In pre-dawn invasion, army arrests one resident from Obadia village
On Friday at dawn, Israeli army forces stormed the village of Obadia, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one resident was arrested. Soliman Al Assa, 31, was arrested…
Four residents arrested from Nablus in an invasion of the city
On Friday at dawn, Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested four residents there Motasem Al Nablusi, 20, Amjad AL Ghatni, 22, Hamza Mansower, 22…
Church of England Votes to Divest from Israel
A Message to Caterpillar: Don’t Profit From Human Rights Violations On Monday, February 6th, the Anglican Church of England voted to end financial investments in companies supporting Israel’s occupation…
Bank accounts of Palestinian Authority corruption suspects frozen
As the investigation of the Palestinian Authority corruption scandal grows, dozens of suspects have had their bank accounts frozen, according to a report by the Associated Press and local sources.…
28 Palestinians arrested in Hebron area
Thursday afternoon, Israeli forces invaded Hebron and surrounding villages in the southern part of the Palestinian West Bank and arrested a total of 28 Palestinians in a massive sweep of…
Israeli tanks shell Gaza, killing one, seriously injuring another
35 year old Palestinian citizen Tariq Abu Harbid was killed Thursday when Israeli tanks near Eretz Crossing began shelling indiscriminately in the area. Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the…
Resistance Leader Abu Khalid Vows more Strikes Against Israeli Forces
After an armed attack by three Palestinian resistance fighters on Eretz border crossing terminal/military installation early Thursday morning in which one soldier was killed (according to resistance leaders) and six…
Olmert to Palestinians: No Negotiations; We Will Take Jordan Valley, Surround the Rest with Wall
In an interview with Israeli Channel Two television Wednesday — his first since taking on the role of acting Prime Minister after Ariel Sharon’s stroke in early January, Ehud Olmert…
P.A releases Islamic Jihad prisoners
On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) released all Islamic Jihad political detainees from Jericho prison after reaching a deal with the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement. Raed Abu Al…
P.A releases Islamic Jihad prisoners
On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) released all Islamic Jihad political detainees from Jericho prison after reaching a deal with the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement. Raed Abu Al…
Fateh faces challenges in wake of PLC elections
Abdullah Abdullah, a Fateh member recently elected to the PLC, said there is a growing desire within Fateh for its leaders to engage in meaningful negotiations with the leadership of…
Israeli military invades Bethlehem, arrests one
Late Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military invaded the al-Maslakh area of Bethlehem with military vehicles, jeeps and armed personnel carriers. The Army surrounded the home of Haithan Mahmoud Abu al-Khader,…
Scores of Fatah militants storm the ministry of finance building in Gaza 13:55
Scores of Aqsa Martyrs brigades (the armed wing of Fatah) members stormed the ministry of finance building in Gaza on Monday demanding their monthly wages. The action came when…
Army invades Qafeen village and arrests two residents
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Qafeen north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem; two residents were arrested during the invasion on Thursday morning. Adel Khalil, 20,…
Israel Announces Plan to Forcibly Remove 40,000 Bedouins from Negev
In a plan that has been termed by some, both on the Palestinian left and the Israeli right, as ‘ethnic cleansing’, the Israeli government has announced it will forcibly remove…
Gunmen abduct Egyptian Diplomat
Unknown gunmen abducted, on Thursday, Hussam Al Musli, an Egyptian diplomat on a Gaza street after firing at his car and dragging him into another vehicle before driving away. The…
Israeli government budgeted $600,000 in 2005 for Palestinian home demolitions in Jerusalem
Ma’er Merghlit, an Israeli activist and member of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions) revealed Thursday morning that $600,000 USD had been designated in 2005 by the Israeli Municipal…
Army invades Qalqilia, arrests five
Early Thursday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested five residents there. More than 20 army vehicles stormed the city and surrounded several houses…
Israeli FM: Hamas-led PA would be ‘terror entity’
In her first visit to the U.S as a new Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, on Wednesday, said a Hamas-Led Palestinian Authority will be a terrorist entity. "When a…
Army arrests two residents from the Yata village north of Hebron 10:58
The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Yata, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, two residents were arrested. Ahmad Awwad, 22, and Hamza Al…
Army arrests 17 Palestinians from several areas in the West Bank 10:57
In pre dawn invasions Thursday, the Israeli army arrested on Thursday 17 Palestinian resident from several cities in the West Bank, Israeli sources reported. In Kafein village near Jenin, two…
Palestinian and Israeli nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2006
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Ghassan Andoni, ex-director and co-founder of the…
Resident dies of wound sustained earlier on Wednesday
Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the emergency unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Wednesday at night, that one resident died of wounds sustained earlier on Wednesday in…
Resident sentenced to 30 years
Wednesday, An Israeli military court sentenced a resident of Yabod village near the West Bank city of Jenin, to thirty consecutive years. The Israeli prosecution claimed that resident Mustafa…
Israel violated the Sharm Al Sheikh Agreement 682 times in its 52 week
In spite of the Sharm Al Sheikh understanding and the declared ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in February 2005, Israel did not honor its obligations and violated the…
International observers leave Hebron
60 international observers decided on Wednesday to leave the compound of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) after dozens of Palestinian residents attacked their compound and hurled stones at…
Palestinian workers facing daily hardships at Eretz Crossing
The Palestinian Workers Union in the Gaza Strip denounced the continuous Israeli violations practiced against the Palestinian workers while trying to cross the military checkpoints that are installed on the…
Undercover army unit arrests two residents from Bethlehem
In a surprise attack Wednesday morning, an Israeli army undercover unit arrested two al-Aqsa martyrs brigades’ members from Aida refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Fadi…
Army arrests nine residents from several cities in the West Bank
Nine residents were arrested from several cities in the West Bank during an invasion conducted by the Israeli Army on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Israeli army sources reported. …
Nablus resident sentenced to 16 months in prison
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Wisam Nasser, 20, from the West Bank city of Nablus to 16 months in Israeli prison and a NIS 2,000 fine. The Israeli…
Israeli Army injures seven residents in the town of Dora
Seven residents were injured in the town of Dora, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, during an Israeli army invasion of the town late Monday night. All…
Fighter killed in Gaza, another injured
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Wednesday morning, one Palestinian near the Karni crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip; another resident was seriously injured. This latest incident makes a…
Hamas Ready for Truce if Israel Withdraws Troops and Settlers
In an interview with BBC Radio Wednesday, Syrian-based leader-in-exile of the Hamas party, Khaled Mashal, said that Hamas would be willing to accept a "long-term truce" with Israel if Israeli…
Israeli settler population increased by 12,000 in 2005
A study by Peace Now, based on Israeli government figures, released Tuesday reveals that, despite Israel’s ‘disengagement’ from the Palestinian Gaza Strip in August and September of 2005, the overall…
Two fighters assassinated in Gaza, 11 in two days
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Tuesday evening, that an Israeli war-jet fired two missiles at a Palestinian vehicle driving in Al Sabra area, south of Gaza city,…
Youth injured in Hebron
A medical source in Hebron reported that one youth was shot an injured in his leg, after the soldiers fired at protestors in the West Bank city of Hebron. …
Hamas delegation to visit Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Ezzet Al-Resheq, political bureau member of the Hamas delegation currently visiting Egypt, reported on Tuesday that the delegation would head to Qatar, Sudan and Saudi Arabia and other Arab and…
Kafer Dan Village Mayor and his family arrested after speaking to media
During an early Tuesday morning invasion of the village of Kafer Dan, near the West Bank city of Jenin, the Israeli army arrested the Mayor of the village, Moustafa Ashour…
Army injures 15 year old child in Gaza
A barrage of gunfire from an Israeli navy artillery injured a 15 year old Palestinian boy in Gaza on Tuesday afternoon. Yahya Bashir sustained injuries while walking in a cemetery…
Deir Al Hatab residents; hardships and hopes
Amin Abu Warda, from the Palestine news Network, headed to Dier Al Hatab village, near Nablus and interviewed Abu Fadi, a resident who, over the last two decades, saw his…
Qassam shell lands in Sderot
While the Israeli army continues its operations, assassinations, and air-strikes in Gaza, Palestinian resistance fired a homemade shell at the Negev Israeli town of Sderot, damage to one house was…
Army uproots 160 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers in Hebron
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Tuesday afternoon 160 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers in Jamoura Village, west of the West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army…
Shin Bet admits double standard in treatment of Palestinian and Israeli suspects
Yuval Diskin, chief of the Shin Bet Israeli Security Forces admitted on Monday that his department is more lenient towards Jewish Israeli terror suspects than toward Palestinians (even those Palestinians…
Army shells area in Gaza
Israeli soldiers shelled on Tuesday afternoon an area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.; soldiers claim that the shells area is used as a launching pad for Qassam…
Detainees in Gush Azion facing daily violations
Lawyer of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Hasan Al Sheikh, visited on Tuesday several detainees in Gush Azion detention facility who informed him of daily violations…
Palestinian resistance shells army installation
The Palestinian resistance fired, Tuesday early morning, two home made shells from the Gaza strip at a military installation at the Nahal Oz crossing terminal to the Gaza Strip. In…
Israeli court sentence one Palestinian, prolongs the arrest of another ten
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Safwat Yassin 20, form the village of Adeen near the West Bank city of Jenin, to 15 months in prison on allegations of…
Palestinian AG delivers 13 summonses to officials involved in the corruption Scandal
Sources at the Palestinian Attorney General office Ahmad Al Mughani said Tuesday that 13 summons were sent to those involved in the corruption scandal revealed earlier this week, Maan News…
Army invades the industrial zone in Jenin
In pre-dawn invasion, the Israeli army troops invaded industrial zone in the west Bank city of Jenin. More than 10 military vehicles stormed the city and conducted wide-scaled search in…
Hamas: Technocrat Gov’t almost ready; will respect signed agreements with Israel
Names for a technocrat Palestinian government is almost ready, said members of the Hamas delegation after their meetings in Cairo, Egypt. The delegation included senior leaders of the movement…
One Jihad man killed, 4 injured, 2 soldiers wounded in Nablus invasion
One Islamic Jihad operative was killed and two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Tuesday morning, as Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, claiming that they are…
Detainee sentenced to 17 years imprisonment
The Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Monday one member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, to 17 years imprisonment. Detainee Shareef Suleiman Raddad,…
Two fighters assassinated in Gaza
Monday evening, Israeli air force fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military…
Because it is Israel
In one of the rare democracies in the Middle East, Palestine, the Palestinians’ choice of Hamas, instead of attracting respect and appreciation of outside bodies, disrespect and downgrade of the…
Muslims and Christians demonstrate in Bethlehem and Nablus against defamation of Islam
Scores of Palestinian Muslims and Christians demonstrated in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Nablus, on Sunday and Monday, in a show of unity against offensive caricatures of the…
Palestinian resistance fires six home made shells towards Israeli targets
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for launching six homemade shells towards two southern Israeli towns on Monday at dawn. The Brigades launched two projectiles…
Abbas, Olmert agree to continue dialogue
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked Israeli leadership to continue to consider him as the chief negotiator for the Palestinians, despite a major win of opposition party Hamas in January 25th…
Hamas meets with President Abbas in Egypt
The first meeting between the leadership of the Hamas party, the overwhelming victor in Jan. 25th legislative elections, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took place Monday morning in Cairo. The…
Elderly Palestinian man seriously injured by unidentified gunman in Bethlehem
An unidentified gunman shot a Palestinian man in the city center of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday afternoon. 50 year old Mubarak Abu Mehamid sustained serious injuries, after…
Israel slams two American news papers
Danni Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the U.S, has sent two letters to the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times news papers slamming them for publishing articles by two Hamas leaders,…
Army invades Bethlehem, arrests one resident
On Monday at dawn, Israeli army forces the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Bilal Kleib, 21, was arrested and taken to unknown destination when soldiers…
American response to Hamas victory show disconnection from reality
Over the last week and a half since Hamas’ electoral victory in Palestinian legislative elections, American pundits have taken the opportunity to blast the Palestinian people’s choice, without attempting to…
Army invades Bethlehem, arrests one resident
On Monday at dawn, Israeli army forces the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Bilal Kleib, 21, was arrested and taken to unknown destination when soldiers…
Twilight Zone/Dogs of War
reprinted from Haaretz daily newspaper About a month ago, 12-year-old Mohammed Qassam was the victim of an Israeli army dog that grabbed his leg with its teeth and dragged him…
Israeli security reveals identity of six arrested in Hebron
Six Palestinians arrested last month in Hebron by undercover Israeli security forces were finally told their charges Monday morning: they are accused by Israeli security of killing six Israeli colonists…
Army arrests 19 from the West Bank
In an overnight sweep of arrests throughout the West Bank, Israeli soldiers arrested 19 residents. Two residents, said to be Fateh activists, were arrested in Nablus, nine members of…
Week following Hamas victory marked by Israeli invasions, air strikes, closures
After Hamas won a majority of the seats in Palestinian legislative elections a week ago Wednesday, the Israeli military occupation of Palestine stepped up in intensity, with daily incursions in…
Israeli army invades Jenin; firing on Haifa St.
Late Sunday night, dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded the city of Jenin, firing hundreds of rounds in the area around Haifa St., according to local residents. This is the…
Israeli artillery shells Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported after midnight on Monday night that the Israeli artillery shelled open areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The Maan…
P.A security defuses a bomb dropped by Israeli war jets
A Palestinian security source in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday that Palestinian security sappers defused a bomb which was dropped by an…
$700 million missing from Palestinian Authority; corruption suspected
An internal investigation on Sunday revealed that over the past several years, $700 million has gone missing from the finances of the Palestinian Authority (PA).The State Comptroller, Ahmed al-Moghani, stated…
Two Palestinians assassinated in Gaza
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Sunday night that two residents were killed and at least four were injured when an…
The Al Quds brigades says its leader survived an assassination attempt
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Sunday evening that one of its leaders in the West Bank city of Nablus survived an assassination…
Seven residents arrested north of the West Bank
Israeli soldiers arrested, based a checkpoint which is installed between Nablus and Tulkarem, arrested on Saturday evening seven residents including two brothers from the West Bank city of Tulkarem. …
Three killed, eight injured in Gaza air strike
Three Palestinian residents were killed and eight were injured after the Israeli airforce shelled a sports club and a vehicle after midnight on Saturday night in Tal Al Hawa neighborhood,…
After meeting with President Abbas, Hamas plans to form government
A meeting in Egypt Saturday between rival political factions Fateh, represented by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, represented by Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, was largely successful. Plans were made…
Child sentenced to six years
An Israeli military court sentenced, on Saturday afternoon, a 15-year old child to six consecutive years. The child, Mohammad Anati, is from Shu’fat Refugee Camp in Jerusalem. He is…
Army arrests two residents in Beit Forik
Israeli forces stormed, on Saturday morning, the village of Beit Forik, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two residents. The two are said to be members…
One resident arrested near Bethlehem
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles, invaded Al Obaiydiyya village, near Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. A local source in the village reported that resident Aref…
Army tightens closure, military procedures at Nablus checkpoints
Israeli troops stationed at dozens of checkpoints around the West Bank city of Nablus, tightened the strict military procedures which are limiting the movement of the Palestinian residents. Troops…
Hamas Leaders to meet President Abbas
Mahmoud Al Zahhar one of Hamas’ prominent political leaders, said on Saturday, that a meeting will be held later this night with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas.The movement also dispatched…
Palestinian police officer abducted in Gaza
Unknown gunmen abducted a Palestinian security officer and his wife, on Saturday, after obstructing his vehicle while he was driving along the coastal road in Gaza. …
Soldiers confiscate more land in several West Bank areas
Israeli officials approved the confiscation of 279 Dunums of Hij’ja, Kafer Laqif and ‘Azoun villages in the Qalqilia area Saturday for ‘security reasons’, as well as confiscations in Salfit and…
The Al Yasser Brigades brings flowers to nuns in Gaza Church
In spite of the recent incidents which followed the publication of cartoons which included offensive caricatures against Islam’s prophet Mohammad, the Al Yasser brigades, one of Fateh armed groups visited…
EU Commission removes Danish and French observers from Gaza
Spokesperson of the EU Commission, Kholoi Di laGuardia, on Saturday affirmed that the Commission transferred its Danish and French observers from the Gaza Strip to Israel. He said that this…
Soldiers at checkpoints; `“Let Hamas feed you`
Palestinians say Israeli soldiers manning West Bank checkpoints are taking out their frustration about the results of the recent Palestinian Legislative Council elections on Palestinians as a whole and workers…
Israeli artillery shells Gaza
Israeli artillery fired on Saturday shortly after midnight at least 40 tank shells at open areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military source reported that…
Abbas calls on Hamas to respect P.A obligations
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, to respect the obligations of the Palestinian Authority to the International Community. Abbas made his comments while talking briefly…
Hamas’s Electoral Victory Serves the Israeli Government
{mosimage}The sweeping electoral victory of Hamas is primarily a triumph for the Israeli government and a big defeat for Palestinian interests. The international pressure on the Palestinians is growing. If…
Residents of Bil’in village and peace activists protest against the Wall
Friday afternoon, residents of Bil’in along with dozens of Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly protest against the Separation Wall, and protested against the perceived insult to Islam…
Homemade shells fired at the Negev, child seriously injured
An Israeli medical source reported on Friday that four family members, including a child, were injured, on Friday afternoon, in Kibbutz Karmiya, in the western Negev, after a Palestinian armed…
Child injured during a protest against the Wall
A Palestinian medical source in Jerusalem reported that one child was injured in his head, on Thursday, after the soldiers fired at peaceful protestors against the Separation Wall. The…
This week in Palestine ` January Week 5
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.5 MB A governmental report shows 25,997 Israeli violations of the…
Head of Hamas: Truce with Israel possible
Khaled Mashal, the head-in-exile of the Hamas political party, said Friday from Damascus, Syria that Hamas will not recognize the state of Israel, but would be willing to discuss the…
Female detainee reveals torture, abuse, suffered during interrogation
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) appealed to humanitarian organizations, locally and internationally, to pressure the Israeli authorities to stop the violations and abuse carried against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons…
Settlers attack, wound a resident in Hebron
A medical source in Hebron reported on Friday that settlers attacked a 40-year old man in Yatta village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The family Kaheel Mahmoud…
Israeli military court sentences a resident to 16 months
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a resident of Bethlehem to 16 months imprisonment and 1000 New Israeli Shekels fine. The Maan News Agency reported that detainee Saoud Mheisin,…
Hezbollah shells Israeli military bases in southern Lebanon
An Israeli military source reported on Friday afternoon that fighters of the Lebanon based Hezbollah party shelled Israeli military bases in the occupied Shiba Farms on Israel-Lebanon border, a day…
Norwegians boycott Israeli goods; criticize Danish anti-Muslim caricatures
The Palestinian community of Norway issued a statement today condemning the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper last week, and saying that the cartoons do not reflect…
Israeli government mulls tax revenues transfer to PA next week
Israeli Defense establishment is expected to advise Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to transfer to the Palestinian Authority NIS 250 million in tax revenues, which he froze following the Hamas…