at night that the Israeli air force carried two separate attacks that targeted on house and a charitable society in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses reported…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday at night that the Israeli air force shelled a headquarters of the Palestinian Executive Force in Al Shaty' refugee camp, near…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file  10.5 MB || 11m08s   This Week In Palestine, a service of…

A resident of Aida Refugee Camp one of thousands Palestinians with stories of abuse endured in Israeli prison. Mahmoud Ahmed Abu Salem testified under oath to a Palestinian Prisoner Society…

A clear and warm November evening; sun sets in a violence of color to the west over the sea and a full luminescent moon on the rise over Beit Hanoun…

President Jimmy Carter's courageous new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is due on bookstore shelves November 14, 2006. In it, Carter reportedly states, "Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian…

Some 300 Palestinians and 100 Israeli and international peace activists marched on Friday against the Israeli Annexation Wall in Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The procession…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Friday that his late Thursday night meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, was positive and good. Haniyya also stated that he will…

An Israeli hospital is refusing to continue the medical treatement of a Palestinian resident shot by Israeli special forces, Waleed Athba, 23, was near his home in the northwestern West…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that Israeli troops killed 434 Palestinians, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since June 25; 271 of the casualties were…

In spite of the official Israeli statements of intension to evacuate illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, settlers continued their illegal activities  of expansion of settlement outposts north…

Israeli army jet fighters fired several missiles at a house in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and leveled it to the ground on Friday morning.…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Dan near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank and took prisoner one resident on Friday morning. Mohamed Mir'e, 24,…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that three Palestinian families who lost nineteen relatives in an Israeli military shelling to their houses last week are planning to sue Israel for its…

Officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected a five-point peace initiative proposed by France and Spain to revive the peace process and renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday night after midnight that the Israeli air force shelled several houses, and a workshop, in the Gaza Strip;…

The Al-Jazeera satellite channel, the largest news agency in the Arab world, yesterday launched the first English-language Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera International, amidst allegations among some reporters that the new…

As the Israeli army continued its large military offensive in Qalqilia town, in the northern part of the West Bank, one Palestinian youth was killed, while the number of injuries…

Friday evening, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demanded that the Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance movement abide by a cease fire and stop the firing of homemade shells at the Israeli town…

Palestinian sources in Tulkarem, in the northern part of th West Bank, that soldiers took one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh prisoner, hours after…

As thousands of residents of the Israeli Negev town of Sderot rushed to fill 17 buses that came to evacuate them from the town, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanded…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees slammed the Thursday morning the attacks carried by Israeli soldiers and the Israeli Prison Administration against the rooms of abducted Palestinian ministers and legislators in…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Thursday November 16, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.66MB || time:6m11m   The Israeli army…

Palestinian Foreign Minister from the Hamas movement said on Thursday that Iran donated $120 million to the Palestinian government, and adding the Iran is willing to donate more. Zahhar, currently…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported on Thursday that a 15-year old Palestinian child was seriously injured north of Hebron, after an explosive device left by the army apparently during…

Several families of Tal village, west of Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, complained that Israeli soldiers and settlers are obstructing their Olive harvest in their…

The Nazareth Israeli District Court approved on Thursday a settlement reached between the State of Israel and the families of eleven Israeli Arabs killed by the Israeli police in 2000.…

Spain will sponsor a new Middle East peace initiative along with France and Italy, the Spanish prime minister said Thursday, stressing that the international community cannot remain idle as violence…

Israeli forces are still surrounding the house of Mohammad Al-Zaitawi, a leader with Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah after invading the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday…

The Israeli army invaded the villages of Dora and Ithna near the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning and took three residents prisoner. Troops stormed the two villages,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that three residents were injured in a car accident between a Palestinian civilian car and an Israeli military vehicle in the Jordan Valley in the West…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that he received assurances from the United States that the formation of a National Unity Government would bring an end to its political…

Destruction in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus, repeated invasions and attacks carried by the Israeli forces became a daily event over the last two weeks. The camp is one…

Palestinian sources reported that talks between Fateh and Hamas on National Unity Government will be resumed today (Thursday) after the talks were stopped for two days. President Mahmoud Abbas and…

The Israeli army invaded Anabta Village, east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, troops took one resident prisoner and abused another two, on Thursday morning. Troops stormed the village…

The Israeli army invaded the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin City  in the northern West Bank on Thursday at dawn and took prisoner five residents. Army vehicles and troops…

Israeli Air Force carried several air strikes late Wednesday night until Thursday morning, targeting a number of houses that belong to families of resistance fighters; five civilians were injured; some…