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"Over half of the Israeli population approves of the use of torture against terror suspects", say the headlines in Israeli papers today, after a BBC poll yesterday revealed these results. …

Under the pretext of “illegal constructions”, the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents…

Palestinian Minister of Interior, Sa'id Siyam, said on Thursday that Israel does not want any prisoner swap deal, and that it is to be blamed for the failure of a…

Senior Cabinet Minister Meir Sheetrit said that Israel should initiate peace talks with the Palestinians based on the 2002 Saudi plan, which proposes a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders…

Omer AL Taher, 42, was killed and Sa'eid Al Kharaz, was injured in two separate attacks by unknown gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night.   Al…

An unknown gunman wounded an Israeli man early Thursday morning while he was driving on the illegal settler only road between the illegal settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav. The…

  Palestinian Medical sources reported that the Israeli army shot and injured a resident east of Gaza city. The man, who's name remains unknown, sustained serious wounds in the abdomen…

More than 20 Israeli army vehicles stormed the West Bank city of Jenin and took over a building in the city Thursday morning. Soldiers forced the residents out of the…

Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers shelled several houses in Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that the Israeli air…

Wednesday, Israeli Education Minister, Yuli Tamir, and Culture Minister, Ophir Pines-Paz, demanded that Israel's Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, revoke the ban barring Palestinians students studying in Israeli universities from entering…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he is considering granting legal status to some illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, in exchange for which the Yesha Council…

Several hours after evacuating from Qabatia town, near Jenin in the norther part of the West Bank, troops supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded it once again…

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Women took to the streets of Ramallah Wednesday in protest of the continued infighting between political rivals Hamas and Fatah.   The marchers urged the president and legislative council to…

Israeli military sources reported that soldiers are currently operating along the Philadelphi Route, around the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This marks the first…

Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint, north east of  Bethlehem, attacked Sawsan Abu Turki, an 18 year-old Palestinian young woman from the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday…

The Israeli government notified 10 families Wednesday in the village of Far’un, south of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, that their homes would be demolished in…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers stationed at checkpoint 300 hundred also known as Gilo, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, closed it and attacked Palestinians hoping to worship in…

Israeli forces attacked homes in the villages of Yatta and Ithna south west of Hebron city damaging property, on Wednesday morning.  A number of army vehicles stormed residents houses  in…

Spokesperson of the European observers at the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, said on Wednesday that the crossing will remain closed. The spokesperson added…

In a joint press release issued on Wednesday, several armed resistance groups demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop “attacking and defaming” them  in his press conferences, and to…

On Wednesday morning Israeli paratroopers, were parchuted into the Tubas region by helicoptor,where they closed  off all main roads surrounding the West Bank city of Tubas, and detained civilians. The…

The US has addressed the growing issue of Palestinian Americans being barred from entering the territories. Palestinian Americans are finding that having an American passport, despite such close ties between…

The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Beit Iba village west of the city, troops took  five residents prisoner, Wednesday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps invaded…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the Rafah crossing area in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip and killed two civilians on Wednesday at dawn. Palestinian medical sources identified…

Dr. Ghazi Hamad, media spokesperson of the Palestinian government stated that Hamas might accept the formation on a unity government that includes professionals and independent experts from all Palestinian factions…

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has hinted that he could sack the Hamas government but that any decision he might take could lead to a referendum. Abbas also promoted the…

Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at night and on Wednesday night after midnight two Palestinian residents in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency,…

Director of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, John King, held a meeting Tuesday to appeal for aid to the Palestinians. “The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers assassinated on Tuesday evening two Palestinians, including one fighter, in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. The two were…

Is it possible to force a whole people to submit to foreign occupation by starving it? That is, certainly, an interesting question. So interesting, indeed, that the governments of Israel…

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An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers found an 12-meter-deep tunnel under the Philadelphi route between Egypt and the southern party of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday afternoon. Also, the…

Palestinians are experiencing a humanitarian disaster on all levels, according to UNRWA. The director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, insisted that the international community lift the…

Israeli soldiers broke on Tuesday into the Palestinian Legislative council office in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted two residents, including one employee. Legislator…

The Islamic Teachers Bloc in Tulkarem announced Tuesday that schools will reopen after Eid Al Fitr, a Muslim holiday, ends next Saturday. The strike began in Tulkarem at the start…

An Israeli force attacked on Tuesday afternoon the Palestinian Legislative Council office in the West Bank city of Hebron and took one prisoner. Mohamed Shapanah, the director of the office,…

Palestinian medical sources in Jenin reported that two residents was killed on Tuesday at noon, in Qabatia town near the West Bank city of Jenin. Earlier on Tuesday, one youth…

Israeli soldiers the villages of Doura and Kharsa south of the West Bank city of Hebron and took four residents prisoner on Tuesday morning. In Kharsa village, troops stormed residents'…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not have the support he needs to vote out the Hamas government, nor does the Palestinian constitution allow for it. Abbas’ threats to dissolve the…

Hanni Ikmil, 24, and Ize Al Deen Ikmil, 16, were shot and killed on Tuesday noon by the Israeli army during a military offensive that started in the village of…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday morning a number of houses in the villahe of Yata, near Hebron city, south of the West Bank. The soldiers were dropped off by an…

The village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, has been targeted by Israeli soldiers due to its water resources, rich agricultural land and its short distance to Jerusalem. It is…

The Israeli army invaded Al Far'a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Troops opened fire at residents' homes and used sound bombs. Soldiers…

Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Tubass and injured four residents on Monday late night. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city and opened fire randomly at…

Ali Sharai'a, a resident of Za'tra village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was taken prisoner during an Israeli army invasion to the village on Tuesday at dawn.…

Monday night, Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli air force shelled Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip causing damage, no injuries were reported. The Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded late on Monday at night Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, broke into dozens of homes and took one resident…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday evening the West Bank city of Tubas and fired rounds of live ammunition, local sources reported. The sources stated that soldiers, supported by several armored…

Prison administration of the Israeli Nahfa detention camp,  in the Negev Desert, barred on Monday the detainees from their visitation rights until further notice. The families, travelling under difficult conditions…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said on Monday during a session for the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that he gave orders to expand the military operations in the…

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Palestinian detainees in Nigaze Israeli detention center said on Monday that 11 Egyptian political detainees continued today their hunger strike that started one week ago. The 11 detainees were taken…

In line with America’s policy to render Hamas ineffective, the US is now funding alternative political groups. The US plans to spend $42 million to provide operational and strategic support…

Atef Adwan, the Palestinian Minister of Refugees, said that Jordan is planning to transfer  transfer hundreds of Palestinians, who fled violence in Iraq, to Canada. Refugees in the occupied West…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the Susia illegal settlement outpost, east of Yatta town in Hebron district, annexed 150 Dunams of farmlands, plowed them and planted…

The Israeli Air Force conducted a fake air strike over the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday afternoon. Local residents said the sound was so powerful that it was…

Unknown gunmen broke on Monday into the offices of the Joint Services Council of the Ministry of Local Government, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday at dawn,…

Israeli military sources claimed that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, managed to obtain dozens of Russian-made missiles that could hit targets 4 kilometers away. The missiles, according to the Israeli…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian youth was killed in an explosion that took place east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron constructed an illegal settlement outpost east of Yatta village, south of the city. The illegal construction is located south of…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of Sal'it and Michola, in the Northern Plains area of the  Occupied West Bank, brought bulldozers and construction machines apparently in an…

The Israeli authorities did not allow Osama Al Adel, an MS patient from the West Bank city of Qalqilia to travel out of the country for medical treatment after claiming…

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet with settlement leaders Monday to discuss plans to leave settlements in the West Bank voluntarily. Senior officials in the Israeli army are to…

And Israeli army force invaded the village of Izbat Al Jarad, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning,  Palestinian soruces reproted. Troops searched and ransacked a…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby Deheisha refugee camp and took two residents prisoners, Monday at dawn. Troops surrounded the houses of Khader Masalmah…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Moday morning, Palestinian sources reproted.   According to eyewitness reports, a number of…

Peace-seekers should support the move to bring Avigdor Lieberman into the government. It is impossible to understand the opposition of several Labor party ministers to having Yisrael Beitenu join the…

Raed Omar, 36, was injured on Sunday morning by Israeli troops attempting to enter Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources confirmed that Israeli forces shot Omar…

Local sources reported that about ten Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday morning, and proceeded to Tunisia Street. The troops surrounded a four-story building, broke…

The Al-Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, have claimed responsibility for launching two homemade Qassam shells onto the Israeli terretories to the east of the Al Bureij refugee camp,…

Israeli forces took one Palestinian prisoner as they invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Sunday afternoon, Maan News reported. The man was identified as Mohammad Rabai'a,28 and is believed…

One hundred fifty Palestinian women gathered at the Grand Mosque in Al Khader, just to the southwest of Bethlehem City Sunday. The women farmers were from the rural development organization,…

Israeli troops started expanding a military base, today, in the city of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank at the expense of farmers' land.    According to local…

Israeli forces invaded the village of Beit Fourik, east of the West Bank city of Nablus; attacking shops and warehouses and confiscated computers, on Saturday at dawn. Local sources reported…

Palestinian civilians crossing the checkpoint Nakhlat located South West of Nablus, were shocked to find carcasses of pigs next to the area in which they were forced to park cars…

Top Liberal candidate in Canada, Michael Ignatieff accused Israel of committing war crimes in Lebanon. Ignatieff, a human rights expert and a former Harvard don, said at the weekend that…

Israeli troops seized a house in the west bank city of Hebron, on Saturday morning, to turn it into a military post.  Soldiers stormed the house of Adnan Abu Hamida,…

Army installs several military checkpoints around the west bank city of Tubas and neighboring villages, on Saturday morning. Troops install two military checkpoints at the northern entrance of tubas, two…

Israeli forces stormed the village of Beit Fourik, East of Nablus, in the West Bank, on Saturday morning.  Troops and army jeeps entered the city, harassing and provoking school and…

Ibraheem Abed, a leader of the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, was injured in clashes between invading army troops and Palestinian resistance fighters in Qabatia town, South…

At least seven Palestinians were killed and ten were wounded, some seriously, in an Israeli air strike on Saturday morning in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses said…

Palestinian resistance fighters fired home made Qassam rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sederot, lightly wounding two residents, midnight Friday.   The first shell landed near a house, where…

Israeli Special Forces invaded Wadi Al Saka village , south east of Dier Al Balah town in central Gaza, taking  two residents prisoners on Friday night. Yasser Abu Mohareb and…

Mahmoud Zomlot, 15 years old, was killed and approximately 33 other residents were wounded on Friday evening after internal violence ensued between supporters of Fatah and Hamas in the city…

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As the Gaza strip enters a humanitarian crisis following months of air strikes, and atrocious conditions, the eye of the international media appears to be else where.     The…

Italian journalists discovered that Israel has been using an experimental weapon against Palestinian these past several months.  After examining the bodies of the wounded and dead, journalists found that the…

In light of Israel’s continuous attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal sees no point in recognizing Israel’s right to exist, nor will Hamas abandon…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint of Gilo or known as checkpoint 300, which separates the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron from Jerusalem, have attacked Palestinian…

Zahra Qadih, 23, and the mother of five was killed on Friday morning in Israeli army opened fire at residents' houses in Al Faraheen village east of Khan Younis south…

The Israeli forces invaded tTaqua, Za'tar and Al Khader village in Bethlehem district south of the West Bank on Friday at dawn and took three residents prisoner. Soldiers and jeeps…

Palestinians protested restrictions on West Bank residents not allowed to enter Israel to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers.   Friday morning hundreds of Palestinians gathered…

The military checkpoint, Qalandia, separating the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem was closed by Israeli troops today, denying the access of Palestinian worshippers to attend Friday prayers in…

Counselor Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, presented the UN on Wednesday with an in-depth look into what Palestinian women face living under Israeli occupation.…

At least three Palestinians were killed and five where injured Friday morning, in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses…

The Israeli air force jet fighters targeted a house in Al Zitona neighborhood east of Gaza city in the early hours of Friday morning. The jet fighters fired two missiles…

The Director of Al Omal Radio station in Gaza, Rizek Al Baiari, called the fire brigades and civil defense department to help the trapped reporters and staff of the radio…

A group of unknown gunmen attacked Al Omal radio station; a local radio station located in the northern side of Gaza city, injuring one of reporter on Thursday night. The…

Maisserr Massaed, 45, was injured when Israeli troops invaded farm lands and shot at farmers’ huts located in the eastern areas of the West Bank city of Tubas, on Thursday…