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The United Nations Security Council failed again on Friday to issue a statement calling for the end of the Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip and the halt of…

Several protests were organize on Friday evening in several European cities, the protests had one thing in common they all called for the immediate left of the Israeli siege imposed…

El viernes por la tarde se organizaron varias protestas en diferentes ciudades europeas. Todas tenían algo en común: pedían el cese inmediato al asedio que Israel está llevando a cabo…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that two patients died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred them from leaving the Gaza…

Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades Israelíes no les dejaran…

Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades Israelíes no les dejaran…

Hundreds of Arab residents of Kafer Kanna Arab town in the north of the country held a massive candle procession on Friday evening in solidarity with the Gaza Strip which…

Friday 25 January 2007: The seven-month ongoing Israeli blockade is taking an ever-more severe toll on the health system in the Gaza Strip, says aid agency Oxfam International. The one-off…

Viernes 25 Enero 2007: El bloqueo Israelí que dura ya siete meses está cobrándose un precio cada vez más alto en el sistema de salud en la Franja de Gaza,…

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Ahmad Qurea, met on Friday morning with Mark Otte, the EU envoy to the Middle East Peace Process and discussed with him several issues regarding the stalled…

Hamas media sources reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested on Thursday five Hamas members in several areas in the West…

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The villagers of Bil’in, located near Ramallah city in the central part of the West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the…

One Palestinian youth was killed and at least seven others injured when Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Omer near Hebron city in the southern part of the West…

On Friday midday the villagers of Al Khader village located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem protested today against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the villagers…

In two separate Israeli air strike attacks, at least four Palestinians were killed in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in Rafah city.The first Israeli air strike hit a…

Dozens of Palestinian residents, and peace activists, held a protest on Thursday evening against the ongoing Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip. The protest…

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 17 – 23 January 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 71 were injured by the…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, are scheduled to meet on Sunday in Jerusalem in order to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip.Well informed…

On Thursday, dozens of Arab residents of Israel and Jews held a joint protest in Haifa city against the ongoing Israeli attacks and siege against the Gaza Strip, the Arabs48…

Israeli military and medical sources reported on Thursday at night that one Israeli policeman, member of the Border Guard Units,  in addition to two Palestinian fighters, were  killed, and four…

Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday the house of Shadi Nabeel Sidir, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and also attacked members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron…

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The assistant of the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for foreign policies Mr Nicolas Burns, visited the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday and met with UNRW…

In a joint statement issued on Thursday by all the participants in the Palestinian National Conference for Palestinian National Rights said that this conference is to bring unity to the…

En una declaración conjunta respaldada por todos sus participantes, la Conferencia Nacional Palestina para los Derechos Nacionales Palestinos declaró, el jueves, que su objetivo debe ser devolver la unidad al…

The Hamas leader and deposed prime minister Isma’el Haniyah stated on Thursday he is willing to negotiate a deal to run the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian president Mahmoud…

El líder de Hamás, y depuesto primer ministro, Isma´el Haniyah, aseguró, el jueves, que está dispuesto a negociar un acuerdo para abrir el cruce fronterizo de Rafah con el Presidente…

Palestinian media sources reported that the Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and kidnapped at least seven Palestinian civilians.According to sources the kidnappings…

As thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip continued to flow into Egypt through the southern Gaza strip city of Rafah border wall, the Israeli government announced that it will…

Preliminary medical sources reported one Palestinian killed and another injured in Israeli shelling of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun on Thursday at dawn. .Local sources said that…

Dozens of Palestinians and Canadians held a vigil on Wednesday in Montreal – Canada, against the ongoing and unjust Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza…

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for attacking an Israeli military post west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.The Brigades…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported on Wednesday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped Ahlam Jawhar, a Palestinian woman active in Human Rights, as she was leaving Nablus city through the…

Soldiers assaulted and arrested Issa ‘Amro, a B'Tselem fieldworker, in Hebron on January 19. ‘Amro was arrested while filming a disturbance by settlers in the Wadi Hsein neighborhood in East…

Fuad Al Khafsh, a Palestinian researcher and specialist in detainee’s affairs, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading a new law which will give the Israeli…

         Brussels, 23rd January 2008, Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt "The thousands of…

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USA blocks statement by the UN Security Council criticizing the Israeli siege of the Gaza strip. The US representative in the UN, Zalman Zad, said that this statement ‘is not…

Israeli sources announced on Wednesday that the Israeli army had stopped all fuel and food supplies shipments from interring the Gaza strip on Wednesday. The Israeli government said that its…

The Israeli army killed two Palestinians on Wednesday in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip.On Wednesday midday a Palestinian farmer, Isma’el Al Attar, 50, was killed when Israeli army…

The Israeli municipality controlling the occupied city of Jerusalem approved 7300 new housing units to be added to five Israeli settlements located inside and around the city of Jerusalem.The announcement…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army conducted several pre-dawn invasions that targeted Palestinian cities and villages located in the northern and central parts of the West Bank and kidnapped…

An Israeli army undercover force invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and kidnapped two Palestinians on Wednesday morning. Local sources reported that the undercover army force invaded the…

Thousands of Palestinians residents of the Gaza strip managed to cross into Egypt in the early hours of Wednesday after the Palestinian resistance destroyed part of the Wall located on…

Israeli forces invaded the border area of Karm Abu Mo’amar, east of Rafah on Wednesday morning, leaving one Palestinian dead and another four injured.Medical sources reported that Yahia al Beyok,…

On Wednesday, Ahmad Abu Hantash,33 from the northern West Bank city of Nablus died of wounds sustained during the Israeli invasion of the city last Friday. Abu Hantash was on…

The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday, Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs, and interrogated him in Al Maskobiyya Israeli prison in Jerusalem after he participated…

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Family of detainee Ali Rajih Asfour, 31, from Ya’bod town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, voiced an appealed to human rights groups to intervene for the release…

The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Tuesday evening of firing several homemade shells at Kfar Azza settlement, east of the Gaza Strip,…

The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release on Tuesday appealing the International Community to intervene and save the Gaza Strip from an imminent humanitarian disaster as the unjust…

About 150 Palestinians and internationals gathered on Tuesday evening in front of the Nativity church located in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem in protest of the Israeli imposed…

Unas 150 personas palestinas e internacionales se concentraron el martes por la tarde frente a la iglesia de la Natividad que hay en Belén, al sur de Cisjordania, para protestar…

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Egyptian police and troops attacked the protest using water canon and batons, medical sources reported that at least 20 women suffered injures so far and had to be moved to…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated on Tuesday that the latest Israeli shipment of fuel that entered that the Gaza strip today is not enough, and demanded that Israel immediately…

El Presidente Palestino Mahmoud Abbas ha asegurado que el último envío de combustible que ha entrado hoy, en la Franja de Gaza, no es suficiente y ha pedido a Israel…

Israeli government sources stated on Tuesday that the latest fuel shipment Israel allowed into the Gaza strip is an attempt to sabotage any Security Council condemnation of the siege imposed…

Palestinian sources reported that on Tuesday midday Israeli tanks shelled a group of Palestinian civilians in Khaza’a village near Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza StripThose…

Israel allowed Tuesday entry of some fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on the heels of local and international protests to latest Israeli closure of Gaza, media sources reported. Society…

Israeli troops shot and injured a young Palestinian man late Monday night in the village of Al Shukh located north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Lou’e Warssanah,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died on Tuesday morning due to wounds he sustained in Israeli army attacks on Sunday. The Islamic Jihad armed wing, Al Qudes…

In pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, and village of Abu Da’eif in Jenin the Israeli army attacked several civilian homes.Local sources reported that…

The United Nations Security Council has called for an emergency session on Tuesday to respond to the heightening crisis in the Gaza Strip. The crisis came to a head Sunday…

El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas ha convocado una sesión de emergencia para hoy martes para dar una respuesta a la creciente crisis en la Franja de Gaza.…

After a widespread international outcry followed Israel's cut-off of all fuel into Gaza on Sunday, Israeli authorities agreed to allow fuel and medicine into the Palestinian coastal region on Tuesday…

Después del clamor internacional generalizado a raíz del corte de Israel de todo suministro de fuel a Gaza el Domingo, las autoridades Israelíes acordaron permitir la entrada de fuel y…

Israeli forces kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians from several areas in the northern West Bank city of Nablus in a pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday.Local sources reported that among the areas…

In a statement to the Israeli press Monday, a senior Israeli official claimed that the collective punishment of the entire Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip was an effective way…

En una declaración a la prensa Israelí el lunes, un oficial superior Israelí manifestó que el castigo colectivo de la población Palestina entera de la Franja de Gaza fue una…

A number of Israeli groups called for Saturday, January 26, to be a countrywide relief convoy and demonstration in Israel in solidarity on the Gaza border with a parallel Palestinian…

A British peace group has called for protests against the Israeli government, after Gaza’s only power station was forced to shut down Sunday, when Israel cut fuel supplies to the…

Un grupo de paz Británico ha convocados protestas contra el gobierno Israelí, después de que la única central eléctrica de Gaza fue obligada a cerrar el domingo, cuando Israel cortó…

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Yasser Abed Rabo, the secretary general of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as well as a member of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israelis, stated on Monday…

Thousands of Palestinians, including children, public figures and medics, took out to the streets of Gaza city on Monday, in protest of the crippling siege, Gaza Strip has been going…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ehod Olmert stated on Monday that Israel will not allow a humanitarian crises to take place in Gaza, meanwhile the Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak ordered…

Israeli fuel cuts in Gaza are affecting daily life, particularly now as the region has been experiencing an uncommonly cold winter. "We went four days without having electricity during the…

Israeli forces kidnapped, Mohammad Abu Alia, the Governor’s consultant of religious affairs, and a senior leader of Fatah in Al Duhiesheh refugee camp in the southern West bank city of…

In the latest Israeli settler attack to take place in the Palestinian city of Hebron, a group of armed settlers attacked and beat a group of women and children, and…

A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in the Thenaba neighborhood in eastern Tullkarem Monday morning, when Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood and besieged his home.Medical sources reported…

Israeli aircrafts shelled overnight Sunday an occupied home in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza. The attack left one Palestinian killed another two injured, one critically and were moved to…

On Sunday, due to lack of fuel supplies from Israel, the Gaza power plant stopped operations. Sunday night, Israeli security officials admitted that the impacts of Israel's complete cut-off of…

The largest parties of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), appealed to world countries including the Arab ones to move immediately…

Los principales partidos de la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina (OLP), Fatal y el Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP), apelaron a la comunidad internacional, especialmente los…

Gazans spent Sunday night in terrifying darkness after the supply of fuel was cut on the area. Hamas sources said that power shortages caused the death of a hospital patient,…

A new Israeli air strike on Gaza killed early on Monday a Fatah-linked fighter and injured three others critically. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanin, chief of ambulance and emergency department at…

Palestinian political detainees, members of the Hamas movement, imprisoned in the Negev Israeli detention camp, announced that they will fast on Monday in solidarity with the residents in the Gaza…

Operations Director of United Nations Work and Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, Jhon Gang, appealed Sunday night for resolving an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.…

Palestinian Legislator of the Hamas movement, previous Minister of Interior, Sa’id Siyam,  stated on Friday that Hamas-controlled security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested a resident who intended to carry…

According to the UN, about half the strip's 1.5 million people no longer have access to fresh water, because Israel has been restricting fuel supplies, which in turn halts pumps…

Fighter of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing if the Islamic Jihad, exchanged fire on Sunday at dawn, with Israeli forces invading Qabatia town, near the northern West Bank…

Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinians said to be resistance fighters for Al Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas were killed on Saturday morning, when Israeli jet fighters fired…

After over six months of closure, the 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have come to depend heavily on aid from the United Nations. Although they are willing…

Talal Abu Tharefa, member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), stated on Friday that the Israeli army was forced to dismantle a…

Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, reported on Friday that detainee Fatima Al Ziq, from Gaza, delivered her baby, Yousef, in Kfar Saba Israeli hospital.…

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About 200 Palestinians and their international and Israeli supporters protested the illegal Israeli Wall being built on the lands of Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city in the southern…

Unas 200 personas palestinas, israelíes e “internacionales” protestaron por la construcción del muro ilegal israelí en las tierras del pueblo de Al Khader village al sur de la ciudad de…