Five Palestinians killed in Gaza in-fighting Sunday
Sunday evening, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that five residents were killed and at least seven were injured in several shooting incidents that took place in Khan Younis, in…
In Egypt talk, Israeli Prime Minister emphasizes Israeli unilateralism
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed Sunday to a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but said that if the Palestinians do not agree to Israel’s terms, Israeli forces will…
Israeli troops kill elderly man in invasion of Tulkarem
Israeli forces killed a 60 year old Tulkarem resident during an invasion of the refugee camp early this morning. Israeli forces invaded the camp, in the northern West Bank, and…
Palestinian Authority employees begin receiving salaries
Palestinian civil servants, who have not been paid since the end of February, have begun to receive their back salary checks, a bank official told reporters Sunday. "Our bank has…
Israeli Demonstrators in Tel Aviv: End The Occupation
A demonstration of approximately 1000 people took place in Tel Aviv Saturday night, demanding the Israeli government to end the Occupation of Palestine, end the siege and sanctions imposed on…
Children of Bethlehem commemorate International Children’s Day
On Saturday,The Palestinian Network for Children’s Rights in cooperation with the Peace Center in the West Bank city of Bethlehem organized a children’s procession on Saturday marking the International Children’s…
Army invades Nablus in what seems to be wide scale military operation
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus in what it seem to be a wide scale military operation Saturday at noon. According to residents, a number of…
Israeli Soldiers Stab a resident in Hebron
A Hebron resident was injured when Israeli soldiers assaulted and stabbed him, north west of the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian medical sources reported. Medical sources at the Hebron…
Israel building new West Bank settlement
Israel has begun laying the foundations for a new Jewish settlement deep in the West Bank — breaking a promise to Washington while strengthening its hold on a stretch of…
Israeli Soldiers Stab a resident in Hebron
A Hebron resident was injured when Israeli soldiers assaulted and stabbed him, north west of the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian medical sources reported. Medical sources at Hebron Public…
Army arrests two residents from Beit Reema west Of Ramallah
The Israeli army has invaded the Village of Beit Reema west of the West Bank city of Rammallah and arrested two youth, Saturday at dawn. The two were identified as…
Hamas says it does not intend to consider Qatar proposal
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied reports that it intends to weigh a proposal from Qatar to dissolve the Hamas-led government, and form a technocrat government headed by “liberal figures” that…
Fatah Deploys a new security force in Jenin
In a step apparently countering the Hamas Special Forces in the Gaza Strip, Fatah deployed its Special Force into the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, Palestinian sources reported.…
Shobaki denies Israeli allegations he `“confessed` during interrogation
Palestinian political prisoner, General Fuad Shobaki, denies reports attributed to him by Israeli prison authorities. During interrogations, Israeli forces claim Shobaki confessed to weapons smuggling. Shobaki is one of the…
Qaraqa: Fateh will win new elections based simply on the fact that Hamas has no strategic vision
Former Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Society and current member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Issa Qaraqa’, spoke with PNN regarding the current state of affairs in the Palestinian Government.…
Senior Hamas fighter wounded in Gaza drive-by shooting
Palestinian security officials and officials the the Hamas movement reported on Saturday that one senior member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was seriously injured in…
Amro: Abbas will not visit Gaza before Hamas removes new force
Nabil Amro, a senior Fatah leader said that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not visit Gaza if Hamas does remove the new forces deployed in the Gaza strip, Voice…
Army arrests two residents south of Jenin
The Israeli army arrested two residents at a military checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday morning. According to eyewitnesses troops stationed at…
Two children injured in Beit Lahia Shelling
Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday morning that two sisters were injured after the Israeli tanks fired shelled at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Nawal Mohammad…
Army arrest five residents from Hebron
The Israeli army arrested five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron during an extensive search campaign in the city, Saturday at dawn. Soldiers searched homes in the eastern…
Palestinian Lawmaker: Fatah will not be able to take over the PA
Issa Qaraqi’ member of the Palestinian Parliament said on Saturday, that Fatah will not be able to take over the Palestinian Authority even if Hamas Gov’t falls, because of the…
Two more temporary checkpoints installed south of Tubas
Israeli troops installed two temporary checkpoints south of occupied Tubas, Saturday morning. Soldiers stopped and searched vehicles and checked the Identification Cards of passengers forcing them to remain exposed to…
Army invades Ein Al Bidda east of Tubas, arresting one resident
The Israeli army invaded Ein Al Bidda village east of the West Bank town of Tubas and arrested one resident on Saturday morning. Troops stormed farmers huts and sheds searching…
Barghouthi: Israel controls 76% of water, Gov’t should resign for not paying salaries
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Member of the Palestinian Parliament, said the Hamas government should resign for failing to provide the paychecks of the Palestinian civil servants. Barghouthi, who is also the…
Residents, peace activists and legislators protest against the Wall in Bil’in
Approximately six hundred Palestinian residents and one hundred Israeli and international peace activists along with several members of the Palestinian Legislative Council protested on Friday against the annexation Wall in…
Refugees in Iraq displaced again
Palestinian refugees in Iraq are once again being displaced, while their Right of Return is being ignored. Now, as some as being put in tent-camps in Syria and others are…
This Week in Palestine – May Week 05
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Islamic Jihad stress its objection to the Prisoner’s document
Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad organization in Palestine strongly dismissed reports saying that the group has approved the document drawn by the Palestinian prisoners which carries…
Israeli soldiers attack a hospital, arrest injured Palestinian
Israeli soldiers accompanied by a military doctor, broke on Friday at dawn into a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested an injured resistance fighter. Under-cover…
Two gunmen killed, one injured, on borders with Egypt
An Israeli military source reported that border-guard troops shot and killed on Friday at dawn two gunmen, and injured a third one after they infiltrated into Israeli territory through the…
Army arrests a resistance leader from ICU in Nablus hospital
The Israeli army arrested Jawad Al Ka’abi, 23, a top leader of Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PLFP, in the…
Army forces families to leave their village east of Tubas
The Israeli army forced several Palestinian families to leave their village east of the West Bank city of Tubas Friday morning. Troops stormed the farmers huts and houses east of…
Army invades Tulkarem city
The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem with troops positioned in the city center Friday morning. Soldiers searched several homes including the houses of Tha’er Hantash,…
Army arrests several residents from Ein Al Bida village in the Jordan valley
The Israeli army invaded the village of Ein Al Bida in the northern part of Jordan valley and arrested several residents Friday morning. Troops stormed the village and imposed curfew…
Palestinian security officer killed in Gaza
Palestinian security sources reported that one security officer was killed after gunmen fired at his vehicle in Gaza City Thursday night. At least five members of the preventive security force…
Settlers open fire at Palestinian workers near Nablus
Thursday evening, a group of extremist settlers opened fire at five Palestinian workers east of the West Bank city of Nablus. No injuries were reported in the attack. Yaser Mleitat,…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, June 1, 2006
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Protesting late wages, PA security men attack Gaza parliament
Thursday, thousands of Palestinian security men fired off automatic rifles at the parliament building in Gaza city and smashed the windows protesting their unpaid wages since Hamas took office in…
At least 10 injured in Hamas-Fateh clashes
Gunmen of the Hamas and Fateh party clashed on Thursday in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, at least three Fateh members were injured in the clashes, eyewitnesses and…
Army arrests child at Howwara checkpoint
Israeli troops stationed at Howwara checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus arrested a Palestinian child and took him to an unknown location Thursday at noon. The soldiers…
Army storms Al Borak center in AL Bira city and arrested the director
The Israeli army stormed Al Borak culture and research center in Al Bira city south of the West Bank and arrested the director of the center Thursday. Troops invaded the…
Army invades the Balata refugee camp and Nablus city
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and nearby Balata refugee camp on Thursday morning. Troops entered the city and refugee camp from several directions then took positions…
Four residents arrested near Hebron
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in the village of Al Shiokh, north-east of the West Bank city of Hebron, after invading it and conducting military searches of…
Troops arrest ten residents in the town of Silwad, near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents Thursday morning from the town of Silwad, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading it and closing its entrances. Troops attacked and…
PPS: `“72 residents, including 13 children, arrested in Hebron in May`
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli army arrested 72 Palestinians, including 13 children, in Hebron and its surrounding villages during the month of…
Jewish settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Hebron
Jewish settlers living illegally on stolen Palestinian land assaulted citizens in Tel Rumeida neighborhood of the West Bank City of Hebron in an attack which locals say is meant to…
Palestinian Prime Minister: Our problem with the Israeli occupation not Judaism
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya has affirmed that his government is ready to make a long-term-truce with the Israeli occupation government if Israel pulls out of all the 1967-occupied lands,…
Two Israeli soldiers injured near Jenin by homemade explosive
During an early morning invasion of Jenin, two Israeli soldiers were injured, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources, when a homemade explosive went off next to an Israeli military convoy…
Human rights groups condemn Israeli attack on ambulance Tuesday in Gaza
A report released by Reliefweb International condemned the Israeli attack Tuesday in which four emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and one journalist were injured, and two ambulances were damaged, when Israeli…
Al-Aqsa Fund to donate $100 million to Palestinian Authority
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported the following notice of yet another grant to aid the Palestinian people against the US-led political and economic boycott. Whether it will reach the…
Israeli forces and police open fire on Palestinians in Jerusalem while collecting taxes
Israeli forces shot young Palestinian men in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the officers came to the house escorted by the police to collect…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested one resident from Dihasha refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during a pre dawn invasion Thursday. 6 army jeeps stormed the camp and…
Resistance injures two soldiers during a predawn invasion to Jenin
Palestinian resistance fighters injured two soldiers during an Israeli army invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Thursday at dawn. More than 20 army vehicles…
Here’s why they Call it the ‘Jewish State’
In recently approving an effective ban on marriages between Israelis and Palestinians, ‘s Supreme Court has shut tighter the gates of the Jewish fortress the state of is rapidly becoming.…
B’Tselem: `“Soldiers shot to death ‘Itaf Zalat, 43, in her living room, Tulkarm, May 2006`
In the early morning hours of 1 May 2006, soldiers from the "Duvdevan" undercover unit carried out an operation to arrest a wanted person in the Thannaba neighborhood of Tulkarm.…
Labor Union at a Canadian province votes to boycott Israel
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday night that the largest labor union in the Canadian province of Ontario has voted unanimously to boycott Israel "until it recognizes the right of…
Olmert says not much to is to be expected from his meeting with Abbas
Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said that there should not be big expectations from his potential meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli political sources reported that Israel…
Poll: `“44% of West Bank settlers ready to evacuate and receive compensation`
An Israeli poll conducted by the The GeoCartographia Research Institute in Israeli revealed that 44% of the settlers in the West Bank are willing to voluntarily evacuate from the settlements…
Interview with Prof. Norman Finkelstein
Christopher Brown, a grassroots radical journalist, conducted the following interview with Prof. Norman Finkelstein: Christopher Brown: Prof. Finkelstein, in your estimation why does it seem that when someone challenges on…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, May 31, 2006
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Army starts a census of the Palestinian residents of the old city in Hebron
In a strange move, the Israeli army began a census of the Palestinian residents in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday. Soldiers stormed residents’…
Army arrests one resident near Hebron
Tha’er Doben, 26, from the village of Dorua near the West Bank city of Hebron was arrested on Wednesday by the Israeli army. Doben, a university student, was arrested when…
Army invades Jericho and arrests three residents
Three residents were arrested during an Israeli army invasion to the West Bank city of Jericho Wednesday afternoon. Two of the arrestees were identified as Jaad Sawarka and Zakaria Al…
Detainees in Huwwara facing bad health conditions
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the detainees in Huwwara Israeli detention facility, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, are suffering from bad…
Army attempts to assassinate a fighter in Gaza
Wednesday, an Israeli surveillance plane fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle near Tal Al Hawa area, south of Gaza City. The missile missed its target and the vehicle sped…
Israeli soldiers torture Palestinians at Jit Checkpoint in eastern Qalqilia
Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers tortured Palestinians waiting to pass through Jit Checkpoint east of the West Bank city, not leaving alone the handicapped man with them. The beatings were described…
Qassam home-made shell hits near Israeli Defense Minister’s house
Several home-made Qassam shells were fired at the western Negev town of Sderot, one of which hit a building near the house of the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Israeli…
Homes, construction sites leveled near Hebron
Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday several Palestinians homes and public service constructions in Um Al Safa village, east of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The Army…
IAF jet fighter attacks several targets in Gaza city
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet attacked several targets in Gaza city on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said that the jet fired one missile but the overall damage remains unidentified.
High Court orders continuation of Wall construction around West Bank settlement
The Israeli High Court of Justice approved Tuesday the continued construction of the annexation Wall around the settlement Shavei Shomron despite the petition against it. The wall isolates the residents…
Army finds and destroys a mortar shell in Masafer Bani No’em in Hebron
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops found and destroyed a mortar shell in the Masafer Bani No’em area in the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops invaded the…
Army arrests one child from Al Thahria Village south of Hebron
Raje Al Batat, 15, was arrested by the Israeli army troops stationed at Tarqomia checkpoint Tuesday. Batat, who is a resident of Al Thahria village south of the West Bank…
Army special forces to step up attacks north of Gaza
The Israeli army decided to step up its ground assaults by special forces in the northern party of the Gaza Strip; the decision comes only a day after the under-cover…
Wild pig herds attack resident farms in the Jordan Valley
Wild pigs herds attacked residents’ farms east of the West Bank city of Tubas Wednesday at dawn. According to the farmers, the pigs wreaked havoc upon the farms and their…
Army continues shelling eastern and northern areas of the Gaza strip
The Israeli army artillery continued shelling the eastern and northern areas of the Gaza strip Wednesday. The shelling targeted residential areas in Beit Lahia and Biet Hanon, north of the…
Army arrests four residents from Qalqilia
The Israeli army arrested four residents from villages around the West Bank city of Qalqilia in a predawn invasion to the city on Wednesday. The army targeted Azon and Jiet…
Army arrests six and injures two in Balata refugee camp
The Israeli army started a massive military operation in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday morning, where they have already arrested six residents and…
Army arrests three residents from Qabatia village
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Qabatia during a predawn invasion to the village Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as: Ziad Saba’nah, 34, Ahmad Zakarnah, 24,…
Israeli troops killed an Egyptian resident near borders
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an Egyptian resident while attempting to infiltrate into Israel through the borders with Egypt. According to Israeli media sources, the man is…
Audio Report: Palestine Today, May 30, 2006
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Peretz says military attacks would continue by air, sea, and land
After seven Palestinians were killed in less than one day in the west Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz vowed Tuesday that the operations of the…
P.A government denounces Israel’s arrest of cabinet deputy secretary-general
The Palestinian government, headed by the Hamas party, denounced Israel’s arrest of Aziz Kayed, deputy secretary of the Palestinian cabinet, after breaking into his home in Al Biereh city, near…
Four Jerusalemite Legislators Refuse forced relocation by Israeli government
Four Palestinian legislators, including the cabinet minister of Jerusalem affairs, Khaled Abu Arafa, refused an ultimatum issued on Monday by Israeli Interior Minister, Ronnie Bar-On, to quit their parliamentary posts…
Several detainees injured in Al Damoun detention facility
Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday several detainees in Al Damoun detention facility after breaking into a section of the facility and violently attacking and beating them, causing several injuries. Al…
Army reinvades Qabatia village
The Israeli army reinvaded the village of Qabatia, located north of the West Bank city of Jenin, after the morning invasion when five villagers were arrested and one was killed on…
Palestinian workers hold nonviolent demonstration against Israeli closure of Gaza Strip
Hundreds of Palestinian workers conducted a sit-in today at Erez Crossing, the crossing point from the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun area into Israeli territory. It is the only route…
Israeli forces kill at least three Palestinians in West Bank invasions
At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in West Bank invasions early Tuesday morning. This makes a total of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces early Tuesday,…
Army to annex 30 Dunams for Wall construction near Bethlehem
Israeli authorities issued a military order to annex 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of Al Jab’a village, south-east of Bethlehem. The annexed lands will be used…
Lawyers barred from visiting detainees in Al Damoun
The Prisoner Support Society reported Tuesday morning that political prisoners in Israeli Al Damoun detention facility are being repeatedly attacked by the soldiers, while their lawyer are not allowed to…
Army attacks resident in the old town of Hebron
The Israeli army attacked one Palestinian civilian near his home in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday afternoon. Ammer Al Batsh sustained several cuts…
Several prisoners injured after being attacked by their guards
Several Palestinian prisoners were injured in Al Damon Israeli jail after being attacked by their guards on Tuesday. The attorney who represents two of the injured prisoners, Bassem Tahaina and Mohamed Al…
Army attacks shepherds east of Tubas
The Israeli army attacked Palestinian shepherds east of the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed the shepherds’ huts and tents and chased them away from their land, local sources…
Army levels two houses in Borqen
The Israeli army leveled two houses in Borqen village west of the West Bank city of Salfet, Tuesday morning. Massive entourages of Israeli police and soldiers stormed the village and sealed…
One resident arrested from Jeit village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Jeit east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident, Tuesday early dawn hours. Troops stormed the village and arrested…
Resident arrested from Jet village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Jet east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Army arrests resident from Bethlehem
Abd Al Rahman Hassan, 19, was arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday at dawn. Troops entered the city and closed the Al…
Army invades Qabatiya village, kills one and arrests five residents
The Israeli army killed one resident and arrested five during a pre-dawn invasion to Qabatiya village north of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday. Army jeeps and special…
Army arrests two residents from Beit Ta’mar and Al Obaiat villages east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested two residents from Bit Ta’mar and Al Obaiat villages east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday morning. Troops stormed Al Obaiat village then…
Army assassinates one resident from Anabta village east of Tulkarem
Ossama Al Nimri was assassinated by the Israeli army during an invasion of Anabta village east of Tulkarem, Tuesday at dawn. An undercover special army force invaded the village and ambushed…
Army kills one and injures two residents from Balata refugee camp in Nablus
One resident was killed in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus during an Israeli invasion of the area, on Tuesday morning. Hani Al Saqa, 24, was…