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The Israeli Ministry of Interior called on its citizens to refrain from travelling to Egypt, especially amidst planned massive protests against the government this coming Sunday. The Ministry also called…

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Local sources in the Al-Mazra’a Ash-Sharqiyya village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village, and kidnapped eight Palestinians.The sources…

Palestinian medical sources reported Friday [June 28 2013] that a young Palestinian man was shot in the chest by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Qalandia refugee…

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

Local sources have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt on Thursday at night [June 27 2013] a Palestinian agricultural structure in Bardala village, near Tubas in the…

Villages of the Sabastia area, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers burnt, Thursday [June 27 2013], Palestinian agricultural lands…

The British Government denounced Thursday [June 27 2013] the recent Israeli decision granting a final approval for the construction of 69 new units in the Har Homa [Jabal Abu Ghneim]…

U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, held a meeting on Thursday [June 24 2013] with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem, and held talks on various issues, topped by…

Thursday [June 27] as part of his Middle East trip, U.S. Secretary General John Kerry held a meeting with king Abdullah of Jordan, and discussed bilateral relations between the two…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Thursday [June 27 2013] the Susiya village, near the southern West Bank of Hebron, and handed 39 orders targeting tents, kitchens, structures, solar panels, a…

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Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday [June 27 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians.Local sources in Al-Mazra’a Al-Qibliyya village, north of the central West Bank…

Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus, in the northern West Bank, and the central West Bank city of Tubas, and kidnapped six Palestinians.Local sources in Nablus have…

Israeli Radio, Reseht Bet, reported Wednesday evening [June 26 2013] that the Construction and Planning Committee of the Jerusalem City Council, approved the construction of additional 69 units in the…

Turkish media agencies have reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayiip Erdogan, will be visiting the Gaza Strip on July 5 to meet with Ismail Hanniya of Hamas, and several…

Israel’s policy of hindering economic development in the Gaza Strip through control of commercial border crossings into the region has come to crisis point recently. Gaza is not only suffering…

PCHR Asserts its Firm Position Denouncing the Crime of Torture, Demanding Remedy and Justice for Victims and Confirms its Complete Bias to the Victims Today, Wednesday 26th June 2013, is…

[Wednesday June 26 2013] the Israeli Authorities have decided to illegally confiscate 380 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to local villagers of Kufur Qaleel, south of the northern West…

[Wednesday June 26, 2013] The Egyptian security forces stated that six Israeli Arabs and three Egyptians, apprehended in Egypt, are currently facing trial for spying for Israel.Egyptian Prosecutor, Hisham Kharmouty,…

A Palestinian man was convicted Tuesday in a Jerusalem court of meeting with members of the Hezbollah resistance group in Lebanon, after initially facing more serious charges and then accepting…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian fighter died Monday [June 24], of wounds suffered three years ago when the Israeli army attempted to assassinate him.The sources said that…

The Yesh Din independent Israeli human rights group reported that some of its activists have been injured, Tuesday, after being attacked by extremist Israeli settlers near the northern West Bank…

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A number of Israeli military jeeps invaded on Tuesday at dawn [June 25 2013] the central West Bank city of Salfit, broke into homes and searched them.Local sources have reported…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday evening [June 24 2013] two Palestinian children in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied East Jerusalem.Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the…

Amidst speculations that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, would organize a direct meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli sources have reported that…

The Palestinian Authority (P.A) headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, is said to be reluctant to resume direct peace talks with Tel Aviv without a viable and clear agenda for any…

[Monday June 24 2013] The leftist Palestinian People’s Party issued a statement strongly denouncing the Palestinian security forces for arresting members of leftist parties, members of the Popular Resistance Movement,…

Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped [Monday June…

Israeli media sources have reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has allegedly decided to resume direct political talks with Israel in the near future, and that an understanding was reached…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that the Hamas government in the coastal region prevented Mahmoud Zahar, one of the political leaders of Hamas, from travelling, as he…

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Israeli Member of Knesset, head of the Foreign and Security Committee, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Monday [June 24 2013] that Israel should seriously consider “reoccupying and imposing fill Israeli military and…

A number of masked extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Monday at dawn [June 24] 22 Palestinian cars in Beit Hanina, in occupied East Jerusalem, and punctured their tires before drawing…

Israeli soldiers invaded late on Sunday at night the town of the Al-Ezariyya, in occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped nine Palestinians.Local sources have…

Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at dawn [June 24 2013] Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, kidnapped one resident, and shot two…

Fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles targeting what the army called “weapons storage facilities” in the Gaza Strip, and another location apparently used as a training…

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, reported that one of its leaders was shot and killed by live rounds, fired by security officers of the…

Local sources in Azzoun village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the village, on Sunday at dawn [June 23…

On the morning of June 22nd, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched to the Israeli occupation military checkpoint blocking the West Bank from Jerusalem. Upon reaching the Israeli occupation roadblock,…

Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday [June 23 2013] that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire near the Al-Jalazonerefugee camp, in the central West Bank…

Jordanian political prisoners, held by Israel, entered their 53rd day of ongoing hunger strike protesting their continued detention, the bad treatment and dire health and living conditions they face in…

Local sources have reported Saturday [June 22] that several extremist Israeli settlers of the Bracha illegal settlement, attacked Palestinian shepherds in the southern area of Burin village, south of the…

The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, reported Frida [June 21, 2013] that dozens of Israeli soldiers…

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Israeli sources have reported Friday [June 21 2013] that a civilian security officer shot and killed an Israeli man near a public toilet at the Al-Boraq Wall (Western Wall Plaza)…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13 – 19 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union, arrived in the Gaza Strip Thursday [June 20 2013], and visited a school…

Nabil Abu Rodeina, spokesperson to the Palestinian President, stated Thursday evening [June 20 2013] that the newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Rami Hamdallah, has officially submitted his resignation.Abu Rodeina…

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A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked, late on Wednesday at night [June 20] a Palestinian car driving on the Nablus-Qalqilia road causing excessive damage but no injuries.Resident Amjad Amin…

[Thursday at dawn, June 19 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded various districts in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians.Dozens of soldiers…

Dr. Ghazi Hamad, a political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) revealed, Wednesday, that political leaders of Hamas held meetings with several European ambassadors and officials, and with senior…

Dr Kamalian Sha’ath, President of the Islamic University of Gaza, is one of many dedicated academics providing higher education in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic University was one of the…

This report is issued in the context of the closure policy imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip, which has been implemented for six consecutive years, which has…

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{Wednesday, June 19] Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a total of 18 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank.The army invaded the West Bank districts…

Violence came to Bethlehem last May on a quiet Sunday morning. According to a report from the International Middle East Media Center, on 12 May 2013, Israeli soldiers fired concussion…

Local sources have reported that several Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Tuesday at night [June 15 2013], the village of Teqoua’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday at night [June 18 2013] Qabalan town, southeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Local sources have…

A number of extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday evening (June 18 2013] the village of Aseera Al-Qibliyya, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and burnt the room…

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Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government budged, allotted for settlement activities in the occupied territories, is hundreds of millions over the allocated annual budget.Haaretz said that, by investigating…

Local sources in occupied East Jerusalem have reported [Tuesday morning June 18] that a number of extremist Israeli settlers punctured tires of 28 Palestinian cars in Abu Gosh area in…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on [Monday at Night and Tuesday at dawn] five Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and…

The Palestinian Ministry of Education, under the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, denied reports claiming that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its government ever prevented Muslim students from…

A retired Israeli military general told the Israeli Army Radio on his 100 birthday that the Israeli army destroyed and depopulated hundreds of Arab villages in order to establishment the…

The Israeli government is planning one of its largest schemes to illegally confiscate 22.500 Dunams (5559.87 Acres) that belong to the Palestinians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as…

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[Monday June 14 2013] The Hamas movement called on the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party to withdraw its fighters from Syria [supporting President Bashar Assad], and to focus on the struggle against…

Three Israeli settlers attacked [Sunday June 16] an elderly Palestinian woman in Deir Yassin area, in West Jerusalem. Medical sources said that Fathiyya Mohammad Ajaj, 75, was visiting her son,…

[Monday June 17 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the Hamas movement in Gaza formed a special unit to prevent resistance groups from firing shells into adjacent Israeli areas.Israeli Wallah…

Sunday [June 16] Head of the Palestinian Forensics Center, Dr. Saber Al-‘Aloul, stated that the final findings of the forensic report regarding the cause of death of detainee Maisara Abu…

[Sunday June 16] Israeli soldiers kidnapped an elderly Palestinian man, after a group of extremist Israeli settlers attacked shepherds in a Palestinian village, south of the southern West Bank city…

A Palestinian man was injured on Friday [June 14] in Jama’in town, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after being attacked by several Israeli soldiers during clashes that…

Friday evening [June 14 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli army fire, as he worked in his land in Deir Al-Balah, in…

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Palestinian sources reported Friday [June 14 2013] that extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze two Palestinian cars in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.The sources added that the settlers also…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Thursday [June 13 2013] the Palestinian climber who managed to reach the summit of the Everest, and raised the Palestinian flag.Abbas met Raed Zidan,…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn [June 14 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, searched homes and kidnapped seven Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.Local sources…

[Thursday June 14 2013] An Israeli soldier shot, and seriously injured, a Palestinian man at the Qalandia terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.The army claimed that the Palestinian failed to stop…

Israeli army sources reported Thursday [June 14 2013] that the army located two tunnels under a section of the Annexation Wall, close to the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.Israeli…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 05 – 12 June 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

[Thursday June 13 2013] The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the Tel Aviv University is cooperating with right wing settler groups involved in excavations in Silwan Arab town, south…

[Wednesday June 13] Arab Member of Israeli Knesset (MK) Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, demanding him…

[Thursday June 13 2013] Israeli media sources have reported that despite efforts by the United States to resume the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Tel Aviv decided…

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[Thursday June 13 2013] a number of extremist Israel settlers carried out another Price Tag attack, this time targeting a Christian Cemetery in Jaffa, and spray-painted “Price Tag”, and “Revenge”…

Israeli TV, Channel 1, aired an interview with Israeli deputy Defense Minister, Member of Knesset (MK) Danny Danon, who said that there will never be a Palestinian State, and that…

[Thursday morning June 13 2013] Israeli military vehicles, stationed across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and homes in Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of the southern West…

Majed Fadel Hassan Baker (53) is a fisherman from the Gaza Strip. Having been a fisherman since the age of 10, he has borne witness to the sharp decline of…

Israeli military sources claimed, on Thursday evening {June 12 2013] that gunmen opened fire at a settlement bus driving, close to the Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West…

The Israeli Police revealed Wednesday [June 12 2013] that Israeli settlers carried out 165 Price Tag attacks against the Palestinians and their property, in the West Bank, and in the…

On Wednesday [June 12 2013] an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.The army kidnapped the legislator…

Lebanese army sources reported Wednesday [June 12 2013] that a number of Israeli military vehicles advanced approximately 15 meters into Lebanese territory, and that Lebanon complained to the UNIFIL. The…

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[Wednesday June 12] the Prison Administration of the Negev Detention Camp forced four hunger striking detainees into solitary confinement in an attempt to force them to quit their strike.The four…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday [June 12 2013] Doura town, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians.Eyewitnesses said that a number of Israeli military jeeps…