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Two residents were arrested when troops invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. Fathi Ramadan, 20 Samier Al Laham, 27, were arrested when troops invaded the…

Representatives and leaders of different Palestinian factions and religious sects are set to convene on Thursday in Ramallah and Gaza to put an end to the internal conflicts which escalated…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp and arrested residents among them the wife of a wanted man, on Thursday morning Those known…

Around 160 Sudanese from Darfur who arrived to Israel in the past year hoping that they find refuge from the ongoing war in their region, are now imprisoned in Israel .…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said after a seven-hour meeting with leaders of Fateh and Hamas movements in his Gaza office that the only way to end tension and violence…

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At lest one senior Palestinian security officer was killed and another injured when a bomb went off in his car in Gaza.  Officer Nabil Hudhud, director of the Palestinian Preventive…

Several Israeli army vehicles, accompanied by three bulldozers / drills, invaded the village of Funduq near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia at the early hours of Wednesday morning.…

The US-led political and economic blockade continues, yet contrary to popular belief, it is not only affecting Palestinian Authority employees and the merchants they buy from. Palestinian organizations are unable…

As nation marks 39 years to city’s reunification, discrimination is rampant. Arab residents lack schools, services, law enforcement. It is clear and unquestioned to every Israeli citizen that he gets…

A rPalestinian man with heart problems died after being beaten in the head and chest by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint in Abu Dees suburb, south of occupied East…

The number of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli invasion to the West Bank city of Ramallah has increased to four after a young man died of wounds sustained earlier…

The Israeli army arrested two children at midday during an invasion to the town of Howwara south of the West Bank city of Rammallah, on Wednesday. Yunis Damidi, 16, and…

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed on Tuesday, May 23, a bill calling for the Palestinian Authority to be designated a "terrorist sanctuary," imposing broad restrictions on US aid…

Israeli army bulldozers demolished several buildings and farm sheds in Al Fonduq village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The bulldozers demolished a house belonging to Salem Abas from…

The Israeli army arrested two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron and took over a house to use as a military post in the nearby village of Dora,…

Hours after the Israeli army assassinated the Al Quds Brigades leader in Gaza City on Saturday, his wife gave birth to a baby girl. During the assassination, Israeli forces also…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that at least two settler families moved on Tuesday into apartments in a illegal settlement neighborhood of the West Bank settlement of Upper…

Israeli security forces and settlers are being allowed to perpetrate abuses against Palestinians with no real fear of being brought to justice, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. The…

The Israeli settlers from Rotem settlement continued to install barbed wire around annexed Palestinian land belonging to Tubas West Bank city residents, Wednesday morning. The settlers are increasing the number…

The Israeli army arrested one resident during a pre-dawn invasion to Qarawit Bani Zied village south of the West Bank city of Salfit, on Wednesday. Nidal Stef, 17, was arrested…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Mithlon, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Troops stormed the villagers’ homes and the municipality building, then forced all…

Mohamed Kadih, 22, died of wounds he sustained on Wednesday at dawn when unknown gunmen fired at him in east Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. Also, Salah Kadih and…

Ala Zakarna, was arrested when troops invaded Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the town, searched several homes and interrogated residents before…

Israeli troops arrested three residents during an ongoing military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday morning. In the old city of Nablus, troops stormed residents’ homes and…

Ehud Olmert, since taking the position of Israeli Prime Minister a month ago, has waged a daily war against Arab citizens and their homes in Al Naqab, the Negev Desert.…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that one member of the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was killed and two others were injured after being abducted…

1.Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s "The Clash of Civilizations?" in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force as "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,"…

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Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israel Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said during a session with the Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that he would not…

The Israeli army invaded Al Far’a valley south of the West Bank city of Tubas, Tuesday at noon. Soldiers stormed the area and hurled tear gas and shot rubber bullets…

The Israeli High Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday an appeal filed by the residents of Al Ezariyya town, east of Jerusalem, against the rout of the annexation Wall which…

Tuesday, Israeli troops arrested Sheikh Ibrahim Hamid, leader of Iz Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and “number 1” wanted fighter in the occupied West Bank, Israeli army…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

{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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

{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…

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,…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 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 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 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,…

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…

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 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,…

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 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…

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…

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.…

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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 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,…

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…

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…

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…