Two members of the Al Aqsa Brigades assassinated in Gaza
Less than twelve hours after the Israeli army killed six residents, including a father and his child in Rafah, Israeli war -jets fired a missile at a vehicle in Gaza…
Israeli Army closes Nablus ` Qalqilia road
The Israeli armed forces closed the Nablus -Qalqilia road in The West Bank, preventing the movement of residents for about four hours and a half, Saturday morning. Soldiers closed the…
Settlers attacks one resident from Sa’eir village near Hebron
One resident from Sa’ir village northeast of the West Bank city of Hebron was injured when a group of Israeli settlers attacked him while herding his sheep near one of…
Political stupidity
According to the repeated statements of official representatives of United states and Europ, International interest in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is based on historical responsibilities to both sides of the conflict, the…
Two residents killed in an air strike north of Gaza
Two residents killed and one injured in an Israeli air strike, targeting a civilian car in Jabalia north of Gaza Strip, Saturday afternoon. Israeli jetfighters shot a single missile towards…
Army prevents Palestinians younger than the age of 30 to enter the Jordan Valley
The Israeli army imposed more restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. Starting Saturday, Palestinians younger than the age of 30 are not allowed to enter the Jordan Valley, Palestinian sources…
Eleven Children Held Captive by Israeli Army in Nablus
Eleven children have been held captive by the Israel Army troops since 5am on Friday. The hostages are being held in an apartment on the 8th floor of Al-Sharif building…
Army arrests a teenager in Hawwara town near Nablus
The Israeli forces arrested Bilal Khmous, 17, from Hawwara town south of the West Bank city of Nablus, late on Friday night. Khmous was arrested when he was traveling along…
Two residents died after a tunnel collapsed on them in Rafah
Two residents were killed when a tunnel that links between in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and the Egyptian borders collapsed on them, Saturday at dawn. The civil defense…
Army seals off the West Bank city of Jenin
Israeli soldiers operating at the military checkpoint at the entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin prevented scores of civilian cars from entring or leaving the city, Saturday morning.…
Army continues its invasions to Tubass
The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and the surrounding villages, on Saturday as part of a wide-scaled military operation in the northern West Bank, local sources…
Army tanks resumes its shelling to the north and east areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army tanks postioned at the north and the east of the Gaza Strip resumed its bombardment to adjacent regions in the Strip, Saturday morning. The rumble of the…
One resident injured in the ongoing Nablus military invasion
One resident injured on Saturday in the ongoing Israeli military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus which started several days ago. Osama Solaiman, 28, was shot in…
Three residents injured in an explosion in Hebron
Friday at night, three Palestinian residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the Old City of Hebron. The source of the explosion that took place in Abu…
Father, his child, and four other residents killed in an Israeli air-strike in Rafah
Israeli air-force shelled a training camp for the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing six residents, including a father and his eight-year…
Hamas: EU aid freeze is blackmail
The Hamas-led Palestinian government has denounced a move by the European Union (EU) to suspend aid payments, saying it is a form of blackmail which will only hurt ordinary civilians.…
‘Damming’ West Bank farmers
Sixty-two-year-old Shafiqa Massoud is, for all intents and purposes, the head of the household. Hers is a typical peasant family that lives in the Qalqilya area directly up against the…
In Hamas We Trust?
Now that the Palestinians have made their democratic choice, granting the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas its overwhelming majority of votes in January’s Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the time has come…
Bil’in protests against the Wall
Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular committee Against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested…
Violence, In Search of Definition
It is hard to believe that my own society which survived millennia in Palestine, is now begging to retain 20% of its legal property. Not too long ago, I conducted…
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army kill one resident of Nablus, wound three
One Palestinian resident was killed, earlier on Friday, and three others were injured after clashing with thieves who turned out to be members of the Israeli Special Forces. A medical…
This Week In Palestine, April week 1
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.9 MBThis Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle…
Troops invade Bethlehem, arrest nine residents
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and several surrounding areas, and arrested nine residents said to be members or supporters of Hamas. A local source…
Israeli settlers take over Palestinian homes in Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers broke into a Palestinian building in Sahlah, in the center of the city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, late on Thursday and forced the…
Against the Wall
‘Against the Wall’ is a strong presentation about the truth and realities on both sides of the ‘fence’. Against the Wall, Ed. by Michael Sorkin. New Press, N. Y., 2005.…
Army arrests four residents from Bethlehem
In a pre-dawn invasion, Israeli armed forces arrested four residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that eighteen military vehicls and armored jeeps invaded the city…
Israeli Army invades Askar refugee camp and arrests child
On Friday morning, the Israeli army invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident. Ahmad Mtwer, 17, was arrested when troops stormed…
One Palestinian killed and three injured in continued Israeli raids in Nablus
Palestinian citizen Wafa Ya’eesh (22 years) was killed and his three relatives Fath Allah, Abid and Tariq, injured by Israeli forces who raided the city of Nablus on Friday morning.
Heavy artillery shells areas north and east of the Gaza strip
On friday morning, the Israeli army’s Heavy artillery resumed shelling areas in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. several reisdents were treated for shock after the shells…
Army invades Sabastia village west of Nablus
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Sabastia, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the village and conducted wide scale searches…
Israeli Army seals of the main road north of Tubas
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the main road north of the West Bank city of Tubas and closed the road, Friday morning. Soldiers stopped civilian cars and…
Israeli air force shells two buildings in Gaza
Israeli Air Force warplanes bombed and completely damaged two buildings in Gaza city. Army claims that the two buildings are used as offices of an armed wing of Fateh movement…
22 residents arrested in the West Bank, 15 injured in Nablus clashes
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers carried dozens of invasions in several West Bank cities and villages and arrested twenty-two residents. In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli…
Hamas: We inherited a government with an empty treasury!
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya told the first meeting of the Hamas-led cabinet that the government is facing a severe financial crisis, saying, "The Ministry of Finance has inherited an…
Budrus village, central in Palestinian non-violence, subjected to night raids by Israeli forces
Israeli Forces have been carrying out late-night raids into the village of Budrus and forcing people at gunpoint to undergo fingerprint checks. Soldiers have stormed several houses over the last…
Another Brick in the Wall
I seem to recall that the East Germans called the Berlin Wall – or ‘Berlin Fence’ as I suppose we would have to call it if built by the Israelis…
Army uses two Palestinians as human shields in Bethlehem invasion
Israeli soldiers used two Palestinians from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem as human shield as they invaded the camp on Thursday before noon. Troops took over a building in…
Army storms Al Rihia village in Hebron, arrest one resident
Israeli troops invaded the village of Al Rihia, near the West bank city of Hebron and arrested Mossa Al Najar, 35. Soldiers searched several houses and forced the families…
Two children released after one year in jail
On Thursday morning, two children from the West Bank city of Tubas were released after serving one year in Israeli prisons. Homam Daraghmah and Mohamed Daraghmah, both 15 years old,…
Army invades Yatta village, near Hebron
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers searched residents’ houses and took positions over the rooftops, local sources reported.
Army arrest two residents from Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn. Troops entered the village and…
Israeli troops arrest 10 residents in Bethlehem
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, several surrounding villages and towns, arrested fifteen residents and took them to unknown destinations. The Palestine News Network reported…
Palestinian resistance claims responsibility for injuring an Israeli soldier during Israeli invasion
The Abu Al Arish Brigades claimed responsibility for injuring an Israeli solder during the Israeli raid of Khaimit Al Amoud in the Nablus Governorate on Thursday morning. In a statement,…
Army arrest two residents from Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn. Troops entered the village and searched…
Hundreds march to Manger Square to launch Palestine Child Week
On Wednesday, hundreds of youth gathered at Bethlehem University to participate in a march to launch Palestine Child Week. The march wound its way through the narrow streets of Bethlehem’s…
Israeli military checkpoints intensify around the city of Tubas
Israeli army forces intensified military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Tubas and surrounding villages, Thursday morning. Soldiers’ installed three new checkpoints today around Tubas and its villages, stopping…
Army arrest one girl from Nablus
Israeli troops invaded Janeed village west of the Nablus city and arrested one girl, Thursday morning. Tahrir Yassen, 22, was arrested when troops stormed her father’s house and took her…
Army invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus
Israeli army force stormed Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus allegedly seeking wanted people, on Thursday morning. There were Clashes between the invading soldiers and some …
Troops invade Jenin, arrest five residents
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers and under-cover units, invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested five residents; army claims that two of the arrestees were planning to attack a…
Bellydancing out, cinema in. ‘We are not the Taliban!’, says Hamas cultural minister
Attallah Abu al-Sibbah is keen to demonstrate that Hamas is not the Taliban. As the new Palestinian culture minister, he will not be ordering the dynamiting of statues nor forbidding…
Hypocrisy Vs Democracy: Why the double standard?
Decent human beings see hypocrisy when current US Foreign policy (CUSFP) stands for rights of refugees from Darfur but against the rights of Palestinian refugees. This is not the first…
A Decisive Vote for Apartheid
Readers must be cautioned that ‘right,’ left and ‘center are relative terms: they have substantially different meaning in the Israeli political context. “Israel votes for disengagement and final borders” and…
Detainees facing hardships during transfer to Israeli courts
Before the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are transferred to court, they have to go through a long journey of hardships and suffering as a result of the Israeli measures…
Hamas letter to United Nations: Hamas ready to live ‘side by side’ with neighbours
The Hamas-led Palestinian government is ready to live "side by side" with all its neighbours, the foreign minister said in a letter to the UN Secretary General leaked by Agence…
Israeli Municipality bars Women Against the Occupation from exhibiting photos of W.Bank checkpoints
The organization, Women Against the Occupation and for Human Rights, known as Checkpoint Watch, is unable to open its photo exhibit entitled Checkpoints Without Borders. The Teaching Center in the…
Israeli settler attacks, takeovers on the rise since Israeli election
Since Ehud Olmert’s election as the new Israeli Prime Minister on March 27, Israeli settlers living illegally in the occupied Palestinian West Bank have increased attacks on Palestinians and internationals,…
Hamas-led government facing financial crisis
The new Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Wednesday during the first meeting of his ministers that he would struggle to find a way to be able to pay…
Israeli forces invade Nablus, arrest fifteen, injure two
On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces conducted a wide-scale invasion, breaking into and searching several homes in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli forces took fifteen Palestinians to unknown…
Peace Now to ask Israeli court to order the evacuation of six illegal outposts
The Israeli Peace Now movement intends to petition the Israeli High Court of Justice to order the evacuations of six illegal West Bank outposts. Israeli online daily, Ynetnews, reported that…
Palestinians and Israelis ‘drum through the wall’
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
P.A Foreign Minister to visit China
Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al Zahar announced on Wednesday that he plans to visit China and a number of Asian countries in the coming days. Al Zahar stated during a…
Hamas appoints new head of its PLC bloc
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, decided to appoint Dr. Khalil Al Hayya, as the head of its bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council as the former head Mahmoud Zahhar was…
Scores of residents detained under the rain at a military checkpoint east of Tubas
Israeli army soldiers stationed at Tayaseer military checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas detained on Wednesday afternoon scores of Palestinian civilians under the rain for several hours.…
Army arrests two residents from Dora village in Hebron
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Doura village in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents. Ghassan Amro, 23, and Bilal Mohamed, 23 were arrested when troops…
Fifteen arrested, two injured in Nablus invasion
In a wide scale invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday morning, Israeli troops arrested fifteen residents and injured two others. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem
On Wednesday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested Mohamed Abdah, 17. Troops surrounded the house of Abdah family in Wad Em Ali neighborhood…
Army invades Al Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas
The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp and conducted a wide…
Army arrests a woman from Boreen village near Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Boreen, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, searched the villagers’ houses and arrested one woman. Zakia Al Najar was arrested after…
Settler charged to two years for deliberately shooting a Palestinian
Justice Rahel Barkai of the Israeli Be’er Shiva District Court sentenced a rejected an appeal by the Israeli prosecution to sentence a settler to seven years for shooting a Palestinian…
Israel confiscates 2,432.3 Dunams of Palestinian land in the West Bank, Jerusalem
A new report issued Tuesday by the International Solidarity for Human Rights Organization indicates that Israel confiscated 2,432.3 Dunams of Palestinian land in the first quarter of 2006. The report…
Israeli artillery shells Beit Lahia, two residents killed and six injured
A Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday afternoon that two residents were killed and six were injured after the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery Palestinian…
Handicapped Palestinian from Qalqilia saves photographer from soldiers’ attack
As the saying goes, “the handicapped have their abilities and their disability does not negate their potential.” This saying played itself out as the Israeli “special” forces invaded the center…
Salem farmer in critical condition after attack by Israeli settlers
Palestinian farmer, Saber Shtaya of Salem, is in critical condition in Beilinson hospital in Israel after being brutally attacked by settlers last Friday. On that day, Israeli soldiers stood and watched…
In an morning invasion of Nablus old city, the army arrest two girls
Israeli forces invaded the old city area in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested two residents, early tuesday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles invaded the area and soldiers…
Israeli Forces invade Al Zababda and Bier Al Basha villages near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded Zababda and Bier Al Basha villages situated near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested four residents from Bier Al Basha village, Tuesday morning. Troops…
Homeland as the Gift of Destiny
Homecoming, between dwelling and settling Inspired by Heidegger’s “Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry,”(1) the question to be asked is: What is meant by homecoming? How do people transform a place into…
Army arrest five citizens of Tulkarem
Israeli army arrested five Tulkarum residents early tuesday morning carrying out invasions across several villages in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. In Alar village, troops invaded and searched residents’…
Two residents arrested in Toqua village near Bethlehem
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Toqua south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two men on Tuesday morning, Hassan Jebriel, 28, and Mohamed Jebriel,…
Army erect a sudden military checkpoint in Jenin
Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers erected a military checkpoint between the villages of Qabatia and Sanor situated near the West Bank city of Jenin. Eye witnesses reported, that the army stopped…
Army arrest one resident in Askar refugee camp
Israeli armed forces invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Ahmad Al Shatawi, 35, was arrested when troops and…
Army arrest one resident from Bethlehem
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident there, Tuesday dawn. Hossam Aiesh, 22, was arrested after troops stormed several houses in the city,…
Israeli Army arrested one resident of Tamon village
On Tuesday morning Israeli troops arrested Jihad Bani Odah aged 20, from the Tamon village in the West Bank city of Tubass. Troops stormed Tubbas searching several houses before arresting…
Palestinians and Israelis ‘drum through the wall’
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
Israeli High Court to issue a ruling on a military Wall in Hebron
The Israeli High Court is slated to issue a ruling regarding installing a “security Wall” around several roads in the Hebron Mountain area after it held a session on Monday…
Palestinian child killed near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child, and injured two youth, in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. A local source in the camp reported…
Israeli Wall in the West Bank: Post-Occupation Strategy to Deny Sovereignty to the Palestinian State
Constructive discussions or academic talks on Israel need an unbiased attitude, juridical approach and humanist values towards the Arabs particularly the Palestinians who have been losing their campaign for freedom…
Military court fines several Palestinian prisoners
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced and fined a number of Palestinian prisoners during closed military trials held Monday morning. Abd Azazma was sentenced to three months and NIS…
Army arrests two residents in Hebron
Israeli army forces arrested one Palestinian resident of Dora village and another from Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday morning. Troops invaded the village of Dora…
Ahmad Sa’adat: Wherever I am I will continue to fight!
The Palestine News Network received the following statement from the Sumoud Political Prisoners Group Monday, reprinted in full below. "Palestinian Legislative Council member and General Secretary of the Popular Front…
PPS: `“Detainees are deprived of visitations, education and receiving insufficient food`
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Adel Khalaila, visited several detainees in Hadarim Israeli detention facility who informed him of the bad living conditions and treatment they face in…
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian farmers increase
Palestinian farmers across the West Bank are finding it increasingly difficult to plough their fields as Israeli settlers, living illegally on Palestinian land, increase their attacks. Rabbis for Human…
Conservatives rush to cut ties with Hamas: demonstrate lack of diplomatic discretion
Israeli and Palestinian political commentators are calling the recent Israeli election results a political ‘earthquake’. From what I can tell, they are using the term not because the results have…
Seven residents injured, two arrested in Qalqilia.
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia Monday morning, arresting two Palestinians and injuring seven others. Aziz Al Nabriss, Habib Hammad, Bilal Odah, Abd Al Latif Milhim,…
Israeli army invades Jenin, arresting three Palestinians
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Bier Al Bash early Monday morning, arresting three Palestinians. Israeli soldiers invaded the village and searched…
Two injured, one arrested in an invasion to Balata refugee camp in Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, injured two residents and arrested one, Monday morning. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the camp and…
Two residents arrested from Salem village
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Salem east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two girls on Monday morning. Tharwat, 23, and Khitam Ishtaiah, 22, were…
Eyewitnesses: Palestinian leader Obayat was shot ‘execution-style’ by Israeli forces
In the Monday morning assassination of resistance leader Raed Obayat by Israeli special forces, eyewitnesses describe a scene of a badly beaten Obayat, and his companion Ra’ed Sulaiman Abu Joura,…
Israeli Annexation Wall blocks water drainage; one dead, one injured from flooding
After a seasonal rainstorm Saturday night, many Palestinian areas have experienced extensive flooding due to the Annexation Wall constructed by Israel that has blocked water drainage. Iad Salamah Rabi’a, 29,…
Israeli forces impose closure on al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya area in Jordan Valley for 4th day
Israeli Forces continued on Sunday, for the fourth consecutive day, the isolation of al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya area in Jordan Valley in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Local sources said that the…
Ten detainees injured in the Negev facility, thirty confined to solitary
Ten Palestinian detainees in the Negev Detention Facility after being attacked by Israeli soldiers who intended to move a transfer hundreds of detainees to other detention facilities. At least thirty…