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Two young human rights activists spoke last night in California about the Palestinian population of Tel Rumeida, Hebron, a West Bank neighborhood that also contains some of what were considered…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, PCHR, issued a special report on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.  The report, issued on 17 April 2006, coincided with…

For the second day, Israeli troops broke into Anata Secondary School for Boys, and Salah Ed Deen Elementary School in Anata, north of Jerusalem, and detained dozens of students. Head…

Israeli army troops stormed the homes of residents of Beit Awwa village and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, forced families out of their homes,…

Three children were injured Tuesday morning in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing Israeli army shelling of the area. Army tanks shelled residential…

The Israeli armed forces invaded on Tuesday morning Azzoun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested Mo’men Adwan, 20, after searching his home. Adwan was injured…

Mazen Abu Sakot, 24, and his nephew Mohammad Al Tarbra, 24, were arrested in an invasion to Bani Neim village in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday at…

In an morning invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army arrested three residents. Several army vehicles and soldiers invaded the city and its refugee camp, searched number…

Palestinian Legislative Council Spokesperson and Hamas political party member, Ghazi Hamad, says that has yet to give them a chance. In a Tuesday declaration, Hamad said that will not cease…

Israeli troops invaded the village of Burqin near the Jenin in the northern West Bank on Tuesday morning and arrested several residents. Troops stormed the village imposed curfew and conducted…

Israeli armed forces arrested seven residents, Tuesday morning, during the ongoing massive military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus.  Military operations were staged up in Nablus on Monday.…

The Israeli forces invaded Al Arroub refugee camp north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested Mohaned Al Horani, 24, on Tuesday morning. Troops surrounded Horani’s house, broke…

Israeli Army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two residents, Tuesday at dawn. Dozen armored vehicles and soldiers entered the city and held a wide scale…

Israeli armed forces invaded Arqa and Sanor villages in the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested four residents, Tuesday morning. In Arqa village, troops stormed the village and arrested…

I met Olmert in the 60s, when I was a Member of the Knesset. He was the apprentice and servant (literally) of another Member: Shmuel Tamir. Ehud Olmert is now…

Israeli Security Minister, Shaul Mofaz, held a security meeting to discuss the Israeli retaliation for the Tel Aviv suicide bombing carried on Monday, and decided to resume the military operations…

Monday evening, one Palestinian child was killed, two were injured, after the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery an area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza…

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Anatomy of a Statistical Flim-Flam On March 14, 2006, a report on anti-Semitism in was published with sensational findings. It claimed that a significant proportion of the Swedish public harbor…

Israeli Forces stormed a school in the north of occupied Jerusalem, the schools’ headmaster said. The headmaster, Yousef Elian, told Palestinian news agency WAFA News that Israeli soldiers hurled stun…

A young Palestinian girl, Hiba Allah Mohammad Ishaq Yaghmour, from Hebron City in the southern West Bank is in Israeli prison. Monday, 17 April, marks the annual “Day of the…

Arab nations and Russia have offered aid money to the new Palestinian Authority to help cover the shortfall left by the pull-out of U.S. and European Union assistance, as well…

An empty watchtower overlooks a deserted road lined with rusting vehicle parts. The only traffic is a pregnant bitch and a mule and cart. This is Gaza’s economic lifeline, the…

On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners Day, Hussam Khader, who was an elected Palestinian Legislative Council Member at the time of his arrest, issued a statement regarding his case. The…

The Israeli army invaded Nablus Monday afternoon, in a huge operation continuing the invasion begun early Monday  morning, three  youth were injured. The assault on the Palestinian civilian population of…

Israeli army tanks stationed at the Gaza  borders resumed  shelling to the north and eastern  areas of the strip, on Monday. The shelling targeted residential areas in Biet Lahia and…

The Israeli armed forces invaded Al Zababda village east of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered the village searched several homes  and installed…

Nine Israelis were killed, on Monday afternoon, and 32 people were injured, nine seriously, when a sixteen-year old Palestinian boy blew himself up on Tuesday at noon, at a Shawarma…

The Israeli army invaded Nablus Monday afternoon, in a huge operation continuing the invasion begun early Monday  morning.  The assault on the Palestinian civilian population of Nablus intensified following a…

A Palestinian college student from the Nablus area has lost her right eye after an Israeli army marksman shot at her while she on her way home from school. The…

The israeli armed forces invaded Al Aza refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested Ra’fat Al Najar, 21, Monday morning. Soldiers stormed Al Najar’s  home  searched…

The scenes from Gaza are heartbreaking. Heartbreaking? That’s not for certain. The sight of the Aben family from Beit Lahiya mourning its 12-year-old daughter Hadil last week did not stir…

The Israeli occupation army fired 400 artillery shells at the Gaza Strip over the last two days, according to local witnesses. The occupation army has been bombarding northern Gaza since…

On the morning of Monday, April 17, Jab’a villagers held a march demanding the right to farm their land, along with Palestinians from nearby villages, and international and Israeli activists…

The Israeli army invaded Fahma and Kofer Ra’ee village south west of the West Bank city of Jenin, late Sunday night. Several army vehicles stormed the two villages and ransacked…

In an ongoing military invasion,of the  West Bank city of Nablus four residents were arrested on Monday morning. The arrestees are identified as; Al’a Al sarkajee, 20, Mazen Al Minawi,…

The Israeli Knesset will be sworn in on Monday marking the start of the 17th Knesset term with 41 new members elected on March 28. The new Knesset will not…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did not transfer control over the border crossing points to the Palestinian Government, an informed source at the president’s office said on Sunday. The statement came…

Some armed resistance wings are expanding their efforts from just fighting the Israeli occupation to those who are fighting the Palestinian police and public governmental buildings. Many view the Palestinian…

The imprisoned Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Huwail called on the Palestinian resistance factions and the Palestinian Authority (P.A) to consider the issue of the Palestinian prisoners’ in Israeli prisons as a…

Fadwa Al Barghouti is the wife of imprisoned Marwan, the leader of the Fateh party in the West Bank and an elected member of Palestinian government. He has played a…

A report prepared and published by the Palestinian Prisoners Society marking the Palestinian Prisoners Day (April 17) revealed that the number of Palestinian detainees who died in Israeli prisons and…

A Palestinian merchant in the northern West Bank city of Nablus was stopped in his tracks as he inspected what remained of his destroyed stores. Merchant Alam Slah told PNN…

Federal authorities have allegedly decided to deport a former Florida professor and Palestinian rights activist after failing to convict him on charges he helped finance terror attacks in Israel. Sami…

Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Beit Ummar and Surif, north and north-east of Hebron, searched dozens of homes and arrested three residents. Troops surrounded the two villages before…

Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and dozens of military jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Salfit and clashed with dozens of residents who hurled stones and…

Israeli army radio reported on Saturday that Israel could could ask the United States to free a former US Defense Department official, imprisoned in the States for spying for Israel,…

An Israeli man who has been volunteering as a guard to protect Palestinian farmers from attacks from right-wing Israeli settlers has been threatened by the settlers, who came to his…

Israeli soldiers barred on Friday and Saturday thousands of Arab residents of Israel from entering the West Bank city of Jericho after Israel announced the Palestinian controlled city as a…

A Palestinian medical source at the Gaza European Hospital, north of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Saturday that one resident died of wounds sustained…

Saturday, Israeli soldiers arrested for Palestinian residents in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Tulkarem. The four were arrested after soldiers, supported by armored vehciles, stormed the two cities…

Arnon Regular Israeli reporter working with the Israeli online daily Haaretz could have been one of the victims of the Israeli air strike that targeted a playground in Beit Lahia…

The Mayor of Gaza, Dr. Majed Abu Ramadan said, work in more than thirty projects has stopped because of the current closure imposed on the strip by the Israeli army.…

Israeli soldiers abused a father and his six year old child in the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday morning. Ali Al Thawaj’a, 37,…

Palestinian gunmen broke on Saturday into the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, protesting against the delay in the…

The Israeli army closed Beit Iba checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Nablus, for more than three hours, Saturday morning. Soldiers stationed at Beit Iba refused the scores…

This is, as they say, the crunch. This is the political moment all Israeli governments – all of them, Labor, Likud and ‘National Unity’ – have been working towards the…

Several members of the activists community and those working specifically in refugee rights confirmed Saturday the while the United Nations guarantees the rights of Palestinian refugees, numerous international, Arab, Israeli,…

On saturday morning the Israeli army arrested three residents from Beit Oommer and Al Borj villages in the West Bank city of Hebron. Mohamed Amro, 41, was arrested when troops…

Adnan Abu Haniya, 48 from Huwwara village said he is willing to sell his house and to offer the money to the Palestinian authority in a challenging step to the…

Two civilians were injured by shrapnel from Israeli military boats launched west of Khan Yunis in the Gaza , on Saturday morning. Ahmed Bedeir and Solaiman Sharab were injured in…

On saturday morning a group of Israeli soldiers attacked a resident of Tamoun village east of the West Bank city of Tubass whilst he herded his sheep in a nearby…

The Israeli army shot and severely injured Nader Al Dahdoh during yet another invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday morning. According to medical sources, Dahdoh suffered injures…

The Israeli armed forces arrested two residents during an invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby village of Dier Al Hatab, Saturday morning. Mohamed Hbisha from…

Naji Tafish, 22, was injured by shrapnel from artillery shells splinters near the evacuated Doghet settlement north of the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. According to medical sources, three were injured…

Hani Abu Hashish, from Beit Lahiya north of the Gaza strip, was injured when he was hit by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired during the continued bombing on, Saturday…

At Jet checkpoint (East of Qalqilia), Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance and prevented the crew from crossing the checkpoint, according to local sources. Israeli soldiers beat…

Masked Palestinian police sealed off a main road in the central Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on Saturday and stormed a government building in anger over not receiving salaries…

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Pilgrims wishing to follow in the footsteps of Jesus to Jerusalem from the place where he raised Lazarus from the dead will soon need their own miracle, as the ancient…

All week, Palestinians living in the village of Aqaba, in the western part of the Jordan Valley, have been receiving demolition orders on their homes and village buildings from Israeli…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees’ Affairs reported that more than 9,400 detainees are still imprisoned in 28 Israeli prisons and detention facilities. A statistical report published by the ministry revealed…

The Israeli government stepped up its threats to invade the Gaza Strip despite its pullout from the Strip last year. The announcement comes one day after the United States blocked…

Concerned with the deteriorating situation in Gaza, Qatar put forward a draft at the United Nations Security Council, hoping it would spark a debate on the "indiscriminate shelling against the Gaza…

Friday afternoon, Approximately 400  protesters, including 70 Israeli and international peace activists marched in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, against the Israeli annexation Wall and the…

Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem has been experiencing daily incursions by Israeli forces, as the Israeli Annexation Wall runs through the middle of the schoolyard. Israeli soldiers arrived en…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh shrugged off the US and European Union freeze in aid money to the Palestinian Authority Friday, saying, "The Palestinian people will not give up their…

Despair and fear is on the rise among Palestinian Authority employees [one of the largest sectors of the employed in Palestine] because of the delay in getting their salaries. After…

 Israeli soldiers stationed at Tayasser military checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubas arrested Hamada Sauafta, 17, on Thursday night. Sauafta was arrested while travelling home from Tubas…

The Israeli army continue their artillery bombardment to north and east areas in  the Gaza Strip, this Friday morning. Israeli tanks located north east of the strip, fired  scores of…

The Israeli forces stormed Palestinian farmers’ huts in the northern areas of the Jordan valley , Friday at dawn. Soldiers broke into  huts located north of Ein Al Bida village,…

The Israeli armed forces arrested two residents from Nour Shams refugee camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles broke into the  Nour Shams…

The Israeli peace movement issued an urgent plea Thursday to the governments of Europe, the U.S. and the world to end the economic blockade of the Palestinian people, which has…

German Federal Development Minister Heidemarie, Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul announced Wednesday that bilateral humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people will continue, despite the European Union’s decision to freeze aid money, and…

 The Israeli Army Restricts  the movement of Jordan Valley”s citizens. Israeli Forces prevented citizens in al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya, in Jordan Valley, from leaving their villages to reach  West Bank cities on…

Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled "The Israel Lobby," the outrage continued to howl through mainstream U.S. media. A Los Angeles Times…

The plan unveiled by newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, euphemized as the "Convergence", which will consolidate many of the 450,000 Israeli settlers living illegally in the Palestinian West Bank…

Palestinian and Israeli sources confirmed that a body found in a burned car Thursday morning in Jericho was that of Mahmoud Abu Al-Hawa, apparently attacked for selling East Jerusalem property…

The Israeli government said yesterday it would continue its bombardment of northern Gaza with an estimated 300 shells a day despite international criticism over the death of an eight-year old…

The Jenin refugee compound, more than 50 years old and one of the oldest camps in Palestine, is home to 13,000 people, half of them under 15. It was the…

Five Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations demanded Wednesday that the Israeli Airforce and Army cease the ongoing assault on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth…

The Palestinian village of Isdud, about 50 km south of Tel Aviv on the Israeli coast, was taken over by Israeli forces during the creation of the state of Israel…

Two weeks ago, on Israeli Election Day, at 8 A.M., drivers wishing to leave Tul Karm from the eastern exit (toward Anabta) discovered that their permits were invalid. A soldier…

Tawfiq Musmar takes up his place behind the lost luggage desk at Gaza international airport each morning, checking all is in order at the baggage carousel before wandering off to…

The EU move gave Hamas the possibility to think again about its policy directions, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The EU’s decision on Monday to stop all direct aid…

Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, briefly  briefly took over the Cabinet building in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday, protesting…

The Israeli armed forces invaded  Jeet village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Thursday morning. Soldiers broke into several homes and searched them, no arrests were reported.

Wednesday, an Israeli military court sentenced Mo’tasem Adwi, 16, to eight months imprisonment and 2000 New Israeli Shekels (NIS) fine, and Ra’ed Shamrokh, 14, to eight months imprisonment and 1000…

The Israeli army arrested Mohamed Odah, 19, from Tammoun village near the West Bank city of Tubass, late on Wednesday night. Odah was arrested in the Al Baq’a valley near…

There is widespread international agreement that Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons is an alarming prospect, but very little attention is paid to the most obvious, immediate reason why: that there…