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…
Bil’in Protest The Wall, Israeli And International Supports Join Braking Army Orders
The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands.The Israeli army, this week, announced the villages of Bil’in and…
In Defiance of Military Orders, Scores Protest At The Village Of Nil ‘in, Central West Bank
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. The Israeli army announced,…
Ten Injured As Israeli Troops Open Fire At Students Near Ramallah City, Central West Bank
Ten Palestinian university students were injured by Israeli troops fire on Monday during clashes at a military checkpoint near Ramallah city central West Bank. Students from Birzeit University organized a…
Protesters Carry Photos of ISM Activist During Weekly Nil’in Protest One Year On From Injury
Dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, this Friday, following the weekly demonstration in the central West Bank village of Nil’in, near Ramallah.Nil’in’s weekly protest…
Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Bil’in Weekly
Two civilians were injured as dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West…
Settler Woman Mildly Wounded Near Ramallah
Israeli military sources reported that a settler woman was mildly wounded on Thursday evening after Palestinian youths hurled stones at her vehicle in an area north of the central West…
Palestinian Youth Hurl Molotov –cocktails At Settler Car In Central West Bank
Palestinian youth hurled on Tuesday two Molotov –cocktails at Israeli settler car near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian information center reported that troops stormed the nearby…
Israel’s Army Takes Over Land In Central West Bank For The Wall Construction
Israeli troops notified on Tuesday the villagers of Beit liqya, central West Bank, the army intentions to take over part of their land to build the wall. Beit liqya, a…
Five Killed In Crash With Israeli Military Hummer
Five Palestinian were killed on Friday evening and two others were injured when their vehicle accidentally slammed into a military hummer at the Silwad Bridge, by the entrance of Ofer…
Five Youths Injured at Ni’lin Protest Including 11 Year Old Boy
After midday prayers villagers of the village of Ni’lin, near Ramallah, were joined by Israeli and international protestors in their weekly protest of the separation wall built on land confiscated…
Weekly Protest in Bi’lin Marks International Week Against Racism
This week’s protest in Bi’lin was joined by international and Israeli peace activists, and groups representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine political party and the Freedom Theatre…
Fayyad Meets The UN Official Holmes
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met, on Thursday, at the Ramallah Ministerial Council with John Holmes, UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and informed him…
Israel Gathering Information On Israeli Non-violent Activists
The Israeli army started gathering information, including recording license plates, of Israeli peace activists who protest along with Palestinian and International activist against the Annexation Wall and settlements in the…
Palestinian Nonviolent Protestors Gased In Nabi Saleh
In the town of Nabi Saleh, Israeli troops responded to a peaceful march with tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets.The march began after Friday prayers, hundreds of citizens attended…
Demonstration In Bil’in Enters It’s Sixth Year Despite Poor Weather
Residents of the village of Bil’in, on Friday, continued their weekly demonstration towards the Israeli built separation wall, with the support of both internationals and Israelis, despite the inclement conditions.…
P.A Security Forces Prevented The Firing Of Homemade Shell From West Bank
Israeli media sources reported that the security forces of president Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank prevented Hamas fighters from firing a homemade shell, manufacture by Hamas in Ramallah, and…
Israeli troops attack the weekly anti wall protest at Nil’in and Bil’in villages central West Bank
At Bil’in and Nil’in villages central West Bank Israeli troops used tear gas and sound bombs to suppress anti-wall protests. Today, the people of Bil’in, a small Palestinian village in…
Nine German Physicians Arrive In the West Bank To Perform Delicate Surgeries
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that nine physicians, including a professor in medicine, arrived in the central West Bank city of Ramallah to perform delicate surgeries. Omar al-Nasr, head of the…
Husseini: “I Was Framed; Tape Was Dubbed To Blackmail Me”
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, a top aide to president Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, stated at a Sunday evening press conference in Ramallah, that the “sex tape scandal” against him was dubbed,…
Two Injured at the Weekly Bil’in Protest
A journalist and a villager were injured by Israeli fire when troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank. As has been the case…
The Israeli military detains two civilians at the Nil‘in weekly protest
A Palestinian teen and an Israeli supporter were detained by Israeli soldiers during an anti-wall protest at the village of Nil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The…
Dr. Husseini On TV To Talk About “Scandal Report” Targeting Him
Head of the Palestinian President’s Office in Jerusalem, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, will be participating in the “All In The Open” program at the Palestinian TV to talk about the details…
P.A Plans To Investigate Corruption Tape Scandal
Israeli Ynet news reported Thursday that Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is planning to investigate a video tape showing the Palestinian Authority’s head of bureau trying to solicit sexual relations, the…
Female Activist Kidnapped By The Army
The Ahrar Center for Detainee Studies stated that the Israeli army detained, on Monday, Montaha Taweel, 45, an activist who works to defend the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and…
Stop The Wall Campaign Raided & ISM Activists Released On Bail
The Stop the Wall campaign has issued a press release stating that their office, in Ramallah, was raided by the Israeli military, late Sunday night.The military arrived, with a convoy…
Two Injured at the Weekly Anti-Wall Protest in Bil’in Village
Two civilians, one Palestinian and one international, were injured by Israeli fire when troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West Bank.As has been the…
Soldiers Attack Anti-Settlement Construction Protest in Central West Bank
Three Palestinian villagers were injured when they were fired upon by Israel soldiers, on Friday, at the village of Nabi Saleh, central West Bank.The villagers of Nabi Saleh, along with…
Nil’in’s Weekly Protests Ends After Tear Gas Assault
Local villagers of Nil’in held their weekly non-violent protest, after Friday prayers, despite rainfall.The villagers, who have held demonstrations against the construction of the annexation wall that passes through their…
Two Palestinians & One American Detained Following Pre-Dawn Incursion in Bil’in
26 Israeli soldiers entered the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, on Wednesday at 3 am. They detained 2 Palestinians, one a journalist, and an international journalist.Local sources report…
10 Women, 15 Children, Wounded After Soldiers Fired Gas Bombs Into A Palestinian Home
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at night that 10 women and 15 children were hospitalized suffering severe effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs into…
Nabi Saleh Protesters Met With Live Ammunition
This Friday the 29th of January, an anti-wall and settlement march occured in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.The march began after mid-day prayers in front of the…
Non-Violent Protesters In Bil’in Suffer Tear Gas Inhalation
This Friday, in the West Bank village of Bil’in, numerous people including two Palestinian journalists suffered tear gas inhalation.For the past five years, villagers and international supporters have participated in…
Israeli Undercover Agents Infiltrate Non-Violent Protest in Nil’in
The weekly protest against construction of the Israeli seperation wall commenced after mid-day prayers, this Friday in the village of Ni’lin.The villagers, joined by International and Israeli supporters, marched to…
Leading Member of the Bil’in Popular Committee Arrested During the Night
Mohammed al-Khatib, leading member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlement Construction in Bil’in, was arrested last night in a pre-dawn incursion.Al-Khatib, a proponent of non-violence, was awoken…
Settlers Attack Beit Illu Village, Ramallah
Dozens of armed fundamentalist settlers invaded the village of Beit Illu, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Tuesday evening. Local sources reported that armed settlers ransacked…
Sha’ath: Palestinians Will Not Resume Talks Until Settlement Construction Stops
The head of Fatah’s international relations bureau, Dr. Nabeel Sha’ath, announced on Tuesday that his movement will not resume talks with the Israeli government until it stops settlement construction in…
Settlers Uproot 15 Olive Trees Near Ramallah
A group of fundamentalist settlers uprooted fifteen olive trees, on Sunday evening, that belong to a resident of the Dir Nitham village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.The…
Hamas Legislator: “P.A Security Forces Arrest Six PLC Employees”
Mahmoud Ramahi, a leading member of the Hamas party, accused the Palestinian Security Forces of arresting six employees of the Palestinian Legislative Council without cause, after they left their Ramallah…
For The First Time Since P.A Establishment; Palestinian Woman Sworn In As Governor
For the first time since the Palestinian Authority (P.A) was established in 1996, a Palestinian woman was sworn in on Friday as the first female governor in the Palestinian territories.…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Non-Violent Protesters at Villages Near Ramallah
Eight people have been injured, and five kidnapped, by the Israeli military in response to non-violent protests. These protests were organized by villagers in the West Bank who stand against…
Protester Injured in Bil’in During Weekly Non-Violent Demonstration
This Friday, the 22nd of January, 30 to 40 Palestinian, Israeli, and other international protesters marched through the West Bank village of Bil’in to the Israeli built separation barrier, ruled…
Nil’in’s Weekly Protest Ends in Israeli Violence
Starting early in the morning, the Israeli military sealed of the village of Nil’in, near Ramallah, in an attempt to prevent those from outside of the village gaining access, to…
E.U, P.A, Sign €158.5 Million Financing Agreement
Palestinian Authority (P.A) and the European Union signed on Tuesday a €158.5 million Financing Agreement, including €0.5 Million in contribution from Austria, to the P.A’s recurrent expenditures for 2010.The Palestine…
Israel’s military continues to target anti wall protest organizers
Four Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a pre-dawn invasion targeting the village of Nil’in, central West Bank. Israeli troops told their families that they have been kidnapped…
Demonstrators met with live ammunition in Bil’in Village
On Friday in Bil’in village, central West Bank, demonstrators against the Israeli built wall and illegal Israeli settlements were met with live ammunition, tear gas (in both plastic and aluminum…
Israeli Military Barricades Nili’n – Journalists Denied Access
Today in the village of Nili’n, central West Bank, the Israeli military closed all entrances and exits, and didn’t allow any journalists in the village.The demonstration started after midday prayers,…
Rawabi – The First Planned Palestinian City
Ground has been broken at the site of Rawabi, the first planned city to be constructed in Occupied Palestinian Territories by Palestinians.The project, funded jointly by the Palestinian Authority and…
Interview With Rani Bornat -Bil’in
McIntyre recently interviewed Palestinian activist Rani Bornat about his life after being shot by the Israeli army. Rani Bornat: My name is Rani Abdelfatah Ibrahim Bornat, and I’m 29 years…
Soldiers Invade Ramallah, Kidnap a Czech Peace Activist
The Israeli Army invaded on Monday at night the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a Czech citizen, identified as Eva Nováková, who started her activities…
Three Injuries in Bil’in, Including one Journalist
Three residents were injured on Friday at the weekly protest in Bil’in village, central West Bank. Dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation in the weekly protest against…
Nil’in: Israeli troops fail to stop the people from joining the weekly protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized their weekly protest on Friday against the wall Israel is building on their lands. They were joined this week by international supporters…
Nil’in: Israeli troops fail to stop the people from joining the weekly protest
The villagers of Nil’in, central West Bank, organized their weekly protest on Friday against the wall Israel is building on their lands. They were joined this week by international supporters…
Army Invades Bil’in, Soldiers Say “we Are Just Doing Our Job”
In a rather familiar scene in the village of Bil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli troops invaded the village, once again, and stormed the house of…
Troops Invade Bil’in, kidnap two children
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn the village of Bil’in, near the Central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped two children after breaking into their homes.The Friends of…
Israel charges peace activist with “arms possession” for picking up spent Israeli tear gas canisters
After holding anti-Wall protest organizer Abdullah Adu Rahma in prison for over a week without charges, Israeli authorities have decided to charge him with “arms possession” for picking up spent…