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Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas cast doubts Sunday over Israel’s willingness towards calm, and denounced the Israeli military escalation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In…
Media Office of the Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights published a report on Saturday stating that Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 250 Palestinians since the beginning of…
During pre dawn invasions targeting several cities and towns in the West Bank, the Israeli army kidnapped at least 13 Palestinians civilians on Wednesday. Eight were kidnapped during an army…
Bassam Al Salihi, secretary-general of the leftist Palestinian People Party, stated on Tuesday that "the signals that came from Hamas movement over its acceptance of establishing a Palestinian State within…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army attacked several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped nine civilians on Tuesday morning. Four of those kidnapping were taken from the city…
On Friday, Ze'ev Boim, Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction approved the tenders for the construction of 100 new settlement homes in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 26 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn.The army invasions were focused in the southern West Bank…
The Israeli army conducted a number of invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank on Wednesday at dawn. During those invasion Israeli troops kidnapped 23 Palestinians civilians. Palestinian sources…
Media sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Devices, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Sunday 21 supporters of the movement in several West Bank districts.The Salfit…
The Israeli army had invaded several parts of West Bank on friday and saturday they kidnapped five residents from the northern West Bank village of Zita near Tulkarem. Palestinian local…
Israeli troops invaded several areas of the northern part of the West Bank including the cities of Jenin, Tubas and other villages and towns, on Friday at dawn and kidnapped…
Hamas media sources reported on Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested seven Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank on Wednesday.In Hebron district, in the southern part of the…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army conducted invasions targeting several parts ofthe West Bank and kidnapping eleven civilians on Thursday morning. Six of those kidnapped today were taken from…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several cities and towns in the West Bank and kidnapped 50 Palestinians civilians on Wednesday at dawn. The sources said that the…
Israeli media sources reported on Tuesday that two months ago the Israeli vice Premier ,Haim Ramon, told the Israeli parliament that the settlement of Ofra, located in the southern part…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 10 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn invasion targeting several parts of the West Bank on Monday. The sources said that the kidnappings…
Yuval Diskin, the head of the Israeli Security Service Shin Bet, stated that Israel must not remove any of the over 700 roadblocks and checkpoints that cover the Israeli-occupied Palestinian…
Sources close to the Hamas movement reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, arrested on Thursday ten members and supporters of Hamas in several West Bank districts.The sources…
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a statement on Thursday strongly denouncing an Israeli plan to construct nearly 2000 homes for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in 2008.…
Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that the Israeli government is planning to construct nearly 2000 units in Israeli settlements located in the West Bank during 2008. The Israeli daily…
The Israeli military kidnapped at least 17 Palestinians across the West Bank during a series of invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday morning. The cities invaded include Tulkarem, Nablus,…
The International Solidarity Society for Human Rights issued its monthly report on Tuesday documenting Israeli army violations of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and the Gaza strip. The…
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army will start using alternative methods to protect the settlements in cases where roadblocks are removed. The army announcement came after…
Eight Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by the Israeli army on Monday during Israeli army pre-dawn invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank.In the southern part of the West Bank,…
The Israeli army forces cracked down on Sunday on demonstrators in the West Bank cities, marking the Land Day anniversary. Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators in various West Bank cities, including…
The Israeli occupation authorities will begin be removing a roadblock, separating the occupied east Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media sources reported. According to Ma’areef newspaper,…
Israeli forces invaded the central West Bank cities of Ramallah and al Beirah and a nearby town of Betunia on Friday. No injuries or abductions were reported. Local security sources…
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated on Wednesday during a press conference that Israel will resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, but at the same time…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported hat Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the transfer of five more mobile homes into the illegal Israeli settlement of Teneh Omarim, in the southern…
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka visited the West Bank on Tuesday. The visit started in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, where Wickremanayake met Palestinian Authority…
The Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces had arrested nine of the movement’s members from several West Bank areas. In a press statement faxed to…
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Monday that Israel will not remove the 700 checkpoints, roadblocks and earth mounds that have cut the West Bank into hundreds of…
Palestinian water experts warned on Monday that the Palestinian territories are approaching a hot summer with high risks of water-shortages due to Israeli obstacles and natural dryness. Experts also warned…
The Hamas movement stated on Monday that the security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had arrested five Hamas activists from several parts of the West Bank on Sunday.…
Sources close to the Hamas movement in the West Bank reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to the Fateh movement, arrested five supporters of the movement in several West Bank…
The Nafha Society for Defending the Detainees’ Rights and Human Rights, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities issued orders extending the remand of eight detainees under administrative detention…
The Salem Israeli Military Court sentenced on Tuesday detainee Shabeeb Hasan, from Borqa village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to two years imprisoned and a 2000 NIS…
Bassam al-Salhi discusses PPP vision for the near future and criticizes all involved parties for failing to work for a genuine peaceIn an interview with Bassam al-Salhi, Secretary General of…
The Israeli army targeted several areas of the West Bank on Tuesday at dawn, kidnapping at least 23 Palestinians, local sources reported. The sources stated that most of the kidnappings…
Mayor of Ariel settlement bloc, Ron Nahman, stated that the Israeli government decided to allow him to carry a project to build 48 houses for settlers in Ariel settlement bloc…
The Palestinian popular committees of refugee camps in the West Bank organized on Monday protests in the various refugees populations over there, to voice objection to UN’s aid reduction. Member…
The Palestinian Authority security forces arrested five Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas movement from Bethlehem, Nablus and Tulkarem on Sunday, a Hamas source stated Monday.The source said that Taher Deriyeh…
Israeli forces attacked northern and southern parts of the West Bank early Monday morning kidnapping five Palestinians, including two children. Local sources reported that a number of Israeli jeeps invaded…
A Palestinian teenager was injured when Israeli troops attacked and searched homes in the city of Tubass, located in the northern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning. Medical…
On Wednesday evening, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated four Palestinians in Bethlehem. Palestinian medical sources reported that the four were identified as Mohammad Shehada, Imad el-Kamel, Issa Marzouk Zawahra and Ahmad…
The head of the Palestinian negotiation team Ahmad Qurai sent a letter of dissatisfaction, Wednesday to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni regarding Israels recent decision to approve settlement expansion near…
The Israeli army kidnapped 17 Palestinians during pre- dawn invasions across the West Bank on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that the kidnappings took place in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, headed on Monday the weekly cabinet session in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and discussed Israel's recent decision to resume settlement construction and…
Senior Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Eriqat, cast doubts on Sunday over Israel's intentions towards peace with the Palestinians. Eriqat's skepticism came after media reports said Israel plans on expanding Jewish settlements…
Israeli forces invaded several parts of the West Bank in the early hours of Wednesday morning and kidnapped at least eight Palestinians, among those 11 from the northern West Bank…
Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested six Hamas members and supporters in several areas on…
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces carried out military operations in the northern part of the West Bank, focussing on Nablus and Jenin cities, and kidnapped at least five Palestinians in…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians during a pre dawn invasion targeting several cities and towns in the West Bank on Monday. According to…
Hamas movement sources reported on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority security forces controlled by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested five members of the movement from several parts of the…
The Israeli Monitoring Committee, part of the Knesset Committees, held a meeting on Monday apparently in an attempt to grant licenses to illegal settlement outposts for the settlers in the…
Israeli army invaded three West bank cities,in the early hours of Monday morning. Illegally arresting around six Palestinians from;Nablus, Jenin and Bethlehem in separate operations, carried out in the early…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped four Palestinian civilians during two invasions targeting the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning. Two civilians were taken from…
Palestinian sources reported on Thursday evening that 14 members of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, escaped from the Jneid Palestinian prison in the northern West…
The Israeli Peace Now Movement released data on the Israeli policies regarding denying construction permits for Palestinians living in area C, which is under full Israeli Control, and revealed that…
Palestinian security forces arrested on Tuesday six supporters of Hamas movement in several parts of the West Bank, Hamas media sources reported.In Salfit district, security forces arrested Sheikh Imad Ed…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that Israel decided to forgive NIS 350 Million in personal debts owed by 3500 settlers living in 140 settlements in the occupied West…
The Hamas movement announced on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority forces affiliated with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah arrested 8 members of the movement from several areas of…
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem in the early hours of Thursday morning and kidnapped six Palestinians from the Sabastiya suburb of Nablus,…
The Israeli army on Wednesday invaded both the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, and the village of Beit Ummer, located near the city of Hebron in the…
The Israeli military has invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin, kidnapping three Palestinians in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that troops invaded…
Media sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement…
Israeli military continued their attacks on Tuesday morning on the places of money exchange in several areas of the West Bank. The attacked started in the northern West Bank city…
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement , arrested on Sunday 13 members and supporters of the movement in several areas in the…
In the early hours of Monday morning, the Israeli military invaded the town of Huwwarah, south of Nablus, imposing a tight curfew on the area. Several military vehicles entered the…
Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday evening a strict siege over Jenin and Tulkarem districts in the northern part of the West Bank and placed sand hills on roads leading the…
Israeli military invade the northern and the central part of West Bank, conducting abduction campaigns. In the northern part of the West Bank, the army invaded the city of Tulkarem,…
Four civilians were reported kidnapped by the Israeli army from several parts of the West Bank during pre dawn invasions on Wednesday. In Hebron city located in the southern part…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing Palestinian security forces loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, of arresting three members and supporters of the…
Hamas sources reported that Palestinian security forces, affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement arrested nine Hamas members on Sunday from several parts of the West Bank. The sources…
The Palestinian governmental workers union announced on Monday that all public service employees in the West Bank will go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Union President, Bassam Zakarna,…
Israeli military invaded several parts of the West Bank in Monday at dawn, kidnapping three Palestinians. The Military kidnapped two Palestinians from the northern West Bank city of Nablus and…
The Hamas movement issued a press statement on Saturday stating that the Palestinian security forces of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah had arrested four members of Hamas movement…
In the Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested for the third time Sheikh Zoheir Lubbada who is suffering from a serious disease and…
Hamas movement reported that the Palestinian Security Forces, loyal to Fateh movement, in the West Bank, continued their arrest campaign against members and supporters of Hamas and arrested eight residents…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 6 Palestinian civilians during pre-dawn invasions targeting several parts of the West Bank. In Jerusalem city, Israeli troops attacked Al Toor area,…
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of several West Bank cities on Sunday to mourn the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), George Habash,…
Hamas media sources reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested on Thursday five Hamas members in several areas in the West…
Israeli military and medical sources reported on Thursday at night that one Israeli policeman, member of the Border Guard Units, in addition to two Palestinian fighters, were killed, and four…
Palestinian media sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped at least seven Palestinian civilians.According to sources the kidnappings…
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli military post west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.The Brigades…
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army conducted several pre-dawn invasions that targeted Palestinian cities and villages located in the northern and central parts of the West Bank and kidnapped…
Israeli forces kidnapped eight Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank overnight Thursday and in the early hours of Friday morning. The abduction campaigns were carried out in the…
The General League of Palestinian workers stated on Wednesday that at least 100 Palestinian workers from the West Bank were abducted by the Israeli Authorities in the first half of…
Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian Security Forces arrested eight members of the movement on Sunday in several West Bank cities.In Salfit district, security forces arrested Hamza As’ad,…
Israeli forces carried out invasion operations in different parts of the West Bank on Wednesday night. Security sources reported that military operations were executed in the West Bank cities of…
The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has issued a warning to the Israeli military after two different women had to give birth in cars in December after being prevented from…
As the Israeli state continues to expand at a growing rate into occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank, Palestinians have called on George Bush to be a voice of…
Israeli military kidnap four Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank during Thursday night and early hours of Friday morning, injuring another Palestinian during the military operation.Local sources reported…
Hamed Al Bitawi, the Hamas Parliamentarian, was today moved from the Al Jalamah detention camp to an Israeli prison hospital after concerns over his health heightened. The Al Bitawi family…
Israeli army kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from Zeta town, near Tulkarem, ransacked their homes and took them to unknown destination. Local sources reported that an extensive military force invaded the…
Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday morning in two separate Israeli incursions in Jenin and Nablus.In Jenin, Israeli forces shot and killed a senior member of the Al Aqsa Brigades…
The Israeli army invaded several areas in Hebron on Saturday morning and kidnapped six Palestinian civilians.Troops attacked and searched homes in the old city of Hebron and the nearby Bani…
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and shepherds working on their land in the village of Dier Nitham, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on…
On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, side by side with Israeli and international supporters conducted their weekly protests against the construction…
Homesh First, a right-wing Israeli organization, has called for the reoccupation of West Bank settlements, evacuated under the terms of the disengagement plan, as a response to the ongoing shelling…