Israeli Court Forbids Nablus Mosque from Using Loudspeakers
The Israeli Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling, forbidding Burin village mosque, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, from using loud speakers, and even from using lights…
Soldier, 2 Female Settlers, Arrested For Writing Racist Graffiti
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Friday that an Israeli soldier and two young female settlers were arrested by the Israeli Police for writing anti-Arab, Anti-Islam graffiti in the Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiyya Palestinian…
Judge Orders Professor To Remain In Prison Without Charge
The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah…
Elderly Woman Seriously Injured After Being Attacked by Settlers
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian woman was seriously injured after a number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled stones at a vehicle on the Yitzhar-Nablus road, in the…
Minister of Detainees Calls for Boycott of Military Courts
Palestinian Minister of Detainees in the West Bank, Issa Qaraqe’, called for the boycotting of all Israeli military courts for their repeated rulings that confine thousands of detainees under administrative…
Palestinian Sentenced to Five Life Terms for Murder of Israeli Settler Family
A Palestinian teen charged with the murder of nearly an entire Israeli family, including a baby, in the illegal settlement of Itamar in March 2011 , was sentenced on Monday…
Army Kidnaps Three Youth in Nablus
The Israeli military kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinian residents in the village of Madama, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. All were moved to undisclosed…
Settlers protest removal of illegal outpost
A group of Israeli settlers gathered at the Beit El military base near Ramallah Sunday night to protest the planned removal of an illegal settlement outpost in the northern West…
Soldiers Bulldoze A Road Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers bulldozed on Tuesday a road in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The Mayor of Huwwara, Mo’een Abdul-Karim Damidi, told a reporter of the…
Army Demolishes Two Buildings In An Illegal Outpost
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday morning, two constructions in an illegal settlement outpost, known as Mitzpeh Yitzhar, near Yitzhar settlement, near Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.Israeli…
Settlers Open Fire At Palestinian Shepherds Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers opened fired, on Thursday, at a group of Palestinian shepherds tending their sheep in the eastern hills of the northern West Bank city of…
Army Arrests Three Children Near Eli’ Settlement
The Israeli military detained three Palestinian Children near the settlement of Eli’, built on Palestinian land near the village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiyah, by the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…
Troops Arrest Three Residents In Balata
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Friday at dawn, three Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, the Palestine News Network…
Israeli Army Closes the Entrance of Beta, Erects Dozens of Military Blockades in Nablus
On Thursday, the Israeli army closed “Beta” entrance in the southern part of the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing Palestinian residents from passing through it, the Palestinian news agency,…
Army Installs Roadblocks Surrounding Nablus, Kidnaps One Resident
The Israeli Army kidnapped a 25-year-old Palestinian resident, on Tuesday morning, en-route to Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, after having searched him, the Ma’an News Agency…
Settlers Uproot Thirty Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted at least thirty olive trees on Monday. They belonged to the Palestinian residents of Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city…
Setters Burn a Tractor in Nablus
On Wednesday, a number of Israeli settlers set fire to a tractor belonging to a Palestinian farmer, after trying to attack him in the neighbourhood of ‘Arqabam, in the southern…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Farmers in Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday morning, Palestinian farmers in the village of ‘Azmout, near the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing them from harvesting their olive trees, the…
Settlers Attack Farmers Harvesting Olives In Nablus Area
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive trees on Monday morning in the village of ‘Azmoot, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, the Ma’an…
Israel To Release Remains of Abu Zent , 35 Years Later
Israeli authorities have decided to release the remains of Hafeth Abu Zent on Sunday at Jaljolia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The body had been kept for…
Settlers Uproot 200 Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted on Thursday morning, at least 200 olive trees that belong to residents of Qasra village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Settler Rams Vehicle Into A Palestinian Youth
An Israeli settler hit a Palestinian youth with his car on Wednesday morning in al-Froosh village southeast of the West Bank city of Nablus, and fled the scene, the Ma’an…
Settler Rams Vehicle Into Two Palestinian Sisters
Two Palestinian sisters were injured on Tuesday when an Israeli settler hit them with his vehicle at the Huwwara Road, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before…
Settlers Uproot Dozens Of Olive Trees Near Nablus
A group of extremist armed Israeli settlers uprooted on Saturday dozens of Palestinian olive trees that belong to residents of Madama village, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Settlers Torch Dozens Of Farming Acres South Of Nablus
Settlers burnt dozens of farming acres in the lands of Einabous s and Huwwara, south of Nablus on Saturday afternoon, local media sources reported. Ghassan Douglas, chief of settlement file…
Setters Uproot 400 Olive Trees South Of Nablus.
Dozens of Israeli settlers uprooted Sunday morning more than 400 olive trees in the towns of Qosrah and Douma, south of city of Nablus. Palestinian sources that this attack is…
35 Year Old Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Military
A 35 year old Palestinian man, Essam Kamal Badran, has been shot dead, on Friday, by the Israeli military in the village of Qusra, near Nablus.It has been reported that…
Israeli Settlers Opened Fire At A Palestinian Village
Israeli settlers opened their automatic machine gun fire at residential areas in the town of Bureen near Nablus in the early hours of Monday morning, however, no injuries were reported.…
Settlers Attack Palestinians Near Nablus; Arson and Assaults Reported
Israeli settlers from Itamar, near Nablus, have carried out two attacks against Palestinians on Thursday.Ma’an News Agency are reporting that three cars were set on fire overnight in the village…
Settler Rally Closes West Bank Road; Cars Pelted with Stones
The Ma’an News Agency are reporting that hundreds of settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus held a rally, Monday night, leading to the closure of a West…
Soldiers, Settlers Attack Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday morning, the northern West Bank city of Nablus and demolished three wells, while army bulldozers uprooted farmlands in the Nablus district. Armed Israeli settlers also wrote…
Settlers Burn A Mosque Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers broke, on Monday at dawn, into a mosque in Qasra village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and torched it after destroying…
Settlers Attack Nablus, Demand Residents To Leave
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers invaded Jaloud village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked residents and homes, and demanded the indigenous Palestinian villagers to leave.Ghassan Douglas,…
UN chair for Palestine made in Jenin
Thirty-five men from Jenin have made a chair to send to the United Nations in New York in hopeful anticipation of the state of Palestine gaining a seat in the…
Six Protesters Wounded in Kafr Qaddoum
Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Kafr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to six injuries.The wounded protesters were identified as Odai Jom’a,…
Settlers Torch Dozens Of Dunams Near Homesh Former Settlement In Nablus
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers torched on Tuesday evening dozens of dunams of farmlands near the Homesh former settlement, north of Nablus city, in the northern part of…
Israel approves 227 Units In Ariel Settlement
The Israeli government approved the construction of additional 227 units for Jewish settlers in Ariel illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli daily, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Monday…
Israeli Army Re-opens Road from Nablus
Israeli soldiers opened a Nablus thoroughfare for the first time in 9 years according to Maan News Agency. On Monday, Palestinian officials and liaisons of the Israeli army presided over…
Ambulance with Patients on Board Delayed at Israeli Checkpoint
An ambulance carrying victims of a fatal car accident was significantly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. The Palestinian ambulance carrying victims of the accident…
Settlers Torch Farmlands Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers set ablaze, on Sunday evening, 150 Dunams of farmlands that belong to residents of Ein Jaloud village, near the northern West Bank city of…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Farmlands Near Nablus
A group of extremist Israeli settlers torched, on Monday, Palestinian farmlands, that belong to the residents of Sorra village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The attack took…
Settlers Attack Shepherd Near Nablus
Fundamentalist Israeli settlers attacked on Friday evening a Palestinian farmer near Qasra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and killed two of his sheep.Dozens of settlers,…
Israeli military links settlement school to ‘Jewish terrorist’ organizing efforts
The Od Yosef Chai yeshiva religious school in the settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus, faces a possible closure, after the Israeli military commander found it to harbor a number of…
Settlers Torch Olive Orchards Near Nablus
A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian olive orchards in Jabal Suleiman area, near Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Eyewitnesses reported that…
Israel To Expand Itamar Illegal Settlement Near Nablus
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday evening that the Israeli government decided to approve a plan aiming at the expansion of the Itamar illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Army Fire In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that a 19-year-old college student was shot and killed, on Wednesday at dawn, by Israeli military fire in Al Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern…
Palestinian woman, child run over by Israeli settlers in separate incidents
An Israeli settler driving near Nablus ran over a 40-year old Palestinian woman Sunday, then tried to flee the scene. Separately, an Israeli-plated vehicle ran over a 14-year old boy…
Settlers Torch Palestinian Orchards Near Nablus
On Thursday evening, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers torched Palestinian Olive orchards near the illegal Itamar settlement, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Douglas, in charge of…
Settler Who Killed Palestinian Youth Apprehended
The undercover forces of the Israeli Police stated that one of its units managed to apprehend an Israeli settler who shot and killed a Palestinian youth in January this year.…
Israeli troops invade Nablus area, abduct 8 Palestinians
According to local sources, several squadrons of Israeli soldiers invaded the Nablus region at around 2:30 am Wednesday morning, abducting 8 Palestinians from their homes.The soldiers invaded the villages of…
Soldiers Kidnap Hamas Legislator in Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn Hamas legislator, member of the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc, Sheikh Ahmad Al Haj, after breaking into his home in the northern West…
Explosive Remnants Located in Villages Near Nablus
Palestinian Sources reported Monday that remnant of explosives dropped by the Israeli forces in previous invasions were located in Surra and Bazaria villages, west of the northern West Bank city…
Mass Incursion Of Israeli Worshipers To Joseph’s Tomb Spirals Out Of Control
Between 200 and 300 Israeli settlers infiltrated Nablus and called for the Israeli military to re-establish control in the area after they broke free from the Israeli security forces accompanying…
Three International Activists, One Palestinian, Detained During Nonviolent Protest Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers detained on Saturday evening three international peace activists, and one Palestinian citizen, as the army attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Iraq-Burin village, south of the northern West…
Group of 12 Israeli settlers severely beat elderly Palestinian shepherd
An elderly Palestinian shepherd, Hamad al-Kett, 67, was admitted to the hospital on Friday with a fractured skull, internal bleeding, and bruising throughout his body, after he was attacked and…
Further Settlements Announced
The Palestinian News and Informational Agency has reported that Israeli officials plan to confiscate 2,000 dunums worth of land in the Salfit area in the Northern West Bank near the…
Israel Cancels Controversial Visit To Josephs Tomb
Israeli officials have cancelled the proposed incursion of the Israeli military into Josephs Tomb to escort Israeli settlers and MK’s into the area due to threat of counter protests among…
Israeli Officials Approve Settler Invasion into Nablus on Tuesday
Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Members and and illegal settlers have received approval from Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack to invade an area near Nablus known as ‘Joseph’s Tomb’ on Tuesday, accompanied…
Suspected spy shot by masked men near Nablus
A man who had previously been imprisoned for working as a spy for Israeli occupation forces was shot and killed on Saturday in Beit Dajan village near Nablus, in the…
Army Invades Madama Village, Imposes Curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at night that Madama village, south of the northern West Bank of Nablus, and imposes curfew placing all residents under house arrest. Ehab Al Qit,…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Shepherd Near Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd in Qusra village, near Nablus, on Wednesday and killed one of his sheep.Resident Abdul-Rahman Mousa Abdul-Rahim Abu Reyada, 44, was…
13-year old boy among five Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers on Sunday
Several groups of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian with rocks on Sunday, mainly in the Nablus area in the northern West Bank. At least five were wounded, including a 13-year old…
Settler Shot Dead Near Nablus, At Least Three Injured, One seriously
Israeli sources reported Sunday that one settler was shot and killed, and five others were injured, one seriously, after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at them at the entrance of the…
Palestinian Prisoner Challenges Arrest By Israeli Forces As ‘illegal Extradition’
A Palestinian who was abducted Friday outside of Nablus in a joint operation by Israeli military and police forces has challenged his abduction on the grounds that Israeli police were…
Settlers Attack Nablus Village, One Resident Injured
Palestinian medical sources in Iraq-Burin village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was shot and wounded after a group of extremist…
Israel Suspects Two Palestinian Teens Of The Itamar Killing
Two Palestinians admitted that they killed the settler family in the illegal settlement of Itamar last March, Israeli media sources reported on Sunday.The two were identified as Hakim Awwad, 17…
Three Residents From Awarta Abducted Near Ramallah
Israeli troops abducted on Tuesday at dawn three residents from Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after surrounding and breaking into their rented apartment in Betunia,…
Village of Awarta Under Curfew During Israeli Settlement Expansion Ceremony
In a cornerstone-laying ceremony Sunday, hundreds of Israeli settlers gathered to commemorate the night one month ago when five members of a family, including a baby, were stabbed to death…
Army Detains Hundreds Of Palestinians Near Nablus, Conducts DNA Tests
Qais Awwad, head of the Awarta village Council, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stated that Israeli soldiers invaded Awarta and detained hundreds of residents, including more than…
Army Invades Awarta, Imposes Curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday evening Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew after sealing the village, and abducted several residents. Local sources reported that…
6 Detained from Awarta
Six men were detained, Tuesday morning, in the village of Awarta, Ma’an News reports.The six men’s homes were raided, searched, and finally resulted in their detention. The group includes three…
Israeli Army Invades Oriyya; Abducts Dozens Of Civilians
The Israeli military invaded the village of Oriyya, near the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, early Monday morning. Troops detained hundreds of men, abducting several dozen of…
60 Detained in Awarta. DNA Samples Taken
Upwards of 60 individuals were detained, in the village of Awarta on Tuesday, and were forced to give samples of their DNA. The incident follows the murder of 5 members…
Army Invades Awarta Village
Only a few days after Israeli soldiers concluded a military operation in Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, troops invaded the village again on Tuesday morning…
Israeli Military Withdraws From Awarta. Damage, Theft, Assaults Reported
The Israeli military withdrew, on Wednesday, from the village of Awarta, near Nablus following it’s imposition of four days of curfew.The military’s action were in response to the murder of…
Facebook Activist Charged With Incitement And “Humiliating Public Employee”
A Palestinian Facebook activist from Sakhnin, north of the country, was kidnapped by the Israeli police on Wednesday and was placed under interrogation on charges of “inciting violence, and humiliating…
Popular Rally Calls for Palestinian Unity in Nablus
Over 1,500 Palestinians took to the streets of Nablus, on Tuesday, urging for national unity and an end of internal division, in tandem with thousands of pro-unity protesters in the…
Awarta Village Under Full Closure Since Saturday; Scandinavian Activists Trapped
Israeli forces have maintained a closure of the village of Awarta for the last three days, preventing all residents from leaving their homes, with no indication as to when the…
The killing of children is a horrific, despicable act
What kind of sick person would kill children asleep in their beds? What sadistic, twisted logic would ever make someone think its ok to murder children? There is no justification,…
Israeli forces abduct 20 Palestinians for interrogation following murder of settler family
After the stabbing deaths of five family members, including an 11-year old, 4-year old, and 3-month old baby on Friday night in the northern West Bank, Israeli troops set up…
Fayyad Denounces Stabbing That Led To The Death Of Settler Family
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, strongly denounced that stabbing attack that was carried out in Itamar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to the death…
Report: Palestinian Allegedly Stabs Five Israelis To Death, Including Baby, In West Bank Settlement
Israeli sources reported that an unknown assailant, presumed to be Palestinian, attacked a family of Israeli settlers in their house in Itamar settlement late Friday night. Israeli authorities have called…
P.A. Security Arrest Three Hamas Members in Nablus
The Ma’an News Agency reported, on Friday, that Palestinian Authority security forces detained three members of the Hamas party in the West Bank in pre-dawn raids.Hamas stated that the raids…
Settlers Injure 3 Near Nablus
The Ma’an News Agency reports that settlers shot and injured three Palestinians in As-sawiya vilage near Nablus. Dozens of residents of the Yash Adam outpost allegedly attacked the village on…
Israeli Settlers And Soldiers Attack Palestinians Near Nablus: 10 Palestinians, 1 Settler Injured
According to local sources, a large group of armed Israeli settlers invaded Qusra village, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on Monday, and began uprooting olive…
Khirbet Tana Water Confiscated By Israeli Army
The Ma’an News Agency reports that Israel has continued its campaign against Khirbet Tana by confiscating 20 portable water tankers on Monday morning.The tankers were brought into the village after…
Israeli Army Invades Nablus
The Israeli Army invaded Kharbet Tana in the eastern part of Nablus, on Monday, and confiscated tanks of water belonging to civilians. Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian Authority official in charge…
Settlers Cut Down More Than 500 Olive Trees In Nablus
500 olive trees, which were planted some weeks ago near an settlement outpost called Yash Adam, were cut down by the Israeli settlers this morning in Nablus. Eyewitnesses stated that…
Kirbeh Tana Demolished For The 6th Time By Israeli Bulldozers
Kerbeh Tanna, north of Nablus, has been demolished for the 6th time, on Wednesday, after residents recently re-built it.Early in the morning 20 structures, including homes, were demolished by three…
Settlers Set Fire To House in Huwara Village
A group of extremist settlers set fire to a Palestinian home near Nablus, Monday night, Palestinian media sources reported.According to the Ma’an News Agency, the groups threw Molotov cocktails at…
Blaming Palestinians for Outpost Demolition, Settlers Intensify Attacks
Angered by the Israeli army for demolishing, on Monday, four homes at the Gilad illegal settlement outpost near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli settlers carried out several…
Settlers Block Roads Leading To Nablus, Hurl Stones At Local Vehicles
A group of armed Israeli settlers blocked, on Monday morning, a number of roads leading to the northern West Bank city of Nablus. They hurled stones at several vehicles while…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Near Nablus, Torch Vehicle
For the second day in a raw, a group of fundamentalist settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, invaded on Saturday at dawn…
Settlers Conduct Several Attacks In Nablus
Fundamentalist Israeli settlers conducted, on Friday at dawn, several attacks against property and lands that belong to several residents of a number of villages near Nablus, in the northern part…
Settlers Vandalize Palestinian Property Near Nablus
The Ma’an News Network reports that Israeli settlers burnt two Palestinian cars, south of Nablus.Israeli settlers from the settlement of Bracha allegedly set fire to the cars in the village…
Soldiers Invade Tallousa Village Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Tallousa village, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and blocked a number of roads.Local sources reported that several armored military jeeps…
Soldiers Abduct Hamas Leader In Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday, a political leader of the Hamas movement in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after breaking into his home and ransacking it.Sheikh Awadallah Eshtayya,…
Settlers Destroy Olive Trees
The Ma’an News Agency reported, on Monday, that a group of settlers uprooted olive trees and damaged Palestinian farmland near Nablus. The settlers destroyed 270 olive trees using chainsaws and…
Israel Demolishes Khirbet Tana
Israeli forces demolished a number of tents near Nablus yesterday, reports the Ma’an News Agency.The tents belonged to villagers of Tana, a village located east of Nablus, and had been…
Palestinian Youth Injured By Settler Gun Fire Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Tuesday evening, that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by settler gun fire near Jaloud village, south of Nablus, in the northern part of…