U.S. to Israel: OK to Continue Building Settlements
After several months of attempted negotiations with Israel to try to push them to comply with international law and signed agreements, the U.S. government announced, Tuesday, that it is abandoning…
Israeli Man Missing In Jericho
The Ma’an News Agency reported that an Israeli man went missing on Monday evening, near Nabi Mousa area, near Jericho, and that the Israeli army has declared the area as…
Israeli Troops Surround Mosque, Question Worshipers
According to local sources, Israeli forces entered a town south of Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank, and surrounded a mosque where Palestinians were praying, preventing people from leaving and…
PCHR Condemns Shutdown of Peaceful Assembly and Arrest of 16 Participants by the Palestinian Police
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has condemned the shutting down of a peaceful assembly and the arrest of 16 participants by the Palestinian police. The peaceful assembly was…
Carmel Fires Contained, 41 Dead and 50,000 Dunams of Land Burnt
On Sunday evening, after approximately 77 hours of battling the fire, firefighters have finally been able to contain the fires in the Carmel after it consumed 50,000 dunams of land.…
Israel Approves The Construction Of 846 Settlement Units In Jerusalem
A report prepared and published by the National Bureau For Protecting the Land and Countering Settlements, revealed that the Israeli government approved the construction of 846 units in Jewish settlements…
Wikileaks documents: Israel’s ‘security concerns’ often clash with US interests
Among the revelations revealed by the US diplomatic cables released last week are a number of discussions between Israeli and US diplomats. In one such leaked conversation, an Israeli official…
Netanyahu Thanks Abbas For Palestinian Firefighters Help
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, received on Friday a phone call from Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for sending Palestinian firefighters to help in controlling the fires in the north of…
Report: “280 Palestinians, Including 43 Children and Three Women, Kidnapped In November”
The Higher Committee for Supporting the Detainees stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped in November 280 Palestinians, including 43 children and three women, in several areas in the occupied West Bank…
Israeli And International Firefighters Continue To Combat Wildfires
Despite ongoing efforts of Israeli and international firefighters and rescue teams, fires continue to consume more areas in the Carmel while also spreading to Jerusalem Forrest, and to an area…
Efforts Continue As Fires Spread
Firefighters continued their efforts to control the fires in Haifa; more firemen were injured due to smoke inhalation while the fires reached Ein Hoad and Nir Tzion areas.The Israeli Police…
As Fires Continue To Consume More Areas in Haifa, Extremists Torch Islamic Graveyard
The Al Aqsa Foundation told the Maan News Agency that a group of Jewish extremists torched the Al Qassam Graveyard in Haifa under the guise of the ongoing fires that…
Abbas Threatens To Dissolve P.A
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, threatened to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and the self-rule government in the occupied territories should Israel fail to stop all of its settlement activities. Abbas added…
Controlling Carmel Fire Could Take At Least Several Days
As the fires continue to consume more areas in Al Karmel, and with 41 residents dead, 14.000 evacuated from their homes, and more than 20.000 Dunams burnt, Israeli sources stated…
Female Detainees Safely Moved Out Of Al Damoun Prison
Amin Shooman, head of the Higher Committee for West Bank Detainees imprisoned by Israel, stated that all female detainees imprisoned at the Al Damoun Israeli prison were evacuated to the…
Army Shells Khan Younis
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers shelled on Thursday evening a number of homes east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
PCHR Weekly Report:13 wounded, 8 abducted; mosque and 3 shops demolished
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 Nov. – 01 Dec. 2010, The Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchard near Nablus
Israeli settlers torched on Thursday evening Palestinian Olive Orchards near the Homesh evacuated settlement, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Douglas, in charge of settlements file…
Fires In Haifa Continue, 40 Dead, 13.000 Evacuated
40 persons died on Thursday, dozens were injured and at least 13.000 were evacuated in Haifa and other areas north of the country as huge fires continued to spread across…
Israel Arrests Man Believed To Be Collaborating With Hamas
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Security Forces have recently detained an Arab man from al-Fredees Arab village, north of the country, who is suspected to be collaborating with the…
Haniyya: “We Will Accept Any Referendum That Includes All Palestinians”
During a meeting with international reporters working in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister of the dissolved government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated that his government will accept the results of…
Israel Approves Construction Of 625 Units In East Jerusalem
The Israeli government approved, on Wednesday, evening the construction of additional 625 units in Pisgat Zeev settlement in occupied East Jerusalem. The so called Regional Construction Committee decided to approve…
Troops Kidnap Elected Legislator In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, legislator Sheikh Khalil Nayef Rajoub, after breaking into his home and searching it. His family stated that soldiers surrounded their home located west…
JCSER: “Israeli Police Used Dogs In Attacking Homeowners In Jerusalem”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights in Jerusalem (JCSER) reported that Israeli policemen used dogs during their Tuesday attack against Palestinian homeowners as the police attacked their homes…
Abbas: “We Are Ready For Real Peace, We Demand A Fully Independent State”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday that the Palestinians are ready for real and comprehensive peace with Israel, but will not accept a temporary solution as they demand the implementation…
Wikileaks: “Suleiman Recruited Agents in Syria and Iraq To Counter Iranian Influence”
According to released Wikileaks cables, Egypt’s Security Chief, Omar Suleiman, had his intelligence officers recruit agents in Syria and in Iraq in an attempt to counter the increasing Iranian influence…
Palestinian Woman Abducted While Visiting Detained Brother
Palestinian sources reported that resident Miriam al-Hour was abducted by the Israeli soldiers, on Monday, while visiting her detained brother, Jamal al-Hour, at the Nafha Israeli prison. Jamal al-Hour is…
Palestinian Home Demolished In Jerusalem, Clashes Reported
Clashes were reported between dozens of Palestinian residents and Israeli policemen after the Jerusalem municipality demolished a Palestinian home in al-Isawiyya, in occupied East Jerusalem. Local sources reported that dozens…
Abbas To UN: Settlements a ‘Time Bomb”
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a UN Speech marking the International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinians, that Israel’s settlements are a ticking time bomb that is capable of…
Al-Maqdese Concludes Comprehensive Report On Israel’s Violations In Jerusalem
The al-Maqdese Society for Development concluded, recently, a comprehensive report on Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem, and revealed that since Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967, the Israeli authorities…
Gendelman: “Israel Will Continue To Construct in Jerusalem”
“Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, we will continue to build and no freeze order ever applies to the city.” These are the words of Ofir Gendelman, Arabic Affairs…
Golan Leaders Disown Likud MK Ayyoub Qarra
During a meeting led by dozens of Druze figures in the occupied Golan Heights, social and religious leaders and residents declared that they disown Member of Knesset Ayyoub Qarra of…
Fighters Fire Mortars At Invading Troops In Gaza
The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Monday morning for firing mortars at Israeli troops invaded an area, east of Beit Hanoun in the northern…
Hamas Prevents Two Fatah Leaders From Entering Gaza
The Palestinian Security Forces operating under the dissolved Hamas led government in the Gaza Strip, prevented, on Sunday, two Fatah leaders, sent by President Mahmoud Abbas to hold talks with…
Washington To PA; “Don’t Over React Over WikiLeaks Documents
After some documents regarding the U.S. Palestinian relations and alleged plans prepared by Washington to foil Palestinian reconciliation attempts, the White House told the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas…
Officer Who Shot American Activist In Her Eye Exonerated
The Israeli District Police in the Occupied West Bank exonerated an Israeli Army officer who shot an American peace activist in her eye during a protest at the Qalandia terminal,…
Two Detainees In Israeli Prisons Start Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Sheikh Jamal Abu Al Haija, 52, from the Jenin refugee camp, and detainee Ahed Abu Ghalama, 42, from Beit…
Hamas Prisoners In Jericho Start Hunger Strike
Political prisoners of the Hamas movement, imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas, at the Jericho Prison, started an open-ended hunger strike in protest to what they called “cruel…
17 Palestinians Wounded After Their Vehicle Was Chased By Army Near Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported, Saturday evening, that 17 Palestinian workers were wounded near the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit after their vehicle flipped over as the army was…
European Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza
The Borders Authority in Gaza reported late on Friday at night that European Parliamentarians made it into Gaza on Friday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt.…
Britain To Act Against Arrest Warrants Targeting Israeli Officials
The Jewish Chronicle reported that the United Kingdom will be taking measures meant to prevent British courts from issuing arrest warrants against Israeli military and political leaders accused of committing…
PCHR Report: Two killed, 18 wounded by Israeli forces during last two weeks
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the period from 11 – 24 November 2010, a…
Hamas Fighter Killed By Own Gun In Gaza
A fighter of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, was killed, on Thursday evening, when he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun in Jabalia refugee…
“Road To Hope” Humanitarian Convoy Arrives In Gaza
The humanitarian “Road To Hope” convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, carrying 30 vehicles filled with aid and 101 humanitarian aid workers, including eight who survived the Israeli…
Army Demolishes Ten Structures In the West Bank
The Arabs48 News Website reported that Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday, ten structures in two areas in the occupied West Bank, mainly in a village in the northern area of…
Physically Challenged Child Wounded After Soldiers Pushed Her Mother While Carrying Her
The Research and Documentation Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights reported that a 4-year-old child was wounded two weeks ago after Israeli soldiers pushed her mother…
Palestinian Child Hospitalized After Being Violently Attacked By Israeli Policemen
A 7-year-old Palestinian child from Silwan neighborhood, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, was hospitalized Wednesday, after a number of Israeli policemen violently attacked, kicked and…
Extremists Attack Jordan Embassy Employees In Tel Aviv
An official Jordanian source reported Wednesday that a number Israeli extremists attacked on Tuesday at night two employees working at the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv. The Al Ghad Jordanian…
Scandinavian funds divest from companies involved in occupation of Palestinian land
Activists with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (http://www.bdsmovement.net) claimed another victory on Wednesday as Swedish and Norwegian pension funds announced their divestment from companies doing business in Israeli settlements…
Army Fires Missile At Motorcycle Rider in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army fired a missile at a motor cycle rider in Al Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City; damage was reported, no injuries. Eyewitnesses…
Army Levels Bedouin Structures In the Northern Plains
Israeli army bulldozers, accompanied by dozens of armored vehicles, leveled dozens of structures, including homes and structures for livestock in the Jiftlik area, in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, in…
Bomb Thrown At Hadarim Prison
After unknown persons hurled a bomb at the Hadarim Israeli prison, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, held, on Wednesday, the Israeli government responsible for what he described as an…
Israeli Knesset Passes Referendum Bill
With a majority of 65 votes in favor and 33 opposing, the Israeli Knesset passed the Referendum Bill in the second and third readings, thus requiring a public majority referendum…
Explosive Charge Detonated In Front Of Home In Central Gaza
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that an explosive charge was placed and detonated by unknown gunmen in front of a home in al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza.…
Palestinian Youth Wounded By Army Fire Near Hebron
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday, that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire in an area south of Hebron, in the southern part of the West…
U.S. State Dept. Report: Religious Freedom Under Attack in Israel
A new report by the U.S. State Department documents a rise in religious violence and state-sponsored discrimination over the last year. The report specifically mentions right-wing Haredi Jewish groups, and…
In Beit Ummar, Israeli Forces Attack Non-Violent Protest; 6 Abducted
Just days after Israeli troops oversaw the bulldozing of Palestinian homes and farmland in Beit Ummar village to make way for the expansion of an Israeli Jewish-only settlement, Palestinians, internationals…
Israel Harbors Fugitive, Wanted For War Crimes in Colombia
International fugitive, arms trader and death squad leader, Yair Klein, has arrived in Israel a free man, despite warrants for his arrest in Colombia for training the death squads of…
Son of Settler Leader Found Guilty of Severely Beating And Dragging Palestinian Child Behind Tractor
One of a group of Israeli settlers who beat a 15-year old Palestinian boy, then tied him to a tractor and dragged him across rocky pavement, has been convicted of…
Palestinian Non-Violent Organizer Released From Prison After One Month Without Charges
Eyad Jamil al-Alami, of Beit Ummar village, in the southern West Bank, has been released from an Israeli detention camp after serving more than a month without any charges.Originally Israeli…
Group Reportedly Linked To Al-Qaida Vows To Avenge Two Gunmen
A group known as the Ansar al-Sunna, a fundamentalist group that rivals the Hamas movement in Gaza, published a 30-second recording in Hebrew vowing to avenge the death of two…
Website Removed After Publishing List of Israeli Military Officials Dubbed As War Criminals
A website that placed pictures, names and personal information of some 200 Israeli soldiers, topped by Israeli Army Chief of Staff, all dubbed by the publisher as war criminals, was…
Fighters Fire RPG Shell At Israeli Military Vehicle Near Gaza Border
Palestinian medical sources reported, Thursday, that a resident was wounded by Israeli military fire near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after a resistance group fired…
Boycott Campaign Chalks Up Small Victory As Israeli Company Ends Endorsement Of Israeli Military
The worldwide campaign to boycott Israel to pressure the country to end its apartheid system has claimed a small victory, after Israel’s largest food chain, Strauss Foods, removed from its…
Shin Bet Torture ‘Investigator’ Moved to Israeli Justice Department
The Israeli secret service, or Shin Bet, has always depended on ‘internal investigations’ to respond to allegations of torture and mistreatment. Now, the Shin Bet officer in charge of complaints…
Israeli Army Abducts A Resident Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday evening, a Palestinian youth after breaking into his home in Madama village, south of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank. The army claimed…
Crowley: “Peace Agreement Needs More Than A Year”
U.S. State Department Spokesperson, Philip J. Crowley, stated that Washington still believes that a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is possible, but added that such a deal requires…
Israeli Education Students Refuse Participate In An Educational Project In Ariel Settlement
A number of Israeli Education students, studying at the Beit Berl Israeli College, informed the College administration that they refuse to hold their final project at an educational institution located…
Zahhar Denies Claims That Hamas Planned Assassination Of Nablus Governor
Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, denied claims reportedly made by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in which he claimed that Hamas planned the assassination…
Two Brothers, Members Of the Army of Islam, Killed By Army Airstrike In Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday evening that two brothers, members of the Army of Islam, were killed were the Israeli Air Force targeted their vehicle in al-Wihda Street, in the…
P.A. Forces Arrest “Cell” Believed To Be Planning To Assassinate Nablus Governor, Bombings
The Pal-Home news website reported, Wednesday, that senior Palestinian security sources announced the arrest of a cell, reportedly affiliated with the Hamas movement, and that cell members were planning to…
Israel Asks Egypt To Release A Spy In Exchange For Egyptian Detainees
An Israeli official presented an offer to Egypt to release a spy detained by Cairo in exchange for releasing a number of Egyptian detainees.The offer was presented by Ayyoub al-Qarra,…
Detained Palestinian Legislator Released
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Wednesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities released, on Tuesday evening, one of the detained Palestinian Legislators, from the Tubas district in the central…
Israel “Pardons” 75 Fatah Fighters
In a step that was considered by Israel as an act of good will towards Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel pardoned 75 Palestinians wanted by its army and security forces.The…
Zionists Attack Meeting of Jewish Peace Group in California; 2 Injured
A meeting of the left-wing advocacy group ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ in San Francisco Sunday was attacked by right-wing Zionists from ‘SF Voice for Israel’ who, wrapped in an Israeli…
Settlement Petitioned Government In 2001 To Avoid Paying Taxes, Saying It Was Not Part Of Israel
In contrast with its claims in recent months that it is part of the state of Israel and should be treated as such, the municipal government of the settlement of…
Israeli Deputy PM: Wall Should Become Official Border For Israel
Verifying the fears that Palestinians have voiced for years (which have constantly been denied by Israel), Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor told an interviewer with Ha’aretz newspaper that Israel plans…
Settlers Burn Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist Jewish settlers torched, on Sunday, at least 200 Palestinian olive trees that belong to residents of Salem village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…
U.S. Government Offers Israel $3 Billion Weapons Deal In Exchange For 3-month Settlement Freeze
After US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with the Israeli Prime Minister on Friday, the US set out an offer of additional military assistance to Israel in exchange for…
Erekat: “We Will Seek U.S. Recognition Of A Palestinian State”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Friday, that should the United States fail in obliging Israel to halt its settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and in occupied…
Carter: “Hamas Agrees To Allow Shalit To Send A Message To His Family”
Former American President, Jimmy Carter, stated during an interview with al-Jazeera on Friday, that the Hamas movement agreed to allow the captured prisoner of war, Gilad Shalit, held by three…
Jerusalem Municipality Weighs Plans To Build 130 Units in East Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Municipality is weighing plans for the construction of 130 units in the areas located between Beit Safafa and Gilo settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli sources reported. The…
PCHR Weekly Report: Three civilians wounded; 18 abducted, including 6 children
During the last week, from November 4th to 10th, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights documented numerous violations of human rights by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which…
Traffic Accident in Jordan Leaves One Israeli Dead And 10 Wounded
Israeli sources reported Thursday that one Israeli tourist was killed and ten others were wounded in a traffic accident that took place in Jordan.The accident took place when a bus…
Egyptian Flags “Made In Israel”
An Egyptian paper reported that it managed to obtain documents from the Egyptian ministry of Trade and Finance revealing that a number of Egyptian businessmen imported Egyptian flags that were…
Hamas In Gaza Refuses To Authorize Arafat’s Commemoration Ceremonies
The Fatah movement reported that its request to be allowed to hold a public ceremony commemorating the late President, Yasser Arafat, was rejected by the Hamas police in Gaza City.…
Two Officers Feared Dead As Israeli Jet Crashes In The Negev
Israeli sources reported, Wednesday, that rescue teams are now searching for an Israeli Air Force pilot and his navigator after their fighter-jet (F-16I) crashed in a canyon in the Negev…
Army Invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and searched the home of a local organizer of nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall.…
Crowley Reaffirms Obama’s Stance Against New Settlement Construction In Jerusalem
State Department Spokesperson, Philip J. Crowley, reaffirmed the stance of American President, Barack Obama, against the new Israeli plan to build hundreds of units for Jewish settlers in occupied East…
Hamas: “Israel Seeking Failure Of Palestinian Unity Talks”
The Hamas movement issued a press release slamming the kidnapping of the secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Mahmoud al-Ramahi, and stated that, by the ongoing arrests and the…
Palestinian Worker Wounded By Army Fire In Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday morning that a worker was wounded by Israeli military fire while working near Beit Hanoun terminal (Erez) in the northern part of the Gaza…
Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians, Including PLC official, In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians, including the assistant secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), in the occupied West Bank. Mahmoud al-Ramahi, assistant secretary-general of the…
Ashton Concerned About Israel’s Plan To Build 1,300 Settlement Units In East Jerusalem
European Union Higher Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, stated that she is ‘extremely concerned” by Israel’s new plan to build 1,300 units for Jewish settlers in…
Fatah-Hamas Meeting To Resume Wednesday
Officials of the rival Fatah and Hamas movement ended their meeting in Damascus, late on Tuesday night, without declaring the outcome of the talks, but announced that they will be…
LRC: “Israel Carried Out 35 Attacks Against The Palestinians In East Jerusalem In October”
The Land Research Center (LRC) reported that the Israeli Authorities, the police and the army carried out 35 attacks against the residents and their property in occupied East Jerusalem in…
Activists Disrupt Netanyahu’s Speech In New Orleans
As Israeli Prime Minister was addressing the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations in North America, in New Orleans, on Tuesday, several activists disrupted his talk at least four times…
Hamdan: “Damascus Meeting Will Not Resolve All Issues”
Hamas political leader, Usama Hamdan, stated that the Tuesday meeting in Damascus between the Palestinian factions will not resolve all issues regarding internal reconciliation and the security file, but will…
Erekat: “Netanyahu Determined To Destroy Talks”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, accused Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of acting in a way that is meant to foil peace talks and hinder the chances of a…
Maliki Holds Israel Responsible For Obstruction Of Talks
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, stated during his Monday meeting in Ramallah with his Slovenian counterpart, Samuel Zbogar, that Israel is responsible for the obstruction of peace talks, especially due…
Haaretz: No More ‘Wanted’ Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Monday morning that. for the first time since the beginning of the second Intifada in late September 2000, army records indicate that there are no more…