Palestinian President ‘draws battle lines’ with Hamas government
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to approve the appointment of a new Hamas-led government today but warns that the administration has no future – and will be acting against the…
Four residents arrested in Hebron
Israeli troops invaded, on Saturday morning, the villages of Al Shiokh and Doura, and Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank City of Hebron, searched dozens of houses and…
Israel destroys Palestinian water sources in Jordan Valley, plan to seize entire area
Recent Israeli attacks on Palestinian water resources have been making life impossible for Jordan Valley residents, say human rights groups working in the area. On Monday, Occupation forces handed Mu’ayad…
Palestinian resistance fires homemade shells army post east of the Gaza Strip
Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed on Saturday morning, responsibility for firing one homemade shell at an Israeli military…
Army bulldozers start to bulldoze lands in Kofer Alled abd Beit Leid villages
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted, Saturday morning, orchards that belong to the residents of the Kafer Alled and Beit Leed, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Bulldozers uprooted trees and…
Army detains scores of residents south of Nablus
The Israeli army troops posted at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, detained on Saturday morning dozens of reisdents. The residents were forced to wait for…
Palestinian resistance group escapes fatal attack
One of Al Aqsa martyrs brigades resistance groups escaped fatal attack by the Israeli army artillery late Friday afternoon. Shell targeted the group while being in Al Atatra area north…
Army invades Qalqilia, arrests one resident
Israeli army troops and armored vehicles invaded late on Friday at night the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. Troops searched several houses in the city before…
Israeli Troops attack two Villages in West Bank
On Friday, Israeli troops stormed Berqin and Kufr Dan villages near Jenin and launched search operations, terrifying citizens, mainly children and women. No injuries or arrests were reported.
American Consul in Israel: We will continue to support Abbas
In an interview Friday with Ma’an News Service, the American Consul General in Jerusalem, Jake Walles, described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “difficult", drawing particular attention to the…
Olmert: `“Palestinian State possible within borders set by Israel`
The acting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Friday that a Palestinian State is possible within borders predefined by Israel without evacuating the military and settlers from all of…
Settlers uproot olive trees in Hebron
An extremist settlers group of the Sosia settlement, near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, uprooted on Friday dozens of olive trees after attacking the residents…
Two resident injured in an explosion in Tubas
A Palestinian security source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported on Friday evening that two residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the northern neighborhood…
Peaceful protest against the Wall in Bil’in met by military violence
300 Residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, including Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the annexation Wall and settlements; the peaceful protesters…
Youth arrested in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday evening the the Wets Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source in the city reported that soldiers surrounded a restaurant and…
Anti-Wall protest in Beit Siera
Residents of the West Bank village of Beit Siera, west of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday afternoon against the annexation Wall Israel is constructing on the…
This Week In Palestine, March Week 3
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.40 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…
Bird Flu endangers detainees in the Negev detention Facility
The Palestine Net news network interviewed on Friday at noon, detainee Fuad Al Khafsh, deputy director of the Ministry of Detainees and x-Detainees, detained in the Negev detention facility. Al…
Palestinians to probe Jericho raid
The Palestinian Legislative Council will form a panel to investigate last week’s Israeli raid on a Jericho prison. The committee will submit its findings to the parliament within 10 days.…
United Nations Study: Palestinian land has been divided into separate ‘ghettos’ enclosed by Wall
A report compiled by the United Nation Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed a new social and economic reality that has emerged in the last year…
Court releases one of the Jewish attackers of Christian holy site, Basiilica of Annunciation
An Israeli court released on Friday morning Odilia Habibi, one of the assailants that attacked the Basiilica of the Annunciation with hundreds of gas bombs, rockets and firecrackers during Lent…
Palestinian Journalists’ Association protests the attack on Al Ro’ah TV in Bethlehem
The Palestinian journalists’ trade union in the West Bank city of Bethlehem organized a demonstration Friday protesting the recent attack on the local TV station Al Ro’ah in the city.…
Abbas slams unilateral solutions, says peace deal can be reached in one year
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slammed the Israeli party Kadima’s policy of unilateral steps regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israeli sources reported. In an interview with the electronic newspaper Ma’ariv, Abbas…
Army invades Burqeen village near Jenin
The Israeli army forces stormed, on Friday morning, the village of Burqeen, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops surrounded three houses after closing the entrances of the village,…
Two homemade shells land in Negev
Two homemade shells fired by Palestinian resistance groups landed in Negev, in western Israel, Friday morning. The shells landed in an open area causing no damage or injuries to Palestinians, media sources…
Killer of 13-year old girl receives compensation, promotion in Israeli Army
The killer of 13-year old Iman Al Hams, a girl who was cowering behind a stone and positively identified as a child before she was shot, and then was shot…
Palestinian resistance kills Israeli soldier; response to Israel’s killing two Palestinians Thursday
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) claimed responsibility for the shooting of the Israeli soldier at the eastern borders of the Refuge Camp of Maghazi in the central area of the…
Acting prime minister prepares to sacrifice smaller colonies to secure future of bigger ones
Three decades ago, a small group of religious pioneers installed themselves on a bare hillside to reclaim the biblical town of Beit El for the modern state of Israel. A…
US media bias in covering Israel and Palestine
On July 18, 2005, 14-year-old Ragheb Al Masri sat in the back of a taxi with his parents at the Abu Holi checkpoint. An Israeli bullet penetrated his back and…
Israel’s policy: Starve the Palestinians
Israel exists as a major military force in the world and a silent member of the nuclear club. Yet it cries wolf that Hamas threatens its existence. On the third…
Poll: Popularity of Hamas is Up among Palestinians, while Fatah support is down
On the eve of the formation of the new Palestinian government, a public opinion poll by the Center for Policy and Survey Research in the West Bank and the Gaza…
PLO, Hamas Lock Horns Over Palestinian Government Platform
The new Palestinian government seemed unlikely to reach any kind of agreement on the makeup of its new government after Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) traded barbs Wednesday…
Olmert Demands support for his Unilateral Plan to take 20% of Palestinian West Bank
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to win the Israeli election on March 27th, said in an interview Thursday that any parties who wish to join a coalition government…
Bird Flu hits the only chicken farm in Jordan Valley
Bird Flu-infected chickens were found in the Israeli settlement Moahsaf Bigoat in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on Thursday morning, Israeli media sources reported. Shortly after the news…
Palestinian resistance shoots and kills an Israeli soldier near Gaza strip
Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for shooting an Israeli soldier who was repairing the border fence near the Israeli town of Khuza’a, in…
Army invades Nablus and arrests one Palestinian resident
Israeli army forces invaded Askar refugee camp in West Bank city of Nablus Thursday morning and arrested one resident there. Ashraf Mas’ha, 18, was arrested after troops stormed the camp…
In Honor of Mother’s Day in Palestine
In honor of Mother’s Day in Palestine this year, the “Never Forget” Organization in Jenin Refugee Camp opened a handcrafts bazaar. Hundreds gathered for the opening with the National anthem,…
Palestinian child shot and injured by Israeli forces near Hebron
Palestinian boy was injured by the Israeli forces stationed in the area between Ithna and Tarqomia in Hebron Province. Ham’mad Qot’tainah, 15 years old, was injured in the leg when…
Israeli Army arrests one Palestinian resident of Bani Na’em village
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Bani Na’em in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested one resident there, Thursday morning. Soliman Ibeed, 24, was arrested after troops…
Israeli Army arrests eight residents in Tulkarem
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested eight residents there on Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the city and conducted a wide scale search of…
Army arrests one resident from Dihasha Refugee camp in Bethlehem
Israeli army forces stormed Dihasha refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident there Thursday at dawn. Waled Hamda, 32, was arrested when troops invaded…
Army storms Kofer Dan village near Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Kofer Dan in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Thursday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles stormed the village, searched several houses, and chased a…
Palestinian resistance shells four homemade shells at Al-Majdal city in Israel
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, announced responsibility for launching four homemade shells at Al-Majdal city in Israeli, late Wednesday night. In a press release issued on Thursday…
Army arrests six residents from Dier Ghassanah village near Ramallah
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Dier Ghassanah, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested six residents there Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the village and…
Three Palestinian Resistance men killed in Gaza Airstrike
Three Palestinians, two of whom were said to be operatives of the Islamic Jihad movement, were killed Thursday morning as an Israeli surveillance plane fired at least two missiles at…
Islamic Jihad denies Mofaz’ claims of receiving funds from Iran
Ziad Al Nakhala, deputy secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad movement, denied the statements of the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, who claimed that the movement received 1.8 million US Dollars…
Israeli Court moves Wall route in Jerusalem area
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem rejected the proposed route of the annexation wall in Sheikh Sa’ad neighborhood, in the East Jerusalem village of Jabal Al Mokabber, after the residents…
Racism hitting high in Israel
Leaders of the Arab population in Israel responded to a recent poll in Israel showing increasing levels of racism and hatred against Arabs residents in Israel, and said that racism…
Haniyya calls for special parliament session to vote on Hamas cabinet
The incoming Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that the Palestinian Legislative Council will meet on Saturday to discuss and vote on the program of the new Palestinian…
Food Supplies enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in direct aid
As an aid to the besieged Gaza Strip; Egyptian food trucks crossed the Karem Salem Crossing, East of Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Wednesday morning. The trucks carry…
Israeli forces demolish houses in Wallaja in the path of planned high-speed train
On Wednesday morning, Israeli Forces attacked many Palestinians and demolished two houses in Wallaja village, west of the city of Beit Jala. A number of Palestinians were injured. The soldiers,…
Army installs two iron gates east of Tamon village
The Israeli army installed two iron gates in the electrified fences erected previously by the Army east of Tamon village near the West Bank city of Tubas, Wednesday afternoon. Troops…
Israeli communist party calls on Israeli government to stop the closure of Gaza Strip
In a press release Wednesday, the Israeli Communist Party condemned the siege imposed by the Israeli government on the Gaza Strip. They also called for the Israeli government to stop…
Egyptian food truck passes to the e besieged Gaza Strip
As an aid to the besieged strip; Egyptian food truck crossed the Kerem Shalom Crossing, east of Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Wednesday morning. The truck contained several…
Plight of Palestinians in Iraq Worsens; Palestinian Authority holds US responsible
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man’s land on…
Mashal: `“Israel cannot have stability with occupation`
Khaled Mashal, Hamas Hamas Political Bureau leader in exile, said on Wednesday during an interview in Abu Dhabi, that the movement will continue its resistance and that Israel cannot have…
The forgotten evacuees of Dahaniyeh
Sabar, 11, walks around the southern town of Tel Arad barefoot. He limps, has a severe disability and bad eyesight, and has difficulty lifting objects with his hands. His father,…
Pro-Israel Lobby in US Under Attack
Harvard report challenging the role of the US-Israel lobby, the third most powerful lobby in the country, has sparked a searing debate within academic and political circles in the US.…
Palestinian resistance shells military posts near Beit Hanon in the Gaza strip
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing one homemade shell at an Israeli military post east of Beit Hanoun area in the Gaza…
Israeli former chief of staff may be arrested in Canada for War Crimes
Palestinian groups and leftist activists in have asked the Canadian authorities on Wednesday to arrest the former Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon as war criminal on entry to the…
Families of Two Palestinians Deny Al-Qaida link allegations
Family of the two Palestinian prisoners, Azzam Abu Adas, and Bilal Hafnawi from Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus denied on Wednesday, allegations of linkage of…
Army invades the west Bank city of Qalqilia, one resident arrested
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident there on Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the city, while soldiers launched a house-to-house search…
Army invades Beit Fajar village and arrests eight residents
Israeli army forces stormed the village of Beit Fajjar, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. Soldiers searched several houses before arresting eight residents and taking…
Army installs a fence between Tamon village and the nearby settlements
Israeli army bulldozers started to install a fence between the village of Tamon near the West Bank city of Salfet and nearby Israeli Jewish settlements on Wednesday morning. The fence is…
Army invades Al Walaja village near Bethlehem and levels one house
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Walaja, north-west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, demolishing one house and damaging a second one on Wednesday morning. In a phone call with IMEMC…
Israel banns prisoner’s wife from traveling
Israeli authorities banned the wife of Ahmad Sa’adat, the secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, from traveling from Ben Gorion airport to Japan on Tuesday.…
Army kills an Islamic Jihad man inside his house in Jericho
The Israeli army killed 22-year-old Ramadan Mtair for his alleged involvement in the Islamic Jihad resistance movement in a pre-dawn invasion to Jericho on Wednesday.Troops had entered Aqbat Jaber camp with…
UK standing at a nadir in Mideast
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has brought Britain’s standing in the Arab and Muslim worlds to its lowest point for half a century. By withdrawing British monitors from a…
Russian and Chinese presidents issue statement urging Palestine-Israel peace talks
A joint declaration, signed Tuesday between Russia and China during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China, urged Israel and Palestine to return to the negotiating table for peace talks.Since the…
Letter to the Editor: Sad Day for Democracy
In an age in which the South Americans are slowly re-asserting their rights to decide their own futures it is sad to see Palestine moving the other way. Dear Editor:…
The Israeli Raid in Jericho: The Background
The origins of the March 14 Israeli raid of a Palestinian prison in Jericho are rooted in another Israeli raid on a Palestinian city in 2001. On August 27 of…
Hamas faces daunting solo government challenge
The Palestinian movement Hamas was given a stark reminder of the challenges awaiting it in power as gunmen attacked government ministries and its chief donor stood by threats to cut…
Israel opens trade crossing into Gaza for several hours to allow entry of essential foodstuffs
Israeli Authorities reopened the Mintar( Karni) Crossing Tuesday morning in order to allow the entrance of essential foodstuffs, mainly grains and vegetables, into the impoverished Gaza Strip — home to…
Army invades Nablus, four resident injured
Israeli soldiers invaded Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and shot four Palestinians; two were seriously injured. Army source claimed that soldiers also fired at two…
Israeli leader calls for assassinating Israeli Left-wing activist
National Jewish Front leader Baruch Marzel, on Monday called on the Israeli Army to assassinate the far-left leader of the Gush Shalom movement Uri Avnery, and said the leaders of…
Hunger-striking Saudi prisoner in Israeli Jails force-fed
Israeli Authorities working in the Israeli prison department force fed a Saudi prisoner in order to stop his hunger strike, a strike which has not been made public, and which…
‘Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press’ launched
The first edition of the “Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press”, which will be awarded by the Delegation of the European Commission in Lebanon, with the participation of…
Otteh: We will remain friends of the people of Palestine
Mark Otteh, European Union envoy said the EU will not cease its aid to the Palestinian People and will remain partner for the Palestinian People pointing that the situation nit…
Israeli Police claims arresting a ‘potential bomber’ near Jerusalem
The Israeli police arrested on Tuesday ten Palestinian residents, including a potential suicide bomber, after finding a bag filled with explosives in his possession; police source said that the explosive…
Military Court sentence on two Palestinian personiers
Salim Israeli military court sentenced Mahmoud Antar 16 months in jail and NIS 2000 as fine for being a Fatah Movement member, Tuesday afternoon Anter was arrested during a military…
Army continues its siege forced on Bita village or the second day
Israeli army forces continued its siege and imposed curfew for the second day on Bita village north the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday morning. More than 20 army vehicles…
Palestinian resistance shells military posts in the Gaza strip
Al Aqsa martyrs brigades’ the armed wing of Fatah clamed the responsibility of firing two home made shells at Israeli military posts in the Gaza strip, Tuesday afternoon. One shell…
Army demolishes one house in Haga village east of Qalqilia
Israeli army bulldozers demolished the house of Jamal Hamad in the village of Haga east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Tuesday morning. Soldiers, who protected the bulldozers, clamed…
Army arrests two residents from Tulkarem while crossing Al Karama border crossing
Israeli army arrested two residents from the West Bank city of Tulkarem while crossing Al Karama between Jordan and the West Bank, on Tuesday morning. Saeed Abu Khiet, 29, and…
US-based Jewish group Calls on Caterpillar to Stop Profiting from Destruction of Palestinian Homes
The organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has called on other Jewish organizations and individuals to join the campaign to pressure Caterpillar, Inc. to stop profiting from the destruction of…
Hamas Delegation Arrives to Bahrain as Part of Gulf Tour
A delegation from Hamas movement arrived today into the Bahraini capital city Manama, as part of a tour in different Gulf states that includes Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and…
Sa’adat Lawyers to Sue British Foreign Office over Prison Raid
British lawyers representing the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’adat, are considering suing the British Foreign Office over its decision to withdraw monitors…
Israeli Bulldozers Demolish House in Qalqilia
The Israeli military demolished on Tuesday a house in the West Bank city of Qalqiliia, local sources reported. The Caterpillar D9 bulldozers, driven by Israeli soldiers, destroyed the home of…
Israeli military court rules 25 year sentence for Palestinian citizen
The Israeli Military Court in Salem made a judgment against Palestinian prisoner Tha’er Samih Abu Asab. Abu Asab was given a sentence of 25 years of imprisonment after being charged…
Israeli forces invade Balata and Askar refugee camps, arrest eight
Israeli Forces arrested 8 Palestinians in Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, Tuesday morning; one of the arrestees is noted as being…
Palestinian refugees attempting to flee Iraq stopped at Jordan border
Jordan has closed its border crossing with Iraq to prevent the entry of Palestinian residents in Iraq fleeing persecution amid the violence of the US-based occupation and subsequent civil strife.…
THE POWER OF SAYING NO
As the new Hamas government is sworn into power in the Palestinian Authority, we might ask: What would bring a people, the most secular of Arab populations with little history…
Israel Implements E1 Plan to Isolate East Jerusalem
Amid the chaos of the Israeli army’s abduction of Palestinian member of parliament and Secretary General of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’dat (among…
Leftist parties decide not to join Hamas-led cabinet
The Independent Palestine Party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and ‘The Alternative’ leftist coalition all decided not to join the new Hamas-led Palestinian government, leaving Hamas to form…
South African Union: Israeli Apartheid worse than South Africa’s
Top South African Trade Unionist Willy Madisha issued a white-hot condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies at a London conference on Saturday. Addressing the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s trade union conference at…
Israeli War Planes Destroy Water Pipe in Khan Younis
Israeli war planes hit Sunday a water pipe in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Mayor of al-Fakhari municipality, Auda al-Amour said that the missile that hit Salah al-Deen…
One resident injured by military fire in the Gaza Strip
Israeli army shot and injured on Monday morning, one resident of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip, a Palestinian medical source reported. The resident sustained an injury in the thigh…
Army forces residents to strip at a military checkpoint east of Tubas
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers stationed at Taiaseer military checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubas, forced several residents to undress before passing the checkpoint. Soldiers forced all males…
Israeli Army invades two West Bank villages near Hebron, arrests Four
The Israeli army invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents Monday morning. The Palestine News Network reported that Israeli soldiers broke into several…
Israel extends closure on West Bank and Gaza indefinitely; opens trade crossing
The announcement of an extended closure was made at the weekly cabinet meeting by right-wing Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who had initially ordered the closure to remain in force…