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The German Defense Ministry reported that it is investigating an incident in which two Israeli Air force fighter-jets fired shots and dropped flares near a German warship patrolling the Lebanese…
{mosimage}Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has suggested Elie Wiesel to replace Moshe Katzav as President of Israel. Katzav is being forced to resign amid charges of rape. Wiesel's qualifications for…
Following a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he would recommend that Labor party remains in the government coalition, and that…
Khaled Mashal, political bureau chief of the Hamas party, conducted a brief visit to Qatar and held a meeting with the prince of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani,…
Palestinian Minister of Education, Dr. Nasser Al Shaer, has called on Arab leaders to help save the schooling system in Palestine as the two month loss of education could have…
Hamas’ Executive Force is targeting youth living in Bethlehem and the surrounding villages for recruitment, according to Palestinian security sources. These particular youth were once loyal to Fatah, but are…
Israeli military sources reported on Wednesday that Israel Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, does not intend to evacuate illegal settlement outposts, in the occupied West Bank, in the near future, but…
For the third consecutive time, the Israeli Prison Authorities renewed the Administrative Detention order against detainee, Efat Oleyyan, 42, for additional six months without pressing any charges against her or…
An Israeli court near the Jail in Israel has decided to allow Dr. Aziz Duwaik, the head of the Palestinian legislative council, to get medical attention on Wednesday. Dr. Duwaik…
Egypt has come up with a new plan that addresses Palestinian prisoners, the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and suggests a framework to establish a national unity government…
The Palestinian news network PNN reported on Wednesday that members of the newly formed Palestinian executive force started to recruit personal in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and neighboring…
The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby Qabatiya town on Wednesday morning and took prisoners two resident. Troops and army jeeps stormed Qabatiya town…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tubass and took prisoner one resident on Wednesday morning. Ommar Fukha'e, 19, was taken to unknown location when troops searched and…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Kufer Al Diek near the city of Salfit north of the West Bank on Wednesday morning. Troops searched residents' houses and ransacked them…
Khaled Masha’al chair of the politburo of Hamas will arrive in Egypt in the coming few days for talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo, a Palestinian source reported. Masha’al’s visit…
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Beit Fajar and Obadiya near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. In Beit Fajar village, south of Bethlehem city, army…
The Israeli air force fired on Tuesday night several missiles at a target in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported. Israeli military sources claimed that…
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported that the Israeli army has significantly increased its attacks in the occupied territories since June 25, and abducted more than 1500 residents, including women…
A senior Palestinian official reported that gunmen who abducted a Spanish photographer working with the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, freed him hours after abducting him. Tawfiq Abu…
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Riad Al Shenbari died on Tuesday of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army invasion on Monday to Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza strip. Medical sources reported…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli “Defense Establishment”, conducted a two year investigation that revealed that there has been rampant illegal constructions in dozens of settlements in the…
One day after the Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
One day after the Israeli army killed seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that the army will continue to operate against what he described…
Palestinian security sources reported on Tuesday morning that the Israeli army has reopened the Rafah border crossing in the south of the Gaza strip. The source added that the crossing…
After a two year secret investigation by Israel’s security department, it found that the building of illegal settlements has expanded rapidly, and much of their construction has been on privately…
The Israeli army invaded the city of Jenin, north of the West Bank and took prisoner two residents on Tuesday. Several army vehicles stormed the city and opened fire randomly…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Burqen, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, took one prisoner and destroyed one house on Tuesday morning. Israeli troops and army…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Abu Enjeem, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner one resident on Tuesday morning. Nuo'man Salahat, 36, was taken…
UNRWA General Commissioner, Karen Abu Zeid, said Sunday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is clearly deteriorating. After her tour in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit…
What Do Ken Livingstone and a Fictional Character Named Artie Fishel Have in Common Created by saxophonist, composer and author Gilad Atzmon, Artie Fishel is a fictional satirical character, conceived…
Israeli tanks shelled on Monday evening residential and farm lands to the east of Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip; several civilians suffered anxiety atacks as…
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Chairman of the Israel Beiteinu party, Avigdor Lieberman, said on Monday that his party decided to join the government, and that he hopes a final deal would be signed by…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed Monday's Israeli attack in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and described it as massacres. The statements of Abbas came after the army killed…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday afternoon that seven Palestinians were killed and at least thirty were injured by military fire of the Israeli under-cover forces that infiltrated into the…
Some Israeli cabinet ministers insist that Israel reoccupies the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in order to prevent more weapons smuggling and digging of tunnels. According to the…
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Faraheen and Abassan Al Kubra areas east of Khan Younis int he southern Gaza Strip Monday at noon. Local residents reported that two…
An Israeli settler from the illegal settlement of Yetzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus continues to terrorize Palestinian farmers from Huwwara town near Nablus, farmers reported on Monday.…
Unknown gunmen killed Mukafeh Doghless, 25, an Al-Aqsa Brigades fighter, the armed wing of Fatah, in the West Bank city of Jericho late Sunday night. Security sources in Jericho reported…
The Imam of the Omar Al-Khatab Mosque in the West Bank city of Bethlehem made a speech Monday after sunrise in celebration of the commencement of the Islamic feast, ‘Eid…
A group of unknown gunmen shot and killed Ala Mubarak in the West Bank city of Tulkarem late Sunday night. Mubarak was an officer in the Palestinian security forces in…
In the beginning it was simple espionage. One group wanted to know what the other one was planning. Countries, corporations, tribes and gangs, all of them used it. Every one…
Some sources in the Hamas movement said Sunday that they obtained information that a coup is in the works. The sources indicated that their information came from Fateh members in…
Lebanese security and medical sources reported reported on Sunday that a 10-year-old boy was killed and his brother seriously injured when an Israeli cluster bomb blew up as they harvested…
Israeli soldiers invaded Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Tubas, shot and killed one resident, took four residents, including three brothers prisoner, and injured at least seventeen residents…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday at dawn that two residents were injured by Israeli military fire in Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin. The sources…
Israeli soldiers took eight residents prisoners in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Israeli army spokesperson told the Israeli Radio that six of the eight residents, taken…
Mohammad Shihada, 28 was killed in central Gaza Strip Sunday morning, Palestine News Network and medical sources reported. Shihada, who is a member of the preventive security forces in the…
Debate and discussion is one thing, prejudice and provocation are another. What is happening in Britain today? It seems that the last two weeks in the British media have been…
Palestinian medical sources reported that a member of the Executive Force, formed by Hamas, was injured on Saturday evening during clashes between members of the force and Fateh gunmen in…
Israeli soldiers took one resistance fighter prisoner in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, after using civilians as human shields, local sources reported. The sources stated that…
The Ramattan News Agency reported that Israeli tanks and vehicles withdrew on Saturday at dawn from the area surrounding the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli sources reported that Ahmad Yousef, a senior political advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Saturday that Israel agreed to release Palestinian detainees, including top Hamas…
The Israeli army surrounded a house in Wadi Al Hiria neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron taking the owner prisoner, on Saturday at noon. The army, backed by…
The Israeli army took three residents prisoners from the West Bank city of Hebron after attacking residents' houses on Saturday morning. In the search campaign Israeli soldiers in Hebron…
The Israeli army has abducted eight residents during morning invasions in several parts of the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Tubas, on Saturday. In Obadyeah village, East of Bethlehem,…
The Israeli army invaded the Sofa border crossing in the eastern areas of the city of Khan Younis, in the South of the Gaza strip; attacking residents' houses and killing…
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Amid the olive trees and rocks, in the stone amphitheaters and shaded groves, young residents of Bethlehem’s refugee camps working alongside European volunteers presented “Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare’s immortal drama…
Thousands of Palestinian Muslims flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today to celebrate Lailat al-Qadr, one of the holiest days in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They were…
A small protest took place in Bil'in village Friday with approximately 15 Palestinians and 15 internationals and Israelis marching against the confiscation of land in Bil'in, and in support of…
Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, from the Hamas party, denied reports that shots were fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, in the Al Nusseirat refugee…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Egyptian police intercepted a large arms shipment en route to the Gaza Strip on Friday and arrested three Bedouin. Israeli military sources claimed…
A survey conducted by the Israeli Peace Now movement revealed that 75 illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank are installed on private Palestinian lands that the settlers controlled by…
An unknown armed group in Iraq fired, on Thursday night, mortar shells and rounds of live ammunition at a Palestinian neighbourhood of Al Baladiya an area in Baghdad, killing four…
Leaders from political rivals Hamas and Fatah have decided to stop fighting each other for fear of continued escalation. Although an agreement on a unity government has so far failed,…
The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved Palestinian citizens of Israel to visit their relatives in the Gaza Strip. This follows a request made on Friday by the Arab Knesset…
The Israeli Prison Administration (IPA) threatened to bar all detainees in all 28 Israeli prisons and detention facilities from receiving visitors after soldiers stationed at two facilities claimed to have…
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The Hamas-led Palestinian Government considered any referendum called by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, from the Fateh party, as a coup on legitimacy. Palestinian Interior Minister, Sa'id Siyam, said in…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday, that the Israeli army is still continuing its policy of denying patients from Gaza access to medical treatment in Jerusalem and cities…
The Israeli army reoccupied, the Rafah Border crossing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at midnight, for the first time since the implementation of the disengagement plan in 2005. …
The Israeli army shot and injured three children while attempting to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hebron, in the South of the West Bank late Wednesday…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yamon, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Thursday morning, local sources reported. More than 10 army vehicles stormed the village…
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that three youth were injured, on Wednesday evening, by Israeli military fire during clashes that erupted…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published on Thursday its weekly report and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 28 Palestinians, 17 of whom including two children and a…
Farmers with orchards now located behind the Wall are facing a difficult olive harvest season. The Israeli government began building the Wall inside the West Bank several years ago, hitting…
Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday at dawn that two Palestinian youth were injured during clashed that erupted in the…
"Over half of the Israeli population approves of the use of torture against terror suspects", say the headlines in Israeli papers today, after a BBC poll yesterday revealed these results. …
Under the pretext of “illegal constructions”, the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents…
Palestinian Minister of Interior, Sa'id Siyam, said on Thursday that Israel does not want any prisoner swap deal, and that it is to be blamed for the failure of a…
Senior Cabinet Minister Meir Sheetrit said that Israel should initiate peace talks with the Palestinians based on the 2002 Saudi plan, which proposes a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders…
Omer AL Taher, 42, was killed and Sa'eid Al Kharaz, was injured in two separate attacks by unknown gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night. Al…
An unknown gunman wounded an Israeli man early Thursday morning while he was driving on the illegal settler only road between the illegal settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav. The…
Palestinian Medical sources reported that the Israeli army shot and injured a resident east of Gaza city. The man, who's name remains unknown, sustained serious wounds in the abdomen…
More than 20 Israeli army vehicles stormed the West Bank city of Jenin and took over a building in the city Thursday morning. Soldiers forced the residents out of the…
Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers shelled several houses in Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that the Israeli air…
Wednesday, Israeli Education Minister, Yuli Tamir, and Culture Minister, Ophir Pines-Paz, demanded that Israel's Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, revoke the ban barring Palestinians students studying in Israeli universities from entering…
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he is considering granting legal status to some illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, in exchange for which the Yesha Council…
Several hours after evacuating from Qabatia town, near Jenin in the norther part of the West Bank, troops supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded it once again…
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Women took to the streets of Ramallah Wednesday in protest of the continued infighting between political rivals Hamas and Fatah. The marchers urged the president and legislative council to…
Israeli military sources reported that soldiers are currently operating along the Philadelphi Route, around the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This marks the first…
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint, north east of Bethlehem, attacked Sawsan Abu Turki, an 18 year-old Palestinian young woman from the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday…
The Israeli government notified 10 families Wednesday in the village of Far’un, south of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, that their homes would be demolished in…
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers stationed at checkpoint 300 hundred also known as Gilo, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, closed it and attacked Palestinians hoping to worship in…
Israeli forces attacked homes in the villages of Yatta and Ithna south west of Hebron city damaging property, on Wednesday morning. A number of army vehicles stormed residents houses in…
Spokesperson of the European observers at the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, said on Wednesday that the crossing will remain closed. The spokesperson added…
In a joint press release issued on Wednesday, several armed resistance groups demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop “attacking and defaming” them in his press conferences, and to…