Palestinian police officers close Gaza highway
In protest of the death of their college Palestinian police officers closed, on Saturday morning, the high way road the connects the central Gaza strip area with the city. …
Military dogs attack, bite, an aged woman from Salfit
The Maan News Agency reported that one woman of Kafr Ad Deek village, near Salfit city, in the West Bank, was injured after military dogs attacked and bit her while…
Army invades Jenin, storms several houses
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday morning,stormed and searched several houses in the city. Army units backed with military bulldozers and heavy vehicles surrounded and…
This Week in Palestine – January Week 2
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Mofaz delays evacuation of Amouna outpost by 14 days
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided, on Thursday, to postpone the evacuation of the illegal settlement outpost of Amouna, north of the West Bank, for another two weeks, Israeli online…
Hebron settlers clash with Israeli army
Clashes erupted between Hebron illegal settlers and Israeli forces, on Friday, in protest to evection orders of settlers illegally occupying Palestinian stores in wholesale market in the old city of…
Army obstruct peace procession in Bil’in
Israeli soldiers obstructed a peaceful procession in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and fired gas bombs at the residents; several residents suffocated after inhaling gas, and received…
Army invades Allar, arrests two
Israeli army arrested, on Friday at dawn, tow residents from the West Bank village of Allar, north of Tulkarem, after breaking into their house, the Maan News Agency reported. …
Two residents arrested east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday afternoon, two residents at a military checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers posted…
Soldier invade village near Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the West Bank village of Kufr Al Deek, southwest of Salfit, and arrested one resident; one woman was injured during the invasion. The…
Soldier invade village near Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the West Bank village of Kufr Al Deek, southwest of Salfit, and arrested one resident; one woman was injured during the invasion. The…
Palestinian resistance shells a Kibbutz north of the country
Palestinian resistance fired on Friday, Qassam home made shell, from the Gaza strip, that landed in an open area near Kibbutz Zakim, north of the country. One worker was treated…
Two residents arrested in east of Bethlehem
Israeli army invaded, on Friday morning, the village of Al Obaidiyya, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, two residents arrested. Troops invaded the village and conducted wide scale…
Army shells targets in Gaza
Israeli artillery shelled, earlier on Friday morning, several areas in northern Gaza strip; army claims that these areas are used as launching pads for homemade shells. In the morning the…
Army invades Abu Njem village, arrests two residents
Israeli troops invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Abu Njem south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested two residents. The arrested residents are two brothers…
Al Aqsa Brigades claim responsibility for firing 5 homemade shells
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for firing five homemade shells at an Israeli town in the Western Negev. The brigades reported in…
Movement of at least 800,000 Palestinians restricted as Israeli seals off West Bank
Since the second week of December 2005, the Israeli army had sealed off the northern areas of the West Bank from the rest of Palestinian territories, and barred the residents…
An open letter to Ehud Olmert
Dear Mr. Olmert, I am writing you in the hope that you will take time from your busy schedule as Israel’s acting prime minister to hear one Palestinian’s hopes. Even…
Settlers burn Palestinian homes in Hebron
Extremist settlers torched two Palestinian homes in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday in protest to evacuating them from shops they occupied in the city’s market., No injuries…
Shots fired at the home of Interior Minister; bodyguard, two residents injured
A Palestinian source in Ramallah reported that an armed group fired at the home of, Nasser Yousef, the Palestinian Interior Minister, on Thursday evening, and injured one of his body…
Three fighters killed in Jenin
Three fighters of the Islamic Jihad were killed, on Thursday afternoon, and four others were injured after the Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded a home…
Israeli forces arrest 3 from Bethlehem
Palestinian Security sources reported that eight Israeli military jeeps invaded Hindaza Mountain area in Bethlehem Thursday morning, and arrested three residents, the Maan News Agency reported. Soldiers broke into…
Army arrests two from Ramallah
Israeli army backed by armored vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qaddoura refugee camp, and Um Al Sharayet neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested two residents,…
Egypt to release 118 Palestinian arrested for illegal entry
Palestinian and Egyptian sources reported that Maher Abdul-Wahid, the Egyptian general councilor, ordered the release of all Palestinian residents charged of the latest incidents in Rafah, after infiltrating there. …
Detainee suffers high blood-pressure, lack of medications
Family of detainee Sami Ismail Al Fawaghrah, 42, from Bethlehem, voiced an appeal to local and international human rights organizations to save the life of their detained son, who is…
A Person may not incriminate himself
You may read about arrest operations that Israel carries out in the West Bank. You never get to know what kind of torture those people face in prison especially when…
Poll: ‘Hamas closing gap with Fateh ahead of PLC elections’
A poll conducted by Birzeit University’s Development Studies Program last week showed that Hamas is closing in on Fateh ahead of the January 25 Legislative Council elections. The poll was…
Police arrests five settlers north of Bethlehem
Israeli police arrested, on Wednesday afternoon, five Israeli settlers form Gush Atzion settlement bloc, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem after clashing with an Israeli officer. The…
Settlers, policemen clash at an illegal outpost, four soldiers and eleven settlers injured
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that four Israeli police officers and 11 settlers were lightly injured, on Wednesday, in clashes at Amouna illegal settlement outpost in the West Bank. The…
Palestinian officer dies of wounds sustained during raid against drug dealers
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported, on Wednesday, that a Palestinian officer died in Soroka hospital in Be’er Shiva, of wounds sustained last month during a raid against drug dealers…
Army invades Saida village near Tulkarem
The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers invaded on Wednesday afternoon, Saida village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and broke into dozens of homes. The agency…
Army demolishes three houses in Al Khader village
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday at noon, three houses in Al Khader village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The three houses, which belong to the families…
One Palestinian arrested in Hebron
A local source in Hebron reported, on Wednesday morning, that Israeli soldiers’ stationed at the entrance of the tomb of patriarchs holy site (Ibrahimi Mosque) in the old city of…
Wedding cards expressing the Palestinian suffering
Palestinian residents living under Israeli occupation express their suffering in different means and styles. Recently, a resident of Qalqilia city, in the West Bank, came up with a new…
Resident charged of recruiting activists for Hamas
The Israeli prosecution filed charges against a resident of Gaza who was arrested last month while allegedly attempting to "infiltrate" form Gaza into the West Bank. The…
P.A police destroys 400 illegal vehicles
Palestinian police forces in the West Bank city of Jenin confiscated 13 stolen cars and destroyed 11 of them, Majed Al Huwwari, police department head in Jenin, reported on Wednesday…
Repeated invasions in Jenin, continuous siege
Israeli soldiers imposed a strict siege over the West Bank city of Jenin over the last several days, barred the residents from the freedom of movement, and conducted repeated invasions…
Several detainees infected with Scabies, and not receiving treatment
Detainees in the Negev detention facility reported that several detainees were infected with scabies disease, while the prison administration is not providing them with the needed medical treatment and medication.…
Non Violent protestor against the Wall tried at Israeli Court
An Israeli Court started on Tuesday hearing witnesses in the case of Mohammed Mansour, a non-violent-protest organizer against the Separation Wall in Biddu village near Jerusalem.The International Solidarity Movement (ISM)…
Palestinian detainee talks about extreme torture and abuse
Palestinian detainee Baha’ Ahmad Al Arameen, 23, from Al Ezariyya town, near Jerusalem, said that he was extremely clubbed and hit by the soldiers after arresting him from his home…
Sheikh Azzam: ‘Chaos harms our people, resistance’
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine condemned the state of chaos and insecurity in the Palestinian territories, and called on the Palestinian Authority and factions to unite in order to uproot…
PLC Candidate barred from entering Jerusalem
In contradictory to the Israeli public statements which claim allowing the Palestinians conduct election campaign in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers barred Ahmad Majdalani, head of Freedom and Social Justice Elections list,…
Army bars Qalqilia residents from entering villages isolated behind Wall
The Israeli army bared on Tuesday morning the residents of the West Bank city of Qalqilia from interring the near by Palestinian villages which became isolated behind the Separation Wall.…
Army invades Tubas, arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded, late on Monday at night, the West Bank city of Tubas, and arrested one resident. Troops backed up with armored vehicles invaded the city and surrounded…
Settlers uprooted 2400 olive trees in three years
Yesh Din and B’Tselem Israeli human rights organizations reported that settlers have uprooted over the past three years 2400 olive trees during repeated attacks against Palestinian orchards in the West…
Abbas says he received U.S assurances on elections in J’lem
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) said on Wednesday that he received elections assurances from Washington regarding enabling the Palestinians to hold elections in East Jerusalem, and that he seeks…
Israeli H. Court permits Wall construction near Modi’n settlement
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, report on Monday that the High Court of Justice rejected on Monday, appeals filed by Israelis and Palestinians against the planned route of the West Bank…
Palestinian police force destroys 11 illegal cars in Jenin
A Palestinian police force destroyed, on Monday morning, 11 illegal cars in the West Bank city of Jenin. The destruction of illegal vehicles comes as part of the Palestinian Authority’s…
Non violent protest freezes Wall construction in Aboud
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers installed a new checkpoint on the road to Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and deployed in the surrounding fields in an attempt…
10 residents arrested across the West Bank
While the Palestinian concluded their Christmas holidays and started preparing for Eyed Al Adha, the Israeli army arrested 10 residents on Sunday night from several areas in the West Bank…
PLC candidates reject the Israeli conditions on Jerusalem campaigns
Palestinians candidates for the upcoming legislative elections, refused to abide by the Israeli conditions regarding the participation of Jerusalemite Palestinians in the Legislative Council elections, particularly as the Israeli police…
Media source: ‘Abbas is considering resigning if Hamas wins PLC elections’
The Jordanian daily Ad Dostour published a report on Monday quoting a Palestinian credible source stating that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering to resign if Hamas wins…
Media source: ‘Abbas is considering resigning if Hamas wins PLC elections’
The Jordanian daily Ad Dostour published a report on Monday quoting a Palestinian credible source stating that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering to resign if Hamas wins…
Three arrested in Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and arrested three residents. The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that soldiers, supported…
Two arrested in Al Obaydiyya, near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Al Obaydiyya village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers,…
Army invades Jenin refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into dozens of homes. A local source in the camp…
Egypt agrees to reopen border
A Palestinian security source reported, on Sunday at night, that Egypt has agreed to reopen its border with Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters reached an agreement with European officials, and…
Family appeals medical aid for its detained son
Family of detainee Dhirar Ahmad Ibrahim, 28, from Kafer Ra’ey, near Tulkarem, appealed humanitarian organizations, locally and internationally, to pressure the Israeli Authorities in order to provide their ailing detained…
Strict siege resumes over Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers resumed, on Sunday, the strict siege wrapping Tulkarem area and installed dozens of roadblocks on main roads which links Tulkarem with the surrounding villages, and other Palestinian areas.…
Fighters, soldiers exchange fire in Jenin
Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian resistance fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin after invading it earlier on Sunday. A local source in Jenin reported that twenty…
Palestinian killed in clashes between P.A and gunmen
Palestinian security and medical sources in Gaza reported, on Sunday, that Palestinian gunmen broke into a police headquarter in Gaza city, and exchanged fire with security men; one gunman was…
Barghouthi: ‘Sharon’s health condition shouldn’t affect legislative election date’
Jailed Fateh leader, and Palestinian Legislator, Marwan Barghouthi, said that the health condition of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, should not affect the Palestinian Legislative Council’s election date, slated…
Zahar: ‘No negotiations with Israel after elections’
The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that Sheikh Mahmoud Zahar, one of Hamas political leaders in, denied any possibility that the Islamic resistance Movement, Hamas, will enter into negotiations with…
Zobeidi: ‘We can’t talk about elections while the Palestinians are still bleeding’
Leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, said that the brigades decided to bar the international observers from working in Jenin or entering it, and…
Army shells the northern Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers shelled on Sunday several areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, causing considerable damage; no injuries were reported. The shelling comes while no homemade shells…
Soldiers invade Hebron, occupy several homes
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday, the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby villages of Yatta, Bani Neim and Doura, and conducted military searches of homes. A Palestinian security…
Father, son, arrested near Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening a father and his son, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Sami Sadiq, head of Al Aqaba village council, reported that…
Soldiers invade Silwad, arrest four residents
Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad village, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested four residents after breaking into their homes. A local source in the village reported…
Three Homes damaged by artillery fire in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that Israeli artillery fired several shells at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; three homes were damages. The source…
Three Homes damages of artillery shells in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that Israeli artillery fired several shells at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; three homes were damages. The source…
Settlers uproot 100 Olive trees near Hebron
An extremist settlers group uprooted recently 100 Olive trees which belong to residents of Yatta village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The Olive groves overlooks a road which…
Sharon; the myth and the truth
The merciless army general, who is struggling for his life, is seen as the main pillar for peace in the Middle East. The fundamentalist nationalist, who stepped on the…
Two Palestinian children injured by settlers’ fire
Palestinian eyewitnesses and Israeli border guard policemen reported that two Palestinian children were shot and injured near Huwwara, after a speeding settlers vehicle fired at several residents near Huwwara military…
Central Election Commission to resign, citing interference by Qorei
On Thursday, the Central Election Commission, responsible for the upcoming Palestinian Parliamentary elections, decided to withdraw from the election process, citing interference by Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei. The decision…
Three youth arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday evening, three Palestinian youth in Al Khader town, and Mrah Rabah village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Maan News Agency reported…
Al Batsh: ‘Resistance does not depend on the presence of absence of Sharon’
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement, in the Gaza Strip, said that resistance is against the occupation, and its crimes, and does not depend…
Al Batsh: ‘Resistance does not depend on the presence or absence of Sharon’
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement, in the Gaza Strip, said that resistance is against the occupation, and its crimes, and does not depend…
Six youth injured in the Jenin Refugee Camp
Six Palestinian youth were injured, on Thursday, in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, after clashing with soldiers who invaded the camp. Palestinian medical…
This Week in Palestine – January-Week 1
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Six youth injured in the Jenin Refugee Camp
Six Palestinian youth were injured, on Thursday, in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, after clashing with soldiers who invaded the camp. Palestinian medical…
Settlers renew their attacks against residents of Hebron
Extremist settlers of Keryat Aba’ settlement, east of the West Bank city of Hebron, renewed on Thursday, their attacks against the residents of both Wadi Al-Hussein and Wad Al-Nasara areas,…
Peace Now Movement petitions Supreme Court to halt Modi’in Illit construction
Israeli Peace Now movement filed a petition, on Wednesday, to the Israeli Supreme Court to halt the construction of the illegal settlement of Modi’in Illit that is built on the…
Jailed legislator says no elections without Jerusalem
PLC member Husam Khader, who is serving a seven-year sentence in the Hadarim Israeli Prison, criticized attempts to hold the Palestinian Legislative council election elections at any price even if…
Hamas member killed by P.A fire in Gaza
A Palestinian source in Gaza reported that the Preventive Security Forces shot and killed a member of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday evening, while he was hanging election…
DFLP Leader Abu Laila: `“We want a coalition for all democratic factions`
Interviewed by Rashid Hilal- Palestine News Network Qais Abul-Karim (Abu Laila), senior official at the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), head of Al Badeel (the…
Interior minister says elections will proceed as scheduled
In a meeting with representatives of several factions in his office in the Saraya neighborhood of Gaza City last night, minister of interior and national security Nasser Yousef said his…
A Glossary of Dispossession
During 2005 the Israelis and most main media trumpeted the "disengagement" from Gaza, and claimed that bold steps had been taken to resolve the conflict. Despite these claims, the reality…
Egyptian police, Aqsa brigades fighters exchange fire across border
Egyptian border police imposed curfew across the Gaza Strip Border with Egypt after hundreds of Palestinians swarmed across the border, on Wednesday, after Palestinian gunmen bulldozed a path the barricade…
B’Tselem: ‘3386 Palestinians killed since September 2000’
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), reported that Israeli soldiers killed 197 residents in 2005, raising the number of residents killed since the outbreak…
Conflict in the Holy Land: any reason to be optimistic?
After 100 years of sustained Arab Israeli conflict, and over fifty years of personal involvement in promoting peace and reconciliation, with no imminent peace agreement, one is likely to become…
Army to annex 3000 Dunams in the West Bank
Israeli army intends to confiscate 3000 Dunams of the West Bank town of Aqraba south of the West Bank city of Nablus, the WAFA News Agency reported. Aqraba village…
Resistance detonates an Israeli bulldozer in the West Bank
Both the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Ahmed Abu Al Areesh Brigades, the military wings of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility for detonating an Israeli bulldozer in Jenin Refugee Camp Tuesday…
Inside Rafah: Collective Punishment as Normalcy
Looking out over the Rafah skyline at dark from the roof of my apartment building most families are sleeping. The flicker of a few late night TVs can be seen…
Israeli army distributes anti-resistance leaflets in Tulkarem
After midnight and through the dawn hours, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches. Eyewitnesses said a number of military vehicles entered the city and began…
Army demolishes a house in a Village west of Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers leveled a house in Al Walaja Village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, early on Wednesday morning. Israeli military sources claimed the house…
Prison tent becomes campaign room for PLC candidate
One tent in the Ansar 3 detention camp, in the Negev, has been transformed into an operations room of sorts in which close associates to Sheikh Ahmad Haj Ali "Abu…
Army shells eight roads in the Gaza Strip
Israeli air-force fired several shells at roads leading to areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that these areas are using by the resistance as launching…
Israeli army distributes anti-resistance leaflets in Tulkarem
After midnight and through the dawn hours, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem. Eyewitnesses said a number of military vehicles entered the city and began shooting at a group…
Gaza gunmen plant bombs, storm Rafah offices
Palestinian gunmen planted bombs at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and stormed government offices, on Wednesday, demanding the release of a fighter suspected of involvement in the last week’s…
Troops kill Palestinian resident near Hebron
Israeli army troops killed a Palestinian resident, near the West Bank city of Hebron, late on Tuesday night. Army claims that infantry troops wanted to arrest Mustafa Khalil 38, from…