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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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 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…

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.…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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’ 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.…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.

The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah  east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn.   Troops entered the village and…

Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, several surrounding villages and towns, arrested fifteen residents and took them to unknown destinations. The Palestine News Network reported…

The Abu Al Arish Brigades claimed responsibility for injuring an Israeli solder during the Israeli raid of Khaimit Al Amoud in the Nablus Governorate on Thursday morning. In a statement,…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Dar Salah  east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents, Thursday at dawn. Troops entered the village and searched…

On Wednesday, hundreds of youth gathered at Bethlehem University to participate in a march to launch Palestine Child Week. The march wound its way through the narrow streets of Bethlehem’s…

Israeli army forces intensified  military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Tubas and surrounding  villages, Thursday morning. Soldiers’ installed three new checkpoints today around Tubas and its villages, stopping…

Israeli  troops invaded Janeed village west of the Nablus city and arrested one girl, Thursday morning. Tahrir Yassen, 22, was arrested when troops stormed her father’s house and took her…

Israeli army force stormed Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus   allegedly seeking wanted people, on Thursday morning.  There were Clashes between the invading soldiers and some …

Thursday morning, Israeli soldiers and under-cover units, invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested five residents; army claims that two of the arrestees were planning to attack a…

Israel’s Shin Bet Security Services detained on Thursday the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Khaled Abu Arafa, as he drove from Jerusalem to Al Ezariyya town, east of the city.…

Attallah Abu al-Sibbah is keen to demonstrate that Hamas is not the Taliban. As the new Palestinian culture minister, he will not be ordering the dynamiting of statues nor forbidding…

Decent human beings see hypocrisy when current US Foreign policy (CUSFP) stands for rights of refugees from Darfur but against the rights of Palestinian refugees.  This is not the first…

Readers must be cautioned that ‘right,’ left and ‘center are relative terms: they have substantially different meaning in the Israeli political context. “Israel votes for disengagement and final borders” and…

Before the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are transferred to court, they have to go through a long journey of hardships and suffering as a result of the Israeli measures…

The Hamas-led Palestinian government is ready to live "side by side" with all its neighbours, the foreign minister said in a letter to the UN Secretary General leaked by Agence…

The organization, Women Against the Occupation and for Human Rights, known as Checkpoint Watch, is unable to open its photo exhibit entitled Checkpoints Without Borders. The Teaching Center in the…

Since Ehud Olmert’s election as the new Israeli Prime Minister on March 27, Israeli settlers living illegally in the occupied Palestinian West Bank have increased attacks on Palestinians and internationals,…

The new Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Wednesday during the first meeting of his ministers that he would struggle to find a way to be able to pay…

On Wednesday morning, Israeli forces conducted a wide-scale invasion, breaking into and searching several homes in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli forces took fifteen Palestinians to unknown…

The Israeli Peace Now movement intends to petition the Israeli High Court of Justice to order the evacuations of six illegal West Bank outposts. Israeli online daily, Ynetnews, reported that…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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’…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…