Five Palestinian youth arrested in pre-dawn raid in Tulkarem
Israeli Forces raided the towns of Allar and Qafen, north of Tulkarem, early on Monday morning. They broke into many houses, carrying out extensive searches. Five Palestinians were arrested: Mutasim…
Palestinian prisoners in Damoun jail in Israel abused by guards
During a visit to Damoun jail, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society revealed Monday that "Nakhshon Israeli unit" stormed section "3", provocatively searched the rooms and forced the prisoners…
Report: 400 Palestinian children incarcerated in Israeli jails
Defense for Children International – Palestine section and the Arab human rights institution charged in a joint statement that the Israeli occupation government was escalating its arrests of Palestinian minors.…
Israeli forces arrest four youth in Nablus
Israeli troops stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camp of Al-Ein at dawn Monday and arrested four young men after breaking into several homes. Local…
The republic of Elad
On a Sunday, during the intermediate days of Pesach, Jerusalem was quite empty. Maybe the sudden rain kept the tourists away. In the city center, next to the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian…
Palestinian youth killed in east Gaza Strip
Israeli army troops opened fire at and killed a Palestinian 18-year old near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medial and security sources said on Monday morning. Israeli…
Two youth arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two youth in the Al Arroub refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to a nearby military camp, local source…
Troops storm a Nablus Hospital, attack patients, medical teams
Israeli soldiersbroke on Sunday into Al Amal Private Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of wards and attacked staff and patients, local source in Nablus…
Nablus Municipality Building, dating back thousands of years, attacked by anti-Hamas Fateh fighters
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted two strongly-worded condemnations Sunday against aggressions in Nablus. Armed members of resistance parties, defying internal agreements, are using weapons reserved only to…
Two fighters assassinated in Bethlehem, one seriously injured
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades were assassinated in Bethlehem on Sunday after the Israeli under-cover forces stormed the city and fired at resistance fighters of the Al…
Hamas, Fateh agree to end internal clashes, tension
The Hamas-led Palestinian government and the Fateh movement, headed by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, have pledged on Sunday to work in order to end the tensions between them after…
Palestinian nonviolent resistance continues in southern West Bank in spite of beating and arrests
At least six Palestinian citizens, including one elderly, were injured, and an unlimited number were arrested during a nonviolent demonstration in the southern West Bank on Saturday. A number of…
Israel threatens to reoccupy Gaza
As Israeli forces continue to pound the northern Gaza Strip with up to 300 artillery shells a day, Israeli officials have announced that the military is considering re-entering the Palestinian…
Soldiers attack priests, Christians while celebrating Holy Saturday in Jerusalem
As Greek Orthodox Palestinian Christians were celebrating the Holy Saturday in Jerusalem, Israeli policemen attacked dozens of worshipers and priests near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and at the…
Fateh uproar over Hamas leader’s speech
Fridays’ speech by Hamas Political Office leader Khalid Mashal, put Fateh officials over the edge. They went so far as to refer to Mashal’s words from exile in Syria to…
Vast Israeli Arrest Campaign of Palestinians in the West Bank continues
Israeli soldiers launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank, while intensifying its arbitrary measures around the city of Ramallah and continuing the isolation of northern Jordan Valley for…
Al Aqsa Brigades demand clarification of yesterday’s Hamas speech
The Fateh linked armed resistance wing, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanding Hamas for clarifications of the statements made by Khaled Mashal on Friday. Saturday, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the…
Israeli soldiers force 18 family members into single room as they overtake the home
Israeli forces took two Palestinians from the southern West Bank to unknown locations early Saturday morning. Israeli forces invaded northern Hebron’s Al Aroub Refugee Camp at dawn and broke into…
Army arrests two and turns one house into military post
Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces…
Hamas’ predicament: partly political naiveté?
Two months before the Palestinian election, I met in Ramallah with Hassan Yousef, a senior West Bank leader of Hamas. Talking to him before he began an interview on our…
Zahhar: ‘I Will meet with European representatives during Gulf tour’
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Al Zahhar, said on Saturday that he will be meeting with European representatives during his upcoming tour in the Arabic Gulf countries, and that European countries…
Mashal: ‘Hamas is ready to coexist with Israel if it withdraws to the 1967 borders’
In an interview with a German television, Khaled Mashal, head of the Political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday that the movement will be ready to…
Israeli army source: ‘Palestinian youth stabs Israeli policeman near Jerusalem’
An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening that a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli border policeman north of Jerusalem. The source stated that the soldier was stabbed at Al…
Two residents arrested east of Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday two residents in Jeet village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers broke into dozens of…
Child seriously injured in Bethlehem
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, clashed with dozens of youth, and seriously shot one child in his head. The…
Last chance for two states
"One million of the estimated 3.8 million Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories rely on Palestinian Government salaries for their livelihoods. Impoverishing and embittering our people will not only exacerbate…
Eight homemade shells fired by Palestinian resistance at Israeli towns; no injuries
The Ahmed Abul Reesh Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah Movement in Palestine, fired eight shells at the Israeli Negev towns of Sderot and Majdal, and towards an Israeli military…
Israeli report: ‘Palestinian youth stabs Border Police officer near Jerusalem’
An Israeli police source reported of Friday that one Israeli border policeman was stabbed by a Palestinian youth at Al Ram checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. The officer was injured in…
European Union:’Freeze of aid to Palestinian Authority stays in effect indefinitely’
Friday, the European Union (E.U)said that its decision to freeze aid money transfer to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) stays in effect indefinitely, and urged Israel to resume the transfer of…
Sixteen Palestinians arrested overnight in the West Bank
Israeli military sources reported that Israeli soldiers arrested sixteen Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank Thursday night. The arrested Palestinians were taken by force from their homes, in…
This Week in Palestine, April Week 3
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.8 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Labor reject an offer by Kadima, demands more than 5 portfolios
Labor party’s negotiating team rejected an offer by the winning party Kadima to get five portfolios if they join a coalition to form the government saying that they want 6-7…
Soldiers arrest one resident in Jericho
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Aqbat Jaber refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Jericho. A Palestinian security source in Jericho reported that soldiers, supported by dozens of…
PLO seconds Abbas decision to stop the formation of a special security unit
The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, (PLO) approved in a statement published on Friday, the Presidential decree preventing the government to form a special security unit in the…
Residents, peace activists protest against the Wall, Israeli products in Bilin
400 Palestinian residents of Bilin village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 Israelis and 40 international peace activists, protested on Friday against the Israeli annexation Wall, and against…
Two fighters, one resident arrested in Jenin invasion
Friday morning, Israeli forces arrested two resistance fighters in Qabatia town near the West Bank city of Jenin. One resident was arrested in a separate invasion in Sielet Al Harthiyya…
Palestinian MOF considering giving partial salaries to ease crisis
In bid to ease the hard situation, the state employees are facing because of the financial crisis the Palestinian Authority is in, the Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq…
Army invades Bethlehem, arrests one resident
The Israeli troops invaded, late of Thursday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident. Soldiers invaded the city, surrounded and searched houses in Hindaza neighborhood…
Army claims to find a ‘suspicious object’ and detain the driver at Halhul checkpoint
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers stationed at Halhoul checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron arrested one resident, after claiming that they uncovered a suspicious object in his car. Soldiers…
Army invades Siliat Al Harthia and Qabatia in Jenin and arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Sielet Al Harthiyya and Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested one resident, on Friday morning. Talha Issa, 25, was…
In an invasion to the village of Harmala, army arrests one resident
The Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Harmala west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident identified as Tarik Attalah, Friday at dawn. Troops stormed…
One resident arrested from Toqua village east Bethlehem
Israeli army troops arrested Salem Nawawra, 33, from the village of Toqua east of Bethlehem In pre down invasion on Friday, a local source reported. The source added that army…
Army invades Jericho and arrests one resident
The Israeli forces invaded Aqbet Jaber refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho and arrested one resident, Friday morning. Troops, backed by several army vehicles stormed the camp…
Army resumes its shelling to east and north areas in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army artillery resumed its shelling to the eastern and northern Gaza strip, Friday at dawn. The shelling targeted land and homes in Beit Lahia and Biet Hanoun and…
Audio Report: The Daily News For April 20, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 3.7 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle East…
Russia Donates $10 millions USD in direct aid to the PA
The Palestinian Authority signed an agreement with the through which the later would donate $10 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian sources reported on Thursday. The agreement…
Elected Mayer of Qalqilia released from jail
The Israeli authorities released the Palestinian Prisoner Wajeeh Qawas, the recently elected Mayer of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Thursday noon. Qawas was arrested four years ago and was…
Army arrests five residents near Hebron
Israeli armed forces arrested five residents in pre dawn Thursday invasion of Dura and Ithna villages near the West Bank city of Hebron. In Dura, troops stormed several houses in…
Settlers attack schools students in Hebron
Israeli settlers, accompanied by Soldiers, attacked school students in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning. The attacks occured in areas adjacent to Tel Al Romaida and Beit…
Palestinian Prime Minister blames rumor of attack on PA Preventative Security
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya denied reports that he and his procession were fired at last night. On Thursday morning, he said that he is certain that some in the…
British human rights groups urge European Union to release Palestinian aid money
A number of human rights institutions based in the United Kingdom have sent an urgent message to the European Union and the British government to immediately reverse their decision of…
Israeli Operation ‘Ongoing Pressure’ in Nablus targets wives, mothers of fighters
The Israeli army launched a military offensive on March 31, dubbed "ongoing pressure", which is ongoing in the city, suburbs and refugee camps of Nablus. The 15,000 residents of Nablus…
Can Hamas Change to a Political Organization?
Occupation is the seed-bed for terrorism. It creates a uniquely fertile environment for random acts of violence directed at civilians. The insightful analysis of Robert A. Pape “Al Qaidas Smart…
320 Palestinians treated for shock as a result of Israeli shelling
At least 320 Palestinians were treated for shock in the past week as a result of the continuous shelling of Palestinian residential areas in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources…
Israeli military continues shelling of Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and artillery resumed their concentrated pounding of populated areas in northern Gaza Strip Wednesday, alleging they were responding to Palestinian homemade shells fired at Israeli settlements close to…
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Arab Fund to donate emergency funding to Palestinians
Large Arab investment funds will funnel about $50 million into projects to ease the hardships of the Palestinians but the money will not go to the cash-strapped Hamas-led government, fund…
Israeli military in Nablus continue arrests of the family members of ‘wanted’ men
The Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus continued to arrest the wives and mothers of ‘wanted’ men, in an attempt to ‘bait’ the men into turning themselves…
Palestinian arrested from Tubas
Saile Darghmah, 21, was arrested at an Israeli military checkpoint between the West Bank city of Tubas and Iaqaba village near Jenin, late Wednesday night. Darghmah is a resident of…
Army invades Azoun village, east of Qalqilia
The Israeli Army invaded the village of Azoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late Wednesday night. Several armored vehicles stormed the village and were shooting randomly at…
Hundreds to protest against planned Wall near At-Tuwani village this Saturday
SOUTH HEBRON – Hundreds of people are expected to flock to the South Hebron village of At-Tuwani this Saturday, to demonstrate against the planned Apartheid Wall. The wall will be…
Hamas wins Bir Zeit Student Council elections
Wednesday, Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, won the biggest number of seats in the Student Council elections in Bir Zeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Public Relations…
UN warns of humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories
In a report released on Wednesday, the United Nations warned that the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be facing grave humanitarian crisis if the foreign…
Army invades Al Arqa village
The Israeli armed forces invaded Al Arqa village west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village in a provocative way, the village…
Earth is Closing in on Us
The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that it’s not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next…
Empty pockets, growling stomachs in Gaza
Food for everybody in the world is a means to survive, to stay alive and maintain a normal, healthy life. But in Palestine, food has become increasingly hard to buy,…
Arab members of Knesset meet Hamas MP’s in Jerusalem
Four Arab members of the Israeli Knesset met Wednesday with Hamas legislators in East Jerusalem, a move which was seen as showing support to the Hamas members of parliament after…
Israeli High Court approves completion of annexation wall around Jerusalem
The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled, on Wednesday, that it will allow Israel to complete the construction of the annexation wall surrounding Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian petitioners appealed to…
Islamic Jihad advices its leaders to avoid apprearances in public areas
On Wednesday, sources in the political wing of Islamic Jihad issued identical warnings to all political leaders to avoid “open appearances in public places,” after the Tel Aviv operation Monday.…
Audio Report: The Daily News For April 19, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 3.5 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle East…
Six armed Palestinian resistance groups sign honor charter refusing to recognize Israel
Six armed Palestinian resistance groups declared in a national ‘document of honor’ that they absolutely refuse any recognition of Israel as a legitimate state, acknowledging that it is an occupier.…
April 18 Newscast
{enclose dailynews041806_ready.mp3} The daily news, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, http://www.IMEMC.org, for Tuesday April 18, 2006. The Israeli Army invade several West Bank cities and conduct…
Settlers attack Palestinian students in Hebron
Settlers from several illegal settlement posts in the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank attacked Palestinian schools students, Wednesday noon. Settlers hurled stones and empty glass bottles at…
Army storms residents’ homes in Khresa village near Hebron
Israeli troops stormed, on Wednesday morning, dozens of homes in the village of Khresa near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers stormed the house of Waleed Al Rajoub, trapped…
Seven residents injured in Nablus invasion
In a continuous invasion, seven residents were injured in the West Bank city of Nablus as more army enforcements continues to invade the city, Wednesday morning Troops and army vehicles…
Pink Floyd star cancels Tel Aviv concert in protest against Apartheid Wall
RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) reports that Roger Waters, leader of the famous English band Pink Floyd, has refused to be…
Jordan Cancels PA official visit, Hamas disappointed, denies smuggling allegation
The Palestinian government expressed disappointment at the Jordanian government canceling of a visit of the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar, scheduled for Wednesday, Palestinian sources reported. The…
PM Ismail Haniyeh: Peace is the Fruit of Justice
I know there are many people who mendaciously and maliciously or maybe ignorantly portray us as bellicose and anti-peace and prone to violence. As the Palestinian people continue their long…
Algerian doctors union donates 20 tons of medical supplies to the Palestinian nation
The Algerian doctors union donated 20 tons of medical supplies to the Palestinian nation, which arrived in a plane that landed in Amman International Airport, late Tuesday night. The medical…
Palestinian arrested from Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, conducted house-to-house searches and arrested Husssan Tanboz, 22, Wednesday at dawn. Tanboz was arrested after soldiers stormed scores of houses…
Israeli military invasions continue in Nablus and more residents arrested
The Israeli army continued its invasion of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested more Palestinian residents of the city on Wednesday morning. Soldiers stormed scores of homes and…
German group calls on Israeli Soldiers to refuse orders to kill innocents
A petition being circulated by a German peace group states, "We know from the history of our own country what dangers await a society that loses its moral standards", and…
U.S. Bars Its Citizens from any dealings with Palestinian Authority
U.S. citizens have been barred from financial dealings with the Palestinian Authority because it’s controlled by Hamas, which the government designates a terrorist organization, the Treasury Department said. The U.S.…
Five residents arrested near Gaza fence
Israeli soldiers arrested five Palestinians near the northern section of the fence that separates the Gaza Strip from Israel. The five residents were unarmed and were transferred to an interrogation…
Audio Report: The daily news for April 18, 2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.7 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle…
Bomber’s family surprised, grieved by son’s attack; father arrested
The Israeli army has arrested the father of an Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who killed nine people in an attack the day before in Tel Aviv. Samih Hamad, 51, was…
Israeli forces invade Tulkarem, arrest 17 residents
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp and Bal’a village early Tuesday morning, fired rounds of live ammunition and sonic bombs and arrested seventy residents.…
Hamas minister detained at Jerusalem roadblock
The Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem affairs in the Hamas-led Palestinian cabinet, Khaled Abu Arafa, was detained on Tuesday by Israeli police at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Abu…
Palestinian prime minister blames Israeli occupation as ‘root of violence’
"The continuing (Israeli) occupation and aggressions are at the root of the cycle" of violence, Haniya told ministers from his Hamas-led government in a cabinet meeting the day after a…
Resistance demands Abbas to apologize for denouncing Tel Aviv bombing
The Popular Resistance Committees, and the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to apologize for slamming and denouncing the Tel Aviv suicide bombing carried by a suicide…
Israel revokes Jerusalem residency of four Hamas lawmakers
The Israeli government decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in response to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis…
Israel revokes Jerusalem residency of four Hamas lawmakers
The Israeli government decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in response to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis…
Israel strikes Gaza, arrests 21 Palestinians following Tel Aviv bombing
Israeli air force shelled on Tuesday a building in the Gaza Strip causing excessive damage but no injuries. Army claims that the building is used as a metal workshop to…
Activists describe West Bank violence
Two young human rights activists spoke last night in California about the Palestinian population of Tel Rumeida, Hebron, a West Bank neighborhood that also contains some of what were considered…
PCHR report on Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, PCHR, issued a special report on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. The report, issued on 17 April 2006, coincided with…
Troops break into two Palestinian schools near Jerusalem
For the second day, Israeli troops broke into Anata Secondary School for Boys, and Salah Ed Deen Elementary School in Anata, north of Jerusalem, and detained dozens of students. Head…
Israeli Troops storm residents homes in Beit Awwa village in Hebron; arrest one resident
Israeli army troops stormed the homes of residents of Beit Awwa village and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, forced families out of their homes,…
Three children injured by Israeli shelling in Gaza
Three children were injured Tuesday morning in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing Israeli army shelling of the area. Army tanks shelled residential…
Army arrests two residents from Azzuon village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli armed forces invaded on Tuesday morning Azzoun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested Mo’men Adwan, 20, after searching his home. Adwan was injured…
Two residents arrested from Neim village in Hebron
Mazen Abu Sakot, 24, and his nephew Mohammad Al Tarbra, 24, were arrested in an invasion to Bani Neim village in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday at…
Army invades Tulkarem, arrests three residents
In an morning invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army arrested three residents. Several army vehicles and soldiers invaded the city and its refugee camp, searched number…