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A Palestinian quarry in Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, is to close due to ‘enforcement activities’ by the Israeli authorities.Although Beit Fajjar is located deep in the West Bank, the…

Mustapha Suleiman, 27, from J Block east of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, crosses through gaps in the iron fence on the border carrying bread, water, meat cans and a…

Two days after Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a torrent of peaceful protests, a rally headed by Gazan youth gathered in Gaza City calling on Egypt to open…

A group of heavily-armed Israeli settlers stormed the village of Beit Ummar, in the southern part of the West Bank, on Sunday night. They harassed villagers but caused no injuries,…

Reuters reported, Sunday, that the Palestinian cabinet in the West Bank will be submitting its resignation on Monday, to enable Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, to select new ministers under…

The Palestinian information Center’s website came back online after a cyber attack blocked access from online users temporarily after midnight Saturday, the PIC reported on Sunday. The news outlet denounced…

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar near Hebron, witnesses told Ma’an News Agency on Saturday. Mohammad Awad, local popular committee spokesman, said the youth, identified as Mohammad…

The Israeli military abducted, on Sunday morning, three Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Hebron and Ramallah.Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Qatana, near Ramallah,…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza-Israeli border fired live rounds at two workers who were collecting rubble to use as building material, in the northern part of the…

The Higher Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt, currently in power after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, vowed to ensure a smooth transition of power towards what it called…

Yesterday evening, after it was announced that Hosni Mubarak had met the first demand of the revolution and left office, I headed toward the Egyptian embassy in Amman. The joy…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday at dawn several areas in the West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped two residents in Madama village, near the northern West…

The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, announced Saturday that it is starting preparations for presidential and legislative elections in the Palestinian territories, and stated that the elections…

Dr. Saeb Ereikat, chief negotiator of the Palestinian Authority has resigned from his post Saturday afternoon, Palestinian official sources reported.Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary of the executive committee of the Palestinian…

A Palestinian man was stabbed to death by a group of Israeli youths on Friday afternoon near Jerusalem’s Old City.According to an Israeli police report, the 24-year-old man Kafr Akab…

A few hours after the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, resigned from his post after nearly three weeks of massive protests against his regime, Arab League Secretary-General, Amro Mousa, stated that…

On Friday, the Turkish government released a summary of its investigation into the Israeli assault on an international humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters on May 31st, 2010 — an…

Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, after the residents conducted Friday prayers at the mosque.Soldiers…

In an official statement presented by Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak declared on Friday his resignation as President and handed over the leadership of the…

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Israeli soldiers and policemen, on Friday at dawn, broke into homes of three Fateh leaders in occupied East Jerusalem and kidnapped them before moving them to al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility in…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 03 – 09 February 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found…

The Palestine News and Information Agency, WAFA, reported Thursday that Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, signed an agreement with the French State Minister and Minister of Foreign and European…

An official at the Egyptian Passport Control department stated, Wednesday, that instructions were handed down to the department to prevent the Palestinians from entering Egypt amidst the current protests against…

Member of the Hamas political bureau, Izzat al-Rishiq, stated that the decision of the government of Dr. Salaam Fayyad to hold local councils elections in the West Bank before unity…

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The Huwwara and Beit Furik checkpoints are to be removed, beginning immediately, according to the Ma’an News Agency.The Huwwara checkpoint prevented movement in and out of Nablus until restrictions were…

The United Nations Relief Works Agency has announced that unemployment in the Gaza strip has reached 45%.It has called upon world leaders, particularly in Europe, to help bring an end…

Two homes have been demolished by the Israeli Army in a village near Nablus, reports the Alternative Information Centre.The homes of two famileis, together with a number of animal shelters…

Two homes have been demolished by the Israeli Army in a village near Nablus, reports the Alternative Information Centre.The homes of two families, together with a number of animal shelters,…

Residents of southern village of Al-Arakib in Israel clash with JNF workers who came to plant trees in the area. Three people arrested for allegedly hurling stones. Residents of al-Arakib,…

The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee has created a new fund, the “Dismantling Impunity Fund”. This fund will aid Palestinians engaging in non-violent resistance pay for legal fees when suing Israel…

A senior Israeli military source reported that Israel continues to be cautious about making official statements on the situation in Egypt and the attempts to end the rule of its…

At the eighteenth day of massive protests demanding the removal of Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and his regime, the Egyptian army was extensively redeployed in several streets in Cairo, especially…

Amnesty International has announced that it will lobby the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding justice for the victims of Operation Cast Lead, according to reports from the Alternative…

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A Palestinian youth was wounded after being shot in the leg by the Israeli Army in Urif.An 18 year old Palestinian man was taken to Rafedia hospital in Nablus for…

A Palestinian youth was wounded after being shot in the leg by the Israeli Army in Urif.An 18 year old Palestinian man was taken to Rafedia hospital in Nablus for…

Dov Lior, Chief Rabbi of the Keryat Arba’ illegal settlement in Hebron, in the southern part of the West bank, stated that killing non-Jews is justifiable, in some cases, without…

Arieh King, founder and director of the Israel Land Fund, stated that within five to ten years 200 units for Jewish settlers will be built in the Palestinian neighborhood in…

During her visit to the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, also referred to as the Cave of the Patriarchs, extremist settler leader, Itamar Ben Gavir,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child was wounded on Tuesday evening after Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron in the southern part…

Palestinian medical sources reported that ten residents were wounded in a number of air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip.Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson of the Higher Committee of…

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Israeli daily, The Jerusalem Post are reporting, on Tuesday, that four projectiles have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel.The news outlet states that two projectiles were fired…

A year ago, Stop the Wall and itisapartheid.org launched the first International Israeli Apartheid Short Film Contest. Palestinians and international participants were encouraged to submit short films on the theme…

Israel’s High Court of Justice has given the Education Ministry and Jerusalem Municipality 5 years to improve the provision of state education in East Jerusalem.Approximately half of East Jerusalem’s children…

The Ma’an News Agency is reporting, on Tuesday, that a young man has been hospitalized by rubber coated steel bullet fire in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near…

Agence France-Presse are reporting, on Tuesday, that the date has been confirmed for the upcoming Palestinian municipal elections, announced last week by Palestinian Prime Minister in the West Bank, Salam…

During a visit to Hebron, on Monday, the Spanish Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jiménez, came under a torrent of abuse from the settler group she had agreed to meet.Settler activist Itamar…

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has pledged ₤1.5 million of new support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The aid will go the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA)…

During his visit to Israel, on Monday, Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has urged the State of Israel to increase the number of items that the Gaza Strip can export.Rosenthal…

Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days are the Israeli connections. A central and critical reality is that it…

The day after the American pop star Macy Gray announced controversial plans to perform in Tel Aviv in March, we sat down for a drink at Pua, a bar nestled…

On Monday, the Israeli military and police employed armored bulldozers to destroy the village of Araqib, located in the Negev desert in southern Israel. This is the 12th time that…

Early Tuesday morning, the Israeli military abducted three Palestinians from Jenin Refugee Camp, during a raid on houses in the camp, and abducted four more Palestinians from the town of…

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The Jerusalem Municipal Committee for Planning and Building have met, on Monday, to approve the construction of two buildings in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. These buildings will…

On Sunday, three Gazan workers who were collecting rubble to use as building materials were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers. On Sunday morning, Abdallah Rabea Odwan, 45 years old…

The Israeli military abducted, on Monday morning, four Palestinians, three of whom were children, from the Hebron district in the West Bank.Security sources reported to Palestine News Agency ‘WAFA’ that…

An explosion Friday morning took out a natural gas pipeline in the northern Sinai in Egypt, near the border with Israel. Egyptian national television initially reported that ‘foreign elements’ had…

Several hundred Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters, gathered in the village of Bil’in on Friday for their weekly non-violent protest. This week’s protest called for national unity, and…

At least 100,000 demonstrators held protests in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities in Egypt Friday, calling on the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately. Friday’s ‘Day of…

After documenting the destruction of 27 water cisterns, and diversion of 15 mountain springs by Israeli forces over the last year, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Territories for the…

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A new international donors’ conference to a Palestinian State will take place in Paris in June, according to the Quartet on the Middle East.After talks between the Quartet, donors and…

The great Arab nation The Egyptian Arab nation; the cradle of great history and future We salute this great Arab nation, our bothers. This is the salute of freedom from…

Sporadic clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of Silwan, East Jerusalem yesterday. Israeli troops targeted Palestinian homes in Bir Ayyub and Baten al-Hawa, throwing tear gas canisters inside…

Palestinian and international human rights groups on Thursday warned of a decline in freedom of expression in the West Bank, amidst the banning of Egypt solidarity rallies by the Palestinian…

Palestinian Authority security spokesman, Adnan Ad-Dmeiri announced on Thursday that the PA has forbidden ‘unlicensed gatherings’ in order to preserve order in the West Bank. The PA official said this…

A genuine will to have an understanding on what is going on with popular committees in Palestine naturally arose from observing the many challenges posed by the Occupation, and witnessing…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 Jan. – 02 Feb. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…

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Ishmael Khaldi’s lecture at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by the university’s Jewish Society, was cancelled after protest by students acting in support of Palestinian refugees.Khaldi, special advisor to Avigdor…

Israel’s continued destruction of Palestinian water resources has been criticized by the UN and the Palestinian Water Authority.In a joint statement, the two organizations condemned the destruction of water cisterns…

As thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo, on Thursday, to continue their call for President Mubarak to step down, they were attacked by anonymous individuals who identified themselves as ‘Mubarak…

The Higher Committee for Emergency Services in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed by during Israeli military attacks against the coastal region in January. At least twenty…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday three Palestinian children in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after claiming that they were standing near the annexation wall.Eyewitnesses reported…

Amnesty International today called on the Egyptian authorities to protect the right to peaceful protest as clashes erupted with organized groups of pro-government supporters attacking protesters in Cairo and across…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza warned, on Wednesday, that the current shortage of medicines in the Gaza Strip will result in serious health impacts for patients in need of…

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With protests looming in Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced, during an emergency meeting of parliament on Tuesday, that he will not be running for president, and neither will his…

Palestinian sources in Ramallah reported, Monday, that officials of the South African Embassy in the city held a meeting with elected Hamas members of parliament to discuss the current situation…

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians filled the main square and surrounding streets in Cairo Tuesday, in response to the call for a ‘Million Person March’ to challenge the regime of…

The Israeli army informed the Beit Ummar Municipality, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, that has decided to grab 600 Dunams of Palestinian land in order to use…

The International Solidarity Institution For Human Rights issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 15 Palestinians, including three children, and kidnapped more than 200 others during the…

Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested, in January, 289 Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank, and ordered more than 750 residents to head to nearby centers…

During a state address, on Tuesday at night, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has stated that he will not stand at the coming elections.Mubarak claimed during his address that he had…

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In a move to improve Israel’s deteriorating image in the world, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has decided to make an unprecedented move by hiring a network of European public relations…

Following the civil unrest in Egypt, and other Middle Eastern States, the Palestinian Authority has announced that they will hold municipal elections, the Jerusalem Post reported.The announcement, made on Tuesday,…

Following protests this weekend, King Abdullah II of Jordon has dismissed his government, on Tuesday.News sources are conflicted to the nature of former Prime Minister Samir Rifai’s exit from office…

Mike Huckabee, Republican Party US presidential frontrunner, visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday as part of a tour of Israel and the occupied West Bank.Huckabee took part in a special…

On Monday, Silwan activists were arrested by Israeli authorities, and a pregnant woman suffered the ill effects of tear gas inhalation.The Jerusalem Magistrates Court sentenced al-Bustan Popular Committee member Sheikh…

The Egyptian Army deployed two brigades in the Sinai Peninsula in order to fortify the security presence in the area. The move was made after obtaining an Israeli approval. This…

Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian government’s continuing crackdown on freedom of expression after six Al Jazeera journalists were briefly detained by the military and their Cairo bureau was shut…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed the Israeli arrest of legislator Sheikh Mohammad al-Natsha, 53, of its Change and Reform Bloc.Hamas issued a press release stating that the illegal Israeli policy…

The Israeli Authorities decided, on Tuesday, to partially open the Karni and Kerem Shalom crossings to allow the entry of food supplies and construction materials on their way to the…

Israeli sources reported, on Monday at night, that three “Grad” rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Western Negev.The sources stated that one missile landed near Netivot, while…