Category: Internal Unrest

Palestinian leaders are set to meet in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Thursday to follow up the reconciliation agreement and the reforms of the Palestinian National Council.Chiefs of Palestinian…

Ad-Dameer, the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, issued a press release denouncing the Palestinian Security Forces for arresting and attacking a Palestinian youth on Sunday, for participating in a…

The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate in Gaza reported Tuesday that members of the Hamas-led security forces in Gaza arrested two Palestinian reporters; one in central Gaza, and the other in the…

Mansoor al-Jamri stands among the four journalists* who on November 22, 2011 will be honoured in New York with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2011 International Press Freedom Awards. “The…

The Palestine News and Info Agency, WAFA, reported Thursday that the Hamas-run security forces arrested a reporter identified as Salah Abu Salah, 30, in Abasan Al Kabeera town, east of…

Mati Millstein filed a complaint against the Israeli Foreign Press Association on Thursday, August 5, 2011. The photojournalist was covering a Palestinian protest in Nabi Salih, when tear gas canisters…

Most municipal authorities in Israel carried out a one day strike on Monday, as an act of solidarity with the popular protests which have arisen all throughout the country in…

A summer camp for children in Northwest Gaza was vandalized ten minutes after midnight July 28, 2011. The assailants damaged a billboard sign, torched part of the camp stage, and…

Fatah have complained that one of its officials in Gaza, Abu A’itah, was detained in Gaza by Hamas security forces, according to Maan. Fatah officials have complained that the detention…

Former Minister of Detainees, Hamas political official, Wasfi Qabha, stated that there are no real indications of reconciliation in the West Bank as the Palestinian security forces are still interrogating…

Dozens of Palestinian protesters from the Gaza Strip broke into the Rafah terminal that links between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Saturday morning.The Egyptian authorities have suddenly decided to close…

Delegations from the rival Fatah and Hamas parties will meet in the coming few days in Cairo to make final arrangements for the new unity government, Azzam Al-Ahmad, head of…

Palestinian factions welcomed on Wednesday a draft unity deal that was signed in Cairo on Wednesday between the rival Fateh and Hamas movements, and expressed hopes that the four years…

Hamas and Fatah sign a reconciliation draft agreement in Cairo Egypt Wednesday evening following rounds of talks, with hope to end a four-year internal unrest in the Palestinian Territories, Palestinian…

“All of the Muslims in the world are wrong, and you three are the only ones who are right?!!” pleads the father of Mahmoud Salfity, one of the kidnappers, in…

Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, claimed that the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas “has plans to drag the Gaza Strip into insecurity…

The Ma’an News Agency reported, on Friday, that Palestinian Authority security forces detained three members of the Hamas party in the West Bank in pre-dawn raids.Hamas stated that the raids…

The revolution that surprised many people would come as no surprise to anyone who comes and takes time to listen to the “real” people. Israel’s undemocratic policies supported by the…

As hundreds of residents marched, Monday, in the streets on Gaza City calling for an end to the internal Palestinian divisions and urging for unity, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian police and…

The Hamas party, which won elections in 2006 but was prevented from forming a government in the West Bank, announced Saturday that it is working on an initiative to restore…

Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday in Manara Square in Ramallah, calling for Palestinian national unity.The demonstration was organized by the Palestinian NGO network and inspired by the success of recent…

Dr. Saeb Ereikat, chief negotiator of the Palestinian Authority has resigned from his post Saturday afternoon, Palestinian official sources reported.Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary of the executive committee of the Palestinian…

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…

Unidentified vandals broke into the Palestinian Authority-controlled Civil Administration building in northern Gaza ransacking the office, on Thursday morning, Ma’an News reported. According to officials, the office doors were found…

Three young Palestinians were injured on Tuesday morning after the explosion of an unknown ordnance in the southern Gaza strip, local sources reported. Medical officials said the blast took place…

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…

Palestinian security forces found weapons and ammunition, on Monday, in a house in the northern village of Salem, east of Nablus, Ma’an News reported on Tuesday. Police officers said a…

Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLS), Dr. Aziz Dweik of the Hamas movement, called on the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank to release all political…

Police completed on Wednesday a several-week raid in northern Gaza City, seizing weapons and narcotics in a shop, Ma’an News reported. Police officers declared that weapons and narcotics were seized…

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…

Hamas Prime Minister Haniyya firmly declared that there is no al-Qaeda in Gaza but also denounced a new group of extremists is rising, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The…

Clashes broke out in Al-Isawiya neighborhood, East Jerusalem, on Thursday evening, between dozens of Palestinian residents and Israeli forces, the Ma’an NewsAgency reported. Confrontations erupted in the neighborhood of Al-Isawiya,…

The Palestinian Security Forces operating under the dissolved Hamas led government in the Gaza Strip, prevented, on Sunday, two Fatah leaders, sent by President Mahmoud Abbas to hold talks with…

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…

Israeli forces, at the Jubarah checkpoint south of Tulkarem, detonated on Tuesday three bags carrying live grenades, an Israeli security source told Ma’an News. Three young men from Nablus, waiting…

The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that an explosive charge was placed and detonated by unknown gunmen in front of a home in al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza.…

Member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, denied claims reportedly made by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in which he claimed that Hamas planned the assassination…

The Pal-Home news website reported, Wednesday, that senior Palestinian security sources announced the arrest of a cell, reportedly affiliated with the Hamas movement, and that cell members were planning to…

The al-Quds Brigades told Ma’an News, on Tuesday, that their forces fought off Israeli military that entered the Gaza Strip at dawn. A statement by Islamic Jihad’s military wing claimed…

On Wednesday, the talks between the two main Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, ended in Damascus without an agreement regarding to the security issues. The two factions agreed to continue…

The Fatah movement reported that its request to be allowed to hold a public ceremony commemorating the late President, Yasser Arafat, was rejected by the Hamas police in Gaza City.…

Sharon District Police Chief, Brigadier-General Shimon Shomroni, refused to authorize a request by Israeli right-wing students to protest outside the house of Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelbilt, PNN said.The right-wing…

Confrontations broke out, on Tuesday morning, between Israeli forces and hundreds of Palestinian school children in the al-Isawiya neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, local sources told Ma’an News. According to an…

The Hamas Interior Ministry declared that a car exploded outside the Palestinian Authority passport office in Gaza City, killing one Palestinian. According to Hamas officials, the blast was provoked by…

On Thursday The Palestinian Security Forces of the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, arrested Omar Barghouthi, 55, a former political prisoner held by Israel for more than ten…

Palestinian media sources reported Tuesday evening that a political prisoner of the Hamas movement was moved to hospital after being reportedly tortured by security personnel of the Fatah movement. The…

The Security Forces of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrested Hamas legislator from Tulkarem, Eng. Abdul-Rahman Zeidan, after breaking into his home on Tuesday at dawn. He was released an hour…

Legislator Khalida Jarrar, member of the Political Bureau of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) started Thursday that Palestinian security forces arrested nine PFLP members from…

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…

PCHR Condemns Intervention of Gaza Government to Prevent of a Meeting Between Journalists from Gaza and International Federation of Journalists’ Delegation in RamallahThe Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns…

The Hamas movement issued an apology to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) after members of the Hamas police, running under the Ministry of Interior in Gaza,…

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…

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…

A meeting held in Ramallah this week consisting of around 200 political, academic and non-profit leaders opposed to the upcoming ‘direct talks’ in Washington was broken up when plainclothes officers…

The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, said that the Hamas security forces in Gaza continue to summon a Palestinian journalist to their headquarter to harass him.WAFA said that the Hamas…

Tuesday morning, unknown persons riding a motorcycle threw a hand grenade into the building of the YMCA in the center of Gaza City. No casualties or damages were reported. This…

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…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned by and wishes to highlight the repeated summonsing and detention of dozens of Fatah activists by the Internal Security Service…

A group of unknown gunmen attacked on Monday at dawn a summer camp that belongs to the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) in al-Zawayda area, north of Dir…

Palestinian security forces arrested the deputy mayor of Al Biereh Tuesday. Al Biereh is a city in the central West Bank near Ramallah. Deputy Mayor Jamal Tawil, who is affiliated…

The Security Forces of the dissolved government of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested, on Wednesday, Dr. Osama al-Farra, member of the Revolutionary Council on Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian…

Local sources have reported that the Hamas security forces in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, demolished several homes, Sunday, and intends to demolish more homes under…

The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated that the security forces of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested some of its members while preparing to…

Lebanese sources reported Thursday that internal clashes between members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP General-Command took place at a training base in Ein Al…

A home-made bomb exploded on Wednesday near the house of Fatah fighter located in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. Hassan Abu Zighb, an activist in the Al Aqsa…

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,…

Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested on Thursday three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the northern West Bank city of Nablus…

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…

Mahmoud Ramahi, a leading member of the Hamas party, accused the Palestinian Security Forces of arresting six employees of the Palestinian Legislative Council without cause, after they left their Ramallah…

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.…

The Palestine News and Information Center, WAFA, reported that the security forces of Hamas in Gaza arrested an imam of a local mosque in Khan Younis, in the southern part…

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,…

Egyptian soldier, killed during clashes that followed protests at the Gaza-Egypt border last week, was not killed by Palestinian fire, Hamas’ spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri stated on Saturday. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/vivapalestinalondon.jpg 300…

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…

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…

A number of Palestinian resistance fighter, detained by the Palestinian Authority at the Jneid prison in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, went on hunger strike four days ago…

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 administration of the Ramattan news agency in Gaza decided on Wednesday to shut its offices down until further notice due to repeated attacks and violations by the Hamas-controlled security…

As Fateh Prepares to mark Arafat’s Death, Hamas arrests members Senior officials of the Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accused the Hamas-run security forces in Gaza of…

A poll conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC) reveals that 43.8 per cent of the Palestinians hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for the postponing of the Goldstone…

The Salafist Group, a group thought to be affiliated with the Al Qaida terrorist network, demanded Hamas movement and its internal security to release all of its detained members, including…

Hundreds of wounded Palestinians and their families protested on Thursday against the Palestinian Authority headed by President, Mahmoud Abbas, for the decision to delay the UN discussions of the Goldstone…

Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas government in Gaza, stated Tuesday that Hamas believes the Egyptian document for Palestinian national unity is positive, especially since it is considered…

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 Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank reported that the Hamas government in Gaza and its security forces fired 40 health workers, including physicians, pharmacists, lab specialists and…

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…

Three Palestinian factions stated on Saturday that they received official invitations from Cairo to start Egyptian-mediated Palestinian talks in order to end the internal divisions and conflict among Fateh and…

Rabah Muhanna a senior official in the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine (PFLP) strongly criticized Hamas on Saturday over the way it rules the Gaza Strip since mid June 2007.…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported on Wednesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement and President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested 23 of its members and supporters in several areas in…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied reports that it received an official invitation to start national talks in Cairo in preparation to Palestinian national talks. The movement said that it doubts…

Talal Abu Thareefa, member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) stated on Monday that representatives of five Palestinian factions had held a…

After holding a meeting with Hamas leaders on Thursday evening, the Leftist Bloc ;The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

Detained Palestinian Legislators, members of the Hamas’ Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc, slammed the Palestinian security forces for arresting Fuad Al Khuffash, 34, a Palestinian human rights activist and the…

The Palestinian Information Center, run by Hamas, reported on Sunday that three residents were hospitalized after suffocating under the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rafah, on the borders between…

Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that the Hamas police and security forces released on Friday 60 Fateh supporters who were arrested in recent days after interrogation revealed…

In the past two weeks, the Hamas-dominated interior ministry in Gaza has closed scores of Gaza-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs). According to Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza City,…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, held the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, responsible for clashes which took place between Fateh members and security forces, and members of the Islamic Block at Bir…

The Maan News Agency reported on Monday that 87 members of Hallas family, supporters of Fateh movement, who fled out of the Gaza Strip after clashing with Hamas’ security forces…