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A French citizen was hit in the shoulder as the Israeli army fired tear gas canisters and sound grenades in the old city of Hebron on Tuesday.During a disturbance between…

On Tuesday Khaled Mesmar, head of the Political Committee of the Palestinian National Council, reported that an official statement issued by Washington had been received demanding that if another membership…

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man in the northern West Bank on Saturday and then a group of Israeli settlers repeatedly stabbed him, a Palestinian official told Ma’an news.The incident…

Israeli Ynet News reported that the Israeli Central Command Chief, Nitzan Alon, signed an order granting the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority “the right” to search for, and arrest, internationals…

The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 15 Palestinians during the latest escalation against the Gaza Strip in June, including three children. At least…

The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, led by Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas, has called on Tuesday for fresh elections to be held on Oct. 20th, yet Hamas have rejected this…

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Nabil al-Raee, the artistic director of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, officially began a hunger strike on July 6th to protest his administrative detention in an Israeli prison, according to…

Palestinian political prisoner, Mahmoud Sarsak, arrived on Tuesday at noon at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) terminal, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after being released from an Israeli…

Israeli workers dug up dirt under the foundation of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem Sunday night, according to a report by Ma’an news.On Monday, the al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and…

A 15-year-old girl has been appointed temporary mayor of a northern West Bank town as part of a youth empowerment initiative, according to Ma’an news.Bashayir Othman will serve as mayor…

Following the findings of the Levy Committee, reported on Monday, that declared that Israel’s settler population and military control of the West Bank does not constitute an occupation, Haaretz have…

In a continuation of Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, Israeli jets attacked several locations on Tuesday morning in the southern part of the Gaza strip. No injuries have been reported.In…

A government-appointed committee has put forward a proposal that would grant official status to all illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. There are currently more than 200 Israeli settlements…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child from Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, was wounded after being rammed by a settler’s car in Susiya area,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man, in his thirties, was shot and wounded by Israeli military, on Monday afternoon, in al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis, in the…

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In a report published this month, a delegation of British lawyers and MPs who visited Israel/Palestine in 2011 concluded that Israel violates six articles of the United Nations Convention on…

Governor Kemal Hemaid of Hebron was prevented from traveling to visit a family in the village of Imneizil in the southern part of his district by the Israeli military on…

The Palestinian Authority has on Monday agreed to the exhumation of late president Yasser Arafat’s body following the recent exposé by the al-Jazeera network.The recent al-Jazeera broadcast showed findings by…

Three families in the village of Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem, were evicted a second time by the Israeli military according to WAFA news. When Israeli authorities demolished their building,…

Governments within the European Union (EU) have received a report issued by a prominent jurist in the UK stating that EU member states would be within their legal rights if…

Akram al-Rikhawi, who has now been on hunger strike for 91 days is unable to move his left leg and is at risk of dying, his lawyer and doctor both…

The Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem sentenced, Monday, two Israeli policemen to only 30 months imprisonment despite the fact that they left a wounded Palestinian man to die on…

The government of Prime Minister Netanyahu is in the process of revoking the military and national service exemption currently offered to Palestinians and ultra-Orthodox Jews living in Israel.Arab-Israelis and ultra-Orthodox…

On Monday several teenage settlers attacked a Palestinian man near the illegal Eliezer settlement located close to the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Maan News Agency reported that five teenage settlers,…

Israeli settlers seize five dunums belonging to 67-year-old Ali Khader Issa from al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem in a continuation of illegal land grabs in the area.Ahmad Salah who is…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that he is willing to release dozens of Palestinian detainees before the end of this year, in exchange for holding a meeting with Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, the towns of Doura and Ein Sinjer, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Two Palestinian workers were wounded after being assaulted…

On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement. Five Palestinians were injured in the…

On Friday afternoon, approximately 80 activists gathered at Sheik Jarrah in East Jerusalem to protest the illegal eviction of Palestinian families, and the occupation of their homes by far right…

In a strongly worded resolution on Thursday, the EU parliament condemned Israeli settler violence and demanded ‘an immediate end to house demolitions, evictions and forced displacement of Palestinians.’In recent years…

The United Nations Human Rights Council said that it will investigate the implication of Israeli settlements on the rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank. Israel condemned…

The Friends Of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in reported Friday that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Annexation Wall and Settlements, leading to several injuries.The…

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The General Assembly of the US Presbyterian Church narrowly voted against divestment in three companies doing business with the Israeli military. The extremely close vote on Thursday, 333-331 against the…

The Al-Mayadeen TV, based in Lebanon, published a video reportedly documenting the confession of a collaborator with Israel, operating in the Negev detention camp, in which he said that “Israel…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 28 June– 04 July 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…

On Thursday Israel released two legislators of the Change and Reform Bloc, a wing of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning them without charge at the Negev Detention Camp for 18…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and wounded by Israeli military fire near the Agricultural School, northeast of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the…

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Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh becomes the first Palestinian to qualify for the Olympic games based on his performance in a recent qualifying match in Japan. Maher Abu Rmeileh became the…

The energy authority in Gaza has urged citizens to limit their electricity use. The sole power station in Gaza has reduced its production to 30 megawatts in the daytime and…

An Israeli army officer revealed plans to resume construction of the annexation wall in Jerusalem in the coming weeks.Israeli army colonel Ofir Hindi, head of the administration responsible for construction…

Thursday the Palestinian Authority received $22.3 million in financial aid from the World Bank.The World Bank announced Tuesday that it would provide $22.3 million in budget support for the Palestinian…

Uri Blau, who published accounts of illegal assassinations in the West Bank, has been sentenced to four months of community service in a plea bargain deal.The case centred around the…

A report published by UK-based Oxfam International reveals the fragility of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley to be the direct result of illegal Israeli settlements.On Thursday Oxfam International, a…

The residents of the Rotem settlement in the North Jordan Valley seized Palestinian land Wednesday as part of their continued illegal expansion.On Wednesday settlers from Rotem, an Israeli settlement in…

The Israeli army decided to confiscate 2.5 dunams of Palestinian lands near Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, in order to build a military base…

A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, on Wednesday morning, 41 olive trees that belong to a resident of Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Ghassan…

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Following a report Tuesday by Al-Jazeera, and a request by President Yasser Arafat’s widow, Suha, the Palestinian Authority announced its support Wednesday for an international investigation into the late president’s…

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has reaffirmed its demand to have voting rights in international conferences and meetings, according to multiple sources.The United Nations is currently working on…

On Tuesday the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses carried out by Israel…

The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem reported that a Palestinian child was attacked last Thursday by a group of extremist settlers in Silwan, a town in occupied East Jerusalem.…

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to visit Israel later this month and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Romney is a vocal supporter of Israel and is reported…

Israeli settlers wrecked numerous olive trees in a Nablus village, in the West Bank.On Tuesday Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad entered a privately owned Palestinian field…

Israeli settlers wrecked numerous olive trees in a Nablus village in the West Bank.On Tuesday Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad entered a privately owned Palestinian field…

On Tuesday at dawn, a number of armored Israeli military vehicles accompanied by military bulldozers invaded an area east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) published a video taken by one of its volunteers showing an Israeli officer of the Border Police kicking…

The Israeli Regional Planning and Construction Committee in Jerusalem approved, on Monday, a plan to build a Military College near the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Mount Olive, in occupied East…

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemned the beating of journalist Mohammed Jaradat, who was covering a march in the city of Ramallah on Saturday.Mr. Jaradat reported…

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The Gaza Strip was besieged by airstrikes from the Israeli military once again Monday morning. Conflicting reports from Israeli and Palestinians sources leave the total number killed or injured unknown.The…

Diabetic Palestinian prisoner Akram Rikhawi has been on a hunger strike for 83 days and is at imminent risk of dying. According to the World Medical Association, in most cases…

For consecutive days protests by Palestinians in Ramallah have been broken up with violence by Palestinian Authority security forces.On Saturday, Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank came together…

The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that legislator Shami Ash-Shami member of the Revolutionary Council of the Fateh Movement, was shot and injured on Saturday evening by unknown gunmen in…

On Saturday, a senior Palestinian official told the Quds Net online news agency that the planned meeting between Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli deputy Prime Minister, Shaul Mofaz,…

The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Friday to designate the Bethlehem Nativity Church and pilgrimage route as a World Heritage site, which will provide the Palestinian…

The Friends of Freedom and Justice (FFJ), In Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported that two nonviolent protesters were injured, and dozens suffered the effects…

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Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators imprisoned by Israel dropped to 22 after Israel…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in the Gaza Strip, published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians in the occupied territories, for the period between…

The Ministry of Interior and National Security of the Hamas-led government in Gaza published a video of what it called “serious confessions of dangerous collaborators” who helped Israel assassinate several…

The Israeli Today (Israel Hayom) Newspaper claimed that it received information stating that more than 80% of the lands, where the illegal Migron settlement is built, were recently purchased from…

Palestinian sources reported that two of the elected legislators, imprisoned by Israel, were released on Thursday evening, after being detained under administrative detention without charges since 2010.The Palestinian Information Center…

An Israeli state prosecutor decided Wednesday that no charges should be filed against two Israeli border control officers who shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian man in East Jerusalem in…

Jordan’s King Abdullah II, welcomed on Thursday the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, and his accompanying Hamas officials, in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and held talks on…

EVERYBODY KNOWS by now why we are stuck in Palestine. When God instructed Moses to plead with Pharaoh to let his people go, Moses told him that he was unfit…

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Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Thursday that senior leaders of the Israeli army are demanding the government to grant the army $15 billion over the coming five years, in order to…

Israeli soldiers conducted military training on Friday at dawn inside the Palestinian village of Al-Aqaba, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, using live ammunition in the village’s streets…

Palestinian chief negotiator, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that the meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and the head of the…

The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that detainee Samer Al-Barq, who started his hunger strike 34 days ago, is currently in a critical health condition, suffering from…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced Wednesday that one of its senior political leaders was assassinated at his home in the Syrian capital Damascus. On his Facebook page, Hamas official…

Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the Israeli government’s failure to live up to the agreement made one month ago in order to end the month-long hunger strike of…

Israeli media sources reported that Israeli settlement guards shot and wounded a Palestinian man near Maale Adumim settlement east of Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon.The wounded man, whose name remains unknown,…

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The Palestinian village of Susiya faces demolition orders for all of its 50 buildings after years of relative calm. The decision was contested with official and physical protests.On the June…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the office of elected Hamas parliament members, in the West Bank district of Salfit. They also broke into the home of the head…

3 years ago, on 11 January 2009, Hassan Al Najjar’s (62) house in Khuza’a village was destroyed by Israeli forces. This happened during the Israeli offensive against Gaza , codenamed…

Russian President Vladmir Putin visited Israel and the West Bank on Tuesday as part of a whirlwind tour of the Middle East. The administration in Moscow has lost some credibility…

On Wednesday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped and detained several residents.Media sources in Jenin,…

The Construction and Planning Committee in Jerusalem approved Tuesday the construction of 180 units for Jewish settlers in the Armon HaNetziv settlement in East Tel Peut. Israel will construct five…

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On Tuesday Israeli officials started removing the illegal Ulpana settlement outpost, built on privately-owned Palestinian lands, close to the Beit El settlement near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.…

News of Egypt’s first ‘democratically elected’ president, Mohammed Mursi, has dominated global headlines for much of the past two days. Mursi’s stance on Israel and Palestine has featured prominently in…

On Tuesday morning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the West Bank city of Bethlehem; the visit was described as “historic”. Several Palestinian officials participated in…

According to Senator Kirk’s amendment presented to the Senate last week, only those Palestinians made refugees by the military actions of 1948 and 1967 would be classed as such. The…