Three Israelis wounded in shooting attack north of Ramallah
Israeli military sources reported on Friday that three Israelis were wounded, one seriously, in a drive-by shooting that took place on Friday afternoon in Al Zarqa Valley near the central…
Two Injured in Bilin Weekly Protest
On Friday, villagers from Bilin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters marched in their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal…
Hamas: the movement delegation is still meeting with Egyptian officials regarding the truce deal
The Hamas movement issued a press statement on Monday stating that the movement delegation that left to Cairo over the week end is still their and doing talks with the…
Three injured during the weekly Bil’in protest
Scores of Villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli…
What I Saw: Israel Telling Lies about Bil’in
Once again, the Israeli military lied to its citizens and the rest of the world. In an article published June 6 on YNet, the online version of the Israeli mass…
President Abbas to discuss ceasefire with Egyptian president
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Monday with his Egyptian counterpart, Husni Mubarak, within talks over Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Palestinians and Israel. Over the past couple of months, Cairo has…
Seven injured at Na’aleen protest near Ramallah
At least 300 Palestinian villagers from Na’aleen, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah supported by international and Israeli peace activists protest the Israeli illegal wall planed to…
The Bil’in conference on popular resistance ends with anti wall nonviolent protest
The Third international conference on popular resistance which was held in Bil’in for the third year in a row, was concluded on Friday with a press conference followed by a…
Two Israeli groups, five Palestinian landowners, file a petition against an illegal outpost
The Israeli information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) and the Yesh Din Israeli group in addition to five Palestinian landowners filed on Wednesday a petition to…
Third Annual Conference on Nonviolent Resistance in Bil’in starts
The third conference on popular struggle started in the village of Bil’in Wednesday morning with the presence of a number of local and international officials and peace activists.The conference is…
The Israeli army attacks a peaceful protest near Ramallah: two injured one kidnapped
Two Palestinian civilians were injured and another one kidnapped when the Israeli army attacked a peaceful protest organized by the villagers of Na’alen west of the central West Bank city…
Fayyad tells AP that he is frustrated of the ongoing settlement activity in the West Bank
The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed frustration over the ongoing Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank. Fayyad's comments came during an interview with AP in his Ramallah office.…
Twelve Palestinians wounded and five others detained by the Israeli army in Beli’en
Twelve Palestinians have been reportedly wounded and five others taken prisoners by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Beli’en, after scores of demonstrators including international activists protested…
PA says building new settlement units in Jerusalem danger to peace
The Palestinian Authority (PA) considered on Sunday the Israeli government’s decision to build 820 housing units in the Abu Ghonaim hilltop in the occupied east Jerusalem, as a ‘danger to…
Dozens treated for tear gas inhalation at the weekly Bil’in protest
Villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built…
Wild pigs attack Palestinian farmers in several West Bank areas
Palestinian farmers from several villages located near the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Tulkarem and Salfit reported on Thursday that wild pigs released by Israeli settlers have attacked their lands…
PA: Israeli politics is an internal affair
The Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank city of Ramallah asserted on Thursday that the internal Israeli political developments in Israel are ‘an internal issue’. Spokesman of the Palestinian…
The Israeli army kidnaps four civilians from a village near Ramallah
The Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians during an attack targeting the village of Na’alen, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday morning. Local sources reported…
Abu Roudinah: Olmert corruption case is an internal Israeli issue
The Spokesman of the Palestinian President office, Nabel Abu Roudinah told reporters on Wednesday that the charges of corruption against the Israeli Primer Ehod Olmert are an internal Israeli matter.…
Ereikat: the Tuesday talks were ‘Serious’
The head of the Palestine Liberation Organization negotiations department, Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat described the Tuesday Israeli Palestinian round of talks as Serious. Ereikat said that there is still a major…
The Israeli army attacks a peaceful protest in a village near Ramallah
The Israeli army attacked on Tuesday a nonviolent protest organized by the village of Na’alien, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The villagers along with international and…
Israeli settlers and army started to expand illegal settlement on Bil’in land
Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli army started on Monday morning to install homes on lands that belong to villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank…
Weekly Bil’in protest: dozens treated for tear gas inhalation
Villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest, on Friday midday, against the illegal…
Palestinians Commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Catastrophe (Nakba)
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in a number of Palestinians cities, towns, villages and refugee camps to commemorate 60 years of their dispossession by Israel in 1948. The…
The Israeli army attacks the weekly Bil’in protest, dozens wounded
On Friday, villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, supported by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli…
Fatah spokesman says Israeli settlement activities block peace
Spokesman of the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Ahmad Abdelrahman, asserted yesterday that Israel has been blocking any concrete results of the political process by constructing new more…
Israeli settlement activities on Palestinian lands sabotage peace, PLO secretary says
Former Palestinian minister and secretary of the PLO’s executive committee believed on Wednesday that underway Israeli settlement activities sabotage the political process. In a phone interview with the German News…
Israeli government goes against roadmap agreement; approves Modi’in Illit settlement
A committee of the Israeli Ministry of the Interior ruled Monday that the illegal Israeli settlement of Modi'in Illit should be granted legal status, despite the construction of unauthorized expansions…
President Abbas to Rice: Israel should abide by the Road Map’s obligations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas voiced on Sunday the Palestinian leadership’s concern over what he called ‘the Israelis side’s failure to abide by its obligations, stated in the U.S-backed road map…
Bil’in Residents Protest in Solidarity with Palestinian Workers
On Friday, dozens of villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village’s…
The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to implement an electricity supply project in Gaza
Palestinian information minister and spokesman of the Ramallah-based government , Riyad al-Maliki, said yesterday that his government has agreed with Egypt to connecting the Gaza Strip’s electricity lines with Egyptian…
Bil’in: scores injured by the Israeli army tier gas
On Friday, he villagers of Bil’in located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village land.…
Army attacks an anti Wall demonstration near Ramallah
Friday afternoon, dozens of residents of Shabateen village , north west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah marched to the construction site of the Separation Wall on their…
Israel and the Palestine Investment Conference
Since we are still under the Israeli occupation, Israel has a certain level of control over the Palestinian Investment Conference. It is expected that 100 Palestinian businessmen from the Gaza…
Activists claim a military post near Ramallah; soldiers opened fire, attacked reporters
A group of Palestinian, Israeli, and international peace activists, who are committed to nonviolence struggle against the Israeli annexation wall, settlements and military roadblocks, reclaimed an evacuated Israeli army post…
Fateh wins Student Council elections in Bir Zeit University
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that Yasser Arafat Student Bloc, which belongs to Fateh movement, won 25 out of 51 seats of the Student Council in Bir Zeit University. The…
Eleven injured in the weekly Bil’in protest
Eleven protesters among them a Palestinian journalist were injured on Friday duri9ng the weekly anti wall protest in the village of Bil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…
Carter visits Ramallah, meets a Hamas official
Former US President, Jimmy Carter, arrived on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah and laid flowers on the grave of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. During the…
Several injuries reported during a nonviolent protest near Kharabtha village
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that several residents were injured after the army fired at residents, Israeli and international peace activists who carried a nonviolent protest against the continued closure…
Several protesters injured in Bil’in weekly protest
On Friday at midday the villagers of Bil'in, a village located near Ramallah in the centre of the West Bank along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly…
Youth injured by Israeli gunfire near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one Palestinian youth was shot and moderately wounded by Israeli military gunfire in Beit Reema village, north of the central West Bank…
Detainee Barghouthi: Israel should admit Palestinians’ right to self-determination
Veteran Palestinian detainee and a Fatah MP, Marwan Barghouti, believed that Israel should admit the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, if it really wants to reach a solution to the…
Qassam Barghouthi wounded by Israeli gunfire
Palestinian sources reported that the son of Marwan Al Barghouthi, a Fatah leader imprisoned by Israel, was shot and mildly injured by the Israeli army gunfire on Friday at night…
Ten Injured at the weekly Bil’in Protest
Ten non-violent protestors were reported injured during the weekly Anti-Wall protest at the village of Bil’in located near the West Bank city of Ramallah on midday Friday.As the case each…
Villages near Ramallah protest on Land Day
Palestinians from a number of villages located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah protested in commemoration of Land Day on Friday. Villagers from Beit Uor, Beit Syira, Saffa,…
Troops invade Al Biereh town, attack its municipality
The Israeli army invaded the town of Al Biereh, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday morning and broke into its municipality offices. The municipality of…
Palestinian killed by settlers gunfire near Ramallah
Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah city, north of Jerusalem, stated on Monday evening that one Palestinian resident was shot and killed by Israeli setters gunfire near Ramallah. The sources identified…
The Palestinian court of Justice rolls against the clearance government decision
The President of the Public Servants Union, Bassam Zakarnah, stated on Monday that the Palestinian Court of Justice based in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided today against…
Israeli military attacks weekly Bil’in protest, 17 injured including 7 journalists
Scores of residents from Bil’in, a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, took to the streets along with their international and Israeli supporters to conduct their weekly…
Primier Fayyad: Settlement Activity Must Stop and General Calm Should be Achieved
The Palestinian Prime Minster of the caretaker government, Dr. Salam Fayyad, stated on Sunday that Israel should stop its settlement activity in the West Bank including Jerusalem because the situation…
U.S Vice President Cheney to Ramallah today for talks with PA President Abbas
U.S Vice President, Dick Cheney, will arrive in Ramallah on Sunday for talks with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, after completing a visit to Israel. The Palestine Radio station reported…
Abbas: “Peace process needs truce, and halting settlement activitiesâ€
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Friday that a peace conference should be held as soon as possible in Russia and added that peace requires a comprehensive truce and a…
Israeli military attacks weekly Bil’in protest, authorized by Israeli government to use lethal force
Scores of residents of Bil’in, a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, took to the streets on Friday to conduct their weekly nonviolent protest against the the…
PA Security: Hamas responsible for smuggling medicine in to the West Bank
Palestinian Preventative Security Forces in the West Bank apprehended on Wednesday at night 11 million NIS worth of medicine that was hidden in a wedding hall in the central West…
Ereikat warns of PA collapse, if agreement not reached
Director of the Negotiations Department in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority may collapse if a Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement is not…
Abed Rabu: McCain statements approve the occupation of Jerusalem
Yasser Abed Rabu, the General Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Wednesday – condemned the statement made by U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, in which he supported…
Washington funds the government of prime minister Fayyad
Washington presented on Wednesday a sum of $150 millions to the Palestinian Authority, as a part of U.S’s financial commitment towards sustainability of the PA, following the last December’s Paris…
Abu Rudeineh denounces the continuation of Israeli settlement activities in Palestine
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Nabeel Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson of the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, denounced the continuation of the Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories, saying…
Erekat: We can’t discuss negotiations while settlement activity is ongoing
The head of the Negotiations Department in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Sa'ed Erekat, stated on Tuesday that negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel can not continue with ongoing…
Ahead of resumed negotiations, Eriqat calls on EU to stop Israel’s actions
Ahead of resumed Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, called yesterday on the European Union to pressurize the Israeli government to halt the military escalation and expansion of settlements.…
China to send aid to the Palestinian Authority
On Saturday, secretary to the Palestinian President Al Tayeb Abed Al Raheem signed an aid agreement in the central West Bank city of Ramallah with the Chinese ambassador to the…
Ereikat: Egypt is making great efforts to negotiate a truce between Palestinians and Israel
The head of the Negotiation Affairs Department of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), Dr. Sa'eb Ereikat, stated on Saturday that Egypt is making substantial efforts toward achieving a truce between…
The army attack Bil’in non-violent protest: six injured, one kidnapped
Dozens of residents of Bil’in, a village near Ramallah, took to the streets on Friday in their weekly demonstration protesting against the illegal confiscation of village land through Israel’s continued…
Hammad rejects any meeting between Abbas and Olmert
Nemer Hammad, political advisor to president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday rejected claims that any meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would be held soon.He…
The Israeli army kidnaps ‘immune’ Palestinian in Ramallah
The Israeli army attacked the Palestinian Authority’s civil defense offices in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday morning, and kidnapped one officer. PA sources said that soldiers…
Several protesters wounded in weekly Bil’in anti-wall protest
Dozens of residents of Bil’in, a village near Ramallah, took to the streets on Friday in their weekly demonstration protesting the illegal confiscation of the village’s land through Israel's continued…
Palestinian President Abbas condemns the Jerusalem attack
The head of the negotiations department at the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Sa'eb Erekat, stated on Thursday night that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns the attack on the Israeli…
Palestinian farmer critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire in Bil’in
A Palestinian young man was wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Bil’in near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday afternoon.Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that Wala’…
Israeli troops open fire at a taxi near Ramallah, injure driver
Israeli soldiers opened fire on Wednesday at midday at a Palestinian taxi in the village of Rantis, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, injuring the driver.Joudat Shaloudah, 43,…
Rice meets Abbas in Ramallah
Condoleezza Rice, the U.S Secretary of State, met the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. After a one hour meeting Abbas…
Army kills Palestinian teenager at protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza
A Palestinian teenager was killed on Monday and several others injured when Israeli army troops attacked a protest organized by school students in the village of Al Mazra’ah Al Sarqyiah,…
Seven protestors injured in Bil’in village near Ramallah
Seven Palestinian teenagers were injured on Sunday when Israeli troops attacked a demonstration organized by the villagers of Bil’in located near the West Bank city of Ramallah, to protest the…
The Palestinian President: ‘the Israeli attacks on Gaza are more than a holocaust’.
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Saturday that the on going Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip are more than ‘are more than a holocaust’. The Palestinian president deeply…
Four injured in the weekly Bil’in nonviolent protest
The villagers of Bil'in, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.Israeli troops attacked protesters injuring four. Bil'in…
Two brothers kidnapped in Ramallah by Israeli army
Israeli forces kidnapped two brothers in a pre-dawn invasion of Beit Uniya, west of Ramallah on Thursday.Local sources reported that soldiers abducted Ahmad al-lolo, 22, and Imad al-lolo,25. They were…
Fifteen injured at the weekly protest of Bil’in.
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built…
One Palestinian journalist injured by army fire in Bil’in weekly protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built…
Israeli army kidnaps four from Ramallah area, including owner of Money exchange
Israeli military kidnapped four Palestinians from the central West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby village of ‘Arora and attacked several villages in Ramallah district on Tuesday morning.Local sources…
Top negotiator Qurai: negotiations with Israel focus on most complicated issues
Top Palestinian negotiator, Ahmad Qurai, said that underway negotiations with Israel are focused on most complicated issues and need much more exerted efforts by Palestinians. ‘ negotiations are still preliminary…
One Palestinian teen injured in weekly Bil’in protest
Accompanied by international and Israeli supporters, the villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being…
Abbas calls for a parallel ceasefire
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that he is willing to act in order to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which…
A Palestinian patient looses arm as treatment refused by Israeli hospital
Israeli media sources reported that an injured Palestinian man lost his arm as Israeli hospital refused treat him. Israeli sources have reported that Theyab Mahmoud, a resident of Ramallah city…
Palestinian information minister: Dimona attack is not a security breach
The Dimona suicide attack does not constitute a security breach from the Palestinian side even though the attackers came from the Gaza Strip, the Information Minister of the Palestinian caretaker…
A Palestinian dies of heart attack on one of Israeli checkpoints
On Sunday a Palestinian worker and a resident of Deir Ammar refugee camp, west of Ramallah city died of heart attack while waiting in line for a long time at…
Three injured in the weekly Bil’in protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, conducted on Friday, along with international and Israeli supporters, their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall…
Eight injured and four kidnapped in the weekly Bil’in anti-wall protest
The villagers of Bil’in, located near Ramallah city in the central part of the West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the…
Abbas: halting talks with Israel is not helpful; we condemn the Israeli attacks
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Tuesday that the latest Israeli shipment of fuel that entered that the Gaza strip today is not enough, and demanded that Israel immediately…
Palestinian official: President Abbas will not stop the negotiations with Israel
Yasser Abed Rabo, the secretary general of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as well as a member of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israelis, stated on Monday…
Three injured in the weekly Bil’in Nonviolent action
The villagers of Bil’in located near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli wall on…
Israeli military kidnaps one Palestinian near Ramallah
On Thursday Israeli forces kidnapped a Palestinian man from Selwad Town, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Forces also invaded the town of Betuniya, west of Ramallah.Local sources…
The Palestinian government calls upon Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza
The Palestinian government issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon condemning the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip and called on Israel to stop any military operations because it damages the…
Israeli Settlers and troops attacked farmers and journalists in Bili’n village near Ramallah
On Tuesday a group of armed settlers and Israeli troops attacked Palestinian farmers and a journalist in Bili’n village located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The farmers…
Al Mezan condemns assaults on Peaceful Assembly; Calls for an End to Attacks on Journalist
On 10 January 2008, Palestinian police attacked a peaceful march organized by the Palestinian National and Islamic Factions in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses reported to Al Mezan…
Two injured in weekly demonstration
The villagers of Bil’in located near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly demonstration against the illegal Israeli wall on…
The Israeli army invades Ramallah and kidnaps two Hamas leaders
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn and kidnapped two Hamas leaders, Palestinian sources reported. Troops searched and ransacked residents homes in…
Palestinians implore U.S. actress Susan Sarandon to repudiate Leviev
Dear Ms. Sarandon, We felt sorrow when we learned that you accepted Lev Leviev's invitation to attend the opening night event for his new jewelry store in New York City…
Four injured in Bil’in weekly demonstration
The inhabitants of Bil’in village, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, conducted their weekly non violent demonstration against the illegal wall that is being constructed by Israel…
Israeli army invades al Bireh mayor’s home
Israeli forces invaded the house of Sheikh Jamal al Taweel, Mayor of the central West Bank city of al Bireh on Friday morning. After searching and ransacking the house, the…
Israeli army prevents Minister of information from reaching Jerusalem or Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, has indicated that the Israeli army has refused to allow him to enter Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip. Dr Barghouthi stated that…
Barghouthi: “The biggest political party in Sweden endorses the unity government”
Ann Linde, International Secretary of the Swedish Socialist Party, the biggest political party in Sweden, stated on Wednesday during a meeting with Palestinian Minister of Information Dr. Mustafa Al Barghouthi…