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On Thursday morning, Israeli army forces invaded Obadiyah village east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and abducted one resident.  Iyad Radaidah, was taken to…

Two Palestinians were killed and a third was injured when Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of Thursday morning, Palestinian sources reported.…

Dozens of farmers from the West Bank city of Hebron complained that Jewish settlers took their lands at gunpoint and started digging holes in the lands in preparation for planting…

The United States is seeking to arm and train the presidential guards, loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a plan that was presented to the Quartet,…

A petition calling for the removal of President Moshe Katsav from office was submitted to the Knesset House Committee on Wednesday. The petition was signed by 40 Knesset members.The petition…

On Wednesday night Israeli soldiers invaded  the northern west Bank city of Nablus and injured one woman, while soldiers broke into her home in an attempt to abduct her husband.…

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that an Islamic cemetery in the village of Beit Dijan, whose residents were displaced in 1948, can be paved over. It said that the graves…

Dr. Ismail Radwan, spokesperson of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, said on Wednesday that the movement will not recognize the “Zionist entity” and will not abandon the Palestinian national…

An Israeli online daily reported on Wednesday that former justice minister Haim Ramon was found guilty of indecent behavior at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Wednesday afternoon.Ramon was found guilty…

Hundreds of Palestinian residents in Gaza city took part today in an anti-infighting protest, in which they called for an end all forms of internal violence. The demonstration has been…

Palestinian detainees imprisoned at the Majeddo Israeli prison appealed to the international community to intervene in order to stop the continuous attacks carried out against them by the soldiers.Fateh movement…

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A Palestinian girl was wounded when she was hit with a stone thrown by an Israeli soldier in the village of Saida near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Palestinian…

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society in Bethlehem issued a monthly report on the total number of the abductees in the West Bank District of Bethlehem during the month of January which…

Clashes erupted between Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah and the Executive Force of the ministry of Interior in Al-Saftawi area in the north of Gaza City, Palestinian sources…

A private meeting between a group of senior British MPs and prominent members of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority took place in Ramallah last week, British daily The Indepentent reported on…

According to an Israeli media source 21 Palestinians were arrested during the night of Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday throughout the West Bank.     According to Palestinian media sources…

Palestinian media sources reported that on Wednesday morning a Palestinian home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus was destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces.  Witnesses stated that Israeli soldiers,…

Russia called yesterday for an end to the international embargo which is imposed on the Palestinian people, and urged the Quartet Committee to take relevant action. Alexander Sultanov, Deputy-foreign minister…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has approved shifting the route of the Annexation Wall at least five kilometers eastward from the Green Line in the area of Modi'in Ilit settlement.…

After demolishing three homes in East Jerusalem's Azaria, At Tur and Issawiya Tuesday, Israeli forces continued into the evening. Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality bulldozers destroyed two more Palestinian homes in At…

Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday night that under-cover forces of the Israeli army infiltrated into the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and injured one child and abducted two…

The Palestinian Legislative Council, PLC, convened in an urgent session on Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah. This is the first time they have met in three months. The purpose of…

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A Hamas affiliated gunman was shot dead in Khan Younies on Tuesday afternoon. It is the first fatality to be reported since the cease-fire came into effect at 3 A.M…

Israeli bulldozers demolished one house in Issawiya, a Palestinian neighborhood in northeast Jerusalem, and another in Ras a-Baba (The Pope's Hill) in Eizariya. The second home is located near the…

On Tuesday the Fateh-oriented Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abass, condemned the suicide bombing in Eilat which killed three Israelis yesterday, Israeli media reported. After talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in…

The An-Nasser Salah Eldin Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Resistance Committees, announced on Tuesday that it has fired a home-made shell at the Israeli town of Miftahim, to the…

A British media source reported on Monday that a US Government report has come to the conclusion that Israel probably violated the terms of its arms deals with Washington by…

Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that an explosion occured in a music shop in Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip at 4am on Tuesday morning.…

Israeli troops invaded the villages of Yatta and Al Samo'a near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning and abducted one Palestinian man.  Ali Mur, 40, was…

Early on Tuesday morning, the Israel Air Force attacked a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip near the Karni crossing. The army said it was designed to transport Palestinian militants…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian security officer of the 17 force, a Fatah affiliated force, died on Tuesday morning due to wounds he sustained on Monday during the…

Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian man from the village of Tammoun near the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Tuesday morning. Samier Bisharat, 23, was abducted when Israeli soldiers…

A large Israeli army force invaded the village of Kufer Kalil to the south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and abducted 23 Palestinian men on Tuesday morning.…

A cease-fire took hold in Gaza on Tuesday morning after five days of intensified Hamas-Fateh feuding, which left 32 dead and many more injured. The truce was struck by Prime…

Following the Monday suicide bombing in Eilat, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz instructed the army to step up operations against Palestinian armed groups and said that Israel has decided to…

The Israeli Peace Now movement reported that constructions in illegal settlement outposts on Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank continued, as four out of six illegal outposts have expanded.…

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahhar, said on Monday night that a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Fateh has been reached. The two movements agreed to withdraw all gunmen from the…

The Israeli media reported on Monday night that the bomber, who blew himself up Monday morning in an Eilat bakery, attempted to hitch a ride to the center of the…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Cairo on Monday after he concluded his trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Abbas intends to hold talks with the Egyptian president, Hosny Mubarak.The Abbas-Mubarak…

Palestinian Legislative Council member in charge of the prisoner issue, Issa Qaraqa' received a letter from two political prisoners. Abu Ali Yatta and Jamal Huwail issued their statement from Israeli…

Israeli authorities are carrying out a process in East Jerusalem that can accurately be described as ethnic cleansing. It is plainly geared to uproot Palestinians from an area that historically…

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Grand Palestinian Mufti, , Mohammad Hussein, declared on Monday that infighting is prohibited and called on those fighting in Gaza to refrain from doing so. “Spilling blood is forbidden and…

On Monday morning the first Palestinian suicide bomb attack since April 2006 occurred in a bakery in the coastal town of Eilat, killing three Israelis and injuring several others.  …

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that forming a national unity government is a priority and there is no room for partial solutions. Speaking from Adis Ababa, where he is…

One Palestinian civilian was killed on Monday afternoon in the continuous clashes between the two Palestinian rival parties Hamas and Fatah, in Gaza city. Palestinian medical sources reported that Wassfi…

On monday afternoon armed men opened fire on the car carrying Ibrahim Salah as he was travelling in the centre of Gaza City, injuring his comapion but avoiding him. The…

The Israeli army invaded several cities in the northern part of the West Bank and abducted 17 Palestinian men on Monday morning. In Qalqilia, an Israeli army force searched and…

The Fateh movement has reported that a number of missiles were set off in their office in Bani Suheila, in the east of Khan Younis, in the south of the…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Rummana village, west of Jenin city in the northern Part of the West Bank and killed one Islamic Jihad operative on Sunday at…

Palestine sources reported that one Palestinian National security officer and a civilian man were killed on Monday at midday in the Gaza strip due to continuous infighting between Hamas and…

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King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz, called yesterday on rival factions in Palestine, Hamas and Fatah, to visit Makkah for a resolution of their differences away from violence. The…

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and abducted three men on Monday morning  

At around 12:30 am this morning I was heading back to Bethlehem, by myself, from Ramallah so as to avoid the early morning delay at the dreaded Qalandia terminal. At…

As factional infighting in Gaza continues for the fifth day consecutively, more people have been killed and wounded. Medical sources in Gaza said that a Palestinian national security member in…

Press release, Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)  – Gaza: 19 Palestinians, including two children killed and at least 70 others wounded in shameful bloody clashes between Hamas and Fatah…

The following is an article by the founder of the 'Electronic Intifada' website, Ali Abunimah, in which he presents the content of an internal Israeli government document that was leaked…

Dozens of Palestinian political leaders and activists from different Palestinian factions took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the ongoing internal clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen. They…

Religious leaders staged sit-ins Sunday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in protest of the Fateh – Hamas fighting. Chief Palestinian Justice Sheikh Taysir Tamimi issued the call to…

Dirgham Abu Ramadan, one of the few doctors in Palestine who performs open-heart surgery, is now facing deportation by the Israeli government due to their new restrictions on foreigners living…

Six Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as the clashes between the rival Fateh and Hams movements continued, raising the death toll in the fourth day of…

The Israeli army abducted three Palestinian men from the city of Nablus and its refugee camp Ein Beit Al Maie in the northern part of the West Bank on Saturday.Troops…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported that a group of unknown gunmen abducted, on Saturday afternoon, the nephew of Abd Al Hakeem Awad, the spokesperson of Fatah in Gaza…

An Israeli newspaper reported on Monday that Israel intends to purchase thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) missiles from the United States; the deal’s cost is estimated to be…

Two more people were killed on Saturday and abductions resumed in what is considered to be  the harshest Palestinian infighting in weeks in different parts of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday night the “Fateh gunmen” fired at the house of Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahar”, one of the senior leaders of Hamas. Hamas…

Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas party, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Friday that a deal on the release of the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, is a complex and difficult…

The two biggest Palestinian factions, the rival Fateh and Hamas, traded accusations on Friday night regarding the ongoing armed clashes between gunmen of the two movements. Hamas and Fateh movements…

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The internal clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen continued on Friday and the number of Palestinians killed reached thirteen, while at least 29 from both factions were abducted.Eight of the…

Six Palestinian residents have been killed and dozens others wounded during ongoing infighting between Hamas and Fatah supporters in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reports said. Six Palestinian residents have…

Palestinian President and Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbass said Friday that he would repeat a call for early presidential and legislative elections if current talks on national unity government fail. Abbas…

The United Nations Assistant Secretary General for political affairs, Ibrahim Gembari, called on both the Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks, given recent breakthrough between the two sides. Gembari,…

On Friday Palestinian villagers from Bilin village near the central west bank city of Ramallah along with international and Israeli peace activists conducted the weekly non-violent demonstration against the wall…

In northern Gaza infighting has escalated, resulting in the deaths of three people since Thursday night. A Hamas activist was killed on Thursday night, a member of Fateh was killed…

Israeli sources reported that the Israeli army has abducted eight Palestinian men from several West Bank areas during pre dawn invasions on Friday.According to the sources the abductions took place…

Ali Rumi, 31, was beaten up by Israeli soldiers on Friday morning while he was trying to cross a military checkpoint near Jerusalem.  Rumi stated that soldiers stopped his car,…

The Israeli army abducted Ibraheim Thwiab, the Imam of a local mosque, on Friday morning from a village east of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank.Israeli troops invaded Za'tara…

Palestinian journalist, Mohammad Fayyad, was released on Thursday from an Israeli prison after three years without any charges of trial. Fayyad, 39, from the Jenin refugee camp in the West…

Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday at night that Israeli settlers abducted a youth from Hizma village, northeast of Jerusalem, severly punched and clubbed him and cut him with blades until…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories for the period between January 18 and 24. Three…

Family of Abeer Al Arameen, a ten-year old Palestinian girl killed by the Israeli army in Anata town, north east of Jerusalem, demanded the Israeli army to conduct a probe…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday that Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told participants in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a Palestinian state could in not…

Islam Shahwan, spokesperson of the Hamas-led Executive Force, reported on Thursday at night that one member of the force was killed and five civilians were injured when an explosive charge,…

Palestinian security sources reported on Thursday that unknown gunmen fired at the Canadian and German embassies in Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank, no injuries were…

The Israeli Information Center For Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem) published a report regarding its findings of its investigation into the action by undercover forces that went awry…

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The Israeli army abducted one Palestinian youth from Al Far'a refugee camp southeast of Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank.   Ahmad Saleem, 22, was taken…

Israeli army abducted two residents of Aideh refugee camp, located in the northern side of Bethlehem city, southern West Bank on Thursday morning.  Palestinian sources reported that soldiers invaded the…

Israeli forces abducted one Palestinian teen from the village of Yabud, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning.   Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers broke into…

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The Israeli army has invaded several villages near the southern west bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning and abducted 17 Palestinians, among them 2 women. The Israeli army has…