Interpol Identifies 27th Suspect in Dubai Assassination
The International Police Agency, Interpol, managed to identify suspect number 27, believed to be involved in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, in his hotel room in Dubai…
Biden: “New Constructions in Jerusalem Undermine Peace Talks”
U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, stated that Israel’s Interior Ministry’s decision to build 1600 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem undermines the efforts to restart the Middle East peace…
Netanyahu Gives Private Talks For The Right Amount
Directly after finishing his first term as a Prime Minister (1999-2002), Benjamin Netanyahu turned into “an independent figure” who became accustomed to giving lectures and is paid millions of US…
Abu Rodeina: “By Its New Construction Orders, Israel Is Foiling Talks Before They Start”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, stated Tuesday that the Israeli decision to build 1600 units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem is a serious Israeli escalation and…
Soldiers Attempt to Strip-Search Five Palestinian Women
Five Palestinians women preferred to go home rather than heading to an Israeli prison to visit their detailed family members after Israeli soldiers stationed at a Roadblock near the central…
Imprisoned Qassam Leader Calls For Capturing More Soldiers
Abdullah Barghouthi, imprisoned leader of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that the solution to the issue of thousands of detainees imprisoned by Israel is by…
Israeli Police Kidnaps Two Children in Hebron
The Israeli Police kidnapped recently two brothers, ages 11 and 12, in Tal Romedia neighborhood, in the central of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Local sources reported that the…
Amidst US Officials visit; Netanyahu’s Government Allocates Millions For Settlements
“The Marker” Israeli newspaper reported Monday that the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to allocate dozens of millions of US Dollars for settlement activities in the occupied West…
Interpol Seeks Apprehension Of 16 More Suspected Assassins
The International Police Agency, Interpol, issued on Monday arrest warrants for 16 more persons, suspected in involvement in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at…
Palestinian Tractor Driver Arrested After Crash With Two Israeli Cars
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian tractor driver was arrested by the army after fleeing the scene following an accident with two Israeli cars near…
UN Chief To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would allow United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the EU High representative of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, into the Gaza Strip.…
Human Rights group honors Palestinian women on International Women’s Day
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement today commemorating International Women’s Day, saying “This international occasion comes at a time when Palestinian women are confronting the most severe…
Palestinian Youth Dies In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
PLO Agrees To Indirect Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to holding indirect talks with Israel, as proposed by the United States, while some PLO factions expressed rejection to such talks.Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of…
Egypt’s Navy Arrests Two Palestinian Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Sunday three Palestinian fishermen after their boat capsized near the Al Arish Egyptian Port. The fishermen were in Palestinian territorial waters when their fishing boat…
Israel Demands P.A To Stop Protests
The Israeli government sent messages to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) demanding it to act on stopping popular protests in the West Bank, and to forbid P.A officials from participating in…
Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents at the entrance of the Shufat refugee camp. Clashes were also…
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Denied Me Entry”
Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated Saturday that the Egyptian Authorities prevented him from entering the country to testify in an Egyptian court death of his brother…
Mitchell Starts Middle East Tour Saturday
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will start his Middle East tour on Saturday evening as he will be holding separate meetings with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and…
Five Killed In Crash With Israeli Military Hummer
Five Palestinian were killed on Friday evening and two others were injured when their vehicle accidentally slammed into a military hummer at the Silwad Bridge, by the entrance of Ofer…
Israeli High Court Refuses Appeal To Remove Saadat From Solitary Confinement
The Israeli High Court rejected, on Thursday, an appeal to remove the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, from his solitary confinement…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Palestinian Killed, 17 Wounded, as Army Continues Its Violations”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, issued its weekly report on the period between February 24 and March 3, revealing that the army killed one Palestinian,…
Facebook Post Leads To Cancelling Israeli Invasion
The Israeli army had to cancel an invasion into a West Bank village to kidnap Palestinians after an Israeli soldier posted on his facebook page details regarding the invasion, its…
Barcelona Tribunal: “Israel Carried Severe Violations To The International Law”
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in Barcelona, started its activities on Thursday with a criticism to the Israeli government for committing severe violations against the International Law and the…
Fayyad Meets The UN Official Holmes
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met, on Thursday, at the Ramallah Ministerial Council with John Holmes, UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and informed him…
Dahlan: “Talks With Israel, Fruitless”
Mohammad Dahlan, member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, told the Ma’an News Agency that direct or indirect peace talks with the current Israeli government, headed by Benjamin…
Fundamentalist Settlers Praise Goldstein, Celebrate His Massacre
Israeli Ynet News obtained a video showing fundamentalist Jewish settlers celebrating the memory of terrorist Dr. Baroch Goldstein, and praising his crime that targeted Muslim worshipers at the Ibrahimi mosque…
Indirect Palestinian-Israel Talks Could Resume As Early As Sunday
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Thursday, that indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks could be resumed as early as this coming Sunday. Haaretz said that U.S Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, will be…
Hamas Slams Decision To Resume Talks With Israel
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release, on Wednesday, slamming the decision to the Follow-up Committee of the Arab Peace Initiative, authoring president Mahmoud Abbas to resume indirect talks…
Gaza: The Video Game
When your are only referred to as a shape monitored by a few young soldiers, mostly 18 or 19 years old sitting in the comfort of their office, and determine…
Arab League Supports Indirect Israeli-Palestinian Talks
The Arab League expressed, on Wednesday, its support to holding indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, hoping that the stalled peace process could be renewed.Arab Foreign Ministers, convening in…
Israel Release Hamas’ Spokesperson In Tulkarem
The Israeli Authorities released, on Wednesday, Sheikh Abdullah Yassin, the spokesperson of the Hamas movement in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. Yassin was imprisoned by Israel…
Dubai Seeks Netanyahu’s Arrest
Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, stated that he would ask the state prosecutor to issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Israeli…
Jordan Imprisons Six Residents For Attempting To Enter Gaza, Fight The Army in 2009
A Jordanian Court ordered, on Tuesday, the imprisonment of six Jordanians who attempted to form an armed wing that would try to enter the Gaza Strip and carry out a…
Netanyahu & Livni Trade Accusations Over “Concessions”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, traded accusations with Israel’s opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Tivni, over what they described as “concessions made to the…
Israel “Annoyed” By Israeli Apartheid Week
The Israeli government expressed rage over the “Israeli apartheid week” which stated on Monday in universities in more than 40 cities around the world, and calls for economic and academic…
EU Commission Allocates €58 Million To Relief Palestinians in the country and in Lebanon
Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday, that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…
Abu Rodeina: “Hamas Is Not Invited To Arab Summit”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday, that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
Abu Rodeina: “Hamas Is Not Invited To Arab Summit”
Nabil Abu Rodeina, Spokesperson to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Tuesday that the Hamas movement has not been invited to the summit of the Arab League in Libya, and…
EU Commission Allocates €58 Million To Relief Palestinians in the country and in Lebanon
Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…
Israel Gathering Information On Israeli Non-violent Activists
The Israeli army started gathering information, including recording license plates, of Israeli peace activists who protest along with Palestinian and International activist against the Annexation Wall and settlements in the…
12-year-old Child To Be Prosecuted As An Adult By An Israeli Military Court
The Israeli Authorities decided to file charges against a 12-year-old Palestinian child from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after arresting him and charging him with throwing stones at…
Israelis Will Not Be Allowed In UAE
Head of the Police department in Dubai, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will prevent any Israeli from entering the country, even if they carry foreign…
Israeli Army Attacks Protest In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Thursday evening a protest organized by the Palestinian Peoplea Party and the Youth Assembly Against Settlements to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.…
Marking Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre; Hamas Calls For Intifada
As the Palestinians marked the 16th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Hamas movement issued a statement calling for a new…
Egypt Fortifies Gazan Border
Egyptian Authorities have begun the installation of bulletproof watchtowers, replacing older wooden towers, along its border with the Gaza Strip. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/egyptiansoldiers.jpg 300 0) Egyptian Authorities have begun the installation of…
P.A Security Forces Arrest Three PFLP Members in Nablus
Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested on Thursday three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the northern West Bank city of Nablus…
Egypt Started The Installation Of Fortified Iron Watchtowers
The Egyptian Authorities stated the installation of fortified iron, bulletproof, watchtowers on its border with the Gaza Strip. The watchtowers will be installed along the 13.5 kilometer border stretch with…
Irish Officials Enter Gaza
A group of Irish officials, headed by the Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning via the Rafah Border Terminal.Authorities in Gaza confirmed that…
Viva Palestina To Send Convoy To Gaza
British Legislator, George Galloway, stated that Viva Palestina is preparing to send another humanitarian aid convoy to the impoverished Gaza Strip. A large convoy of ships, from many different countries,…
German Jews To Aid Gaza
Among the groups and organizations aiding Gaza – a group of German Jews, some Holocaust survivors – plan to send a humanitarian aid ship to show support for the Gazan…
Israeli Ambassador Questioned In Australia
On Wednesday night, Australian Authorities questioned their Israeli ambassador after three Australian passport holders were added to the list of suspects involved with the assassination of a Hamas leader in…
Egyptian Forces Stop Illegal Border Crossing
This Wednesday, three Chinese men, aged 42-47, were stopped by Egyptian border police while trying to illegally enter Israel.The Egyptian patrol reportedly fired at the three while they attempted to…
26 Suspects For Al Madbouh Assassination
Dubai police stated Thursday that a total of 26 suspects, holders of different European Passports, are suspected of being involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Madbouh.Fifteen suspects…
Several Residents, Including Children, Wounded In Sheikh Jarrah
Palestinian medical sources in Jerusalem reported on Wednesday at night that several Palestinian residents, including children and women, were wounded in Sheikh Jarrah.All those injured reported unprovoked attacks from Israeli…
Hamas Leader Denies Son’s Involvement
Sheikh Hamas Yousef, senior Hamas leader, claims his son was never active in the Islamic Resistance Movement.This Wednesday, Yousef issued a statement from an Israeli Detention Camp where he is…
Fatah Visit To Gaza Delayed
The scheduled arrival of Fatah officials in Gaza has been delayed due to difficulties with the Hamas political party and Israeli authorities. Amin Maqboul, of the Fatah movement, reported surprise…
Haaretz: “Son of Hamas Leader Worked for Israeli Shin Bet For years”
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Wednesday that Mosab Hasan Yousef, the son of Hamas political leader and one of its founders, Hasan Yousef, worked for the Israeli Shin Bet “Security Service”…
Syria Apprehends A Close Friend OF Al Madbouh
The Syrian security forces apprehended Mohammad Nassar, a close associate of the assassinated Hamas leader Mohmoud Al Madbouh, on suspicion that he worked for the Israeli Mossad and provided them…
Army Opens Fire At Workers In Beit Lahia
Israeli soldiers opened fire on Wednesday morning at Palestinian workers north west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; no injuries were reported.Eyewitnesses reported that that…
Iran And The Arab Gulf Blame Israel For The Assassination of al-Madbouh
The Iranian government issued a statement officially accusing Israel of assassinating senior Hamas member Mahmoud al-Madbouh in Dubai, and said that this assassination is an act of terror.The official Iranian…
Netanyahu Blasts Abbas’ Statements Regarding “Jewish Heritage Trial”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, blasted president Mahmoud Abbas for his remarks regarding Israel’s plan to consider the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and the Bilal Mosque in Bethlehem as part…
Israeli Mail Delivery Halted Due To Explosive Mail Suspicion
The Israeli Police, in Jerusalem, had to shut down all mail deliveries throughout the country on Tuesday after what is believed to be an explosive package was located at the…
Dubai Police: “We Have Evidence That Incriminates The Mossad”
Lieutenant Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Police in Dubai, stated that the police obtained sufficient evidence that prove that the assassination of an Hamas official in Dubai was carried out…
Fighter Killed During Training In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, reported Monday, that one of its fighters was killed in what the group described as “preparing and training” accident in the…
P.A Security Forces Prevented The Firing Of Homemade Shell From West Bank
Israeli media sources reported that the security forces of president Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank prevented Hamas fighters from firing a homemade shell, manufacture by Hamas in Ramallah, and…
PPP Leader Meets Mashaal In Damascus
Secretary-general of the leftist Palestinian People Party (PPP), Bassam Salhi, met twice with Hamas Political Bureau head, Khalid Mashaal, during his visit to the Syrian capital Damascus. The talks focused…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers detained, Monday evening, four Palestinians, including three brothers, in Burin village south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus after invading the village and imposing curfew.The Ma’an…
Palestinian Dies Due To Electrocution In Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported, Monday evening, that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah.The sources…
Knesset Approves Bill To “Compensate Jewish Refugees”
The Israeli Knesset debated and passed a new bill on Monday evening to ensure compensations are paid to Jews who are “refugees” from Iran and other Arab states as part…
Al Rishiq: “Annexing Holy Sites, A New Aggression Against the Palestinians”
Izzat al-Rishiq, member of the Political Bureau of Hamas movement, stated that the Israeli decision to annex the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron and the Bilal Mosque in Bethlehem, to consider…
Sarkozy Calls For A Viable Palestinian State
During a Monday meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, stated that the objective of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians is a viable…
Israel To Claim Ibrahimi Mosque, Bilal Mosque, As Historic Jewish Sites
Bethlehem will be holding a general strike, on Tuesday, to protest the Israeli government’s decision to annex the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and the Bilal Mosque to the so-called ‘Historic…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars & Drivers Near Nablus
Right-wing Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian cars near Nablus, breaking several windshields and wounding a Palestinian doctor on Sunday.According to local news sources, the incident took place on the…
British Prime Minister: Israeli officials were part of decision to invade Iraq
In his recent testimony to the UK Committee investigating the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that Israeli officials influenced and participated in the decision by the US…
Two Palestinian Workers Wounded Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and wounded on Saturday morning two Palestinian workers near a military roadblock east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.Medical sources reported…
Three Wounded In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Saturday morning that three residents were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded an area close to the Kissufim Israeli military camp…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, wound 5 over the last week
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights’ Weekly Report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian Territories, during the week of February 10 – 17, 2010, Israeli…
Nine German Physicians Arrive In the West Bank To Perform Delicate Surgeries
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that nine physicians, including a professor in medicine, arrived in the central West Bank city of Ramallah to perform delicate surgeries. Omar al-Nasr, head of the…
Nablus Fighter Dies From Wounds Suffered In 2002
Palestinian sources reported, Thursday, that a fighter died at hospital in Berlin, Germany from wounds suffered during an attack targeting Alon Moreh settlement near the northern West Bank city of…
Bedouin Youth Killed During Scuffle With Russian Jews In The Negev
A Bedouin youth was killed, on Wednesday at night, and another youth was seriously wounded during a scuffle that took place between Bedouins and a group of Russian Jews in…
3.5 Tons Of Explosives Located Near Gaza Border
A senior Egyptian security source reported, on Thursday, evening that the Egyptian Border Police located, and confiscated, 3.5 Tons of explosives near the border area in Rafah. The explosives were…
Egypt Objects To Hamas’ Participation In Arab Summit
Egyptian media sources reported that Cairo informed the authorities in Libya that it objects to the participation of the Hamas movement in the upcoming Arab Summit March 27 in Tripoli.…
New Excavations Under the Walls Of Jerusalem’s Old City
The al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage reported that the Israeli authorities started new excavations under the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The foundation stated that most of…
Palestinian Child Wounded By Settlers in Hebron
A group of fundamentalist settlers attacked a Palestinian child in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday, causing concussion and bruises that required hospitalization.Local sources reported that the…
Awad: “Reconstruction Donations Never Reached Gaza”
Dr. Mohammad Awad, secretary-general of the Council of Ministers at the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, stated that the promised Arab and international aid donations, allocated for rebuilding the Gaza Strip,…
Al-Qassam Vows Retaliation For The Assassination Of al-Madbouh
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, vowed retaliation for the assassination of Mahmoud al-Madbouh, who was killed in Dubai, and said that the response…
Two Soldiers Wounded By Settlers In Yitzhar Settlement
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that a border-guard officer and an Israeli soldier were lightly wounded on Wednesday after a group of young Jewish settlers from the Yitzhar settlement, in the…
Hamas To Release 20 Fateh Prisoners
Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, stated Wednesday that his government would release 20 Fateh political prisoners as a gesture of good will towards the…
New Details On Al Madbouh Assassination Could Lead To Crisis With Israel
The ongoing investigation conducted by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, revealed that Israeli agents used European passports, while…
Two African Immigrants Wounded by Egyptian Fire
Egyptian security sources reported Wednesday that two African immigrants were wounded by Egyptian border policemen, and three others were detained during two attempts to infiltrate into Israel seeking work.The men…
Israeli Prime Minister Plans ‘Zionist Heritage’ Trail Through Palestinian Land
After a recent speech to a Zionist conference in Tel Aviv extolling the importance of building ‘heritage sites’ and other projects connecting Jews around the world to the Zionist program,…
Arab Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza
A group of Arab parliamentarians managed to cross into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a visit of solidarity with the Palestinian people living in the besieged, war-torn, and devastated…
Dubai Police Releases Details on Persons Involved In Assassinating Hamas Leader
The police department in Dubai released on Monday significant details regarding the cell that carried out the assassination of Qassam Brigades leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh at a hotel in the…
US Denies Backing Down On Settlement Issue
In a visit to the Arab Gulf state of Qatar Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US has not backed down on demanding that Israel end…
British Journalist Detained In Gaza
Palestinian and British sources confirmed that a British documentary director was arrested by the Hamas controlled security forces after he arrived at a Gaza court to testify in a law…
Arab Parliamentarians In Gaza Monday
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) reported that 26 Arab Parliamentarians from different countries will visit, Monday, to express solidarity with the residents of the war-torn & impoverished region. The…
Child Wounded By Israeli Fire In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday evening that a Palestinian child suffered moderate wounds after the Israeli army bombarded a number of homes in the Juhr…
Husseini: “I Was Framed; Tape Was Dubbed To Blackmail Me”
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, a top aide to president Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, stated at a Sunday evening press conference in Ramallah, that the “sex tape scandal” against him was dubbed,…
Gaza Children Suffer Psychological Issues Due To War
Fadel Abu Hayyin, head of the Psychological Program at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that more than 100.000 Palestinian children in Gaza are suffering from different psychological…