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The Israeli army invaded Al Doha Village on the western side of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner six residents on Monday at noon. Several army vehicles…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at Za'tara military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus detained a Palestinian ambulance who was carrying a severe case patent on Monday morning. The…

The Israeli army started to install a barbed wire fence on the southern farm lands that belong to Azon Village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Monday…

Senior officials of Fateh and Hamas movements resumed their talks on the formation of a national unity government. The two movements held an extended meeting last night that concentrated on…

The Israeli army started to bulldoze farm lands and uproot trees that belong to the residents of Wadi Rahal Village, south of he West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday…

Israeli troops operating in Rafah at the southern border of the Gaza Strip attacked and took over one Palestinian home on Monday morning. Soldiers took over the roof top of…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Sunday night and took one child prisoner. More that 10 army jeeps entered the city from the western entrance and…

The Israeli army invaded Ein Beit Al Ma' refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus and took prisoner two residents on Monday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles…

The late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who died on November 12th, 2004, was remembered today in simultaneous rallies held in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Gaza City, Rafah, Jenin and Beit Hanoun. In…

Israeli Authorities plan to annex Palestinians lands in Anata town, north of Jerusalem, for the construction of the Annexation Wall and for “military purposes”. The decision (T -06/84) states that…

Sunday evening, leaders of Hamas and Fateh movements met in order to finalize the details of the upcoming National Unity Government. The meeting was held at the presidential headquarters in…

Arab Foreign Minister decided during an urgent summit in Cairo to break the siege imposed on the Palestinians and to transfer aid money to the Palestinian Authority. Secretary of the…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one youth died of wounds sustained on November 6, in Beit Hanoun, in the…

Israeli soldiers, and border-guard forces, invaded on Sunday at night Batteer village, near Bethlehem, broke into several houses and searched them, the Palestine News Network reported (PNN). The invasion is…

Nineteen inhabitants of Beit Hanun were killed with malice aforethought. There is no other way of describing the circumstances of their killing. Someone who throws burning matches into a forest…

A Palestinian was wounded Sunday in al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, when Israeli troops opened random fire towards citizens' houses in the area, local…

Standing at 6'1, with strong build, a full beard, and long dark hair, Yehuda Shaul seems like an unassuming young man. Wearing dark cargo pants, and a long-sleeved blue shirt,…

In the town of Beit Hanoun, the site of an Israeli shelling that killed eighteen civilians on Wednesday, another child was killed Sunday by the ongoing Israeli shelling of the…

Sunday at noon, Israeli soldiers invaded Al Zababda village, south east of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. Local sources reported that at least fifty military vehicles…

Israeli soldiers took prisoner one employee of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency,…

Israeli troops abducted on Saturday morning four residents of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, as they were heading to Ramallah to attend a ceremony commemorating the…

Israeli soldiers abducted on Saturday evening one resident from Thannaba village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Resident Ashraf Bilal Al Tabbal, 19, was taken prisoner after soldier stopped…

Egyptians detainees continue their hunger strike in Israeli prison in protest of being held without a legal cause or trial. On Saturday the Egyptian Consul in the Egyptian Embassy in…

On the second anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas has affirmed that it is determined to solve the mystery…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that the National Unity Government will be formed, in spite of all the difficulties, by the end of this month and that the…

A 65 year old woman attracted international attention to the plight of Palestinian olive farmers when she grabbed hold of the trunk of an olive tree, refusing to allow Israeli…

Lebanese sources reported on Friday at night that one Hezbollah fighter was killed when an Israeli cluster bomb exploded as he was clearing unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon. The fighter…

Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Yousef Rizqa, said on Friday that the National Unity Government should not be formed before president Mahmoud Abbas receives American and Israeli guarantees that the…

Thousands of Arab residents of Israel held on Friday in a regional protest against the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the recent killing of twenty-one civilians, including several…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Awwa village, near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took five resident prisoner. Local sources reported that soldiers broke into…

Yesterday at dawn, the Israeli air force bombed and destroyed my home. I was the target, but instead the attack killed my sister-in-law, Nahla, a widow with eight children in…

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In the village of Bil'in today, more than a hundred people, including Palestinians, Israelis and internationals, held a nonviolent protest to challenge the Israeli Wall and attacks, as well as…

The Israeli government imposed restrictions on West Bank residents, including prisoners as part of Israel’s high state of alert after the killings in Beit Hanoun that left 20 civilians dead.…

Just two days after an Israeli attack in Gaza killed 18 civilians, many of them children, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has announced that he would be willing to…

In response to the Israeli military assault on the town of Beit Hanoun that left over 75 Palestinians dead in one week, including 18 civilians killed in an artillery strike…

Several Arab countries condemned the Beit Hanoun Israeli military attack that against civilian houses that left twenty residents killed, including eight children. The Palestinians demanded sanctions against Israel while Washington…

Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei is among the members of a new committee formed between Hamas and Fateh factions to hash out details of the new coalition government. Leftist…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident died of wounds sustained in the town last Wednesday after the Israeli…

Israeli police detained about 30 gay pride activists in Jerusalem Friday for secretly planning a parade in violation of an earlier decision agreed upon by police and parade organizers to…

Israeli army officers closed the old city area of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Palestinian worshipers whose ages are less than 45 on Friday. There is a strong presence…

One resident of Al Khader village was taken prisoner during a morning invasion to the village by Israeli troops on Friday. Troops searched houses and fired sound bombs and live…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning and took two prisoners. The two were known as Ahmad Habib, 45, and Yasser Iskafi, 45. They…

The Israeli forces took one resident prisoner from Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem during a Friday morning invasion. Local sources reported that members of the Israeli secret police Shin-Bit…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Habla south of Qalqilia city north of the West Bank and took two residents prisoner on Friday morning. Troops stormed the village and…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday night after midnight Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank, and the Jenin refugee camp, and fired rounds of live ammunition. The…

The Palestinians of southern Bethlehem's Wadi Rahal Village engaged in nonviolent resistance Thursday by demonstrating at the site of land confiscation for Wall construction in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers…

Israeli media and security sources reported on Thursday evening that one settler was apparently abducted in  Betar Illit settlement, south of Jerusalem. The report was not officially confirmed. Israeli Jerusalem…

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Thursday morning, approximately 1,500 demonstrators protested against the recent demolition of Arab homes in the unrecognized villages of the Negev. The demonstrators marched from the Beer-Sheva Market to the offices…

Palestinian lawmaker, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called on Thursday on the International Community to send an impartial international probe committee to investigate the Israeli attacks and “crimes” carried by the army…

Renewed violence in Gaza is again raising serious concerns about the welfare of civilians, including children. Over the past week, the armed conflict has claimed the lives of an estimated…

The Israeli army opened fire at the residents' houses in the village of Al Faraheem near Khan Younis city south of the Gaza strip on Thursday morning. Local sources reported…

The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and a nearby village of Taqua, troops took prisoner four residents on Thursday morning. In the city of Bethlehem,…

The Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus took prisoner one resident after stopping and hitting him on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said…

The Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Sawahra Al Sharkia, south of  Jerusalem on Thursday and took prisoner one resident. Troops attacked the houses of Jameel Ja'fa in the…

Five Palestinians were injured on Thursday by the Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron. Clashes erupted in several neighborhoods of the city between the local youth and…

The Federation of Unions of Health Care Professionals continues to strike against unpaid salaries despite a recent government plan to pay all salaries owed to the health care employees since…

Palestinians inside the Green Line are holding a nonviolent sit-in throughout Tuesday in protest of the Israeli decision to build a Jewish museum on the ruins of an Islamic cemetery,…

Palestinians inside the Green Line are holding a nonviolent sit-in throughout Tuesday in protest of the Israeli decision to build a Jewish museum on the ruins of an Islamic cemetery,…

The Al Aqsa Foundation for Protecting Islamic Holy Sites reported on Thursday morning that under-cover forces of the Israeli army detained dozens of school students in Jerusalem as they were…

Seven days later and over 80 Palestinians dead, Palestinians living inside Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip participate in the first of a three-day mourning period to remember those…

Israeli police and army officers attacked Palestinian protesters who were protesting peacefully Thursday morning against the massacre in Beit Hanoun, which killed 20 civilians Wednesday. The protest, organized by the…

Palestinians sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli forces invaded the Jenin refugee camp, exchanged fire with resistance fighters of the Al Aqsa…

Israeli forces invaded Qabatiya town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into several houses and searched  them several houses before taking Mohammad Bsharat to an unknown location. Also…

Israeli forces invaded Qabatiya town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into several houses and searched  them several houses before taking Mohammad Bsharat to an unknown location. Also…

The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and its refugee camp Balata, Askar and Ein Beit Al Ma', two residents were taken prisoners during the invasion, on…

Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Thursday morning that the European monitors came back to the Rafah border crossing and reopened it on Thursday morning. The crossing was opened…

The Israeli military has launched an investigation of itself for its “accidental” slaughter of 20 Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and suggested the…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that two Palestinians, members of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, were killed in…

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Hamas political bureau cheif, Khaled Mashal, called on the Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people “and the massacres conducted against them”. “Resistance is…

Israeli sources reported on Wednesday that an extremist Jewish group threatened that it will attack the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday. The Al Aqsa Foundation for Muslim Holy…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed the Israeli attack that killed twenty residents, all family members and relatives, and described the attack as a horrible and ugly massacre. Abbas stated that…

Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, said Wednesday that Israel is not a state, but rather a gang of criminals. The international community that Hamad says Israel disgraced in this morning's…

Twenty Palestinians were killed and at least forty were injured after the Israeli army shelled a civilian area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eight…

After the Israeli army killed 20 civilians in Beit Hannoun on Wednesday morning, Palestinian resistance retaliated by firing homemade shells at Israeli targets near the Gaza Strip.   At first,…

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in less than one day.  20 mostly civilians were killed in Beit Hanoun in Gaza Strip and five in Al-Yamoun near Jenin.  Most…

Wednesday at dawn, under-cover forces of the Israeli army shot and killed five Palestinians in Al Yamoun town, west of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank. At…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas-led cabinet, Wednesday demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after 20 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Beit…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three  Palestinians were killed on Tuesday evening, and one on resident died of earlier wounds. Earlier on Wednesday six Palestinians were…

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Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday evening the West Bank city of Tubas and attacked several youth who were playing in the street. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…

A number of Israeli armored vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, its refugee camp and one of its suburbs on Tuseday afternoon. No residents were taken prisoner, but…

Tuesday evening, Israeli troops took four residents prisoner in Ramallah city, in the northern part of the West Bank.. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers broke into a…

Fateh legislator, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Tuesday that the meetings between president Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya,  were serious and detailed, and that they discussed and solved several…

The Israeli Jerusalem Post (Jpost) online newspaper edition reported that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered a cell composed of Palestinian women operating in the West Bank. The cell,…

'Recognize Israel'. This term is repeated to Palestinians so often that it is taken for granted by virtually everyone who hears it – without pause, or question. Even those who…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that one resident was shot and injured after a settler from the Keryat Arba' settlement, east…

The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn, fired rounds of live ammunition and abducted twenty-two…

Unofficial reports by Hamas on Tuesday suggest that the party may have chosen Minister of Health, Dr. Bassem Naim, to take the place of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh as the…

The Israeli army invaded Tuesday at dawn the northern West Bank village of Rumana, west of Jenin, the villages of Kafr Dan and Far’a nearby and broke into and ransacked…

Three residents were killed, including one woman, after Israeli jet fighters shelled the house of law maker Jameelah Al Shati east of the Jabaliyah refugee camp north of the Gaza…

Israeli armed forces retreated from Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip late Monday night, after a six day military operation aimed at Palestinian rocket launchers that has killed 53…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that Palestinian government representatives, representatives of the Teachers Union and a representative of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed to suspend the teachers…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday that the Monday evening meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, ended without an agreement on a national unity government,…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday evening that two residents were killed in two separate incidents in that took place in Gaza city and in the…

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Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Monday that he might not be heading the coming Palestinian government that might be announced today or tomorrow. During the thirty-third session of…

The Palestine News Network reported on Monday that seven Egyptian detainees imprisoned by Israel in the Negev Detention Camp continued their hunger strike for the thirteenth day in protest of…