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Palestinians have been marking the worst day in their history – the day of Israel’s creation – determined to lift damaging economic sanctions and warning that Israeli unilateralism could kill…

Neta Rotem, a 23-year-old student, stood near the cashier’s windows at the Jerusalem Theater. Dozens hurried by her to the ceremony awarding poet Nurit Zarhi the Yehuda Amihai lifetime achievement…

A large Israeli military force invaded Bethlehem are and arrested a Palestinian security officer on Tuesday evening, local sources reported.     Eyewitnesses said at least ten military vehicles invaded…

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The Palestine News Network recently sat down with a somewhat unlikely local hero. He is young for his experiences, in his mid-twenties. Zakaria Zbaidi is the head of the Fateh…

Palestinian informed sources reported that a summit meeting that would join the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with his Egyptian counterpart, Husni Mubarak in Egypt soon, Palestine News Network reported on…

An Israeli army unit stormed the Zobda high school for boys west of the West Bank city of Jenin and ordered the administration to take down the Palestinian flag, on…

Ahmad Mizher,a photographer for the Palestinian news agency Wafa, was detained by the Israeli army after photographing the new military checkpoint. Mizher was near entrance of of Al Khader village…

Tuesday afternoon , Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank village of Al-Khader, west of Bethlehem.  The troops  broke into Palestinian homes and conducted wide scale searches,…

The two international peace activists who were both shot in their heads by the Israeli military at Friday’s anti-wall demonstration in Bil’in have been discharged from hospital, according to a…

In an incident indicative of the general practices of the Israeli soldiers operating at the gates surrounding Qalqilia, two soldiers would not allow a farmer to pass without them knowing…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday morning. The Israeli Army stormed the city and fired randomly at residents homes which caused a case of…

The Israeli police forces arrested 240 Palestinian workers, allegedly for not having work permits or the proper documents to stay in Israel, Tuesday at dawn. Israeli media sources reported that…

A group of right-wing Jewish extremists tried to set fire to Al Manshia mosque, in the city of Hifa, late Monday evening. According to Al Shikh Mohamed Madi, the head of…

Ja’far Salimi and Khaled Nimir were arrested from the village of Ithna, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday at dawn. Israeli army troops invaded the village and searched…

Ahmad Hamran was arrested when the Israeli army invaded the village of Al Hashmia, in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed residents’ homes and arrested…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Tammon, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday at dawn. Army jeeps entered the village and troops searched residents’ homes and…

The Maan news agency reported that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a campaign to confiscate all compact discs that contain images of Al-Qaeda slaughtering hostages, a security source reported.  …

A temporary trust fund to handle the money to be sent to the Palestinians could be set up by June, the European Union said on Monday.   The EU, however,…

Four Palestinians were injured Monday evening in an Israel Air Force missile strike on a vehicle they were riding in the southern Gaza Strip. The strike occurred in the Little…

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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas responded publicly for the first time on Sunday to the "national reconciliation" drafted last week by Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and Sheikh Abdel…

On the anniversary of Al Nakba, the Catastrophe, the Israeli High Court upheld a law over the weekend which specifically prohibits any Palestinian with West Bank identification from living with…

The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz on Monday reported an alleged plan by the Islamic Jihad organization in Palestine to assassinate the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Two weeks ago the British…

Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded various neighborhoods across the West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted wide scale searches resulting in the arrest of two residents.   Official…

The Israeli army arrested three residents in an invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Monday morning. Troops stormed the city and searched several residents’ homes before arresting Wa’el…

One farmer was injured due to the Israeli army shelling of Beit Lahia north of the Gaza strip, Monday morning. Nabeel Ma’rof sustained an injury to his shoulder after being…

The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the main entrance of Tammon village east of the West Bank city of Tubas, on Monday. Soldiers closed the main road and…

Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank village of Al-Rashayda east of Bethlehem and arrested one resident, local sources reported.   Israeli troops backed by armored vehicles…

The Palestinian people have been longing for freedom and sovereignty since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I In 1917, the British colonial power at the time…

On Sunday, the Israeli High Court of Justice narrowly upheld a controversial law that effectively bars West Bank Palestinians from living with their spouses and children in Israel. The Israeli…

On Sunday, Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians in two separate raids, in the deadliest single day of violence in the West Bank in several weeks.  Some reports put the number…

Hundreds of Palestinian captives in Israeli jails announced Saturday that they are about to declare an initiative to donate their monthly allowance to support their elected government, the Palestinian Authority…

Israeli soldiers invaded earlier on Friday night after midnight Rojeeb village, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers broke into dozens of houses and searched them, local sources reported.

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahhar, stated on Saturday that he is willing to travel to Jordan in an official mission in order to end the crises between Hamas and the…

Two Palestinian girls, students of the Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem, were injured Thursday when Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at schoolgirls and their parents who were gathered…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Fateh movement agreed on Saturday to end tension and to end the in-fight between members of the two movements.     During an urgent…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli troops arrested Ahmad Jaradat after invading the Al Yamoun and Siliat Al Harthia villages near the West Bank city of Jenin. Jaradat was arrested and taken…

The Israeli army detonated a car and arrests its owner in the West Bank city of Nablus Saturday morning. The care belongs to Raed Hanna, who works as an officer…

Israeli troops imposed, on Saturday morning, curfew over the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, after a settler’s vehicle collided with a Palestinian vehicle.     The Palestine News Network,…

To the great consternation of most of the world, the European Union, followed now by Norway and Canada, has halted payments to the Hamas-led government of the Palestinian Authority (PA).…

An Australian man and a Danish man are both being treated in an Israeli hospital after being shot in the head by rubber bullets at close range during a protest…

{mosimage}Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh penned the following letter to the US readership on Wednesday. PNN is reprinting it in full, including an article by former US President Jimmy Carter who…

Israeli army and police forces attacked on Saturday afternoon a nonviolent protest in Dahiat Al Baraed area, in Jerusalem. Troops fired tier gas cannisters and rubber coated bullets at the protestors, which…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights weekly report, from May 4th to May 10th, stated that during the reported period, the Israeli army killed 9 people, injured 24 civilians, arrested…

The Israeli army arrested Mostafa Aqel, 30, from Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday night, in a  military operation that lasted for five hours, local…

Raed Tabila (28 years), a commander of the Fatah affiliated Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, died Friday morning in Nablus as a result of wounds he sustained in clashes with Israeli troops…

Israeli soldiers put the villagers of Hussan, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, under house arrest after an Israeli settler hit a Palestinian woman with his car by accident,…

An extremist settler group attempted, on Thursday at night, to burn a Palestinian resident while he was present in a caravan in Huwwara village, south of the West Bank city…

A Palestinian security source reported that one Palestinian resident was killed, and three Palestinian security men were injured during clashes which erupted after dozens of residents attacked the property of…

Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, protested along with dozens of Israeli and international peace activists, and members of the Palestinian Legislative…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will discuss financial aid for the Palestinian Authority when he meets ‘s President Vladimir Putin in his visit planned for next week, a Palestinian officially said…

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The Israeli group Peace Now held a protest tour Friday near the illegal Israeli settlement of Maon farm, near the West Bank City of Hebron, following the violent behaviour of…

The municipality of the West Bank city of Salfit started on Friday a campaign to fight the wild pigs that were released by the Israeli army in the area. The…

In a pre-dawn invasion, the Israeli army arrested four residents from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Friday. As more than 15 armored vehicles stormed the city, troops started a…

The Israeli Internal Security Service, Shabak, lifted a gag order on the arrest of two Palestinians from the Hamas movement last month. The two members of Hamas are charged of…

{mosimage}A three-year old child, Nour Naji Ghanim, was separated on Thursday from his mother, Manal Ghanim, 30, from Tulkarem refugee camp, who gave birth to him while in Israeli detention.…

The Arab League told the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday that the League would not be able to transfer funds directly into the accounts of the unpaid employees of…

Thursday, the Israeli prosecution at the Jerusalem District Court decided to  charge Ahmad Saadat, former Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and four other…

Palestinian political prisoner, Fatah leader, and elected official to the Palestinian Legislative Council, Marwan Al Barghouti is holding talks with jailed prominent leaders in the Hamas party to contain the…

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Five Palestinian residents were wounded, on Thursday afternoon,  after renewed clashes took place between Fateh and Hamas gunmen, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The five residents were…

A 75- year old man was seriously injured on Thursday after a settler rammed him with his car close to Efrat settlement, in the far north of the West Bank…

Palestinian political prisoner, Fatah leader, and elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Marwan Al Barghouti is holding talks with jailed prominent leaders in the Hamas party to contain the…

It took Jamil Khairi, a Jenin resident, seven hours to arrive to his home city from Ramallah during which he was forced to navigate difficult dirt roads in order to…

The Israeli army invaded several areas across the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested five residents, on Thursday. Troops stormed homes in Al Fowar refugee camp, Yata village, Al…

The Israeli army arrested four residents from the village of Al Sheyoukh and Halhol near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday morning. Army invaded both villages conducting wide…

Ahmed Ayad was unfortunate to fall sick while living under what Israel and its allies in the west are defining as the "ministries of terror". The 42-year-old Palestinian father of…

After two months of being stranded in the desert on the Iraq-Jordan border, 244 Palestinian refugees from Iraq who fled the Iraqi chaos fearing for their lives, have been able…

Palestinian prisoners’ affairs minister, Wasfi Qabaha, paid a visit Wednesday to several prominent Palestinians who are in their second week of a hunger strike protesting the unjust western blockade on…

Hamas is ready to consider a 2002 Arab League peace plan – which calls for recognition of Israel and a return to pre-1967 war borders – but only if Israel…

Dor Energy, the Israeli company that provides fuel to the Palestinian areas, has cut off all fuel shipments to the West Bank and Gaza, leaving Palestinians without fuel — a…

Three Palestinian children who suffer from kidney failure died Tuesday at Shiffa Hospital in Gaza due to the severe medicine shortage caused by an Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip,…

Peace may now be possible if the international community grabs the olive branch tentatively offered by Abbas and Hamas. “Peace at last, peace at last, thank God Almighty, there’s peace…

Israeli troops arrested ten residents from the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Troops invaded the city and conducted a wide-scale search campaign in several neighborhoods, mainly concentrating in…

Israeli armed forces arrested Mohamed Nawaora from Al Doha, a town east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. Nawaora was arrested when troops stormed the village,…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and injure two children on Thursday morning. More than 20 armored vehicles entered the city and surrounded several houses in…

Innocent Palestinian people are being treated like animals, with the presumption that they are guilty of some crime. Because they voted for candidates who are members of Hamas, the government…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported on Wednesday at night that Israeli fighter -jets fired at least two missiles at locations in Al Mawassi area, in Khan Younis in the…

The Bethlehem area is suffering a serious gas shortage which if continued would paralyze traffic in the district. Prices were already high, and have now skyrocketed. Lines of cars are…

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The Israeli army arrested three residents during an intrusion in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Nedal Al Zighaier, 38, Ibraheem Abu Rmoze,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, gave the Palestinian Government a period that has a maximum time limit of six months to respond to his conditions for the resumption of peace…

The Quartet Committee, which includes the United States, Russia, the United Nations, and the European Union, agreed to provide assistance to the Palestinian people through a temporary international mechanism for…

The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, started on Wednesday morning implementing what is known as “The Negev and Galilee Development Plan” by demolishing three Arab houses in…

Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Araba and Al Yamon near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday morning. In Al Yamon village, invading soldiers clashed with resistance…

In a pre-dawn invasion, Israeli troops arrested four children and one teen in Beit Fourik, a town east of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday. Soldiers stormed residents’ homes…

An Israeli army force invaded Ateel and Ilar, villages north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem,  and arrested three residents Wednesday at dawn. Jeeps and soldiers stormed the two…

The Israeli army invaded Al Khader, a village located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three youth on Wednesday morning. After several jeeps entered, soldiers immediately closed the village and started…

Due to continued shelling in northern areas of the Gaza strip by the Israeli army, three residents were injured on Wednesday morning. Palestinian medical sources identified two of the three injured men as…

The Bush administration endorsed a European proposal on Tuesday to increase aid to the Palestinian territories, including money that could pay the salaries of some civil servants working for the…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, Hamas, said on Tuesday at night after meeting Fateh officials that the two parties had agreed to work together in order to stop the in-fighting…

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Israeli bulldozers leveled on Tuesday morning one Palestinian house in Beit Hanina neighborhood, in Jerusalem after claiming that the house was illegally constructed seven years ago. Another house was leveled…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Navy claimed foiling at attempt by Palestinian factions to smuggle at least 550 kilos of explosives into the Gaza Strip. The incident…

Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled a Palestinian house that belongs to two brothers of Al Ja’bary family, in Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem. Soldiers surrounded the area, broke into the…

Tuesday, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the village of Al Bathan, north east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew. Soldiers installed a sudden checkpoint at the…

Monday at night, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth while he was attempting to cross through the Tunnel Checkpoint, south of Tulkarem, and took him to an unknown destination. A…

Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded earlier on Tuesday at dawn the town of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested three residents,…