Category: West Bank

The Israeli Authorities placed the occupied Palestinian territories under a full and strict closure as it marks its “Memorial Day”, an official day in Israel dedicated for Israeli soldiers killed…

Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday morning seven Palestinian civilians among them two children during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.In Bethlehem city, southern West Bank, Israeli forces invaded…

Two children and a youth were injured, three Israeli activists arrested on Friday as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protests taking place in Bil’in, Nil’in, al-Nabi Salleh, central West…

On Friday, 16 civilians were injured and four abducted as Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti-wall protests in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and al-Nabi Saleh, in central West Bank…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday at dawn six Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, and took them to interrogation centers. Israel orders West Bank Closure, to close…

As Israel prepares to mark the Jewish Pesach feast, the Israeli army placed the occupied West Bank under strict siege starting Sunday at midnight and lasting until April 26.The decision…

An Israeli court decided on Tuesday at night to extend the remand of two elected Palestinian legislators for additional six month under administrative detention, once again, without an indictment. Legislator…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday at dawn 14 Palestinians, including children, in several West Bank areas.The invasions targeted the districts of Nablus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron. In Jerusalem, soldiers broke…

As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the state of Palestine in September, Israeli sources report that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the Aqaba village, east of the central West Bank city of Tubas, declared it as a closed military zone, demolished two homes bulldozers internal…

Weekly non-violent anti-Wall protests in a number of towns across the West Bank on Friday, including Bil’in, Nil’in, al Ma’sara and Nabi Saleh, were attacked by Israeli forces wielding tear…

And here we go… again, another initiative, another diplomatic move and another act that distances us further away from any real solution to the real issue at hand, Peace that…

Six civilians were injured and two were kidnapped when the Israeli army attacked the weekly anti-wall protests organized on Friday in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and an-Nabi Saleh, in…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Wednesday that Israel always rushes to blame the Palestinians, and rushed to blame them for the brutal murder of a Jewish family in Itamar settlement,…

After alleged reports that a Palestinian murdered five Israeli settlers, including a baby and two small children, in their beds Friday night, the Israeli government announced that 500 new units…

Dozens of armed Israeli settlers attacked late on Saturday at night and early Sunday at dawn dozens of Palestinian homes in Huwwara town, south of the northern West Bank city…

In light with the current events and protests against the ruling regimes in some Arab countries, and the latest removal of Egyptian and Tunisian presidents, the Israeli Army’s Central Command…

Local protest leader, Naji Tamimi, was abducted during a night raid on the village of Nabi Saleh by the Israeli military, according to a statement by the Popular Committee Against…

Following the recent increase in attacks by Israeli settlers on indigenous Palestinians in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority issued a statement, Wednesday, calling on the international community to ‘intervene…

The Israeli Authorities sentenced, on Sunday, a Palestinian legislator to six months in administrative detention without presenting any legal charges against him.Dr. Omar Abdul-Raziq, former Finance Minister, stated after the…

In the central West Bank villages of Bil’in, Nil’in and Nabi Saleh, non-violent protests were held Friday afternoon to challenge the Israeli Wall construction and support the Libyan people in…

Anti-Wall protests were organized this Friday in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in, Nabi Saleh, and al-Ma’ssara, located in the central and southern parts of the West Bank. Today, the theme…

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar near Hebron, witnesses told Ma’an News Agency on Saturday. Mohammad Awad, local popular committee spokesman, said the youth, identified as Mohammad…

The Israeli military abducted, on Sunday morning, three Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Hebron and Ramallah.Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Qatana, near Ramallah,…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday at dawn several areas in the West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped two residents in Madama village, near the northern West…

The Palestine News and Information Agency, WAFA, reported Thursday that Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, signed an agreement with the French State Minister and Minister of Foreign and European…

The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee has created a new fund, the “Dismantling Impunity Fund”. This fund will aid Palestinians engaging in non-violent resistance pay for legal fees when suing Israel…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child was wounded on Tuesday evening after Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron in the southern part…

The great Arab nation The Egyptian Arab nation; the cradle of great history and future We salute this great Arab nation, our bothers. This is the salute of freedom from…

Palestinian and international human rights groups on Thursday warned of a decline in freedom of expression in the West Bank, amidst the banning of Egypt solidarity rallies by the Palestinian…

Palestinian Authority security spokesman, Adnan Ad-Dmeiri announced on Thursday that the PA has forbidden ‘unlicensed gatherings’ in order to preserve order in the West Bank. The PA official said this…

A genuine will to have an understanding on what is going on with popular committees in Palestine naturally arose from observing the many challenges posed by the Occupation, and witnessing…

Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested, in January, 289 Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank, and ordered more than 750 residents to head to nearby centers…

Following the civil unrest in Egypt, and other Middle Eastern States, the Palestinian Authority has announced that they will hold municipal elections, the Jerusalem Post reported.The announcement, made on Tuesday,…

Ramallah – PNN – one injured, many treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli soldiers attacked the anti-wall protests in the villages of Bil’in and Nil’in in…

Demolitions by Israel of Palestinian homes in the West Bank tripled in 2010, figures from an Israeli human rights group showed on Wednesday, with a big increase in demolitions in…

Israeli soldiers conducted an arrest campaign in the occupied West bank city on Tuesday and kidnapped ten Palestinians including a 10-year-old child. Local sources reported that soldiers kidnapped the child…

The Israeli Military Central Command absolved on Monday two Israeli soldiers who shot and killed two Palestinians at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank. The army said that the…

On Sunday night, the Israeli army raided the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh for the third time in two weeks and arrested a 14 year old boy.Last week, the army…

The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, known for his controversial stance advocating the ‘transfer’ of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, has drafted his own map to “solve” the Israel-Palestine conflict, in…

At the non-violent anti-Wall protests which took place on Friday afternoon, Israeli troops fired CS gas and other so-called ‘non-lethal’ weapons at demonstrators in Bil’in, Nil’in, and Nabi Saleh villages…

Israeli soldiers tear gassed a house in a village near Jenin, on Wednesday evening. Soldiers also arrested eight young Palestinians including five minors in the south of Hebron, the PNN…

The Israeli army conducted on Thursday at dawn an arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped eight Palestinians Israel claims to be wanted by its security forces. The…

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics last month released the most recent population statistics for West Bank settlements. The figures show that during 2010 the growth rate was 4.5 per cent…

UPDATE: Today, the Israeli Military Court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to extend Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but…

Four activist groups in the US are calling on a tear gas manufacturer to stop providing its products to the Israeli military following the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah from…

Israeli troops arrested at least four Palestinians in an overnight raid targeting the town of Dura, south of the West Bank, Ma’an News reported. The Israeli army reportedly raided several…

On Sunday, 155 academics joined the boycott of the ‘Ariel University Center of Samaria’, located in the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel.The university and college faculty members signed a…

Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday five activists from a European pro-Palestine movement as they were trying to cross the Al Hamra military roadblock, in the West Bank, the Palestinian Information…

Israeli daily Haaretz said the Israeli military issued a report stating that they ‘find inconsistencies in medical report over the death of Jawaher Abu Ramah.’ According to military sources, the…

Forty-eight Knesset members have signed a petition calling for the boycott of Israeli companies involved in building the new Palestinian city of Rawabi, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.The petition also has…

Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said on Sunday that in 2010, Palestinian Authority security forces detained 3,000 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank.In a press conference held in Gaza City, Barhoum…

On Sunday, the office of the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East, Robert Serry, said that the U.N. is concerned about the killings of two Palestinians within 48 hours…

Jawaher Abu Rahma, aged 35, died on Saturday, after suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation fired by the Israeli military during the Friday weekly protest in Bil’in. Medical sources…

On Friday, a civilian was hit by a tear gas canister during the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in the village of Bil’in. Also, dozens of people were…

The Israeli Knesset approved its 2011-2012 budget on Wednesday, which includes two billion shekels (approx. US$ 564 million) to settlements construction, services and security, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. According to…

Israeli forces detained five Palestinians around the West Bank in a series of night raids that ended on Friday morning. A woman and her son were also allegedly beaten, Palestine…

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy left a message of no hope, on Tuesday night, during his visit to the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, the PNN reported. “I don’t see…

Around 20 suppliers agreed to assist building the first modern Palestinian city in the West Bank, however with no use of material produced in Israeli settlements, the Associated Press announced…

The inability to offer workers an alternative employment is behind the P.A.’s decision to reconsider the proposal that would have prevented Palestinians from working in the West Bank settlements, Haaretz…

The Israeli Housing Ministry is planning to build and market nearly 5000 new units for Jewish settlers in occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Lawyer Qais Yousef Nasser,…

Three months after the so-called settlement freeze ended, Israel started a speedy construction process in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli Peace Now movement reported. Data collected and…

After the Supreme Court ruled that the P.A.’s decision to postpone local elections in the West Bank as illegal, the cabinet announced on Tuesday that a new date will be…

Israeli forces detained, on Thursday, four Palestinian officers at the entrance of Yatta village, near Hebron, Press TV reported.Four Palestinian security officers were detained despite having shown their valid identity…

On Friday morning, a group of religious Israeli Jews entered in the village of Kifl Haris, in the central West Bank. Local sources estimated some 3,000 people arrived, accompanied by…

On Wednesday, the P.A. Interior, Communication, and Information Ministries informed about the reopening of three local radio stations, that were shut down on Monday, after they settled registration and licensing…

On Wednesday morning, seven Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli military in a series of raids near the West Bank cities of Tulkarm, Tubas, Jenin and Ramallah, PNN reported. All…

The Israeli Civil Administration officials destroyed five wells and several sheds, on Tuesday, in a small Bedouin community in the south Hebron hills, locals reported.Israeli forces entered the area of…

The Palestinian Authority’s security forces have arrested 28 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center claimed on Thursday.The Palestinian Authority rounded up 28 Hamas supporters, in the…

Israeli officials ordered destruction of electricity infrastructure, on Thursday, in two Palestinian villages in the southern area of Hebron, local sources said.Israeli authorities handed demolition orders to Muhammad al-Adrah, the…

Israeli troops kidnapped, during a number of overnight invasions, five Palestinians, including three students from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two boys in a village near Jenin,…

The Israeli military bulldozed Tana village early on Wednesday near the city of Hebron, Press TV reported. Israeli bulldozers entered the village of Tana, leveling a school and forcing dozens…

A Palestinian couple was arrested, on Tuesday, after Israeli troops searched their house in Hebron. The Israeli military also ordered Palestinian laborers to stop working in the village of Nahalin,…

A series of Israeli military raids that were held during Sunday night and Monday morning in the area of Ramallah, concluded with six Palestinian residents detained, PNN reported.The detainees have…

On Friday, dozens of people suffered tear gas inhalation during the weekly nonviolent protests against the wall and settlements in Bil’in, west Ramallah; no arrest were reported.Like every week, Israeli…

A series of Israeli army raids held during Tuesday night and Wednesday morning concluded with six people being detained, PNN reported.In Nablus, in the Northern West Bank, two brothers, ages…

“Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, we will continue to build and no freeze order ever applies to the city.” These are the words of Ofir Gendelman, Arabic Affairs…

Political prisoners of the Hamas movement, imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas, at the Jericho Prison, started an open-ended hunger strike in protest to what they called “cruel…

Dozens of people suffered tear gas inhalation during the weekly nonviolent protests against the Wall and Settlements in the West Bank Villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin, near Ramallah, on Friday;…

Four Palestinians, including two prominent activists, were arrested in a late night raid, on Thursday, on the town of Beit Ummar, the Palestine Solidarity Project stated. Israeli forces from the…

The Arabs48 News Website reported that Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday, ten structures in two areas in the occupied West Bank, mainly in a village in the northern area of…

The first encounter with Abed occurs one evening in a spontaneous fashion with a small group of people keen on meeting this farmer, based in al-Walajah, whose story of long…

After the theater figures who are boycotting the Ariel center sent a letter to Be’er Sheva Theater actors, encouraging their sensitivity to the cause, the Israeli Minister of Culture and…

Dozens of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation as Israeli troops attacked anti wall protests organized at a number of villages in various parts of the…

Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported on Thursday that Nizar Mahagneh, the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Club was able to visit many Palestinian prisoners in interrogation centers in which they…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported Wednesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities released, on Tuesday evening, one of the detained Palestinian Legislators, from the Tubas district in the central…

In a step that was considered by Israel as an act of good will towards Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel pardoned 75 Palestinians wanted by its army and security forces.The…

In contrast with its claims in recent months that it is part of the state of Israel and should be treated as such, the municipal government of the settlement of…

According to the Israeli watchdog group Peace Now, Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in violation of international law, have engaged in a frenzy of…

Three separate anti-Wall protests in different parts of the West Bank were attacked by Israeli troops on Friday. Soldiers used tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets against the unarmed, non-violent…

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, twelve Palestinians, including the assistant secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), in the occupied West Bank. Mahmoud al-Ramahi, assistant secretary-general of the…

Six international volunteers were arrested on Sunday while accompanying Palestinian farmers to their land to prepare it for crop planting in Safa village, north of Hebron, in the southern part…

While the Palestinian Authority officials say that the reported meeting embarrasses Fatah, Hamas says it was less a meeting and more a series of home raids and interrogations. Shin Bet…

Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Monday morning that. for the first time since the beginning of the second Intifada in late September 2000, army records indicate that there are no more…

At least three civilians were injured and many others treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation on Friday, after Israeli troops violently suppressed the weekly anti-wall protest at the…

On Friday, a number of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protests in the central West Bank villages…

On Friday, a number of civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly anti wall protest in the village of al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem.Like every Friday,…

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy has been placed under five-month house arrest on suspicion of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The teenager, named Karem, was detained in…

On Thursday night, Israeli soldiers broke into the homes of two brothers in Nabi Saleh village, near Ramallah, and warned them to not take part in the weekly protests against…

On Wednesday, Israeli authorities decided to block any Palestinian officials from crossing through the Allenby Bridge, which joins the West Bank with Jordan. The decision only excludes Palestinian President Mahmoud…