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The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem with troops positioned in the city center Friday morning. Soldiers searched several homes including the houses of Tha’er Hantash,…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Ein Al Bida in the northern part of Jordan valley and arrested several residents Friday morning. Troops stormed the village and imposed curfew…

Palestinian security sources reported that one security officer was killed after gunmen fired at his vehicle in Gaza City Thursday night. At least five members of the preventive security force…

Thursday evening, a group of extremist settlers opened fire at five Palestinian workers east of the West Bank city of Nablus. No injuries were reported in the attack. Yaser Mleitat,…

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Thursday, thousands of Palestinian security men fired off automatic rifles at the  parliament building in Gaza city and smashed the windows protesting their unpaid wages since Hamas took office in…

Gunmen of the Hamas and Fateh party clashed on Thursday in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, at least three Fateh members were injured in the clashes, eyewitnesses and…

Israeli troops stationed at Howwara checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus arrested a Palestinian child and took him to an unknown location Thursday at noon. The soldiers…

The Israeli army stormed Al Borak culture and research center in Al Bira city south of the West Bank and arrested the director of the center Thursday. Troops invaded the…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and nearby Balata refugee camp on Thursday morning. Troops entered the city and refugee camp from several directions then took positions…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in the village of Al Shiokh, north-east of the West Bank city of Hebron, after invading it and conducting military searches of…

Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents Thursday morning from the town of Silwad, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading it and closing its entrances. Troops attacked and…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli army arrested 72 Palestinians, including 13 children, in Hebron and its surrounding villages during the month of…

Jewish settlers living illegally on stolen Palestinian land assaulted citizens in Tel Rumeida neighborhood of the West Bank City of Hebron in an attack which locals say is meant to…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya has affirmed that his government is ready to make a long-term-truce with the Israeli occupation government if Israel pulls out of all the 1967-occupied lands,…

During an early morning invasion of Jenin, two Israeli soldiers were injured, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources, when a homemade explosive went off next to an Israeli military convoy…

A report released by Reliefweb International condemned the Israeli attack Tuesday in which four emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and one journalist were injured, and two ambulances were damaged, when Israeli…

The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported the following notice of yet another grant to aid the Palestinian people against the US-led political and economic boycott. Whether it will reach the…

Israeli forces shot young Palestinian men in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the officers came to the house escorted by the police to collect…

The Israeli army arrested one resident from Dihasha refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during a pre dawn invasion Thursday. 6 army jeeps stormed the camp and…

Palestinian resistance fighters injured two soldiers during an Israeli army invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp Thursday at dawn. More than 20 army vehicles…

In recently approving an effective ban on marriages between Israelis and Palestinians, ‘s Supreme Court has shut tighter the gates of the Jewish fortress the state of is rapidly becoming.…

In the early morning hours of 1 May 2006, soldiers from the "Duvdevan" undercover unit carried out an operation to arrest a wanted person in the Thannaba neighborhood of Tulkarm.…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday night that the largest labor union in the Canadian province of Ontario has voted unanimously to boycott Israel "until it recognizes the right of…

Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said that there should not be big expectations from his potential meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli political sources reported that Israel…

An Israeli poll conducted by the The GeoCartographia Research Institute in Israeli revealed that 44% of the settlers in the West Bank are willing to voluntarily evacuate from the settlements…

Christopher Brown, a grassroots radical journalist, conducted the following interview with Prof. Norman Finkelstein: Christopher Brown: Prof. Finkelstein, in your estimation why does it seem that when someone challenges on…

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In a strange move, the Israeli army began a census of the Palestinian residents in the old city area of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday. Soldiers stormed residents’…

Tha’er Doben, 26, from the village of Dorua near the West Bank city of Hebron was arrested on Wednesday by the Israeli army. Doben, a university student, was arrested when…

Three residents were arrested during an Israeli army invasion to the West Bank city of Jericho Wednesday afternoon. Two of the arrestees were identified as Jaad Sawarka and Zakaria Al…

The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the detainees in Huwwara Israeli detention facility, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, are suffering from bad…

Wednesday, an Israeli surveillance plane fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle near Tal Al Hawa area, south of Gaza City. The missile missed its target and the vehicle sped…

Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers tortured Palestinians waiting to pass through Jit Checkpoint east of the West Bank city,  not leaving alone the handicapped man with them. The beatings were described…

Several home-made Qassam shells were fired at the western Negev town of Sderot, one of which hit a building near the house of the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Israeli…

Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday several Palestinians homes and public service constructions in Um Al Safa village, east of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The Army…

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet attacked several targets in Gaza city on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said that the jet fired one missile but the overall damage remains unidentified.

The Israeli High Court of Justice approved Tuesday the continued construction of the annexation Wall around the settlement Shavei Shomron despite the petition against it. The wall isolates the residents…

The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops found and destroyed a mortar shell in the Masafer Bani No’em area in the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops invaded the…

Raje Al Batat, 15, was arrested by the Israeli army troops stationed at Tarqomia checkpoint Tuesday. Batat, who is a resident of Al Thahria village south of the West Bank…

The Israeli army decided to step up its ground assaults by special forces in the northern party of the Gaza Strip; the decision comes only a day after the under-cover…

Wild pigs herds attacked residents’ farms east of the West Bank city of Tubas Wednesday at dawn. According to the farmers, the pigs wreaked havoc upon the farms and their…

The Israeli army artillery continued shelling the eastern and northern areas of the Gaza strip Wednesday. The shelling targeted residential areas in Beit Lahia and Biet Hanon, north of the…

The Israeli army arrested four residents from villages around the West Bank city of Qalqilia in a predawn invasion to the city on Wednesday. The army targeted Azon and Jiet…

The Israeli army started a massive military operation in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday morning, where they have already arrested six residents and…

The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Qabatia during a predawn invasion to the village Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as: Ziad Saba’nah, 34, Ahmad Zakarnah, 24,…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an Egyptian resident while attempting to infiltrate into Israel through the borders with Egypt. According to Israeli media sources, the man is…

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After seven Palestinians were killed in less than one day in the west Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz vowed Tuesday that the operations of the…

The Palestinian government, headed by the Hamas party, denounced Israel’s arrest of Aziz Kayed, deputy secretary of the Palestinian cabinet, after breaking into his home in Al Biereh city, near…

Four Palestinian legislators, including the cabinet minister of Jerusalem affairs, Khaled Abu Arafa, refused an ultimatum issued on Monday by Israeli Interior Minister, Ronnie Bar-On, to quit their parliamentary posts…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday several detainees in Al Damoun detention facility after breaking into a section of the facility and violently attacking and beating them, causing several injuries. Al…

The Israeli army reinvaded the village of Qabatia, located north of the West Bank city of Jenin, after the morning invasion when five villagers were arrested and one was killed on…

Hundreds of Palestinian workers conducted a sit-in today at Erez Crossing, the crossing point from the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun area into Israeli territory. It is the only route…

At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in West Bank invasions early Tuesday morning.  This makes a total of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces early Tuesday,…

Israeli authorities issued a military order to annex 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of Al Jab’a village, south-east of Bethlehem. The annexed lands will be used…

The Prisoner Support Society reported Tuesday morning that political prisoners in Israeli Al Damoun detention facility are being repeatedly attacked by the soldiers, while their lawyer are not allowed to…

The Israeli army attacked one Palestinian civilian near his home in the old town area of the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday afternoon. Ammer Al Batsh sustained several cuts…

Several Palestinian prisoners were injured in Al Damon Israeli jail after being attacked by their guards on Tuesday. The attorney who represents two of the injured prisoners, Bassem Tahaina and Mohamed Al…

The Israeli army attacked Palestinian shepherds east of the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed the shepherds’ huts and tents and chased them away from their land, local sources…

The Israeli army leveled two houses in Borqen village west of the West Bank city of Salfet, Tuesday morning. Massive entourages of Israeli police and soldiers stormed the village and sealed…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Jeit east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident, Tuesday early dawn hours. Troops stormed the village and arrested…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Jet east of the West bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…

Abd Al Rahman Hassan, 19, was arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday at dawn. Troops entered the city and closed the Al…

The Israeli army killed one resident and arrested five during a pre-dawn invasion to Qabatiya village north of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday. Army jeeps and special…

The Israeli army arrested two residents from Bit Ta’mar and Al Obaiat villages east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , Tuesday morning. Troops stormed Al Obaiat village then…

Ossama Al Nimri was assassinated by the Israeli army during an invasion of Anabta village east of Tulkarem, Tuesday at dawn. An undercover special army force invaded the village and ambushed…

One resident was killed in Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus during an Israeli invasion of the area, on Tuesday morning.   Hani Al Saqa, 24, was…

Noting that he had been raised with the deep conviction that the Jewish people would never have to relinquish any part of the "land of our forefathers," Ehud Olmert told…

Two Palestinian refugees were reportedly killed in Iraq Monday in the latest wave of violence against the Palestinian refugee population in Iraq. Thousands of Palestinian refugees living in Iraq have…

According to a report monday in London’s Financial Times newspaper, the Palestinian Authority may be forced to abandon the Israeli shekel and adopt the Jordanian dinar as its currency as…

A medical source at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Hanoun reported that three Palestinians were killed and at least seven residents were injured during armed clashes that took place between…

The largest university and college lecturers’ union in Britain on Monday voted in favor of a motion recommending that its members boycott Israeli academics and institutions that do not publicly…

The Israeli government has approved a decision to expand N. Maskiyot settlement in Jordan Valley, seizing Palestinian land for a ‘military training base’.  This expansion of the settlement will expel…

The European Union (EU) is soon to announce an offer to by-pass the Hamas government in Palestine in order to transfer aid to the Palestinian people, media sources reported.  …

Hundreds of Palestinian workers conducted a sit-in today at Erez Checkpoint, the crossing point from the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun area into Israeli territory. It is the only route…

Several main checkpoints in West Bank locked down by Israeli forces, Israeli forces invade Nablus, Balata in ongoing siege Four arrested by Israeli forces in Bethlehem Four arrested by Israeli…

The Israeli Police arrested the daughter of the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya Monday when she entered Israeli areas , Palestinian sources said.       The daughter whose name…

 Israeli troops arrested the daughterr of Isma’el Abu Hannia, the Palestinian Prime Minister on Monday afternoon. Kholod Abu Hannia was arrested whilst visiting  her fiancé, who is a prisoner in…

The Israeli army invaded Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and clashed with  stone throwing youth on Monday afternoon. Soldiers entered the camp from several directions…

Palestinian president. Mahmoud Abbas has begun 10 days of intensive talks with Hamas and other Palestinian factions aimed at persuading them to accept a plan that implicitly calls for the…

An Israeli military source claimed on Monday that soldiers foiled what was described as “an attempt to carry out a bombing in Israel”. In a area close to Yitshar settlement,…

At 5pm on May 28, 2006, Palestinian workers from the nearby settlement of Modi’in Illit called Abdullah Abu Rahme, from Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in, to…

Al Numan Village, southeast of Bethlehem, has become a prison, completely surrounded by the Israeli Wall inside the West Bank. Al Numan is a small village, on a hill of…

The Israeli army forces invaded Ateel and Alar villages north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, Monday morning. In Ateel, trops invaded the village searched…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Yabod, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Atatra was arrested when troops stormed his…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday morning that one Palestinian fighter was shot and killed by Israeli military fire east of Gaza city. The source stated that fighters of the Al…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp in the city, Monday morning. Troops stormed the city and deployed in several main streets, also…

The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) party has officially notified Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya that the party is ready to participate in the…

Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli troops locked down Beit Ebyia, Hewara, Ytzhar and Zaatra checkpoints downtown in the West Bank, adding that Israeli occupation forces have partially re-opened most of…

A large contingent of Israeli forces invaded Nablus district in the West Bank from all directions on Monday, reported Palestinian sources. Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said that the Israeli…

Israeli military sources said that four residents were arrested in Bethlehem in pre-dawn raids Monday morning. The arrestees were identified as Fadi Hussein Najajra,23, Khalil Radyda,33, Mohammed Rba’a,25, and Ali…

A correspondent to the Palestinian International Press Center reported that during recent incursions by Israeli troops backed by military jeeps into Alar and Ateel towns, north of Tulkarem, four residents were…

The Israeli military conducted wide scale searches at dawn Monday breaking into several homes, arresting three residents and beating three others in the West Bank city of Hebron.    Official…

A Palestinian police source reported that an unknown gunmen burned the vehicle of Wasfi Kabha, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and ex-detainees in the Hamas-led government, Sunday evening in Jenin, north…

One Palestinian fighter, and one fighter of Hizbollah were killed during clashes with the Israeli army in south Lebanon. The Al Manar Television, which belongs to Hizbollah, reported that one…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is slated to meet with the Egyptian President President, Hosney Mubarak, next Sunday at the Egyptian Resort of Sharm Al Sheikh, an Israeli source reported.…

Israeli sources reported on Sunday that one Israeli soldier was seriously injured in his stomach after exchanging fire with Hizbollah fighters near Kibbutz Minora, close to the Israeli-Lebanese borders. An…

Hamdan Al Salem has stopped dreaming of leaving the city of Nablus after the hours upon hours has spent waiting at checkpoints dotting the city, creating a lone island called…

Suppose I were to leave my office here in Chicago and walk the short distance to the kidney dialysis unit down the road and pull out the tubes to which…