As Aid to Palestinian Authority dries up, Palestinians facing food crisis
New Finance Minister Omar Abdel-Razeq has said the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority cannot pay salaries, at least for now. The suspension of direct aid to the Palestinian Authority by the European…
Soldiers claim uncovering lab explosive in Jenin
An Israeli army source claimed uncovering an explosive lab that belongs to the Islamic Jihad while operating in Borqeen village, near the West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday. The…
Soldiers claim arresting a resident carrying a knife
An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident carrying a 25-centimeter knife at a checkpoint west of Nablus. The source added that the knife was confiscated and…
Palestinians in Jenin march on anniversary of 2002 Israeli massacre
Thousands of Palestinian marched through the streets of Jenin on Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of what they term the Jenin massacre — an Israeli assault on the refugee…
Eyeless in Gaza
Like the blinded Samson, America has great power but cannot see its obvious use. Hamas running Gaza, contrary to what our politicians and pundits are saying, is an opportunity to…
For the 9th day row, army invades Nablus city and search homes
Israeli forces broke on Wednesdat morning into the West Bank city of Nablus, and searched number of houses allegedly looking for Indifada activists. About 30 military vehicles, broke into Al…
Army installs a military checkpoint east of Tammon village
Wednesday morning, Israeli forces installed a military checkpoint in Al Bq’ia valley east of Tamoun village near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops operating in the area, stopped and…
Army invades Balata refugee camp and arrests seven residents
The Israeli armed forces arrested seven residents from Balata refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, during an invasion to the camp on Wednesday morning Troops stormed…
In UK, Motion for sanctions against Israel for lack of cooperation
British Legislator, Gerald Kaufman said Tuesday, sanctions must be imposed against Israel if it does not hand over officers and troops suspected of being responsible for the killing of two…
Palestinian child dies of wounds sustained Saturday
A Palestinian medical source in Jenin reported on Tuesday at night that one Palestinian child died of wounds sustained last Saturday during an Israeli military invasion to his village Sielet…
Palestinian fighters fired homemade shells at Sderot and Ashkelon
The Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah party, fired homemade projectiles from the Gaza Strip, which hit near the town of Sderot, and also near the Ashkelon…
The Earth is Closing in on Us
The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that its not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next…
Troops arrest a Palestinian who bit a soldier while being beaten during peaceful protest
Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested last night a Palestinian resident who bit a soldier during a protest against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah…
PNIC: `“Soldiers killed 19 residents, injured 95 and arrested 125 in one week`
A report prepared and published by the Palestinian National Information Center on the Israeli violations in the period between April, 4 and April 10, 2006, revealed that Israeli soldiers shelled…
After Israeli tanks kill Palestinian child, Mofaz vows more shelling
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, stated on Tuesday that there will be no quiet in Gaza unless there is quiet in Israel. The statements of Mofaz came as he was…
British jury: Peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ by Israeli sharpshooter
A jury has ruled that a British activist shot while trying to protect small children from Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip was "intentionally killed" by Israeli forces. The ruling…
Israeli Army arrests four Palestinians from Dora and Beit A’wa villages in Hebron
The Israeli army arrested four residents Dora and Beit A’wa villages, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, late Monday night. Troops broke into the Al Saleeb region, to…
Israeli Army storms the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem
Israeli armed police force and intelligence officers broke into the Greek Orthodox Patriarch’s headquarters in the Old city of Jerusalem, Tuesday morning. The soldiers targeted archbishop Atallah Hanna’s house, and…
`“Let’s do it Saturday!`
{mosimage}Saturday has become a strange day of rest for the families from Anata, East Jerusalem. Parents go about their work without the anxiety of going to the secondary school gates…
Army invades the West Bank city of Nablus, arrests ten residents
Tuesday morningTh. Israeli armed forces arrested ten residents including two brothers from Ein Beit Alm’a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus after invading it. More than 30…
Army arrests resident from the city of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested Moner Zied, 28, Tuesday morning. Zied were arrested and taken to unknown destination after troops stormed several houses …
Israeli Soldiers arrest resident from Beit Te’mer Village in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested Mohamed Al Wahsh during an invasion of Beit Te’mer Village in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. A number of military vehicles, broke into the village and closed…
Israeli artillery continues its bombardment in the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli artillery continue its bombardment campaign against the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, through Monday night into Tuesday morning. Israeli tanks stationed on the north borders of the…
No medications for the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Ministry of Health slammed the Israeli decision to ban the entry of medication to the Gaza Strip, and the American and the European Union decision to halt all…
Troops shell northern Gaza, Palestinian child killed, fifteen residents injured
A Palestinian medical source in the Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one ten-year old child was killed, and fifteen residents were injured after…
Palestinian President: Israeli escalation negates talks of justice
Palestinian Presidential spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In air strikes and artillery shelling, Israeli forces have killed sixteen Palestinians since Friday, including a…
Israeli security: `“Hamas is close to a decision to bar fighters from firing Qassams`
Israeli security sources reported on Monday that Hamas movement is close to a decision on initial steps aimed at barring resistance fighters from firing homemade at Israeli targets; Hamas denied…
Israeli military arrest Tamoun village resident
Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Tamoun village, east of the West Bank city of Tubass, after invading it on Monday afternoon. Eyewitnesses reported that Mohamed Bisharat, 19, was…
Israeli army destroys several agricultural greenhouses in Beit Lahiya
Israeli forces destroyed several agricultural greenhouses in Beit Lahiya north of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses report that the greenhouses were destroyed when Israeli army tanks shelled the Abu…
Ereikat: President Abbas to visit some Arab and foreign countries
A senior Palestinian official said the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is holding series of talks with Arab and International leaders in preparation for an Arab and International tour. Palestinian Parliament…
Two residents injured in Gaza shelling
Israeli military fired with heavy artillery at Palestinian houses in the norther part of the Gaza Strip, and injured two residents after their houses were set ablaze. One greenhouse was…
More Israeli restrictions on Qalqilia City
The bypass roads, checkpoints, land confiscation and Wall construction, which the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Israeli soldiers…
Israeli Settlers from Routem settlement in the Jordan valley initiate work to expand it
Settlers from the settlement of Routem north of the Jordan valley, in the West Bank initiated work to expand the settlement, Monday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that the settlers placed a…
Israeli Army reinforces its presence in different areas in Tubas
The Israeli army re-invaded the West Bank city of Tubas for the second week in a row, this Monday morning. Army vehicles moved into the city and invaded nearby Tamon…
Two residents injured in the continues shelling to the east and north areas of the Gaza Strip
Two residents were injured, in Israeli shelling across eastern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip, this Monday morning. Salim Heidar 25, and Hamama Abu Qliq, 22, recieved shrapnel wounds from the artillery shells, fired…
In pre dawn invasion to the city army arrests five residents from Nablus
On Monday In a pre dawn invasion of the West Bank City of Nablas the Israeli armed forces arrested five residents including Qasem Klbouna, 29, the leader of Al-Aqsa martyrs’…
Army arrest two residents during an invasion to Tulkarem
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and Nour Shams refugee camp , arresting two residents, Monday morning. Mohamed Abu Alfia, 21, Aql Zndiq, 18, were arrested…
Army resumes its heavy artillery shelling to the north and in east areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army resume shelling over the north and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, Monday morning. Army tanks stationed to the north and east of the strip resumed shelling the open areas to the north…
Army takes over one house in Beit Jala and turns it into military post
Israeli forces occupy one house in Beit Jala town in the West Bank municipality of Bethlehem to use as a military post, late Sunday night. The house is the home of the Qissia family, …
British, American Consulates won’t cooperate over Jericho Prison Investigation
Deputy chair of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Hassan Khreisheh said on Sunday that the American and the British Consulates refused to cooperate with the Palestinian Parliamentary committee investigating the…
Israel decides to close joint security liaison offices in Jericho
The Israeli government announced on Sunday night that it intends to close the joint office used as a security liaison office between it and the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in Jericho,…
Human Rights Watch urges Jordan to allow entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq
Jordan should immediately reopen its border to Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq, nearly 150 of whom are currently in tents in a ‘no-mans land’ on the border between the…
Israel kills 15 Palestinians over weekend; cuts all ties with Palestinian Authority
After a week of shelling Gaza day and night, the Israeli army stepped up strikes over the weekend, killing fifteen Palestinians, including an eight-year old child and his father, and…
Army shells the Palestinian Football League headquarters in Gaza
Sunday at night, Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery the headquarters of the Palestinian Football League in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that…
Israel cuts Fuel supplies to P.A
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to cut all fuel supplies to the Palestinian Authority and said that the P.A have to pay $35 million-dept before fuel supplies to the…
Army special forces assassinate a Palestinian fighter east of Bethlehem
Israeli troops, and under-cover army units, assassinated on Sunday evening one Palestinian fighter in Beit Ta’mar village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after surrounding a building and…
More Israeli restrictions on Qalqilia City
Apparently bypass roads, checkpoints, land annexation and Wall construction, which turned the city of Qalqilia into a prison housing 45 thousand Palestinians, were not enough for the Israeli government. Yet,Israeli…
Soldiers arrest resident in Hebron, settlers attack farmers and shepherds
Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in Bani Neim village, east of Hebron, after invading it. Settlers, on the other hand, attacked on Saturday evening dozens of shepherds…
Palestinian detainees carried out a one-day hunger strike
9000 Palestinian detainees in 21 central Israeli prisons and detention facilities carried out on Sunday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad living conditions they face and the…
Settlers attack Palestinian building in Jerusalem, force families out
Extremist settlers in Jerusalem, and under-cover units of the Israeli army. attacked on Sunday a four-story Palestinian residential building in Al Tour village, east of Jerusalem, and forced the families…
April 9: Anniversary of 1948 Massacre of Palestinians in Deir Yassin
Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun Israeli militia (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750…
Six Palestinians killed, 4 injured in a new Israeli Strike in Gaza Strip
At least six Palestinians were killed and 4 were wounded in an Apache strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, Palestinian sources reported. The source said an Israeli air…
PLC permanent committees to convene Sunday
Permanent committees of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) were gearing up to hold their first meetings via the video conference link in Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday, the…
Like Father, Like Son `¦ a Future Palestinian Victim
Large crowds, estimated at tens of thousands, marched on Saturday in the funeral procession of Eyad Abulineen, a Palestinian resistance fighter of Rafah, along with his 7-year old son Belal…
Two members of the Islamic Jihad arrested, a third member was seriously injured
Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers supported by dozens of armored jeeps invaded Sielet Al Thaher village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded several neighborhoods and arrested two members…
Settlers attack shepherds in Hebron
A group of extremist armed settlers attacked on Saturday several Palestinian Shepherds east of Sa’ir village, in Hebron district; one shepherd was badly injured in his face. A medical source…
Abbas: our sons will fight Israelis for a just deal
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says Israel’s plan to impose its final borders deep inside the occupied territories while expropriating large areas of Palestinian land for Jewish settlers will lead…
PLC member: ‘Rafah massacre is a clear message to the world that Israel will not cease attacks’
New Palestinian Legislative Council member, Ghazi Hamed, reported on Saturday that the Israeli killing of six Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah is, "a clear message to…
Two members of the Al Aqsa Brigades assassinated in Gaza
Less than twelve hours after the Israeli army killed six residents, including a father and his child in Rafah, Israeli war -jets fired a missile at a vehicle in Gaza…
Israeli Army closes Nablus ` Qalqilia road
The Israeli armed forces closed the Nablus -Qalqilia road in The West Bank, preventing the movement of residents for about four hours and a half, Saturday morning. Soldiers closed the…
Settlers attacks one resident from Sa’eir village near Hebron
One resident from Sa’ir village northeast of the West Bank city of Hebron was injured when a group of Israeli settlers attacked him while herding his sheep near one of…
Political stupidity
According to the repeated statements of official representatives of United states and Europ, International interest in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is based on historical responsibilities to both sides of the conflict, the…
Two residents killed in an air strike north of Gaza
Two residents killed and one injured in an Israeli air strike, targeting a civilian car in Jabalia north of Gaza Strip, Saturday afternoon. Israeli jetfighters shot a single missile towards…
Army prevents Palestinians younger than the age of 30 to enter the Jordan Valley
The Israeli army imposed more restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. Starting Saturday, Palestinians younger than the age of 30 are not allowed to enter the Jordan Valley, Palestinian sources…
Eleven Children Held Captive by Israeli Army in Nablus
Eleven children have been held captive by the Israel Army troops since 5am on Friday. The hostages are being held in an apartment on the 8th floor of Al-Sharif building…
Army arrests a teenager in Hawwara town near Nablus
The Israeli forces arrested Bilal Khmous, 17, from Hawwara town south of the West Bank city of Nablus, late on Friday night. Khmous was arrested when he was traveling along…
Two residents died after a tunnel collapsed on them in Rafah
Two residents were killed when a tunnel that links between in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and the Egyptian borders collapsed on them, Saturday at dawn. The civil defense…
Army seals off the West Bank city of Jenin
Israeli soldiers operating at the military checkpoint at the entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin prevented scores of civilian cars from entring or leaving the city, Saturday morning.…
Army continues its invasions to Tubass
The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and the surrounding villages, on Saturday as part of a wide-scaled military operation in the northern West Bank, local sources…
Army tanks resumes its shelling to the north and east areas of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army tanks postioned at the north and the east of the Gaza Strip resumed its bombardment to adjacent regions in the Strip, Saturday morning. The rumble of the…
One resident injured in the ongoing Nablus military invasion
One resident injured on Saturday in the ongoing Israeli military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus which started several days ago. Osama Solaiman, 28, was shot in…
Islamic leaders: `“Israel building synagogue under Al-Aqsa Mosque`
The General Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ikrema Sabri, said that Israeli occupation authorities are secretly building a synagogue under the holy Al- Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Sabri said that…
Three residents injured in an explosion in Hebron
Friday at night, three Palestinian residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the Old City of Hebron. The source of the explosion that took place in Abu…
Father, his child, and four other residents killed in an Israeli air-strike in Rafah
Israeli air-force shelled a training camp for the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing six residents, including a father and his eight-year…
Hamas: EU aid freeze is blackmail
The Hamas-led Palestinian government has denounced a move by the European Union (EU) to suspend aid payments, saying it is a form of blackmail which will only hurt ordinary civilians.…
‘Damming’ West Bank farmers
Sixty-two-year-old Shafiqa Massoud is, for all intents and purposes, the head of the household. Hers is a typical peasant family that lives in the Qalqilya area directly up against the…
In Hamas We Trust?
Now that the Palestinians have made their democratic choice, granting the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas its overwhelming majority of votes in January’s Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the time has come…
Bil’in protests against the Wall
Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular committee Against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, reported on Friday that dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested…
Violence, In Search of Definition
It is hard to believe that my own society which survived millennia in Palestine, is now begging to retain 20% of its legal property. Not too long ago, I conducted…
Under-cover forces of the Israeli army kill one resident of Nablus, wound three
One Palestinian resident was killed, earlier on Friday, and three others were injured after clashing with thieves who turned out to be members of the Israeli Special Forces. A medical…
This Week In Palestine, April week 1
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.9 MBThis Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle…
Troops invade Bethlehem, arrest nine residents
Friday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and several surrounding areas, and arrested nine residents said to be members or supporters of Hamas. A local source…
Israeli settlers take over Palestinian homes in Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers broke into a Palestinian building in Sahlah, in the center of the city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, late on Thursday and forced the…
Against the Wall
‘Against the Wall’ is a strong presentation about the truth and realities on both sides of the ‘fence’. Against the Wall, Ed. by Michael Sorkin. New Press, N. Y., 2005.…
Army arrests four residents from Bethlehem
In a pre-dawn invasion, Israeli armed forces arrested four residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that eighteen military vehicls and armored jeeps invaded the city…
Israeli Army invades Askar refugee camp and arrests child
On Friday morning, the Israeli army invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident. Ahmad Mtwer, 17, was arrested when troops stormed…
One Palestinian killed and three injured in continued Israeli raids in Nablus
Palestinian citizen Wafa Ya’eesh (22 years) was killed and his three relatives Fath Allah, Abid and Tariq, injured by Israeli forces who raided the city of Nablus on Friday morning.
Heavy artillery shells areas north and east of the Gaza strip
On friday morning, the Israeli army’s Heavy artillery resumed shelling areas in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. several reisdents were treated for shock after the shells…
Army invades Sabastia village west of Nablus
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Sabastia, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the village and conducted wide scale searches…
Israeli Army seals of the main road north of Tubas
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the main road north of the West Bank city of Tubas and closed the road, Friday morning. Soldiers stopped civilian cars and…
Israeli air force shells two buildings in Gaza
Israeli Air Force warplanes bombed and completely damaged two buildings in Gaza city. Army claims that the two buildings are used as offices of an armed wing of Fateh movement…
22 residents arrested in the West Bank, 15 injured in Nablus clashes
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers carried dozens of invasions in several West Bank cities and villages and arrested twenty-two residents. In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli…
Hamas: We inherited a government with an empty treasury!
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya told the first meeting of the Hamas-led cabinet that the government is facing a severe financial crisis, saying, "The Ministry of Finance has inherited an…
Budrus village, central in Palestinian non-violence, subjected to night raids by Israeli forces
Israeli Forces have been carrying out late-night raids into the village of Budrus and forcing people at gunpoint to undergo fingerprint checks. Soldiers have stormed several houses over the last…
Another Brick in the Wall
I seem to recall that the East Germans called the Berlin Wall – or ‘Berlin Fence’ as I suppose we would have to call it if built by the Israelis…
UK Jury rules British Journalist’s death by Israeli army gunfire is murder
A British filmmaker shot dead in Rafah by Israeli army soldiers was murdered, a jury decided Thursday. James Miller, 34 and a father of two young children, was shot in…
Army uses two Palestinians as human shields in Bethlehem invasion
Israeli soldiers used two Palestinians from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem as human shield as they invaded the camp on Thursday before noon. Troops took over a building in…
Army storms Al Rihia village in Hebron, arrest one resident
Israeli troops invaded the village of Al Rihia, near the West bank city of Hebron and arrested Mossa Al Najar, 35. Soldiers searched several houses and forced the families…
Two children released after one year in jail
On Thursday morning, two children from the West Bank city of Tubas were released after serving one year in Israeli prisons. Homam Daraghmah and Mohamed Daraghmah, both 15 years old,…
Army invades Yatta village, near Hebron
Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers searched residents’ houses and took positions over the rooftops, local sources reported.