OCHA: 1,177 Palestinians Displaced in 2014
In 2014, Israeli authorities destroyed 590 Palestinian-owned structures in West Bank Area C and occupied East Jerusalem, displacing some 1,177 people, according to OCHA figures.To be noted, this is the…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, a number of Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at…
430 New West Bank Settler Homes to be Constructed
The Israeli government, this Friday, published tenders to build 430 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the head of an NGO which monitors settlement activities told AFP.’It’s the…
Dr. Erekat: Responds to Reports of New Settlement Units
Reports circulated Friday about the publication of tenders for 450 new units to be constructed in a number of illegal Israeli settlements.Palestinian chief negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, called on the…
Israeli Army Expels 19 Families for the Purpose of Military Training
The Israeli military forced 19 Palestinian families to leave Khirbet Bzik village, near Tubas, on Tuesday morning, under the pretext of carrying out military exercises for two consecutive days.Local sources…
West Bank: 2,400 Dunams Transferred Against Orders
According to Haaretz, the head of the Israeli army’s Central Command, Nitzan Alon, has appointed an officer to investigate how West Bank Civil Administration turned over lands worth millions of…
Seven Kidnapped In The West Bank, One Injured
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians; soldiers broke into and searched several homes, and installed roadblocks.Local sources have reported that…
Hundreds Protest Across West Bank, Call for Israeli Boycott
Hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, on Monday, participated in protests organized by the Fateh movement, calling for a boycott of Israeli products and expressing support for Palestinian…
Israel to Expand Efrat Settlement Beyond Apartheid Wall
The Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry has designated some $215,000 for expansion of the illegal settlement of Efrat, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, said Israeli daily Haaretz, Monday.According…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, Many Injured
Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the city and Beit Ummar nearby town, and kidnapped five Palestinians;…
Army Kidnaps Four Teenagers In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped four teenagers after breaking into their homes. Army also installed roadblocks…
Further Demolitions, Abductions in West Bank & Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian child near the village of Maghayir al-Abeed and demolished four structures in the Palestinian village of Ar-Rifa’iyya in the South Hebron Hills area on Wednesday.An…
Construction of 2,500 New West Bank Settlement Units to be Approved by Israel
The Israeli government will approve the building of 2500 new settlement units in ‘Efrat’ settlement in the southeast of Bethlehem, according to Khalil Tafakji, director of the Map Department in…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron And Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, various communities in Hebron, Nablus and Jenin, kidnapped two Palestinians, and detained several others, while searching and ransacking homes. Many Palestinians injured in…
Eighteen Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus And Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped 18 Palestinians.…
Thirteen Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night and Tuesday at dawn, at least thirteen Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, including two children who were kidnapped along with…
Journalist, Two Brothers Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, a journalist near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and two brothers in Bethlehem. Soldiers also invaded Hebron, attacked and injured one…
Injuries as Israeli Forces Disperse Hebron March, Settlers Uproot Olive Trees Near Ramallah
Several Palestinians were injured, Saturday, while dozens of others suffocated from tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces dispersed a peaceful march to the north of Surif town, north of Hebron,…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem; Settlers Uproots Farmland In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Wednesday at night and on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men in occupied Jerusalem. A group of fanatic Israeli settlers uproots nearly 30 dunams…
Dozens, Including Minors, Kidnapped in Jerusalem and Hebron
Israeli forces launched multiple raids across occupied East Jerusalem and Hebron, Wednesday at dawn, abducting 32 young Palestinian men, including minors.East Jerusalem detention raids were reported in Sur Bahir, al-Isawiya,…
Army Invades Various West Bank Communities, Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at night and Tuesday at dawn, three Palestinians in the southern West bank city of Hebron and the Sammoa’ nearby town, and kidnapped three Palestinians.…
Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians, Including 3 Children
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and three children in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers also…
Soldiers Kidnap 22 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians, including…
Dozens Hurt In Two Israeli Military Invasions In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday evening, the village of Zabbouba west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in Hebron and Jerusalem, late on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn, and kidnapped six Palestinians after searching and ransacking their homes.Media…
Israeli troops attack non-violent Palestinian protests in 5 West Bank villages, wounding one
One boy was injured, and scores of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation on Friday when Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent weekly protests organized in West Bank…
Israeli Extremists Attack Palestinian Cars near Jenin, Uproot Saplings In Bethlehem
Dozens of fanatic Israeli settlers gathered, on Thursday at night, on the main Jenin-Nablus road, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and attacked several Palestinian cars. Settlers…
Further Youth Detentions in West Bank Cities
Israeli forces, Thursday detained a 17-year-old from the village of Al Arqa, to the west of Jenin, and caused tens others to suffocate from teargas during confrontations, security sources told…
Palestinian Man Crushed to Death at Israeli Checkpoint
A Palestinian man from the occupied West Bank village of Farun died Wednesday morning, after being crushed to death inside an Israeli checkpoint near Tulkarem, while trying to get to…
West Bank Raids Continue, Farmers Prevented from Accessing Lands
Several Palestinians suffered from excessive teargas inhalation, Tuesday, as Israeli forces stormed the village of Housan, to the west of Bethlehem. At least 14 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, One In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Tuesday, two Palestinians in Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and one Palestinian in Bani Neim town, near the southern West Bank city…
Four Kidnapped in Israeli Raids Across West Bank
Israeli forces raided several areas in the occupied West Bank, on Monday, abducting four Palestinians from Ramallah, Jenin and Qabatiya, according to reports by security and local sources.Israeli guards of…
West Bank: Israelis Raze Crops, Pollute Lands, Violate Schools
Israeli bulldozers, Sunday, razed agricultural lands belonging to Palestinians in Khirbet al-Taweel, located to the south of Nablus. Two Hebron district schools were also reported to have been targeted with…
Seven Summoned for Interrogation, Entry to Jerusalem Village Blocked
Israeli forces, Saturday, summoned seven Palestinians between the ages of 14 and 21 to appear before Israeli intelligence for interrogation. In addition, soldiers blocked the entrance of Beit Ikksa village,…
Four Injured as Israeli Forces Disperse Protests with Gunfire
Four Palestinians, including an elderly women, were reported to have been injured in the occupied West Bank on Friday, after Israeli forces opened fire on protesters in two separate villages.According…
Two Israeli police; two Israeli settlers wounded in separate attacks
A person with a knife, presumed by police to be a Palestinian, stabbed two police officers in the old city of Jerusalem, causing light wounds on Friday morning. Earlier, on…
At Least 12 Palestinians Kidnapped in West Bank and Jerusalem
At least 12 Palestinians were kidnapped by Israeli forces on Christmas Day, during predawn raids in the occupied West Bank districts of Nablus and Hebron, and in occupied East Jerusalem,…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin; Many Injured
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped two Palestinians, while many suffered the effects…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus And Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, three Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the northern West Bank district of Nablus. Army dogs also mauled a child…
Two Barns and Four Houses Demolished in Jerusalem, Hebron
Four houses belonging to Palestinian families, and at least two barns were demolished on Monday by Israeli forces bulldozers in the town of el-Eizariya, southeast of Jerusalem.According to WAFA Palestinian…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians in Hebron and Nablus districts, in the occupied West Bank, and four Palestinians kidnapped near Ramallah on Monday night, shortly after…
Three Kidnapped In West Bank Invasions, Many Injured
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, three Palestinians in Bethlehem and Ramallah, during military invasions that also targeted the northern West Bank city of Nablus. One of the kidnapped…
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Expresses Concern Over Cremisan Case
His Beatitude Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, expressed in a Christmas message sent out through his Vicar in Jerusalem and Palestine, Bishop William Shomali, his concern over a…
Jerusalem, Hebron: 17 New Demolition Orders
Israeli authorities delivered 17 new demolition orders to Palestinian families in the Jerusalem and Hebron area Wednesday.Eleven demolition orders were delivered to the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. The Wadi…
Israeli Army Closes Highway 60 for Settler Rally
Israeli soldiers, Monday, closed a highway linking the town of Yatta and nearby small villages to allow a rally organized by Jewish settlers to pass, according to local sources.Coordinator of…
Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Northern West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday, two Palestinians from their homes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and one Palestinian at the Za’tara roadblock, near the Nablus.Eyewitnesses said the soldiers…
Israel Declares Palestinian Lands ‘Natural Reserve’ for the Purpose of Settlement Expansion
For the continued political goal of illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, Israel has zoned hundreds of dunams in the town of Kafr El-Deek, West Salfit, as an…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in occupied East Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including a former political prisoner.Local…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in Continued West Bank Raids
Israeli forces abducted two Palestinians and summoned four others from the districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, on Saturday, according to reports by security sources and a local activist.25-year-old ‘Abd-l-‘Al Abu-Mayyala…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday morning, eleven Palestinians, including two children, from different parts of the West Bank, including five in occupied East Jerusalem. Several Palestinians injured near Jenin.Local sources…
Continued Settler Assaults in West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli settlers continued to launch attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank and Jerusalem, on Wednesday, according to local sources.WAFA correspondence reports that Israeli settlers attacked a…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians In Hebron And Bethlehem
Several Israeli military jeeps invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of communities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped…
Settlement Expansion Continues Across West Bank
Illegal expansion of ‘Jewish only’ settlements continued unabated, in various parts of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, with further demolition notices and destruction of Palestinian property by Israeli settlers.Israeli…
Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, searched and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians.Local sources have reported that the soldiers…
Army Kidnaps 16 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including a woman who was kidnapped in the yards of the…
15, Including Minors, Kidnapped by Israeli Forces in West Bank and Jerusalem
According to reports by local and security sources, at least 15 Palestinians, including five minors, were taken captive by Israeli army and police during predawn raids across the occupied West…
Soldiers Ignore Settlers Attacking Palestinian Homes in Hebron, 50 Olive Trees Cut in Nablus
Israeli settlers, on Saturday, attacked Palestinian homes in the Hebron neighborhood of al-Ja‘bari with stones, while Israeli soldiers stood by and watched indifferently, and without taking any actions to stop…
Israeli Court Sentences Murad Eshtewi to 10 Months and 10k NIS Fine for Participating in Protests
Salem military court has sentenced activist Murad Eshtewi, from Kufr Qaddum village, to 9 and a half months of prison, with an additional 10,000 shekel fine. Israeli forces arrested Eshtewi…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped six Palestinians, including three in occupied East Jerusalem.Local sources in the northern…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In Hebron And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the southern West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem district, and kidnapped eight Palestinians. Clashes also took place after several Israeli military vehicles…
Dozens Injured in West Bank Weekly Protests, Italian Activist Shot in Stomach
An Italian solidarity activist was critically injured along with 11 other Palestinians, Friday afternoon, after Israeli forces opened live fire on a protest march in the village of Kafr Qaddum,…
Further Settler Attacks in Hebron and Qalqilia
Israeli settlers, on Thursday, attempted to kidnap a Palestinian minor to the south of Hebron, while others attacked a car shop and its owner in Qalqilia, according to security sources.According…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into homes and ransacked them, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.Local sources in…
Israeli Settlers Continue Their Attacks against Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli settlers’ ongoing and escalated attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.The latest of these attacks has been against a…
Soldiers Kidnap 15 Palestinians In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem, and moved them to a number of interrogation centers.Israeli…
Several Injured in Israeli Attacks Across West Bank
Several have been injured amidst a wave of escalating violence against Palestinians by Israeli soldiers and settlers across the West Bank region. At least five Palestinians were abducted by Israeli…
VIDEO: Settlers Attack Palestinians as Soldiers Watch
Videos show how settlers were attacking Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Orif, on Tuesday, while Israeli soldiers stood by and did nothing to stop them.Distributed by the…
Israeli Forces Demolish Homes, Seize Agricultural Equipment
Israeli bulldozers demolished, on Thursday, a number of mobile homes to the east of At-Tayba village, east of Ramallah. Near Hebron, forces seized a tractor and four water tanks, while…
Three Palestinians Injured Near Nablus, More Clashes In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the Askar refugee camp, east of the northern West bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths wounding three. Clashes also took…
Israeli settlers & soldiers engage in multiple attacks against Palestinians Wednesday
Israeli police released nine relatives of two Palestinian attackers who had been detained earlier in the day, Tuesday. Meanwhile, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Israeli police raided…
Israeli Arrest Campaign Escalates, Attacks Across West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli forces arrested early Tuesday 21 Palestinians, including three minors, from the West Bank and Jerusalem, in addition to 14 members of the family of two Palestinian suspects in regard…
Eight Palestinians, Including Four Children Kidnapped In Jerusalem And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded a number of Palestinian communities in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a child. The army also kidnapped three children in occupied…
Clashes in Nablus and Ramallah Leave Several Injured
A number of Palestinians suffocated by teargas on Wednesday during confrontations with the Israeli army, while live Israeli fire in Ramallah has left Palestinian youngster Ahmed Hassouna in critical condition.…
Armed Settlers Attack Female Students Near Bethlehem, Raids & Kidnappings Continue Across West Bank
WAFA correspondence reports that gun-toting Israeli settlers chased down and intercepted a number of female Palestinian students, Tuesdays, while they were on their way home from school in the village…
Settlers Damage 30 Palestinian Cars as Military Intensifies West Bank Units
Israeli settlers destroyed the windows of some 30 Palestinian-owned cars, Monday night, in protest of the recent stabbing incident in Tel-Aviv.PNN reports that about 200 Israeli settlers participated in the…
Two More Palestinians Killed By West Bank Israeli Forces
A young Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in al-Aroub refugee camp north of Hebron, on Tuesday. Additionally, a Palestinian worker was shot dead, at dawn, by…
Israeli Law to be Extended to West Bank
The Israeli ministerial committee approved a bill, on Sunday, to extend laws regulated by the Israeli Knesset into the occupied West Bank.According to the PNN, Israeli sources said that the…
Hit-and-Run Suspect Turns Himself In
The Palestinian man suspected of having run over three Israeli soldiers, Wednesday evening, has reportedly turned himself in to security forces.Earlier, Israeli raids occurred across the southern West Bank, in…
Army Kidnaps 26 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, 26 Palestinians in Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Jenin and Nablus, and took them to several interrogation centers.The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that 13 Palestinians…
Another Palestinian Hit by Israeli Settler Car
An Israeli settler driving through Beit Jala, on Tuesday morning, hit Palestinian citizen Ibrahim Hamdan with his car as he was on his way to work, according to witnesses.Local sources…
At Least Six Palestinians Kidnapped During Overnight West Bank Campaign
Israeli forces are reported to have kidnapped, at dawn on Tuesday, six Palestinian citizens during a large-scale raid campaign throughout the occupied West Bank.According to Palestinian media, local sources said…
Army Kidnaps Two Palestinians In Hebron, One In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, two Palestinians in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed a third a military order for…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening and on Friday at dawn, at least six Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem. One of the kidnapped…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, at least seven Palestinians in different communities in the occupied West Bank. The PPS said…
SodaStream to Close Shop in Occupied West Bank
Israeli beverage firm SodaStream, amid intense boycott pressure from the international community, announced on Wednesday that it was closing a controversial factory located in an occupied West Bank settlement, while…
Soldiers Kidnap Twelve Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem, after storming various communities and searching homes. Soldiers also…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, at least six Palestinians in different military invasions targeting various communities in the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem. Several children injured in…
2 Injured in Nablus Clashes, 6 Abducted Overnight
Two Palestinian teens were injured during clashes with Israeli forces to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, early Monday, according to medical sources.The director of the…
4 Palestinian Homes Demolished Near Hebron
Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished four Palestinian homes belonging to the al-Hazaleen family in the Hebron village of Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.Ibrahim Hazaleen, who monitors settlement activity in…
At Least 19 Kidnapped Over the Weekend in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli forces abducted, over Saturday night and Sunday morning, some 19 Palestinians from the Hebron, Jerusalem and Nablus districts in the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said that the…
Seventeen Kidnapped In Israeli Military Invasions Into West Bank, Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, various Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in Jerusalem’s Old City, and kidnapped seventeen Palestinians before taking them…
Israeli Government Completes Plan to Impose Sovereignty on Area C
According to Israeli sources, the state has completed a plan, in the works since April of 2013, to impose its sovereignty over occupied Area C.Local sources say that Israel intends…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped Near Jenin, One Near Bethlehem
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the northern West Bank city of Jenin and several nearby towns, and kidnapped two Palestinians. One Palestinian was kidnapped near Bethlehem.Soldiers…
Soldiers Invade Budrus Village
Dozens of soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Budrus, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into several homes, took pictures of them, and…
Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian-owned Car Wash near Bethlehem
Forces, on Monday, demolished a Palestinian-owned shed being used as a car wash shop in the town of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, according to security sources.The car wash,…
Israeli Policy of Segregation Continues to Dominate Occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank
The Israeli parliament of the Knesset is expected to decide on a new bill, this coming month, which would impose both a temporal and spatial division of al-Aqsa Mosque compound…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank Monday
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, various communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including a journalist, after invading their homes and ransacking…
15 Palestinians Kidnapped, Several Summoned for Interrogation by Israeli Forces
Israeli forces, on Sunday, kidnapped at least 15 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, including a physically disabled ex-detainee, while summoning one for interrogation, according to reports by media and…
Several Injured as Israeli Forces Raid Villages, Disperse Weekly Protests
Israeli soldiers again attacked weekly peaceful marches which took place in several Palestinian villages and towns, across the occupied West Bank.PNN reports that, during Friday’s weekly demonstration in Bil’in, near…