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Defense for Children International – Palestine section and the Arab human rights institution charged in a joint statement that the Israeli occupation government was escalating its arrests of Palestinian minors.…

Israeli troops stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby refugee camp of Al-Ein at dawn Monday and arrested four young men after breaking into several homes. Local…

On a Sunday, during the intermediate days of Pesach, Jerusalem was quite empty. Maybe the sudden rain kept the tourists away. In the city center, next to the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian…

Israeli army troops opened fire at and killed a Palestinian 18-year old near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medial and security sources said on Monday morning. Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two youth in the Al Arroub refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to a nearby military camp, local source…

Israeli soldiersbroke on Sunday into Al Amal Private Hospital, in the West Bank city of Nablus, searched a number of wards and attacked staff and patients, local source in Nablus…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted two strongly-worded condemnations Sunday against aggressions in Nablus. Armed members of resistance parties, defying internal agreements, are using weapons reserved only to…

Two Palestinian fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades were assassinated in Bethlehem on Sunday after the Israeli under-cover forces stormed the city and fired at resistance fighters of the Al…

The Hamas-led Palestinian government and the Fateh movement, headed by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, have pledged on Sunday to work in order to end the tensions between them after…

At least six Palestinian citizens, including one elderly, were injured, and an unlimited number were arrested during a nonviolent demonstration in the southern West Bank on Saturday. A number of…

As Israeli forces continue to pound the northern Gaza Strip with up to 300 artillery shells a day, Israeli officials have announced that the military is considering re-entering the Palestinian…

As Greek Orthodox Palestinian Christians were celebrating the Holy Saturday in Jerusalem, Israeli policemen attacked dozens of worshipers and priests near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and at the…

Fridays’ speech by Hamas Political Office leader Khalid Mashal, put Fateh officials over the edge. They went so far as to refer to Mashal’s words from exile in Syria to…

Israeli soldiers launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the West Bank, while intensifying its arbitrary measures around the city of Ramallah and continuing the isolation of northern Jordan Valley for…

The Fateh linked armed resistance wing, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanding Hamas for clarifications of the statements made by Khaled Mashal on Friday. Saturday, the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the…

Israeli forces took two Palestinians from the southern West Bank to unknown locations early Saturday morning. Israeli forces invaded northern Hebron’s Al Aroub Refugee Camp at dawn and broke into…

Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian in Bethlehem and Hebron areas in the West Bank on Saturday morning, a Palestinian source reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Hebron said Israeli forces…

Two months before the Palestinian election, I met in Ramallah with Hassan Yousef, a senior West Bank leader of Hamas. Talking to him before he began an interview on our…

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Al Zahhar, said on Saturday that he will be meeting with European representatives during his upcoming tour in the Arabic Gulf countries, and that European countries…

In an interview with a German television,  Khaled Mashal, head of the Political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday that the movement will be ready to…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday evening that a Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli border policeman north of Jerusalem. The source stated that the soldier was stabbed at Al…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday two residents in Jeet village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers broke into dozens of…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, clashed with dozens of youth, and seriously shot one child in his head. The…

"One million of the estimated 3.8 million Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories rely on Palestinian Government salaries for their livelihoods. Impoverishing and embittering our people will not only exacerbate…

The Ahmed Abul Reesh Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah Movement in Palestine, fired eight shells at the Israeli Negev towns of Sderot and Majdal, and towards an Israeli military…

An Israeli police source reported of Friday that one Israeli border policeman was stabbed by a Palestinian youth at Al Ram checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. The officer was injured in…

Friday, the European Union (E.U)said that its decision to freeze aid money transfer to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) stays in effect indefinitely, and urged Israel to resume the transfer of…

Israeli military sources reported that Israeli soldiers arrested sixteen Palestinians in various parts of the West Bank Thursday night.  The arrested Palestinians were taken by force from their homes, in…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.8 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…

Labor party’s negotiating team rejected an offer by the winning party Kadima to get five portfolios if they join a coalition to form the government saying that they want 6-7…

Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Aqbat Jaber refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Jericho. A Palestinian security source in Jericho reported that soldiers, supported by dozens of…

The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, (PLO) approved in a statement published on Friday, the Presidential decree preventing the government to form a special security unit in the…

400 Palestinian residents of Bilin village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 Israelis and 40 international peace activists, protested on Friday against the Israeli annexation Wall, and against…

Friday morning, Israeli forces arrested two resistance fighters in Qabatia town near the West Bank city of Jenin. One resident was arrested in a separate invasion in Sielet Al Harthiyya…

In bid to ease the hard situation, the state employees are facing because of the financial crisis the Palestinian Authority is in, the Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq…

The Israeli troops invaded, late of Thursday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident. Soldiers invaded the city, surrounded and searched houses in Hindaza neighborhood…

Friday morning, Israeli soldiers stationed at Halhoul checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron arrested one resident, after claiming that they uncovered a suspicious object in his car. Soldiers…

The Israeli army invaded the villages of Sielet Al Harthiyya and Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested one resident, on Friday morning. Talha Issa, 25, was…

The Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Harmala west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident identified as Tarik Attalah, Friday at dawn. Troops stormed…

Israeli army troops arrested Salem Nawawra, 33, from the village of Toqua east of Bethlehem In pre down invasion on Friday, a local source reported. The source added that army…

The Israeli forces invaded Aqbet Jaber refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho and arrested one resident, Friday morning. Troops, backed by several army vehicles stormed the camp…

The Israeli army artillery resumed its shelling to the eastern and northern Gaza strip, Friday at dawn. The shelling targeted land and homes in Beit Lahia and Biet Hanoun and…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 3.7 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle East…

The Palestinian Authority signed an agreement with the through which the later would donate $10 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian sources reported on Thursday. The agreement…

The Israeli authorities released the Palestinian Prisoner Wajeeh Qawas, the recently elected Mayer of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Thursday noon. Qawas was arrested four years ago and was…

Israeli armed forces arrested five residents in pre dawn Thursday invasion of Dura and Ithna villages near the West Bank city of Hebron. In Dura, troops stormed several houses in…

Israeli settlers, accompanied by Soldiers, attacked school students in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning. The attacks occured in areas adjacent to Tel Al Romaida and Beit…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya denied reports that he and his procession were fired at last night. On Thursday morning, he said that he is certain that some in the…

A number of human rights institutions based in the United Kingdom have sent an urgent message to the European Union and the British government to immediately reverse their decision of…

The Israeli army launched a military offensive on March 31, dubbed "ongoing pressure", which is ongoing in the city, suburbs and refugee camps of Nablus. The 15,000 residents of Nablus…

Occupation is the seed-bed for terrorism. It creates a uniquely fertile environment for random acts of violence directed at civilians. The insightful analysis of Robert A. Pape “Al Qaidas Smart…

At least 320 Palestinians were treated for shock in the past week as a result of the continuous shelling of Palestinian residential areas in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources…

Israeli tanks and artillery resumed their concentrated pounding of populated areas in northern Gaza Strip Wednesday, alleging they were responding to Palestinian homemade shells fired at Israeli settlements close to…

Large Arab investment funds will funnel about $50 million into projects to ease the hardships of the Palestinians but the money will not go to the cash-strapped Hamas-led government, fund…

The Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus continued to arrest the wives and mothers of ‘wanted’ men, in an attempt to ‘bait’ the men into turning themselves…

Saile Darghmah, 21, was arrested at an Israeli military checkpoint between the West Bank city of Tubas and Iaqaba village near Jenin, late Wednesday night. Darghmah is a resident of…

The Israeli Army invaded the village of Azoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late Wednesday night. Several armored vehicles stormed the village and were shooting randomly at…

SOUTH HEBRON – Hundreds of people are expected to flock to the South Hebron village of At-Tuwani this Saturday, to demonstrate against the planned Apartheid Wall. The wall will be…

Wednesday, Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, won the biggest number of seats in the Student Council elections in Bir Zeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Public Relations…

In a report released on Wednesday, the United Nations warned that the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be facing grave humanitarian crisis if the foreign…

The Israeli armed forces invaded Al Arqa village west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village in a provocative way, the village…

The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that it’s not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next…

Food for everybody in the world is a means to survive, to stay alive and maintain a normal, healthy life.  But in Palestine, food has become increasingly hard to buy,…

Four Arab members of the Israeli Knesset met Wednesday with Hamas legislators in East Jerusalem, a move which was seen as showing support to the Hamas members of parliament after…

The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled, on Wednesday, that it will allow Israel to complete the construction of the annexation wall surrounding Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinian petitioners appealed to…

On Wednesday, sources in the political wing of Islamic Jihad issued identical warnings to all political leaders to avoid “open appearances in public places,” after the Tel Aviv operation Monday.…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 3.5 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle East…

Six armed Palestinian resistance groups declared in a national ‘document of honor’ that they absolutely refuse any recognition of Israel as a legitimate state, acknowledging that it is an occupier.…

{enclose dailynews041806_ready.mp3} The daily news, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, http://www.IMEMC.org, for Tuesday April 18, 2006. The Israeli Army invade several West Bank cities and conduct…

Settlers from several illegal settlement posts in the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank attacked Palestinian schools students, Wednesday noon. Settlers hurled stones and empty glass bottles at…

Israeli troops stormed, on Wednesday morning, dozens of  homes in the village of Khresa near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers stormed the house of  Waleed Al Rajoub, trapped…

In a continuous invasion, seven residents were injured in the West Bank city of Nablus as more army enforcements  continues to invade the city, Wednesday morning Troops and army vehicles…

RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) reports that Roger Waters, leader of the famous English band Pink Floyd, has refused to be…

The Palestinian government expressed disappointment at the Jordanian government canceling of a visit of the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahaar, scheduled for Wednesday, Palestinian sources reported.  The…

I know there are many people who mendaciously and maliciously or maybe ignorantly portray us as bellicose and anti-peace and prone to violence. As the Palestinian people continue their long…

The Algerian doctors union donated 20 tons of medical supplies to the Palestinian nation, which arrived in a plane that landed in Amman International Airport, late Tuesday night. The medical…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, conducted house-to-house searches and arrested Husssan Tanboz, 22, Wednesday at dawn. Tanboz was arrested after soldiers stormed scores of houses…

The Israeli army continued its invasion of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested more Palestinian residents of the city on Wednesday morning. Soldiers stormed scores of homes and…

A petition being circulated by a German peace group states, "We know from the history of our own country what dangers await a society that loses its moral standards", and…

U.S. citizens have been barred from financial dealings with the Palestinian Authority because it’s controlled by Hamas, which the government designates a terrorist organization, the Treasury Department said. The U.S.…

Israeli soldiers arrested five Palestinians near the northern section of the fence that separates the Gaza Strip from Israel. The five residents were unarmed and were transferred to an interrogation…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.7 MB The daily news, a service of the International Middle…

The Israeli army has arrested the father of an Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who killed nine people in an attack the day before in Tel Aviv. Samih Hamad, 51, was…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp and Bal’a village early Tuesday morning, fired rounds of live ammunition and sonic bombs and arrested seventy residents.…

The Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem affairs in the Hamas-led Palestinian cabinet, Khaled Abu Arafa, was detained on Tuesday by Israeli police at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Abu…

"The continuing (Israeli) occupation and aggressions are at the root of the cycle" of violence, Haniya told ministers from his Hamas-led government in a cabinet meeting the day after a…

The Popular Resistance Committees, and the Al Aqsa Brigades, demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to apologize for slamming and denouncing the Tel Aviv suicide bombing carried by a suicide…

The Israeli government decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in response to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis…

The Israeli government decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in response to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis…

Israeli air force shelled on Tuesday a building in the Gaza Strip causing excessive damage but no injuries. Army claims that the building is used as a metal workshop to…

Two young human rights activists spoke last night in California about the Palestinian population of Tel Rumeida, Hebron, a West Bank neighborhood that also contains some of what were considered…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights, PCHR, issued a special report on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.  The report, issued on 17 April 2006, coincided with…

For the second day, Israeli troops broke into Anata Secondary School for Boys, and Salah Ed Deen Elementary School in Anata, north of Jerusalem, and detained dozens of students. Head…

Israeli army troops stormed the homes of residents of Beit Awwa village and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, forced families out of their homes,…

Three children were injured Tuesday morning in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing Israeli army shelling of the area. Army tanks shelled residential…

The Israeli armed forces invaded on Tuesday morning Azzoun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested Mo’men Adwan, 20, after searching his home. Adwan was injured…

Mazen Abu Sakot, 24, and his nephew Mohammad Al Tarbra, 24, were arrested in an invasion to Bani Neim village in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday at…

In an morning invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army arrested three residents. Several army vehicles and soldiers invaded the city and its refugee camp, searched number…

Palestinian Legislative Council Spokesperson and Hamas political party member, Ghazi Hamad, says that has yet to give them a chance. In a Tuesday declaration, Hamad said that will not cease…

Israeli troops invaded the village of Burqin near the Jenin in the northern West Bank on Tuesday morning and arrested several residents. Troops stormed the village imposed curfew and conducted…