Soldiers attack, beat an old woman and her son in Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked on Monday a 65-year old woman and her son as he tried to stop the soldiers from attacking his mother. near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West…
Abbas says no intention to run for second term
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated in an interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television that he does not intend to run for a second term in office when his four-year term…
Army harasses an old woman and attacks her son in Hebron
The Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron assaulted an old woman and attacked her son, Monday morning.…
Israel crosses the threshold
On September 9, 1969, a big brown envelope was delivered to the Oval Office on behalf of CIA Director Richard Helms; on it he had written "For and to be…
Israeli aircraft drops leaflets on northern Gaza Strip warning residents to stay away
Residents of the northern of Gaza Strip reported Monday that Israeli military aircraft dropped leaflets at dawn warning residents from entering areas in northern Gaza. The leaflets were warnings to…
Palestinians mark international workers day in Ramallah
A major Palestinian nonviolent march swept through the West Bank streets of Ramallah Monday in honor of International Workers Day. Their first stop was with Fateh spokesperson Ahmed Abdul Rahman…
Arab Doctors on a solidarity campaign to assist the Palestinian medical situation
In a press release issued on Monday, The Emergency and Relief Committee in the Arab Doctors Union, stated that it intends to organize a solidarity campaign, next Friday to assist…
PA to address Quartet to help stop W.B. Wall
Ghazi Hamad, spokesman of the Palestinian Authority said on Monday that the PA will send a letter to the Quartet demanding it to interfere to stop the wall is building…
17 residents arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron
The Israeli army invaded several villages and areas in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested 17 residents, Monday morning, Palestinian sources rerported. In Bani N’aim village, troops stormed…
Army arrests five residents in Nablus
In a morning invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday the Israeli army arrested five residents including a man and his wife. Troops conducted wide scale search…
Army arrests two brothers from Yatta near Hebron
The Israeli army troops invaded the village of Yatta near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning and arrested two brothers, local sources reported. Soldiers searched several homes…
Ten residents arrested from Burken village
Israeli army arrested Ten residents from Burken the West Bank city of Jenin, in a pre-dawn invasion to the village. Armored vehicles and jeeps stormed the village and conducted wide…
Army invades Beit Ta’mar village and arrests six residents
The Israeli miliatry invaded the village of Beit Ta’mar east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested six residents, Monday at dawn. The arrestees were identified as; Ahmad…
Palestinian woman killed in Tulkarem Invasion
Israeli army troops shot dead, Itaf Zalat 45, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem as they invaded the city on Monday morning looking for claimed wanted Islamic Jihad operative,…
Army invades Bethlehem arrests three
A large Israeli military force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested three residents in the early hours of Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. The force, which consisted…
Army invades the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrests one resident
The Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Saturday night and arrested one resident. Soldiers arrested Mohamed Sha’lan from a wedding his work place after they…
Army arrests three residents from Jayyous village
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Jayyous near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late Saturday night. Troops stormed the residents’ homes and arrested Hussam Shamamsa,…
Two residents arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli troops arrested Ali Nawawra, 23, and Abdullah Falah, 25, from Hindaza neighborhood in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Sunday morning. Troops stormed the…
Army attacks residents in Al Baq’a valley, east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers attacked residents in Al Baq’a valley, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Sunday morning. Troops forced the farmers, who were working in their land ,out and…
Seven civilians wounded in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza Strip
Seven Palestinian civilians including a child and a woman were injured as the Israeli artillery shelled the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon, Palestinian medical sources reported. The seven were…
Two residents arrested in Hebron
The Israeli army arrested two residents and fined two in the the West Bank city of Hebron and the near by village of Yata, Saturday morning. Ghassan Al Jonadi from…
Bilin residents Protest the construction of the Wall on their land
On Friday the 28th of April on behalf of the International Middle Eastern Media Centre I traveled to Bilin to cover the weekly protest and resistance to the Israeli illegal…
Girl arrested at Beit Iba checkpoint in Nablus
The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Beit Iba checkpoint in the West Bank city of Nablus arrested Fida’ Daras, 22, Saturday afternoon. Soldiers said that they arrested Daras because she…
Settlers continue attacking residents in the Jordan valley
A group of settlers using a medium size van are setting traps to ambush and attack Palestinian residents’ cars in the Jordan valley area, Saturday at dawn. According to residents…
The Israeli Army arrest two residents from Qabatia village
Israeli troops invaded the village of Qabatiya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two brothers, Saturday morning. Mahmod Khazima, 18, and his brother Mohamed, 17 were…
Abbas must be allowed to be the link
It’s still too early to say if there is going to be a change of Israeli policies vis-a-vis the internal Palestinian situation by the yet-to-be-formed new Israeli government. Ehud Olmert…
The PA rejects French President’s plan for funds
The Palestinian Authority rejected the proposal by the French President Jack Chirac in which he recommended to establish a fund under the supervision of the World Bank to pay the…
Army arrests a young man from Wadi Fokeen village west of Bethlehem
Yousif Al Hrob, 25, was arrested on Saturday morning from the village of Wadi Fokeen west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Israeli armed force stormed the village closed…
Army continue its shelling to east and north areas in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army tanks stationed at the borders of the Gaza strip continued its shelling to east and north areas in the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. The shelling targeted residential…
Army closes Al Bathan checkpoint in Nablus and declare it a closed military zone
Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan military checkpoint, northeast of the West Bank city of Nablus declared it a closed military zone, Saturday morning. Scores of residents coming from the…
Army invades Jenin and the nearby Qabatia village
Israeli Army forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia, Saturday morning. In Jenin troops backed by military vehicles entered the city, and patrolled…
This Week in Palestine – April Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.8 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Army invades Jenin and surrounding villages, arrests residents
Islamic Jihad Movement official in Jenin, Mahmoud Al Sa’adi, said that Israeli forces launched a wide arrest campaign on Friday against resistance fighters in several areas of the Jenin District.…
Robert Fisk: Another brick in the wall
If I were an Israeli I would have built a wall, but not as a way of stealing land. We have been conned again. The Israeli elections, we are told,…
PA: Arrest of Lawmaker Ahmed Mubarak is part of the pressure campaign against government
Palestinian Legislative Council Secretary General, Dr. Mahmoud Al Rahmahi has strongly condemned Iseael’s arrest of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmed Mubarak from Ramallah Thursday morning. On Thursday morning, a large…
Abbas to propose new talks after new Israeli government formed
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call the Israelis to resume peace talks after they form the new government and called on the European Union to resume aid…
Audio Report: The Daily News For April 27, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 3.5 MB The daily news, a service of the International…
Four residents injured and two arrested in Hebron
Four residents injured and two arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron during army attacks, Thursday morning Mossa Al Rejbi, 57, hand was injured, Iblan Abu Sabiha, 23,suffered a…
The Israeli army evacuates a military bass in the Beit Sahour
The Israeli Army evacuated the Osh-Ghrab military base east of of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the West Bank, on Thursday morning. Residentsfrom the surrounding area rushed inside the military…
Israeli Army invade Nablus and several surrounding villages eight residents arrested .
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and several surrounding villages arresting eight residents, on Thursday morning. In the nearby village of Asira, troops arrested Bassel Sawalha, 18,…
Thirteen residents arrested from Al Yamon village
The Israeli Army invaded the village of Al Yamon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning and arrested 13 residents. Troops backed by military vehicles stormed the village…
Army arrests Obaidiya village residents near Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested a young Palestinian man form the Obaidiya village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in a pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday. Army jeeps invaded the…
Three residents arrested in Tubas
Israeli army troops arrested three residents from Tubas city in the west Bank during a morning invasion, on Thursday. According to the residents more than 15 armored vehicles entered the…
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza Strip
At least two Palestinians were killed and several wounded in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Sources reported on Thursday morning. Four Israeli warplanes fired four missiles…
Palestinian political prisoner dies of medical neglect in Israeli jail
Suleiman Draji, 53-year-old Palestinian from Taiba village inside , died due to medical neglect in Israeli Hasharon Prison Wednesday. The Palestinian Prisoner Society placed the full load of responsibility and…
Audio Report: The Daily News For April 26, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 4.5 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle…
Three Resistance Fighters injured in clashes with PA security in Gaza Strip
Three resistance fighters who belong to the Popular Resistance Committees were injured Wednesday, when they clashed with the Palestinian Security forces who prevented an attack with a car bomb at…
Military court sentence several Palestinian prisoners to jail
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Palestinian detainees to incarcerations coupled with huge fines, on Wednesday. The prisoner society reported in a press release that Ayman Maseed from Jenin…
Palestinians accuse US of practicing terrorism against Banks who transfer funds to PA
Palestinian government spokesperson Ghazi Hamad accused the United States’ administration of terrorism against Palestine by preventing Banks from transferring aid money to the Palestinian Authority causing a severe financial crisis…
Army storms Boren village town hall
The Israeli forces stormed the Boren village town hall, near the West Bank city on Nablus, Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles invaded the village and surrounded the town hall, soldiers…
Rubber bullets menace West Bank
Rubber bullets being fired in the occupied West Bank have seriously injured another Palestinian civilian. Ruba Mahmoud Awayes, 21, was on her way home from college when she was hit…
Army closes Araba village main entrance
The Israeli armed forces closed the main entrance to the east of Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Several army jeeps blocked the road and…
Army arrest 12 residents during continued military operation in Nablus
On Wednesday morning Israeli troops arrested, , 12 residents from the West Bank city of Nablus during an ongoing military operation begun Tuesday morning. Soldiers conducted wide scale search campaigns…
Al Bathan checkpoint in Nablus closed by Isreali Military
The Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan checkpoint Nablus closed it, on Wednesday morning. The checkpoint lies at the north eastern entrance of the city and this closure prevents scores…
Israeli forces invade Jenin camp, attack house of a Prisoner, arrest his son
Israeli forces invaded the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, and held some residents captive for interrogation, Palestinian sources reported. Troops demanded the residents to provide…
Palestinian PM: We collected funds for Salaries, trying to get them in
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said the government managed to collect funds needed for the state employees’ salaries, from Arab countries. Haniya said the money is now with the Arab…
New PA officials travel the same path as vegetables peddlers to market due to Israeli restrictions
The maze of Israeli military checkpoints inside the West Bank ensure that not only vegetables must be carried to market, but also students must walk to school, workers to their…
Hamas: We care about security and stability of Jordan
The Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq, expressed the Palestinian Authority’s interest in a secure and stable , and denied any relation with actions that targets saying that Hamas…
Audio Report: The Daily News For April 25, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.1 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle…
Israel resumes construction of the wall near Hebron
Scores of farmers and land owners in addition to a number of residents gathered at their land to the east of Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli bulldozers started…
PA Gov’t does not object Abba’s receiving aid and managing it
Palestinian Minister of Finance, Omar Abdul Raziq said on Tuesday the government has no objection if the President’s office will receive and manage international aid for the Palestinian Authority including…
A Double-standard Policy Towards Palestine
The international community double-standard policy towards the Middle East region, particularly, Palestine, has been steadily apparent since the formation of a Hamas-led Palestinian government in both the West Bank and…
Israeli Army arrest Hamas spokesperson in the West Bank
Farahat Assad, the Hamas west bank spokesperson of Hamas, was arrested by the Israeli army late Monday night. Assad was arrested after troops surrounded his home in the West Bank…
Army reinvades Nablus and arrests resident
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus for the second time on Tuesday afternoon and arrested Mohamed Ikmail. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the city for a…
Hamas: We expect Abbas to protect the Government
Following statements made by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he threatened to fire the Hamas-run government, Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the government said that Abbas should not…
Army invades Al Yammon village
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yammon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, allegedly seeking wanted people, whom after…
Army arrests resident from Marka village south of Jenin
The Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Marka village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles entered the village searched several…
Three residents arrested from Al O’byiat village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded Al O’byiat village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three residents, Tuesday morning. Ahmad O’byiat, 20, Awwad O’byiat, 36, Shadi O’byiat, 26,…
Army installs military checkpoint at Borak Soliman in Bethlehem
An Israeli army unit installed a military checkpoint at Borak Soliman near the Al Khader village entrance in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stopped and…
Israeli invade Nablus and arrest nine
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested nine residents among them a 50 year old women, on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as; Hussen…
Three-day national dialogue to begin Tuesday
President of the Political Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdullah Abdullah, said the three-day national dialogue will begin Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah via video conference. Hamas, Fatah, and…
Palestinian family calls for release of child from Israeli jail
A Palestinian family called on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights organizations to immediately intervene to help free their son from Israeli detention. The father of…
Israeli forces prevent Palestinian youth from participating in Quaker video-conference with U.S.
Israeli forces have prevented a delegation of youths from Jenin, who were representing a Quaker youth group, from going to the city of Ramallah for youth activities. In a phone…
Palestinian policeman arrested at Israeli checkpoint near Jenin
Israeli forces arrested Monday one Palestinian citizen, Ahmad Abu Obaid (23 years) from the town of Al-Yamoun west of Jenin, at one of the "temporary" military barriers between Ramallah and…
Palestinian resistance fires two homemade shells into Israel, no injuries
The Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigade in Gaza Strip said they have fired two home-made projectiles at Israeli targets in response to the assassination of two Palestinians in Bethlehem on Sunday evening.
Palestinians: Israeli Settlers vandalized our quarry
Palestinians from the village of Hawara, south of Nablus, accused settlers on Sunday of sneaking into a quarry in the middle of the night Saturday and torching trucks and an…
Human rights workers attacked by illegal Israeli settlers near Hebron
On Saturday afternoon, several international human rights workers were attacked by Israeli settlers living illegally on Palestinian land near Hebron, the third such attack in three weeks. In a statement from…
Israeli forces arrest three in Bethlehem, Hebron and Jericho
Pre-dawn raids by Israeli forces in various parts of the southern and eastern West Bank Monday morning resulted in three arrests. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces, backed by seven military vehicles,…
Israeli soldiers attack Palestinians at Eiba checkpoint, wounding one
In Nablus early Monday morning, Israeli soldiers positioned at Eiba checkpoint, west of the city, hurled a sonic bomb at Palestinians who were waiting at the checkpoint, wounding Mohie Ishteiwi,…
Five Palestinian youth arrested in pre-dawn raid in Tulkarem
Israeli Forces raided the towns of Allar and Qafen, north of Tulkarem, early on Monday morning. They broke into many houses, carrying out extensive searches. Five Palestinians were arrested: Mutasim…
Palestinian prisoners in Damoun jail in Israel abused by guards
During a visit to Damoun jail, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society revealed Monday that "Nakhshon Israeli unit" stormed section "3", provocatively searched the rooms and forced the prisoners…
Report: 400 Palestinian children incarcerated in Israeli jails
Defense for Children International – Palestine section and the Arab human rights institution charged in a joint statement that the Israeli occupation government was escalating its arrests of Palestinian minors.…
Israeli forces arrest four youth in Nablus
Israeli troops stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camp of Al-Ein at dawn Monday and arrested four young men after breaking into several homes. Local…
The republic of Elad
On a Sunday, during the intermediate days of Pesach, Jerusalem was quite empty. Maybe the sudden rain kept the tourists away. In the city center, next to the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian…
Palestinian youth killed in east Gaza Strip
Israeli army troops opened fire at and killed a Palestinian 18-year old near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medial and security sources said on Monday morning. Israeli…
Two youth arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two youth in the Al Arroub refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to a nearby military camp, local source…
Troops storm a Nablus Hospital, attack patients, medical teams
Israeli soldiersbroke on Sunday into Al Amal Private Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of wards and attacked staff and patients, local source in Nablus…
Nablus Municipality Building, dating back thousands of years, attacked by anti-Hamas Fateh fighters
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted two strongly-worded condemnations Sunday against aggressions in Nablus. Armed members of resistance parties, defying internal agreements, are using weapons reserved only to…
Two fighters assassinated in Bethlehem, one seriously injured
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades were assassinated in Bethlehem on Sunday after the Israeli under-cover forces stormed the city and fired at resistance fighters of the Al…
Hamas, Fateh agree to end internal clashes, tension
The Hamas-led Palestinian government and the Fateh movement, headed by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, have pledged on Sunday to work in order to end the tensions between them after…
Palestinian nonviolent resistance continues in southern West Bank in spite of beating and arrests
At least six Palestinian citizens, including one elderly, were injured, and an unlimited number were arrested during a nonviolent demonstration in the southern West Bank on Saturday. A number of…
Fateh uproar over Hamas leader’s speech
Fridays’ speech by Hamas Political Office leader Khalid Mashal, put Fateh officials over the edge. They went so far as to refer to Mashal’s words from exile in Syria to…
Vast Israeli Arrest Campaign of Palestinians in the West Bank continues
Israeli soldiers launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank, while intensifying its arbitrary measures around the city of Ramallah and continuing the isolation of northern Jordan Valley for…
Al Aqsa Brigades demand clarification of yesterday’s Hamas speech
The Fateh linked armed resistance wing, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanding Hamas for clarifications of the statements made by Khaled Mashal on Friday. Saturday, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the…
Israeli soldiers force 18 family members into single room as they overtake the home
Israeli forces took two Palestinians from the southern West Bank to unknown locations early Saturday morning. Israeli forces invaded northern Hebron’s Al Aroub Refugee Camp at dawn and broke into…
Army arrests two and turns one house into military post
Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces…
Hamas’ predicament: partly political naiveté?
Two months before the Palestinian election, I met in Ramallah with Hassan Yousef, a senior West Bank leader of Hamas. Talking to him before he began an interview on our…
Zahhar: ‘I Will meet with European representatives during Gulf tour’
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Al Zahhar, said on Saturday that he will be meeting with European representatives during his upcoming tour in the Arabic Gulf countries, and that European countries…
Mashal: ‘Hamas is ready to coexist with Israel if it withdraws to the 1967 borders’
In an interview with a German television, Khaled Mashal, head of the Political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday that the movement will be ready to…
Israeli army source: ‘Palestinian youth stabs Israeli policeman near Jerusalem’
An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening that a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli border policeman north of Jerusalem. The source stated that the soldier was stabbed at Al…