Army takes prisoner 10 residents from Nablus
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…
Israeli Army invades Hebron city and takes three prisoners
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…
Israeli Army takes one prisoner from Qalqilia
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 Army invades Beit Kahiel village near Hebron, takes two prisoners
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 re-invades the southern part of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip
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…
Elderly man killed, 9 residents, including children, were injured in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
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.…
Gaza Doctors: Israel used a strange weapon against Palestinian victims
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…
Peace will need more than David Grossman — or Uri Avnery
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…
Troops invade Tammoun village near Jenin
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…
Qalqilia man forced to watch his home be demolished
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…
Residents form Human Shields to stop Israeli shelling of a house in Gaza
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…
Fighter dies of wounds sustained earlier this month
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…
Three Israelis injured in Sderot
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…
Lieberman: “Abbas is irrelevant, we must repossess Rafah Crossing, Philadelphi Route”
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…
Israel issues an order to annex hundreds of Dunams in the West Bank
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…
Settlers attack residents in Hebron; three children and two women were injured
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,…
Child killed in Beit Lahia, woman dies of heart attack as shell exploded near her home
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…
Army installs two military checkpoints north of Tubas
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…
Army detains scores of residents at Huwara checkpoint near Nablus
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…
Army critically injures one resident in Beit Lahia
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…
Army invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus and takes prisoner one resident
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…
UN condemns Israeli massacre in Beit Hanoun, approves probe
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…
Army kills one resident in Beit Lahia
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…
Abbas-Haniyya closed meeting ends, described as positive
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…
Army shells one house, a charitable society in Gaza City
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…
Soldiers shell a P.A Executive Security force compound in Gaza
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…
This Week In Palestine – November Week 2
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…
Prisoner Society reports that Bethlehem’s Aida Camp man another victim of severe beating
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…
Alice in Erez; the Gaza Crossing
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…
Democrats Ignore Subjugation of Palestinians in Vilifying Carter’s Book
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…
Bil’in protest commemorates independence, calls for Palestinian Unity
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…
Haniyya describes his meeting with Abbas as positive
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…
Israeli hospital refuses continued treatment for Palestinian shot by special forces
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…
PCHR report: “428 Palestinians, including 80 children and 25 women, killed since June 25”
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…
Settlers continue expansion of illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank
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…
Army jet fighters level a house in Beit Lahiya
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.…
Army takes one resident prisoner from Kofer Dan village near Jenin
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,…
Families of Beit Hanoun plan suit against Israel
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…
Israel rejects the European peace initiative
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.…
Army shells houses, workshops in the Gaza Strip, four children injured
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;…
Al-Jazeera launches English-language channel; critics challenge ‘watered-down’ coverage
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…
Youth killed in Qalqilia invasion, at least 31 injured
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…
Abbas demands that Islamic Jihad abide by cease fire
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…
Fighter taken prisoner hours after soldiers surrounded his house and partially destroyed it
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 Sderot residents flee, Peretz demand further attacks in Gaza
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…
Soldiers attack rooms of abducted Palestinian legislators and ministers
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 – November 16, 2006
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…
Zahhar: “Iran donated $ 120 Million to Hamas-led government”
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…
Child seriously injured in Hebron by army explosives
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…
Soldiers, settlers obstruct families from harvesting their olive trees
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…
Israel to compensate 11 of 13 Arab residents killed in October 2000
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.…
New peace initiative promoted by Spain, Italy and France
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…
Army invades Tulkarem and surrounds the house of an Intifada activist
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…
Army invades villages near Hebron and takes three residents
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,…
Three residents injured in a car accident with an Israeli army vehicle in the Jordan Valley
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…
Abbas: “The United States assured me embargo will be lifted if Unity Government formed”
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…
Al Ein Refugee camp, small in size, big target for the Israeli army
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…
Talks on naming P.A ministers for National Unity Government start today
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…
Army takes one resident prisoner and abuses another two near Tulkarem
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…
Army invades Qabatiya and takes prisoner five residents
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…
Five civilians injured by overnight strikes in Gaza
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…
Israeli sources: Palestinian Resistance Fighter Captured in Jerusalem with Explosives
Israeli forces reportedly discovered a man carrying a ready-to-use explosives belt in Tzahal Square in Jerusalem. Israel Radio reported on Thursday, that the man, identified as Ashraf Hanani, 25, belonged…
What are Palestinians gaining from launching Qassams?
I want to start by saying that Israel does not need excuses to attack and kill Palestinians. However, they do it with international approval when they have this excuse. In…
Israeli Army invades Al Ein Refugee Camp in Nablus; shoots and kills one resident
Mohamed Salamah Ihmedan, 25, was shot and killed during an Israeli military invasion to Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, on…
Youth seriously injured in Sderot
Israeli sources reported that Palestinian armed groups fired more homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot seriously wounding a 17-year old youth. Earlier on Wednesday one Israeli was…
Palestine Today – November 15, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 15, 2006..|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time:4m38s In the West Bank,…
Palestine Today – November 15, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 15, 2006..|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.25MB || time:4m38s In the West Bank,…
Israeli restrictions on Gaza bars Palestinian Football team from participating in the Asia Cup
Ahmad Al Afeefy, head of the Palestinian Football Association said on Wednesday that the team was unable to participate in the Asian World Cup due to the Israeli closure of…
Independence Day in Palestine: a lifeless holiday
Palestinians living under Israeli occupation aspire to liberation and freedom, but eighteen years after the Palestinian leadership, from exile, announced the Palestinian independence day, the Palestinian people are still under…
Army invades Al Doha town for the second time and takes another prisoner
The Israeli army invaded Al Doha town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the second time on Wednesday afternoon and took another prisoner. Soldiers attacked the house…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp, takes prisoner two residents
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, searched and ransacked residents' houses and took two brothers prisoner on Wednesday at dawn. Residents…
Army invades Dora village and Al Fuwar Refugee Camp near Hebron and takes two prisoners
The Israeli army invaded Dora village and Al Fuwar Refugee Camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday morning and took two prisoners. Troops attacked residents' houses…
Lifting of Boycott Not Conditioned On Hamas’ Recognition of Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured Hamas that the boycott will be lifted despite their refusal to recognize Israel; rather it is conditioned on a non-partisan government of technocrats, according to…
Abbas to Welch: “No meeting with Olmert as long as Israel continues its attacks”
President Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday night in Cairo, with David Welch, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, for an update on the meeting held between…
Abbas-Mubarak meeting focuses on peace process, unity government
Wednesday morning, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo with the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and discussed the ongoing efforts to revive the Peace Process in the Middle East and…
A village cut in two: the goal is displacement, looting and land confiscation
The town of Azzun 'Atma has come to represent the worst of the worst of the effects of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank. The small town is in…
The Israeli Army seize mother of five to force her wanted husband to surrender
On Wednesday soldiers abducted a mother of five from Doura town, near Hebron in the south of the West Bank, in order to pressurise her wanted husband to surrender, Palestinian…
Army invaded Jenin and its refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, searched and ransacked residents houses on Wednesday at dawn. Residents said that more than 17 army…
Army takes prisoner one resident from Al Doha town near Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded the town of Al Doha west of Bethlehem, in the souther part of the West Bank, and took prisoner one resident on Wednesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Resistance fires seven homemade shells at Sederot, one killed one injured
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired on Wednesday morning seven homemade Qassam shells into the western Israeli Negev town of Sederot. One 57 year old woman was killed and…
Shin Bet Chief claims that fighters managed to smuggle 30 tons of explosives since Gaza pullout
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Shin Bet security service chief, Yuval Diskin, stated on Tuesday that the government must prepare for a "military option" in Gaza, and claimed…
Qaraqe’: “420 residents taken prisoner since less than 14 days”
Palestinian Legislator, head of the detainees committee at the Legislative Council, Issa Qaraqe', said that the number of Palestinians being taken prisoner by Israeli forces has sharply increased as the…
EU extend its mission on Gaza-Egypt border for six months
The European Union has agreed to extend its mission on the Gaza-Egypt border crossing for additional six months, EU officials stated on Tuesday. The decision came after EU Foreign…
Report: Sharp increase of Russian Jews immigrating back to Russia
A report prepared by the Israeli embassy in Russia revealed that the number of Russian Jews who left the country back to Russia arrived to 50.000, while three years ago…
B’Tselem: “Grave suspicion of extrajudicial execution of two wounded Palestinians, 8 Nov. 06”
On November 8, 2006 at around 2:00 am, under-cover units of the Israeli army shot and killed five Palestinians in Al Yamoun village, near Jenin, in the northern part of…
Palestine Today – November 14, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday November 14, 2006.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time: 5m 45s A…
Unity Government Still Dominated by Hamas
Members of the Hamas movement will still hold key positions in the nearly formed national unity government of Palestine and according to Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas will not settle…
Palestinian forces arrest two Israeli secret agents in Gaza
Sources from the Palestinian preventative security forces working in Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the forces managed to arrest two Gaza residents working as agents for the Israeli secret…
Army does not allow patients with severe conditions to enter Israel for treatment
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army controlling the border crossing in or out of Gaza is refusing to allow patients with severe…
Army invades Al Thahria village near Hebron
A special Israeli army force invaded the village of Al Thahria, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers searched a number of houses, ransacked them…
Army invades Qalqilia and takes prisoner a photo journalist
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took prisoner a photo journalist on Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the city and searched several houses including the house…
Army invades a village near Bethlehem and takes five prisoners
Israeli forces attacked the village of Harmalah, south east of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank and took prisoner five residents on Tuesday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered…
A resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained last week
Palestinian medical sources reported that Mohamed Mekhiz, 21, died on Tuesday morning of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army attack on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip last…
Army invades Nablus and kills one Intifada activist
Army invaded Ein Al Ma' refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and killed Baha' Khater, 20, on Tuesday at dawn. Local sources said that an Israeli…
Troops shell two area in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Monday at night, that soldiers shelled several homes in Al Mawassi area, and Al Qarara town, near Khan Younis, in the southern…
Shbeir, the new Palestinian Unity Government head
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that the rival Fateh and Hamas movements agreed on the formation of a National Unity Government headed by Mohammad Abu Shbeir. Abu Shbeir…
Palestine Today – November 13, 2006
Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Monday November 13, 2006. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.27MB || time: 5m 45s In…
Deconstructing David Grossman: If he is Israeli left, who needs right?
Gilad Atzmon highlights the inherent contradictions in the views of Israeli Zionist author David Grossman who appears to espouse peace with the Palestinians but shows worrying signs of Jewish supremacism.…
Palestinian hospital starts blood donation campaign to aid injured in Beit Hanoun
Dar Al Salam hospital (the House of Peace Hospital), along with the science and technology university departments in the city of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
After being imprisoned in Pakistani, US, Jordanian, and Israeli prisons, detainee finally freed
Israeli authorities released on November 6, 2006, detainee Marwan Ali Jabbour from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. He was taken prisoner by Israel on the…