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Israel’s Economy Minister, Naftali Bennett, stated that Israel should never allow the establishment of a Palestinian State, and should never “give the Palestinians any piece of land”.Bennett, who is also…

[Sunday, December 1, 2013] The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has issued its monthly report revealing that Israel soldiers shot and killed 13 Palestinians in the West…

[Saturday, November 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers and police officers have violently assaulted hundreds of nonviolent protesters marching, in the Negev, against the Prawer-Begin Negev displacement plan.The Police, in full riot…

Saturday Evening [November 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of nonviolent Palestinian and international peace activists protesting near the Beit El illegal settlement, north of the central West Bank city…

[Saturday, November 30, 2013] Israeli police officers shot and killed a Palestinian laborer in the Petah Tikva area, north of historic Palestine, after chasing him. The police also kidnapped 20…

[Saturday, November 30, 2013] Adel Ameera, a Palestinian man from occupied East Jerusalem, was forced to demolish his own home in Sur Baher, south of the city, after an Israeli…

[Saturday, November 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers have attacked several Palestinian farmers, southeast of Yattat town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented them from entering their…

As Palestinian protesters took to the streets, Friday, to bring attention to the death of a Palestinian child at an Israeli military checkpoint, Thursday, two protesters were shot with live…

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[Friday Morning November 29, 2013] Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part…

Thursday Evening [November 28, 2013] A Palestinian child has died, as an ambulance transporting her to the Beit Jala Hospital, in the Bethlehem District, was delayed at an Israeli military…

Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday night [November 28, 2013], that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered five months ago during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the Qalandia…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21- 27 Nov. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that several Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire on Thursday evening [November 28, 2013], during clashes with invading soldiers.At least four were shot by…

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This is a Press Released issued by The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) regarding the impacts of Israel’s illegal siege on the impoverished population in the Gaza Strip.Network (PNGO) and…

[Thursday, November 27, 2013] Israeli soldiers invade different parts of the occupied West Bank, break into and search dozens of homes, kidnapping eight Palestinians. Israeli Navy kidnaps three Gaza fishermen…

[Wednesday Evening, November 27, 2013] Israeli soldiers and police officers kidnap three Palestinians, including two children, in occupied Jerusalem. Soldiers attack protesters near the city.Eyewitnesses state that the soldiers kidnapped…

[November 28, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invade Deir Ballout, demolish unfinished home.Property owner Ghanem Mahmoud Abdul-Karim stated that Israeli military bulldozers, accompanied by several armored jeeps, entered Deir Ballout…

[Wednesday, November 27, 2013] Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that (at least) dozens of Palestinians have been injured during…

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[Wednesday, November 27, 2013] Several Palestinians have been wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the West Bank, Palestinian medical sources have reported.The…

The United Nations has declared the year 2014 as a “Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”, after the resolution passed by 110 votes, with seven countries opposing and 54…

Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, condemned the assassination of three Palestinians by the Israeli army in Hebron, and called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) in…

[Wednesday, November 27, 2013] Israeli soldiers have invaded several areas of the occupied West Bank, broken into and searched dozens of homes, kidnapping seventeen Palestinians in the districts of Nablus…

Palestinian medical sources report that three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire, on Tuesday evening [November 26, 2013], east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank…

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A group of Israeli settlers invaded the village of Bruqin, near Salfit in the northern West Bank, early Monday morning, and uprooted a grove of 15 olive trees. This follows…

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, announced Monday that his government is working with the Fateh party which controls the West Bank to try to re-supply Gaza’s main…

[Monday November 25, 2013] Palestinian security men and gunmen exchanged fire in the Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources have reported.The sources…

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[Monday November 25, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to build, and legalize, more than 800 units in illegal Israeli settlements in…

[Monday November 25, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded dozens of communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, broke into and violently searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped at least…

[Monday At Dawn November 25, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the al-Obeydiyya town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and kidnapped…

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage has reported [Sunday November 24, 2013] that several Israeli soldiers kidnapped two teachers and a student in the Al-Aqsa Mosque yard, and took…

A visit by several Israeli legislators to the Negev desert in southern Israel Sunday was met by protests organized by local residents opposed to the Israeli plan to forcibly remove…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Sunday at dawn and on Saturday evening, several Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and in the Gaza Strip. Most of the invasions…

[Saturday Evening November 23, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least fifteen Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place after Israeli soldiers…

[Saturday November 23, 2013] The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that five Palestinians have been…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday [November 22 2013] nonviolent Palestinian protesters at the Kabsa Junction, between the Al-Ezariyya, Abu Dis and Al-Isawiyya towns, in occupied East Jerusalem, and fired at…

Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainee’s affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that the Israeli occupation army is still holding captive 4,900 Palestinians in 17 prisons, prison camps, detention and interrogation facilities. Among…

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The “Miles Of Smile” solidarity aid convoy made it into the coastal region, on Thursday [November 21, 2013], after crossing through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt, carrying…

Detainees held at the Majeddo Israeli prison are facing a severe health crisis, due to the lack of adequate medical treatment by the prison, reports the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).In…

[Thursday November 21, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Baten Al-Ma’sy Mountain area, in the Al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, and bulldozed Palestinians lands, uprooting them in preparation for…

[Wednesday evening November 21, 2013] Several Israeli military jeeps invaded the Barta’a village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, carrying destruction orders issued by the military against…

Israeli Soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning [November 21, 2013], the Deerat village, east of Yatta in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and illegally confiscated seven dunams of Palestinian…

[Wednesday Evening November 20 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and kidnapped an 11-year-old child after alleging that he hurled stones at them.The child has been…

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Medical and legal sources in the West Bank and Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have killed 33 Palestinians since the beginning of this year; 23, including four detainees, have been…

Palestinian detainees held at the Israeli Asqalan Prison have started an open-ended hunger strike, after special units of the Israeli army invaded the prison on Monday, November 18, 2013, the…

[Tuesday Evening November 19 2013] Israeli war jets carried out seven air strikes, targeting different areas in the northern and the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.Israeli military sources allege…

[Nablus – Tuesday Evening, November 19, 2013] A Palestinian woman was wounded after being rammed by the speeding vehicle of an Israeli settler, near the northern West Bank city of…

[Tuesday November 19, 2013] Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem have reported that a Palestinian man, 58 years of age, died of wounds suffered seven years ago after being shot by…

Israeli navy boats opened fire, on Tuesday at dawn [November 19, 2013] at a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the Gaza coast causing damage but no injuries.Eyewitnesses said that…

[Tuesday at dawn November 19, 2013] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Far’ata village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, burnt two cars and wrote racist…

As a consequence of the recent Israeli and Egyptian clampdown on the tunnels under the border between Gaza and Egypt, fuel has become exceedingly scarce in Gaza, and a major…

Israeli sources reported Sunday [November 17, 2013] that a number of extremist Israeli youths invaded an Islamic graveyard in occupied Jerusalem, broke tombstones and wrote racist graffiti on tombstones and…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured by Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades during clashes with Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday, in Abu Dis…

[Sunday November 17, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped one Palestinian teenager in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and five in the West Bank district of Bethlehem.Local sources in Hebron…

I’ve spent my entire life hearing stories about Jerusalem and the beauty of my homeland from my mother and grandparents. I had always dreamed of one day being able to…

On Friday Israeli troops shot and injured 17 civilians with so-called ‘non-lethal’ ammunition. Among those injured were children and journalists, who were present during anti wall and settlements protests that…

[Saturday November 16, 2013] The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the current number of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention Orders, without charges or any due…

Activists Remove Settlers’ Tent Near Bethlehem [Friday Evening November 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinian youths in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin,…

[Friday November 15, 2013] Several residents have been injured during clashes with invading Israeli soldiers in Hebron, located in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources…

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In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 07- 13 November 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

The Israeli government is considering forcing Palestinian detainees from Jerusalem and historic Palestine into exile should they be released under an agreement with the Palestinian Authority.The detainees have been imprisoned…

Gaza – Thursday evening November 14, 2013, Palestinian sources have reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out two separate airstrikes targeting what appeared to be open areas in Gaza…

[Thursday November 14, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded Yabod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and cut more than 100 olive trees that belong to the residents despite…

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Palestinian sources have reported that the number of Palestinians kidnapped by the Israeli soldiers, on Thursday November 14, arrived to twenty Palestinians, fifteen kidnapped in Hebron and five in Jenin.The…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated Wednesday that the Palestinian negotiators to peace talks with Israel have resigned. The decision was made due to ongoing Israeli violations, topped by its illegitimate…

[Wednesday November 13, 2013] Israeli soldiers cut dozens of Palestinian olive trees close to the main road near Ya’bod village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.The Maan…

14 November 2013, marks the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense,” which lasted for 8 days. This offensive, like the preceding…

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A Palestinian man identified as Kamel Basseela, 48 years of age, was seriously injured after two Israeli extremists dropped a stone on him as he was heading to work in…

[Wednesday November 13, 2013] A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinians lands, close to the “Samaria Highway” settler road, near the Bruqin village, west of the central West bank…

[Wednesday November 13, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burin south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leading to clashes lasting until early dawn hours.…

[Wednesday Morning November 13, 2013] A number of armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out a limited invasion into Palestinian lands near khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis in…

A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded, on Wednesday [November 12, 2013] a Palestinian orchard east of Qarawat Bani Hassan village, west of the central West Bank district of Salfit.Head…

[Tuesday November 12, 2013] Israeli soldiers were caught on tape violently attacked a Palestinian woman at the Za’tara roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Speaking on condition of…

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[Tuesday November 12, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured by Israeli army fire in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West…

[Tuesday November 12, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Obeydiyya town, near Bethlehem, broke into several homes, and kidnapped four children. The army also kidnapped one Palestinian in Nablus.Local…

A young Palestinian, Ahmad Tazaz’ah, was killed by Israeli troops on October 31st in Qabatiya, south of Jenin. While the Israeli military has claimed that Tazaz’ah was not killed by…

Palestinian official Nasser Al-Qodwa stated that the report released by the committee that investigated the death of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat revealed that the leader was poisoned to death,…

Radio Bethlehem 2000 announced on Monday that its director George Qanawati, was beaten up and tortured while being under police custody. Qanawati was arrested by Palestinian police and secret service…

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[Monday November 11, 2013] Israeli military sources have reported that a military vehicle uncovered an explosive charge near an Israeli military base, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah.The…

Local sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped three…

[Sunday Evening November 10, 2013] Jerusalem – Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, and clashed with local youths wounding two, and kidnapped…

Local sources in the West Bank district of Bethlehem have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the area on Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, broke into and searched homes,…

[Sunday November 10, 2013] Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Isawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem, and handed destruction orders targeting a home, and a residential building,…

Eyewitnesses have reported Saturday [November 9 2013] that a number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian lands west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, bulldozed them and installed…

Chairwoman of the Meretz Israeli Party Zahava Gal-On called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from appointing Avigdor Lieberman as Foreign Minister due to his extreme views that…

The Israeli military has issued demolition orders for hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in the village of Yabad, in the northern West Bank, following threats that if kids kept throwing…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to suspend the voting rights of the U.S. and Israel after the two nations refused to provide a justification…

[Friday November 8, 2013] Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank have reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli…