Saeb Erekat: The end of the Palestinian Authority?
Saeb Erikat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, recently warned that Mahmoud Abbas, the president, might "embark on dismantling" the Palestinian Authority (PA) if Israel continued to carry out "acts of piracy"…
Palestinian leaders challenge Israel’s compensation of soldier who killed child
The outgoing Palestinian Authority government and the incoming Hamas-led administration have condemned the payment of compensation to an Israeli soldier after a court cleared him of killing 13-year old Iman…
Nine Palestinians sentenced in Israeli military court
A lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the Salem Military Court in Israel submitted rulings Monday against Mohammad Khatib of Balata Refugee Camp, sentencing him to 8 months…
Gaza farmers refuse to kill chickens in wake of bird flu outbreak
Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip, afraid of losing their means of livelihood and receiving no compensation from the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, have been unwilling to kill their chickens after…
Israel annexes Al Ram village in first stage of full takeover of East Jerusalem
On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed…
Israeli Military court denies bail request for Sa’adat
The Israeli Ofer Military Court, near of the West Bank City of Ramallah, rejected of Monday a request bail by the Secretary General of the Popular Front of Palestine (PFLP),…
Israeli Colonization Obstructs Peace
For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory has obstructed a…
Islamic Jihad fighter assassinated in Gaza, Aqsa Brigades fighter survives a separate attack
On Monday morning, an Israeli war-jet and a tank fired missiles at Palestinian fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, while they were present…
Resistance shells Israeli settlements around the Gaza strip
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing a homemade shell at the Natif Etzra Settlement and another into Sderot, an Israeli town near…
Israeli police increase presence in the old city of Jerusalem
Israeli Polices increased their presence around the Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem since early morning on Monday. Officers installed checkpoints and blocked all gates of the old city, and searched…
Four residents injured due to army attacks in Hebron
Four Palestinian residents were injured from the village of Tall Al Romaida in the West Bank city of Hebron late on Sunday, after being attacked by Israeli army troops i0n…
Army arrests six residents from Hebron
The Israeli army troops arrested six residents from several villages in the West Bank city of Hebron in pre-dawn invasions there on Monday. In Bani No’am village, the Israeli army…
One resident killed and two injured in an Israeli attack on Beit Hannon in the Gaza strip
This morning, the Israeli army fired heavy artillery towards the College of Agriculture in Beit Hannon in the Gaza strip, killing one student and injuring another two. The dead civilian…
Israeli army seals off Nablus, preventing residents from leaving the city
The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the south east entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus Monday morning, sealing off the city and preventing residents from going to nearby villages.…
Israeli army abuses Palestinian resident of Bethlehem
A Palestinian resident of Al Obadia village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem was abused by Israeli army troops early Monday morning. The troops, stationed at checkpoint 300…
Army invades Tulkarem, searches houses, makes several arrests
A large Israeli forces of almost 20 military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem in the early hours of Monday morning. Troops invaded several Palestinians houses in the…
680 Palestinian workers arrested last week in Israel
The Israeli border guard police arrested 680 Palestinian residents after claiming that they were staying in Israel without legal permits. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem reported that 550 residents…
Settlers attack resident in Hebron, two injured
A Palestinian security source in the West Bank of Hebron reported that extremist settlers attacked Bedouins living in tents in the south of Hebron; two residents suffered mild-to-moderate wounds. …
Palestinian refugees in Iraq threatened by armed groups
In an escalation against the Palestinian community in Iraq, a group calling themselves the "Brigades of the Judgment Day" distributed a leaflet in the area of Huriyah in Baghdad city…
Israeli Troops kill Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip
A Palestinian security source reported that a 16-year old Palestinian was shot and killed in the early morning hours on Sunday by Israeli military fire in the Juhr Al Deek…
World Water Forum: Water is a weapon used against Palestinians by their Israeli Occupiers
The average Palestinian uses about 60 litres (15 gallons) of water a day. In comparison, the average Israeli uses about 900 litres (250 gallons) a day, same as the average…
Hamas government to be sworn in on Wednesday
Palestinian Prime Minister-designate, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday at night that the new Palestinian government headed by his movement, Hamas, will be sworn in on Wednesday following its ratification on…
Child, man injured by army explosive in Tubas
A medical source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported on Saturday that one child and a man were injured when an explosive left by the military during an…
Plight of Palestinian refugees in Iraq Worsens
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no-man’s-land on the Iraqi-Jordanian…
Transcript: The Program of the Hamas Government
A transcript released by the Palestinian Hamas party describes their planned program for the Palestinian government, including the statement, "The government shall deal with the signed agreements with a high…
More resistance shelling on army posts in the Gaza Strip
The armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), claimed responsibility for firing five home made shells at an Israeli army post near the northern part of the Gaza Strip…
Palestinian President ‘draws battle lines’ with Hamas government
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to approve the appointment of a new Hamas-led government today but warns that the administration has no future – and will be acting against the…
Four residents arrested in Hebron
Israeli troops invaded, on Saturday morning, the villages of Al Shiokh and Doura, and Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank City of Hebron, searched dozens of houses and…
Israel destroys Palestinian water sources in Jordan Valley, plan to seize entire area
Recent Israeli attacks on Palestinian water resources have been making life impossible for Jordan Valley residents, say human rights groups working in the area. On Monday, Occupation forces handed Mu’ayad…
Palestinian resistance fires homemade shells army post east of the Gaza Strip
Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed on Saturday morning, responsibility for firing one homemade shell at an Israeli military…
Army bulldozers start to bulldoze lands in Kofer Alled abd Beit Leid villages
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted, Saturday morning, orchards that belong to the residents of the Kafer Alled and Beit Leed, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Bulldozers uprooted trees and…
Army detains scores of residents south of Nablus
The Israeli army troops posted at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, detained on Saturday morning dozens of reisdents. The residents were forced to wait for…
Palestinian resistance group escapes fatal attack
One of Al Aqsa martyrs brigades resistance groups escaped fatal attack by the Israeli army artillery late Friday afternoon. Shell targeted the group while being in Al Atatra area north…
Army invades Qalqilia, arrests one resident
Israeli army troops and armored vehicles invaded late on Friday at night the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. Troops searched several houses in the city before…
Israeli Troops attack two Villages in West Bank
On Friday, Israeli troops stormed Berqin and Kufr Dan villages near Jenin and launched search operations, terrifying citizens, mainly children and women. No injuries or arrests were reported.
American Consul in Israel: We will continue to support Abbas
In an interview Friday with Ma’an News Service, the American Consul General in Jerusalem, Jake Walles, described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “difficult", drawing particular attention to the…
Olmert: `“Palestinian State possible within borders set by Israel`
The acting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Friday that a Palestinian State is possible within borders predefined by Israel without evacuating the military and settlers from all of…
Settlers uproot olive trees in Hebron
An extremist settlers group of the Sosia settlement, near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, uprooted on Friday dozens of olive trees after attacking the residents…
Two resident injured in an explosion in Tubas
A Palestinian security source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported on Friday evening that two residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the northern neighborhood…
Peaceful protest against the Wall in Bil’in met by military violence
300 Residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, including Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the annexation Wall and settlements; the peaceful protesters…
Youth arrested in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday evening the the Wets Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source in the city reported that soldiers surrounded a restaurant and…
Anti-Wall protest in Beit Siera
Residents of the West Bank village of Beit Siera, west of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday afternoon against the annexation Wall Israel is constructing on the…
This Week In Palestine, March Week 3
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.40 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…
Bird Flu endangers detainees in the Negev detention Facility
The Palestine Net news network interviewed on Friday at noon, detainee Fuad Al Khafsh, deputy director of the Ministry of Detainees and x-Detainees, detained in the Negev detention facility. Al…
Palestinians to probe Jericho raid
The Palestinian Legislative Council will form a panel to investigate last week’s Israeli raid on a Jericho prison. The committee will submit its findings to the parliament within 10 days.…
United Nations Study: Palestinian land has been divided into separate ‘ghettos’ enclosed by Wall
A report compiled by the United Nation Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed a new social and economic reality that has emerged in the last year…
Court releases one of the Jewish attackers of Christian holy site, Basiilica of Annunciation
An Israeli court released on Friday morning Odilia Habibi, one of the assailants that attacked the Basiilica of the Annunciation with hundreds of gas bombs, rockets and firecrackers during Lent…
Palestinian Journalists’ Association protests the attack on Al Ro’ah TV in Bethlehem
The Palestinian journalists’ trade union in the West Bank city of Bethlehem organized a demonstration Friday protesting the recent attack on the local TV station Al Ro’ah in the city.…
Abbas slams unilateral solutions, says peace deal can be reached in one year
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slammed the Israeli party Kadima’s policy of unilateral steps regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israeli sources reported. In an interview with the electronic newspaper Ma’ariv, Abbas…
Army invades Burqeen village near Jenin
The Israeli army forces stormed, on Friday morning, the village of Burqeen, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops surrounded three houses after closing the entrances of the village,…
Two homemade shells land in Negev
Two homemade shells fired by Palestinian resistance groups landed in Negev, in western Israel, Friday morning. The shells landed in an open area causing no damage or injuries to Palestinians, media sources…
Killer of 13-year old girl receives compensation, promotion in Israeli Army
The killer of 13-year old Iman Al Hams, a girl who was cowering behind a stone and positively identified as a child before she was shot, and then was shot…
Palestinian resistance kills Israeli soldier; response to Israel’s killing two Palestinians Thursday
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) claimed responsibility for the shooting of the Israeli soldier at the eastern borders of the Refuge Camp of Maghazi in the central area of the…
Acting prime minister prepares to sacrifice smaller colonies to secure future of bigger ones
Three decades ago, a small group of religious pioneers installed themselves on a bare hillside to reclaim the biblical town of Beit El for the modern state of Israel. A…
US media bias in covering Israel and Palestine
On July 18, 2005, 14-year-old Ragheb Al Masri sat in the back of a taxi with his parents at the Abu Holi checkpoint. An Israeli bullet penetrated his back and…
Israel’s policy: Starve the Palestinians
Israel exists as a major military force in the world and a silent member of the nuclear club. Yet it cries wolf that Hamas threatens its existence. On the third…
Poll: Popularity of Hamas is Up among Palestinians, while Fatah support is down
On the eve of the formation of the new Palestinian government, a public opinion poll by the Center for Policy and Survey Research in the West Bank and the Gaza…
PLO, Hamas Lock Horns Over Palestinian Government Platform
The new Palestinian government seemed unlikely to reach any kind of agreement on the makeup of its new government after Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) traded barbs Wednesday…
Olmert Demands support for his Unilateral Plan to take 20% of Palestinian West Bank
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to win the Israeli election on March 27th, said in an interview Thursday that any parties who wish to join a coalition government…
Bird Flu hits the only chicken farm in Jordan Valley
Bird Flu-infected chickens were found in the Israeli settlement Moahsaf Bigoat in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on Thursday morning, Israeli media sources reported. Shortly after the news…
Palestinian resistance shoots and kills an Israeli soldier near Gaza strip
Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for shooting an Israeli soldier who was repairing the border fence near the Israeli town of Khuza’a, in…
Army invades Nablus and arrests one Palestinian resident
Israeli army forces invaded Askar refugee camp in West Bank city of Nablus Thursday morning and arrested one resident there. Ashraf Mas’ha, 18, was arrested after troops stormed the camp…
In Honor of Mother’s Day in Palestine
In honor of Mother’s Day in Palestine this year, the “Never Forget” Organization in Jenin Refugee Camp opened a handcrafts bazaar. Hundreds gathered for the opening with the National anthem,…
Palestinian child shot and injured by Israeli forces near Hebron
Palestinian boy was injured by the Israeli forces stationed in the area between Ithna and Tarqomia in Hebron Province. Ham’mad Qot’tainah, 15 years old, was injured in the leg when…
Israeli Army arrests one Palestinian resident of Bani Na’em village
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Bani Na’em in the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested one resident there, Thursday morning. Soliman Ibeed, 24, was arrested after troops…
Israeli Army arrests eight residents in Tulkarem
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested eight residents there on Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the city and conducted a wide scale search of…
Army arrests one resident from Dihasha Refugee camp in Bethlehem
Israeli army forces stormed Dihasha refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident there Thursday at dawn. Waled Hamda, 32, was arrested when troops invaded…
Army storms Kofer Dan village near Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Kofer Dan in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Thursday morning. Soldiers and army vehicles stormed the village, searched several houses, and chased a…
Palestinian resistance shells four homemade shells at Al-Majdal city in Israel
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, announced responsibility for launching four homemade shells at Al-Majdal city in Israeli, late Wednesday night. In a press release issued on Thursday…
Army arrests six residents from Dier Ghassanah village near Ramallah
Israeli army forces invaded the village of Dier Ghassanah, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested six residents there Thursday at dawn. Troops stormed the village and…
Three Palestinian Resistance men killed in Gaza Airstrike
Three Palestinians, two of whom were said to be operatives of the Islamic Jihad movement, were killed Thursday morning as an Israeli surveillance plane fired at least two missiles at…
Islamic Jihad denies Mofaz’ claims of receiving funds from Iran
Ziad Al Nakhala, deputy secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad movement, denied the statements of the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, who claimed that the movement received 1.8 million US Dollars…
Israeli Court moves Wall route in Jerusalem area
The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem rejected the proposed route of the annexation wall in Sheikh Sa’ad neighborhood, in the East Jerusalem village of Jabal Al Mokabber, after the residents…
Racism hitting high in Israel
Leaders of the Arab population in Israel responded to a recent poll in Israel showing increasing levels of racism and hatred against Arabs residents in Israel, and said that racism…
Haniyya calls for special parliament session to vote on Hamas cabinet
The incoming Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that the Palestinian Legislative Council will meet on Saturday to discuss and vote on the program of the new Palestinian…
Food Supplies enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in direct aid
As an aid to the besieged Gaza Strip; Egyptian food trucks crossed the Karem Salem Crossing, East of Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Wednesday morning. The trucks carry…
Israeli forces demolish houses in Wallaja in the path of planned high-speed train
On Wednesday morning, Israeli Forces attacked many Palestinians and demolished two houses in Wallaja village, west of the city of Beit Jala. A number of Palestinians were injured. The soldiers,…
Army installs two iron gates east of Tamon village
The Israeli army installed two iron gates in the electrified fences erected previously by the Army east of Tamon village near the West Bank city of Tubas, Wednesday afternoon. Troops…
Israeli communist party calls on Israeli government to stop the closure of Gaza Strip
In a press release Wednesday, the Israeli Communist Party condemned the siege imposed by the Israeli government on the Gaza Strip. They also called for the Israeli government to stop…
Egyptian food truck passes to the e besieged Gaza Strip
As an aid to the besieged strip; Egyptian food truck crossed the Kerem Shalom Crossing, east of Rafah city in the south of Gaza, Wednesday morning. The truck contained several…
Plight of Palestinians in Iraq Worsens; Palestinian Authority holds US responsible
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man’s land on…
Mashal: `“Israel cannot have stability with occupation`
Khaled Mashal, Hamas Hamas Political Bureau leader in exile, said on Wednesday during an interview in Abu Dhabi, that the movement will continue its resistance and that Israel cannot have…
The forgotten evacuees of Dahaniyeh
Sabar, 11, walks around the southern town of Tel Arad barefoot. He limps, has a severe disability and bad eyesight, and has difficulty lifting objects with his hands. His father,…
Pro-Israel Lobby in US Under Attack
Harvard report challenging the role of the US-Israel lobby, the third most powerful lobby in the country, has sparked a searing debate within academic and political circles in the US.…
Palestinian resistance shells military posts near Beit Hanon in the Gaza strip
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing one homemade shell at an Israeli military post east of Beit Hanoun area in the Gaza…
Israeli former chief of staff may be arrested in Canada for War Crimes
Palestinian groups and leftist activists in have asked the Canadian authorities on Wednesday to arrest the former Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon as war criminal on entry to the…
Families of Two Palestinians Deny Al-Qaida link allegations
Family of the two Palestinian prisoners, Azzam Abu Adas, and Bilal Hafnawi from Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus denied on Wednesday, allegations of linkage of…
Army invades the west Bank city of Qalqilia, one resident arrested
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident there on Wednesday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the city, while soldiers launched a house-to-house search…
Army invades Beit Fajar village and arrests eight residents
Israeli army forces stormed the village of Beit Fajjar, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday at dawn. Soldiers searched several houses before arresting eight residents and taking…
Army installs a fence between Tamon village and the nearby settlements
Israeli army bulldozers started to install a fence between the village of Tamon near the West Bank city of Salfet and nearby Israeli Jewish settlements on Wednesday morning. The fence is…
Army invades Al Walaja village near Bethlehem and levels one house
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Walaja, north-west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, demolishing one house and damaging a second one on Wednesday morning. In a phone call with IMEMC…
Israel banns prisoner’s wife from traveling
Israeli authorities banned the wife of Ahmad Sa’adat, the secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, from traveling from Ben Gorion airport to Japan on Tuesday.…
Army kills an Islamic Jihad man inside his house in Jericho
The Israeli army killed 22-year-old Ramadan Mtair for his alleged involvement in the Islamic Jihad resistance movement in a pre-dawn invasion to Jericho on Wednesday.Troops had entered Aqbat Jaber camp with…
UK standing at a nadir in Mideast
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has brought Britain’s standing in the Arab and Muslim worlds to its lowest point for half a century. By withdrawing British monitors from a…
Russian and Chinese presidents issue statement urging Palestine-Israel peace talks
A joint declaration, signed Tuesday between Russia and China during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China, urged Israel and Palestine to return to the negotiating table for peace talks.Since the…
Letter to the Editor: Sad Day for Democracy
In an age in which the South Americans are slowly re-asserting their rights to decide their own futures it is sad to see Palestine moving the other way. Dear Editor:…
The Israeli Raid in Jericho: The Background
The origins of the March 14 Israeli raid of a Palestinian prison in Jericho are rooted in another Israeli raid on a Palestinian city in 2001. On August 27 of…
Hamas faces daunting solo government challenge
The Palestinian movement Hamas was given a stark reminder of the challenges awaiting it in power as gunmen attacked government ministries and its chief donor stood by threats to cut…
Israel opens trade crossing into Gaza for several hours to allow entry of essential foodstuffs
Israeli Authorities reopened the Mintar( Karni) Crossing Tuesday morning in order to allow the entrance of essential foodstuffs, mainly grains and vegetables, into the impoverished Gaza Strip — home to…
Army invades Nablus, four resident injured
Israeli soldiers invaded Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and shot four Palestinians; two were seriously injured. Army source claimed that soldiers also fired at two…