The Moment of Truth Is Now for Arabs
A Golf ball landed in my front yard. It came from the direction of my neighbor across the street. I was not sure if one of my neighbor’s kids threw…
Twenty-three Lebanese killed, including 11 children, in Israeli missile strike on bus of evacuees
The Israeli air force shelled several buildings in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and the city of Trablus, north of Lebanon, soldiers also shelled a seaport north of Beirut, and the…
Detainees in Shatta on Hunger Strike for the fourth day
Palestinian detainees in Shatta Israeli detention facility continued their hunger strike for the fourth consecutive day in protest to the bad living conditions and bad treatment they face. Head of…
Israel deploys Patriot missiles in Haifa
The electronic website of the Israeli paper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on Saturday that the Israeli army had deployed three Patriot missile batteries in the city of Haifa in the morning.…
Troops invade northern Gaza, army shells houses in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday night after midnight that Israeli soldiers shelled several houses in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Tanks and personnel carriers…
Army arrests four residents from Hebron
Israeli troops took four residents from the West Bank city of Hebron prisoners on Saturday. The four were taking prisoners when troops stormed Wadi Al Hira area south of the…
Detainees in Shatta Israeli prison continue with their open Hunger Strike for the fourth day
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Saturday that prisoners in Shatta Israeli detention facility continued with their open hunger strike for the fourth day in protest to their bad imprisonment conditions…
Army arrests one student from Dir Istiya village
Ibraheem Abd Al Razek, was arrested when Israeli troops stormed the village of Dir Istiya, west of the West Bank city of Salfit, on Saturday. Troops searched resident’s houses before…
Man, a 7-month old baby, and one youth killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza, Dir Al Balah
Palestinian medical source at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, reported that two Palestinians, including a 7-month old baby were killed on Saturday after the Israeli air force fired missiles at…
Army arrests one resident from Nablus
Abd Allah Al Sayeh, 27, was arrested when Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday morning. Troops searched and ransacked several houses in the old city…
One youth arrested in Al Obadiyya village east of Bethlehem
Mohamed Khalil Safi, 19, was arrested in the village of Al Obadiyya east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Saturday. Troops stationed at a military checkpoint near the…
Two Palestinians Killed, Israel Bombs Ministry of Economy, bridge in Gaza
One Palestinian was killed and eight were injured as Israeli air force war planes bombed a house in Gaza city on Saturday morning. The house is located in Al-Sheikh Radwan,…
Two Israelis killed in Safad, army shells house of Hezbollah leader
Friday night, an Israeli source reported that a woman and her four-year-old grandson died of their wounds. The two were injured by a Katyusha rocket fired by Lebanese militia fighters…
Hundreds protest Israeli apartheid by holding engagement ceremony at Wall construction site
At the weekly protest in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, Palestinians, internationals and Israelis challenged the recent Israeli decision to block certain holders of American passports…
This Week in Palestine, July Week 2
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2320 Palestinian detainees in the Negev detention camp announced a 1-day hunger strike
Palestinian sources reported that approximately 2320 Palestinians imprisoned in the Israeli Negev detention facility announced on Friday morning a one day hunger strike in protest to the violations carried by…
Hundreds of residents stuck at the Rafah border crossing push their way into Gaza
Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that hundreds of Palestinians struck at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing since June 25 forced their way into the…
Israeli army is planning to shell Hezbollah headquarters in a densely populated area of south Beirut
A senior officer of the Israeli army reported on Friday that the army is planning to bomb a Hezbollah headquarters in a densely populated area of south Beirut on Friday.…
Hamas PLC members change offices in the Gaza Strip in light of assassination attemps
Eyewitnesses said Israeli warplanes fired several rockets at dawn today, destroying buildings in near Jabaliya Refugee Camp north of Gaza City. The targets were elected government officials who ran and…
Israel: “24 injured, two moderately after a Katyusha shells were fired at areas in northern Is
Israeli sources reported on Friday that Hezbollah fighters fired several Katyusha shells at several areas, north of the country; 24 Israelis were reportedly injured, two seriously. The shells were fired…
Troops shells Fateh office, residential building and a bridge in the Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and fighter-jets fired several shells in separate incidents at a building that belongs to Fateh legislators in the northern area of Gaza, a residential building in the Tal…
One Palestinians killed, one seriously injured, child dies of earlier wounds
The Israeli army, stationed at Abu Holy checkpoint in the central Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells at a vehicle driving south of Dir Al Balah killing one resident and seriously…
Palestinian resistance shells Kissufeem
The National Resistance Bigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of Popular Front for the…
Army arrests two in Hebron
Thursday evening: Israeli army troops arrest two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron. Noaman Al Najjar, a sergeant in the Palestinian police force in the city, and Atallah…
Army artillery shells north and east areas in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army artillery shelled northern and eastern areas of the Gaza strip on Friday morning. The shelling targeted residents’ houses in Beit Lahia, Jabalia and Beit Hanon, as well…
Palestinian nonviolent resistance protest Israeli violation of village cemetery in front of Supreme
The Al Aqsa Foundation are organizing demonstrations to stop Israeli desecration of Islamic holy sites. Palestinians conducted a sit-in in protest of Israeli violation of a Palestinian cemetery in a…
Israeli prison authorities censor all television other than Israeli Channel 2
Human rights sources reported that upon expressing a sense of hope at the Lebanese capture of two occupying Israeli soldiers, Israeli prison authorities cut all television channels in its prisons…
One resident arrested from Toqua village near Bethlehem
Kammal Soboh was arrested from the village of Toqua, south of the city of Bethlehem, Friday morning. Soboh was arrested when troops invaded the village and searched several houses then…
Army attacks shepherds huts east of Tubas
Troops from the Israeli army attacked shepherds huts east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Friday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the huts located on the farming lands…
Israel’s ‘Operation Summer Rains’ Offensive Includes Internationally Banned Toxic Weapons
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has recently made it known that the Israeli army is using radioactive and toxic shells against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip. Medics and surgeons…
Palestinian fighters attempt to force border re-opening
After nearly three weeks of border closure between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in which at least eight Palestinians waiting there have died from heat exposure, a group of Palestinian…
Catholic organization Criticises Firms Backing Israeli Occupation of Palestine
The Catholic organization Pax Christi has backed a report from the group ‘War on Want’ which has highlighted the role of companies like Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Connex and Caterpillar in…
Muhammad Joudeh (83 years): ‘The land is my soul and it keeps our dignity’
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, June 10th, 2006 In Rafat, as throughout Palestine, the spirit of resistance against the Occupation has passed through generation to generation. The land…
U.S. vetoes draft UN Security Council resolution calling for end to Israeli invasion of Gaza
"We are highly disappointed and frustrated at the council’s continued inability to act while innocent Palestinian civilians continue to be brutally killed by the Israeli occupying forces," said Ryad Mansour,…
Two Israelis killed in cross-border shelling from Lebanon; rockets hit as far south as Haifa
The Hezbollah resistance movement made a statement Thursday saying, "The Islamic resistance will bombard [the northern Israeli city of] Haifa as soon as the Israeli aggression reaches Beirut or the…
Fifty-three Lebanese killed by Israeli missiles
The Israeli air strikes that targeted several areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut and across southern Lebanon have killed fifty-three civilians. Also, the army air-struck Beirut airport two times…
Palestine Today – July 13 2006
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79 Palestinians killed in the period between June 6 and June 12
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published its weekly report documenting the Israeli violations and attacks in the Palestinian territories and reported that soldiers killed 79 Palestinians, including children,…
Israeli forces invade Hebron; ransack homes
Israeli troops stormed residents’ homes in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday. Soldiers searched and ransacked several homes allegedly looking for illegal substances,…
Legislator Barghouthi calls international community to send fact finding committee to Gaza
Palestinian Legislator, Mustafa Barghouthi, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, said on Thursday that the Israeli army have 47 air strikes on Gaza Strip that led to the death of…
Two more Palestinians die of Israeli air strikes, 25 in less than 24 hours
Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents died of wounds suffered earlier in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was seriously injured on Wednesday near…
Prisoners go on hunger strike in Nablus detention center
Palestinian prisoners at the Israeli military detention center Hawara in the West Bank City of Nablus went on a hunger strike Wednesday to protest an Israeli higher court of justice…
Army searches resident’s homes in the old city of Hebron
Soldiers stormed the old city, searching and ransacking several homes allegedly looking for illegal substances. One of the houses searched belongs to Nidal Al Natsha, eyewitnesses reported. Meanwhile, soldiers stationed…
Two more Palestinian dies of Israeli air strikes, 25 in less than 24 hours
Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents died of wounds suffered earlier in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was seriously injured on Wednesday near…
‘Apartheid Israel worse than SA apartheid;Congress of SA Trade Unions
The “apartheid state” is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in , Willie Madisha, the Congress of SA Trade Unions president, said on July 10 on the South African…
Racism, Not Ignorance, Plagues the Media Covering Palestine
Racism is "the belief that one ‘racial group’ is inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined…
Israel Bombs Foreign Ministry in Gaza
Israeli aircraft have bombed the Palestinian foreign ministry in Gaza, causing widespread damage and injuring at least 10 people, witnesses say. Ambulances and rescue services raced to the scene…
Foreign Ministry in Gaza bombed, 10 injured
ThePalestinian foreign ministry in Gaza City burned to the ground early Thursday morning after three Israeli missiles struck the building, injuring ten residents in nearby buildings. Witnesses told Al-Jazeera TV…
Settlers attack Palestinian cars south of Nablus
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars and buses south of the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday morning. Palestinian drivers and passengers said the settlers threw empty glass bottles…
Soldiers arrests one youth from Anbta village east of Tulkarem
Israeli troops arrested one youth from the Anbta village east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday. Ala Kan’an, a student at Al Najah Univircity in Nablus, was arrested at…
Army arrests one resident from Al Mawaleh area south of Bethlehem
The Israeli army stormed the Al Mawaleh area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Thursday morning, arresting Faries Nawoaora, 23. Troops searched and ransacked several homes before arrested Nawoaora…
Army arrests one resident from Al Yamon village near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested Shadi Abahra, 19, from the village of Al Yamon during a predawn invasion Thursday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village west of Jenin, searching several…
Armed resistance groups-Gaza Strip, West Bank and Lebanon standing together against Israeli crimes
The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, and now its General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah, have affirmed commitment to aiding the Palestinians against Israeli attacks. Throughout the night and early Thursday morning hours,…
Israelis Attack Just 16 kilometers From Beirut
Israeli warplanes and gunboats struck a Lebanese Resistance base 16 kilometers south of Beirut late Wednesday, Lebanese security officials said, in the closest raid to the Lebanese capital since fighting erupted in…
Five children killed, seven injured in Israeli airstrike on playground
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five children were killed and at least seven were injured after Israeli soldiers fired a missile at a playground in Dir Al…
Hafrada is the Zionist form of Apartheid
In response to an article by Dr Steven King, Prof James Bowen , chairman of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, outlines why people should join the group’s protest today.Irish Examiner, 8…
Palestine Today – July 12 2006
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UNRWA Commissioner General expresses dismay over the massive destruction in Gaza
Wednesday afternoon. The new Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Far East (UNRWA), visited several shelled areas in the Gaza Strip,…
Four residents killed in Gaza, officer killed in Al Qarara, 19 killed since dawn
Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported four Palestinians were killed and several others were injured after the army fired artillery shells at the Salah Ed Deen Junction in the southern part…
Three residents killed in Khan Younis
Two Palestinians were killed and another injured in an Israeli air strike Wednesday in the Al Matahin area north of Khan Younis, Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis reported. Eyewitnesses…
Six Human Rights Groups Petition Israeli High Court::Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Six human rights groups petitioned the Israeli High Court demanding that the crossings in Gaza be opened to allow for the steady and regular supply of fuel, food, medicine, and…
In Gaza offensive, Israel hits Western aid projects
Beit Hanoun’s veteran bridge builder shrugged off his latest misfortune: the Israelis destroyed the main span into town three years ago. The European Union rebuilt it. And overnight the Israelis…
Army breaks into Scientific Society and office of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Wednesday 12th July – The Israeli army broke into the Al Resalah Scientific Society and an office that belongs to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the…
Eight residents arrested in Hebron, several surrounding villages
Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, several surrounding villages and Al Arroub refugee camp, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded Hebron, Tarqoumia,…
Settlers kill shepherds dogs east of Salfit
A group of Israeli settlers killed on Wednesday several shepherds’ dogs and attacked the farmers in the lands located east of the West Bank city of Salfit. According to the…
600 Palestinian ‘undocumented workers’ arrested today
Israeli troops arrested around 600 Palestinian workers inside the ‘green line’ (Palestinian lands occupied since 1948) over the past 24 hours at the pretext of working without permits, according to…
Two Israeli soldiers abducted, seven killed in attack by Hezbollah
Hezbollah, the Islamic Resistance Movement of Lebanon declared Wednesday at 9.05 am that it had captured two Israeli soldiers in an attack meant to secure the release of Palestinians being…
Two residents killed, four injured in Dir Al Balah
A Palestinian medical source in dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, reported that two residents were killed; at least four were injured, after the Israeli army fired artillery…
Husband, his wife and their seven children killed by Israeli shells in Gaza
Dr. Jom’a Al Saqqa, head of the public relations office at al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army shelled a Palestinian house in Gaza city…
Unknown gunmen storm the Palestinian prisoners society headquarters in Bethlehem
Unknown gunmen stormed the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. Office director in Bethlehem, Abdullah Al Zaghari, reported that…
Unknown gunmen storms the Palestinian prisoners society headquarters in Bethlehem
Unknown gunmen stormed the headquarters offices of the Palestinian prisoners society in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. According to the office director, Abdallah Al Zaghari, the…
Eight residents arrested in Hebron
In an invasion to the West Bank city of Hebron and several surrounding twons, Israeli soldiers arrested eight rsidents and took them to an unknown destination. Troops and army jeeps…
Army arrests four residents in Salfit
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Salfit and arrested four residents on Wednesday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city searched scores of resdents’ houses before arresting Sa’ed…
Israeli forces preventing goods from leaving Qalqilia in West Bank
Many of the merchants in the city of Qalqilia, a city of 40,000 that is completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall, are reporting that the Israeli authorities have closed the…
U.S. Vows to Veto UN Gaza Revised Resolution
On Tuesday Qatar circulated a revised draft of United Nations Security Council resolution demanding the unconditional release of a captured Israeli soldier as well as ‘s immediate withdrawal from Gaza.…
Army invades Tuqua village east of Bethlehem, ransacks a house
The Israeli army stormed the village of Tuqua, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, ransacking a house belonging to Mohamed Jebril. Eyewitnesses said troops forced their way…
Army invades Jenin
The army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday, deploying troops throughout the city to search resident’s homes. No arrests were made, residents reported. Also on Wednesday The army…
Army arrests one resident from Nablus
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Nablus during a predawn invasion Wednesday. More than 15 army vehicles stormed the old city and several other …
Americans of Palestinian origin denied entry to Israel
"It must be a mistake, the caprice of a clerk at border control," Aadel Samara responded when his wife Enayeh informed him by phone on May 26 that her entry…
Israeli forces demolish house in ‘Asirah Ash-Shamaliyya
Israeli forces demolished on Tuesday a Palestinian house in ‘Asira Ash-Shamaliyya north of Nablus, in the West BAnk, after charging it with explosives. Mayor of the city, Sa’id Yasin told…
Soldiers at the Allenby Bridge beat a Palestinian-American woman
Tuesday afternoon. Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian-American woman trying to cross into the West Bank from the Allenby Bridge that links Palestine and Jordan. She was attempting to defend her…
Hamas leader: mediation has ended with no deal in the case of the Israeli soldier
A prominent leader of the Hamas Movement, Osama Mazini, denied any official contacts regarding the captured Israeli soldier. Mazini confirmed that there is no relation between the leaders in Damascus…
Undercover troops kill security guard, injures another, abduct several residents in Khan Younis
Tuesday after midnight. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian security guard and injured another after invading the Abu Ojain area near the Kissufim crossing in the southern city of…
11-year old dies of wounds sustained last week during Israeli incursion
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy ,seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike last week near his home in the northern Gaza Strip, died on Tuesday of his wounds. Walid A-Zanati was wounded…
Woman, Child die at the Rafah border crossing
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported a Palestinian woman and child died on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing Tuesday. This makes a total of four Palestinian…
Palestine Today – July 11 2006
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Israeli Army holds up hundreds of residents between Nablus and Tulkarem
The Israeli army held up hundreds of residents between the northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus Tuesday. Local sources reported that the army installed a checkpoint on the…
Palestinian Injuries Suggest Israel is using Chemical Weapons in Gaza
The Palestinian ministry of health revealed on Monday that the Israeli army has used a new type of explosive in its offensive on the Gaza Strip. These explosives contain toxics…
Offer of Subsidies by Israeli Government for Industry Relocation to Occupied West Bank
The following is a translation of an official Israeli Government Notice published in Hebrew in Haaretz on July 9, 2006 describing a 32% increase in subsidies for Israeli industry that…
Israeli Army abducts two youths from Ramallah village
The Israeli army abducted two residents from the West Bank village of Al Mazra’aa Al Gharbeyah, west of the city of Ramallah, Tuesday at dawn. The residents were identified as…
Fighter killed, another injured in Beit Hanoun, two residents injured in a separate attack
Palestinian medical sources in northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun reported one Palestinian was killed and three were seriously injured Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a vehicle carrying…
“My child does not know me,†released Palestinian Political Prisoner
“My child does not know me,” says just released Palestinian political prisoner, Mohammad. “I felt great pain, but I must accept this fate as she came into this life while…
Army damages several homes in Hebron, attacks three residents
The Israeli army caused considerable damages to several homes in the West Bank town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and attacked three residents Tuesday. Local sources in town reported that…
Arab America Institute may sue US over Israeli decision to bar Arab Americans
The Arab American Institute slammed an Israeli decision to bar Arab Americans of Palestinian descent from entering the West Bank and Israeli lands, calling on President Bush’s government to intervene…
Army invades Tulkarem and arrests six residents
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday morning, arresting six residents. The arrestees were identified as Na’eem Al Karmi, 32, Nasser Samara, 25, Ahmad Mahrok, 22, khaled…
Army jet fighters shells a civilian car in Beit Hanon
The Israeli army shelled a civilian car in the town of Beit Hanon in northern Gaza at 11am Tuesday morning. Ambulances rushed to the area and initial reports said several residents are critically injured.
Army arrests five residents from Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus during a predawn invasion Tuesday, arresting five residents. Troops stormed the city, searched and ransacked several homes, and forced several…
First Home-made shells launched from the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported that the armed wings of The Islamic Jihad and Fatah, the Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa brigades, claimed responsibility for firing one home-made projectile at an Israeli target on…
Army storms Araba village near Jenin
Israeli troops and army vehicles stormed the village of Araba, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Local residents said soldiers, backed with five military jeeps, entered…
Five residents injured in an army airstrike north of Gaza
At least five residents were injured Tuesday morning when an Israeli army war plane fired two missiles at a residential area in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip. The plane fired one…