Two Hamas-Affiliated Legislators Released
On Thursday Israel released two legislators of the Change and Reform Bloc, a wing of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning them without charge at the Negev Detention Camp for 18…
Israeli Sources Claim 80% Of Migron Lands Have Been Bought
The Israeli Today (Israel Hayom) Newspaper claimed that it received information stating that more than 80% of the lands, where the illegal Migron settlement is built, were recently purchased from…
Two Detained Legislators Released Thursday
Palestinian sources reported that two of the elected legislators, imprisoned by Israel, were released on Thursday evening, after being detained under administrative detention without charges since 2010.The Palestinian Information Center…
Abbas-Mofaz Meeting Next Sunday
Palestinian chief negotiator, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that the meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and the head of the…
Soldiers Kidnap Several Palestinians In The West Bank
On Wednesday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped and detained several residents.Media sources in Jenin,…
Demonstrators Protest Apartheid in al-Ma’sara
Dozens of Palestinians, joined by participants from around the world, held a peaceful protest in the West Bank village of al-Ma’sara on Friday demanding an end to the occupation and…
Army Kidnaps Several Residents In The West Bank
On Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, and broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped three residents before taking them to…
5 Detained Across West Bank Invasion, Buildings Demolished in Bethlehem
The Israeli military detained five Palestinians from various locations in the West Bank and several buildings were demolished in Bethlehem on Monday night, reports Ma’an News Agency.During raids in Qabatia,…
16 Soldiers Injured In West Bank Accident
Israeli sources reported Saturday that sixteen soldiers were wounded when a bus transporting them flipped over near an Israeli military roadblock on the Tunnel Road, otherwise known as Road #60,…
Report: “Army Kidnapped 21 University Students In May”
The European Network to Support the Rights of Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) issued a press release revealing that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, in May, 21 Palestinian university students, including 19 students who…
Multiple Detentions of Youths Across the West Bank
At least seven Palestinians have been detained on Tuesday in a variety of locations across the West Bank.Maan News Agency reports that residents of the village of Iraq Burin, in…
Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, several areas in the West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped twelve residents. The army also informed two residents…
Netanyahu Says He Would Fire Ministers Voting For “Regulation Bill”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Tuesday that he would fire any minister who votes for the so-called “regulation bill”, meant to legalize illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank,…
Settlement Growth In Salfeet, Qalqilya & Tulkraem Districts
Recent news has made it clear that a major building boom in the Israeli settlement programme is underway in the area of the already huge Ariel settlement which points a…
The Regulation Draft Law – A Law to Legalize Theft
On Wednesday, the Knesset will discuss “the Regulation Draft Law” that is meant to legalize the illegal settlement construction on private Palestinian land. I find it hard to believe that…
DFLP leader Calls for Settler Watch Groups to Counter Increasing Settler Violence
B’Tselem reported that after armed settlers arrived in Asira al-Qibilya on Saturday two Palestinian men were injured. DFLP leader, Qais Abed al-Karim, stressed the importance of forming popular watch committees…
Israeli Military Probing 15 Cases of Soldiers Ignoring Settler Attacks on Palestinians
Haaretz reported today that from the start of the second intifada in September 2000 through December 2011, the human rights group B’Tselem filed 57 complaints over soldiers who allegedly did…
Israel’s Control and Use of Water Leads to Water Crisis
The water crisis in the West Bank is a consequence of Israel’s control and use of water resources, PA Prime Minister Salem Fayyad said on Monday. A conference on water…
Court Ruling Of Two Nonviolent Activists Delayed
The Maan News Agency reported that on Sunday the Israeli Ofer Israeli Military Court postponed its verdict announcement in the case against the Coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee, Naji…
Settlers Burn Palestinian Car Near Nablus
A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, Thursday, Einabous village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and torched a Palestinian car.Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian official in charge of…
In six West Bank towns, thousands rally in support of hunger striking prisoners
Four protesters were wounded, and hundreds more suffered the effects of tear gas and chemical water sprayed by Israeli forces on non-violent prisoner solidarity protests in six West Bank villages…
Israeli Army Abducts 17 Palestinians
The Palestinian News Network PNN reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 17 Palestinians from various locations across the West Bank on Thursday morning.Israeli Newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported on its website that…
Evidence Of Ulpana Neighbourhood Illegality Poses Problem For Netanyahu
Damning new Israeli Police evidence surrounding the original decision to start building in Beit El’s Ulpana area poses serious problems for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party, who…
Negev Prison Refuses To Admit Jailed MP Due To Health Condition
Detained elected Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Jheisha, was moved from the Ofer Israeli prison to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert, but the administration there refused to admit…
Soldiers Kidnap 5 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Monday at dawn, and took them to unknown destinations; the kidnappings took place after the army invaded…
Non-violent Protests in Solidarity with Hunger-striking Prisoners Held in 6 W. Bank Villages
Two injuries and dozens of cases of gas inhalation were reported when Israeli troops attacked non-violent solidarity protests in six Palestinian villages in the central and southern West Bank on…
Army Invades Several Towns Near Jenin
At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded several towns near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and fired rounds of live ammunition into the air before breaking into and…
Israeli troops attack non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations in four West Bank villages
Two people were severely injured, and dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation this week when Israeli troops attacked anti-wall and settlement protests on Friday…
Extremist Israeli Settlers Break Into Israeli Military Base
Israeli sources reported Friday that a group of extremist Israeli settlers broke into an Israeli military base in the West Bank and wrote graffiti against the army before the soldiers…
Court Turns Down Appeal Of Two Hunger-Striking Detainees
An Israeli military courted rejected, Monday, an appeal filed by lawyer Jamil al-Khateeb, on behalf of Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahla, who are holding an open-ended hunger strike demanding to…
Israeli forces assault 5 non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations, 1 demonstrator critically injured
In five separate demonstrations on Friday, Palestinians in the northern, central and southern West Bank marched and rallied in opposition to the Israeli Annexation Wall being built on their land.…
Israeli settlers injure three Palestinians, uproot dozens of olive trees in two separate incidents
On Thursday and Friday in the West Bank, groups of armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and their property. In the northern West Bank on Thursday, armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian…
Three injured by Israeli forces in non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations
Israeli troops attacked the weekly Friday protests held in six Palestinian towns and villages. In addition to dozens of demonstrators suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation, three protesters were…
Israeli Troops Attack a Number of West Bank Communities and Search Homes
Israeli forces invaded on Thursday at dawn the town of Tayasser, near the northern West Bank city of Tubas. Troops searched homes and handed over orders to two men from…
Eleven Palestinian Political Detainees Continue their Hunger Strike
Eleven Palestinian political prisoners continued on Thursday their hunger strike, Palestinian human rights groups reported. According to the report two of the prisoners, Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiyab, have entered…
Soldiers Attack West Bank Protests Injuring Two Civilians
Two civilians were injured when Israeli troops attacked anti wall and settlements protests on Friday at a number of West Bank communities. At the village of Nabi Saleh, in central…
Israel Targets Welcome To Palestine Campaign
On Tuesday at dawn Israeli forces raided the city of Bethlehem and targeted the house of Jacques Nino, general coordinator of Children Play and Education.Nino organization is one of the…
Scores Injured as Israeli Troops Attack West Bank land Day Protests
Thousands of Palestinians marked land day, on Friday, Palestinian sources said that 100 civilians were injured when Israeli troops attacked protesters in Ramallah and Bethlehem cities. Marking the 36th anniversary…
Army Kidnaps 9 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped nine Palestinians.The army violently broke into…
Launch Of A Dutch Funded Programme To Support The Palestinian Civil Police
The Chief of the Palestinian Civil Police (PCP), Major General Hazem Attallah, together with Mrs Birgitta Tazelaar, Head of Mission of The Netherlands Representation to the Palestinian Authority and Henrik…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem, Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Hebron, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five residents.The sources…
Settlers Attacks Leave One Injured; Troops Arrest Nine Civilians in Dawn Invasions
A Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli armed settlers attacked a group of farmers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. Local sources announced that Ayman Loui’e…
Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…
Eight Injured, one Seriously, as Israeli Troops attack West Bank Anti Wall Protests
Eight civilians were injured, one seriously, on Friday, while many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli soldiers attacked anti wall protests in a number of…
Two protesters wounded in Friday demos against Israeli Annexation Wall
Weekly non-violent protests were held on Friday afternoon in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in, Al Mas’ara and Nabi Saleh. Two citizens were injured in addition to dozens of cases of…
Amy Kidnaps 12 Palestinians In the West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians in several parts of the West Bank, local sources reported.Soldiers invaded several cities, towns, villages and refugee camps in different parts…
Settlers Try To Install Outpost In Place Of Evacuated Settlement
A group of armed extremist settlers, attacked on Tuesday afternoon, the location of the former Homesh settlement, in the northern part of the West Bank, and installed an outpost before…
WAFA: Israeli Forces Commit 25 Violations Against Journalists in February
The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, issued a report on Monday documenting the violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists during February 2012. The report stated 11 journalists…
3 Relatives of Detainees Arrested During Jail Visit, 21 Civilians Arrested in Morning Invasions
Three relatives of Palestinian political detainees were arrested by Israeli soldiers on Sunday during a jail visit, the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Monday. According to the report, the incident…
Army Kidnaps 10 Palestinians Including 5 Children
The Wadi Hilwa Information center reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians, including five children, in occupied East Jerusalem, and in Hebron, in the southern part…
Report: “Army Kidnaps Palestinians For Training Purposes”
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers have been recently invading Palestinians area, breaking into homes at night and kidnapping Palestinian youths, in order to…
Army Prevents Medical Committee From Visiting Hunger-Striking Detainee
The Israeli Prison Administration prevented, Saturday, a medical committee from visiting hunger-striking detainee, Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalabi, 30, who has been on hunger-strike for the eighteenth consecutive day protesting humiliation and…
Israeli Troops use Gas to Suppress Anti-Wall Protests
On Friday many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as soldiers suppressed anti wall protests organized in a number of West Bank villages. The protests were in…
Army Kidnaps 12 Palestinians In Jenin, Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday at dawn thirteen Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and the southern West Bank city of Hebron. On Tuesday evening, soldiers kidnapped…
Palestinian Sentenced To 4 Years For “Affiliation With Hamas”
An Israeli court sentenced, on Wednesday, a Palestinian from occupied East Jerusalem to five years imprisoned for what the prosecution called “affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas”.The Israeli Radio…
Israeli Troops Arrest 20 Palestinians During Wide-Scale Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Invasions on Wednesday morning were reported in northern and southern West Bank, local sources announced that the morning invasions of the Israeli military ended with the arrest of 20 civilians.In…
The Israeli Military Arrest Five civilians; Settlers Attack a Palestinian Village
Israeli forces invaded on Tuesday morning Jenin refugee camp, in northern West Bank and arrested five civilians while in a separate incident settlers attacked the village of Halhul near the…
Israeli government confirms plan for segregated settler train system
On Monday, Israeli officials announced their intention to construct a train system for Israeli settlers living in violation of international law in the West Bank.Although Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz…
During Israeli Invasions; Medic Injured, Eight Palestinians Arrested
A Palestinian Medic was injured on Sunday evening, while eight Palestinian civilians were arrested on Monday morning during separate Israeli attacks targeting West Bank communities.The Palestinian Civil Defense announced on…
Detainees In Ramon Punished For Protesting Abuse
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that Palestinian political detainees held at the Ramon Israeli prison, are being punished for protesting abuse against their families, who are being ordered…
Protests for hunger-striking prisoner attacked by Israeli troops; 16 injured
As 33-year old Khader Adnan continues his 56-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison, a group of supporters held a rally on Saturday afternoon outside the prison, but were attacked…
Netanyahu Refuses E.U. Demands to Release Detainees
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected demands presented by representatives of the European Union (E.U.) to release a number of Palestinian political prisoners under a confidence-building measure that would also…
Palestinians challenge privatization in protests across the West Bank
The Palestinian People’s Party and other left-wing groups held non-violent marches in cities throughout the West Bank Saturday, challenging the Palestinian Authority’s proposed austerity measures and privatization schemes.Several hundred people…
Six Detained in West Bank, Including Hamas Leader
Six men have been detained in the West Bank on Tuesday, including a Hamas leader from Jenin. The Ma’an news agency reported the man to be Muhammad as-Sayyed, 50 years…
Ma’an & WAFA News Sites Interrupted by Hackers
Both the Ma’an News Agency and the Palestinian Authority’s news service, WAFA, have on Tuesday suffered from repeated attacks by hackers, leading to periods where their news sites have been…
€10 Million Water Supply Agreement Signed by the P.A. & France
Palestinian Authority news agency WAFA are reporting that the P.A. has signed a water supply agreement with France on Monday worth €10 million.WAFA state that the agreement was signed at…
Nine Palestinians Detained in Pre-Dawn Raids
Nine Palestinian men have been detained in pre-dawn raids on Monday across the West Bank.In the village of Anabta, in the district of Tulkarem, five men were arrested by the…
Hamas: “Dweik’s Abduction Aims At Sabotaging National Unity”
Dr. Ahmad Bahar, the deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), strongly denounced the kidnapping of PLC head, Dr. Aziz Dweik, and held Israel responsible for his safety. The…
Twelve Palestinians Abducted by Israeli Troops Wednesday Morning
In a series of military incursion into West Bank towns in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning, Israeli troops arrested twelve Palestinians and took them to an unknown location.One of…
Four Palestinian Detained in Nablus and Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday, four Palestinian, including two 17-year-olds, in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Hebron, the Maan News Agency reported.Troops invaded the village of Yitma, in…
Peace Now: “Settlement Activities Witnessed Unprecedented Increase in 2011”
Israeli Peace Now Movement issued a report revealing that its Settlement Watch Project shows that 2011 witnessed a record increase in Israeli settlement construction and expansion activities in the West…
Troops Kidnap Several Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday at dawn several Palestinians in number of villages and towns in the occupied West Bank, mainly from the Hebron district.Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers…
Protester shot in neck by Israeli forces in one of six non-violent anti-Wall demonstrations
A number of Palestinian and international solidarity activists were wounded, including one shot in the neck, and several other protestors were detained in numerous anti-wall protests taking part in a…
Israeli police arrest Jewish extremists
Israeli Security forces arrested prominent right-wing Jewish activists in a West Bank settlement early Thursday, over suspicions of monitoring the movements of Israeli soldiers in the region, the Israeli newspaper…
Right-wing Attack on Military Base Linked to Israeli Yeshiva Students
An investigation by the Israeli police has found that a group of right-wing Israeli students from Jerusalem organized a bus to enter the West Bank and attack a military base…
Rebuilding a Wall, Stone by Stone
Surrounded by hilltop settlements above the village, settlers dump raw sewage down the hillside, contaminating the well and making it unusable for agriculture and drinking. Combatants for Peace and their…
Settlers Torch Cars Near Ramallah, Vandalize Mosque Near Hebron
In the fourth Israeli settler attack on a mosque in the past two weeks, Israeli settlers defaced another mosque near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, and…
Israel to Build 1,000 More Units in West Bank, Jerusalem Settlements
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to build an additional 1,000 units in a number of Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank, including in illegally annexed East Jerusalem.Israeli daily…
Soldiers: “West Bank Problem Is Jews, Not Palestinians”
As extremist settler groups in the occupied West Bank step up their attacks against the Palestinians, their property and their holy sites, in addition to attacking Israeli peace groups and…
Amnesty Claims House Demolitions Have Doubled In 2011
Amnesty International, along with 19 other human rights organizations, reported that the rate of Palestinian homes demolished by Israel 2011 is double the rate of 2010, with over 1,000 Palestinians…
Israeli Settlers Continue Their Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Their Property
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns attacks launched by groups of Israeli settlers in the early morning in two Palestinian villages to the southeast of Nablus. PCHR calls…
Israeli Government To Relocate 2,300 Bedouin In Order To Expand Settlement
Israeli officials have announced a plan to displace twenty Bedouin Arab communities from their homes in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Jericho, and move the residents to a site…
Troops Kidnap Four Palestinians Near Qalqilia
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Kufr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into several homes, and kidnapped three residents.Eyewitnesses reported that the army…
Nine Palestinians Arrested Across the West Bank
On Monday, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported the detention of nine Palestinians across the West Bank by the Israeli military.The arrests took place in the regions of…
Israeli Approves Construction In Shilo Settlement
The Israeli Housing Ministry and the Ministry of Defence has approved two plans to build 119 units in the illegal settlement of Shilo, north of the central West Bank city…
Six arrested, including recently freed prisoner, by Israeli forces in morning raids
In the latest early morning raids carried out by Israeli forces in the West Bank, on Monday, Israeli troops arrested six Palestinians, including one who was released last month from…
Report: “Palestinian Village Condemned To Live In Darkness”
Spanish organisation, Seeba, managed to install solar panels at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, known as Amenzil. For the first time its residents managed to have electricity, but…
Army Arrests Seven Palestinians in Hebron and Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn, in the southern part of the West Bank, and four children in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers broke…
Israel Offering Bids On Settlement Construction In The West Bank
Israeli Housing Minister, Ariel Atias, of the Shas fundamentalist party, stated on Tuesday that Israel will advertise bids for the construction of hundreds of Jewish settlements units in the occupied…
Nine Palestinian Residents Kidnapped by Israeli Army in the West Bank
The Israeli army arrested nine Palestinian residents from different districts in the West Bank, the Palestine News & Info Agency reported on Tuesday.Local Palestinian sources stated that the Israeli military…
Israeli Army Calls the Ex-detainees for Interrogation
Israel continues to breach the terms of the prisoner-swap deal by breaking into the houses of ex-detainees’ throughout the West Bank , Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.Palestinian officials in charge…
Report: “Settler Attacks Increased By 40% During 2011”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reported that compared to 2010, this year witnessed a 40% increase in attacks carried out by Israeli settlers against…
Families Of Former Detainees Prevented From Visiting Them In Exile
The Israeli authorities are preventing dozens of Palestinian families from travelling to meet their sons, who were released from the Israeli jails last month under the Gilad Shalit prisoner-swap deal,…
In Three Separate Attacks, Israeli Settlers Torch Cars; Kill Palestinian; Shoot Gas At Family
Three separate settler attacks on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning resulted in one Palestinian dead and three injured, in different parts of the West Bank.On Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man…
Army Attacks Weekly Protests Against The Wall, Injuries Reported
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, dozens suffered the effects…
Israeli Injured In Palestinian Village
Israeli Ynet News reported that an Israeli man was injured near the “Joshua’ Tomb, in Kafel Hares Palestinian village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The man suffered…
Israel “Pardons” Dozens of Wanted Palestinians
Palestinian security sources reported Friday that the Israeli side handed the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, a list containing the names of dozens “wanted” Palestinians who received full and…
Army Kidnaps Five Palestinians in Nablus, One in Hebron
The Israeli army kidnapped five Palestinian residents from the Refugee Camp of al-’Ein, near the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. All were transferred to an undisclosed location, the…
Humilation Against The Detainees Continues
Palestinian detainees held by Israel at the Megiddo detention center, managed to leak a memo revealing that the violations against them have never stopped, adding that the Israeli Prisons Administration…
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees Near Jerusalem and Ramallah
A group of armed Israeli settlers uprooted, on Thursday evening, twenty olive trees that belong to Palestinian residents of Beit Safafa town, south of occupied East Jerusalem. Dozens of trees…