Netanyahu To Meet Mubarak In Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be holding a meeting on Thursday with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and will be heading back to Israel during evening hours. The two…
Lieberman: “Gaza Siege Could Be Lifted if Smuggling Stops & International Forces Are Deployed”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman stated during his Wednesday meeting with the visiting EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, that the siege on Gaza can only be lifted if the…
Netanyahu Wants Israeli Spy Released From U.S Jail
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent on Tuesday a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he releases Jonathan Pollard, who was spying on Israel’s best ally, the United States,…
EU Official: “Urgent Progress Is Needed” In Mideast Talks
Catherine Ashton, the Foreign Policy Chief of the European Union, is on her way to Israel and Palestine Wednesday, and told reporters as she headed to the region, “There is…
Sudanese Migrant Wounded By Egyptian Fire
Egyptian security personnel shot and wounded, on Wednesday morning, a Sudanese migrant while attempting to infiltrate into Israel, apparently seeking work.Egyptian security sources reported that a border police patrol noticed…
Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including a security officer, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, local sources reported.The sources added that several Israeli military…
Palestinian Home Demolished In Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday at dawn a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina, north of occupied East Jerusalem, the Maan News Agency reported. The agency added that apprxamately at 4:30…
Israeli Ministerial Council Extends Ban On Palestinian Family Reunification
The cabinet of the Israeli Ministerial Council decided, Sunday, to extend the ban on family reunification for Palestinians married to Israelis for an additional six months. The law does not…
Asia 1 Makes It Into Gaza
The Asia 1 solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip late on Sunday at night to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the residents of the besieged coastal region.…
Palestinian Killed by Army Fire At A Roadblock In The Jordan Valley
Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday morning, that Israeli soldiers stationed at the Al Hamra roadblock in the Jordan valley, shot and killed a Palestinian youth despite having his hands…
25 Persons Killed In Bombing Targeting Church In Alexandria
A statement released by Christian priests in Egypt, including the secretary of the Coptic Pope, Shenouda III of Alexandria, revealed that an explosion targeting a church in Alexandria left at…
Child, Paramedic Wounded By Army Fire During Nabi Saleh Weekly Protest
As dozens of residents and international peace activists held their nonviolent weekly protest against the Annexation Wall in Nabi Saleh village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers…
Islamic Jihad Refuses To Participate In New Gaza Government
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Gaza refused to participate in the new government that The Hamas movement intends to form in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyya, offered a…
Palestinian Legislator Kidnapped From His Home In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), from his home in Yatta town, in Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
Former Israeli President, Katsav, Convicted Of Rape, Sexual Assault
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted on Thursday, former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, 65, of two counts of sexual assault and rape. By Israeli law, the maximum punishment of rape…
The First In Six Years, U.S. Appoints Temporary Ambassador
U.S. President, Barack Obama, issued an order appointing a temporary ambassador in Damascus after near six years of a total diplomatic boycott. The new order, signed by Obama on Wednesday,…
Eight Detainees Injured, Dozens Treated For Gaza Inhalation After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Undercover Forces of the Nahshon Israeli Military Unit, broke on Wednesday at night into the Ofer Israeli military detention center, and attacked Palestinian detainees wounding eight while dozens suffered the…
Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Homes In The Negev
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning a number of homes that belong to residents of Al Sadeer “unrecognized” Arab village in the Negev. The homes belong to members of Al…
Palestinian Factions In Gaza Hold A Meeting To Discuss Israeli Threats
Palestinian factions in Gaza, except for Fateh, held a meeting on Sunday calling on Arab and international institutions to pressure Israel into halting its violations and escalations against the Palestinian…
Palestinian Killed, Five Injured, As Army Bombards Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was killed, and five others were injured, when the Israeli Army bombarded an area in Khuza’a town, east of Khan…
Palestinian Developer Intends To Buy Settlement Construction Firm
A construction firm headed by Palestinian businessman, Bashar Al Masry, intends to buy an Israeli Construction Firm that builds Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The news angered residents of…
Prominent Rabbis’ Wives Tell Fellow Jewish Women Not To Date Arabs
In a letter published Tuesday in the Israeli press, around two dozen wives of prominent Israeli rabbis followed a recent edict by their husbands for Jews to refuse to rent…
School Principal In Jaffa Prohibits Arabic
On Tuesday, dozens of residents of Jaffa held a protest in front of a school after its principal decided to prohibit Arab students from speaking Arabic inside the classrooms. The…
Israeli forces kill one, injure five Palestinians in northern Gaza
Israeli tanks and helicopters stationed at the eastern border between Israel and the Gaza Strip opened fire Tuesday, killing a Palestinian man and wounding five others.The Israeli military claims that…
Egypt Uncovers Weapons In Sinai
Egypt announced that its security forces located a large weapons storage facility in the Sinai Desert, and stated that the weapons were meant to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip.Weapons…
Netanyahu: “Temporary Peace Deal Is Possible”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated on Monday at night that a temporary peace deal with the Palestinians is possible should the direct peace talks between the two sides fail.…
Six Fishermen Kidnapped Near Israeli Shore
Israeli military sources reported on Monday at night that six Palestinian fishermen were detained by the Navy after their approached an Israeli shore close to the northern part of the…
Palestinians rally to mark 2nd anniversary of Israeli invasion of Gaza
A somber gathering in Gaza City marked the day two years ago in which over 200 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed within the first two hours of an Israeli invasion…
Right-wing Israelis parade through East Jerusalem sparking clashes
Israeli Knesset (Parliament) members with the orthodox Shas party marched through the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem Monday, accompanied by Israeli police and right-wing settlers. The police blocked local Palestinian…
Mavi Marmara Returns To Istanbul
Dozens of thousands of Turkish and international activists welcomed on Sunday the Mavi Marmara ship at the Istanbul Port seven months after the deadly Israeli attack in international waters that…
Israel To Issue Apology To Britain For Using Fake Passports To Assassinate Hamas Leader In Dubai
The Daily Telegraph reported that the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, Mosad, intends to issue an official apology to Britain as Israeli Mosad agents entered United Arabs Emirates…
Palestinian Youth Assaulted Near Nablus For Not Understanding Hebrew
Israeli soldiers stationed at the Za’tara Roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stopped three Palestinian youths and violently assaulted one of them for not understanding them when…
Lieberman: “P.A. An Illegal Entity, Not Interested In Peace”
Israeli Foreign Minister, a leader of the fundamentalist Israel Beiteinu Party, claimed Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) is not interested in peace with Israel, and stated that the P.A…
Two Fighters Killed In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers Invading Khan Younis
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that two of its fighters were killed on Saturday at dawn during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading an…
P.A Returns To Israel Stolen Military Vehicle, Weapons, And Hands-in Five Palestinians
As part of the ongoing security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority returned to Israel a military vehicle…
Hamas Started Talks To Form New Government In Gaza
Senior Hamas leaders, headed by Legislator Khalil Al Hayya, held meetings on Saturday evening with different Palestinian factions and independent figures, in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to form…
Soldiers Attack A Nonviolent Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday evening a nonviolent protest organized by the Youth Coalition Against Settlements in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Dozens of Israeli and…
Israel Set To Build And Market 5000 Units In Occupied East Jerusalem, W. Bank
The Israeli Housing Ministry is planning to build and market nearly 5000 new units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Lawyer Qais Yousef Nasser,…
Army Carries Out Three Air Strikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday night after midnight, three air strikes targeting several areas in in central and southern Gaza; three Palestinians were wounded.Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson…
UN: “Both Israel And Hamas Want Calm In Gaza”
The United Nations reported Thursday that both Israel and the Hamas movement in Gaza are interested in calm, and are not seeking tension in the Gaza Strip or around it.…
Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Obstructing Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.Talking to…
Settlement Construction Witnessing Rapid Increase
Three months after the so-called settlement freeze ended, Israel started a speedy construction process in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli Peace Now movement reported. Data collected and…
Right-wing Israelis rally to kick Arabs out of Bat Yam
Around 150 Israelis shouting “Death to Arabs and to Jews who date Arabs” gathered in the town of Bat Yam this week for a rally called “Keep Bat Yam Jewish”.…
Agricultural Export From Gaza To Europe To Resume Next Week
The Israeli Radio reported that the Security and Political Ministerial Council of the Israeli Government has approved the a decision to allow the exports of agricultural products from the besieged…
Accompanied By P.A Security, Israeli Soldiers “Tour” Bethlehem
A number of Israeli Military Jeeps were seen driving in Bethlehem while accompanied by members of the Palestinian Security Forces. They “toured” in several areas, including the Manger Square. The…
French Activist Detained At Ben Gurion Airport, Denied Entry
Sabbine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Israeli Ministry of Interior, stated Tuesday that French peace activist, Olivia Zamour, was detained at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, and…
Palestinian-American Meeting Held In Ramallah
Head of the Palestinian negotiations team, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Tuesday that Palestinian and American officials held a meeting in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, but added that…
Wikileaks cable: Israeli intelligence chief encouraged Hamas takeover of Gaza Strip
In the latest revelation to come out of the hundreds of thousands of leaked diplomatic cables provided by the website ‘Wikileaks’, a diplomatic exchange between then Israeli Director of Military…
Army Bombards Rafah
On Tuesday at night, the Israeli Air Force carried out an air strike targeting an area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; four Palestinians were wounded.…
Israeli Police Arrests Nine Israelis, Mostly Teenagers, Who Formed A Gang To Attack Arabs
The Israeli Police reported that seven Israeli children, aged 14-17, and two settlers, aged 24 and 26, were arrested in Jerusalem for carrying out attacks against Arab youths by first…
Two Palestinians Injured In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that two Palestinian were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a site believed to be a training grounds used by fighters of the Al…
As Bethlehem Readies For Christmas, All Markets Declared Free Of Settlement Products
During a special meeting with heads and officials of government institutions, and mayors in the Bethlehem district, Bethlehem Governor, Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, stated that as Bethlehem readies to celebrate Christmas, its…
Eight separate Israeli airstrikes reported throughout Gaza; 2 injured
Late Monday night, Israeli warplanes dropped bombs in different parts of the Gaza Strip – initial reports from the ground indicate that at least eight separate bombs were dropped in…
Palestinian Worker Moderately Wounded In Northern Gaza
Adham Abu Salmiyya, media spokesperson of the Emergency Unit in Gaza reported Monday that a Palestinian worker, in his thirties, was shot and wounded in his left foot while working…
Israeli at center of Kosovo organ trafficking scandal
Wealthy Israeli citizens on ‘transplant tours’ were the main recipients of trafficked organs in the recently-exposed ‘Kosovo ring’, according to an investigative report by the British ‘Guardian’ newspaper.The Kosovo Liberation…
Israeli military announces deployment of new ‘Windbreaker’-enabled tanks along Gaza border
A new technology known as ‘Windbreaker’ shielding will be deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza border, announced an Israeli military spokesperson on Sunday.According to the website ‘Military Analysis’, “The…
U.S. Envoys Arrive In Tel Aviv To “Restart Talks”
Israeli sources reported that two senior American officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday in order to hold talks with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and Palestinian officials in Ramallah,…
Israeli Troops Invade Hospital Near Bethlehem
The Bethlehem Arab Rehabilitation Hospital reported Sunday that a group of Israeli soldiers surrounded the hospital with armored vehicles and jeeps, then invaded the Emergency Room, pointing guns at patients.The…
Teenage shepherd shot and injured by Israeli troops in Gaza
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers stationed on the northern border between Gaza and Israel shot a Palestinian shepherd, 19, who was herding his sheep and allegedly came ‘too close to the…
Egypt Uncovers Explosives Storage In The Sinai Desert
Egyptian Security sources reported Sunday that an explosives storage was located in Sheikh Zweid area, in the Sinai Desert, just 10 kilometers away from the border with Gaza. The sources…
Lebanon Complains To The UN Over Israeli Spy Devices Located in the Country
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry filed an official complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israel for implanting spy devices on Mount Sannine, in the upper Metn Region, and in…
Refugees Committee Slams The “Jordan Is Palestine” Conference
The Higher Committee for Defending the Right of Return of the Palestinian Refugees, slammed a Tel Aviv conference that calls for considering Jordan as the alternative homeland of the Palestinian…
Heading To Gaza, Asia Convoy Arrives In Turkey
The Asia solidarity convoy heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies arrived in in Turkey on Friday after it left Iran on its way to deliver humanitarian supplies…
PLC Head Calls For Releasing Political Prisoners
Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLS), Dr. Aziz Dweik of the Hamas movement, called on the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank to release all political…
Child Killed As Army Chases Fishing Boats Near Rafah Shore
A 15-year-old Palestinian child was killed on Friday evening after the Israeli Navy chased a fishing boat close to the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip;…
Israel Decides To Confiscate 50 Dunams In East Jerusalem
Head of the so-called Civil Administration Office, operating under the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, signed an order to confiscate 50 Dunams of lands that belong to Palestinian…
PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 15 civilians and 2 fighters wounded by Israeli forces
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 09 – 15 December. 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
US Congress votes to oppose declaration of Palestinian state
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to condemn recent efforts by the Palestinian Authority to achieve unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, a resolution that was cheered by the…
Mubarak Separately Meets Abbas, Mitchell
On Wednesday, Egypt’s President, Hosni Mubarak, held separate talks in Cairo with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, and discussed the means to resolve the…
In A Letter Send To Turkish PM; Likud MK Says Israel Should Have Killed All Marmara Passengers
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Member of Knesset of the Likud Party, Dani Dannon, sent a sarcastic letter to Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, telling him that Israeli…
Palestinian Health Ministry: 137 essential medicines out of stock in Gaza
According to a report released by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Monday, 137 essential medicines are completely out of stock in Gaza’s hospitals and clinics, with supplies of…
Israeli peace activists summoned by Israeli security forces
Over the last two days, several Israelis who have participated in anti-Wall demonstrations in the West Bank received calls from Israeli security officers with the Shabak (Shin Bet) intelligence service,…
Rabbi Drukman Suggests Discriminating Between “A Loyal Arab”, and “An Arab Who Hates Israel”
Rabbi Haim Druckman, regarded as a ‘moderate’ leader of religious Zionism, presented his own version of resolving the issue of not renting homes at Arabs, by suggesting that a “loyal…
Freedom Flotilla 2 To Sail To Gaza Next Spring
Freedom Flotilla 2 solidarity ships will be sailing to the Gaza Strip next spring in order to challenge Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip by delivering much needed humanitarian and…
Sheikh Salah Released After Five Months Imprisonment
The Israeli Authorities released on Monday the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, after serving a five-month sentence issued against him by an Israeli…
Netanyahu: “Israel Does Not Intend To Compensate Families Of Flotilla Victims”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied reports stating that Israel intends to pay compensation to the families of the nine Turkish peace activists who were killed when the Israeli army…
Police Demolishes Seven Homes In Lod
The Israeli Police demolished on Tuesday seven Palestinian homes in Lod city after forcing the residents out. The police claimed the structures were built without obtaining the needed construction permits.…
Bodies Of Two Fighters, Killed Saturday, Retrieved
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday that the bodies of two resistance fighters, who were killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Saturday at night, were located and…
Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Month
The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior Minister, Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in which he demanded that Palestinian detainees,…
Peace Activist Released From Israeli Prison
The Israeli Authorities released Adeeb Abu Rahma, 40, one of the leaders of the nonviolent movement against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Bil’in village near the central West Bank…
My Wish This Christmas
More than two-thousand years ago, a miracle happened in Bethlehem and the prophet of peace, love and forgiveness was born. Now Bethlehem, as well as every Palestinian city, town and…
Mitchell To Meet Netanyahu Monday
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, intends to hold a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on Monday in an attempt to push the stalled peace…
Army: “Soldier Wounded In Gaza Was Hit By Friendly Fire”
The Israeli Army stated Sunday that the soldier who was injured on Saturday at night during clashes with Palestinian fighters in Gaza, was not hit by Palestinian fire as previously…
Two Palestinian Fighters Killed, One Israeli Soldier Injured In Gaza
Israeli sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and one Israeli soldier was injured on Saturday at night when a resistance group clashed with Israeli soldiers invading an area inside…
Clinton: “U.S Committed To The Resumption Of Peace Talks”
Addressing the Saban Forum on Friday evening, U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, stated that Washington is serious about perusing a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, and for…
Arab Store Owners In East Jerusalem Forced To Write Store Names In Hebrew
The Jerusalem Municipality is trying to oblige store owners in Arab East Jerusalem neighborhoods to change the language of their store signs into Hebrew, and informed the owners that, unless…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in Weekly Protest
As Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, near Ramallah, accompanied by Israeli and international Peace activists, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, Israeli soldiers violently attacked…
Troops Kidnap Former Palestinian Minister in Jenin
Palestinian sources reported Friday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped former Minister of Detainees, Wasfy Qabha, while heading to visit his family in Barta’a village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Two Children Killed In Gaza, Several Palestinians Wounded In israeli Attacks
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip that the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning arrived at two after a wounded resident died of his woundsThe…
Three Palestinians Wounded By Army Fire In Gaza
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers, stationed at the border with the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at farmers and residents collecting wood, and wounded two of them, one seriously.Adham Abu…
PCHR Weekly Report: Two resistance fighters killed; 6 civilians wounded this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 02 – 08 December 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Israel Offers To Compensate Families Of Flotilla Victims, Refuses To Admit Guilt
The Israeli government made an offer to pay thousands of U.S. Dollars to the families of the of the nine Turkish citizens who were killed during the Israeli violent military…
Heading To Gaza, Asian Aid Convoy Arrives in Tehran
A ship organized by The Asian People’s Solidarity for Palestine, carrying 55 activists and humanitarian aid supplies arrived in Tehran while on its way to impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip.The…
Army Airstrikes Several Areas in Gaza
On Thursday at dawn, the Israeli Air Force carried out several air strikes targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.The first target was…
Israeli Security Officer Wounded After Fighters Fired Mortars Into the Western Negev
Israeli sources reported that a security guard working at a kibbutz, in the Eshkol Regional Council in the Negev, was wounded, on Wednesday, at night after Palestinian fighters fired mortars…
Jerusalem Legislator To Be Deported To The West Bank
The Jerusalem District Court decided, on Wednesday, to deport detained Jerusalem legislator, affiliated with the Hamas movement, Mohammad Abu Teir, to the West Bank. The ruling is effective immediately, the…
Gulf Leaders Support P.A. Position On Settlements
Leaders of the Arab Gulf stated that they support the stance of the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank regarding not holding talks with Israel until it…
Soldiers Demolish School, Hothouses, Near Nablus
For the second time this year, Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday morning, hothouses, removed tents and demolished a three room school, that was currently under construction, in Tana area, east…
Report: “Three Killed, 35 Wounded, By Army Fire In November”
A report on Israeli attacks against the Palestinians in November revealed that soldiers killed three Palestinians, and wounded 35, amidst ongoing soldier and settler violations against the Palestinians in the…
Hearing Begins In Case Of Palestinian Non-violent Protest Organizer
Abdullah Abu Rahme was brought to an Israeli court Monday, after completing a one year prison sentence for ‘incitement’ due to his role organizing non-violent weekly demonstrations against the Wall.…