Palestinian-American Meeting Held In Ramallah
Head of the Palestinian negotiations team, Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated Tuesday that Palestinian and American officials held a meeting in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, but added that…
Dozens Injured By Tear Gas at Weekly Protests; Palestinian Shot With Tear Gas Canister
On Friday, dozens of people were treated from the ill effects of tear gas inhalation, as a result of inhaling said gas during the weekly nonviolent protests against the wall…
Picasso to Ramallah
A joint initiative between Ramallah’s International Art Academy Palestine and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, is trying to bring an original masterpiece by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso to…
Peace Activist Released From Israeli Prison
The Israeli Authorities released Adeeb Abu Rahma, 40, one of the leaders of the nonviolent movement against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Bil’in village near the central West Bank…
Soldiers Attack Bil’in Weekly Protest
As Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, near Ramallah, accompanied by Israeli and international Peace activists, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, Israeli soldiers violently attacked…
Hearing Begins In Case Of Palestinian Non-violent Protest Organizer
Abdullah Abu Rahme was brought to an Israeli court Monday, after completing a one year prison sentence for ‘incitement’ due to his role organizing non-violent weekly demonstrations against the Wall.…
16 Year Old Child Detained During Night Raid in Bi’lin
The Israeli military raided the West Bank village of Bi’lin, on Tuesday, and detained a 16 year old boy, Mohammed Abu Rahme.The raid occured at 2:30am, when Israeli military jeeps…
Israeli Army Segregates the Village of Nabi Saleh to Prevent Commemorative Folk Festival
After the Fatah movement called the Palestinian people in Ramallah for a folk festival to commemorate late president Yasser Arafat, as a new step in escalating the popular resistance, the…
Army Invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and searched the home of a local organizer of nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall.…
Israeli Military Enters Bi’lin in Pre-Dawn Raid
The Israeli military, on Tuesday, entered and searched the village of Bi’lin, near Ramallah in the West Bank, in a pre-dawn raid. The military claimed to be searching for Ashraf…
Hamas: “Israel Seeking Failure Of Palestinian Unity Talks”
The Hamas movement issued a press release slamming the kidnapping of the secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Mahmoud al-Ramahi, and stated that, by the ongoing arrests and the…
Israeli prosecutors seek to increase sentence of Palestinian non-violent leader
Abdullah Abu Rahma, a leader of the non-violent movement in Palestine currently imprisoned in an Israeli detention camp for “incitement”, faces two new hearings this week as Israeli prosecutors attempt…
Settlers Torch Hothouses Near Ramallah
A group of fundamentalist settlers torched, on Wednesday, several agricultural hothouses that belong to residents of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham villages, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Many Protesters Suffer From Tear Gas During The Weekly Non-violent Protest In Nil’in
Many suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalition during the weekly non-violent demonstration against the wall in the village of Nil’in, near the centrel West Bank.Residents of the village…
Abbas: “We Believe In A Two-State Solution”
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Palestinian Authority believes in a two-state solution that would ensure the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, and that…
Fatah Movement: Netanyahu Conditions Are Evidence For His Political Bankruptcy
Ahmad Assaf, the spokesman of Fateh movement, stated on Thursday that Netanyahu’s conditions are on one hand a clear evidence for the political fail of the Israeli government which always…
One Wounded In Anti-Wall Protest In Ni’lin
Hundreds of villagers from Ni’lin, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, took to the streets in a protest against the construction of the wall on their land.The protest which…
Two Journalists Wounded In The Weekly Non-violent Protest In Bil’in
Two journalists were wounded and dozens suffered effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly non-violent demonstration in the village of Bil’in on Friday.This week’s action was dedicated to the…
Four Residents Wounded, One Detained On Ramallah-Nablus Road
Four residents were wounded, on Wednesday, while being Pursued by an Israeli military vehicle on the Nablus-Ramallah Road in the West Bank.Witnesses said that an army vehicle was chasing a…
P.A. Forces Arrest Former Detainee
On Thursday The Palestinian Security Forces of the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, arrested Omar Barghouthi, 55, a former political prisoner held by Israel for more than ten…
Dozens Suffer From Tear Gas Inhalation in Bil’in
Dozens of people suffered the effects, on Friday, of inhaling gas fired by the Israeli army in the village of Bil’in, during the weekly non violent protest against the wall…
Soldiers Fire Live Rounds At Bil’in Weekly Protest, One Palestinian wounded
As local residents of Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, accompanied by dozens of Israeli and international peace activists, held their weekly protest against the Wall…
Israeli Military Invades Bil’in Attempt to Abduct Youth
An Israeli military force invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday midday.Eyad Burnat head of the popular committee against the wall and…
Four wounded in Bil’in’s weekly anti-wall protest
Israeli and international supporters marched with the villagers of Bil’in after the midday prayers and headed from the village to the wall built on farmers’ lands. As soon as protesters…
Nabi Saleh Village Holds Protest Against The Wall
Dozens of residents and international peace activists held their weekly protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The…
Dozens Wounded As Army Attacked Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday afternoon the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah inflicting dozens of injuries.…
Another Attack Against Settlers In Ramallah, Two Wounded
Two Israeli settlers were wounded, Wednesday night, in a drive-by shooting near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The attack comes a day after a deadly attack in the southern…
Palestinian Authority infiltrates, breaks up meeting opposing ‘direct talks’
A meeting held in Ramallah this week consisting of around 200 political, academic and non-profit leaders opposed to the upcoming ‘direct talks’ in Washington was broken up when plainclothes officers…
Demonstrator Suffers Moderate Wounds in Bil’in
During the weekly non-violent demonstration in Bil’in Friday afternoon, one demonstrator was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital with moderate injuries, after a rubber coated bullet shot at him from a…
Red Crescent Members Arrested at Weekly Protest, Ni’lin
Israeli writer and film maker Joseph Dana has reported, via his twitter account, that the Israeli military has conducted a number of arrests in Ni’lin, near Ramallah, including the five…
Another Palestinian Gandhi convicted of ‘incitement’
A great man, Abdullah Abu Rahmah, has just been convicted of the most ridiculous and bogus charges by an Israeli court (incitement) for being one of the most effective non-violent…
Non-violent activist convicted of ‘incitement’ by Israeli court
An Israeli military court convicted Palestinian peace activist Abdullah Abu Rahmah of incitement and cleared him of stone-throwing charges on Tuesday. Activists called the sentence a direct assault against the…
One Journalist Injured; 2 Activists Arrested During Weekly Protests
Ramallah – PNN – Two anti wall protests were organized in the central West Bankk villages of Bil’in and Nil’in on Friday. The Israeli military attacked the weekly anti wall…
Israeli Media: Palestinians Attempt To Blow Up The Wall
Loud explosions and gun shots were been heard near the annexation wall near Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah, Thursday near Midnight.Israeli media sources reported that Palestinians set some tires on…
In summer, West Bank towns have little water
FAQUA, West Bank (CNS) — You won’t find one dripping faucet in all of the northern West Bank village of Faqua, joked village council head Amar Abu Farha with the…
Hale Leaves Ramallah Following A Meeting With Abbas, P.A Officials
U.S envoy, David Hale, left Ramallah by midnight Sunday following a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and a number of Palestinian officials at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Palestinian…
Protesters wounded in Anti-wall protests in two W.B villages
Dozens of Palestinian and International protesters were wounded during the nonviolent weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Ni’lin near Ramallah in the central West Bank.Israeli troops fired a number…
Israeli Peace Activist Injured During The Weekly Protest In Bil’in Village
One Israeli peace activist was injured and other civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Bil’in, in the…
Anti-wall Protest In Ni’lin To Commemorate The Death Of One Of Its Activists
The villagers of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, in the West Bank organized their weekly nonviolent protest Friday at noon.This week’s activity was dedicated to commemorate the death of Yousef ‘Amira who…
Dozens Wounded In The Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Bil’in
The Popular Committee against the Wall and settlements in Bil’in organized their weekly march against the construction of the Wall on Friday at noon.The march started after the Friday prayer…
‘Boycott Israel’ protest held Friday in Bil’in village; two injured
Around 200 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals – including a group of hip-hop musicians from the US and Britain – joined a protest on Friday afternoon in the Palestinian village of…
Youth Wounded At A Military Roadblock Near Ramallah
Local sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire at the Atara Roadblock, north of central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Israel Banning Protests With Out-Dated Military Order
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has released a report detailing the use of a military order from 1967 against present-day protests.The Israeli military has been using a military order from 1967…
One Injured; Four Arrested During Bil’in Weekly Protest
Villagers of the central West Bank village of Bil’in, along with their international and Israeli supporters, protested the Israeli wall on Friday.Around 100 protesters marched from the village after the…
Anti-wall Protest In Ni’lin, Protesters Suffer Tear Gas Inhilation
The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, organized their weekly nonviolent protest against the construction of the annexation wall on the village’s…
Leader In The Non-Violent Resistance Sentenced By Occupation
A leader in the protest movement was sentenced by an Israeli court to two months in jail while facing another trial in the coming months.Abdallah Abu Rahmah was first detained…
Several wounded in anti-wall protest in Bil’in
Two Palestinian citizens were injured and dozens of suffocations occurred due to the attacks of the Israeli military forces to the participants in the weekly anti-wall protest in the town…
Soldier Who Shot Bound Palestinian Convicted Of “Unbecoming Behavior”
An Israeli Court in Tel Aviv issued a ruling, on Thursday, convicting the Israeli soldier who shot a bound and blindfolded Palestinian in Ni’lin village near Ramallah, with unbecoming behavior…
Qassam Fighter Dies Of Wounds Suffered In 2006
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters died of wounds suffered four years ago after the army attempted to assassinate him in…
Israel To Demolish Two Homes, Workshop, In Nablus
Israeli soldiers handed residents of Borqa village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, military orders informing them that the army intends to demolish their homes under the pretext…
The Battle of Nabi Saleh: Soldiers vs. Kids
When Israeli soldiers entered the embattled Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh on July 2, they were immediately confronted by over a dozen small children.While the Israeli army is accustomed to…
Non-violent peace activist sentenced to two years in Israeli prison
After spending 11 months in detention with no trial or charges, non-violent anti-Wall organizer Adeeb Abu Rahma faced an Israeli military tribunal which sentenced him to two additional years in…
Hundreds Participate in Ni’lin Nonviolent Protest Against the Wall
On Friday, hundreds of residents and international activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the annexation wall and settlement in Ni’lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The…
Army Attacks Nonviolent Weekly Protest In Bil’in
As local residents accompanied by international peace activists held their nonviolent weekly protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers…
Army Invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, in an attempt to kidnap a local activist of the nonviolent movement against the annexation…
10 Protestors Wounded In Bil’in Weekly Protest
The Friends of Freedom and Justice (FFJ) in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that at least ten protestors suffered the effects of tear-gas inhalation…
Soldiers Attack Weekly Protest In Ni’lin
As Palestinian residents in Ni’lin village, near Ramallah, held their weekly nonviolent protest together with international peace activists, Israeli soldiers attacked them and fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets.Several…
Protestors Wounded During Bil’in’s Nonviolent Anti-wall Protest
The villagers of Bil’in organized their weekly nonviolent protest against the wall despite Israeli declaration of the area as a closed military zone.A number of protestors were wounded when Israeli…
Scores Wounded at Nonviolent Protest in Ni’lin
The villagers of Ni’lin, together with international supporters, marched after Friday prayers to their confiscated land where Israel is building the wall. Abu Amira, member of the Popular Committee Against…
US Consul Asks Israeli Government To Look Into How American’s Eye Was Shot Out In West Bank Protest
When Israeli border control officers attacked a non-violent protest near Qalandia checkpoint on June 1st, eyewitnesses reported that the troops fired three high-velocity tear gas canisters directly toward 21-year old…
Ni’lin Residents protest the wall and settlers chant ‘Palestinians go to Jordan’
Residents of the village of Ni’lin organized an anti-wall demonstration after the Friday prayer today. Protesters marched from the mosque to the land slated for confiscation, despite the Israeli decision…
New kind of protest: Bil’in villagers play football at the wall
Israelis and international supporters joined on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest against the wall in the village of Bil’in, central West Bank.Demonstrators in Bil’in today formed their own Palestine national…
Four Extremist Young Settlers Could Face Mosque Vandalism Charges
The Magistrates Court in Haifa decided on Thursday to keep four settlers, Yeshiva students, in custody as they are the main suspects in spraying racist graffiti on the walls of…
Four Civilians Injured In Bil’in’s Weekly Protest
Four civilians were injured in the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Bil’in including Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Parliament, two journalists and another protester.Villagers and their…
Palestinians Raise Turkish Flags In Nonviolent Demosntration In N’ilin
In the village of N’ilin, near Ramallah hundreds of the villagers were joined by International supporters as they held the Friday prayer on the lands on which Israel is planning…
American Activist Loses Eye After Being Shot In Face With Gas Canister
Emily Henochowicz, 21, was hit in the face by a tear gas canister Monday while attending a Ramallah protest against Israel’s raid on the Freedom Flotilla. Henochowicz was taken to…
One Injured, Four Arrested During The Weekly Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
One man was injured, four other supporters arrested as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest in Bil’in village, central West Bank.As is the case for the past five…
Nil’in Anti Wall Protest Ends With Clashes
The weekly anti wall protest at the village of Nil’in ended this Friday with clashes between local youth and Israeli troops. Villagers along with their international and Israeli supporters gathered…
Israeli Army Raids Bil’in and Burns Olive Tree
Early Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers raided the town of Bil’in in the central West Bank. Soldiers fired tear gas, sound bombs, and live ammunition at villagers, detained three journalists attempting…
P.A Forces Arrest Al Biereh Deputy Mayor
Palestinian security forces arrested the deputy mayor of Al Biereh Tuesday. Al Biereh is a city in the central West Bank near Ramallah. Deputy Mayor Jamal Tawil, who is affiliated…
Two Children Injured, Three Arrested By Soldiers In Bil’in’s Weekly Wall Protest
On Friday two children were injured, along with three other civilians, as Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protest in Bil’in village, central West Bank. This week’s demonstration in Bil’in…
Troops Attack Villagers Of Nabi Saleh And Injure One
One civilian was injured, and dozens suffered from the effects oftear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked, on Friday, the villagers of Nabi Saleh’s anti wall protest in central West…
PA Willing To Have NATO Forces In Future State
London based Al-Quds al-Arabi are reporting that Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, is willing to have NATO forces stationed in a future Palestinian state, and intends on informing Special US…
Thousands of Palestinians commemorate Nakba in Ramallah
In a massive protest march, Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands of Palestinians marched through the city streets in remembrance of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian…
Slain Ramallah Youth; Shot By A Settler, Left To Die
Palestinian medical sources reported that Aysar al-Zaben, 16, who was killed on Friday, was shot by Israeli settlers in Wad Al Haramiyya area near the central West Bank city of…
Two Settlers Wounded near Ramallah
Israeli sources reported Friday evening that two settlers were wounded after their vehicle came under Palestinian fire in near Ein Yabroud village, east of the central West Bank city of…
Troops Attack The Wall Protest In Bilíin And Arrest One Journalist
Israeli troops arrested on Friday a journalist and attacked protesters with tear gas during the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bilíin central West Bank.After the midday prayers…
Palestinian Teenager Killed in Settler Shooting East of Ramallah
A number of major news providers, including Forbes, al-Jazeera, the BBC & the Associated Press, are reporting that a Palestinian youth has been killed in an act of aggression by…
Soldiers Use Tear Gas To suppress the Weekly Nonviolent Protest In Nil’in
Many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as the villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, protested on Friday Israeli wall built on their lands. Israeli and international…
One Injured, Six Detained During The Anti Wall Weekly Bil’in Protest
One resident was injured; Six others detained, on Friday by the army during the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank. The villagers were joined…
Four Injured, Two Journalists Detained, At The Bil’in Anti Wall Protest
On Friday Palestinians, Israeli, and International activists marched to the wall built on the central west Bank village of Bil’in lands. As is the case every Friday, villagers along with…
A Number Of Youth Treated For The Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Nil’in Weekly Protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized on Friday their weekly anti wall protest. Israeli and international protesters joined the villagers this week. Villagers with their supporters held the…
Bil’in Ends Its Fifth Conference, Soldiers Attack The Weekly Protest Injuring A Dozen Civilians
At least a dozen Palestinian and international civilians were injured during the weekly nonviolent protest at the central West Bank village of Bil’in. This Friday protest marked the end of…
Seven Injured in The Weekly Nil’in Anti-Wall Protest
Seven local youth were injured at the village of Nil’in, central West Bank during the weekly anti wall protest on Friday. Villagers along with international and Israeli supporters held the…
Fifth Annual Conference On Popular Resistance starts in Bil’in
Hundreds of Palestinians along with international and Israeli delegates started on Wednesday the fifth annual conference on popular resistance in village of Bil’in near the central west Bank city of…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars At The Ramallah-Nablus Road Central West Bank
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Monday Palestinian cars at the road connecting the central West Bank city of Ramallah with the northern city of Nablus. Witnesses said that…
Dozens Suffered Form Gas Inhalation During Anti-wall Protest In Ni’lin
Dozens of residents from Ni’lin village near Ramallah in the northern West Bank took to the streets to protest the construction of the wall on their land.This weekly nonviolent protest…
Army Invades Bil’in
Israeli soldiers invaded early Tuesday morning the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and broke into the home of a 16-year-old youth in order to…
Palestinian Journalist Arrested In Bil’in While Documenting Demonstration
On Friday Palestinians, Israeli, and International activists marched to the wall built on the central west Bank village of Bil’in lands. Today’s protest was in commemoration of the April 19th…
Nil’in Village Commemorates The April 19th 1948 Dier Yassin Massacre
Villagers, along with international and Israeli supporters, protested on Friday at the village of Nil ‘in, central West Bank, the Israeli built wall on farmers lands. Villagers conducted midday prayers…
Israel Slams P.A For Naming A Street After Slain Fighter
The Israeli government and the office of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a harsh condemnation to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for naming a street in the central…
Troops Use Tear Gas To Suppress Bil’in’s Village Anti Wall Weekly Protest
The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands. As has been the case since the inception of the…
Dozens Treated For Tear Gas Inhalation At The Nil’n Anti Wall Protest
Dozens for protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the anti wall protest in the village of Nil’in central West Bank. Villagers along…
Israeli Court Decides Not To File Charges Against Soldier Who Killed Nonviolent Protestor in Bil’in
Despite a video clearly showing the death of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was shot in the chest by a gas bomb, an Israeli court decided Thursday that the killing that…
Israeli Military Court Release Nonviolent Activists And Politicians On Bail
On Thursday the Israeli military court of Ofer ordered the release of 9 Palestinian nonviolent activists and a politician that were detained by the army on Sunday. All ten have…
Israeli Settlers Try To Take Over Land Slated For New Palestinian Town
Early Wednesday morning, near the central West Bank town of Bir Zeit, a group of Israeli settlers attempted to take over buildings and land that has been designated by the…
Troops open fire at Land Day Protest in central West Bank, civilians injured including a journalist
A number of civilians were injured, among them one journalist, on Tuesday as Israeli troops opened fire at a Land Day protest in Budrus village, central West Bank. Villagers along…
One Israeli Detained Other Protesters Injured In The Anti Wall Bil’in Weekly Protest
Villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protested on Friday the Israeli wall built on farmers lands. As is the case every Friday since five…
Israeli Troops Use Tear Gas To Suppress Anti Wall Protest In Nil’in Village
Seven civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation in Friday at the village of Nil’in central West Bank during the anti-wall weekly protest. After the midday prayers…
Five Injured, Eight Detained At Anti Wall Protest In Budrus Village Central West Bank
Five Palestinians were injured, eight others detained when Israeli troops attacked an anti wall protest at the village of Budrus, near Ramallah city, central West Bank.Villagers, along with their international…