Month: May 2006

Mohamed Abu Tamia, known to be a Fatah activist, was killed in Khan-Younis, a town in the Gaza strip, after being shot by unknown gunmen, Monday at dawn. According to medical…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Monday at dawn, shooting live rounds and sound bombs at the residents’ homes. The soldiers were provoking the stone throwing…

A large group of Israeli troops istormed the West Bank city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, and the nearby villages of Beit Ummar and Ethna on Sunday morning, arresting…

After setting up a temporary barrier at the Tamoun crossroads near the entrance to the town of Tamoun, south of Jenin, on Sunday evening, Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian citizens…

Israeli Prime Minster, Ehud Olmert, said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is a powerless leader and that he cannot represent the Palestinians in peace talks with Israel.   Olmert’s statements…

Israeli Forces fired tear-gas bombs to disperse Nablus residents from a market that supplies the needs of more than 40 villages and towns in the south and east of Nablus.…

The Israeli Navy attacked several Palestinian fishing boats on Gaza beach Saturday evening. Israeli sources said that the Navy has shot at many Palestinian fishing boats in the Sea near…

The Palestinian president and Israel’s foreign minister have met the highest-level talks between the two sides since the Islamist group Hamas formed the Palestinian government in March. Israeli foreign minister…

The Palestinian president and Israel’s foreign minister have met the highest-level talks between the two sides since the Islamist group Hamas formed the Palestinian government in March. Israeli foreign minister…

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader Ahmed Sa’adat, seized during an Israel Defense Forces raid on a Palestinian jail last March, was indicted in a military court…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, has approved on Sunday the expansion of four West Bank settlements, the first such approvals since he came to office.   Peretz considers the expansion…

Spokesman of the Palestinian government, Dr. Ghazi Hamad has said that an investigation was underway into Saturday’s attempt to kill the chief of the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence service in…

Dozens of Palestinian school children from Um Touba village, in the West Bank, were attacked on Sunday morning by an extremist settlers group living in the Ma’oun illegal settlement outpost.…

A Palestinian child, Naji Akram Masri, (17) has been seriously injured by splinters from Israeli artillery rockets, which hit him in the stomach. Dr. Moawiyeh Hasanain, Director-General of Emergency and…

Palestinian security sources from the Fatah party claim that the armed resistance wing of Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, purchased large quantities of light weapons in the West Bank recently. The…

A security source in the Palestinian Preventive Security reported on Sunday that an explosive was discovered today on the main road along the route of Director General of Internal Security,…

Israeli forces took six Palestinians to unknown locations from Hebron this morning. The raid began early Sunday in the southern West Bank. Four of those arrested are brothers. The incursion…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafidia Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus reported on Sunday that one woman from the Balata refugee camp, in the city, was shot…

Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli ‘targeted assassination’ on Saturday, and four more seriously injured.  Three of those killed were a child, his mother, and his grandmother, travelling in…

Saturday afternoon, four Israeli soldiers were injured after their military jeep crushed into the annexation Wall near Masha village, in the West Bank. Troops were patrolling along the route of…

Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stationed near the annexation Wall adjacent to Jenin city, north of the West Bank, arrested a Palestinian man allegedly carrying a small pipe bomb. According to…

King Abdullah II of Jordan wrote to the U.S President, George W. Bush urging him to "explore all opportunities to achieve the president’s vision for a two-state solution”, and to…

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the explosion that targeted the Palestinian intelligence headquarters in Gaza City, and seriously injured Palestinian Intelligence Chief Tareq Abu Rajab, who was wounded…

Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that the director of the Palestinian Intelligence Services, Tariq Abu Rajab, was seriously injured in an explosion late Saturday morning in the Gaza City…

Peace activists of Taayush organization (Arab – Jewish Partnership) and the Israeli Peace Now Movement, along with Palestinian farmers from the West Bank city of Hebron, organized on Saturday voluntary …

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee said on Friday that the new United Nations Human Rights Council needs to avoid "policies and practices of double standards, en-bloc voting…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour that will include some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported.   Disra Bierka,…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour on some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported.   Disra Bierka,…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour on some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported.   Disra Bierka,…

One Palestinian was killed in an explosion which rocked the building of the Palestinian General Intelligence in Gaza city on Saturday morning, Palestinian sources reported.     In addition, head…

The Israeli army arrested four residents and injured an elderly man in the West Bank city of Nablus during a pre-dawn invasion to the city, Saturday. The injured was identified as…

King Abdullah II of Jordan said that deterioration in security in the occupied Palestinian areas could spill over Jordan and appealed to U.S. president to help restart the peace process,…

Click here to download MP3 (7.2 MB, 7:45)Israeli military forces violently attacked a peaceful anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in on Friday May 19th, injuring 24, including a…

Israeli Security officers manning Allenby Bridge, between Jordan and the West Bank, apprehended a Palestinian woman carrying a computer ‘flash drive’ containing Hizbullah information on how to assemble weapons, Israeli…

Friday, following noon prayers in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, residents in addition to Israeli and international peace activists conducted their weakly peaceful protest against Israel’s annexation…

The IMEMC conducted an exclusive interview with one of the five prominent Palestinian activists and academics currently on hunger strike in Jenin.  The hunger strike began on May 1, 2006.Q.…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 9.4 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle…

Everyday Israel proves that it never withdrew from the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that it has no troops or settlers there.     Everyday Israel proves that the most…

The Palestinians are facing one of the most vicious assaults in their history against their right to self-determination, their economic livelihood and their very future as an independent people. Israel,…

The humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian lands has reached unimaginable proportions, with the economy strangled by closure, salaries unpaid, and a medical emergency situation killing both the chronically ill…

72.8% of Palestinian children exposed to trauma report Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms, while only 25% of Israeli child victims of terrorism experience such symptoms, according to a new study from Ben-Gurion…

Officials at the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt reported that European observers at the crossing,  have confiscated more than $800,000 from Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman as he was…

The international attempt to force the new Palestinian government to renounce violence and recognise Israel is having a profound impact on daily life in the territories. Most people in Gaza…

A British professor has refused a request to write an article for an academic journal funded by Israeli universities, as part of his academic boycott against Israel, Israeli daily Haaretz…

Meshref Al Mubaslat, 73, died of a heart attack as Israeli forces bulldozed the area in front of his house in Nablus.  He was not able to open his front…

 Israeli tanks stationed at the borders with the Gaza Strip shelled on Friday at dawn areas east of Gaza city, Beit Lahia and Beit Hannon, south of the Gaza strip.…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday at dawn and arrested five residents. Among the arrestees were Um Rami Okop, Samier and Samer Al Sarbess,…

Four Palestinians including two policemen were wounded Thursday night in clashes which erupted between unknown gunmen and Palestinian police in Gaza city, Palestinian medical sources reported.     The clashes…

The Israeli army invaded Deir Al Ghesson village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and handed out military orders to three youth in the village. The youth were…

Saber Salah, 28, was arrested when troops invaded the village of Al Khader in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday at dawn. Troops entered the village, surrounded Salah’s home,…

Four residents were injured in the city of Gaza when fired at by unknown gunmen, early Friday morning, medical sources reported. D.Mo’awia Hassanin, the head of emergency and ambulance service…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a ‘Call for Support’ which will provide resources towards an appeal launched by the Palestine Red Crescent for $9.3…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday at night that two Israeli settlers, one man and a woman, were mildly injured after being fired at neat Tapuah junction, close to…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday at night that Palestinian fighters fired six homemade shells at Israeli targets in the Western Negev area. The sources added that one of…

Thursday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north  the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with dozens of residents there. two youth were mildly injured, local sources…

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The head of the Palestinian Medical Association warned on Wednesday that the health system in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would probably collapse as a result of international sanctions.…

Hundreds of Palestinian police officers loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, have marched in the Gaza Strip in a show of strength against the newly formed Hamas security forces,…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and sounded one house, on Thursday afternoon. Soldiers have surrounded the house of Ratep…

Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the negotiations file at the Palestinian Liberation Organization said on Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni,  on…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday that Supreme Court President, Justice Aharon Barak, wrote a private letter this week to an American friend stating that even though his opinion…

On Wednesday, Israeli Occupation forces delivered a military order to the Jubara village council to halt construction of a primary school, according to local sources. The school is being built…

Thursday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the villages of Beit Ola, Beit Ummar and Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents.…

Israeli army intelligence reported that the Palestinian resistance managed to smuggle parts of a Russian missiles into Gaza and attempted to assemble it there. The report said that the missiles…

Thursday, Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents in a morning invasionof the village of Abood north of the West Bank city of Rammallah. Elias Azar, the mayor of the village said…

Thursday morning, the Israeli army closed Taiseer checkpoint and the surrounding area east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Soldiers informed the shepherds that if they approach the area…

The Palestinian General Board of Petroleum in the West bank city of Jenin announced on Thursday that the city is facing a cooking fuel crisis. According to Hussam Al Arqawi,…

A group of Palestinian armed men opened fire on Thursday morning at Governorate building in Tulkarem city in the northern West Bank, where deputy Prime Minister Nasser Eddin El-Sha’er was…

Herds of wild pigs attacked farmers’ homes and lands in the West Bank city of Salfit late Wednesday night. According to local farmers, the pigs were released by the Israeli…

Thursday morning, Israeli troops invaded Qabatia town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and searched several houses. Although no arrests were made, the reisdents expressed concerns that this…

The Israeli army installed several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday morning, putting the city under total siege. Troops are searching all the cars entering and…

Nidal Khalawi, 24, was arrested when troops stormed his home in Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday at dawn. Troops surrounded Khalawi’s house, searched his…

Troops stormed the residents’ homes forcing them to remain in one room and for on the spot interrogations, eyewitnesses reported The arrestees were identified as; Kifah Tafish, 20, Soltan Saba’nah,…

In a move seen as widening of the gap between the governmental and the presidential Palestinian establishments, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered thousands of police deployed throughout the Gaza…

The Israeli Ynetnews reported that Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz renewed evacuation orders for a 12 illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank Wednesday night, as directed by Israel’s Prime…

Palestinian detainees in Ofer Israeli detention facility, west of Ramallah, reported that one tent caught fire in the youngsters section at the Benjamin Israeli detention facility; the causes of the…

Detainee Abdul-Rahman Al Otewy, appealed humanitarian organizations to interfere for his release from Israeli prisons and transfer him to “anywhere in the world” since he is suffering a sever deterioration…

Palestinian medical sources in Nablus reported on Wednesday afternoon that the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli military invasion in the West Bank city of Nablus has risen to…

The International Solidarity Movement for Human Rights reported that chaos and insecurity in the Palestinian territories has significantly increased and targeted civilians, lawyers, journalists, physicians,  judges, and teachers. 74 residents…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses both report Israeli forces invaded several eastern Bethlehem villages at dawn Wednesday. Israeli soldiers broke into homes, invasively searched them, and forced dozens of Palestinians…

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The Lebanese Police reported on Wednesday that Palestinian gunmen and Lebanese soldiers engaged in a gun battle in Wadi Al Aswad area, adjacent to the Syrian borders with Lebanon. The…

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The Israeli army continue its siege of Arqaba village south east of the West Bank city of Nablus which has lasted for more than four days, this Wednesday. Jaodat Bani…

An Israeli army force invaded the northern areas of Biet Hanon town north of the Gaza strip, Wednesday afternoon. Several tanks and army bulldozers entered those areas coming from Erez …

An Israeli army undercover team seized a taxi owned by resident form Kofer Ra’e village near the west bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. The soldiers were wearing civilian clothes…

The Israeli banks started to take procedures to stop dealing with Palestinian banks after the Hamas movement formed the Palestinian government, the Israeli Radio reported.  Discount Bank in Israeli informed…

Abd Al Baset Mo’tan, 32, was released after serving 32 months of an Israeli administrative jail sentence ,on Wednesday morning. Mo’tan, who is a resident of Boraka village near the…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Tyaeasser checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tubas, assaulted a medical patient on his way to get treatment, late Tuesday night. Sami Nimir, who lives…

Three residents arrested from the West Bank city of Hebron and refugee camp afterthe Israeli army conducted an arrest campaign , Wednesday at dawn. Army jeeps and soldiers stormed homes…

The Israeli army arrested four residents after invading several villages around the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village of Jenata, to…

Palestinian Minister of Interior Sa’eed Siyam announced that the special force the ministry has established will start working in the Palestinian areas today.     Siyam told a press conference…

Palestinians have been marking the worst day in their history – the day of Israel’s creation – determined to lift damaging economic sanctions and warning that Israeli unilateralism could kill…

Neta Rotem, a 23-year-old student, stood near the cashier’s windows at the Jerusalem Theater. Dozens hurried by her to the ceremony awarding poet Nurit Zarhi the Yehuda Amihai lifetime achievement…

A large Israeli military force invaded Bethlehem are and arrested a Palestinian security officer on Tuesday evening, local sources reported.     Eyewitnesses said at least ten military vehicles invaded…

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The Palestine News Network recently sat down with a somewhat unlikely local hero. He is young for his experiences, in his mid-twenties. Zakaria Zbaidi is the head of the Fateh…

Palestinian informed sources reported that a summit meeting that would join the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with his Egyptian counterpart, Husni Mubarak in Egypt soon, Palestine News Network reported on…

An Israeli army unit stormed the Zobda high school for boys west of the West Bank city of Jenin and ordered the administration to take down the Palestinian flag, on…