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Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday afternoon, a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the old city of Hebron, and claimed that she attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. The Maan News Agency…

  Nick Dearden, Senior Campaigner at War on Want, explains why Israel’s Separation wall is only good for one thing – demolition. One day workers, soldiers and bulldozers arrive at…

A Palestinian medical source in Qabatia town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, reported on Saturday evening, that four children were shot and injured during clashes which erupted with…

A Palestinian medical source in Jenin, reported on Saturday afternoon, that the child who was shot in Jenin on Thursday, died of his wounds, Saturday.  The child remained in critical…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday afternoon, three Palestinian youth, at Beit Eeba checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. One activist was arrested in a separate incident, in Nablus,…

A Palestinian source reported on Saturday that the Rafah border crossing will be opened next Monday for four hours in order to test the surveillance cameras which will be installed…

Hamas media spokesperson, Mosheer Al Masry, reported on Saturday that the movement will not agree to a renewal of the ceasefire, which is due by the end of the year,…

  By Amin Abu Warda, Palestine News Network Happiness and sadness, mixed feelings appeared on the face of resident Mohammad Amin Daoud, from Hares village, near Nablus, as he was…

Al Aqsa brigades fired a homemade shell, on Saturday, at an army post in Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. in the northern part of the Gaza strip. In a press release…

Resident Ma’moun Mohammad Daoud, from Hares village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, appealed the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to instruct P.A police heads to investigate into the case…

The family of Manhal Hussein, 14, from Jeet village, south west of Nablus, denounced the Israeli decision to release four settlers who attacked their son at a junction near the…

The family of Manhal Hussein, 14, from Jeet village, south west of Nablus, denounced the Israeli decision to release four settlers who attacked their son at a junction near the…

The Netanya Magistrate’s Court extended on Friday afternoon, the remand of a settler youth suspected of attacking an Israeli army officer, to three days. The incident took place last week…

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Israeli soldiers shelled, on Friday evening, Khaza’a town, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, damage was reported, no injuries. A Palestinian security source in…

Israeli soldiers based at a checkpoint on the entrance of Azoun Atma village, installed on Friday an X-Ray search machine, local sources reported. Soldiers restricted the movement over the checkpoint…

Israeli troops attacked,  on Friday afternoon, a group of Palestinian children playing with plastic guns in the village of Dier Al Ghsoun, south of the West Bank city Tulkarem, local…

A Palestinian medical source at Rafidia hospital in Nablus, reported that a resident of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, died of wounds sustained last week, after the…

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Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday, Nabeel Mazzawi, a cameraman who works with the Qatar based Al Jazeera news station, after attacking and hitting him with batons and confiscated his journalists’…

Hamas has asked Egypt and Jordan to host its headquarters from Damascus, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Friday.  Such a move stems from recent pressure on Syria to close Islamic movements’…

Two Israeli extremists attempted to abduct an Arab resident of Israel from Rahat area in the Negev, yet the Israeli police released them several hours after their arrest. “You are…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn Ali Mansour, leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement in Nablus. Another fighter identified as Saddam Mansour was…

The Israeli army arrested, on Friday at dawn, eight residents in several West Bank cities. Three residents were arrested in Marka village, near Jenin, and two others were arrested in…

Fifty international and Israeli peace activists and dozens of residents arrived on Friday morning at a construction site of the Separation Wall near Bil’in village, west of Ramallah; the activists…

From “Predator of the Free Press” to “Best in the Middle East.” In three years Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a full turn in its judgement of Israeli freedom…

  Mike: Diana, you are one of the legal advisors to the Palestinian Authority. Can you explain to me what happens with Gaza right now and why the Palestinians can…

Dozens of Arab residents of Israel were barred from entering the Gaza Strip on Thursday while they were heading to visit their relatives for the Muslim Eid Al Fitir feast.…

Jewish extremists hurled stones, on Wednesday, at a Palestinian girl heading for school near close to Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, local sources reported. Hiam Azmi Ashqar, 17, sustained moderate…

A local source in Husan village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported on Wednesday at night, that sever clashes erupted in the village, between dozens of youth, and…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday afternoon, Al Far’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus. roops surrounded the houses of Mohamed Mahdi and Sameer Jamil, and searched them…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday afternoon, Al Far’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Troops surrounded the homes, of Mohamed Mahdi and Sameer Jamil, and searched them thoroughly,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, Al Asakra village, east of the West Banks city of Bethlehem, and arrested four residents. The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers, supported by three…

The Israeli police arrested on Thursday a, Israeli right-wing teen suspected of attacking an Israeli army deputy commander last week. The teen attacked the commander while soldiers were evacuating an…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday at down, Al Azza refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested tow residents. Soldiers arrested Awni Barak’a, 18, and Yassen Abu…

Israeli army arrested, on Tuesday at down, 17 residents in several areas in the West Bank .     Eight residents were arrested in the West Bank city of Bethlehem,…

Fierce gun battle in Jenin after soldiers surrounded a home which belongs to a member of Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. The home belongs to…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at noon, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers invaded the camp,…

One Palestinian was injured and three others were arrested, on Wednesday evening, after the Israeli army invaded Husan village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Soldiers invaded the village…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will not renew its commitment to the truce, which expires at the end of this year, if Israel does not halt its attacks,…

The Israeli police in the West Bank released on Wednesday four settler youth who were held on Monday, October 24, after abusing a Palestinian child and throwing stones at Palestinian…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that, Irwin Moskowitz, a Jewish millionaire is behind the project which aims to construct a Jewish neighborhood in the Arab Sheikh Jarrah area, east of…

Last weeks speech of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he said that Israel should be "wiped off the map", and that "anyone who recognizes Israel will burn in…

Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Gaza, while military helicopters also fired several missiles, Israeli TV channel 2 reported. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…

An Israeli military source reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday evening, one resistance fighter and injured two residents, during clashes which erupted in Qabatia town, near the…

  The calls of Fares Sawalmeh, the well-known clothes vendor in Martyrs Square in Nablus catch the attention of passersby who are drawn to his wares and convinced to buy…

A senior Palestinian source, reported on Wednesday, that the joint Palestinian-Israeli meeting which was conducted on Tuesday at night failed to arrive to any deal for reopening the Rafah Border…

Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday, at dawn the village of Yatta in south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested one reisdent. Troops stormed the houses of the…

Israeli troops, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded on Wednesday at down the West Bank city of Jenin. This invasion  is the third in the last 24 hours to the…

Israeli troops arrested, on Wednesday morning, Zakraia Abu Jalbosh, 26, and his brother Riad, 30, during an invasion to village of Khribet Marka near the West Bank city of Jenin.…

Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, the village of Hussan west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested eight residents. Troops conducted wide scale search in the village…

An Israeli and a Palestinian female youth were awarded the King Hussein Prize for promoting peace, during a ceremony held in New York on Tuesday. The prize, which is an…

Residents of the West Bank village of Azmout, near Nablus, complained of repeated attacks carried out by extremist settler groups Alon Moreh settlement, near the village. Resident Abdul-Ghani Al Azmouti,…

The Israeli army announced on Wednesday morning that it intends to dismantle the integrated security perimeter which surrounds Yitzhar settlement, north of the West Bank. The army made this decision…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said on Tuesday that the current Israeli leadership does not seek peace and is still governed by the “arrogance of power”. “This leadership is obsessed…

An Israeli soldier was killed in a gun battle with the Palestinian resistance when the troops invaded the northern West Bank village of Mirka near Jenin on Wednesday morning and…

After the Israeli military apaches fired, on Tuesday afternoon, at least one missile at a Palestinian vehicle in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two fighters and…

Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…

Abbas Al Sayyed, 39, a prominent member of Hamas’ military wing in Tulkarem, was convicted by the Tel Aviv District Court, on Tuesday, for the killing of 35 Israelis in…

Israeli air force fired missiles, on Tuesday evening, at a Palestinian car in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, two fighters were killed; at least…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported on Tuesday that Israeli war jets fired missiles at a car in the northern part of the Gaza strip. The strike apparently targeted…

Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Tubass and the nearby village of Tammoun. Soldiers conducted wide scale search  in Tammoun, before invading Tubas and sealing…

Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp and the near by village of AL Zawia, and arrested two residents. Jamil Abu…

The Israeli Cabinet approved on Tuesday a proposal which aims to enable European Union personnel to operate the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The approved decision…

Member of Knesset, Eliezer Cohen, from the National Union Party submitted a bill, on Monday, which aims to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel. The bill specifically proposes…

Residents of Azoun Atma village, south of the West Bank city are facing daily hardships after the Israeli Separation Wall isolated them and separated them from the surrounding villages and…

An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by a bomb when Israeli troops invaded the village of Qabatiya and the nearby city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, in the…

Seventy-year-old Aziz Abdul-Karim Hanini from the village of Beit Djan east of Nablus had barely healed from wounds he sustained two months ago after being attacked by settlers when he…

Israeli soldiers invade the village of Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn, attacked and clubbed several residents, and arrested three, inducing a two 14…

The U.S. administration demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on the Islamic Jihad movement, in the wake of the latest attacks and counter attacks in the region,…

An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that Palestinian resistance fired a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The Israeli police reported that the shell apparently…

Israeli soldiers abducted on Monday evening a Palestinian resident in Tulkarem after breaking into his carpentry workshop, in the southern neighborhood of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressing the Knesset during the opening of its winter session, said that Israel considers the construction of the Separation Wall in the West Bank as…

Bier Zeit University students, suspended on Monday all classes until further notice  in protest to the violent response of the Palestinian Authority security forces to a protest they held in…

Israel has officially agreed to have European observers as a third party on the Gaza – Egypt border crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli official source said…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, on Monday morning, and arrested six residents. Troops stormed the camp and arrested Ashraf Jaradat 26, Jom’ah…

The Israeli army arrested on Monday morning two residents in the village of Azzoun east of the West Bank city of Qulqilia. Troops arrested Ma’mon Katesh, a P.A secourity officer…

The Israeli army invaded, n Monday at dawn, the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. Troops broke into several homes and searched them…

The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, vowed to retaliate to the assassination of its leader Jihad Zakarna, 21, and his deputies Irshaiyyed Ahmad Kamil, 21,…

Israeli soldiers invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Monday at dawn, and arrested two residents. Also, soldiers invaded the village of PAzzoun, and arrested Ma’moun…

Israeli soldiers invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Monday at dawn, and arrested two residents. Also, soldiers invaded the village of PAzzoun, and arrested Ma’moun…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at noon, the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested one resident. A local source in Tulkarem reported that under-cover army units of the Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Ramatan news agency reported that soldiers arrested…

“A Valuable Prey” was how Israeli security sources described the successful assassination the commander of Al Quds Brigades in the Jenin district and his deputy.  Jihad Mohammed Zakarneh has been…

An Israeli source reported on Monday that the Israeli prosecution filed charges against thee Druze youth from Majdal Shams in the Golan, to the Nazareth District Court on suspicions that…

Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance…

Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Monday at dawn, a fighter in Qabatia town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, raising the number of fighters killed in Qabatia since Sunday…

Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Al-Kidweh warned on Monday against turning the Gaza Strip into a big open-air prison soon, if the hanging problems were not over come. Al-Kidweh…

Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance…

After a gag order was lifted on the case, the Israeli Secret Security Services, Shin Bet, reported that it arrested three Palestinians, said to be manufacturers of Qassam homemade shells,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, threatened on Sunday that he will order his army to strike hard if the resistance fires homemade shells at the Israeli coastal areas. Sharon told…

Israeli army is planning to divide the West Bank into three isolated parts by setting up a checkpoint that separates the northern section of the West Bank with its middle and southern…

One resident was injured in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday at night, after an extremist settlers group attacked dozens of homes in the city, and the neighing…

A medical source at Doura Medical Center, in the village of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, reported that eight residents were injured during clashes which erupted in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday a young girl near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers claimed Hiba Tawfik Issa, 16, was attempting to cross the…

Israeli soldiers resumed, on Saturday evening, the military attacks against the Gaza Strip, and shelled several areas after a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev…

An Israeli military source reported, on Saturday evening, that a Palestinian resistance group detonated a wired car near two military vehicles during and invasion which was carried out in the…

A Palestinian underage detainee was mildly injured when an Israeli prisoner stabbed him in Ophik detention facility for underage prisoners, in Hasharon area in the center of Israel. The youth…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Saturday, a Palestinian woman in the West Bank city of Hebron. An Israeli military source claimed that the woman attempted to stab a soldier, and that…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef issued a statement vowing that the P.A will stop illegal weapon manufacturing workshops, and all weapons storage sites. “We will deal with this issue firmly…