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Christopher Brown, a grassroots radical journalist, conducted the following interview with Prof. Norman Finkelstein: Christopher Brown: Prof. Finkelstein, in your estimation why does it seem that when someone challenges on…
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In a strange move, the Israeli army began a census of the Palestinian residents in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday. Soldiers stormed residents’…
Tha’er Doben, 26, from the village of Dorua near the West Bank city of Hebron was arrested on Wednesday by the Israeli army. Doben, a university student, was arrested when…
Three residents were arrested during an Israeli army invasion to the West Bank city of Jericho Wednesday afternoon. Two of the arrestees were identified as Jaad Sawarka and Zakaria Al…
The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the detainees in Huwwara Israeli detention facility, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, are suffering from bad…
Wednesday, an Israeli surveillance plane fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle near Tal Al Hawa area, south of Gaza City. The missile missed its target and the vehicle sped…
Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers tortured Palestinians waiting to pass through Jit Checkpoint east of the West Bank city, not leaving alone the handicapped man with them. The beatings were described…
Several home-made Qassam shells were fired at the western Negev town of Sderot, one of which hit a building near the house of the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Israeli…
Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday several Palestinians homes and public service constructions in Um Al Safa village, east of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The Army…
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet attacked several targets in Gaza city on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said that the jet fired one missile but the overall damage remains unidentified.
The Israeli High Court of Justice approved Tuesday the continued construction of the annexation Wall around the settlement Shavei Shomron despite the petition against it. The wall isolates the residents…
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops found and destroyed a mortar shell in the Masafer Bani No’em area in the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops invaded the…
Raje Al Batat, 15, was arrested by the Israeli army troops stationed at Tarqomia checkpoint Tuesday. Batat, who is a resident of Al Thahria village south of the West Bank…
The Israeli army decided to step up its ground assaults by special forces in the northern party of the Gaza Strip; the decision comes only a day after the under-cover…
Wild pigs herds attacked residents’ farms east of the West Bank city of Tubas Wednesday at dawn. According to the farmers, the pigs wreaked havoc upon the farms and their…
The Israeli army artillery continued shelling the eastern and northern areas of the Gaza strip Wednesday. The shelling targeted residential areas in Beit Lahia and Biet Hanon, north of the…
The Israeli army arrested four residents from villages around the West Bank city of Qalqilia in a predawn invasion to the city on Wednesday. The army targeted Azon and Jiet…
The Israeli army started a massive military operation in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday morning, where they have already arrested six residents and…
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Qabatia during a predawn invasion to the village Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as: Ziad Saba’nah, 34, Ahmad Zakarnah, 24,…
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an Egyptian resident while attempting to infiltrate into Israel through the borders with Egypt. According to Israeli media sources, the man is…
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After seven Palestinians were killed in less than one day in the west Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz vowed Tuesday that the operations of the…
The Palestinian government, headed by the Hamas party, denounced Israel’s arrest of Aziz Kayed, deputy secretary of the Palestinian cabinet, after breaking into his home in Al Biereh city, near…
Four Palestinian legislators, including the cabinet minister of Jerusalem affairs, Khaled Abu Arafa, refused an ultimatum issued on Monday by Israeli Interior Minister, Ronnie Bar-On, to quit their parliamentary posts…
Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday several detainees in Al Damoun detention facility after breaking into a section of the facility and violently attacking and beating them, causing several injuries. Al…
The Israeli army reinvaded the village of Qabatia, located north of the West Bank city of Jenin, after the morning invasion when five villagers were arrested and one was killed on…
Hundreds of Palestinian workers conducted a sit-in today at Erez Crossing, the crossing point from the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun area into Israeli territory. It is the only route…
At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in West Bank invasions early Tuesday morning. This makes a total of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces early Tuesday,…
Israeli authorities issued a military order to annex 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of Al Jab’a village, south-east of Bethlehem. The annexed lands will be used…
The Prisoner Support Society reported Tuesday morning that political prisoners in Israeli Al Damoun detention facility are being repeatedly attacked by the soldiers, while their lawyer are not allowed to…
The Israeli army attacked one Palestinian civilian near his home in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday afternoon. Ammer Al Batsh sustained several cuts…
Several Palestinian prisoners were injured in Al Damon Israeli jail after being attacked by their guards on Tuesday. The attorney who represents two of the injured prisoners, Bassem Tahaina and Mohamed Al…
The Israeli army attacked Palestinian shepherds east of the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed the shepherds’ huts and tents and chased them away from their land, local sources…
The Israeli army leveled two houses in Borqen village west of the West Bank city of Salfet, Tuesday morning. Massive entourages of Israeli police and soldiers stormed the village and sealed…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Jeit east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident, Tuesday early dawn hours. Troops stormed the village and arrested…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Jet east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Abd Al Rahman Hassan, 19, was arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday at dawn. Troops entered the city and closed the Al…
The Israeli army killed one resident and arrested five during a pre-dawn invasion to Qabatiya village north of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday. Army jeeps and special…
The Israeli army arrested two residents from Bit Ta’mar and Al Obaiat villages east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday morning. Troops stormed Al Obaiat village then…
Ossama Al Nimri was assassinated by the Israeli army during an invasion of Anabta village east of Tulkarem, Tuesday at dawn. An undercover special army force invaded the village and ambushed…
One resident was killed in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus during an Israeli invasion of the area, on Tuesday morning. Hani Al Saqa, 24, was…
Noting that he had been raised with the deep conviction that the Jewish people would never have to relinquish any part of the "land of our forefathers," Ehud Olmert told…
Two Palestinian refugees were reportedly killed in Iraq Monday in the latest wave of violence against the Palestinian refugee population in Iraq. Thousands of Palestinian refugees living in Iraq have…
According to a report monday in London’s Financial Times newspaper, the Palestinian Authority may be forced to abandon the Israeli shekel and adopt the Jordanian dinar as its currency as…
A medical source at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Hanoun reported that three Palestinians were killed and at least seven residents were injured during armed clashes that took place between…
The largest university and college lecturers’ union in Britain on Monday voted in favor of a motion recommending that its members boycott Israeli academics and institutions that do not publicly…
The Israeli government has approved a decision to expand N. Maskiyot settlement in Jordan Valley, seizing Palestinian land for a ‘military training base’. This expansion of the settlement will expel…
The European Union (EU) is soon to announce an offer to by-pass the Hamas government in Palestine in order to transfer aid to the Palestinian people, media sources reported. …
Hundreds of Palestinian workers conducted a sit-in today at Erez Checkpoint, the crossing point from the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun area into Israeli territory. It is the only route…
Several main checkpoints in West Bank locked down by Israeli forces, Israeli forces invade Nablus, Balata in ongoing siege Four arrested by Israeli forces in Bethlehem Four arrested by Israeli…
The Israeli Police arrested the daughter of the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya Monday when she entered Israeli areas , Palestinian sources said. The daughter whose name…
Israeli troops arrested the daughterr of Isma’el Abu Hannia, the Palestinian Prime Minister on Monday afternoon. Kholod Abu Hannia was arrested whilst visiting her fiancé, who is a prisoner in…
The Israeli army invaded Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and clashed with stone throwing youth on Monday afternoon. Soldiers entered the camp from several directions…
Palestinian president. Mahmoud Abbas has begun 10 days of intensive talks with Hamas and other Palestinian factions aimed at persuading them to accept a plan that implicitly calls for the…
An Israeli military source claimed on Monday that soldiers foiled what was described as “an attempt to carry out a bombing in Israel”. In a area close to Yitshar settlement,…
At 5pm on May 28, 2006, Palestinian workers from the nearby settlement of Modi’in Illit called Abdullah Abu Rahme, from Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in, to…
Al Numan Village, southeast of Bethlehem, has become a prison, completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall inside the West Bank. Al Numan is a small village, on a hill of…
The Israeli army forces invaded Ateel and Alar villages north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, Monday morning. In Ateel, trops invaded the village searched…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Yabod, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Atatra was arrested when troops stormed his…
Palestinian sources reported on Monday morning that one Palestinian fighter was shot and killed by Israeli military fire east of Gaza city. The source stated that fighters of the Al…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp in the city, Monday morning. Troops stormed the city and deployed in several main streets, also…
The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) party has officially notified Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya that the party is ready to participate in the…
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli troops locked down Beit Ebyia, Hewara, Ytzhar and Zaatra checkpoints downtown in the West Bank, adding that Israeli occupation forces have partially re-opened most of…
A large contingent of Israeli forces invaded Nablus district in the West Bank from all directions on Monday, reported Palestinian sources. Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said that the Israeli…
Israeli military sources said that four residents were arrested in Bethlehem in pre-dawn raids Monday morning. The arrestees were identified as Fadi Hussein Najajra,23, Khalil Radyda,33, Mohammed Rba’a,25, and Ali…
A correspondent to the Palestinian International Press Center reported that during recent incursions by Israeli troops backed by military jeeps into Alar and Ateel towns, north of Tulkarem, four residents were…
The Israeli military conducted wide scale searches at dawn Monday breaking into several homes, arresting three residents and beating three others in the West Bank city of Hebron. Official…
A Palestinian police source reported that an unknown gunmen burned the vehicle of Wasfi Kabha, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and ex-detainees in the Hamas-led government, Sunday evening in Jenin, north…
One Palestinian fighter, and one fighter of Hizbollah were killed during clashes with the Israeli army in south Lebanon. The Al Manar Television, which belongs to Hizbollah, reported that one…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is slated to meet with the Egyptian President President, Hosney Mubarak, next Sunday at the Egyptian Resort of Sharm Al Sheikh, an Israeli source reported.…
Israeli sources reported on Sunday that one Israeli soldier was seriously injured in his stomach after exchanging fire with Hizbollah fighters near Kibbutz Minora, close to the Israeli-Lebanese borders. An…
Hamdan Al Salem has stopped dreaming of leaving the city of Nablus after the hours upon hours has spent waiting at checkpoints dotting the city, creating a lone island called…
Suppose I were to leave my office here in Chicago and walk the short distance to the kidney dialysis unit down the road and pull out the tubes to which…
Five months after suffering a debilitating stroke, former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, remains in coma but will be transferred for rehabilitation at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israeli…
A new theatre is bringing alternative plays to the residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank to help educate children and adults. The idea of a theatre…
Former Mossad head, Efraim Halevy, said on Saturday that the Road Map Plan includes articles that contradict with the interests of the State of Israel; the Mossad is the Israeli…
By the beginning of 2007, 486 kilometers of the Annexation Wall will be completed, reported Israeli defense Ministry officials this week. This constitutes 93 percent of the 523-kilometer fence route…
Israeli Knesset member Ami Ayalon met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Saturday and discussed the possibility of future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, reported Israeli…
Detainees of the Hamas movement imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities have dissociated themselves from the National Unity Document signed by jailed leaders of various movements. The prisoners said that they…
Citizens of the village of Maradah north of Salfit called upon human rights associations to help them to resist the wall building that they say is strangling the village, according…
The Israeli Forces arrested Bilal Mara’aba (32) from the village of Ras Atiyah in the south of Qalqilia early on Saturday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli troops raided the village…
alestinian soldier Mohammad Ahmad Abu Salim (23), from the Aida Refugee Camp north of Bethlehem, faced inhuman treatment from Israeli soldiers stationed at the "Container" barrier, while he was going…
The crowded room felt like a sauna, a natural effect of the scorching sun hitting the tin roof and the lack of a fan or air conditioner to ease the…
Why are Palestinians under such demand to adhere to signed agreements when Israel and the US are allowed to circumvent and disregard them at whim? The Latin proverb of “One…
At the present, the Western world seems still under the spell of the legend of Ariel Sharon, who, so the story goes, has brought a gigantic change in Israeli policy…
Palestinian chief justice Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi has scathingly condemned the most recent invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most holy site in Islam, by Jewish extremists protected by Israeli…
Friday evening, a Palestinian refugee living in Iraq was abducted and shot dead by unknown gunmen in Al Dawra area, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A group which calls itself…
Olmert’s (and Elie Wiesel’s) Roadmap CounterPunch May 25, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/halper05252006.html Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of Congress was perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since…
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Saturday morning. Bilal Mari’ia, 32, was arrested when troops stormed his house and searched it, then he…
An Israeli army and police force stopped on Saturday Israeli peace activists and Palestinian farmers and prevented them from delivering water to Susa village near Hebron. The village has been…
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian taxi driver from Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday at noon. Troops stopped Fadi Al Dahdoh, who tried to pay pass the…
In the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical sources stated that Alaa Haijer, 20, died of critical wounds he sustained in late April when the Israeli occupation soldiers manning…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given Hamas 10 days to endorse a plan accepting the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel or he will submit the plan to a…
The Hamas party has rejected a deadline set by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resolve Palestinian internal factional fighting within ten days. Talks on the plan, drafted by Palestinian leaders…
Prior to this week, the United States had consistently opposed any Israeli unilateral moves on final status negotiations with the Palestinians, as such moves would exclude the Palestinians from negotiating…
Israeli gunfire at dawn on Saturday wounded a Palestinian teen in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city. Medical sources said that the 17-year-old youth was hit with bullet…
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the West Bank city of Nablus, and also attacked a woman in labor the ambulance was carrying, Saturday morning. The…
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Yabad, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday morning. Two were arrested when troops stopped their car at…