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  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…

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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…

Four Palestinians were killed and at least 20 were wounded in the clashes, three of which were described as serious.  One of the killed was identified as Yousef Abdul Qader,…

Five Palestinian men were abducted by invading Israeli forces to Beit Kahiel village west of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank on Thursday morning.Israeli army vehicles…

The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Tubass on Thursday morning and abducted a man and his son. Hafeth Sawaftah and his son Bassam, were both taken…

Israeli troops stationed at the northern border of the Gaza Strip, near the Palestinian city of Beit Lahia, shot and injured four Palestinian farmers on Thursday morning.Medical sources identified the…

Five Palestinians, including one woman, were killed due to the infighting between Hamas and Fatah affiliated forces in the Gaza strip on Wednesday evening. Three officers from the Preventative Security…

The Israeli army abducted a Palestinian man during an invasion on Wednesday morning in the village of Al Shawourah, east of Bethlehem. Mohamed Shawourah, 22, was taken to an unknown…

Israeli sources reported that Egypt is preparing a proposal for a four-way summit that would host leaders from Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Israeli sources reported that the…

Al Khader, near Bethlehem, is facing a harsh future as a result of the construction of the Annexation Wall, as Israeli bulldozers continue to uproot the town’s farmlands to construct…

Official Palestinian health statistics, compared against human rights organizations data and press reports were submitted for the final report for the year 2006. The report was issued from Gaza this…

Official Palestinian health statistics, compared against human rights organizations data and press reports were submitted for the final report for the year 2006. The report was issued from Gaza this…

“One of the well wishers told me to buy a toy with several shekels so that my daughter would not cry when she approached me.” These are the words of…

Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Wednesday that one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh was shot and killed by unknown gunmen who ambushed…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday that six Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between members of the Executive Force and members of the Preventive…

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Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 3rd, 2007.|| Click here to Download MP3 file 5.44 MB || time:5m 57s || (Click…

Palestinian sources reported that two members of the preventative security forces were killed and another one was critically wounded in clashes between Palestinian security forces in Khan Younis northern Gaza…

Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have abducted two Palestinian men on Wednesday afternoon. Israeli security sources said that the…

One Palestinian young woman was killed and six men injured in renewed clashes between Palestinian factions in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip on Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian sources…

Israeli media sources reported that Tali Fahima, an Israeli women who was convicted of having ties with Palestinian resistance fighters late 2005 was released on Wednesday midday under parole. Fahima…

Palestinian security sources reported on Wednesday that a group of masked  gunmen injured and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer in Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza…

A group of unknown gunmen opened fire and killed a member of Al Aqsa brigades the armed wing of Fatah movement, in Beit Lahiyia town in the northern part of…

Israeli forces stationed at the northern borders of the Gaza strip opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him on Wednesday midday.Mohamed Ishehada, 25, sustained an injury in his…

The bodies of a child and a woman were found in the Gaza strip on Wednesday morning, Palestinian Medical sources in the Gaza strip reported. Dr. Mou'awiah Hassanin, director of…

The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Tubass on Wednesday at dawn, attacked residents' homes, wounded one resident and abducted three includinf the wounded, Palestinian…

Officials of the rival Fateh and Hamas movements traded accusations over the renewed violent clashes between the two movements, and accused each other of acting for further escalation. Abdul-Hakim Awad,…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that three of six Hezbollah detainees imprisoned by Israel appealed to the Israeli High Court of Justice on Wednesday, demanding be recognized as prisoners of…

Palestinian security sources reported on Tuesday that the Rafah Border Crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, will be opened on Thursday morning on both directions for five continuous days.…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Hallutz, admitted on Tuesday that Israel failed in achieving its objectives in its war against Hezbollah, but rejected calls to resign as a result…

Palestinian security sources reported on Tuesday that a Palestinian security officer was shot and injured by unknown gunmen in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed on Tuesday that abduction of Jaime Razuri, abducted a Peruvian photographer working for the French press agency (Agence France-Presse).Azuri was abducted by unknown gunman in…