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Palestinians who attack Israeli soldiers cannot be defined as terrorists, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said in an interview with US television network ABC broadcast on Tuesday, April 11. "Somebody…
Palestinian officials reported that President Mahmoud Abbas flew on Wednesday to Casablanca – Morocco, on his first official trip the the country after newspaper reports the city may host secret…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire near the Kissufim Crossing, south of Gaza City. The two residents, fighters of the…
Wednesday afternoon, Israeli troops stationed at Beit Eeba checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested one Palestinian youth trying to cross the checkpoint. The young man identity…
Israeli army troops arrested on Wednesday at dawn one Palestinian resident of the West Bank city of Hebron. Sari Al Natsha, 19, were arrested when troops stormed his fathers’ home…
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested Zeid Al Shahed, 20, and Ahmad Qatawi, 20. Both were arrested when soldiers stormed their houses…
The Israeli army broke into the villages of Qabatia Dir Da’eef and Al Yamoun near the West Bank city of Jenin and they arrested Khaldoun Awwad, 20, Wednesday morning. Army…
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that a huge blast rocked an explosives factory in Zichron Yaakov, in northern Israel, killing one man and injuring two others. The huge explosion was…
New Finance Minister Omar Abdel-Razeq has said the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority cannot pay salaries, at least for now. The suspension of direct aid to the Palestinian Authority by the European…
An Israeli army source claimed uncovering an explosive lab that belongs to the Islamic Jihad while operating in Borqeen village, near the West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday. The…
An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident carrying a 25-centimeter knife at a checkpoint west of Nablus. The source added that the knife was confiscated and…
Thousands of Palestinian marched through the streets of Jenin on Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of what they term the Jenin massacre — an Israeli assault on the refugee…
Like the blinded Samson, America has great power but cannot see its obvious use. Hamas running Gaza, contrary to what our politicians and pundits are saying, is an opportunity to…
Israeli forces broke on Wednesdat morning into the West Bank city of Nablus, and searched number of houses allegedly looking for Indifada activists. About 30 military vehicles, broke into Al…
Wednesday morning, Israeli forces installed a military checkpoint in Al Bq’ia valley east of Tamoun village near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops operating in the area, stopped and…
The Israeli armed forces arrested seven residents from Balata refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, during an invasion to the camp on Wednesday morning Troops stormed…
British Legislator, Gerald Kaufman said Tuesday, sanctions must be imposed against Israel if it does not hand over officers and troops suspected of being responsible for the killing of two…
A Palestinian medical source in Jenin reported on Tuesday at night that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained last Saturday during an Israeli military invasion to his village Sielet…
The Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah party, fired homemade projectiles from the Gaza Strip, which hit near the town of Sderot, and also near the Ashkelon…
The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that its not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next…
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested last night a Palestinian resident who bit a soldier during a protest against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah…
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian National Information Center on the Israeli violations in the period between April, 4 and April 10, 2006, revealed that Israeli soldiers shelled…
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, stated on Tuesday that there will be no quiet in Gaza unless there is quiet in Israel. The statements of Mofaz came as he was…
A jury has ruled that a British activist shot while trying to protect small children from Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip was "intentionally killed" by Israeli forces. The ruling…
The Israeli army arrested four residents Dora and Beit A’wa villages, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, late Monday night. Troops broke into the Al Saleeb region, to…
Israeli armed police force and intelligence officers broke into the Greek Orthodox Patriarch’s headquarters in the Old city of Jerusalem, Tuesday morning. The soldiers targeted archbishop Atallah Hanna’s house, and…
{mosimage}Saturday has become a strange day of rest for the families from Anata, East Jerusalem. Parents go about their work without the anxiety of going to the secondary school gates…
Tuesday morningTh. Israeli armed forces arrested ten residents including two brothers from Ein Beit Alm’a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus after invading it. More than 30…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested Moner Zied, 28, Tuesday morning. Zied were arrested and taken to unknown destination after troops stormed several houses …
Israeli soldiers arrested Mohamed Al Wahsh during an invasion of Beit Te’mer Village in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. A number of military vehicles, broke into the village and closed…
The Israeli artillery continue its bombardment campaign against the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, through Monday night into Tuesday morning. Israeli tanks stationed on the north borders of the…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health slammed the Israeli decision to ban the entry of medication to the Gaza Strip, and the American and the European Union decision to halt all…
A Palestinian medical source in the Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one ten-year old child was killed, and fifteen residents were injured after…
Palestinian Presidential spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In air strikes and artillery shelling, Israeli forces have killed sixteen Palestinians since Friday, including a…
Israeli security sources reported on Monday that Hamas movement is close to a decision on initial steps aimed at barring resistance fighters from firing homemade at Israeli targets; Hamas denied…
Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubass, after invading it on Monday afternoon. Eyewitnesses reported that Mohamed Bisharat, 19, was…
Israeli forces destroyed several agricultural greenhouses in Beit Lahiya north of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses report that the greenhouses were destroyed when Israeli army tanks shelled the Abu…
A senior Palestinian official said the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding series of talks with Arab and International leaders in preparation for an Arab and International tour. Palestinian Parliament…
Israeli military fired with heavy artillery at Palestinian houses in the norther part of the Gaza Strip, and injured two residents after their houses were set ablaze. One greenhouse was…
The bypass roads, checkpoints, land confiscation and Wall construction, which the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Israeli soldiers…
Settlers from the settlement of Routem north of the Jordan valley, in the West Bank initiated work to expand the settlement, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers placed a…
The Israeli army re-invaded the West Bank city of Tubas for the second week in a row, this Monday morning. Army vehicles moved into the city and invaded nearby Tamon…
Two residents were injured, in Israeli shelling across eastern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip, this Monday morning. Salim Heidar 25, and Hamama Abu Qliq, 22, recieved shrapnel wounds from the artillery shells, fired…
On Monday In a pre dawn invasion of the West Bank City of Nablas the Israeli armed forces arrested five residents including Qasem Klbouna, 29, the leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs’…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and Nour Shams refugee camp , arresting two residents, Monday morning. Mohamed Abu Alfia, 21, Aql Zndiq, 18, were arrested…
The Israeli army resume shelling over the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Army tanks stationed to the north and east of the strip resumed shelling the open areas to the north…
Israeli forces occupy one house in Beit Jala town in the West Bank municipality of Bethlehem to use as a military post, late Sunday night. The house is the home of the Qissia family, …
Deputy chair of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Hassan Khreisheh said on Sunday that the American and the British Consulates refused to cooperate with the Palestinian Parliamentary committee investigating the…
The Israeli government announced on Sunday night that it intends to close the joint office used as a security liaison office between it and the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in Jericho,…
Jordan should immediately reopen its border to Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq, nearly 150 of whom are currently in tents in a ‘no-mans land’ on the border between the…
After a week of shelling Gaza day and night, the Israeli army stepped up strikes over the weekend, killing fifteen Palestinians, including an eight-year old child and his father, and…
Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery the headquarters of the Palestinian Football League in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that…
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to cut all fuel supplies to the Palestinian Authority and said that the P.A have to pay $35 million-dept before fuel supplies to the…
Israeli troops, and under-cover army units, assassinated on Sunday evening one Palestinian fighter in Beit Ta’mar village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after surrounding a building and…
Apparently bypass roads, checkpoints, land annexation and Wall construction, which turned the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Yet,Israeli…
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in Bani Neim village, east of Hebron, after invading it. Settlers, on the other hand, attacked on Saturday evening dozens of shepherds…
9000 Palestinian detainees in 21 central Israeli prisons and detention facilities carried out on Sunday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad living conditions they face and the…
Extremist settlers in Jerusalem, and under-cover units of the Israeli army. attacked on Sunday a four-story Palestinian residential building in Al Tour village, east of Jerusalem, and forced the families…
Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun Israeli militia (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750…
At least six Palestinians were killed and 4 were wounded in an Apache strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, Palestinian sources reported. The source said an Israeli air…
Permanent committees of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) were gearing up to hold their first meetings via the video conference link in Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday, the…
Large crowds, estimated at tens of thousands, marched on Saturday in the funeral procession of Eyad Abulineen, a Palestinian resistance fighter of Rafah, along with his 7-year old son Belal…
Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers supported by dozens of armored jeeps invaded Sielet Al Thaher village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded several neighborhoods and arrested two members…
A group of extremist armed settlers attacked on Saturday several Palestinian Shepherds east of Sa’ir village, in Hebron district; one shepherd was badly injured in his face. A medical source…
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says Israel’s plan to impose its final borders deep inside the occupied territories while expropriating large areas of Palestinian land for Jewish settlers will lead…
New Palestinian Legislative Council member, Ghazi Hamed, reported on Saturday that the Israeli killing of six Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah is, "a clear message to…
Less than twelve hours after the Israeli army killed six residents, including a father and his child in Rafah, Israeli war -jets fired a missile at a vehicle in Gaza…
The Israeli armed forces closed the Nablus -Qalqilia road in The West Bank, preventing the movement of residents for about four hours and a half, Saturday morning. Soldiers closed the…
One resident from Sa’ir village northeast of the West Bank city of Hebron was injured when a group of Israeli settlers attacked him while herding his sheep near one of…
According to the repeated statements of official representatives of United states and Europ, International interest in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is based on historical responsibilities to both sides of the conflict, the…
Two residents killed and one injured in an Israeli air strike, targeting a civilian car in Jabalia north of Gaza Strip, Saturday afternoon. Israeli jetfighters shot a single missile towards…
The Israeli army imposed more restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. Starting Saturday, Palestinians younger than the age of 30 are not allowed to enter the Jordan Valley, Palestinian sources…
Eleven children have been held captive by the Israel Army troops since 5am on Friday. The hostages are being held in an apartment on the 8th floor of Al-Sharif building…
The Israeli forces arrested Bilal Khmous, 17, from Hawwara town south of the West Bank city of Nablus, late on Friday night. Khmous was arrested when he was traveling along…
Two residents were killed when a tunnel that links between in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and the Egyptian borders collapsed on them, Saturday at dawn. The civil defense…
Israeli soldiers operating at the military checkpoint at the entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin prevented scores of civilian cars from entring or leaving the city, Saturday morning.…
The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and the surrounding villages, on Saturday as part of a wide-scaled military operation in the northern West Bank, local sources…
The Israeli army tanks postioned at the north and the east of the Gaza Strip resumed its bombardment to adjacent regions in the Strip, Saturday morning. The rumble of the…
One resident injured on Saturday in the ongoing Israeli military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus which started several days ago. Osama Solaiman, 28, was shot in…
The General Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ikrema Sabri, said that Israeli occupation authorities are secretly building a synagogue under the holy Al- Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Sabri said that…
Friday at night, three Palestinian residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the Old City of Hebron. The source of the explosion that took place in Abu…
Israeli air-force shelled a training camp for the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing six residents, including a father and his eight-year…
The Hamas-led Palestinian government has denounced a move by the European Union (EU) to suspend aid payments, saying it is a form of blackmail which will only hurt ordinary civilians.…
Sixty-two-year-old Shafiqa Massoud is, for all intents and purposes, the head of the household. Hers is a typical peasant family that lives in the Qalqilya area directly up against the…
Now that the Palestinians have made their democratic choice, granting the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas its overwhelming majority of votes in January’s Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the time has come…
Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular committee Against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested…
It is hard to believe that my own society which survived millennia in Palestine, is now begging to retain 20% of its legal property. Not too long ago, I conducted…
One Palestinian resident was killed, earlier on Friday, and three others were injured after clashing with thieves who turned out to be members of the Israeli Special Forces. A medical…
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Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and several surrounding areas, and arrested nine residents said to be members or supporters of Hamas. A local source…
Dozens of Israeli settlers broke into a Palestinian building in Sahlah, in the center of the city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, late on Thursday and forced the…
‘Against the Wall’ is a strong presentation about the truth and realities on both sides of the ‘fence’. Against the Wall, Ed. by Michael Sorkin. New Press, N. Y., 2005.…
In a pre-dawn invasion, Israeli armed forces arrested four residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that eighteen military vehicls and armored jeeps invaded the city…
On Friday morning, the Israeli army invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident. Ahmad Mtwer, 17, was arrested when troops stormed…
Palestinian citizen Wafa Ya’eesh (22 years) was killed and his three relatives Fath Allah, Abid and Tariq, injured by Israeli forces who raided the city of Nablus on Friday morning.
On friday morning, the Israeli army’s Heavy artillery resumed shelling areas in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. several reisdents were treated for shock after the shells…
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Sabastia, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the village and conducted wide scale searches…
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the main road north of the West Bank city of Tubas and closed the road, Friday morning. Soldiers stopped civilian cars and…
Israeli Air Force warplanes bombed and completely damaged two buildings in Gaza city. Army claims that the two buildings are used as offices of an armed wing of Fateh movement…
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers carried dozens of invasions in several West Bank cities and villages and arrested twenty-two residents. In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli…