Nine Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Tuesday at dawn [September 17, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them, before kidnapping at least nine Palestinians.Local…
Legislator, Five Residents, Kidnapped In Hebron, 15 Kidnapped In West Bank
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at dawn [September 16 2013] the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a son of an imprisoned Palestinian…
Two Workers Injured By Army Fire Near Hebron
[Sunday at dawn September 15, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian day laborers have been injured by Israeli army fire in the Ramadeen area, close to the…
Three Children Kidnapped Near Jenin
Sunday morning [September 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped three children from Ya’bod town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and installed a roadblock at the eastern entrance…
Soldiers Attack A Mentally-Challenged Woman In Hebron
Friday evening [September 13, 2013] A number of Israeli soldiers violently attacked a mentally challenged Palestinian woman in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Mohammad Ayyad…
Kerry To Visit Region Sunday
Israeli sources have reported that United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, will be arriving in the region this coming Sunday to hold talks with Palestinian and Israeli officials to…
Report: “5200 Palestinians, Including 220 Children, Imprisoned By Israel”
The Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees issued a report on Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, revealing that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 2436 Palestinians since the beginning of…
As Israel Marks Yom Kippur, West Bank Closure Enforced
Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, ordered a complete two-day closure on the West Bank as Israel marks the Yom Kippur (Atonement Day) Jewish holiday. Israeli media sources have reported that…
Israel Interrogates A Palestinian “Who Drove Into Military Base”
[Thursday September 12, 2013] The Israeli Police arrested a Palestinian, in his fifties, from Nazareth city allegedly for driving his car, in a high speed, into an Israeli military base…
Mentally Challenged Youth Tells Story Of Horror Inflicted By Soldiers
Ahmad Obeid is a young Palestinian man who cannot speak, and is suffering from a mental disability. Approximately a week ago, he was violently attacked and beaten by Israeli soldiers…
Soldiers Invade Towns In Northern, Southern, Parts of West Bank
Dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded various areas in the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and interrogated the residents…
Two Children Kidnapped In Tulkarem
Tuesday evening [September 10, 2013] Two Palestinian children have been kidnapped by Israeli soldiers invading the Ar-Ras village, south of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.Local…
CIA documents reveal Israeli stockpile of chemical weapons
A newly-discovered document of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency revealed Monday by Foreign Policy magazine shows that the U.S. agency had decisive evidence dating back to at least the 1980s…
Soldiers Kidnap Four In Jerusalem, Two In Nablus
Tuesday at dawn [September 10, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinians in As-Suwwana neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and two Palestinians in Azmout town, east of the northern West Bank…
Abbas Meets Kerry In London
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that on Sunday evening [September 9 2013] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met U.S Secretary of State John Kerry in London, and…
Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians In West Bank
Sunday at dawn [September 8, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including two children, after breaking into their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, and in the northern West Bank city…
Young Palestinian Woman Kidnapped In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday evening [September 8, 2013] a young Palestinian woman in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said that the young…
More Veteran Detainees To Be Released November 29
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that the second phase of releasing political prisoners, held by Israel since before the first Oslo Agreement of 1993, will be conducted on…
Dozens Injured in Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of worshipers have been injured on Friday [September 6 2013] after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs,rubber-coated metal bullets, and used pepper spray, at…
Forty Palestinians Kidnapped Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday at dawn [September 7, 2013] the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped nearly 40 Palestinians.The army claimed…
Hamas: “We Are Ready For Possible Israeli War On Gaza”
Palestinian Minister of Interior and National Security of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, stated that his ministry is ready for any possible Israeli war against the Gaza Strip,…
Soldiers Invade Al-Fawwar Refugee Camp In Hebron
Thursday evening [September 5, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and clashed with local youths.Local sources have…
Soldiers Invade Silwan
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday evening [September 5, 2013] Wadi Hilweh in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, apparently in an attempt to kidnap some local youths.The Wadi…
Israeli Police Kidnaps A Palestinian Child In Jerusalem
A number of Israeli Police officers invaded the Al-Suwwana neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped a Palestinian child.The attack came after a number of extremist Israeli settlers of the…
Children, Women, Injured As Israeli Extremists Break Into The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that several children and women were among the injured after extremist Israelis broke into the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque since early…
Army Kidnaps Three Children In Hebron
[Wednesday September 4 2013] Mohammad Awad, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against Settlements, in Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, stated that approximately 200 Israeli…
Clashes Reported In Abu Dis Following Arrest Of Cancer Patient
Palestinian sources in Abu Dis town, in occupied East Jerusalem, have reported that clashes took place between dozens of local youths and Israeli soldiers after the army kidnapped a young…
Barghouthi: “Talks With Israel Only Lead To A Mirage”
Monday [September 3, 2013] Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called for stopping direct talks with Tel Aviv, and said that these talks are meaningless, and…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Monday at night and on Tuesday at dawn, various districts in the occupied West bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including a child in Hebron, and…
Army Invades Khan Younis
Local sources have reported that a number of armored Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Tuesday [September 3] a limited invasion into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…
Sixth Round Of Talks To Be Held In Jerusalem
Palestinian and Israeli negotiations teams will be holding their sixth round of direct talks, on Tuesday evening [September 3 2013] in occupied East Jerusalem, again far away from the media.This…
Several Palestinians Injured Near Jenin
Monday evening [September 2, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after several Israeli military jeeps invaded Sanour…
Ahrar Denounces Kidnapping Of Former Detainee
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Sami Hussein, 44, from the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as he was heading to…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Hebron
Local sources have reported, Monday [September 2 2013] that several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched a number of homes and kidnapped one…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn [September 2, 2013] several areas in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped…
Army Uproots Lands To Build Settlement Units In Salfit
Local sources in Salfit district, in the central part of the West Bank, have reported that Israeli bulldozers uprooted Palestinians lands, west of Salfit, in preparation for building new units…
Tel Aviv Claims Uncovering A Hamas Cell
The Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) claimed it managed to uncover Hamas cell, and arrested its members, allegedly for planning to use explosives to detonate a mall in occupied…
Israel Prepared A Plan For 3800 Units In West Bank Settlements
The National Center for Studies and Documentation, run by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), issued a study revealing that Israel prepared a plan for constructing 3800 units for Jewish settlers…
Egypt Detonates Five Border Tunnels
The Egyptian army detonated on Saturday evening [August 31 2013] five siege-busting tunnels across the Gaza-Egypt border area.The Egyptian army said that the five tunnels were found in Salah Ed-Deen…
Ahrar: “Soldiers Killed Six, Kidnaped 250 in August”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has published its monthly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories revealing that six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protesters, Journalists, In Bil’in
[Friday August 30, 2013] Israeli Soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, leading to…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on Thursday at night [August 30, 2013] three Palestinians at a roadblock near Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The Israeli Police…
Egypt Arrests Five Palestinian Fishermen, Two Injured
Palestinian sources in Gaza have reported that five Palestinian fishermen have been kidnapped on Friday at dawn [August 30, 2013] after members of the Egyptian navy attacked their boat claiming…
Army Invades Aida Refugee Camp, In Bethlehem
[Thursday August 29, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers surrounded, during early night hours, the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and invaded it leading to…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at dawn [August 29, 2013] various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and a gas station, and kidnapped two…
Soldiers Invade Aseera Village, Near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Wednesday evening [August 29, 2013], the village of Aseera, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and drove around in its…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians, Including Five Children, In Jerusalem
Local sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening [August 27, 2013] eight Palestinians, including five children in Al-Isawiyya village, and in Bab Al’Amoud, in occupied East Jerusalem.Member…
Price Tag Extremists Puncture Tires Of Ten Cars In Jerusalem
[Tuesday August 27, 2013] Local sources in Beit Safafa town, in occupied East Jerusalem, has reported that a group of extremist Israeli settlers punctured the tires of 10 Palestinian cars…
Social Activist Kidnapped By The Army At Erez Terminal
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning [August 27, 2013], a Palestinian social activist, head of the Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA) after heading to the Erez…
Clashes Take Place In Bethlehem
Local sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have reported that clashes took place between dozens of local youths, and Israeli soldiers, in Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.The…
Clashes Take Place In Different Parts Of West Bank
Clashes took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank Monday [August 26, 2013] after Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp earlier at dawn, north of Jerusalem, shot…
Three Palestinians Killed In Qalandia
Palestinian medical sources have reported that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, arrived Monday at dawn to find…
P.A. Denounces Israeli Military Escalation
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of President Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounce the ongoing Israeli military escalation, escalating settlement activities, and the killing of two young Palestinian by Israeli army fire in…
Jerusalem Child Forced Under House Arrest
The District Police in occupied East Jerusalem released on Friday evening [August 23, 2013] a Palestinian child after detaining him for two days, and ordered him under house arrest.The family…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Friday evening [August 23, 2013] nine Palestinians in Anata own, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and at a roadblock east of the northern West Bank city…
Israel To Approve 1500 New Units In Jerusalem
Israeli sources have reported that the Finance Committee of the Jerusalem City Council will be convening this coming Sunday to approve a new budget for infrastructure aiming at adding 1500…
Abbas: “We Will Not Demand To Return To Akka, Safad and Jaffa”
During a meeting with members of the Israeli Meretz opposition Party, who visited him Thursday in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the…
P.A Calls On U.S, Quartet, To Act Against Israel’s Settlement Activities
[Thursday August 22, 2013] The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the Quartet Committee, mainly the United States as the mediator in direct peace talks with Tel Aviv, to intervene and…
P.A. Warns To Resume UN Moves Due To Israel’s Settlement Activities
Palestinian officials involved in direct talks with the Israeli side, stated that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank would resume its international campaign at UN bodies should Israel…
Third Round Of Talks Held In Jerusalem
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held on Wednesday [August 21, 2013] the third round of direct political talks in an undisclosed location in Jerusalem. The Palestinians demanded involving the Quartet Committee…
Another Price Tag Attack Targets Christian Monastery Near Jerusalem
A Christian Monastery in the Deir Jamal area, between Jerusalem and Ramla, was attacked by a Molotov cocktail, while racist graffiti, used by Price Tag extremist Israeli groups, were found…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening [August 20, 2013] that two young Palestinian men have been shot and injured by Israeli military fire east of Jabalia town, in the…
Settlers Install Mobile Homes On Palestinian Lands In Al-Khader
Ahmad Salah, an activist against Israel’s illegal settlements and its apartheid wall in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, stated Tuesday [August 20, 2013] that a number of settlers installed mobile…
Palestinian Killed Five Injured In Jenin
Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn [August 20, 2013] the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths killing one…
Pink Floyd musician urges other rock musicians and artists to boycott Israel
In a letter comparing the state of Israel to South Africa under apartheid, long-time rock musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd called on his fellow musicians and artists to join…
Army Invades Aida Refugee Camp In Bethlehem
[Sunday August 18, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and clashes with dozens of local youths, local sources have reported.The sources said that dozens…
Red Cross Concerned About Health Condition Of Striking Detainees
Saturday evening [August 18, 2013] the International Red Cross issued a statement expressing deep concern regarding the deteriorating health conditions of seven Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and have…
Army Admits Alleged “Gaza Mall” Is In Malaysia
After being exposed by the Electronic Intifada, the Israeli army issued an apology for an image it published of a lavish mall, allegedly in the besieged Gaza Strip, admitting that…
Abbas Welcomes UN Secretary General In Ramallah
Thursday evening [August 15, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, at his presidential headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The Palestine…
Japan Denounces Israeli Decision To Build 1200 Units
[Thursday August 15, 2013] The Japanese Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly denouncing the latest Israeli decision to build 1200 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, including…
Second Round Of Talks Ends Without A Statement
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held their second round of direct talks, without American supervision, and following five hours of talks, they decided to schedule another meeting in the coming few…
MADA Demands Release Of All Detained Journalists
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) demanded Israel to stop all of its violations against Palestinians journalists, and to release all detained reporters in compliance with International…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Thursday August 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians. Clashes and injuries have been reported in Jenin and the Jenin refugee…
Abbas: “All Detainees Will Be Free”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated late on Wednesday at night, that the Palestinian Authority will act on ensuring the release of all Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel”.His statements came…
Palestinian Injured by Army Fire Near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian youth has been shot and injured, on Wednesday evening [August 14, 2013] during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance of Silwad…
Israel To Hand P.A. Bodies Of Slain Palestinians
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth issued a reported, Wednesday [August 14, 2013] of a secret agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank regarding the transfer of the…
Soldiers Bombard Gaza
Israeli military sources have reported that the Israeli Air Force fired, on Wednesday at night, a number of missiles targeted different areas in the Gaza Strip.The army claimed that the…
Army Attacks Three Fishermen In Gaza
Tuesday evening [August 13, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that three fishermen have been detained, and violently attacked by Israeli soldiers, in Palestinian territorial waters, resulting in moderate injuries.Ashfar…
Army Kidnaps Two Brothers In Qalqilia
The Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights have reported dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped two brothers. It also stated that the army…
WAFA: “Hamas Prohibits Celebrations Of Prisoners Release”
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), run by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, has reported that the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip issued orders preventing any…
Al-Khoffash: “What Is Needed Is The Release Of All Detainees”
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, demanded the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank, to insist on the release of all detainees…
Army Kidnaps A Journalist Near Ramallah
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian journalist identified as Mohammad Shokry Awad, from his home in Bodros…
Israel Intercepts Missile Over Eilat
[Tuesday August 13, 2013] Israeli military sources have reported that the “Iron Dome” missile interception system managed to successfully intercept a missile fired towards Eilat coastal city. The sources did…
Israeli troops abduct two organizers of ‘Youth Against Settlements’ in Hebron
A group of Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian city of Hebron Sunday and abducted two Palestinian university students, age 20 and 21, who are members of the non-violent organization ‘Youth…
Washington, EU, Denounce New Israeli Settlement Plan
The European Union and White House issued separate statements denouncing the new Israeli plan, declared Sunday, when Israel approved hundreds of units for Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem, and…
Al-Khoffash: “Israeli List Of Detainees To Be Free, Disappointing”
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, stated that not a single detainee from the Jerusalem and historic Palestine is included in the list…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In Different Parts of West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at dawn [August 12, 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped 10 Palestinians. Soldiers also installed…
Palestinian, Killed By Army Fire Saturday, Identified
Palestinian medical sources have reported Sunday [August 11, 2013] that the Palestinian man who was shot and killed by Israeli army fire on Saturday at night has been identified. A…
Israel To Build Hundreds Of Units In Settlements, Illegal Outposts
[Sunday August 11, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli government intends to build hundreds of units for Jewish settlers, not only in settlements and in settlement blocs in…
Israel Set To Exile 14 Prisoners To Gaza, Release 12 Others In ‘Goodwill’ Gesture
In a move labeled by Israeli government officials as a ‘goodwill’ gesture, but questioned by the families of the over 4,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel as a public relations stunt,…
Israel Places Cornerstone For Jerusalem Settlement
[Sunday August 11, 2013] Israeli “Housing Minister”, Uri Ariel, and the Jerusalem City Council head, Nir Barkat, placed the cornerstone of a new settlement, meant for Haredi Jews, on Palestinian…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Gaza
Saturday August 10 2013, Israeli military sources have reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by army fire, near the border fence, east of the Gaza Strip.The army…
Injuries Reported As Army Invades Village Near Jenin
Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday evening [August 10, 2013] that a number of residents was been injured after dozens of soldiers invaded Kufur Ra’ey village, south of the northern…
Britain Denounces New Israeli Settlement Plan
Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Alastair Burt, denounced the recent Israeli government decision to construct 1096 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. The…
Several Palestinians Injured In al-Khader
Palestinian medical sources in al-Khader town, south of the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem, have reported that several residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after…
Kairos Palestine Denounces Attempts To Recruit Christians
The Palestinian Christian Initiative (Kairos Palestine) issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israel attempts to recruit Arab Palestinian Christians, in historic Palestine to the Israeli military that occupies their people.The…
Abbas: “Peace Talks To Start Soon, Jerusalem Is The capital Of Palestine”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that direct political talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will start very soon, and added that the Palestinians will not abandon their legitimate rights,…
Tel Aviv Sets Timeframe For Releasing 104 Detainees
The Israeli Government has officially announced a timeframe for the release of 104 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned since before the first Oslo peace accord was signed in 1993, and said that…
Four Israeli Soldiers Injured Near Lebanon Border
Israeli military sources have reported (Wednesday August 7, 2013] that four soldiers suffered mild to moderate injuries in an explosion that took place near the northern border with Lebanon. The…
Five Injured, Two Children Kidnapped, Near Hebron
[Wednesday at dawn August 7, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped two children, and injured five Palestinians.Mohammad…