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Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday five activists from a European pro-Palestine movement as they were trying to cross the Al Hamra military roadblock, in the West Bank, the Palestinian Information…

Israeli navy detained, on Tuesday morning, an unspecified number of Palestinian fishermen who were fishing off the coast of Gaza City, local sources said.Gaza’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that the…

The Israeli Air Force attacked two areas in the Gaza Strip overnight under the pretext of responding to a Qassam homemade shell that was allegedly fired from Gaza into an…

The Israeli group ‘Anarchists Against the Wall’ announced on Tuesday evening that Israeli activists, who were detained late on Saturday evening for protesting outside the US Ambassador’s home, were finally…

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Israeli daily Haaretz said the Israeli military issued a report stating that they ‘find inconsistencies in medical report over the death of Jawaher Abu Ramah.’ According to military sources, the…

Ahram Online reported that a chief Jewish rabbi issued an order banning Jewish women from driving unless absolutely necessary. The religious decree by Rabbi Avraham Yosef prohibits women to drive,…

Israeli military raided, on Monday, a university dormitory in Jenin, officially in search of wanted Palestinians. One man was briefly detained during the raid. According to Ma’an News, eight military…

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Forty-eight Knesset members have signed a petition calling for the boycott of Israeli companies involved in building the new Palestinian city of Rawabi, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.The petition also has…

The Israeli daily newspaper Maariv today rubbished Israeli PM Netanyahu’s statement he is ready to sit down with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and make peace.Columnist Ben Caspit claims that…

Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said on Sunday that in 2010, Palestinian Authority security forces detained 3,000 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank.In a press conference held in Gaza City, Barhoum…

On Sunday, the office of the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East, Robert Serry, said that the U.N. is concerned about the killings of two Palestinians within 48 hours…

Jawaher Abu Rahma, aged 35, died on Saturday, after suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation fired by the Israeli military during the Friday weekly protest in Bil’in. Medical sources…

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On Friday, a civilian was hit by a tear gas canister during the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in the village of Bil’in. Also, dozens of people were…

The Israeli Knesset approved its 2011-2012 budget on Wednesday, which includes two billion shekels (approx. US$ 564 million) to settlements construction, services and security, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. According to…

Prime Minister Fayyad and an E.U. Representative agreed today to support the P.A.’s institution building plan, a European information centre claimed on Friday. European Neighborhood Partnership Institute (ENPI) Information Center,…

Egypt stopped activists on the Asia 1 aid convoy from reaching the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian daily newspaper quoted in Press TV reported on Thursday.Around 50 Iranian and Jordanian activists…

Israeli forces detained five Palestinians around the West Bank in a series of night raids that ended on Friday morning. A woman and her son were also allegedly beaten, Palestine…

In the following days, P.A. and other Arab states will bring a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council, calling to condemn Israel for the illegal settlement construction in the…

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The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees’ Affairs reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli forces arrested 1,100 Palestinian children in 2010, most of them in East Jerusalem and Hebron. In a report,…

Marking the second anniversary of Israel’s offensive on the Strip, two youth groups in Gaza City are painting murals in the destroyed government compound, Ma’an News reported.The Cultural Club and…

On Wednesday evening, Israeli settlers attacked a car transporting two journalists working for Reuters and Ball Media. The journalists were taking pictures near Yatta village, south of HebronYusry Al-Jamal, the…

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Settler attacks erupted on Wednesday in two locations in the northern West Bank, destroying several vehicles and causing fire damage to agricultural fields, local sources said. Officials reported farmers were…

Israeli forces demolished an agricultural storehouse, a gas station, and several other industrial buildings in the Palestinian village of Hazma, north of Jerusalem, PNN claimed on Wednesday. Palestinian news wire…

Israelis are roughly split between those supporting and opposing the plan of a group of rabbis not to sell or rent property to non-Jews, Press TV reported. According to a…

Residents of Gaza City said shelling was heard, on Wednesday morning, in the eastern part of the city, Ma’an News said. Local witnesses reported hearing blasts east of Gaza city,…

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy left a message of no hope, on Tuesday night, during his visit to the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, the PNN reported. “I don’t see…

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Around 20 suppliers agreed to assist building the first modern Palestinian city in the West Bank, however with no use of material produced in Israeli settlements, the Associated Press announced…

Israel announced it will boycott a 2011 UN summit commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban declaration against racism, the Middle East Monitor said on Monday. Israel motivated its decision…

Settlers from the Kida settlement, located southeast of Nablus, seized 60 dunums of land in the Jaloud district, the PNN claimed on Tuesday. Ghassan Douglas, the PA official in charge…

Palestinian security forces found weapons and ammunition, on Monday, in a house in the northern village of Salem, east of Nablus, Ma’an News reported on Tuesday. Police officers said a…

Britain plans to support an upgrade of the diplomatic status of PLO officials in the UK, media agencies reported on Monday. British Foreign Secretary Hague may raise the status of…

The inability to offer workers an alternative employment is behind the P.A.’s decision to reconsider the proposal that would have prevented Palestinians from working in the West Bank settlements, Haaretz…

Jonathan Pollak was handed a three-month prison term, on Monday, for taking part in a bicycle demonstration against the blockade on Gaza almost three years ago. Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak…

On Monday, dozens of Israeli settlers torched agricultural lands and attacked Palestinian farmers near Madame village, south of Nablus.According to local sources, there were some 37 settlers from the nearby…

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On Sunday, an Israeli police patrol car hit a five-year-old Palestinian girl in Silwan, after clashes erupted between Palestinian teenagers and Israeli forces. The incident occurred in the Wad Hilweh…

After the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, officially recognized an independent Palestinian State on Friday, Paraguay announced that is planning to make the same decision next year. Palestinian President Mahmoud…

On Friday, Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch Fuad Tawwal and the senior officials of the Catholic Church arrived in Bethlehem through the gate of the Israeli Wall to attend the midnight mass…

The Israeli army fired at four Palestinian farmers and shepherds in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing one and wounding three, local sources reported.Troops opened fire…

A Syrian popular committee has sent a new humanitarian aid convoy of food and medicines to the Gaza Strip, according to local sources. According to the Palestine Information Centre (PIC),…

A group of peace activists based in Seattle, Washington has launched a series of ads on city buses reading ‘Israeli war crimes: Your tax dollars at work’. A poll by…

Around 15 tons of agricultural exports are set to leave the Gaza Strip over next week’s crossings operations, Radio Israel revealed to Ma’an News. The news came after Israeli officials…

Palestinian chief negotiator Erakat announced on Wednesday that a draft resolution on settlements is ready to be put forth at the UNSC in February, media agencies said. Saeb Erakat, the…

Israeli army shot at two young men in city of Hebron on Thursday morning, the PNN claimed.Israeli military opened fire on two Palestinians in the area of Wadi al-Gharous, in…

On Thursday morning, Israeli troops invaded an area near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped three Palestinians, the Palestine News Network reported. Local sources stated that “special…

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The U.N.’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Jerusalem, Maxwell Gaylard claimed on Wednesday that the ongoing house demolitions in East Jerusalem ‘raise serious concerns with regard to Israel’s obligations under international law.”…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian youth from the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, family members reported. The resident has been identified as Yasser Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim,…

After the Supreme Court ruled that the P.A.’s decision to postpone local elections in the West Bank as illegal, the cabinet announced on Tuesday that a new date will be…

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The deposed government of Gaza has addressed the world community asking to restrain Israel’s escalation of unjustified aggression on civilians in the Strip, The Palestinian Information Centre announced on Tuesday.A…

On Tuesday, Israeli officials opened Kerem Shalom crossing point in southern Gaza, for the import of commercial goods, fuel and humanitarian aid. Since the blockade began, in 2007, the crossing…

The city of Nablus officially gets a Facebook profile, the PNN reported on Tuesday.The profile on the social network which counts over 500 million users, www.facebook.com/NablusCity, is aimed to connect…

Israeli troops invaded a village near Nablus before dawn on Tuesday morning, where three Palestinians were detained, local sources claimed. An overnight incursion in the village of an-Nasiriyya, near Nablus,…

On Monday, Brazilian government authorized the construction of a Palestinian embassy in the capital of the country, Brasilia. Lula da Silva, coinciding with his farewell party in Rio, doubt about…

An art exposition shows, in Gaza City, the work of hundred refugee women and children from the coastal enclave, who use the artwork as a way to convey their traumas,…

On Monday evening, approximately 200 people gathered in the city of Bat Yam, southern Tel Aviv-Jaffa, to protest against interfaith couples, under the banner ‘We Want a Jewish Bat Yam.’…

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Israeli news agency Yedioth Ahranoth reported Monday that seven homemade shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Negev Desert on Sunday. No injuries or damage were reported. The…

The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced on Friday that Bolivia recognizes a Palestinian state along the 1967 border with Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has also started conversations with…

The Israeli Army officially confirmed that its forces carried out the Air Strike that led, on Saturday, to the death of five Palestinians, believed to be resistance fighters. The army…

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The P.A. spokesman in Gaza denounced, on Thursday, Israeli jailers for their treatment of Palestinian female prisoners, who suffer harsh and systematic violations, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Riyadh al-Ashqar,…

On Friday, dozens of people were treated from the ill effects of tear gas inhalation, as a result of inhaling said gas during the weekly nonviolent protests against the wall…

On Sunday’s Parliamentary session, the Knesset pretends to limit to five years the stipends that yeshiva students receive from the government, Haaretz reported.According to the new passage of the budget,…

Israeli forces detained, on Thursday, four Palestinian officers at the entrance of Yatta village, near Hebron, Press TV reported.Four Palestinian security officers were detained despite having shown their valid identity…

Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinians for interrogation around the West Bank, on Thursday morning, in a wide-ranging campaign to target suspected activists, the Palestinian Information Centre claimed on Thursday. Two…

The European Union, on Thursday, announced it, along with the PA, made a joint social services allowance payment, Ma’an News said. A payment of social assistance benefits, amounting to €11.5…

On Friday morning, a group of religious Israeli Jews entered in the village of Kifl Haris, in the central West Bank. Local sources estimated some 3,000 people arrived, accompanied by…

The Shin Bet security service agreed to compensate a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for torturing him in what the Haaretz daily newspaper called ‘an…

An annual report by E.U. Consuls in Jerusalem and Ramallah, with regard to the general living conditions in the Occupied East Jerusalem, urges Brussels to implement its own policy to…

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On Thursday, Palestinian negotiators asked to a number of European countries to recognize a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders, as a new strategy to failure of peace talks. Meanwhile,…

Israeli forces arrested, on Wednesday night, nine Palestinians from Hebron region and transported them to an unknown location, Ma’an News and PNN echoed. In a statement, the Israeli military said…

According to Israel Radio, the Jerusalem Municipality gave approval, on Thursday, the construction of 24 additional Jewish houses, near the Ultra-Orthodox center Beit Orot in the occupied East Jerusalem. Ma’an…

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Police completed on Wednesday a several-week raid in northern Gaza City, seizing weapons and narcotics in a shop, Ma’an News reported. Police officers declared that weapons and narcotics were seized…

On Wednesday, the P.A. Interior, Communication, and Information Ministries informed about the reopening of three local radio stations, that were shut down on Monday, after they settled registration and licensing…

Several Israeli Knesset members have demanded the assassination of the ex-Arab MK Bishara after listing him as ‘terrorist’, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. The Knesset members made the call during…

On Wednesday morning, seven Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli military in a series of raids near the West Bank cities of Tulkarm, Tubas, Jenin and Ramallah, PNN reported. All…

Israeli soldiers raided, on Tuesday, the house of Palestinian MP Halaika in Hebron, the Palestinian Information Center claimed.Hamas lawmaker Samira al-Halaika said Israeli military raided the house at noon on…

A Gulf delegation led by Saudi prince reaches the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, to deliver relief material, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.The PIC quoted an Egyptian news agency claiming that…

A joint initiative between Ramallah’s International Art Academy Palestine and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, is trying to bring an original masterpiece by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso to…

150 asylum seekers were sent back to Sudan, on Monday night, as Israeli officials believed they entered the country illegally in search of work, media agencies reported on Tuesday. Sudanese…

Marking the 23rd anniversary of the founding of Hamas, the Prime Minister of the deposed government of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, claimed on Tuesday that in the next elections, ‘Hamas will…

Two men were injured on Tuesday by Israeli firing in the northern Gaza strip, local medical sources said. Israeli troops opened fire injuring two men in their lower legs in…

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The Israeli Civil Administration officials destroyed five wells and several sheds, on Tuesday, in a small Bedouin community in the south Hebron hills, locals reported.Israeli forces entered the area of…

Israeli troops arrested 31 people in overnight raids across the West Bank. Meanwhile, troops demolished two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, on Tuesday morning, local sources announced. A 20-year-old university…

On December 14 the United Nations celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, being aware that many territories have not…

The US Congress mounted pressure on the Palestinian Authority to resume peace talks, warning against a unilateral declaration of statehood, media sources reported.Howard Berman, chairman of the US House Foreign…

Two young Palestinians were injured on Monday by Israel’s shelling in the northwest of Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, medical sources claimed.Adham Abu Salmiya, Gaza medical services spokesman, said the…

Marking the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Second Intifada, Breaking the Silence is due to publish a new text, ‘Occupation of the Territories – Israeli Soldier Testimonies 2000-2010’,…

Palestinian Attorney General, Ahmad Al-Mughni, announced on Monday the closure of 12 local radio and television stations in the West Bank, Ma’an News agency said.A technical committee of specialists and…