Five Palestinians Wounded Near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians were wounded, on Friday morning, by setters and soldiers fire in Aseera Al Qibliyya town, south of the northern West Bank city of…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in response to the settlement freeze
During an anti settlement construction freeze rally, scores of Israeli settlers hurled, on Wednesday, stones at Palestinian cars in northern West Bank.The rally lunched from the Elon Moreh illegal settlement…
Fundamentalist Jewish settlers attack Palestinian villagers in northern West Bank
On Monday midday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Bureen near Nablus city in the northern West Bank. Local media sources said that the settlers stormed the…
Fighters Detained In Nablus Go On Hunger Strike
A number of Palestinian resistance fighter, detained by the Palestinian Authority at the Jneid prison in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, went on hunger strike four days ago…
Army Closes Huwwara Roadblock Due To Settlers’ Protest
Israeli soldiers closed on Thursday evening Huwwara roadblock, leading to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, as fundamental settlers held a protest for more than two hours demanding to…
Settlers take over 10 Acers of farm lands owned by Palestinian farmers in northern W.B
Israeli settlers took over on Thursday 10 Acers of lands owned by Palestinian farmers from Yannon village, northern West Bank. Villagers said that settlers invaded the village then took over…
Detainee To Be Allowed To Receive Medical Treatment Abroad, Won’t Be Allowed Back
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities decided to release detainee Akram Oneiter, 25, who will be receiving urgent medical treatment abroad under the condition that he does not…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles in northern West Bank
A Group of 20 Israeli settlers hurled stones, on Monday afternoon, at Palestinian vehicles driving at road near the northern west Bank city of Nablus. Local Palestinian sources said that…
Israel Renews Administrative Detention Against Member Of Nablus City Council
The Tadamun (Solidarity) human rights institution reported that the Israeli Prison Authorities renewed the administrative detention against member of Nablus City Council, Dr. Majida Fidda, for additional three months without…
Palestinian Child Wounded After Being Rammed By A Setter’s Vehicle
The Palestinian Police in Nablus reported on Friday evening that a 9-year old child was wounded after being rammed by a setter’s vehicle close to Za’tara junction, near the northern…
Fayyad: “Peace Process Credibility Requires Ending The Occupation”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated Friday that restoring the credibility of the peace process with Israel requires ending the Israeli occupation and halting all Israeli settlement activities. His…
Army orders three Palestinian families to demolish their homes in Nablus city
Three Palestinian families were ordered by the Israeli military on Wednesday to demolish three homes that is located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources announced that…
A Palestinian man killed by the Israeli military near Nablus
A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday after Israeli soldiers opened fire at his car near the southern West Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses said that Mohamed Qawarik, 28 years…
The Military fines local farmers 1,700 USD if they bring international activists to their lands
News sources said on Thursday that the Israeli military have warned local farmers in northern West Bank that they will be charged with a 1,700 USD fine if they bring…
Israeli settlers destroy a car and set animal food stacks on fire
One Palestinian owned car and animal food stacks were set on fire on Thursday by Israeli settlers during two separate attacks in northern West Bank. Local sources said that settlers…
One injured as settlers attack Palestinian farmers in northern West Bank
A Palestinian farmer was injured on Wednesday when Israeli settlers attacked people while going to their lands near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Farmers from Qaruit village were…
Israeli assassination threats force two young men to turn selves in
Local sources reported that two young Palestinian men turned themselves in to Israeli soldiers on Thursday evening after their families received assassination threats from the Israeli intelligence services. The two…
The Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O) must go back to its roots
On Saturday the 9th of August we headed out to upper Nablus where we’d arranged an interview with the ex-mayor of the city, Bassam Shaka.Our taxi left us in front…
Palestinian businessman detained on return from Amman
According to Palestinian security sources, Israeli military forces rendited a Palestinian businessman from Nablus on his return to Palestine from Jordan. The sources said that Israeli forces seized fifty-five year…
Nablus, City under siege
Nablus citizens live in an atmosphere of fear due to nightly raids by Israeli soldiers as peaceful efforts by the Center for Global Consciousness works to inform the outside world.…
Soldiers kidnap a female member of Nablus city council
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported on Wednesday that Israeli troops broke into the home of Dr. Majeda Fidda, 42, member of Nablus Municipality and kidnapped…
The Israeli army kidnaps a member of Nablus’ city council
The Israeli army invaded the west bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning and kidnapped 7 civilians among them a member of Nablus' city council, reported local sources. Israeli troops…
Sabastiya, the city that died
Once a popular tourist attraction, the ancient city of Sabastiya, located ten kilometers from Nablus, is being economically strangled. Treachorous bypass roads make the trip difficult and can take several…
The Israeli army kidnaps 11 civilians from the city of Nablus.
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday at dawn and kidnapped 11 civilians, local sources reported. Over 20 Israeli military vehicles invaded the city from…
The Israeli army invades Orta village nearby Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded Orta village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, reported local sources.A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the city at dawn and drove…
Israeli settlers attack Burin village southern Nablus
Local sources reported on Monday midday that a number of Israeli settlers attacked Burin village southern the West Bank city of Nablus setting houses and farm lands on fire. A…
The Israeli army invades two refugee camps, kidnaps 3 civilians in Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, and kidnapped three civilians. The Israeli army invaded Askar and Balata refugee camps, and Fureek village located in…
Israeli settlers attack village in Nablus City district
Armed Israeli settlers attacked the village of Boreen, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Settlers entered the village of Boreen in eight cars, destroying electric wires which led…
Israeli settlers invade Yousuf tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus
A number of Israeli settlers invaded Yousuf tomb in the east part of the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday at dawn. Four Israeli settlers invaded Nablus in…
Israeli settlers attack a house in Nablus City
Israeli settlers attacked a house in Boreen village in the southern part of Nablus city and injured the residents of the house. Local sources reported that about 20 Israeli settlers…
Palestinian legislators criticize Israeli abduction of female legislator
After Israeli forces abducted Palestinian legislator Mona Mansour, along with thirty other people in Nablus Monday, a number of prominent Palestinian legislators have condemned the abduction and called for Mansour's…
Israeli settlers launch a home made shell at O’rta village in Nablus City
Local sources reported that an Israeli home made shell was launched at O’rta village east of the West Bank city of Nablus Eye witnesses reported that the Israeli home made…
The Israeli army kidnaps 30 civilians from Nablus city.
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday at dawn and kidnapped about 30 civilians, among them a girl, business men and a member of the…
The Israeli army kidnaps 15 civilians in the West Bank city of Nablus
The Israeli army invaded on Friday at dawn the West Bank city of Nablus in several villages kidnapping 15 Palestinians Local sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles…
Israel to cancel its military orders of closing Nablus city mall
Nablus’s Governor Dr. Jamal Muhesen announced on Thursday morning that Israel canceled its military orders of closing the West Bank city of Nablus’s mall. Nablus’s Governor reported that due the…
The Israeli army shoots 2 civilians and kidnaps 12 in Nablus city.
Local sources reported that the Israeli army invaded on Thursday at dawn in Balata and Askar Camps east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, kidnapping 12 civilians and…
The Popular Committee slams Israeli attacks against reporters
The Popular Committee issued a press release on Wednesday slamming the Israeli military attacks against the reporters in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the kidnapping of reporter…
The Israeli Army kidnaps 8 civilians and confiscates an institution in Nablus
The Israeli Army kidnaps 8 civilians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday at dawn. Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Army invaded Nablus Mall and ransacked…
The Israeli army invades the West Bank city of Nablus and kidnaps 13 civilians
The Israeli army invaded on Tuesday morning the northern West Bank city of Nablus and Der Sharaf village kidnapping 13 civilians. Official sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several…
The Israeli army invades Nablus’s City mall and kidnaps five Palestinians
Local sources reported that dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday at dawn, and raided the city mall kidnapping five Palestinians. Locals reported…
Asrana: Israeli prisons hold Responsibility for life of detainee Al Fararge
The media office in Jerusalem "Asrana" holds the Israeli prisons department responsible for the life of the critically ill political detainee "Al Fararje" The office asked international and law institutions…
Israeli army invades Nablus city and demolishes iron and plastic factories.
The Israeli troops invaded on Friday morning the West Bank city of Nablus, and demolished some of the businesses around the city. Local sources reported that the Israeli army invaded…
The Israeli army attacks local NGOs in Nablus and kidnaps two civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, during the attacks Israeli troops kidnapped two civilians and ransacked local NGO’s. On…
The Israeli army confiscates charitable institutions in Nablus city for the third day.
Israeli army ransacked on Wednesday charitable institutions in Nablus city for the third day in a row. Local witnesses reported that dozens of military vehicles penetrated the city from the…
Israeli settlers launch homemade shells at Burin and Madma villages near Nablus
A Palestinian official source reported that on Tuesday night that a group of Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian villages near Nablus city with homemade shells. Nablus's district attorney Jamal al…
Ahrar Center slams Israeli closure of Nafha Society
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies issued a press release on Tuesday slamming Israeli attacks against several institutions and societies in Nablus, as well as the Israeli orders to shut…
The Army invades charitable institutions in Nablus and confiscates their property
On Monday morning Israeli army forces attacked a number of charitable institutions in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Troops shut them down and confiscated their property. Witnesses reported…
Several youth wounded in an Israeli invasion to Hebron refugee camp
Eyewitnesses reported on Thursday evening that at least six youth were wounded by Israeli military fire after the army invaded Al Far’a refugee camp, north of the northern West Bank…
The Israeli army attacks a village near Nablus and kidnaps 24 civilians
The Israeli army invaded on Thursday the village of Duma, south of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, troops kidnapped 24 civilians during the attack. Local…
Israeli settlers fire home-made shells at a Palestinian village near Nablus
Palestinian sources said that Israeli settlers fired on Tuesday midday home made shells at the village of Buren located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local sources said…
The Israeli army kidnaps two civilians during attacks on villages near Nablus
Palestinian sources said that the Israeli army attacked the villages of Bit Iba and Assirah-Al-Shamalyiah, both located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning and kidnapped…
The Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby refugee camp, two civilians kidnapped
The Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinian civilians during an invasion targeting the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday. Local sources said that Israeli troops searched and ransacked the…
Soldiers assassinate two Palestinians in Nablus
Palestinian sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported on Tuesday that Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians from Jenin, also in the northern part…
Burnt land policy, the language of settlers with Palestinian villages
Black burn spots covered vast areas of farmlands that belong to residents of Boreen and Aseera Al Qibliyya villages, south of the northern West Bank city o Nablus; hours after…
Settlers set olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers on fire near Nablus
A group of settlers from the settlement of Yitsahar located near Bureen village south of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank set fire to Palestinian owned…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby villages
Israeli military invaded the city of Nablus and two nearby villages Tuesday morning and took prisoner six Palestinians including a man and his wife.In the city of Nablus, troops kidnapped…
Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian family near Nablus and injure two
A group of Israeli settlers attack the home of a Palestinian family located in Howwara town near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and injured two civilians. Witnesses said…
Israel decides to stop chasing 12 resistance fighters from Nablus
The Al Aqsa Martyrs brigades the armed wing of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Wednesday that Israel have decided to stop chasing 12 fighters of the group from…
The Israeli army stops a peaceful march near Nablus
Israeli troops stopped on Thursday midday a peaceful protest organized at a military checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Local NGOs and political groups in the city…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded Al Ein refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped four civilians on Saturday morning. Local sources said that a number…
During pre dawn invasion: the Israeli army kidnaps six civilians from Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and nearby Balata refugee camp, during that attack the invading forces kidnapped six civilians on Wednesday at dawn. Local…
The Israeli army steals historical artifact from the northern part of the West Bank
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli antiquities department under the protection of the Israeli army stole a stone coffin from the village of Sabastya, located near the city…
This Week In Palestine – Week 21 2008
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The Israeli army kidnaps three civilians from Nablus city
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday at dawn and kidnapped three civilians. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces backed…
Palestinian youth killed by Israeli military fire near Nablus
Israeli military sources reported on Monday at night that soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian youth at the Huwwra military roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers…
The Israeli army attacks a village near Nablus and kidnaps five civilians
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Laban Al sharkiy located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped five civilians on Monday morning. Local sources reported…
Settlers attack a Palestinian village near Nablus
Dozens of extremist settlers of the Yitzhar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked Palestinian villagers of Aseera Al Qibliyya on Friday. Several Palestinian villagers were beaten…
Christian Residents of Nablus commemorate the Nakba
The Good Shepherd Church in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the Palestine Forum, held an activity on Wednesday at night commemorating the Nakba. Members of the Palestinian…
Israeli military kidnaps five in Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped five Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that soldiers attacked several areas in…
Israeli army detains a Palestinian Police official, kidnap a civilian near Nablus
The Israeli troops manning the Beit Iba checkpoint, located west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, detained a Palestinian Police official and assaulted another one on Tuesday. Majid…
Settlers attack villagers in Nablus
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that an extremist settler group attacked several Palestinian villagers of Aseera Al Shimaliyys village, south of the northern West Bank City of Nablus. The…
The Israeli army kills a resistance leader in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the Balata refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday morning and killed a local resistance leader. Hanni Al Ka’bie, 22,…
Soldier assaults an 80-year old woman at Huwwara roadblock
Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that an Israeli soldier attacked an 80-year old Palestinian woman as she was trying to cross the Huwwara Israeli military roadblock near Nablus, in the…
Gunmen exchange fire guards of Nablus governor, set his vehicle on fire in Balata
Palestinian sources in Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Sunday that Palestinian youth set the vehicle of Nablus governor, Jamal Mheisin, on fire…
Families of detained legislators hold a protest in Nablus
Families of Palestinian Legislators imprisoned by the Israeli Authorities held a protest on Thursday in front of the Red Cross office in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, while…
Tension in Nablus following clashes between fighters and security forces
Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, was the scene of clashes between fighters of group which belongs to the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of…
Palestinian child killed when rammed by settlers’ vehicle near Nablus
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that a 15-year old child of Salim village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, was killed after a settler rammed his vehicle…
Twelve Aqsa brigades fighters escape from Jneid Palestinian prison in Nablus
Palestinian sources in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Friday evening that twelve fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh,…
Barghuthi warns of the deterioration of the Human situation in the Gaza Strip
Dr. Mustafa al Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), warned on Thursday of the dangers of the ongoing deterioration of the human situation in the Gaza Strip.…
Four Palestinians kidnapped in Balata refugee camp
Israeli forces invaded the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus city in the early hours of Tuesday morning and kidnapped four Palestinians. Sources in the refugee camp reported that the…
Clashes between Palestinian forces and civilians near Nablus
On Saturday clashes erupted between Palestinian security forces and civilians from the Huwwara village located near Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank.Witnesses stated that security officers…
Israel to release a female Palestinian detainee
Israeli District Court judge decided to release a Palestinian female detainee from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after she spent one month under interrogation without charges.The detainee, Tasneem…
Army releases Dr. Hamadan, a lecturer at Al Najah University
The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities release Dr, Ghassan Hamdan, a lecturer at Al Najah National University in the…
The Israeli military invades a village in the northern West Bank, attempts to kidnap a child
Palestinian media sources reported on Saturday that the Israeli army invaded the village of Burka, near Nablus in the West Bank, on Friday evening and tried to kidnap a 10…
The Israeli army kidnaps 13 civilians from Nablus
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby refugee camps, then kidnapped 13 Palestinian civilians on Thursday at dawn. Local sources…
Four kidnapped in a Pre-dawn invasion into Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and some nearby villages on Tuesday at dawn, and kidnapped four civilians. Local sources reported that troops searched and…
Large-scale Israeli operation in Nablus ends with over 20 Palestinians kidnapped
The Israeli army has carried out a large-scale military operation across the Nablus area and its refugee camps, in the north of the West Bank, in the early hours of…
An elderly woman killed as Israeli soldiers attack her home in Balata refugee camp
An elderly woman, Zakia al-‘Amory, from Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, died on Thursday morning when the Israeli army attacked her home in order…
Two fighters killed in Balata refugee camp
Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinian fighters were shot and killed on Thursday at dawn during armed clashes with Israeli forces that invaded Balata refugee camp, east of the city…
Israeli undercover force kill one Palestinian in Nablus
A special undercover unit of the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, killing one, wounding three and kidnapping five,local sources reported. Eyewitnesses stated…
Israeli Soldiers detain eight residents in Nablus
Palestinian Security sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Monday evening that Israeli soldiers detained eights residents including family members, in Khallit Al Amoud…
Three injured as the army invades Nablus
Three Palestinian civilians were injured when Israeli troops stormed al-Ein Refugee camp located in the northern West Bank city Nablus on Saturday morning.The army surrounded the house of Majdi Mabruk,…
The Israeli army attacks Beita village near Nablus and kidnaps 18 civilians
On Thursday, Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked and searched homes in the village of Beita located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped 18…
French Consul visits Nablus
Allen Remy, the French Consul to the Palestinian Authority, visited on Wednesday the northern West Bank city of Nablus and described the conditions there as “calm”. He also said that…
Israeli forces kidnap a female university student in Nablus
The media department of Nafha Society for Defending Human and Prisoner Rights indicated on Monday that Israeli military invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and kidnapped a female…
Israeli army kidnapp 11 Palestinians in Nablus
Israeli army carried out a large-scale abduction campaign included 11 Palestinians among those eight owners of the money exchange in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The other three…
Tony Blair: the occupation must end and peace efforts should be doubled
The Quartet Envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair, visited the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, during his visit Blair stated that the Israeli occupation must end…
The Israeli army invades Nablus city and nearby villages, troops kidnap three civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby village on Thursday morning and kidnapped three civilians. Sources said that troops attacked…
Hamas resistance fighters from Nablus give up their weapons
A group of Hamas resistance fighters from the northern West Bank city of Nablus gave up their weapons on Tuesday in a bid to end the state of internal division…
The Israeli army attacks a Palestinian village near Nablus and kidnaps four civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked the village of Beit Dajan, located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped four civilians.…