Fighter killed, another injured during training in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported on Tuesday that one Palestinian fighter of the Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was killed during military training for the…
Election of Hamas a positive development in Arab-Israeli conflict
Imagine someone grabbed you by the throat, threw you on the ground, and began pummeling you in the head and chest. Would you be inclined to address him serenely saying,…
House, Farm leveled north west of Jerusalem
Israeli military bulldozers leveled on Tuesday a Palestinian house and a farm in Beit Iksa village, north west of Jerusalem. Army claims that the two constructions were built without obtaining…
Women in Israeli prisons facing torture, abuse
On the eve of March 8th, International Women’s Day, 116 female detainees are still imprisoned in Israeli prisons and facing ongoing violations of their rights and inhuman living conditions, says…
UN tells Israel to stop extra-judicial executions; Israel: ‘Haniyeh, You’re Next!’
After an ‘extra-judicial killing gone wrong’ resulted in the deaths of three innocent children, one of them just 8 years old, on Monday in the Gaza Strip, an outcry has…
Army arrests one resident from Nablus at Al Hamra military checkpoint
Israeli army troops stationed at Al Hamra checkpoint between the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jericho arrested, on Tuesday morning, one resident indentifed as Ra’d Marshod. Marshod, a…
Human rights report: Ongoing Siege on Gaza Strip creating severe food crisis
The ongoing Israeli military siege, closure and economic and social restrictions imposed on Palestinians have contributed to extremely high unemployment and poverty rates in the Gaza Strip, and a food…
Palestinian female prisoner with heart condition nearing death
Rajaa Al Ghoul, a Palestinian prisoner being held by Israeli forces, has a heart condition which, combined with abuse and sub-human living conditions in the prison, have caused her health…
Army invades Kirssa village near Hebron
Israeli army units invaded the village of Kirssa south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. Troops searched several houses including the house of Mohemed Abu…
Army storms Al Khader village
Israeli army forces stormed Al Khader village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday at dawn, and searched one house there. Troops stormed the village searched…
Two teenage Palestinian boys arrested east of Rafah
The Israeli army forces arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, two teenage Palestinian boys near the Sofa border crossing east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip. …
Army arrests one resident from Beit Sahour
Israeli troops stationed at the military checkpoint installed at the entrance of the nearby town of Abu Dis, arrested Ahmad Eshi’bat, 20, while trying to inter the town on Sunday.…
Army arrests five Jenin residents
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested five residents on Tuesday at dawn. Israeli army sources claimed that the five arrestees are Islamic Jihad…
Army invades Nablus and arrests four residents
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested four residents, claiming they were members of Islamic Jihad, on Tuesday at dawn. The four arrestees were identified…
Army arrests one resident from Qarawit Banni Hassan village at Howara checkpoint
Israeli army troops stationed at Howara military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus arrested Izat Raian, 38, a village nearby called Qarawit Banni Hassan, on Tuesday morning.…
Army invades village near Tubas
Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday at night Aqqaba village, near the West Bank city of Tubas and clashed with dozens of youth who hurled stones and empty bottles at the…
Palestinian Legislator: First session of Legislative Council showed true democracy
As the Palestinian Legislative Council held its first official session Monday, Fatah party member Abu Ali Shahin said that he considers what he saw in the session to be a…
Israeli soldier lightly injured, Palestinian arrested, in clashes during invasion of Nablus
In an invasion of the Palestinian city of Nablus Monday afternoon, in the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli soldiers who opened fire in various neighborhoods faced clashes with…
Palestinian man shot by Israeli border police near Daharia checkpoint
The Palestinian driver of a vehicle of a car that sped away from a checkpoint was severely injured when Israeli border police fired at his vehicle. The car careened off…
Joint Muslim-Christian statement condemns attacks on Holy Sites, caricatures of Prophet Mohammed
After a Mass meeting held Monday in Jerusalem in which Moslem and Christian religious leaders participated, the group issued a statement condemning the attack on the Basilica of the Annunciation…
Four killed, including eight-year old, several children wounded in Gaza air strike
The Israeli air force fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle travelling in the Shuja’eyya neighborhood in northern Gaza, killing the two passengers and two children, age 17 and 8,…
Mashaal: If Israel withdraws to pre 1967 borders, we will take serious steps towards peace
Khaled Mashaal, head of the political bureau of the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas party said in an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite channel that Hamas will be willing to…
Two killed in car explosion in Gaza Strip
Two Palestinian brothers, 14 and 15 year-old were killed when a car exploded in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip Monday afternoon. Nidal and his brother Ala…
Palestinian Parliament disapproves formation of Constitutional Court
The Palestinian Parliament disapproved in its first session the decision by the previous parliament to form a constitutional court which has an authority to disolve the council. 64 members…
Two children killed in Gaza blast
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that two Palestinian children were killed after an undetonated shell apparently fired by the army went off east of Al Boreij refugee camp,…
More than 300 Palestinian laborers arrested by Israeli Police Forces in raid
The Media office of the Islamic Labor Union said that the Israeli Police Forces and Israeli Border Guards arrested more than 300 Palestinian labors in the last 24 hours, in…
Family trapped by Israeli barrier, road
For most of the half century that the Jados have lived on a rocky slope between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, they could travel freely. Then Israel built a barrier between the…
Jailed Hamas leader transferred to notorious Negev Prison Camp
Israeli authorities transferred Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of the West Bank’s most prominent leaders and a Member of the Legislative Council, from Askalan prison to the Negev Prison camp, where…
Resistance is logical, correct and an internationally recognized right
Resistance is logical, correct and an internationally recognized right. The rest is just propaganda, useful for the oppressors, not the victims. Day after day, unabated since the victory of Hamas…
Two homemade shells fired at the Negev
An Israeli military source reported that two Qassam homemade shells were fired at the Negev causing no damage or injuries. Also, Israeli artillery fired shells at areas in the norther…
Palestinian leadership: New Israeli ‘disengagement plan’ a ruse
A newly-announced ‘Disengagement Plan’ by the ruling Israeli Kadima party is in fact a ruse, designed to distract the international community away from the fact that Israel is taking over…
Four arrested in Beit Reema invasion
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Beit Reema, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, surrounded a house and burned part of it before arresting four members…
Home-made shells at Kissufim Crossing
Al-Aqsa Martyr brigade the armed wing of Fatah opposition party said its operatives fired two home-made shells at Kissufim crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip causing no casualties, Palestine News…
Army stops students in Al Aroop refugee camp from going to school
Israeli army forces posted at the military checkpoint at Al Aroop refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, stopped students from the camp from arriving to their…
Palestinian detainee released after 42 months of being held without charges
The Israeli army released on Monday Raslan Thoukan, 33, from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, after 42 months of administrative detention. Thoukan was arrested…
Army invades Beit Remma village and arrests four residents
Israeli troops invaded, on Monday morning, the village of Beit Reema, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested four residents. Soldiers stormed the village and conducted…
Israeli Army resumes shelling of northern Gaza strip
The Israeli army artillery resumed its shelling to the north areas of the Gaza strip, on Monday morning. The shelling targeted the towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanon,…
Two teenagers injured by Israeli gunfire in Al Far’a refugee camp
Israeli army troops invaded Al Far’a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas, late Sunday night, and injured two young residents by firing randomly into neighborhoods. …
Israeli Army invades Siliat Al Thaher village near Jenin, one resident arrested
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Siliat Al Thaher, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday morning, arresting one resident of the village. Ali Ghanem, 25,…
Israeli Army invades Al Aza refugee camp, arrests two residents
Israeli army troops invaded Al Aza refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday morning, and arrested two residents there. Ahmad Al Najar, 28, and Anass…
PLC Member transported from Ashkelon prison to Negev detention camp
Israeli Prison Authorities transported the prominent Hamas leader and Palestinian Legislative Council member Mr. Hassan Yousef from Ashkelon prison to the Negev detention camp. Yousef told the Prisoners Media Center…
Israeli Soldiers beat and arrest two children in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday two Palestinian children, 14 and 15 years old, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Soldiers ambushed the two children when they came near to…
Soldiers attack, wound, five Palestinian worker in Beit Hanoun Crossing
Five Palestinian workers were injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers stationed at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, attacked and clubbed them while heading back…
MK Barakeh: `“Olmert is infected with racism`
Arab member of Knesset, Muhammad Barakeh (Hadash party), said that the Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is “infected with racism, and rejected Olmert’s criticism of the Islamic leadership in…
Hundreds protest in Bethlehem against Nazareth Church Attack
About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…
Hundreds protest in Bethlehem against Nazareth Church Attack
About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…
Despite Court Ruling, Army resumed Wall construction in Aboud
Israeli soldiers resumed the construction work of the Separation Wall near Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in spite of a ruling of the Israeli High Court…
Israeli Kadima party using ancient ‘Red Mosque’ in Safad as party headquarters
The Kadima ruling party has joined a long list of Israeli official and popular institutions that have taken mosques inside Israel, many left empty after the Palestinian population was expelled…
Archbishop Shakour: `“Church attack embarrassing to Israel, world`
Greek-Catholic Archbishop Elias Shakour said on Saturday that the images of gas bombs and stunt grenades fired by the Israeli army in the courtyard of the second holiest church for…
Fateh decides not to join government
Dr. Sameer Abu Holy, a newly elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from the Fateh party, said that the movement has decided not to join the next government led…
Four residents, Israeli officer, injured in clashes near Ramallah
Four Palestinian residents and one Israeli officer were injured during clashes which erupted near Kharbatha Al Misbah village, south west of the West Bank city of Ramallah.A local source in…
Reality Checkpoint: A Reality few Israelis know
Twice a day, every day small groups of women (up to five members) set out for checkpoints around the West Bank, from Jenin in the north, to Hebron in the…
Report: Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in an enclave
According to a report released Thursday by Israeli human rights group B’tselem, Israeli authorities plan to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem, and imprison them in…
United Nations: Severe food shortage, famine possible in Gaza due to Israeli closure
The Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth, home to 1.2 million Palestinian people, and mainly dependent on outside food supplies, is facing a severe food crisis as Israeli…
Soldiers attack peaceful protesters, local and international journalists
Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists while protesting against the Separation Wall in Tulkarem area; soldiers also attacked several international and local journalists.The protest took off…
Let Israel Choose…Two States or One?
The coming weeks offer an unparalleled opportunity to leapfrog over the long comatose "peace process" and actually achieve peace in the Holy Land. All that is needed is some clear,…
Haniyeh: `“Attack against Nazareth Church is a result of hate culture in Israel`
Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, held Israel responsible for the terrorist attack carried by three newish attackers against the Basilica of the Annunciation church…
Report: Over 200 Palestinian children arrested in two months
A new report by Defense for Children International revealed that Israeli forces have arrested over 200 Palestinian children in the last two months, holding them in adult facilities with no…
Ilan Pappe on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Last October, when Prof. Ilan Pappe was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, he was interviewed by Steve Zeltzer for his Labor Video Project cable TV program. This is the…
In Moscow meeting, Hamas agrees to extend commitment to ceasefire for another year
Leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a meeting with Russian political leadership this weekend, agreed to extend their commitment to a ceasefire with Israel, that they have held…
Nonviolent demonstrators ‘hang themselves in effigy’ on Separation Wall in Bil’in
At this week’s anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in Friday, Palestinian and Israeli activists ‘hung’ themselves in mock nooses from the Wall to symbolize the ‘death sentence’ wrought…
Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?
During a recent lecture at the University of Oregon, Yuval Rabin, son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was asked if he believed that a Palestinian leader would…
Army erects a checkpoint at the entrance to Beita village near Nablus
Israeli army troops erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Beita village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning. The soldiers are searching the residents’…
Army arrests three Palestinians trying to enter Egypt
Israeli army units guarding the Egyptian-Israeli borders arrested three Palestinians from the Gaza strip who were trying to enter Egypt on Saturday at dawn, Israeli sources reported. The three…
Unknown militants set a Palestinian National Security officer’s car on fire in Nablus
Unknown militants set fire to Jodat Al-Sarawi’s car Saturday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus. Al-Sarawi is a Palestinian National Security officer but the reason behind the attack…
Army detains scores of Palestinian residents at two checkpoints near Tulkarem
The Israeli army troops stationed at Jebara and Itaba checkpoints south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem are detaining scores of Palestinian residents from the city. Soldiers searched…
Palestinian Christians: ‘We don’t feel threatened by rise of Hamas’
Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip denied claims that the rise of Hamas to power would undermine their religious rights.from islamonline.net "I am not afraid of Hamas, even of the…
Army attempts to assassinate fighters in Gaza
Friday evening, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that an Israeli apache fired one missile at a Palestinian vehicle carrying fighters in the northern part of the…
Jewish group burns Christian holy site on eve of Lent
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, known to Christians as the site where an angel miraculously appeared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, was partially burned Friday evening after…
This Week in Palestine, February Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.1 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Settlers attack, abuse two residents near Tubas
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that an extremist settlers group attacked two Palestinian residents while they were heading back to Tubas, in the West Bank. The agency stated that…
Sewage of Ariel settlement pumped into Palestinian farmlands
Residents of the northern West Bank villages near Salfit reported that settlers of the nearby Ariel Settlement Bloc continued to pump the sewage water into Palestinian farmlands in the area.The…
Israel: `“Homemade shell hits strategic facility south of Israel`
An Israeli security source reported on Friday that one Qassam homemade shell fired from the Gaza Strip struck a “strategic facility” south of Israel, one Israeli was reportedly treated for…
Army seals off Beta village near Nablus
Israeli army forces closed, on Friday afternoon, all entrances of Beta village south east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Dozens of military jeeps and armored vehicles arrived…
New York Theater pulls play about Gaza activist; Oscar-nominated film also challenged
In the face of increasing anti-Palestinian sentiment in the United States after the Hamas party’s victory in January’s elections, artists portraying the conflict to American audiences are finding themselves facing…
Hamas leaders, in talks with Russia, press issue of Israeli occupation
Arriving Friday in Moscow for talks with top Russian political leaders, officials with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, now the top party in the Palestinian government, emphasized the importance…
Israel accuses Palestinian leftist leader of ‘attacking soldiers’ in Jerusalem
The Palestinian People Party (PPP) announced on Friday that an Israeli court in Jerusalem accused Bassam Salhi, secretary general of the leftist PPP, of attacking Israeli soldiers and illegally crossing…
Palestinian boy killed in Al Ain camp
Fifteen year old Amer Basuny was killed in Al Ain camp by Israeli Occupation Forces while on his roof. The Israeli troops invaded Al Ain camp, on the western side…
Palestinian resistance group vows to protect internationals in Gaza strip
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, issued a press release on Friday morning vowing to protect internationals living and working in the Gaza Strip from any…
One resident arrested in Balata refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Friday morning and arrested one resident there. Osama Dowikat was arrested when troops stormed…
Army kills one chilled from Beit AL Ma’e refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army troops invaded Beit AL Ma’e refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and killed one chilled, on Friday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles invaded…
Israeli Army arrests three residents of Tulkarem
During a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army forces arrested three residents. The arrestees were identified as Mossab Abu Al Tien, Abd Al…
Israeli Army shoots one resident in Tulkarem
In a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the Israeli army shot one resident from the city. Fawwaz Zaki, 45, was injured when army vehicles…
Multiple Najah University candidates nominated for positions in new government
Sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) told PNN that many Professors from Najah National University have been nominated for positions in the new government to be formed in…
Hamas PLC spokesperson: `“There is no Qaida in Palestine`
Dr. Salah Bardaweel, Hamas spokesperson to the Palestinian Legislative Council denied Israeli reports on infiltration of Al Qaida members in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian Maan News…
Fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades arrested in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, invaded on Friday night after midnight, Tulkarem and its refugee camp and arrested one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of…
Eight killed, 36 injured and 60 arrested in one week
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers killed eight residents, shot injured 36 residents, and arrested forty residents in several invasions carried in the West Bank. One…
Army invades village near Jenin, arrests two brothers
Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafer Dan, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested two brothers after breaking into their house and searching it.A Palestinian security…
Palestinian President: `“Evidence of Al Qaida presence in Gaza, West Bank`
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks published on Thursday that there are signs of a potential Al Qaida network in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He stated…
Army started implementing plan to isolate lands near Hebron
Israeli army started implementing a plan which aims to isolate 80.000 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of several villages and towns, south of the West Bank city…
Explosion in a Hamas activist house in Khan Younis
A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday that a bomb exploded at the house of a Hamas activist causing damage to the property. The bomb apparently exploded during the making…
Palestinian resistance fires ten homemade shells at several areas in Israel
The Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed winged of Fatah, and the armed wing of the popular resistance committees’, claimed responsibility for firing ten homemade shells at several areas in Israel.…
Palestinian resistance shells Sderot
Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired four home made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot, near the Gaza strip, on Thursday morning. In…
Israeli Army installs several new military checkpoints around Jenin
Israeli army forces installed several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning. Checkpoints were installed around Tubas city, Qabatia and Kofer Ra’e villages, soldiers…
Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem
Thursday morning, a 26-year old Israeli truck driver was stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian worker at the Israeli Atarot industrial zone near Jerusalem. The man, who sustained…
Israeli Police releases two Hamas lawmakers, detained in Jerusalem
Israeli police released two East Jerusalem Palestinian lawmakers after detaining them for few hours in Talbiot investigation centre. Israeli Police arrests two Hamas legislators in Jerusalem Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agenices,…
Israeli Defense Minister: Israel will take 20% of remaining Palestinian land
"When we talk about Israel’s permanent or future borders it includes the Jordan Valley, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ariel, Kedumim-Karnei Shomron and Rehan-Shaked", said Israeli Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz in…
Two fighters injured east of Gaza
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and the Al Quids Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that two of their fighters were injured after…
Abbas to transfer broad security powers to Hamas government
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said during an interview with the Qatar based Al Jazeera TV that he intends to transfer broad security powers to the future Hamas government.The transfer of…
Israeli official cancels trip abroad for fear of being arrested as ‘war criminal’
Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Israeli army unit along the Gaza border, has cancelled a trip to Britain to join the Royal College of Defense Studies, fearing…