Miles of Smiles 17 Arrives In Gaza
The “Miles Of Smiles 17” solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.113 convoy members from…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian died of wounds sustained when the Israeli army fired missiles into Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Falk Calls For Boycotting Companies Benefiting From Israeli Settlements
United Nations Special Rapporteur on humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, called for boycotting all firms that benefit from Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, and stated…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 9 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 18- 23 Oct. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Dr. Erekat: “Israel Responsible For Gaza Escalation”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Israel is responsible for the latest escalation against the Gaza Strip…
Egypt Mediates Truce Between Israel And Hamas
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported that a truce agreement, mediated by Egypt, was reached between Israel and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.The paper said that the truce came into…
Four Foreign Workers Injured In Eshkol
Israel medical sources reported Wednesday that four foreign workers were injured, two seriously, by Palestinian shells fired from Gaza into Eshkol. One Israeli woman was injured by shells targeting the…
After 115 Days Of Hunger Strike, Palestinian Detainee Stops Water Intake
Palestinian detainee, Ayman Ash-Sharawna, has been on hunger strike for 115 days, and stopped drinking water on Wednesday, escalating his strike as Israel still refuses to release him, and due…
Prince Of Qatar: “Gaza Steadfastness Helped Launch The Arab Spring”
Talking from Gaza, the Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, stated that the Palestinians need to end all internal divisions and achieve comprehensive unity, adding that the steadfastness of…
Soldiers Invade Several Areas Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, several areas near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted military training in a number of villages while military helicopters flew overhead, local sources…
Prince of Qatar Arrives In Gaza
The Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Khalifa, and his wife, Mouza Bint Nasser, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning through the Rafah border terminal, between the Gaza Strip…
Israel Deports Nine Solidarity Activists
Israeli officials reported that the Israeli Immigration Authority deported nine solidarity activists who were on the Estelle solidarity ship, that was boarded by the Israeli Navy in international waters on…
The Elders Meet Abbas In Ramallah
A delegation from “The Elders” visited Ramallah Monday and met Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and several senior officials, and discussed latest developments and obstacles obstructing peace in the region.The Elders…
Gaza Prepares To Welcome The Prince Of Qatar
The Hams-led government in the Gaza Strip are preparing for the historic visit of the Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Khalifa, and his wife Mouza, who will be arriving in…
Three Palestinians Killed In Gaza Monday
Palestinian medical sources reported that the number of residents killed, Monday, due to Israeli bombardment in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, rose to three after the Israeli Air…
Israeli Navy Illegally Seizes Humanitarian Aid Ship In International Waters
In an act violating international maritime law, Israeli naval forces boarded a humanitarian aid ship, the SV Estelle, that was en route to the Gaza Strip bringing humanitarian aid supplies…
Farmers Attacked By Settlers And Soldiers In Nablus And Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked, Friday, Palestinian farmers working on their lands in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in Nablus, in the northern part of…
As Ship Approaches Gaza Shore, Israel To Attack Estelle Ship
The Canadian Boat To Gaza reported that they received a message from the Finnish Foreign Department informing that Israel informed them that its soldiers will board Estelle solidarity ship currently…
Several Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Weekly Protests Against the Wall
At least two Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets fired by the army against the weekly nonviolent protests against the Annexation Wall and Settlements in different parts of the West…
Israeli Troop Carrier Vehicle Targeted In Southern Gaza
Media sources in the Gaza Strip reported that an Israeli armored troop carrier vehicle was hit by an explosion near Al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Army Opens Fire At Fishermen In Gaza
Israeli soldiers attacked , Friday, several Palestinian fishing boats in As-Sudaniyy area and the coastal area west of Gaza City.Local sources said that the attack did not lead to damages…
Ahston Slams Israel’s Decision To Build 797 Units In Gilo Settlement
E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, denounced the recent Israeli decision to construct additional 797 units for Jewish settlers in the Gilo settlement, and stated…
Al-Qassam Publishes Video Documenting Shalit Abduction
Marking the first anniversary since the implementation of the Egyptian-mediated prisoner-swap deal that secured the release of 1037 of Palestinian detainees, the Al-Qassam Brigades published a video detailing the planning…
Israel Approves 800 New Units In Gilo Settlement
The Israeli government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, granted Thursday its official approval for the construction of 800 units in the Gilo illegal settlement, south of occupied Jerusalem.Construction bids will…
Ailing Palestinian Detainee Facing Deteriorating Conditions
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Wednesday evening that ailing Palestinian detainee, Mohammad At-Taj, imprisoned by Israel is facing deteriorating health conditions and requires urgent specialized medical attention.The PPS…
Israel To “Legalize” Illegal Settlement Outposts
Israeli media sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, intends to submit a proposal for “legalizing” illegal Israeli settlement outpost, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank.Netanyahu…
Al-Qassam To Publish Shalit Documentary
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that it will publish on Thursday 18th a documentary regarding the abduction of Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and the stages that…
Israeli Drone Makes Emergency Landing Near Nablus
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported that an Israeli drone made an emergency landing near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday evening. The newspaper added that the drone completed…
Army Invades Bethlehem, Clashes Reported
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Wadi Maaly area in the city, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and…
Israeli Army Bombs Al- Qassam Center In Northern Gaza
Last Wednesday at dawn, the Israeli Air Force bombed a training center that belongs to the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement in northern Gaza. The Qassam…
Abbas To Obama: “Heading To UN Is Not A Unilateral Move”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, sent Tuesday a letter to American President, Barack Obama, informing him that the Palestinians are committed to a two-state solution, and that heading to the United…
Fundamentalist MK To File Appeal Against Participation Of Arab Party In Elections
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) David Rotem, member of the fundamentalist Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party, headed by Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, intends to file an appeal to…
Soldiers Demolish Home, Shed, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, a Palestinian home and a shed in Beit Hanina, in occupied East Jerusalem, the Quds Media Center reported.The owner of the destroyed property, Sufian Taha, stated…
Four Palestinians Injured North Of Jerusalem
Four Palestinians were injured, on Tuesday, after the Israeli army attacked nonviolent protesters at the Latrun-Jerusalem Road (Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Road), north of occupied East Jerusalem, referred to by Israel as…
Settlers Uproot Olive And Grape Trees In Al-Khader
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, reported that a number of armed extremist settlers uprooted 20 olive trees and 15…
Clashes Reported in Jenin, Hebron
Palestinian sources reported, Tuesday, that clashes were reported between Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers in Az-Zababda village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and in Beit Ummar town…
Settlers March In Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood In Jerusalem
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers marched, Tuesday, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and conducted provocative acts while chanting slogans against the Arabs and Palestinians.The Quds Media Center…
Knesset Disbands, Israel Spears For Elections
Israel has officially started its new season for the 12th Knesset elections after 100 Members of Knesset (MK), out of 120, voted for early elections, and set January of 2013…
Report: “Israel Approved The Return Of 18 Detainees Exiled To Gaza”
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli side informed the Egyptian mediator that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu approved the return of 18 West Bank detainees, who were deported to…
Hamas, Islamic Jihad Slam Abbas-Barak Meeting In Jordan
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Movement, slammed the Thursday meeting that took place between Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, in Amman –…
Ashrawi Thanks Brazil For Supporting Palestinian Statehood Bid
Monday, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO),met Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Antonio Patriota, and Brazil’s Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, Ligia Maria Scherer, in…
Army Invades Azzoun, Imposes Curfew
Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun village, east of the city of Qalqilia, and imposed curfew on the village forcing its residents under house arrest.Local sources reported that dozens of military…
Including Children, Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In The West Bank
On Monday 15/10/2012 saw coordinated Israeli military operations conducted illegally throughout the West Bank. As a result, 13 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, where kidnapped. Amonst these…
Egyptian Security Forces On High Alert In Sinai
Egyptian military and security sources reported that security forces in northern Sinai received several warnings about the intentions of armed extremist groups to carry out major attacks against Egyptian security…
Israel Says It Will Intercept Estelle Ship Heading To Gaza
Israeli daily, Maariv, reported Sunday that Israel issued a warning informing Finland that its army will intercept and stop the Estelle solidarity ship heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver…
Two Palestinians Assassinated In Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were killed, on Saturday evening, and one child was injured when the army fired a missile at a motorcycle driving in the center…
Settlers Burn Olive Trees Near Nablus
Palestinian media sources reported, Saturday, that a group of extremist Israeli settlers burnt Palestinian Olive trees that belong to residents of Qaryout village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Army Bombards Gaza, One Resident Injured
Army Bombards Gaza, One Resident Injured Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was wounded when the Israeli army bombarded an open area in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City.…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Several protesters were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in village, near the central West…
Palestinian Injured As Settlers Attacked Farmers In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that one resident was injured after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family…
Churches In U.S. Call On Government To Review Aid To Israel
The Israeli Radio reported that 15 church organizations in the United States issued a statement calling on the United States to review the financial aid to Israel, and to question…
Israeli Police Forms “Jewish Terror” Branch In The West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to form a unit that has the sole responsibility of dealing with “Jewish Terrorism”, and that…
Child Moderately Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Thursday that a Palestinian child suffered moderate injuries after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle near…
Settlers Attack Burin village Near Nablus
Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked several residents returning home from their olive orchards. Two youths…
Army Bombards An Area In Gaza City
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, one missile into a building in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.The sources added that the…
Two Palestinians Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were injured, on Wednesday evening, after being attacked by several extremist Israeli settlers in Burin village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Settlers Uproot 300 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that several extremist Israeli settlers uprooted around 300 olive trees that belong to residents of Al-Mogheer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Army Bombards Beit Lahia, Invades Rafah
The Israeli Air Force fires missiles into Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Several children suffered anxiety attacks. The army also invaded Rafah, in the…
Egypt Holding Talks To Prevent Further Escalation In Gaza
The Quds Net News Agency reported Wednesday that the newly elected Egyptian leadership is holding talks with different armed groups in Gaza to instate a truce and prevent further escalation…
Child Who Was Violently Attacked By Israel Police Released
Last Friday, several Israeli policemen, in full riot gear, violently attacked and punched a Palestinian child from Jerusalem and kidnapped him. The child was released Tuesday and was placed under…
Soldiers Kidnap Wife Of Political Prisoner In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, the wife of detainee Mohammad Atiyya Abu Warda, after breaking into her home in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the southern…
Settlers Cut Dozens Of Olive Trees Near Nablus
Local sources reported that a group of armed extremist settlers of the Aliyea illegal settlement cut dozens of Olive trees that belong to residents of Qaryout village, south of the…
Children Evicted From Five Gaza Schools Due To Israeli Bombardment
The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, evicted Monday dozens of schoolchildren from five schools, east of Khan Younis, due to…
Extremists Hurl Molotov Cocktails, Stones, At Jerusalem Church
the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported reported Monday evening that Israeli extremists hurled stones, Molotov cocktails and trash at a Christian Church in occupied Jerusalem. This is the third attack…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered Sunday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Monday that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered Sunday after the Israeli army bombarded Rafah, in the southern part of…
10 Palestinians Injured By Army Missiles In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured, on Sunday evening, when the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles into Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Farmers Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported Saturday that dozens of Palestinian villagers, picking their olive trees west of Hebron, were treated for…
Israel Downs Hezbollah Drone
An Israeli military spokesperson reported Saturday that the Israeli Air Force downed an unmanned drone over the northern part of the Negev Desert. The army said that the drone did…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest In Kufr Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Kufr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped an international…
Families Of Marmara Victims File Lawsuit Against Israel
The Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported that 33 family members of Turkish citizens who were shot and killed by the Israeli army when Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara solidarity ship that…
Palestinian Cab Driver Who Rammed Israeli Soldiers Turns Himself In
Israeli sources reported that a Palestinian Cab driver, who accidentally rammed four Israeli soldiers near an Israeli settlement, south of Bethlehem, handed himself in to the Israeli Police.The Accident took…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday afternoon, two Palestinians teenagers near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.The army claimed that the two carried “a…
Kidnapped Engineer Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
Palestinian sources reported the health condition of isolated detainee, Engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, 43, has sharply deteriorated at the Asqalan (Ashkelon) Israel prison, and added that he currently suffers from…
Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Jenin And Hebron; Clashes Reported
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Ban districts on Tulkarem, Jenin and Hebron, broke into several homes and buildings leading to clashes with…
Israel Rejects Settlers Claim Of Purchasing Hebron Home
The Israeli Civil Administration Office in the occupied West Bank decided not to grant a group of settlers a permit to purchase a Palestinian home near the Ibrahimi Mosque in…
Detained Legislator Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
The family of Sheikh Hasan Yousef, an elected Palestinian Legislator of the Change and Reform Bloc of the Hamas movement, stated that Yousef is facing a deteriorating health condition in…
Settlers Attack A Young Palestinian Man In Jerusalem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked, Wednesday, a young Palestinian man from Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, while he was working at his bakery in Ash-Sharaf neighborhood, in the…
Settlers Install New Illegal Outpost Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers installed, Wednesday, a new illegal settlement outpost near Yanoun Palestinian village, south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Daghlas, in charge…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday morning, ten Palestinians, including children in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the northern West Bank districts of Qalqilia and Jenin. The army…
OCHA: “Israel Restricting Palestinian Access To Basic Services”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA) issued a new report accusing Israel of continuing its serious violations against the Palestinian…
New Racist Graffiti Found On Gate On Jerusalem Monastery
A number of extremist Israeli settlers spray-painted racist graffiti against Jesus Christ on the main gate of the Franciscan Monastery, located in Jerusalem. This is the second attack against a…
P.A Financial Crisis Likely To Escalate
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Palestinian official stated that, during their September 23rd and 24th meetings in New York, representatives of Donor Countries did not express any interest…
Israel: “4 Soldiers Injured After Being Hit By Palestinian Car”
Israeli Ynet News reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a Palestinian Taxi crashed into an Israeli military vehicle that was parked near the Neve Daniel…
Resident Killed, One Injured In A Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian worker was killed, and another was injured, on Tuesday afternoon, when a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Five Palestinian Refugees Killed In Syria
Five Palestinians were killed, Tuesday, as the Syrian army bombarded the Dir’a refugee camp, in Syria, during clashes between the army and members of the opposition in the country. Several…
US Warns EU Against Supporting Palestinian UN Bid
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanaan Ashrawi, stated that the United States sent a memorandum to countries in the European Union warning of…
Renewed Clashes Reported Ras Al-Amoud In East Jerusalem
A Palestinian woman and a teenage girl were injured, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers broke into their home in Ras Al-Amoud neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, following clashes that…
Jenin Court Orders Release Of Former Aqsa Brigades Leader
A Palestinian court in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, ordered the release of former leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, Zakariyya…
Palestine Participates In UNESCO Meeting As Member State
For the first time, Palestine is participating at the UNESCO meeting, held in Oman’s capital, Masqat, with the participation of secretary-generals of the national committees of the UNESCO in the…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinians Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians from Azzoun village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia; the army also opened fire at random and installed…
Palestinian Youth Found Dead Near Israeli Settlement
Palestinian medical sources reported that the body of a 16-year old Palestinian youth was found near Beit Arieh, an illegal Israeli settlement built on Palestinian lands that belong to residents…
Ailing Detainee Moved To Hospital
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that Palestinian detainees, Mohammad Rafeeq At-Taaj, 42, imprisoned at the Hadarim Israeli prison was moved to hospital due to a sharp deterioration…
Soldiers Kidnap A Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Sunday, a Palestinian child in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Soldiers also invaded several nearby villages.Local sources reported…
Miles Of Smiles 16 Convoy Enters Gaza
The “Miles Of Smiles 16” Solidarity Convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip on Saturday carrying 38 solidarity activists and medical supplies urgently needed in the besieged coastal region.Dr. Isam Yousef,…
Nice Drawing Mr. Netanyahu
Of course Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, went to New York to address the United Nations, similar to what his counterpart, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, did on the same day.…
Fisherman Killed By Israeli Navy Fire
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Friday, that a Palestinian fisherman was killed by Israeli navy fire west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza…
Two Injured In Northern Gaza
Palestinian Medical sources reported Friday that Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at several Palestinians hunting birds with slingshots in a land located north of Beit Lahia, in…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in Weekly Protest
The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that dozens of nonviolent protesters were treated for the effects of…
Report: “More Than 75.000 Arrests Made By Army Since Sep. 2000”
Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, issued a report marking the 12th Anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (September 28 2000), and said Israeli soldiers conducted more than 75.000 arrests,…
Abbas Delivers Speech At The United Nations
Palestinian Presidents, Mahmoud Abbas, delivered Thursday a speech at the United Nations in New York calling on the International Community to act and help the Palestinians establish their independent state.…