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In a press conference in Ramallah, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, announced on Saturday that the general referendum on statehood, and proposal implicitly recognizing Israel, will be conducted on July 26.…
A Palestinian Preventative Security officer was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Gaza City, on Saturday. Bassem Qotob died instantly after suffered several rounds of live ammunition in his…
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted on Saturday morning dozens of olive treas that belong to the sons of Mahmoud Hussein Al Sheikh, from Snieria village, south of the West Bank city…
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees in farmlands that belong to residents of Sniria village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Saturday morning. Army bulldozers…
Israeli troops have arrested one resident from Askar refugee camp, to the east of the West Bank city of Nablus, after invading the city, Saturday morning. Dozens of military vehicles…
The Israeli army has installed two portable checkpoints in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubass, Saturday morning. By istalling the two checkpoints, the main road…
Four Palestinian civilians of one family were wounded when a shell landed on their house in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, Palestinian medical sources…
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Saturday as a day to mourn the ten Palestinian civilians, including three children, killed in Gaza Strip when Israeli gun-boats shelled the beach in…
Sarurday morning, Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and chased dozens of school children. Soldiers invaded the city and started to provoke the youth and the children,…
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, and its refugee camp, and arrested one resident at a nearby military checkpoint, Saturday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the…
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After the Israeli army shelled the Gaza beach killing 10 civilians, including two infants aged 6 months and 18 months, and injuring forty other residents, army spokesperson “apologizes” and says…
Five Palestinian residents, including one child, from Doura village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron were injured during an Israeli military invasion to the village, late on Friday…
Hundreds of Palestinian residents, Israel and International peace activists protested on Friday against Israel’s annexation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and expressed their support and…
Friday evening, Israeli air force and Navy gunships fired missiles at the Gaza Beach in Al Soudaniyya area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing at least ten…
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Palestinian sources in Gaza reported, on Thursday afternoon, that three Palestinians were killed, one injured, after an Israeli air craft fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle driving near Al…
Israeli settlers from Gosh Atzion Settlement to the southwest of Bethlehem tore through the streets of Bethlehem area villages Friday. The settlers were protesting their inability to use more of…
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, an opponent of all kinds of attacks on civilians and a persistent voice for Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, wrote: ‘We have to understand – not justify –…
In the spring of 1948, some Jewish mukhtars (headmen) of Jewish colonies in Palestinian went over to the Arab Palestinian mukhtars in the nearby villages which maintained good neighbourly relations…
The following are excerpts of an interview Aljazeera.net had with the Palestinian prime minister recently. Aljazeera.net: Is a Palestinian civil war inevitable? Ismail Haniya: Inter-Palestinian fighting is a red line…
At about 10am on Saturday morning 2,500 members of the new Fateh security force in Jenin gathered in different parts of the city to march towards the center of town…
The Israeli army heavy artillery shelled east and north areas of the Gaza strip, Friday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The shelling targeted residential areas in Al Shagai’a area, Beit…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident, Friday morning. Several army vehicles and troops invaded the city, shot live rounds and sound bombs…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Siliat Al Harthiya near the city of Jenin, in the northwestern area of the West Bank and arrested one resident there, Friday morning.…
Responding to a Palestinian initiated global campaign, The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, recently overwhelmingly approved a resolution that will make them an active partner in the campaign…
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli air-force fired one missile, on Friday at dawn, at an area close to the American School, north of Gaza city, causing damage…
Palestinian Authority officials said on Thursday at night that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will hold a referendum on a statehood proposal on July 31. The officials, close to Abbas, added…
Palestinian Authority officials said on Thursday at night that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will hold a referendum on a statehood proposal on July 31. The officials, close to Abbas, added…
Israeli sources reported on Thursday that an Israeli Air Force missile dud was discovered Thursday morning in Kibbutz Nahal Oz near Gaza. Army suspects that a malfunction in the aircraft…
Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Thursday evening that Israeli army assassinated Jamal Abu Samahdana, general leader of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), General Supervisor of the Palestinian Authority’s…
The Israeli authorities sent notices, on Thursday, to the three members of the same family informing them that they intend to demolish their homes south of Bethlehem. The order is…
An Israeli undercover army unit invaded Askar refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday morning. The unit was followed by several army jeeps and APCs, soldiers…
One resident injured from Sorif town west of the West Bank city of Hebron after being attacked by right wing Israeli settlers, on Thursday. Mohamed Ighnimat, was injured when a…
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the village of Ithna near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday The man whose name remains unknown was driving his car…
The Israeli army has invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata and Ein Al Ma’e refugee camps in the city, Thursday morning. Troops stormed the city and the…
Israeli forces have beaten and arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron, this Thursday morning. Yahya Mohtasib, 24, was attacked and arrested when troops invaded his family…
Thursday morning at dawn Israeli forces once again raided the southern West Bank city of Hebron, taking seven Palestinians to unknown locations. Israeli forces began Thursday morning’s invasion with…
Israeli civil administration officers and soldiers invaded the village of Al Khader south of the west Bank city of Bethlehem and handed out military orders to demolish several houses there,…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that Sweden has started to note that wines produced in the Golan Heights originate in "Israel, occupied Syrian land". Winery sources in Israel considered this…
The Israeli army troops have arrested one resident from Balata Al Balad village east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the village and searched…
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Tulkarem refugee camp, Thursday at dawn. Ossama Al Jurmy, 22, was arrested when an the Israeli army invaded…
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Kofer Ra’e and Fahma west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning. In Fahma, army jeeps entered the village from several…
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Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported on Wednesday evening that Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian security officers near the “security fence” located east on the borders between Israel and east…
The Hamas and Fateh leadership completed their meetings in Egypt today, and agreed to activate what they refer to as the “Commission of Inquiry.” The agreement was reached in light…
During a speech delivered Wednesday to the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, Turkish President, Amhed Necdet Sezer called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to renew negotiations with the Palestinian…
An Israeli police source reported on Wednesday that two youth settlers traveling near Alon Shvot settlement, in the Gush Atzion settlement Bloc in the West Bank, were stabbed and were…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that a panel appointed by the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peetz, decided that Israel will fund the treatment of a 3-year-old Palestinian girl…
An Israeli military source reported that troops arrested on Wednesday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah suspected on killing a settler woman and her teenage son in…
The Israeli army is continuing it’s siege Wednesday on several villages west of the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops closed the checkpoint at the entrances of Al Zawia, Rafat,…
An Israeli military source reported that troops arrested on Wednesday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah suspected on killing a settler woman and her teenage son in…
Israeli air force jet fighters launched several missiles into the northern Gaza strip Wednesday at dawn. The shelling targeted residential areas in the town of Beit lahia, causing damage to…
The Israeli army injured two youth during an invasion to the West Bank city of Tubass late Tuesday night. Troops stormed the village and shot live round and sound bombs…
Two members of the newly formed security forces were injured due to clashes between the force and unknown gunmen, in the Gaza strip, Wednesday morning The clash lasted for more…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Araba Wednesday morning. Two arrests were made as the army entered the city from several…
A CBC TV news report on the recent Israeli election vividly captured the "agony" Israelis were going through as they pondered the key election issue: Israel’s plans to unilaterally withdraw…
Responding to a Palestinian initiated global campaign, The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, recently overwhelmingly approved a resolution that will make them an active partner in the campaign…
Israeli air force shelled on Wednesday night after midnight several main roads and agricultural roads leading to the northern borders between Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza…
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Eyewitnesses and Palestinian security sources reported, on Tuesday night after midnight, that the Israeli air force shelled a training center for the Popular Resistance Committees, south of Gaza City. Troops…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has given the Hamas government until the end of the week to accept a manifesto drafted by senior Palestinian detainees, implicitly recognizing Israel, or face a…
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An Israeli military source reported that troops arrested on Wednesday two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah suspected on killing a settler woman and her teenage son in…
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Shin Bet Chief (Israeli Domestic Security Service) Yuval Diskin, said on Tuesday that the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (P.A) and its institution does not serve the Israeli interest in…
The step taken by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he decided to prolong the national dialogue over the National Agreement Document presented by the Palestinian prisoners. The ultimatum…
The Israeli High Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday a petition filed by the Israeli Peace Now movement demanding the government to evacuate six illegal settlement outposts installed on private…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that six Palestinian residents, including four members of the Preventive Security Force, were injured after gunmen fired RPG shells (rocket propelled grenades) at a…
Five Gaza City residents were injured, including two PA officers, when three RPG’s (rocket propelled grenades) landed at the preventative security headquarters in Gaza city on Tuesday afternoon. One of the five…
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad fired two home-made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot, on Tuesday. In a press release the Brigades said that…
On Tuesday one resident from Hebron city was injured in an unexplained explosion. The Israeli army has intensified its presence in several parts of the city. Abd Al Fatah Ezghaier, sustained…
During the morning’s invasion to Nablus, an event that has become a daily occurrence for two months, Israeli forces arrested Palestinians, taking them to an unknown locations and destroyed the…
An Israeli army force has set fire to farm lands belonging to farmers from the village of Tayasser, east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Tuesday at dawn. The…
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday morning. An army force invaded the city, surrounded the house Samier Barhosh, 34, searched it, then…
One soldier from the Israeli army has committed suicide in Al Aqba village mosque east of the West Bank city of Tubass, Monday at dawn. The soldier killed himself after…
More than 300 Israeli army soldiers invaded the village of Aqpa east of the West Bank town of Tubass and imposed curfew on the village, Tuesday morning. According to the…
The Israeli armed forces arrested six residents in a massive military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday at dawn. Massive army forces enterd the city and the…
Mo’taz Hanaisha, 27, was arrested when troops invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday at dawn. Army vehicles entered the village and soldiers…
The Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights (BCPR), together with a dozen other Boston-area peace and justice organizations, will be holding a demonstration in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the group said in a…
A British accountant with a relief organization was just released from a 3-week detention by Israeli security forces in which he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse, intense interrogation…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas informed delegates from various Palestinian factions that efforts aimed at getting the Hamas government to support the prisoners’ document for a two-state solution have failed, and…
In a quick response to the assassination of two resistance fighters in Gaza, a Palestinian resistance group fired two home-made shells at Israeli areas outside of the Gaza Strip. No…
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh voiced his opposition Sunday to the "prisoners’ document" for Palestinian internal unity, saying that Palestinian President Abbas’ ultimatum on the initiative was illegal under the…
The Arab Bank closed two of its branches in Gaza City because it did not want to expose its employees to the anger and frustration of hundreds of employees of…
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On May 24, 2006, Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, appeared before the U.S. Congress to decry the lack of any "genuine Palestinian partner for peace," with whom Israel could talk.…
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported on Monday that a group of gunmen broke in Monday afternoon into the main headquarters of the Palestinian Satellite TV station in the Khan…
Eyewitnesses reported Monday that Israeli soldiers have been confiscating the identity cards of Palestinian women from Jenin and Tulkarem, apparently due to the fact that the women are related to…
Monday, Israeli troops invaded the village of Atof, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and leveled two houses. Army jeeps and soldiers stormed the village after sealing its…
Israeli troops closed on Monday the entrances of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and barred the residents from entering or leaving the city. Troops barred the vehicles and the…
The Israeli army and settlers attacked farmland, burned olive trees and injured two brothers, arresting arresting one of them in the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday at dawn. Rami…
At dawn this morning Israeli forces invaded Jenin Refugee Camp. Members of the armed resistance wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds Brigade, fought back against the invading army as Israeli forces…
An explosion has ripped through a house in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing one person and wounding two others, hospital officials say. The source of the…
Dia’e Al Emla was arrested on Monday at dawn when the Israeli army invaded Beit Ola village, west of the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers stormed the village, surrounded…
Palestinian security sources reported on Monday that at least one Palestinian was killed and three more were injured in a mysterious blast that rocked one of the houses in Jabalya…
The Israeli army troops stopped the local farmers from the West Bank city of Tubas from harvesting their crops Monday morning. The soldiers stopped farmers on their way to collect…
The Israeli army has arrested one resident from the village of Bidia, west of the West Bank city of Salfit, in a pre-dawn invasion to the village Monday. Anwar Balasma, 24,…