Gaza Mayor: Work stopped in more than 30 projects because of the closure
The Mayor of Gaza, Dr. Majed Abu Ramadan said, work in more than thirty projects has stopped because of the current closure imposed on the strip by the Israeli army.…
Army abuses resident and 6 year child in Yata village
Israeli soldiers abused a father and his six year old child in the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday morning. Ali Al Thawaj’a, 37,…
Gunmen occupy PLC office in Khan Younis
Palestinian gunmen broke on Saturday into the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, protesting against the delay in the…
Beit Iba checkpoint closed by army for three hours
The Israeli army closed Beit Iba checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Nablus, for more than three hours, Saturday morning. Soldiers stationed at Beit Iba refused the scores…
Elections in Palestine and Israel: Sumus vs Apartheid
This is, as they say, the crunch. This is the political moment all Israeli governments – all of them, Labor, Likud and ‘National Unity’ – have been working towards the…
Activists refuse any agreements that do not guarantee the rights of refugees
Several members of the activists community and those working specifically in refugee rights confirmed Saturday the while the United Nations guarantees the rights of Palestinian refugees, numerous international, Arab, Israeli,…
Army arrest three residents from Hebron
On saturday morning the Israeli army arrested three residents from Beit Oommer and Al Borj villages in the West Bank city of Hebron. Mohamed Amro, 41, was arrested when troops…
Palestinian resident declares willingness to sell his house, offer money to the PA
Adnan Abu Haniya, 48 from Huwwara village said he is willing to sell his house and to offer the money to the Palestinian authority in a challenging step to the…
Two civilians injured by shrapnel from military boats launched towards west of Khan Yunis
Two civilians were injured by shrapnel from Israeli military boats launched west of Khan Yunis in the Gaza , on Saturday morning. Ahmed Bedeir and Solaiman Sharab were injured in…
Soldiers attack resident east of Tubass
On saturday morning a group of Israeli soldiers attacked a resident of Tamoun village east of the West Bank city of Tubass whilst he herded his sheep in a nearby…
Resident severely injured in Nablus
The Israeli army shot and severely injured Nader Al Dahdoh during yet another invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday morning. According to medical sources, Dahdoh suffered injures…
Army arrest two residents during invasion of Nablus city and nearby Dier Al Hatab village
The Israeli armed forces arrested two residents during an invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby village of Dier Al Hatab, Saturday morning. Mohamed Hbisha from…
Residents injured in the North Gaza.
Naji Tafish, 22, was injured by shrapnel from artillery shells splinters near the evacuated Doghet settlement north of the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. According to medical sources, three were injured…
One resident injured in Beit Lahiya due to continued military shelling of Gaza
Hani Abu Hashish, from Beit Lahiya north of the Gaza strip, was injured when he was hit by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired during the continued bombing on, Saturday…
Ambulance attacked by Israeli soldiers
At Jet checkpoint (East of Qalqilia), Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance and prevented the crew from crossing the checkpoint, according to local sources. Israeli soldiers beat…
Police block Gaza road in pay protest
Masked Palestinian police sealed off a main road in the central Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on Saturday and stormed a government building in anger over not receiving salaries…
This Week In Palestine – April Week 2
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 10.6 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…
30ft high Jerusalem wall bars the path of Christian pilgrims on Easter
Pilgrims wishing to follow in the footsteps of Jesus to Jerusalem from the place where he raised Lazarus from the dead will soon need their own miracle, as the ancient…
Demolition orders given to village of Aqaba
All week, Palestinians living in the village of Aqaba, in the western part of the Jordan Valley, have been receiving demolition orders on their homes and village buildings from Israeli…
Ministry of Detainees Affairs: Above 9,400 Prisoners Still in Israeli Prisons
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees’ Affairs reported that more than 9,400 detainees are still imprisoned in 28 Israeli prisons and detention facilities. A statistical report published by the ministry revealed…
Non-violent protest in Bil’in challenges siege, isolation and annexation Wall
Friday afternoon, Approximately 400 protesters, including 70 Israeli and international peace activists marched in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, against the Israeli annexation Wall and the…
Israeli Attacks on Palestinian high school escalate: Students and Staff targeted
Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem has been experiencing daily incursions by Israeli forces, as the Israeli Annexation Wall runs through the middle of the schoolyard. Israeli soldiers arrived en…
Palestinian Prime Minister: Aid cuts won’t hinder new Palestinian government
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh shrugged off the US and European Union freeze in aid money to the Palestinian Authority Friday, saying, "The Palestinian people will not give up their…
Despair amongst PA employees with further delays in salary as US, EU cuts aid to Palestians
Despair and fear is on the rise among Palestinian Authority employees [one of the largest sectors of the employed in Palestine] because of the delay in getting their salaries. After…
Teenager arrested at Tayasser checkpoint east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers stationed at Tayasser military checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubas arrested Hamada Sauafta, 17, on Thursday night. Sauafta was arrested while travelling home from Tubas…
Army artillery bombard north and eastern areas of Gaza Strip
The Israeli army continue their artillery bombardment to north and east areas in the Gaza Strip, this Friday morning. Israeli tanks located north east of the strip, fired scores of…
Iraeli Occupation Forces storms farmers’ huts in the Jordan valley area
The Israeli forces stormed Palestinian farmers’ huts in the northern areas of the Jordan valley , Friday at dawn. Soldiers broke into huts located north of Ein Al Bida village,…
The Israeli Army arrest two residents from Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm
The Israeli armed forces arrested two residents from Nour Shams refugee camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles broke into the Nour Shams…
Israeli forces close off Palestinian movement in the Jordan Valley
The Israeli Army Restricts the movement of Jordan Valley”s citizens. Israeli Forces prevented citizens in al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya, in Jordan Valley, from leaving their villages to reach West Bank cities on…
The Lobby and the Bulldozer
Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled "The Israel Lobby," the outrage continued to howl through mainstream U.S. media. A Los Angeles Times…
Palestinian found dead in burned car in Jericho
Palestinian and Israeli sources confirmed that a body found in a burned car Thursday morning in Jericho was that of Mahmoud Abu Al-Hawa, apparently attacked for selling East Jerusalem property…
Gaza families watch in awe and fear as Israelis pour in 300 shells a day
The Israeli government said yesterday it would continue its bombardment of northern Gaza with an estimated 300 shells a day despite international criticism over the death of an eight-year old…
On the road with six clowns in Israel and Palestine
The Jenin refugee compound, more than 50 years old and one of the oldest camps in Palestine, is home to 13,000 people, half of them under 15. It was the…
Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations demand that Israel cease bombing of Gaza Strip
Five Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations demanded Wednesday that the Israeli Airforce and Army cease the ongoing assault on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth…
From Isdud to Ashdod: One man’s immigrant dream; another’s refugee nightmare
The Palestinian village of Isdud, about 50 km south of Tel Aviv on the Israeli coast, was taken over by Israeli forces during the creation of the state of Israel…
The uber-wardens
Two weeks ago, on Israeli Election Day, at 8 A.M., drivers wishing to leave Tul Karm from the eastern exit (toward Anabta) discovered that their permits were invalid. A soldier…
Gaza Airport: The airport with no planes
Tawfiq Musmar takes up his place behind the lost luggage desk at Gaza international airport each morning, checking all is in order at the baggage carousel before wandering off to…
Aqsa Brigades fighters briefly take over Cabinet building in Ramallah
Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, briefly briefly took over the Cabinet building in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday, protesting…
Soldiers invade Jeet village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli armed forces invaded Jeet village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Thursday morning. Soldiers broke into several homes and searched them, no arrests were reported.
Israeli military court sentences anf fines two children
Wednesday, an Israeli military court sentenced Mo’tasem Adwi, 16, to eight months imprisonment and 2000 New Israeli Shekels (NIS) fine, and Ra’ed Shamrokh, 14, to eight months imprisonment and 1000…
Army arrests a boy from Tamon
The Israeli army arrested Mohamed Odah, 19, from Tammoun village near the West Bank city of Tubass, late on Wednesday night. Odah was arrested in the Al Baq’a valley near…
Iranian nuclear crisis is an inevitable result of Israel’s nuclear policy
There is widespread international agreement that Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons is an alarming prospect, but very little attention is paid to the most obvious, immediate reason why: that there…
Two Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire near the Kissufim Crossing, south of Gaza City. The two residents, fighters of the…
Army arrests one resident at Beit Eeba checkpoint west of Nablus
Wednesday afternoon, Israeli troops stationed at Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested one Palestinian youth trying to cross the checkpoint. The young man identity…
One resident arrested in Hebron
Israeli army troops arrested on Wednesday at dawn one Palestinian resident of the West Bank city of Hebron. Sari Al Natsha, 19, were arrested when troops stormed his fathers’ home…
Army arrests two Tulkarem residents
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested Zeid Al Shahed, 20, and Ahmad Qatawi, 20. Both were arrested when soldiers stormed their houses…
One resident arrested in an invasion to Qabatia and several other villages around Jenin
The Israeli army broke into the villages of Qabatia Dir Da’eef and Al Yamoun near the West Bank city of Jenin and they arrested Khaldoun Awwad, 20, Wednesday morning. Army…
As Aid to Palestinian Authority dries up, Palestinians facing food crisis
New Finance Minister Omar Abdel-Razeq has said the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority cannot pay salaries, at least for now. The suspension of direct aid to the Palestinian Authority by the European…
Soldiers claim uncovering lab explosive in Jenin
An Israeli army source claimed uncovering an explosive lab that belongs to the Islamic Jihad while operating in Borqeen village, near the West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday. The…
Soldiers claim arresting a resident carrying a knife
An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident carrying a 25-centimeter knife at a checkpoint west of Nablus. The source added that the knife was confiscated and…
Palestinians in Jenin march on anniversary of 2002 Israeli massacre
Thousands of Palestinian marched through the streets of Jenin on Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of what they term the Jenin massacre — an Israeli assault on the refugee…
Eyeless in Gaza
Like the blinded Samson, America has great power but cannot see its obvious use. Hamas running Gaza, contrary to what our politicians and pundits are saying, is an opportunity to…
For the 9th day row, army invades Nablus city and search homes
Israeli forces broke on Wednesdat morning into the West Bank city of Nablus, and searched number of houses allegedly looking for Indifada activists. About 30 military vehicles, broke into Al…
Army installs a military checkpoint east of Tammon village
Wednesday morning, Israeli forces installed a military checkpoint in Al Bq’ia valley east of Tamoun village near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops operating in the area, stopped and…
Army invades Balata refugee camp and arrests seven residents
The Israeli armed forces arrested seven residents from Balata refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, during an invasion to the camp on Wednesday morning Troops stormed…
Palestinian child dies of wounds sustained Saturday
A Palestinian medical source in Jenin reported on Tuesday at night that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained last Saturday during an Israeli military invasion to his village Sielet…
Palestinian fighters fired homemade shells at Sderot and Ashkelon
The Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah party, fired homemade projectiles from the Gaza Strip, which hit near the town of Sderot, and also near the Ashkelon…
The Earth is Closing in on Us
The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that its not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next…
Troops arrest a Palestinian who bit a soldier while being beaten during peaceful protest
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested last night a Palestinian resident who bit a soldier during a protest against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah…
PNIC: `“Soldiers killed 19 residents, injured 95 and arrested 125 in one week`
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian National Information Center on the Israeli violations in the period between April, 4 and April 10, 2006, revealed that Israeli soldiers shelled…
Israeli Army arrests four Palestinians from Dora and Beit A’wa villages in Hebron
The Israeli army arrested four residents Dora and Beit A’wa villages, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, late Monday night. Troops broke into the Al Saleeb region, to…
Israeli Army storms the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem
Israeli armed police force and intelligence officers broke into the Greek Orthodox Patriarch’s headquarters in the Old city of Jerusalem, Tuesday morning. The soldiers targeted archbishop Atallah Hanna’s house, and…
`“Let’s do it Saturday!`
{mosimage}Saturday has become a strange day of rest for the families from Anata, East Jerusalem. Parents go about their work without the anxiety of going to the secondary school gates…
Army invades the West Bank city of Nablus, arrests ten residents
Tuesday morningTh. Israeli armed forces arrested ten residents including two brothers from Ein Beit Alm’a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus after invading it. More than 30…
Army arrests resident from the city of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested Moner Zied, 28, Tuesday morning. Zied were arrested and taken to unknown destination after troops stormed several houses …
Israeli Soldiers arrest resident from Beit Te’mer Village in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested Mohamed Al Wahsh during an invasion of Beit Te’mer Village in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. A number of military vehicles, broke into the village and closed…
Israeli artillery continues its bombardment in the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli artillery continue its bombardment campaign against the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, through Monday night into Tuesday morning. Israeli tanks stationed on the north borders of the…
No medications for the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Ministry of Health slammed the Israeli decision to ban the entry of medication to the Gaza Strip, and the American and the European Union decision to halt all…
Troops shell northern Gaza, Palestinian child killed, fifteen residents injured
A Palestinian medical source in the Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one ten-year old child was killed, and fifteen residents were injured after…
Palestinian President: Israeli escalation negates talks of justice
Palestinian Presidential spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In air strikes and artillery shelling, Israeli forces have killed sixteen Palestinians since Friday, including a…
Israeli security: `“Hamas is close to a decision to bar fighters from firing Qassams`
Israeli security sources reported on Monday that Hamas movement is close to a decision on initial steps aimed at barring resistance fighters from firing homemade at Israeli targets; Hamas denied…
Israeli military arrest Tamoun village resident
Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubass, after invading it on Monday afternoon. Eyewitnesses reported that Mohamed Bisharat, 19, was…
Israeli army destroys several agricultural greenhouses in Beit Lahiya
Israeli forces destroyed several agricultural greenhouses in Beit Lahiya north of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses report that the greenhouses were destroyed when Israeli army tanks shelled the Abu…
Ereikat: President Abbas to visit some Arab and foreign countries
A senior Palestinian official said the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding series of talks with Arab and International leaders in preparation for an Arab and International tour. Palestinian Parliament…
Two residents injured in Gaza shelling
Israeli military fired with heavy artillery at Palestinian houses in the norther part of the Gaza Strip, and injured two residents after their houses were set ablaze. One greenhouse was…
More Israeli restrictions on Qalqilia City
The bypass roads, checkpoints, land confiscation and Wall construction, which the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Israeli soldiers…
Israeli Settlers from Routem settlement in the Jordan valley initiate work to expand it
Settlers from the settlement of Routem north of the Jordan valley, in the West Bank initiated work to expand the settlement, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers placed a…
Israeli Army reinforces its presence in different areas in Tubas
The Israeli army re-invaded the West Bank city of Tubas for the second week in a row, this Monday morning. Army vehicles moved into the city and invaded nearby Tamon…
Two residents injured in the continues shelling to the east and north areas of the Gaza Strip
Two residents were injured, in Israeli shelling across eastern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip, this Monday morning. Salim Heidar 25, and Hamama Abu Qliq, 22, recieved shrapnel wounds from the artillery shells, fired…
In pre dawn invasion to the city army arrests five residents from Nablus
On Monday In a pre dawn invasion of the West Bank City of Nablas the Israeli armed forces arrested five residents including Qasem Klbouna, 29, the leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs’…
Army arrest two residents during an invasion to Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and Nour Shams refugee camp , arresting two residents, Monday morning. Mohamed Abu Alfia, 21, Aql Zndiq, 18, were arrested…
Army resumes its heavy artillery shelling to the north and in east areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army resume shelling over the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Army tanks stationed to the north and east of the strip resumed shelling the open areas to the north…
Army takes over one house in Beit Jala and turns it into military post
Israeli forces occupy one house in Beit Jala town in the West Bank municipality of Bethlehem to use as a military post, late Sunday night. The house is the home of the Qissia family, …
British, American Consulates won’t cooperate over Jericho Prison Investigation
Deputy chair of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Hassan Khreisheh said on Sunday that the American and the British Consulates refused to cooperate with the Palestinian Parliamentary committee investigating the…
Human Rights Watch urges Jordan to allow entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq
Jordan should immediately reopen its border to Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq, nearly 150 of whom are currently in tents in a ‘no-mans land’ on the border between the…
Israel kills 15 Palestinians over weekend; cuts all ties with Palestinian Authority
After a week of shelling Gaza day and night, the Israeli army stepped up strikes over the weekend, killing fifteen Palestinians, including an eight-year old child and his father, and…
Army shells the Palestinian Football League headquarters in Gaza
Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery the headquarters of the Palestinian Football League in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that…
Army special forces assassinate a Palestinian fighter east of Bethlehem
Israeli troops, and under-cover army units, assassinated on Sunday evening one Palestinian fighter in Beit Ta’mar village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after surrounding a building and…
More Israeli restrictions on Qalqilia City
Apparently bypass roads, checkpoints, land annexation and Wall construction, which turned the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Yet,Israeli…
Soldiers arrest resident in Hebron, settlers attack farmers and shepherds
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in Bani Neim village, east of Hebron, after invading it. Settlers, on the other hand, attacked on Saturday evening dozens of shepherds…
Palestinian detainees carried out a one-day hunger strike
9000 Palestinian detainees in 21 central Israeli prisons and detention facilities carried out on Sunday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad living conditions they face and the…
Settlers attack Palestinian building in Jerusalem, force families out
Extremist settlers in Jerusalem, and under-cover units of the Israeli army. attacked on Sunday a four-story Palestinian residential building in Al Tour village, east of Jerusalem, and forced the families…
April 9: Anniversary of 1948 Massacre of Palestinians in Deir Yassin
Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun Israeli militia (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750…
Six Palestinians killed, 4 injured in a new Israeli Strike in Gaza Strip
At least six Palestinians were killed and 4 were wounded in an Apache strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, Palestinian sources reported. The source said an Israeli air…
PLC permanent committees to convene Sunday
Permanent committees of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) were gearing up to hold their first meetings via the video conference link in Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday, the…
Like Father, Like Son `¦ a Future Palestinian Victim
Large crowds, estimated at tens of thousands, marched on Saturday in the funeral procession of Eyad Abulineen, a Palestinian resistance fighter of Rafah, along with his 7-year old son Belal…
Two members of the Islamic Jihad arrested, a third member was seriously injured
Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers supported by dozens of armored jeeps invaded Sielet Al Thaher village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded several neighborhoods and arrested two members…
Settlers attack shepherds in Hebron
A group of extremist armed settlers attacked on Saturday several Palestinian Shepherds east of Sa’ir village, in Hebron district; one shepherd was badly injured in his face. A medical source…
Abbas: our sons will fight Israelis for a just deal
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says Israel’s plan to impose its final borders deep inside the occupied territories while expropriating large areas of Palestinian land for Jewish settlers will lead…
PLC member: ‘Rafah massacre is a clear message to the world that Israel will not cease attacks’
New Palestinian Legislative Council member, Ghazi Hamed, reported on Saturday that the Israeli killing of six Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah is, "a clear message to…