Category: Palestine

The Israeli authorities bulldozed on Tuesday, nine homes and a fuel station east of Jerusalem, and claimed that they were built without obtaining construction permits.   The Jerusalem municipality and…

Monday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident near al-Sawahra al-Sharqiyya village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The resident, identified as Mohammad Turkman, 23, from Jenin refugee camp was…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Arraba and Kafer Ra’ey, south west of Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers installed military checkpoints in…

Israeli soldiers killed 16 Palestinian residents, injured 140, and arrested 245 last month, according to the monthly report of the International Solidarity for Human Rights organization. “These acts are direct…

The Israeli police arrested at least 100 Palestinian workers in Israel overnight. The police claim that the workers were not carrying the needed entry and staying permits. All of the…

An Israeli military source reported that a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at a military force near the Gaza Strip settlement of Naveh Dikalim. Army reported no injuries…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to meet with Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef today in an attempt to iron out differences over the transfer of Bethlehem to…

Hamas’s decision not to join the PA cabinet would not affect the smooth takeover of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal, PA chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday. ‘We…

Monday evening, the Israeli army claimed arresting a 16-year-old youth on Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus, after attempting to smuggle weapons. An Israeli military source reported…

The family of an 18-year-old Palestinian detainee who was injured as he was arrested by Israeli forces has appealed to humanitarian organizations and the Palestinian Legislative Council to take up…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident of Jayyous, north of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The WAFA news agency reported that Naji Hasan Khreisha. 26, was arrested on…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers surrounded and invaded al-Azza refugee camp north of Bethlehem. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers conducted military searches of homes and occupied…

The Palestinian ministry of Interior and National Security reported on Monday that it intends to form a special security force from all Palestinian security devices, to maintain law and order…

An Israeli military court in the Negev detention, renewed administrative detention orders against detainee Ahmad Mustafa Zeid, 40, for the sixth consecutive time. Zeid is from al-Jalazonerefugee camp, near the…

Ofer Israeli military court Sunday sentenced, on Monday, a youth from Bethlehem to one consecutive year. The youth was identified as Rami Mohammad al-Hreimy, 18 years old.

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday three residents from the towns of al-Thahiriyya and Ithna, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded al-Thahiriyya,…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention camps are denied needed medical care and suffer from extreme heat and insect infestations, according to lawyers from the Palestinian Prisoners. Lawyer Fawwaz Shalloudi said…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Liberated Detainees reported that there are currently 346 child detainees in Israeli prisons, including four underage females. “29 percent of the under-aged detainees are suffering…

Israel has again made fundamental changes in its legal justification for the West Bank separation wall, acknowledging that ‘security’ wasn’t the only consideration in determining  its route and dropping its previous…

Talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad on setting up a ‘national unity’ government will begin this week, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said Sunday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet…

An Israeli Border Policeman died Sunday after suddenly collapsing while policing the separation wall near Jerusalem. Police initially claimed that Natan Yasais, 21, had been hit by a rock thrown…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers installed a military checkpoint on the main road which links Tubas with Jenin, north of the West Bank. A Palestinian security source reported that soldiers installed the…

Israeli security forces on Sunday arrested a settler said to be the ringleader of the mob that tried to lynch a Palestinian youth at Muasi beach in the Gaza Strip…

Israel and Egypt are on the verge of concluding an agreement allowing the deployment of more Egyptian border guards at the Philadelphi border route in Rafah. ‘the agreement would be…

The Israeli security services, Shabak, said on Sunday that it arrested two activists of the Islamic Jihad suspected of attacking and killing a guard of the Separation Wall near Hebron…

     All the world saw the horror on TV: a Palestinian boy lying on the ground, unconscious. An Israeli soldier bending over him, not knowing what to do. A settler…

Dozens of militant Fatah’ rebels stormed Saturday the PA legislative council building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, in a move to pressure the PA to offer them…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons decided con conduct hunger strike on Sunday July 3, 2005, in solidarity with 14 detainees confined to solitary in Ohaly Qidar, Eshel, and Asqalan prisons.…

Saturday morning, al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for detaining an explosive near a military jeep close to Atzmona settlement, south of the Gaza Strip…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei described the meeting of the central committee of Fatah as positive and successful, saying that some errors have been fixed, Palestine News Network Reported…

Hamas slammed on Saturday a recommendation by the central committee of Fatah roughly setting a new date for the Parliamentary elections. Hamas’ spokesman in Gaza Strip, Sami Abu Zuhri slammed…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, once again, invited Hamas to join the Palestinian government before the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip settlements and four northern West Bank ones, Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers fired overnight, a tank shell at an armed resistance group near the settlement of Morag in the southern Gaza Strip, one fighter was seriously injured. A medical source…

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Ismael Haneiah, member of Hamas political leadership, said during the First Intellectual Meeting, organized by the movement and several authors, intellectuals and researches, that the main interests of the movement…

The Erez Crossing Point is the crossing point for people moving into and out of Gaza. The following phrase was recently used to describe the structure of this checkpoint: “the…

Hundreds of protestors, including 50 Israeli and 25 International peace activists, took to the streets in protest of the construction of the separation wall in the West Bank village of…

The PA plans to house some 250,000 Palestinians in new homes built in areas Israel intends to evacuate within the framework of the disengagement plan, according to Palestinian minister for…

Real peace does not need separation walls, checkpoints and humiliation, according to a new statement by the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue & Democracy, Miftah. The Initiative…

Israeli soldiers based at Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of Nablus, attacked two Palestinian journalists as they headed back to their villages on Thursday evening. The two reporters were identified as…

Following Thursday’s successful evacuation of settlers and right-wing activists from a hotel in the Neveh Dekalim settlement, the Israel military on Friday called off its closure of the Gaza Strip.…

Soldiers on Thursday afternoon prevented reporters from entering the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip while the army removed settlers and right-wing activists from their hotel headquarters. The…

Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Atteel and Allar in the northern West Bank on Thursday, conducting military searches of homes and arresting three residents.   A local source in…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Supporters Society, Sana’ Harbawi, said that female detainees in Israeli prisons are facing inhuman treatment, humiliation and abuse. “The detainees are repeatedly searched by the soldiers…

Solitary confinement in one of the main violations carried out by Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian detainees, according to Ahmad Bikawi, head of the media department at the Prisoners Supporters…

The central committee for the Fatah ruling party will meet in Amman on Thursday to discuss internal Fatah leadership problems and the Arab and international relations of the Palestinian Authority,…

This week, the country was shocked by a terrifying train accident. A heavy truck was crossing the tracks as a train approached at high speed. The locomotive driver saw the…

The government must take ‘every measure’ necessary to end acts of violence and road blocking by right-wing extremists, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Wednesday night. ‘The battle now…

Meeting with Israeli President Moshe Katsav, Israeli Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres said that, ‘Unjustified terror presents a huge problem for the Palestinians. We have reached a decision to pull…

Following the death of Palestinian veteran leader Yasser Arafat, most world leaders are pointing to a window of opportunity in the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. Some believe that lifting the ban imposed…

Israeli Security officials were meeting Wednesday night to decide on a proposal to close Gaza starting Thursday morning. Such move will have to be approved by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

Wednesday evening, Israeli policemen evacuated the Tal Yam outpost, which is an abandoned Palestinian building in al-Mawassi area in Khan Younis, after extremist settlers of the far-right seized it, and…

A Palestinian resistance fighter was killed Tuesday night in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers shot the fighter as he approached the settlement of Morag, according to…

Tuesday night, a Palestinian resistance fighter was shot killed near the Morag settlement, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, another fighter fled the scene. An Israeli military source…

As part of the preparations for the implementation of the intended pullout, and to encourage settlers to sign up for the Nitzanim plan, the Israeli government will issue an announcement…

Israeli soldiers installed roadblocks around the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday morning, closing several junctions and conducting military searches. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers closed the…

Israeli soldiers broke into dozens of Hebron homes early Tuesday morning, conducting searches and arresting three residents, including a child. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society appealed today to local and international humanitarian organizations to pressure Israeli authorities to release a sick detainee in Israel’s al-Damoun Prison.   The society reported that…

Only a few thousand right-wing activists turned out for Monday’s demonstrations against the Gaza disengagement plan – far short of the 100,000 predicted by the Settlers Council, organizer of the protests.…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan said Monday the Palestinian Authority would not assume responsibility for clearing rubble left by the demolition of settler homes after Israel withdraws from the…

Leaders of Hamas and other Palestinian factions based abroad are planning to move to the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal, a senior Palestinian source reported on Monday. Senior officials at…

Settlers leader are planning huge protests against settlement evacuation, calling on motorists all over Israel to stop their vehicles at the side of the road for 15 minutes on Monday.…

Leaders of the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip are about to give up their boycott of the Disengagement Administration (Sela), the government agency in charge of coordinating the evacuation of the…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers uncovered a tunnel leading from a town in the Gaza Strip to a nearby Israeli settlement. The recently dug tunnel, said to be 20 meters long,…

Sunday afternoon, two Palestinian residents of the old city of Hebron were attacked by an extremist settlers group, while they where doing maintenance for some old homes in Hebron. A…

Settlers living in the Maoz Yam Hotel in the southern Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim agreed to turn over suspects to police for questioning. Some 20 residents of the Hotel…

Senior figure of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said that the group will strike Tel Aviv if the Israeli army resumes its operations and wide scaled arrests carried out in the West…

Israeli soldiers imposed restrictions on the movements of Palestinian residents in Hebron, south of the West Bank. An Israeli military source reported on Saturday that the army closed several streets…

A medical source at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron reported that one child was admitted to surgery suffering from serious wounds after settlers hurled a bomb at her family’s home in…

Israeli disengagement Authority registered Friday its first achievement as 40 Gaza settler families from the Gaza settlements of Nisanit and Ele Sinai signed for voluntary evacuation. By the end of…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society published Friday a report, saying that 90% of the Palestinian prisoners were tortured in Israeli prisons, and that interrogators are using “New and inhuman methods” against them. June 26th…

Israeli military handed Friday residents of Sabastia, a village north of the West Bank city of Nablus, military orders informing them that the army intends to lay hand on 2012 Dunams of farmlands,…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents, including two women, after invading four villages near Hebron, and al-Fawwar refugee camp. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers, supported by armored…

Palestinian and Israeli sources reported on Saturday that the two sides agreed to close the Rafah Border Crossing in the Gaza Strip for departures and keep it opened to arrivals.…

Israeli newspaper Yodout Ahranot revealed Friday information about a plan to expand settlements in the Joirdan Valley area. The plan will be submitted to the government for approval next week.…

Palestinian Interior Ministry announced Friday night that security forces has arrested 9 militants, suspected to have taken part in the attack on a police station in the West Bank city of…

The democratic transformation of Latin America and Eastern Europe came about when the ruling elites of those countries found it impossible to perpetuate their rule through the usual means and…

In spite of his pain, after sustaining a gunshot injury in his leg, resident Nasser Wafi, from Khan Younis and his family, felt happy that he is still alive, and among…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Bel’in, west of Ramallah. A local source in the Ramallah reported that soldiers attacked…

A senior Palestinian aide said on Thursday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded the Minister of Justice, Farid Al-Jallad to cancel rulings against Palestinians convicted of being spies…

Israeli army invading the village of Atteel since one week occupied another home on Friday, raising the number of homes taken over by the military to five homes. Mohammad Abdul-Qader…

The Islamic Jihad movement said that the military activities against the movement and its fighters will lead to retaliation against the Israeli army and settlers. The movement threatened that these…

Collaborators with the Israeli security, living in “al-Daheena” area, residential development built by the Israeli government in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, demanded the Israeli government to evacuate…

Thursday night, Israeli soldiers supported by armored jeeps and vehicles invaded the villages of Ithna and al-Sammoa’, near Hebron, conducted military searches of homes, and arrested six residents, one British…

According to the settlement council, Some 80,000 pullout opponents have agreed to join a campaign to attempt reaching settlements slated for evacuation after the army closes them off to non-residents.…

Even as the Israeli security establishment has announced it was decided to raid the Maoz Yam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim, police have temporarily frozen any…

The Islamic Jihad movement released a statement on Thursday saying that the Israeli army arrested 300 members of the movement over the last two months. The movement called on its…

Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers fired at a group of residents who protested who protested against the bulldozing of their farmlands in order to erect the Separation Wall, on the village…

Thursday at dawn, detainee Aref Bani Odeh, 26, from Jenin, was found dead in Gilboa detention, Circumstances of his death are still unknown. The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, head of the Deportees and Wanted Fighters Committee, denied a report that a deal was struck to disarm the fighters and absorb them in the Palestinian security devices.…

Wednesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers leveled seven homes near al-Jiftlik area, in the central plain, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers, supported by armored…

For the third day, Israeli soldiers resumed the attacks and military searches in al-sha’rawiyya area, and several surrounding villages, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source…

Israeli soldiers detained 6 Israeli and international peace activists, and one Palestinian, in the village of Bel’in, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, during a procession against the…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fahmi Shqeirat, reported that detainee Salama Mohammad Rashaida, 30, from Bethlehem, lost his sight as a result of torture in Asqalan detention. Shqeirat stated…

The Israeli army decided to grab more farmlands lands near the village of Ya’bod, west of Jenin in order to use them for ‘military purposes’, and to install a military…

Palestinian sources said on Wednesday that shooting and an explosion were heard in Balata refugee camp during a visit by the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei. The Associated Press reported…

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Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Wall in the village of Marda, near the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported…

For the first time, the Israeli state prosecution argued on Tuesday that the Israeli decision to construct the Separation Wall in Jerusalem area stems from political considerations, in addition to…