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Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that it obtained a report from the United Nations revealing that the closing of the Karni crossing, the main outlet for Palestinian exports and imports…
The Israeli Salem military court sentenced on Tuesday Bilal Swelim, member of the municipality city council, to thirteen months imprisonment. Swelim was arrested last month after the soldiers broke into…
Scores of Palestinian children from Gaza protested, on Tuesday afternoon, demanding the Palestinian Authority to stop the corruption and provide them with the needed security and social rights. The children…
Adli Ya’eesh, the mayor of the West Bank city of Nablus, stated in a press conference on Tuesday that the Nablus Municipality is holding talks with Arab and Islamic groups…
Al Nasser Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, claimed, on Tuesday, responsibility for injuring two Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun in the northern …
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported on Monday night on Tuesday that resident Khadra Ahathaleen, 49, was admitted to Al E’timad Hospital in the West Bank town of Yatta,…
The Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday one resident from the West Bank city of Jenin and postponed the sentencing of three others, The Resalat Al Haqouk Center for…
The Agriculture Committees Union in the village of Beit Siera near the West Bank city of Ramallah issued a call for a public protest against the Wall following the afternoon…
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 76 Palestinians in several military attacks and invasions carried during the month of February in the…
The final section of Israel’s wall separating Bethlehem from Jerusalem will be completed in a matter of days.The wall around Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection…
Israeli authorities said on Tuesday that Israel is willing to re-open the Karem Shalom border crossing in the Gaza strip instead of the Karni border crossing after receiving alerts that Palestinian…
The Israeli government asked the US Court to drop charges against two Israeli army generals on Tuesday. The case was filed by Palestinians and Lebanese civilians against the former…
Israeli army forces invaded Balata and Askar refugee camps in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Tuesday morning. Eight residents were arrested. In Balata Refugee Camp, the army arrested…
The Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence Bureau expressed its astonishment at the news coming from and Egyptian magazine and reprinted in the Al Quds daily Monday.The claim printed was that there…
The Detainees Media Center reported on Monday that 2098 detainees are currently imprisoned in twenty sections, at the Negev detention facility.According to data collected by the center, 859 of the…
Justice Eliezer Rivlin of the Israeli Supreme Court denied, on Monday, a request by Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, to hold another hearing over the use of human shields by…
Monday afternoon, the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The Brigades reported…
Canada’s national paper The Globe & Mail was caught last week with its hand in the proverbial ‘unethical journalism’ jar. On February 15, 2006 The Globe and Mail published an…
The Israeli military court of Salem extended the administrative detention, for the fourth time, of three political prisoners from Qalqilia among them an elected Municipality member, on Monday. The Municipality…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Sunday accused The Washington Post of misinterpreting statements made by Hamas leader Ismael Haniyya, who was nominated last week as the new Palestinian Prime…
Arab member of the Israeli Knesset and the General Secretary of the Hadash Movement, Mohammad Barakeh, responded Monday to accusations that he had attacked a soldier during an April 2005…
Both the US and the European Union announced that they will not be cutting off aid to the Palestinian people, despite reports to the contrary.After an unsuccessful Middle-East tour by…
Israeli Defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz declared on Sunday intensifying the Israeli army attacks against Palestinian resistance fighters, Israeli sources reported. During an Israeli cabinet weekly meeting , Mofaz said that…
A local Egyptian magazine of Radio and TV revealed on Saturday what was described as a joint American Israeli plot to assassinate the Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, Palestine News…
A local Egyptian magazine of Radio and TV revealed on Saturday what was described as a joint American Israeli plot to assassinate the Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, Palestine News…
At least six Israelis were wounded in an explosion at an Israeli army weapons factory in Kiriat Bialik, north of the Israeli city of Haifa, on Monday morning. Israeli forces…
Israeli troops invaded the village of E’qapa northern of the West Bank city of Tubass, clashed with resistance fighters and arrested four residents, on Monday morning. Troops closed all checkpoints…
Israeli forces invaded Assira Al Shamalia Village, north of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested nine residents on Monday morning. Troops fired sound grenades and searched homes, allegedly…
Most of the eastern perimeter of the current Israeli state is a concrete wall erasing from view that Other Side, which is unmentionable in polite company.For those who haven’t noticed,…
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned Wednesday night that he will resign if the now-majority Hamas party makes it impossible for him to carry out his duties as president. President Abbas…
Two teenagers were wounded last night when Israeli Forces opened fire against them in the West Bank city of Hebron, according to eyewitnesses. Israeli soldiers stormed Bani Na’im, in the…
Israeli army units stormed the headquarters of Manbar Al-Houria local radio station in the West Bank city of Hebron without any given reason on Monday morning. Several army jeeps and…
Israeli army forces invaded Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus for the fourth time in a week, after killing seven Palestinians during the week. Late Sunday night, soldiers…
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Beit Fajar, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, arresting 10 residents there Monday morning. After more than 20 armored vehicles invaded…
Following a weekend of peaceful anti-Wall protests, a protest Sunday in the village of Anta, north of Jerusalem, was marred by Israeli police violence against demonstrators which resulted in two…
Two Palestinian boys were shot, one critically, by Israeli soldiers Sunday evening when they protested the strip-search of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers at Anata Checkpoint, northeast of Jerusalem.Israeli…
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot,…
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, and broke into dozens of houses. The Palestinian News Agency,…
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers shot and injured two children in Bani Neim village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The source identified the…
Mohammad Marar, head of Bodros village council, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that 15 residents were injured on Saturday at night after the Israeli army invaded the…
The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour, sent a letter Saturday to the President of the UN Security Council, asking him to hold Israel responsible…
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is considered to be one of the most important Gazan human rights centers, that work on disclosing the Israeli practices against the…
In a demonstration at the village of Beit Omer, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, farmers from the village accessed their land for the first time since four…
Dozens of Palestinian landowners from the southern West Bank villages of Beit Omar and Halhul organized a protest on Saturday, to protest illegal Israeli confiscations of their land. The confiscations…
Mousa Abu Shalouf., 22, died on Saturday morning due to wounds sustained 2 weeks ago during an Israeli army shelling attack on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.…
Israeli occupation troops arrested Nassem Ramadan, from the village of Teall, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday afternoon. Ramadan was passing the Israeli military checkpoint located…
In retaliation for the Israeli military escalation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Al Quds Brigade, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility on Saturday…
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Saturday that one local resident died of wounds suffered three weeks ago after the Israeli army shelled Beit Hanoun in the northern…
In a morning invasion to the West Bank city of Bethlehem Israeli troops arrested three children from the Deheishe refugee camp in the city, on Saturday. Maher Jaqal, 16, Mo’tasem…
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Selwad east of the West Bank city of Ramallah and arrested one resident there, on Saturday at dawn. Maher Hamad, 33, was arrested…
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Dora near the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents there on Saturday at dawn. Troops arrested Waled Al Rjob, 30,…
Four residents were injured when Israeli army forces clashed with the the people of Beit Omer village near the West Bank city of Hebron late Friday night. Omer Awad, 18,…
Israeli army troops invadWest Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, allegedly looking for "wanted people" on Saturday at dawn. Troops stormed the city and the refugee camp, conducting wide…
Abu Ali Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility of firing three homemade…
Seven Palestinians and an Israeli supporter were injured today by Israeli forces that opened fire on a nonviolent demonstration against the Wall in Beit Sira Village, west of Ramallah. Several…
President Abbas condemned the nearly week-long Israeli attack on eastern Nablus’ Balata Refugee Camp, saying "This aggression will increase the deterioration in the area and destroy any chances for a…
Israeli authorities are building ‘Palestinian-only’ roads in the West Bank, while retaining existing illegal settler highways as ‘Israeli-only’ roads, said a senior Israeli security source Friday. Palestinians condemned the idea…
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Early Friday morning, a bomb blast in Gaza City killed 28 year old leader resistance leader Abdul Moeti Mohammad Daf and seriously injured a second man; in a separate incident…
In its statement issued on Friday, the International organization for Physicians without borders denounced the Israeli army’s attacks against the Palestinian medical teams while on duty in the Palestinian West…
An explosion in the Tel Al-Howa neighborhood of Gaza City killed 32-year-old Abed Al Mu’tee Abu Daf and seriously injured another man, Mann News Agency reported Abu Daf, allegedly a…
After Israeli forces prevented foreign officials from passing through a Nablus checkpoint, they held their planned meeting with local Palestinian officials in the street in front of the checkpoint,…
An Israeli Air force gun-ship fired missiles at a Palestinian car in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia on Friday morning, Palestinian sources reported.Two Palestinians were injured in…
Khaled Mashal, Hamas political chief, said during a phone interview on Thursday that the movement is ready to hold talks with anybody, including the U.S, except for Israel, and called…
The Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, called on Thursday King Abdullah of Jordan and apologized for the statements of the Israeli OC Central Command Major General, Yair Naveh, who…
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday night, five residents, including four brothers in Ya’bod village, north west of Jenin in the West Bank. The four brothers were identified as Mohammad Mustafa…
Israelis from the Karneh Shemron settlement have apparently set their sights on a Palestinian home in Kufr Lakif village, near Qalqilya. The eleven members of Mahmoud Awad’s family face the…
So, with Hamas taking control of the Palestinian Authority and its institutions, the destiny of the Palestinian people is once more in the hands of a party that believes in…
Israeli army forces imposed a siege on Bardalah and Ein Al Biada villages, near the West Bank city of Tubas, and army bulldozers started to destroy farm buildings and animal…
After a 17 year old boy was shot and killed early Thursday morning, Israeli forces continued their assault on the crowded neighborhoods of Balata refugee camp, killing four more Palestinians…
Israeli army troops shot and injured Ibrahim Al Mashny, 29, from the West Bank city of Hebron during clashes between the army and Palestinian stone throwing youth in the city…
Israeli army forces installed a military checkpoint between Farkheh and Qaraweh villages, north of the West Bank city of Salfit on Thursday morning, preventing the free movement of residents. Troops…
At least ten Palestinian and Israeli peace activists were injured on Thursday at noon after the Israeli soldiers attacked a joint peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Beit Siera…
After meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on Wednesday, Saudi Arabian leader Saud al-Faisal announced that his country, unlike Egypt and the U.S., would not cut humanitarian funding…
Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian resident in the West Bank city of Hebron during a military invasion to the city. A medical source in Hebron reported that Ibrahim…
Israeli settlers from the Karneh Shemron settlement have been repeatedly attacking a Palestinian family in Kufr Laqif village, near Qalqilia in the West Bank.The eleven members of Mahmoud Awad’s family…
The Israeli Army Special Unit abducted one resident from the village of Alar north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday morning. Mohamed Amer, 19, was attacked, arrested…
During pre-dawn invasions, the Israeli Army arrested seven residents from several cities in the West Bank on Thursday, claiming they were "wanted people." The two residents who were arrested in…
In a press release issued on Thursday morning, the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing seven homemade shells at Al-Magdal, a town near Nazareth in…
The Israeli army forced a Palestinian resident living with AIDS from the West Bank city of Hebron to pay the expanses of his security escort for treatment at an Israeli hospital…
The Israeli military destroyed a Palestinian playground, park and pool Wednesday, claiming that the park was built on "Area C" lands that are inside the West Bank, but under Israeli…
US Secretary of State tours Middle East, urges countries not to support new Palestinian government Condoleeza Rice, the US secretary of state, is on a five-day trip to various countries…
Israeli-Jordanian relations faced a cloud of uncertainty following the statements of GOC Central Command leader of the Israeli army, Yair Naveh, who said that 80% of Jordan’s population are Palestinians…
Fateh movement announced on Wednesday afternoon that it "tentatively” agrees to participate in the Hamas government, with Ismail Haniyya as the Prime Minister.Azzam, Al Ahmad, head of the Fateh bloc…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that 30 gunmen, members of the Al Yasser Brigades, one of Fateh’s armed groups, broke into the governor’s headquarters in Gaza city. The…
The Palestinian Authority’s new Minister of Economy, Dr. Mazen Sunokrot says the coffers of the Palestinian government are not running dry, as some media have reported. He reported on Wednesday…
(AP) Iran on Wednesday offered to help finance a Palestinian Authority run by the Hamas militant group,Iranian state radio reported. The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani,…
Israeli army troops stationed at the Israeli checkpoint near ‘Rachel’s Tomb’ in Bethlehem arrested two children from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, allegedly for trying to stab a soldier…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday morning that villages of Al Yamoun and Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two members of the Islamic Jihad.The two members,…
Medical sources report that 4 year old Ismail Abu Showyder is suffering serious wounds after Israeli shrapnel littered his small face and covered half his body. Israeli soldiers are intensively…
Marwan Barghouthi, the Palestinian resistance leader currently in Israeli prison, made a statement to the opening session of the Palestinian Parliament Saturday, asking for Palestinian internal unity and reiterating the…
As Israeli occupation forces finally began to recede from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, after an all-out assault on the camp that has lasted…
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Wednesday a 14-year old child from Al Khader village near Bethlehem, to five months imprisonment and 1000 NIS fine. 1 US Dollar =…
president George Bush declared that the Hamas Islamic movement should not get any funds until it recognizes and to be a peace partner. In his statements to the…
Israeli army bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning one house and one chicken coop that belongs to Ghaleb Bashier from Jensafot village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army…
Israeli troops stationed at Taiaseer checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, are closing the checkpoint since early morning hours on Wednesday, and holding scores of residents there.…
Wednesday morning, Israeli army bulldozers demolished a Palestinian Public Park located between the villages of Jayous and Azoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The park was constructed…
Israeli army artillery shelled Al-Ersal housing buildings north of the Gaza strip on Wednesday morning. The shelling caused severe damages to several residents’ houses in the two buildings but no injures were reported.
Israeli army troops stormed the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, arresting one resident on Wednesday morning. Omar Al-Adeeb, 24, was arrested when troops and army…
The Keneset’s, Israeli parliament, financial committee approved a mandate to give financial aid to South Lebanese Army troops living in Israel on Tuesday evening. The troops will receive 3500 USD annually for the next…