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The Israeli army held up hundreds of residents between the northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus Tuesday. Local sources reported that the army installed a checkpoint on the…

The Palestinian ministry of health revealed on Monday that the Israeli army has used a new type of explosive in its offensive on the Gaza Strip. These explosives contain toxics…

The following is a translation of an official Israeli Government Notice published in Hebrew in Haaretz on July 9, 2006 describing  a 32% increase in subsidies for Israeli industry that…

The Israeli army abducted two residents from the West Bank village of Al Mazra’aa Al Gharbeyah, west of the city of Ramallah, Tuesday at dawn.  The residents were identified as…

Palestinian medical sources in northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun reported one Palestinian was killed and three were seriously injured  Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a vehicle carrying…

“My child does not know me,” says just released Palestinian political prisoner, Mohammad. “I felt great pain, but I must accept this fate as she came into this life while…

The Israeli army caused considerable damages to several homes in the West Bank town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and attacked three residents Tuesday. Local sources in town reported that…

The Arab American Institute slammed an Israeli decision to bar Arab Americans of Palestinian descent from entering the West Bank and Israeli lands, calling on President Bush’s government to intervene…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday morning, arresting six residents. The arrestees were identified as Na’eem Al Karmi, 32, Nasser Samara, 25, Ahmad Mahrok, 22, khaled…

The Israeli army shelled a civilian car in the town of Beit Hanon in northern Gaza at 11am Tuesday morning. Ambulances rushed to the area and initial reports said several residents are critically injured.

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus during a predawn invasion Tuesday, arresting five residents. Troops stormed the city, searched and ransacked several homes, and forced several…

Palestinian sources reported that the armed wings of The Islamic Jihad and Fatah, the Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa brigades, claimed responsibility for firing one home-made projectile at an Israeli target on…

Israeli troops and army vehicles stormed the village of Araba, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Local residents said soldiers, backed with five military jeeps, entered…

At least five residents were injured Tuesday morning when an Israeli army war plane fired two missiles at a residential area in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip. The plane fired one…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed on Monday in separate Israeli military attacks. Four residents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit…

Three boys were killed in an Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun Monday, witnesses and medical sources reported.  Two Palestinians were killed in a seperate airstrike Monday…

The Hani Abu Haykal family, which lives directly opposite the Tel Rumeida settlement in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Al-Khalil (Hebron), has received a written military order declaring the street…

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Israel is more worried about resistance attacks against its soldiers than its civilians, for the former are the guardians of Zionism and the prestige of self-appointed supremacy, writes Azmi Bishara.…

Palestinian medical sources reported two Palestinians were killed after the Israeli air force fired missile at a vehicle east of the city of Khan Younis in the southern part of the…

15-year old child died Monday of wounds suffered last month during an Israeli missle attack at his home,  a Palestinian medical source in Khan Younis reported.   The child was identified as Khaled…

In the spring of 1948, some Jewish mukhtars (headmen) of Jewish colonies in Palestinian went over to the Arab Palestinian mukhtars in the nearby villages which maintained good neighbourly relations…

After Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s call on Saturday for a cease-fire, Israeli leaders responded with an increase in the intensity of their invasion of Gaza, saying the incursion could…

In an unprecedented step, Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset are being asked to resign collectively. Hussein Al Arvaian, President of the Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages in the Negev…

There are conflicting reports from the media as well as spokespersons from both parties as to whether Israel has accepted a broad-based deal offered by Hamas to end the crisis…

Israeli troops arrested four residents from the village of Taqua east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Monday morning. Troops stormed the village and searched several homes before taking…

Monday at dawn: Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Monday, breaking into dozens of homes and arresting a mother of six, local sources reported.   The sources reported…

Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, broke into dozens of houses and arrested a mother of six children, local sources reported.   The sources…

Representative of the Palestinian Community in India, Abu Salah, penned a letter containing the series of painful realities Palestinians face while fleeing from Iraq as a result of the massacres…

The Israeli army and police installed a new checkpoint on the Jenin-Nablus road and highjacked two civilian’s cars Monday afternoon. The soldiers and police officers stopped and searched passing cars, checking…

Israeli military bulldozers have started destroying farm land in the Al Shiga’ia neighborhood east of Gaza city Monday afternoon. The bulldozers and heavy artillery vehicles were escorted by army tanks…

The Israeli army has handed out military orders renewing the closing of 1000 shops and businesses in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron along with…

The Israeli army handed out military orders to renew the closure of 1000 shops and businesses in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron along with the…

The Israeli Navy shelled Gaza city beach and nearby houses monday morning, causing panic among residents. No injuries were reported. Last month army gunships killed seven family members picnicing on the…

One killed and four injured when an Israeli army war plan fired a missile at a residential area in Al Shiga’ia neighborhood east of Gaza Monday at dawn. Ahmad Al…

One person was killed and four others injured when an Israeli war plane fired a missile into a residential area in Al Shiga’ia neighborhood east of Gaza Monday at dawn.…

At least 100,000 people took to the streets in Istanbul Sunday to protest ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people which have killed at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza since…

The Israeli army have intensified its invasions into the West Bank city of Bethlehem by invading several villages around the city and searching homes Monday at dawn. Troops stormed the…

Israeli army have intensified its invasions in the West Bank city of Bethlehem by invading several village around the city and searching scores of residents houses, Monday at dawn. In…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Za’tra checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, took Rami Abu Warda 18 prisoner, while he was trying to cross the checkpoint to go…

Israeli army troops took Ghalieb Bani Shamsa, 23, prisoner in a predawn invasion to the village of Beita, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday. Troops and army…

Despite the high death toll, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that the Israeli military attacks against the Gaza Strip will continue. Ehud Olmert told a press…

An Israeli military source reported that Palestinian fighters attempted to fire an improvised Qassam homemade shell from the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank over the weekend.   The…

A Palestinian civilian was killed and eight were injured in the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the Israeli air force shot a missile at a car in an apparent assassination…

One element fueling the current crisis in Gaza is the ongoing failure of US corporate media coverage of Israel/Palestine. US policy, public opinion and mainstream media coverage of Israel/Palestine are…

Sunday at night, Five Palestinian residents were injured on Yafa Street in the Al Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City after the Israeli fighter-jets fired missiles at a Palestinian vehicle.…

Despite initial denials, the Israeli air force confirmed an airstrike Saturday night that killed a mother, her five-year old daughter, her twenty-year old son, and injured five other family members…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya offered a peace proposal for the current standoff with Israel late Saturday, an offer that Israeli authorities flatly refused.  Over 40 Palestinians have been killed by…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli troops invaded the town of Beit Reema, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, arresting two brothers after breaking into their home. Damage to the…

Israeli Prime minister, Ehud Olmert, reiterated his statements against any negotiations with the fighters who are holding the Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip and said that the military offensive…

Israeli forces are preventing lawyers and family members to visit Palestinian political prisoners in the Salem Prison, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In response, the imprisoned people…

Israeli forces shot and severely wounded a Palestinian citizen in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Sunday morning, medical sources said. Medics at Abu Youssif al-Najjar hospital reported that Amin…

Several international organizations working in the Gaza Strip expressed their concern over the recent developments in Gaza, and the ongoing Israeli attacks that have left dozens of Palestinians dead and…

The Palestine Liberation Organization released a report Sunday regarding an upswing in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank in recent weeks.  The settler attacks are in addition…

Israeli forces took six Palestinians prisoner Sunday morning in the West Bank (WB) cities of Nablus and Bethlehem, security sources said. Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed Askar and…

Israeli forces are preventing lawyers and family members to visit Palestinian political prisoners in the Salem Prison, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In response, the imprisoned people…

There is arguably no modern state that more shamelessly employs the propaganda technique of the Big Lie than Israel. Since July 6, Israel has been deploying its military forces in…

Saturday after midnight, Israeli war-jets fired missiles at fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement; four fighters were injured, one seriously.   The Palestinian Maan…

Few readers of a British newspaper would have noticed the story. In the Observer of 25 June, it merited a mere paragraph hidden in the "World in brief" section, revealing…

Saturday at night, Israeli troops invaded Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources in the camp reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated…

"Where is the camera? There are many photos in it which show the killing of Palestinians", said Ma’an News Agency photographer Mohammad Az Zanoun as he fell, having been shot…

Saturday night, Israeli soldiers invaded the Popular Housing project in Nablus, north of the West Bank. Local sources in the city reported that soldiers conducted military searches of homes, no…

Dr. Basim Na’im, the Palestinian Minister of Health, reported on Saturday evening that the Israeli army killed 40 Palestinians, including one in the West Bank, and injured 178 residents, including…

According to a report by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahranoth, racism is the suspected motive behind the killing of an Israeli-Arab youth in a drive-by shooting in the Israeli town…

"Summer rains are a good blessing" — this is the title for a lesson in the second-grade grammar book of Palestinian children in Gaza.  And while it is true that…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday afternoon that the number of residents killed Saturday had reached five, after a child died of earlier wounds and a…

On terraced fields under the summer sun and the watchful eyes of a small group of Italian priests, weather-beaten workers tend vines ready for transformation into a light Chardonnay, a…

A statement by Christian leaders issued Saturday stated, "Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth…

On a covered, concrete sports pitch in Bethlehem, 12 women are being put through their paces by the coach.  They run around the pitch several times, do their warm-up exercises…

The power is still off. It comes on and off irregularly. The electricity company is trying hard to supply power to 1.5 million people who used to get electricity from…

The Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday called on Gaza Strip residents to donate blood, reporting that apart from 24 Palestinians killed in the past 24 hours, 82 Palestinians were wounded…

In a statement to the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Council to take a stand on the ongoing Israeli incursion into…

As the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip continues, claiming over 40 Palestinian lives this week alone, thousands of Palestinians are stuck at the closed border, sweltering in the heat…

The June 25 Palestinian fighters’ raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel “scrambling to defend itself,” the voice of a BBC news reporter declared…

The following paid advertisement was signed by 300 Jews in Britain and placed in The London Times on July 7: WHAT IS ISRAEL DOING? A CALL BY JEWS IN BRITAIN…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a statement on Friday, directed at the Israeli public and the family of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, saying that the administration of the Israeli Prime…

Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained two days ago after the army shelled Izbit Beit Hanoun area,…

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Dozens of residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, along with a Basque Nationalist musical group, protested on Friday against the…

Nearly a hundred Palestinians, Israelis, and international peace activists protested the impending construction of the Separation Wall in Al Khader, west of the city of Bethlehem, Friday in what has…

Friday afternoon, two Palestinians were killed and at least four others were injured after the Israeli air force fired missiles at Al Salateen area, in Beit Lahia, in the northern…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that Israeli soldiers stepped-up their military assaults in the Gaza Strip and killed three residents, a fourth resident…

Senior Israeli military officials reported on Friday that the ongoing military attacks in the Gaza Strip may diminish the firing of homemade shells at Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza…

Friday at dawn, Several Israeli armored vehicles invaded Askar refugee camp north west of the West Bank city of Nablus and surrounded it from all of its sides. One resistance…

Israel has renewed its aerial assault in northern Gaza, killing a Hamas fighter and wounding three, Hamas and hospital officials said. After the worst day of clashes in Gaza since…

Palestinian Legislator, and head of the committee of internal affairs and security at the Legislative Council, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Friday that the Israeli attacks against the residents of the…

The Israel Air Force renewed air strikes at armed Palestinians in northern Gaza on Friday morning, hours after the heaviest day of bombardment at the Gaza Strip in the past…

Israeli forces have invaded the village of Anabta near the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday morning, Troops stormed the village, searched and fired several rounds into residents homes. No…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Friday, arresting one youth. Salah Al Saber, 17, was arrested when troops stormed several areas in the city and conducted…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Kafer Lobbadeast of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Friday at dawn. Troops entered the village and attempted to arrest Yousif Barhash after…

In a step aimed at confronting the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip,  Palestinian Interior Ministry gave orders to the Palestinian National Forces to be on highest alert and…

At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an air strick at a residential block in Al Salteen area in Beit lahya town in the Gaza steip,…

One Palestinian was killed and at least 11 were wounded in an Israeli invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin, following a failed assassination attempt by an Israeli undercover…

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At least five Palestinians have been killed and several injured in an airstrike that targetted a Al Salateen residential neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahia Thursday evening, raising the…

The father of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made a plea to his government asking for the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of his son,…

In a statement issued on Thursday, by Al Naser Salah Al Din Brigade, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, the brigade claimed responsibility of killing of an Israeli…

Thursday morning Israeli army will charge the Ministers and Parliament Members with the affiliation with the Hamas movement in military courts in both detentions of Salem near the West Bank…

An Israeli warplane fired one missile at a crowd of civilians who gathered in one of the streets in the Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis Thursday afternoon. Initial…

The Israeli army carried out two invasions to the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, local sources reproted. Troops invaded the city at the dawn hours, searched several houses…