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Israel Implements E1 Plan to Isolate East Jerusalem
Amid the chaos of the Israeli army’s abduction of Palestinian member of parliament and Secretary General of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’dat (among…
Leftist parties decide not to join Hamas-led cabinet
The Independent Palestine Party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and ‘The Alternative’ leftist coalition all decided not to join the new Hamas-led Palestinian government, leaving Hamas to form…
South African Union: Israeli Apartheid worse than South Africa’s
Top South African Trade Unionist Willy Madisha issued a white-hot condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies at a London conference on Saturday. Addressing the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s trade union conference at…
Israeli War Planes Destroy Water Pipe in Khan Younis
Israeli war planes hit Sunday a water pipe in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Mayor of al-Fakhari municipality, Auda al-Amour said that the missile that hit Salah al-Deen…
One resident injured by military fire in the Gaza Strip
Israeli army shot and injured on Monday morning, one resident of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip, a Palestinian medical source reported. The resident sustained an injury in the thigh…
Army forces residents to strip at a military checkpoint east of Tubas
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers stationed at Taiaseer military checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Tubas, forced several residents to undress before passing the checkpoint. Soldiers forced all males…
Israeli Army invades two West Bank villages near Hebron, arrests Four
The Israeli army invaded two villages near the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents Monday morning. The Palestine News Network reported that Israeli soldiers broke into several…
Israel extends closure on West Bank and Gaza indefinitely; opens trade crossing
The announcement of an extended closure was made at the weekly cabinet meeting by right-wing Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who had initially ordered the closure to remain in force…
Army invades Trqumia and Bani Na’em villages near Hebron and arrests two residents
Israeli army forces stormed the villages of Trqumia and Bani Na’em near the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested two residents there, Monday morning. In Tarqumia village, troops stormed…
Associated Press (AP) Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy
In the midst of journalism’s "Sunshine Week"–during which the Associated Press and other news organizations are valiantly proclaiming the public’s "right to know"–AP insists on conducting its own activities in…
Army arrests three residents from Sa’ir village near Hebron
Israeli army stationed at Al Nabi Yousif checkpoint close to the village of Sa’ir near the West Bank city of Hebron, arrested on Sunday at night three residents from the…
Palestinian resistance fighters protest at Palestinian Police Chief Parade; demand work
Four Palestinian Security Men were injured during clashes with members of the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of the Fateh party, in the north and central areas of the…
Beta village under siege for the last four days
Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinian citizens Monday morning in Beta village south east of the city of Nablus. Eye witnesses in Beta village reported that a huge contingent of Israeli…
Israeli forces shot and injured Palestinian citizen
Palestinian Medical Sources reported that Palestinian citizen Abu Odai, 25 years old, from Beit Hanoun village in the northern Gaza Strip, was seriously injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at…
UN Report: Palestinians Suffer Water, Food Crisis due to Israeli closure and Wall
The Palestinians are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, as the UN warns, not just because of food shortage caused by Israeli closures but also because their agriculture-dependent territories…
Residents of Beit Ummar village reclaim land confiscated by Israel for the Wall
Yesterday, dozens of people from Beit Ummar village in northern Hebron faced off with Israeli soldiers in a non-violent demonstration on their own land which is being confiscated for the…
Army invades Beita village near Nablus and arrests nine residents
Israeli army troops stormed Beita Village, south east of the West Bank city of Nablus, imposed curfew and arrested nine residents this Monday morning. Local sources say that the Palestinians…
Israeli Army artillery renews shelling of the Gaza strip; one wounded
The Israeli army artillery renewed the shelling of the northern areas in the Gaza strip, Monday morning. The shelling targeted farmland and open areas in Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun…
One resident arrested from Siliat Al Harthia village near Jenin
In a pre dawn invasion Monday of Siliat Al Harthia near the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli army troops arrested Ragheb Zbod (26). Local sources reported that Israeli army vehicles…
Israeli army arrests a Palestinian resident from Al Shawawra village near Bethlehem
Israeli army forces stormed the village of Al Shawawra, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident there, Monday at dawn. Mohamed Al Shawaara, 24, was…
Palestinian resistance fires two home made shells towards Sderot
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing two home made shells towards the Israeli town of Sderot, Monday dawn. In a press release from the…
Army arrests five residents from several areas in the West Bank
Israeli army troops invaded several West Bank areas and arrested five residents who were allegedly "wanted" by the Army, Monday morning, local sources reported. One was arrested from Siliat Al…
Palestinian President: Attack on Jericho prison shames Israel and international community
In a press conference Sunday at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that the Israeli attack on the Palestinian Prison in Jericho…
Preliminary investigation of killing of eight-year old reveals Israeli misconduct
Eight year old Akbar Zaid, killed Friday night by Israeli border police, was a victim of misconduct by the Israeli forces. Zaid is the latest in a spate of child…
Leftist PFLP undecided on joining Hamas-led government
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced Sunday that the faction is still deciding whether to participate in the new Hamas Government. After winning a majority in…
Hamas Submits new Cabinet to Palestinian President Abbas
Hamas has submitted its cabinet list to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. The new cabinet includes, 14 ministers from the West Bank, 10 from Gaza Strip, including one…
Israeli court indicts far-right settler for incitement
The Jerusalem Magistrates indicted on Sunday far-right settler, Noam Federman, of inciting to violence, and incitement against Arabs in an attempt to thwart the Gaza Disengagement Plan during his weekly…
For Wall construction; soldiers annex 766 Dunams west of Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers annexed on Sunday 766 Dunams of farmland that belong to residents of villages west of Bethlehem in order to construct the annexation Wall in the area. The Popular…
Soldiers invade two villages near Nablus, impose curfew
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday evening Huwwara and Beta villages, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. A local source…
Meshal: Hamas puts struggle for liberation before politics
Running the government of the Palestinian Authority will not deflect Hamas from its overriding goal of pursuing liberation from Israeli occupation, said Khaled Meshal, the leader-in-exile of the Islamic Resistance…
The Unrecognized Palestinians: Banned from Marriage, Travel and Opening Bank Accounts
More than 54,000 Palestinians suffer from the problem of not having an identity card, either by not being registered with the Israeli authorities at birth, or by having foreign nationalities.…
Army shells northern Gaza
Israeli air-force shelled on Saturday night after midnight several areas in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip; army claims that the shelled locations are used by resistance…
Haniyya to submit government to Abbas on Sunday
The acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday evening, that he will meet the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to present the formation of the Hamas-led government.…
Haniyya to submit government to Abbas on Sunday
The acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday evening, that he will meet the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to present the formation of the Hamas-led government.…
Haniyya to submit government to Abbas on Sunday
The acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday evening, that he will meet the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to present the formation of the Hamas-led government.…
Haniyya to submit government to Abbas on Sunday
The acting Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday evening, that he will meet the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday to present the formation of the Hamas-led government.…
This Week In Palestine, March Week 2
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.54 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the…
Resident arrested near Huwwara checkpoint
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday afternoon one Palestinian resident at Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus . Army claims that the resident carried a 20-cintemeter knife.…
Resident arrested near Huwwara checkpoint
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday afternoon one Palestinian resident at Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus . Army claims that the resident carried a 20-cintemeter knife.…
Illegal Israeli Digging Beneath Western Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque Continues
Israeli construction companies, with support from Israeli armed forces, have resumed digging underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, apparently in a bid to undermine the foundations of the ancient mosque…
P.A denies Israeli reports on Abbas’s intentions to resign
Nabeel Abu Rodeina, the spokesperson of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday that Abbas does not intend to resign, and that what the Israeli media published on the…
Haniyya to present Hamas government to Abbas on Saturday evening
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced that it has finalized the formation of its government, and that the acting Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, will present the government during a pres conference…
Palestinian prisoner from Hebron sentenced to 25 yeas in Israeli Jail
The Israeli court of Ofer sentenced on Saturday monring, Yousri Al Golani from the West Bank city of Hebron to 25 years imprisonment. Golani was arrested in July 2003 and…
Army arrests three Palestinian legislators from Hamas in Jerusalem
Israeli army troops arrested three members of the Palestinian legislative council from the Hamas Party in Jerusalem, Saturday morning. The three were arrested near Ma’ali Adumim settlement near the city…
Two residents die from land slide in Al Sammoa’ village
Two residents from Al Sammoa’ village south of the West Bank city of Hebron, died late on Friday night from land slide at the work place in the village. …
Army invades Al Moroog area east of Qalqilia, arrests two residents
Israeli army invaded Al Mroge area, which ia a farming land area, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested Odai Al Shobaki, 16, and Sameer Al Shobaki, 13, and took…
Pro-Israel Lobby determines U.S. Policy, says Harvard Study
U.S. policies in the Middle East don’t serve the country’s national interest, and are determined primarily by the country’s pro-Israel lobby, according to a study published Thursday by researchers from…
Amnesty International Calls On Israel to End Settlement, stop Construction of Wall
International human rights organization Amnesty International called on Israel to cease the expansion of settlements and the construction of the Annexation Wall in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in…
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza explosion
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Friday evening that two Palestinians were killed in an explosion in the northern Gaza Strip, three residents were injured. The two were…
Rachel’s story needs to be told, now
If there were poetic justice, if Hollywood or the publishing industry had true courage, the story of Rachel Corrie would be coming to a big screen or bookstore near you.…
Vigils around the world commemorate third anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s murder
American citizen and peace activist Rachel Corrie was run down by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to protect the home of a Palestinian doctor on March 16, 2003. On the…
Four peaceful protesters injured in Bil’in
Residents of Bi’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the Israeli annexation Wall, and the recent statements of the…
Israeli court extends detention of 60 Palestinian prisoners held without charges
Over the last several days, Israeli Authorities have ruled to extend the administrative detention of more than 60 Palestinians in the Negev Prison Camp, a camp made up mainly of…
No agreement on National Unity government
Azzam Al Ahmad, head of Fateh bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said that Hamas movement rejected the joint document presented by all parliamentary blocs which includes four main …
Israeli military confirms that soldier killed in Jenin raid Thursday was shot by fellow soldier
Israeli military sources confirmed Friday that an Israeli soldier who died of gunshot wounds sustained during an invasion of the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday was in fact shot…
Resident arrested in Hebron invasion
Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested one resident. A Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles,…
Soldiers shell areas east of Gaza
Israeli artillery shelled on Friday morning several areas east of Gaza city. The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that tanks stationed on the Gaza Strip borders fired several shells at…
Playing Two Different Games
Hamas’ guidelines are helping Israel: They depict a religious and cultural clash, outside the framework of the people’s struggle against foreign occupiers The Palestinians are busy forming a government. It…
Israeli forces prevent Jenin residents from entering Nablus
Israeli forces prevented Palestinian citizens living near Jenin from entering the city of Nablus Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces stationed at the Bathan checkpoint, northeast of the city of…
East Jerusalem conference raided by Israeli security; legislators and speakers arrested
A conference scheduled Thursday morning in East Jerusalem to plan a Palestinian civil society response to the Israeli seizure of East Jerusalem was attacked by Israeli forces, and speakers, Palestinian…
Palestinian citizen arrested in At’teel near Tulkarem
Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian citizen of At’teel town north of the city of Tulkarem Thursday afternoon. A local source reported that Israeli forces raided the town and arrested Mohammad…
Captured Sa’adat, now in Israeli prison, blames US, UK for role in Israeli attack on Jericho prison
Ahmad Sa’adat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian, abducted by Israeli forces from a Palestinian prison on Tuesday, told the Palestinian people not to count…
Israelis indicted for attack on Christian holy site in Nazareth
An Israeli couple and their daughter were indicted on Thursday for trying to set fire to the Basilica of the Annuciation in Nazareth, one of the holiest sites in Christendom.…
On third anniversary of the Israeli murder of Rachel Corrie, NY City Theater defends cancelling play
"My Name is Rachel Corrie", a one-woman show based on the diaries and emails written by Rachel Corrie, the 23-year old American activist killed by an Israeli military bulldozer on…
In U.S. Trial, American who was held in Israeli detention tells of torture
American citizens arrested in Israel have repeatedly suffered physical and psychological trauma while detained by Israeli security forces, stated an FBI agent to a US court, during a hearing about…
What Options Left for Palestine?
The events overtaking Palestine are eerily reminiscent of 1948. Unfolding today in the occupied territories is another disaster of historic proportions, evocative of Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence. Israeli expansion, colonization, and…
Livni: `“Abbas is powerless, we had to operate in Jericho and arrest killers of Ze’evi`
Israeli Foreign Minister, said in response of the statements of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, regarding the Jericho Prison attack, that Abbas (Abu Mazin) is a powerless leader with shortcoming…
B’Tselem and PHR: `“Parading of Naked Prisoners in Jericho Violated International Law`
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, and Physicians for Human Rights, in Israel (PHR), wrote on Thursday to the Israeli army Judge Advocate General,…
Israeli High Court approves of continuation of Wall construction west of Ramallah
The Israeli High Court approved on Thursday the continuation of construction of the annexation Wall, especially in areas located west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The nine-judge court…
After weeks of Israeli closure, Gaza Strip is completely out of bread
All of the bakeries in the Gaza Strip are closed. Dependent on imports of flour, the 1.2 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth…
Army claims thwarting stabbing attack at a Jenin checkpoint
Israeli Border Guard officers claimed thwarting a stabbing attempt at the Salem checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Jenin. An Israeli military source reported that a Palestinian man arrived…
Israeli air raid on Beit Lahia area
Israeli war jets bombed the roads in Beit Lahia area and the northern area of the Gaza Strip Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said that the bombing caused the destruction of parts…
Israel’s attack on Jericho: Palestinians remain without protection
The Israeli attack on Jericho and kidnap of a number of Palestinian prisoners, including the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) demonstrates once again the…
US, Britain were forewarned of Israeli raid on Palestinian prison
Days before the military assault on Jericho prison, Israel warned Britain and the US that it would seize Palestinians held there under an international agreement for killing an Israeli cabinet…
Three school-students arrested in Hebron
On Thursday Israeli soldiers arrested three school students at the main entrance of Al Arroub refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, after detaining dozens of students…
Settlers attacks one Palestinian family in Teall Al Rmida village in Hebron
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family from Teall Al Rmida village in the West Bank city of Hebron while farming their land on Thursday. The group attacked…
Settlers attack a Palestinian family in Hebron
Settlers from the illegal outpost Ramat Yishai, in the West Bank city of Hebron, attacked on Thursday a Palestinian family and barred its members from plowing their orchard near their…
Hamas Submits Final Platform; Coalition with Fateh seems unlikely
A meeting between the party leadership of the now-ruling Hamas party and the minority Fateh late Wednesday night failed to bring together a common platform for the new Palestinian government.…
Abducted prisoners now under Israeli interrogation
Ahmad Sa’adat, the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the other prisoners captured Tuesday during an extrajudicial prison raid by Israeli forces on the Jericho…
Army arrests three students from Al Arroub refugee camp near Hebron
Israeli army troops arrested three students on their way to school near Al Arroub refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Thursday morning. Al Mo’tassem Jbren,…
Despite Israeli fund freeze,Palestinian employees receive February paychecks
Thousands of Palestinians employed by the Palestinian Authority received on Wednesday their paychecks for the month of February. The ministry of Finance was 15 days late in providing the…
Israeli police storms The Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem, arrests four residents
The Israeli police stormed, on Thursday morning, the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem in which several Palestinian NGOs were holding a conference and arrested four participants. The police claimed that the…
Three Palestinians arrested from Azzoun and Al Nabi Elias villages, east of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Azzoun and Al Nabi Elias, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested three residents there, Thursday at dawn. Troops and…
12-year old child killed by Israeli forces near Ramallah
Khaled Ateyya, 12, a resident of Kherbet Al Mesbah Village, near Ramallah, was killed when the so-called Israeli "border guard" opened fire at him Wednesday night near the construction of…
In a pre-dawn invasion, army arrests two residents from Balata refugee camp
Israeli army troops and vehicles invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus, a West Bank city, and arrested two residents Thursday at dawn Ali Abu Daiah, 22, and Ali Al Tirawi,…
Army invades Al Doha village west of Bethlehem
Israeli army forces invaded the Al-Doha, a village in the West Bank located west of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. Several army vehicles stormed the village, surrounded then searched political prisoner Etaf…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem while crossing a checkpoint east of the city
Israeli army troops stationed at the container checkpoint east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem arrested Mohamed Abu Ariah, 33, while trying to cross the checkpoint late Wednesday night.…
Israeli Army invades Jenin, one soldier killed, air Strike in Gaza
An Israeli soldier was killed on Thursday morning during a military invasion to the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, Israeli media sources reported. The sources…
Kidnapped foreigners released
Palestinians released on Wednesday the last four of 11 foreigners abducted the previous day in retaliation for an Israeli raid on a Palestinian prison in Jericho, the Palestinian interior ministry…
Israeli Police arrest Arab woman, claim that she was attempting to stab policeman
The Israeli Police in Jerusalem claimed that policemen arrested an Arab woman from East Jerusalem after she allegedly attempted to stab a policeman in Ramat Gan area, earlier on Wednesday.…
Fighter killed during training in Gaza
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza city reported that one fighter was killed while training with other fighter east of Gaza city. The fighter, Mohammad Abu Assi, was killed blast…
Palestinian territories to remain isolated until Saturday
The Israeli army has decided to extend the closure imposed on the Palestinian territories until next Saturday. Army claims receiving several warnings of possible attacks against Israeli targets. The Palestinian…
Protests spread throughout Palestine after Israeli attack on Jericho Prison
On Tuesday night and Wednesday throughout the day, thousands of Palestinians from all political parties took part in random massive demonstrations, including a mass demonstration in Ramallah Wednesday afternoon. Demonstrators…
Young boy severely beaten for not showing his school ID card to unidentified Israelis
Sunday night was a horrible night for fourteen year old Hamza Fawzi Iweida. He was beaten, abducted, tied to a chair and insulted, after being asked for his identity card…
Israeli prosecution opposes new settler homes near Bil’in, approves existing illegal constructions
Israeli State Prosecution said, on Wednesday, that it is opposed to resuming the constructions of illegal houses in the Matityahu-East settlement neighborhood, in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Upper Modi’in, constructed…
Investigative Report: Britain Helped Israel Make Its A-bomb
Report: "We have now obtained previously top-secret papers which show not only that Norway was a mere cover for the Israel deal, but that Britain made hundreds of other secret…
Four fighters injured as Israeli air force attempts to assassinate them
Four fighters of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, were injured on Wednesday after being targeted by a missile fire from as Israeli…
PFLP fighter killed by Palestinian police fire in Gaza
One Palestinian fighter, member of the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was killed, and nine residents were injured, on Tuesday, during clashes which…
Palestinian resistance shells military post near the Sofa border crossing
The national resistance brigade, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility…
Anti-zionist Jewish Rabbis vist Iran: ‘Israel does not represent all Jews’
Orthodox Jewish rabbis with Neturei Karta, a Jewish group that opposes the existence of the state of Israel, visited Iran last week in a delegation meant to show the Iranian…