Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Barghouti says future government will include Hamas
With less than a month to go till the up-coming election, Fatah’s top candidate Marwan Barghouti apologized to the Palestinians for the problems with corruptions within the Palestinian Authority and…
This Week In Palestine – December Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.84 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the…
Eight residents arrested in Atteel
Israeli soldiers supported by ten armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded Atteel village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested eight residents. A local source in Atteel reported…
Gunmen kill Palestinian policeman in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security strongly denounced the murder of a Palestinian policeman by gunmen in Gaza city; three other policemen and three residents were injured. The…
EU monitors flee as PA police storm Rafah office
Palestinian policemen, angry over the killing of a fellow police officer, stormed the Gaza-Egypt crossing on Friday, firing in the air and forcing European monitors to close the border and…
PA fears a large scale attack after Thursday’s attack
Israeli Security sources reported that the Palestinian Authority fears large scale Israeli Army retaliation in Tulkarem following Thursday’s suicide bombing in which an Israeli soldier and three Palestinians were killed.…
Settler stabbed near Jerusalem
An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday evening, that one settler was stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting at a bus stop in Atarot industrial zone, near Jerusalem; the stabber…
Israeli Poll: `“Likud up, Labor down`
According to the Mina Tzemach poll, published Friday morning by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the Likud party headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is narrowing the gap with Kadima part headed…
The Israeli army invades Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, local sources reported. Troops, backed with more than 30 military vehicles, invaded…
Army closes Tayasser checkpoint
West Bank city of Tubass, closed it for traffic Thursday afternoon. Since Tayasser checkpoint lies at the entrance of Tubass city, closing it caused many residents from the surrounding villages…
The Israeli army arrests ten residents from Tulkarem
Israeli army troops invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tulkarem; ten residents were arrested. Troops invaded the village of Atil near the city and arrested nine…
Army claims to find bomb near Hebron
Israeli sources reported on Friday that the Israeli army unit stationed in Dura Village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, disarmed a bomb planted near the village. The sources…
Palestinian resistance shells Kosofem crossing in Gaza
In a press release, the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades General Command and the Salah Al Deen Brigades claimed responsibility, Thursday, for firing two home made-shells at Israeli army targets in Kosofem…
Israel to probe settlers attacks on Palestinian groves
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the army to probe reports of uprooted Palestinian trees by extremist settlers groups. Mofaz said that…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Army seals the southern entrance of Jenin
The Israeli army sealed, on Thursday, the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin, and installed four military checkpoints at Jenin-Nablus road and Arraba road junction, south of…
Detainee from Bethlehem sentenced to 14 years
The Israeli Ofer military court sentenced on Mohamed Khalaf, 26, to fourteen years consecutive imprisonment, and five on parole, Thursday afternoon. Khalaf was arrested earlier this month form Al…
Army invades Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday, the West Bank city of Jenin, local sources reported. Troops entered the city backed up by several military armored vehicles, and closed the…
Army arrests two in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron; one of the residents is from Al Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron, while the other is from Al…
Gunmen fire live rounds near the home of Abbas
A Palestinian police source in Gaza reported on Thursday that a group of gunmen fired live ammunition near the home of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The source stated…
Four Palestinians, one Israeli officer killed in Tulkarem bombing
A Palestinian security reported, on Thursday, that four Palestinians, and one Israeli officer, were killed in the suicide bombing which was carried out at a military checkpoint, south of the…
Settlers attack several homes in Hebron
An extremist settlers group attacked, on Wednesday at night and Thursday morning, dozens of homes in the West Bank city of Hebron, and pinched several chickens owned by the residents.…
Arab League says it will not stand idle to Israeli measures against Palestinians
Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa said the Palestinian cause is at the top of his priority list and a prime issue for 2006. In an exclusive statement to PNN,…
Palestinians seek $7 billion in investments
Palestinian Minister of Economy Mazen Sinoqrot said today that the Palestinian Authority is seeking to attract foreign investments worth $7 billion. In a press conference in Ramallah, Sinoqrot announced the…
Visitations barred in Gilboa’, Shatta detention facilities
Israeli Prison Authorities barred visitations of detainees imprisoned in Gilboa’ and Shatta detention facilities, and informed the Red Cross of the decision without providing any further details. Families of dozens…
Olmert: `“No limitations in attacks against Gaza`
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said on Thursday that the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has no limitations in his war against the firing of homemade shells, from the Gaza…
Farkash: `“Hezbollah is using weapons Syria purchased from Russia`
Aharon Ze’evi Farkash, head of the Israeli military intelligence, said during an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth on Thursday, that the Lebanon based Hezbollah party is using Russian…
Workshop on Media and Nonviolence in Bethlehem
The International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) in cooperation with Palestine News Network (PNN) held a workshop on Wednesday on the role of media in nonviolence in conflict areas. The…
Three residents, including a child, injured in Beit Lahia, Jabalia
An Israeli helicopter fired a missile, on Wednesday evening, at a group of residents in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, one resident was injured. One…
Israeli army shells northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers began shelling several targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, and moved into these areas in order to implement the “buffer zone” after…
ISR H. Court order halt of construction of separation wall near J’lem
The Israeli high court issued, on Wednesday, an order instructing the army to halt the construction in a section of the Separation Wall that extends from Maaleh Adumim Settlement bloc…
Palestinian resistance fires more shells at Sderot
Palestinian resistance fighters fired, on Wednesday, one home made shell at the Israeli Nagave town of Sderot, Israeli sources reported. The shell landed in an open area causing no damage…
Three British citizens abducted in the Gaza Strip
A Palestinian security source reported, on Wednesday afternoon, that unknown gunmen abducted three British Citizens as they crossed the Rafah Border Crossing into the Gaza strip. Palestinian Policemen spotted the…
Palestinian resistance shells Sderot
In a joint press release, the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, Salah El Deen brigades and Abu Al Reesh brigades, clamed responsibility for firing three homemade shells at Sofa crossing and…
Palestinian resistance shells a military post east of Beit Hanoun
Palestinian resistance fired, on Wednesday, three RBJ shells at a military post east of Beit Hanoun area in the Gaza strip. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of…
Army arrests one from Tulkarem
Israeli army arrested, on Wednesday, one resident from Allar village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, while attending a court hearing for his cousin at the Salem Israeli military…
Army invades Artas village near Bethlehem
Israeli Army units with invaded the village of Artas south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops broke into several homes in the village and searched them. Among the…
Army seals off Tubas-Tiaseer road
Israeli troops sealed off on Wednesday at dawn the Tubas- Tiaseer road near the West Bank city of Tubas. Soldiers closed the road and barred the vehicles from driving on…
One resident arrested in Rommana village near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Rommana west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Amro 24 , resident of…
Peace Now movement visits Modi’n Elite settlement
Delegates of Peace Now leftist movement visited Modi’n Elite settlement, west of Ramallah, in order to report on the implementation of a project which will lead to the construction of…
Israeli Army to enforce Gaza buffer zone within hours
In the first stage of its plans to create a northern Gaza buffer zone, which is claimed to keep Palestinians from firing Qassam home made shells into Israel, Israeli air…
Fateh breakaway faction says in will unite with Abbas
The breakaway Fateh faction has formally announced, on Wednesday, that it would reunite with the Fateh elections list in the January 25 legislative elections, ending a dangerous split in the…
Palestinian Gunmen take over election offices in Khan Younis
Dozens of masked Palestinian gunmen took over election offices in the Gaza town of Khan Younis, on Wednesday, in an attempt to prevent the ruling Fateh party from registering a…
Nonviolent resistance conference opens in Bethlehem
The International Popular (nonviolent) Resistance Conference opened on Tuesday night under the auspices of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem with an attendance of 200 internationals from around the world…
Peretz’ peace plan; `“unified Jerusalem, retain settlement blocs`
The new political agenda of the Labor party in Israel is topped by a call for a unified Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, thus rejecting any negotiations on…
Army shells Gaza, demands the residents to evacuate
Israeli war jets shelled several areas, on Wednesday shortly after midnight, in Al Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza strip, and demanded the residents of the northern Gaza strip…
Rockets fired at Keryat Shmoneh
An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired three Katyusha rockets at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; three homes were badly damaged.Firefighters and…
Rockets fired at Keryat Shmoneh
An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired Katyusha shells at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; one shell landed on a house, while…
Rockets fired at Keryat Shmoneh
An Israeli military source reported, on Tuesday at night, that Hezbollah fighters fired Katyusha shells at the Israeli northern town of Keryat Shmoneh; one shell landed on a house, while…
Peretz: `“Settlement outposts harms Israel’s image`
Israeli Labor Party chairman, Amir Peretz, slammed the policy of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, regarding illegal settlement outposts, and said that the they damage Israel’s image internationally. Israeli…
Report: ‘9200 detainees are imprisoned in Israeli prisons’
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Freed Detainees, reported that 9200 Palestinian detainee are still detained in more than 28 Israeli prisons, detention facilities, and interrogation centers. The ministry released…
Al Aqsa Brigades: `“We did not break into public facilities`
Mohammad Hijazi, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, in the Gaza Strip, said that Fateh is passing through a real crisis,…
Settler youths install 14 illegal outposts in the West Bank
Hundreds of settler youth installed 14 illegal settlement outposts in several West Bank areas, on Tuesday, in what was described by the Israeli media as a campaign to show their…
Five detainees of Hebron sentenced to high terms
The Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced on Monday evening, five detainees, from Hebron to high terms. Palestinenet news agency, reported that the…
Army levels a home in Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers leveled on Tuesday morning one morning, one home, in Al Aqaba neighborhood, in Beit Hanina area, north of Jerusalem. Resident Nabil Al Emwassi, the owner of…
Bethlehem hosts nonviolence conference with 350 attendees from around the world
This evening, the International Nonviolence Conference will open in Bethlehem under the auspices of the Holy Land Trust. The conference will continue over a three day period with the participation…
PICCR calls on the P.A to close political detention files
The Palestinian Independent Commission For Citizen’s Rights (PICCR )expressed its rejection to any illegal arrests against the Palestinian residents, and demanded the Palestinian Authority to releases all of the political…
Gunmen take over governor’s office in Gaza
A group of gunmen broke into and took over, on Tuesday morning, the governor’s office in northern Gaza, took positions inside the building, and demanded employment. Twenty-to-thirty gunmen, members of…
Army air-strikes northern Gaza
Israeli air force carried, on Tuesday at dawn, several strikes against areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, damage was reported; dozens of residents suffered shock. An Israeli…
Army arrests two residents from Hebron
Israeli army arrested, on Monday at dawn, two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it. A source at Anasr Al Sajeen Society (Prisoners Supports Society) in…
Army confiscates 231 Dunams in Hebron Area
Israeli army issued three military orders to confiscate 231 Dunams from the West Bank cities and villages of Al Thahiriyya, Al -Sammou’ and Yatta, south and south west of Hebron…
O Little Town
Bethlehem’s place in history began with a journey. It was to Bethlehem that Mary and Joseph traveled, twenty centuries ago, to find a safe harbor in which to give birth to…
Palestinian court allows Fateh to merge election lists
A Palestinian electoral court has allowed on Monday Fateh movement to submit a unified list after the movement managed to merge rival lists of candidates for the January legislative elections.…
Two Cocktail Molotov bomb hurled at Israeli jeep in Tulkarem
A Palestinian resistance group hurled ,on Sunday at night, two Cocktail Molotov bombs at Israeli jeep near Anabta village in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, no injures were reported.…
Army invades Nablus, search several houses
The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and conducted wide scale search in the city. Troops searched several houses including the house…
Army invades Bethlehem, one arrested
The Israeli Army invaded on Monday at dawn Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Troops surrounded and invaded the house of…
Israeli army raises alert on borders with Lebanon
The Israel army announced this week that it was resuming a level of high alert along the northern border with Lebanon, after claiming that the intelligence received reports that the…
Arab residents of Israel to protest in Jerusalem
The directors and employees of local authorities of the Palestinians living in Israel will organize, on Tuesday, a Protest near the office of the Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon in…
Soldiers arrest a resident near Ramallah
An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested a resident at a military checkpoint which is installed near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The source claimed that the…
Army shells the northern Gaza Strip; homemade shells hit Sderot, Ashkelon
An Israeli military source reported that Israeli artillery fired several bombs at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after claiming the Palestinian resistance intended to fire homemade…
Sharon’s new party: `“More lands, less Arabs`
Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published a report on the Political Agenda of Sharon’s new part, Kadima, and revealed that Sharon intends to use the Road Map plan in accordance to…
Tenders to build 228 settler houses in West Bank
The Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry on Monday released tenders to construct 228 new settler houses in two West Bank settlements near Bethlehem.150 new housing units are slated to be…
Shitrit proposes firing Israeli-made ‘Qassams’ at Palestinians
During an Israeli cabinet meeting, on Sunday, Israeli Transportation Minister Meir Shitrit of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Kadima party has proposed firing Israeli-made Qassam shells at the Gaza Strip in…
Gaza infighting gets serious
Security sources announced today that members of Hamas placed explosives in front of the home of police captain Abu Wael Saada from the Jala’ neighborhood in Gaza City late last…
Four Gazans injured by PA security fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian security men guarding a greenhouse in the abandoned Gaza settlement of Netzer Hazani opened fire at a group of Palestinian laborers who approached the structure, on Monday, and wounded four…
Will `“black list` sabotage Rafah agreement?
The recent black list, which has effectively barred 15 leaders of military wings from traveling via the Rafah border crossing, has created a new crisis in light of threats by…
Army removes a container set up near Bil’in village
Israeli army removed a shipping container set up on the Separation Wall route near the Palestinian village of Bil’in, est of Ramallah on Monday A similar container was set…
ISR Housing Ministry released tender for constructing 228 settlers houses in W. Bank
Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry released, on Monday, tenders for the construction of 228 houses for settlers in the West Bank. The tenders include constructing 150 units in Beitar Elite…
Settlers uproot 100 trees in the West Bank village of Borin
Israeli settlers of the Illegal settlement of Yetzhar uprooted on Monday morning 100 olive trees in an orchard which belongs to local farmers of the village of Borin near the…
Israeli Army, Shin Bet set up joint team capture a Hamas cell
Israeli Army and security services, Shin Bet, recently set up a special joint investigation team in an effort to capture the Hamas group claimed responsibility for the killing of six…
PRC: `“We have detailed maps of Israeli military camps`
Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC) reported on Sunday that its military wing, Salah Ed Deen Brigades, owns detailed maps of Israeli military basis in the northern part of the Gaza Strip,…
Youth injured near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded Anabta village, near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, and shot injured one youth. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers invaded several…
Resident injured near Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday evening the village of Anabta, near the Wet Bank city of Tulkarem and shot injured one resident. A medical source in Tulkarem said that…
Abbas meets with Fateh regional committee in Bethlehem
During his presence in Bethlehem, and his participation in Christmas celebrations in The Church of Nativity, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the Legislative Elections will be held without any…
Arab League warns Israel: let Jerusalemites participate in elections
The Arab League warned Israel today of the dangerous ramifications of its most recent announcement in which it said it did not intend to allow residents of Jerusalem to participate…
In Bethlehem, first real Christmas in five years
For the first time in five years, Bethlehem and its neighboring towns and villages are enjoying vibrant activities and an influx of visitors this Christmas. The city decided this year…
Islamic Jihad detainees in P.A prisons on Hunger Strike
Detainees of Islamic Jihad, currently detained in Jericho Central Prison, released a press released on Sunday, and announced an open ended hunger strike against the bad treatments they face, and…
Islamic Jihad: `“More Qassams, attacks, if Israel impalements its security strip in Gaza`
The Islamic Jihad movements threatened to increase the firing of Qassam homemade shells should Israel carry out its plan to establish a “security strip” in the northern part of the…
Settlements council: `“Sharon is preparing for a second Disengagement`
Israeli Settlements Council claimed on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is preparing for another unilateral Disengagement Plan, in the occupied West Bank. Several leaders of the Settlements…
Full closure imposed on the Palestinian territories
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said during the weekly Knesset session, on Sunday morning that he instructed the army to impose a full closure over the West Bank and the…