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Ibraheem Abed, a leader of the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, was injured in clashes between invading army troops and Palestinian resistance fighters in Qabatia town, South…
At least seven Palestinians were killed and ten were wounded, some seriously, in an Israeli air strike on Saturday morning in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses said…
Palestinian resistance fighters fired home made Qassam rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sederot, lightly wounding two residents, midnight Friday. The first shell landed near a house, where…
Israeli Special Forces invaded Wadi Al Saka village , south east of Dier Al Balah town in central Gaza, taking two residents prisoners on Friday night. Yasser Abu Mohareb and…
Mahmoud Zomlot, 15 years old, was killed and approximately 33 other residents were wounded on Friday evening after internal violence ensued between supporters of Fatah and Hamas in the city…
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As the Gaza strip enters a humanitarian crisis following months of air strikes, and atrocious conditions, the eye of the international media appears to be else where. The…
In light of Israel’s continuous attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal sees no point in recognizing Israel’s right to exist, nor will Hamas abandon…
The Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint of Gilo or known as checkpoint 300, which separates the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron from Jerusalem, have attacked Palestinian…
Zahra Qadih, 23, and the mother of five was killed on Friday morning in Israeli army opened fire at residents' houses in Al Faraheen village east of Khan Younis south…
The Israeli forces invaded tTaqua, Za'tar and Al Khader village in Bethlehem district south of the West Bank on Friday at dawn and took three residents prisoner. Soldiers and jeeps…
The military checkpoint, Qalandia, separating the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem was closed by Israeli troops today, denying the access of Palestinian worshippers to attend Friday prayers in…
Counselor Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, presented the UN on Wednesday with an in-depth look into what Palestinian women face living under Israeli occupation.…
At least three Palestinians were killed and five where injured Friday morning, in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses…
The Israeli air force jet fighters targeted a house in Al Zitona neighborhood east of Gaza city in the early hours of Friday morning. The jet fighters fired two missiles…
The Director of Al Omal Radio station in Gaza, Rizek Al Baiari, called the fire brigades and civil defense department to help the trapped reporters and staff of the radio…
A group of unknown gunmen attacked Al Omal radio station; a local radio station located in the northern side of Gaza city, injuring one of reporter on Thursday night. The…
Maisserr Massaed, 45, was injured when Israeli troops invaded farm lands and shot at farmers’ huts located in the eastern areas of the West Bank city of Tubas, on Thursday…
The Israeli army has taken 200 residents prisoners, on Thursday night, from Al Faraheen village, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza strip, in the ongoing military…
The Israeli online daily, Ha’aretz, reported that Israeli police have arrested 10 settlers from the illegal settlement of Hashmonia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, after they attacked Palestinian…
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at a Hamas leaders’ house in the Al Shujaiya area in central Gaza on Thursday night; killing three, including a girl…
Hamas may recognize previous agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, said the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday. The Arabic-language newspaper cited Khaled Masha’al chair of the politburo of Hamas…
Abd Al Majeed Shakshak, 30, a Palestinian Authority Secret Police Officer was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on Thursday afternoon in Gaza. Shakshak was shot while leaving his…
The Beit Iba checkpoint, West of the city of Nablus in the West Bank was closed on Thursday by the Israeli army troops stationed there. Due to the closure of…
The department of 'Ambulance and Emergency', of the Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Thursday, providing statistic on the effects of 'Operation Summer Rain'; the Israeli offensive which…
Israeli troops continued their military offensive in Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza strip that started Thursday at dawn. Soldiers detained and took prisoners. Local…
Mohamed Ramadan Baraka, 18, died of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army invasion into the eastern areas of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip,…
A group of right wing Israeli Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian holy site in Balata near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday at dawn. Around 20 settlers from…
Israeli troops attacked several areas in Hebron district south of the West Bank and took five residents prisoners on Thursday morning. In Dora village, south of the city of…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus late on Wednesday night, following which clashes erupted as groups of local resistance fighters tried to halt the invasion. Local…
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Ein Beit Al Ma'e, taking two residents prisoners on Thursday. Troops invaded the city and searched several…
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp and troops searched scores of houses on Wednesday late at night. Residents reported that invading troops fired…
Mu'aiad Thweb, 26, was taken prisoner by Israeli troops during a pre dawn invasion to the village of Za'tra, south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday.…
A senior member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, said that his group took part in an operation that freed an American citizen captured by a…
Wednesday evening, under-cover units of the Israeli army, invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, took two fighters prisoners, shot and…
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The London-based Al Hayat newspaper reported that the Hamas party is willing to recognize peace deals signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The paper said that this position was…
Palestinian Chief negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said on Wednesday that any coming cabinet of the Palestinian Authority must have a program that depends of the international and Arab legitimacy. The…
Khaled Mash’al, exiled Hamas leader, proposes a new deal to support Qatar’s 6 point initiative to form a Palestinian national unity government, according to ‘Al Hayat’ in London. The two…
There are ominous signs that the long-contemplated plan to overthrow the democratically-elected Hamas-led Palestinian Authority cabinet is about to enter its most dangerous phase: a political coup, supported by local…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Qabatia town near Jenin and exchanged fire with resistance fighters. Six residents, including two brothers, were taken prisoner in several areas near Jenin,…
Residents of Azoun 'Atma live behind the Wall in southern Qalqilia. The village became entirely isolated from the rest of the northwestern West Bank district when the Wall was imposed,…
For the sixth day, Israeli troops continued their invasion in the eastern and norther parts of the Gaza Strip, and stationed dozens of armored vehicles east of Beit Hanoun, and…
According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, neither Hamas nor Fatah are required to recognize Israel. His statement, made during an Arabic radio interview for Al-Arabiya, contradicts previous statements in which…
Israeli forces invaded the village, Al Burje, South West of Hebron, in the West Bank, taking one resident prisoner, on Wednesday morning. Ibrahem Amro was taken prisoner after troops…
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents of Hebron, in the Tell Al area in the West Bank, on Wednesday, at dawn. The settlers, who live in the…
Palestinian medical sources reported that one man in his 20s was shot and killed by the Israeli army near Eretz border crossing in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday at dawn.…
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Ein Al Bida in the northern part of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank Wednesday morning and took one prisoner. The man,…
The Israeli army invaded the village of AL Khader, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took two residents prisoner on Wednesday morning. Army jeeps and troops entered…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday morning and took prisoner two brothers. A number of armored vehicles and troops invaded the…
Israeli forces invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank Wednesday and killed one resident and took four prisoners. At dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Jericho…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Azune, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took prisoner two residents Wednesday morning. Mustafa Amran, 19, and Qussai Hanun, 17,…
Progressives should rally to the side of Muslims facing a pre-pogrom barrage. Guardian, October 9, 2006 At least with hard man John Reid it was man-to-man hand-to-hand fighting. The…
Israeli air-force shelled on Tuesday night after midnight the house of Nidal Farahat, one of the leaders of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the son…
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Ramallah Al Tihta area, in the city, shot and injured one resident, and…
Tuesday evening, one Palestinian resident was injured after an Israeli war-jet fired at least one missile at a vehicle in Juhr Ed Deen area, in the central Gaza Strip. A…
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.The…
Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr told a press conference in Ramallah Tuesday afternoon that the national initiative has failed due to Hamas not accepting the six-point plan negotiated by Qatar. …
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The Lebanese army has confiscated arms belonging to Hezbollah in accordance with a U.N. truce resolution, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said for the first time on Tuesday. Asked about…
The Israeli authorities closed, on Tuesday morning, the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after opening it on Monday. Rafah crossing, which is the only entry and…
A group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Rotem near the West Bank city of Tubass attacked and threatend to kill Palestinian shepherds on Thursday. The settlers attacked…
The Palestinian government spokesperson, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, from the ruling Hamas party, said that talks on the formation of a national unity government did not fail, and that the government…
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.…
The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday at dawn a wide scale search campaign in the village of Yatta near the city of Hebron south of the West Bank. Troops and…
The Israeli army took prisoner two residents from the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank on Tuesday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city and searched scores of…
Under-cover units of the Israel army shot and killed, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, one resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn the village of Abu D'eif, west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and injured on fighter of the…
The political deadlock between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s efforts to form a national unity government between Hamas and Fatah continues. Hope that the Qatari Foreign…
The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday at dawn a wide scale search campaign in the village of Yatta near the city of Hebron south of the West Bank. Troops and…
The Israeli armed forces invaded the city of Tulkarem in the norther part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning, searched houses and took two residents prisoner. Several tanks and…
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday at dawn and took prisoner two residents. Mohamed Shana'a, 24, and Ziead Al Shanti, 26, were taken to unknown…
Mustafa Awwad, 27, was injured and taken prisoner when the Israeli army invaded the village of Dier Abu Da'eif near the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday at dawn. Troops…
Ameen Al Sufi, 22, a resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip was killed on Tuesday morning by the Undercover special unit of the…
The Foreign Minister of the Gulf State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani, on Monday offered the Palestinian leadership a 6-point plan aimed at ending the internal feud…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams extracted a body of a Palestinian fighter who was killed in a tunnel explosion west of Rafah, in the…
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported that one Palestinian security officer, member of the Presidential Guard Force, died of wounds suffered…
Monday night, the Israeli air force fired missiles at a group of fighters of Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, near the American School…
Almost no one bothered to report it. A search of the nation’s largest newspapers turned up nothing in USA Today, the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San…
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East and she is in a “very concerned” state. For someone who has played Israeli ambassador to the Middle East…
The Israeli army has demanded that Israelis and foreigners, who are escorting Palestinian farmers during this year’s olive harvest to protect them from Israeli settler attacks, not participate in this…
Ramah Habayib, a freed female detainee from Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, said that female detainees in Telmond Israeli detention facility, were harshly attacked on…
Mohammad Sa'adah, 22, was shot and killed on Monday afternoon by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers did not…
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, managed to cross the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, after the international observers resumed…
Palestinian medical sources reported that two residents were injured during an Israeli army invasion of the Al Sika area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza strip…
Over the weekend, Israeli and international peace activists dismantled several roadblocks in the Hebron area that had been set up by the Israeli military, and had been acting as a…
On Monday at noon an Israeli Army unit invaded agricultural land, east of the West Bank city of Tubass and ransacked shepherds huts there. According to local sources, troops in…
Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed and five were injured, most of them children, in an Israeli military air strike that targeted a Palestinian vehicle in Beit…
Israeli war planes dropped missiles on a home in Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, late Sunday night. Although the house was completely destroyed, no casualties have…
The Israeli forces put a curfew on Al Ezbedat village in the central area of the Jordan Valley, in the eastern part of the West Bank, on Monday morning. Troops…
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani has entered talks to form a unity government as a mediator between Hamas and Fatah, the leaders of which he will…
Israeli troops with a cavacade of jeeps invaded the West Bank city,Nablus on Monday at dawn and seized three residents . local sources reported that over 12 army vehicles, invaded…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yamoun village west of Jenin and searched houses on Monday at dawn. Troops, backed by over 10 military vehicles, invaded the village, …
Two Palestinian brothers, from the Salem village, near Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, were brutally beaten and abused for several hours at the Huwwara military…
The Israeli Border Police arrested three international peace activists near Al Khader town, in Bethlehem area, after they arrived at the town to held Palestinian farmers in harvesting their orchards.…
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident, from the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus,…
While most American college students visiting Israel this summer seldom ventured across the Green Line, Sarah was among several dozen Americans participating in the Palestinian Summer Encounter (PSE) program, based…
Having ignored him for over a year, now all of sudden the world and his dog wants to talk to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It’s astonishing how short memories can…
Omar Suleiman from Kufr Qallil walked through his 10 dunums of olive trees on Saturday the 30th of September, occasionally grabbing hold of a tree trunk and nimbly climbing up…