Resident killed, six injured in Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…
Resident killed, six injured in Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident in Tafoah village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and injured six others, one seriously, after invading the village. A Palestinian medical…
Pal-Egyptian agreement to close border fence opened earlier in Gaza
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
Children of Gaza happy for ‘Bigger Prison’
Despite the hot weather in Gaza, thousands of Palestinian residents poured Monday into the evacuated settlements at the northern tip of the Gaza Strip. Elderly, youth, children, fishermen, farmers and…
Pal-Egyptian agreement to close border fence opened earlier in Gaza
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
P.A official: `“Abbas will insist Hamas lay down arms after elections`
A top aide of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Abbas aims to start disarming resistance factions, and will demand Hamas to lay down its arms after the legislative…
Wall to annex wide areas to Israel in the southern West Bank
A Map published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz of the route of the separation wall sections, in the southern part of the West Bank shows that the wall will annex…
Home leveled, north of Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers leveled on Tuesday the home of Mustafa Taha, in Al Esawiyya village, north of Jerusalem. Army claimed that the home was constructed without obtaining a construction permit from…
Tibi: `“P.A must destroy all symbols of occupation`
Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Hadash-Ta’al party), said on Tuesday during a special Knesset session, that he supports destructing, but not burning, the synagogues in the Gaza Strip.…
Army installs a flying checkpoint west of Ramallah
Israeli soldiers installed on Tuesday morning fling checkpoint west of Ramallah, barring residents of the neighboring villages from entering it, local sources reported. Soldiers conducted military searches of vehicles, causing…
Two arrested in Habla
Israeli soldiers invaded Habla village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqila and arrested tow residents Troops broke into several homes and arrested Ibrahim Aowd, 20, and Hmza Aoudah,…
Be’er Sheva Bomber identified
The Israeli Radio reported on Tuesday that the suicide bomber, who carried the Bir Sheva bombing three weeks ago, was identified as Abdul-Hakim Qaisiyya, 20, from Al Thaheriyya village, near…
Israeli army officers may face legal proceedings in Britain
Israeli Army chief of Staff Dan Halutz and ten other military officers may face legal proceedings if they visit the United Kingdom for their involvement in the assassination of Salah…
Mini-drones to monitor Gaza
An Israeli military source reported that the Israeli air force is planning to monitor Gaza through an electronic airborne system using an unmanned plane, which will enable Israel gather intelligence…
Five arrested in Allar
Army invaded, on Monday night, Allar village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested five residents, local sources reported.   Troops invaded the village, broke into several…
Soldier rams a mother and her child in Hebron
An Israeli soldier rammed, on Tuesday at night, rammed with his car a mother and her 10-ten-year old daughter in the West Bank city of Hebron, causing bruises all over…
Rice: `“P.A and Israel should take advantage of the Israeli withdrawal`
The International Press Center reported that the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, phoned on Monday evening, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which the later briefed her on the…
28 detainees in Al Ramleh detention hospital
Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al Dweik, reported that the health conditions of Palestinian detainees placed in Al Ramleh detention facility hospital are sharply deteriorating, and that several…
So, Gaza was occupied
For 37 years Israel has consistently rejected the view of Palestinians and the rest of the world that the areas it militarily took in 1967 were occupied. When Israel was…
Sharon to tell UN: `“Our responsibility for Gaza is over`
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is heading on Tuesday to the New York to attend meetings with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and to declare…
Army takes over a house in Hebron
Israeli army took over, late on Monday at night, the house of Sameer Abu Aisha, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the west Bank city of Hebron,…
Extremist Jewish group threatens to target mosques in Israel
An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that extremist Jewish groups are planning to target mosques in Israel, as a revenge act against demolishing the synagogue in the evacuated…
Detainees in Al Damoun facing harsh conditions
Detainees in Al Damoun Israeli detention facility demanded local and international humanitarian organizations impose pressure on Israel in order to provide them with their basic rights guaranteed by the International…
50 detainees transferred to the Negev detention
Israeli authorities transferred over the last week 50 Palestinian detainees from Ofer detention facility, north of Ramallah, to the Negev detention camp. The detainees were placed in several branches in…
Palestinian Killed by Egyptian Border Police fire
A Palestinian young man was killed and three others were injured at the Rafah-Egypt border on Monday when the Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Palestinian…
Army installs checkpoint in Tulkarem
Army installed on Monday afternoon a military checkpoint on the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Three army jeeps blocked the eastern entrance of the city, stopped…
Army invades Al Thahrea village and install several checkpoints
Israeli Army invaded Al Thahrea village south if the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, and installed several checkpoints blocking the entrance of the town, local sources reproted. Troops…
Army install military checkpoint near Bethlehem
The Israeli army installed on Monday morning a military checkpoint in Al Kader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded the village and installed a mobile checkpoint…
Army bulldoze lands near Tulkarem
Israeli bulldozers, acompanied by Israeli army troops, began on Monday morning to bulldoze land near the village of Enab near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The land is adjacent…
Jordan: `“Gaza remains a big prison until crossings are opened`
Marwan Mu’asher, Jordan’s deputy prime minister, said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a big prison if Israel does not open all crossing points and bars the…
Soldiers invade village near Hebron, occupy homes
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, AL Thaheriyya village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them. A local source in the village…
Soldiers break into homes in Hebron
Israeli soldiers broke, on Sunday at night, into the home of Jamal Abdul Saleema, adjacent to Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the West Bank of Hebron. Soldiers searched the home causing…
Soldiers install roadblock, south of Tubas
Israeli soldiers installed on Monday monring, a sudden checkpoitn on Aqqaba-Tubas road, in teh West Bank. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, detained and interrogated several residents, yewitness…
Mofaz: `“No tolerance for Qassams`
Defense minister says Israel will not accept any terror from Gaza; IDF completes withdrawal from Strip Monday morning, Israeli flag raised on eastern side of Kissufim checkpoint. Army official hails…
Five injured in Rafah and Khan Younis
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that soldiers shot and wounded five residents in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source…
Qaraqe’: `“As long as the detainees are imprisoned, the occupation remains`
Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank said that there are 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip still imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities. “Israel refused…
Dahlan: `“Israel did not fulfill its obligations`
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Palestinian leadership understood that Israel does to intend to fulfill all of its obligations regarding a full withdrawal. “Israel is making…
Abbas: `“We have to construct the safe passage between Gaza and W.B`
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that the Palestinian Authority will conduct utmost efforts in order to build the safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in order to…
Israeli Army leaves Gaza Strip after 38 years of military rule
The Israeli army completed withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip and locked the gate on Kissufim checkpoint point between Israel and Gaza Strip on Monday morning marking the…
School Headmaster in Israel Involved in Assassination attempt
Mesheke Bin David, who is now the new headmaster of the Secondary School for Science and Arts in West Jerusalem, was involved in the failed assassination attempt of Khaled Mash’al…
Soldiers invade village near Nablus, impose curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Tal village near the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. A local source in…
Israeli Government to end military presence in Gaza, keep Gaza synagogues
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
Seven residents, including four brothers, arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, seven residents, including four brothers after invading the villages of Beit Kahil and Surif, North West of the West Bank city of Hebron.…
Soldiers invade village east of Qalqilia, arrest one resident
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Jensaffut village, east of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source I the village reported that soldiers broke into the home of Rami…
Sharon: `“In spite US objections, we will construct settlements in the West Bank`
As the Israeli government officially approved ending 38 years of “military rule†in the Gaza Strip, and complete the army withdrawal by Monday morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,…
Israeli Government to end military presence in Gaza, keep Gaza synagogues
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
Four arrested south of Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday morning, four resident at a military checkpoint in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported…
Senior Fateh leader arrested north of Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested in Saturday morning a senior Fateh leader in Aqaba village, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that more…
Resident seriously injured in Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday evening, a tank shell at residents near Abu Holy checkpoint, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…
Resident injured in Gaza
A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…
Army invades Qabatia, fire exchange reported
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…
Mousa Arafat’s son says foreign fingers in his father’s death
Shortly after his captives released him, Mahal Arafat, son of the recently assassinated ex-PA security chief, Mousa Arafat, said there are foreign fingers which tries to affect and impose things…
40 injured in Bil’in, 52 arrested
Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…
Army invades Qabatia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…
Resident injured in Gaza
A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…
40 demonstrators hurt in Bil’in anti-wall protest, 52 arrested
At least 40 demonstrators were hurt and 52 were arrested in a nonviolent protest against the separation wall in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah,…
40 injured in Bil’in, 52 arrested
Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…
Israel wants the PA to destroy Gaza settlements’ synagogues
As the completion of the unilateral disengagement nears, Israel stands short to demolish the synagogues located in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz…
This Week in Palestine, September Week 1
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.0 MB This week in Palestine, a service of the…
P.R.C accuses Dahlan of Planning the assassination of Mousa Arafat
Mohammad Dahlan, managed to frame the committees in the assassination of Mousa Arafat, and denied its involvement in the assassination through admitting that some members of the brigades are involved…
Two injured in Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers…
Resident arrested in Jenin
Israeli army source reported, on Friday morning, that troops arrested one resident from Jenin. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the arrested resindet is a P.A…
Army arrests one resident in Jenin
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn, one resident in the West Bank city of Jenin. The resident, wanted by the Israeli security, is a P.A security man.
Resident arrested in Bethlehem
 Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint,…
Resident arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint, while…
Al Aqsa Brigades: `“The Israeli withdrawal is a natural outcome of resistance`
Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Israeli withdrawal is a natural outcome of resistance, and rejected the attempts of “certain factions†to claim victory…
Remaining army facilities in Gaza, evacuated
The Israeli army completed the evacuation of the remaining military facilities in the Gaza Strip, on Friday morning, ahead of the military withdrawal from the Strip which is expected to…
Mofaz: `“It is better if the Palestinians level the Synagogues`
Israeli defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz repeated, on Friday, his opposition to the demolition of the synagogues in the Gaza Strip, saying that he prefers that the Palestinians should do so…
Youth killed, two injured in Rafah
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one youth, on Thursday, near Rafiah Yam evacuated settlement, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, two children were injured in Rafah earlier in…
Two children injured in Rafah
Israeli soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian children in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Rafah reported that soldiers based near Salah Ed-Deen…
Israel closed the Rafah Border crossing
Israel closed on Thursday the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt, in order to allow the deployment of Palestinian and Egyptian forces on the Philadilphi Route along the borders.…
Israel to return body of Hezbollah fighter
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it wants to return to Lebanon the body of Hezbollah fighter killed two months ago on the northern border. The International Red…
Army shells homes, west of Kahn Younis
Israeli soldiers shelled on Wednesday at night several homes in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…
‘Palestine & the Palestinians’; Unique Palestinian Guide Book issued
The Alternative Tourism Group Study Center (ATG) has issued the second edition of the Tourist Guide Book on Palestine. The book is called Palestine & the Palestinains’ and is published…
Dozens detained east of Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock, on Thursday morning, on Jayyous-Azzoun road, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, detained and interrogated the residents…
Two arrested in Azoun, near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Sier village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested two residents. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Wasfi…
Resident arrested near Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, a resident in Beit Kahil village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers invaded the village and arrested Rami Mohammad Asafra, 23, after…
Soldier urinates on a detainee
In a sworn statement, detainee Mahmoud Taleb Amro, 32, from Doura village, west of Hebron, testified that a soldier in Al Damoun detention urinated on him while he was is…
Resident arrested in Deheishe refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Thursday morning, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that twenty military jeeps and a troop carrier,…
Israel demands Hamas to disarm, change charter to run for PLC elections
Israeli officials demanded Hamas to disarm and to change its charter before participating in the Palestinian Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2006, Israeli sources reported. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…
Detainee sentenced to four life terms
Salem Israeli military court sentenced detainee Hisham Ahmad Ka’by, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus, to four life terms. Ka’by was arrested last year, and charged with membership of Abu…
The Winner is Loser and the Loser is Winner!!!
The Disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank won’t have any genuine impact on the Palestinian people, especially their economy. Control over land, sea and air will remain…
What demographic threat?
Though the evacuation of the Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip has stolen most of the attention of the Israeli media, another issue (and possible solutions to it) is much…
Abbas cancels his UN visit following Mousa Arafat’s assassination
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his visit to New York where he was scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly, following the assassination of his Mousa Arafat, Abbas’ military…
Gaza Kidnappers: Mousa Arafat’s son is not killed
The Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) who claimed responsibility for killing Mousa Arafat, senior aide to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, denied reports that they have killed his son, Manhal, who…
Jewish Rabbi: Hurricane Katrina is Punishment for the American support for Gaza pullout
God wanted to punish the U.S. President George W. Bush for his support for the unilateral disengagement plan, in which Israel evacuated 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four…
Shabak arrests Palestinian policeman suspected of killing 6 soldiers
Israeli security arrested on July 30, 2005 a Palestinian policeman suspected of killing six Israeli soldiers in Ein Arik, in 2002, Israeli source reported. The Israeli Secret Security Services, Shabak,…
Israeli cabinet set to approve early army withdrawal from Gaza
An Israeli source reported on Wednesday afternoon, that the government is set to approve on Sunday, the military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next week, three days ahead of the…
Parts of northern West Bank settlements to be handed to the P.A
A senior Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that the army is to transfer most of the areas it evacuated in the northern West Bank to the Palestinian Authority. The…
Resident arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers installed flying checkpoint on the main road in Tiqua village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late Tuesday night and arrested one resident. Resident Haitham Katabha…
Army seals Huwwara checkpoint
Army sealed off, on Wednesday morning, Huwwara checkpoint in the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested one resident there, and took him to unknown destination, no reasons…
Resident arrested on Arraba-Jenin roadblock
Israeli soldiers stationed at Arrab-Jenin checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Jenin, arrested on Wednesday morning, resident Wael Asrawi from Allar village. Wael was attempting to cross through the…
Curfew imposed over Kafer Qaddoum village
Soldiers invaded Kafer Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. Troops broke into dozens of homes in the village and searched them.…
Troops invade Al Nazla Al Sharqiyya village, arrests one
A local source in Al Nazla Al Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, reported that soldiers invaded it on Wednesday at dawn, and arrested one resident.…
Army invades Allar village, south of Tulkarem
Troops invaded on Wednesday at dawn, Allar village south of the West Bank city.  Soldiers conducted house-to-house searches and arrested Mo’taz Majanbh, 23 years old, and took him to…
Army invades Al Shiokh village
Israeli soldiers Army invaded Al Shiokh village north of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the village and broke into dozens of homes there, allegedly searching…
Army seals the southern entrance of Beit Sahour
israeli army sealed of the southern entrance of Beit Sahour town near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps sealed the entrance of the…
Israeli injured in shooting near Gaza-Border
An Israeli source reported that an Israeli man was lightly injured by shrapnel when shots were fired at an Israeli army patrol, along the Philadilphi Route, in the southern Gaza…
Army killed unarmed teens, not fighters, Haaretz and B’Tselem probe finds
Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, and the Israeli online daily Haaretz, conducted a probe into the killing of five Palestinians by the Israeli army…
Soldiers force residents to undress at military roadblock near Jenin
Israeli soldiers forced several residents, on Tuesday evening, to undress after stopping them at a military checkpoint installed near Doutan military camp, east of Arraba village, near the West Bank…