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…
Woman forced to undress at a military roadblock near Tubas
Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday morning, several Palestinian women to undress at a military roadblock, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported. As…
Patriarch Sabbah: `“Separation Wall is turning Bethlehem into a big prison`
Latin Patriarch Michael Sabbah said, on Saturday evening, after arriving in Bethlehem that Israel should remove its Separation wall which is surrounding the Holy City, and transforming it into a…
MK Steinitz calls for Gaza blackouts
Speaking at a political forum in the Israeli city of Be’er Shiva, on Saturday, Chairman of Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinitz said Israel should launch a large-scale counter…
Two homemade shells fired into Israel
Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, and Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility for firing two homemade shells into…
Pal. Tourism Min. 30,000 tourists expected in Bethlehem for Christmas
Days after Palestinian gunmen briefly took over Bethlehem’s city hall to demand jobs and wages, hundreds of Palestinian police and security men packed the festively decorated Manger square, on Saturday,…
Palestinian resistance fires a Qassam homemade shell into Israel
The Israel Radio reported on Saturday afternoon, that Palestinian resistance fired Qassam homemade shells at Israeli targets in the Negev desert. The shells apparently landed and detonated it Palestinian…
This Week in Palestine – December 24, 2005
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.81 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle…
UK advises its citizens against traveling to Gaza Strip
The British government advised its citizens, on Friday, not to travel to the Gaza Strip, citing the abduction of two Westerners by gunmen earlier in the week. Until now, the…
Army arrests representative of the Islamic bloc in Bier Zeit University
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday Ala’ Al Natour, 22, from Tulkarem, and a senior student of Bier Zeit University, and the representative of the Islamic bloc. Al Natour was…
Army invades Nablus arrests one
Israeli army backed by 30 armored vehicles, invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Nablus, prior to arresting one resident and taking him to…
U.S. Congress approves transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel
The United States Congress approved, on Friday, the transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel, this aid is to be used to fund joint security projects between Israel and…
Israel to enforce off-limits zone in northern Gaza Strip
Israel will enforce a new off-limits zone in the Gaza Strip with artillery, helicopter and gunboat fire in response to firing of homemade shells on Israeli towns, an Israeli defense…
Political detainees in P.A prisons started hunger strike
Forty-two detainees of the Islamic Jihad, and thirty detainees of Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, detained by the Palestinian Authority (P.A), started on Saturday morning, an…
Fateh’s old guard quit legislative elections
Ahmad Qurie, the former Palestinian Prime Minister, and several other members of the Fateh Old Guard have decided not to run for parliament and withdrew their names from Fateh candidates…
Being Palestinian
{mosimage}When death is in the air there is always a heavy silence that fills the lungs with a suffocating sensation. Everything seems gray and colorless. Life stops in its tracks.…
Residents, peaceful activists in Bil’in, protest against the Wall, settlements
Residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested, on Friday afternoon, against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to reach their…
Army evacuates a legal Caravan in Bil’in
In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…
Army evacuates a legal Caravan in Bil’in
In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…
Five injured in Qabatia
On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia town, near Jenin, and clashed with dozens of residents; five residents were injured. The injured residents were identified as Osama Ibrahim, Bilal…
Soldiers invaded Anza village, south of Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Anza west of the West Bank city of Jenin. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported…
Israel to step up assassinations of Jihad men
The Israeli army decided to step up assassination of Islamic Jihad resistance group in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Friday. This comes after the…
Troops invade the West Bank city of Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tubas after closing its entrances. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers closed several roads in…
Detainee sentenced to two years
The Israeli Salem Military Court sentenced, on Thursday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Jenin to two years imprisonment. The detainee, Ali Al Lubbadi, 19, was…
AL Aqsa Brigades: `“Truce had officially ended as army resumed violations`
Ahmad Abu Ras, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Palestinian resistance sees itself unbound to the truce…
LAW missile fired in Netanya
An Israeli Police source in Netanya reported, on Thursday at night that, one LAW missile was fired in Ramat Poleg neighborhood, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The police…
Israel plans to create `“security strips` in Gaza
An Israeli source reported, on Thursday at night, that Israel is planning to create “security strips” in the Gaza Strip, in a move which is said to aid the army…
Fateh agrees on a unified list
Sources within Fateh movement reported that an agreement has been reached between Fateh and its breakaway Future Faction in order to run in a unified list in the upcoming Legislative…
Sharon’s office warns of `“news steps` to counter Qassams
The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Thursday that that Israel would step up its response to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli targets; adding…
Soldiers invade Hebron; two residents arrested
Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Al Thahiriyya, after invading them conducting military searches, a Palestinian security source…
One resident killed, one injured, in Gaza shelling
Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Tal Al Za’atar neighborhood, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…
Army shells on Beit Hanoun
Israeli artillery resumed its shelling of Beit Hanoun northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Maan News Agency reported. The shells landed and detonated in open areas close to…
Army invades Allar, Qaffin, arrest four
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank villages of Allar and Qaffin north of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported. Israeli…
One resident arrested south of Bethlehem
Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank village of Artas . south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Local sources reported…
5 soldiers injured by Qassam shells
Five Israeli soldiers were lightly injured, on Thursday, morning when a Qassam was fired at an army base not far from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. This was…
Hamas U.S. intervenes in PA elections
In a press release issued, on Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused US administration of financing the election campaigns of Fateh candidates ahead of Palestinian general elections. Hamas demanded…
Soldiers invade Qataia, near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qabatia town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into a home and used it as a monitoring tower. A Local…
Three fighters assassinated in Nablus
Israeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and assassinated three resistance fighters; one of the fighters…
Oh Bethlehem! What Have They Done to You?
{mosimage}Celebrating another Holy Season to rejoice in the birth of Christ and one wonders how to enter and venerate the birthplace in the big prison that the Israeli government created…
Netanyahu intends to oust far rightist members
Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu, started a series of steps in an attempt to prevent Moshe Feiglin from appearing on the Likud part list. Feiglin was convicted on several charges of…
Poll: `“50% of the Israelis support negotiating with Hamas`
An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…
Poll: `“50% of the Israelis support negotiating with Hamas`
An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…
Israeli police releases Sheik Tameemy
The Israeli police in Jerusalem released Sheikh Taiseer Tameemy, head of the Islamic Religious Court, and Chief Islamic Clerk, after arresting him in Jerusalem and interrogating him for several hours.…
Two teachers abducted in Gaza, released
The two foreign teachers, who were abducted in Gaza earlier on Friday, were released unharmed shortly after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP) claimed responsibility for abducting…
Israel to cut off Gaza electricity supply in retaliation to Qassams
Israel is threatening to cut off the Gaza Strip’s electricity supply if the Qassam homemade shells continue targeting Israel’s vital facilities, an Israeli military source reported on Wednesday. During a…
Residents, activists in Bil’in protest against settlement outposts
Several residents and international peace activists placed caravans, on Wednesday morning, in Palestinian orchards near Bil’in village, in Ramallah area, and raised Palestinian flags, in a move which resembles their…
Army arrests one in Qibia
Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, Qibia village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested one resident. Several army vehicles invaded the village, surrounded one of the…
Five Palestinians arrested in several areas in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday morning, five residents from several West Bank areas. The five residents are said to be members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Four residents were…
Four residents arrested in Azzoun
Israeli army invaded on Tuesday at night the village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, four residents were arrested. Shaher Adwan 35, Rizek Tabeb 33, Marwan…
Army invades Nablus and Al Ein refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and the near by Al Ein refugee camp. Several army units, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded…
Head of The religious Court arrested in Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday afternoon, Sheikh Taiseer Tameemy, head of the Religious Court at the Palestinian Anteriority, and took him to an unknown destination after claiming that he entered…
Fighter assassinated in Jenin, five injured
Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Wednesday, the leader of Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas in Jenin, and shot injured five other residents, one seriously, after invading the city…
Army invades Nablus, clashes with resistance
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, exchanged fire with the resistance, and broke into dozens of homes in the…
PA: No elections if Israel bans voting in Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Minister, Nabil Shaath, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority will cancel January 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with its plan to bar the Palestinian residents…
Abdul-Raheem to quit the official Fateh election list
In a letter to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Tayyeb Abdul Raheem, member of the Fateh Central Committee, said on Monday, that he is quitting the Fateh list for the…
Right-wing settlers group prepares to build 15 outposts
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that a far-right settlers group is planning to construct fifteen new settlement outposts in several West Bank areas. The group, which calls itself The Loyalists…
Police arrest parliamentary assistant of MK Bishara
The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday Iz Ed Deen Badran, the parliamentary assistant of Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Azmi Bishara. The police arrived at the home of Badran in…
Qassam shell lands in a military base in the northern Gaza Strip
An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday at night that Palestinian resistance fired several homemade shells at military targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One shell landed…
Farkash: `“Iran delayed nuclear bid for 2 years as a result of international pressure`
Director of the Israeli Military Intelligence Major General Aharon Ze’evi (Farkash) said on Tuesday that the international pressure exerted on Iran forced it to delay it nuclear development plan for…
Netanyahu: `“I will clear out negative elements in Likud`
The newly elected chairman of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Tuesday that will he will strive for unity among party ranks, and vowed to clear out what he…
Child injured in Al Boriej refugee camp
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Tuesday afternoon, that one child was injured by Israeli military fire, east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Court: `“Dirani cannot receive compensation, but may demand it`
An Israeli court recognized, on Tuesday, the right of the freed Lebanese detainee, Mustafa Dirani to demand compensation for torture and mistreatment, which included sexual assaults; he was subjected to…
Israeli soldier injured following a shooting in Al Yamoun
An Israeli soldier was injured by Palestinian resistance fire in the West Bank village of Al Yamoun near Jenin after the Israeli army invaded the town, Tuesday at dawn. …
Army installs a portable checkpoint on Habla-Qalqilia road
Israeli army installed a portable checkpoint, on Tuesday at dawn, on the road between the West Bank town of Hablah and the nearby city of Qalqilya, the Palestinian News Agency…
Army invades Qabatia, arrests a child
Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded Tuesday at dawn the West Bank city of Qabatia, south of Jenin and arrested one child. The troops broke into dozens of…
Army invades Balata refugee camp, arrest one resident
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident. Eyewitnesses reported that troops were deployed on…
Fighters leave Bethlehem Municipality building
Victor Batasrah, Mayor of Bethlehem, said that the fighters who broke into the building of Bethlehem Municipality have left the building. Several officials, including the governor of Bethlehem, and…
Sharon discharged from Hospital
An Israeli medical source at Hadassah Ein Karem University Hospital, in Jerusalem, reported on Tuesday afternoon, that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was discharged. Sharon did not long with…
Child sentenced to 34 months
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced Mahmoud Yousef Abu Daoud, 16, to 34 consecutive months and 4000 News Israeli Shekels fine. The child, a resident of Hebron, was arrested…
Army shells Gaza, child injured
A medical source at Al Aqsa Brigades hospital in Gaza reported one child was injured after the army shells Al Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The…
Israeli artillery shells north of the Gaza Strip
Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…
Israeli artillery shells north of the Gaza Strip
Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…
Suleiman to visit P.A areas
Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, is slated to arrive in the Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, to discuss the recent Palestinian issues, especially the upcoming legislative elections, the Maan News Agency…
Army arrests 11 of Hamas activists in the West Bank
Israeli army forces arrested, on Tuesday morning, 11 members of Hamas, in several West Bank areas, the Maan News agency reported. Nine residents were arrested in the West Bank…
Bar-On: `“Sharon will likely to open Kadima session on Sunday`
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to be released from Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and will most likely head the Sunday session of the…
12 separate settler waste dumps threaten environment in Qalqilia
The Palestinian Central Census department reported that Qalqilia city, north of the West Bank, is facing an environmental threat caused by the garbage of twenty settlements in the area, especially…
Israeli occupation closes entrance to Huwwara School
In a sudden and unexpected move, Israeli occupation forces closed off, on Monday, the entrance leading to the Huwwara Boys’ School south of Nablus, thus impeding the arrival of students…
School gets distinguished award despite wall hindrances
School principal Jamileh Sarsour can hardly contain her joy. This week, she had her staff at the Azoun Atmah School for Girls received the distinguished school award. In an interview…
Three students arrested in Al khader village
The Israeli army arrested, on Monday afternoon, three students returning from their school in Al Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops stopped the students after…
Main road destroyed in northern Gaza
Israeli jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, the main Abrag Al Nada – Abrag AL Awoda road, north of the Gaza strip. F16 Israeli jets attacked the road and…
Israeli jet fighters shell targets in Gaza
Israeli air force jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian national security forces post in the northern Gaza Strip. The jets fired two missiles; one landed near the…
Israeli ministry of housing submit tenders for 137 new housing units in the West Bank settlements
Israeli Ministry of Housing issued tenders on Monday for 137 new housing units in the settlements of Ariel and Karni Shamron, near the West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Peace Now…
Israeli air strikes resume on the Gaza Strip
Israeli jetfighters shelled the Gaza Strip with further air strikes early Monday. Israeli army claimed that these air strikes targeted roads used by Palestinian resistance fighters for transferring the home-made…
Israeli Army invades a number of areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and arrests eight
Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that soldiers of an Israeli undercover unit invaded a number of neighborhoods in both West Bank cities of Beit Sahour and Bethlehem Monday morning, mainly…