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Israeli Forces have been carrying out late-night raids into the village of Budrus and forcing people at gunpoint to undergo fingerprint checks. Soldiers have stormed several houses over the last…
I seem to recall that the East Germans called the Berlin Wall – or ‘Berlin Fence’ as I suppose we would have to call it if built by the Israelis…
A British filmmaker shot dead in Rafah by Israeli army soldiers was murdered, a jury decided Thursday. James Miller, 34 and a father of two young children, was shot in…
Israeli soldiers used two Palestinians from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem as human shield as they invaded the camp on Thursday before noon. Troops took over a building in…
Israeli troops invaded the village of Al Rihia, near the West bank city of Hebron and arrested Mossa Al Najar, 35. Soldiers searched several houses and forced the families…
On Thursday morning, two children from the West Bank city of Tubas were released after serving one year in Israeli prisons. Homam Daraghmah and Mohamed Daraghmah, both 15 years old,…
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers searched residents’ houses and took positions over the rooftops, local sources reported.
The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn. Troops entered the village and…
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, several surrounding villages and towns, arrested fifteen residents and took them to unknown destinations. The Palestine News Network reported…
The Abu Al Arish Brigades claimed responsibility for injuring an Israeli solder during the Israeli raid of Khaimit Al Amoud in the Nablus Governorate on Thursday morning. In a statement,…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn. Troops entered the village and searched…
On Wednesday, hundreds of youth gathered at Bethlehem University to participate in a march to launch Palestine Child Week. The march wound its way through the narrow streets of Bethlehem’s…
Israeli army forces intensified military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Tubas and surrounding villages, Thursday morning. Soldiers’ installed three new checkpoints today around Tubas and its villages, stopping…
Israeli troops invaded Janeed village west of the Nablus city and arrested one girl, Thursday morning. Tahrir Yassen, 22, was arrested when troops stormed her father’s house and took her…
Israeli army force stormed Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus allegedly seeking wanted people, on Thursday morning. There were Clashes between the invading soldiers and some …
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers and under-cover units, invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested five residents; army claims that two of the arrestees were planning to attack a…
Israel’s Shin Bet Security Services detained on Thursday the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khaled Abu Arafa, as he drove from Jerusalem to Al Ezariyya town, east of the city.…
Attallah Abu al-Sibbah is keen to demonstrate that Hamas is not the Taliban. As the new Palestinian culture minister, he will not be ordering the dynamiting of statues nor forbidding…
Decent human beings see hypocrisy when current US Foreign policy (CUSFP) stands for rights of refugees from Darfur but against the rights of Palestinian refugees. This is not the first…
Readers must be cautioned that ‘right,’ left and ‘center are relative terms: they have substantially different meaning in the Israeli political context. “Israel votes for disengagement and final borders” and…
Before the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are transferred to court, they have to go through a long journey of hardships and suffering as a result of the Israeli measures…
The Hamas-led Palestinian government is ready to live "side by side" with all its neighbours, the foreign minister said in a letter to the UN Secretary General leaked by Agence…
The organization, Women Against the Occupation and for Human Rights, known as Checkpoint Watch, is unable to open its photo exhibit entitled Checkpoints Without Borders. The Teaching Center in the…
Since Ehud Olmert’s election as the new Israeli Prime Minister on March 27, Israeli settlers living illegally in the occupied Palestinian West Bank have increased attacks on Palestinians and internationals,…
The new Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Wednesday during the first meeting of his ministers that he would struggle to find a way to be able to pay…
On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces conducted a wide-scale invasion, breaking into and searching several homes in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli forces took fifteen Palestinians to unknown…
The Israeli Peace Now movement intends to petition the Israeli High Court of Justice to order the evacuations of six illegal West Bank outposts. Israeli online daily, Ynetnews, reported that…
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al Zahar announced on Wednesday that he plans to visit China and a number of Asian countries in the coming days. Al Zahar stated during a…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, decided to appoint Dr. Khalil Al Hayya, as the head of its bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council as the former head Mahmoud Zahhar was…
Israeli army soldiers stationed at Tayaseer military checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas detained on Wednesday afternoon scores of Palestinian civilians under the rain for several hours.…
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Doura village in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents. Ghassan Amro, 23, and Bilal Mohamed, 23 were arrested when troops…
In a wide scale invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday morning, Israeli troops arrested fifteen residents and injured two others. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the…
On Wednesday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested Mohamed Abdah, 17. Troops surrounded the house of Abdah family in Wad Em Ali neighborhood…
The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp and conducted a wide…
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Boreen, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, searched the villagers’ houses and arrested one woman. Zakia Al Najar was arrested after…
Source at the Israeli Labor Party reported on Tuesday that talks between the Labor party head Amir Peretz and Kadima head Ehud Olmert had reached an agreement on the new…
Justice Rahel Barkai of the Israeli Be’er Shiva District Court sentenced a rejected an appeal by the Israeli prosecution to sentence a settler to seven years for shooting a Palestinian…
The widow of a British cameraman shot by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 2003 has accused the Israeli and British authorities of delaying the investigations into her husband’s death. Testifying…
A new report issued Tuesday by the International Solidarity for Human Rights Organization indicates that Israel confiscated 2,432.3 Dunams of Palestinian land in the first quarter of 2006. The report…
A Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday afternoon that two residents were killed and six were injured after the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery Palestinian…
South African President Thabo Mbeki accepted an invitation to visit the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) extended to him during a three-day visit by President Mahmoud Abbas, who urged South Africa…
As the saying goes, “the handicapped have their abilities and their disability does not negate their potential.” This saying played itself out as the Israeli “special” forces invaded the center…
Palestinian farmer, Saber Shtaya of Salem, is in critical condition in Beilinson hospital in Israel after being brutally attacked by settlers last Friday. On that day, Israeli soldiers stood and watched…
Israeli forces invaded the old city area in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested two residents, early tuesday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles invaded the area and soldiers…
The Israeli army invaded Zababda and Bier Al Basha villages situated near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested four residents from Bier Al Basha village, Tuesday morning. Troops…
Homecoming, between dwelling and settling Inspired by Heidegger’s “Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry,”(1) the question to be asked is: What is meant by homecoming? How do people transform a place into…
Israeli army arrested five Tulkarum residents early tuesday morning carrying out invasions across several villages in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. In Alar village, troops invaded and searched residents’…
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Toqua south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two men on Tuesday morning, Hassan Jebriel, 28, and Mohamed Jebriel,…
Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers erected a military checkpoint between the villages of Qabatia and Sanor situated near the West Bank city of Jenin. Eye witnesses reported, that the army stopped…
Israeli armed forces invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Ahmad Al Shatawi, 35, was arrested when troops and…
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident there, Tuesday dawn. Hossam Aiesh, 22, was arrested after troops stormed several houses in the city,…
On Tuesday morning Israeli troops arrested Jihad Bani Odah aged 20, from the Tamon village in the West Bank city of Tubass. Troops stormed Tubbas searching several houses before arresting…
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
Several United Nations organizations are warning that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster as a result of the Israeli closure and isolation to the Gaza…
The Israeli High Court is slated to issue a ruling regarding installing a “security Wall” around several roads in the Hebron Mountain area after it held a session on Monday…
A spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported on Monday that Hamas members held talks two months ago with French officials, and that recently the movement held talks with…
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child, and injured two youth, in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. A local source in the camp reported…
Constructive discussions or academic talks on Israel need an unbiased attitude, juridical approach and humanist values towards the Arabs particularly the Palestinians who have been losing their campaign for freedom…
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced and fined a number of Palestinian prisoners during closed military trials held Monday morning. Abd Azazma was sentenced to three months and NIS…
Israeli army forces arrested one Palestinian resident of Dora village and another from Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday morning. Troops invaded the village of Dora…
Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, and one of five major Israeli banks found to have profited from the Holocaust by an Israeli government investigation last year, said on Sunday it…
The Palestine News Network received the following statement from the Sumoud Political Prisoners Group Monday, reprinted in full below. "Palestinian Legislative Council member and General Secretary of the Popular Front…
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Adel Khalaila, visited several detainees in Hadarim Israeli detention facility who informed him of the bad living conditions and treatment they face in…
Palestinian farmers across the West Bank are finding it increasingly difficult to plough their fields as Israeli settlers, living illegally on Palestinian land, increase their attacks. Rabbis for Human…
Israeli and Palestinian political commentators are calling the recent Israeli election results a political ‘earthquake’. From what I can tell, they are using the term not because the results have…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia Monday morning, arresting two Palestinians and injuring seven others. Aziz Al Nabriss, Habib Hammad, Bilal Odah, Abd Al Latif Milhim,…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Bier Al Bash early Monday morning, arresting three Palestinians. Israeli soldiers invaded the village and searched…
Israeli army troops invaded Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, injured two residents and arrested one, Monday morning. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the camp and…
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Salem east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two girls on Monday morning. Tharwat, 23, and Khitam Ishtaiah, 22, were…
In the Monday morning assassination of resistance leader Raed Obayat by Israeli special forces, eyewitnesses describe a scene of a badly beaten Obayat, and his companion Ra’ed Sulaiman Abu Joura,…
After a seasonal rainstorm Saturday night, many Palestinian areas have experienced extensive flooding due to the Annexation Wall constructed by Israel that has blocked water drainage. Iad Salamah Rabi’a, 29,…
Israeli Forces continued on Sunday, for the fourth consecutive day, the isolation of al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya area in Jordan Valley in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Local sources said that the…
After a shutdown of the Israeli cities of Beit She’an and Afula due to ‘intelligence’ that the two cities may be targeted for an attack by Palestinian resistance, Israeli police…
Ten Palestinian detainees in the Negev Detention Facility after being attacked by Israeli soldiers who intended to move a transfer hundreds of detainees to other detention facilities. At least thirty…
A Palestinian medical source in Alia governmental hospital in Hebron, south of the West Bank, reported on Sunday evening that one Palestinian resident was suffered fractures, concussions and bruises to…
Each Palestinian has a special place in their heart for Rachel Corrie. She symbolized strength, perseverance, and self assuredness. Conversely, she was labeled an enemy of Israel, a nuisance of…
Britain’s apparent complicity in Israel’s military assault on Jericho prison should finally demolish an enduring myth about Britain’s foreign policy. Iraq’s supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction was not…
In this week’s report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights revealed a number of violations of international law by Israeli…
A Palestinian, who was one of several dozen prisoners set free by Israeli forces during their raid on Jericho prison in March, was responsible for a ‘suicide attack’ that killed…
A few kilometers away from the continuous Israeli heavy shelling in the northeastern Gaza Strip on Saturday, April 1, in the heart of Gaza City, several local Palestinians were enjoying…
An extremist Israeli settler group of the Ramat Yishai illegal settlement outpost, in Hebron, attacked on Saturday three Palestinian farmers and a Swedish peace activist in Tal Romeida neighborhood in…
Since September 2000, more than 800 Palestinian children have been killed. . .Who will take responsibility for her death? Who shall be held accountable? On 18 March 2006, I visited…
Rasheed Abu Shbak, head of the Palestinian Preventive Security in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reported that the Palestinian Authority formed an investigation committee to probe the clashes…
A Palestinian security source reported that the Israeli air force carried out three air strikes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; the attacks targeted Al Waha Resort, Al…
Israeli sources reported that Palestinian youth threw bottles and stones at Israeli tanks, jeeps and armed personnel carriers that were invading the Palestinian cities of Tulkarem and Hebron, late Friday…
Dentist Emad Ald’dein Taha ( 31 years) died Thursday of wounds sustained in an unknown explosion inside his house in Al Nisirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip two weeks…
In a press conference Friday, U.S. officials reiterated their directive, first announced Wednesday, that the U.S. will bar its officials from dealing with officials of the Palestinian Government agencies that…
Israeli army tanks positioned on the borders between the Gaza strip and Israeli resumed the shelling of Palestinian areas north of Gaza city and east of the town of Beit…
Israeli army forces erected a military checkpoint north of Iqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas, Saturday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles closed the road that connects the…
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Assera Al-Shamaliya near the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident there, Saturday morning. Soliman Yassen, 23, was arrested when troops…
The Israeli army troops stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint forbidden residents for the West Bank city of Nablus between the ages of 16 to 32 from traveling through the checkpoint,…
Israeli army troops stationed at Beit Iba military checkpoint west of the West Bank city of Nablus did not allow anyone to pass in our out on Saturday morning. This…
After two home demolitions last week in the village of Al Walaja, near Bethlehem, the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign issued a call for citizens and civil society groups to…
A Palestinian security source reported on Friday night that three Palestinians were killed, twenty others were injured, during an exchange of fire between fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees and…
The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invited diplomats from several European representatives offices in the Palestinian areas to participate in an activity regarding the…
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.36 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…
The Israeli army stationed at one of the checkpoints on the way to the West Bank city of Ramallah arrested one west Bank city of Bethlehem resident, Friday morning. Awad…
The Popular Resistance Committees announced on Friday that its leader, Abu Yousef Al Qouqa, 44, was assassinated when a wired vehicle detonated fifty meters away from his home in Al…
Israeli settlers uprooted several almonds and grape trees in lands that belong to Beit Omaer villagers west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday evening. More than five settlers…