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Palestinian detainee Murad Abu Maeleq was transferred to hospital in a critical condition after falling ill. Abu Maeleq, who is from the Gaza strip, suffers from colon cancer, and was…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) refutes the findings of the recently-published report from the Israeli Government Review Committee, titled ‘The France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and Implications’,…

Detainee Ayman Abu Dauod on Thursday accepted a proposal to exile him to the Gaza Strip for 10 years to end the hunger strike he started on April 14. Jawad…

An Israeli settler on Thursday ran over a Palestinian minor from the village of Burin near Nablus.Palestinian Red Crescent said a car with an Israeli licence plate ran over a…

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Jewish extremists set fire to two vehicles and wrote ‘price tag’ with spray paint in the village of Nein near Afula inside the green line.A resident claimed that police tried…

Israeli settlers on Tuesday uprooted over 150 trees belonging to Palestinians south of Nablus.A local Settler monitoring official said that several settlers attacked Sbeih Mountain area between Beta and Yitma…

Jewish extremists on Tuesday set fire to several wheat fields belonging to Palestinians in the village of Beit Furik east of Nablus.An official who monitors settlers’ activities said that extremists…

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Clashes broke on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinians near Huwara military checkpoint south of Nablus. Dozens of Palestinians were protesting the recent settlers attacks in the area. Israeli forces…

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On Tuesday Israeli forces destroyed over 400 dunams of privately-owned Palestinian farmland in the village Tarqumiya near Hebron.Sami Fataftah, the mayor of the village said that Israeli bulldozers destroyed the…

Israeli forces burned over 40 olive trees in a field in Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqilia. A report for the Palestinian civil defense said that firefighters managed to extinguish a…

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Tuesday April 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man was assassinated by an Israeli missile northwest of Gaza city; two Palestinians have been injured in the attack.The…

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Israeli forces uprooted over 1300 olive trees near Hebron. A demolition crew implemented over 26 outstanding demolition orders, that entailed to destroying over 1300 trees in Susiya village. Israeli settlers…

Dozens of Israeli settlers raided a village near Ramallah Monday night and burned 10 cars.Witnesses reported that settlers from Ofra settlement attacked the positions of villagers, including 10 cars that…

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Israeli forces on Friday detained a man from Battir village, west of Bethlehem. Forces detained Haidar Muammar,47, during after raiding his home at dawn.

Israeli settlers on Friday raised an Israeli flag over a monastery and chapel in a village near Ramallah after overtaking the building.Priest Aziz Raey said that Israeli settlers broke into…

Ramallah- the outgoing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for a return to the people and for holding general elections in order to rebuild the Palestinian political system.In his first interview…

Israel offered hunger striker Samer Isawia deal to exile him to a UN member or European country country.A spokesman to the Israeli prime minister said that an offer was presented…

Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of trees from near the village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, a local activist said. Settlers uprooted 47 olive trees and 55 grape vines in…

Israeli forces detained on Friday two Palestinians at in Aboud village north of Ramallah. Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, and arrested 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Barghouthi…

The Palestinian ministry of justice announced on their website on Friday that the results of Abu Hamdiyeh’s autopsy will be revealed in the coming 24 hours. The ministry’s undersecretary said…

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at Huwwara military checkpoint near Nablus on thursday.They claimed that the 35-year-old Palestinian from Balaa village was holding a sharp object at the checkpoint. Meanwhile,…

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Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes that erupted between protesters and Israeli forces in al-Khader village near Bethlehem. The coordinator of a committee against settlements and the…

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The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday that there are 5 Palestinian Prisoners still on hunger strike, the longest of which is Samer al-Essawy who has been on strike since…

Israeli court in Ofer extended the detention of journalist Mus’ab Shawer,22, from Hebron. A statement received by the prisoners club said that the court postponed the session to the 5th…

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms’ MADA’ held a press conference on Wednesday which reviewed the Annual Report on the violations against Media freedom in Palestine during 2012.…

Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian Legislative Council member, Nayef ar-Rjoub after spending 28 months in Israeli Jails under administrative detention, Palestinian Prisoners Club reported. Ar-Rjoub was kidnapped from his Hebron…

Dozens of settlers have started an enlargement process of Sal’in settlement near Tulkarem. Witnesses said that dozens of Israeli military vehicles have started to open new roads in the area.…

Israeli forces on Wednesday morning kidnapped ten Palestinians from Nablus and Hebron. Local Sources said that Israeli soldiers raided the city of Hebron, and kidnapped five people including Palestinian Legislative…

Israeli Settlers on Saturday smashed the windows of several Palestinian cars in Nablus North of the West Bank. Settler-monitoring official in north of the West Bank Ghassan Daghlas, said that…

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Below is the full text of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech in Ramallah in the press conference with US President Barack Obama on Thursday as interpreted.In the name of God,…

Monday March 18, 2013, Two children identified as Deena Morad Jweiles, 14, and her brother Mohammad, 12, have been kidnapped by the Israeli Police after being attacked and harassed by…

An Israeli settler was shot an injured Monday morning, at the entrance of Kadomim Settlmenet near Qalqilia. Israeli Red Star of David said that the settler’s injury is moderate. Police…

Israeli settlers have damaged several tractors on Monday morning, belonging to farmers in Burin Village south of Nablus. Settler-monitoring official said that Israeli settlers attacked the farmlands near Burin Village,…

A group of Israeli settlers seized a land in al-Khader village south of Bethlehem. The coordinator of the local anti-wall committee, Ahmad Salah, said that settlers from Eleazar seized the…

Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, died on Saturday, after their bus turned over in Jordan. A nearby Hospital director said that at least fourteen people died, while over…

Fourteen Palestinian pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, died on Saturday, after their bus turned over in Jordan. A nearby Hospital director said that at least fourteen people died, while over…

Friday March 15, 2013, the Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee (FFJ) in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that dozens of nonviolent protesters have…

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A Palestinian worker was attacked by Israeli settlers on Friday morning near Aqraba village south of Nablus.Several settlers from Itamar settlement beat the 28-year-old-Palestinian who suffered from bruises in and…

A Palestinian prisoner from Bethlehem was released on Thursday evening after spending thirteen years at an Israeli Prisoner. 36 years-old Former prisoner Ashraf Jamil Milhim from Al-Duheisheh refugee camp in…

Maariv newspaper reported that Israeli police and the Shin Bit arrested what they called a’Terrorist’ Palestinian in the center of Tel Aviv after they raided his apartment on Thursday. Police…

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Over 15 Palestinians were injured, while others inhaled tear gas after Israeli forces invaded al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Friday noon Prayers. Israeli forces marched into the temple firing tear…

Over 15 Palestinians were injured, while others inhaled tear gas after Israeli forces invaded al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Friday noon Prayers. Israeli forces marched into the temple firing tear…

Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported Friday, that Israeli judges and courts “go easy” on Israeli perpetrators who assault Palestinians, giving them “ridiculous” sentences, which would encourage such assaults. Maariv added that…

Israeli settlers have uprooted around 120 olive trees in al-Sawya village south of Nablus Friday morning. An official said that about 90 olive saplings, and 30 fully grown olive trees…

Israeli Police have detained two Palestinian youth from east Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Witnesses said that Israeli police obstructed a group of five Palestinian young men in Al-Swanah neighborhood in…

Israeli forces has released a Palestinian detainee from Hebron who was arrested on Monday. Minister of detainees Issa Qaraqe said that the prisoner who is physically disabled after being injured…

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Sunday morning January 20 – Israeli soldiers invaded the Bab Al-Karama village (Gate Of Dignity), that was installed by Palestinian activists on privately-owned Palestinian lands in Beit Iksa village, northwest…

The Palestinian village of Beit Iksa overlooking Jerusalem just built a new village they called Bab Al-Karama (Gate of Dignity) on their land behind the apartheid wall that Israel has…

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Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian farmer died, on Monday evening, of serious injuries he suffered at noon after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him as he worked on…

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November’s Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip saw journalists from many nations risking their lives in the process of reporting for the outside world. Despite Israel’s targeted attacks and…

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The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights issued a press release revealing that 18 seriously ill detainee, permanently at the Al-Ramla Prison Clinic are facing life-threatening conditions due to the…

The Husam Society for Detainees and Ex-detainees reported that Israeli soldiers subjected wives and mothers of Palestinian detainees to illegal strip search before they visited their detained family members on…

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Jerusalem. On Tuesday night the Israeli occupation forces detained three Jerusalemites among them youths, during clashed that sparked in the neighborhood of Silwan, East of Jerusalem.The official Palestinian news agency…

Yesterday, the Jerusalem Municipality postponed a session to discuss the change of names and streets in the neighborhoods of Silwan and Swaneh, in accordance with the request of the settlers…

Tawfiq Tirawi, head of the Palestinian committee that is investigating the assassination of Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, stated that Arafat’s grave will be opened this coming Tuesday in order to…

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Palestinian medical sources announced on Sunday at dawn that the continued Israeli bombardment against Gaza have left 48 killed, including 11 children, while 451 others were injured since Wednesday.Two children…

The Information Center of Wadi Helwe in Silwan reported the presence of cracks on the ground and earth collapses in the main street of the Neighborhood of Wadi Helwe in…

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On Tuesday, the Israeli military detained 7 Palestinians from Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. Also, at dawn they raided the village of Beit Anan in the North West of Jerusalem and…

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Jerusalem – Al-Quds. The “Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage” assured that the Israeli occupation and all its executive organizations and companies are striving to destroy the historical Islamic sites…

In the third and final head-to-head debate of the United States presidential election the Republican and Democratic candidates each attempted to out-support the other in dealing with Israel. President Barack…

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A Salafist Jihadist group in the Gaza Strip demanded that the Palestinian government of its rival Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, release all of its detained operatives, and to “allow the…

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The Helsingin Sanomat Swedish paper reported that Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship sailing under a Finnish flag, is on en route to the besieged Gaza Strip carrying tons of aid supplies…

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