Category: Palestine

Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded Tuesday at dawn the West Bank city of Qabatia, south of Jenin and arrested one child.   The troops broke into dozens of…

 Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident.   Eyewitnesses reported that troops were deployed on…

Victor Batasrah, Mayor of Bethlehem, said that the fighters who broke into the building of Bethlehem Municipality have left the building.   Several officials, including the governor of Bethlehem, and…

The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced Mahmoud Yousef Abu Daoud, 16, to 34 consecutive months and 4000 News Israeli Shekels fine.   The child, a resident of Hebron, was arrested…

A medical source at Al Aqsa Brigades hospital in Gaza reported one child was injured after the army shells Al Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.   The…

Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…

Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, is slated to arrive in the Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, to discuss the recent Palestinian issues, especially the upcoming legislative elections, the Maan News Agency…

Israeli army forces arrested, on Tuesday morning, 11 members of Hamas, in several West Bank areas, the Maan News agency reported.   Nine residents were arrested in the West Bank…

In a sudden and unexpected move, Israeli occupation forces closed off, on Monday, the entrance leading to the Huwwara Boys’ School south of Nablus, thus impeding the arrival of students…

School principal Jamileh Sarsour can hardly contain her joy. This week, she had her staff at the Azoun Atmah School for Girls received the distinguished school award. In an interview…

The Israeli army arrested, on Monday afternoon, three students returning from their school in Al Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops stopped the students after…

Israeli jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, the main Abrag Al Nada – Abrag AL Awoda road, north of the Gaza strip. F16 Israeli jets attacked the road and…

Israeli air force jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian national security forces post in the northern Gaza Strip. The jets fired two missiles; one landed near the…

Israeli Ministry of Housing issued tenders on Monday for 137 new housing units in the settlements of Ariel and Karni Shamron, near the West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Peace Now…

Israeli jetfighters shelled the Gaza Strip with further air strikes early Monday. Israeli army claimed that these air strikes targeted roads used by Palestinian resistance   fighters for transferring the home-made…

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that soldiers of an Israeli undercover unit invaded a number of neighborhoods in both West Bank cities of Beit Sahour and Bethlehem Monday morning, mainly…

The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn, Balata Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. Two residents were arrested and one child was injured. Troops invaded the…

Israeli troops invaded, on Monday at dawn, the village of AL Yamon, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. Two residents were arrested. Yousif Saiadiah and his brother, Mohamed,…

The Israeli army arrested, on Monday morning, one resident from the West Bank city of Tubass at a military checkpoint north of the city. Troops handcuffed and blindfolded the resident…

In an attempt to end the split in the Fateh movement, leaders of Fateh agreed on Sunday to present two separate lists of candidates for the legislative elections slated for…

Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the Old City of Hebron, on Sunday morning, and barred the residents from leaving their homes.   Soldiers also barred the residents from reaching the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday, Al Kahder town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and conducted military searches of homes.   A local source in the village reported that…

Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth in Al Esawiyya village, near Jerusalem, after invading it and searching dozens of homes on sunday morning. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Sunday that a body of a Palestinian resident was located in Al Nowam area, near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of…

Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Sunday that four residents, suffering from chronic diseases, died of anxiety attack and high…

{mosimage}Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is not in a comfortable position these days. He seems like a nice, fatherly figure in not so nice a neighborhood. He heads a party (or…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported soldiers based along the border line between the northern part of the Gaza Strip and Israel, killed on Saturday at night, one fighter…

An Israeli apache fired, on Saturday evening, several missiles at a vehicle near the Sofa crossing, near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and killed one of…

After the clearly apparent division in Fateh movement, and its effects on the movements’ poor showing in local councils elections in the Palestinian territories, officials of Fateh and the emerging…

Primary sources from Gaza reported that an Israeli plane fired at least one missile at a Palestinian vehicle driving east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…

After the clearly apparent division in Fateh movement, and its effects on the movements’ poor showing in local councils elections in the Palestinian territories, officials of Fateh and the emerging…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Saturday evening, one resident in Kafer Al Lubbad village, east of Tulkarem in the West Bank.   The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…

The Ofer Israeli military court, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced Ahmad Al Najar, 26, form the West Bank city of Hebron to a high term.  …

The Israeli army invaded, on Saturday, Beit Liqia village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested two residents.   Arafat Faraj, 21, and Odeh Assy, 23, were arrested…

The Israeli court of Salem sentenced, on Saturday, detainee Osama Abdul Hadi, 24, from the West Bank city of Salfit, to 18 months imprisonment.   Abdul-Hadi Hadi was arrested five…

Israeli army said, on Saturday at down, that all options are opened in order to stop the launching of Palestinian resistance shells into Israel including, including conducting carrying out a…

Several leaders of Palestinian resistance factions said that the truce which was declared during the Cairo talks, earlier this year, has ended after the army resumed the assassinations against resistance…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Saturday at dawn, six residents, including a child female, in the West Bank city of Hebron.   Amani Abu Shekhadem, 14, and Hashem AL Skafi, 29,…

Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Friday at night, that its fighters fired two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The…

Israeli soldiers shelled, late Friday at night, several areas in the east of the Gaza strip. Tanks posted to the east of the strip fired several tank shells at Al…

For the third day, the Israeli army kept the closure imposed over the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and tightened it. Troops installed several checkpoints around the city, cutting it…

The Salem Israeli military court, refused on Friday to release detainee Moath Nassar, 23, from Tulkarem, after spending three years in administrative detention, and transferred him for interrogation. The Maan…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the Ofer Israeli military court sentenced, on Friday, four detainees from the west Bank to executive terms and imposed fines on them.   The…

The Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Friday one detainee from Beit Reema village, near Ramallah, to 29 years and three years on…

An Israeli military court extended, on Friday, the remand of two detainees from Tulkarem and Bethlehem to additional six months, under administrative detention orders.   The detainees were identified as…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at night nine residents in several areas in the West Bank.   Army claims that the residents are members of Hamas.

Israeli army imposed a strict closure, on Friday at dawn, on the Palestinian territories, and shelled several Palestinian civilian targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense…

Dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near Ramallah. The peaceful protest was met with military violence; eight were…

The Israeli army shot and injured, on Friday evening, one resident during an invasion to the village of Anabta east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem.   Troops invaded…

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According to a recent report issued by the Bethlehem-based Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ), the infamous Israeli multimillionaire Irwin Moskowitz has new plans for judaizing more and more areas of Arab…

Seven armored vehicles invaded the villages of Allar and Saida near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Friday at dawn, and arrested Raed Ahmad Taha Bamyan, 30, an Islamic…

Semi final results of elections for Nablus municipality showed that Hamas achieved a big and unprecedented victory and achieved 13 seats, while Fateh movement achieved only two; other blocks did…

Israeli Prison Authorities in Hasharon detention facility barred, on Thursday, the family of detainee Hani Tawfiq Mansour, 27, from visiting him after confining him to solitary imprisonment. The detainees informed…

The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad , reported that one of its fighters was shot and killed, on Thursday evening, by the under-cover units of the Israeli…

Initial results of local elections in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin, and Al Biereh near Ramallah, showed a victory for Hamas over the Fateh ruling party. Although the…

Collaborators with the Israel occupation killed an Arab resident of Um Al Qataf village, Wadi Ara area in Haifa district, and injured two others, shortly after settling in the village.…

The Israeli Prosecution informed the High Court that settlers, who occupied homes and stores in the Old City of Hebron, will be evacuated within two months. The Israeli Radio reported…

An Israeli military court sentenced, on Thursday, one resident of Beit Reema, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, to 29 consecutive years.   The Israeli prosecution claimed that resident,…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday, one resident in Beit Reema town, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.   The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers arrested Karim Na’im…

Al Jalama Israeli military court extended, on Thursday, the remand of nine detainees from the West Bank city of Jenin.   The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported…

The Israeli army sealed off, on Thursday afternoon, the main entrance of Tammoun village near the West Bank city of Tubas, and arrested one resident.   Troops installed a military…

The Israeli army closed, on Thursday, Sofa and Karni Crossings, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian security source reported.   The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and…

An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday evening, that Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at an area which is only 2km away from Ashkelon, in addition to firing several shells…

An Israeli Apache shelled, on Thursday at dawn, a charitable society in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. At least one missile was fired at the building…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops invaded the village, and searched several houses allegedly searching for residents, local…

Israeli air force shelled, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern of the Gaza Strip, local sources reported. Fighter-Jets fired several missiles at Beit Lahia and Beit Hannon,…

Israeli soldiers, backed by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and the nearby town of Anabta, and arrested twenty-three…

Just minutes before the midnight cutoff for registering electoral lists, Fateh submitted its official list, which includes 66 people who will run in the PLC elections slated for January 25.…

A source at the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza reported on Wednesday at night, that Islamic Jihad media spokesperson, Khader Habib, survived an assassination attempt after an Israeli surveillance plane…

At least four Palestinians were killed; four others were injured, on Wednesday evening, after the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles at a vehicle driving in Al Shuja’eyya neighborhood, east…

A local source in Gaza city reported on Wednesday, that fighters of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, broke into the movements’ headquarters in Gaza, and…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave the green light for the construction of hundreds of new settler homes in West Bank settlements, directly violating Israel’s obligations under the road Map…

Israeli soldier forced, on Wednesday morning, curfew on the village of Qabatia, and arrested 15 residents in the villages of Al Yamoun, Sielit Al Harthiyya near the West Bank city…

Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested two residents. Several Israeli armored military vehicles and jeeps invaded the city and surrounded Rass Efties…

The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Alar north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two residents. soldiers invaded the village, conducted wide…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that a group of gunmen of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of the ruling Fateh movement, stormed a Palestinian election center…

Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bardala, north east of Tubas and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes.   A local source in the village reported that…

Israeli soldiers arrested a 17-year old girl at Beit Eiba checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Nablus.   Soldiers uncovered a knife in the girl’s bag, and claimed…

Israeli army arrested one resident from Sa’ir north east of the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it, the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported. The agency stated that Waleed…

The Israeli army withdrew, on Tuesday, from the West Bank city of Jenin and removed the checkpoint which was installed at its main entrances over the last three days. Also…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Anabta village east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested five residents. Troops conducted wide scale search in he village before…

Israeli army invaded on Tuesday at dawn the West Bank city of Nablus and fired at dozens of homes; sever clashes were reported, one resident was killed, at least twenty…

Israeli army arrested, on Monday evening, two youth from Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The two were heading back home from schoold, a local source…

Israeli tanks shelled, on Tuesday morning, several areas Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one resident. A medical source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers…

THIS WEEK I was strolling through the streets of Athens, at the foot of the Acropolis, when my eye was caught by a sign bearing one single word in Greek…

A public opinion poll on voting intentions in the upcoming legislative elections that was conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the West Bank and…

Israeli soldiers shelled, on Monday at night, several areas in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip with heavy artillery. Army source claimed that the shelling comes in…

A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported on Monday afternoon, that one resident died of wounds suffered four years ago, in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported on Monday afternoon, that one resident was killed, another injured, after unknown gunmen opened fire at them in the center of Gaza City.…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday afternoon, one Palestinian youth from the West Bank city of Jenin at the entrance of Salem military camp, west of city in the West Bank.…

A Palestinian expert in lands and settlement activities warned on Monday that Israel is preparing a new plan to evacuate Al Hathaleen tribe in the West Bank city of Hebron…

Israeli troops arrested on Sunday afternoon three children near kafer Ne’ma village west of the West Bank city Ramallah. Ahmad Abu Adi 16, Khaled Abdo, 17, and Mohamed Abu Adi,…

Israeli border police arrested on Sunday evening one Palestinian from Deheisha refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, while he was in Jerusalem. Hussen Al Qassas, 32, was…

The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at, dawn the West Bank of Nablus, and arrested five residents after conducting wide scale search in the city. Five of the arrestees were…

Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah joined the residents of Aboud village, near Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists in a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village, Al Quds…

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh slammed statements released by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior which called on the Palestinian factions to remain committed to the truce…

A Palestinian security source in Nablus reported, on Sunday, that soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and killed one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Saturday at night, that a resident of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip died of wounds…