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Palestinian political prisoners jailed in Al Naqab Prison in the Israeli Negev reported that they are suffering severe food poisoning, which is preventing them from participating in the Ramadan fast. …

A number of writers have recently written critical articles or reviews about the power of the pro-Israel or Jewish Lobby and its influence on US policy in the Middle East.…

“It is hard to believe, but only 60 years after the Holocaust the Jewish people is once again in danger of being destroyed – at least in its own state,…

“It is hard to believe, but only 60 years after the Holocaust the Jewish people is once again in danger of being destroyed – at least in its own state,…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron reported on Friday morning that one resident was moderately injured in Khallit Hadour area, south of the city. Another resident was taken prisoner in an…

For the fourth time in two weeks, five groups of military patrols invaded Bethlehem and the surrounding areas Thursday night, according to Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses.     Israeli…

Can a person have a family unification with himself? Seemingly, nothing could be more absurd, because family unification by definition is a process intended to unite a citizen or resident…

Six years ago today, on September 29th 2000, the uprising known as the 'Al-Aqsa Intifada' began in the Palestinian Occupied Territories after then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon paid a provocative visit…

The Israeli army injured Friday morning Mohammad Al Ja’bari, 21, in the city of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Eyewitnesses reported that the army shot and…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and its two refugee camps and randomly shot at residents’ homes Friday at dawn.  Palestinian security sources in the city reported…

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported Friday morning that two children were killed and three others were injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at them in Beit Hanoun…

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Thursday, hundreds of Palestinian policemen and security forces officers protested in the Gaza Strip and blocked all routes leading to Gaza City with trash bins and burned tiers demanding their…

Israeli vice premier, Shimon Peres, said during a press conference in Ritz Hotel in London on Thursday morning that he supports settlement construction and expansion in the occupied West Bank…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday morning that one resident died of wounds sustained on September 22 during clashes between members of the Executive Committee and…

The Israeli forces threatened to close a water well in the village of Tamon near the West Bank city of Tubas on Thursday. Soldiers raided the well area, then told…

The Israeli army injured Jamal Al Attar, 45, after firing live rounds at him in Al Siqa area, north of Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza…

  Israeli soldiers took prisoner Jihad Al Tuork, Nitham Mujahed, and Sahdi Mujahed during and Israeli army search campaign to residents' homes in the western areas of the West Bank…

Scores of Palestinian police officers protested Thursday morning in the Gaza Strip against the near seven month freeze on wages by closing some vital roads in the southern and central…

The army invaded Iskaka village, east of the West Bank city of Salfit Thursday morning, searched and ransacked residents' homes. Troops entered the village, stormed homes, including that of Rabi'…

Syrian-based Hamas leaders restated their demands Thursday that mediators first secure the release of Palestinian prisoners; only then would they free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shilit. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert…

  The Israeli army took prisoner two residents in a predawn invasion to several parts of the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday. In Balata Refugee Camp troops attacked…

Israeli forces invaded the villages of Al Zababda and Sliat Al Harthia near the West Bank city of Jenin and took prisoner three residents on Thursday at dawn. Troops entered…

  The Israeli army took prisoner Obaida Yassen, 21, and Ibrahem Yassen, 22, during a dawn invasion of Abu Da'eif village east of the West Bank city of Jenin on…

  Medical sources in Gaza City reported that Tayesser Al Hindi, 45, died Thursday morning of wounds he sustained earlier this month in Gaza. Al Hindi sustained critical wounds in…

Israeli troops invaded Thursday morning the village of Obaydiah, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Several army vehicles stormed the village and troops searched a number of houses,…

Israeli forces took prisoner two residents in a pre dawn invasion to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. More than 8 army vehicles surrounded Rakhmah area on the…

  The Israeli army attacked on Thursday morning a cultural society headquarters in the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops stormed the offices,…

The Palestinian Bureau of Statistics prepared and published a report that revealed that the number of Palestinian killed by the Israeli army since the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the media to expose the intentions of the United States administration. The patronage of the US to Israel is well known, but…

In an evening invasion to the Al Am'ary refugee camp, near Ramallah city in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers abducted a resistance fighter of the Al…

In a pre-dawn shelling on Thursday, Israeli forces air struck a Palestinian house in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, shortly after troops phoned the inhabitants and…

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The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Asher  Weisgan, to four life terms and additional twelve years after he was found guilty of murdering four Palestinian workers who worked with him at…

Since two month, Arabi Hamad Salalha, an Arab-Druze resident of Beit Dajan, in the Galilee, refuse to report to the recruitment office in Beit Dajan, and declared his refusal to…

Palestinian deputy Prime Minister, Nasser Ed-Deen Al Sha'er, was released on Wednesday after the Israeli Petah Tikva court ordered his release. Yet, Al Sha'er will not be allowed to enter…

The Israeli army took prisoner seven residents of the city of Hebron and the nearby Ithna village. Local sources reported that troops stormed the village of Ithna near Hebron and…

The Israeli army released from prison Wednesday Nasser Adeen Al-Sha’ir, Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, after detaining him for one month. Faisal Hassan, the lawyer of Sha’ir,…

  The Israeli army invaded the village of Budrus, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah late Tuesday night and attacked residents. Eyewitnesses reported that troops searched and ransacked…

20 residents were taken prisoner by the Israeli army during an invasion to Al Fakhari area east of Khan Younis and south of the Gaza strip on Wednesday morning. More…

Muneer Abd-Al Fataah, 16, and his brother Samier, 11, were injured Wednesday morning when the Israeli army invaded Al Far'a refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Tubas.…

A massive Israeli force invaded the town of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, took prisoner eight residents and injured another two residents Wednesday morning. Army vehicles…

For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli troops continued their military invasion of the West Bank city of Nablus, which targeted Wednesday morning the Balata refugee camp in the city. Three…

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem accused the Isreali Army of war crimes for targeting the main power plant in the Gaza Strip, which has left many without full electricity…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday at night that one child was injured in Al Far'a refugee camp, near Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, after the…

Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday at night that Israeli soldiers abducted Ali Abu M'alla, 20, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank.  …

Special Envoy for the United Nations in occupied Palestinian territories, John Dugard, said on Tuesday that the Israeli actions and attacks in the Gaza Strip can be described as ethnic…

Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one child was killed and at least fourteen residents were injured in an Israeli air…

Christian politicians from different countries will meet with Israeli Members of Knesset Wednesday to show their support for Israel.  The Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus will host 50 Christian politicians from…

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Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahhar, from the Hamas party, said that Hamas will not recognize Israel since it is an occupying country, and will not stop resisting the occupation. Referring…

Palestinian Minister of Planning, Samir Abu Aisha, stated on Tuesday that Palestinian civil servants, earning NIS 1800 a month or less , are to receive one month's salary in the…

Eyad Nakhla, a resident of Al Jalazun refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah, was prohibited by Israeli soldiers from visiting his detained brother in the Nafha Israeli…

Israeli troops installed two military checkpoints on Jenin–Tulkarem and Jenin-Nablus Roads, on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stopped civilian cars and taxis, searched them and checked the identity cards of the residents…

Increasing tensions in the Middle East have prompted U.S. President George W. Bush to talk about a possible tour of the region after mid-term elections in November to address the…

Israeli soldiers chased on Tuesday morning a group of Palestinian shepherds east of Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Tubas. Eyewitnesses reported that troops stormed the shepherds' huts…

Monther Hassan, 28, from the West Bank city of Hebron and Sobhi Zma'ra, 16, from the nearby Halhoul village were taken prisoners by the Israeli army on Tuesday morning. Troops…

For the third consecutive day, Israeli troops continued their military invasion to the Old City of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, broke into dozens of homes,…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Dan, west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, and took  six residents prisoners, including four brothers.…

The Israeli district court in Haifa rejected an appeal to connect “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev to clean waters and said that this issue is related with the village…

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Palestinian Legislator, Bassam Salhi, secretary-general of the Palestinian People Party and head of the leftist Badeel Bloc at the Legislative Council, said on Monday that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas,…

Despite stipulations in the U.S. Constitution that there is to be no discrimination against Americans based on their country of origin, the very real double standard in U.S. policy towards…

The European commission has started social allowance payments to the Palestinian people, an EU source said on Monday.  In a statement on Monday the commission said 40,000 of the neediest…

The European commission has started social allowance payments to the Palestinian people, an EU source said on Monday.  In a statement on Monday the commission said 40,000 of the neediest…

Palestinian Legislator, Bassam Salhi, secretary-general of the Palestinian People Party and head of the leftist Badeel Bloc at the Legislative Council, said on Monday that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas,…

Palestinian Legislator, Bassam Salhi, secretary-general of the Palestinian People Party and head of the leftist Badeel Bloc at the Legislative Council, said on Monday that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas,…

Israeli soldiers stationed around the illegal settlement of Har-Homa, which separates the West Bank city of Bethlehem from Jerusalem, opened fire at three Palestinian workers on Monday afternoon and took…

Although Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s statements to the UN General Assembly that the national unity government would recognize Israel were not true according to Hamas officials, the movement still supports…

An Israeli military court ruled on Monday that eighteen Palestinian legislators from the ruling Hamas party will remain imprisoned until their trial is over and a ruling is passed. The…

Three months have passed since Palestinian resistance groups abducted an Israeli soldier from a military post near the Gaza Strip on June 25. Since then, Israeli soldiers abducted 800 Palestinians,…

Today, on my way to Jordan and my flight home, I did something no Palestinian from the West Bank can do. I woke up in Ramallah (in the West Bank),…

Monday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group opened fire at Israeli soldiers during an army invasion to Al Maghazi area in central Gaza strip. The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing…

Instead of conducting an investigation as to why the Israeli Airforce deliberately targetted a clearly labelled Press vehicle with a missile on August 27th, the Israeli Government Press Office has…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby village of Kufur Kalil on Monday morning. Forces entered the city of Nablus from several directions and conducted…

The Israeli army invaded Al Zibedat village in the central Jordan valley area in the West Bank late on Sunday night. Troops raided the village, searched and ransacked a number…

Nasser Al Khedirat, 24, was taken to an unknown location during an Israeli army incursion to Al Thahria town south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning.…

Several Israeli army tanks and bulldozers stormed Al Farahien and 'Abassan Al Kobra areas near Khan-Younis south of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. Israeli tanks and bulldozers went one…

An Israeli force invaded Al Far'a refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Tubas on Monday morning. Six army vehicles and one bulldozer stormed the refugee camp and…

Mohammed Al-Ojul, 17, Rami Abu-Tarbosh, 17, were taken prisoner by Israeli soldiers stationed at a mobile military checkpoint East of Bethlehem on Sunday night. The checkpoint was located at the…

Israeli forces surrounded the Grand Mosque during evening prayers Monday in Al-Khader village, near Bethlehem, and arrested worshippers as they left the mosque.  Three were injured in the ensuing clashes.…

The month of Ramadan is a time for fasting during daytime and feasting at night, but this year's Ramadan in Palestine looks to be especially bleak for a population under…

The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas stated Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is asking for the release of Fatah party leader Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned by Israel since July 2004, and…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas party, said on Sunday that the movement has serious intentions to form a national unity government, and that the movement is interested…

Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem, reported on Sunday at night that one child was injured by Israeli military fire in Bethlehem, in the West Bank. The child, Ghassan Imad Salah,…

In the West Bank, Israeli troops wounded six Palestinian citizens at dawn Sunday in two separate incidents in Nablus and Jenin cities. According to Palestinian hospital sources, four Palestinian citizens…

The Israeli troops stationed inside the Ibrahimi mosque in the occupied Palestinian town of Hebron, apparently disturbed by an increase in worshippers entering the mosque since the Muslim holy month…

Israeli soldiers stationed at the Qalandia Crossing, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah, detained reporters working with Dubai satellite Channel after claiming that they attacked and hit a…

Israeli soldiers stationed at the Qalandia Crossing, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah, detained reporters working with Dubai satellite Channel after claiming that they attacked and hit a…

The Iz Ed-Deen Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated on  Saturday that it will not “remain silent towards the attempts of insurgence by…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that talks for the formation of a National Unity Government have collapsed back to square zero. The statements of Abbas came after the…

Islamic leaders, including Chief Justice Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, are expressing deep concern over the Israeli government excavation of a new tunnel near the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem’s…

After a recent attack carried by unknown gunmen at a Greek Orthodox Church in Rafidia neighborhood in Nablus, Father Yousef Saada called on the Palestinian Authority to take a firm…

Six Palestinian churches in the West  Bank and Gaza Strip suffered damage and arson attempts in reaction  to the words of Pope Benedict XVI. Palestinian spokesmen of all stripes condemned…

An expert in international law and an  old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress  a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael…

An group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a Latin Church in the Rafidia neighborhood in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday at dawn. Palestinian police officers, who…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, decided to open the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt for two days to allow Palestinian residents to cross into and from Egypt.  …

Israeli air force shelled on Friday at night a Palestinian house in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. At least one missile hit a house that belongs…

The recent report from the World Bank, An Update on Palestinian Movement, Access and Trade in the West Bank and Gaza, vividly illustrates the damage that is being done to…

At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil’in village today, around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall construction on village land, but…