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The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees (PCDD) issued a press release on Monday stating that Israel is holding captive nearly 340 Palestinian children, depriving them of their basic rights…

As Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Indian human rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and his wife Usha visited Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank on Sunday, Israeli…

Hundreds of children marched on Monday evening towards the Unknown Soldier Square, west of Gaza City marking the Palestinian Child Day and lit candles demanding the release of their fathers…

Palestinian sources reported Monday that five nonviolent protestors, including two women of the International Council of Churches, were wounded after being attacked by fundamentalist Jewish settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood…

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine called for kidnapping Israeli soldiers in order to trade them with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.The movement added that capturing soldiers is the only option…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Sunday evening two residents at the Qalandia roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, local sources reported. A Palestinian child was moderately wounded after…

Palestinian sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian resident from Tammoun town, near Tubas, suffered second degree burns after a group of fundamentalist settlers attacked him near Keryat Shomeneh settlement, and…

Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, called on the international community to save the children in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip as they are…

Israel’s Ambassador In Washington, Michael Oren, stated that Israel will continue the construction and expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem, and added…

Israeli army sources reported Sunday that soldiers fired at two Palestinians, believed to be armed, who approached the Kissufim Crossing; no injuries were reported. Palestinian media sources said that the…

Several Israeli media outlets accused Hamas leader in exile, Khalid Mashal, of pressuring Hamas leaders in Gaza to have further confrontations and clashes with Israel along the borders of the…

Hundreds of Palestinian Christians at the southern West Bank town of Biet Sahour near Bethlehem marked Holy Saturday. The festivities started as scout bands played music and marched throughout the…

Reporters Without Borders reported that the Israeli army is violating the freedom of press in the occupied territories and repeatedly opened fire at them. At least eight Palestinian reporters were…

The Hamas movement reported Saturday that the Palestinian Security Forces of Fateh movement arrested 11 members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…

After announcing the purchase of a new cargo ship in Ireland, which will participate in a planned caravan to break the blockade in Gaza, the Free Gaza movement received a…

Palestinian sources reported Saturday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped one resident in Huwwara, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus.The sources added that soldiers invaded Huwwara and kidnapped Ala’…

Palestinian medics located on Friday evening the body of an Islamic Jihad fighter who was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip last…

Israeli settlers attacked on Friday Rifqa Al Kurd, 89, and her daughter Nadia, 50, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, the Maan News Agency reported.The attack took place after…

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The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands. As has been the case since the inception of the…

Local politicians joined the villagers of Deir Istiya in northern West Bank in their protest against the Israeli wall on Friday. People marched from the village towards their lands Israeli…

Dozens for protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the anti wall protest in the village of Nil’in central West Bank. Villagers along…

One international supporter detained by Israeli troops, three journalists were injured and cars damaged by military fire at the weekly anti wall protest at Al Ma’ssara village near the southern…

Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Friday that for the first time since the siege was imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip more than three years ago, the Israeli government decided…

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 25-31 March 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…

The Israeli Army carried, and during late night hours and on Friday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting a several areas in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported…

Despite a video clearly showing the death of Bassem Abu Rahma, who was shot in the chest by a gas bomb, an Israeli court decided Thursday that the killing that…

Several thousand right-wing settlers and their supporters poured into the Palestinian city of Hebron Thursday and declared the site of the Ibrahimi mosque to be a part of the land…

The Israeli Police attacked on Thursday Wadi Hilwa Media Center, in Silwan’s Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently attacked employees and visitors, leading to several injuries, the…

For three consecutive days Palestinian school children from Maghayir al Abeed and Tuba, near Hebron in the southern West Bank, were subjected to unprofessional conduct by Israeli soldiers. Army personnel…

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On Thursday the Israeli military court of Ofer ordered the release of 9 Palestinian nonviolent activists and a politician that were detained by the army on Sunday. All ten have…

Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities; another shepherd was detained while herding his sheep. Local sources reported invasions and…

The Egyptian Security Forces managed to local and seize a large cache of missiles and mortars in an area in northern Sinai. The supplies are believed to be bound for…

The Israeli Navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen near the Beit Lahia coast, while Israeli tanks fired several shells at area in the north of the city, local sources reported…

Palestinian sources reported Thursday that Israeli drones dropped during late night hours hundreds of warning leaflets on areas along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel warning the residents…

A fundamentalist Jewish group, calling itself Temple Mount & Erez Yisrael Faithful, issued a statement declaring its intention to march towards the Al Aqsa Mosque Thursday to mark the Jewish…

Early Wednesday morning, near the central West Bank town of Bir Zeit, a group of Israeli settlers attempted to take over buildings and land that has been designated by the…

Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that four Palestinians were wounded when the Egyptian Security Forces detonated a siege-busting tunnel on the border between Gaza and Egypt.The Quds Press reported that…

Rabbi Marvin Hier’s Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance, part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is building a $150 million branch in Jerusalem. The Museum, whose mission is confronting ‘global anti-Semitism,…

The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, published a video documenting Friday clashes with Israeli soldiers and undercover forces infiltrating into Khan Younis, in the southern…

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Israeli tanks shelled on Wednesday midday residents homes and farmlands in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Local sources reported damage to homes but no injuries. The situation remains…

Three Palestinian civilians were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops during invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions in Hebron and Qalqilia, in the southern…

Two injured, dozens of people suffered effects of tear gas inhalation, and two were detained, on Wednesday afternoon, when Israeli troops attacked protests organized in Ramallah and Jenin, in the…

The United States is asking Israel to announce a four-month freeze of settlements activities in East Jerusalem in exchange for pressuring the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas to hold direct…

Member of the Fateh’s Central Committee, Abbas Zaki, reported that senior European official, representatives of the French and Spanish Consulates, will be attending his trial which will be held at…

On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew on the village of Dir Estia, west the central West Bank city of Salfit, after invading and kidnapping two residents, including a child.…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening that a resident suffered concussions and bruises after being violently attacked by extremist Jewish settlers in Hebron city, in the southern part of…

Thousands of Arabs residents, peace activists, held protests on Tuesday commemorating the 34th anniversary of Land Day in Sakhneen and several Arab villages and towns, north of the country. The…

‘Promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflict and occupation’At the end of March, Palestinian child rights organization, Defense for Children International – Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine)…

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A number of civilians were injured, among them one journalist, on Tuesday as Israeli troops opened fire at a Land Day protest in Budrus village, central West Bank. Villagers along…

On Tuesday, hundreds of women with their children, nearly 300 high school students, many university students, and teachers joined farmers and activists at the town of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem,…

The Guardian reported that several Lawmakers in the Britain will be asking the government to halts its weapons deals with Israel after a report published recently stated British weapons were…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday morning that a child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…

The Israeli Army electronics company “Elbit systems” has been barred by the Första AP-Fonden pension fund, the biggest pensions fund in Sweden. The pensions fund decided to boycott Elbit on…

Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, slammed what he called the “double standards policy” in dealing with the Iranian Nuclear Program, and Israel’s Nuclear Agenda. His statements were made Monday…

The Egyptian Border Police shot and killed an Eritrean migrant on Monday after he reportedly attempted to cross into Israel. His death brings the number of migrants killed by Egypt’s…

Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby helping to fund one of the world’s most protracted and contentious conflicts. Most…

Thousands of Arabs and French Nationals held a protest in Paris on Monday at noon and marched in solidarity with Jerusalem chanting slogans against the Israeli violations against the city…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday a 16-year-old child from Jerusalem after claiming that he attempted to stab an Israeli Policeman.The child, a resident of Jerusalem, reportedly carried a knife which…

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Four Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions treating West Bank communities. Local sources reported invasions targeting Hebron and Bethlehem, southern West Bank, in addition to…

Israeli tanks bombarded on Monday midday resident homes close to the southern Gaza Strip borders with Israel. Witnesses said that Israeli tanks shelled homes and farms in the eastern part…

Israeli troops used tear gas and rubber-coated-steel bullets to suppress a protest at the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday. The protest today was organized in commemoration of…

Local sources reported Monday that clashes took place between Palestinian youths and Israeli policemen near the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The clashes erupted after a group of…

The Israeli authorities decided to allow the import of shoes and clothes into the Gaza Strip by the end of this week. Nasser Al Siraj, assistant-director of the National Economy…

The BBC reported on Sunday that the United States might abstain for a possible UN Security Council vote on Israel’s illegal construction of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The…

Fifteen people, including two journalists, were detained by Israeli troops and police officers when the police attacked a Palm Sunday protest near Bethlehem. Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters,…

Several armored military vehicles carried on Sunday morning a limited invasion into Khan Youni, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The latest attack comes admits talks of a…

Amro Mousa, secretary-General of the Arab League, stated Saturday that the Arab countries should prepare for the possibility for a total collapse of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and should start…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 5-year-old child died on Saturday at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.The…

Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that one resident was killed and several others were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Khuza’a town, East of Khan Younis in…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, reported that “Shamir Salads” an Israeli company in a West Bank Israeli settlement, is marketing its products in Europe using a fake address claiming…

Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that six Palestinians were wounded on Friday evening after the army bombarded an area East…

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that a Palestinian child was shot and wounded on Friday afternoon near the Beit Hanoun (Eretz) crossing , in the northern part of the…

The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for killing two Israeli soldiers during clashes that took place east of Khan Younis, in the…

The United States Administration officially informed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the failure of the meeting that took place between American President, Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.…

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A Palestinian youth was injured when Israeli troops opened fire at anti wall protesters in the village of Nabi-Saleh, northern West Bank. Villagers gathered on Friday at their lands Israel…

Villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protested on Friday the Israeli wall built on farmers lands. As is the case every Friday since five…

Seven civilians were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation in Friday at the village of Nil’in central West Bank during the anti-wall weekly protest. After the midday prayers…

Residents of Al Ma’ssara village near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protest on Friday midday the Israeli-built wall on their lands. Villagers were joined by International and Israeli…

In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 18-24 march 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that…

Dozens of Egyptians held a protest on Thursday in front of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in Cairo demanding the country to expel the Israeli ambassador from the country, and to…

DCI-Palestine welcomes the commencement of the trial of two Israeli soldiers accused of using a 9-year-old boy for military purposes and to shield themselves from danger during Operation Cast Lead…

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Five Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during an invasion targeting Hebron, southern West Bank. Troops stormed and searched residents’ homes in the old part of Hebron…

The Israeli military injured on Thursday a Palestinian fisherman and a worker during two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian fisherman sustained wounds by Israeli naval forces on…

Several British organizations, along with Palestinian and Islamic Institutions in Britain, are conducting preparations to file a lawsuit against the Israeli Mossad for forging British passports that were used by…

The Sama News Agency reported that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, insulted the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when he told him “the meeting is over” as…

A Sudanese man was shot and wounded by Egyptian police fire on Wednesday evening as he tried to infiltrate into Israel from an area south of the Kerem Shalom Crossing.…

After the US administration asked for ‘clarification’ of Israel’s plan to expand settler housing in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, the Israeli government responded with another bold announcement of a settlement…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, left the United States without reaching any compromise or understanding with the American administration, especially regarding settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem. Advisors of both…

The Popular Committee Against the Siege on Gaza will be organizing a protest on Thursday before noon near the monument that commentates the victims of Israel’s illegal and deadly siege…

The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economical Rights (JCCER) reported that the Israeli police handed Wednesday a Palestinian family from East Jerusalem an order to pay 13.000 NIS, demanding family…

Arab League Secretary General, Amro Mousa, said that withdrawing the Arab peace initiative is on the agenda of the upcoming Arab League meeting in Libya. Shortly from travelling to Tripoli…

Israeli occupation’s Jerusalem Municipality has given final approval to a group of settlers to construct 20 housing units in Sheikh Jarrah. The announcement comes during the visit of Israeli Prime…

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