Two brothers arrested north of Ramallah
Sunday at dawn, Israeli troops invaded the town of Beit Reema, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, arresting two brothers after breaking into their home. Damage to the…
Olmert: “No timetable for Gaza offensiveâ€ÂÂ
Israeli Prime minister, Ehud Olmert, reiterated his statements against any negotiations with the fighters who are holding the Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip and said that the military offensive…
Detainees in Salem Israeli Prison on Hunger Strike
Israeli forces are preventing lawyers and family members to visit Palestinian political prisoners in the Salem Prison, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In response, the imprisoned people…
Israeli forces shoot and severely injure man in Rafah camp
Israeli forces shot and severely wounded a Palestinian citizen in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Sunday morning, medical sources said. Medics at Abu Youssif al-Najjar hospital reported that Amin…
International Organizations Express Concern Over Developments in Gaza
Several international organizations working in the Gaza Strip expressed their concern over the recent developments in Gaza, and the ongoing Israeli attacks that have left dozens of Palestinians dead and…
Report: Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on the rise
The Palestine Liberation Organization released a report Sunday regarding an upswing in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank in recent weeks. The settler attacks are in addition…
Six Palestinians taken prisoner in Israeli raids on Nablus and Bethlehem
Israeli forces took six Palestinians prisoner Sunday morning in the West Bank (WB) cities of Nablus and Bethlehem, security sources said. Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed Askar and…
Nonviolent resistance in Salem Prison as Palestinians threaten hunger strike
Israeli forces are preventing lawyers and family members to visit Palestinian political prisoners in the Salem Prison, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In response, the imprisoned people…
The reoccupation of Gaza: Israel and the Big Lie
There is arguably no modern state that more shamelessly employs the propaganda technique of the Big Lie than Israel. Since July 6, Israel has been deploying its military forces in…
Four fighters injured in Gaza
Saturday after midnight, Israeli war-jets fired missiles at fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement; four fighters were injured, one seriously. The Palestinian Maan…
Kidnapped by Israel: The British Media and the Invasion of Gaza
Few readers of a British newspaper would have noticed the story. In the Observer of 25 June, it merited a mere paragraph hidden in the "World in brief" section, revealing…
Army invades Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem
Saturday at night, Israeli troops invaded Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources in the camp reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated…
Journalist targeted by Israeli gunfire, critically injured
"Where is the camera? There are many photos in it which show the killing of Palestinians", said Ma’an News Agency photographer Mohammad Az Zanoun as he fell, having been shot…
Army invades Nablus
Saturday night, Israeli soldiers invaded the Popular Housing project in Nablus, north of the West Bank. Local sources in the city reported that soldiers conducted military searches of homes, no…
P. A Health Minister: “40 killed, 178 injured in 48 hoursâ€ÂÂ
Dr. Basim Na’im, the Palestinian Minister of Health, reported on Saturday evening that the Israeli army killed 40 Palestinians, including one in the West Bank, and injured 178 residents, including…
Arab youth killed in Netanya; hate crime suspected
According to a report by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahranoth, racism is the suspected motive behind the killing of an Israeli-Arab youth in a drive-by shooting in the Israeli town…
‘Summer Rains Are a Good Blessing’
"Summer rains are a good blessing" — this is the title for a lesson in the second-grade grammar book of Palestinian children in Gaza. And while it is true that…