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Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at dawn, two residents of al-Far’a refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers installed…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers closed the city, installed several roadblocks, and…

Palestinian sources reported that Sa’id Syam, a prominent leader of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas was assassinated in Khan Younis on Sunday morning. The source said, that…

Featured By Kifah Zboun, Bethlehem When news about violent deaths at the hands of the occupying army become a normal daily event, when the crimes committed by the Israeli army…

Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers invaded the city through its northern entrance and stationed near…

Eight home-made Qassam shells hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot on Saturday fired by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.  Four shells were fired in the morning,…

At least 17 Palestinians were arrested on Saturday after the Israeli army conducted wide-scale house-to-house searches south of the West Bank city of Hebron and in the villages of al-Sammoa,…

A Palestinian child was injured after a settler rammed him with a car, according to a medical source at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron. The incident took place in Hebron Friday…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons called on the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian Authority to avoid any more conflicts and to conduct talks to end the violence that erupted this…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers surrounded the camp, conducted military…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security reported, on Saturday, that the Israeli army decided to bar residents aged 16-36 from leaving the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border…

Switzerland, in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions, urged Israel on Friday to promise to dismantle its West Bank separation wall in the future. Swiss Ambassador Peter Maurer,…

Friday at down, Israeli army invaded Tammoun village in the southern part of the West Bank, and arrested one resident. Residents reported that the army invaded the village, conducted house…

Saturday at down, Israeli army invaded Taqoa’ village, south of Bethlehem, and surrounded the house of Ahmad Jebrel. A local source in the village reported that the soldiers searched the…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli army invaded Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem. Mousa Taqatqa, 23, Jawad Taqatqa, 18, Mourad Taqatqa, 28, and Imad Taqatqa, 18 years old, were arrested after…

For those unfamiliar with the real reason why the Camp David 2000, Barak-Arafat summit failed, they can find the answer in one word. Jerusalem. Solving the issues around this holy…

The upcoming Israeli unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the mess of the wall around East Jerusalem have been producing some unusual statements and positions not heard of since…

Saturday at dawn, one resident and a child were injured after Israeli air-force fired missiles Gaza city. The missile targeted a workshop in a residential area. A medical source at…

U.S secretary of State Condoleezza decided to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, after she altered her scheduled visit in response to the escalating violence in the area.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the Israeli army on Friday evening to prepare for a large-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Senior army commanders were ordered to wait…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers broke into the Emergency Hospital in Salfit, and used it as a military post. Also, soldiers broke into several branches of the hospital causing panic among…

Israeli military choppers shelled the Austrian neighborhood, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that the apaches fired…

Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists conducted the weekly peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah. “Peace needs bridges, not Walls”, slogans…

Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column.  || Click here to  Download MP3 7.2 MB This week in Palestine – a service of the…

Friday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident from al-Majd village, south west of Hebron, after invading it. A local source in the village reported that soldiers conducted military searches of…

The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas said on Friday that it is investing serious efforts to curb the latest violence in the Gaza Strip between the Palestinian security forces and Hamas…

A Palestinian medical source in Salfit reported that Samer Harbawi died of wounds sustained on Friday after a military apache fired at least one missile at a car in the…

Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday curfew over the village of Amateen, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded it,…

An Israeli source reported in Friday that two former chief rabbis, Rabbi Avraham Shapiro and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, issued on Friday a “Halakhic’ (religious) ruling forbidding soldiers from closing the…

Israeli radio reported on Friday afternoon that fire broke out in an industrial zone in the Sha’ar Hanegev area, in the Negev desert in the south of the country. According to…

Friday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group fired two “Qassam” homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. One landed near the town, while the other hit an agricultural area,…

The Israeli Army continued its invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Residents reported that the army invaded Tulkarem refugee camp in the morning and imposed curfew in the…

The Israeli Army invaded Ibadia, a village east of Bethlehem, and conducted house-to-house searches. The army entered the home of the Saadah family and conducted a search, disturbing household possessions,…

Friday morning, soldiers invaded al-Asakra village, east of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Eyewitness reported that the army barged into the village, conducted military searches of homes, and arrested Khaled al…

The Israeli High Court of Justice on Thursday considered a case filed by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, demanding investigations in all cases…

Palestinian Ministry of Interior accused Israel of violating the Sharm al-Sheikh understandings, and lack of seriousness in implementing key points of the agreement. The ministry said that Israel did not…

  Soldiers are harassing the residents by throwing sound bombs at the houses and at children in the streets. They are trying to trap the residents in their homes by…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the village reported that soldiers installed a military roadblock on the…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock on Tubas-Tammoun road, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers, supported by military vehicles, closed…

A large Israeli military force has positioned itself at the entrances of the Gaza Strip in apparent preparation for an invasion, Israeli military sources reported on Friday morning. ‘‘We are ready…

Israeli Air Force gun-ships fired five missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, witnesses said. No casualties were reported. Witnesses also said that the Israeli army divided…

Two Palestinians, ages 10 and 18, were killed in fighting between Hamas members and Palestinian security forces in Gaza Friday morning, according to the Arabs 48 web site. At least…

A settler woman was killed Thursday when a homemade Qassam shell hit her home in the Brur Chail kibbutz in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military source reported. The woman was…

Dr. Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that his movement will continue to fight the occupation despite Sharon’s threats to target all of the…

Israeli soldiers violently attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Amateen village east of Qalqilia, and fired at Israeli and International peace activists, and Palestinian residents. Eyewitnesses in…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday morning, four residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and the villages of Doura,…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Aseera, east of Nablus, and arrested one resident. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Sa’ad Mahmoud abu…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday the village of Fahma, south west of Jenin. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers closed the entrances of the village and conducted military…

Palestinian Minister of Economy Mazin Sinnukrut said on Thursday that the Quartet envoy to the Middle East, James Wolfensohn, informed him that there is a progress in Israel’s attitude towards…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday a resident in Qabatia village south the West Bank city of Jenin. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers, supported by armored military jeeps and…

An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers uncovered an explosive workshop in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem after invading it on Wednesday., The army claims that 70kg of…

Shin Bet, the Israeli security service, reported that it arrested five Israelis residing in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. The five Israelis are suspected of organizing traffic blocking demonstrations against…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior has issued a new report on the continuous military violations carried out by the Israeli army in the occupied territories in the period between March…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is slated to go to the Gaza Strip for meetings with leaders of the Palestinian factions and resistance groups, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. Nabil Abu…

A Palestinian resident of Nablus was killed by Israeli military fire after the military invaded the northern West Bank city late Wednesday night, a Palestinian security source reported. The source identified…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Dan Halutz remarked on Thursday that the army might keep Gaza Strip closed to Israelis ‘for as long as required.’ According to Halutz, the decision…

Army arrested Thursday morning ten Residents in three villages in the West Bank , claimed to be Islamic Jihad activists. Israeli soldiers, who invaded the villages, arrested three in Aseerah…

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, announced that they fired three home-made shells at Sderot Settlement in southern Israel . Israeli…

Wednesday evening, a Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that two residents were badly bruised and sustained fractions after soldiers and settlers attacked them in the West Bank city of…

Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli police arrested several young Israeli right-wing women, who attempted to block central streets in Jerusalem during rush hour to protest the disengagement plan. The Israeli police…

Five Israeli soldiers refused military orders concerning the government’s decision to close the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians prior to next month’s scheduled evacuation of settlers, an Israeli military source reported on…

Irineos I, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem who is fighting efforts to remove him from the position, entered the Patriarchate compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday, accompanied with a group…

Two Islamic Jihad operatives were wounded by Palestinian Authority security forces in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. A security source said the PA officers responded to the operatives’…

Two internationals who were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Tuesday night were released Wednesday afternoon after intervention by some Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. The two…

Wednesday afternoon, a group of extremist settlers attacked a home which belongs to a resident of Aseera al-Qibliyya village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt his private…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the town of al-Thaheriyya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in the town reported that soldiers supported by…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Wednesday four barracks in al-Rashaida village, south of Bethlehem. after invading and surrounding it. Fawwaz al-Rashaida, head of al-Rashaida village council, reported that two military bulldozers…

Wednesday morning, a group of extremist settlers of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost attacked and injured a 16 years old girl in Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood, in the center of the…

After the Israeli solders arrested Mahmoud Mohammad Attoun, from Sur Baher town, near Jerusalem in 1992, the family started facing all sorts of harassments and repeated attacks. Mahmoud was sentenced…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave orders to close the Gaza Strip to non-resident Israelis in bid to thwart anti-disengagement plans by the right-wing organizations, to flood the strip with…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers installed three military roadblocks near Tubas and Tammoun in the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that four military jeeps closed its entrance, conducted…

Wednesday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, sealing all its entrances and conducting military searches of homes.  Three residents of the village,identified as…

Two Palestinian residents were killed and two Israeli soldiers were injured after the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. One of the residents killed was a Palestinian policeman.…

The Israeli army has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip until further notice, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday. The closures came after a Palestinian bomber killed three Israelis and…

Wednesday afternoon, an Israeli military source reported that a wired car exploded near the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron. The car exploded near a soccer field, an Israeli military…

The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…

The Israeli army leveled on Tuesday two Palestinian homes in al-lousa area in Silwan neighborhood, and al-Esawiyya area, east of Jerusalem. The first home, belongs to Samer al-Mandoub, was inhibited…

Tuesday, an Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian detainee to one life term and additional fifty years. The detainee, identified as Ribhi Suleiman Bsharat, was sentenced by the Israeli Salem…

According to recent statements by Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Israeli diplomats will start to renew ties with Muslim nations following the disengagement plan, due to start mid-August, Israeli sources…

The outgoing Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Al Murr survived a failed assassination attempt, in an explosion in Beirut Tuesday.     Two men were killed, and dozens were injured…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Tuesday that he does not appose discussing the Israeli-Egyptian agreement of deploying Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi Route, and added that “he only…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Arab countries to grant citizenship rights to Palestinian refugees, saying that the move would not undermine the refugees’ right of return. In a TV…

A high-ranking official of the Palestinian Authority’s Interior Ministry was attacked and beaten on the streets of Ramallah Tuesday. President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack and promised that Palestinian security…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers closed abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints on Salah Ed-Deen road, the main link between southern and northern sections of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian security source…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two brothers. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the city from several directions…

  Army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.   Troops conducted house-to-house search destroying some of the residents’ property.      Eyewitnesses…

Right-wing activists opposed to Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip planted a fake bomb in a Jerusalem bus Monday evening. Israeli officials described the planting as a terrorist action. ‘This…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that two soldiers were lightly injured when a roadside bomb exploded beside their jeep near a settlement in the Gaza Strip. The two…

An Israeli soldier who admitted that he deliberately shot a Palestinian who was simply observing a peaceful protest has been released from custody. The incident took place two months ago in Bil’in,…

The Israeli army recently put together a “code of ethics” for the pullout from the Gaza Srip, including guidance to soldiers on how to handle anti-pullout activists. A special team…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday one resident in al-Qasaba neighborhood in the old city of Hebron, after he attempted to convince the soldiers release a 17-year-old girl. A Palestinian security…

Nine residents Gaza Strip residents were injured when a homemade shell fired by the resistance at the Gush Katif settlement bloc accidentally exploded near them, according to a Palestinian security source.…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a detainee from al-Tabaqa village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, to a life term. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner society…

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana slammed Israel for the Wall Israel is building around and through Jerusalem. The 60-kilometer section of the wall is half built. Two days…

An Israeli army corporal who refused to participate in the Gaza disengagement was sentenced to 56 days in jail by a second Israeli military court Sunday. The corporal, Avi Bieber,…

An Israeli diplomatic delegation, currently visiting the U.S., is to ask for $2.2 billion in special aid for the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip settlements and four northern…

The Israeli Disengagement Authority said on Monday that settler families who apply for temporary houses, and submit compensation claims by Wednesday, will receive temporary housing units. The Disengagement Authority announced…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers handed out orders to residents of Azoun village, west of Qalqilia, informing them that the army intends to annex their lands for the Wall. The army…

  A Palestinian security source in Rafah reported that one child lost one of his hands after an explosive fired left by the army detonated near him. The child was…

Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and attacked two residents badly bruising and injuring them. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers occupied…