Elderly Man Kidnapped Near Hebron
[Sunday June 16] Israeli soldiers kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man, after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked shepherds in a Palestinian village, south of the southern West Bank city…
Palestinian Injured In Nablus
A Palestinian man was injured on Friday [June 14] in Jama’in town, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after being attacked by several Israeli soldiers during clashes that…
Man Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday evening [June 14 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli army fire, as he worked in his land in Deir Al-Balah, in…
Report: ‘Tel Aviv University Received Finances From Settler Group’
[Thursday June 13 2013] The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the Tel Aviv University is cooperating with right wing settler groups involved in excavations in Silwan Arab town, south…
Zahalka: “Government, Police, Responsible For Escalating Settler Violence”
[Wednesday June 13] Arab Member of Israeli Knesset (MK) Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, demanding him…
Israel To Build More Than 1200 Units For Settlers In West Bank
[Thursday June 13 2013] Israeli media sources have reported that despite efforts by the United States to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Tel Aviv decided…
Settlers Deface Christian Cemetery In Jaffa
[Thursday June 13 2013] a number of extremist Israel settlers carried out another Price Tag attack, this time targeting a Christian Cemetery in Jaffa, and spray-painted “Price Tag”, and “Revenge”…
165 “Price Tag” Attacks Carried Out This Year
The Israeli Police revealed Wednesday [June 12 2013] that Israeli settlers carried out 165 Price Tag attacks against the Palestinians and their property, in the West Bank, and in the…
Legislator Moved To Administrative Detention
On Wednesday [June 12 2013] an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.The army kidnapped the legislator…
Israel Soldiers Breach Lebanon Border
Lebanese army sources reported Wednesday [June 12 2013] that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced approximately 15 meters into Lebanese territory, and that Lebanon complained to the UNIFIL. The…
Four Hunger Striking Detainees Forced Into Solitary Confinement
[Wednesday June 12] the Prison Administration of the Negev Detention Camp forced four hunger striking detainees into solitary confinement in an attempt to force them to quit their strike.The four…
Five Injured By Army Fire Near Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 11 2013] the Al-Far’a refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Tubas, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones at the…
Home, Shed, Demolished Near Jenin
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded on Wednesday morning [June 12 2013] Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, in the Jenin district, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished…
Palestinian Injured In Hebron
[Tuesday June 11 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli army fire, when Israeli soldiers attacks a funeral procession of a child in…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered In 2004
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening [June 11 2013] that a young Palestinian man died of serious injuries suffered in 2004 when undercover forces of the Israeli army tried…
Child Kidnapped In Aida Refugee Camp
[Monday late at night June 10] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian child and his father, from the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The child…
Palestinian Injured By Settler’s Fire Near Qalqilia
On Monday morning [June 11 2013] one Palestinian was shot and injured by a live round fired by a guard of the Oranit illegal Israeli settlement, built on lands that…
Tel Aviv Sold Advanced Weapons To Four Arab Countries
The British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has reported that Israel sold, over the past five years, military and security equipment for four Arab countries in addition to Pakistan.In…
Netanyahu: “We Are Not Operating In Syria”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Monday [June 10] that the Israeli army is not operating in any way, shape of form, in Syria, and described reports of such an…
Palestinian Seriously Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that a farmer was seriously injured after being targeted by Israeli army fire while working in his land, in southern Gaza.The sources said that Amer…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron
On Monday morning [June 10, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the southern West Bank district of Hebron, broke into several homes, and kidnapped seven Palestinians before taking them to…
Palestine Becomes Member of the IFJ
Palestine became a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) during the meeting in Dublin Castle, on June 6. Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate head, Abdul-Nasser An-Najjar, was elected as a…
Settlers Burn A Palestinian Car In Jerusalem
Friday June 7 2013, several extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Friday at dawn, a Palestinian car that belongs to resident, Yasser Samir Najib, 31, from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied…
UN To Grant Urgent Aid To Palestinian Victims Of Settler Violence
The United Nations stated it is working on plan meant for providing emergency aid to Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, victims of attacks carried out by extremist Israeli…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops wound 7 civilians, including 2 children, in attacks this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 30 May – 04 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Infant Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Late Thursday night at around midnight, June 6 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that an infant suffocated after inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers invading Kufur Qaddoum, village, near…
Palestinian Minister Released After Two Years In Captivity
On Thursday evening [6 June 2013], Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Kabaha (50 years of age) after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Ramallah, Impose Curfew
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, the Al-Mogheer village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after closing all of its entrances, and imposed curfew forcing the villagers…
Settlers Cut Palestinian Trees Near Hebron
Thursday June 6 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers cut nearly 20 Palestinian olive trees that belong to a farmer from Beit Ummar Palestinian town, near the southern West…
Erekat: “Netanyahu’s Call To Peace, Elusive”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that calls made by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking Abbas to resume direct peace talks with Tel Aviv are illusive and aimed…
Female Detainees Start Hunger Strike
Thursday June 6 2013, Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, started an open-ended hunger strike demanding the Israeli Prison Authority to provide the needed medical treatment to detainee Heba Abu…
Detainee Moved To Hospital
Thursday June 6 2013; the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Palestinian detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, was moved from the Ramla prison clinic to the Al-Affoula Israeli hospital, due to…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including an elected legislator, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Ramallah have reported that the army invaded the…
Shabak Head: “Abbas Does Not Believe Peace Is Possible”
Speaking to the Israeli Knesset Foreign and Security Committee on Tuesday, head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shabak), Yuram Cohen, stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, does not really believe…
Miles Of Smiles 20 Arrives In Gaza
Wednesday June 5 2013; The “Miles of Smiles 20” human right solidarity convoys managed to reach the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal between the coastal region and Egypt,…
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Jenin
Late on Tuesday at night – June 4 2013, scores of Israeli soldiers invaded two villages and a refugee camp, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, broke into…
Bahar: “Newly Formed Government In West Bank, Unconstitutional”
Tuesday June 4 2013, Dr. Ahmad Bahar, deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), stated that the newly appointed government that will be formed in the West Bank, is…
Settlers Attack Residents, Hurl Stones At Cars In East Jerusalem
Tuesday evening, June 4 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles in the At-Tour Palestinian town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked local youths who…
Army Demolishes Four Homes, Four Sheds Near Jericho
Tuesday June 4 2013, eyewitnesses have reported that dozens of Israeli military jeeps, accompanied by an armored D9 bulldozers, invaded the An- Nuwei’ma area, north of the West Bank city…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Bethlehem
Tuesday June 4 2013, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four Palestinians from the villages of Husan and Al-Asakra.Local sources have reported that…
Israeli troops attack Palestinian civilians near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of tear gas canisters at a group of students and other civilians protesting an Israeli demolition order on Monday.The protest was not organized in advance, but…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In Qalqilia, Bethlehem And Hebron
Monday at dawn, June 3 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Bethlehem and Hebron, and kidnapped ten Palestinians after breaking into their homes and…
Hunger Striking Detainee Forced Into Solitary Confinement
Sunday June 2 2013, The Israeli Prison Authority forced a hunger striking detainee into solitary confinement as he stopped drinking water after two weeks on ongoing hunger strike. The Waed…
Abbas Appoints A New Prime Minister
Sunday June 2 2013, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, appointed a new Prime Minister to replace the resigned P.M. Dr. Salaam Fayyad in the occupied West Bank.Abbas asked the newly appointed…
Army To Demolish Two Homes In Silwan
Sunday June 2 2013, Israeli soldiers and workers of the Jerusalem City Council, invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and delivered warrants against two homes.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In West Bank
June 2 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped…
370 Palestinians Kidnapped In May
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies issued its monthly report on the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and stated that Israeli soldiers carried out more than 280 invasions, in…
Soldiers Open Fire At Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
Saturday June 1 2013, A number of Israeli Navy boats fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters in the northern part of the Gaza…
“The Police Shot Me, Then Cuffed Me”, Says Victim Of Bank Attack
A young Palestinian man, from the Negev, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli Police fire when an armed Israeli man attacked the Hapoalim Bank in Beersheba, on Monday…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 civilians wounded, 41 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
U.S Trying To Hold Palestinian-Israeli Meeting In D.C
The Al-Quds Newspaper has reported that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is working on holding a meeting next week between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, in an attempt to…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Home In Jerusalem
Thursday evening, May 30 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers broke into the home of a Palestinian family in Shu’fat, in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked family members while…
29 Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured Near Hebron
Thursday May 30 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a shepherd was attacked by a number of Israeli soldiers, near Yatta city, south of the southern West Bank city…
Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
Israeli NGO, Terrestrial Jerusalem, has reported that Israel is planning to build more than 1000 units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem.It stated the move “could significantly hinder the…
Israel Might Release Detainees Held Before Oslo Agreement
Israeli Channel 7 has reported that a leaked Israeli document revealed that Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, is weighing the possibility of releasing Palestinian detainees who have been held by…
Extremist Settlers Burnt Olive Trees, Farmlands, Near Qalqilia
A group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, on Wednesday evening, several Palestinian olive trees and farmlands planted with wheat, in an area located between the villages of Far’ata and Jeet,…
Soldiers Hurl Stones, Bottles, At Palestinians In Hebron
Wednesday May 29 2013; local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that a number of Israeli soldiers hurled stones and empty bottles at…
Dozens of Soldiers Invade Central Gaza
Wednesday morning, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and opened fire at Palestinian farmers forcing them…
Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 29 2013, several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al-Aqaba area in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded a home before demolishing it. Soldiers also…
Soldiers Kidnap A Palestinian In Jerusalem
Wednesday at dawn, May 29 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded a Palestinian neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home and searching it. Army surrounds…
Soldiers Caught On Tape Assaulting A Palestinian Youth
After a video documenting the attack surfaced more than a month after the assault took place, the Israeli Military Police decided to investigate a violent attack carried out by Israeli…
Four Soldiers Injured During Training
Israeli sources reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers have been injured when their tank overturned during training for reserve soldiers at an Israeli military base in the Negev.Israeli TV, Channel…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported, Thursday, that Jordanian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 27 days ago, protesting…
Child Forced Under House Arrest In Jerusalem
Tuesday May 28 2013, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that the Israeli Police released an 11-year-old child, identified as Saif Roweidi, after kidnapping…
Five Palestinians Injured In Northern Gaza
Tuesday evening May 28 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that five Palestinians, members of the same family, have been injured by an explosion in Jabalia, in the northern part…
Police Kidnaps A Guard Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police officers kidnapped, Tuesday, one of the guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he tried to stop some extremist Israeli settlers from breaking into the…
Soldiers Invade Al-Khader, Four Injured
Tuesday morning May 28, Palestinian medical sources have reported that four Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Khader town, south of…
UN Official: “Israel Is Committing Serious Human Rights Violations”
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, stated that Israel is committing serious Human Rights violations, and called on Tel Aviv to stop its settlement construction activities, and to…
Army Demolishes Three Homes, Two Hothouses, Two Barns In Jericho
Monday May 27 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jiftlik Palestinian village in the Jericho district in the West Bank, and demolished three homes, two hothouses and two barns.Local sources have…
Settlers Deface Cars, Puncture Tires in Jerusalem
Monday at dawn, April 27 2013, local sources have reported that extremist Israeli settlers defaced 15 Palestinian cars, and punctured their tires, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.Saleh…
Abbas, Peres, Meet In Jordan
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli President, Shimon Peres, met on Sunday in Jordan, and discussed the efforts to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.The meeting…
Army Kidnaps Seven Palestinians In Jerusalem
Sunday evening May 26 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped seven Palestinians, shot and wounded several others, during clashes that took place in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. Two more…
Peres To Visit Amman For Economic Forum
Saturday May 25 2013, Israeli sources have reported that Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, will be traveling to Jordan, Sunday, to participate in the World Economic Forum held in the Dead…
Settlers Spray Olive Trees With Toxic Chemicals
Nablus – Saturday April May 15 2013, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian olive orchard that belong to two residents of Burin village, south of the…
Detainee Continues Hunger Strike, Demands Release
Palestinian detainee, Ayman Issa Hamdan, who went on hunger strike 27 days ago, rejected an Israeli “offer” for an additional six-month extension of his Administrative Detention, without trial, and demanded…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Friday evening, May 254 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed and another was injured when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on them, in Rafah, in the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 17 civilians wounded, including 12 children, by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 16 – 22 May 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
AMNESTY: “Israel, Palestinian Fighters, Committed War Crimes”
AMNESTY International issued a report on the Israeli war on Gaza, in November of 2012, and statedthat its investigations conducted that both Israel and the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, violated…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians Near Jenin
Thursday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Ya’bod town, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped five Palestinians. The army also invaded Zabbouba nearby village, and Beit…
In Two Separate Incidents; Two Children Injured By Settlers Vehicles
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian children have been seriously injured, on Wednesday, in two separate incidents after being rammed by settlers’ vehicles in the West Bank districts…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Wednesday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, the army broke into several homes and searched them causing…
PPP Slams Arrest Of Five Of Its Members By P.A. Forces
Tuesday May 21 2013; the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP) issued a statement condemning the arrest of five of its members by the Palestinian Security Forces in the northern West…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus
Tuesday at dawn, May 21 2013, Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several homes and searched them before kidnapping four…
2400 Palestinians Stuck At The Rafah Terminal
Tuesday May 21, 2013; the Himaya Center for Journalists Defending Human Rights has reported that more than 2400 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are currently stuck at the Rafah Border…
P.A Security Arrests A PFLP Leader In Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian security officers kidnapped, on Monday evening, one of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home,…
Dozens Injured As Army Invades Bodrus Village
Monday evening, May 20 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Bodrus village, west of the…
Soldiers kidnap Two Children In Jerusalem
Monday, May 20 2013; Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinian schoolchildren returning home from school, in the Al-Wad Road area, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. The twin brothers,…
Army Invades Jenin
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored jeeps, invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the Al-Yamoun nearby town, installed a number of roadblocks…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinian Fishermen In Northern Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, has reported that the Israeli Navy kidnapped, on Sunday at night, two Palestinian fishermen near the coast of Beit Lahia…
Israel Issues Arrest Warrant For Palestinian Minister Of Detainees
Monday May 20 2013, according to Israel’s daily, Haaretz, the Salem Israeli Military Court issued a warrant ordering the Israeli army to arrest Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’. Qaraqe’…
Army Uproots Farmlands In Hebron, Destroys Irrigation Systems
Israeli soldiers uprooted, on Monday, more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a village, east of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.Ata’ Jaber,…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians Near Nablus
Monday at dawn, May 20 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded kafr Qalil village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources reported that the army…
Settlers Hurl A Molotov Cocktail At A Car Near Ramallah
A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp road, in the central West city…
Army Invades Awarta Town, Kidnaps One Resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at noon, Awarta town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one resident. One Palestinian was also kidnapped near Ramallah. Local sources…
Israeli archive file shows that Israel’s founder tried to erase Palestinian Nakba
A new report published in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz describes the information found in a newly-uncovered document in the government archives, which reveals that the first Israeli government, including the…
17 Palestinians Injured In The Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Friday, May 17, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp,…
Soldiers Break Into The Negev Detention Camp, Attack Detainees
The Palestinian Detainees Study Center has reported that undercover forces of the Israeli military broke, on Thursday, into section 24 of the Negev detention camp, attacked the detainees and searched…
Army Kidnapped 28 Children In The first Half Of May, Dozens Injured
According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers continued their…
Settler Installs Mobile Home In Palestinian Land near Jerusalem
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported Thursday, May 16 2013, that an armed Israeli settler installed a mobile home in Nabi Samuel village, north west of occupied East Jerusalem.Resident Eid Barakat,…