12 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank and kidnapped 12 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. The civilians were kidnapped from Bethlehem and Hebron city in the southern…
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Israeli army invades Beit Sahour and Beit Jala towns near Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded Beit Sahour and Beiot Jala towns located in the eastern and southern side of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday morning. At least 10…
Haniyya says UK rejected proposal to use force to release abducted BBC reporter
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that the British government rejected a Palestinian proposal to use force in order to release the kidnapped BBC reporter, Alan Johnston, captured…
Abu Laila: “the government must fulfill its vows regarding late salaries”
Palestinian Legislator, member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Qais Abdul-Karim, Abu Laila, stated on Wednesday that he will call on the Legislative…
Soldiers install fence around West Bank settlements, isolate Palestinian orchards
The Israeli army installed a fence around several settlements which were illegally constructed on Palestinian annexed lands that belongs to the residents of Dir Istia village, near the West Bank…
Palestinian Journalists Union issues statement on World Press Freedom Day
The Palestinian Journalists Union issued a statement on the event of May 3, the World Press Freedom Day, and called on the free world and the international community to ensure…
Palestinian student kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Nablus
The Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus kidnapped a Palestinian student on Wednesday evening. Rafiq Al Haje, a student in…
Army invades Tulkarem city and near by Nur Shamis refugee camp
An Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city Tulkarem and the nearby refugee camp of Nur Shamis on Wednesday night. Soldiers attacked and searched scores of residents homes,…
The Livni-Rice Plan: Towards a Just Peace or Apartheid
For years I have been one of the doomsayers, arguing that the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has become the only realistic political outcome of the Israel-Palestine conflict–…
Chief Palestinian negotiator slams PNA over BBC reporter
Top Palestinian negotiator, Sae’b Eriqat, slammed Wednesday the Hamas-led government for being unable to release BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who has been held hostage in Gaza over the past several…
A Cheerless Labor Day in Gaza
Forty-eight-year-old Riyad Hammad from the Maghazi Refugee Camp in central Gaza woke up on Friday morning whilst his wife sat before a wood-burning stove. He headed for a nearby store,…
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Army killes a Palestinian civilian and kidnaps his brother in northern Gaza strip
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army shot and killed Palestinian civilian and kidnapped his brother in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday midday. Dr. Mo’awiah Hassanin,…
Three Palestinians kidnapped and one injured as Israeli army attack homes in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked and searched homes in the southern West Bank city of hebron and nearby by Beit Omer and Ithna villages; one civilians was injured and another three were…
Fatah, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility of an attack against Israeli army Unit near
The joint operation unit of Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah, and Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack against an Israeli…
Army bulldozer chases journalists; troops kidnap four civilians as army invades Jenin
A massive Israeli army force and one military bulldozer invaded the city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp located in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning,…
Army bulldozer chases journalists; troops kidnap four civilians as army invades Jenin
A massive Israeli army force and one military bulldozer invaded the city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp located in the northern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning,…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village and kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby villages, during the invasion troops kidnapped 4 civilians another 2 were kidnapped at a nearby military checkpoint on…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby village and kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby villages, during the invasion troops kidnapped 4 civilians another 2 were kidnapped at a nearby military checkpoint on…
One Palestinian civilian kidnapped as army invades Qalqilia city
One Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by the Israeli forces that invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Wednesday morning. Mohamed Al Aqra’, 27, was taken from his home…
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Arab MK Mohammad Baraka says an Israeli military offensive against Gaza is possible
The Arab member of Knesset Mohammad Baraka said that he does not rule out an Israeli mlitary offensive against Gaza especially following the Winograd Committee report which blamed the Israeli…
Mediators of the Quartet Committee to meet officials of Four Arab countries
Officials of the Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East are set to meet on Friday with several officials of four Arab countries in Egypt in order to discuss…
Islamic Jihad leader isolated and tortured for more than four months
Israeli Prison Administration transferred Sheikh Mahmoud Al Sa’adi one of the jailed leaders of the Islamic Jihad, to Majeddo prison, after he spent four months under interrogation and torture at…
Palestinians start preparations to commemorate the “Nakba”
The National Committee for Commemorating the Nakba Day (cataclysm) along with several national and Islamic factions in the occupied territories, the Refugees’ Affairs Department, the Palestinian Coalition for the Right…
Abu Laila slams Israeli attacks against Labor Day procession near Ramallah
Palestinian Legislator Qais Abdul-Karim (Abu Laila) member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, slammed that harsh Israeli military attack against a peaceful procession…
Abbas meets the Singaporean FM in Ramallah
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday at his headquarters in Ramallah, the Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon, and informed him on the latest development in the Palestinian territories, and…
Lawyer of Mandela Institute visits the detained PLC head, legislators and several detainees
Lawyer of the Mandela Institute, Bothaina Douqmaq, visited the Dr. Aziz Dweik, the jailed head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a number of detained legislators and officials illegally held…
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PM Haniya: Coalition government works on releasing the BBC reporter
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, told reporters on Tuesday that his coalition government has been working silently on releasing the BBC reporter Alan Johnston. Hniya’s remarks came following a meeting…
Army attacks Palestinian labor union demonstrators at Qalandia checkpoint near Ramallah
Israeli troops stationed at Qalandia checkpoint, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah attacked, on Tuesday Palestinian labor union demonstration that was organized to make the international workers…
Palestinian Interior Minister renews warning of stepping down
Palestinian interior minister, Hani Alqawasmi, renewed Tuesday his warning to step down, on claims of lacking cooperation by security officials, who are loyal to the rival Fatah party. Minister aL-Qawasmi,…
Israeli forces invaded Al Doha town near Bethlehem and search homes there
An Israeli army force invaded Al Doha town west of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and started to search homes there on Tuesday midday. Israeli…
Palestinian resistance fighters survive an Israeli air strike attack
In a statement, issued Tuesday by the Fatah-linked Martyr Ayman Jouda militant group read that a group of its resistance fighters survived an attack Tuesday morning by an Israeli drone…
Teachers union calls for protesting at PLC in Ramallah and Gaza on Wednesday
The Teachers union called, on Tuesday, for a massive protest in front of the Palestinian legislative council buildings in Ramallah city in the central West Bank and in Gaza city…
Palestinian resistance attack invading Israeli troops in central and northern W.B
Israeli media sources reported that during pre dawn invasions Israeli army conducted in the central west Bank city of Ramallah and Nablus city in the northern part of the West…
25 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
25 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli army as the later conducted pre dawn invasion in several part of the West Bank on Tuesday. Ten of the civilians kidnapped by…
25 Palestinian civilians kidnapped as Israeli army invades several West Bank areas
25 Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli army as the later conducted pre dawn invasion in several part of the West Bank on Tuesday.
Israeli army kidnaps three Palestinian children near Nablus
Israeli forces abducted three Palestinian children from Beita village located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on late Monday evening. Soldiers calmed that the three children hurled stones…
Six residents injured in Khan Younis, as angry families attack an Egyptian building
Six Palestinian family members were reportedly wounded on Monday evening in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics said. The medics added that the injured were hit hurt during…
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On Labor Day; Workers Unity Bloc appeals ending the siege
May 1 marks Labor Day, but the Palestinian territories remain under a strict siege and the Palestinian workers remain unemployed facing poverty and hardships. The Palestinian Labor Unity Bloc demanded…
Wednesday General Strike for all teachers in Palestine
Bassam Zakarna, head of the Government Teachers Union stated on Monday that all governmental teachers will hold a general strike on Wednesday, and that they will escalate their procedures if…
PICCR initiates a probe in the killing of a Gaza resident
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights (PICCR) initiated a probe into the incidents that led to the killing of resident Izzat Rasheed Al Bazary, who was abducted last week.The…
Palestinian workers without employment or income on Labor Day
Tomorrow is May Day when workers of the world are meant to unite, to organize, unionize. Some take to the streets and demonstrate, while others stay at home with their…
Winograd Commission accuses Olmert of serious failure in the second Lebanon war
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday that the partial report prepared by the government appointed commission to probe the Second Lebanon War accused the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert,…
Questa settimana in Palestina Week 17 2007
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Palestinian deputy-PM expects more pressure on Palestinians in light of Winogard report
Palestinian deputy-prime minister, Azzam Al-Ahmad, expected Monday that more pressure will be exerted on the Palestinians in light of Winogard report over failure of Israeli army in its last summer…
Palestinian government rejects kidnappers’ demands for releasing BBC reporter Johnston
Palestinian deputy-prime minister, Azzam Al-Ahmad, told reporters in Ramallah on Monday that the Palestinian government has rejected demands by kidnappers of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was abducted at a…
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Settlers attack a mosque and Islamic Waqf offices in Hebron city
A group of illegal Israeli settlers attacked and ransacked Al Aqtab mosque and the nearby Islamic Waqf offices in downtown Hebron city located in the southern part of the West…
Palestinian public sector employee attempts suicide in protest of not being paid by the gov.
A Palestinian public sector employee from the city of Khan Younis, located in the southern part of the Gaza strip tried to commit suicide on Monday midday by throwing him…
Angry teachers storm the education ministry building in Ramallah
Scores of angry teachers stormed the ministry of information building located in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday midday. The teachers stormed the building when the education…
Various Arab and European countries urge P.A to go for early elections
Various Arab and European countries urged President Mahmoud Abbas during the his seven-European countries tour to hold elections early in a bid to end the internationally-imposed economic embargo on the…
Palestinian teachers go on strike, public sector employees to follow on Wednesday
The Palestinian teachers started a general strike on Monday after the Palestinian government have not been able to buy their over due salaries. The public schools teachers union have called…
One Palestinian kidnapped as Israeli army invades Tulkarem city
The Israeli army invaded the city of Tulkarem located in the northern part of the West Bank on Monday at dawn surrounded one house searched several other and kidnapped one…
Hamas-led government interested in the ceasefire, a government’s spokesman says
A spokesman of the Hamas-led government, Ghazi Hammad, told Voice of Palestine radio on Monday that his government is interested in observing a ceasefire with Israel, once Israel commits to…
Unknown gunmen open fire at a Palestinian top security officer in Hebron
Unknown gunmen opened fire at the house of a top Palestinian security officer located in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday at dawn. The house belongs to…
A resident of Khan Younis wounded after being abducted
A Palestinian resident of the Khan Younis city, south of Gaza Strip, has been reportedly wounded after being abducted by unknown gunmen. Media sources at the Palestinian national security forces,…
The Israeli army kidnaps 17 Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank
Israeli forces invaded several West Bank city and kidnapped at least 17 Palestinian civilians on Monday at dawn. Ten of those 17 kidnapped were taken form the northern West Bank…
Army invades Tulkarem city and surrounds a house of Palestinian activist
An Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem surrounded the house of a Palestinian activist in an attmpet to kidnap him on Monday morning. Mohamed Zaki,…
Palestinian resistance factions dissatisfied with Egyptian remarks over homemade shells
Various Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza showed dissatisfaction Sunday with statements by the Gaza-based Egyptian security delegation, which described the homemade shells as ‘lost gambling’. Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Ismail…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff threatens to invade Gaza
Israeli Army Chief of staff, Gabi Ashkenazi said on Sunday that the Israeli army would operate in Gaza if the resistance factions do not halt the firing of homemade shells…
EU Parliament Delegation Visits Palestine
A high-level European Parliament delegation started today a six-day visit to Palestine. The delegation, headed by Mr Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (Cyprus), would discuss the relaunching of the Arab League initiative that…
Nafha Society calls for releasing a ailing detainee
The Nafha Society which advocates the rights of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention facilities called on human rights organizations to practice pressures on Israel to release an ailing…
Palestinian family appeals the release of their detained son
Family of detainee Ali Hasan Odah, 27, from the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, appealed human rights organization, the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and all institutions advocating the rights…
PLO’s report: Palestinians on the verge of a humanitarian disaster
Department of Arab and International Relations (DIAR), which is affiliated with the Palestine Liberation organization (PLO), reported Sunday that the Palestinian people are ‘on the verge of a humanitarian disaster’.…
Israeli PM says Israel might launch a military attack on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehuld Olmert, said Israel might carry out a ground attack on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media sources reported Sunday. The sources said that the Israeli PM sent…
Israeli army breaks into the house of a Palestinian security officer in Ramallah
Israeli army broke Sunday into the house of the commander of the Palestinian presidential guards in Ramallah. Palestinian security sources said that the Israeli soldiers stormed and ran a havoc…
A Hamas official: Mash’al and Abbas agree to reactivate the PLO
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas supreme leader, agreed yesterday to reactivate the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yehia Mussa, a Hamas MP revealed. Mussa said that the two leaders agreed…
Mother of detainee: “I don’t know how to tell him that his father is dead”
Um Da’oud (the mother of Da’oud) does not know how she can tell her son, Amer, who has been detained by Israel since seven years, that his father died, especially…
Nazareth; thousands protest in support for Dr. Azmi Bishara
Thousands of Arab residents of Israel protested on Saturday in Nazareth in support to Dr. Azmi Bishara, the former Arab member of Knesset, after the Israeli Authorities claimed this week…
Barghouthi: “Only the Ministers Council is authorized to set date for local elections”
Palestinian Minister of Local Government, Mohammad Al Barghouthi, stated on Saturday that his latest meeting with Hanna Nasser, head of the Central Elections Committee, is a primary meeting to set…
P.A presidency slams the Israeli attacks in Gaza
A spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli Saturday attack in the Gaza Strip where three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli shelling to an area east…
Hamas’s exiled leader, Khaled Mash’al, says resistance is ‘a legitimate right’
The exile-based political supreme leader of Hamas, Khaled Mash’al stated Saturday in Cairo that ‘resisting the Israeli occupation’ is a legitimate right for the Palestinian people. Masha’l, who is based…
President Abbas says he is optimistic that the economic embargo will be lifted
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he is optimistic over possible end to internationally-imposed economic embargo. Abbas’s remarks came during a meeting he held Saturday with the Egyptian President Husni Mubarak…
Non-violent action on Palestinian land occupied by Israeli convict
On Saturday morning Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists accompanied a Palestinian farmer to his land near Al Khader village, in the southern West Bank Bethlehem district. Their intention was…
Israeli Settlers and troops attack Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists near Hebron
200 Israeli illegal settlers and soldiers attacked Palestinian farmers, international and Israeli peaceful activists who were protesting in stolen Palestinian land in Yatta village south of Hebron in the southern…
One civilian kidnapped from Hebron by the Israeli army
The Israeli army attacked and searched a number of homes in Hebron city on Saturday and kidnapped one civilian. Mohamed Missik, 19, was taken from his home after Israeli troops…
The Israeli army storms Nablus under a barge of heavy fire
An Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus under a barge of heavy fire on Saturday morning. Troops attacked and searched homes in the old city are…
One Palestinian civilians abducted by Israeli troops near Hebron
One Palestinian civilian was kidnapped by Israeli troops at a military checkpoint near Ithna village west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday. Abd Al Rahman Badran,…
Army attacks a training school and kidnaps one student in Qalqilia
An Israeli army force invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia attacked a training school in the city and kidnapped one student on Saturday afternoon. Troops surrounded the school…
Four Palestinian resistance fighters killed in Gaza, three by Israeli gunfire
Four Palestinian resistance fighters were killed Saturday in two separate incidents, three by Israeli army gunfire, Palestinian medics in Gaza said. The Israeli army, stationed on Gaza Israel-Gaza border line,…