Israel Demolishes Tin-Houses, Barns, Near Jericho
The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center reported that Israeli soldiers violated a ruling issued by the Israeli High Court, and demolished six tin-houses and barns that belong to…
Palestinian Wounded By Israeli Gun Fire, Soldier Wounded by Stone
In Jericho, a Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli fire on Friday morning, after throwing stones at an Israeli soldier near the settlement of Tomer in the Jordan Valley. The…
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…
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…
Palestinian Legislator Released After 54 Months Imprisonment
Palestinian Legislator of the Hamas affiliated Change and Reform Bloc, Ali Romanim, was released on Tuesday evening from an Israeli detention center after spending 54 months in detention. Romanim, one…
P.A. Official: “Israel Changing Jerusalem’s Demography”
Ahmad Roweidy, head of the Jerusalem Unit at the Palestinian President’s office, stated that the Israeli government is escalating what he called “the demographic war” in Jerusalem in order to…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Camel Near Jericho
Palestinian sources reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a camel that belongs to a Bedouin resident of northern Jericho in the occupied West Bank.The owner of the camel…
Settlers attack, wound, two Palestinian workers near Jerusalem
The Israel Radio reported on Sunday that settlers attacked and wounded two Palestinian workers at an Israeli factory located near the “Red Inn area” on the Jerusalem-Jericho Road. The settlers…
The Israeli army invades a charitable institution and a kindergarden in Jericho City
Local sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jericho with a number of military vehicles and attacked a charitable institution in addition to a kindergarden.…
Ereikat asks EU to pressure Israel to commit to the Road Map
The head of the Negotiations Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, asked the EU, USA, UN, and Russia to but more pressure on Israel to commit…
One Palestinian civilian injured in Jericho
Palestinian sources reported that one Palestinian civilian was injured in the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday. Soliyman Abu Dahok, 34, was injured after a land-mine left by the…
Negotiator Eriqat warns of Israeli invasion of Gaza, denies talks on Jerusalem delayed
Head of the Palestinian negotiations department, Saeb Eriqat, believed today that once Israel reoccupies the Gaza Strip, a humanitarian disaster would emerge in the most densely-populated part of the world,…
Abbas and Olmert to meet on Thursday
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are due to meet in Jericho on Thursday for their first talks in nearly two months, according to officials in…
Israeli army kidnaps Khaled E’layan, the Mayor of Deir Al Ghosoon
The Israeli army kidnapped Khaled E’layan, the Mayor of Deir Al Ghosoon, located in the north of Tulkarem in the West Bank, as he returned from Jordan on Moday. E’layan,…
Army injures two Palestinians and kidnaps them after surrounding a hospital in Jericho
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday, injuring and kidnapping two Palestinian security officers from the local hospital. Palestinian medical sources reported that Omer Abu Dayiah,…
Eriqat: Abbas-Olmert meeting’s agenda ‘open’
Chief Palestinian negotiator, Sae’b Eriqat, stated Saturday that the agenda of President Abbas’s meeting on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will be an open one, dealing with a…
Israeli Army Gunfire Kills a Palestinian Civilian and Wounds others in Jericho
Palestinian media sources reported that a Palestinian civilian was shot dead and several others were wounded Thursday by Israeli army gunfire in the West Bank city of Jericho. The sources…
Top Palestinian Negotiator Presses for Operating Rafah Crossing Regularly
Top Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, pressed Thursday for operating the Rafah crossing terminal regularly, urging the international community to pressure the Israeli government for that end. In his meeting in…
Japan backs joint Palestinian/Jordanian/Israeli plans for agro-industrial project in West Bank
Israeli media sources reported Thursday that Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan agreed on a plan to build an agro-industrial park in the West Bank, on Wednesday. This comes as…
Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from Tammoun village
Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian man from the village of Tammoun near the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Tuesday morning. Samier Bisharat, 23, was abducted when Israeli soldiers…
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinian men from Jericho city
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday morning and abducted two Palestinian men. Local sources reported that troops and army jeeps stormed and searched…
During their Jericho meeting, Rice praises Abbas and vows to “renew peace process”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met on Thursday in the West Bank city of Jericho to discuss cease-fire and efforts to achieve a sustainable…
Abbas, Rice to meet in Jericho Thursday
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, head of the Palestinian President's Office, said on Tuesday that president Mahmoud Abbas is slated to meet with the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, in the…
Residents taken prisoner in Jericho
Nidal Mansour, 25, was taken prisoner by the Israeli forces that invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Thursday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city center,…
Israeli soldier shoots and kills teenager holding toy gun near Jericho checkpoint
17-year-old Rakan al-Nusairat was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Monday evening near Jericho checkpoint. According to eyewitnesses, the boy had a plastic gun in his hand when he was…
Soldiers abduct eleven residents in Jericho invasion
Palestinian security sources reported on Monday evening that under-cover forces, of the Israeli army, and army units invaded the West Bank city of Jericho and abducted eleven residents, including one…
Unknown gunmen kill a resistance fighter in Jericho
Unknown gunmen killed Mukafeh Doghless, 25, an Al-Aqsa Brigades fighter, the armed wing of Fatah, in the West Bank city of Jericho late Sunday night. Security sources in Jericho reported…