Settlers Install New Outpost Near Nablus
On Friday at dawn, a group of armed extremist Israeli settlers installed a new illegal settlement outpost in Ras Hazem Mountain that belongs to the residents of Salem village, east…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian have been injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Including 2 Children, Army Kidnaps 5 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Friday evening – February 22 2013; Israeli soldiers and undercover units invaded Al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped five Palestinians before taking them to an unknown destination. Cashes…
Child Injured In Bil’in Weekly Protests, Dozens Treated For Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
Friday January 22 2013; Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlement, and shot one child in the head, while dozens of protesters have been treated…
Soldiers Attack Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest, Detain Wounded Child
Friday, February 22, 2013; Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, leading…
Army Attacks Worshipers In Al-Aqsa Mosque, After Holding Protest In Support Of Detainees
Friday February 22, 2013; Hundreds of Palestinian worshipers held a protest, following the Friday noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, in support of the Palestinian political…
El-Eesawy Sentenced To Eight Months, His Hunger Strike Continues
Hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, was sentenced Thursday by the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem to 8 months imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest on July 7,…
Dozens Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron
Thursday February 20; The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that dozens of residents have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest demanding the army to reopen a…
Settlers Invade Qasra Village Near Nablus
Thursday February 21; a group of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded, shortly after midnight, the village of Qarsa, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Children In Silwan
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening and on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinian children in the…
Palestinian Injured, Two Kidnapped, Near Jenin
Wednesday evening, February 20; Israel soldiers invaded the town of Borqeen, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths wounding one and kidnapping two…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Shepherds In Nablus, Hebron
Wednesday February 20; several extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shepherds in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and in Hebron, in the southern part of…
Soldiers Kidnapped 19 Children In Two Weeks
Wednesday February 20; The Children’s Media Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Information reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 19 Palestinian children, and wounded dozens of children, in the first half…
Several College Students Injured By Army Fire Near Ramallah
Ramallah – Tuesday February 19; Palestinian medical sources reported that several students of the Birzeit University, near Ramallah, were mildly injured after Israeli soldiers attacked a nonviolent protest held in…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers and Policemen attacked, on Tuesday evening, dozens of Palestinians holding a nonviolent protest, in occupied East Jerusalem, in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel,…
Israeli Court Refuses To Release Al-Eesawy, on 210th day of hunger strike
On Tuesday February 19, head of the Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Lawyer Jawad Boulos, reported that the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem rejected an appeal for…
Two Fishermen Injured By Army Fire
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that two fishermen have been moderately injured by Israeli Navy fire on the Gaza shore, in As-Sudaniyya, in the northern part of the…
P.A To Ask U.S. For Peace Initiative
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank intends to ask the United States to present a new peace initiative that could end the current stalemate in peace talks between…
Israel Admits Using Private Palestinian Lands In Kibbutz Meirav
The so-called “Israel’s Lands Administration” acknowledged that privately-owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank’s Northern Plains have been used for the expansion of the Kibbutz Meirav, located within the Green…
Youth Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle In Bethlehem
Monday evening February 18; In another hit and run incident, a Palestinian youth was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in Wad Fookin, west of the West Bank…
209 days On Hunger Strike; Letter from Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-Isawi
Letter from prisoner Samer Al-Isawi; as it came from the Ministry of prisoners: I turn with admiration to the masses of our heroic Palestinian people, to our Palestinian leadership, to…
Soldiers Order To Bethlehem Villagers To Evict Their Lands
Monday Feb 18; Israeli soldiers handed two Palestinians from Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem, military warrants ordering them to leave their own lands as the Israeli army intends to take…
Israel Fortifies Military Bases, Settlements, Close To Gaza Border
Last Wednesday February 13, the Israeli army started work meant to secure and fortify military bases, and settlements, located on the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.Military sources that the…
Sharawna Moved To Soroka Hospital
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported Sunday that hunger striking detainee, Ayman Sharawna, was moved to the Soroka Israel hospital in Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheba), due to a serious deterioration…
‘Anonymous’ hacks 600,000 Israeli email accounts
In the latest action targeting Israel, the international computer hacking network known as ‘Anonymous’ has claimed credit for publishing the personal information, including encrypted passwords, of over 600,000 Israelis as…
Soldiers Kidnap 26 Palestinians, Mainly Children, In West Bank, 2 In Gaza
Palestinian media sources in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday evening and on Saturday at dawn, twenty-four Palestinians, most of them children,…
Eight Injured After Army Invades Al-Isawiyya
Friday Evening, February 15; Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured after Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Isawiyya area in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of nonviolent…
Dozens Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protests In West Bank
Dozens of Palestinians have been treated for the effects of tear-gas inhalation during the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank…
Two Arab MK’s Receive Death Threats
Two Arab members of Israeli Knesset (MK) received death threats sent in a form of a letter that was sent to the Al-Shams Radio. The letter says that MK’s Jamal…
HRW: “Israel Violated International Law During Gaza War”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Israel’s airstrikes against the Gaza Strip in the most recent war on Gaza in November of last year violated International laws of war, as…
Israeli government gives convicted murderer 1.3 million for illegal takeover of Palestinian land
An Israeli settler who was released early from a life sentence for killing 3 Palestinians in 1983 has received compensation of 1.3 million NIS (around $250,000) from the Israeli Tax…
360 Detainees To Hold Solidarity Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Wednesday that 360 Palestinian detainees will be holding a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees.The strike will be conducted on…
Army Kidnaps Fourteen Palestinians In West Bank
Wednesday at dawn, February 13, Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, mainly in East Jerusalem, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped at least fifteen…
Abu Rudeina: “Settlements Are Main Obstacle To Peace”
Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeina, stated Monday that the Israeli government must change Israel’s policies regarding the peace process.He added that Israel’s settlement construction and expansion activities in the…
Airstrip Established In Illegal West Bank Settlement
Despite its illegality, the Israeli Army and the Aviation Department do not seem bothered by an illegal small airstrip established by a former Air Force pilot who lives in the…
Five Jerusalem Youths Ordered Under House Arrest
The Jerusalem District Court ordered five Palestinian youth from the Beit Safafa town, in occupied East Jerusalem, under house arrest for five days.The five have been identified as Bara’ Ibrahim…
Child Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle In Hebron
Monday February 11 – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported that a Palestinian child was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in the southern West Bank city of…
Israel To Build 90 Units In Bet El Settlement
The Israeli government decided to build additional 90 units in the Bet El illegal settlement, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as part of a prior agreement…
Tension Mounts In Gilboa’ Prison
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported Monday that tension is mounting at the Eshil Israeli detention center after Israeli soldiers broke into the detainees’ rooms and…
Army Demolishes Home, Shed And Well Near Hebron
Monday February 11 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that nearly 30 Palestinians have been treated for the effects of tear-gas inhalation during clashes that took place in Beit Awwa town,…
Palestinian Detainees Weigh Hunger Strike
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported that the Israeli violations against the Palestinian detainees are seriously escalating, an issue that could push the detainees to conduct an open-ended hunger…
Army Demolishes A Residential Structure In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, an area west of Ithna Palestinian town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and demolished a mobile home inhabited by a resident…
Israel Said To Be Willing To Conduct Limited Settlement Freeze
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is “weighing the possibility of a conditional, limited freeze” on settlement activities, as an act of goodwill towards the Palestinian…
Four Palestinians Injured In Traffic Accident With A Settler
Palestinian medical sources reported that four Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, in a traffic accident with a settler south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Coordinator of…
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest Against Settlement Road in Beit Safafa
Sunday February 10; Israeli soldiers and policemen violently attacked a nonviolent protest against a settlement road being built on Palestinian lands in Beit Safafa town, in occupied Easy Jerusalem. Two…
Soldiers Surround Azzoun Town
Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents.The army surrounded the…
Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; dozens suffered the…
Israel Approves 869 Units In West Bank Settlements
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved on Friday the construction plans of a total of 869 units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine News Network (PNN)…
Egyptian Army Stops Five Weapons Shipments Heading To Gaza
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported Friday that the Egyptian army has intensified its activities in Sinai, over the past few weeks, and thwarted five attempts to smuggle weapons to the Gaza…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Civilians Wounded, Including 2 Children, By Israeli Troops This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 31 Jan.- 06 Feb. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…
Netanyahu’s Office: “No Change On Settlements Policy”
The office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Thursday that the new Israeli government, headed by Netanyahu, does not intend to change its policies regarding the construction and expansion…
Syria Files Complaint Against Israel For Bombing Syrian Territory
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations filed, on Thursday evening, an official complaint against Israel for bombarding a site in the country, and for violating Syrian airspace. Syrian Ambassador to…
Army Invades Ya’bod Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday afternoon, the schools area in the village of Ya’bod, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, clashed with dozens of school students, and…
Soldiers Remove Solidarity Tent In Jerusalem
A large Israeli military force invaded, on Thursday evening, the Al-Esawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and used force to remove a solidarity tent installed in solidarity with hunger striking…
Fateh And Hamas To Meet In Cairo
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Izzat Al-Rishiq, stated Thursday that representatives of his movement and the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, will be holding a…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians At Border Fence In Gaza
Israeli military sources reported Wednesday that the army kidnapped three unarmed Palestinians after crossing the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel.The sources stated that initial investigation revealed that…
Palestinian Shepherd Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian shepherd was attacked, on Wednesday afternoon, by a group of extremist Israeli settlers west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The Maan…
Israel To Release Detainee Reekhawy
Wednesday February 5 2013; The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that an Israeli court decided Wednesday to release hunger striking detainee Akram Reekhawi, likely on Thursday.The Foundation said…
Army Invades Yatta Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, broke into several homes and searched them.The soldiers invaded Khirbit Z’ayma area,…
Obama To Visit Tel Aviv, Ramallah In March
Israeli TV, Channel 10, reported that U.S. President, Barack Obama, intends to visit Tel Aviv and Ramallah in mid March after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, forms his new government.Channel…
Army Demolishes Home In Jerusalem
Tuesday, Feb. 5 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ashraqiyya area, in Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished a home for a Palestinian, leaving its members in the cold.…
Settlers Torch Two Palestinian Cars Near Ramallah
Tuesday February 5 2013, a number of extremist Israeli settlers torched two Palestinian vehicles in the Dir Jareer village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote…
Palestinian Injured After Being Hit By Israeli Army Jeep
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that one youth was moderately injured after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep in Za’atara village, south of the West Bank city…
Army To Demolish Structures Near Nablus
Tuesday February 5; Israeli soldiers invaded Sabastia town, northwest of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed several residents military orders demanding them to demolish structures built in…
26 Palestinians Kidnapped Since Monday At Dawn
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday and Tuesday 26 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Legislators and…
“Arabic Not Allowed Here” Says Haifa University Employee
An Arab student studying at the Haifa University was prevented from speaking his mother tongue while at the Academic Counseling Center, and was explicitly told that “Arabic is not allowed…
Including 3 Legislators, Army Kidnaps 21 Palestinians
Monday at dawn February 4, 2013 l Israeli soldiers kidnapped 21 Palestinians, including three legislators, in several districts in the occupied West Bank.The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported…
Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security Forces
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been injured during clashes that took place, Saturday, with members of the Al-Qassam Brigades of…
Dozens Injured Near Nablus As Army Attacks Protest Camp
Saturday evening – February 2; Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of nonviolent activists have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protesters who established “Al-Manatheer Neighborhood”, on Palestinians land…
Two Children Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that two Palestinian children have been injured by Israeli military fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Medics…
Weekly Protest Against The Wall, Settlements, Held In Bil’in
Friday February 1, 2013; Dozens of Palestinians, Israeli and International peace activists held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in the village on…
Four Palestinians Kidnaped In Bethlehem And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Jenin; several Palestinians were injured in clashed with the…
Army Breaks Into Homes Of Former Detainees In Nablus
Friday at dawn February 1; Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the Balata refugee camp, east of the city, and broke into homes of several…
7 Killed, 300 Kidnapped In January
A report prepared and published by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed seven Palestinians, and kidnapped more than 300, last month –…
Army Kidnaps 20 Palestinians, Allegedly Planning Attacks
The Israeli Internal Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Thursday that the army arrested, in Hebron, what it called a Palestinian cell of twenty men who planned attacks against Israeli targets,…
France, Britain Said To Be Preparing Peace Initiative
The Al-Hayat Arabic Language Paper in London reported that France and Britain are preparing an initiative reportedly meant to ensure the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Syrian Military Science Center
Despite Israeli allegations of bombing a weapons convoy heading to Lebanon, Syrian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force bombarded a military scientific center in a suburban area near the…
Israel Produces A Film Replacing Al-Aqsa Mosque With Temple
In a film that was produced by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and was banned from being officially published, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, is seen standing and speaking in…
Palestinian Man Shot In Beit Hanoun
Tuesday January 29; Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The wounded Palestinian,…
Settler Stabbed Near Nablus
Israeli medical sources reported, Tuesday, that an 17-year-old settler suffered mild-to-moderate injuries after being stabbed near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth…
Army Prevents Entry Of Samplings, Construction Material, Into Beit Iksa
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, the Israeli army denied the transport of construction materials and saplings into the village of Beit Iksa, north of occupied East Jerusalem.Head of the Beit Iksa…
166 Homes In Eli Settlement Built On Private Palestinian Land
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Tuesday that the Civil Israeli Administration, operated by the Israeli Army in the occupied West Bank, said some 166 homes in the Eli settlement in the…
Army Holds Training In Palestinian Villages In Hebron
A week ago Monday, the Israeli army started drills using live ammunition in several Palestinian villages in the southern West bank city of Hebron. The training was held despite a…
Soldiers Invade Village Near Jenin, Photograph Homes
Tuesday at dawn January 29; Israeli soldiers invaded the village of the Al-Mogheer, east of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and took pictures of 14 homes after breaking…
Israel Claims Foiling Infiltration Attempt
Monday at night, January 28 2013; The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers managed to foil an infiltration attempt by gunmen who attempted to infiltrate into Israel through the Egyptian…
B’Tselem Issues Report On Army’s Use of “Crowd Control” Weapons
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) issued a report on the inventory of “crowd control weapons” used by the Israeli army against Palestinian protesters…
Israel claims Arresting A Palestinian “Cell” In Bethlehem
The Israeli army revealed, Wednesday evening, that the soldiers kidnapped members of what was described as a “Palestinian cell” near Bethlehem.Members of the group are from Beit Fajjar town, near…
Netanyahu Seeks A Broad Coalition Government
Senior officials in the Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Netanyahu intends to form a broad coalition cabinet that also includes the Jewish Home fundamentalist party.The…
Settlers Install An Illegal Outpost Near Qalqilia
Head of the Jayyous village council, Ghassan Khreisha, stated that a number of extremist Israeli settlers installed a new illegal outpost near the Al-Yobik area, West of Jayyous, near the…
Soldiers Invade Mosque In East Jerusalem
Sunday at night – January 27, Israeli soldiers broke into a mosque in the Al-Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, searched it and detained dozens of worshipers.Local sources reported that…
Detainees Denied Access To Books
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration is denying the Palestinian political prisoners access to books and educational materials.The Center said that…
Army Invades Several Areas Near Jenin
Saturday at dawn, January 26; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank district on Jenin, and detained two Palestinians.Local sources in the Al-Yamoun village, near Jenin, reported…
Army Attacks Bilin’s Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Friday January 25. 2013; The Friends Of Freedom And Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that Israeli soldiers violently attacked the weekly nonviolent…
Army Attacks Bilin’s Weekly Protest Against The Wall
Friday January 25. 2013; The Friends Of Freedom And Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that Israeli soldiers violently attacked the weekly nonviolent…
Soldiers Attack Kufur Qaddoum Weekly Protest
Friday January 21; Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements, in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, kidnapped one…
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday January 25 2013; Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in the northern part of the coastal region.The…
Three Palestinians Injured In A Gaza Explosion
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three residents were injured in the Az-Zawayda area, in central Gaza, after an explosive device detonated near them.Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson of…
Paralyzed By Israeli Missile, Child Faces Israeli Legal System
The Israeli Supreme Court delayed, Thursday, deliberation in an appeal filed on behalf of a Palestinian child from Gaza who was paralyzed by an Israeli missile that also killed several…
Abbas To Invite Newly Elected Israeli MK’s To Ramallah
Israel daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, intends to officially invite newly elected Israeli members of Knesset (MK) from leftist and centrist parties to visit him in…
Extremists Attack Arab Children In Jerusalem For Boarding Israeli Bus
Last Sunday, and following the end of a normal school day in Jerusalem, a number of Arab Palestinian schoolchildren from Jerusalem (around age 12) boarded an Israeli bus while heading…