Israel To Build 272 Units In West Bank Settlements
Israeli Peace Now Movement revealed, Monday, that Israel is planning the construction of 272 units of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, and that the decision was made…
Beit Awwa Surrounded By Israeli Forces
On Monday evening, a siege broke out on the town of Beit Awwa, south-west of Hebron in the West Bank, after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the tower near…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Jerusalem, Bethlehem
[Sunday January 5, 2014] Israeli police officers kidnapped a Palestinian in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, while Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians in Beit Fajjar town, south of…
Soldiers Invade Bethlehem, Hebron, Kidnap Four Palestinians
[Saturday at Dawn, December 28, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, kidnapping four Palestinians. Soldiers also installed roadblocks in Hebron, and searched…
Over A Dozen Arrested Across West Bank
More than a dozen people from different areas of the West Bank were arrested by Israeli forces, Monday, December 23, according to security and local sources.Among the detainees are five…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, Two In Jerusalem
[Sunday December 22, 2013] Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers have invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron and Jerusalem’s Old City, kidnapping four Palestinians. Local…
Israeli Forces Fire On Protesters
Israeli forces dispersed Palestinian protests across the West Bank, on Friday, with rubber bullets and excessive use of tear gas, injuring dozens of demonstrators, reports the Ma’an News Agency.Eight people…
Israel Rejects American Request To Freeze Settlement Activities
[Thursday, December 19, 2013] The Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected an American request to freeze settlement construction and expansion activities, in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem,…
Israeli Troops Shoot And Injure Non-Violent Protester During Weekly Friday Demonstrations
Non-violent protests were held in five West Bank villages, Friday, as well as in the city of Bethlehem, where Israeli troops attacked protesters and wounded one young man in the…
Israel To Build 3000 New Settlement Units
[Tuesday, December 3, 2013] Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, has decided to approve 3,000 new units in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. New…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In West Bank
Monday, at Dawn [December 2, 2013] Israeli soldiers have kidnapped eight Palestinians in Ya’bod village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, two Palestinians in Hebron, in the southern…
Soldiers Kidnap 17 Palestinians In Nablus And Hebron
[Wednesday, November 27, 2013] Israeli soldiers have invaded several areas of the occupied West Bank, broken into and searched dozens of homes, kidnapping seventeen Palestinians in the districts of Nablus…
Israel To Build, Legalize, 800 Units In Illegal West Bank Settlements
[Monday November 25, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to build, and legalize, more than 800 units in illegal Israeli settlements in…
At Least 12 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Monday November 25, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded dozens of communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least…
Israeli troops injure 17 civilians in weekly non-violent protests on Friday
On Friday Israeli troops shot and injured 17 civilians with so-called ‘non-lethal’ ammunition. Among those injured were children and journalists, who were present during anti wall and settlements protests that…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In Jenin, Three Injured In Jerusalem
Activists Remove Settlers’ Tent Near Bethlehem [Friday Evening November 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinian youths in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin,…
Fifteen Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, Five In Jenin
Palestinian sources have reported that the number of Palestinians kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers, on Thursday November 14, arrived to twenty Palestinians, fifteen kidnapped in Hebron and five in Jenin.The…
PCHR Denounces Killing OF Two Palestinians By Army Fire At West Bank Roadblocks
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, issued the following report denouncing the latest Israeli military violations leading to the killing of two Palestinians at military roadblocks in…
Five Kidnapped In West Bank
Friday at dawn [November 8, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and violently searched homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians.Local sources have reported that…
Two Palestinians Killed On Two West Bank Roadblocks
Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Thursday at night [November 7, 2013], that Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians at two roadblocks near the West Bank city of Bethlehem,…
Eight Palestinians Kidnapped, Two Injured, In West Bank
[Monday At Dawn November 4, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least eight Palestinians. Two Palestinians were shot and injured by army…
P.A. Arrests Fighters For Allegedly Planning To Abduct Soldier
A senior Israeli military source told the Israeli Walla News Agency that the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested a week ago members of what is believed to…
Peace Now: “Israel Issues New Tenders For 1889 New Settlement Units”
Israeli Peace Now Movement issued a press release denouncing a new Israeli decision of the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to build additional 1889 units for Jewish settlers in the…
Soldiers Invade Different Parts of West Bank
[Sunday Morning November 3, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into homes, kidnapped Palestinians, and installed several roadblocks before stopping and interrogating…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus
[Friday at dawn November 1, 2013] Dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded Beta village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped seven teenagers after breaking into…
Palestinian NGO statement on the World Bank-sponsored Red-Dead Sea Canal
The undersigned Palestinian NGOs call on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to halt all forms of cooperation with the World Bank-sponsored Red Sea –…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In East Jerusalem
[Thursday at dawn, October 31, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded the Al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped seven Palestinian youths. Two more Palestinians were…
Palestinian Child Could Face A Life-Term
A Palestinian child, identified as Mohammad Mahdi Suleiman, 15 years of age, could face a life-term by an Israeli court for “throwing stones at the soldiers, and endangering their lives”.The…
Israeli Forces Arrest 2 PLC Members and 20 Other Palestinians Affiliated to Hamas
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli forces’ detention of 2 Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas:…
Soldiers Kidnap 21 Palestinians In West Bank
[Monday at dawn October 28, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into homes and violently searched them, before kidnapping 21 Palestinians, and taking them…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In Hebron, Northern Plains
[Monday October 21, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and two in the Northern…
Peace Now: “Settlement Construction Rises By %70”
Israeli Peace Now movement issued a report on Israeli settlement construction and expansion activities, and revealed that settlement construction increased by %70 in the period between January and June 2013.…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protesters in 5 West Bank villages
Seven protesters were abducted, and many others were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli soldiers attacked on the weekly protests organized at the villages of al…
Soldiers Invade Jenin, One Palestinian Injured
[Wednesday at dawn, October 9, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and injured one Palestinian; clashes have been reported. Soldiers also installed…
Several Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Wednesday at dawn [October 9, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child. Local sources…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn and on Sunday night after midnight, four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlers invade village in Hebron.Local…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Monday [September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, violently broke into several homes and kidnapped at least five Palestinians, including one child.Several Israeli military…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn [September 24, 2013] eight Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Waqf and Heritage in Jerusalem has…
Fifteen Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Monday at dawn, [September 23, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least fifteen Palestinians, after breaking into their homes and searching them.…
Nine Palestinians Kidnapped By The Army In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn [September 22, 2013] several areas in the occupied West Bank, kidnapped eight Palestinians, and also kidnapped a Palestinian working at the Al-Aqsa Mosque…
Nine Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Tuesday at dawn [September 17, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them, before kidnapping at least nine Palestinians.Local…
Legislator, Five Residents, Kidnapped In Hebron, 15 Kidnapped In West Bank
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at dawn [September 16 2013] the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped five Palestinians, including a son of an imprisoned Palestinian…
As Israel Marks Yom Kippur, West Bank Closure Enforced
Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, ordered a complete two-day closure on the West Bank as Israel marks the Yom Kippur (Atonement Day) Jewish holiday. Israeli media sources have reported that…
Soldiers Invade Towns In Northern, Southern, Parts of West Bank
Dozens of Israeli military jeeps invaded various areas in the northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and interrogated the residents…
Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians In West Bank
Sunday at dawn [September 8, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped twelve Palestinians, including two children, after breaking into their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, and in the northern West Bank city…
Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Monday at night and on Tuesday at dawn, various districts in the occupied West bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians, including a child in Hebron, and…
Israel Prepared A Plan For 3800 Units In West Bank Settlements
The National Center for Studies and Documentation, run by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), issued a study revealing that Israel prepared a plan for constructing 3800 units for Jewish settlers…
Two Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday at dawn [August 29, 2013] various areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and a gas station, and kidnapped two…
Clashes Take Place In Different Parts Of West Bank
Clashes took place in different parts of the occupied West Bank Monday [August 26, 2013] after Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp earlier at dawn, north of Jerusalem, shot…
Army Kidnaps Nine Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Friday evening [August 23, 2013] nine Palestinians in Anata own, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and at a roadblock east of the northern West Bank city…
Four Palestinians kidnapped, Several Injured, In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn [August 21, 2013] the northern West bank district of Nablus, and the West bank district of Bethlehem, kidnapped four Palestinians and injured several…
Netanyahu: “Israel Will Always Maintain Sovereignty On Settlements, New ‘Jewish Neighborhoods”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated during his recent meeting with UN General-Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, that Israel will continue to build and expand settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, and that…
MADA Demands Release Of All Detained Journalists
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) demanded Israel to stop all of its violations against Palestinians journalists, and to release all detained reporters in compliance with International…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Thursday August 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped seven Palestinians. Clashes and injuries have been reported in Jenin and the Jenin refugee…
Abbas Asks Resigned PM To Form Government
Palestinian Presidential spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stated that President Mahmoud Abbas asked, on Tuesday [August 13, 2013], the resigned Prime Minister of the caretaker government, Rami Hamdallah, to form a…
Army Kidnaps Two Brothers In Qalqilia
The Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights have reported dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped two brothers. It also stated that the army…
Israel To Build Hundreds Of Units In Settlements, Illegal Outposts
[Sunday August 11, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli government intends to build hundreds of units for Jewish settlers, not only in settlements and in settlement blocs in…
Nabi Saleh weekly protest on friday: Israeli soldiers fire tear gas and skunk water
During friday’s weekly protest in the village of An Nabi Saleh the villagers once more stipulated their discontent over their difficult situation under the occupation. The peaceful protest was met…
Twelve Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Tuesday at dawn, August 6, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians.Local sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the…
Shalom: “P.A Rejected Settlement Freeze Offer”
[Sunday August 4, 2013] Israeli Minister, Silvan Shalom, alleged that the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the occupied West Bank rejected an Israeli “offer” to freeze construction activities in settlements located…
Non-violent protests held in in four West Bank villages and at Al-Aqsa Mosque
On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly protests organized in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in, in the central West Bank, and Al Ma’ssara village in the…
Israeli MK’s Reject Settlement Freeze
A Knesset lobby calling itself “Land of Israel Caucus” held a special session after the formal decision to resume direct peace talks with the Palestinians, and reiterated Israel’s interest in…
Israeli human rights worker says soldier deliberately shot rubber-coated bullet at close range
The spokesperson for the Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, says that she believes she was deliberately targeted by an Israeli soldier on Friday who shot a rubber-coated steel bullet at…
Issa: “Israel’s Decision To Build 500 Units, Another Violation To International Law”
Dr. Hanna Issa, an expert in International Law, strongly denounced the recent Israeli decision to build nearly 500 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, saying the decision…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests on Friday and Saturday
Weekly non-violent protests were organized on Friday in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in in central West Bank, in addition to Al Ma’ssara in southern West Bank, all…
Soldiers Kidnap 19 Palestinians In West Bank
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 19 Palestinians, clashes have been reported.Soldiers kidnapped Hasan Breijiyya, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the…
Thirteen Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Palestinian media sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped earlier on Tuesday at dawn [July 2 2013] thirteen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. One of the…
21 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday [June 27 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians.Local sources in Al-Mazra’a Al-Qibliyya village, north of the central West Bank…
New Palestinian PM Resigns
Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson to the Palestinian President, stated Thursday evening [June 20 2013] that the newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Rami Hamdallah, has officially submitted his resignation.Abu Rodeina…
Six Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
[Thursday at dawn, June 19 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians.Dozens of soldiers…
18 Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
{Wednesday, June 19] Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a total of 18 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The army invaded the West Bank districts…
Settlements Budget Exceeds Allotted Finances By Millions
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government budged, allotted for settlement activities in the occupied territories, is hundreds of millions over the allocated annual budget.Haaretz said that, by investigating…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on [Monday at Night and Tuesday at dawn] five Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and…
Seven Palestinians Kidnapped By The Army In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn [June 14 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.Local sources…
Israel To Build More Than 1200 Units For Settlers In West Bank
[Thursday June 13 2013] Israeli media sources have reported that despite efforts by the United States to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Tel Aviv decided…
Five Injured By Army Fire Near Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 11 2013] the Al-Far’a refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Tubas, and clashed with local youths who hurled stones at the…
Soldiers Kidnap Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
[Tuesday June 11 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped nine Palestinians in Nablus and one in Hebron.Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the…
UN To Grant Urgent Aid To Palestinian Victims Of Settler Violence
The United Nations stated it is working on plan meant for providing emergency aid to Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, victims of attacks carried out by extremist Israeli…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians, including an elected legislator, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Ramallah have reported that the army invaded the…
Ten Palestinians Kidnapped In Qalqilia, Bethlehem And Hebron
Monday at dawn, June 3 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank districts of Qalqilia, Bethlehem and Hebron, and kidnapped ten Palestinians after breaking into their homes and…
Abbas Appoints A New Prime Minister
Sunday June 2 2013, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, appointed a new Prime Minister to replace the resigned P.M. Dr. Salaam Fayyad in the occupied West Bank.Abbas asked the newly appointed…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In West Bank
June 2 2013; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources have reported that the army kidnapped…
Israeli Settlements Occupy 538.303 Dunams In West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that, in 2012, Israel confiscated 8000 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank for the benefit of its settlements in areas referred to…
Five Palestinians Kidnaped In Hebron And Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday, three Palestinians in Doura town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped two children in the Old City of Jerusalem, local sources…
In Two Separate Incidents; Two Children Injured By Settlers Vehicles
Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian children have been seriously injured, on Wednesday, in two separate incidents after being rammed by settlers’ vehicles in the West Bank districts…
Soldiers Kidnap Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Wednesday May 22 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, the army broke into several homes and searched them causing…
Israel To Discuss “Legalization” Of Four Illegal West Bank Outposts
Israeli daily, Ynetnews, reported that the Israeli government informed the Supreme Court that it is examining the legalization of four illegal settlement outposts, built on privately owned Palestinian lands.In 2003,…
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank, Clashes Reported
Tuesday at dawn, April 14 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to…
Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, several Palestinians, including an imam of a local mosque, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after violently breaking into their homes…
Ahrar: “Israel Still Holding Captive 13 Legislators, 2 Ministers”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported, Saturday, that Israel is still holding captive 13 democratically-elected legislators, and two government ministers.Fuad Al-Khuffash, head of the Ahrar Center,…
Non-violent protester shot in head by Israeli troops; 4 others wounded
21-year old Ibrahim Awad was shot in the head at close range by a plastic-coated steel bullet fired by Israeli forces at a protest in Beit Ummar, in the southern…
Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In Bethlehem, 2 In Jenin
Monday at dawn, May 6 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar, Al-Khader and Beit Sahour, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Army also invaded Jenin…
Israeli Tanks Invade Tubas, Kidnap One Resident
Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, a number of Israeli tanks, and several armored vehicles, invaded the Al-Aqaba village, north of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and kidnapped one…
Israeli Soldiers Uproot 1300 Olive Trees
Israeli forces uprooted over 1300 olive trees near Hebron. A demolition crew implemented over 26 outstanding demolition orders, that entailed to destroying over 1300 trees in Susiya village. Israeli settlers…
Israeli troops attack non-violent protests in six Palestinian villages
On Friday, non-violent protests against the Israeli Wall and settlements were organized in the villages of al Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, Nil’in and Silwad in central West Bank, in addition to…
Army Kidnaps 23 Palestinians In the West Bank
On Wednesday April 10, 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped 23 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after breaking into their homes and searching them. One of the kidnapped…
Four Palestinians, Including A child, Kidnapped In West Bank
Saturday April 6, 2013; Israeli soldiers kidnapped three Palestinians, including a 10-year-old child, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and one Palestinian in the West…
Excessive use of force as Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinian civilians and injure third in West Bank
On Wednesday evening, 03 April 2012, in an example of excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilians and injured a third from ‘Anabta village, east of Tulkarm,…
Excessive use of force as Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinian civilians and injure third in West Bank
On Wednesday evening, 03 April 2012, in an example of excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilians and injured a third from ‘Anabta village, east of Tulkarm,…
Excessive use of force as Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinian civilians and injure third in West Bank
On Wednesday evening, 03 April 2012, in an example of excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilians and injured a third from ‘Anabta village, east of Tulkarm,…