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Palestinian sources reported that at least eight Palestinians including 3 policemen were injured when the Palestinian border police opened fire to prevent hundreds of Rafah residents to cross the borders…
A group of fifty settlers of Efrat settlement burnt, on Saturday afternoon, 50 vine groves in Aqbat Ayed area, in Al Khader south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 50 residents in Hebron area since the beginning of this month. The residents were arrested in separated…
Detainees in Hadrim detention reported that detainee Mazin Malsa, has been confined to solitary over the last five years; prison administration refuses to remove him from his cell claiming that…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Friday that he has plans to meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli sources reported. Sharon threatened to thwart the Palestinian parliamentary…
Sheikh Khaled Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said that the movement rejects creating a “security zone†north of the Gaza Strip, and vowed to…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, told journalist in New York that Israel does not intend to allow the Palestinian conduct their parliamentary elections in January 2006, if Hamas participates in…
The Egyptian News Agency reported that Egypt and the Palestinian Authority in order to reunify the families which were separated after Rafah was divided into an Egyptian and Palestinian part.…
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 2448 households were displaced since the beginning of the construction of Separation wall until the end of May 2005, in different…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, Al Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem and arrested two residents. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers supported by several armored…
Israeli soldiers attacked a non-violent procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Pianist Jacob Allegro Wegloop, a holocaust survivor, and David Rovics,…
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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Bardala village, in the northern Plaines area in the West Bank, and arrested one resident while plowing his farmland. The WAFA news agency reported…
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Zeev Boim, slammed Thursday’s ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice, which called on the defense ministry to reroute the Separation in some Palestinian area,…
Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in Israel after entering it without a permit. The two residents, who were arrested in two separate incidents, said that they are seeking work.…
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that the expansion of settlements in the West Bank has been a primary consideration in setting the…
Five settler families have recently moved into a building in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron; the settlers claim that they purchased the building which is…
A medical source in Tulkarem reported, on Friday morning, that one resident was killed, another seriously injured, after a speeding military jeep, driving on the wrong side of the road,…
A medical source in Tulkarem reported, on Friday morning, that one resident was killed, another seriously injured, after a speeding military jeep, driving on the wrong side of the road,…
Israeli soldiers invaded Zabbouba village, North West of the West Bank city of Jenin, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. Mohammad Jaradat, head of the village…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Kafer Qaddoum village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and broke into dozens of homes. As’ad Esthewy, head of Kafer Qaddoum…
Israeli Special Forces arrested, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian lawyer and a teacher after ambushing them in Singer area between Doura and Hebron in the West Bank, soldiers installed dozens…
Israeli Special Forces arrested, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian lawyer and a teacher after ambushing them in Singer area between Doura and Hebron in the West Bank, soldiers installed dozens…
An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 149 Palestinian localities were affected by the construction of the Separation Wall in different cities of the West Bank (WB). In…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas – Abu Mazin, reaffirmed the Palestinian approval to have a third party monitoring the Rafah terminal which will be controlled by Palestinian and Egyptian forces. “The…
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, tow residents from Kharbatha village near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Troops arrested Baker Al Habel at a checkpoint installed at the entrance…
Israeli soldiers arrested seven residents, including a father and his son, in Hebron and several surrounding villages after invading them and breaking into dozens of homes. A local source in…
The Israeli army decided to grab 600 meters of Palestinian farmlands in Al Bweita area, north east of Hebron, in order to construct a military camp. Abdul-Hadi Hantash, an expert…
Israeli soldiers detained dozens of residents of several villages west of Ramallah at a military checkpoint near Na’lin village. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles,…
Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday morning one resident of Bethlehem while attempting to cross the container checkpoint, near Jerusalem, while he was heading back home. A Palestinian security source reported…
Settlers in Hebron area escalated their attacks against the Palestinian residents, and attacked on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning several homes, vehicles and residents, while Israeli soldiers failed to arrive…
Troops invaded the village of Kofer Qaddoum village, Thursday at down, east of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Soldiers invaded the village and broke into the house of Maher…
Detainee Shukry Al Khawaja, from Na’lin village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, lost his sight in his right eye as a result of a disease contracted in an…
Israeli border policemen and soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, 20 Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip attempting to enter Israel through the border with Egypt, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.…
Army invaded, on Wednesday night, Bal’a village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source reported that seven military jeeps invaded the village, and fired rounds of live…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested four residents, local sources reported. Troops arrested Eed Al Jendi…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested four residents, local sources reported. Troops arrested Eed Al Jendi…
An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…
The National Information Center, which monitors the Israeli violations in the occupied territories, reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed three residents, injured 14, and arrested 68 in the period…
Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday at dawn, two residents in the villages of Yatta and Ithna, south and west the West Bank of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that female detainees in Telmond detention facility are facing daily hardships, repeated insults and abuse. Lawyer of the society, Raed Mahameed, reported that he met…
As the last Israeli soldiers left the Gaza Strip, the Israeli commander of the army there signed an order ending the military law that Israel implemented in the Strip since…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday, that a special army unit, known as “Nahshounâ€Â, broke into Asqalan Central Detention Facility, on Tuesday at night, in order to bar the…
When you visit the Ras Atiya School in Qalqilia, a question enters your mind: How could such a lovely building be next to such a Wall, Gate and checkpoint?, Students…
The Israeli Peace Now Movement reported that the continuous construction in the West Bank settlement blocs included within the route of the Apartheid Wall is an activity that is going…
Army invaded the village of AL- Obaydiyya village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Wednesday morning, and arrested Sheikh Ahmad AL Assa, 45, the Imam of the local…
Army arrested, late Tuesday night, tow residents from Tubas near the West Bank city of Jenin. Troops stationed at Tayaseer checkpoint, east of the town, arrested Wisam Dharaghma 17 and…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
Despite the hot weather in Gaza, thousands of Palestinian residents poured Monday into the evacuated settlements at the northern tip of the Gaza Strip. Elderly, youth, children, fishermen, farmers and…
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
A top aide of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Abbas aims to start disarming resistance factions, and will demand Hamas to lay down its arms after the legislative…
A Map published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz of the route of the separation wall sections, in the southern part of the West Bank shows that the wall will annex…
Israeli soldiers leveled on Tuesday the home of Mustafa Taha, in Al Esawiyya village, north of Jerusalem. Army claimed that the home was constructed without obtaining a construction permit from…
Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Hadash-Ta’al party), said on Tuesday during a special Knesset session, that he supports destructing, but not burning, the synagogues in the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli soldiers installed on Tuesday morning fling checkpoint west of Ramallah, barring residents of the neighboring villages from entering it, local sources reported. Soldiers conducted military searches of vehicles, causing…
Israeli soldiers invaded Habla village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqila and arrested tow residents Troops broke into several homes and arrested Ibrahim Aowd, 20, and Hmza Aoudah,…
The Israeli Radio reported on Tuesday that the suicide bomber, who carried the Bir Sheva bombing three weeks ago, was identified as Abdul-Hakim Qaisiyya, 20, from Al Thaheriyya village, near…
Israeli Army chief of Staff Dan Halutz and ten other military officers may face legal proceedings if they visit the United Kingdom for their involvement in the assassination of Salah…
An Israeli military source reported that the Israeli air force is planning to monitor Gaza through an electronic airborne system using an unmanned plane, which will enable Israel gather intelligence…
Army invaded, on Monday night, Allar village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested five residents, local sources reported.   Troops invaded the village, broke into several…
An Israeli soldier rammed, on Tuesday at night, rammed with his car a mother and her 10-ten-year old daughter in the West Bank city of Hebron, causing bruises all over…
The International Press Center reported that the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, phoned on Monday evening, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which the later briefed her on the…
Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al Dweik, reported that the health conditions of Palestinian detainees placed in Al Ramleh detention facility hospital are sharply deteriorating, and that several…
For 37 years Israel has consistently rejected the view of Palestinians and the rest of the world that the areas it militarily took in 1967 were occupied. When Israel was…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is heading on Tuesday to the New York to attend meetings with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and to declare…
Israeli army took over, late on Monday at night, the house of Sameer Abu Aisha, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the west Bank city of Hebron,…
An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that extremist Jewish groups are planning to target mosques in Israel, as a revenge act against demolishing the synagogue in the evacuated…
Detainees in Al Damoun Israeli detention facility demanded local and international humanitarian organizations impose pressure on Israel in order to provide them with their basic rights guaranteed by the International…
Israeli authorities transferred over the last week 50 Palestinian detainees from Ofer detention facility, north of Ramallah, to the Negev detention camp. The detainees were placed in several branches in…
A Palestinian young man was killed and three others were injured at the Rafah-Egypt border on Monday when the Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Palestinian…
Army installed on Monday afternoon a military checkpoint on the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Three army jeeps blocked the eastern entrance of the city, stopped…
Israeli Army invaded Al Thahrea village south if the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, and installed several checkpoints blocking the entrance of the town, local sources reproted. Troops…
The Israeli army installed on Monday morning a military checkpoint in Al Kader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded the village and installed a mobile checkpoint…
Israeli bulldozers, acompanied by Israeli army troops, began on Monday morning to bulldoze land near the village of Enab near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The land is adjacent…
Marwan Mu’asher, Jordan’s deputy prime minister, said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a big prison if Israel does not open all crossing points and bars the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, AL Thaheriyya village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them. A local source in the village…
Israeli soldiers broke, on Sunday at night, into the home of Jamal Abdul Saleema, adjacent to Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the West Bank of Hebron. Soldiers searched the home causing…
Israeli soldiers installed on Monday monring, a sudden checkpoitn on Aqqaba-Tubas road, in teh West Bank. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, detained and interrogated several residents, yewitness…
Defense minister says Israel will not accept any terror from Gaza; IDF completes withdrawal from Strip Monday morning, Israeli flag raised on eastern side of Kissufim checkpoint. Army official hails…
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that soldiers shot and wounded five residents in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source…
Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank said that there are 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip still imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities. “Israel refused…
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Palestinian leadership understood that Israel does to intend to fulfill all of its obligations regarding a full withdrawal. “Israel is making…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that the Palestinian Authority will conduct utmost efforts in order to build the safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in order to…
The Israeli army completed withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip and locked the gate on Kissufim checkpoint point between Israel and Gaza Strip on Monday morning marking the…
Mesheke Bin David, who is now the new headmaster of the Secondary School for Science and Arts in West Jerusalem, was involved in the failed assassination attempt of Khaled Mash’al…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Tal village near the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. A local source in…
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, seven residents, including four brothers after invading the villages of Beit Kahil and Surif, North West of the West Bank city of Hebron.…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Jensaffut village, east of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source I the village reported that soldiers broke into the home of Rami…
As the Israeli government officially approved ending 38 years of “military rule†in the Gaza Strip, and complete the army withdrawal by Monday morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,…
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday morning, four resident at a military checkpoint in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported…
Israeli soldiers arrested in Saturday morning a senior Fateh leader in Aqaba village, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that more…
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday evening, a tank shell at residents near Abu Holy checkpoint, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…
A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…
Shortly after his captives released him, Mahal Arafat, son of the recently assassinated ex-PA security chief, Mousa Arafat, said there are foreign fingers which tries to affect and impose things…