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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.…

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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…

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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…

Israeli armed forces arrested seven residents, Tuesday morning, during the ongoing massive military invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus.  Military operations were staged up in Nablus on Monday.…

The Israeli forces invaded Al Arroub refugee camp north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested Mohaned Al Horani, 24, on Tuesday morning. Troops surrounded Horani’s house, broke…

Israeli Army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested two residents, Tuesday at dawn. Dozen armored vehicles and soldiers entered the city and held a wide scale…

Israeli armed forces invaded Arqa and Sanor villages in the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested four residents, Tuesday morning. In Arqa village, troops stormed the village and arrested…

I met Olmert in the 60s, when I was a Member of the Knesset. He was the apprentice and servant (literally) of another Member: Shmuel Tamir. Ehud Olmert is now…

Israeli Security Minister, Shaul Mofaz, held a security meeting to discuss the Israeli retaliation for the Tel Aviv suicide bombing carried on Monday, and decided to resume the military operations…

Monday evening, one Palestinian child was killed, two were injured, after the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery an area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza…

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Anatomy of a Statistical Flim-Flam On March 14, 2006, a report on anti-Semitism in was published with sensational findings. It claimed that a significant proportion of the Swedish public harbor…

Israeli Forces stormed a school in the north of occupied Jerusalem, the schools’ headmaster said. The headmaster, Yousef Elian, told Palestinian news agency WAFA News that Israeli soldiers hurled stun…

A young Palestinian girl, Hiba Allah Mohammad Ishaq Yaghmour, from Hebron City in the southern West Bank is in Israeli prison. Monday, 17 April, marks the annual “Day of the…

Arab nations and Russia have offered aid money to the new Palestinian Authority to help cover the shortfall left by the pull-out of U.S. and European Union assistance, as well…

An empty watchtower overlooks a deserted road lined with rusting vehicle parts. The only traffic is a pregnant bitch and a mule and cart. This is Gaza’s economic lifeline, the…

On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners Day, Hussam Khader, who was an elected Palestinian Legislative Council Member at the time of his arrest, issued a statement regarding his case. The…

The Israeli army invaded Nablus Monday afternoon, in a huge operation continuing the invasion begun early Monday  morning, three  youth were injured. The assault on the Palestinian civilian population of…

Israeli army tanks stationed at the Gaza  borders resumed  shelling to the north and eastern  areas of the strip, on Monday. The shelling targeted residential areas in Biet Lahia and…

The Israeli armed forces invaded Al Zababda village east of the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered the village searched several homes  and installed…

Nine Israelis were killed, on Monday afternoon, and 32 people were injured, nine seriously, when a sixteen-year old Palestinian boy blew himself up on Tuesday at noon, at a Shawarma…

The Israeli army invaded Nablus Monday afternoon, in a huge operation continuing the invasion begun early Monday  morning.  The assault on the Palestinian civilian population of Nablus intensified following a…

A Palestinian college student from the Nablus area has lost her right eye after an Israeli army marksman shot at her while she on her way home from school. The…

The israeli armed forces invaded Al Aza refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested Ra’fat Al Najar, 21, Monday morning. Soldiers stormed Al Najar’s  home  searched…

The scenes from Gaza are heartbreaking. Heartbreaking? That’s not for certain. The sight of the Aben family from Beit Lahiya mourning its 12-year-old daughter Hadil last week did not stir…

The Israeli occupation army fired 400 artillery shells at the Gaza Strip over the last two days, according to local witnesses. The occupation army has been bombarding northern Gaza since…

On the morning of Monday, April 17, Jab’a villagers held a march demanding the right to farm their land, along with Palestinians from nearby villages, and international and Israeli activists…

The Israeli army invaded Fahma and Kofer Ra’ee village south west of the West Bank city of Jenin, late Sunday night. Several army vehicles stormed the two villages and ransacked…

In an ongoing military invasion,of the  West Bank city of Nablus four residents were arrested on Monday morning. The arrestees are identified as; Al’a Al sarkajee, 20, Mazen Al Minawi,…

The Israeli Knesset will be sworn in on Monday marking the start of the 17th Knesset term with 41 new members elected on March 28. The new Knesset will not…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did not transfer control over the border crossing points to the Palestinian Government, an informed source at the president’s office said on Sunday. The statement came…

Some armed resistance wings are expanding their efforts from just fighting the Israeli occupation to those who are fighting the Palestinian police and public governmental buildings. Many view the Palestinian…

The imprisoned Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Huwail called on the Palestinian resistance factions and the Palestinian Authority (P.A) to consider the issue of the Palestinian prisoners’ in Israeli prisons as a…

Fadwa Al Barghouti is the wife of imprisoned Marwan, the leader of the Fateh party in the West Bank and an elected member of Palestinian government. He has played a…

A report prepared and published by the Palestinian Prisoners Society marking the Palestinian Prisoners Day (April 17) revealed that the number of Palestinian detainees who died in Israeli prisons and…

A Palestinian merchant in the northern West Bank city of Nablus was stopped in his tracks as he inspected what remained of his destroyed stores. Merchant Alam Slah told PNN…

Federal authorities have allegedly decided to deport a former Florida professor and Palestinian rights activist after failing to convict him on charges he helped finance terror attacks in Israel. Sami…

Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Beit Ummar and Surif, north and north-east of Hebron, searched dozens of homes and arrested three residents. Troops surrounded the two villages before…

Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and dozens of military jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Salfit and clashed with dozens of residents who hurled stones and…

Israeli army radio reported on Saturday that Israel could could ask the United States to free a former US Defense Department official, imprisoned in the States for spying for Israel,…

An Israeli man who has been volunteering as a guard to protect Palestinian farmers from attacks from right-wing Israeli settlers has been threatened by the settlers, who came to his…

Israeli soldiers barred on Friday and Saturday thousands of Arab residents of Israel from entering the West Bank city of Jericho after Israel announced the Palestinian controlled city as a…

A Palestinian medical source at the Gaza European Hospital, north of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Saturday that one resident died of wounds sustained…

Saturday, Israeli soldiers arrested for Palestinian residents in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Tulkarem. The four were arrested after soldiers, supported by armored vehciles, stormed the two cities…

Arnon Regular Israeli reporter working with the Israeli online daily Haaretz could have been one of the victims of the Israeli air strike that targeted a playground in Beit Lahia…

The Mayor of Gaza, Dr. Majed Abu Ramadan said, work in more than thirty projects has stopped because of the current closure imposed on the strip by the Israeli army.…

Israeli soldiers abused a father and his six year old child in the village of Yata near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Saturday morning. Ali Al Thawaj’a, 37,…

Palestinian gunmen broke on Saturday into the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, protesting against the delay in the…

The Israeli army closed Beit Iba checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Nablus, for more than three hours, Saturday morning. Soldiers stationed at Beit Iba refused the scores…

This is, as they say, the crunch. This is the political moment all Israeli governments – all of them, Labor, Likud and ‘National Unity’ – have been working towards the…

Several members of the activists community and those working specifically in refugee rights confirmed Saturday the while the United Nations guarantees the rights of Palestinian refugees, numerous international, Arab, Israeli,…

On saturday morning the Israeli army arrested three residents from Beit Oommer and Al Borj villages in the West Bank city of Hebron. Mohamed Amro, 41, was arrested when troops…