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An independent doctor who visited Palestinian prisoner and well-known soccer player, Mahmoud al-Sarsak, said on Wednesday that al-Sarsak is at risk of death and must be hospitalized immediately.Al-Sarsak has been…

Palestinians in the West Bank were attacked in various locations on Thursday morning by settlers.Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles on Thursday morning in the south of Nablus and threw stones at…

A water well north of Jenin was bulldozed by Israeli forces on Thursday morning.Local security forces said that the bulldozers destroyed the well near Beit Qad village, north of Jenin.…

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Settlers of the Sosia settlement in east Yatta, North of Hebron, protected by the Israeli military, prevented Palestinian families from reaching their agricultural lands on Wednesday despite a court ruling…

The Israeli Knesset voted against the proposed ‘Regulation Bill’ on Wednesday. The bill would have retroactively legalized settlements in the West Bank. The bill was intended to avoid the implementation…

15 Palestinians were arrested from both the West Bank and Gaza strip on Wednesday the Wafa News Agency has reported. Sources said that a resident of Jenin, Tariq ‘Aweis, was…

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip announced that there will be a reduction in its services in Gaza due to a decline in funding from…

Several towns in Hebron were invade by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning. Check points were also set up at town entrances and houses were searched.Wafa News Agency reported that Israeli…

Amnesty International has called on Israel to release all administrative detainees or at least allow them a fair trial.A report issued by Amnesty on Wednesday called on Israel to not…

Israeli soldiers stormed into, on Tuesday at night, the Ramon Prison and attacked Palestinian political prisoners; several injuries were reported.The Wattan TV reported that clashes took place between the detainees…

Egyptian sources reported Tuesday that three trucks loaded with 150 tons of fuel (diesel and gasoline) are on their way to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to alleviate the…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Tuesday that he would fire any minister who votes for the so-called “regulation bill”, meant to legalize illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank,…

Monday June 4, 2012, The Flaming Eggplant Cafe a student-run cafe at The Evergreen State College in Olympia announced it will boycott Israeli products. A statement, released today, reads:Our Mission…

Recent news has made it clear that a major building boom in the Israeli settlement programme is underway in the area of the already huge Ariel settlement which points a…

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Consultant to the legal unit established by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to follow up Israeli violations of Palestinians rights, Naela Attiyeh, reported that resident Najeh as-Safadi has been transferred…

Israel released Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahla, 32, ending his illegal Administrative Detention, without charges or trial, starting when he was kidnapped by the army on June 26, 2010.The release comes…

A Palestinian man has been shot, Monday, allegedly after attacking an Israeli soldier in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported. The man was identified as Laith…

Hamas and Fatah leaders are due to meet on Tuesday in order to discuss the selection of the prime minister of a united government stated a Fatah official on Monday.…

Political Prisoner Amer Bahar, from Abu Dis near occupied East Jerusalem, is reportedly suffering from a serious illness that requires care beyond the provisions of a prison clinic. Bahr was…

Four families were ordered to leave their homes by the Israeli authorities on Tuesday morning. They were then ordered to destroy their own homes before noon on Tuesday, not abiding…

Israel, the state that was established as an implementation of the Zionist ideology that looked at Palestine as a Land without People, for the People without a Land, established by…

On Wednesday, the Knesset will discuss “the Regulation Draft Law” that is meant to legalize the illegal settlement construction on private Palestinian land. I find it hard to believe that…

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A number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt, on Monday morning, Palestinian farmlands planed with wheat, east of Yatta city, near the southern West bank city of Hebron.Coordinator of the Popular…

The Maan News Agency reported Monday that Israeli settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement posted, on Saturday at night, eviction leaflets in Palestinian communities near Hebron. Residents said that the…

Israeli sources reported Monday that two Molotov cocktails were hurled at a home that belongs to Jewish settlers in Ma’ale HaZeitim settlement in Ras al-Amoud Palestinian neighborhood, in occupied East…

In an emergency meeting on Sunday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued instructions to begin the deportation of illegal African migrants to countries which Israel has diplomatic relations with,…

Palestinian Authority Prime Minster Salam Fayyad commended South Africa’s decision to label all settlement goods as such in a meeting in Ramallah with N W Makalima, the South African representative…

Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were injured, on Monday at dawn, when the Israeli Air force bombarded a milk factory in Gaza City. The factory belongs to Dalloul…

The Border Crossing Authority in the Gaza Strip reported that the Egyptian Authorities have not yet authorized the transfer of Fuel, donated by Qatar, into the Gaza Strip, and that…

The Popular Resistance Committees, and its armed wing the Salah ed-Deen Brigades, issued a press release stating that one of their fighters died on Sunday night at midnight of wounds…

‘Abla Sa’adat, the wife of the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was allowed to visit her husband Sunday, for the first time after…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is weighing the possibility of moving settler homes, illegally built in Ulpana outpost, in the West bank, as a maneuver meant to avoid the implementation…

The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Sunday at dawn, several airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, mainly in central and southern Gaza, inflicting seven injuries among the…

Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that several protesters were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation after the Israeli army attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation…

Israeli sources reported Saturday that a military investigation revealed that extremist teenage settlers from the Yitzhar settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, attacked last Saturday, a wounded…

The Israeli Air Force carried out several airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries. Local sources reported that the army bombarded a chicken farm,…

The Husam Institution For Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that the detainees’ committee that led the most recent hunger-strike in Israeli detention camps, held on Friday a meeting with the Israeli…

Undercover soldiers of the Matzada and Nachshon brigades broke into Palestinian detainees’ rooms in section 14 of the Ofer Israeli Prison and searched them; the soldiers also used military dogs…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that former detainee, Hamed Al-Amoudy, from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is currently in a critical health condition…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Friday evening of wounds suffered at noon when the army fired two missiles at a motorcycle, driving in Khan Younis,…

The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that dozens of nonviolent protesters, including Israeli and international peace activists,…

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Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that a Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked several farmers, and fired concussion grenades at them, while working in their lands in ‘Roman…

Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that five Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli air force missiles targeting Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…

Israeli sources reported that one soldier, and one Palestinian fighter, were killed on Friday at dawn, during armed clashes, south of the Gaza border with Israel; the incident took place…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24– 30 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…

On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories, but the remains of one Palestinian…

Today, Thursday May 31 2012, the Palestinians held an official ceremony for prayers and burial of 91 Palestinians, killed so many years ago, and buried in what Israel calls “Numbers…

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The General Union of Palestinian Workers in Gaza demanded that human rights organizations intervene immediately to stop attacks on Palestinian fishermen that occur every fishing season.The Union condemned the Israeli…

Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, suggested, Wednesday, that Israel might consider a “unilateral move” for establishing a Palestinian state with temporary borders should negotiations between Israel and Palestine remain at…

Palestinian medical sources reported that former political prisoner, Zoheir Lubbada, 38 years old, died on Thursday at the Intensive Care Unit of the National Government Hospital in Nablus, in the…

An Israeli citizen has been imprisoned for trying to drop his Israeli citizenship and replace it with Palestinian citizenship. He said that he does not recognize Israeli courts and the…

Minister of Civil Affairs in the Palestinian government in Ramallah, Hussein ash-Sheikh, reported that Israel handed the bodies of 91 Palestinians, buried over many years in the “Numbers Graveyard”; the…

Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli citizen of Ethiopian origin was injured, on Wednesday evening, after being attacked by Israeli fundamentalists during a protest against African immigrants which called…

A number of armoured Israeli military vehicles invaded an area east of az-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, and opened fire at a number of farmers working their lands on…

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Israeli journalist, Uri Blau, will be indicted for possession of classified Israeli military documents, by Israel’s Attorney General, Yahuda Weinstein, Haaretz reports.Blau, who reports for Israeli newspaper Haaretz, received the…

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, briefed the UN Security Council in New York yesterday on developments in the Middle East in the last…

Israel opened the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on Wednesday morning allowing approximately 270-280 trucks into the Gaza Strip loaded with aid as well as supplies for the commercial…

The Israeli Navy abducted, on Wednesday, four Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial waters off the coast of Beit Lahia town, in the Gaza Strip.The Maan News Agency reported that the…

The Jerusalem Municipality along with Israeli Ministry of Tourism are to jointly allocate 4 million NIS to fund the development of a new settlement project, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz,…

Several neighborhoods in the city of Hebron were invaded on Wednesday morning by Israeli soldiers who then proceeded to take photographs of several homes in the area. The WAFA News…

A meeting is scheduled between the new German President, Joachim Gauck and Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Prime Minister, Dr. Salam Fayyad, in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss the…

Two Israeli oil companies have signed 2 year contracts which will supply all of the gasfuel requirements of the West Bank and Gaza Strip thus extending Israel’s monopoly and strategic…

Migros, one of Switzerland’s largest enterprises, has announced that it will start labeling all Israeli settlement products in 2013, following the example of various countries around the globe. Migros spokeswoman…

On Tuesday Israeli soldiers bulldozed more than 30 Dunams (7.4 Acres) of Palestinian farmlands in al-Baq’a area, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and confiscated irrigation systems…

Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked Palestinian political prisoners in sections 13 and 14 of the Nafha prison in the Negev…

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Six teenage Arab students of the at-Tur School in Jerusalem were injured, on Thursday, at the Menachem Begin Public Park in the Yarkon area of Tel Aviv, after being attacked…

Bassem Tamimi, a leading member of the grass roots movement against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlement construction in the village of an-Nabi Saleh, was sentenced on Tuesday at the…

A fire started by Israeli settlers on Tuesday in Qaffin, near Tulkarem in the West Bank was put out by the Palestinian Civil Defense. The fire fighters arrived at the…

Internet security company Kaspersky Lab announced on Monday that it had uncovered a ‘cyber-espionage worm’ designed to collect and delete sensitive information, primarily in Middle Eastern countries.Kaspersky called the malware,…

After years of rivalry, Hamas and Fatah are working together towards elections. Therefore the Central Elections Commission (CEC) has been granted permission to begin working in Gaza by the government…

The Central Elections Commission (CEC) has been granted permission on Monday to begin working in Gaza by the Hamas led government in order to prepare for elections. After years of…

A court in Istanbul has voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel’s former military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the former heads of its navy, air force…

The Tent of Nations, situated outside of Bethlehem, has become a symbol of self-sufficiency and self-sustainability for Palestine as the Nassar family fights for the land it has owned for…

The current fuel crisis in Gaza, now in its fifth month, is causing extended power outages that severely disrupt the lives, health and livelihood of the region’s 1.6 million residents.…

Egypt’s final presidential race will be between the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mohammed Morsi of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, and a former air force general Ahmed Shafiq, a law…

The Palestinian Contractors Union has urged all Palestinian contractors and suppliers to boycott any bids offered by the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) until it decides to withdraw all bids…

The Jerusalem Municipality and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism will be allocating 4 million Israeli Shekels for a “sound and light” project, in what Israel calls the “City of David…

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage, in occupied East Jerusalem, stated that dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers conducted a provocative tour in al-Aqsa Mosque compound, raising Israeli flags,…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday evening Kufr Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and abducted a Palestinian security officer; clashes were reported between local residents and…

The Israeli Authorities ordered Sheikh Ra’fat Sameeh Najeeb, 30 years old, from al-Wad, in occupied East Jerusalem, from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for four months. Najeeb was abducted by Israeli soldiers…

A new bill introduced in the US Congress by Republican Representative Mark Kirk would call for the US government to demand that a United Nations agency serving Palestinian refugees provide…

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On Sunday, Israel’s high court on Sunday rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of Palestinian legislator Hussam Khader. Khader has been detained without charge or trial since June…

PNN has reported on Monday that the Ofer Military Court will deliver its sentence in the case of non-violent activist Bassem Tamimi on Tuesday, May 29.Tamimi, a grass-root organizer from…

Youth activists in the Gaza Strip have suspended their demonstrations against the UN International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which reportedly placed contracts with Israeli companies for reconstruction projects in Gaza.…

Palestine airlines are finally back to business in Jordan following seven years of being grounded. The carrier Palestine Airlines is a small operation which owns two 48 seat turboprop planes…

An Israeli army spokesman as saying that several Palestinians were arrested in various Palestinian cities at dawn this morning, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.The source added that the six…

PNN has reported Israeli sources as announcing that a resident of the Palestinian village of Urif near Nablus had been seriously wounded during a confrontation with Israeli settlers. The Israeli…

B’Tselem reported that after armed settlers arrived in Asira al-Qibilya on Saturday two Palestinian men were injured. DFLP leader, Qais Abed al-Karim, stressed the importance of forming popular watch committees…

Reuters reported Sunday that the Shiite political party and militant group, Hezbollah, President Bashar Assad’s main Lebanese ally, said it deplored the Houla massacre in neighboring Syria.Without assigning a blame…

Ma’an News has reported a PA Ministry of Detainee Affairs warning from Sunday that a prisoner on hunger strike for 70 days is suffering deteriorating health.Mahmoud al-Sarsak, a 25-year-old soccer…

Late on Sunday night Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bil’in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to kidnap a local peace activist, one of the…

Beginning on Wednesday and continuing through Saturday night, mobs of right-wing Jewish Israelis have attacked the neighborhoods of African immigrants in the southern part of the city of Tel Aviv,…