Two teenagers injured by Israeli gunfire in Al Far’a refugee camp
Israeli army troops invaded Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas, late Sunday night, and injured two young residents by firing randomly into neighborhoods. …
Israeli Army invades Siliat Al Thaher village near Jenin, one resident arrested
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Siliat Al Thaher, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday morning, arresting one resident of the village. Ali Ghanem, 25,…
Israeli Army invades Al Aza refugee camp, arrests two residents
Israeli army troops invaded Al Aza refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday morning, and arrested two residents there. Ahmad Al Najar, 28, and Anass…
PLC Member transported from Ashkelon prison to Negev detention camp
Israeli Prison Authorities transported the prominent Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council member Mr. Hassan Yousef from Ashkelon prison to the Negev detention camp. Yousef told the Prisoners Media Center…
Israeli Soldiers beat and arrest two children in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two Palestinian children, 14 and 15 years old, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Soldiers ambushed the two children when they came near to…
Soldiers attack, wound, five Palestinian worker in Beit Hanoun Crossing
Five Palestinian workers were injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers stationed at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, attacked and clubbed them while heading back…
MK Barakeh: `“Olmert is infected with racism`
Arab member of Knesset, Muhammad Barakeh (Hadash party), said that the Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is “infected with racism, and rejected Olmert’s criticism of the Islamic leadership in…
Hundreds protest in Bethlehem against Nazareth Church Attack
About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…
Hundreds protest in Bethlehem against Nazareth Church Attack
About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…
Despite Court Ruling, Army resumed Wall construction in Aboud
Israeli soldiers resumed the construction work of the Separation Wall near Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in spite of a ruling of the Israeli High Court…
Israeli Kadima party using ancient ‘Red Mosque’ in Safad as party headquarters
The Kadima ruling party has joined a long list of Israeli official and popular institutions that have taken mosques inside Israel, many left empty after the Palestinian population was expelled…
Archbishop Shakour: `“Church attack embarrassing to Israel, world`
Greek-Catholic Archbishop Elias Shakour said on Saturday that the images of gas bombs and stunt grenades fired by the Israeli army in the courtyard of the second holiest church for…
Fateh decides not to join government
Dr. Sameer Abu Holy, a newly elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from the Fateh party, said that the movement has decided not to join the next government led…
Four residents, Israeli officer, injured in clashes near Ramallah
Four Palestinian residents and one Israeli officer were injured during clashes which erupted near Kharbatha Al Misbah village, south west of the West Bank city of Ramallah.A local source in…
Reality Checkpoint: A Reality few Israelis know
Twice a day, every day small groups of women (up to five members) set out for checkpoints around the West Bank, from Jenin in the north, to Hebron in the…
Report: Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave
According to a report released Thursday by Israeli human rights group B’tselem, Israeli authorities plan to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem, and imprison them in…
United Nations: Severe food shortage, famine possible in Gaza due to Israeli closure
The Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth, home to 1.2 million Palestinian people, and mainly dependent on outside food supplies, is facing a severe food crisis as Israeli…
Soldiers attack peaceful protesters, local and international journalists
Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists while protesting against the Separation Wall in Tulkarem area; soldiers also attacked several international and local journalists.The protest took off…
Let Israel Choose…Two States or One?
The coming weeks offer an unparalleled opportunity to leapfrog over the long comatose "peace process" and actually achieve peace in the Holy Land. All that is needed is some clear,…
Haniyeh: `“Attack against Nazareth Church is a result of hate culture in Israel`
Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, held Israel responsible for the terrorist attack carried by three newish attackers against the Basilica of the Annunciation church…
Report: Over 200 Palestinian children arrested in two months
A new report by Defense for Children International revealed that Israeli forces have arrested over 200 Palestinian children in the last two months, holding them in adult facilities with no…
Ilan Pappe on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Last October, when Prof. Ilan Pappe was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, he was interviewed by Steve Zeltzer for his Labor Video Project cable TV program. This is the…
In Moscow meeting, Hamas agrees to extend commitment to ceasefire for another year
Leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a meeting with Russian political leadership this weekend, agreed to extend their commitment to a ceasefire with Israel, that they have held…
Nonviolent demonstrators ‘hang themselves in effigy’ on Separation Wall in Bil’in
At this week’s anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in Friday, Palestinian and Israeli activists ‘hung’ themselves in mock nooses from the Wall to symbolize the ‘death sentence’ wrought…
Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?
During a recent lecture at the University of Oregon, Yuval Rabin, son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was asked if he believed that a Palestinian leader would…
Army erects a checkpoint at the entrance to Beita village near Nablus
Israeli army troops erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Beita village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning. The soldiers are searching the residents’…
Army arrests three Palestinians trying to enter Egypt
Israeli army units guarding the Egyptian-Israeli borders arrested three Palestinians from the Gaza strip who were trying to enter Egypt on Saturday at dawn, Israeli sources reported. The three…
Unknown militants set a Palestinian National Security officer’s car on fire in Nablus
Unknown militants set fire to Jodat Al-Sarawi’s car Saturday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus. Al-Sarawi is a Palestinian National Security officer but the reason behind the attack…
Army detains scores of Palestinian residents at two checkpoints near Tulkarem
The Israeli army troops stationed at Jebara and Itaba checkpoints south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem are detaining scores of Palestinian residents from the city. Soldiers searched…
Palestinian Christians: ‘We don’t feel threatened by rise of Hamas’
Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip denied claims that the rise of Hamas to power would undermine their religious rights.from islamonline.net "I am not afraid of Hamas, even of the…
Army attempts to assassinate fighters in Gaza
Friday evening, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that an Israeli apache fired one missile at a Palestinian vehicle carrying fighters in the northern part of the…
Jewish group burns Christian holy site on eve of Lent
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, known to Christians as the site where an angel miraculously appeared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, was partially burned Friday evening after…
This Week in Palestine, February Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.1 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Settlers attack, abuse two residents near Tubas
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that an extremist settlers group attacked two Palestinian residents while they were heading back to Tubas, in the West Bank. The agency stated that…
Sewage of Ariel settlement pumped into Palestinian farmlands
Residents of the northern West Bank villages near Salfit reported that settlers of the nearby Ariel Settlement Bloc continued to pump the sewage water into Palestinian farmlands in the area.The…
Israel: `“Homemade shell hits strategic facility south of Israel`
An Israeli security source reported on Friday that one Qassam homemade shell fired from the Gaza Strip struck a “strategic facility” south of Israel, one Israeli was reportedly treated for…
Army seals off Beta village near Nablus
Israeli army forces closed, on Friday afternoon, all entrances of Beta village south east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Dozens of military jeeps and armored vehicles arrived…
New York Theater pulls play about Gaza activist; Oscar-nominated film also challenged
In the face of increasing anti-Palestinian sentiment in the United States after the Hamas party’s victory in January’s elections, artists portraying the conflict to American audiences are finding themselves facing…
Hamas leaders, in talks with Russia, press issue of Israeli occupation
Arriving Friday in Moscow for talks with top Russian political leaders, officials with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, now the top party in the Palestinian government, emphasized the importance…
Israel accuses Palestinian leftist leader of ‘attacking soldiers’ in Jerusalem
The Palestinian People Party (PPP) announced on Friday that an Israeli court in Jerusalem accused Bassam Salhi, secretary general of the leftist PPP, of attacking Israeli soldiers and illegally crossing…
Palestinian boy killed in Al Ain camp
Fifteen year old Amer Basuny was killed in Al Ain camp by Israeli Occupation Forces while on his roof. The Israeli troops invaded Al Ain camp, on the western side…
Palestinian resistance group vows to protect internationals in Gaza strip
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, issued a press release on Friday morning vowing to protect internationals living and working in the Gaza Strip from any…
One resident arrested in Balata refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Friday morning and arrested one resident there. Osama Dowikat was arrested when troops stormed…
Army kills one chilled from Beit AL Ma’e refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army troops invaded Beit AL Ma’e refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and killed one chilled, on Friday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles invaded…
Israeli Army arrests three residents of Tulkarem
During a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army forces arrested three residents. The arrestees were identified as Mossab Abu Al Tien, Abd Al…
Israeli Army shoots one resident in Tulkarem
In a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the Israeli army shot one resident from the city. Fawwaz Zaki, 45, was injured when army vehicles…
Multiple Najah University candidates nominated for positions in new government
Sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) told PNN that many Professors from Najah National University have been nominated for positions in the new government to be formed in…
Hamas PLC spokesperson: `“There is no Qaida in Palestine`
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, Hamas spokesperson to the Palestinian Legislative Council denied Israeli reports on infiltration of Al Qaida members in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian Maan News…
Fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades arrested in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, invaded on Friday night after midnight, Tulkarem and its refugee camp and arrested one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of…
Eight killed, 36 injured and 60 arrested in one week
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers killed eight residents, shot injured 36 residents, and arrested forty residents in several invasions carried in the West Bank. One…
Army invades village near Jenin, arrests two brothers
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafer Dan, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested two brothers after breaking into their house and searching it.A Palestinian security…
Palestinian President: `“Evidence of Al Qaida presence in Gaza, West Bank`
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks published on Thursday that there are signs of a potential Al Qaida network in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He stated…
Army started implementing plan to isolate lands near Hebron
Israeli army started implementing a plan which aims to isolate 80.000 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of several villages and towns, south of the West Bank city…
Explosion in a Hamas activist house in Khan Younis
A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday that a bomb exploded at the house of a Hamas activist causing damage to the property. The bomb apparently exploded during the making…
Palestinian resistance fires ten homemade shells at several areas in Israel
The Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed winged of Fatah, and the armed wing of the popular resistance committees’, claimed responsibility for firing ten homemade shells at several areas in Israel.…
Palestinian resistance shells Sderot
Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired four home made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot, near the Gaza strip, on Thursday morning. In…
Israeli Army installs several new military checkpoints around Jenin
Israeli army forces installed several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning. Checkpoints were installed around Tubas city, Qabatia and Kofer Ra’e villages, soldiers…
Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem
Thursday morning, a 26-year old Israeli truck driver was stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian worker at the Israeli Atarot industrial zone near Jerusalem. The man, who sustained…
Israeli Police releases two Hamas lawmakers, detained in Jerusalem
Israeli police released two East Jerusalem Palestinian lawmakers after detaining them for few hours in Talbiot investigation centre. Israeli Police arrests two Hamas legislators in Jerusalem Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agenices,…
Israeli Defense Minister: Israel will take 20% of remaining Palestinian land
"When we talk about Israel’s permanent or future borders it includes the Jordan Valley, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ariel, Kedumim-Karnei Shomron and Rehan-Shaked", said Israeli Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz in…
Two fighters injured east of Gaza
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and the Al Quids Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that two of their fighters were injured after…
Abbas to transfer broad security powers to Hamas government
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said during an interview with the Qatar based Al Jazeera TV that he intends to transfer broad security powers to the future Hamas government.The transfer of…
Israeli official cancels trip abroad for fear of being arrested as ‘war criminal’
Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Israeli army unit along the Gaza border, has cancelled a trip to Britain to join the Royal College of Defense Studies, fearing…
Livni `“warns` EU leaders not to finance Hamas government
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned, on Wednesday, European leaders against transferring funds to a Palestinian government led by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and claimed that the movement is…
Peretz to meet Abbas on Thursday
Israeli Labor Party Chairman, Amir Peretz, is slated to meet the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, Labor party spokesperson reported.The spokesperson stated that Peretz started a wide diplomatic process…
Settler seriously injured near Qalqilia
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that one settler was seriously injured in his neck after being shot near Naby Elias village, east of the West Bank city of…
Arab-Israeli Parliament Member: Israel cannot be both ‘Jewish state’ and ‘democracy’
While right-wing Israeli political parties attempt to disqualify Arab candidates from the upcoming Israeli elections simply for being Arab, Arab-Israeli legislator Ahmed Tibi called a "democratic Jewish state" an impossibility…
a settler killed by the resistance fire
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed wing of Fatah claimed responsibility Wednesday for the shooting of an Israeli settler near the illegal settlement of Migdalim, southeast of the West Bank city…
Gunmen kill settler near W. Bank settlement
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that Fateh gunmen of the Al Aqsa Brigades, shot and killed a settler near the West Bank settlement of Migdalim, southeast of Nablus.The…
Israeli report reveals $14 billion spent by Israel to construct West Bank settlements
A recently released report by the Israeli Research Institute for Economic and Social Affairs, an independent body, estimated that the Israeli government has spent over $14 billion since 1967 to…
Fighter assassinated in Gaza
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that an Israeli war-jet fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle in the Gaza Strip killing Abu Waleed Al Dahdouh, 39, one of…
Hamas dismisses report of accepting Iranian aid money
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, said Tuesday from Damascus, where he lives in exile, that a report circulated in the Arab press reporting a $250 million aid package…
Palestinian President, Legislators condemn the attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the newly elected Palestinian Legislative Council, (PLC), on Wednesday morning condemned the attacks on Palestinian refugees in Iraq which has caused the death of…
Army undercover unit abducts one resident from Anza village near Jenin
An Israeli army undercover unit abducted one resident from Anza village south of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning. Soldiers, who were disguised in civilian clothing and drove…
Egyptian Official tells Israel: Do not set preconditions to talk to Hamas
Dr. Osama Al-Baz, senior advisor of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday called Israel not set preconditions to resume talks with the Hamas led Palestinian Authority. Al-Baz added…
Palestinian resistance fires one homemade shell into Israel
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing one homemade shell into the Nateef Hamssera settlement near the Israeli town of Al Majdal, near the Gaza…
Palestinian resistance detonates a street side bomb targeting military jeep in Gaza
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, and the armed wing of the Popular Resistance claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for detonating a street-side bomb targeting an Israeli military…
Army arrests five residents from Gaza trying to enter Israel in search of work
The Israeli army arrested five Gaza Strip residents attempting to sneak into Israel looking for work near the military fence east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza strip Wednesday at…
Israeli army arrests 12 villagers near Bethlehem
A large Israeli force, of at least six military vehicles, invaded the village of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem in the early hours of Wednesday morning and declared the village a…
War boats fires at the beach area north of the Gaza strip
The Israeli war boats fried, on late Tuesday night, its heavy machine guns at the beach area east of Beit Lahaia town south of the Gaza strip. The attack lasted…
War boats fire on the coast in the Gaza strip
Israeli war boats fired machine guns on the coastal area east of Beit Lahaia located in the southern part of the Gaza strip late Tuesday night. The attack lasted for over an…
Army artillery shells north and east of the Gaza strip
The Israeli army artillery shelled areas in the north and east of the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday night, local sources reported. Shells hit Beit Lahia, Beit Hanon and the Al-Shagai’a area, causing panic…
Dahlan: `“Fateh will not join the Hamas government`
Palestinian Legislator and former Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Tuesday at night that Fateh movement will not participate in the Hamas-led government.The statements of Dahlan came during…
Medic shot in head, tied to hospital bed in Israeli Hospital
Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian medic during an invasion to Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus two days ago; the medic is currently hospitalized at an…
Female detainee on hunger strike for eighth day
Detainee Itaf Oleyyan told Ahmad Al Khateeb, the lawyer of Risalat Al Hoqouq Center that she has been on hunger strike for the last eight days in protest of the…
Army invades village near Nablus
A local source in Nablus reported in Tuesday at night that dozens of Israeli military jeeps and armored vehicles, invaded the village of Beit Forik, east of the West Bank…
14-year old Palestinian arrested south of Jerusalem
An Israeli military source reported that a 14-year old Palestinian girl of Bethlehem, was arrested at a military checkpoint, south of Jerusalem. Army claims that the girl was carrying a…
Army: ‘Palestinian stabs two near Hebron settlement’
An Israeli military source, on Monday evening, that soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man of about 28, after stabbing two people on Tuesday afternoon at the Gush Etzion…
UN report; `“Closure of Karni Crossing caused Wheat shortage in Gaza’
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that it obtained a report from the United Nations revealing that the closing of the Karni crossing, the main outlet for Palestinian exports and imports…
Qaqlilia City Council member sentenced to 13 months
The Israeli Salem military court sentenced on Tuesday Bilal Swelim, member of the municipality city council, to thirteen months imprisonment. Swelim was arrested last month after the soldiers broke into…
Gaza Children demand security, protection
Scores of Palestinian children from Gaza protested, on Tuesday afternoon, demanding the Palestinian Authority to stop the corruption and provide them with the needed security and social rights. The children…
Nablus municipality: `“We are preparing plans for financial support`
Adli Ya’eesh, the mayor of the West Bank city of Nablus, stated in a press conference on Tuesday that the Nablus Municipality is holding talks with Arab and Islamic groups…
two Isreali soldiers shot by resistance fire
Al Nasser Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, claimed, on Tuesday, responsibility for injuring two Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun in the northern …
Settlers attack a resident near Hebron
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported on Monday night on Tuesday that resident Khadra Ahathaleen, 49, was admitted to Al E’timad Hospital in the West Bank town of Yatta,…
Military court sentences one Palestinians and delays sentencing three others
The Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday one resident from the West Bank city of Jenin and postponed the sentencing of three others, The Resalat Al Haqouk Center for…
Beit Siera residents protest against the Wall
The Agriculture Committees Union in the village of Beit Siera near the West Bank city of Ramallah issued a call for a public protest against the Wall following the afternoon…
PPS: `“76 residents arrested in Hebron district in February`
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 76 Palestinians in several military attacks and invasions carried during the month of February in the…
Fears of new Israeli settlement as wall completed around Bethlehem
The final section of Israel’s wall separating Bethlehem from Jerusalem will be completed in a matter of days.The wall around Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection…
Israel says it’s willing to reopen Karem Shalom border crossing instead of Karni border crossing
Israeli authorities said on Tuesday that Israel is willing to re-open the Karem Shalom border crossing in the Gaza strip instead of the Karni border crossing after receiving alerts that Palestinian…
Israel asks the U.S Court to drop charges against two Israeli army generals
The Israeli government asked the US Court to drop charges against two Israeli army generals on Tuesday. The case was filed by Palestinians and Lebanese civilians against the former…