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Egyptian authorities opened, on Saturday morning, the Rafah crossing both ways after 50 days of closure.An Al Ray correspondent said that the Egyptian side opened the crossing gate at 10:10;…

Settlers from Israeli outposts damaged Palestinian solar panels and cultivated lands in southern Hebron hills, according to a press release issued Friday by Operation Dove.The press release, as follows, went…

Israeli troops, late Friday, reportedly shot and killed what the military said were ‘infiltrators’ trying to breach a separation barrier from the Syrian-controlled side of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, according…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday [March 28, 2014] several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, as well as the nearby towns of Bani Neim and ath-Thaheriyya, handing…

[Saturday Morning, March 29, 2014] Israeli navy boats opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in territorial waters. northwest of Gaza City; the attack caused damage but no…

[Friday, March 28, 2014] Unknown gunmen opened fire on the car of an official of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fateh movement, as it was parked in front of his home in…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 20 – 26 March, 2014, the Israeli military killed a child and…

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In a letter sent to EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, 29 members of the European Parliament have called upon the European External Action Service (EEAS) to take action to…

The students’ union of King’s College, in London, voted to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign at its Student General Meeting, this past Tuesday evening.The motion adopted by…

Israel has told the PLO that it will not free the final group of prisoners they had been expecting alongside US-brokered peace talks, a senior Palestinian official said on Friday.(Ma’an/AFP)…

Two children have died, and four others were wounded, in a candle fire which broke out in their home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The families of Gaza…

Israeli settlers destroyed, Thursday, power-generating solar panels near Yatta in Hebron district, a local activist has said.Settlers from the illegal ‘Mztveh Yaˈir’ settlement, established on Palestinian lands to the east…

The Israeli soldier who was allegedly stabbed yesterday [Thursday, March 27, 2014], has admitted to the police that he made up the story, according to Haaretz.In his first version of…

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PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called the U.S. to stand up for international law, and to have the political will to curb Israeli violations of international and humanitarian…

A number of youth from Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp set fire to an Israeli watchtower, yesterday [Wednesday, March 26, 2014], according to the Facebook page of a local group.The move…

Israeli occupation police closed, Wednesday evening, the Yabous cultural centre in occupied Jerusalem, in order to prevent a press conference regarding civil services provided by the occupation.Local sources said that…

Israel’s Economy Minister, Naftali Bennett, said that Israel will reconsider the fourth and final release of Palestinian prisoners.Bennett said, on Tuesday, that the release of the 104 prisoners detained before…

[Thursday at Dawn, March 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, searched homes, and kidnapped four Palestinians in Bethlehem.Local sources in Bethlehem have reported…

[Wednesday Evening, March 26, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a 55-year-old woman was moderately injured, after being hit by a settler’s car in Teqoua’ village, east of the…

The Israeli Radio has reported that the United States has offered the release of Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, in return for releasing the fourth batch of veteran Palestinian detainees, and…

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The Arab League Summit has refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, an Israeli demand which threatens to derail peace talks, a joint statement said on Wednesday. The Arab…

Israeli forces abducted four people on Wednesday, including a Fatah official, from the districts of Jenin and Bethlehem, according to reports by media and security sources.Forces stormed the town of…

Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian residential building in Tur village of occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, under the pretext that it was built without a construction permit. Local sources in Jerusalem…

Israeli occupation bulldozers razed, Wednesday morning, a large area of Palestinian farm land in the Um Neir area of eastern Yatta, in southern Hebron city. Susiya Mayor, Jihad Nawajaa, told…

[Wednesday, March 26, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped several Palestinians.Local sources in Bethlehem have…

Gaza Strip – Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Palestinian medical sources have reported that four fishermen were wounded after Israeli navy arsenal opened fire on their fishing boats near the Rafah…

[Wednesday, March 26, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the Khallit al-Ein neighborhood, in the at-Tour town of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished an apartment building that belongs to a local family.…

The Japanese government issued a statement strongly denouncing recent Israeli plans to build hundreds of units, for Jewish settlers, in occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Japan’s Foreign Ministry…

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Anne Paq, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March, 2014 Sheerin al-Araj, a prominent Palestinian activist from al-Walaja described her village this way in her TedEx Ramallah talk in 2011: Al-Walaja is…

Monday, March 24, 2014, marked the fourth day in a row of clashes between residents of Aida refugee camp and Israeli forces, after Palestinian activists tore through the separation wall…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has demanded that the Palestinian Authority security apparatus and its intelligence services halt a campaign of arrests, and persecution of its…

The Israeli Labor Party has presented a proposal to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, providing the replacement of the fourth patch of Palestinian prisoners release with settlement freeze. Both MKs…

Israeli media outlets report that Israel is planning to exclude Palestinian prisoners of lands occupied in 1948 from the list of the fourth and final group of pre-Oslo prisoners, scheduled…

Three Israelis, late Monday, attempted to set fire to a gift shop owned by a Palestinian man in Jerusalem, on Jaffa Street, according to an Israeli police spokeswoman. Luba al-Samri…

[Tuesday, March 25, 2014] Nine people from the districts of Hebron, Jenin, and Nablus, in addition to another in Jerusalem, were kidnapped by occupation forces on Tuesday, according to reports…

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On the roof of Gaza City’s children’s hospital, a pristine row of solar panels gleams in the sunlight, an out-of-place symbol of modern, clean energy in the impoverished Strip.Juan Cole…

Israeli forces, on Monday, served 18 families from Wadi Buzeq, in the northern Jordan Valley, with orders to evacuate their homes tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25, 2014), under the pretext of…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to extend peace talks with Israel, if certain conditions are met, a Palestinian official said on Monday.Photo: A Palestinian youth holds his national flag…

Israeli forces, Monday, abducted eight people in the West Bank districts of Bethlehem and Nablus, as well as summoned another for interrogation, according to local and security sources.Army forces stormed…

Israeli settlers raided, on Monday, al-Aqsa mosque through Bab al-Magharbeh (Maghrabi Gate), under the protection of Israeli police.Local and media sources said that the groups raided the mosque in small…

Spokesperson of Waed Association for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners, Abdullah Qandil, said that prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi was transferred today [Monday, March 24, 2014] from “Eshel” prison to “Soroka” hospital, in…

As the Israeli military continues its invasion of the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem, local sources have reported that 8 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers have been injured.One of the…

A Palestinian journalist has reported that he and two of his colleagues were used by the Israeli military as ‘human shields’ during an Israeli military invasion of the Aida refugee…

Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that the army would use force against anybody plotting attacks against Israel, after troops killed three Palestinians in a West Bank raid.(AFP/Ma’an) ‘Over the…

Israeli forces, Sunday, abducted two people from the West Bank and another from the Jerusalem area. Others were summoned others for interrogation, according to local and security sources.Two people, ages…

Israel has promoted building plans for 2,372 homes in eight Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the past month, on land the Palestinians want for a future state,…

Israeli occupation authorities started to build a huge Jewish archeological center over 35 dunums of Palestinian lands in occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, according to Maariv newspaper.The newspaper stated that this…

Eleven civilians were injured, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent protests organized in 5 different West Bank villages.Eight civilians were injured when Israeli troops attacked the weekly protest organized…

Over 10,000 Palestinian mourners, on Saturday, marched behind the coffins of three militants who were shot dead by Israeli forces overnight, in Jenin refugee camp.Palestinians marched from Jenin’s public hospital…

A U.N. human rights investigator accused Israel on Friday of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in pushing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem and cast doubt that the Israeli government could accept a Palestinian…

Friday Evening [March 21, 2014] Palestinian medical sources stated that several Palestinians have been wounded after Israeli soldiers tried to invade the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank…

A large contingent of Israeli troops invaded Jenin refugee camp in a pre-dawn raid, on Saturday, surrounding a house with the apparent intention of abducting an inhabitant of the house.…

The Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects has voted to call on the International Union Of Architects to exclude the Israeli Association of United Architects over its refusal…

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Israeli forces stormed a headquarters of the Palestinian civil defense forces in Salfit, detaining three members, in a dawn raid conducted on Friday.A public relations official for the civil defense…

Attorneys of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees Affairs expressed grave concerns over the health status of several Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. The health status of several Palestinian prisoners…

A Palestinian teenager who confessed to throwing stones after he was tortured in Israeli custody faces attempted murder charges and a severe prison sentence.Photo: Ali Shamlawi, 17, was held in…

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded, in talks with US President Barack Obama, that Israel free key Palestinian prisoners, including Marwan Barghuti, a Palestinian official said Thursday.Photo: Palestinians president Mahmud Abbas…

[Friday, March 21, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed in an explosion that took place in Gaza City.The sources said Ibrahim Mohammad ar-Rafaty,…

Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday [March 20, 2014] that two children were injured after a number of Israeli settlers attacked them near Beit Furik village, east of the northern West…

In another move which violates International Law, and discredits direct political talks between Tel Aviv and Ramallah, the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans for constructing hundreds…

[Friday at Dawn, March 21, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the Palestinian Civil Defense headquarters in the central West Bank city of Salfit, violently searching it before kidnapping three…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13 – 19 March, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

[Wednesday Evening, March 21, 2014] Hundreds of Palestinians gathered at Manger Square in Bethlehem city, in occupied Palestine, and held a massive procession in support of Palestinian political prisoners held…

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Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the Hebron district, on Wednesday, according to security and medical sources.Photo: An Israeli soldier aims his weapon towards Palestinian protesters during…

Israeli occupation authorities, on Thursday morning, served four demolition orders for infrastructure projects in the Palestinian village of Khirbat al-Tawil, to the south of the West Bank city of Nablus.…

Israeli military forces have killed 56 Palestinians and injured 897 since the resumption of peace negotiations with Israel in July, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Tuesday.According to the PLO…

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit expressed ‘grave concern’ about a law recently passed by the Israeli Knesset, on February 24, which defines the status…

Violence erupted between Israeli forces and young Palestinians, after dozens of soldiers in military vehicles raided various villages in the West Bank, taking with them several Palestinians. Security sources said…

Clashes broke out, on Thursday, between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces in the al-Aqsa compound, following a visit by a right-wing Israeli MK, according to locals.Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency…

A day after the Israeli government announced a delay in the promised release of 30 long-term Palestinian prisoners, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon threatened, on Wednesday, to resign from…

[Wednesday Evening, March 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Zabbouba, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with dozens of residents before kidnapping twelve,…

[Wednesday, March 19, 2014] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, ordered the army to be ready for a potential strike on Iran this year.Israeli daily Haaretz…

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The Israeli Defense Ministry is increasing the number of countries for which arms exporters will not be required to receive a special license for marketing non-classified weaponry and defense equipment.…

Israeli authorities, late Tuesday, delivered the remains of four Palestinians withheld by Israel for over a decade, according to Palestinian officials.Tamir Arafeh, director of the military liaison department in the…

On Wednesday, the Jerusalem Local Planning Committee gave building permits for 184 settlement units in East Jerusalem, Israeli media reports.According to the PNN, the committee issued permissions for building 144…

A Jerusalemite initiative, under the name ‘Worship is my right’, started on Wednesday, aiming to expose Israel’s policies and violent practices against Palestinians, Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem, with the…

The Israeli Salem military court, on Wednesday, issued actual prison sentences against two Palestinian juveniles from the town of Jalboun, near Jenin, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC).The court…

Two Palestinian prisoners suspended a 70-day hunger strike, Wednesday, after the Israeli authorities agreed to their demands, according to lawyer Jawad Bulous of the Palestinian Prisoner Society.Bulous visited hunger strikers…

Dozens of Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound through Bab al-Maghrabeh Gate, on Wednesday. The raids carried out by settlers to perform their religious rituals or…

It is expected that the Israeli Knesset will approve, on Wednesday, the extension of a law which prohibits Palestinian families from reunification for another year.Haaretz daily newspaper said that this…

Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and young Palestinians, after several Israeli military vehicles raided Jenin city and refugee camp, on Wednesday. Security sources say that Israeli forces raided the city…

[Wednesday, March 19, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Aqaba area in Beit Hanina, in occupied East Jerusalem, before bulldozers of the Jerusalem City Council demolished one Palestinian home.The city council…

[Wednesday Morning, March 19, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire near Hebron city, in the southern part of…

[Tuesday Evening, March 18, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was shot by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers invading Teqoua’ town, east of…

[Wednesday At Dawn, March 19, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem city, and kidnapped a Palestinian man, soldiers also invaded the Deheisha refugee…

[Wednesday at Dawn, March 18, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and nearby Surif town, kidnapping five young Palestinian men.The…

[Tuesday Evening, March 18, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes which took place with Israeli soldiers near the al-Jalazonerefugee camp, north of…

Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli Air Force fired, on Wednesday, at dawn, several missiles into a number of Syrian army sites, in what Israel claimed to be a…

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Israeli warships, late Monday, fired on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, fishermen said.Gaza fishermen told Ma’an that Israeli forces fired at them off the coast…

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 7:00 PM, AICafe is holding a public panel discussion on the One State Solution with Mohannad Abu Gosh, Mikado Warschawski and the Haifa group…

On Sunday, March 16, during the Jewish holiday of Purim, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and Internationals on Palestinian fields near Mitzpe Yair illegal outpost.(ISM/Al Ray) In the morning, four Palestinian…