Soldiers abuse a Palestinian youth for three hours
Palestinian sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers abused and tortured for three hours a Palestinian youth as he was…
Two sick patients, one infant and one adult, die due to ongoing siege on Gaza
Rami Abdo, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, reported on Saturday that an eight-month old infant and a 45-year old man died due to the ongoing siege in…
Dos pacientes enfermos, un bebé y un adulto, mueren a causa del asedio en Gaza
Rami Abdo, portavoz del Comité Popular Contra el Sitio, informó el sábado que un bebé de ocho meses y un hombre de 45 años de edad murió debido a la…
Two youth kidnapped near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources in Bethlehem city reported on Saturday that Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Tiqua’, east of the city, broke into several homes and clashed with dozens of…
Arab, Israeli students of the Hebrew University hold a protest commemorating the Nakba
The Regional Union of Arab Students in Israeli Universities organized on Thursday a protest at main entrance of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Palestinian disposition,…
P.A security arrests five members of Hams in the West Bank
Media sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Monday five members and supporters on Hamas in several areas in…
Saadat stresses on the Right of Return, calls for reconciliation between Fateh and Hamas
The detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmad Saadat, stated during a court hearing on Monday that the Right of Return of all refugees…
Saadat hace hincapié en el derecho de retorno y pide la reconciliación entre Hamas y Fatah
El detenido y Secretario General del Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP), Ahmad Saadat, declaró durante una audiencia judicial el lunes que el derecho de retorno de todos…
A Detainees’ Center slams Barak’s and Yishai’s statements on releasing Shalit
The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees slammed on Monday the statements of the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and the statements of Israel’s Minister of Trade, Eli Yishai, regarding…
Un Centro de Detenidos critica las declaraciones de Barak y Yishai sobre la liberación de Shalit
El Centro Palestino para la Defensa de los Detenidos criticó duramente el lunes las declaraciones del Ministro de Defensa de Israel, Ehud Barak, y las declaraciones del Ministro israelà de…
Olmert to Suleiman: “No truce without Shalitâ€
Israeli sources reported on Monday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, met in Jerusalem with the Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, for nearly ninety minutes and informed his that…
Olmert a Suleiman: ‘No hay tregua sin Shalit’
Fuentes israelÃes informaron el lunes que el Primer Ministro israelÃ, Ehud Olmert, se reunió en Jerusalén durante casi noventa minutos con el jefe de inteligencia egipcio, Omar Suleiman, e informó…
Gaza bakeries shut down due to lack of fuel supplies
The Society of Bakeries in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that all bakeries in the coastal region were forced to shut down midday as fuel supplies could not be…
Advisors to President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad interrogated by Israeli police in Jerusalem
Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that the Israeli police in Jerusalem interrogated Adnan Al Husseini, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs, and Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisors of…
Consejeros de Abbas y Fayyad interrogados por la policÃa Israelà en Jerusalén
Fuentes Palestinas informaron el domingo que la policÃa Israelà en Jerusalén interrogó durante seis horas a Adnan Al Husseini, consejero del Presidente Mahmoud Abbas para los Asuntos de Jerusalén y…
P.A security arrests 4 Hamas members, releases a Palestinian reporter
Palestinian security forces in the West Bank arrested on Friday four members and supporters of Hamas movement, including two reporters. On Saturday, the security forces released one reporters after detaining…
Khalid warns of Israeli decision Police headquarters on to E1 area
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), warned on Thursday of…
Khalid dice que decisión Israelà es trasladar el cuartel general de su policÃa al área E-1
Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina (OLP), y miembro del buró polÃtico del Frente Democrático para la Liberación de Palestina (FDLP), ha advertido este…
Zahhar: “Suleiman to visit Israel next week to receive Israeli response on truceâ€
Mahmoud Zahhar, one of the prominent political leaders of Hamas movement, stated on Thursday that Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, will visit Israel next week in order to receive an…
Two detainees in need of direct medical attention, surgeries
Um Ismail, the wife of detainee Jom’a Ismail Mousa, voiced an urgent appeal to human rights and legal groups to ensure that her husband is medically examined due to a…
Palestinian female detainee sentenced to six years imprisonment
The Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced on Tuesday detainee Nada Idrees, from Al Esawiyya town near Jerusalem, to six years imprisonment. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that…
Detainees visitations suspended until further notice
An official at the International Red Cross stated on Monday that all visitations for Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel were suspended until further notice. The official added that the…
P.A security forces arrest 12 Hamas members
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian security forces arrested twelve Hamas members and supporters in several West Bank districts on Saturday.In Hebron district, in the southern part…
Fuerzas de seguridad de la Autoridad Palestina arrestan a 12 miembros de Hamas
Fuentes próximas al movimiento de Hamas informaron que las fuerzas de seguridad Palestinas arrestaron el sábado a doce miembros y simpatizantes de Hamas en varios distritos de Cisjordania. En el…
Settlers attack villagers in Nablus
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that an extremist settler group attacked several Palestinian villagers of Aseera Al Shimaliyys village, south of the northern West Bank City of Nablus. The…
Fateh wins Student Council elections in Bir Zeit University
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that Yasser Arafat Student Bloc, which belongs to Fateh movement, won 25 out of 51 seats of the Student Council in Bir Zeit University. The…
Israel releases a Palestinian legislator, 49 remain imprisoned
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Authorities released Palestinian legislator Sheikh Hamid Al Beetawi, on Tuesday evening after nearly one year imprisonment. Al Beetawi,…
Islamic-Christian Front: “Israel aims at transforming Arabs in Jerusalem into a minorityâ€
Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem and its Holy Sites, Dr. Hasan Khater, warned on Monday that Israel started implementing a new plan which targets the Arab presence…
P.A security forces arrest 21 Hamas supporters
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…
Soldier assaults an 80-year old woman at Huwwara roadblock
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…
Soldado agrede a una anciana de 80 años en el bloqueo de carreteras de Huwwara
Fuentes Palestinas informaron el domingo que un soldado Israelà atacó a una anciana Palestina de 80 años de edad cuando trataba de cruzar el bloqueo militar de carretera de Huwwara,…
Gunmen exchange fire guards of Nablus governor, set his vehicle on fire in Balata
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…
Several injuries reported during a nonviolent protest near Kharabtha village
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…
Se informa de varios heridos durante protesta noviolenta cerca del pueblo de Kharabtha
Fuentes Palestinas informaron el viernes que varios residentes fueron heridos después de que el ejército disparara contra ellos y contra activistas de paz IsraelÃes e internacionales que llevaban a cabo…
Detainees barred from their visitation rights since five weeks
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…
A detenidos se les prohÃben sus derechos a visitas por cinco semanas
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…
Israeli army prevent Israelis from joining nonviolent protest in Bethlehem
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…
Ejército Israelà evita que los IsraelÃes se unan a la protesta noviolenta en Belén
El ejército Israelà evitó que un número de activistas de paz IsraelÃes se unieran a los residentes Palestinos de Al-Khader en su protesta semanal noviolenta contra la construcción del Muro…
The Popular Committees slams Israeli plan to build 983 home for settlers in Abu Ghneim
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…
Tension in Nablus following clashes between fighters and security forces
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…
Tensión en Nablus después de los enfrentamientos entre los combatientes y las fuerzas de seguridad
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 Popular Committees slams army attack against a Hebron orphanage
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 critica el ataque contra un orfanato en Hebrón
La Comisión Popular de Palestina publicó en la prensa el lunes un comunicado criticando el ataque del ejército Israelà contra un orfanato en la calle Al Salaam, al suroeste de…
A New Jewish leftist Group opposing the Israeli occupation formed in Canada
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…
Female Detainee on hunger strike since 17 days
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…
Detenida en huelga de hambre desde hace 17 dÃas
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…
PLC in Gaza slams Israeli decision to withdraw Jerusalem ID card from Jerusalem legislators
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…
CLP en Gaza critica duramente la decisión Israelà de retirar la tarjeta de identificación de Jerusal
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 Israelà de retirar las…
Arab MK demands a probe into statements of incitement by Rabbi
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…
Dissolved government in Gaza decides to reappoint its ministers
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…
Ereikat warns again: P.A on the verge of collapse
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…
Army attempts to assassinate fighters of the Al Quds Brigades in Jenin
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…
Hamas sources: “PA Security forces arrested five Hamas supportersâ€
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 de Hamas aseguran: Agentes de la Autoridad Palestina arrestaron a cinco seguidores de Hamas
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…
Abbas: “Peace process needs truce, and halting settlement activitiesâ€
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…
Efrat settlement near Bethlehem to expand
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…
El asentamiento de Efrat pretende expandirse
Los administradores de Efrat, un asentamiento ilegal israelà cerca de Belén, ha decidido lanzar un proyecto de construcción de un nuevo “vecindario†que se añadirÃa al asentamiento a partir de…
Israeli “Civil Administration†demolishes three Palestinian houses near Jerusalem
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…
Settlers attacks international activists in Hebron
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…
Israel to release a female Palestinian detainee
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…
Army releases Dr. Hamadan, a lecturer at Al Najah University
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…
Leftist students protest against Lieberman’s visit to Haifa University
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…
Palestinian negotiators hold unofficial meeting with Israeli FM
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,…
Israel approves the construction of settlers homes in West Bank settlements
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…
Nafha Society: “100 detainees under interrogation in Al Jalama prison, abused and isolatedâ€
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…
Fayyad meets his ministers, slams Israel’s decision to resume settlement construction
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…
Palestinian Journalists Bloc slams the abduction of a reporter from Bethlehem
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…
Islamic Jihad denies achieving a truce with Israel
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…
Paris slams ongoing settlement construction
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 attack a Palestinian legislator near Nablus
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…
On International Womens’ Day female Palestinian detainees face torture and oppression
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 Popular Committees appeals human rights groups to save the life of a Nablus detainee
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…
Parents of detainees from Jerusalem protest, demand probe into a death of a detainee
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…
NCA holds a candle procession in solidarity with Gaza
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…
NCA hace una procesión con velas en solidaridad con Gaza
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 IsraelÃes contra el pueblo Palestino…
Israeli air strikes hit two Palestinians, home-made shells land on Sedrot
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…
Four injured in the weekly Bil’in nonviolent protest
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…
Morgantini calls for transparent inquiry into the death of Barghouthi
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…
Morgantini pide una investigación clara por la muerte de Barghouti.
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…
Israeli Soldiers detain eight residents in Nablus
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…
Fatah accuses Executive Force of abducting four Fatah members in Rafah
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 military court sentences Israeli soldier to 15 months for shooting a Palestinian civilian
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…
A Palestinian man dies of earlier wounds
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…
41 detainees in Al Ramla Prison hospital facing harsh conditions
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…
Organization of the Islamic Conference calls for ending the “State terrorism†practiced by Israel
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…
Troops invade Qabatiya twice on Thursday, one resident injured and seven kidnapped
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.…
DFLP calls for a national campaign to save the Plains areas continued annexation
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…
EU set to provide €7.44 million to revive the Palestinian Agricultural sector
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…
The Islamic-Christian Front calls for protecting Jerusalem, its holy places
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…
Hamas: “P.A security arrests four three supportersâ€
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…
Jailed Hamas legislators call for countering Israel’s plan to dig a tunnel near the Al Aqsa Mosque
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…
Israel is holding 365 Palestinian children captive in its prisons
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…
Prison Administration denies medical treatment for a seriously ill detainee
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…
A freed detainee talks about the harsh conditions in Shatta prison
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.…
P.A security arrests eight Hamas supporters in the West Bank
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…
Arabs, Russians, protest against Israel’s siege over the Gaza Strip
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: “P.A security forces arrested eight Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
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…
Islamic Relief Society in the Negev continues collecting support to the Gaza Strip
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…
Troops attack a female detainee while in Tel Aviv to court
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…