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Israeli armed forces invaded the West |Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Al Zababda, and arrested one resident, on Wednesday at dawn. In Jenin city, troops and…

In a predawn invasion to the village of Obaidiyya, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Israeli troops arrested three young men on  Wednesday morning. The arretees were identified…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Ra’ee south west of the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two residents, Wednesday morning. Ayman Milhem, 16, and Fadi Mrished,…

As the workers of the world, and the Palestinians, celebrated the First of May, Palestinian workers remained jobless as a result of the Israeli military procedures, attacks and checkpoints barring…

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The Israeli Army commander of the West Bank issued three military orders on Tuesday — to demolish a house and a barn in the West Bank city of Hebron and…

The financial crisis facing Palestine due to the US-led economic boycott against the new Palestinian Hamas-led government has reached Palestinian political prisoners. Sources in the Palestinian political prisoner movement in…

On Tuesday afternoon, two Palestinian security officers were killed and seven were injured in an explosion in that took place at the building of the Palestinian National Security in the…

Israeli soldiers backed by more than 15 armored vehicles and armored jeeps carried out wide scale arrests and invasions in several locations in Bethlehem area in the West Bank,  mainly…

Israeli troops stationed around the village of Kafer Qaddoum east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia prevented farmers from accessing their  lands, on Tuesday. Soldiers attacked the farmers and…

Khalied Sanonah, 33, and Tamer Al Masheharwai, 26, were killed in an explosion in the Palestinian National security forces headquarters in Jabalia town north of the Gaza strip, Tuesday afternoon.…

Israeli troops attacked a handicapped child at a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday. Mohamed Qarawia, 12, a mute child, from Al Fonduk village near…

The Israeli army troops stormed a Medical Center in Beit Sahour near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday at dawn. Soldiers forced entry to Greek Catholic Medical Center and…

 The Israeli army arrested Shadi Fawaz’a, 32, after invading the eastern area of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tuesday morning. Armoured vehicles and jeeps stormed the area, soldiers searched…

The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested four residents among them a blind man, Tuesday at dawn. Army jeeps and soldiers…

Israeli soldiers arrested thirteen residents in the West Bank during arrest invasions carried out in Nablus, Qalqilia, and Bethlehem. An Israeli military source claimed that five members of Fateh movement…

A report based on data collected from Palestinian humanitarian centers and press agencies revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 36 Palestinians, including three children, in the West Bank and…

In a pre-dawn invasion to the city, Israeli army arrested thee residents from the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the city and the nearby village…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday at dawn, and arrested three residents. Mohammad Shihada, 18, Riad Zawahra, 30, and Ahmad Masalmah, 20, were arrested when…

On Monday Israeli authorites began to construct the Annexation Wall in Ras Khamees neighborhood, in Shu’fat refugee camp near Jerusalem despite a court ruling opposing the closure of the area…

Lawyer of the Prisoners Committee reported on Monday that Israeli prison Authorities barred him from visiting detainee Raja’ Al Ghoul who was transferred to Al Ramleh detention facility in spite…

Despite the daily repression, 45 year old Abu Fathi goes to work in an industrial zone beside an Israeli settlement in the Salfit District. Among the thousands of Palestinians working…

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Palestine activists have launched a campaign get  Israel suspended from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) in protest against its’ ongoing subjugation of the Palestinian people, as part of…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn five Palestinian residents, including a husband and his wife, in the West Bank city of Nablus. A local source in Nablus reported that…

Hamas’ spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri distanced the movement  from the plot to attack Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip which was foiled by the Palestinian security forces last week. Abu…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Monday a 65-year old woman and her son as he tried to  stop the soldiers from attacking his mother. near the Ibrahimi Mosque  in the West…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated in an interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television that he does not intend to run for a second term in office when his four-year term…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron assaulted an old woman and attacked her son, Monday morning.…

On September 9, 1969, a big brown envelope was delivered to the Oval Office on behalf of CIA Director Richard Helms; on it he had written "For and to be…

Residents of the northern of Gaza Strip reported Monday that Israeli military aircraft dropped leaflets at dawn warning residents from entering areas in northern Gaza. The leaflets were warnings to…

A major Palestinian nonviolent march swept through the West Bank streets of Ramallah Monday in honor of International Workers Day. Their first stop was with Fateh spokesperson Ahmed Abdul Rahman…

In a press release issued on Monday, The Emergency and Relief Committee in the Arab Doctors Union, stated that it intends to  organize a solidarity campaign, next Friday to assist…

Ghazi Hamad, spokesman of the Palestinian Authority said on Monday that the PA will send a letter to the Quartet demanding it to interfere to stop the wall is building…

The Israeli army invaded several villages and areas in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested 17 residents, Monday morning, Palestinian sources rerported. In Bani N’aim village, troops stormed…

In a morning invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday the Israeli army arrested five residents including a man and his wife. Troops conducted wide scale search…

The Israeli army troops invaded the village of Yatta near the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday morning and arrested two brothers, local sources reported. Soldiers searched several homes…

The Shass right-wing religious party is the second to join the Kadima-Labor coalition to form the Israeli government, yet without a pledge to back Kadima’s unilateral pullout plan, Israeli sources…

Israeli army arrested Ten  residents from Burken the West Bank city of Jenin, in a pre-dawn invasion to the village. Armored vehicles and jeeps stormed the village and conducted wide…

The Israeli miliatry invaded the village of Beit Ta’mar east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested six residents, Monday at dawn. The arrestees were identified as; Ahmad…

Israeli army troops shot dead, Itaf Zalat 45, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem as they invaded the city on Monday morning looking for claimed wanted Islamic Jihad operative,…

A large Israeli military force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested three residents in the early hours of Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. The force, which consisted…

The Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Saturday night and arrested one resident. Soldiers arrested Mohamed Sha’lan from  a wedding his work place after they…

The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Jayyous near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late Saturday night. Troops stormed the residents’ homes and arrested Hussam Shamamsa,…

Israeli troops arrested Ali Nawawra, 23, and Abdullah Falah, 25, from Hindaza neighborhood in the eastern part of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Sunday morning. Troops stormed the…

Israeli soldiers attacked residents in Al Baq’a valley, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Sunday morning. Troops forced the farmers, who were working in their land ,out and…

Seven Palestinian civilians including a child and a woman were injured as the Israeli artillery shelled the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon, Palestinian medical sources reported. The seven were…

The Israeli army   arrested two residents and fined  two in the the West Bank city of Hebron and the near by village of Yata, Saturday morning. Ghassan Al Jonadi from…

On Friday the 28th of April on behalf of the International Middle Eastern Media Centre I traveled to Bilin to cover the weekly protest and resistance to the Israeli illegal…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Beit Iba checkpoint in the West Bank city of Nablus arrested Fida’ Daras, 22, Saturday afternoon. Soldiers said that they arrested Daras because she…

A group of settlers using a medium size van are setting traps to ambush and attack Palestinian residents’ cars in the Jordan valley area, Saturday at dawn. According to residents…

Israeli  troops invaded the village of Qabatiya, south of the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two brothers, Saturday morning. Mahmod Khazima, 18, and his brother Mohamed, 17 were…

It’s still too early to say if there is going to be a change of Israeli policies vis-a-vis the internal Palestinian situation by the yet-to-be-formed new Israeli government. Ehud Olmert…

The Palestinian Authority rejected the proposal by the French President Jack Chirac in which he recommended to establish a fund under the supervision of the World Bank to pay the…

Yousif Al Hrob, 25, was arrested on Saturday morning from the village of Wadi Fokeen west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Israeli armed force stormed the village closed…

The Israeli army tanks stationed at the borders of the Gaza strip continued its shelling to east and north areas in the Gaza strip, Saturday morning. The shelling targeted residential…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan military checkpoint, northeast of the West Bank city of Nablus declared it a closed military zone, Saturday morning. Scores of residents coming from the…

Israeli Army forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia, Saturday morning. In Jenin troops backed by military vehicles entered the city, and patrolled…

Middle East envoy James Wolfensohn has decided to step down because of restrictions imposed on him after Hamas formed the new Palestinian government in March, a Quartet source said on…

Israel will unilaterally, pullout from some areas in the West Bank in the coming four years, stats the agreement signed between the majority party Kadima and its ally the Labor…

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Islamic Jihad Movement official in Jenin, Mahmoud Al Sa’adi, said that Israeli forces launched a wide arrest campaign on Friday against resistance fighters in several areas of the Jenin District.…

King Abdullah of ordered medical aid to be sent to a Gaza hospital, said a Jordanian newspaper. This aid comes shortly after the Jordanian Kingdom accused the Hamas ruling party…

If I were an Israeli I would have built a wall, but not as a way of stealing land. We have been conned again. The Israeli elections, we are told,…

Palestinian Legislative Council Secretary General, Dr. Mahmoud Al Rahmahi has strongly condemned Iseael’s arrest of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmed Mubarak from Ramallah Thursday morning. On Thursday morning, a large…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call the Israelis to resume peace talks after they form the new government and called on the European Union to resume aid…

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Four residents injured and two arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron during army attacks, Thursday morning Mossa Al Rejbi, 57, hand was injured, Iblan Abu Sabiha, 23,suffered a…

The Israeli Army evacuated the Osh-Ghrab military base east of of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the West Bank, on Thursday morning. Residentsfrom the surrounding area rushed inside the military…

called off its participation in international air force exercises to take place in next month because of the involvement of the Israel Air Forces in the drills.  was supposed to…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and several surrounding villages arresting eight residents, on Thursday morning. In the nearby village of Asira, troops arrested Bassel Sawalha, 18,…

The Israeli Army invaded the village of Al Yamon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning and arrested 13 residents. Troops backed by military vehicles stormed the village…

The Israeli army arrested a young Palestinian man form the Obaidiya village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in a pre-dawn invasion on Tuesday. Army jeeps invaded the…

Israeli army troops arrested three residents from Tubas city in the west Bank during a morning invasion, on Thursday. According to the residents more than 15 armored vehicles entered the…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that Jakarta is ready to offer technical assistance to the Palestinians. During his current visit to , President Susilo expressed his hope that…

At least two Palestinians were killed and several wounded in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Sources reported on Thursday morning. Four Israeli warplanes fired four missiles…

Suleiman Draji, 53-year-old Palestinian from Taiba village inside , died due to medical neglect in Israeli Hasharon Prison Wednesday. The Palestinian Prisoner Society placed the full load of responsibility and…

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Three resistance fighters who belong to the Popular Resistance Committees were injured Wednesday, when they clashed with the Palestinian Security forces who prevented an attack with a car bomb at…

The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Palestinian detainees to incarcerations coupled with huge fines, on Wednesday. The prisoner society reported in a press release that Ayman Maseed from Jenin…

Palestinian government spokesperson Ghazi Hamad accused the United States’ administration of terrorism against Palestine by preventing Banks from transferring aid money to the Palestinian Authority causing a severe financial crisis…

The Israeli forces stormed the Boren village town hall, near the West Bank city on Nablus, Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles invaded the village and surrounded the town hall, soldiers…

Rubber bullets being fired in the occupied West Bank have seriously injured another Palestinian civilian.  Ruba Mahmoud Awayes, 21, was on her way home from college when she was hit…

The Israeli armed forces closed the main entrance to the east of Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Several army jeeps blocked the road and…

On Wednesday morning Israeli troops arrested, , 12 residents from the West Bank city of Nablus during an ongoing military operation begun Tuesday morning. Soldiers conducted wide scale search campaigns…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan checkpoint Nablus closed it, on Wednesday morning. The checkpoint lies at the north eastern entrance of the city and this closure prevents scores…

Israeli forces invaded the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, and held some residents captive for interrogation, Palestinian sources reported. Troops demanded the residents to provide…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said the government managed to collect funds needed for the state employees’ salaries, from Arab countries. Haniya said the money is now with the Arab…

The maze of Israeli military checkpoints inside the West Bank ensure that not only vegetables must be carried to market, but also students must walk to school, workers to their…

The Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq, expressed the Palestinian Authority’s interest in a secure and stable , and denied any relation with actions that targets saying that Hamas…

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Scores of farmers and land owners in addition to a number of residents gathered at their land to the east of Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli bulldozers started…

Palestinian Minister of Finance, Omar Abdul Raziq said on Tuesday the government has no objection if the President’s office will receive and manage international aid for the Palestinian Authority including…

The international community double-standard policy towards the Middle East region, particularly, Palestine, has been steadily apparent since the formation of a Hamas-led Palestinian government in both the West Bank and…

Farahat Assad, the Hamas west bank spokesperson of Hamas, was arrested by the Israeli army late Monday night. Assad was arrested after troops surrounded his home in the West Bank…

 Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus for the second time on Tuesday afternoon and arrested Mohamed Ikmail. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the city for a…

Following statements made by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he threatened to fire the Hamas-run government, Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the government said that Abbas should not…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yammon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, allegedly seeking wanted people, whom after…

The Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Marka village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles entered the village searched several…

The Israeli army invaded Al O’byiat village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three residents, Tuesday morning. Ahmad O’byiat, 20, Awwad O’byiat, 36, Shadi O’byiat, 26,…