Category: Regions

Delegates of Peace Now leftist movement visited Modi’n Elite settlement, west of Ramallah, in order to report on the implementation of a project which will lead to the construction of…

In the first stage of its plans to create a northern Gaza buffer zone, which is claimed to keep Palestinians from firing Qassam home made shells into Israel, Israeli air…

The breakaway Fateh faction has formally announced, on Wednesday, that it would reunite with the Fateh elections list in the January 25 legislative elections, ending a dangerous split in the…

Dozens of masked Palestinian gunmen took over election offices in the Gaza town of Khan Younis, on Wednesday, in an attempt to prevent the ruling Fateh party from registering a…

The International Popular (nonviolent) Resistance Conference opened on Tuesday night under the auspices of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem with an attendance of 200 internationals from around the world…

The new political agenda of the Labor party in Israel is topped by a call for a unified Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, thus rejecting any negotiations on…

Israeli war jets shelled several areas, on Wednesday shortly after midnight, in Al Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza strip, and demanded the residents of the northern Gaza strip…

An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired three Katyusha rockets at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; three homes were badly damaged.Firefighters and…

An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired Katyusha shells at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; one shell landed on a house, while…

An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired Katyusha shells at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; one shell landed on a house, while…

Israeli Labor Party chairman, Amir Peretz, slammed the policy of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, regarding illegal settlement outposts, and said that the they damage Israel’s image internationally. Israeli…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Freed Detainees, reported that 9200 Palestinian detainee are still detained in more than 28 Israeli prisons, detention facilities, and interrogation centers. The ministry released…

Mohammad Hijazi, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, in the Gaza Strip, said that Fateh is passing through a real crisis,…

Hundreds of settler youth installed 14 illegal settlement outposts in several West Bank areas, on Tuesday, in what was described by the Israeli media as a campaign to show their…

The Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Monday evening, five detainees, from Hebron to high terms.   Palestinenet news agency, reported that the…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Tuesday morning one morning, one home, in Al Aqaba neighborhood, in Beit Hanina area, north of Jerusalem.     Resident Nabil Al Emwassi, the owner of…

This evening, the International Nonviolence Conference will open in Bethlehem under the auspices of the Holy Land Trust. The conference will continue over a three day period with the participation…

The Palestinian Independent Commission For Citizen’s Rights (PICCR )expressed its rejection to any illegal arrests against the Palestinian residents, and demanded the Palestinian Authority to releases all of the political…

A group of gunmen broke into and took over, on Tuesday morning, the governor’s office in northern Gaza, took positions inside the building, and demanded employment. Twenty-to-thirty gunmen, members of…

Israeli air force carried, on Tuesday at dawn, several strikes against areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, damage was reported; dozens of residents suffered shock. An Israeli…

Israeli army arrested, on Monday at dawn, two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it. A source at Anasr Al Sajeen Society (Prisoners Supports Society) in…

Israeli army issued three military orders to confiscate 231 Dunams from the West Bank cities and villages of Al Thahiriyya, Al -Sammou’ and Yatta, south and south west of Hebron…

Bethlehem’s place in history began with a journey. It was to Bethlehem that Mary and Joseph traveled, twenty centuries ago, to find a safe harbor in which to give birth to…

A Palestinian electoral court has allowed on Monday Fateh movement to submit a unified list after the movement managed to merge rival lists of candidates for the January legislative elections.…

A Palestinian resistance group hurled ,on Sunday at night, two Cocktail Molotov bombs at Israeli jeep near Anabta village in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, no injures were reported.…

The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and conducted wide scale search in the city.   Troops searched several houses including the house…

The Israeli Army invaded on Monday at dawn Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident.   Troops surrounded and invaded the house of…

The Israel army announced this week that it was resuming a level of high alert along the northern border with Lebanon, after claiming that the intelligence received reports that the…

The directors and employees of local authorities of the Palestinians living in Israel will organize, on Tuesday, a Protest near the office of the Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon in…

An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested a resident at a military checkpoint which is installed near the West Bank city of Ramallah.   The source claimed that the…

An Israeli military source reported that Israeli artillery fired several bombs at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after claiming the Palestinian resistance intended to fire homemade…

Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published a report on the Political Agenda of Sharon’s new part, Kadima, and revealed that Sharon intends to use the Road Map plan in accordance to…

The Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry on Monday released tenders to construct 228 new settler houses in two West Bank settlements near Bethlehem.150 new housing units are slated to be…

During an Israeli cabinet meeting, on Sunday, Israeli Transportation Minister Meir Shitrit of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Kadima party has proposed firing Israeli-made Qassam shells at the Gaza Strip in…

Security sources announced today that members of Hamas placed explosives in front of the home of police captain Abu Wael Saada from the Jala’ neighborhood in Gaza City late last…

Palestinian security men guarding a greenhouse in the abandoned Gaza settlement of Netzer Hazani opened fire at a group of Palestinian laborers who approached the structure, on Monday, and wounded four…

The recent black list, which has effectively barred 15 leaders of military wings from traveling via the Rafah border crossing, has created a new crisis in light of threats by…

Israeli army removed a shipping container set up on the Separation Wall route near the Palestinian village of Bil’in, est of Ramallah on Monday   A similar container was set…

Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry released, on Monday, tenders for the construction of 228 houses for settlers in the West Bank. The tenders include constructing 150 units in Beitar Elite…

Israeli settlers of the Illegal settlement of Yetzhar uprooted on Monday morning 100 olive trees in an orchard which belongs to local farmers of the village of Borin near the…

Israeli Army and security services, Shin Bet, recently set up a special joint investigation team in an effort to capture the Hamas group claimed responsibility for the killing of six…

Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC) reported on Sunday that its military wing, Salah Ed Deen Brigades, owns detailed maps of Israeli military basis in the northern part of the Gaza Strip,…

Israeli soldiers invaded Anabta village, near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, and shot injured one youth.   The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers invaded several…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday evening the village of Anabta, near the Wet Bank city of Tulkarem and shot injured one resident.   A medical source in Tulkarem said that…

During his presence in Bethlehem, and his participation in Christmas celebrations in The Church of Nativity, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the Legislative Elections will be held without any…

The Arab League warned Israel today of the dangerous ramifications of its most recent announcement in which it said it did not intend to allow residents of Jerusalem to participate…

For the first time in five years, Bethlehem and its neighboring towns and villages are enjoying vibrant activities and an influx of visitors this Christmas. The city decided this year…

Detainees of Islamic Jihad, currently detained in Jericho Central Prison, released a press released on Sunday, and announced an open ended hunger strike against the bad treatments they face, and…

The Islamic Jihad movements threatened to increase the firing of Qassam homemade shells should Israel carry out its plan to establish a “security strip” in the northern part of the…

Israeli Settlements Council claimed on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is preparing for another unilateral Disengagement Plan, in the occupied West Bank. Several leaders of the Settlements…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said during the weekly Knesset session, on Sunday morning that he instructed the army to impose a full closure over the West Bank and the…

Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday morning, several Palestinian women to undress at a military roadblock, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported. As…

Latin Patriarch Michael Sabbah said, on Saturday evening, after arriving in Bethlehem that Israel should remove its Separation wall which is surrounding the Holy City, and transforming it into a…

Speaking at a political forum in the Israeli city of Be’er Shiva, on Saturday, Chairman of Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinitz said Israel should launch a large-scale counter…

Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, and Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility for firing two homemade shells into…

Days after Palestinian gunmen briefly took over Bethlehem’s city hall to demand jobs and wages, hundreds of Palestinian police and security men packed the festively decorated Manger square, on Saturday,…

The Israel Radio reported on Saturday afternoon, that Palestinian resistance fired Qassam homemade shells at Israeli targets in the Negev desert.   The shells apparently landed and detonated it Palestinian…

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The British government advised its citizens, on Friday, not to travel to the Gaza Strip, citing the abduction of two Westerners by gunmen earlier in the week. Until now, the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday Ala’ Al Natour, 22, from Tulkarem, and a senior student of Bier Zeit University, and the representative of the Islamic bloc.   Al Natour was…

Israeli army backed by 30 armored vehicles, invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Nablus, prior to arresting one resident and taking him to…

The United States Congress approved, on Friday, the transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel, this aid is to be used to fund joint security projects between Israel and…

Israel will enforce a new off-limits zone in the Gaza Strip with artillery, helicopter and gunboat fire in response to firing of homemade shells on Israeli towns, an Israeli defense…

Forty-two detainees of the Islamic Jihad, and thirty detainees of Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, detained by the Palestinian Authority (P.A), started on Saturday morning, an…

Ahmad Qurie, the former Palestinian Prime Minister, and several other members of the Fateh Old Guard have decided not to run for parliament and withdrew their names from Fateh candidates…

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Residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested, on Friday afternoon, against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to reach their…

In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah,  installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…

In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia town, near Jenin, and clashed with dozens of residents; five residents were injured.   The injured residents were identified as Osama Ibrahim, Bilal…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Anza west of the West Bank city of Jenin.   A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported…

The Israeli army decided to step up assassination of Islamic Jihad resistance group in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Friday. This comes after the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tubas after closing its entrances.   A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers closed several roads in…

The Israeli Salem Military Court sentenced, on Thursday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Jenin to two years imprisonment.   The detainee, Ali Al Lubbadi, 19, was…

Ahmad Abu Ras, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Palestinian resistance sees itself unbound to the truce…

An Israeli Police source in Netanya reported, on Thursday at night that, one LAW missile was fired in Ramat Poleg neighborhood, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The police…

An Israeli source reported, on Thursday at night, that Israel is planning to create “security strips” in the Gaza Strip, in a move which is said to aid the army…

Sources within Fateh movement reported that an agreement has been reached between Fateh and its breakaway Future Faction in order to run in a unified list in the upcoming Legislative…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Thursday that that Israel would step up its response to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli targets; adding…

Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Al Thahiriyya, after invading them conducting military searches, a Palestinian security source…

Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Tal Al Za’atar neighborhood, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…

Israeli artillery resumed its shelling of Beit Hanoun northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Maan News Agency reported.   The shells landed and detonated in open areas close to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank villages of Allar and Qaffin north of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported.   Israeli…

Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank village of Artas . south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident.                                                                                                                              Local sources reported…

Five Israeli soldiers were lightly injured, on Thursday, morning when a Qassam was fired at an army base not far from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.   This was…

In a press release issued, on Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused US administration of financing the election campaigns of Fateh candidates ahead of Palestinian general elections. Hamas demanded…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qabatia town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into a home and used it as a monitoring tower.   A Local…

Israeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and assassinated three resistance fighters; one of the fighters…

{mosimage}Celebrating another Holy Season to rejoice in the birth of Christ and one wonders how to enter and venerate the birthplace in the big prison that the Israeli government created…

Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu, started a series of steps in an attempt to prevent Moshe Feiglin from appearing on the Likud part list. Feiglin was convicted on several charges of…

An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…

An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…

The two foreign teachers, who were abducted in Gaza earlier on Friday, were released unharmed shortly after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP) claimed responsibility for abducting…

Israel is threatening to cut off the Gaza Strip’s electricity supply if the Qassam homemade shells continue targeting Israel’s vital facilities, an Israeli military source reported on Wednesday. During a…

Several residents and international peace activists placed caravans, on Wednesday morning, in Palestinian orchards near Bil’in village, in Ramallah area, and raised Palestinian flags, in a move which resembles their…

Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, Qibia village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested one resident. Several army vehicles invaded the village, surrounded one of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday morning, five residents from several West Bank areas. The five residents are said to be members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Four residents were…

Israeli army invaded on Tuesday at night the village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, four residents were arrested. Shaher Adwan 35, Rizek Tabeb 33, Marwan…

Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and the near by Al Ein refugee camp. Several army units, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded…