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The District court judge in Jerusalem cancelled, last Thursday, an indictment against the 19-year-old Ahmad Daoud Obeid, from the village of Esawyeh.The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reports that Mohammad Mahmoud,…

Four Palestinian-owned plots near Qalqilya were retrieved by their owners, after being previously seized by Israeli companies claiming ownership to the land.(WAFA) The Qalqilya governorate said in a statement, on…

A Tel Aviv court, on Monday, sentenced a Palestinian-Israeli with a 25-year prison term over the 2012 bombing of a bus during a major Israeli campaign in Gaza.Photo: Mohammed Mafarja,…

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed, in a press release, the passing of motion calling on the National University of Galway (NUIG) Students’ Union to actively participate in the Palestinian-led…

[Sunday Evening, March 09, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian farmlands in the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and uprooted them.Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular…

[Monday, March 10, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, installed roadblocks, broke into homes and searched them, kidnapping twelve Palestinians.Local sources in the southern…

[Monday, March 10, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers stationed at the al-Karama crossing, between the West Bank and Jordan, shot and killed a Palestinian man.The sources…

Palestinian prisoners in Negev prison said, on Sunday, that they sent a notification to the Israeli Prison Service, saying that they will launch a hunger strike next month.(Al Ray) Palestinian…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi recently stressed on the essential role of Britain and of Europe in exercising a corrective influence on negotiations, bringing Israel to compliance, and…

Israeli forces backed by bulldozers proceeded, Sunday, to level Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of al-Khader to the south of Bethlehem as a prelude to take it over, according…

The last shipment of Qatar-donated diesel — used to fuel the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant — is expected to run out within four or five days, a Palestinian official…

A group of Israeli high school students sent the following letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, explaining their refusal to serve in the Israeli army.(via the Alternative Information Center) CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS…

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People expressed concern over the recent developments and increased tensions in Occupied East Jerusalem, and…

An Israeli military vehicle, on Saturday, hit a Palestinian girl in the southern West Bank, injuring her seriously, according to a local spokesman. Nidal al-Haddar, spokesman for Yatta’s popular committee,…

Israeli settlers in the West Bank stoned the car of a Palestinian photographer working for AFP, slightly injuring him, as he was on his way to cover a story, on…

Some 50,000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have been without water for three days, after their water supply was cut off, on Tuesday. The residents are from the Shufat refugee camp…

Eleven Palestinian women were hurt by tear gas inhalation, Saturday, when Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration marking International Women’s Day.Dozens of Palestinian women rallied, early Saturday, near Qalandia checkpoint between…

As the visit of Pope Francis to Palestine and Israel nears, a letter signed by 20 US Bishops was sent the Pontiff asking him to speak out against the targeting…

The Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that, since 1967, Israel has kidnapped and imprisoned more than 15,000 women, including 1,000 since…

A request by a European Union official to visit Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, was denied by Israeli Foriegn Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, of the extreme right-wing “Israel Our Home”…

The Prison Administration at the Negev Detention Camp, in the Negev Desert of occupied Palestine, moved detainee Majed Taha Qaraqe’, age 40, to the Soroka medical center after suffering serious…

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A group of colonial Israeli settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, three young Palestinians in al-Mughayyar village, to the north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Ghassan Daghlas, the Palestinian…

The papal ambassador to Israel has informed the Israeli Foreign Ministry that Pope Francis will cancel his planned visit to Israel, which was to take place over May 24-26, due…

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

The Israeli army abducted, on Thursday, four Palestinians from the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. The detainees were identified as: Ahmed Shafeeq Abu Zaina, 24, Khaled…

Late Thursday, Israeli forces raided the town of al-Isawiya , in east Jerusalem, and abducted several members of the family of former political prisoner and 266-day hunger striker Samer al-Issawi,…

A week of events organized to bring attention to Israel’s practices and policies which resemble the South African race-based system known as apartheid were held at hundreds of universities from…

A group of professors, researchers and other academics from around the world published an open letter this week condemning the Israeli government’s attempts to stifle debate and academic freedom at…

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Some 300,000 Palestinians live in Area C, the part of the West Bank under full Israeli control, according to new data published, on Tuesday, by a UN body. That figure…

The Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, Junya Matsuura, signed contracts with Representatives of four local authorities, on Thursday, to support projects in Ramallah. Matsuura, Ambassador for the Palestinian…

64 Jewish settlers broke into Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Thursday morning, under the protection of Israeli colonial police, witnesses said.Media coordinator of Al Aqsa Institute for Religious Trusts and…

Israeli authorities razed a land near Solomon’s Pools, in the village of Artas , south of Bethlehem.Last week, Israeli authorities evacuated a military watchtower that was built on the land,…

The U.S. House of Representatives approved, on Wednesday, a bill which changes Israel’s status into one of a ‘strategic partner’ of the United States.According to a report by Alternative Information…

[Thursday Morning, March 6, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were injured after being assaulted by Israeli settlers in the al-Mogheer village, north of the central West…

[Thursday, March 06, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping several Palestinians after breaking into their homes and searching them.Local sources in Jenin, in the…

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The Israeli army, on Wednesday, abducted two people from the West Bank city of Hebron, including a minor, in addition to a youth from the Jerusalem area, according to local…

[Wednesday, March 5, 2014] Dozens of Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli police, have again stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque, touring the facility while holding maps and documentations.Mahmoud Abu Atta, spokesperson of…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, directly urged Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to recognize Israel as a ‘Jewish state’ and to ‘abandon the fantasy’ of ‘flooding’ Israel with refugees.…

Israeli forces raided the northern Jordan Valley, on Tuesday, ordering 21 Palestinian families in Wadi Ibziq to leave their homes from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. The order’s objective was…

Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, stated that the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC conference did not carry anything new, and proves Netanyahu is just…

[Wednesday at Dawn, March 5, 2014] Israeli Navy ships opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats close to the shore, near Gaza City, causing damage but no injuries.Local sources said that…

The Israeli Magistrates’ Court, in occupied Jerusalem, has sentenced Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, to eight months imprisonment, and three years’ probation. He…

[Tuesday Evening, March 4, 2014] Israeli soldiers handed military orders to 21 families in the Wad Ebzeeq area, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, ordering them to…

[Tuesday Evening, March 4, 2014] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded Borqa village, west of the northern West bank city of Nablus, and attacked several residents; clashes have been reported.The Radio…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday [March 4, 2014], Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into a number of homes, and kidnapped three Palestinian children. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center…

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[March 4, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping 22 Palestinians, including four political leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

[Tuesday, March 04, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after dozens of soldiers invaded the Barta’a village, south of the…

Israeli soldiers, stationed at a roadblock near Hebron, attacked on Tuesday [March 4, 2014] two Palestinian workers heading to work, causing one worker to suffer a broken leg, while kidnapping…

An Israeli fighter jet reportedly dropped a missile, Monday night, near Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, killing two Palestinians and wounding three others, including a child. The two men killed…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israel is currently holding captive 21 Palestinian women at the Hasharon prison, under very dire conditions and ongoing…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israel is currently holding captive eleven democratically elected Palestinian legislators and one minister.In a press release, head of…

Palestinian Legislator Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi welcomed the decision of the YMCA and YWCA, in Norway, to join the international BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) and boycott Israel for its ongoing…

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A number of Palestinian Prisoners in Shatta prison were injured, last Thursday, when Israeli forces raided cells 7 and 10 ,in the prison, smashed their belongings and sabotaged the section.Some…

Scores of Ramya villagers and political activists organized, on Monday, in Galilee, a demonstration in front of the ‘Israel Lands Administration’ office in ‘Natzeret Illit’, protesting their displacement from Ramya…

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Monday, eleven Palestinians from the West Bank.Four Palestinians from Hebron and two others from Tulkarem were taken, while another in Ein Yabrud village, north of…

[Monday, March 3, 2014] Israeli forces raided al-Sawiya high school, south of Nablus, and detained two students, accrding to a Palestinian Authority official.Ghassan Daghlas told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli…

Israeli settlers Sunday uprooted around 200 newly planted olive trees belonging to a Palestinian from the Kufr Qadoom, a village west of Nablus, according to a local activist. (WAFA) Ghassan…

Egyptian Authorities continue the closure of Rafah crossing to Palestinian travelers, for the third week in a row, according to borders and crossings administration in Gaza.Hundreds of Palestinians, including students…

According to the Palestinian Department of Antiquities, there are 944 archaeological sites in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, while the number of monuments hit 10 thousand, the Palestinian…

Israeli municipal authorities in Jerusalem are planning to require mosques to lower the volume of the Muslim call to prayer, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem said in a statement, Sunday.…

Saleh Mlihat, 70, was killed on Sunday, after being run over by an Israeli colonial settler, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.Mosa Mlihat said that his father was run…

Israeli forces stormed a kindergarten and a high school in the town of Ya’bod, to the west of Jenin, on Sunday, according to security sources.According to a WAFA report, head…

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat rejected, on Thursday, a decision by United States officials to extend the April deadline for reaching a framework peace deal in nine months.The US stated…

Shaking in the northern West Bank, felt Friday evening and Saturday morning, was ‘definitely’ a series of two earthquakes and was not the result of explosions, Jalal Dabeek of an-Najah…

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Rima Khalaf, is urging both Egypt and Jordan to boycott Israeli settlement products. ‘Boycotting the settlement…

As thousands of protesters prepare to gather in Washington DC, on Sunday, March 2nd, to stand up against the policies promoted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a…

Local sources report that at least 14 civilians were injured, and many others were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers attacked anti-wall non-violent…

Israeli forces, on Saturday, prevented Palestinian farmers in the Hebron district from accessing their privately owned land, local popular committee spokespeople said.Nidal al-Haddar, a spokesman for the popular committee in…

The District court sentenced, on Wednesday, two Jerusalemite children to prison terms of 9 and 6 months. Silwanic reports that according to Amjad Abu Asab, director of Jerusalemites detainees and…

The ‘National Committee to Lift the Siege’, on Friday, announced that it is planning to escalate its popular protests against the Israeli siege on Gaza.Photo: ‘National Committee to Lift the…

Israeli forces have blocked off all earth access roads leading to Yaʻbad to the west of Jenin, according to local security sources.Israeli troops, backed by military bulldozers, have sealed off…

A Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday, according to witnesses and medics.Witnesses said that 57-year-old Aminah Atiyeh Qudeih was shot and…

Israeli forces launched an air strike on the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday evening, targeting a rocket launch site, according to a statement by Israeli forces.The statement said that the…

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(Haaretz) She stood in the middle of Eilat Airport’s small departures hall, and her eyes said it all. An impressive, well-dressed woman with an assertive face, only her burning eyes…

Occupation forces kidnapped, on Friday, two Palestinians from Jaba’ village south of Jenin, north of the West Bank.According to a PNN report, security sources said that Israeli forces raided the…

Israeli police said they will limit access for Muslim men to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound during Friday prayers to prevent possible clashes following services.Photo: Israeli security forces stand guard at…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 20 – 26 February, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

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Settler bulldozers, on Thursday morning, began to raze lands in Ja’loud village, to the south of Nablus, in order to expand settlements in the region.Al Ray News Agency reports that…

Hundreds of settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, raided Joseph’s Tomb to perform religious rituals, on Thursday.(PNN) Witnesses said that buses full of Israeli settlers stormed the area east…

Israeli forces are using excessive, reckless violence in the occupied West Bank, killing dozens of Palestinians over the past three years in what might constitute a war crime, Amnesty International…

Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces, on Thursday, during a protest near Hebron which followed the killing of Muatazz Washaha, 24, in the central West Bank, earlier in the…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has stated that unknown gunmen detonated an explosive device in the yard of a local Christian church in Gaza City, on Wednesday at…

[Thursday, February 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man after surrounding a home and firing shells at the property, in Birzeit town, north of the central West…

[Thursday Morning, February 27, 2014] A number of fanatic Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian farmlands near Jaloud village, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted them.Eyewitnesses said…

[Thursday, January 27, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded various Palestinian communities, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, kidnapping 15 Palestinians, including a 9-year old child and a mentally challenged…

Israeli military sources have reported that three soldiers were injured, on Wednesday evening [February 26, 2014], after a Molotov cocktail struck their vehicle close to the Migdalim illegal settlement, near…

[Wednesday Evening, February 26, 2014] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli army increased its alert level on the Lebanese, fearing the Hezbollah party would retaliate to Israeli bombardment carried…

Israeli sources have reported, Wednesday [February 26, 2014], that the body of an Israeli soldier who went missing last week has been located near a road leading to the Haifa…

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A Palestinian woman, sick with a heart disease, died Wednesday morning at Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip.Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said that Wedad Deeb, 71, died…

[Wednesday Morning, February 26, 2014] Head of al-Maleh Village Council, Aref Daraghmeh, said that the Israeli occupation has deported 30 families from their homes in the Jordan Valley, under the…

A new law to create a separate ‘Christian’ nationality for Palestinian citizens of Israel successfully passed through the Knesset, on Monday, with more than three-quarters in favor. Palestinian priest Father…

The Israeli Supreme Court approved, on Monday [February 26, 2014], the appeal submitted by the public prosecution against the district court’s decision to imprison 21-year-old Mohammad Abdullah Mahmoud for 6…