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Via Hebew radio, Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection, Amir Peretz, strongly criticized, on Saturday evening, the right-wing ‘Jewish Home’ party, describing it as ‘the party of national hypocrisy’, with accusations…

Two Palestinians were injured, Saturday, during clashes between local youth and Israeli forces in Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.A local source said that two young men were shot by…

Armed Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday, Palestinian farmers and shepherds in lands to the east of Yatta in Hebron district, according to a local activist.Protected by Israeli forces, heavily armed…

Israeli forces late Friday began to confiscate tax clearance certificates from Palestinian merchants at the main commercial crossing between Israel and the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources.The sources…

Israeli settlers burned down a number of olive trees at dawn, this morning [Saturday, April 12, 2014]. Activist Ghassan Njagerh told Radio Bethlehem 2000 that the settlers burned about 27…

Israel has demolished several European Union-funded humanitarian housing shelters in a highly sensitive strip of West Bank land near Jerusalem, an EU official said Friday.(AFP/Al Ray) ‘On April 9, three…

Three civilians were injured and seven were kidnapped, on Friday, as Israeli soldiers attacked the non-violent protests organized in West Bank villages. Protests were organized, Friday, in the village of…

In a short video produced by the human rights organization Al-Haq, 28-year-old Osamah Nayef al-Shawamreh describes in harrowing detail the torture he endured for three days in a Palestinian Authority…

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An internationally renowned expert on torture says that evidence confirms a young Palestinian has died of injuries he sustained in Israeli custody due to torture.Arafat Jaradat, a 33-year-old father of…

Nine Palestinians were targeted, on Friday afternoon, with tear gas fired by the Israeli military stationed east of the northern Gaza town of Jabalya.Spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr…

More than 3,000 runners from around the world took part in the second annual Palestine Marathon on Friday, passing the Israeli separation wall and curbing around checkpoints on the 42-kilometer…

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague launched, Thursday, the Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, said a press release issued by the Foreign…

The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has made a call to the international community to boycott products from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.During a meeting…

Palestine and Jordan submitted a resolution to the Executive Board of the United Nations Security Council, to send a fact-finding commission to investigate the situation of heritage sites in Jerusalem…

Minister of Local Government Mohammed al-Farra said that the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, since 2007, disrupted 21 projects in the fields of water and sanitation.The projects were negatively…

The Palestinian Authority has signed up formally to the Geneva Conventions, which set down the rules of warfare and humanitarian operations in conflict zones, the treaties’ guardian Switzerland confirmed Friday.GENEVA…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) based in Gaza published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinian people in the period between April 3 and April 9,…

The Israeli army closed a main agricultural road that leads to thousands of Dunams of Palestinian farmlands, east of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.…

In another measure meant to “punish” the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank for signing 15 international treaties, the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu decided to enforce various sanctions,…

[Thursday, April 10, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a home was burnt, and two Palestinians were wounded, after Israeli soldiers, invading the Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem,…

[Thursday, April 10, 2014] The Israeli Police ordered seven Palestinians away from the al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, for seven days, in exchange for their release. The seven were kidnapped…

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In this video, members of the Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Rabbinical Council call for divestment from occupation profiteer Hewlett-Packard. The video plays on the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem”…

Israeli forces, on Thursday, tore down and confiscated several tents that the Palestinian Red Crescent had erected, east of Nablus, in order to house families whose houses were demolished by…

Al-Aqsa Foundation of Heritage and Islamic Waqf said, on Wednesday, that the so-called ‘Temple Mount’ organizations have announced a set of activities to be held in al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards and…

Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, sent identical letters to the UN Secretary General, President of the UN Security Council and President of the UN General Assembly…

Israeli sources have claimed that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to extend negotiations past the deadline of April 29.The sources said that the President agreed to extend the negotiations,…

Israeli occupation forces, on Thursday afternoon, fired on Qararah village, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, with three artillery shells.According to Al Ray, Israeli sources claimed Israeli force,…

Israeli authorities, on Thursday morning, announced a decision to confiscate about 1,000 dunams (250 acres) of private Palestinian land in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.Deputy mayor of al-Khader…

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Hamas said today [Wednesday, April 9, 2014] that Palestinians in the West Bank should ‘give full rein’ to resistance against the Israeli occupation and end security cooperation with Israel. (Ma’an/AFP)…

Israeli forces, stationed on the borders with the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, opened fire on a residential area adjacent to the borders near Khan Yunes, according to media sources.A WAFA…

April 9 is the anniversary of the 1948 massacre of Deir Yassin. Published on 09 April 2014 Written by Nassar Ibrahim, AIC & OPGAI The place looks so quiet here…

A group of Christians from East Jerusalem, on Sunday, said that Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian mobility has resulted in violations of religious freedoms. The statement, signed ‘Palestinian Christian Organizations in…

Hebron, April 8, 2014 – After just three weeks in their new home, the Slemiah family from the village of Ithna have received a demolition order from the Israeli army.The…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday, instructed all Israeli government ministries to refrain from meeting their Palestinian Authority counterparts, and to cease civilian and economic cooperation with the Palestinian…

Israeli forces, early Wednesday, fired tear gas at a university campus in the central West Bank, administrators said.Officials at the Salfit branch of al-Quds Open University told Ma’an News Agency…

Israeli Minister of Economy and head of the Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, denounced statements by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, which criticized Israel’s settlement construction and expansion activities.On…

[Tuesday, April 8, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers from the Efrat settlement, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, flooded Palestinian farmlands in al-Khader town with sewage.Coordinator of…

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Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have been without running water for more than a month, victims of a decrepit and overwhelmed infrastructure and caught in a…

The Prisoners’ Club Society said, Tuesday, that Israeli occupation forces, armed with tear gas and batons, raided Cell 10 of Section 1, in Jalbou’ prison, after forcing the prisoners out.The…

Occupation forces abducted seventeen people from the West Bank, Tuesday, according to reports by local and security sources.Early Tuesday, the Israeli army invaded Silwad, a town located to the northeast…

Israeli bulldozers, early Tuesday, demolished agricultural structures and leveled fields in northwest Hebron, locals told Ma’an News Agency.Witnesses said bulldozers, escorted by Israeli troops, entered private Palestinian fields in the…

[Tuesday at Dawn, April 8, 2014] Local sources in the Northern West Bank district of Nablus have reported that several armoured Israeli military jeeps invaded the Tal and Osarin villages…

[Late, on Monday Evening, April 7, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the al-Walaja village, northwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and served two residents with military notices…

Israeli military sources have reported that, for the third time since Sunday, a number of young Israeli settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement, south of the northern West Bank city…

[Tuesday at Dawn, April 8, 2014] Israeli soldiers have invaded the town of Ithna, west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapping a lawyer and his sister-in-law. The…

[Tuesday Morning, April 8, 2014] Israeli Navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, near Gaza city, causing excessive damage.One of the fishermen reported the navy…

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The Bethlehem marathon will host hundreds of runners from around the world in the ancient West Bank city next Friday, with one omission: The Palestinian Authority’s top runner, who happens…

Israeli settlers stormed the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Monday, through Al-Mughrabi gate, headed by Moshe Feiglin and escorted by the occupation’s special forces and soldiers. Sheikh Azzam Al Tamimmi, Director…

Israeli military vehicles, Monday, infiltrated Gaza borders to the east of Rafah and al-Maghazi camp, according to local sources. Israeli military vehicles stationed at the military base of ‘Kesofim’, located…

Palestinian security sources, on Monday, identified a man who was shot, injured, and detained by Israeli forces the night before.The man is 35-year-old Ashraf Abu al-Huda, from Nablus, who his…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 March – 02 April 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…

Marking the occasion of Palestinian Children Day, on April 5, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated Thursday, in a press release, that in 2013 there were 2.08 million…

The Magistrate’s Court of Jenin made a ruling, Sunday, to release a Hamas leader on bail.Family sources said that Sheikh Abu Aoun, a prominent Hamas leader in the West Bank,…

Israeli warplanes, Sunday, targeted several locations in the Gaza Strip, causing damage to local facilities and spreading fear among the residents, according to media sources.A WAFA correspondent said that F16…

Prisoner Wahid Abu Maria from Al-Khalil (Hebron), detained since October 2012, has halted a three-month hunger strike which he had initiated to protest his administrative detention in Israeli prisons, The…

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails decided to begin actions, this week, in protest of Israel’s failure to release a fourth group of veteran prisoners. 13 Palestinians were injured during one…

[Sunday, April 6, 2014] Video emerged, on Sunday, of the moment an Israeli sniper shot a Palestinian cameraman in the stomach while he was covering a protest at Ofer prison,…

The Israeli occupation army detained a young Palestinian man near the northern border with the Gaza Strip, raising the month’s number of detentions to six.Walla news website quoted an Israeli…

Israeli settlers uprooted, Saturday, hundreds of newly-planted grape vines in al-Khader, a village located to the south of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.WAFA reports that settlers uprooted 350 newly-planted…

Dozens of young Israelis sent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a letter, on 12 March, 2014, in which they declared their refusal to serve in the Israeli military. While it is…

The Palestinian Authority has set new conditions for agreeing to extend the peace talks with Israel after April, PA officials in Ramallah said Thursday.The Jerusalem Post reported that two of…

The Israeli Ministry of the Interior approved on Friday a plan to demolish a large section of the historic Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, to construct an archaeological…

[Friday, April 4, 2014] Several Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man in Urif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing moderate wounds. Settlers uproot hundreds of…

[Friday Evening, April 4, 2014] A large number of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians, wounding four, while Israeli soldiers kidnapped two more Palestinians, in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem.The Wadi…

[Friday, April 4, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured, including several residents shot by rounds of live ammunition, after Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent…

[Friday, April 4, 2014] As Hundreds of Palestinians fathered near the Ofer Israeli detention facility, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, demanding the release of Palestinian detainees and…

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[Friday at Dawn, April 4, 2014] Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Zababda town, in the northern West Bank district of Jenin, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The army also interrogated…

[Friday at Dawn, April 4, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians, including a child, were injured in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different areas of…

The extremist government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to “punish” the Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas for filing a formal application to join 15…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa released a statement, Wednesday, expressing concern about legislation pending in the state of Maryland to punish and blacklist supporters of the academic boycott against…

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Israeli forces stormed the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Baba, east of al-Ezariya, and demolished several mobile dwellings housing Bedouin families, early Thursday, locals told Ma’an.Large numbers of special Israeli…

Israeli army vehicles, Thursday, infiltrated Gaza borders and went nearly 200 meters into the eastern part of Rafah, south of Gaza, according to media sources.Sources said that seven military vehicles,…

Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Thursday, raided the Joseph’s Tomb east of the West Bank city of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli army. Palestinian official responsible for the Settlement…

Suspected Jewish vandals, on Thursday, slashed the tires of over 40 cars and sprayed racist graffiti in a predominantly Christian town, in the Galilee area of northern Israel, according to…

Israeli warships opened fire, Thursday morning, at Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza sea.Witnesses said that the warships fired at boats off al-Sodaniyya shore, north of Gaza, although the fishermen were…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported Thursday [April 3, 2014] that an Israeli soldier injected a Palestinian with an unknown substance while kidnapping him in Beit Jala town, near…

[Thursday, April 3, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin area, east of the al-Ezariyya town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, demolishing several Palestinian agricultural sheds and…

[Thursday, April 2, 2014] For the second night in a row, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into…

After the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry refused to attend a meeting, Wednesday, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, thus stalling the so-called ‘peace negotiations’ that began last year, Kerry…

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Israeli occupation soldiers forced a Palestinian child to take an unknown pill after abducting him at Johar mountain in Hebron, southern the occupied West Bank.Local sources said that child Ziyad…

Jewish settlers, on Wednesday, assaulted a number of Palestinian worshipers after they stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.Groups of settlers broke into the mosque through Bab al-Magharbeh and started to provoke…

Thirty veteran Palestinian prisoners who were eligible to be freed on March 29 applauded President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to apply for membership in international agencies, a statement said Wednesday.’President Abu…

[Wednesday, April 2, 2014] Israeli soldiers demolished seven agricultural sheds and structures in the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron.Rateb Jabour, Coordinator of…

[Wednesday, April 2, 2014] Israeli soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and three in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers also attacked…

In a report published on April 1, 2014, the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed twelve Palestinians since the beginning of…

[Tuesday, April 1, 2014] Unites States Secretary of State, John Kerry, left the Middle East following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, but did not meet President Mahmoud…

[Tuesday Evening, April 1, 2014] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed fifteen applications that would be submitted to the United Nations, aiming at joining more UN bodies and treaties.The president…

Israeli occupation authorities still detain 11 Palestinian MPs and one minister. Most are administrative detainees, AHRAR Centre for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said.The centre pointed out that Israeli forces…

Hamas said today, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, that it rejects the extension of negotiations with Israel, and called on the Palestinian Authority to “stop this travesty.”The extension of talks would…

Israeli forces demolished, on Tuesday, dwellings and sheds belonging to eight Palestinian families in Jaʻwana, near Beit Furik, to the southeast of Nablus.Forces, backed with ten military vehicles and two…

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Israeli occupation forces carried out, Monday night, a wide military maneuver in Dotan military camp, evacuated since 2005, south of the West Bank city of Jenin.Local sources said that the…