Israeli Army invades Jenin and searches houses there
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday morning, ransacked one house and searched several others. Troops surrounded the house of Yousif Al Qubtawi, forced him…
United Church of Canada’s Toronto Branch Announces Boycott of Israeli Products
United Church of Canada’s Toronto branch announced a boycott Thursday of Israeli products and companies that do business with the Israeli Army. Their decision also supports CUPE’s (the National Public…
Palestinian resistance demands 1,000 Palestinian detainees be released in exchange for soldier
A new ultimatum issued by resistance groups holding an Israeli soldier captive demanded the release of 1,000 of the over 8,000 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel – including women,…
The games children play in Gaza
Most areas of the Gaza Strip are currently experiencing an extremely difficult period — Israeli warplanes and tanks never stop, day or night, firing heavy artillery against every target possible.…
Army shells Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza
The Israeli Air Force fired missiles at several targets in Rafah, and Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip an in Gaza City. Israeli military sources claimed…
Member of the Al Aqsa Brigades arrested after an 18-hour battle in Nablus
Israeli soldiers arrested Fuad Al Shahroor, after surrounding him in the eastern Graveyard area in Nablus for eighteen hours. Ongoing clashes resumed between fighters and soldiers in several areas of…
Israel revokes Jerusalem residency rights of top Hamas leaders
The Al Quds Centre for Social-Economic Rights condemned on Friday the decision by the Israeli Interior Minister Ronny Bar-On to revoke the Jerusalem residency of four top Hamas officials. …
Fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades say they abducted a soldier in the West Bank
A statement released by a group that belongs to the Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported that it abducted an Israeli soldier in the west Bank. The…
Army shells electricity generators in central Gaza
Friday after midnight, the Israeli air force fired missiles at electricity generators in the central Gaza Strip causing complete power blackout in the whole area. Eyewitnesses reported that the…
Thousands protest in Arab and Muslim countries against Gaza offensive
Thousands of residents in several of Arab and Muslim countries protested on Friday in support of the Palestinian people facing the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The protests…
Three Islamic Jihad fighters injured in Gaza
Friday night Palestinian medical sources reported that three residents, members of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a…
Army looking into claim of a soldier’s abduction in the West Bank
An Israeli military sources reported on Friday that the Israeli Security is looking into a statement by the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh regarding the abduction of…
Soldiers breake into detainees rooms in Megiddo Detention Facility
A press release issued by the Media Office of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank revealed that prison administration and soldiers at the Megiddo Israeli detention facility broke…
From the moment of their arrest, Palestinian governments begins hunger strike
Palestinian human rights organization sources are reporting identical information regarding an immediate call by Palestinian detainees in Israeli Prisons for hunger strike upon the arrest of Palestinian government officials. The…
Three residents injured in Israeli air strike in northern Gaza
Friday evening, three Palestinians was injured in an Israel air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources reported. An Israeli military source confirmed the attack and said that a…
Palestinians, Israelis and internationals protest in Bil’in against the Israeli attacks in Gaza
Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and protested against the Israeli military operations…
This Week in Palestine, June Week 4
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Palestinian PM: Israeli attacks obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier
The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said that the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier, who was captured by the Palestinian resistance…
Palestinian killed in Nablus, 15 injured 1 seriously
Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Nablus reported that one resident was killed, at least thirty were injured, during clashes that erupted in the city after the…
Israeli Prime Minister: We didn’t reject Hamas conditions for soldier’s release
Friday morning, Israeli authorities announced that they have not rejected a proposal put forth by Hamas for the release of the Israeli soldier captured Sunday, as was stated by Egyptian…
Two Palestinians die of wounds suffered at dawn, several months ago
A Palestinian medical source at the Rafah Governmental Hospital reported that a resident succumbed to serious injuries sustained a few months ago during an air strike that targeted a group…
Israeli forces arrest non-violent anti-Wall organizers in late-night raids
Palestinians active in the non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night, according to a statement from the International…
Archbishop Hanna: Israeli aggression against the Palestinians is an ugly crime
Archbishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, described the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "an ugly crime, an organized…
Shooting Down Chances for Middle East Peace
The chance for peace is such a fleeting thing. Blink and you miss it. Open your eyes again and the guys with the biggest guns have shot peace down. I…
Weather forecast for Gaza: ‘Summer rain’
The Israeli Occupation Forces have called this a "Summer Shower" of their re-occupation (as if they ever left) of Gaza. While I’m hearing this, I feel like I’m watching my…
At least four civilians, one fighter injured by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Thursday after midnight, one Palestinian fighter was seriously injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the souther part of the Gaza Strip. At least four civilians were injured…
Israel bombs Palestinian Interior Ministry, Second Power plant, Charitable societies in Gaza
Airstrikes from Israeli planes have destroyed the Interior Ministry in Gaza City as Israeli forces continue to destroy Palestinian infrastructure and civil installations in a bid to totally destroy the…
Egyptian President: “Israel rejected Hamas’ conditions to release abducted soldierâ€ÂÂ
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that Hamas has conditionally agreed to free the abducted Israeli soldier but Israel rejected the conditions set by the group for the release…
House shelled in Rafah
Israeli air force shelled a civilian house in southern Gaza city of Thursday after midnight, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. The shelled house is located behind the Al Shuhada…
Israeli air force shell the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza City was destroyed shortly after midnight Thursday from Israeli missiles, Palestinian witnesses reported. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building.…
Child injured in Israeli shelling to the northern Gaza Strip
A Palestinian medical source Gaza reported that one Palestinian child was injured, shortly after midnight Thursday when an Israeli F16 fighter jet fired missiles at several areas in the northern…
Palestine Today – June 29, 2006
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PLC Deputy Head: ‘Israeli incursion is an attack on the Palestinian political system’
Deputy Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, said the abduction of eight Hamas ministers and 24 Hamas PLC members is a kidnapping of national personalities, and as…
When is the capture of an enemy soldier a ‘kidnapping’ or an ‘abduction?’
When is the legitimate right to self-defense against a mighty military machine by a defenseless people called ‘terrorism’? The answer, a puzzling one, is that it is called ‘terrorism’ by…
Several residents injured in Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled stones…
Several residents injured in Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas Thursday and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled…
PRC says time is not on the side of the captured Israeli soldier
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) spokesman gave three possible scenarios as to the current status of the captured Israeli soldier at a press conference in Gaza on Thursday. The first…
Fighters blow hole in Gaza-Egypt border wall
Thursday, a group of Palestinian fighters blew a 4-meter hole into the border wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Two Palestinian security men were injured in the border…
Army discovers the body of kidnapped settler
The Israeli army troops discovered the body of kidnapped Israeli settler Eliyahu Asheri in Tira neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday at dawn. A large force stormed…
Israeli army distributes leaflets warning residents of military operations
Israeli warplanes flying over Gaza have been dropping leaflets, in addition to bombs, on the Palestinians living there. The IMEMC managed to obtain a copy of the leaflet, and have…
Israeli Army claims to have found body of abducted settler in Ramallah
In a pre-dawn invasion of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli forces apparently found the body of an Israeli settler abducted on Monday, having been tipped off as to…
Army levels four houses and bulldozes scores of dunams of farming lands in Rafah
The Israeli army bulldozers and tanks leveled four houses and bulldozed scores of dunams of farming lands in Al Shoka area in Rafah city, in the southeastern part of the…
Army arrests five residents in Hebron
Israeli army troops arrested five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mohamed Shabanah, Bilal Ziton, Ahmad Qadimat, Tha’er Al Shalada and…
Israeli Army continues its arrest campaign in Nablus, invading and arresting 14 residents
The Israeli forces continued the arrest campaign in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested 14 residents, Thursday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city, conducted a wide-scale…
8 Ministers, 20 MPs abducted by Israel, PM is not immune
Israeli troops invaded several areas in the West Bank late Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning, abducting 64 Palestinian officials, including 8 ministers, 20 lawmakers, and a…
Army increases its presence in Salfit and invades several villages
Israeli army troops have increased their presences in the West Bank city of Salfit after invading several neighboring village Thursday morning. Soldiers installed military checkpoints on the main city roads…
Army arrests 24 residents from Hebron
The Israeli army has arrested 24 residents from village and town around the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday morning. The Army arrested Abd Al Men’em Mojahed, 36, and Yihia…
One resident injured in Khan-Younis
Salem Al Beih, 45, was injured when Israeli army tanks shelled farm lands at the eastern borders of city of Khan -Younis in the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn. Medical…
Air force fighters throw leaflets warning Gaza residents from moving or gathering
The Israeli air force jet fighters threw leaflets late Wednesday night in northern Gaza Strip, warning residents irom gathering or moving. The leaflets were dropped in Biet Lahia, Beit Hanon,…
Audio: Surviving the Gaza Beach Massacre
The Israeli shelling of Gaza beach is just another episode in the endless carnage that is the holy land’s 21st century manna from heaven, another level of the global war…
Head of Arab League: U.S. Double standard in condemning Iran but not Israel on nuclear question
The United States cannot denounce Iran’s nuclear program while accepting Israel’s possession of nuclear bombs, the Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa told the US Arab Economic Forum in Houston,…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
Thursday at dawn, Israeli F-16 fighters fired several missiles at areas in Gaza city and in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. A local source in…
Israeli settlers paint anti-Islam slogans in Palestinian neighborhoods
Israeli settlers from Shafat neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, scribbled anti-Islamic slogans on cars and shops in nearby Palestinian neighborhoods, according to eyewitnesses. Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief justice of…
Former Israeli Knesset member, mother of slain soldier question Israeli ‘Rambo tactics’
In an exclusive interview with IMEMC, Uri Avnery, a former Member of the Israeli Knesset and founder of the Israeli peace bloc Gush Shalom, warned, "If the Israeli army continues…
Two brothers killed, child injured in an explosion in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis reported that two brothers were killed and seven residents were injured in an explosion that took place in a…
Two Palestinian refugees killed in Iraq
The Union of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq reported Wednesday evening that two Palestinian refugees were shot an killed in Abu Ghreib area in Iraq. The Union issued a press release…
Army ready to invade the northern part of the Gaza Strip
sraeli army started preparing for a complete invasion into the Gaza Strip in an operation that aims to “put pressure on the Palestinian Population” in northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense…
Palestinian Resistance groups claims abduction of third Israeli
An anonymous statement from Palestinian resistance fighters reported the abduction of a 62-year old Israeli from Reshon Lizion area in Tel Aviv. The group said that the Israeli was abducted…
Palestine Today – June 28, 2006
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Hamas government apparently ‘going underground’ after Israeli assassination threats
It appears that the Hamas government has declared a state of alert and begun disappearing upon receiving Israeli assassination threats. None are reachable by phone as all numbers have changed.…
Abbas: “Gaza attack is a War Crimeâ€ÂÂ
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, described the Israeli large scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip as a war crime and as an attack on infrastructure and civilian targets. The statements…
Soldiers confiscate Palestinian lands for settlement fence in Hebron
According to official sources in the General Land Defense Committee in the Hebron District, Israeli forces continued to build a fence around yet another illegal Israeli settlement south of Hebron.…
Christian tourists attacked by Ultra Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
An Israeli police source reported on Wednesday that a group of 50 Christian tourists, said to be pro-Israel, were attacked by some 100 extreme ultra-orthodox Jews living in the Mea…
The Palestinian Government calls for prisoner swap
The Palestinian government called on Wednesday for a prisoner swap, saying the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is not the right way to release the captured soldier. Spokesman of…
Shelling of Rafah resumes, water shortage feared
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that Israeli war-jets fired missiles at two locations said to be used by resistance fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of…
Hamas government necessarily goes underground after Israeli assassination threats
It seems that the Hamas government has declared a state of alert and begun disappearing upon receiving Israeli threats. None are reachable by phone as all numbers have changed. This…
Army arrests one resident form Farkhah village
The Israeli Forces have arrested Iyad Shabak, 21, from Farkhah Village near of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. Shabak was arrested at the Atarah checkpoint north of…
Palestinian resistance kidnapped a settler
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian resistance group has clamed responsibility for the kidnapped of Eliaho Ashdi, 18, on Wednesday morning. Ashdi is an Israeli settler from the Itimar…
Army invades Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia, one resident arrested
One resident was arrested when Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia Wednesday at dawn. Wa’el Zakarnah, 22, was arrested when…
Army arrests one resident in Jericho
The Israeli forces arrested one resident from Aqabat Jabeer refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho, early on Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the refugee camp and surrounded the…
Army installs several military checkpoints south east of Jenin
The Israeli army have installed several checkpoints south and east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday. Troops at these checkpoints stopped the residents and the cars for…
Army invades Nablus, arrests two residents and damage several shops
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested two residents and damaged several shops in the market area, on Wednesday. Amed Rahal, 17, and Adel Qoronfola, 17, were…
Israeli Army invades Kofer Ra’e village west of Jenin
Then Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Ra’e west of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village from several directions…
Beit Jala;the Annexation Wall goes Ahead at Full Speed
On the morning of Tuesday 27th of June, Israeli bulldozers guarded with armed personnel started cutting and uprooting olive trees in the Cremisan area of Beit Jala in preparation for…
Ereikat: Gaza Attack was planned prior to soldier crisis
Palestinian chief negotiator Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat said the has planned for the invasion to the Gaza Strip is prior to the capture of the Israeli soldier in Sunday’s attack against…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested Mohamed Dakhal Allah, 21, a resident of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , on Tuesday evening. Dakhal Allah was summouned to an interview…
Homes shelled in Rafah as army forces residents out
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday at dawn that Israeli fighter-jets and tanks fired several shells at Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers who…
Fighters threaten to kill the abducted settler in the West Bank if Israel does not halt Gaza attack
Abu Abeer, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees said on Wednesday at dawn that his group will kill the Israeli settler it abducted in the West Bank if Israel…
Palestinian factions finalize deal on national unity
Several Palestinian factions declared on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on the National Unity document after ten days of intensive talks. Saleh Zeidan, member of the Political Bureau…
Israeli army advances towards Rafah, enters Gaza International Airport area
After an Israeli military spokesperson officially declared that the Gaza invasion has been launched, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles advanced towards Rafah and reached the Gaza International Airport in…
Troops shell two Gaza Bridges, main Power-Plant in the Gaza Strip
Israeli troops stationed at the Gaza borders were seen moving towards the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday at night shortly before two air strikes that targeted the main power-plant in…
Israeli Air Force shells a bridge in Gaza
Tuesday at night, the Israeli air force attacked the main bridge that links between Gaza city and Khan Younis. Arm source reported that the shelling comes in a bid to…
Army: “Missing West Bank settler might be abductedâ€ÂÂ
Israeli military sources reported on Tuesday afternoon that the teenage settler who went missing since Sunday might be in the hands of Palestinian resistance fighters as some armed groups reported.…
Palestinian fighter killed, two injured in Gaza explosion
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Tuesday evening that an Israeli war-jet fired two missiles at a Palestinian vehicle, apparently carrying fighters, near the house of the Palestinian president,…
Palestine Today – June 27, 2006
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Gazans prepare for coming invasion
Palestinian tractors and bulldozers have blocked major roads into Gaza with dirt mounds and large rocks in an attempt to slow Israeli military vehicles, and the Palestinian Health Ministry has…
4-year old critically wounded in Israeli shelling survives surgery
Under the close supervision of the Arab Doctors Union (ADU), Egyptian surgeons have successfully extracted Israeli rocket shrapnel from the body of 4-year-old Lateefa Ghalia, who was critically wounded in…
1,200 Palestinian political prisoners in Al Naqab Prison on nonviolent hunger strike
In the Negev Desert, 1,200 Palestinian political prisoners have launched a hunger strike to protest the arbitrary practices of the prison administration praticed against them. The strike comes in the…
Army arrests two residents from Tulkarem
Mohammad Kan’an, 27, and Mohammad Sinuora, 21, were arrested when the Israeli army invaded Thinnaba neighborhood east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Army arrests three residents from Sielet Al Harthiyya village West of Jenin
Israeli army troops have invaded Sielet al Harthiyya village west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested three residents there, on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as…
Army arrests three residents from Obadia village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested three residents form the village of Obadia, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the village and searched several homes…
One resident injured after being attacked by the army in Hebron
Jaodat Abd Al Fatah, a resident of Beit Awoa village near the West Bank city of Hebron, sustained several bruises after being attacked by the Israeli army Tuesday morning. Al…
Army arrests six residents form Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested six residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed several neighborhoods in the city, with soldiers searching…
One resident arrested in Jab’e village near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested one resident from Jab’e village south of the West Bank city of Jenin during a predawn invasion Tuesday. Ahmad Khaliliah, 18, was arrested when troops stormed…
Army arrests six residents from Al Shawaora village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli forces have arrested six residents from the Al Shawaora village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed and searched residents houses before arresting…
Settlers and army storms Nablus
Israeli soldiers and settlers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday at dawn. Troops invaded several neighborhoods and searched several houses before leaving without any arrestes, local sources reported.…
Army arrests one residents east Qalqilia
The Israeli army arrested Nohaned Hamad, 23, at the eastern entrance to the West Bank city of Qalqilia Tuesday at dawn. Hamad was arrested when troops stopped his car at…
Jerusalem Muslim cleric ‘relieved’ of duties
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued a surprise presidential decree relieving the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, of his duties, saying that he had reached the pension age. …
Presbyterian church votes for pressure campaign on companies that invest in Israel
America’s largest Presbyterian church voted to continue policies of economic engagement in the Middle East. It affirmed its willingness to use its investment policies to press for peace in Israel-Palestine.…
Knesset panel approves a bill that limits the rights of Palestinian detainees
Israeli sources reported Monday night that the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee passed a controversial bill that would significantly reduce the rights of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.…