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Palestinian Security Forces arrested 14 members of the Hamas political party in the West Bank this Wednesday at dawn. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/securityforces.jpg 300 0) Palestinian Secuirty Forces – Palestine-Info Palestinian Security Forces…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least 15 Palestinians, this Sunday and Monday, and detained them for the purpose of interrogation.Local sources reported that on Monday, at dawn, soldiers kidnapped five Palestinians…
Azmi Shiokhy, head of the Palestinian Consumer Protection Program in the West Bank, stated that several Israeli factories in are pumping and burying their toxins in several areas in the…
Nabeel Abu Rudiyneh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that Palestinians will not accept any Israeli military presence in the future Palestinian state after occupation…
Israel’s military handed out, Thursday, demolition orders to three Palestinian owned homes located in northern West Bank. The houses are the homes of three different families and located at the…
Ten Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Thursday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions to the city of Bethlehem, southern West…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that the Palestinian security forces of Fatah movement arrested five Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Nablus, Slafit and Hebron.…
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by Israeli troops during an invasion targeting the central West Bank city of Ramallah.Local sources reported that troops stormed parts of the city…
Israeli media is reporting that the Ministry of Interior has made the decision to stop issuing work permits for internationals working for non- governmental organizations in the West Bank and…
Israeli soldiers dismantled on Tuesday an illegal settlement outpost in the northern part of the West Bank. The army said that the outpost was installed by fundamentalist settlers in contradiction…
A Palestinian owned house was leveled on Tuesday midday by Israeli’s military. The homes was located at the village of Jaba’ near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Hassan…
Ten Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Tuesday by Israeli troops during separate pre dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions to the city of…
Seventeen Palestinian civilians were reported to have been kidnapped on Monday by Israeli troops during pre-dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Fifteen of those kidnapped were taken from…
The Security Forces of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrested on Sunday 12 Hamas members in the occupied West Bank, including a senior fighter and leader of the Al Qassam Brigades,…
Palestinian farmers from Yatta village southern West Bank accused Israeli settlers of destroying 70 of their trees on Thursday.The farmers reported that as they arrived to their lands this morning,…
A bomb exploded Thursday afternoon near an Israeli diplomat’s car near the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank. According to media sources, three Israeli diplomats were crossing…
Israeli sources are reporting that Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, has granted the local municipalities of the settlements to continue granting permits for construction, so that construction can be renewed…
12 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Thursday by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Local sources reported invasions of the southern West Bank cities of…
Two Palestinian civilians from the same family were kidnapped by the Israeli military on Wednesday at dawn as they were crossing the borders between Jordan and the West Bank.Suhyaib, 23…
Israeli troops kidnapped four men on Tuesday, during invasions targeting a number of areas in the West Bank. All four are members of the local Popular Committees Against the Wall…
One man was injured and three other civilians were kidnapped, among them two children, on Monday during separate military attacks targeting a number of West Bank communities. Issa Al Showaheen…
Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, told his government coalition partners on Sunday that the so-called “temporary freeze on settlement activities” ends in eight months, and…
The international human rights organization Amnesty International issued a press release Friday saying that Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Tuesday eight Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, southern…
11 Palestinian civilians, amongst them 3 children, were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Four men were kidnapped by Israeli troops that…
Israeli occupation forces kidnapped on Sunday five Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and two in Bethlehem. Local sources in Hebron reported that two Palestinians were kidnapped…
The Israeli military leveled on Thursday two animal huts that belong to a Palestinian farmer from Al Baqabra village near Hebron, southern West Bank. The owner, Ghalib Al Za’tari, told…
Israeli settlers uprooted trees and destroy natural water spring on Thursday that belongs to the villagers of Qarawit Bani Hassan in northern West Bank. The villagers told local Media that…
11 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Thursday during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in the West Bank…
Israel has informed the High Court of Justice that it will continue construction in a West Bank settlement, despite promises of a settlement freeze for a period of 10 months.…
Israeli troops kidnapped on Wednesday four Palestinian civilians during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in Ramallah city, central West Bank,…
Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Tuesday during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in the central West Bank…
After voicing a shy call on Israeli to halt the construction of hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, the United States administration called on the Palestinians…
Israeli troops kidnapped on Monday nine Palestinian civilians during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions at the Qalyndia refugee camp, and…
An Israeli settler was shot and killed on Thursday evening near the Jewish settlement of Einav, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli sources reported.The army said that…
Israeli troops kidnapped on Tuesday nine Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The Israeli army radio announced that all those kidnapped men were…
Local sources in the southern West Bank City of Hebron reported on Monday evening that the Palestinian Security Forces arrested a member of Sair Town Council moments after the District…
Israeli sources reported Sunday that a number of Israeli soldiers and officers, who live in West Bank settlements, leaked army plans to enforce the temporary freeze of settlement construction in…
The Israeli army removed on Thursday morning a military checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Witnesses told local media that soldiers removed the concrete blocks and the…
The central committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization extended on Wednesday President Mahmoud Abbas and the Legislative Council terms. At the meeting today in the central West Bank city of…
Nine Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Wednesday during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions and house-to house searches in the…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) reported that Israel is preventing Palestinians from building on 44% of West Bank lands…
The Israeli military kidnapped 15 Palestinian civilians on Tuesday during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.The Israeli army radio announced that all kidnapped 15 men who…
The European Union expressed concern Friday about the Israeli Prime Minister’s plans to grant credits to some West Bank settlers.The EU is consulting its partners in the Middle East about…
Israeli Minister of the Likud Party, Benny Begin, stated that constructions in Israeli settlements will resume regardless of the temporary settlement freeze decision, and added that the 10-month freeze of…
Palestinian Security Forces arrested Thursday No’man Salhab, 20, the son of legislator Dr. Azzam Slahab, who is currently imprisoned by Israel. Eyewitnesses reported that members of the Palestinian Preventive Security…
The Israeli High Court of ‘Justice’ decided on Wednesday to prevent Bethlehem University student from the Gaza Strip from completing her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration after accusing her of…
Leaders of Jewish settlement in the occupied territories said they will do all what they can to counter the Israeli Government’s decision to temporarily freeze settlement activities in the occupied…
Israeli settlers escalated their protest against the Israeli government decision two week ago to freeze construction in west Bank settlement. On Monday morning scores of Israeli settlers blocked a road…
Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday by Israeli troops during pre dawn military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Israeli soldiers ransacked and searched homes at a…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn the Nur Shams Refugee Camp, near the northern West Bank City of Nablus, broke into several homes and kidnapped one youth. A 75-year-old…
Israeli military sources announced that troops have found on Thursday afternoon two home-made bombs near an army base in the central west Bank. the military said that troops have managed…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Thursday 15 Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting West Bank communities.Local sources reported that the Israeli army searched and ransacked homes in Ramallah city, central West…
The Land Research Center reported that the Israeli Authorities uprooted 7000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank this year. 1455 trees were uprooted during the olive picking season.Fundamental settlers,…
The Israeli cabinet decided on Wednesday evening to build 84 more homes in a number of illegal West Bank settlements. The decision came while Israel vowed a 10-month freeze of…
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated during a Wednesday night meeting with heads of West Bank settlements, that West Bank settlement blocs are an important part of Israel. He added…
In order to bypass government freeze of settlement construction , dozens of ‘Fake Foundations’ were established in West Bank settlements in recent days. The Israeli government decided last week to…
Four Israeli soldiers who were caught abusing and forcefeeding Palestinian detainees were sentenced Monday by a military court to a demotion of one rank and a small fine of less…
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday during Israeli military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources said that the Israeli military kidnapped the two men during…
Dhoruba bin Wahad was a political prisoner in the US for 19 years – 7 of those years in solitary confinement. In 1990, he was cleared of all charges when…
Palestinian sources reported Friday that Israel decided to pardon dozens of Palestinian fighters of Fateh’s armed wing, in the occupied West Bank, including senior fighters who were targeted for assassinations.…
Several fundamental Israeli ministers slammed Netanyahu’s temporary settlement freeze proposal, which was approved by his cabinet, and said that “that this issue a submission to the Palestinian demands”. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/netanyahu_isrflag_3.jpeg 300…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his government has decided on a 10-month freeze of construction in West Bank settlements, The temporary 10 months freeze will not include settlements…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Wednesday six Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. Local sources announced that the invasions targeted the southern West…
American diplomats are touring Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to gather information and meet settlement mayors and settlers. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/us_isr_settlement2.jpg 300 0) Image Caption Goes Here American diplomats are touring…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn eight Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. According to local sources Israeli troops searched and…
Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday at dawn by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions targeting the northern west…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Thursday two Palestinian civilians during home searches in Hebron city. Local sources reported that Israeli troops searched and ransacked two homes in Hebron city then…
A group of five Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday two international volunteers at the village of Towani in the southern west Bank. The two are members of the Christian Peace…
Five Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Tuesday by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local Palestinian sources reported invasions to the cities of Ramallah,…
A Palestinian H1N1 patient died on Monday in the West Bank bringing the death toll because of the flu to 5 since the outbreak. The Palestinian Health Ministry also announced…
Seven Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Monday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local Palestinian sources reported invasions in the city of Ramallah…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused the Palestinian Security Forces loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank of arresting seven Hamas members and supporters. Hamas added that detained members were…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Wednesday 12 Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in the city Hebron, southern West Bank, Ramallah,…
8 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Tuesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Six of the kidnapped were taken from the southern West Bank…
14 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Monday during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions and homes searches in Bethlehem, and…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Thursday 18 Palestinians during attacks targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local Palestinian sources reported that five those kidnapped were from the northern West…
Six Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communitiesLocal Palestinian sources reported military attack in the cities of Jenin and…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Monday three Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities. Local sources reported the invasions and homes searches in the northern West…
The Israeli military released on Monday six Palestinian law makers after detaining them for over three years. Local sources announced that the freed lawmakers are twp from Jerusalem, three from…
17 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped on Wednesday by the Israeli military during attacks targeting a number of West Bank communities. At least 14 of those kidnapped were taken during an…
A group of fundamental Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers of the Qaryout village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and wounded six of them. The residents were picking…
A senior official with the Israeli Defense Department confirmed to Israeli reporters that extensive settlement construction is being carried out in at least 11 Israeli settlements.These settlements are constructed on…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday at dawn six Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Six Palestinians were kidnapped Sunday.Israeli sources said that the army kidnapped ‘six wanted…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Wednesday seven Palestinian civilians from deferent parts of the West Bank. Local Palestinian sources said that the military attacked Salfit and Tubass cities both in…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn several villages near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and kidnapped four residents believed to be supporters of Hamas and the Islamic…
The Israeli military kidnapped on Tuesday nine Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local Palestinian sources reported invasions and kidnapping in Qalqilia and Tulkarem cities…
Nine Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops on Monday during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.Local sources reported invasions and house-to-house searches in northern West Bank…
Israeli troops kidnapped on Thursday 15 Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported attacks in Ramallah city central West Bank and Salfit…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Tuesday at dawn 16 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, and issued orders against housing international peace activists. The sixteen Palestinians were kidnapped in…
Israeli sources reported that the Undercover Forces of the Israeli army are now using a new method to capture Palestinian residents and resistance fighters by posing as medics in the…
Israeli sources reported that two settlers were wounded, one seriously, when Palestinian youths hurled stones at their vehicles while driving near the Tapuach Junction, near the central West Bank city…
Israeli sources reported Tuesday evening that a settler suffered mild to moderate wounds when gunmen opened fire at his vehicle driving near Shvut Rachel settlement, north of Jerusalem. Dozens of…
An Israeli military force kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus and Jenin on Wednesday morning, local sources reported.A number of military vehicles invaded the…
Sources within the Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested in the West Bank nine members and supporters of Hamas in the…
The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jenin on Tuesday morning, local sources reported. A number of Israeli soldiers accompanied by atleast 12 military vehicles…
A report prepared and published by the Israeli Peace Now group revealed that Israel is currently constructing 2600 homes for settlers in 1000 buildings in several settlements in the occupied…
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas, arrested eight members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank. The sources said…
Israel has released 199 Palestinian prisoners on Monday morning ahead of a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state. Palestinian sources reported. The Israeli cabinet…
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tubas on Monday morning and kidnapped 9 civilians, local sources reported.A number of Israeli troops accompanied by…