Month: April 2006

A large Israeli military force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested three residents in the early hours of Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. The force, which consisted…

The Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Saturday night and arrested one resident. Soldiers arrested Mohamed Sha’lan from  a wedding his work place after they…

The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Jayyous near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late Saturday night. Troops stormed the residents’ homes and arrested Hussam Shamamsa,…

Israeli troops arrested Ali Nawawra, 23, and Abdullah Falah, 25, from Hindaza neighborhood in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Sunday morning. Troops stormed the…

Israeli soldiers attacked residents in Al Baq’a valley, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Sunday morning. Troops forced the farmers, who were working in their land ,out and…

Seven Palestinian civilians including a child and a woman were injured as the Israeli artillery shelled the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon, Palestinian medical sources reported. The seven were…

The Israeli army   arrested two residents and fined  two in the the West Bank city of Hebron and the near by village of Yata, Saturday morning. Ghassan Al Jonadi from…

On Friday the 28th of April on behalf of the International Middle Eastern Media Centre I traveled to Bilin to cover the weekly protest and resistance to the Israeli illegal…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Beit Iba checkpoint in the West Bank city of Nablus arrested Fida’ Daras, 22, Saturday afternoon. Soldiers said that they arrested Daras because she…

A group of settlers using a medium size van are setting traps to ambush and attack Palestinian residents’ cars in the Jordan valley area, Saturday at dawn. According to residents…

Israeli  troops invaded the village of Qabatiya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two brothers, Saturday morning. Mahmod Khazima, 18, and his brother Mohamed, 17 were…

It’s still too early to say if there is going to be a change of Israeli policies vis-a-vis the internal Palestinian situation by the yet-to-be-formed new Israeli government. Ehud Olmert…

The Palestinian Authority rejected the proposal by the French President Jack Chirac in which he recommended to establish a fund under the supervision of the World Bank to pay the…

Yousif Al Hrob, 25, was arrested on Saturday morning from the village of Wadi Fokeen west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Israeli armed force stormed the village closed…

The Israeli army tanks stationed at the borders of the Gaza strip continued its shelling to east and north areas in the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. The shelling targeted residential…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan military checkpoint, northeast of the West Bank city of Nablus declared it a closed military zone, Saturday morning. Scores of residents coming from the…

Israeli Army forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia, Saturday morning. In Jenin troops backed by military vehicles entered the city, and patrolled…

Middle East envoy James Wolfensohn has decided to step down because of restrictions imposed on him after Hamas formed the new Palestinian government in March, a Quartet source said on…

Israel will unilaterally, pullout from some areas in the West Bank in the coming four years, stats the agreement signed between the majority party Kadima and its ally the Labor…

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Islamic Jihad Movement official in Jenin, Mahmoud Al Sa’adi, said that Israeli forces launched a wide arrest campaign on Friday against resistance fighters in several areas of the Jenin District.…

King Abdullah of ordered medical aid to be sent to a Gaza hospital, said a Jordanian newspaper. This aid comes shortly after the Jordanian Kingdom accused the Hamas ruling party…

If I were an Israeli I would have built a wall, but not as a way of stealing land. We have been conned again. The Israeli elections, we are told,…

Palestinian Legislative Council Secretary General, Dr. Mahmoud Al Rahmahi has strongly condemned Iseael’s arrest of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmed Mubarak from Ramallah Thursday morning. On Thursday morning, a large…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call the Israelis to resume peace talks after they form the new government and called on the European Union to resume aid…

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Four residents injured and two arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron during army attacks, Thursday morning Mossa Al Rejbi, 57, hand was injured, Iblan Abu Sabiha, 23,suffered a…

The Israeli Army evacuated the Osh-Ghrab military base east of of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the West Bank, on Thursday morning. Residentsfrom the surrounding area rushed inside the military…

called off its participation in international air force exercises to take place in next month because of the involvement of the Israel Air Forces in the drills.  was supposed to…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and several surrounding villages arresting eight residents, on Thursday morning. In the nearby village of Asira, troops arrested Bassel Sawalha, 18,…

The Israeli Army invaded the village of Al Yamon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning and arrested 13 residents. Troops backed by military vehicles stormed the village…

The Israeli army arrested a young Palestinian man form the Obaidiya village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in a pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday. Army jeeps invaded the…

Israeli army troops arrested three residents from Tubas city in the west Bank during a morning invasion, on Thursday. According to the residents more than 15 armored vehicles entered the…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that Jakarta is ready to offer technical assistance to the Palestinians. During his current visit to , President Susilo expressed his hope that…

At least two Palestinians were killed and several wounded in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Sources reported on Thursday morning. Four Israeli warplanes fired four missiles…

Suleiman Draji, 53-year-old Palestinian from Taiba village inside , died due to medical neglect in Israeli Hasharon Prison Wednesday. The Palestinian Prisoner Society placed the full load of responsibility and…

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Three resistance fighters who belong to the Popular Resistance Committees were injured Wednesday, when they clashed with the Palestinian Security forces who prevented an attack with a car bomb at…

The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Palestinian detainees to incarcerations coupled with huge fines, on Wednesday. The prisoner society reported in a press release that Ayman Maseed from Jenin…

Palestinian government spokesperson Ghazi Hamad accused the United States’ administration of terrorism against Palestine by preventing Banks from transferring aid money to the Palestinian Authority causing a severe financial crisis…

The Israeli forces stormed the Boren village town hall, near the West Bank city on Nablus, Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles invaded the village and surrounded the town hall, soldiers…

Rubber bullets being fired in the occupied West Bank have seriously injured another Palestinian civilian.  Ruba Mahmoud Awayes, 21, was on her way home from college when she was hit…

The Israeli armed forces closed the main entrance to the east of Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Several army jeeps blocked the road and…

On Wednesday morning Israeli troops arrested, , 12 residents from the West Bank city of Nablus during an ongoing military operation begun Tuesday morning. Soldiers conducted wide scale search campaigns…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan checkpoint Nablus closed it, on Wednesday morning. The checkpoint lies at the north eastern entrance of the city and this closure prevents scores…

Israeli forces invaded the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, and held some residents captive for interrogation, Palestinian sources reported. Troops demanded the residents to provide…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said the government managed to collect funds needed for the state employees’ salaries, from Arab countries. Haniya said the money is now with the Arab…

The maze of Israeli military checkpoints inside the West Bank ensure that not only vegetables must be carried to market, but also students must walk to school, workers to their…

The Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq, expressed the Palestinian Authority’s interest in a secure and stable , and denied any relation with actions that targets saying that Hamas…

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Scores of farmers and land owners in addition to a number of residents gathered at their land to the east of Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli bulldozers started…

Palestinian Minister of Finance, Omar Abdul Raziq said on Tuesday the government has no objection if the President’s office will receive and manage international aid for the Palestinian Authority including…

The international community double-standard policy towards the Middle East region, particularly, Palestine, has been steadily apparent since the formation of a Hamas-led Palestinian government in both the West Bank and…

Farahat Assad, the Hamas west bank spokesperson of Hamas, was arrested by the Israeli army late Monday night. Assad was arrested after troops surrounded his home in the West Bank…

 Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus for the second time on Tuesday afternoon and arrested Mohamed Ikmail. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the city for a…

Following statements made by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he threatened to fire the Hamas-run government, Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the government said that Abbas should not…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yammon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, allegedly seeking wanted people, whom after…

The Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Marka village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles entered the village searched several…

The Israeli army invaded Al O’byiat village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three residents, Tuesday morning. Ahmad O’byiat, 20, Awwad O’byiat, 36, Shadi O’byiat, 26,…

An Israeli army unit installed a military checkpoint at  Borak Soliman near the Al Khader village entrance in the West Bank city of Bethlehem,  on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stopped  and…

 Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested nine residents among them  a 50 year old women,  on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as; Hussen…

President of the Political Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdullah Abdullah, said the three-day national dialogue will begin Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah via video conference. Hamas, Fatah, and…

A Palestinian family called on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights organizations to immediately intervene to help free their son from Israeli detention. The father of…

The Palestinian Hamas party distanced itself from a statement from Osama bin Laden on Sunday condemning the West for its actions. In an audiotape message broadcast by Aljazeera on Sunday,…

Israeli forces have prevented a delegation of youths from Jenin, who were representing a Quaker youth group, from going to the city of Ramallah for youth activities. In a phone…

Israeli forces arrested Monday one Palestinian citizen, Ahmad Abu Obaid (23 years) from the town of Al-Yamoun west of Jenin, at one of the "temporary" military barriers between Ramallah and…

The Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigade in Gaza Strip said they have fired two home-made projectiles at Israeli targets in response to the assassination of two Palestinians in Bethlehem on Sunday evening.

Palestinians from the village of Hawara, south of Nablus, accused settlers on Sunday of sneaking into a quarry in the middle of the night Saturday and torching trucks and an…

On Saturday afternoon, several international human rights workers were attacked by Israeli settlers living illegally on Palestinian land near Hebron, the third such attack in three weeks.  In a statement from…

Pre-dawn raids by Israeli forces in various parts of the southern and eastern West Bank Monday morning resulted in three arrests. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces, backed by seven military vehicles,…

In Nablus early Monday morning, Israeli soldiers positioned at Eiba checkpoint, west of the city, hurled a sonic bomb at Palestinians who were waiting at the checkpoint, wounding Mohie Ishteiwi,…

Israeli Forces raided the towns of Allar and Qafen, north of Tulkarem, early on Monday morning. They broke into many houses, carrying out extensive searches. Five Palestinians were arrested: Mutasim…

During a visit to Damoun jail, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society revealed Monday that "Nakhshon Israeli unit" stormed section "3", provocatively searched the rooms and forced the prisoners…

Defense for Children International – Palestine section and the Arab human rights institution charged in a joint statement that the Israeli occupation government was escalating its arrests of Palestinian minors.…

Israeli troops stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camp of Al-Ein at dawn Monday and arrested four young men after breaking into several homes. Local…

On a Sunday, during the intermediate days of Pesach, Jerusalem was quite empty. Maybe the sudden rain kept the tourists away. In the city center, next to the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian…

Israeli army troops opened fire at and killed a Palestinian 18-year old near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medial and security sources said on Monday morning. Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two youth in the Al Arroub refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to a nearby military camp, local source…

Israeli soldiersbroke on Sunday into Al Amal Private Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of wards and attacked staff and patients, local source in Nablus…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted two strongly-worded condemnations Sunday against aggressions in Nablus. Armed members of resistance parties, defying internal agreements, are using weapons reserved only to…

Two Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades were assassinated in Bethlehem on Sunday after the Israeli under-cover forces stormed the city and fired at resistance fighters of the Al…

The Hamas-led Palestinian government and the Fateh movement, headed by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, have pledged on Sunday to work in order to end the tensions between them after…

At least six Palestinian citizens, including one elderly, were injured, and an unlimited number were arrested during a nonviolent demonstration in the southern West Bank on Saturday. A number of…

As Israeli forces continue to pound the northern Gaza Strip with up to 300 artillery shells a day, Israeli officials have announced that the military is considering re-entering the Palestinian…

As Greek Orthodox Palestinian Christians were celebrating the Holy Saturday in Jerusalem, Israeli policemen attacked dozens of worshipers and priests near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and at the…

Fridays’ speech by Hamas Political Office leader Khalid Mashal, put Fateh officials over the edge. They went so far as to refer to Mashal’s words from exile in Syria to…

Israeli soldiers launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank, while intensifying its arbitrary measures around the city of Ramallah and continuing the isolation of northern Jordan Valley for…

The Fateh linked armed resistance wing, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanding Hamas for clarifications of the statements made by Khaled Mashal on Friday. Saturday, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the…

Israeli forces took two Palestinians from the southern West Bank to unknown locations early Saturday morning. Israeli forces invaded northern Hebron’s Al Aroub Refugee Camp at dawn and broke into…

Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces…

Two months before the Palestinian election, I met in Ramallah with Hassan Yousef, a senior West Bank leader of Hamas. Talking to him before he began an interview on our…

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Al Zahhar, said on Saturday that he will be meeting with European representatives during his upcoming tour in the Arabic Gulf countries, and that European countries…

In an interview with a German television,  Khaled Mashal, head of the Political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday that the movement will be ready to…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening that a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli border policeman north of Jerusalem. The source stated that the soldier was stabbed at Al…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday two residents in Jeet village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers broke into dozens of…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, clashed with dozens of youth, and seriously shot one child in his head. The…

"One million of the estimated 3.8 million Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories rely on Palestinian Government salaries for their livelihoods. Impoverishing and embittering our people will not only exacerbate…

The Ahmed Abul Reesh Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah Movement in Palestine, fired eight shells at the Israeli Negev towns of Sderot and Majdal, and towards an Israeli military…

An Israeli police source reported of Friday that one Israeli border policeman was stabbed by a Palestinian youth at Al Ram checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. The officer was injured in…

Friday, the European Union (E.U)said that its decision to freeze aid money transfer to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) stays in effect indefinitely, and urged Israel to resume the transfer of…