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Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a house that belongs to a Fatah activist located in Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of the…

An IMEMC correspondent in Gaza reported that four residents were injured after Friday prayers in Abu Bakier Mosque in Beit Hanoun, northern part of the Gaza strip, due to a…

The Israeli Minister of so-called 'Strategic Affairs', Avigdor Lieberman, called on the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz to resign after the latter appointed an Arab minister, and said that Peretz…

Israeli sources reported on Thursday that Israel extended a law barring Palestinian family unification by two additional months after the Israeli Defense Establishment requested a two-year extension. The law bars…

Hamas accused on Thursday, MP and fatah Leader Mohammad Dahlan of foiling the prisoners’ swap deal between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel which was about to be reached, said the…

Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded as Israeli gunboats opened their machine gun fire at them while fishing in the domestic water near the Gaza beach in the Mediterranean Sea on…

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul-Rahman Bin Hamad on Thursday urged the United Nations to lead a new peace process between Israel and the Palestinians…

An unmanned Israeli drone which crashed in the Gaza Strip due to technical problems was captured by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, according to a…

In a late-night raid on Palestinian political prisoners in Negev prison Wednesday night, Israeli forces beat Palestinian prisoners and destroyed their belongings, according to the prisoners. Following the raid, hundreds…

Residents of occupied East Jerusalem's Old City are requesting international assistance as Israeli forces move forward with plans to build a Jewish Synagogue in the heart of the Palestinian area.…

Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, di Giovedì 11 Gennaio 2007|| Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351971.mp3 Aggiornamenti dalla West Bank  …

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday January 11th, 2007|| Copy and paste the link to download MP3 File|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351962.mp3The West Bank Update…

Israeli army forces invaded the down town area of Jenin city in the northern West Bank, on Thursday afternoon, abducting Khalid Al Hajj and Ghassan Al Zughbi.  Israeli army forces…

Israeli forces abducted at least 10 Palestinians including four children, during invasions of the city of Hebron and neighboring villages in the southern part of the West Bank, on Thursday.…

As the taxi sped from Tel-Aviv towards Jerusalem, I was struck by the vast open spaces between towns.  Occasionally small olive groves and a cluster of small stone houses appeared. …

  A group of masked men cut of the phone and internet cable lines of the office of Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) in the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…

Efrat Alkobi, an Israeli settler woman in the West Bank city of Hebron was documented assaulting the local Palestinian family of Abu Ayisha by the Israeli Center for Human Rights…

Israeli military forces invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and abducted 12 Palestinian men, Palestinian sources said. Eight residents were abducted from the northern West…

  Israeli forces invaded several parts of the West Bank on Thursday at dawn and abducted 11 Palestinian men.  

The Popular Committee for Defense of Land in the Interior reports that the very existence of “unrecognized villages” inside Israeli boundaries remains under threat. On Tuesday in the Negev Desert…

A group of Palestinian civilians managed to thwart an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday by gathering on the roof of the targeted home in a non-violent act of civil…

The jailed Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, released a statement calling for the end of internal clashes and renouncing the violence that threatens the Palestinian people and their National interests.  In…

The general assembly of the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading on Wednesday a proposal of a new Israeli law that authorizes the Israeli district court to withdraw citizenship from…

Khaled Meshaal, the politburo spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, responded on Wednesday to the Israeli claim that Hamas "does not recognize Israel", saying that, in fact, Israel as…

Both President Husni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abduallah II of Jordan voiced Wednesday  their concern over the growing tension in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the Hamas-Fatah infighting that…

Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, di Mercoledì 10 Gennaio 2007 || Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file MP3http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351909.mp3 L’esercito israeliano ha effettuato…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 10th, 2007 || Copy and paste the link to download MP3 File|| http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351905.mp3 Israeli army…

The Union of Palestinian Teachers may go back to strike if the government does not pay their overdue salaries, a senior union official told Palestine News Network on Wednesday. The…

The Israeli army tightened its military measures on two military checkpoints located around the northern West Bank city of Nablus and invaded Al Ein refugee camp in the city on…

  Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday morning and abducted two Palestinian men.   Local sources reported that troops and army jeeps stormed and searched…

Palestinian former minister and Fatah front man said that the only way out of underway Fatah-Hamas infighting is the early elections called on by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last month.…

Unknown masked men set the municipality building in Jenata village, south east of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, on fire, Wednesday at dawn. Ibraheem Asakra, chair of the…

The Israeli army abducted 20 Palestinian men from several West Bank cities and villages during dawn invasions on Wednesday; Palestinian sources reported.Meanwhile another Israeli army force invaded the village of…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted 20 Palestinian men from several West Bank cities and villages during dawn invasions on Wednesday. 15 men of those abducted are…

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State will visit the Middle East starting in Jordan in bid to revive the stalled Middle East peace process; a spokesperson of the State…

A Palestinian woman lights a candle in the Church of the Nativity a few days before Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 21 December 2006. (MaanImages/Fadi Tanas)  There…

Abducted Palestinian Legislators from the Jenin District, imprisoned by Israel, voiced an appeal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen, engaging in armed clashes, to stop the violence and maintain national unity.…

Sources at the Executive Force formed by the Hamas-led Palestinian Ministry of Interior, reported that three members of the force were injured by a shell fired at their vehicles, and…

The first time Ahmed Abu Sa\’ud met his son was in Israeli Prison. The elder\’s daughter, 30 year old Sawsan Al Abu Sa\’ud, told PNN, “My father became a prisoner…

Palestina oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, per Martedi` 9 Gennaio 2007 || Copia e incolla il link per scaricare il file MP3 http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/35185…5.mp3 L`esercito israeliano ha…

 Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday January 9th, 2007|| Click the link to download MP3 File <a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351848.mp3">http://portland.indymedia.org/media/media/2007/01/351848.mp3</a> || Time:4m 45s ||…

Jewish self-righteousness is taken for granted among ourselves to such an extent that we fail to see what's right in front of our eyes. It's simply inconceivable that the ultimate…

The assault on Jimmy Carter and his new book which criticizes Israeli policy, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, has been led by many of the usual, uncritical, knee-jerk Israel supporters –…

Samir Al Madhon, 17, was critically wounded after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him near the borders in the eastern side of Gaza city on Tuesday afternoon.Medical sources reported that…

The Hamas party has reported that five of its members have been injured in clashes with the rival Fateh party on Tuesday, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.According to…

The Israeli forces, on Tuesday morning, abducted seven Palestinian men among them three from the same family during a house to house search campaign in several parts of the southern…

At lest 15 Israeli army vehicles invaded Al Saf Street in down town Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank, surrounded one house  and abducted three brothers,…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted 18 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday morning among them several children. In the villages of Abu…

   Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted 18 Palestinians from several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday morning. The sources added that among those abducted are…

    At lest 15 Israeli army vehicles invaded Al Saf Street in down town Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and surrounded one house on…

A senior Israeli military official said on Monday that soldiers abducted 4110 Palestinians in several Palestinian areas 2006. The sources stated that most of the abducted residents “were wanted to…

The Ramattan news agency reported on Monday that the Higher Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Factions in the West Bank issued a statement calling for dissolving the Hamas-controlled Executive…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Israeli troops continued their invasions and attacked in the West Bank and abducted at least twenty residents. Troops also installed dozens of roadblocks blocking…

The Israeli human rights group B'tselem has issued a call for the repeal of a new Israeli law, set to go into effect on January 19th, that will forbid Palestinians…

Do'a Abdel Khader Naser, a 13 year old girl from Izbet Naser close to Fara'on village south of Tulkarem, was killed on December 20th, 2006, by bullets from the Israeli…

Mahdi al-Hanbali, a member of the Hamas party, was captured by supporters of the rival Fateh party in Nablus on Saturday.  Monday afternoon he was released, and at a press…

According to a Hamas party spokesperson in Gaza, five members of the party were abducted after their car was stopped by members of the rival Fateh party in Beit Lahia,…

Internal clashes between the two major Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fateh, continued Monday as Fateh supporters burned several stores, including a money-changing shop and a clothing store, that belong…

The armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, the Quds Brigades, on Monday took the credit for firing two Quds-3 homemade missiles at Sderot settlement in the western Negev.The Brigades…

According to local sources, Israeli troops escorted huge tractors that started bulldozing a road linking the settlement of Sossia to newly annexed Palestinian lands in Yatta village, east of Hebron…

A 20-year-old Palestinian youth was injured on Monday when Israeli soldiers stationed just outside the Gaza Strip shot at him near the industrial area north of Beit Hanoun city, in…

Palestinian workers who comprise part of the low-wage Israeli labor force are subjected to brutality as they try to reach work, in their places of employment, and are often arrested,…

The Ministry of Refugees announced Monday that the Syrian government has agreed to allocate 10 dunams of land to build houses for the hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing Baghdad. The…

The Palestine Info news website run by Hamas reported on Sunday at night that members of the Preventive Security Force, loyal to Fateh movement, attacked dozens of houses that belong…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli High Court of Justice instructed the military police and prosecution to probe whether ‘open fire’ order was given illegally at the Girit…

Jaime Razuri, a cameraman working with Agence France-Presse who was abducted by gunmen on January 1 in Gaza, was released on Sunday evening, Tayyib Abdul-Rahim, presidency spokesperson reported.Razuri was moved…

Palestinian researcher Abu Kishek said that the Arab water security is threatened due to Israeli policy and that any political solution to the Palestinian issue will not happen except through…

“Bird Nicer was killed by unknown birds in the central countryside, while preaching that killing is prohibited in the Birds’ Shari’a (Law)”.In an imagined (but somehow very real) countryside there…

Marking the 42 anniversary of the formation of Fateh movement and in a move that was seen by many people as show of force, dozens of thousands of Fateh members…

Israeli sources reported on Sunday that the a senior military officer said that the arrest invasion which was carried in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, that…

Israeli soldiers invaded early on Sunday Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and abducted four members of the Tanzim, that belongs to Fateh, and claimed uncovering…

More than 200 Palestinian journalists held a sit-in and March in Ramallah Sunday afternoon in protest of attacks on members of the press. Among the subjects was the kidnapping of…

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday evening that unknown gunmen fired at Dr. Marwan Al Qaddoumi, a lecturer at Al Najah University in Nablus, after ordering him to step out of…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday evening that three Palestinians were killed during armed clashes between two families in Gaza city; nine residents were…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, decided on Saturday that the Executive Force, formed by the Hamas controlled Ministry of Interior, is illegal and outlawed. Hamas in return decided to increase the…

Four thousand dunams of land remain in the village of Ein Mahel located near the city of Nazareth. Although Israeli forces have seized more than 13,000 dunums from the village…

Palestinian detainees imprisoned at the Hadarim Israeli detention facility called on the Palestinian factions to end all sorts of internal clashes and violence. The detainees said that the factions should…

Officials of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party told the family of Sameer Quntar, who is imprisoned by Israel since 1979, and told them that the party will not release the captured…

Mosheer Al Masry, one of the senior Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said on Friday that the United States is attempting to encourage a revolt against the Hamas-led Palestinian…

Palestinian sources reported on Friday evening that Israeli soldiers, backed by several armored vehicles and jeeps invaded the northern part of the Gaza Strip and stationed east Jabalia. The Ramattan…

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Israeli soldiers, supported by a number of military vehicles and jeeps, invaded the Old City of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, and clashed with dozens of…

Unknown gunmen shot dead a local Muslim cleric and wounded another in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.     Cleric Adel Nassar of the Maghazi refugee camp was shot…

Officials and supporters of the Palestinian Fateh Party joined together with residents of Bil’in village near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah, as well as international and Israeli activists…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Ateel near the northern West bank city of Tulkarem on Friday at 4 am in an attempt to capture a Palestinian resistance fighter with…

One Palestinian man died on Friday morning due to wounds sustained during Thursday's clashes in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip between armed groups of…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Khader, south of Bethlehem in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted one local resident on Friday morning.Soldiers and army vehicles…

The Follow-up committee, formed by Palestinian and National movements, denounced on Thursday the attack which was carried by Executive Force members against the house of a P.A security officer, and…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Thursday night after midnight following his meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas that the two leaders agreed to form a probe committee…

Palestinian sources reported on Thursday at night that that gunmen attacked several offices and institutions that belong to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in Jenin, in the northern part of…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, returned on Thursday to Gaza after conducting the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. He slammed the recent violent internal clashes and said that the Palestinian…

Israeli TV channel 2 reported on Thursday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has decided to ask his Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, to step down. Olmert’s office denied the…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that Mohammed Ghayeb, a Fateh leader, was assassinated in his home by members of the Executive Force formed by Hamas, in Jabalia, in…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday that Hamas fighters holding an Israeli soldier captive since June 25 said that they are ready to give Israel a video tape of…

Palestina Oggi, un servizio dell`International Middle East Media Centre,  www.imemc.org, di giovedì 4 Gennaio 2007|| Clicca qui per scaricare il file MP3  5.88 MB || durata:6m 25s Quattro morti oggi…

Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday January 4th, 2007.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 4.87 MB || Time:5m 19s || (Click…

Palestinian sources reported on Thursday morning that gunmen released Bashar Al Karmy, deputy Palestinian Minister of Heath, hours after breaking into his house in Al Biereh city, near Ramallah, and…

At around 4:30 on Thursday afternoon at least 15 Israeli military jeeps invaded the city of Bethlehem in the southern part of the West Bank injured a Palestinian man and…