US Funds Alternatives to Hamas
In line with America’s policy to render Hamas ineffective, the US is now funding alternative political groups. The US plans to spend $42 million to provide operational and strategic support…
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In line with America’s policy to render Hamas ineffective, the US is now funding alternative political groups. The US plans to spend $42 million to provide operational and strategic support…
Atef Adwan, the Palestinian Minister of Refugees, said that Jordan is planning to transfer transfer hundreds of Palestinians, who fled violence in Iraq, to Canada. Refugees in the occupied West…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the Susia illegal settlement outpost, east of Yatta town in Hebron district, annexed 150 Dunams of farmlands, plowed them and planted…
Israeli military sources claimed that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, managed to obtain dozens of Russian-made missiles that could hit targets 4 kilometers away. The missiles, according to the Israeli…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian youth was killed in an explosion that took place east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron constructed an illegal settlement outpost east of Yatta village, south of the city. The illegal construction is located south of…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of Sal'it and Michola, in the Northern Plains area of the Occupied West Bank, brought bulldozers and construction machines apparently in an…
The Israeli authorities did not allow Osama Al Adel, an MS patient from the West Bank city of Qalqilia to travel out of the country for medical treatment after claiming…
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet with settlement leaders Monday to discuss plans to leave settlements in the West Bank voluntarily. Senior officials in the Israeli army are to…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Moday morning, Palestinian sources reproted. According to eyewitness reports, a number of…
The Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, have claimed responsibility for launching two homemade Qassam shells onto the Israeli terretories to the east of the Al Bureij refugee camp,…
Israeli forces took one Palestinian prisoner as they invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday afternoon, Maan News reported. The man was identified as Mohammad Rabai'a,28 and is believed…
One hundred fifty Palestinian women gathered at the Grand Mosque in Al Khader, just to the southwest of Bethlehem City Sunday. The women farmers were from the rural development organization,…
Israeli troops started expanding a military base, today, in the city of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank at the expense of farmers' land. According to local…
Palestinian civilians crossing the checkpoint Nakhlat located South West of Nablus, were shocked to find carcasses of pigs next to the area in which they were forced to park cars…
Top Liberal candidate in Canada, Michael Ignatieff accused Israel of committing war crimes in Lebanon. Ignatieff, a human rights expert and a former Harvard don, said at the weekend that…
Ibraheem Abed, a leader of the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, was injured in clashes between invading army troops and Palestinian resistance fighters in Qabatia town, South…
At least seven Palestinians were killed and ten were wounded, some seriously, in an Israeli air strike on Saturday morning in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses said…
Mahmoud Zomlot, 15 years old, was killed and approximately 33 other residents were wounded on Friday evening after internal violence ensued between supporters of Fatah and Hamas in the city…
Italian journalists discovered that Israel has been using an experimental weapon against Palestinian these past several months. After examining the bodies of the wounded and dead, journalists found that the…
In light of Israel’s continuous attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal sees no point in recognizing Israel’s right to exist, nor will Hamas abandon…
Zahra Qadih, 23, and the mother of five was killed on Friday morning in Israeli army opened fire at residents' houses in Al Faraheen village east of Khan Younis south…
The Israeli forces invaded tTaqua, Za'tar and Al Khader village in Bethlehem district south of the West Bank on Friday at dawn and took three residents prisoner. Soldiers and jeeps…
Counselor Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, presented the UN on Wednesday with an in-depth look into what Palestinian women face living under Israeli occupation.…
At least three Palestinians were killed and five where injured Friday morning, in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses…
The Director of Al Omal Radio station in Gaza, Rizek Al Baiari, called the fire brigades and civil defense department to help the trapped reporters and staff of the radio…
The Israeli army has taken 200 residents prisoners, on Thursday night, from Al Faraheen village, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza strip, in the ongoing military…
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at a Hamas leaders’ house in the Al Shujaiya area in central Gaza on Thursday night; killing three, including a girl…
Hamas may recognize previous agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, said the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday. The Arabic-language newspaper cited Khaled Masha’al chair of the politburo of Hamas…
The Danish representative office to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah said that they have received a death threat by phone on Thursday morning. Employees told IMEMC that at around 9:35…
The department of 'Ambulance and Emergency', of the Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Thursday, providing statistic on the effects of 'Operation Summer Rain'; the Israeli offensive which…
Israeli troops attacked several areas in Hebron district south of the West Bank and took five residents prisoners on Thursday morning. In Dora village, south of the city of…
A senior member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, said that his group took part in an operation that freed an American citizen captured by a…
Wednesday evening, under-cover units of the Israeli army, invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, took two fighters prisoners, shot and…
The London-based Al Hayat newspaper reported that the Hamas party is willing to recognize peace deals signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The paper said that this position was…
Palestinian Chief negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said on Wednesday that any coming cabinet of the Palestinian Authority must have a program that depends of the international and Arab legitimacy. The…
Khaled Mash’al, exiled Hamas leader, proposes a new deal to support Qatar’s 6 point initiative to form a Palestinian national unity government, according to ‘Al Hayat’ in London. The two…
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Qabatia town near Jenin and exchanged fire with resistance fighters. Six residents, including two brothers, were taken prisoner in several areas near Jenin,…
Residents of Azoun 'Atma live behind the Wall in southern Qalqilia. The village became entirely isolated from the rest of the northwestern West Bank district when the Wall was imposed,…
For the sixth day, Israeli troops continued their invasion in the eastern and norther parts of the Gaza Strip, and stationed dozens of armored vehicles east of Beit Hanoun, and…
According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, neither Hamas nor Fatah are required to recognize Israel. His statement, made during an Arabic radio interview for Al-Arabiya, contradicts previous statements in which…
Palestinian medical sources reported that one man in his 20s was shot and killed by the Israeli army near Eretz border crossing in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday at dawn.…
Israeli forces invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank Wednesday and killed one resident and took four prisoners. At dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Jericho…
Over 600 people attended the landmark conference, demanding boycott of Israel until it ends the occupation of Palestine. The conference, “Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: The Struggle Continues”, was held from 6-8…
Israeli air-force shelled on Tuesday night after midnight the house of Nidal Farahat, one of the leaders of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the son…
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Ramallah Al Tihta area, in the city, shot and injured one resident, and…
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Skeikh Mohammad Hussein Khateeb, warned that any attack by extremist Jewish groups against the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem could lead the…
Tuesday evening, one Palestinian resident was injured after an Israeli war-jet fired at least one missile at a vehicle in Juhr Ed Deen area, in the central Gaza Strip. A…
Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr told a press conference in Ramallah Tuesday afternoon that the national initiative has failed due to Hamas not accepting the six-point plan negotiated by Qatar. …
The Lebanese army has confiscated arms belonging to Hezbollah in accordance with a U.N. truce resolution, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said for the first time on Tuesday. Asked about…
The Palestinian government spokesperson, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, from the ruling Hamas party, said that talks on the formation of a national unity government did not fail, and that the government…
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.…
Under-cover units of the Israel army shot and killed, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, one resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn the village of Abu D'eif, west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and injured on fighter of the…
The political deadlock between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s efforts to form a national unity government between Hamas and Fatah continues. Hope that the Qatari Foreign…
The Foreign Minister of the Gulf State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani, on Monday offered the Palestinian leadership a 6-point plan aimed at ending the internal feud…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams extracted a body of a Palestinian fighter who was killed in a tunnel explosion west of Rafah, in the…
The Israeli army has demanded that Israelis and foreigners, who are escorting Palestinian farmers during this year’s olive harvest to protect them from Israeli settler attacks, not participate in this…
Ramah Habayib, a freed female detainee from Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, said that female detainees in Telmond Israeli detention facility, were harshly attacked on…
Mohammad Sa'adah, 22, was shot and killed on Monday afternoon by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers did not…
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, managed to cross the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, after the international observers resumed…
Over the weekend, Israeli and international peace activists dismantled several roadblocks in the Hebron area that had been set up by the Israeli military, and had been acting as a…
Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed and five were injured, most of them children, in an Israeli military air strike that targeted a Palestinian vehicle in Beit…
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani has entered talks to form a unity government as a mediator between Hamas and Fatah, the leaders of which he will…
Two Palestinian brothers, from the Salem village, near Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, were brutally beaten and abused for several hours at the Huwwara military…
The Israeli Border Police arrested three international peace activists near Al Khader town, in Bethlehem area, after they arrived at the town to held Palestinian farmers in harvesting their orchards.…
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident, from the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus,…
Dr. Zion Evrony, the Israeli ambassador to Ireland was greeted with boos and hisses, shouted slogans and Palestinian flags as he began a speech at the Law School of the…
"I was a few meters from the scene; at first the officers chased after my brother and his friend, took them into the bathroom of a building and beat them…
According to Israeli sources, a homemade rocket was fired from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip into the Israeli town of Sderot, five kilometers from the border of the…
As on every other Jewish holiday this year, Israeli forces have implemented a closure on all Palestinian areas during the week of Sukkot, preventing the 3.5 million Palestinians in the…
A report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health says that pregnant Palestinian women are often prevented by Israeli forces from reaching hospitals to receive appropriate medical attention, causing many miscarriages…
The Palestinenet news website reported that a secret meting that included aides of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and aides of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, was conducted two…
An Egyptian police source reported on Saturday that for Egyptian were arrested after they attempted to cross into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt borders. The officer,…
Palestinian resistance fighters detonated on Saturday morning an explosive charge near a section of the Annexation Wall, close to Qaffeen Village, in Tulkarem area, in the northern part of the…
Early this morning Israeli forces invaded the northwestern Jenin town of Silat Harifiya. Eyewitnesses report that at least 20 military vehicles raided the sleeping town. In Al Yamoun Village members…
It was 13 years ago on this, the fifteenth day of Ramadan, that Dr. Baruch Goldstein walked into Al Haram Al Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank's Hebron and…
The Israeli authorities closed the Rafah Border crossing on Saturday after opening it last Wednesday and Thursday and promising to open it for the whole month of Ramadan for regular…
Palestinian refugees living under extremely difficult conditions in Lebanon have not received payments from the Palestinian Authority (P.A) since the Palestinian Legislative elections in March 2006, the Qatar based Al…
UNICEF has set up youth clubs to provide extracurricular activities, safe indoor and outdoor play areas, and centres to provide literacy and computer training for Palestinian children, who have been…
Palestinian sources reported on Friday evening that dozens of Israeli armored vehicles and tanks invaded an area north-west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Friday two members of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, to harsh terms after indicting them of carrying attacks…
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Friday at night, Al Fakhary area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and took…
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, a member of the Hamas party, said during a speech in front of tens of thousands of residents in Gaza that Hamas will not…
As on every Friday for the last 20 months, the villagers of Bil’in, supported by international and Israeli activists, marched from the village mosque after prayers to the Israeli annexation…
On friday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus city, northof the West Bank, and bulldozed one of the main streets of the camp causing extensive damage…
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israeli soldiers and policemen barred hundreds of Palestinians from reaching the Al Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers, marking the second Friday of the Muslim…
Palestinian sources reported that one fighter was killed on Friday at dawn after an explosion collapsed a tunnel, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Rescue…
A final agreement over the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be reached within two weeks, according to senior Hamas official Ahmed Yousef. Shalit is to be freed…
Today in the southern West Bank's Hebron District a heavily armed group of Israeli settlers broke into the Halhoul Village Mosque and began performing Jewish religious services. Official Palestinian sources…
Dr. Ismail Radwan, media spokesperson of Hamas movement, demanded the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to resume talks in order to finalize and conclude the negotiations over the formation of a…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Fateh member was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A member…
Deputy Minister of Finance in the Palestinian Authority Dr. Samir Abu Eisha said on Thursday that the Ministry has signed a contract with Paz company, the largest fuel company in…
During his Thursday meeting with the U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that easing restrictions imposed on the Palestinians is an Israeli security interest,…
The Israeli Police in Jerusalem arrested on Thursday a Jerusalem Rabbi suspected of threatening a terrorist attack against the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported. …
Israeli forces shot and killed one resident in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, near Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian…
Israeli forces assassinated two Islamic Jihad fighters after targeting their vehicle by a missile fired by an Israeli fighter-jet in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
The Israeli Transnational Corporation fuel company will not deliver fuel to West Bank cities until the Palestinian Authority pays its debt of hundreds of millions of shekels. But with the…
At least five Palestinians were wounded when Israeli war planes fired missiles at two cars in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, Palestinian sources reported. The Israeli Army confirmed it…
In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Jordanian foreign minister, Abdel Ilah Khatib, said, "Jordan and other Arab countries will insist that priority be given to…