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Palestinian government spokesperson Ghazi Hamad accused the United States’ administration of terrorism against Palestine by preventing Banks from transferring aid money to the Palestinian Authority causing a severe financial crisis…

The Israeli forces stormed the Boren village town hall, near the West Bank city on Nablus, Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles invaded the village and surrounded the town hall, soldiers…

Rubber bullets being fired in the occupied West Bank have seriously injured another Palestinian civilian.  Ruba Mahmoud Awayes, 21, was on her way home from college when she was hit…

The Israeli armed forces closed the main entrance to the east of Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday morning. Several army jeeps blocked the road and…

On Wednesday morning Israeli troops arrested, , 12 residents from the West Bank city of Nablus during an ongoing military operation begun Tuesday morning. Soldiers conducted wide scale search campaigns…

The Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Bathan checkpoint Nablus closed it, on Wednesday morning. The checkpoint lies at the north eastern entrance of the city and this closure prevents scores…

Israeli forces invaded the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, and held some residents captive for interrogation, Palestinian sources reported. Troops demanded the residents to provide…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said the government managed to collect funds needed for the state employees’ salaries, from Arab countries. Haniya said the money is now with the Arab…

The maze of Israeli military checkpoints inside the West Bank ensure that not only vegetables must be carried to market, but also students must walk to school, workers to their…

The Palestinian Minister of Finance Omar Abdul Razeq, expressed the Palestinian Authority’s interest in a secure and stable , and denied any relation with actions that targets saying that Hamas…

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Scores of farmers and land owners in addition to a number of residents gathered at their land to the east of Hebron in the West Bank where Israeli bulldozers started…

Palestinian Minister of Finance, Omar Abdul Raziq said on Tuesday the government has no objection if the President’s office will receive and manage international aid for the Palestinian Authority including…

The international community double-standard policy towards the Middle East region, particularly, Palestine, has been steadily apparent since the formation of a Hamas-led Palestinian government in both the West Bank and…

Farahat Assad, the Hamas west bank spokesperson of Hamas, was arrested by the Israeli army late Monday night. Assad was arrested after troops surrounded his home in the West Bank…

 Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus for the second time on Tuesday afternoon and arrested Mohamed Ikmail. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the city for a…

Following statements made by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he threatened to fire the Hamas-run government, Ghazi Hamad, a spokesman for the government said that Abbas should not…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yammon in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday morning. Several army vehicles entered the village, allegedly seeking wanted people, whom after…

The Israeli armed forces arrested one resident from Marka village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army vehicles entered the village searched several…

The Israeli army invaded Al O’byiat village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three residents, Tuesday morning. Ahmad O’byiat, 20, Awwad O’byiat, 36, Shadi O’byiat, 26,…

An Israeli army unit installed a military checkpoint at  Borak Soliman near the Al Khader village entrance in the West Bank city of Bethlehem,  on Tuesday morning. Soldiers stopped  and…

 Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested nine residents among them  a 50 year old women,  on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as; Hussen…

President of the Political Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Abdullah Abdullah, said the three-day national dialogue will begin Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah via video conference. Hamas, Fatah, and…

A Palestinian family called on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights organizations to immediately intervene to help free their son from Israeli detention. The father of…

The Palestinian Hamas party distanced itself from a statement from Osama bin Laden on Sunday condemning the West for its actions. In an audiotape message broadcast by Aljazeera on Sunday,…

Israeli forces have prevented a delegation of youths from Jenin, who were representing a Quaker youth group, from going to the city of Ramallah for youth activities. In a phone…

Israeli forces arrested Monday one Palestinian citizen, Ahmad Abu Obaid (23 years) from the town of Al-Yamoun west of Jenin, at one of the "temporary" military barriers between Ramallah and…

The Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigade in Gaza Strip said they have fired two home-made projectiles at Israeli targets in response to the assassination of two Palestinians in Bethlehem on Sunday evening.

Palestinians from the village of Hawara, south of Nablus, accused settlers on Sunday of sneaking into a quarry in the middle of the night Saturday and torching trucks and an…

On Saturday afternoon, several international human rights workers were attacked by Israeli settlers living illegally on Palestinian land near Hebron, the third such attack in three weeks.  In a statement from…

Pre-dawn raids by Israeli forces in various parts of the southern and eastern West Bank Monday morning resulted in three arrests. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces, backed by seven military vehicles,…

In Nablus early Monday morning, Israeli soldiers positioned at Eiba checkpoint, west of the city, hurled a sonic bomb at Palestinians who were waiting at the checkpoint, wounding Mohie Ishteiwi,…

Israeli Forces raided the towns of Allar and Qafen, north of Tulkarem, early on Monday morning. They broke into many houses, carrying out extensive searches. Five Palestinians were arrested: Mutasim…

During a visit to Damoun jail, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society revealed Monday that "Nakhshon Israeli unit" stormed section "3", provocatively searched the rooms and forced the prisoners…

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…

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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…

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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.…