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"Where is the camera? There are many photos in it which show the killing of Palestinians", said Ma’an News Agency photographer Mohammad Az Zanoun as he fell, having been shot…

Saturday night, Israeli soldiers invaded the Popular Housing project in Nablus, north of the West Bank. Local sources in the city reported that soldiers conducted military searches of homes, no…

Dr. Basim Na’im, the Palestinian Minister of Health, reported on Saturday evening that the Israeli army killed 40 Palestinians, including one in the West Bank, and injured 178 residents, including…

According to a report by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahranoth, racism is the suspected motive behind the killing of an Israeli-Arab youth in a drive-by shooting in the Israeli town…

"Summer rains are a good blessing" — this is the title for a lesson in the second-grade grammar book of Palestinian children in Gaza.  And while it is true that…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday afternoon that the number of residents killed Saturday had reached five, after a child died of earlier wounds and a…

On terraced fields under the summer sun and the watchful eyes of a small group of Italian priests, weather-beaten workers tend vines ready for transformation into a light Chardonnay, a…

A statement by Christian leaders issued Saturday stated, "Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth…

On a covered, concrete sports pitch in Bethlehem, 12 women are being put through their paces by the coach.  They run around the pitch several times, do their warm-up exercises…

The power is still off. It comes on and off irregularly. The electricity company is trying hard to supply power to 1.5 million people who used to get electricity from…

The Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday called on Gaza Strip residents to donate blood, reporting that apart from 24 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, 82 Palestinians were wounded…

In a statement to the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Council to take a stand on the ongoing Israeli incursion into…

As the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip continues, claiming over 40 Palestinian lives this week alone, thousands of Palestinians are stuck at the closed border, sweltering in the heat…

The June 25 Palestinian fighters’ raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel “scrambling to defend itself,” the voice of a BBC news reporter declared…

The following paid advertisement was signed by 300 Jews in Britain and placed in The London Times on July 7: WHAT IS ISRAEL DOING? A CALL BY JEWS IN BRITAIN…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a statement on Friday, directed at the Israeli public and the family of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, saying that the administration of the Israeli Prime…

Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained two days ago after the army shelled Izbit Beit Hanoun area,…

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Dozens of residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, along with a Basque Nationalist musical group, protested on Friday against the…

Nearly a hundred Palestinians, Israelis, and international peace activists protested the impending construction of the Separation Wall in Al Khader, west of the city of Bethlehem, Friday in what has…

Friday afternoon, two Palestinians were killed and at least four others were injured after the Israeli air force fired missiles at Al Salateen area, in Beit Lahia, in the northern…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that Israeli soldiers stepped-up their military assaults in the Gaza Strip and killed three residents, a fourth resident…

Senior Israeli military officials reported on Friday that the ongoing military attacks in the Gaza Strip may diminish the firing of homemade shells at Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza…

Friday at dawn, Several Israeli armored vehicles invaded Askar refugee camp north west of the West Bank city of Nablus and surrounded it from all of its sides. One resistance…

Israel has renewed its aerial assault in northern Gaza, killing a Hamas fighter and wounding three, Hamas and hospital officials said. After the worst day of clashes in Gaza since…

Palestinian Legislator, and head of the committee of internal affairs and security at the Legislative Council, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Friday that the Israeli attacks against the residents of the…

The Israel Air Force renewed air strikes at armed Palestinians in northern Gaza on Friday morning, hours after the heaviest day of bombardment at the Gaza Strip in the past…

Israeli forces have invaded the village of Anabta near the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday morning, Troops stormed the village, searched and fired several rounds into residents homes. No…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Friday, arresting one youth. Salah Al Saber, 17, was arrested when troops stormed several areas in the city and conducted…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Kafer Lobbadeast of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday at dawn. Troops entered the village and attempted to arrest Yousif Barhash after…

In a step aimed at confronting the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip,  Palestinian Interior Ministry gave orders to the Palestinian National Forces to be on highest alert and…

At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an air strick at a residential block in Al Salteen area in Beit lahya town in the Gaza steip,…

One Palestinian was killed and at least 11 were wounded in an Israeli invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin, following a failed assassination attempt by an Israeli undercover…

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At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an airstrike that targetted a Al Salateen residential neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahia Thursday evening, raising the…

The father of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made a plea to his government asking for the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of his son,…

In a statement issued on Thursday, by Al Naser Salah Al Din Brigade, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, the brigade claimed responsibility of killing of an Israeli…

Thursday morning Israeli army will charge the Ministers and Parliament Members with the affiliation with the Hamas movement in military courts in both detentions of Salem near the West Bank…

An Israeli warplane fired one missile at a crowd of civilians who gathered in one of the streets in the Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis Thursday afternoon. Initial…

The Israeli army carried out two invasions to the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, local sources reproted. Troops invaded the city at the dawn hours, searched several houses…

Seven Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the early hours of Thursday morning as the Israeli government gave the army orders to carry out a major offensive…

Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Thursday at dawn, local sources reported Eyewitnesses said, troops and army vehicles stormed the city from…

The Israeli forces broke into the headquarters of Juthour Culture and Arts center in the West Bank city of Tubass, Thursday morning. More than 8 army vehicles surrounded the building. …

Thursday, several residents were injured in Al A’tatrah area west of Beit Lahia , in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli forces invaded it and fired…

Several residents were injured after Israeli army troops invaded Al Nabi Elias and Azon villages east of the West Bank city Qalqilia and searched several houses, Thursday at dawn. Troops…

Israeli military bulldozers started to level wide areas of lands owned by the residents of Al faraheen area east of Khan Younis south of Gaza Strip on Thursday. Local eyewitnesses…

The Palestinians have no partner for peace. They will only have one if Israel agrees to recognise Palestine’s right to function. Thank goodness for the Swiss. Alone in Europe, their…

The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…

The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…

The Gaza strip, the most densely populated place on earth is completely walled up no one can get out or in, without the Israeli armies’ blessing. The Gaza strip has…

Mohamad Ahmad Al Attar,20, was killed and several others were injured Thursday after the Israeli army fired rounds of live ammunition at the residents in the  Al Salateen area west…

Abdallah Al Zomer, 24, was killed by Israeli shells targeting a naval police post for the Palestinian Authority in Al Sodaniah area north of the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn.

The Israeli army troops have arrested eight residents from Atil village north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday at dawn. Among the arrestees were Sanad Tahlawi, 18, Mo’men…

D. Hassan Abu Agowa was killed  Thursday at dawn by unknown gunmen in Al Shoga’ia neighborhood in Gaza city. Abu Agowa was hit with several rounds and was transferred to…

Husam Hijazi, 24, was killed near the American school in Beit Lahia town north of the Gaza strip Thursday morning after troops opened fire at him while he was standing…

Nine navy police officers were injured after the Israeli army shelled thier post in Al Sodaniah area north of the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn. The injured were moved to…

Palestinian officials and witnesses said at least seven tanks, along with armored personnel carriers, entered the abandoned settlement of Nissanit, one of ‘s former settlements in northern Gaza, on Wednesday…

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Israeli extremist settlers set a fire to an olive trees orchards Wednesday in Tel Rumiedah neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources in the city reported that…

The Israeli army killed Mahmoud Shahin from Ein Al-Sultan refugee camp near the West Bank city of Jericho during an invasion to the city Wednesday morning. A number of Israeli…

The Israeli army, backed by military jeeps, invaded the West Bank village of Qarawet Bani Hassan west of the Salfit Wednesday, breaking into an orphan’s and needy relief society building.…

The security cabinet, after convening in Jerusalem Wednesday morning has agreed to expand operations in Gaza, which will likely include a significant expansion of the buffer zone in the north…

PENGON is a local environmental organization with several local and foreign experts working under is auspices. As the news focuses on the human suffering of land confiscation, Wall and settlement…

Secretary General of the Arab League Amer Mousa pledged $50 Million US dollars to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority during a joint press conference in Cairo Tuesday with Nabil Shaath, aide…

Israeli forces have arrested three residents from the West Bank city of Nablus in a pre-dawn invasion to the city Wednesday. Fadi Zied, 22, his brother Al’a, 18, and their…

Troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Wednesday. Troops stormed the streets and tried to provoke the local youth to throw stones though they did…

Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment that are banned under the…

An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was critically injured on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli army tanks in the north Gaza area. The boy was transferred to a nearby hospital after…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested several residents Wednesday at dawn. Saher Abu Assap, Yassen Yassen and his brother Talal Yassen, were arrested when…

A large Israeli force, backed by at least 40 military vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby city of Al-Biereh after midnight in a failed attempt…

Israeli war planes shelled Dar Al Arkam School in the center of Gaza city Wednesday at dawn. The school was hit with two missiles that completely destroying the building along…

The Israeli army invaded the town of Beit Sahour, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before dawn Wednesday and arrested Niveen Douka, 22. Seven army jeeps invaded the…

An American Human Rights group organized and sponsored a demonstration in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco Monday to protest the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian population in…

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Israeli army arrested Hamas spokesperson Farahat Assad in the West Bank Tuesday while he was on his way home to the  Al Teera neighborhood near the West Bank city of…

Palestine Justice Minister Ahmad al-Khalidi said in an interview with the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi. that a decision to press war crime charges against with the International Criminal Court has…

What is the common denominator between the decision of the Israeli military to invade the West Bank in March 2002, and their decision to invade Gaza this week? One could…

The Israeli army attacked a non-violent demonstration conducted by the residents of two towns near the West Bank city of Hebron. The peace activists were protesting the bulldozing of lands…

Israeli army posted at a temporary checkpoint arrested on Tuesday a resident from the village of Yaseed north of West Bank city of Nablus. Residents from the village reported that…

Israeli army arrested on Tuesday a resident from the West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources reported that the Israeli army arrested a resident who was identified as Mohammad Aref…

The Israeli army has cut farmers off from their land by installing a barbed wire fence around a military post east of the West Bank city of Tubass. According to…

A group of Israeli right wing settlers attacked local Palestinian farmers, forcing them off of their lands near the West Bank city of Tubass Tuesday morning. The settlers came from…

The Israeli army attacked a charitable society organization headquarters and a kindergarden school in Al Khader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Scores of army…

Mohamed Nawaora, 48, was arrested when troops invaded the Hindaza neighborhood south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem during a dawn invasion Tuesday. Soldiers and army jeeps closed the…

Adli Zalba’e, 23, and another resident was arrested when Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the city , searching several homes before making…

When the Justice Ministry submits its report in August in Geneva, social groups will simultaneously submit documents criticizing the state report and elucidating state discrimination against the Bedouin sector. Bedouin…

Beyond the barren Judean Mountain range, east from Jerusalem, lies the Jordan Valley, an area which receives almost no media coverage, despite being home to 52,000 Palestinians and accounting for…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday, killing one resident and imposing a curfew on the entire city during the dawn invasion. Fida’ Qandeel, 18, was…

After rejected the offer by the Palestinian resistance to swap the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit with 1000 Palestinian women and children prisoners in Israeli jails, the Palestinian resistance groups…

Palestinian police arrested several members of the al-Aqsa Brigades who they claim are responsible for killing an Israeli settler last week. The Israeli armed forces then raided the police station…

In the latest attack as part of the "Summer Rain" Operation, Israeli tanks have advanced across the border with the Gaza Strip and attacked the Palestinian village of Beit Hanoun. …

The Israeli Minister of Justice Haim Ramon warned Monday of a harsh military response in the Gaza Strip if a captured Israeli soldier is harmed by his Palestinian captors, saying,…

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Physicians for Human Rights condemned the actions of the Israeli Army who raided a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday. The organization stated that in keeping…

In a press conference held on Sunday in Ramallah, 14 year old Iman, the daughter of a Palestinian held in an Israeli prison,  revealed the contents of a letter which…

For the second consecutive day, the people of the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar, with support from international activists, have blocked Israeli bulldozers attemptings to destroy Palestinian farmland…

Tha’er Abu Doka, 16, was injured in an explosion left by the Israeli army in the Abassan village east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. The boy was moved…

Israeli army troops chased and attacked shepherds in the Borj area east of the West Bank city of Tubass Monday.  Soldiers attacked the shepherds while they were herding their sheep…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Iskaka near the West Bank city of Salfit and arrested three residents and releasing only one of the three after two hours. Troops…

Israeli forces have attacked and search Tulkarum orphanage in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Monday morning. At around 4:00 am troops and jeeps stormed the house searched it…