Palestinian women prisoners threaten hunger strike
Conditions in the Israeli Telmond Prison are deplorable for the women being held there, according to Hanan Al Khatib, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoner Society who was able to…
Israel closes all but 11 border crossings to West Bank
An order implementing the Israeli closure of all but 11 border crossings into the Palestinian West Bank was put in place on Thursday, prohibiting Palestinians from crossing in other places,…
Hamas, Abbas, Israel pay separate visits to Egyptian President
Rumors have begun about negotiations taking place with Egypt regarding the Palestinian Authority, as Hamas leaders, Palestinian President Abbas, and the Israeli Foreign Minister were all spotted crossing to Egypt…
Protesting the Israeli closure, farmers destroy two tons of vegetables in Gaza
Thursday morning Farmers continue their protest against Israeli closures of commercial crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip, which is wreaking havoc on their already fragile economy. More than…
Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians from Huwara Checkpoint, south of Nablus
Israeli army troops stationed at Huwara south of the West Bank city of Nablus checkpoint arrested two Palestinians, Thursday morning. Israeli sources claimed that the two were carrying explosives.…
Demonstrators throw stones at UN workers over Anti-Islam Danish Cartoons
On Thursday, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local youth, angry at the Danish caricatures of Mohammed, threw stones at members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH).…
Hamas seeks dialogue with Europe and the Arab World
In an interview with, Shiekh Yasser Mansour, a Hamas prominent leader and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council affirmed that the movement has no reservations about opening dialogue with any…
Shepherd boy killed across Lebanese border by Israeli army
An as-yet unidentified 17-year old boy was herding his family’s sheep in the hills of southern Lebanon yesterday when Israeli gunfire from across the border pierced his body, ending his…
Palestinian resistance shells Israeli targets from the Gaza strip
Palestininian resistance fired on Thursday at dawn three home-made shells at Israeli targets near the Gaza strip. Two of the shells landed in the town of Karni Zakim outside…
Palestinian sentenced to five years in Israeli prison
The Israel Military Court in Ofer sentenced on Thursday morning, Iyad Abu Judeh 34 from Deheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to five years of in…
Army arrests PA security officer near Bethlehem
Israeli army invaded early Thursday morning the village of Tiqua village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one Palestinian Authority security officer was arrested. Issa Amin Sabah…
Army arrests 8 from the West Bank, invades Tulkarem
Israeli sources said that the army arrested 8 residents from West Bank cities, in an overnight sweep. The arrestees included four Islamic Jihad activists and two others from Hamas from…
PNIC: ‘Two killed, 13 injured and 91 arrested in one week’
The Palestinian National Information Center (PNIC) published a report on the Israeli violations to the cease fire agreement in its fifty-first week, and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed…
No need to panic because of Hamas victory
The victory of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas in the Palestinian legislative elections should not cause panic in western capitals. It is the natural result of the push for democracy…
World Bank withholds December payment to P.A
The World Bank said on Wednesday that it is withholding the December payment to the Palestinian Authority from a multi-donor reform fund because the P.A did not fulfill its reform…
Violent clashes erupt as army evacuates Amouna illegal outpost
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that soldiers razed nine houses illegally constructed at the Amouna illegal settlement outpost near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Hundreds of settlers flocked to…