UK asks Israel for compensation over shootings
The United Kingdom’s attorney general has asked Israel to pay compensation to families of two Britons who were shot dead in 2003 by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, a…
PM Haniyeh: Peace will prevail if Israel retreats to pre-1967 borders
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Israel’s retreat to 1967 lines will bring peace to the region. "If Israel withdraws to the…
American organization pouring funds into Palestinian health system, bypassing Ministry of Health
The Palestine News Network has learned from informed sources that the Americans are contributing major funds through the health system in spite of the siege imposed by the US administration…
Army invades Al Karmel village south of Hebron
Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Karmel south of the West Bank city of Hebron allegedly looking for "wanted" Palestinians, Tuesday morning. Soldiers entered the village and conducted a…
Army arrest two residents from two Bethlehem towns
The Israeli army invaded two towns near Bethlehem in the West Bank and nabbed two residents in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Troops entered Al-Doha town to the west of…
Four residents arrested from Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested four residents from Deheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in a pre–dawn invasion on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as; Mohamed Al…
Army invades Rammallah, arrests two
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah, north of Jerusalem, and arrested two residents after destroying shops and a home, Tuesday at dawn. Soldiers surrounded the house of…
Army invades Nablus, arrests 16 residents
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp and arrested 15 students from Al Najah Univercity in the city. One Palestinian policeman was also…
Two jailed Hamas, Jihad leaders appeal end of internal violence
{mosimage}Two leaders of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities stressed on the importance of successful internal talks in order to end the inflaming conflict in Gaza,…
Aqsa Brigades member arrested in Bethlehem
Thursday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested a resident, said to be a member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh…
Israel-US relations expected to strengthen in facing Tehran, Hizbollah and Hamas
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli Prime Minster, Ehud Olmert, is set to meet with the U.S Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to prepare for his first meeting…
EU weighs a plan to transfer funds Palestinian Ministries to avoid collapse of essential services
The European Union Commission is currently formulating a plan to transfer dozens of millions of US Dollars to ministries withing the Palestinian government in order to enable them pay the…
A cruel cat and mouse game
The Israelis call it a war, but it is really a contemptible and cruel cat and mouse game, with the mouse firmly held under the cat’s paw or locked up…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 22,2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.2 MB PALESTINE TODAY, A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA…
Israeli High Court approves Wall route near Qalqilia
Israeli High Court of Justice approved on Monday the route of the annexation Wall near Qalqilia, north of the West Bank. The decision involves isolating thousands of Dunams of Palestinian…
Homemade shell hits a Palestinian house in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian security sources reported on Monday that one homemade shell fired by Palestinian fighters at an area in southern Israel hit a Palestinian house in Beit Hanoun, in the northern…
Jordanian killed in Gaza clashes, several residents injured
{mosimage}A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Monday that one Jordanian was killed, and two other residents were injured after the newly formed Hamas-led security force exchanged fire with…
Fateh member killed in renewed clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen
Monday, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that one Fateh gunman was killed, and one was injured, after midnight during renewed clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in Abasan town,…
Nine year old child injured by army fire in Tubas
A 9-year-old child was injured by an Israeli bullet after the army entered the west Bank city of Tobas, Monday morning. An IMEMC reporter in the area said that troops…
Army invades Batah village and arrests one resident
Mohammad Qabaha, 23, from the village of Bartah, south west of the West Bank city of Jenin, was arrested by the Israeli army on Monday. Troops entered the village and…
Army injures a child form Al Zababda village near Jenin
The Israeli army injured an eleven yea- old child during an invasion to Al Zababda village near the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning. Children using empty glass bottles…
Israeli forces open fire on young Palestinians near University, shoot 16 year old in neck
Israeli forces opened fire on several young people in the northern West Bank city of Tubas yesterday. The city and district are just to the southeast of Jenin, and home…
One resident arrested from Biet Amreen village near Nablus
Montasser Hasson, 25, was arrested from the village of Beit Amreen north of the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday morning. Troops entered the village and stormed residents’ homes before…
Army puts Jenin under siege, invades Sarbes village and arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded the village of Sarbes in the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested one resident there while the whole city was under siege. The arrestee was identified…
Army stops residents from travelling through Al-Bathan checkpoint
The Israeli army troops stationed at Al Batahan checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Nablus, stopped residents from going in and out of the city. This checkpoint is used on…
One killed and one injured by unknown gunman in Khan-Younis
Mohamed Abu Tamia, known to be a Fatah activist, was killed in Khan-Younis, a town in the Gaza strip, after being shot by unknown gunmen, Monday at dawn. According to medical…
Army invades Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Monday at dawn, shooting live rounds and sound bombs at the residents’ homes. The soldiers were provoking the stone throwing…
Israeli forces arrest six Palestinians in and around Hebron
A large group of Israeli troops istormed the West Bank city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, and the nearby villages of Beit Ummar and Ethna on Sunday morning, arresting…
Israeli forces arrest four Palestinians from Tamoun village at flash checkpoint
After setting up a temporary barrier at the Tamoun crossroads near the entrance to the town of Tamoun, south of Jenin, on Sunday evening, Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian citizens…
Abbas is powerless, can’t represent the Palestinians, says Olmert
Israeli Prime Minster, Ehud Olmert, said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is a powerless leader and that he cannot represent the Palestinians in peace talks with Israel. Olmert’s statements…
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Nablus market, close Beita-Ousrin road
Israeli Forces fired tear-gas bombs to disperse Nablus residents from a market that supplies the needs of more than 40 villages and towns in the south and east of Nablus.…
Israeli Navy fires at Palestinian fishing boats
The Israeli Navy attacked several Palestinian fishing boats on Gaza beach Saturday evening. Israeli sources said that the Navy has shot at many Palestinian fishing boats in the Sea near…
Israel resumes talks with Palestinian President; attempting to ‘bypass Hamas’
The Palestinian president and Israel’s foreign minister have met the highest-level talks between the two sides since the Islamist group Hamas formed the Palestinian government in March. Israeli foreign minister…
Israel resumes talks with Palestinian President; attempting to ‘bypass Hamas’
The Palestinian president and Israel’s foreign minister have met the highest-level talks between the two sides since the Islamist group Hamas formed the Palestinian government in March. Israeli foreign minister…
Ahmed Sa’adat, kidnapped by Israel in March, indicted on 19 charges in Israeli court Sunday
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader Ahmed Sa’adat, seized during an Israel Defense Forces raid on a Palestinian jail last March, was indicted in a military court…
Peretz approves settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, has approved on Sunday the expansion of four West Bank settlements, the first such approvals since he came to office. Peretz considers the expansion…
Palestinian Authority investigating Saturday’s attempted bombing of PA Intelligence Chief
Spokesman of the Palestinian government, Dr. Ghazi Hamad has said that an investigation was underway into Saturday’s attempt to kill the chief of the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence service in…
Settlers attack schoolchildren
Dozens of Palestinian school children from Um Touba village, in the West Bank, were attacked on Sunday morning by an extremist settlers group living in the Ma’oun illegal settlement outpost.…
Child seriously injured by Israeli artillery fire in Beit Hanoun
A Palestinian child, Naji Akram Masri, (17) has been seriously injured by splinters from Israeli artillery rockets, which hit him in the stomach. Dr. Moawiyeh Hasanain, Director-General of Emergency and…
Fears of fighting between Hamas and Fateh moving from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank
Palestinian security sources from the Fatah party claim that the armed resistance wing of Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, purchased large quantities of light weapons in the West Bank recently. The…
70 kg of explosives found along route of Director of Internal Security in Gaza City
A security source in the Palestinian Preventive Security reported on Sunday that an explosive was discovered today on the main road along the route of Director General of Internal Security,…
Israeli forces invade Hebron, arrest 6 Palestinians, including 4 youth from one family
Israeli forces took six Palestinians to unknown locations from Hebron this morning. The raid began early Sunday in the southern West Bank. Four of those arrested are brothers. The incursion…
Troops kill a Palestinian woman in Nablus, arrest nine residents
A Palestinian medical source in Rafidia Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus reported on Sunday that one woman from the Balata refugee camp, in the city, was shot…
Four killed, including child, mother, grandmother, in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli ‘targeted assassination’ on Saturday, and four more seriously injured. Three of those killed were a child, his mother, and his grandmother, travelling in…
Army jeep hits annexation Wall, four soldiers injured
Saturday afternoon, four Israeli soldiers were injured after their military jeep crushed into the annexation Wall near Masha village, in the West Bank. Troops were patrolling along the route of…
Army source: `“Palestinian arrested with small pipe bomb`
Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stationed near the annexation Wall adjacent to Jenin city, north of the West Bank, arrested a Palestinian man allegedly carrying a small pipe bomb. According to…
King Abdullah of Jordan warns Israel against unilateral steps
King Abdullah II of Jordan wrote to the U.S President, George W. Bush urging him to "explore all opportunities to achieve the president’s vision for a two-state solution”, and to…
Abbas denounces Gaza blast; regard it as a grave threat to the P.A
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the explosion that targeted the Palestinian intelligence headquarters in Gaza City, and seriously injured Palestinian Intelligence Chief Tareq Abu Rajab, who was wounded…
Director of Palestinian Intelligence hospitalized after explosives rocked his Gaza headquarters
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that the director of the Palestinian Intelligence Services, Tariq Abu Rajab, was seriously injured in an explosion late Saturday morning in the Gaza City…
Israeli and Palestinian peace activists organize a voluntary day work in Hebron
Peace activists of Taayush organization (Arab – Jewish Partnership) and the Israeli Peace Now Movement, along with Palestinian farmers from the West Bank city of Hebron, organized on Saturday voluntary …
World Council of Churches calls for balanced UN human rights body
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee said on Friday that the new United Nations Human Rights Council needs to avoid "policies and practices of double standards, en-bloc voting…
Palestinian FM to visit Indonesia, Asia
Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour that will include some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported. Disra Bierka,…
Palestinian FM to visit Indonesia, Asia
Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour on some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported. Disra Bierka,…
Palestinian FM to visit Indonesia, Asia
Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar will visit Indonesia next week as part of a tour on some Middle Eastern and Asian Islamic countries, Palestinian sources reported. Disra Bierka,…
Blast in Gaza kills one and wounds PA Intelligence Chief
One Palestinian was killed in an explosion which rocked the building of the Palestinian General Intelligence in Gaza city on Saturday morning, Palestinian sources reported. In addition, head…
Army arrests four and injures one in the West Bank city of Nablus
The Israeli army arrested four residents and injured an elderly man in the West Bank city of Nablus during a pre-dawn invasion to the city, Saturday. The injured was identified as…
King of Jordan: Security Deterioration in Palestine affects his country
King Abdullah II of Jordan said that deterioration in security in the occupied Palestinian areas could spill over Jordan and appealed to U.S. president to help restart the peace process,…
Special audio report on May 19 Bil’in protest
Click here to download MP3 (7.2 MB, 7:45)Israeli military forces violently attacked a peaceful anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in on Friday May 19th, injuring 24, including a…
Israeli Security: `“Soldiers arrest a Palestinian woman carrying `“Hizbullah memory card`
Israeli Security officers manning Allenby Bridge, between Jordan and the West Bank, apprehended a Palestinian woman carrying a computer ‘flash drive’ containing Hizbullah information on how to assemble weapons, Israeli…
Israeli troops violently attack Bil’in’ peaceful protest; 24 injured, 15 detained, and 2 arrested
Friday, following noon prayers in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, residents in addition to Israeli and international peace activists conducted their weakly peaceful protest against Israel’s annexation…
Abdul-Fattah Abu-Thahab – Hunger Striker in Jenin
The IMEMC conducted an exclusive interview with one of the five prominent Palestinian activists and academics currently on hunger strike in Jenin. The hunger strike began on May 1, 2006.Q.…
This Week in Palestine – May Week 03
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What you see is not what Palestinians get
Everyday Israel proves that it never withdrew from the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that it has no troops or settlers there. Everyday Israel proves that the most…
The Only Way Out for Palestine: National Unity
The Palestinians are facing one of the most vicious assaults in their history against their right to self-determination, their economic livelihood and their very future as an independent people. Israel,…
This Palestinian Crisis Can End
The humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian lands has reached unimaginable proportions, with the economy strangled by closure, salaries unpaid, and a medical emergency situation killing both the chronically ill…
Israeli study shows Palestinian kids suffer more than Israeli kids from Terror-related trauma
72.8% of Palestinian children exposed to trauma report Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms, while only 25% of Israeli child victims of terrorism experience such symptoms, according to a new study from Ben-Gurion…
International observers at the Rafah Crossing confiscate $800,000 from Hamas official
Officials at the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt reported that European observers at the crossing, have confiscated more than $800,000 from Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman as he was…
Isolation hits Palestinian life hard
The international attempt to force the new Palestinian government to renounce violence and recognise Israel is having a profound impact on daily life in the territories. Most people in Gaza…
British Professor Boycotts Israeli Journal
A British professor has refused a request to write an article for an academic journal funded by Israeli universities, as part of his academic boycott against Israel, Israeli daily Haaretz…
Elderly Nablus Man Dies in Nablus When Israeli Forces Deny Him Medical Treatment
Meshref Al Mubaslat, 73, died of a heart attack as Israeli forces bulldozed the area in front of his house in Nablus. He was not able to open his front…
Troops shell several areas in the Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks stationed at the borders with the Gaza Strip shelled on Friday at dawn areas east of Gaza city, Beit Lahia and Beit Hannon, south of the Gaza strip.…
Army arrests five residents from Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday at dawn and arrested five residents. Among the arrestees were Um Rami Okop, Samier and Samer Al Sarbess,…
Gunmen clash with Palestinian Police in Gaza, four wounded
Four Palestinians including two policemen were wounded Thursday night in clashes which erupted between unknown gunmen and Palestinian police in Gaza city, Palestinian medical sources reported. The clashes…
Army invades Deir Al Ghesson village
The Israeli army invaded Deir Al Ghesson village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and handed out military orders to three youth in the village. The youth were…
Israeli Army invades Bethlehem-area village and arrests one
Saber Salah, 28, was arrested when troops invaded the village of Al Khader in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday at dawn. Troops entered the village, surrounded Salah’s home,…
Four Gaza residents injured
Four residents were injured in the city of Gaza when fired at by unknown gunmen, early Friday morning, medical sources reported. D.Mo’awia Hassanin, the head of emergency and ambulance service…
Red Cross/Red Crescent Call for International Support to curb Palestinian Humanitarian Crisis
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a ‘Call for Support’ which will provide resources towards an appeal launched by the Palestine Red Crescent for $9.3…
Two settlers injured in shooting attack near Nablus
An Israeli military source reported on Thursday at night that two Israeli settlers, one man and a woman, were mildly injured after being fired at neat Tapuah junction, close to…
Resistance fires six homemade shells at the Western Negev
An Israeli military source reported on Thursday at night that Palestinian fighters fired six homemade shells at Israeli targets in the Western Negev area. The sources added that one of…
Israeli troops invade a Bethlehem refugee camp, two youth injured
Thursday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with dozens of residents there. two youth were mildly injured, local sources…
Audio Report:TODAY IN PALESTINE FOR MAY 18,2006
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.8 MB TODAYIN PALESTINE A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA…
Audio Report from the West Bank – Bil’in
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 18.2 MB This is a report on the history and current…
Medical group paints grim picture of West Bank, Gaza
The head of the Palestinian Medical Association warned on Wednesday that the health system in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would probably collapse as a result of international sanctions.…
P.A Police march in Gaza in show of loyalty to Fateh
Hundreds of Palestinian police officers loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, have marched in the Gaza Strip in a show of strength against the newly formed Hamas security forces,…
Army surrounds a house in Qabatia injuring one but the military operation is still on going
The Israeli army invaded the village of Qabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and sounded one house, on Thursday afternoon. Soldiers have surrounded the house of Ratep…
Erekat: `“Abbas and Livni will meet Sunday in Egypt`
Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the negotiations file at the Palestinian Liberation Organization said on Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, on…
Israeli Supreme Court Judge says court will overturn Citizenship Law
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday that Supreme Court President, Justice Aharon Barak, wrote a private letter this week to an American friend stating that even though his opinion…
Jubara Villagers Challenge Occupation Order to Demolish their School
On Wednesday, Israeli Occupation forces delivered a military order to the Jubara village council to halt construction of a primary school, according to local sources. The school is being built…
Army arrests four residents from Hebron
Thursday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the villages of Beit Ola, Beit Ummar and Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents.…
Israeli army claim that parts of missile smuggled into Gaza
Israeli army intelligence reported that the Palestinian resistance managed to smuggle parts of a Russian missiles into Gaza and attempted to assemble it there. The report said that the missiles…
Army arrests 10 residents from Abood village near Ramallah
Thursday, Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents in a morning invasionof the village of Abood north of the West Bank city of Rammallah. Elias Azar, the mayor of the village said…
Army closes Taiaseer checkpoint, near Tubas
Thursday morning, the Israeli army closed Taiseer checkpoint and the surrounding area east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Soldiers informed the shepherds that if they approach the area…
The P.G Board of Petroleum in Jenin: the city is facing cooking fuel crisis
The Palestinian General Board of Petroleum in the West bank city of Jenin announced on Thursday that the city is facing a cooking fuel crisis. According to Hussam Al Arqawi,…
Palestinian armed men open fire, force PA official to halt meeting
A group of Palestinian armed men opened fire on Thursday morning at Governorate building in Tulkarem city in the northern West Bank, where deputy Prime Minister Nasser Eddin El-Sha’er was…
Herds of wild pigs dumped by Israeli military attacking farmers homes and crops in Salfit
Herds of wild pigs attacked farmers’ homes and lands in the West Bank city of Salfit late Wednesday night. According to local farmers, the pigs were released by the Israeli…
Army invades Qabatia village
Thursday morning, Israeli troops invaded Qabatia town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and searched several houses. Although no arrests were made, the reisdents expressed concerns that this…
After dawn invasion, Israeli army imposes curfew on city of Jenin
The Israeli army installed several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday morning, putting the city under total siege. Troops are searching all the cars entering and…
One Bethlehem resident arrested by Israeli army
Nidal Khalawi, 24, was arrested when troops stormed his home in Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday at dawn. Troops surrounded Khalawi’s house, searched his…
Army invades Jenin and arrests three
Troops stormed the residents’ homes forcing them to remain in one room and for on the spot interrogations, eyewitnesses reported The arrestees were identified as; Kifah Tafish, 20, Soltan Saba’nah,…
Abbas beef up PA security forces onto Gaza streets
In a move seen as widening of the gap between the governmental and the presidential Palestinian establishments, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered thousands of police deployed throughout the Gaza…