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Media sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Devices, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Sunday 21 supporters of the movement in several West Bank districts.The Salfit…

Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that an Israeli soldier attacked an 80-year old Palestinian woman as she was trying to cross the Huwwara Israeli military roadblock near Nablus, in the…

Fuentes Palestinas informaron el domingo que un soldado Israelí atacó a una anciana Palestina de 80 años de edad cuando trataba de cruzar el bloqueo militar de carretera de Huwwara,…

Palestinian sources in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Sunday that Palestinian youth set the vehicle of Nablus governor, Jamal Mheisin, on fire…

Palestinian sources reported on Friday that several residents were injured after the army fired at residents, Israeli and  international peace activists who carried a nonviolent protest against the continued closure…

Fuentes Palestinas informaron el viernes que varios residentes fueron heridos después de que el ejército disparara contra ellos y contra activistas de paz Israelíes e internacionales que llevaban a cabo…

The Media Office of Asrana (Our Detainees) Center slammed the prison administration at Eshil Israeli detention facility for issuing an order barring 40 detainees from Jerusalem from their visitation rights…

La Oficina de Medios de Comunicación del Centro Asrana (Nuestros Detenidos) criticó duramente a la administración de la prisión en el centro de detenidos de Eshil por dictar una orden…

The Israeli army prevented a number of Israeli peace activists from joining the Palestinian residents of Al-Khader, near Bethlehem, in their weekly nonviolent protest against the construction of the annexation…

El ejército Israelí evitó que un número de activistas de paz Israelíes se unieran a los residentes Palestinos de Al-Khader en su protesta semanal noviolenta contra la construcción del Muro…

The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press release on Wednesday slamming a new Israeli plan to construct 983 homes for settlers in Abu Ghneim (Har Homa) settlement, near the West…

Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, was the scene of clashes between fighters of group which belongs to the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of…

La ciudad de Nablus, en la parte septentrional de Cisjordania, ha sido escenario de enfrentamientos entre los combatientes de un grupo de las Brigadas de Al Aqsa, perteneciente al brazo…

The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Monday slamming the Israel Army’s attack against an orphanage in Al Salaam Street in the southern West Bank city of…

La Comisión Popular de Palestina publicó en la prensa el lunes un comunicado criticando el ataque del ejército Israelí contra un orfanato en la calle Al Salaam, al suroeste de…

On Sunday a new Jewish leftist movement which opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine was formed in Canada. The movement calls itself the Jewish Canadian Coalition, and officially announced that…

Lawyer of Al Hoqooq Center for Detainees Studies reported on Thursday that detainee Noura Al Hashlamoon, 37, a mother of six children, from Aqbat Tafooh area in the southern West…

El Abogado del Centro Al Hoqooq para el Estudio sobre los Detenidos informó el jueves que la detenida Noura Al Hashlamoon, de 37años, madre de 6 hijos, del área de…

The Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza, dominated by the Hamas movement, issued a press release on Wednesday slamming a recent decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice to withdraw…

El Consejo Legislativo Palestino en Gaza, dominado por el movimiento Hamas, emitió una nota de prensa el miércoles, criticando duramente una reciente decisión del Tribunal Supremo Israelí de retirar las…

Arab member of Knesset, Talab Al Sane', head of the United Arab Bloc at the Israeli Knesset, demanded on Monday that the Israeli government's legal counselor, Mini Mazouz, initiate a…

Senior Palestinian political sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that the dissolved Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by Ismail Haniyya of Hamas, decided to reappoint its…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Sa'eb Erekat, stated on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse as the government in Ramallah and its negotiations team are consumed…

A spokesperson of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Friday that a group of fighters survived an assassination attempt carried by under-cover forces…

Sources close to the Hamas movement in the West Bank reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested five supporters of the movement in several West Bank…

Fuentes cercanas al movimiento Hamas en Cisjordania informan que las Fuerzas de Seguridad Palestinas, leales al movimiento Fatah, arrestaron a cinco de sus seguidores en varias zonas de Cisjordania, el…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Friday that a peace conference should be held as soon as possible in Russia and added that peace requires a comprehensive truce and a…

The administration of Efrat, an illegal Israeli settlement near Bethlehem, decided to launch a construction project to build a new “neighborhood” which will be added to the settlement by annexing…

Los administradores de Efrat, un asentamiento ilegal israelí cerca de Belén, ha decidido lanzar un proyecto de construcción de un nuevo “vecindario” que se añadiría al asentamiento a partir de…

Bulldozers belonging to the so-called Civil Administration Office, which is under the Israeli army control in the occupied territories, demolished on Wednesday three Palestinian houses in two villages near Jerusalem.Two…

The Christian Peace Maker Teams (CPT) stationed in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, reported that two extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Wednesday two international observers who attempted to…

Israeli District Court judge decided to release a Palestinian female detainee from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after she spent one month under interrogation without charges.The detainee, Tasneem…

The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities release Dr, Ghassan Hamdan, a lecturer at Al Najah National University in the…

Dozens of Arab and Israeli students of different leftist parties in Haifa University protested against a visit conducted by Avigdor Lieberman to the university campus on Wednesday. One Arab student…

Head of the Palestinian negotiations teams, Ahmad Qorea’, stated on Monday at night that an unofficial meeting took place during evening hours between Palestinian negotiators and the Israeli Foreign Minister,…

Mayor of Ariel settlement bloc, Ron Nahman, stated that the Israeli government decided to allow him to carry a project to build 48 houses for settlers in Ariel settlement bloc…

The Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights reported on Monday that nearly 100 detainees are currently under interrogation in Al Jalama Israeli interrogation facility…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, headed on Monday the weekly cabinet session in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and discussed Israel's recent decision to resume settlement construction and…

The Palestinian Journalists Bloc slammed the Israeli army's abduction of Hasan Abdul-Jawad, from Deheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Monday at dawn. The bloc considered the abduction as a direct…

Khalid Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad denied recent news which stated that the movement achieved a truce agreement with Israel via Egyptian mediation, and…

France slammed on Monday the ongoing Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and considered settlement activities as obstacles that are limiting the ability to create a viable Palestinian…

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian legislator Siham Thabit and her family on Friday. The attack occurred while Thabit, a Fatah legislator, was driving with her family and son's pregnant wife on…

The Mandela Institute for Human Rights and Political prisoners made statements on the "steadfastness and sacrifices of Palestinian women who play an important and significant role in the Palestinian society…

The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press release appealing International Organizations and the International Red Cross to intervene and save the life of detainee Shukry Jamil Yaish, 32, who is…

Dozens of residents, families of Jerusalem residents imprisoned by Israel, held a protest on Wednesday in front of the Red Cross in the city demanding an immediate probe into the…

The Christian National Assembly organized a candle procession in Jabal Al Zeitoon in Jerusalem on Monday at night in protest to the Israeli assaults against the Palestinian people in the…

La Asamblea Nacional Cristiana organizó una procesión con velas en Jabal Al Zeitoon en Jerusalén el lunes por la noche en protesta por los ataques Israelíes contra el pueblo Palestino…

Al-Quds brigade, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad announced on Tuesday that a member of the movement and another resident were killed in Israeli air strike that taregted the…

The villagers of Bil'in, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.Israeli troops attacked protesters injuring four. Bil'in…

EU Parliament Vice President, Luisa Morgantini, called on the Palestinian National Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad to hold an independent and serious inquiry into the death…

La Vicepresidenta del Parlamento de la UN, Luisa Morgantini, hizo un llamamiento a la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, Presidente Mahmoud Abbas y Primer Ministro Salaam Fayyad para llevar a cabo una…

Palestinian Security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Monday evening that Israeli soldiers detained eights residents including family members, in Khallit Al Amoud…

Sources close to the Fatah movement, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, reported on Monday at night that Hamas-controlled security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested four members of Fateh in…

Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli military court in the coastal city of Jaffa on Wednesday sentenced an Israeli army officer to 15 months in jail. The officer and…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Monday at dawn of wounds he sustained last week. The sources identified the man as Saleh Nabhan, doctors said that…

The Nafha Society for Defending Human Rights and the Rights of the Detainees stated that there are 41 Palestinian detainees who are currently hospitalized in Al Ramla Prison Hospital and…

The Organization of the Islamic Conference called on Thursday on the members of the Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General to intervene and stop the Israeli aggression and “state…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday evening Qabatiya town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into several houses in search for wanted resistance fighters, local sources reported.…

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) called for launching a comprehensive national campaign in order to save the Palestinian Plaines areas, in the Jordan Valley, from the…

The European Union stated that it is providing assistance to five new projects to revive the development of the agricultural sector in the Palestinian territories. The amount which will be…

Dr. Hasan Khatir, secretary-general of the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem and its Holy Places, called on the rich Arab and Muslim residents in the Arab World to participate in…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing Palestinian security forces  loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, of arresting three members and supporters of the…

Hams legislators, detained by Israel, called on the Palestinian people to counter a new Israeli plan to dig a new tunnel under the Islamic Neighborhood, near the Al Aqsa Mosque…

The Palestinian Center for Detainees’ Studies issued a press release on Monday revealing that Israel is currently holding more than 365 Palestinian children captive in its prisons, including 100 children…

Family of detainee Zeidan Mohammad Zeidan, 22, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, voiced an appeal to save the life of their detained son as he is seriously…

Detainee Mojahid Mustafa Qreeny, 25, from Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was recently freed after five years in detention at the Shatta Israeli prison.…

In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested for the third time Sheikh Zoheir Lubbada who is suffering from a serious disease and…

Hundreds of Arabs and Russians protested in Moscow on Tuesday against the unjust Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip and demanded the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem…

Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, in the West Bank, continued their arrest campaign against members and supporters of Hamas and arrested eight residents…

Last week, the Muslim Relief Society in the Negev, which provides relief services for orphans, installed tents and started collecting support which will be transferred to the improvised and besieged…

Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers attacked detainee Woroud Qasim, 20, from the Arab town of Al Teera, as she tried to talk to her brother before the…

The Central Committee of the leftist Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a statement mourning its leader, founder of the Front and founder of the Arab nationalist…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Ahmad Qurea, met on Friday morning with Mark Otte, the EU envoy to the Middle East Peace Process and discussed with him several issues regarding the stalled…

Hamas media sources reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested on Thursday five Hamas members in several areas in the West…

Dozens of Palestinian residents, and peace activists, held a protest on Thursday evening against the ongoing Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip. The protest…

Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the house of Shadi Nabeel Sidir, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and also attacked members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron…

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli military post west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.The Brigades…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported on Wednesday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Ahlam Jawhar, a Palestinian woman active in Human Rights, as she was leaving Nablus city through the…

Fuad Al Khafsh, a Palestinian researcher and specialist in detainee’s affairs, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading a new law which will give the Israeli…

The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Tuesday evening of firing several homemade shells at Kfar Azza settlement, east of the Gaza Strip,…

The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Tuesday appealing the International Community to intervene and save the Gaza Strip from an imminent humanitarian disaster as the unjust…

Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces arrested eight members of the movement on Sunday in several West Bank cities.In Salfit district, security forces arrested Hamza As’ad,…

Sources in the Hamas movement stated on Friday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, in the West Bank, arrested six members of Hamas on Thursday from several West…

The Israeli Authorities barred on Friday international peace activists from entering the Palestinian territories as they tried to cross the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank.Pertika Dublin, spokesperson…

According to a new report released by the Popular Campaign Against the Wall, during the past year, the Israeli government has continued its construction of the illegal annexation Wall in…

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli forces set up a number of mobile checkpoints between the northern West bank cities of Jenin and Nablus in the northern West Bank on…

Nine Palestinian civilians were injured in the southern Gaza strip city of Rafah during a family fight on Wednesday. Palestinian medical sources reported that a fight broke out between two…

A group of Palestinian gunmen closed on Thursday midday the Al Qudes road leading to the village of Kufer Qalil, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The act…

The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and abducted four civilians on Thursday morning. Troops attacked and searched a number of houses in the city then…

Anatomy of a Statistical Flim-Flam On March 14, 2006, a report on anti-Semitism in was published with sensational findings. It claimed that a significant proportion of the Swedish public harbor…

Since my stay in a boiling hot Bethlehem last summer, I’ve tried to keep up with the political life in the Holy land. But for some reason, I haven’t felt…

Though the evacuation of the Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip has stolen most of the attention of the Israeli media, another issue (and possible solutions to it) is much…

Who is entitled to Israeli citizenship? Despite its importance, the Israeli immigration law (formally Law of Return) is widely unknown. According to Jewish ideology, every Jew outside Zion is living…

According to an International Solidarity Movement source, American peace activist Flo Razowsky successfully resisted Saturday an attempt to deport her. Razowsky was forced into a departing airplane against her will,…