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About 100 Bethlehem area residents demonstrated on Tuesday at the Nashash Israeli army checkpoint between Bethlehem and Hebron cities in the southern part of the West Bank, closing it down…
A gunman opened fire on Tuesday midday inside the ministry of education building in the northern west Bank city of Nablus. The man reportedly wanted to register for the public…
The Israeli army invaded the southern West bank city of Bethlehem and nearby villages, searched homes and kidnapped three civilians on Tuesday morning. The three were known as Nasser Shukah,…
Hamed Al Bitawi, the Hamas Parliamentarian, was today moved from the Al Jalamah detention camp to an Israeli prison hospital after concerns over his health heightened. The Al Bitawi family…
Israeli forces have surrounded the Ambassador hotel in Jerusalem, preventing popular events protesting against 40 years of occupation. Palestinian Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi condemned the action, considering it…
A former Dutch UN observer has said Israel was not under siege by Arab countries preceding the Six-Day War, the 40th anniversary of which falls on Tuesday, and that the…
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that there is no option to prevent and cease Qassam fire on Sderot immediately but Israeli Jews think differently.A significant minority of 42 percent…
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are due to meet in Jericho on Thursday for their first talks in nearly two months, according to officials in…
At least one Palestinian security officer was wounded on Tuesday morning during renewed Hamas-Fatah clashes that took place near the Karni commercial crossing, in the north east of the Gaza…
The Israeli army sat up three new checkpoints around the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday morning and did not allow Palestinians in or out of the city.
The Israeli army kidnapped Khaled E’layan, the Mayor of Deir Al Ghosoon, located in the north of Tulkarem in the West Bank, as he returned from Jordan on Moday. E’layan,…
The Israeli army invaded on Tuesday morning the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Askar refugee camp, searching homes and kidnapping three civilians. Witnesses reported that troops…
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Yatta near Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank and kidnapped Jubran Mis’ef, 28, after surrounding his home and…
A massive Israeli force invaded the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Tuesday morning. After searching a number of homes,…
No country in the world has been able to defy international law as much as Israel in the four decades since the Six Day War, the South African government said…
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated on Monday that the Palestinian Unity Government approved a 10-point truce plan after discussing it at a government session on Monday, and agreed…
In May the human rights group Amnesty International released its 2007 report on “Israel and the Occupied Territories,” summarising 2006. During the year Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians, which…
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 69 residents, including 11 children, from Hebron district in the southern part of the West…
Palestinian sources reported on Monday evening that Israeli soldiers invaded an area close to the Sofa crossing, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, broke…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday a resident of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, as he was crossing an Israeli military roadblock near the southern West Bank…
Several detainees imprisoned by the Israeli Authorities at the Al Jalama interrogation facility reported that they are facing continuous attacks and inhuman treatment by the soldiers and interrogators.The detainees told…
The Popular Committees in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, have appealed to the Red Cross and several Human Rights Groups to intervene in order to save…
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Israeli army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from Zeta town, near Tulkarem, ransacked their homes and took them to unknown destination. Local sources reported that an extensive military force invaded the…
Recent infighting in Lebanon has spread to the Ein al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. Reports say that two Lebanese soldiers were killed as they fought Jund al Sham militants in…
Asem Dabaya, a released Palestinian prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, lost his eye during the interrogation he was subjected to an Israeli detention camp. Dabaya, 24,…
In a week that commemorates 40 years of Israeli occupation, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society has issued a press release condemning Israel’s continued occupation and pursuit of policies that violate…
The Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, has indicated that the Israeli army has refused to allow him to enter Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip. Dr Barghouthi stated that…
Haaretz.com reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is set to deliver his official response to the American benchmark plan. It is expected that Olmert will ask the…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported that two Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents of infighting on Monday. Ahmad Abu Odah, 20, was shot and killed by unknown…
Israeli forces have launched a limited ground-invasion of the southern Gaza Strip, firing live ammunition and destroying agricultural land in the process.Launching the incursion from the Sufa crossing on Monday…
Female journalists, threatened with death by a radical Islamic group if they do not adhere to more conservative attire, demonstrated on Sunday in front of the Palestinian parliament building in…
In a special report published on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories Monday, Amnesty International accused Israel of widespread human rights abuses.…
Israeli and Palestinian peace groups are staging demonstrations this week to protest at 40 years of Israeli occupation following the 1967 war that changed the shape of the Middle East.…
Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday morning in two separate Israeli incursions in Jenin and Nablus.In Jenin, Israeli forces shot and killed a senior member of the Al Aqsa Brigades…
The Hamas delegation to Egypt has reportedly rejected any ceasefire with Israel which does not apply to both the West Bank and Gaza Strip.In negotiations currently being held in Egypt,…
The armed wing of Hamas fired mortar shells on the Israeli military checkpoint of Eretz in northern Gaza, slightly wounding four Israeli soldiers, on Sunday. . A statement released by…
The Hamas movement has nominated Ghazai Hamad, spokesperson for the Palestinian Prime Minister, for the post of Minister of the Interior following the resignation of Hani Al-Qawasmi.Al-Qawasmi resigned last month…
Fadi Abu Mustafa, a prominent figure in the Al Quds Brigades, was killed in Khan Younis on Friday evening when he was targeted by an Israeli air strike.Considered to be…
The Israeli army invaded several areas in Hebron on Saturday morning and kidnapped six Palestinian civilians.Troops attacked and searched homes in the old city of Hebron and the nearby Bani…
Israeli forces attacked and searched homes in the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan, located near Salfit city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Saturday Troops searched and…
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and shepherds working on their land in the village of Dier Nitham, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on…
Sources in Nablus have reported that Friday’s attacks on the Old City area left many residents without water and electricity and caused thousands of dollars of damage to local shops,…
US Senator and potential Democratic presidential nomination Barack Obama has outlined his vision for the Middle East, arguing that peace in the region will only be secured through “a clear…
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Israeli and Palestinian sources have confirmed the killing of two children near the former Israeli settlement of Dugit, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The two were identified…
The hijacking of an Israel-bound plane in 1976 by a Palestinian resistance group was used by multiple Israeli administrations as justification for their continued military occupation of Palestinian land. Yitzhak…
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian Minister of Information welcomed on Friday Norway’s decision to resume direct aid to the Palestinian people. Barghouthi, who is the spokesperson of the Palestinian government, said…
On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, side by side with Israeli and international supporters conducted their weekly protests against the construction…
A non-violent demonstration took place on Friday midday in Artas village, in the southern part of the Bethlehem district. roughly sixty Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered in an area…
Sources in the Israeli army have stated that there has been no ground invasion of the Gaza Strip because of fears over a summer war with Syria.According to Haaretz.com, highly-placed…
The Israeli army and settlers attacked a non-violent protest against the Annexation wall in Bani-Na’em, near Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank, on Friday midday. Palestinian Information…
Medical sources have reported the death of Hamza Al Masri, 16, after succumbing to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack. Al Masri suffered extensive wounds last month when Israeli military…
Unlike members of the quartet, Norway has ignored the international financial embargo placed on the Palestinian Authority and has resumed with direct aid to the administration.In a statement released to…
A video of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston has appeared on the internet. The video shows Johnston alive and well.In the first pictures seen since his abduction in Gaza on…
Palestinian resistance shelled the Israeli town of Sderot with a home-made shell on Friday morning. The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the attack,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, based in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between May 24 – May 30,…
The largest union in the United Kingdom, UNISON, will vote on a proposal to boycott Israeli products at their annual meeting in June. The union, with 1.4 million members, represents…
Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers kidnapped Engineer Mahdi Al Hanbaly, the deputy mayor of Nablus as he was attempting to cross Za’atara Israeli military roadblock on the main road between Nablus…