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Two Palestinian civilians were injured another two arrested by Israeli soldiers during the weekly anti wall protest in al-Ma’ssara village near Bethlehem, southern West Bank. Villagers, along with international and…
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Saturday at night that a Jewish settler rammed his vehicle into a mother and her two girls in Al Jab’a village near Bethlehem, and…
At least around 150 villagers along with Israelis and Palestinians gathered on Friday in the village of Al Ma’ssara, southern West Bank and protest the Israel wall.Al Ma’ssara village conducts…
Israeli troops detained on Tuesday three Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions targeting West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported homes raids and invasions at the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, southern…
International and Israeli supporters joined the villagers of Al Ma’ssara, Al Walaja and, for the first time, Wad Rahal near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, in the weekly…
Israeli troops injured three Palestinian civilians and detained three others on Thursday during an anti wall protest at Al Walaja village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. At…
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that seven residents, including a reporter, were wounded after the Israeli Army opened fire at a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Beit Jala…
On Friday midday the residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest the Israeli-built wall on their lands. International and Israeli supporters joined the…
A number of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation and one child was detained by soldiers when they attacked anti wall protest at the Wallajeh village…
In 2001 the outpost of Derech Ha’avot was established on lands owned by Palestinian villagers from Al Khadir, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. On September 28, 2008…
Residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest on Friday midday the Israeli-built wall on their lands. Villagers, joined by International and Israeli supporters…
Two Palestinian civilians were injured, one international peace activist detained on Thursday as Israeli troops used batons to suppress wall construction protesters at the town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem…
Recent construction in the Har Homa settlement in the occupied West Bank. Forced by Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, the US president delivers a ‘rare rebuke’ of an ally. Israeli…
Israeli military demolished three houses in the West Bank on Wednesday in Al-Khader and Beit Sahour near Bethlehem and the village of Hares near Salfit.Israeli bulldozers demolished a house that…
Residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest on Friday midday the Israeli-built wall on their lands. The Israeli military invaded on Thursday Al…
Two Palestinian youth were injured on Thursday by Israeli troops during clashes that erupted in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops stormed the Dheisheh camp for Palestinian Refugees…
Hundreds of Palestinian Christians at the southern West Bank town of Biet Sahour near Bethlehem marked Holy Saturday. The festivities started as scout bands played music and marched throughout the…
One international supporter detained by Israeli troops, three journalists were injured and cars damaged by military fire at the weekly anti wall protest at Al Ma’ssara village near the southern…
On Tuesday, hundreds of women with their children, nearly 300 high school students, many university students, and teachers joined farmers and activists at the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem,…
Israeli troops used tear gas and rubber-coated-steel bullets to suppress a protest at the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday. The protest today was organized in commemoration of…
Fifteen people, including two journalists, were detained by Israeli troops and police officers when the police attacked a Palm Sunday protest near Bethlehem. Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters,…
Residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest on Friday midday the Israeli-built wall on their lands. Villagers were joined by International and Israeli…
The Israeli military released on Tuesday at dawn Omer Aladdin from the village of Al Ma’ssara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Aladdin was detained by Israeli troops…
Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested, the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands, on Friday.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…
Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested on Friday the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…
Palestinians along with international and Israeli supporters replanted trees on Thursday at the town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem city southern West Bank. A dozen people armed only with pick…
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detainee Irena Sarahna from Ukraine, and married to a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, was officially informed by the…
The Israeli government approved 112 new housing units to be built in a settlement in southern West Bank. The Israeli environment minister told the army radio that the government approved…
Following midday prayers, the villagers of al-Ma’sara marched, in their weekly tradition, towards the construction site of the separation wall, that annexes them from their farmlands.The villagers were joined by…
Residents of Beit Jala town, southern West Bank, along with Israeli and international supporters chained themselves to olive tree in protest of the Israeli built wall on their land.At around…
The Israeli army invaded Mazin Qumsiyeh’s neighborhood in Beit Sahour, a suburb of Bethlehem, on 2 March in the night, waking up his mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked…
Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday morning, home and land owners from Beit Jala town, near Bethlehem southern West Bank, when they protested the destruction of their land to build a new…
Israeli troops started, on Tuesday, to build a new section of the Wall at the town of Beit Jala located in southern West Bank near Bethlehem city.Amy bulldozers arrived at…
Despite recent storms in the Bethlehem area, protest was held at the site of the former military base of Osh Ghrab, east of the town of Beit Sahour. The protest…
Following an incursion into the village of al-Ma’sara, at 2 a.m. Friday morning, the villagers of al-Ma’sara marched towards the construction site of the Israeli built wall that annexes their…
Israeli troops fired tear gas and concussion grenades on Sunday midday at a Mass held by residents of Beit Sahour, a city neighboring Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/dsc_0151.jpg…
Israeli Forces aggressively dispersed a peaceful demonstration of Palestinians protesting the construction of the Israeli apartheid wall through their land at Al Ma’sara village near Bethlehem city on Friday afternoon.…
The Israeli military handed out on Wednesday demolition orders against homes in the village of Al Khader near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. One the homes are located…
Israeli soldiers attacked anti-wall protesters on Friday near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem using tear gas and sound bombs. This Friday, villagers from al Ma’ssara along with international…
Following the beginning of construction of a new watchtower at the site of the former military base, this week, residents of Beit Sahour and international volunteers gathered at the surrounding…
Four Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by the Israeli military during invasions targeting the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources said that troops stormed down town Bethlehem…
This morning, Thursday, February 11th, a group of residents from the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, arrived at the former military base, Osh Grab, to discover that excavation of…
Members of the town of Beit Sahour, along with members of the international community, protested at the site of former military base Osh Grab, on Wednesday, against work carried out…
The weekly demonstration against the construction of the annexation wall on Palestinian land, ended with no clashes with the Israeli military, in the West Bank village of al-Ma’sara.After Friday prayers,…
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, visited the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, today and held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud…
The Israeli military prevented, on Monday, Palestinian farmers and their international supporters from planting olive trees near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.Farmers from Jeb Al-Theeb area , near…
Israeli sources reported, Sunday, that the head of the Etzion Brigades of the Israeli army informed the Committee for a Jewish Shdemah that they intend to reoccupy the military camp…
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a Tuesday morning invasion targeting the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Witnesses said that soldiers stormed downtown area inBethlehem, then searched the…
Today in al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, the weekly non-violent demonstration started at the village mosque and marched towards the land where Israel is building their separation wall. This wall is built…
After last night’s military incursion into the village of al-Ma’sara, central West Bank, the weekly, non-violent protest continued as usual.The protests in al-Ma’sara have occurred every Friday for the last…
Scores flocked on Wednesday to the Manger Square in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem celebrating Christmas according to the Gregorian calender. As the Greek Orthodox Church leader, Patriarch…
Palestinian medics and firefighters rushed to an area near Tiqua’ village, in the Bethlehem District, to rescue a group of Jewish settlers after a mechanical error set their bus ablaze,…
13 members of the Greek Orthodox church in Palestine will boycott the Patriarch over accusations of leasing land to an Israeli development company.With the Greek Orthodox Christmas approaching on January…
Residents of the Bethlehem area, West Bank, gather to commemorate those lost in last years Gaza War and stand in solidarity with those still living under seige.At 4:30 this afternoon…
I have witnessed with my own eyes how is made the decline of human beings in savage beasts…I am a son of a refugee, living in Aida refugee camp…Aida, a…
Families, church officials and government figures marked on Thursday the start of the Christmas festivities in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. As is the case every year Boy…
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, toured the Bethlehem district , southern West Bank, on Sunday, marking the start of Christmas celebrations. In the town of Beit Jala, Fayyad was…
Unlike previous years, the Palestinian Authority decided that all policemen and security personnel who would be deployed in Bethlehem during Christmas will be from the Bethlehem district.Usually the Palestinian Authority…
The city of Beit Sahour, known as the Shepherds Field where, according to the Bible, the angel appeared to the Shepherded and asked them to follow the star to Bethlehem,…
A group of Palestinian Christian leaders released a document on Friday calling on Christians around the world to join them in calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of…
Former political prisoner and Christian peace activist from Beit Sahour, Ayman Abu Aita, has threatened to file a lawsuit against filmmaker Sacha Baron Cohen for misrepresenting him as a ‘terrorist’…
Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, stated in an interview with the Globe newspaper, based in Joplin Missouri in the United States, that peace starts in Bethlehem, the city of Nativity and…
Villagers from Al Ma’sara, southern West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters staged a protest against the Israeli wall on Friday. Israeli troops spread barb wire across the…
Israeli government officials gave the final approval on Tuesday to a plan that will expand the ‘Gilo’ settlement, near Bethlehem, by 900 units. Gilo, like all Israeli settlements constructed on…
The villagers of the Al-Ma’sara near Bethlehem, southern West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters protested the Israeli wall on Friday. The protesters raised Palestinian flags and banners…
Israeli sources reported on Saturday at night that four Israeli settlers mistakenly drove into the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and were transported by the Palestinian police to the Israeli…
The Sabeel ecumenical grassroots liberation theology movement is organizing a conference in Beit Sahour city, near Bethlehem, bringing together Muslim and Christian intellectuals to discuss Christian Zionism, an issue of…
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that Tourism Minister, Basem Khoury, resigned from his post, and that Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, accepted his resignation.Khoury submitted his resignation last week to…
Hundreds of Palestinians held a nonviolent protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with the participation of international supporters and international Christian groups, and peace activist who came to…
While American officials continue to claim that the mission of US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is by no means over, and that he will still pursue his efforts to…
Israeli army troops invaded Al Shawawra village east of Bethlehem on Saturday at dawn and kidnapped two Hamas activists, local sources reported. A number of Israeli soldiers accompanied by military…
A number of internationals, Israeli peace activists and Palestinian villagers marched after the Friday prayers in Al-Ma’sara village near Bethlehem, in a nonviolent protest against the annexation wall being built…
A number of Israeli vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning and attempted to raid the municipality of the nearby Al Walaja village, local sources reported.…
The Israeli army troops kidnapped one Palestinian civilian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Saturday morning, Palestinian sources reported.Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military vehicles drove into…
International action groups joined local villagers at Al-Ma’sara on Friday in a non-violent protest against the building of the wall ont he village’s land. Close to a hundred of the…
A group of fifty internationals, peace activists and non-violent protesters marched in protest against the illegal wall on Friday midday at al Khader village located near Bethlehem. IMEMC’s correspondents reported…
The Israeli army invaded Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem on Thursday dawn, shooting two civilians and kidnapping five others. Eye witnesses reported that a large Israeli army force entered the…
The Israeli army invaded Deheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem early Wednesday, and injured an unarmed Palestinian boy. Eye witnesses reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the…
Local sources reported on Saturday that the Israeli army erected a military roadblock in Jinata village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and kidnapped a civilian from the…
A group of 150 non violent protesters marched in protest against the illegal wall on Friday midday at al Khader village nearby the West Bank city of Bethlehem. IMEMC’s correspondents…
Local sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the weekly non-violent protest at al Ma'sara village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday midday. A group of…
The Israeli army kidnapped a Palestinian girl from Al Khader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday morning.The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the Israeli troops kidnapped…
Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinian and International worshippers who were holding a prayer service at Ush Ghrab park in Beit Sahour Wednesday evening. As the mass started, the settlers, who organized…
The Israeli army invaded Za'tara, Fredes, and Beit Tumar villages in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and imposed curfew. Local sources reported that a huge Israeli military force invaded…
Local sources reported that a number of Palestinian children were injured during a non violent protest against the illegal wall in Al Ma'sara village near by the West Bank city…
Around 70 Israeli settlers invaded Osh Ghrab park in Beit Sahour Wednesday evening and forced international and local volunteers to stop the painting work that they were doing in the…
A group of 200 non violent protesters marched in protest against the illegal wall on Friday midday at al Khader village nearby the West Bank city of Bethlehem. IMEMC’s correspondents…
30 Israeli settlers invaded Esh Ghrab Park in the town of Beit Sahour nearby Bethlehem on Friday midday.IMEMC's Ghassan Bannoura from the scene reported that 30 Israeli settlers accompanied by…
About fifty members of the Palestinian Prisons Society met nearby the Red Cross headquarters in Bethlehem at 11 am on Thursday. The Society meets once or twice a month to…
The Israeli army invaded Faggar village in the southern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday and confiscated equipment from 45 stone quarries in the area.…
The Israeli army invaded Al Maniya village in the southeastern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday and kidnapped a civilian. 6 Israeli military vehicles invaded…
The Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinians from Husan village, western the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday at dawn. Local sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded…
The Israeli army has erected on Wednesday morning a military checkpoint at the entrance of Al Shawawra village north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ended a visit to Bethlehem where he, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad headed a Palestinian-British Business meeting attended by a number of…
Close to a hundred Palestinians from the village of Al Khader located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem were joined by International peace activists for the weekly prayer…
The Israeli army continued on Tuesday afternoon the military opration targeting the village of Beit Fajar located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources said that the…
The Israeli Army kidnapped two Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday at dawn. Official sources stated that a number of Israeli troops invaded Abu…
The Israeli settlers left the local park at Esh Ghrab in Beit Sahour town near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday morning. According to eyewitnesses the settlers…
Official Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the village of Nahaleen western the West Bank City of Bethlehem on Monday at dawn. Officials reported that a number of…
After a horrific morning for thousands of Palestinians trying to travel within the West Bank, Israeli forces opened the "Container Checkpoint".Wadi Nar Road has become the major thoroughfare between the…