The prison of Al Numan village
Al Numan Village, southeast of Bethlehem, has become a prison, completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall inside the West Bank. Al Numan is a small village, on a hill of…
Army arrests four residents during an invasion to Ateel and Alar villages north of Tulkarem
The Israeli army forces invaded Ateel and Alar villages north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, Monday morning. In Ateel, trops invaded the village searched…
Israeli Army invades Yabod village west of Jenin and arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded the village of Yabod, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Atatra was arrested when troops stormed his…
Fighter killed in clashes with Israeli troops near Gaza borders
Palestinian sources reported on Monday morning that one Palestinian fighter was shot and killed by Israeli military fire east of Gaza city. The source stated that fighters of the Al…
Army invades Nablus and Balata Refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp in the city, Monday morning. Troops stormed the city and deployed in several main streets, also…
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Party ready to join Hamas government
The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) party has officially notified Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya that the party is ready to participate in the…
Several main checkpoints in West Bank locked down by Israeli forces
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli troops locked down Beit Ebyia, Hewara, Ytzhar and Zaatra checkpoints downtown in the West Bank, adding that Israeli occupation forces have partially re-opened most of…
Israeli forces invade Nablus, Balata in ongoing siege
A large contingent of Israeli forces invaded Nablus district in the West Bank from all directions on Monday, reported Palestinian sources. Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said that the Israeli…
Four arrested by Israeli forces in Bethlehem
Israeli military sources said that four residents were arrested in Bethlehem in pre-dawn raids Monday morning. The arrestees were identified as Fadi Hussein Najajra,23, Khalil Radyda,33, Mohammed Rba’a,25, and Ali…
Four arrested by Israeli forces in north Tulkarem raid
A correspondent to the Palestinian International Press Center reported that during recent incursions by Israeli troops backed by military jeeps into Alar and Ateel towns, north of Tulkarem, four residents were…
Army arrests three residents, beats a mother and her two sons from Hebron
The Israeli military conducted wide scale searches at dawn Monday breaking into several homes, arresting three residents and beating three others in the West Bank city of Hebron. Official…
Unknown group burns car of Minister of Detainees in Jenin
A Palestinian police source reported that an unknown gunmen burned the vehicle of Wasfi Kabha, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and ex-detainees in the Hamas-led government, Sunday evening in Jenin, north…
Israeli checkpoints increase throughout surrounded city of Nablus
Hamdan Al Salem has stopped dreaming of leaving the city of Nablus after the hours upon hours has spent waiting at checkpoints dotting the city, creating a lone island called…
Helping Israel kill Palestinians
Suppose I were to leave my office here in Chicago and walk the short distance to the kidney dialysis unit down the road and pull out the tubes to which…
Theatre gives hope to children of Jenin
A new theatre is bringing alternative plays to the residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank to help educate children and adults. The idea of a theatre…
Israeli officials: Wall will be 93% complete by beginning of 2007
By the beginning of 2007, 486 kilometers of the Annexation Wall will be completed, reported Israeli defense Ministry officials this week. This constitutes 93 percent of the 523-kilometer fence route…
Hamas prisoners say they didn’t sign the `“prisoners’ document` for national unity
Detainees of the Hamas movement imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities have dissociated themselves from the National Unity Document signed by jailed leaders of various movements. The prisoners said that they…
Israeli Annexation Wall construction on Maradah village lands
Citizens of the village of Maradah north of Salfit called upon human rights associations to help them to resist the wall building that they say is strangling the village, according…
Israeli Forces raid village of Ras Atiyah, arrest one
The Israeli Forces arrested Bilal Mara’aba (32) from the village of Ras Atiyah in the south of Qalqilia early on Saturday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli troops raided the village…
Youth badly beaten by soldiers at checkpoint east of Bethlehem
alestinian soldier Mohammad Ahmad Abu Salim (23), from the Aida Refugee Camp north of Bethlehem, faced inhuman treatment from Israeli soldiers stationed at the "Container" barrier, while he was going…
Bitter Wine for Israel’s Bedouin population
The crowded room felt like a sauna, a natural effect of the scorching sun hitting the tin roof and the lack of a fan or air conditioner to ease the…
In the Name of Security
Why are Palestinians under such demand to adhere to signed agreements when Israel and the US are allowed to circumvent and disregard them at whim? The Latin proverb of “One…
Sharon’s Legacy in Action
At the present, the Western world seems still under the spell of the legend of Ariel Sharon, who, so the story goes, has brought a gigantic change in Israeli policy…
Palestinian refugee killed in Iraq, leaflets calling for expulsion of Palestinians
Friday evening, a Palestinian refugee living in Iraq was abducted and shot dead by unknown gunmen in Al Dawra area, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A group which calls itself…
Countdown to Apartheid
Olmert’s (and Elie Wiesel’s) Roadmap CounterPunch May 25, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/halper05252006.html Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of Congress was perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since…
Army arrests one resident from Qalqilia
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Saturday morning. Bilal Mari’ia, 32, was arrested when troops stormed his house and searched it, then he…
Army prevents peace activists and Palestinian farmers from delivering water to a village near Hebron
An Israeli army and police force stopped on Saturday Israeli peace activists and Palestinian farmers and prevented them from delivering water to Susa village near Hebron. The village has been…
Army attacks taxi driver from Araba village near Jenin
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian taxi driver from Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday at noon. Troops stopped Fadi Al Dahdoh, who tried to pay pass the…
Nablus youth dies of wounds sustained when shot by Israeli forces in April
In the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical sources stated that Alaa Haijer, 20, died of critical wounds he sustained in late April when the Israeli occupation soldiers manning…
Text of 18-point plan for internal Palestinian unity
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given Hamas 10 days to endorse a plan accepting the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel or he will submit the plan to a…
Hamas rejects Abbas’ ultimatum
The Hamas party has rejected a deadline set by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resolve Palestinian internal factional fighting within ten days. Talks on the plan, drafted by Palestinian leaders…
Palestinian youth shot in head, injured, by Israeli forces in Balata camp invasion
Israeli gunfire at dawn on Saturday wounded a Palestinian teen in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city. Medical sources said that the 17-year-old youth was hit with bullet…
Israeli Army attacks an ambulance and a woman in labor in Nablus
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the West Bank city of Nablus, and also attacked a woman in labor the ambulance was carrying, Saturday morning. The…
Three residents arrested from Yabad village west of Jenin
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Yabad, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday morning. Two were arrested when troops stopped their car at…
Army seals Tammoun village east of Tubas
The Israeli army closed the village of Tammoun east of the West Bank town of Tubas, Saturday morning. Soldiers blocked the main entrance to the village, prohibiting residents from crossing to go…
Four residents arrested from Nablus
The Israeli army arrested four residents from the West bank city of Nablus and its refugee camps when troops invaded the area Saturday at dawn. This invasion is part of…
Army invades two villages, arrests two near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested two residents from Al Yamon village and invaded the Qabatiya village near the West Bank city of Jenin, late Friday night. In Al Yamoun village, troops…
Bil’in protesters call for unity among the Palestinian factions, people
Friday’s protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah called on the Palestinian factions and people to renounce all sorts of internal violence and conflict, and…
Army arrests a resident south of Tubas
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident after ordering him to stop his vehicles in Al Far’a area, south of Tubas in the West Bank. Soldiers installed a military checkpoint…
Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip
As the Israeli army continued its shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday night, five Palestinians, including three teens – two of them members of the…
This Week in Palestine – May Week 04
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.27 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Troops shell Beit Hanoun, one child seriously injured
A Palestinian medical source in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Friday afternoon that one Palestinian child was seriously injured after the Israeli army…
Army invades Ateel village and arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded the village if Ateel near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested on resident on Friday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the village and conducted…
Army shells Gaza, injures a Palestinian farmer
Friday morning, a 54-year old Palestinian farmer was injured as the Israeli army fired artillery barrage on the Gaza Strip. Israeli army sources confirmed the attack but denied reports of…
Hamas orders its `“security force` off the streets
The Palestinian Hamas-led government has ordered on Friday its fighters off Gaza’s streets in the wake of deadly clashes with the Fatah movement that stirred fears of civil war in…
Palestinian Prisoner Society: The lawyers are the only link between the prisoners and their families
The US-led political and economic blockade continues, yet contrary to popular belief, it is not only affecting Palestinian Authority employees and the merchants they buy from. Palestinian organizations are also…
Israeli forces invade Hamas Social Club in Tulkarem
A large force of the Israeli military stormed the Social Club in Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank at dawn Friday. The Social Club belongs to Hamas and is known…
Troops arrest seven residents, including three brothers near Hebron
Friday at dawn, the Israeli army arrested seven residents, including three brothers, form Doura village south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The arrestees were identified as Bassem Al…
Army invades Nablus, surrounds residential building,injures one resident
In an Israeli army invasion of Nablus in the West Bank, earlier on Friday morning, Israeli troops surrounded a residential building and injured one resident. Yousef Abu Laila, 26, a Palestinian security…
Army fires more shells at Gaza
The Israeli artillery continued its shelling to areas east and northof the Gaza strip, Friday at dawn. The shelling targeted residential areas east of Gaza city, Beit Lahia and Beit…
U.S. House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, U.S.
Jimmy Carter has been blunt: Despite the fact of a Palestinian election result that was not to their liking, the former president says, "it is unconscionable for Israel, the United…
Palestinian journalist says he was tortured while imprisoned by Israel
Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as “security-related” violation. Rajoub, 28, was charged with harboring pro-Hamas…
Palestinian President: Prepared for referendum if national dialogue doesn’t resolve internal strife
In today’s Palestinian National Dialogue session, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set out an ultimatum for the various internal factions to reach an agreement, saying he will call for a referendum…
Palestinian policeman killed, 4 injured, in Fatah/Hamas clashes in Gaza
A member of the Fatah-controlled Palestinian security forces was killed and four others were wounded Thursday, doctors and witnesses said, in the latest factional clashes in the Gaza Strip. The…
‘How can people live, I wonder?’
Eight months ago, the Palestinians were celebrating the end of Israel’s military occupation of Gaza. But the artillery shells keep falling, factions are fighting each other and the economy is…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 25,2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2 MB PALESTINE TODAY A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA…
Israeli forces invade, impose curfew on Qabalan, southeast of Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the town of Qabalan, south east of the city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and imposed a curfew on the town. Local sources said that confrontations erupted…
Nine Palestinians, including three women and one child, killed this week
Israeli soldiers killed during this week nine Palestinian residents, including three women and one child, in several military attacks carried out in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Among…
Army arrests one resident from Hebron
The Israeli army has arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron during an invasion in one of the city neighborhoods, on Thursday. Army vehicles and troops stormed…
Army storms museum in Bethlehem, severe damage is reported
The Israeli army stormed Al Bad Cultural Museum in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and severely damaged the site Thursday morning. Soldiers bombed the door of the museum and…
Army annexes five Dunams of Assira Al Shamalia village lands near Nablus
The Israeli army annexed five Dunams of Assira Al Shamalia village lands, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday. The orders were signed by the Israeli Army Central Command…
Israeli forces imprison families; forbid driving in Nablus invasion
Palestinians in southern Nablus were held under curfew while dozens were imprisoned in small rooms since Wednesday. Early this morning Israeli forces finally left. Lawyer Zayed Omran reported that Israeli…
Israeli military says it is expanding four settlements in Qalqilia area
One week ago heavily guarded Israeli bulldozers dredged the lands of Amatin Village, 15 kilometers east of Qalqiliya in the area known as Jabal Abu Suwayd. Farmer Al Haji Suleiman…
Palestinian prisoners in Israel threaten open-ended hunger strike if national dialogue fails
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on Wednesday threatened to begin an open-ended hunger strike if the national dialogue failed to reach an agreement that would end the state of tension…
18,000 Palestinians in W. Bethlehem villages about to be enclosed into a ‘ghetto’
In West Bethlehem, between al-Khader and the villages to be isolated in a ghetto on the west side of the Wall, Israeli forces have begun building a tunnel under the…
Army installs new military watch tower at Al Arop refugee camp in Hebron
The israeli army have installed a new military watch tower at Al Arop refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday morning. The watch tower’s installation was completed…
Army arrest resident from Beita village and turns a house into a military post
The Israeli army invaded the village of Beita south of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested two residents and turned a house into a military post, Thursday morning. Ihssan…
Army installs a military checkpoint at Tamon village entrance
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the entrance of Tammon village east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Thursday morning. Soldiers stopped residents and cars, searched them…
Army arrest three residents at a random military checkpoint north of Nablus
The Israeli army arrested three residents at a random military checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Nablus, late on Wednesday night. Of those known from the three was…
Four residents arrested from Borqen village in Jenin
The Israeli army arrested four residents from the village of Borqen in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday at dawn. The arrestees were identified as Mostafa Sobeh, 20, Majdi…
Army arrests two residents in Bethlehem 11:06
Two residents were arrested when troops invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. Fathi Ramadan, 20 Samier Al Laham, 27, were arrested when troops invaded the…
Palestinians to convene to solve internal conflict, seek national unity
Representatives and leaders of different Palestinian factions and religious sects are set to convene on Thursday in Ramallah and Gaza to put an end to the internal conflicts which escalated…
Army invades Nablus and arrests several residents among them the wife of a wanted man
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp and arrested residents among them the wife of a wanted man, on Thursday morning Those known…
Can Israel provide refuge to non-Jews?
Around 160 Sudanese from Darfur who arrived to Israel in the past year hoping that they find refuge from the ongoing war in their region, are now imprisoned in Israel .…
Fateh, Hamas agree to end violence
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said after a seven-hour meeting with leaders of Fateh and Hamas movements in his Gaza office that the only way to end tension and violence…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 24,2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.4 MB PALESTINE TODAY A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA…
PA security chief killed and another injured in Gaza Blast
At lest one senior Palestinian security officer was killed and another injured when a bomb went off in his car in Gaza. Officer Nabil Hudhud, director of the Palestinian Preventive…
Army prevents a farmer to build his family house, bulldozers demlish it
Several Israeli army vehicles, accompanied by three bulldozers / drills, invaded the village of Funduq near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia at the early hours of Wednesday morning.…
The Crisis for Palestinian Political Prisoners
The US-led political and economic blockade continues, yet contrary to popular belief, it is not only affecting Palestinian Authority employees and the merchants they buy from. Palestinian organizations are unable…
Jerusalem Day: A City Divided
As nation marks 39 years to city’s reunification, discrimination is rampant. Arab residents lack schools, services, law enforcement. It is clear and unquestioned to every Israeli citizen that he gets…
Elderly Palestinian dies of heart failure after being beaten at Israeli checkpoint
A rPalestinian man with heart problems died after being beaten in the head and chest by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint in Abu Dees suburb, south of occupied East…
Four Palestinian killed and 35 injured in Ramallah invasion
The number of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli invasion to the West Bank city of Ramallah has increased to four after a young man died of wounds sustained earlier…
Army arrests two children and imposes curfew in Howwara town
The Israeli army arrested two children at midday during an invasion to the town of Howwara south of the West Bank city of Rammallah, on Wednesday. Yunis Damidi, 16, and…
Army bulldozers demolish several buildings and barns in Al Fonduq village
Israeli army bulldozers demolished several buildings and farm sheds in Al Fonduq village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The bulldozers demolished a house belonging to Salem Abas from…
Army arrests two residents from Hebron and takes over a house in Dora village
The Israeli army arrested two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron and took over a house to use as a military post in the nearby village of Dora,…
On the same day Israeli forces assassinated Mohammad Al Dahdouh, his baby girl was born
Hours after the Israeli army assassinated the Al Quds Brigades leader in Gaza City on Saturday, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. During the assassination, Israeli forces also…
Settlers occupy homes in Matityahu East illegal settlement despite High Court Ban
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that at least two settler families moved on Tuesday into apartments in a illegal settlement neighborhood of the West Bank settlement of Upper…
Settlers continue to install barbed wire around annexed Palestinian land in Tubas
The Israeli settlers from Rotem settlement continued to install barbed wire around annexed Palestinian land belonging to Tubas West Bank city residents, Wednesday morning. The settlers are increasing the number…
One resident arrested south of Salfit
The Israeli army arrested one resident during a pre-dawn invasion to Qarawit Bani Zied village south of the West Bank city of Salfit, on Wednesday. Nidal Stef, 17, was arrested…
Army invades Mithlon village, south of Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Mithlon, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Troops stormed the villagers’ homes and the municipality building, then forced all…
One killed and two injured by unknown gunmen in east Khan-Younis
Mohamed Kadih, 22, died of wounds he sustained on Wednesday at dawn when unknown gunmen fired at him in east Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. Also, Salah Kadih and…
Army invades Qabatia village and arrests one resident
Ala Zakarna, was arrested when troops invaded Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the town, searched several homes and interrogated residents before…
Army arrest several residents from Nablus during the ongoing military operation
Israeli troops arrested three residents during an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday morning. In the old city of Nablus, troops stormed residents’ homes and…
Member of the Al Qassam Brigades killed by gunmen in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that one member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was killed and two others were injured after being abducted…
The Storm over the U.S. Pro-Israel Lobby
1.Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s "The Clash of Civilizations?" in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force as "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,"…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 23,2006
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Army invades Al Far’a valley near Tubas
The Israeli army invaded Al Far’a valley south of the West Bank city of Tubas, Tuesday at noon. Soldiers stormed the area and hurled tear gas and shot rubber bullets…
Israeli High Court rejects an appeal against Wall route near Jerusalem
The Israeli High Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday an appeal filed by the residents of Al Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem, against the rout of the annexation Wall which…
Israeli army arrested leader of Hamas’ military wing in the West Bank
Tuesday, Israeli troops arrested Sheikh Ibrahim Hamid, leader of Iz Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and “number 1” wanted fighter in the occupied West Bank, Israeli army…