Israeli army raises alert on borders with Lebanon
The Israel army announced this week that it was resuming a level of high alert along the northern border with Lebanon, after claiming that the intelligence received reports that the…
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The Israel army announced this week that it was resuming a level of high alert along the northern border with Lebanon, after claiming that the intelligence received reports that the…
The directors and employees of local authorities of the Palestinians living in Israel will organize, on Tuesday, a Protest near the office of the Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon in…
An Israeli military source reported that Israeli artillery fired several bombs at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after claiming the Palestinian resistance intended to fire homemade…
Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published a report on the Political Agenda of Sharon’s new part, Kadima, and revealed that Sharon intends to use the Road Map plan in accordance to…
The Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry on Monday released tenders to construct 228 new settler houses in two West Bank settlements near Bethlehem.150 new housing units are slated to be…
During an Israeli cabinet meeting, on Sunday, Israeli Transportation Minister Meir Shitrit of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Kadima party has proposed firing Israeli-made Qassam shells at the Gaza Strip in…
Security sources announced today that members of Hamas placed explosives in front of the home of police captain Abu Wael Saada from the Jala’ neighborhood in Gaza City late last…
Palestinian security men guarding a greenhouse in the abandoned Gaza settlement of Netzer Hazani opened fire at a group of Palestinian laborers who approached the structure, on Monday, and wounded four…
The recent black list, which has effectively barred 15 leaders of military wings from traveling via the Rafah border crossing, has created a new crisis in light of threats by…
Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry released, on Monday, tenders for the construction of 228 houses for settlers in the West Bank. The tenders include constructing 150 units in Beitar Elite…
Israeli settlers of the Illegal settlement of Yetzhar uprooted on Monday morning 100 olive trees in an orchard which belongs to local farmers of the village of Borin near the…
Israeli Army and security services, Shin Bet, recently set up a special joint investigation team in an effort to capture the Hamas group claimed responsibility for the killing of six…
Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC) reported on Sunday that its military wing, Salah Ed Deen Brigades, owns detailed maps of Israeli military basis in the northern part of the Gaza Strip,…
During his presence in Bethlehem, and his participation in Christmas celebrations in The Church of Nativity, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the Legislative Elections will be held without any…
The Arab League warned Israel today of the dangerous ramifications of its most recent announcement in which it said it did not intend to allow residents of Jerusalem to participate…
For the first time in five years, Bethlehem and its neighboring towns and villages are enjoying vibrant activities and an influx of visitors this Christmas. The city decided this year…
Detainees of Islamic Jihad, currently detained in Jericho Central Prison, released a press released on Sunday, and announced an open ended hunger strike against the bad treatments they face, and…
The Islamic Jihad movements threatened to increase the firing of Qassam homemade shells should Israel carry out its plan to establish a “security strip” in the northern part of the…
Israeli Settlements Council claimed on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is preparing for another unilateral Disengagement Plan, in the occupied West Bank. Several leaders of the Settlements…
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said during the weekly Knesset session, on Sunday morning that he instructed the army to impose a full closure over the West Bank and the…
Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday morning, several Palestinian women to undress at a military roadblock, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported. As…
Latin Patriarch Michael Sabbah said, on Saturday evening, after arriving in Bethlehem that Israel should remove its Separation wall which is surrounding the Holy City, and transforming it into a…
Speaking at a political forum in the Israeli city of Be’er Shiva, on Saturday, Chairman of Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinitz said Israel should launch a large-scale counter…
Days after Palestinian gunmen briefly took over Bethlehem’s city hall to demand jobs and wages, hundreds of Palestinian police and security men packed the festively decorated Manger square, on Saturday,…
The British government advised its citizens, on Friday, not to travel to the Gaza Strip, citing the abduction of two Westerners by gunmen earlier in the week. Until now, the…
The United States Congress approved, on Friday, the transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel, this aid is to be used to fund joint security projects between Israel and…
Israel will enforce a new off-limits zone in the Gaza Strip with artillery, helicopter and gunboat fire in response to firing of homemade shells on Israeli towns, an Israeli defense…
Forty-two detainees of the Islamic Jihad, and thirty detainees of Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, detained by the Palestinian Authority (P.A), started on Saturday morning, an…
Ahmad Qurie, the former Palestinian Prime Minister, and several other members of the Fateh Old Guard have decided not to run for parliament and withdrew their names from Fateh candidates…
Residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested, on Friday afternoon, against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to reach their…
In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…
In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…
The Israeli army decided to step up assassination of Islamic Jihad resistance group in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Friday. This comes after the…
Ahmad Abu Ras, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Palestinian resistance sees itself unbound to the truce…
An Israeli Police source in Netanya reported, on Thursday at night that, one LAW missile was fired in Ramat Poleg neighborhood, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The police…
An Israeli source reported, on Thursday at night, that Israel is planning to create “security strips” in the Gaza Strip, in a move which is said to aid the army…
Sources within Fateh movement reported that an agreement has been reached between Fateh and its breakaway Future Faction in order to run in a unified list in the upcoming Legislative…
The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Thursday that that Israel would step up its response to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli targets; adding…
Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Al Thahiriyya, after invading them conducting military searches, a Palestinian security source…
Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Tal Al Za’atar neighborhood, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…
In a press release issued, on Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused US administration of financing the election campaigns of Fateh candidates ahead of Palestinian general elections. Hamas demanded…
Israeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and assassinated three resistance fighters; one of the fighters…
Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu, started a series of steps in an attempt to prevent Moshe Feiglin from appearing on the Likud part list. Feiglin was convicted on several charges of…
An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…
An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…
The two foreign teachers, who were abducted in Gaza earlier on Friday, were released unharmed shortly after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP) claimed responsibility for abducting…
Israel is threatening to cut off the Gaza Strip’s electricity supply if the Qassam homemade shells continue targeting Israel’s vital facilities, an Israeli military source reported on Wednesday. During a…
Several residents and international peace activists placed caravans, on Wednesday morning, in Palestinian orchards near Bil’in village, in Ramallah area, and raised Palestinian flags, in a move which resembles their…
Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Wednesday, the leader of Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas in Jenin, and shot injured five other residents, one seriously, after invading the city…
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, exchanged fire with the resistance, and broke into dozens of homes in the…
Palestinian Information Minister, Nabil Shaath, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority will cancel January 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with its plan to bar the Palestinian residents…
In a letter to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Tayyeb Abdul Raheem, member of the Fateh Central Committee, said on Monday, that he is quitting the Fateh list for the…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that a far-right settlers group is planning to construct fifteen new settlement outposts in several West Bank areas. The group, which calls itself The Loyalists…
The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday Iz Ed Deen Badran, the parliamentary assistant of Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Azmi Bishara. The police arrived at the home of Badran in…
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday at night that Palestinian resistance fired several homemade shells at military targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One shell landed…
Director of the Israeli Military Intelligence Major General Aharon Ze’evi (Farkash) said on Tuesday that the international pressure exerted on Iran forced it to delay it nuclear development plan for…
The newly elected chairman of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Tuesday that will he will strive for unity among party ranks, and vowed to clear out what he…
An Israeli court recognized, on Tuesday, the right of the freed Lebanese detainee, Mustafa Dirani to demand compensation for torture and mistreatment, which included sexual assaults; he was subjected to…
Victor Batasrah, Mayor of Bethlehem, said that the fighters who broke into the building of Bethlehem Municipality have left the building. Several officials, including the governor of Bethlehem, and…
An Israeli medical source at Hadassah Ein Karem University Hospital, in Jerusalem, reported on Tuesday afternoon, that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was discharged. Sharon did not long with…
Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, is slated to arrive in the Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, to discuss the recent Palestinian issues, especially the upcoming legislative elections, the Maan News Agency…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to be released from Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and will most likely head the Sunday session of the…
The Palestinian Central Census department reported that Qalqilia city, north of the West Bank, is facing an environmental threat caused by the garbage of twenty settlements in the area, especially…
In a sudden and unexpected move, Israeli occupation forces closed off, on Monday, the entrance leading to the Huwwara Boys’ School south of Nablus, thus impeding the arrival of students…
School principal Jamileh Sarsour can hardly contain her joy. This week, she had her staff at the Azoun Atmah School for Girls received the distinguished school award. In an interview…
Israeli Ministry of Housing issued tenders on Monday for 137 new housing units in the settlements of Ariel and Karni Shamron, near the West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Peace Now…
Israeli jetfighters shelled the Gaza Strip with further air strikes early Monday. Israeli army claimed that these air strikes targeted roads used by Palestinian resistance fighters for transferring the home-made…
Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that soldiers of an Israeli undercover unit invaded a number of neighborhoods in both West Bank cities of Beit Sahour and Bethlehem Monday morning, mainly…
Israeli head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Zeevi, said during a cabinet session on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will most likely split into two independent entities, one in…
In an attempt to end the split in the Fateh movement, leaders of Fateh agreed on Sunday to present two separate lists of candidates for the legislative elections slated for…
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth in Al Esawiyya village, near Jerusalem, after invading it and searching dozens of homes on sunday morning. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…
Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy Chief, said on Sunday that the E.U could stop its millions of dollars aide to the Palestinian Authority if Hamas wins the upcoming legislative…
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Sunday that a body of a Palestinian resident was located in Al Nowam area, near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of…
Israeli Deputy Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority is facing sever crises while Hamas is gaining more power and strength, adding that recent split in…
An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at Sderot and Ashkelon, no damage or injuries were reported as the shells landed in open areas.…
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Sunday that four residents, suffering from chronic diseases, died of anxiety attack and high…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported soldiers based along the border line between the northern part of the Gaza Strip and Israel, killed on Saturday at night, one fighter…
An Israeli apache fired, on Saturday evening, several missiles at a vehicle near the Sofa crossing, near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and killed one of…
Former Labor party leader, Shimon Peres, said on Saturday during a press conference with Indian reporters, that Jerusalem will remain the united capital of Israel, forever, but will be “’open…
After the clearly apparent division in Fateh movement, and its effects on the movements’ poor showing in local councils elections in the Palestinian territories, officials of Fateh and the emerging…
After the clearly apparent division in Fateh movement, and its effects on the movements’ poor showing in local councils elections in the Palestinian territories, officials of Fateh and the emerging…
Several leaders of Palestinian resistance factions said that the truce which was declared during the Cairo talks, earlier this year, has ended after the army resumed the assassinations against resistance…
The Salem Israeli military court, refused on Friday to release detainee Moath Nassar, 23, from Tulkarem, after spending three years in administrative detention, and transferred him for interrogation. The Maan…
The United States House of Representatives said that Palestinian Authority (P.A) risks losing the U.S support if it allows Hamas to participate in the January 2006 Legislative elections. The House…
Israeli army imposed a strict closure, on Friday at dawn, on the Palestinian territories, and shelled several Palestinian civilian targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense…
Dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near Ramallah. The peaceful protest was met with military violence; eight were…
Trøndelag County council, in Norway, voted on Friday in support of a decision to boycott the Israeli products; the county includes the third largest city on Norway, Trondheim, which is…
An Israeli military source reported that one settler was killed, another injured, after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at their vehicle traveling south of Hebron, on Friday. Al Quds Brigades, military…
Semi final results of elections for Nablus municipality showed that Hamas achieved a big and unprecedented victory and achieved 13 seats, while Fateh movement achieved only two; other blocks did…
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth conducted a poll which revealed that half if the Israeli public support dividing Jerusalem in the framework of a peace deal with the Palestinians. The joint…
Israeli Prison Authorities in Hasharon detention facility barred, on Thursday, the family of detainee Hani Tawfiq Mansour, 27, from visiting him after confining him to solitary imprisonment. The detainees informed…
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad , reported that one of its fighters was shot and killed, on Thursday evening, by the under-cover units of the Israeli…
Initial results of local elections in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin, and Al Biereh near Ramallah, showed a victory for Hamas over the Fateh ruling party. Although the…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday at night that a group of Lebanese nationals filed a civil law suit against former Israel Army chief of staff Lieutenant General (res.)…
Collaborators with the Israel occupation killed an Arab resident of Um Al Qataf village, Wadi Ara area in Haifa district, and injured two others, shortly after settling in the village.…
The Israeli Prosecution informed the High Court that settlers, who occupied homes and stores in the Old City of Hebron, will be evacuated within two months. The Israeli Radio reported…
An Israeli source reported that the State Prosecution has agreed to drop central charges against two Arab residents of Israel, suspected of “supporting terrorism” and ties with Hamas, after striking…
An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday evening, that Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at an area which is only 2km away from Ashkelon, in addition to firing several shells…
Western diplomats expressed concerns that Israel will start operating the convoys between the Gaza Strip and the west Bank on a merely token fashion to oblige the American administration, which…
Bridging the divide on both sides of the Middle East conflict, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has brought together senior officials from Israel and the Palestinian…