Reality Checkpoint: A Reality few Israelis know
Twice a day, every day small groups of women (up to five members) set out for checkpoints around the West Bank, from Jenin in the north, to Hebron in the…
Report: Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave
According to a report released Thursday by Israeli human rights group B’tselem, Israeli authorities plan to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem, and imprison them in…
United Nations: Severe food shortage, famine possible in Gaza due to Israeli closure
The Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth, home to 1.2 million Palestinian people, and mainly dependent on outside food supplies, is facing a severe food crisis as Israeli…
Soldiers attack peaceful protesters, local and international journalists
Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists while protesting against the Separation Wall in Tulkarem area; soldiers also attacked several international and local journalists.The protest took off…
Let Israel Choose…Two States or One?
The coming weeks offer an unparalleled opportunity to leapfrog over the long comatose "peace process" and actually achieve peace in the Holy Land. All that is needed is some clear,…
Haniyeh: `“Attack against Nazareth Church is a result of hate culture in Israel`
Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, held Israel responsible for the terrorist attack carried by three newish attackers against the Basilica of the Annunciation church…
Report: Over 200 Palestinian children arrested in two months
A new report by Defense for Children International revealed that Israeli forces have arrested over 200 Palestinian children in the last two months, holding them in adult facilities with no…
Ilan Pappe on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Last October, when Prof. Ilan Pappe was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, he was interviewed by Steve Zeltzer for his Labor Video Project cable TV program. This is the…
In Moscow meeting, Hamas agrees to extend commitment to ceasefire for another year
Leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a meeting with Russian political leadership this weekend, agreed to extend their commitment to a ceasefire with Israel, that they have held…
Nonviolent demonstrators ‘hang themselves in effigy’ on Separation Wall in Bil’in
At this week’s anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in Friday, Palestinian and Israeli activists ‘hung’ themselves in mock nooses from the Wall to symbolize the ‘death sentence’ wrought…
Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?
During a recent lecture at the University of Oregon, Yuval Rabin, son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was asked if he believed that a Palestinian leader would…
Army erects a checkpoint at the entrance to Beita village near Nablus
Israeli army troops erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Beita village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning. The soldiers are searching the residents’…
Army arrests three Palestinians trying to enter Egypt
Israeli army units guarding the Egyptian-Israeli borders arrested three Palestinians from the Gaza strip who were trying to enter Egypt on Saturday at dawn, Israeli sources reported. The three…
Unknown militants set a Palestinian National Security officer’s car on fire in Nablus
Unknown militants set fire to Jodat Al-Sarawi’s car Saturday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus. Al-Sarawi is a Palestinian National Security officer but the reason behind the attack…
Army detains scores of Palestinian residents at two checkpoints near Tulkarem
The Israeli army troops stationed at Jebara and Itaba checkpoints south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem are detaining scores of Palestinian residents from the city. Soldiers searched…
Palestinian Christians: ‘We don’t feel threatened by rise of Hamas’
Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip denied claims that the rise of Hamas to power would undermine their religious rights.from islamonline.net "I am not afraid of Hamas, even of the…
Army attempts to assassinate fighters in Gaza
Friday evening, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that an Israeli apache fired one missile at a Palestinian vehicle carrying fighters in the northern part of the…
Jewish group burns Christian holy site on eve of Lent
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, known to Christians as the site where an angel miraculously appeared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, was partially burned Friday evening after…