Category: Palestine

The Israeli army imposed strict closure over the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the surrounding villages. The Israeli security claimed receiving intelligence information about intention of an armed…

Thousands of Hamas’ supporters demonstrated on Friday in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip., demanding an immediate release of all the Palestinian Prisoners from Israeli jails. Fathi Hammad,…

After Friday’s attack in Tel Aviv which killed 3 and injured 38 Israelis (according to Israeli police), the American media has been quick to repeat the Israeli claim that Palestinians…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged Friday night to track down and punish those responsible for Friday’s suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Abbas’s pledge followed an emergency meeting with PA top…

Kerin Kayemit (The Permanent Israeli Fund) has prepared a plan to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank ; the plan includes building 6391 new flats and legalizing 120 illegal…

Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the new government needs to conduct “extensive…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli government is planning more settlements in the West Bank, in violation to assurances given to the U.S. and to the Palestinian Authority. Gush Shalom revealed…

As the construction of the separation wall continues, residents of the Palestinian villages north of Jerusalem organized a meeting in the village of Bir Nabala on Thursday in which they…

A West Bank Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef expected Friday that the upcoming Cairo meeting between Palestinian factions will not result in a formal truce unless Israel meets Hamas demands,…

The filed candidacy of Fatah’s jailed leader Marwan Barghouthi for PA chairmanship against Fatah’s central committee decision to nominate PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas’s decision to boycott elections, turned…

Jamal Shobaki, local government minister and the head of the Higher Election Committee said on Thursday that the second stage of the local elections will be conducted on May 5,…

Israel submitted Wednesday its first official reaction to the International Court of Justice ruling in regard to the West bank separation wall, issued on July 2004, accusing that the ruling…

The new Palestinian cabinet took office on Thursday after it was sworn before the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian Legislative Council…

The annexation wall which Israel started to erect in the summer of 2002 isolated, surrounded some Palestinian areas, nearly from all directions. The village of Azzoun Atma , south of Qalqilia is one…

The Palestinian detainees in Salem detention camp in the northern of the West Bank started an open hunger strike to protest the harsh living conditions in the detention. They informed…

This weekend marked the end of a 30-day ceasefire negotiated in late January by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with all of the Palestinian armed factions. Israeli officials had made such…

The stormy Tuesday’s Palestinian Legislative Council PLC session forced Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to withdraw his newly formed cabinet, accept forming a technocrat cabinet “with a majority of new…

For the tenth time, prisoner Raed Qadiri, 35, received an extension to his administrative detention order. Qadiri, who already spent 45 months in Israeli detention centers, received Tuesday a 3…

Israeli High Court ordered Tuesday a freeze to the construction of the separation wall near the village of Safa, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The court decision…

The Palestinian security in Ramallah handed the army an Israeli resident after he entered Ramallah to search for an apartment; Israeli police says he might be suffering of mental disability.…

Last Monday, Israeli settler leader Pinhas Wallerstein said that the Yesha Council of the Israeli Settlements of the West Bank and the Gaza strip plans to carry out 100,000 demonstrators…

The acting Prime Minster Ahmad Qurei said after withdrawing his proposed cabinet that he intends to propose a government which includes “more reform-minded” ministers, and represents competent figures from a wide…

Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian security source reported that unknown armed men assassinated a Palestinian security officer in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of the Gaza Strip. The source stated that…

Reuters claimed on Monday that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas expressed willingness to give away the right of return of the Palestinian refugees to their original villages if a peace…

A Palestinian source reported on Monday that the Palestinian factions will hold negotiations and internal dialogue in the Egyptian capital Cairo , March 1 st . The source stated that…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahamd Qurei told the Palestinian Legislative Council that security, reforms and preparation for the legislative and local elections are top priorities in the agenda of the news…

Ten Palestinians were wounded on Monday as Israeli soldiers used force to disperse several hundred protesters in the village of Bil’in near Ramallah. Several hundred Palestinian, Israeli and international peace…

Chief of the Israeli Public Security Service, Shin Bet, Avi Dichter warned Sunday that the modified route of the wall south of Jerusalem would lower security for travelers on Road…

Ayed Kamal, head of Madama village council, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus , said on Saturday that the village’s spring was deliberately contaminated and its water supply…

Palestinian Authority officials welcomed on Sunday the Israeli decision to pull out from the Gaza Strip, but warned that the move was insufficient. The officials described the Israeli government’s vote…

Detainees placed in solitary imprisonment in Al-Ramleh (Ayalon) detention demanded the Palestinian Leadership to place their case on the agenda and conduct extensive efforts to end the tragic situation they…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said after meeting with the first group of deportees which was allowed back in the west Bank, that all of the deportees will return home within…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinian Authority would ensure that the Gaza withdrawal takes place quietly – which Israel views as a concern. The Palestinians, Abbas said, would…

Palestinian parliamentarian sources hinted a crisis between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to be behind the heated crisis in the Palestinian legislative council over the approval…

Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel on Monday morning reached five drop-off points in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, where they will undergo a final check by Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials.  …

Palestinian security official Mohammed Dahlan proposed Friday that the Palestinian Authority receive responsibility for the city of Tul Karm first, because of the dispute over the transfer of Jericho. Dahlan's…

Israeli police arrested Saturday night 5 settlers, including a minor, suspected of physically assaulting Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the old city of Hebron. The five settlers, whom identity was…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and ex–detainees Affairs said that the list of 500 detainees released by the Israeli prison authorities on its website includes only 4 female detainees, and…

Wajeeh Nazzal, 38, from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia , was informed of renewing his administrative detention for additional six month, for the sixth time, in spite of…

Sa’eed Syam, a leader on Hamas in the Gaza Strip said on Friday during a protest in Gaza that Hamas will not consider a cease fire with Israel unless it…

Palestinian source revealed information that Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas is considering joining the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority institutions. The source said Hamas leaders are holding intensive consultation…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Ala’ Sanqra, one of the leaders of Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fatah, and the number one wanted resistance fighter said that the brigades have…

An Israeli military source reported that dozens of residents in Nablus and Hebron , and international peace activists complained on continued settlers attacks and harassments. {mosimage}The source stated that a resident…

Niveen Akram Kahleel, 25, from Kafr Aqeb in the West Bank, gave birth recently on a military checkpoint after soldiers stationed at Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem , refrained from…

Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested two International peace activists and two residents during clashes which erupted after settlers and soldiers attempted to bar the residents and peace activists from reaching…

According to Israel Radio, Palestinian Authority security official Mohammed Dahlan said that the PA will ensure that Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is not carried out under fire, but…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported that Israel and Palestinian officials reached an agreement allowing Palestinians aged 16 to 25 to leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing.…

Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC, Ala’ Sanqra, one of the leaders of Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fatah, and the number one wanted resistance fighter said that the brigades have…

The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs submitted a report on Wednesday to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on the latest situation of the Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails. {mosimage}There are…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the 500 detainees who are slated for release, have already served most of the terms, and that the list did…

Palestinian journalists organized on Wednesday a protest against the frequent assault against them by different groups. {mosimage}A number of representatives of different Palestinian factions and Human Rights activists joined the…

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said on Wednesday that they will continue the dialogue among them until arriving a final decision on declaring a truce. {mosimage}Khader Habeeb, the media spokesman…

Israeli soldiers based at Tzofim checkpoint, east of Qalqilia, barred dozens of residents from reaching their family farmlands located behind the annexation wall, north of Qalqilia. {mosimage}Soldiers claimed that the…

The Jailed legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, said on Thursday that he will be free by the end of the year, and called Israel to release 5000 detainees. {mosimage}In…

The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas approved lately execution orders against a number of collaborators with the Israeli occupation; the collaborators were charged of murder and attempted murder of Palestinian fighters,…

A Palestinian official source reported that a new PA cabinet was approved on Wednesday in a meeting of Fatah Movement that lasted for three hours. More of the allies of…

Mortar shell were fired at an Israeli army outpost in the southern part of the Gaza Strip early Wednesday. Five more shells were fired at the Gaza Strip settlement of…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said Wednesday that he will present his new cabinet to the Palestinian Legislative Council on Tuesday. {mosimage}Qurei’s announcement followed the approval of the new cabinet…

Monday at night, an Israeli source reported that the Israeli High Court will review appeals submitted by Israelis against the release of Palestinian detainees; Israeli army announced that it postponed…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed on Tuesday, reports saying that a new Palestinian cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, to be announced in the coming 24 hours,…

Israel army Chief Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday said that the army opposed transferring the West Bank village of Uja to the Palestinian Authority, dismissing Palestinian reportsclaims that an agreement had…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday night, that the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri in Beirut on Monday is a big loss, and described…

Palestinian Authority ministries are preparing plans for the construction of thousands of apartments in the slated for evacuation Gaza Strip settlements to resettle refugees now living in refugee camps.  {mosimage}The…

Eleven Israeli police officers were lightly hurt Monday evening in clashes with right-wing activists, who attempted to block traffic in many streets around the country, protesting against the disengagement plan.…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, said that the Palestinian leadership is committed to the peace process, and is ready to hold its responsibilities in the five areas which…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Monday as saying that the war with the Israelis is effectively over and that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is speaking ‘a…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that dozens of Israeli right wing extremists moved recently into the Gaza Strip after changing their addresses to the Gush Katif settlement bloc. {mosimage}The…

Ministry of Prisoners Affairs (MPA) reported that since the outbreak of the Intifada in September 2000, at least 3,000 Palestinian children were arrested, 321 are still in jail including 11…

Settlers of Itamar in the Nablus area clashed with Israeli Border Police soldiers on Sunday morning at an unauthorized outpost adjacent to the settlement. {mosimage}Border Police officers arrived at the…

Israel agreed Saturday night to transfer security control of the West Bank city of Jericho to the Palestinian Authority, an informed unofficial source said. {mosimage}According to the same source, the…

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced Saturday evening it was committed to the terms of the cease-fire agreed upon with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. {mosimage}Hamas said that in case…

The Palestinian Prisoners Ministry described the list of 500 prisoners slated for release in the first stage of the prisoners release’ agreement, which was sent to three Israeli jails on…

Israel agreed to allow 56 deported Palestinians to return to the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Saturday. {mosimage}Among them are 26 deported to Gaza and 13 deported to…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Nayef Hawatma, secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the front will support Abbas as long as he remains committed…

The urge towards violence is an instinct human beings inherited from the animal kingdom. Proponents of totalitarian ideologies that tolerate or even encourage violence as a legitimate means towards an…

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Bush administration have correctly pointed that the opportunities for Israeli-Palestinian peace have markedly improved in the past few months. The success that Palestinian…

Hours before meeting their leaders, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Abbas demanded for resistance groups to honor the cease-fire agreement. {mosimage}Abbas also warned that, should resistance groups refuse to accept the…

A prominent Palestinian source reported Friday that Israel agreed during the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit, to cease assassinations against Hamas and Islamic jihad leaders, and other Palestinian factions. {mosimage}The source stated…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violations. {mosimage}Abbas called Fatah’s central committee for an emergency meeting on Thursday night to discuss the violations…

Israeli Police on Friday morning arrested six settlers in the southern Gaza Strip after settlers hurled stones at Palestinians crossing the Gush Katif junction and attempted to pullout drivers out…

Thursday evening, Palestinian Attorney General, Hussein Abu ‘Assy, announced in a press conference that he temporarily froze the “Egyptian Cement” file, which is a case against some Palestinian companies which…

Mohammad Dahlan, member of the Palestinian higher negotiation committee, told the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Sharon in the coming two weeks in…

Around 50 armed men forcefully entered the Gaza Central Prison and killed three prisoners, Palestinain security soruce reported on Thursday. {mosimage}The source described the attack as criminal and said the…

Israeli soldiers handed residents form the village of Tarama, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, military orders to annex their family farmlands in order to erect the annexation…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights released its weekly report which revealed that Israeli soldiers killed four residents, including a child in one week, and arrested at least 10 civilians.…

The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian prisoners’ society reported on Thursday that detainees in Bir Shiva detention are suffering of bad living conditions, and deprived of their basic rights. {mosimage}Lawyer…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Nayef Hawatma, secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the front will support Abbas as long as he remains committed…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday afternoon ordered PA security forces to end mortar fire on Gaza Strip settlements. Abbas affirmed his commitment to the cease-fire agreement he had reached…

Arab MK Jamal Zahalka, visited the jailed Palestinian legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, in Eshel detention in Bir Shiva, and discussed with him the latest developments and cease fired…

Thursday afternoon, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, fired three senior Palestinian security commanders after Palestinian resistance fired home made shells at Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip.   {mosimage}The fired commanders…

The US weekly Newsweek newspaper reported on Wednesday, that the new Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, expressed worries over his life in front of two members of the US senate. {mosimage}According…

The Israel Prisons Service have begun gathering the Palestinian prisoners chosen to be released early next week in Ketziot, a Negev desert military detention camp in the south of Israel.…

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is demanding a written and explicit Israeli announcement of a cease-fire vis-a-vis Palestinian resistance groups. Hamas spokesmen in Gaza and Damascus said that the wording…

After the concluding of Sharm A-Sheikh summit the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs  Dr. Nabil Sha’ath stated that the issue of dismantling the Palestinian resistance groups was not discussed. {mosimage}’We…

Palestinian sources reported that 350 Palestinian prisoners will be released from the desert detention camp, Ansar 3, in the Negev desert. {mosimage}The source said that the prison administration handed a…

Sakher Bseso, member of the Fatah revolutionary council said that Sharm Al-Sheikh summit is considered a positive starting point to put the peace process back to track, and to show…

Mohammad Nazzal, one of the leaders of Hamas, said that the Palestinian Authority disappointed the Palestinians, and not only Hamas, and that the summit did not achieve any progress to…

Israeli soldiers handed residents form the village of Yatta , east of Hebron , military orders to annex family farmlands in the areas of Tal Al-Tawani, and Um Sabba. {mosimage}Moshe…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Tuesday they would stop all resistance and violent military activity against each other, pledging to break the four-year cycle…

Thousands of residents and leader of Palestinian factions gathered in front of the Palestinian legislative Council in Gaza city in support of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention…