Palestinians and Israelis ‘drum through the wall’
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
P.A Foreign Minister to visit China
Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al Zahar announced on Wednesday that he plans to visit China and a number of Asian countries in the coming days. Al Zahar stated during a…
Hamas appoints new head of its PLC bloc
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, decided to appoint Dr. Khalil Al Hayya, as the head of its bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council as the former head Mahmoud Zahhar was…
Scores of residents detained under the rain at a military checkpoint east of Tubas
Israeli army soldiers stationed at Tayaseer military checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas detained on Wednesday afternoon scores of Palestinian civilians under the rain for several hours.…
Army arrests two residents from Dora village in Hebron
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Doura village in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents. Ghassan Amro, 23, and Bilal Mohamed, 23 were arrested when troops…
Fifteen arrested, two injured in Nablus invasion
In a wide scale invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday morning, Israeli troops arrested fifteen residents and injured two others. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem
On Wednesday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested Mohamed Abdah, 17. Troops surrounded the house of Abdah family in Wad Em Ali neighborhood…
Army invades Al Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas
The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp and conducted a wide…
Army arrests a woman from Boreen village near Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Boreen, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, searched the villagers’ houses and arrested one woman. Zakia Al Najar was arrested after…
Labor, Kadima said to have decided on portfolios
Source at the Israeli Labor Party reported on Tuesday that talks between the Labor party head Amir Peretz and Kadima head Ehud Olmert had reached an agreement on the new…
Settler charged to two years for deliberately shooting a Palestinian
Justice Rahel Barkai of the Israeli Be’er Shiva District Court sentenced a rejected an appeal by the Israeli prosecution to sentence a settler to seven years for shooting a Palestinian…
Widow of British reporter shot by Israeli forces condemns Israeli delay on investigation
The widow of a British cameraman shot by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 2003 has accused the Israeli and British authorities of delaying the investigations into her husband’s death. Testifying…
Israel confiscates 2,432.3 Dunams of Palestinian land in the West Bank, Jerusalem
A new report issued Tuesday by the International Solidarity for Human Rights Organization indicates that Israel confiscated 2,432.3 Dunams of Palestinian land in the first quarter of 2006. The report…
Israeli artillery shells Beit Lahia, two residents killed and six injured
A Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday afternoon that two residents were killed and six were injured after the Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery Palestinian…
South African President Accepts Abbas’ Invitation to Visit, Invites Hamas
South African President Thabo Mbeki accepted an invitation to visit the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) extended to him during a three-day visit by President Mahmoud Abbas, who urged South Africa…
Handicapped Palestinian from Qalqilia saves photographer from soldiers’ attack
As the saying goes, “the handicapped have their abilities and their disability does not negate their potential.” This saying played itself out as the Israeli “special” forces invaded the center…
Salem farmer in critical condition after attack by Israeli settlers
Palestinian farmer, Saber Shtaya of Salem, is in critical condition in Beilinson hospital in Israel after being brutally attacked by settlers last Friday. On that day, Israeli soldiers stood and watched…
In an morning invasion of Nablus old city, the army arrest two girls
Israeli forces invaded the old city area in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested two residents, early tuesday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles invaded the area and soldiers…
Israeli Forces invade Al Zababda and Bier Al Basha villages near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded Zababda and Bier Al Basha villages situated near the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested four residents from Bier Al Basha village, Tuesday morning. Troops…
Homeland as the Gift of Destiny
Homecoming, between dwelling and settling Inspired by Heidegger’s “Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry,”(1) the question to be asked is: What is meant by homecoming? How do people transform a place into…
Army arrest five citizens of Tulkarem
Israeli army arrested five Tulkarum residents early tuesday morning carrying out invasions across several villages in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. In Alar village, troops invaded and searched residents’…
Two residents arrested in Toqua village near Bethlehem
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Toqua south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two men on Tuesday morning, Hassan Jebriel, 28, and Mohamed Jebriel,…
Army erect a sudden military checkpoint in Jenin
Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers erected a military checkpoint between the villages of Qabatia and Sanor situated near the West Bank city of Jenin. Eye witnesses reported, that the army stopped…
Army arrest one resident in Askar refugee camp
Israeli armed forces invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident, Tuesday morning. Ahmad Al Shatawi, 35, was arrested when troops and…
Army arrest one resident from Bethlehem
Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident there, Tuesday dawn. Hossam Aiesh, 22, was arrested after troops stormed several houses in the city,…
Israeli Army arrested one resident of Tamon village
On Tuesday morning Israeli troops arrested Jihad Bani Odah aged 20, from the Tamon village in the West Bank city of Tubass. Troops stormed Tubbas searching several houses before arresting…
Palestinians and Israelis ‘drum through the wall’
This weekend, a group of Palestinians and Israelis gathered in Abu Dis to “break the sound barrier by drumming through the wall”. As the sun set on Saturday, close to…
UN: `“Gaza on verge of a humanitarian disaster`
Several United Nations organizations are warning that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster as a result of the Israeli closure and isolation to the Gaza…
Israeli High Court to issue a ruling on a military Wall in Hebron
The Israeli High Court is slated to issue a ruling regarding installing a “security Wall” around several roads in the Hebron Mountain area after it held a session on Monday…
Hamas holds talks with French and Indian officials
A spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported on Monday that Hamas members held talks two months ago with French officials, and that recently the movement held talks with…
Palestinian child killed near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child, and injured two youth, in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. A local source in the camp reported…
Israeli Wall in the West Bank: Post-Occupation Strategy to Deny Sovereignty to the Palestinian State
Constructive discussions or academic talks on Israel need an unbiased attitude, juridical approach and humanist values towards the Arabs particularly the Palestinians who have been losing their campaign for freedom…
Military court fines several Palestinian prisoners
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced and fined a number of Palestinian prisoners during closed military trials held Monday morning. Abd Azazma was sentenced to three months and NIS…
Army arrests two residents in Hebron
Israeli army forces arrested one Palestinian resident of Dora village and another from Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday morning. Troops invaded the village of Dora…
Israeli Bank which profited from Holocaust victims now allowing U.S. citizens to open accounts
Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, and one of five major Israeli banks found to have profited from the Holocaust by an Israeli government investigation last year, said on Sunday it…
Ahmad Sa’adat: Wherever I am I will continue to fight!
The Palestine News Network received the following statement from the Sumoud Political Prisoners Group Monday, reprinted in full below. "Palestinian Legislative Council member and General Secretary of the Popular Front…
PPS: `“Detainees are deprived of visitations, education and receiving insufficient food`
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Adel Khalaila, visited several detainees in Hadarim Israeli detention facility who informed him of the bad living conditions and treatment they face in…
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian farmers increase
Palestinian farmers across the West Bank are finding it increasingly difficult to plough their fields as Israeli settlers, living illegally on Palestinian land, increase their attacks. Rabbis for Human…
Conservatives rush to cut ties with Hamas: demonstrate lack of diplomatic discretion
Israeli and Palestinian political commentators are calling the recent Israeli election results a political ‘earthquake’. From what I can tell, they are using the term not because the results have…
Seven residents injured, two arrested in Qalqilia.
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia Monday morning, arresting two Palestinians and injuring seven others. Aziz Al Nabriss, Habib Hammad, Bilal Odah, Abd Al Latif Milhim,…
Israeli army invades Jenin, arresting three Palestinians
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Bier Al Bash early Monday morning, arresting three Palestinians. Israeli soldiers invaded the village and searched…
Two injured, one arrested in an invasion to Balata refugee camp in Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, injured two residents and arrested one, Monday morning. Army vehicles and soldiers stormed the camp and…
Two residents arrested from Salem village
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Salem east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two girls on Monday morning. Tharwat, 23, and Khitam Ishtaiah, 22, were…
Eyewitnesses: Palestinian leader Obayat was shot ‘execution-style’ by Israeli forces
In the Monday morning assassination of resistance leader Raed Obayat by Israeli special forces, eyewitnesses describe a scene of a badly beaten Obayat, and his companion Ra’ed Sulaiman Abu Joura,…
Israeli Annexation Wall blocks water drainage; one dead, one injured from flooding
After a seasonal rainstorm Saturday night, many Palestinian areas have experienced extensive flooding due to the Annexation Wall constructed by Israel that has blocked water drainage. Iad Salamah Rabi’a, 29,…
Israeli forces impose closure on al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya area in Jordan Valley for 4th day
Israeli Forces continued on Sunday, for the fourth consecutive day, the isolation of al-Aghwar al-Shamaleya area in Jordan Valley in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Local sources said that the…
Israeli police arrest two Palestinian workers who crossed illegally into Israel
After a shutdown of the Israeli cities of Beit She’an and Afula due to ‘intelligence’ that the two cities may be targeted for an attack by Palestinian resistance, Israeli police…
Ten detainees injured in the Negev facility, thirty confined to solitary
Ten Palestinian detainees in the Negev Detention Facility after being attacked by Israeli soldiers who intended to move a transfer hundreds of detainees to other detention facilities. At least thirty…
Troops attack, abuse two Palestinian workers from Hebron
A Palestinian medical source in Alia governmental hospital in Hebron, south of the West Bank, reported on Sunday evening that one Palestinian resident was suffered fractures, concussions and bruises to…
‘Rachel’s Words’ Live On as Supporters Gather in New York
Each Palestinian has a special place in their heart for Rachel Corrie. She symbolized strength, perseverance, and self assuredness. Conversely, she was labeled an enemy of Israel, a nuisance of…
The myth of the ‘honest broker’: Britain and Israel
Britain’s apparent complicity in Israel’s military assault on Jericho prison should finally demolish an enduring myth about Britain’s foreign policy. Iraq’s supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction was not…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 Palestinians killed, 18 wounded by Israeli gunfire this week
In this week’s report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights revealed a number of violations of international law by Israeli…
Thursday’s suicide attacker was one of the prisoners freed by Israeli forces in Jericho jail raid
A Palestinian, who was one of several dozen prisoners set free by Israeli forces during their raid on Jericho prison in March, was responsible for a ‘suicide attack’ that killed…
Trying to enjoy a spring day Amidst Israeli Shelling
A few kilometers away from the continuous Israeli heavy shelling in the northeastern Gaza Strip on Saturday, April 1, in the heart of Gaza City, several local Palestinians were enjoying…
Settlers attack Palestinian farmers and international peace activists in Hebron
An extremist Israeli settler group of the Ramat Yishai illegal settlement outpost, in Hebron, attacked on Saturday three Palestinian farmers and a Swedish peace activist in Tal Romeida neighborhood in…
‘Don’t worry – it’s just another Palestinian child’s death’
Since September 2000, more than 800 Palestinian children have been killed. . .Who will take responsibility for her death? Who shall be held accountable? On 18 March 2006, I visited…
Palestinian Authority to probe Gaza in-fighting
Rasheed Abu Shbak, head of the Palestinian Preventive Security in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reported that the Palestinian Authority formed an investigation committee to probe the clashes…
Israeli air force shells Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip
A Palestinian security source reported that the Israeli air force carried out three air strikes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; the attacks targeted Al Waha Resort, Al…
Bottles thrown at Israeli military patrols in Tulkarem and Hebron; Israelis respond with live fire
Israeli sources reported that Palestinian youth threw bottles and stones at Israeli tanks, jeeps and armed personnel carriers that were invading the Palestinian cities of Tulkarem and Hebron, late Friday…
Palestinian dies of wounds sustained two weeks ago
Dentist Emad Ald’dein Taha ( 31 years) died Thursday of wounds sustained in an unknown explosion inside his house in Al Nisirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip two weeks…
U.S. reiterates suspension of contact with Palestinian Government
In a press conference Friday, U.S. officials reiterated their directive, first announced Wednesday, that the U.S. will bar its officials from dealing with officials of the Palestinian Government agencies that…
Israeli Army resumes shelling of northern and eastern Gaza strip
Israeli army tanks positioned on the borders between the Gaza strip and Israeli resumed the shelling of Palestinian areas north of Gaza city and east of the town of Beit…
Israeli Army erects military checkpoint in Iqaba village, near Tubas
Israeli army forces erected a military checkpoint north of Iqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas, Saturday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles closed the road that connects the…
Palestinian arrested from Assera Al-Shamaliya village, near Nablus
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Assera Al-Shamaliya near the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident there, Saturday morning. Soliman Yassen, 23, was arrested when troops…
Army forbids residents under the age of 32 from passing through Huwwara checkpoint
The Israeli army troops stationed at the Huwwara checkpoint forbidden residents for the West Bank city of Nablus between the ages of 16 to 32 from traveling through the checkpoint,…
Army closes Beit Iba checkpoint west of Nablus
Israeli army troops stationed at Beit Iba military checkpoint west of the West Bank city of Nablus did not allow anyone to pass in our out on Saturday morning. This…
Anti-Wall Campaign asks for boycott of French companies following home demolitions in Walaja
After two home demolitions last week in the village of Al Walaja, near Bethlehem, the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign issued a call for citizens and civil society groups to…
Three Palestinians killed, twenty injured, during infighting in Gaza
A Palestinian security source reported on Friday night that three Palestinians were killed, twenty others were injured, during an exchange of fire between fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees and…
Residents, peace activists and international diplomats conduct march to Wall in Bil’in
The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invited diplomats from several European representatives offices in the Palestinian areas to participate in an activity regarding the…
This Week In Palestine, March Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.36 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…
Israeli Army arrests Palestinian at checkpoint near Ramallah
The Israeli army stationed at one of the checkpoints on the way to the West Bank city of Ramallah arrested one west Bank city of Bethlehem resident, Friday morning. Awad…
Leader of the Popular Resistance Committees assassinated in Gaza
The Popular Resistance Committees announced on Friday that its leader, Abu Yousef Al Qouqa, 44, was assassinated when a wired vehicle detonated fifty meters away from his home in Al…
Israeli settlers uproot trees west of Bethlehem
Israeli settlers uprooted several almonds and grape trees in lands that belong to Beit Omaer villagers west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday evening. More than five settlers…
Army closes the Jordan valley checkpoints and stops workers from arriving to their jobs
The Israeli army troops stationed at the Jordan valley checkpoints closed these checkpoints and did not allow the Palestinian workers from crossing to get to their jobs, Friday dawn. The…
Army invades Nablus and Asker Refugee camp, arrests six residents
The Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Asker refugee camp in the city, six residents arrested, Friday morning. Troops and armored vehicles stormed the city…
Israeli Air force shells several locations in Gaza Strip
Israeli air force gun ships shelled, in the early hours of Friday morning, a bridge in the center of Gaza city partially destroying the bridge damaging the water system in…
Big demonstration against Apartheid Wall to take place in Bili’in village today
Palestinian residents are reported to have planned a huge demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Bili’in village today. The demonstration will begin at 12:30pm.
Three Israelis killed in a suicide bombing near Qadumim settlement
Israeli sources reported that three Israelis were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car after night fall on Thursday close to the entrance of Qadumim settlement, near…
European Union mission visits Gaza Strip; says food crisis is ‘serious’ due to Israeli closures
A European Union (EU) delegation has visited Gaza to get a fresh perspective on food shortages following the Israeli closure of a critical checkpoint. The delegation, consisting of 16 heads…
Israeli Army attacks a Palestinian ‘Land Day’ rally in Jerusalem and arrests four, including media
Israeli army troops attacked a Palestinian rally commemorating ‘land day’ in Jerusalem and arrested four, Thursday afternoon. Troops stormed the rally with tear gas bombs and sound grenades and attacked…
Hamas takes over, aid dries up
Hamas formally took power yesterday, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swearing in 24 cabinet ministers, including 14 who had served time in Israeli prisons. Within hours, Canada cut off aid…
Settlers tacks over two Palestinian buildings in Jerusalem
Israeli Jewish settlers toke over two buildings that belong to Palestinian families in the Silwan and Al Toor neighborhoods in Jerusalem, late Wednesday night. According to the owners the settlers…
US Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Hamas Government
As the Hamas party formally took power with the swearing-in of its 24-member cabinet on Wednesday evening, the US government banned its diplomats from having any contact with the Hamas-led…
Eight residents arrested in Tulkarem, Nablus
Israeli soldiers stormed the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp, and arrested four residents, including two youth, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. Four…
Gas explosion rocked Haifa building
Israeli online daily Ynetnews reported that one person was seriously wounded from an explosion, apparently caused by gas leakage, which took place on Thursday morning in a multi-story building in…
Israeli forces prevent several Qalqilia farmers from entering their land cut off by the Wall inside
A number of Palestinian farmers from Qalqilia whose land is now behind the Israeli Wall north of Qalqilia gave testimony that Israeli forces are preventing them from reaching their lands,…
Army arrests two brothers from Bethlehem
The Israeli army troops stationed at the Container checkpoint east of Jerusalem, arrested two brothers from Al Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem. Amir and Mohamed Abu Shi’ra were arrested while…
Attacked by settlers, American volunteer believes Hebron attack was ‘planned’
On Saturday, an American volunteering with the Tel Rumeida Project in Hebron was attacked by a group of settlers and sustained a mild concussion. The gash in the back of…
Soldiers, settlers attack local farmers and international peace activists in Hebron
Israeli army troops and scores of extrimist right wing settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, dozens of farmers and international peace activists while planting trees in the West Bank city of…
Israeli army arrested scores of Palestinians in the W. Bank
Israeli army arrested 35 Palestinians in different cities and villages of the West Bank on Thursday before noon, in several military invasions, Palestinian news network reported. The bulk of arrest…
Land Day demonstrations taking place all over the West Bank
Today Palestinians commemorate the 30th anniversary of ‘Land Day’, a day in 1976 when thirteen Palestinians were killed by Israeli police during non-violent protests against Israeli land confiscation of Palestinian…
Army arrests two shepherds from Husssan village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army troops arrested two shepherds from the village of Hussan near Bethlehem city, Wednesday evening. Khalil and Wesam Hamamra, 16, were arrested while herding their sheep in the…
Army arrests three in Ramallah and four in Gaza
Israeli army arrested on Thursday at dawn three residents from the West Bank city of Ramallah and four from the Gaza strip. Troops stormed Ramallah city and arrested two residents…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Thursday morning. Troops backed up with several armored vehicles stormed the city and its nearby…
In an invasion to the city; army arrests one Nablus resident
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident in the early hours of Thursday morning. Troops stormed and searched several houses in different parts…
Army invades Tulkarem and arrests four residents
Israeli army forces invaded the noprthern West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp, Thursday at dawn and arrested four residents. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city and…
Nonviolent Actions in Palestine and Israel on Land Day
Palestinians living in are planning number of activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Land Day. On this day, Palestinian residents of who protested ‘s land confiscation policy in 1976,…
Palestinian families forcefully evicted from home in Jerusalem
About 50 armed Israeli officials break into the house of Ibrahim Ghozlan in the Silwan area south of the Old City of Jerusalem and forced five Palestinian families from the…
Palestinian cabinet sworn in, PM: new cabinet is a victory for the resistance
The Palestinian Hamas-formed government sworn in by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza city on Wednesday, marking the tenth Palestinian government since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in…
The Meaning of Provisional Withdrawal
Many scholars continue to recommend the need for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations while overlooking the harsh reality that Israel is on a predetermined course. Short of ideologically realizing the vision of the…