Category: Palestine

Israeli soldiers bulldozed on Wednesday, farmlands in Beit Doqqu village, north west of Jerusalem, in order to construct sections of the Separation Wall in the area.  Sa’id Yaqeen, member of…

Israeli soldiers annexed on Wednesday Palestinian farmlands near Homesh settlement, adjacent to the main Nablus-Jenin road. The army claims that the annexed lands will be used to construct a military…

The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced, on Wednesday, a resident of Hebron to one life term and additional 30 years. The WAFA news agency reported that residents Ehab abdul-Rahman al-Haddad,…

Israeli soldiers based at al-Matahin checkpoint, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired rounds of live ammunition at hundreds of residents attempting to cross…

Israeli troops invaded Wednesday at down three villages in the east of Bethlehem area. Eyewitnesses reported that troops backed with heavy armored vehicles invaded the village of Zatara, Taqoua, Al…

Bulldozers and Army jeeps invaded Al Khader Village south of Bethlehem Wednesday morning, began demolishing homes. Eyewitness told IMEMC that the bulldozers demolished one house so far and started demolishing…

A Palestinian security source in al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, reported that at least five settlers attacked on Tuesday at night, a Palestinian home in the area. The source…

A Palestinian security source reported on Wednesday morning, that Palestinian Police and security men uncovered an explosive charge in al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. “The charge was…

Barbaric. There is hardly any other term that is capable of depicting the murder of over 50 people and the wounding of hundreds more during London’s rush hour on July…

Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, said that the P.A and Israel agreed to remove the rubble of the settlers’ homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,…

Following the tension between France and Israel that has been ongoing for several years now, the French government has decided to set up a fund to improve the image of…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday evening a Palestinian resident in the village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers surrounded…

A medical source at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in Hebron, reported, on Tuesday at night, that a child from Beit Ummar village was killed after being struck by a…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Tuesday that the Israeli government plans to construct a settlement at Bab al-Zahera area, in the old city of Jerusalem. The plan which was…

Israeli army arrested on Tuesday, Abed al-Fattah al-Arah 18 while heading to al- Quds University in Abu Dees in Jerusalem, for registration. The Father of Abed Al Fattah reported that…

Head of al-Fundoq Village council Lo’ay Tayyim reported that three army bulldozers, supported by ten military jeeps invaded the Fundoq village on Tuesday, and demolished one house that belongs to…

The west Jerusalem municipality demolished a house, allegedly illegal built, in Jabal AL Mokaber village south west of Jerusalem under the army and police protection. Eyewitness reported that the army…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei called on the United States, the International Community and the Quartet to hold their responsibilities, and pressure Israel in order to stop its violations in…

Army invaded, on Tuesday at down, Haris village in Salfit area, broke into Haris High School and conducted searches coursing some damages to the premises. Eyewitness reported that number of…

The west Jerusalem municipality demolished a house, allegedly illegal built, in Jabal AL Mokaber village south west of Jerusalem under the army and police protection. Eyewitness reported that the army…

Israeli Prison Authorities transferred detainee Ghalib Hasan Jaradat, 23, from Sielet al-Harithiyya, west of Jenin to solitary confinement in Hadarim detention. Jaradat was arrested during a special under-covered military operation…

Israeli soldiers arrested a resident in Azzoun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia; another resident was badly bruised east of the city after the soldiers attacked and…

A Palestinian security source in Hebron reported on Monday that soldiers fired and seriously injured a resident in al-Hawouz area, south of Hebron, and arrested him. The source stated that…

“They are destroying everything, what will happen to us, to me, what will happen to other merchants and families”, Kamil al-Kalooty, a storeowner in Anata village said. Despair, pain and…

During Sunday mass, Pope Benedict XVI prayed to God to stop the terrorists and put an end to the bombings. He mentioned the attacks that have taken place in ‘countries…

Army assaulted Ayman Younis (28) from Izbat Al Ashqar village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday morning. Palestinian sources confirmed that Younis was attacked by soldiers at…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday morning, that a homemade shell was fired at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot causing damage in Rabin neighborhood. Several cars were partially…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, nine residents in the West Bank city of Tulkarem and Thannaba area near the city. A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers…

After three days of full closure, Israeli soldiers reopened abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The closure caused daily suffering to the residents…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday evening, a resident at the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on his way back from Romania. The WAFA news…

   

The Emirate State News Agency said that the United Arab Emirates intends to build a new Palestinian town on site of demolished settlements in the Gaza Strip, after the Israeli…

Palestinian officials at the Gaza Municipal council said on Monday that the council has signed an agreement to launch a campaign to renovate the Gaza Coast in with the Association…

Israeli military court in Ofer detention center, near the west bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Monday, twelve Palestinians to administrative detention to various terms. The Palestinian Prisoner Society published…

The Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Army was met by angry settlers as he visited the Neve Dekalim settlement in Gaza, writes The Jerusalem Post. He went there to discuss…

  Israeli sources reproted that one person is killed and another is seriousely wounded in an explosion in an appartment in Jaffa in south Tel Aviv.   The blast occured at around…

A recent survey shows that the Jewish settlers in Gaza are more extreme than their counterpart in the West Bank. The telephone poll, which was conducted by Haifa University, found…

Army invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus, on Monday morning, and searched several homes; residents of the area reported that the troops invaded the camp under the cover of heavy…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday, one resident in the old city of Hebron, and resumed its house-to-house searches in the old city for the third day. A Palestinian Security source…

Israeli sources reported, on Monday, that the Israeli army is preparing a plan to foil any attempt to fire at settlers and soldiers during disengagement, if the Palestinian Authority does…

Yonatan Bassi, in charge of the Disengagement Authority said Monday that Israel will arrange ‘caravillas’ as temporary accomodation for the Gaza settlers. By August first, 160 of the planned 320…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday morning, Majdi Atteely, 21, at a military roadblock west of Atteel village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Atteely is a student of Al-Quds…

Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, and Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed conjoint responsibility…

Israeli army invaded Bethlehem and arrested two residents on Monday morning. According to eye-witness reports, five military jeeps invaded the city from the western entrance which is known as DCO…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met on Sunday evening with Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasser Yousef. Yousef reported that “Israel was not serious,” and not providing any answers to issues raised by…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner society, Hasan al-Sheikh, reported that he met two child detainees in Aztion detention center, near Hebron, who informed him of the ill treatment and abuse they…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Sunday afternoon, at dozens of homes in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one child was injured. A medical source at Abu Yousef…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday, the villages of Atteel and Anabta, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes. The WAFA news agency reported…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that a Jewish settler and his wife were killed and three other settlers were injured, after three Palestinian gunmen ambushed and fired their vehicle…

Palestinian detainee Manal Ghanim demanded international humanitarian organizations to intervene for her release, in consideration that her child, Nour, will be two years old in two months, and thus will be…

The Ramallah office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, PPS, reported on Saturday that detainee Abdul-Ra’ouf Mustafa Ismail, 38, from Silwad near Ramallah, is suffering from critically deteriorating health conditions, in…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to use harsh means if Palestinian resistance launches attacks during the disengagement, slated to start mid-August. Sharon’s comments followed the deadly attack, carried out…

Israeli Prison Authorities transferred on Saturday afternoon, eight child detainees from the Eretz prison, in the north of the Gaza Strip to the Negev detention camp. The detainees, 15 to…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there is a need for more coordination with Israel over the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers broke into home in…

Israeli soldiers installed 15 roadblocks in Jenin and several surrounding villages, and conducted military searches. A Palestinian security source In Jenin reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, held and…

A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers and settlers attacked dozens of Palestinian homes in Oref village, south east of Nablus, in the West Bank. The source stated that…

A local source in Nablus reported on Saturday morning, that Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp in the city, and arrested one resident. The source stated that soldiers exchanged fire…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Friday two Palestinian children to harsh terms, after charging them of membership in al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh.  Nasser Kahled Daoud, 15,…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday morning, a military roadblock on Ya’bod-Jenin road, in the north of the West Bank. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers stopped the vehicles,…

Israeli soldiers broke into a wedding on Friday, in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and fired rounds of live ammunition in the air. A local source in the camp reported…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Friday, five residents from Bethlehem to concurrent terms. The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the court sentenced Monther Amer, from…

Israeli soldiers fired on Friday afternoon, at a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bel’in, west of Ramallah; six residents were injured, and five others were arrested. A local…

Israeli soldiers shot killed,a Palestinian youth, on Friday at night, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. An Israeli army source said on Friday, that a Palestinian gunman fired…

A mass wedding ceremony sponsored by the Islamic Jihad organization in the Gaza Strip, 222 Gazan couples got married in Gaza city on Friday, Maan news agency reported. In addition…

Three Israeli settlers today attacked a 75-year-old man, Mahmoud Shousha, from Housan village near Bethlehem The settlers came by car to Shousha’s land while he was working in it. His…

Clashes erupted between anti-wall demonstrators and the army on Friday afternoon as internationals, Israelis and Palestinians demonstrated in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Troops lashed…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Wadi al-Maleh area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and expelled two residents. Aref Dharaghma, head of the Projects Department in Wadi al-Maleh,…

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The Palestinian police arrested on Thursday evening an armed group of Israeli youths after they entered Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. The youths were then handed over to the Israeli army, which…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin.  A local source in Qabatia reported that soldiers invaded the village on Friday at dawn, conducted…

Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, barged into the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, in the early hours of Friday morning, eye-witnesses reported. Troops conducted house-to-house…

A Palestinian medical source has said that a resident of Gaza died on Thursday of wounds sustained last week. Dr. Jom’a al-Saqqa, head of the Public Relations Office at Nasser Medical Compound in…

The economic ministerial council at the Knesset approved a plan to provide 97 million shekels in aid to improve infrastructure, agriculture and for settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley area. The…

For the first time ever, the Israeli Army participated in a NATO exersice. A total of 13 IDF commanders took part in the two-and-a-half week long training, which was held at…

Allowing ourselves a little empirical leeway it is possible to divide summer society into two classes. One is constantly on the move. Its members have not a moment’s rest as…

An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested two residents in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The two residents were arrested overnight after the army invade the city…

Israeli soldiers shelled on Friday at dawn, several homes west of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers stationed…

Israeli soldiers arrested installed a military checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles,…

Nayef Hawatma, Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that he will be in the Gaza Strip immediately following the Israeli withdrawal. Hawatma said that…

Israeli soldiers closed on Thursday evening, abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, on Salah Ed-deen Road, the main link between northern Gaza Strip areas with the south. The WAFA news agency…

A Palestinian medical source at Nasser hospital in Khan Youni reported on Thursday evening that one child was killed and his brother injured, after a home made shell exploded in their…

Palestinians confirmed that the Israeli soldiers assigned to the Zatara checkpoint closed the checkpoint and forced people to go back. Zatara Checkpoint lies in the middle of the West Bank…

An eyewitness reported that the army force backed up with heavy army vehicles and blocked the entrances of the camp. Troops searched the houses of the Akier family and promised…

Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, installed roadblocks, and conducted military searches, A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and jeeps,…

A local source in Jenin reported on Thursday afternoon, that military bulldozers uprooted trees and leveled farmlands adjacent Douthan military camp, near Jenin. The camp is close of Arraba village,…

Israeli soldiers abused a Palestinian taxi driver from Dir Samit village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at a military checkpoint adjacent to Doura village. Ibrahim…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Thursday dismissing Radwan Abu Ayyash, chair of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, Palestinian sources reported. Abu Ayash is to be given another task…

On Thursday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Yatta, al-Sammoa, and Beit Kahil, south and west of the West bank city of Hebron, and arrested two residents. The…

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that a senior military source said that Israel might detonate synagogues and religious schools before it evacuates from the Gaza Strip in accordance…

Troops started on Thursday morning to open a new settlers’ road on the land of Kofer Kadoom village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Sources from the village…

The Israeli army decided to grab 15 Dunams of farmlands which belong to residents of villages south east of Qalqilia. The army intends to grab 9 Dunams which belongs to…

  Fifty-seven percent of the Israeli public says that “in retrospect” the starting of Jewish settlements in Gaza was a mistake, according to a survey released by the Herzog Institute…

A resident of Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem was sentenced to a prison term and a fine at Ofer Israeli military court, west of Ramallah. The WAFA news agency reported that Monther…

London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a conferens said that Israel is responsible for “crimes against humanity” and compared the ruling Likud party to Hamas. ”The Likud and Hamas members are…

A Palestinian medical source in Qaryout village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Wednesday evening that an extremist settlers group stabbed a child to death. The…

Featured by: Maisa Abu Ghazala, PNN “The brutality and cruelty of the soldiers ignored the disability of my son, and my weakness. Those who call themselves judges, “protectors of justice,”…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday evening, al-Azza refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The WAFA news agency reported that 14 military jeeps invaded the camp, and…

Disengagement Ministerial Committee today announced that Gush Katif cemetery temporarily will be transferred to Nitzan.   According to Jerusalem Post, the decision is due to a request by most of the Jewish settlers to have their…

Israeli authorities on Wednesday issued two military orders grabbing hundreds of dunams of farmlands near the settlements of Kiryat Arba’ and Kharseena, east of Hebron, in order to construct the…