Troops invade Nablus, arrest five
Israeli soldiers invaded the west bank city of Nablus and the neighboring village of Kafer Qaleel, late Friday night. Troops arrested Fadi Al Shbeer and Salah al-Qouka and Mohannad abu…
Army arrests one resident in Taiaseer checkpoint
Israeli army arrested on Saturday morning Masoud Abu al-Wafa, from al –Zawiya village near the west bank city of Jenin, at Taiaseer checkpoint east of the West Bank city of…
P.A police starts deploying close to the settlements
A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday afternoon that the P.A police and security started deploying in areas close to the settlements slated for evacuation under the Disengagement Plan. The…
Eight residents arrested near Hebron
Israeli soldiers on Saturday morning arrested eight residents of al-Shiokh village, east the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and…
Youth arrested in Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers on Saturday arrested a youth in al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in al-Mawassi reported that soldiers…
Detainees suffering bad conditions in Be’er Shiva and Gilboa’
Lawyers for the Palestinian Prisoners Society recently visited several detainees in Israeli detention facilities at Gilboa’ and Be’er Shiva. According to the lawyers, Fawwaz Shalloudi and Raed Mahameed, detainees in Be’er…
Qawawis: Settlers threaten an age-old way of life
Life in the tiny Palestinian hamlet of Qawawis seems straight out of the Old Testament, but that doesn’t stop the Jewish settlers in the hilltop outposts that surround the place…
Egyptian forces to be deployed at Gaza borders next week
Egyptian forces will be deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip starting next week as Israel starts implementing its withdrawal from the area, the Agence France-Presse reported on Friday..…
Eight injured in Bil’in, 35 arrested including Israeli female-soldier
Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, and arrested 25 Israeli activists and nine internationals. Eight protestors were injured, including one…
US warns Americans of withdrawal related violence
The United States State Department on Friday issued a security alert to Americans visiting Israel, warning them of violent protests by settlers and other pullout foes over the coming weeks. The…
Abbas: West Bank, Jerusalem will be next
A massive rally organized by the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip on Friday gathered tens of thousands of Palestinians, including many fishermen from Gaza City’s fishing harbor. The rally,…
Seven Islamic Jihad members arrested near Jenin
Israeli soldiers supported by armored vehicles and jeeps invaded Arraba village near Jenin at dawn on Friday at dawn and arrested seven members of the Islamic Jihad movement, a senior…
Eight injured east of Qalqilia
A local source in Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, reported that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and rounds of live ammunition at hundreds of residents who protested in their orchards…
Youth seriously injured in Azzoun
Severe clashes erupted in Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, after the residents held their Friday prayers in lands east of the village that Israeli is trying to annex. One youth…
Islamic Jihad political detainees in Jericho demand to be released
The Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine called on the Palestinian Authority, especially the Legislative Council, in order to close the political detainees file, and release them from Jericho detention facility.…
25 armed settlers march through Palestinian villages
In a move that seen as provocative, some 25 armed settlers marched Friday through Palestinian villages in the West Bank in an attempt to reach the settlements of Sa-Nur and…
This Week in Palestine, August Week 2
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 8.2 MB This week in Palestine –Service of the International Middle…
Hamas operatives say will not disarm after pullout
Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Friday that its operatives will not disarm after the pullout from the Gaza Strip, intended to start…
Hamas operatives say will not disarm after pullout
Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Friday that its operatives will not disarm after the pullout from the Gaza Strip, intended to start…
Detainee suffering a deteriorating health condition
The mother of detainee Yousef Qandeel, from Jenin refugee camp, said that he is suffering of a deteriorating health condition as a result of medical neglect and bad living condition…
PCHR Report: `“2 killed, 9 injured, 45 arrested last week`
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza released its weekly report documenting the Israeli violations and attacks in the Palestinian territories in the period between August 4 and August…
Border Crossings to remain opened during pullout
Nathmi Mhanna, head of the Border Crossing Department at the Palestinian Authority, said on Friday that the Rafah Border Crossing, which links the Gaza Strip with Egypt, will remain opened…
Settlers’ leaders pleased with Tel Aviv’s rally turnout
Expressing satisfaction with the huge number of right-wingers who gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest the disengagement plan on Thursday evening, leaders of the Yesha Council, the…
Dozens of cars vandalized in Be’er Shiva
The Israeli Police reported on Friday morning that dozens of cars which belongs to Arab residents of the Negev area were attacked and damaged at the Soroka hospital parking lot,…
Ten arrested south of Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday morning, the villages of Arraba and al-Rama, south of Jenin and arrested ten residents. A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers invaded the…
Roadblock installed near Tubas
Israeli soldiers stopped more than fifty vehicles at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers installed a roadblock…
Democracies don’t act this way
Israel incessantly claims that she is the only true democracy in the Middle East. The Jewish state often uses this claim, which is half-true at best, to blur her systematic…
Detainees tortured, suffering from bad health conditions
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Sana’ Harbawi, reported that she visited several detainees in Asqalan detention center on Wednesday, who informed her of the bad living conditions and treatment…
Lapid does not exclude forming an alliance with Sharon, Peres
As speculations about a political ‘big bang’ in Israel intensify, Yousef Lapid, chairman of the Israeli Shinui party and former Minister of Justice, said on Thursday that he does not…
Resident arrested near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday evening, a resident from Artas village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that Ziad Ali Ismail, 18,…
Al-Hindi: “Our Battle Doesn’t End in One Round”
Dr. Mohammad al-Hindy, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that the real battle with the occupation ends after Israel withdraws from all of the…
Israeli Soldier to be jaild for 8 years for killing British Activist
An Israeli military court sentenced an Israeli Army soldier to eight years in jail after being found guilty of manslaughter for killing the British peace activist Tom Hurndall, Israeli sources reported on…
Israelis use wife’s arrest to pressure detainee
Israeli soldiers arrested Haya Mohammad Hoshiyya, 25, in an attempt to put psychological pressure on her detained husband, the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Thursday. Ayed…
Settlers: More than 100,000 to protest in Tel Aviv
Settlers’ leaders are planning a massive protest rally in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, in their last bid to disrupt the pullout slated to start August 15. The Yesha Council…
Resident arrested near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrest, on Thursday morning, a resident at a military checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. A source at Azzoun village council, near Qalqilia, reported that…
Thousands of pullout protestors continue to infiltrate into Gaza
Israeli police and army admitted on Wednesday that they failed to bar thousands of right-wing pullout protestors from entering the Gaza Strip; the number of pullout opponents who managed to…
Soldiers attack a resident near Qalqilia
A medical source in Qalqilia reported, on Thursday morning, that one resident was hospitalized after soldiers attacked, severely punched and clubbed him while trying to cross Beit Eeba checkpoint. The…
Resident arrested east of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday at dawn, a resident of Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem in the West Bank. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers,…
Resident arrested in al-Mawassi
Israeli soldiers arrested overnight a resident of al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers arrested Ashraf…
Troops invade Nablus
Israeli soldiers surrounded and invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday at dawn. A local source in the city reported that soldiers searched homes and occupied rooftops,…
Soldiers invade al-Khader
Israeli soldiers invaded al-Khader, a  town south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. A local source in al-Khader reported that soldiers invaded the al-Baloa’ neighborhood,…
Joint Palestinian- Israeli operation room ahead of pullout
In bid to coordinate security activities prior to and during the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four minor northern West Bank settlements, a joint Palestinian-Israeli operations room…
Explosive detonates in Gaza, two injured
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported on Wednesday evening that two residents were injured when an explosive went off near them in Gaza. A Palestinian security source said that Khaled…
Katsav asks settlers for forgiveness
Israeli President Moshe Katsav apologized on behalf of the State of Israel to the settlers for asking them to leave the settlements. He made the comments in a special address broadcast live…
First Israeli paratrooper rejects pullout orders
An Israeli paratrooper refused on Wednesday to carry out an order related to the disengagement plan, an Israeli military source reported. The soldier is the first paratrooper to refuse to…
Thousands of settlers protest at the Western Wall
An erstimated 40,000 to 50.000 pullout opponents conducted an anti-disengagement protest at the “Western Wall plaza†in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, according to Israeli sources. Additional protestors had planned to join the…
Israeli human rights organizations warn of possible wave of settler attacks
Israeli human rights organizations called on the Israeli government to take the steps necessary to protect the Palestinians in case of an escalation in violence by settlers during and after…
Army invades three Villages to south of Jenin city
 Palestinian security source reported that army invaded the village of Fahma to the south of Jenin on Wednesday at down and conducted House-to-house searches, no arrests were reported. Also…
Several residents injured in Bil’in
200 protesters from the village of Bel’in, West of Ramallah, international and Israeli peace activists protested on Wednesday ear the construction site of the Separation wall in the village. Troops…
Army invades a village near Jenin, raids a farm
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafr Ra’ai south of the West Bank city of Jenin, with more than ten military vehicles. Troops blocked all entrances to the village and…
Army invades Nablus
A Palestinian security source reported that five army jeeps invaded on Wednesday morning the West Bank city of Nablus. Army jeeps toured the city shooting heavily in the air according…
Army invades Nour Shams refugee camp, arrests four
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, conducted military searches and arrested four residents. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers,…
Nine injured near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked on Wednesday dozens of residents of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, north west of Ramallah, and fired rounds of live ammunition; nine residents were injured. A local source…
Arab diplomat: Gaza Pullout is not the end of Occupation
The Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four West Bank settlements is not an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land; an Arab senior diplomat was…
Poll: Netanyahu gets 47%, Sharon 32%, in Likud leader race
Former Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu would win over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by a margin of 47 to 32 percent if primary elections for the Likud party leadership…
Soldiers delay ambulance near Qalqilia, patient dies
Israeli soldiers based at the Separation Wall Gate in Kafer Qaddoum village, near Qalqilia, delayed an ambulance transferring and old man to hospital after sustaining a heart attack, the man…
Israel tightens closure on Gaza
The Israeli army is tightening the closure it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in preparation for implementation of the withdrawal of settlers from the area, a Palestinian security source reported…
Army invades Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday at dawn, and fired rounds of live ammunition. A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers, supported by five…
Israeli cabinet approves disputed 2006 State Budget
The Israeli government approved the 2006 State Budget by a 12-8 vote in the early hours of Wednesday, Israeli sources reported. The budget was prepared by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
Israel, P.A agree on plan to level evacuated settlements
Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed on Tuesday on details of a plan to destroy the homes in Gaza Strip settlements slated for evacuation under the Israeli pullout plan. Under…
Two settlers hurt in shooting attack near Hebron
Two settlers were lightly wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli police believe the attack was criminally motivated.  An Israeli military…
Resident arrested in Azzoun
A local source in Azzoun, east of Qalqilia, reported on Tuesday at night, that Israeli soldiers invaded the village and arrested Tahseen Ishaq Zeidan, 24 years old. The source stated…
Two brothers arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two brothers. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, troop…
Bil’in, a test field for new Israeli weapons
Israeli and international leftist peace activists accused the Israeli army of using demonstrations against the Separation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in as a “test field†for its…
Army attacks home of a detainee in al-Ezariyya
Israeli soldiers, and special army units, attacked the home of detainee Yacoub abu Romiyya, in al-Ezariyya town, south of Jerusalem. A local source in al-Ezariyya reported that soldiers searched the…
Army closes Kadim and Ghanim settlements
The Israeli on Tuesday sealed off the northern West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ghanim after announcing them closed military zones, more than two weeks before they are scheduled for evacuation…
Settlers place landmines around Moragh settlement
Several Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip reported seeing settlers from Moragh settlement placing dozens of landmines around Moragh settlement, in the southern part of the Strip, in an attempt…
The Murder of Muhammad ‘Niinu’ Al-‘Assi
This is a rare eyewitness account of one of the hundreds of illegal ‘targeted murders’ by Israel of young Palestinian men, members of the legal Resistance. As such, its importance…
Residents bury Tamer Zindeq from Tulkarem
The residents of Tulkarem in the West Bank burried, on Tuesday,Tamer Zindeq (15) in the afternoon. Tamer Zindeq was killed Monday during an invasion by the Israeli Army of Tulkarem and…
Abbas: Palestinian presidential elections in four years
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested that new elections for president and vice president be held in four years. Abbas’ suggestion came during his speech before a special session for the Palestinian Legislative…
Israeli committee cancels 45,000 application forms to Labor Party due to fraud
An Israeli investigating committee on Tuesday declared 45,000 applications to join the Labor Party invalid on the grounds of fraud. In a press conference at Labor’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, the…
Israeli cabinet is set to Okay 2006 budget
The Israeli cabinet, meeting Tuesday, is set to okay the disputed 2006 state budget, Israeli media sources reported. The ratification of the budget comes two days after the Benjamin Netanyahu…
Soldiers invade Tulkarem, its refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes; army claims searching for wanted resistance fighters. A local source in Tulkarem…
Several Jerusalemite residents barred from entering al-Aqsa mosque
The Israeli police barred recently several Arab residents of Jerusalem from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli police handed the residents official orders…
Resident arrested near Hebron, home occupied
Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian resident in Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it, and occupied one home using it as monitoring towers…
Israeli right-wing demonstrators try to invade al Aqsa mosque
A group of Israeli right-wing demonstrators tried on Tuesday morning to invade the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli police. The protestors and the police…
New law may encourage increase in Israeli attacks against Palestinians
The new Israeli law that prohibits Palestinians who were injured or had their property damaged by Israeli army troops from suing the government encourages Israeli soldiers to commit more crimes against…
40 collaborator families allowed in Israel
Israel’s security cabinet on Monday decided to allow 40 collaborator families now living in the Gaza Strip to move into Israel. The collaborator families currently live in the al-Daheena area, in the southern…
Israel to pull out from Philadelphi route by the end of 2005
The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…
Three arrested east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three residents near Tiaseer village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. According to eyewitness reports, soldiers arrested the three residents who were…
Court sentences a boy from Qalqilia
The Israeli court at Salem, near the West bank city of Qalqilia, sentenced Nedal Bastakgee, 16, of Qalqilia to two years in jail. The court said the boy is part…
Army arrests three brothers in Balata refugee camp
 The Israeli Army arrested three brothers from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Tuesday. After invaded the camp and conducting extensive searches, the…
Red Cross suspends field work in Gaza
The International Red Cross suspended its field work in the Gaza Strip Tuesday after three UN workers – two foreigners and a Palestinian - were abducted in Gaza, the organization’s spokesman,…
Israeli sergeant sentenced to 3 week in detention
An Israeli military source reported that an Israel sergeant was sentenced by a military tribunal to three weeks in detention. The source stated that the sergeant refused to carry “al…
Gaza will remain occupied after pullout
Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the international world and the United Nations to keep recognizing the Gaza Strip as an occupied territory after the Israeli withdrawal. “Gaza will continue to be…
Youth killed near Tulkarem
The WAFA news agency reported on Monday at night that one youth was killed, several residents were injured in Nour Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem…
Settlers desecrate mosque in Lod
The Arabs48 news website reported on Monday that extremist settlers attacked a mosque in the coastal Lod town, placed porn pictures in the mosque and wrote graffiti calling for expelling…
A Massacre Foretold
It was all expected: both the massacre and the questions it raised. But behind the easy questions that practically posed themselves, much more difficult and unasked questions are hidden. The…
Army invades Al Mawasi in Khan Younis, one arrested
The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon arrested one resident from the Al Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, An eyewitness reported that the army invaded the area,…
Army shells Khan Younis refugee camp
 The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon shelled homes in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Eyewitness reported that the troops positioned in the army posts around the…
Philadelphi deal to be finalized between Israel and Egypt within 3 weeks
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…
P.A police free UN workers abducted in Gaza
The Palestinian police freed two UN workers who were abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza, a Palestinian security source reported. The two workers, who were no identified, were taken to…
Resistance fires at army posts in Gaza
An Israeli military source reported on Monday that the Palestinian resistance fired at several army posts in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. No injuries were reported.
Resistance fires at soldiers near Qalqilia
Monday at dawn, a Palestinian resistance group fired at military jeeps in Azzoun village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed responsibility…
Mousa: No new Arab Initiative for Middle East Peace
Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa said that there are no new Arab initiatives for peace in the Middle East other than the one presented in Beirut, Palestine…
Two arrested in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, conducted military searches of homes and arrested four residents, two residents were released later on. A local source…
Resistance fires at settlers in Azzoun
Resistance fighters fired at settlers’ cars late Sunday night at Azun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. No injuries were reported. The Al Aqsa brigades clamed responsibility…
Resistance attacks settlements in Gaza
Palestinian resistance fighters fired a mortar shell toward the Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning. No damage was reported. Also in the Gaza, resistance fighters…
Mousa: `“Peace with Israel should be consistent with the Arab Peace Initiative`
Amr Mousa, Secretary General of the Arab League, said on Monday that the peace initiative that was approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 and officially confirmed…
P.A and Israeli ministers held security talks Sunday night
The Palestinian Ministry of the Interior and National Security reported on Monday that General Jamal abu Zayed, deputy minister of the interior, and Israeli Defense Ministry Deputy Director General Moshe…