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…
DFLP Central Committee Mourns Habash
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…
Qurea meets EU envoy for Middle East Peace Process, slams settlements, siege
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: “P.A security arrested five Hamas members in the West Bank on Thursdayâ€
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…
Palestinians protest in Jerusalem, call for ending Gaza siege
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…
Settlers attack a Palestinian house , international observers in Hebron
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…
Resistance attack a military camp near Jenin
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…
Soldiers kidnap a Palestinian Human rights Activist in Nablus
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…
Researcher: “Israel is about to pass a law which will bar thousands of detainees from visitation ri
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…
Resistance fires homemade shells at settlements near the Gaza Strip
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 Popular Committees appeals the international Community to save Gaza from imminent disaster
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…
Hams sources: “P.A security arrests eight Hamas members in the West Bankâ€
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,…
Hamas says P.A security arrested six members in the West Bank
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…
Israel bars international peace activists from entering the Palestinian territories
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…
Report: Wall construction, settlement expansion and nonviolent resistance in 2007
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…
Army setup checkpoint while settlers attack farmers in the West Bank
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 Palestinians injured in family fight and one injured by Israeli army fire in Gaza
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…
Palestinian gunmen close road leading to village near Nablus
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…
Four civilians abducted from Qalqilia by Israeli army
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…
Are 40 Percent of All Swedes ‘Anti-Semites?’
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…
Fateh Was Not an Alternative
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…
What demographic threat?
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…
Law of ‘Return’
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…
Jewish American peace activist jailed upon entry into Israel
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,…