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On Sunday, the Arab League strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to construct 2,610 new settlement units between the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the Palestine News & Info Agency,…
The Israeli government has published a list of four-hundred and seventy-seven Palestinian prisoners who are to be released in the first stage of the swap, in exchange for captured Israeli…
Israeli’s Yedioth Aharonoth reported on Sunday that Israel has already begun implementing its part of the prisoner-swap deal. Pison officers started moving detainees, who are included in the deal, to…
A poll conducted by Israeli TV’s Channel 10, revealed that two-thirds of the Israeli public approve of the prisoner-swap deal that was agreed upon between the Hamas movement and Israel.The…
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) launched two campaigns in early August demanding an end to attacks on press freedom by Israeli forces and Palestinian security services.…
The leading figure of Hamas, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, stated that the moment the ex-detainees enter the West Bank and the Egyptian territories, Hamas will immediately release Gilad Shalit, the Ma’an…
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fares Qadoura, reported that the Administration of the Israeli Prisons (AIP) informed the Palestinian detainees that the file on the isolated detainees will be…
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stated that he is deeply concerned regarding a new Israeli plan to construct and expand its illegal settlements in Jerusalem, the Maan News Agency reported.In his…
A monument dedicated to former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, has been vandalized by an Israeli Jew in protest of the prisoner-swap deal to secure the release of over a…
On Saturday morning, a large Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Jenin refugee camp, and the nearby town of Qabatia, The Maan News Agency reported.Security…
An official source in Hamas confirmed that the captors of Gilad Shalit have informed him of his impending release in the upcoming days, the Ma’an News Agency reported.An Israeli broadcaster…
Dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by international and Israeli piece activists alike, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank…
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The Israeli military attacked participants at the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The march was organized by Fateh movement to protest…
Iyad Zumlot looked cheerful as he welcomed male spectators in the street next to his home in the al Falluja neighborhood of Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.The…
Hundreds of Israeli settlers invaded Sha’ab Salman and al-Nahleh neighborhoods in the village of Artas just south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to establish a base, the Palestinian…
Abu Mojahed, spokesperson of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stated that implementation of the first phase of the prisoner-swap deal will be next Tuesday, the Palestinian news…
In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 6th – 12th October 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported…
The Hurriyet Daily News in Turkey has reported that Ankara will host forty Palestinian detainees who are to be freed under the prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel rejected…
Thousands will gather for a popular protest in Nazareth to express solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners held in dozens of Israeli prisons and detention centres across the country. The…
A senior source within the Hamas movement reported that arrangements are being made to secure a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Political Bureau head, Khaled Mashal.The source,…
The Palestinian Center for Human Right (PCHR) confirmed Thursday morning that once the prisoners swap deal is concluded, the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip must be removed, adding that…
Dr. Zahi Damuni spoke in Tampa, Florida to an American audience on October 2. As a Palestinian who lives in California, he focused on a major detail of the peace…
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An Israeli court has ruled that there is little or no evidence to support the conviction of a man accused of setting fire to a mosque in the Upper-Galilee village…
A group of settlers again attacked students of Qurtuba School in Hebron on Thursday, October 13, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. For the third day in row, students and…
The U.S. State Department chided the Israeli Government over its announcement two days ago concerning creation of a task force to focus on legalising settlement outposts within the West Bank…
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Beit Ummar, in the northern part of the West bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning, breaking into their houses…
An official with the Ministry of Detainee Affairs, Ziad Abu Ein, warned of the possibility that Israel might try to manipulate the second phase of the prisoner-swap deal, which will…
An Egyptian source said that communication is proceeding between Cairo and Tel Aviv regarding a deal to exchange the Israeli spy Ilan Grabil for 81 Egyptian prisoners in Israel jails…
An Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian youth, injuring him in the shoulder, in the village of Beit Ummar north of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian news…
Senior Hamas sources reported that the first stage of the mediated prisoners-swap deal with Israel will secure the release of most of the detainees who have been imprisoned by Israel…
Officials of the Hamas and Fatah movements held a night-time meeting in Cairo on Wednesday, and agreed to meet again soon. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the…
Amnesty International, leading human rights group, issued an appeal to the Canadian authorities on Wednesday to apprehend former American president George W. Bush when he enters the country next week…
Former political prisoner, Saleh Al-Aroury, in charge of the Detainee File at the Hamas Movement, stated that the Egyptian mediated prisoner-swap deal reached with Israel, “also includes the implementation of…
The Israeli Ministry of Justice has announced that they will be publishing a list on Sunday, containing the names of the 450 Palestinian detainees who will be released in the…
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has failed in his attempt to persuade Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the upcoming United Nations Security Council…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to create a task force to explore ways of legalizing settlement outposts built on Palestinian land, Haaretz reported. By way of background: In…
The prisoner swap deal, reached by the Hamas movement and Israel, does not include several senior political leaders of the major Palestinian factions, senior sources told the Palestinian Ma’an News…
The Israeli cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met Tuesday night after midnight and approved the mediated prisoner-swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian factions that have been holding…
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Israeli soldiers assaulted dozens of female Palestinian students on Tuesday in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, injuring at least ten.Medical sources in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers tried…
Khaled Mashal, head of the Hamas Political Bureau, said 1,027 prisoners will be released in a deal brokered by Egypt, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured in 2006…
A senior Israeli government official told the French Press Agency (AFP) that on Tuesday evening, cabinet members were called in to hold an urgent session to discuss “a serious offer 
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The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly urges Israel to step up its protection of Palestinian civilians and their property, in light of the recent escalation…
Israeli forces arrested Abu Hasham, secretary of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, along with his son Yousef, age 18, in Beit Ummar early Tuesday morning, the Palestinian…
The Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Bernard Membe, affirms his country’s continuous and concrete support for Palestine, and its legitimate rights to achieve national independence, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported.During…
The International Quartet Committee is trying to set up a meeting between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before the end of October, in accordance with…
Israeli troops prevented on Tuesday morning teachers and students from reaching their school, located near the illegal “Beit Hadassa†settlement, in the old city of Hebron, claiming the area is…
Israeli soldiers demolished a mosque at dawn on Tuesday, in Khirbit Izra village in Wadi El-Maleh, in the north of the Jordan ValleyAref Daraghma, head of the Wadi El-Maleh Village…
Hamas has announced plans to make foreigners wishing to visit the Gaza Strip apply for a visa at least one week in advance. Those wishing to stay more than one…
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli army arrested a Palestinian university student, took two youth for interrogation, and invaded several villages in the southern part of the West Bank city of…
Palestinian sources reported Monday that clashes broke out in Ras Al Amoud in occupied East Jerusalem between Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers and policemen, following repeated provocations by the army…
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Sunday to watch and partake in the inaugural “Freedom Race†taking place in Beit Sahour, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The event…
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A Palestinian resident identified as Ahmad Al Azayza, age 22, was killed Monday afternoon as Israeli jets shelled an area near Erez (Beit Hanoun) Terminal , north of the Gaza…
Members of the Middle East Quartet are set to invite representatives from Palestine and Israel to a round of talks, to begin negotiations afresh after talks stalled once again last…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation reached Bogotá, his third destination in seeking positive UN votes for the Palestinian state, to urge Colombia’s support. Abbas was welcomed by the…
The Israeli Army kidnapped two Palestinian residents from al-‘Aroob refugee camp, in the northern part of the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, after breaking into their houses, the…
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive trees on Monday morning in the village of ‘Azmoot, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, the Ma’an…
Dr. Fathi Abu Mughli sent urgent messages to both the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross, calling upon them to immediately negotiate with the Israeli…
Israeli military bulldozers demolished a house in the village of Al-Jab’a, southwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday morning, the Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.Head…
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The Israeli Air Force bombarded several areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, while the Israeli Navy fired shells at coastal areas; damages were reported,…
According to Israeli sources, the military has taken a number of measures to prevent leaks by soldiers about when minor settlement outposts will be dismantled. This is due to recent…
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated on Saturday that Palestinian political detainees in Israeli prisons are continuing with their hunger strike to demand their legal rights, despite Israel’s escalating…
Israeli authorities have decided to release the remains of Hafeth Abu Zent on Sunday at Jaljolia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The body had been kept for…
On Friday night, eve of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, a group of Israeli extremists broke into both an Islamic and a Christian cemetery in the city of Jaffa, damaging…
On Friday evening, the Israeli Navy opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip;…
Dozens of local residents, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, held the weekly non-violent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements on Friday in Bil’in village, west of…
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Five Palestinians, three women and two men, were wounded in clashes between protestors and Israeli soldiers in the village of Nabi Saleh near the West Bank city of Ramallah on…
Envoys of the Middle East Quartet committee will meet in Brussels on Sunday to discuss the possibility of restarting the stalling peace process, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported.The meeting…
Israeli police continue to detain citizens of the village of Tuba Zingerah in the Upper Galilee, Israel, who were arrested during a demonstration protesting the burning of the village mosque…
Israeli army personnel are preventing East Jerusalem and Israeli Palestinian residents under the age of 45 from entering the old city of Jerusalem and praying in AL-Aqsa mosque, Palestine News…
For the Jewish “Yom Kippur†holiday, the Israeli military fully closes the West Bank for 48 hours, from midnight Thursday untill midnight Saturday, Arabs48 News Agency reported. According to Israeli…
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 Sep. – 05 Oct. 2011, 3 Palestinians, including a child, were…
On Thursday evening Israeli police lifted a gag order on the arrest of three Palestinian men on October 4th, stating that during interrogation the three confessed to causing the death…
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers of the Ramat Shlomo illegal settlement installed on lands that belong to residents of Shu’fat, north of Jerusalem, set ablaze dozens of olive…
Two days ago, the Israeli Police violently attacked and evicted an Arab family who had been living in a vacant home in Salma Street, Haifa, mistreating the mother and her…
Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Abed-Rabbo, stated that the Palestinian leadership will not return to the negotiations table before Israel halts all of…
Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, met with the Netherlands Prime Minister, Andries van Agt, and a number of former ministers, ambassadors, and officials. Haniyya informed…
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A gag order was lifted Wednesday in the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was recently acquitted of charges of throwing stones at an Israeli bus, after an Israeli…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the president of the Parliamentary Assembly, Molod Shawish Oglo, today, October 6, at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg. Mr. Oglo discussed efforts to…
On Thursday morning, Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the West Bank city of Hebron, to Muslims on October 8, because of the settlers’ celebration of the…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns collective punishment measures being taken by the Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have organized a hunger…
The Israeli Authorities in Jaffa are demanding the removal of sections of Al Bahar Mosque, in Jaffa, under the claim that these sections were built without construction permits, the Wattan…
Staff of the Ramallah municipality undertook a hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with the striking prisoners and detainees held in the prisons of he occupation, the Ma’an News Agency…
All Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails will join in the open-ended hunger strike on October 11, in response to the humiliating and degrading policies imposed upon them, the Palestine News…
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine urged the European Council to send legal, medical, and media missions to help the prisoners on hunger strike, and to monitor closely…
On Thursday morning, Israeli bulldozers demolished a number of stockades, cowsheds, and tents in the valleys near the West Bank city of Tubas, the Ma’an News reported.“More than twenty military…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, will deliver a speech at the European Parliament on Thursday in Strasbourg, the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reported. Strasbourg is the first stop of Mr. Abbas’…
The Miles of Smiles convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip late on Wednesday through the Rafah Border Terminal in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and received popular and…
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted on Thursday morning, at least 200 olive trees that belong to residents of Qasra village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Former Netherlands Prime Minister, Andries van Agt, said that the health sector is extremely miserable in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to end Gazans’ sufferance, the Palestinian Maan News…
The Executive Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Wednesday in favor of putting the issue of granting Palestine a full membership, to a vote.…