Detainees Threaten Hunger Strike Until Death
On Thursday, Isaa Qaraq’, minister of detainees and ex-detainees said he received many letters from detainees in different Israeli jails. They are threatening to begin a hunger strike lasting until…
Israeli Troops Abduct Five Citizens in the West Bank
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers kidnapped five Palestinian citizens, including a 70-year-old man, in various areas in the West Bank after attacking their homes. A statement issued by the Palestinian…
Military Invades Towns In West Bank, Kidnaps Three
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday night a young man from the town of Beit Reema, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, after breaking into his home and ransacking it,…
Troops Kidnap Three Boys In The West Bank
On Monday morning, the Israeli military kidnapped three Palestinian youths from the towns of Kafel Hares and Kera, east of Salfit in the West Bank. The WAFA News Agency reported…
Troops Kidnap 12 Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, twelve Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Israeli military sources told media agencies that the army conducted several invasions into West…
Settlers Start Expanding Settlement Near Tubas
On Wednesday night, a group of Jewish settlers started construction for the expansion of Michola settlement, in the Jordan Valley near the central West Bank city of Tubas. The Palestine…
The Revolution Will Not Be Online
Today marks the first Friday of protest after the 10th anniversary of the begining of the second intifada. All over the West Bank peaceful protest over the occupation of the…
Molotov Cocktails Hurled At The Army Near Qalqilia, Jerusalem
The Israeli Radio reported, Tuesday evening, that Palestinian youths hurled Molotov cocktails at the army near Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank, and near occupied East Jerusalem;…
Settlers attacks reported in a number of West Bank lcoations
Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday morning some areas in the village of Qaryut south of Nablus and broke into some houses, local sources reported.Residents of the nearby Sara village told…
Talks Continue While Settlers Celebrate “Freeze End”
As the so-called temporary freeze on settlement activities in the occupied West Bank had officially ended. Talks between the United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority are ongoing in an…
Settlement Activities Did Not Stop During Settlement Freeze, Research Center Says
The Land and Research Center reported that Israel was ongoing with its settlement activities during the co-called temporary settlement freeze that officially expired by midnight Sunday. The Center said that…
Palestinian AP Cameraman Deliberately Targeted, Beaten By The Army
The Palestinian Journalists Union reported Saturday that Nasser Shiokhy, a cameraman working for the Associated Press, was deliberately attacked and beaten by an army commander and a group of soldiers…
Four PFLP Members Convicted Of Planning To Assassinate Israeli Judge
The Salem Israeli Military Court in the northern part of the occupied West Bank sentenced four Palestinians, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to 4-8…
Israeli Military Uses Tear Gas To Supress Anti-wall Protests
The Israeli military used tear gas canisters to desperse nonviolent activists from protesting against the construction of annexation wall in both villages, Ni’lin near Ramallah and al-Ma’asara near Bethlehem.In the…
Israel To Build 2500 Units in West Bank Settlement
The Israeli Radio reported Thursday that Israel intends to construct 25000 units in Modi’in Ilit settlements near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The Radio said that direct after…
Political Arrests Continue in the West Bank
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the continued arbitrary political arrests carried out by Palestinian security services in the West Bank targeting members of Hamas, who are subjected…
Elected Legislator Released After Eight Years Imprisonment By Israel
The Israeli Authorities released legislator Mohammad Jamal Al Natsha, 52, of the Change and Reform Block of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning him for eight years.Al Natsha was welcomed home…
Hamas Asks Members To Resist Arrest By PA Security Forces
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has called on all its members and affiliates to refrain from turning themselves in to the Palestinian Authority security services, the Ma’an News Agency reported…
Barak: “Settlement Activities Likely To Continue by the End Of September”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that Israel’s settlement activities in the occupied West Bank will likely continue after Israel’s “temporary freeze” on such activities ends by the end of…
Palestinian Authority Claims Arrests Of 300 Hamas Members In Response To Killing Of Settlers
In the largest arrest campaign since it’s inception in 1994, the Palestinian Authority, run by the Fateh party, sent security officers all over the West Bank Wednesday morning to arrest…
Israeli Education Ministry Approves New ‘whites-only’ Settlement School
Several months ago, a religious school in the illegal Israeli settlement of Immanuel was criticized for segregating white Jewish students from non-white Jewish students in classes.Originally, the school was fined…
Impact of Israeli Military Order No. 1650
Located at the European University Institute (EUI), the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) conducts ‘inter-disciplinary and comparative research (on) major issues facing the process of integration and European…
Three Palestinians seized by Israeli troops in overnight raids in Abu Dis, Hebron
In two separate invasions Tuesday night, Israeli forces attacked the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis, and the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to search for men listed on…
Israeli government denies media report that they might return 90% of West Bank land
Officials from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu categorically rejected a media report that Israel planned to return up to 90% of stolen Palestinian land in the West…
Israeli Group Spotlights Sham Of Israeli Construction Freeze
An Israeli NGO has documented widespread disregard for the construction freeze that was supposed to be enforced in the West Bank settlements.Peace Now, an Israeli group which focuses on illegal…
Six injured after Israeli military demolishes illegal settler home
Four settlers and two Palestinians were injured following the destruction of a home built during the settlement construction freeze.The Israeli military demolished two structures and a goat pen belonging to…
Israeli Occupation Government To Increase Structure Demolitions
The Israeli government has ordered the Civil Administration to increase enforcement against, what it believes to be, illegal construction in area C of the West Bank.There are six areas in…
UN Report: Severe water crisis in West Bank
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli control of water supplies in the West Bank has led to a severe water crisis for Palestinian residents.…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees In Megiddo
Israeli soldiers attacked several Palestinian detainees after raiding their cells in section 4 and 5 of the Majido prison. The army said that the soldiers were searching for a mobile…
Settlements Control 42% of West Bank Lands
Some half a million Israelis are now living over the Green Line: more than 300,000 in 121 settlements and about one hundred outposts, which control 42% of the land area…
P.A Arrests Eight Hamas Members In Nablus
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported Tuesday, that the Palestinian Security Forces of President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fateh movement, arrested eight members and supporters of Hamas in Nablus, in…
Israel Readies To Construct 2700 Units For Settlers In the West Bank
Settlement Councils in the occupied West Bank are preparing plans for the construction of 2,700 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank directly after the claimed “settlement freeze”…
Poverty in West Bank Worse than Gaza
A report by Save the Children, an UK children’s charity, brings to light the devastating poverty experienced by Palestinians under direct Israeli control.The report analyzes conditions of Area C portions…
Russia To Send 50 Armored Vehicles To The P.A.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, stated that the Palestinian Authority will soon receive 50 Russian armored vehicles that were donated by Russia several years ago but Israel opposed the delivery.…
Troops Kidnap Ten Residents In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Monday at dawn, ten Palestinians during a number of invasions targeting several areas in the occupied West Bank.The Israeli army said that soldiers detained three Palestinians in…
Israel Arrests 14 Throughout West Bank
Tuesday morning 14 civilians were arrested all over the West Bank in military invasions.The Israeli military claims that all fourteen men were on its ‘wanted’ list and that all of…
US Embassy in Israel Demands Investigation into American Injured in Protest
The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest…
US Embassy in Israel Demands Investigation into American Injured in Protest
The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest…
The Israeli Military Detain 12 During Home Raids In the West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Wednesday 12 Palestinian civilians during morning raids targeting West Bank communities. Local sources reported military invasions and home raids in the cities of Ramallah, central West…
Israeli Military to Demolish Homes in Northern West Bank
Israeli troops handed out demolition orders to nine Palestinian homeowners in the village of Yatma in the northern West Bank.Local sources announced that the Israeli Army came to Yalma telling…
Settlers Destroy Farm Lands; Troops Detain 10 Civilians
Israeli settlers destroyed on Monday farm lands owned by villagers of Nahalin near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Farmers said settlers arrived under the protection of Israeli soldiers…
Israeli Troops Kidnap Seven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli troops kidnapped seven Palestinians from Bethlehem and Ramallah areas in the West Bank on Thursday. Palestinian security sources said a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the village of…
Israeli Troops Detain Women And Children In Northern West Bank
Six women and their children from the village of Araba, northern West Bank, were detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday evening. The women and their children were collecting grab leaves…
The Israeli Military detains Six Civilians During Morning Invasions
Six Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli soldiers raided homes at the village of Hussan near Bethlehem, southern West…
Troops detain 12 Palestinians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
The Israeli military detained 12 Palestinian civilians, on Thursday, during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions in Jericho and Jordan valley villages where…
Israeli Troops Arrests 15 Palestinian Civilians During West Bank Invasions
The Israeli military arrested on Wednesday 15 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. The Israeli military announced that all those arrested today were…
Palestinian Man Deported To Gaza
The Waed Society for Detainees reported that the Israeli Authorities deported a resident of Be’er Sheva to the Gaza Strip after claiming that he had no residency papers.The resident was…
Palestinian Resident Expelled To Jordan
The Israeli Authorities deported Saturday a Palestinian resident of the West Bank to Jordan after the army claimed he was illegally staying in the country. Resident Morad Suleiman Zahda, 27,…
Netanyahu To “Legalize” Illegal Outposts
Responding to a request from the Israeli High Court regarding two illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli government stated that it intends to “legalize” Hersha and…
Settlers Clash With Israeli Police At A Northern West Bank Settlement
Around 100 Israeli settlers clashed with Israeli police forces on Thursday when officers tried to remove homes at the settlement of Hashmonaim, northern West Bank. Police forces managed to demolish…
Israeli Troops Detain 33 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions Targeting The West Bank
Israeli soldiers detained on Thursday 33 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. The military targeted the cities of Bethlehem, southern West Bank, the nearby town of Taqua…
Israeli Troops Detain 12 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions
At least 12 Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers during morning military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities on Wednesday. Troops invaded the southern West Bank cities…
Katz: “Settlement Construction Will Resume In September”
Israeli Transportation Minister, Yisrael Katz, stated that a full pace of settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank will resume directly after the temporary settlement freeze ends on…
Settler Leaders Demand Withholding P.A Money For Boycotting Settlement Products
Leaders of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank demanded the Israeli government to withhold all funds meant for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank for boycotting settlement…
Israel’s Military Detains 13 Palestinians During Morning Invasions Into The West Bank
Israeli troops detained on Monday 13 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting several West Bank communities. Invasions were reported in the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron, southern West Bank as…
Israel Bans Popular Struggle Leader From Traveling
Eyad Burnat, a leader in the popular struggle against the Israeli wall, was banned by Israel’s military from crossing the West Bank borders into Jordan on Saturday.Burnat is head of…
Settlers Attack A Palestinian Town In Northern West Bank And Destroy Property And Trees
A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the town of Huwara, in northern West Bank, and destroyed olive trees and property. The settlers started their attack by setting fire…
Israeli Troops Detain Nine Palestinian Civilians During Invasions In The West Bank
The Israeli army detained on Thursday nine Palestinian civilians during dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military announced that those men who were detained on Thursday…
Jerusalem Post: “Israel Has No Intention To Dismantle Illegal Outposts”
Israeli paper, Jerusalem Post, reported that Israel has no intention to dismantle any of the 23 illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank in the foreseeable future. The paper…
Israeli Troops Detain 13 Palestinian Civilians From Southern West Bank
Thirteen Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during predawn military invasions targeting the southern West Bank villages. Nine men were detained as troops searched and ransacked residents’…
IsraeliTroops Detain Six Palestinian Civilians During Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Israeli soldiers detained six Palestinian civilians during military invasions targeting West Bank communities on Tuesday. Local sources reported invasions into the cities of Nablus and Ramallah, in the central and…
Israeli Troops Detain Five Civilians During Dawn Invasions In The West Bank
Five Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli soldiers on Monday at dawn and Sunday night during military invasions targeting West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions at villages located southern…
Israeli Troops Detain 15 Palestinian Civilians During Morning Invasions Targeting The West Bank
Fifteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting West Bank communities on Thursday. Najeep Qawasmeh from Jenin, northern West Bank, sustained light wounds after soldiers attacked…
PPS: “Detainee Who Died Last Week, Was Hit On His Spine, Neck”
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that detainee Raed Abu Hammad, who died on April 16, was hit by Israeli interrogators on the center spine and the back on his…
Settlers Attack Israeli soldiers, Wound One
Israeli sources reported that a group of settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement, attacked several soldiers and lightly wounded one soldiers on Thursday evening, and also hurled stones at military…
Israel To Deport A West Bank Detainee To Gaza
The Israeli Authorities decided to deport a detainee from Kafr Thuluth town, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to the Gaza Strip. 14 other detainees will also be…
The Military Orders The Demolishing Of Four Homes In Southern West Bank
The Israeli army handed out on Monday demolition orders to four Palestinian home-owners at the town of Halhul, southern West Bank. The army says the homes are located in an…
Israeli Military Kidnaps Two Palestinians And Assault Another
Israeli forces kidnapped two Palestinian civilians Wednesday morning from the West Bank. Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli troops invaded the town of Yattah near Hebron and kidnapped Hamza Hoshiyeh…
JCESR:”New Israeli Decision, As Dangerous As the Nakba of 1948”
The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) issued a press release slamming the Israeli decision to expel thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, and stated that this…
Israeli Order To Expel Thousands of Palestinians and Internationals From the West Bank
The Israeli government is set to start the implementation of a new order that would lead to the expulsion of thousands of Palestinians, and even internationals living in the West…
Dr. Barghouthi: “Nonviolent Resistance Will Defeat Israeli Apartheid”
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that nonviolent, popular resistance in Palestine is the most effective means of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime.Dr.…
Landau Calls For Cutting Water Supplies In West Bank
Israeli Infrastructure Minister, Uzi Landau, threatened that Israeli would cut water supplies if the Palestinians do not install water treatment plants. His statement disregard the fact that Israel is not…
Israeli Troops Detain Eight Palestinians, Among Them Two Injured, From The West Bank
Four Palestinians were detained during a military operation targeting the village of Beta, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Undercover forces of the Israeli army, using a Palestinian car,…
Troops Detain Three Palestinians During Pre Dawn Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Israeli troops detained on Tuesday at dawn three Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military searched and ransacked homes at the city of Nablus,…
Soldiers Kidnap Two Residents Near Nablus, Child Wounded In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Sunday evening two residents at the Qalandia roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, local sources reported. A Palestinian child was moderately wounded after…
Reporters Without Borders:“Palestinian Journalists Repeatedly Targeted By Israel”
Reporters Without Borders reported that the Israeli army is violating the freedom of press in the occupied territories and repeatedly opened fire at them. At least eight Palestinian reporters were…
Hamas: “A.A Forces Arrest 11 Supporters In The West Bank”
The Hamas movement reported Saturday that the Palestinian Security Forces of Fateh movement arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…
Six Palestinian Civilians Detained By Israeli Troops From West Bank Areas
Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities; another shepherd was detained while herding his sheep. Local sources reported invasions and…
Troops Detain Three Civilians During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Three Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in Hebron and Qalqilia, in the southern…
Two Injured, Two Detained As Israeli Troops Attack Protests In Ramallah And Jenin
Two injured, dozens of people suffered effects of tear gas inhalation, and two were detained, on Wednesday afternoon, when Israeli troops attacked protests organized in Ramallah and Jenin, in the…
Israeli Troops Detain Four Civilians From Different Locations In The West Bank
Four Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions treating West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions targeting Hebron and Bethlehem, southern West Bank, in addition to…
Israeli Troops Detain Five Civilians During An Invasion Targeting Hebron City
Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during an invasion targeting Hebron, southern West Bank. Troops stormed and searched residents’ homes in the old part of Hebron…
Settlers Attack Farmers At Different Locations In The West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday Palestinian farmers in different locations in the occupied West Bank. In the village of Qauit, northern West Bank, settlers prevented dozens of farmers from…
Israeli Military Detains Nine Civilians From The West Bank
Nine Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military announced that most detentions took place at the…
Israeli Troops Injure Two Journalists During Clashes With Local Youth
Two journalists were wounded on Wednesday during clashes between Israeli troops and local youth in different parts of the southern West Bank. In Hebron, clashes erupted when troops attacked school…
The Israeli Military Detains 16 Palestinians In The West Bank
Sixteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions targeting West Bank communities. Fifteen of those detained today are from the southern West Bank village of Surif…
Israel extends West Bank closure until Tuesday
Israeli security forces announced that a full closure on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank would be extended until Tuesday, supposedly to protect a group of Israeli settlers as they begin…
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Northern West Bank And Set A Car On Fire
A group of armed Israeli settlers attack on Wednesday the village of Bureen northern West Bank and destroyed a car there. Witnesses told media that the settlers came from the…
Barghouthi: “Indirect Talks Should Stop”
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to void its approval for holding talks with the Israeli…
Israel “Pardons” Ten Fateh Fighters
The Israeli Authorities decided to pardon ten fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement. A list containing the names of the fighters was handed to…
Amidst US Officials visit; Netanyahu’s Government Allocates Millions For Settlements
“The Marker” Israeli newspaper reported Monday that the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to allocate dozens of millions of US Dollars for settlement activities in the occupied West…
Palestinian Tractor Driver Arrested After Crash With Two Israeli Cars
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian tractor driver was arrested by the army after fleeing the scene following an accident with two Israeli cars near…
The Israeli Military Detains Six Residents During Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities
Six Palestinian civilians were detained on Monday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West bank communities. Local sources said that the army kidnapped civilians from northern and…
PLO Agrees To Indirect Talks With Israel
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to holding indirect talks with Israel, as proposed by the United States, while some PLO factions expressed rejection to such talks.Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of…
Israel Demands P.A To Stop Protests
The Israeli government sent messages to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) demanding it to act on stopping popular protests in the West Bank, and to forbid P.A officials from participating in…
Eleven Injured As Troops Attack Anti Wall Protest At Al Nabi Saleh Village, Northern West Bank
Eleven people, amongst them two internationals, were injured, on Friday, by Israeli military fire when troops suppressed an anti wall protest at the al-Nabi Saleh village, northern West Bank.After the…
Israeli Military Detains Eight Palestinian Residents From The West Bank
Eight Palestinian civilians were detained, on Thursday, by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. Israeli army radio announced that those taken on Thursday were on the military’s…
Israeli Troops Injure And Detain Two Palestinians During Military Operation In Southern West Bank
Two Palestinian men were injured and taken by Israeli troops during an overnight invasion targeting the villages near Jenin city, northern West Bank. Israeli forces stormed the villages of al-Yamon,…
Military Post Comes Under Fire; Soldiers Detain Nine Palestinians From Central West Bank
Invasions targeted the central West Bank village of Nabi-saleh and nearby refugee camp, this Tuesday.Local sources said that soldiers searched homes the village of Nabi-Saleh and detained five men. Meanwhile…
The Israeli Military Detains 19 Civilians During Invasions At West Bank Communities
Nineteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Ommar, southern West Bank. Soldiers…