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The Israeli army, stationed at Abu Holy checkpoint in the central Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells at a vehicle driving south of Dir Al Balah killing one resident and seriously…

      The National Resistance Bigades, the armed wing of  the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing  of Popular Front for the…

Thursday evening: Israeli army troops arrest two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron. Noaman Al  Najjar, a sergeant in the Palestinian police force in the city, and Atallah…

The Israeli army artillery shelled northern and eastern areas of the Gaza strip on Friday morning. The shelling targeted residents’ houses in Beit Lahia, Jabalia and Beit Hanon, as well…

The Al Aqsa Foundation are organizing demonstrations to stop Israeli desecration of Islamic holy sites. Palestinians conducted a sit-in in protest of Israeli violation of a Palestinian cemetery in a…

Human rights sources reported that upon expressing a sense of hope at the Lebanese capture of two occupying Israeli soldiers, Israeli prison authorities cut all television channels in its prisons…

Kammal Soboh was arrested from the village of Toqua, south of the city of Bethlehem, Friday morning. Soboh was arrested when troops invaded the village and searched several houses then…

Troops from the Israeli army attacked shepherds huts east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Friday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the huts located on the farming lands…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has recently made it known that the Israeli army is using radioactive and toxic shells against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip. Medics and surgeons…

After nearly three weeks of border closure between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in which at least eight Palestinians waiting there have died from heat exposure, a group of Palestinian…

The Catholic organization Pax Christi has backed a report from the group ‘War on Want’ which has highlighted the role of companies like Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Connex and Caterpillar in…

Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, June 10th, 2006 In Rafat, as throughout Palestine, the spirit of resistance against the Occupation has passed through generation to generation. The land…

"We are highly disappointed and frustrated at the council’s continued inability to act while innocent Palestinian civilians continue to be brutally killed by the Israeli occupying forces," said Ryad Mansour,…

The Hezbollah resistance movement made a statement Thursday saying, "The Islamic resistance will bombard [the northern Israeli city of] Haifa as soon as the Israeli aggression reaches Beirut or the…

The Israeli air strikes that targeted several areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut and across southern Lebanon have killed fifty-three civilians. Also, the army air-struck  Beirut airport two times…

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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published its weekly report documenting the Israeli violations and attacks in the Palestinian territories and reported that soldiers killed 79 Palestinians, including children,…

Israeli troops stormed residents’ homes in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday. Soldiers searched and ransacked several homes allegedly looking for illegal substances,…

Palestinian Legislator, Mustafa Barghouthi, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, said on Thursday that the Israeli army have 47 air strikes on Gaza Strip that led to the death of…

Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents died of wounds suffered earlier in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was seriously injured on Wednesday near…

Palestinian prisoners at the Israeli military detention center Hawara in the West Bank City of Nablus went on a hunger strike Wednesday to protest an Israeli higher court of justice…

Soldiers stormed the old city, searching and ransacking several homes allegedly looking for illegal substances. One of the houses searched belongs to Nidal Al Natsha, eyewitnesses reported. Meanwhile, soldiers stationed…

Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents died of wounds suffered earlier in the Gaza Strip. One of the residents was seriously injured on Wednesday near…

The “apartheid state” is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in , Willie Madisha, the Congress of SA Trade Unions president, said on July 10 on the South African…

Racism is "the belief that one ‘racial group’ is inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined…

Israeli aircraft have bombed the Palestinian foreign ministry in Gaza, causing widespread damage and injuring at least 10 people, witnesses say.             Ambulances and rescue services raced to the scene…

ThePalestinian foreign ministry in Gaza City burned to the ground early Thursday morning after three Israeli missiles struck the building, injuring ten residents in nearby buildings. Witnesses told Al-Jazeera TV…

A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars and buses south of the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday morning. Palestinian drivers and passengers said the settlers threw empty glass bottles…

Israeli troops arrested one youth from the Anbta village east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday. Ala Kan’an, a student at Al Najah Univircity in Nablus, was arrested at…

 The Israeli army stormed the Al Mawaleh area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Thursday morning, arresting Faries Nawoaora, 23. Troops searched and ransacked several homes before arrested Nawoaora…

The Israeli army arrested Shadi Abahra, 19, from the village of Al Yamon during a predawn invasion Thursday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village west of Jenin, searching several…

The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, and now its General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah, have affirmed commitment to aiding the Palestinians against Israeli attacks. Throughout the night and early Thursday morning hours,…

Israeli warplanes and gunboats struck a Lebanese Resistance base 16 kilometers south of Beirut late Wednesday,  Lebanese security officials said, in the closest raid to the Lebanese capital since fighting erupted in…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five children were killed and at least seven were injured after Israeli soldiers fired a missile at a playground in Dir Al…

In response to an article by Dr Steven King, Prof James Bowen , chairman of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, outlines why people should join the group’s protest today.Irish Examiner, 8…

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Wednesday afternoon. The new Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Far East (UNRWA), visited several shelled areas in the Gaza Strip,…

Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported four Palestinians were killed and several others were injured after the army fired artillery shells at the Salah Ed Deen Junction in the southern part…

Two Palestinians were killed and another injured in an Israeli air strike Wednesday in the Al Matahin area north of Khan Younis, Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis reported.   Eyewitnesses…

Six human rights groups petitioned the Israeli High Court demanding that the crossings in Gaza be opened to allow for the steady and regular supply of fuel, food, medicine, and…

Beit Hanoun’s veteran bridge builder shrugged off his latest misfortune: the Israelis destroyed the main span into town three years ago. The European Union rebuilt it. And overnight the Israelis…

Wednesday 12th July – The Israeli army broke into the Al Resalah Scientific Society and an office that belongs to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, several surrounding villages and Al Arroub refugee camp, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded Hebron, Tarqoumia,…

A group of Israeli settlers killed on Wednesday several shepherds’ dogs and attacked the farmers in the lands located east of the West Bank city of Salfit. According to the…

Israeli troops arrested around 600 Palestinian workers inside the ‘green line’ (Palestinian lands occupied since 1948) over the past 24 hours at the pretext of working without permits, according to…

Hezbollah, the Islamic Resistance Movement of Lebanon declared Wednesday at 9.05 am that it had captured two Israeli soldiers in an attack meant to secure the release of Palestinians being…

A Palestinian medical source in dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, reported that two residents were killed; at least four were injured, after the Israeli army fired artillery…

Dr. Jom’a Al Saqqa, head of the public relations office at al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army shelled a Palestinian house in Gaza city…

Unknown gunmen stormed the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. Office director in Bethlehem, Abdullah Al Zaghari, reported that…

Unknown gunmen stormed the headquarters offices of the Palestinian prisoners society in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. According to the office director, Abdallah Al Zaghari, the…

  In an invasion to the West Bank city of Hebron and several surrounding twons, Israeli soldiers arrested eight rsidents and took them to an unknown destination. Troops and army jeeps…

Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Salfit and arrested four residents on Wednesday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city searched scores of resdents’ houses before arresting Sa’ed…

Many of the merchants in the city of Qalqilia, a city of 40,000 that is completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall, are reporting that the Israeli authorities have closed the…

On Tuesday Qatar circulated a revised draft of United Nations Security Council resolution demanding the unconditional release of a captured Israeli soldier as well as ‘s immediate withdrawal from Gaza.…

The Israeli army stormed the village of Tuqua, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, ransacking a house belonging to Mohamed Jebril. Eyewitnesses said troops forced their way…

The army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday, deploying troops throughout the city to search resident’s homes. No arrests were made, residents reported. Also on Wednesday The army…

The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Nablus during a predawn invasion Wednesday. More than 15 army vehicles stormed the old city and several other …

"It must be a mistake, the caprice of a clerk at border control," Aadel Samara responded when his wife Enayeh informed him by phone on May 26 that her entry…

Israeli forces demolished on Tuesday a Palestinian house in ‘Asira Ash-Shamaliyya north of Nablus, in the West BAnk, after charging it with explosives. Mayor of the city, Sa’id Yasin told…

Tuesday afternoon. Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian-American woman trying to cross into the West Bank from the Allenby Bridge that links Palestine and Jordan.  She was attempting to defend her…

A prominent leader of the Hamas Movement, Osama Mazini, denied any official contacts regarding the captured Israeli soldier. Mazini confirmed that there is no relation between the leaders in Damascus…

Tuesday after midnight. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian security guard and injured another after invading the Abu Ojain area near the Kissufim crossing in the southern city of…

An 11-year-old Palestinian boy ,seriously wounded in an Israeli airstrike last week near his home in the northern Gaza Strip, died on Tuesday of his wounds. Walid A-Zanati was wounded…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported a Palestinian woman and child died on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing Tuesday.  This makes a total of four Palestinian…

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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…