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On Monday, Minister of Local Government Sa’ed al-Kuni signed a protocol, in Ramallah, for mutual cooperation in local government and municipal affairs with the Jordanian Minister of Municipal Affairs Waleed…
President Mahmoud Abbas said, Tuesday, that he would extend faltering peace talks with Israel only if it agreed to conditions, including a settlement freeze, which it promptly rejected.(AFP/Ma’an) Abbas listed…
For three days, a small village in the West Bank, Nabi Saleh, was subjected to a military siege imposed by the Israeli army as a form of collective punishment. Nabi…
[Saturday, April 12, 2014] Israeli soldiers closed all entrances of the Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and declared the village a closed military zone;…
The Palestinian Authority has set new conditions for agreeing to extend the peace talks with Israel after April, PA officials in Ramallah said Thursday.The Jerusalem Post reported that two of…
[Friday, April 4, 2014] As Hundreds of Palestinians fathered near the Ofer Israeli detention facility, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, demanding the release of Palestinian detainees and…
The Palestinian Authority security forces raided a meeting of Hizb Al-Tahrir (Liberation Party) inside the Jamal Abdul-Naser Mosque in Al-Bireh, a Palestinian city near Ramallah, Saturday evening. According to Palestinian…
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called the U.S. to stand up for international law, and to have the political will to curb Israeli violations of international and humanitarian…
[Tuesday Evening, March 18, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes which took place with Israeli soldiers near the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of…
Israeli Haaretz newspaper unveiled, Thursday morning, that an Israeli soldier pointed his gun at a handcuffed Palestinian boy, during an investigation after arresting him in Nabi Saleh village, near the…
[Monday, March 10, 2014] Hours after Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian at the al-Karama Crossing, between Jordan and occupied Palestine, the army shot and killed a Palestinian civilian…
[Thursday Morning, March 6, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were injured after being assaulted by Israeli settlers in the al-Mogheer village, north of the central West…
Saleh Mlihat, 70, was killed on Sunday, after being run over by an Israeli colonial settler, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.Mosa Mlihat said that his father was run…
[Thursday, February 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man after surrounding a home and firing shells at the property, in Birzeit town, north of the central West…
Israeli soldiers continued their assault against the Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, for the tenth consecutive day, firing rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs…
[Wednesday, February 19, 2014] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, uprooting more than 700 saplings.Resident Awad Abu…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday, at around 2 am, the village of Nabi Saleh, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, violently searching homes and kidnapping five young Palestinian…
[Thursday, February 13, 2014] Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Deir Nitham village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped one Palestinian. Dozens of residents suffered…
Ramallah – Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian from the al-Jalazonerefugee camp. The kidnapped Palestinian is the brother of a young man who was shot, and killed,…
[Tuesday Evening, February 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the Nabi Saleh village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, clashed with local residents, and kidnapped a Palestinian cameraman.Eyewitnesses…
[Monday at Dawn, February 9, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Ni’lin town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped two political leaders of the Hamas…
Israeli settlers uprooted at dawn, today [Sunday, February 9, 2013], 800 olive seedlings in Singel village, north of Ramallah.Singel Mayor Ayoub Sweden told the Palestinian News Network (PNN) that this…
[Monday, February 3, 2014] Israeli soldiers invading the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into a Palestinian prison before taking a prisoner facing corruption charges.Rafiq Nastha, head of…
Palestinian TV has reported, on Friday evening, January 31, 2013, that at least fourteen Palestinians were injured, one seriously, during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of…
“There is no other way to describe his murder, but as a crime, a coldblooded crime, they shot him dead, claimed he tried to attack them, and thought they had…
Israeli forces, on Tuesday evening, detained Ramallah and al-Bireh governor Laila Ghannam while she was on her way from Jericho to Ramallah.A statement from the governor’s office said that “Occupation…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man has been shot and killed by Israeli army fire near the Ein Senia area, north of the central West Bank…
Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Ramallah, Tuesday, stopped the convoy of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah for a security check, and kept him there for one…
A group of Israeli settlers, on Wednesday, uprooted 800 olive saplings planted by Palestinian farmers, in the village of Sinjel. The trees had been donated by the International Committee of…
[Tuesday Evening, January 21, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped two Palestinians at a military roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one near the central West Bank city…
[Thursday, January 16, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped two young Palestinian men from the Taybeh town, east of the central west Bank city of Ramallah.Israeli police spokesperson for Arab Media, Luba…
Palestinians blocked major roads in Ramallah, on Sunday morning, in protest of a lack of public services resulting from the ongoing strike by UNRWA employees. Palestinians blocked major roads in…
[Thursday January 9, 2014] A number of extremist Israeli settlers infiltrated the Palestinian village of Sinjil, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and wrote racist graffiti on walls…
[Monday at Dawn, January 6, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Kufur Ni’ma village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a Palestinian journalist.Local sources…
[Tuesday at Dawn, December 31, 2013] A number of Israeli settlers invaded the Dahia agricultural area, close to the Bet El Israeli settlement, east of the central West Bank city…
Israeli civilians terrorize the village of Burin and, as usual, are aided by the strongest army in the Middle EastTo paraphrase Tolstoy, every village in the West Bank is miserable…
[Saturday, December 7, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the central West…
Saturday Evening [November 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of nonviolent Palestinian and international peace activists protesting near the Beit El illegal settlement, north of the central West Bank city…
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday night [November 28, 2013], that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered five months ago during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the Qalandia…
[Saturday Evening November 23, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least fifteen Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place after Israeli soldiers…
[Monday November 11, 2013] Israeli military sources have reported that a military vehicle uncovered an explosive charge near an Israeli military base, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.The…
[Thursday November 7, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that, on Wednesday at night, rounds of live ammunition were fired at an Israeli military vehicle, near the central West Bank city…
[Monday October 28, 2013] Uncover soldiers of the Israeli military kidnapped a member of the Islamic Jihad Movement, in Beit Leqia town, west of the central West Bank city of…
[Tuesday Morning October 22, 2013] Palestinian sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and killed during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers in Kufur Ni’ma village, west of…
[Friday Evening October 11, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians have been injured near the Ofer Israeli Prison, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
[Sunday October 6 2013] Hundreds of Palestinians held in a protest in the central West Bank city of Ramallah demanding the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, to stop direct…
Late Saturday night, a nine-year old girl was shot and injured while standing outside her home in the Israeli settlement of Psagot, located next to the Palestinian village of el-Bireh,…
Childhood is a beautiful and strange thing. Before we truly learn how precious it is, it is already over. For many Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation childhood ends even…
Tuesday October 1, 2013, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and injured by Israeli army fire at the entrance of the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of…
Medical sources in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have reported that a cameraman was injured, and dozens of protesters suffered the effects of teargas inhalation,…
Four and a half years have passed since the killing of Bassem Abu Rahmeh by a tear gas canister fired at him directly from a short range. The death was…
[Monday evening September 9 2013] An Israeli military vehicle invaded the Beit Or Al-Tihta village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and rammed a child crossing the…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Sami Hussein, 44, from the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as he was heading to…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that five Palestinians were shot and wounded, on Sunday evening [September 1 2013], during clashes with Israeli soldiers near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the…
[Friday August 30, 2013] Israeli Soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, leading to…
Thursday evening [August 15, 2013] Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, at his presidential headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The Palestine…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated late on Wednesday at night, that the Palestinian Authority will act on ensuring the release of all Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel”.His statements came…
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian youth has been shot and injured, on Wednesday evening [August 14, 2013] during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance of Silwad…
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian journalist identified as Mohammad Shokry Awad, from his home in Bodros…
On Saturday, hundreds of people marched the streets of Ramallah to show their discontent with the decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to return to negotiations Israel. The negotiations are…
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported Tuesday [June 2 2013] that Israeli soldiers broke into the home of legislator Mohammad Abu Teir, in Kufur ‘Aqeb village,…
Local sources in the Al-Mazra’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village, and kidnapped eight Palestinians.The sources…
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday [June 28 2013] that a young Palestinian man was shot in the chest by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Qalandia refugee…
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday [June 23 2013] that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, in the central West Bank…
After a video documenting the attack surfaced more than a month after the assault took place, the Israeli Military Police decided to investigate a violent attack carried out by Israeli…
Ata Mohammad Sharaka is only 13 years old, last week he was shot in the back, by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers at him near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp,…
Tuesday May 21 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a child was shot and injured by Israeli military fire in the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of the central West Bank city…
Monday evening, May 20 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers invaded Bodrus village, west of the…
A number of extremist settlers attacked, on Sunday, several Palestinian cars, and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a car driving on the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp road, in the central West city…
Friday evening, May 17 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that approximately 25 Palestinians have been injured, including twelve who were shot by live rounds, during clashes that took place when…
Wednesday evening, May 8 2013, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars at the entrance of Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and hurled…
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the “Civil Administration” in the occupied West Bank, approved the construction of additional 296 units in the Bet El settlement,…
Ramallah, Saturday May 4 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army rubber-coated metal bullets, while four others suffered fractures and bruises after being…
Thursday May 2 2013, a number of armed extremist settlers of the Ofra illegal settlement, attacked Palestinian orchards in Deir Jareer village, east of the central West Bank city of…
Sunday April 28, 2013, the Israeli High Court accepted an appeal filed by the Israeli government regarding delaying the eviction of an illegal settlement outpost near the central West Bank…
Friday April 26 2013; Palestinian medical sources in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that dozens of local resident, Israeli and international protesters have been…
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. This…
Friday April 26, 2013, media sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least seven Palestinians, while dozens of residents have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation, after the…
Wednesday evening, April 24, 2013, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Western Area of the Bil’in village, and took photos of the lands especially where a military monitoring tower was…
The Israeli Police announced on Tuesday evening that it apprehended two Israeli teenage setters living in an illegal settlement outpost near Dir Jareer village, north east of the central West…
Tuesday April 23, 2013, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded the Dir Jareer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and torched 10 Palestinian cars…
Dozens of Israeli settlers raided a village near Ramallah Monday night and burned 10 cars.Witnesses reported that settlers from Ofra settlement attacked the positions of villagers, including 10 cars that…
On Friday, April 19, a group of extremist Israeli settlers occupied a Christian Monastery in a Palestinian village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and raised an Israeli…
Israeli settlers on Friday raised an Israeli flag over a monastery and chapel in a village near Ramallah after overtaking the building.Priest Aziz Raey said that Israeli settlers broke into…
This Palestinian Prisoners Day, April 17th 2013, Palestinian and international activists cut down a fenced section of the Israeli apartheid wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation…
A 14-year old boy from New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on Wednesday to a two-week term in an Israeli prison, after having been abducted on April 5th by Israeli forces…
Ramallah- the outgoing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for a return to the people and for holding general elections in order to rebuild the Palestinian political system.In his first interview…
Israeli forces detained on Friday two Palestinians at in Aboud village north of Ramallah. Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, and arrested 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Barghouthi…
Sunday at dawn March 24, 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Ahfad Younis Palestinian protest village, installed by nonviolent activists five days ago, and removed it after detaining several…
On his second day of the first presidential visit to Palestine U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Although Obama condemned the rocket attacks…
As US President Barack Obama arrived for a two day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, hundreds of Palestinian non-violent activists set up a tent village at Bab al…
Friday March 15, 2013, the Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee (FFJ) in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that dozens of nonviolent protesters have…
Friday March 8, 2013, Dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and International peace activists, held their weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in the village of Bil’in, near…
Thursday March 7, 2013; Media sources in the central West Bank city of Ramallah reported that clashes took place between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths in ‘Aboud village, north west…
Thursday morning, March 7, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that Mohammad Sameeh Asfour, 22, from Aboud city, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, died of serious injuries…
Sunday evening March 3; Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was injured during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers invading Ein Yabroud village, near the central West Bank…
Friday March 1, 2013, Five Palestinians, including a medic and a journalist, have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and Settlements, in Bil’in…
Thursday February 28 2013; Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah, in the central West Bank, reported that at least twenty Palestinians have been injured during clashes that took place with Israeli…
Ramallah, 26 February 2013—Israeli soldiers forced a young Palestinian boy at gunpoint to walk among them while they confronted Palestinian demonstrators near Ofer prison outside Ramallah on February 17, Defence…
Sunday February 24, 2013; Three Palestinians have been injured by rounds of live ammunition, fired by Israeli soldiers at protesters near the Ofer Israeli prison, west of the central West…