Child killed by Israeli military fire in Ni’lin
The Arabs48 news website reported on Tuesday at night that a Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers who violently attacked and opened fire at a non-violent protest…
Army court sentence a Palestinian farmer to 100 days in detention
The Israeli army court of Ofer sentenced on Tuesday Jamal Canaan, 50 from the village of N'ilin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to 100 days in…
Video nation
B’Tselem, a Jerusalem-based NGO, released video footage this week of a handcuffed Palestinian detainee being shot in the leg by an Israeli soldier. The footage is part of a new…
Israel agrees to demolish part of illegal wall
Israel says that it will demolish the illegal wall separating Palestinians from their land north of Qalqalya. Israeli sources report that the Israeli Army has agreed to demolish the illegal…
The Israeli army kidnaps 3 civilians near Ramallah
The Israeli army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians during an invasion targeting Al Jalazon refugee camp located in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday morning. Local sources said…
A non violent weekly protest in Bil’in village
Scores of international and Israeli peace activists along with villager marched against the illegal wall being built on Bil’in village nearby the west bank city of Ramallah on Friday midday…
A non violent protest in Ni’llin village near Ramallah
A non violent protest was held on Friday morning at Ni’llin village located near the west bank city of Ramallah IMEMC’s correspondence from the protest reported that a group of…
The Israeli Army invades villages in Ramallah city
The Israeli Army invaded Al Berieh and Beteen villages, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday at dawn. Six Israeli vehicles drove in and through Al…
A nonviolent protest in Ni’lin village west of Ramallah
Nonviolent peace protesters marched a protest against the illegal wall being built on Palestinian lands on Wednesday midday. A group of 200 international, Israeli, and Palestinian women from the West…
Abbas to order forces to pull out if Israel continues attacks on the West Bank
In a meeting with several Fatah lawmakers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, hinted Tuesday at possible pull out of Palestinian Authority's police forces from…
The Israeli army released the soldier who shot a bound Palestinian in Ni’lin two weeks ago
The Israeli National Radio reported on Monday evening that the Israeli Army District Attorney has released the Israeli soldier who shot a bound Palestinian civilian in Ni'lin village near Ramallah…
Israeli soldier shoots a bound Palestinian in Ni’lin
A video showing an Israeli soldier shooting a bound Palestinian in the village of Ni'lin near Ramallah raised uproar among human rights organizations. The tape, which was released on Sunday…
One injured, dozens suffer tear gas inhalation at Bil’in weekly non-violent protest
At the close of Friday prayers, the people of Bil'in village ,near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, marched in their weekly protest against the apartheid wall and settlements,…
Rice to host a round of Israeli- Palestinian talks
U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, is preparing to host a 3-day round of Israeli-Palestinian talks on the thirtieth of this month. Chief Palestinian negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, reported that…
The Israeli army invades Kobar village and Qalandia refugee camp
The Israeli army invaded on Friday at dawn Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem city. Soldiers surrounded one of the houses and ransacked it. Official sources reported that 13 Israeli…
The Israeli army invades Abu Eshedem village near Ramallah
The Israeli army invaded on Wednesday at dawn Abu Eshedem village north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah Official sources reported that five Israeli military forces invaded several…
Bil’in Village Council sues Canadian corporations for involvement in settlement construction
Bil’in Village Council Submits Case before Canadian Court Against Canadian Corporations for Involvement in Illegal Settlement Construction. In a continuation of their struggle for justice in the face of unlawful…
The Israeli Army kidnapps 13 Palestinian near Ramallah
The Israeli army kidnapped 13 Palestinians Friday morning from Jalazon refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses reported that they heard shooting as a number of Israeli…
Ni’lin: dozens injured as army continues its cark down
700 people demonstrated in Ni’lin village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah again on Thursday, in defiance of the Israeli army crackdown on protests organized against the illegal…
Ramallah: the Israeli army attacks a hospital and damages property
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the central West Bank city of Ramallah reported that the Israeli army attacked and ransacked the Ramallah public hospital on Thursday at dawn and…
Explosion hits the vehicle of Palestinian Attorney General in Ramallah
Official police sources in the central West Bank city of Ramallah reported that Ahmad Al Mughani, the Palestinian Attorney General, survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday morning. Initial police reports…
Israeli army continues to attack civilians in Ni’lin, kidnaps three on Monday
Israeli army continued its attacks targeting the villagers of Ni’lin near Ramallah city in the central part of the West Bank on Monday for the fourth day in a row.…
Ramallah: the army kidnaps a civilian and invades several villages
The Israeli army kidnapped one Palestinian civilian during invasions targeting the central West Bank city of Ramallah and a nearby village. Local witnesses reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 18…
Israeli Army attacks nonviolent protest near Ramallah, injures 22 civilians
At least 22 civilians were injured by Israeli army fire, when troops attacked a nonviolent protest in the village of Na'alen, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah…
Two international activists and a Palestinian injured in Bil’in Weekly Protest
Three activists were injured by Israeli forces on Friday in the weekly protest against the separation wall in Bil’in; near the West Bank city of Ramallah: two of them are…
Israeli troops attack a mosque in Silwad village near Ramallah
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces attacked a mosque in the village of Sliwad, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday morning. Witnesses said that at least…
Ni’lin steps up the struggle: Israeli army injures 10 protesters
On Tuesday the farmers of Ni’lin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah organized another mass demonstration to protect their lands and lives from destruction by the illegal…
The Israeli army attacked and abused villagers near Ramallah
The Israeli army continued to attack the villagers of Dier Abu Mish’al, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah for the second day on Tuesday. Witnesses said that…
Two International Peace Activists Injured in Bil’in Weekly Protest
On Friday, villagers from Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, marched in their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village’s land.…
Settlers set ablaze dozens of Olive trees near Ramallah
A group of Israeli settlers set fire to a large number of olive trees owned by the villagers of Deir Nitham near Ramallah. Witnesses reported that most of the burnt…
15 Palestinians Wounded in an Israeli Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration
At least 15 Palestinian civilians were wounded when Israeli troops attacked a peaceful protest organized by the villagers of Na'aleen near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday…
The Deputy Mustafa Barguti: The Assassinations in Nablus Aim to Demolish the Truce
Ramallah- the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti condemned the crime that the Israeli occupation committed in Nablus today 24-6-2008, which led to the killing of…
The Israeli army invades a village near Ramallah and kidnaps five civilians
Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli army during an invasion targeting the village of Dier Abu Mish’al located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday…
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…