Twelve Palestinians Kidnapped In Beit Fajjar
Friday at dawn January 18, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped twelve Palestinians after breaking into their homes and searching them. Soldiers also invaded towns…
Soldiers Kidnap Several Palestinians In West Bank
Late on Wednesday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded several West Bank communities, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped a number of Islamic Jihad members and supporters, mainly those…
Peace Now: “Netanyahu’s Settlement Policies Undermine Realistic Peace Deal”
Israeli Peace Now movement issued a report about Israel’s illegal settlement construction and expansion activities in the occupied territories, and said that the policies of Netanyahu and his government undermine…
Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday at dawn, nine Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Hebron and Jerusalem.The Ajyal Radio reported the army invaded Beit Fajjar town,…
Netanyahu Claims Settlements Do Not Threaten Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that Israel’s construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, mainly in and around occupied East Jerusalem, “do not pose any…
Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, four Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and in Bethlehem, after invading the two cities and searching several homes forcing…
Israeli Army: “West Bank Arrests Aims At Preventing 3rd Intifada”
The Israeli army stated Friday that it is conducting extensive arrests targeting Palestinian youths in the occupied West Bank “in order to prevent a third Intifada in the territories”, the…
2012 Witnessed High Increase In Settlement Activities
The Israeli government approved in 2012 tenders for the construction of 2386 settlements in occupied Jerusalem, compared to 772 units approved in 2011 and 256 in 2010, Israeli human rights…
Likud Officials Call On Government To “Annex C Area” In West Bank
Israeli sources reported that two senior officials of the Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the government to “officially annex C area” of the occupied West…
Settlers Conduct Several Attacks In West Bank
Since the first hours of the new year, Israeli settlers carried out numerous attacks against Palestinian property and lands in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and wrote racist…
Report; “Israel Welcomes New Year With Home Demolition, Invasions And Arrests”
The Palestine Public Broadcasting Cooperation reported Tuesday that Israel started the new year with a series of invasions, attacks and destruction of Palestinian property, and with arrests targeting local residents;…
Israel To Displace 1000 Palestinians Next Wednesday
Head of the Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the occupied West Bank, Aref Daraghma, stated that the Israeli army intends to displace around 10000 Palestinian Bedouins in…
Soldier, Settler, Injured In Two Separate Incidents
Israeli media sources reported on Saturday evening that an Israeli soldier and a settler have been injured in two separate incidents after Palestinian youths hurled stones at them.The sources said…
In Another Direct Message Against Peace; Israel Approves 942 Settlement Units
The so-called Israeli Committee for Construction and Planning in occupied Jerusalem approved, Monday, a new project for the construction of 942 units for Jewish settlers in the illegal Gilo settlement,…
Despite US criticism, Israel continues with plan to construct 6,000 new settlement units
The US State Department issued a statement this week that included a rare criticism of Israeli policy, calling the ongoing construction of settlements on Palestinian land a ‘pattern of provocative…
Soldiers Kidnap Three In Hebron And Bethlehem
The Palestine New & Info Agency, WAFA, reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and one resident in…
Israel Kidnapped 173 Palestinians This Month
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, since the beginning of this month until Tuesday December 18, 173 Palestinians in different parts of…
Palestinian teachers prepare to strike after PA fails to pay salaries
The Palestinian Authority has failed to pay the salaries of teachers and other civil servants in the West Bank for months, largely due to the withholding of most of its…
Dozens Of Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protests In West Bank
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent protests against the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall and Israel’s illegal settlements in different parts of the occupied West Bank; dozens of injuries were…
Extremist Israeli Settlers Write Racist Graffiti On Christian Monastery
A number of extremist Israeli settlers wrote, on Wednesday at dawn, racist graffiti attacking Christianity and Jesus Christ on the walls of a monastery in occupied Jerusalem, the WAFA News…
Soldiers Granted More Freedom In Live Ammunition Regulations
The Israeli army has modified its instructions to the soldiers regarding the use of live ammunition against Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank, allowing the soldiers in the field…
Soldiers Kidnap 9, Including 3 Children, In The West Bank
The Israeli army kidnapped late on Friday evening, and on Saturday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including three children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Local sources in Bethlehem reported…
10 Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Palestinian sources in the occupied West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Friday, 10 Palestinians, including three children, in Qalqilia, Tubas and Bethlehem, after breaking into and searching their…
Israel Defies International Law by Approving More Settlement Projects in Occupied Jerusalem
In violation of international law, Israel is continuing its policy of settlement expansion in the West Bank in general, and occupied East Jerusalem in particular. The Office of the Israeli…
Israel Threatens To “Reoccupy’ West Bank
Israeli member of Knesset, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development and the development of the Negev and Galilee, Silvan Shalom, threatened that Israel would reoccupy the West Bank…
Israel To Build 3000 Settlement Units In West Bank, Jerusalem
In a new direct violation of International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory and a repeated violator, the Israeli government decided to build 3000…
Two Israeli Policemen Face Charges Of Abusing A Kidney Patient
Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that two Israeli Policemen are facing charges after they abused and humiliated a Palestinian kidney patient, including hitting him with their rifles, at a military…
Army Kidnaps 55 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday at dawn, 55 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank; soldiers broke into dozens of homes and searched them before kidnapping the residents.The Palestine…
Clashes, Injuries, Arrests Reported In Different Parts of the West Bank
Medical sources reported Saturday that several Palestinians have been injured, and several others have been kidnapped, by Israeli soldiers who violently attacked protesters marching in different parts of the occupied…
Home, Pool, Car Repair Shop Demolished In Jerusalem, Bethlehem And Hebron
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, one home in Jerusalem, a car repair shop in Husan village, near Bethlehem, and a water pool in Beit Einoon village, near the southern West Bank…
Israel To Build 538 Units In Itamar Settlement
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved last September a plan to construct additional 538 units in the Itamar illegal Israeli settlement, near the northern West…
Four Palestinians Kidnapped In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at dawn, four Palestinians during invasions targeting different parts of the occupied West Bank. The army invaded several areas in the districts of Hebron, Bethlehem,…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped in Tubas
Local sources in Tubas, in the central part of the West Bank, reported that five Palestinians were kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn, by Israeli soldiers who invaded the city, and…
Army Kidnaps 14 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, several West Bank districts, broke into dozens of homes and searched them. 14 residents were kidnapped and taken to…
Soldiers Kidnap Mother Of Palestinian Detainee In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, Dalaal Zamel, the mother of detainee Mahran Abu Khamis, at a flying checkpoint installed west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers…
Soldiers Kidnap Eleven In West Bank, Desecrate Mosque
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank Districts of Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped eleven residents. The army also…
Michigan Peace Team (MPT) Assaulted By Israeli Authority, Arrested, Facing Deportation
Just before noon local time on October 24th, 2012 Michigan Peace Team (MPT) member ‘Katrina’ Katarzyna Dybzynska was choked by the neck and then bodily dragged behind a line of…
Farmers Attacked By Settlers And Soldiers In Nablus And Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked, Friday, Palestinian farmers working on their lands in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in Nablus, in the northern part of…
Several Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Weekly Protests Against the Wall
At least two Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets fired by the army against the weekly nonviolent protests against the Annexation Wall and Settlements in different parts of the West…
Ahston Slams Israel’s Decision To Build 797 Units In Gilo Settlement
E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, denounced the recent Israeli decision to construct additional 797 units for Jewish settlers in the Gilo settlement, and stated…
Israel To “Legalize” Illegal Settlement Outposts
Israeli media sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, intends to submit a proposal for “legalizing” illegal Israeli settlement outpost, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands in the West Bank.Netanyahu…
Clashes Reported in Jenin, Hebron
Palestinian sources reported, Tuesday, that clashes were reported between Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers in Az-Zababda village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and in Beit Ummar town…
Including Children, Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In The West Bank
On Monday 15/10/2012 saw coordinated Israeli military operations conducted illegally throughout the West Bank. As a result, 13 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, where kidnapped. Amonst these…
Israeli Police Forms “Jewish Terror” Branch In The West Bank
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to form a unit that has the sole responsibility of dealing with “Jewish Terrorism”, and that…
Soldiers Invade Tulkarem, Jenin And Hebron; Clashes Reported
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the northern West Ban districts on Tulkarem, Jenin and Hebron, broke into several homes and buildings leading to clashes with…
Army Kidnaps Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday morning, ten Palestinians, including children in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the northern West Bank districts of Qalqilia and Jenin. The army…
Ailing Detainee Moved To Hospital
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that Palestinian detainees, Mohammad Rafeeq At-Taaj, 42, imprisoned at the Hadarim Israeli prison was moved to hospital due to a sharp deterioration…
ISR Legal Counselor Calls For “Cracking Down” On Illegal Outposts
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday that the Legal Counselor of the Israeli Government sent an official document to Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, asking him ensure the government closely monitors…
Israel Seeks Expansion Of 40 Settlements
The right-wing led government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been seeking the approval of the Israeli Supreme Court in order to expand more than 40 settlements build on…
Israel To Transfer 250 M. NIS To P.A
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the transfer of the first payment of 250 Million New Israeli Shekels to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank due to the…
80 Injured In Clashes Between Residents, Security Forces In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Monday that eighty residents and members of the Palestinian security forces were reported when a number…
Palestinians Hold Protests Against High Living Costs
Several protests and demonstrations were held, starting on Thursday evening and extending to early Friday morning, as thousands of Palestinian youths took to the streets protesting the sharp increase of…
Soldiers Kidnap 7 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped seven residents.The Ahrar Center for Detainees…
Soldiers Kidnap Girl, Her 12-Year-Old Brother In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday at night, a young Palestinian woman, 18, and her 12-year-old brother, in Tal Romedia neighborhood in the center of the southern West Bank city of…
Migron Outpost Evicted; Clashes Reported
Israeli sources reported that despite the fact the some settlers of the Migron illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank have voluntarily left the outpost, dozens of teenage settlers clashes…
Including Children; Soldiers Kidnap 13 Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into several homes and kidnapped 13 residents, including children, the Palestine News & Information…
Migron Settlers To Resist Eviction
Settlers residing in the illegal settlement outpost of Mirgon, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, said that they will resist their eviction, and…
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, , on Sunday at night and on Monday at dawn several Palestinians communities in the West Bank, and kidnapped eight Palestinians after breaking into their homes and…
Israel Claims Arresting 4 PFLP Members Who Planned To Kidnap Soldiers
The Israeli Radio reported Monday that the Israeli army and security forces kidnapped in May four Palestinians who allegedly planned to kidnap Israeli soldiers in order to trade them with…
Settlers Construct Chicken Farm On Palestinian Land
A number of Israeli settlers constructed a chicken farm on a privately-owned Palestinian land, in Khallit Ein Masour area, near Al-Khader city in the Bethlehem district.Ahmad Salah, member of the…
Army Invades Several Hebron Towns, Kidnaps One Resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, several towns in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and abducted one resident. Soldiers also installed several roadblocks and searched dozens of…
Netanyahu To Ignore Report On Legalizing West Bank Settlement Outposts
Fearing international repercussions and criticism, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to shelve a report prepared by former Supreme Court Judge, Edmond Levy, as the report calls for “legalizing” Israeli…
One Protester Critically Wounded, Dozens Treated for Tear Gas in Five Anti-Wall Protests Friday
Despite the hot weather and fasting for the holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of people came out for the weekly non-violent demonstrations against the Wall in five different villages on…
Shepherd Shot by Israeli Army Denied Right to Sue
An Israeli commander has ruled that a Palestinian shepherd who was shot by the Israeli military three years ago will not be allowed to sue for damages.The Israeli daily Ha’aretz…
Israel Detains 17 Across West Bank
Israeli Military Forces Detained 17 Palestinians across the West Bank Saturday morning including 3 teenagers and 6 children, including one 12-year-old, Ma’an News reported.Palestinian police reported in a statement that…
Huge Increase in Illegal Israeli Settlers in the West Bank
Israel reports that the influx of settlers to the West Bank has increased by 4.5 % bringing the total number of illegal Israeli settlers to 350,143, according to the Population…
Israeli Settler Activity Continues
Israeli settlers seized Palestinian land in several areas around the West Bank on Sunday and Monday according to WAFA news.On Sunday, near the village of Yatta south of Hebron, Israeli…
Israeli Army Attacks Demonstrators In Bil’in
About 60 demonstrators gathered in the small village of Bil’in in the northern part of the West Bank. The gathering was part of the weekly demonstrations which take place all…
Israel Issues Demolition Order on Two Water Cisterns
On Tuesday, the Israeli army raided Al Qanoub area in Sa’ir, eastern Hebron and issued a demolition order on two cisterns used to irrigate land for the benefit of twenty…
Expansion of illegal outposts continues
Israel’s defense ministry revealed plans yesterday to expand the illegal outpost of Givat Salit, near Tubas in the north part of the West Bank.There are more than 100 settlements in…
Israeli Army Arrests 3 Youths in West Bank
Israeli soldiers raided several homes and kidnapped three youngsters in the village of ya’bud, southwest of Jenin on Tuesday.The youths were named as Nameq Tareq Abu Bakr, 19, Haidar Yousef…
PLC Head To Be Released Thursday
Representing the imprisoned and democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, lawyer Fadi Al-Qawasmi stated that Dweik will be released from an Israeli detention camp this coming…
Israel Opposes Humanitarian Work of UN Agency
The Israeli military’s department governing civil affairs in the occupied West Bank said Sunday that a UN agency’s humanitarian aid to displaced Palestinians is actually illegal, according to Ma’an news.The…
Israel Arrests 17 Palestinians in Series of Raids
A total of 17 Palestinians were arrested in different parts of the West Bank on Thursday and transferred to centres for interrogation.In the city of Tubas in the northern part…
Army To Arrest, Deport, Internationals Living In The West Bank
Israeli Ynet News reported that the Israeli Central Command Chief, Nitzan Alon, signed an order granting the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority “the right” to search for, and arrest, internationals…
Israeli AG To Reject Levy Committee Findings
Following the findings of the Levy Committee, reported on Monday, that declared that Israel’s settler population and military control of the West Bank does not constitute an occupation, Haaretz have…
Israel Seeks to Legitimise Illegal Settlements
A government-appointed committee has put forward a proposal that would grant official status to all illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. There are currently more than 200 Israeli settlements…
Two Policemen Sentenced To 30 Months For Causing The Death of Palestinian Man
The Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem sentenced, Monday, two Israeli policemen to only 30 months imprisonment despite the fact that they left a wounded Palestinian man to die on…
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…