Army invades two villages, arrests two near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested two residents from Al Yamon village and invaded the Qabatiya village near the West Bank city of Jenin, late Friday night. In Al Yamoun village, troops…
Bil’in protesters call for unity among the Palestinian factions, people
Friday’s protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah called on the Palestinian factions and people to renounce all sorts of internal violence and conflict, and…
Army arrests a resident south of Tubas
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident after ordering him to stop his vehicles in Al Far’a area, south of Tubas in the West Bank. Soldiers installed a military checkpoint…
Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip
As the Israeli army continued its shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday night, five Palestinians, including three teens – two of them members of the…
This Week in Palestine – May Week 04
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Troops shell Beit Hanoun, one child seriously injured
A Palestinian medical source in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Friday afternoon that one Palestinian child was seriously injured after the Israeli army…
Islamic Jihad official dies after Saida bombing
Mahmoud Majzoub, known as Abu Hamza, an Islamic Jihad official has been reported dead at a Lebanese hospital hours after he was seriously injured in a car bombing in Saida…
Ramon: `“Detainees Document is part of the internal conflict between the Palestinians`
Israeli Minister of Justice, Haim Ramon, said in an interview with Israel’s TV Channel 10 that the document presented by the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons is part of the…
Army invades Ateel village and arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded the village if Ateel near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested on resident on Friday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the village and conducted…
Army shells Gaza, injures a Palestinian farmer
Friday morning, a 54-year old Palestinian farmer was injured as the Israeli army fired artillery barrage on the Gaza Strip. Israeli army sources confirmed the attack but denied reports of…
Hamas orders its `“security force` off the streets
The Palestinian Hamas-led government has ordered on Friday its fighters off Gaza’s streets in the wake of deadly clashes with the Fatah movement that stirred fears of civil war in…
Palestinian Prisoner Society: The lawyers are the only link between the prisoners and their families
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 also…
Israeli forces invade Hamas Social Club in Tulkarem
A large force of the Israeli military stormed the Social Club in Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank at dawn Friday. The Social Club belongs to Hamas and is known…
Troops arrest seven residents, including three brothers near Hebron
Friday at dawn, the Israeli army arrested seven residents, including three brothers, form Doura village south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The arrestees were identified as Bassem Al…
Army invades Nablus, surrounds residential building,injures one resident
In an Israeli army invasion of Nablus in the West Bank, earlier on Friday morning, Israeli troops surrounded a residential building and injured one resident. Yousef Abu Laila, 26, a Palestinian security…
Army fires more shells at Gaza
The Israeli artillery continued its shelling to areas east and northof the Gaza strip, Friday at dawn. The shelling targeted residential areas east of Gaza city, Beit Lahia and Beit…
U.S. House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, U.S.
Jimmy Carter has been blunt: Despite the fact of a Palestinian election result that was not to their liking, the former president says, "it is unconscionable for Israel, the United…
Palestinian negotiator slams Israeli decision to allow Jews to enter al-Aqsa mosque
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat Thursday denounced a decision of Israeli police to allow extremist Jews to enter the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, the third-holiest site in Islam, and…
Palestinian journalist says he was tortured while imprisoned by Israel
Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as “security-related” violation. Rajoub, 28, was charged with harboring pro-Hamas…
British Lawyer who Filed Suit against Israeli General to be Deported from Israel
Israeli State Prosecution decided Thursday evening to bar British lawyer Kate Maynard, who was behind the war-crimes charges against retired Israeli Major-General Doron Almog, from entering Israel, Israeli sources reported.…
U.S. Congresswoman demands apology from pro-Israel lobby
Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, is refusing to meet with representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee until she receives an apology from the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse. McCollum…
Palestinian President: Prepared for referendum if national dialogue doesn’t resolve internal strife
In today’s Palestinian National Dialogue session, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set out an ultimatum for the various internal factions to reach an agreement, saying he will call for a referendum…
Palestinian policeman killed, 4 injured, in Fatah/Hamas clashes in Gaza
A member of the Fatah-controlled Palestinian security forces was killed and four others were wounded Thursday, doctors and witnesses said, in the latest factional clashes in the Gaza Strip. The…
‘How can people live, I wonder?’
Eight months ago, the Palestinians were celebrating the end of Israel’s military occupation of Gaza. But the artillery shells keep falling, factions are fighting each other and the economy is…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 25,2006
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Israeli forces invade, impose curfew on Qabalan, southeast of Nablus
Israeli forces invaded the town of Qabalan, south east of the city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and imposed a curfew on the town. Local sources said that confrontations erupted…
Olmert: `“I will go on with my convergence plan, Hamas, PA are antisemitic`
During his speech in front of the US congress on Wednesday evening, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, attacked the Palestinian Authority headed by Hamas, and claimed that Hamas is…
Nine Palestinians, including three women and one child, killed this week
Israeli soldiers killed during this week nine Palestinian residents, including three women and one child, in several military attacks carried out in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Among…
Army arrests one resident from Hebron
The Israeli army has arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Hebron during an invasion in one of the city neighborhoods, on Thursday. Army vehicles and troops stormed…
Army storms museum in Bethlehem, severe damage is reported
The Israeli army stormed Al Bad Cultural Museum in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and severely damaged the site Thursday morning. Soldiers bombed the door of the museum and…
Army annexes five Dunams of Assira Al Shamalia village lands near Nablus
The Israeli army annexed five Dunams of Assira Al Shamalia village lands, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday. The orders were signed by the Israeli Army Central Command…
Israeli forces imprison families; forbid driving in Nablus invasion
Palestinians in southern Nablus were held under curfew while dozens were imprisoned in small rooms since Wednesday. Early this morning Israeli forces finally left. Lawyer Zayed Omran reported that Israeli…
Israeli military says it is expanding four settlements in Qalqilia area
One week ago heavily guarded Israeli bulldozers dredged the lands of Amatin Village, 15 kilometers east of Qalqiliya in the area known as Jabal Abu Suwayd. Farmer Al Haji Suleiman…
Palestinian prisoners in Israel threaten open-ended hunger strike if national dialogue fails
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on Wednesday threatened to begin an open-ended hunger strike if the national dialogue failed to reach an agreement that would end the state of tension…
18,000 Palestinians in W. Bethlehem villages about to be enclosed into a ‘ghetto’
In West Bethlehem, between al-Khader and the villages to be isolated in a ghetto on the west side of the Wall, Israeli forces have begun building a tunnel under the…
Army installs new military watch tower at Al Arop refugee camp in Hebron
The israeli army have installed a new military watch tower at Al Arop refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday morning. The watch tower’s installation was completed…
Army arrest resident from Beita village and turns a house into a military post
The Israeli army invaded the village of Beita south of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested two residents and turned a house into a military post, Thursday morning. Ihssan…
Army installs a military checkpoint at Tamon village entrance
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the entrance of Tammon village east of the West Bank city of Tubas, Thursday morning. Soldiers stopped residents and cars, searched them…
Army arrest three residents at a random military checkpoint north of Nablus
The Israeli army arrested three residents at a random military checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Nablus, late on Wednesday night. Of those known from the three was…
Four residents arrested from Borqen village in Jenin
The Israeli army arrested four residents from the village of Borqen in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday at dawn. The arrestees were identified as Mostafa Sobeh, 20, Majdi…
Army arrests two residents in Bethlehem 11:06
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…
Palestinians to convene to solve internal conflict, seek national unity
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…
Army invades Nablus and arrests several residents among them the wife of a wanted man
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…
Can Israel provide refuge to non-Jews?
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 .…
Fateh, Hamas agree to end violence
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…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 24,2006
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PA security chief killed and another injured in Gaza Blast
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…
Army prevents a farmer to build his family house, bulldozers demlish it
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 Crisis for Palestinian Political Prisoners
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…
Jerusalem Day: A City Divided
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…
Elderly Palestinian dies of heart failure after being beaten at Israeli checkpoint
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…
Four Palestinian killed and 35 injured in Ramallah invasion
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…
Army arrests two children and imposes curfew in Howwara town
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…
US Bill Says PA ‘Terrorist Sanctuary’
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…
Army bulldozers demolish several buildings and barns in Al Fonduq village
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…
Army arrests two residents from Hebron and takes over a house in Dora village
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,…
On the same day Israeli forces assassinated Mohammad Al Dahdouh, his baby girl was born
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…
Settlers occupy homes in Matityahu East illegal settlement despite High Court Ban
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…
Amnesty report: Israel turns blind eye to attacks on Palestinians
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…
Settlers continue to install barbed wire around annexed Palestinian land in Tubas
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…
One resident arrested south of Salfit
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…
Army invades Mithlon village, south of Jenin
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…
One killed and two injured by unknown gunmen in east Khan-Younis
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…
Army invades Qabatia village and arrests one resident
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…
Army arrest several residents from Nablus during the ongoing military operation
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…
New Israeli Prime Minister waging daily war against Arabs in Al Naqab Desert
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.…
Member of the Al Qassam Brigades killed by gunmen in Gaza
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…
The Storm over the U.S. Pro-Israel Lobby
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,"…
Audio Report:PALESTINE TODAY FOR MAY 23,2006
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Halutz: `“Israel should not invade Gaza to counter Qassam shells`
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…
Army invades Al Far’a valley near Tubas
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…
Israeli High Court rejects an appeal against Wall route near Jerusalem
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…
Israeli army arrested leader of Hamas’ military wing in the West Bank
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…
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
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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…