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Israeli soldiers fired tear gas on Wednesday at school student near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Local sources said that troops stormed the school fired tear gas at…

Twenty Palestinian workers were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops at the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli military force invaded the evacuated settlement of Doghit, northern Gaza Strip,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that two residents were wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at an area east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…

The Israeli Police released a 13-year-old girl from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after detaining her for five hours and after she was forced to sign a pledge…

The speeches at AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Netanyahu’s subsequent meeting with US President…

United States President, Barack Obama, held a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for 90 minutes and discussed the bilateral U.S-Israeli relations and the construction of settlements in East…

Three Israeli Knesset members of the National Union fundamentalist party stated that they intend to tour the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The three, Uri…

The Jerusalem Municipality approved the construction of 20 more units for Jewish settlers in an area near the Shepherd Hotel, in occupied East Jerusalem.The decision came just hours before s…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated Tuesday that the Palestinian “demands” for a full settlement freeze could lead for delaying the peace talks for another year. He told congress members…

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Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded areas in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at dawn and opened fire at nearby homes. Witnesses reported that tanks opened fire at their homes as…

Armed Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday Palestinian farmers in different locations in the occupied West Bank. In the village of Qauit, northern West Bank, settlers prevented dozens of farmers from…

The Israeli military released on Tuesday at dawn Omer Aladdin from the village of Al Ma’ssara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Aladdin was detained by Israeli troops…

The British Authorities will be formally accusing the Israeli Mossad of forging British passports that were used by some of the assassins who killed Hamas officials Mahmoud Al Madbouh in…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Jerusalem is not an occupied city, but the eternal capital of Israel, and added that the Jewish people started building Jerusalem 3000 years…

Palestinian medical sources reported that four residents were wounded on Wednesday at dawn when the Israeli air force fired several missiles at farmlands in Al Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza…

Hundreds of Arabs, Muslims and British nationals held a protest on Monday evening in the center of the British Capital, London, to protest the visit of Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat,…

The Iraqi Tourism Ministry accused the Israeli Mossad, Israel’s Security Agency, of involvement in the theft and of ancient Iraqi manuscripts that were illegally transported out of Iraq and sold…

One Israeli soldier was killed by friendly fire while a Palestinian civilian was wounded during clashes with Palestinians fighter at the southern border of the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops opened…

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A number of Israeli air raids targeted were reported on Monday deferent location in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli jet fighters bombarded the…

The Jerusalem Municipality canceled a meeting that was scheduled for Monday to discuss new construction plans in Abu Ghneim Mountain (Har Homa Settlement), Israeli Army radio reported. The municipality did…

Palestinian sources reported Sunday that a Palestinian resistance group opened fire at Israeli army vehicles near Beit Awwa town, in the southern West Bank district if Hebron. The army reported…

The Higher Political Committee of the Fateh movement held a meeting on Sunday in Ramallah and decided that there will be no resumption of peace talks with Israel while it…

Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the U.S. president, Barack Obama, that he will conduct measures on “good will” towards the Palestinians, including “easing” the siege on…

The Egyptian Navy arrested on Saturday evening three Palestinian fishermen who accidentally entered Egyptian territorial waters.The three were in a fishing boat when they approached the Egyptian waters, near international…

Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that two Palestinian children were killed by Israeli military fire in Iraq-Burin village, south of Nablus.…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday evening a Palestinian woman and a 14-year-old child, in the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported that the soldiers kidnapped Ibtisam…

Palestinian medical sources in the southern West Bank city of Hebron reported Friday evening that 47 residents were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the city and the nearby…

Palestinian medical sources in reported Saturday at dawn that 12 Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number of tunnels, and the Gaza International Airport east of…

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Five Palestinians were injured, eight others detained when Israeli troops attacked an anti wall protest at the village of Budrus, near Ramallah city, central West Bank.Villagers, along with their international…

The villagers of Bil’in, central West Bank, along with international and Israeli supporters protest the Israeli-built wall on villager’s lands.The Israeli army, this week, announced the villages of Bil’in and…

Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested, the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands, on Friday.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…

Villagers, along with international and Israeli supporters, protested on Friday at the village of Nil ‘in, central West Bank, the Israeli built wall on farmers lands. The Israeli army announced,…

The rival Fatah and Hamas movements have returned to trading accusations, this time over the Israeli violations in Jerusalem and its holy sites.The Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza accused Fatah…

The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip, wounding two residents and causing excessive damage. Local sources reported that Israeli…

Local sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Thursday evening, that clashes took place between Palestinian Resistance Fighters and Israeli soldiers east of Gaza City, and near the al-Shuhada Graveyard. Sporadic…

In its Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that during the week of 11-17 March 2010,…

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Nine Palestinian civilians were detained on Thursday by Israeli troops during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities. The military announced that most detentions took place at the…

One foreign worker was killed on Thursday in the Nativ Ha’asara kibbutz by a Qassam home-made shell fried form Gaza. Nativ Ha’asara is located near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…

Today March 17, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw a fourth day of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her…

The District Court in Jerusalem decided to expell 15 Palestinian natives of East Jerusalem out of the city of a period of 15 days, after they were detained by the…

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Israel announced on Wednesday the end of its lockdown on East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, which started last Friday. Israeli police say that thousands of troops…

Two journalists were wounded on Wednesday during clashes between Israeli troops and local youth in different parts of the southern West Bank. In Hebron, clashes erupted when troops attacked school…

Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday midday at a nonviolent protest against the wall central Gaza Strip. The protest was organized by the local committee against the wall. People gathered…

Israel’s TV, Channel 10, reported that Israel announced bids for the construction of 26 additional units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, especially in Abu Ghneim, and east of the…

Yasser Abed-Rabbo, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said that the Palestinian leadership intends to call for a comprehensive meeting for all factions in order…

Commemorations were held in several places in the Palestinian Territories Tuesday, including a ceremony in Ramallah with Corrie’s parents to name a street in the slain activist’s honor, marking the…

Imprisoned Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, serving five consecutive life terms in Israeli prisons, obtained his PHD degree in Political Science.Israel kidnapped the Palestinian official, an elected legislator, and accused him…

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The U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv informed Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu that U.S. special peace envoy George Mitchell had cancel his visit to the region. Mitchell was planning to meet…

Hundreds of students along with politicians and teachers protested on Tuesday in Gaza city in solidarity with Jerusalem. At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on…

At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on Tuesday during the ongoing clashes in East Jerusalem. Palestinian medical sources reported that most of those injured in…

Clashes were reported on Tuesday morning in several parts of East Jerusalem’s Old City and its surrounding neighborhoods as the Israeli police attacked the areas in question after the residents…

The Israeli TV. Channel 2, reported on Monday at night that the U.S. Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, decided to postpone his visit to the Middle East due to tension…

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Sixteen Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during invasions targeting West Bank communities. Fifteen of those detained today are from the southern West Bank village of Surif…

Ten Palestinian university students were injured by Israeli troops fire on Monday during clashes at a military checkpoint near Ramallah city central West Bank. Students from Birzeit University organized a…

The Arabs48 news website reported that violent clashes took place on Sunday at night between Israeli soldiers, policemen and residents of the Old City of Jerusalem. Clashes were also reported…

In response to an inquiry by the Palestinian human rights organization Adalah, the Israeli Justice Ministry has clarified its recent revision of Israeli land law, confirming that the revision allows…

Israeli security forces announced that a full closure on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank would be extended until Tuesday, supposedly to protect a group of Israeli settlers as they begin…

In his latest waver back and forth on the issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, US President Barack Obama issued a warning Friday night to Israeli Prime…

Local municipal officials in the Palestinian Authority reported Friday morning that overnight, a group of Israeli settlers had ambushed a Palestinian olive grove in the town of Qaryut, uprooting and…

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Eleven protesters were arrested by Israeli officers are they crackdown of a protest organized by Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Residents along with Israeli and international supporters marched at the Shikh…

Dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation, this Friday, following the weekly demonstration in the central West Bank village of Nil’in, near Ramallah.Nil’in’s weekly protest…

Two civilians were injured as dozens suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the village of Bil’in, central West…

Clashes erupted, on Friday afternoon, at Jerusalem’s old city between local youths and Israeli soldiers after the later prevented people for praying.Local sources said that troops station at the entrance…

Villagers of al-Ma’sara, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protested on Friday the Israeli built wall on villagers’ lands.The people were joined by Israeli and international supporters. The…

Palestinian Christian organizations, figures and many other Palestinians from the Jerusalem and the surrounding area have sent a letter on March 4, to the heads of churches in Jerusalem, demanding…

Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, ordered a full siege on Jerusalem and the West Bank starting on Thursday night after night. His decision was made after the Israeli Police warned…

The Israeli police approved a request filed by fundamentalist Jewish settlers who requested to be allowed to hold a protest in Silwan Arab town, in East Jerusalem. The protest is…

A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers burnt on Thursday at night an olive orchard in Safa village, north west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Dozens…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that a resident was wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at a factory in Al Qarara, north of Khan Younis,…

The Popular Committee Against The Siege on Gaza launched a series of event to mark 1000 days of Israeli siege and blockade on the coastal region. On Thursday the committee…

The Israeli Radio reported Thursday evening that the Israeli Military Prosecution revealed that one of the “elite” military forces used a Palestinian child as a human shield and forced him…

Local sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Thursday evening that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a 9-year-old child and his 20-year-old brother. Soldiers broke into the…

Israeli military sources reported that a settler woman was mildly wounded on Thursday evening after Palestinian youths hurled stones at her vehicle in an area north of the central West…

For the second day, Israeli soldiers prevented on Thursday teachers of the Al Dab’a School, totally isolated behind the Annexation Wall in Qalqilia district, from reaching the school, and demanded…

Palestinians along with international and Israeli supporters replanted trees on Thursday at the town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem city southern West Bank. A dozen people armed only with pick…

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Israeli troops detained on Thursday a Palestinian community organizer from his home in East Jerusalem. Eyhab Al Jallad, is a member of the Jerusalem popular committee, a local group that…

The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the…

Fathi Hammad, Interior Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, accused the rival Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, of carrying a smear campaign, supported by Israel and the United…

The Ir Amim “City of Nations” Israeli peace group reported that the Jerusalem Municipality is currently looking into a plan to build 50.000 homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem.…

The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank decided that it will not be entering indirect talks with Israel due to its ongoing violations and its decision to build 1600 homes…

Israeli soldiers, undercover forces and policemen attacked and wounded on Monday evening, two Palestinians in Al Bustan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, and kidnapped several youths. The two wounded residents were…

Israeli soldiers reported that a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a military post near the eastern entrance of Beit Ummar town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron; no…

A civil suit filed by the parents of slain activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel began today in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Rachel Corrie was run over…

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Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest Wednesday in central Gaza the Israeli built wall around the costal enclave. The demonstration today was organized by the popular committee against the Israeli wall.…

A group of armed Israeli settlers attack on Wednesday the village of Bureen northern West Bank and destroyed a car there. Witnesses told media that the settlers came from the…

Israeli tanks opened fire on Wednesday afternoon at residents’ homes and farm lands located close to the eastern Gaza Strip boarders. Residents reported damage to their homes and groves but…

The United Nation secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the latest Israeli decision to build 1,600 new settlers homes in East Jerusalem. Ban Ki-moon in his statement said that Israeli settlements…

Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detainee Irena Sarahna from Ukraine, and married to a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, was officially informed by the…

Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to void its approval for holding talks with the Israeli…

The Israeli Authorities decided to pardon ten fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement. A list containing the names of the fighters was handed to…