Month: November 2005

The Israeli army invaded on Monday at dawn the villages of Beit Ommar and Kharsa in the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested two residents. Osama Tbeish, 27, was…

A Palestinian security source reported on Monday, that Palestinian Interior Minister, General Nasser Yousef, instructed the Palestinian police and security services to act firmly in halting the chaos, lack of…

At least six Israelis will use the vital organs of Ahmed al-Khatib, 12 from Jenin, who was killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Jenin when…

Israeli soldiers installed, on Monday morning, several checkpoints between the West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus. Also, troops stationed at Beit Eiba Checkpoint closed the checkpoint, and barred the…

Hamas politburo member Ismail Haniyya said that the Gaza Strip should not halt its activities in supporting the resistance in the West Bank so that the Israeli government will not…

 The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and its regugee camp, local sources reported. Troops fired rounds of live ammunition, and concussion grenades…

Israeli military issued orders to confiscate some 300 Dunams (75 acres) from the village of Kufur Thilith near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Palestinian sources said on Monday. The…

The Gaza center for Rights and Law reported that insecurity in the Palestinian areas, and misuse of arms claimed the lives of 11 Palestinian residents during the month of October,…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday at dawn, six Palestinian residents in several West Bank areas, and installed roadblocks near Jenin, Hebron and Nablus completely closing them. The WAFA news agency…

The European Union is to announce on Monday a plan in which it will launch a three-year campaign to train Palestinians rebuild the police force, EU official source said on…

Gaza Center for Rights and Law reported that the Israeli army killed, during the month of October, 26 Palestinians, including 9 children, and shot injured at least 96 residents, including…

26, including 9 children, killed in October Gaza Center for for Law and Rights reported that the Israeli army killed, during the month of October, 26 Palestinians, including 9 children,…

Palestinian Cabinet Minister, and Chief Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that the P.A will discuss several important issues with the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, during his…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said as he concluded his visit to Washington on Saturday evening that the Rafah Border Crossing would be reopened in two weeks, but he conditioned…

A Palestinian security source in the Gaza strip reported, on Sunday, that a homemade shell fired by a resistance group accidentally hit a home of a Palestinian policeman, in Dir…

Israeli Defense Mofaz, decided to demolish the Amona illegal settlement outpost, which was constructed by an extremist settlers group in the West Bank, by the end of January 2006. Mofaz’a…

The family of Ahmad Al Khateeb, 11, who was shot by the Israeli army on Thursday, while walking with his parents near the Jenin Secondary School for Girls, has donated…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday five, Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby village of Surif. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers arrested…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, a resident in Deheishe refuge camp after invading it and breaking into dozens of homes. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday afternoon, a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the old city of Hebron, and claimed that she attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. The Maan News Agency…

  Nick Dearden, Senior Campaigner at War on Want, explains why Israel’s Separation wall is only good for one thing – demolition. One day workers, soldiers and bulldozers arrive at…

A Palestinian medical source in Qabatia town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, reported on Saturday evening, that four children were shot and injured during clashes which erupted with…

A Palestinian medical source in Jenin, reported on Saturday afternoon, that the child who was shot in Jenin on Thursday, died of his wounds, Saturday.  The child remained in critical…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday afternoon, three Palestinian youth, at Beit Eeba checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. One activist was arrested in a separate incident, in Nablus,…

A Palestinian source reported on Saturday that the Rafah border crossing will be opened next Monday for four hours in order to test the surveillance cameras which will be installed…

Hamas media spokesperson, Mosheer Al Masry, reported on Saturday that the movement will not agree to a renewal of the ceasefire, which is due by the end of the year,…

  By Amin Abu Warda, Palestine News Network Happiness and sadness, mixed feelings appeared on the face of resident Mohammad Amin Daoud, from Hares village, near Nablus, as he was…

Al Aqsa brigades fired a homemade shell, on Saturday, at an army post in Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. in the northern part of the Gaza strip. In a press release…

Resident Ma’moun Mohammad Daoud, from Hares village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, appealed the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to instruct P.A police heads to investigate into the case…

The family of Manhal Hussein, 14, from Jeet village, south west of Nablus, denounced the Israeli decision to release four settlers who attacked their son at a junction near the…

The family of Manhal Hussein, 14, from Jeet village, south west of Nablus, denounced the Israeli decision to release four settlers who attacked their son at a junction near the…

The Netanya Magistrate’s Court extended on Friday afternoon, the remand of a settler youth suspected of attacking an Israeli army officer, to three days. The incident took place last week…

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Israeli soldiers shelled, on Friday evening, Khaza’a town, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, damage was reported, no injuries. A Palestinian security source in…

Israeli soldiers based at a checkpoint on the entrance of Azoun Atma village, installed on Friday an X-Ray search machine, local sources reported. Soldiers restricted the movement over the checkpoint…

Israeli troops attacked,  on Friday afternoon, a group of Palestinian children playing with plastic guns in the village of Dier Al Ghsoun, south of the West Bank city Tulkarem, local…

A Palestinian medical source at Rafidia hospital in Nablus, reported that a resident of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, died of wounds sustained last week, after the…

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Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday, Nabeel Mazzawi, a cameraman who works with the Qatar based Al Jazeera news station, after attacking and hitting him with batons and confiscated his journalists’…

Hamas has asked Egypt and Jordan to host its headquarters from Damascus, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Friday.  Such a move stems from recent pressure on Syria to close Islamic movements’…

Two Israeli extremists attempted to abduct an Arab resident of Israel from Rahat area in the Negev, yet the Israeli police released them several hours after their arrest. “You are…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn Ali Mansour, leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement in Nablus. Another fighter identified as Saddam Mansour was…

The Israeli army arrested, on Friday at dawn, eight residents in several West Bank cities. Three residents were arrested in Marka village, near Jenin, and two others were arrested in…

Fifty international and Israeli peace activists and dozens of residents arrived on Friday morning at a construction site of the Separation Wall near Bil’in village, west of Ramallah; the activists…

From “Predator of the Free Press” to “Best in the Middle East.” In three years Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a full turn in its judgement of Israeli freedom…

  Mike: Diana, you are one of the legal advisors to the Palestinian Authority. Can you explain to me what happens with Gaza right now and why the Palestinians can…

Dozens of Arab residents of Israel were barred from entering the Gaza Strip on Thursday while they were heading to visit their relatives for the Muslim Eid Al Fitir feast.…

Jewish extremists hurled stones, on Wednesday, at a Palestinian girl heading for school near close to Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, local sources reported. Hiam Azmi Ashqar, 17, sustained moderate…

A local source in Husan village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported on Wednesday at night, that sever clashes erupted in the village, between dozens of youth, and…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday afternoon, Al Far’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus. roops surrounded the houses of Mohamed Mahdi and Sameer Jamil, and searched them…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday afternoon, Al Far’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Troops surrounded the homes, of Mohamed Mahdi and Sameer Jamil, and searched them thoroughly,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, Al Asakra village, east of the West Banks city of Bethlehem, and arrested four residents. The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers, supported by three…

The Israeli police arrested on Thursday a, Israeli right-wing teen suspected of attacking an Israeli army deputy commander last week. The teen attacked the commander while soldiers were evacuating an…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday at down, Al Azza refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested tow residents. Soldiers arrested Awni Barak’a, 18, and Yassen Abu…

Israeli army arrested, on Tuesday at down, 17 residents in several areas in the West Bank .     Eight residents were arrested in the West Bank city of Bethlehem,…

Fierce gun battle in Jenin after soldiers surrounded a home which belongs to a member of Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. The home belongs to…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at noon, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers invaded the camp,…

One Palestinian was injured and three others were arrested, on Wednesday evening, after the Israeli army invaded Husan village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Soldiers invaded the village…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will not renew its commitment to the truce, which expires at the end of this year, if Israel does not halt its attacks,…

The Israeli police in the West Bank released on Wednesday four settler youth who were held on Monday, October 24, after abusing a Palestinian child and throwing stones at Palestinian…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that, Irwin Moskowitz, a Jewish millionaire is behind the project which aims to construct a Jewish neighborhood in the Arab Sheikh Jarrah area, east of…

Last weeks speech of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he said that Israel should be "wiped off the map", and that "anyone who recognizes Israel will burn in…

Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Gaza, while military helicopters also fired several missiles, Israeli TV channel 2 reported. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…

An Israeli military source reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, one resistance fighter and injured two residents, during clashes which erupted in Qabatia town, near the…

  The calls of Fares Sawalmeh, the well-known clothes vendor in Martyrs Square in Nablus catch the attention of passersby who are drawn to his wares and convinced to buy…

A senior Palestinian source, reported on Wednesday, that the joint Palestinian-Israeli meeting which was conducted on Tuesday at night failed to arrive to any deal for reopening the Rafah Border…

Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday, at dawn the village of Yatta in south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested one reisdent. Troops stormed the houses of the…

Israeli troops, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded on Wednesday at down the West Bank city of Jenin. This invasion  is the third in the last 24 hours to the…

Israeli troops arrested, on Wednesday morning, Zakraia Abu Jalbosh, 26, and his brother Riad, 30, during an invasion to village of Khribet Marka near the West Bank city of Jenin.…

Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, the village of Hussan west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested eight residents. Troops conducted wide scale search in the village…

An Israeli and a Palestinian female youth were awarded the King Hussein Prize for promoting peace, during a ceremony held in New York on Tuesday. The prize, which is an…

Residents of the West Bank village of Azmout, near Nablus, complained of repeated attacks carried out by extremist settler groups Alon Moreh settlement, near the village. Resident Abdul-Ghani Al Azmouti,…

The Israeli army announced on Wednesday morning that it intends to dismantle the integrated security perimeter which surrounds Yitzhar settlement, north of the West Bank. The army made this decision…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said on Tuesday that the current Israeli leadership does not seek peace and is still governed by the “arrogance of power”. “This leadership is obsessed…

An Israeli soldier was killed in a gun battle with the Palestinian resistance when the troops invaded the northern West Bank village of Mirka near Jenin on Wednesday morning and…

After the Israeli military apaches fired, on Tuesday afternoon, at least one missile at a Palestinian vehicle in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two fighters and…

Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…

Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…

Israeli air force fired missiles, on Tuesday evening, at a Palestinian car in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, two fighters were killed; at least…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported on Tuesday that Israeli war jets fired missiles at a car in the northern part of the Gaza strip. The strike apparently targeted…

Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Tubass and the nearby village of Tammoun. Soldiers conducted wide scale search  in Tammoun, before invading Tubas and sealing…

Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp and the near by village of AL Zawia, and arrested two residents. Jamil Abu…

The Israeli Cabinet approved on Tuesday a proposal which aims to enable European Union personnel to operate the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The approved decision…

Member of Knesset, Eliezer Cohen, from the National Union Party submitted a bill, on Monday, which aims to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel. The bill specifically proposes…

Residents of Azoun Atma village, south of the West Bank city are facing daily hardships after the Israeli Separation Wall isolated them and separated them from the surrounding villages and…

An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by a bomb when Israeli troops invaded the village of Qabatiya and the nearby city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, in the…

Seventy-year-old Aziz Abdul-Karim Hanini from the village of Beit Djan east of Nablus had barely healed from wounds he sustained two months ago after being attacked by settlers when he…

Israeli soldiers invade the village of Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn, attacked and clubbed several residents, and arrested three, inducing a two 14…

The U.S. administration demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on the Islamic Jihad movement, in the wake of the latest attacks and counter attacks in the region,…