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The Israeli army invaded the town of Abu Dies east of the city of Jerusalem in the central West Bank, and abducted three Palestinian children on Saturday morning. Local sources…

Israeli Ynetnews reported on Friday night that a former Egyptian prisoner of war said that he witnesses Labor member of Knesset and the National Infrastructure Minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, killing two…

Israeli officials have been regularly strip-searching children for decades, some of them American citizens. While organizations that focus on Israel-Palestine have long been aware that Israeli border officials regularly strip…

Abu Mujahid, spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees, one of three Palestinian groups holding the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit captive since June 25 2006, stated on Friday that dramatic developments…

Palestinian government spokesperson, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, stated on Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, received assurances from several European countries that they will be willing to…

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Unknown gunmen attacked Friday with machine guns the convoy of a senior UN official in northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian local sources and eyewitness said that Jhon Ging, operations director of…

On Friday, the villagers of Bilin, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, were joined by international and Israeli supporters to conduct the weekly non-violent protest against the illegal…

Israeli media sources today reported yet another incident of the Israeli army conducting a drill simulating the takeover of a Palestinian village at the hands of a reserves unit. For…

The Palestinian unity government, expected to be made public on Saturday, has drawn various reactions at many levels. The Palestinian unity government, expected to be made public on Saturday, has…

A Palestinian security officer has been shot dead and another wounded in the Deir El Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said that Hussain Alselhi, 31…

The Salem Israeli Military Court acquitted on Thursday Qassam Barghouthi, the son of jailed Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, after two years imprisonment. His lawyer expects him to be freed next…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Thursday night that the acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, handed president Mahmoud Abbas a list containing the names of the ministers who…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories during the period between March 8th…

The Acting Palestinian Minister of Finance, Dr. Samir Abu Eisheh said that the ministry will pay one month’s salary to the education sector employees.The Acting Palestinian Minister of Finance, Dr.…

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Palestinian sources reported that one Palestinian man was killed and other two injured when an underground tunnel collapsed on them near the Palestinian Egyptian border in Rafah city in the…

Senior Palestinian leaders have almost finalized the formation of the long-waited National Unity Government and agreed on all names of the cabinet ministers. Senior Palestinian leaders have almost finalized the…

The Israeli army attacked and searched scores of Palestinian homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted one civilian on Thursday morning. Soldiers searched and ransacked house…

Israeli troops stationed at the Nashash military checkpoint at the southern entrance of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem abducted a Palestinian civilian on Thursday midday. Mohamed Mu’ali, a…

Israeli media sources reported Thursday that Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan agreed on a plan to build an agro-industrial park in the West Bank, on Wednesday. This comes as…

Israeli forces invaded several West Bank cities and abducted 15 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning.

Israeli forces invaded several West Bank cities and abducted 15 Palestinian civilians on Thursday morning. Four of those abducted were from the villages of Beit Fajjar and Al Khadier, south…

One said to be Fatah activist died on Thursday of wounds he sustained on Wednesday during infighting between Fatah and Hamas security forces, in the town of Beit Hanoun in…

Acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that all talks regarding the unity government were concluded, and that the minister of interior had been named, the Maan News…

A report prepared and published by the Palestinian Information Center – State Information Service, revealed that Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinians and injured 26 others over the…

The Palestinian Ministry of Refugees reported on Wednesday that the Palestinian refugees in Iraq were attacked 31 times in February, and that eight Palestinians were killed in separate attacks.The ministry…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday night that six Palestinian civilians, including three children, were injured in renewed violent clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in…

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The Palestinian Red crescent Society issued a report on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army committed 68 violations against Palestinian medical teams in the month of February, 2007. According to…

Palestinian media sources reported that on Wednesday morning, members of the Hamas-formed executive force of the interior ministry attacked electricians working for the Palestinian electricity company who were mending power…

Israeli forces attacked and beat up a Palestinian civilian and abducted another, during midday attacks on residents’ homes, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday. Local sources…

Israeli army bulldozers have destroyed one Palestinian house in the Sur-Bahir area south east of the city of Jerusalem on Wednesday morning. The house is privately owned by Atta Sarhan…

On Wednesday, the Israeli organization Peace Now issued a report sating that 32% of the land annexed for the construction of Israeli settlements and outposts is private Palestinian property.The report…

The Israeli forces launched their daily abduction campaign throughout the West Bank on Wednesday at dawn. The suburbs of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, Ramallah…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) demanded that Israel halts the current excavations being carried out near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. A UNESCO…

Ahmad Abu Al Gheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, said on Tuesday night that Israel must investigate reports which held the Israeli Army responsible for executing 250 Egyptian soldiers who surrendered…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday night that the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia said that Israel should accept the Saudi Initiative as it is, and that Israel is trying to…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday night that a Hamas fighter was killed and nine others were injured during internal clashes that took place in Gaza…

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Salah Al-Bardaweel, spokesperson of Hamas’ parliamentary bloc, said that Hamas will submit to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas three candidates for the post of minister of interior, from which Abbas…

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The Israeli army abducted one Palestinian civilian at a military checkpoint near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday afternoon. Sami Hussen, 41, from the village of Surda…

A group of right wing Israeli setters attacked a number of Palestinian workers in the old city area of Hebron city, in the southern West Bank on Tuesday at midday.…

Israeli troops abducted three Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday midday. Soldiers attacked and searched residents’ homes located in Khilit Al Magharbi neighborhood in…

The Israeli army suspended on Monday an Israeli army officer, after a complaint was filed against him by Palestinian villagers in the southern West Bank after he threaten to destroy…

Less than a month after his release from prison, Israeli forces again abducted Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmed Abdel Azziz Mubarak. This is the third time the 43 year old…

IIbrahim Attallah is sitting in the nearly destroyed village of Khallet Sakariya. His family is alone now, surrounded by barbed wire and the observation posts that double as sniper towers.…

The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank and abducted four civilians on Tuesday morning. Houses in the southern West Bank city of Nablus an the nearby Balata…

Israel abruptly closed Tuesday morning the Rafah crossing terminal, Gaza’s sole outlet to the outside world, after the crossing was reopened yesterday for three days. Israel abruptly closed Tuesday morning…

The Palestinian Journalists Union in Gaza Strongly denounced on Monday the abduction of Allan Johnson, a BBC reporter working in the Gaza Strip, by a group of unknown gunmen. The…

Palestinian legislator, Rabeeha Thiab, representative of Fateh movement at the Palestinian Legislative Council, stated on Monday at night that members of Fateh parliamentary block, including herself, met with president Mahmoud…

Ariel settlement, one of the biggest settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank, dumps its sewer in the valleys of of Salfit district, in the northern part of the West…

An Israeli pull administered by the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Haifa, Professor, Sami Smooha, revealed that 68.4% of the Jews in Israel fear…

The Palestinian Center for Communication and Development issued a press release on Monday slamming the abduction of a Alan Johnson on Monday afternoon in Gaza City. Johnson was abducted by…

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Unknown gunmen have abducted a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, identified as Alan Johnston, in Gaza city on Monday afternoon. Local sources stated that a group of four unknown gunmen…

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Israeli forces invaded the town of Howwara, south of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, on Monday midday and imposed curfew. Soldiers forced shops to close…

The Israeli army detained three Palestinian police officers wihile doing a regular patrol in the city of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank on Monday midday. Israeli…

Israeli forces invaded a Palestinian elementary school in the village of Ithnah, west of Hebron in the southern West Bank on Monday midday. Soldiers shot sound and tear gas bombs…

The Israeli army invaded Al Far'a refugee camp near the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday morning and abducted two civilians. Troops enforced curfew during the invasion, confining…

A Palestinian civilian from the village of Al Thahria near the southern West Bank city of Hebron was shot by the Israeli army in the city of Jerusalem late on…

Palestinian security sources reported Monday that members of the Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, jointly with other members of the executive force, abducted Jamil Alzenati, an officer of…

An Israeli online daily reported on Monday that Tzuriel Refael, Israeli's ambassador to El Salvador, was reportedly discovered by San Salvador police two weeks ago in a state of debauchery.…

In a meeting with Hamas’s political bureau chief Khaled Mash’al, in the Yemeni capital of San’a, President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh reiterated full support for the establishment of a…

Israeli forces invaded several areas in the Jenin district in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted at least 21 Palestinian civilians. 20 civilians were abducted from the…

The Istaeli Maariv Newspaper reported on Sunday that as the Palestinian factions are preparing to declare a national unity government by the end of this week, Israel is preparing for…

The Israeli television channel reported on Sunday night that the meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in Jerusalem was tough but positive, and that…

Bihlam Samhan is a woman recently released from Israeli prison. She spoke to the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of political prisoners during a nonviolent demonstration at the Bethlehem branch…

The Palestinian Popular Committees in Hebron called for a nonviolent rally at 10:00 am Monday. The demonstration is in protest of the continued closure of Shuhada Street. For years Israeli…

Israeli forces abducted 6 Palestinian civilians during three separate incidents in several areas of the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday. In the morning, Israeli forces attacked and…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said Sunday he would propose direct peace talks with regional states on the basis of the Saudi peace proposal of 2002 Arab states' summit. Olmert’s…

Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that Palestinian civilian Mohammad Hammad, 48, of Beit Hanoun city in northern Gaza Strip, was shot and wounded during a shootout between supporters of both…

Israeli army shelled Sunday Palestinian-owned houses to the east of Alburaij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli tanks, stationed on the border line…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday at dawn that one Hamas fighter was killed and another was injured after…

An Israeli online daily reported that Miri Eisin, a spokeswoman to Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Saturday evening that Israel will not hold peace talks with the Palestinians…

Jailed Fateh leader and previous Legislative Council member Marwan Barghouthi called on president Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister-designate, Ismail Haniyya, to contribute utmost efforts to guarantee the participation of the…

In a special interview with the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC, Aref Abu Jarad, head of the Palestinian Public Employees Syndicate in Gaza, said that the entire Palestinian Authority…

Wa'el Yousef Karawi was from East Jerusalem's A-Tur neighborhood. Israeli police attacked him on a popular shopping street. Now the 32 year old Palestinian man is dead. Wa'el Yousef Karawi…

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Unknown attackers stormed Saturday the Al-Quds University of Gaza and opened fire inside, Palestinian media sources reported. A member of the university’s Student's Council, Mohammad Helles, was shot and wounded…

Unknown Gunmen opened fire at the car of Hamas Cabinet minister Wasfi Kabha as he was traveling to a ceremony in Tubass city in then northern part of the West…

Unknown gunmen attacked and destroyed two shops in the eastern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday morning, one civilian was injured. One of the shops is located in Al…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Friday to a two-week extension of the legal period of forming the new coalition government. The request came from the acting Prime Minister, Ismail…

Following a documentary film about the Israeli military “Shaked” unit, which is believed to be responsible of killing 250 surrendering Egyptian soldiers during the Six Day War in June 1967,…

The United States State Department said on Friday that US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, is likely to visit the Middle East in the coming weeks to continue the efforts…

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In the weekly protest today in the village of Bil’in near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, two peaceful Israeli protesters paid the price for standing in solidarity with…

Medical sources reported that a Palestinian resident of the Deir Elbalah town, in the central Gaza Strip, was shot dead by Israeli army on Friday evening. The sources confirmed that…

Israeli forces invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning and abducted two Palestinians. Soldiers invaded the downtown city area and searched homes, then abducted Ahmad Al…

On Friday midday international and Israeli peace activists joined residents of Wadi Al Niss village in the southern West Bank for a non-violent demonstration against the illegal wall Israel is…

Palestinian top negotiator, Saeb Eriekat, confirmed Friday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be meeting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert next Sunday. Palestinian top negotiator, Saeb Eriekat, confirmed Friday that…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights in Gaza published its weekly report on the Israeli violations of human rights in the Palestinian territories in the period between March 1st and…

Palestinian women participate in government, are leaders in the national struggle, go out to work and stay in to work. On the occasion of International Women's Day, in meetings, lunches…

The Israeli Information Center For Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported on Thursday that the Israeli army used an 11-year old Palestinian girl as a human shield during…

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The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued new restriction on Internationals visiting the Palestinian areas. The Israeli authorities sent a guide, IMEMC has received a copy of, to embassies and…

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On Thursday the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border was re-opened after a day’s closure. As hoards of Palestinian civilians accumulated, panic erupted amidst Israeli troops’ attempt to achieve calm…