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The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Sunday evening that one of its leaders in the West Bank city of Nablus survived an assassination…

Israeli soldiers arrested, based a checkpoint which is installed between Nablus and Tulkarem, arrested on Saturday evening seven residents including two brothers from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.  …

Three Palestinian residents were killed and eight were injured after the Israeli airforce shelled a sports club and a vehicle after midnight on Saturday night in Tal Al Hawa neighborhood,…

A meeting in Egypt Saturday between rival political factions Fateh, represented by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, represented by Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, was largely successful. Plans were made…

An Israeli military court sentenced, on Saturday afternoon, a 15-year old child to six consecutive years.   The child,  Mohammad Anati, is from  Shu’fat Refugee Camp in Jerusalem. He is…

Israeli forces stormed, on Saturday morning, the village of  Beit Forik, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two residents. The two are said to be members…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles, invaded Al Obaiydiyya village, near Bethlehem, and arrested one resident.   A local source in the village reported that resident Aref…

Israeli troops stationed at dozens of checkpoints around the West Bank city of Nablus, tightened the strict military procedures which are limiting the movement of the Palestinian residents.   Troops…

Mahmoud Al Zahhar one of Hamas’  prominent political leaders, said on Saturday, that a meeting will be held later this night with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas.The movement also dispatched…

Unknown gunmen abducted a Palestinian security officer and his wife, on Saturday, after obstructing his vehicle while he was driving along the coastal road in Gaza.        …

Israeli officials approved the confiscation of 279 Dunums of Hij’ja, Kafer Laqif and ‘Azoun villages in the Qalqilia area Saturday for ‘security reasons’, as well as confiscations in Salfit and…

In spite of the recent incidents which followed the publication of cartoons which included offensive caricatures against Islam’s prophet Mohammad, the Al Yasser brigades, one of Fateh armed groups visited…

Spokesperson of the EU Commission, Kholoi Di laGuardia, on Saturday affirmed that   the Commission transferred its Danish and French observers from the Gaza Strip to Israel. He said that this…

Palestinians say Israeli soldiers manning West Bank checkpoints are taking out their frustration about the results of the recent Palestinian Legislative Council elections on Palestinians as a whole and workers…

Israeli artillery fired on Saturday shortly after midnight at least 40 tank shells at open areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military source reported that…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, to respect the obligations of the Palestinian Authority to the International Community. Abbas made his comments while talking briefly…

{mosimage}The sweeping electoral victory of Hamas is primarily a triumph for the Israeli government and a big defeat for Palestinian interests. The international pressure on the Palestinians is growing. If…

Friday afternoon, residents of Bil’in along with dozens of Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly protest against the Separation Wall, and protested against the perceived insult to Islam…

An Israeli medical source reported on Friday that four family members, including a child, were injured, on Friday afternoon, in Kibbutz Karmiya, in the western Negev, after a Palestinian armed…

A Palestinian medical source in Jerusalem reported that one child was injured in his head, on Thursday, after the soldiers fired at peaceful protestors against the Separation Wall.   The…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.5 MB A governmental report shows 25,997 Israeli violations of the…

Khaled Mashal, the head-in-exile of the Hamas political party, said Friday from Damascus, Syria that Hamas will not recognize the state of Israel, but would be willing to discuss the…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) appealed to humanitarian organizations, locally and internationally, to pressure the Israeli authorities to stop the violations and abuse carried against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons…

A medical source in Hebron reported on Friday that settlers attacked a 40-year old man in Yatta village, near the West Bank city of Hebron.   The family Kaheel Mahmoud…

The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced a resident of Bethlehem to 16 months imprisonment and 1000 New Israeli Shekels fine.   The Maan News Agency reported that detainee Saoud Mheisin,…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday afternoon that fighters of the Lebanon based Hezbollah party shelled Israeli military bases in the occupied Shiba Farms on Israel-Lebanon border, a day…

The Palestinian community of Norway issued a statement today condemning the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper last week, and saying that the cartoons do not reflect…

Israeli Defense establishment is expected to advise Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to transfer to the Palestinian Authority NIS 250 million in tax revenues, which he froze following the Hamas…

Israeli authorities claim that soldiers found explosives among the possessions of two twenty year old boys who were going from one part of Nablus to another.  The two were arrested…

Israeli authorities claim that soldiers found explosives among the possessions of two twenty year old boys who were going from one part of Nablus to another.  The two were arrested…

The exiled leader of the Fateh party’s Central Committee, Farouk Al Qadumi, said Friday that he and many other central figures in the Party blame Abbas for Fateh’s electoral defeat…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that a German citizen, who was abducted by gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus, was safely released shortly after he was…

Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Thursday, that the movement will not allow anybody or group…

The Israeli High Court of Justice ordered, on Thursday, the state prosecutor to explain why is the state rejecting to change the rout of the Separation Wall in Bil’in village,…

Conditions in the Israeli Telmond Prison are deplorable for the women being held there, according to Hanan Al Khatib, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoner Society who was able to…

An order implementing the Israeli closure of all but 11 border crossings into the Palestinian West Bank was put in place on Thursday, prohibiting Palestinians from crossing in other places,…

Rumors have begun about negotiations taking place with Egypt regarding the Palestinian Authority, as Hamas leaders, Palestinian President Abbas, and the Israeli Foreign Minister were all spotted crossing to Egypt…

Thursday morning Farmers continue their protest against Israeli closures of commercial crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip, which is wreaking havoc on their already fragile economy. More than…

Israeli army troops stationed at Huwara south of the West Bank city of Nablus checkpoint arrested two Palestinians, Thursday morning.   Israeli sources claimed that the two were carrying explosives.…

On Thursday, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local youth, angry at the Danish caricatures of Mohammed, threw stones at members of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron  (TIPH).…

In an interview with, Shiekh Yasser Mansour, a Hamas prominent leader and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council affirmed that the movement has no reservations about opening dialogue with any…

An as-yet unidentified 17-year old boy was herding his family’s sheep in the hills of southern Lebanon yesterday when Israeli gunfire from across the border pierced his body, ending his…

Palestininian resistance fired on Thursday at dawn three home-made shells at Israeli targets near the Gaza strip.   Two of the shells landed in the town of Karni Zakim outside…

The Israel Military Court in Ofer sentenced on Thursday morning, Iyad Abu Judeh 34 from Deheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to five years of in…

Israeli army invaded early Thursday morning the village of Tiqua village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one Palestinian Authority security officer was arrested.   Issa Amin Sabah…

Israeli sources said that the army arrested 8 residents from West Bank cities, in an overnight sweep. The arrestees included four Islamic Jihad activists and two others from Hamas from…

The Palestinian National Information Center (PNIC) published a report on the Israeli violations to the cease fire agreement in its fifty-first week, and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed…

The victory of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas in the Palestinian legislative elections should not cause panic in western capitals. It is the natural result of the push for democracy…

The World Bank said on Wednesday that it is withholding the December payment to the Palestinian Authority from a multi-donor reform fund because the P.A did not fulfill its reform…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that soldiers razed nine houses illegally constructed at the Amouna illegal settlement outpost near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Hundreds of settlers flocked to…

Former Palestinian Authority official denied all accusations of money mismanagement which surfaced in the last several days, Maan News Agency reported.   The former Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan,…

A few hours after Israeli Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubenstein issued a temporary injunction delaying the planned evacuation of the unauthorized settlement of  Amona, south of the West Bank city…

In response to a petition submitted by MK Azmi Bishara (Balad) on Wednesday, Israeli High Court of Justice restored his parliamentary immunity and dismissed charges that he allegedly supported a…

Palestinian security officials accused Hamas activists of detonating a bomb outside the house of a senior Palestinian security chief in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday causing damage but no injuries.…

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’ parliamentary slate in Gaza, declared Wednesday that the new Hamas government will oppose a proposed transfer of authority of Palestinian Authority security forces to…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday at dawn, one resident from Kafr Jamal village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem.   The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…

In a statement published on its website, al-Quds Brigade, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad vowed to retaliate for the assassination of its leader, Nidal Abu Saada, who was…

Monday January 30, 2006 The Guardian As the votes were counted in the Palestinian election and the scale of Hamas’s landslide became apparent to the world, Aya al-Astal drifted away…

A few hours after Israeli Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubenstein issued a temporary injunction delaying the planned evacuation of the unauthorized settlement of  Amona, south of the West Bank city…

An Israeli Army source reported on Tuesday night that one Israeli resident was injured after a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot.  …

One Palestinian resident and one journalist were injured in Araba town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin during clashes which erupted after the under-cover units of the Israeli…

The European Union (E.U.) on Tuesday set three conditions for the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) to adhere to in order to continue receiving funding from the E.U.  The E.U. Ambassador…

On Tuesday afternoon, in an invasion of Araba village south of Jenin, in the west bank, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in a siege on their home in the village.…

Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested four members of the Abu Aker family. Soldiers invaded the camp, surrounded…

On Tuesday afternoon, in an invasion of Araba village south of Jenin, in the West Bank, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during a siege on a home in the village.…

Tuesday morning, an Israeli military court sentenced a resident from the West Bank city of Nablus to 22 years in Jail. Imad Meazuz Okubeh was accused of being the head…

Tuesday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded several villages in and around the West Bank city of Salfit; three were arrested including an Imam of Bani Zaid Mosque. Troops arrested…

The Israeli army and police force invaded the village of AL Walaja near of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and demolished one house Tuesday afternoon. According to a British…

Late Monday night, Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, completed the evacuation of settlers who have been illegally occupying the downtown marketplace since 2002.The settlers departed…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday night, 22 residents in several West Bank areas; the arrestees are said to be members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fateh and the Popular Front for…

Israeli sources in Tel Aviv reported that the State Comptroller, Micha Lindenstrauss, initiated a probe on information which revealed that senior Israeli military and police officials formed firms for selling…

Israeli troops arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, 22 Palestinian residents from several areas in the West Bank.   According to an army source, eight of the arrestees are Hamas members,…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, (Hamas) who won a majority in the recent Palestinian parliamentary elections, rejected the demands by the Quartet to disarm and recognize Israel.   The Quartet’s call…

A senior Israeli source reported on Monday evening that the Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz denied media reports which claimed that the state had signed a deal with Hebron settlers…

The acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected on Monday evening a request by settler leaders to delay the evacuation of the Amouna illegal settlement outpost, installed on Palestinian Private…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported on Monday at night that two fighters of the Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, were injured after unknown gunmen opened…

Israeli undercover army troops invaded Kofer Kalil village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday at dawn, one resident was arrested. Haiel Amir, 22, was arrested after a…

The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch sent an appeal to the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanding that they officially end all attacks against civilian targets in…

The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch sent an appeal to the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanding that they officially end all attacks against civilian targets in…

The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch sent an appeal to the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanding that they officially end all attacks against civilian targets in…

The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch sent an appeal to the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanding that they officially end all attacks against civilian targets in…

Islamic and political parties in the West Bank city of Qalqilia held a mass demonstration, on Monday morning, protesting a caricature, published several weeks ago by a Danish newspaper, symbolizing…

Israeli army arrested, on Monday morning, one Palestinian youth from the West bank city of Tulkarem while trying to cross a nearby checkpoint; soldiers claim that the resident carried an…

Israeli army arrested, on Monday morning, one Palestinian youth from the West bank city of Tulkarem at a checkpoint near the city; soldiers claim that the resident carried an explosive…

Israeli army arrested, on Monday morning, one Palestinian youth from the West bank city of Tulkarem at a checkpoint near the city; soldiers claim that the resident carried an explosive…

Israeli Leftist party Chairperson, Zahava Gal-On, said on Sunday that holding negotiations with Hamas is possible if the movement declares a complete halt of attacks on Israel, recognizes the country…

Mousa Abu Marzouq, assistant of the head of Hamas’ political bureau reported, on Monday, that the movement has been holding secret talks, in recent period, with the United States on…

In an interview Monday with CNN, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar stated that a long-term truce with Israel is possible if Israel were to withdraw its troops and settlers to the…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday morning Al Azza refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident.   A local source in the camp reported that…

Israeli army sources announced on Monday morning, that settlers from Amouna illegal settlement outpost, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah received illegal eviction notices.   The source added…

Israeli troops invaded, on Monday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested two residents.   Soldiers stormed and searched several houses in the city, before arresting the…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, condemned on Monday morning a Danish caricature symbolizing Prophet Mohammad.   This week, a Danish magazine ran a caricature…

Since my stay in a boiling hot Bethlehem last summer, I’ve tried to keep up with the political life in the Holy land. But for some reason, I haven’t felt…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that while the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is warming to evacuate the settlers who occupied the Hebron market in 2002 by force, the army…

A senior Israeli governmental source reported on Sunday that Israel decided not to transfer the tax revenues of the past month earmarked for the Palestinian Authority, Israeli online daily Haaretz…

The newly elected member of the  Palestinian Legislative Council, Hamas media spokesperson, Mosheer Al Masry, reported on Sunday that contacts between Hamas and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas are ongoing,…

The Palestinian Central Elections Commission published (CEC), on Sunday, the final results of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections showing Hamas gaining 74 seats. Fateh movement achieved 45 seats. The CEC…

Abu Mahmoud, a spokesperson of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported that the brigades will not accept any political partnership with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.…

The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, reported that one of its military wings fired, on Sunday morning, a homemade shell at the Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, ten youth from Betillo village, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, after invading it and searching dozens of homes. A local source…