Israel decides to prevent the call to prayer in the Abraham Mosque in Hebron
Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi head of the higher judicial council in Palestine condemned the Israeli army decision to prevent the call for prayer in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank…
Four Palestinians detained near Sofa Crossing in the Gaza strip
Israeli army arrested four residents from Rafah near Sofa crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, Palestinian sources reported. Troops were carrying out a search in the…
CPT member hostage in Iraq found killed
Christian Peace Maker Teams (CPT) headquarters in Chicago in the United State has confirmed that CPT member kidnapped in Iraq Tom Fox, 54 was found dead in Baghdad on Saturday…
Army tightens restrictions at Za’tara checkpoint
The Israeli army troops stationed at Za’tara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus tightened its procedures on Saturday morning. Troops searched the local residents cars and slowly…
Two military checkpoints between the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem
The Israeli army installed two military checkpoints near the villages of Araba and Fahma south west of the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday morning. Troops stopped and…
Open letter demanding a fair solution to the Palestinian refugees’ problems in Iraq
The Palestinian refugees’ league in Europe demanded on Saturday morning a fair solution to the problems Palestinian refugees facing in Iraq. The league sent their demand in an open…
Army invades Tulkarem and its refugee camp
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp on Friday after midnight. Soldiers backed by military vehicles stormed the city and the refugee…
Hamas: Olmert’s plan to set borders is declaration of war
Khaled Masha’al, head of the political bureau of Hamas described the plan by the acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to unilaterally set Israel’s borders as a declaration of war…
This Week in Palestine, March Week 1
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Residents, Israelis and International peace activists protest against the annexation Wall
Several residents, Israeli and International peace activists and a reporter were injured, on Friday afternoon, during protests against the annexation Wall in the villages of Beit Seera and Bil’in, near…
Palestinian resistance fires homemade shells at Ashkelon
The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing three homemade shells at the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Friday afternoon. In the…
Seven Palestinians, including five children killed this week
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers killed seven residents of the Gaza Strip, five of whom were children. Of the five children who were killed this…
Army invades Beit Fajar village and arrests four resident
Israeli army troops invaded the village of Beit Fafar south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested four residents on Friday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed…
Army renews its shelling towards northern Gaza strip
Israeli army renewed its heavy artillery shelling against Beit Hanon and Beit Lahia towns in the northern Gaza strip, on Friday at dawn. The shells landed in farm lands…
Army invades Balata refugee camp and arrests two residents
Israeli army forces invaded Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus Friday at dawn and arrested two residents there. Ahmad Atalah, 19, and Ahmad Fa’or, 22, were…
Army continues to detain farmers in Tubass
Israeli army forces continued to detain farmers form the West Bank town of Tubas on Friday morning. Soldiers arrested several farmers on Thursday while working in their farmlands located near…
Haniya: Meeting with Abbas was positive, no signs of Crisis
Hamas leader, Ismael Haniya, the Palestinian Prime Minister-elect, said there are no signs of crisis between Fatah and Hamas, and described his meeting with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as…
Israeli leader plans West Bank settlement expansion, leaked letters show illegal purchases of land
Israel will continue to build in the disputed E-1 zone between the illegally constructed Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem, despite American pressure to the contrary, Acting…
Fateh-Hamas talks end with no agreement
A third round of talks between Fateh and Hamas movements on the formation of the new Palestinian government was concluded, on Thursday at night, without any results or breakthrough in…
The Al Aqsa Brigades fires two shells at Kfar Azza settlement
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, fired on Thursday evening two homemade shells at Kfar Azza settlement, east of the Gaza Strip. The brigades released a…
Israeli report: When Palestinians are killed, no questions are asked
Full reliance on Israeli military accounts, selective word choice, taking sides – that’s what the media does when it comes to Palestinians being killed; academic study finds fault with Israeli…
Palestinian man, woman in hospital after Israeli settler attacks
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man and woman in separate incidents in the Old City of Hebron Wednesday night, medical sources reported. Shaher Fakhouri, 43, and Ghazala…
Who is Afraid of Rachel Corrie?
An Open Letter to Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, New York Theater Workshop I write an open letter to encourage you to set a firm date for the opening of "My…
Israeli army invades Al Aza refugee camp in Bathlehem
Israeli army troops stormed Al Aza refugee camp in the city of Bethlehem late Wednesday night, and searched several houses there, no arrests were made, local sources reported.
Israeli leader outlines plan for full apartheid by 2010
Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he intends to "get Israel’s permanent borders, whereby we will completely separate from the majority of the Palestinian population and preserve a large…
Settlers attack, wound, woman in Hebron
A Palestinian medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital reported that settlers attacked and injured, on Wednesday night, a woman in the Old City of Hebron. The source stated that…
Palestinian resistance shoots at a settler’s car near Bethlehem
Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, and Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for shooting at the settler’s road near Abu…
Army shells north Gaza strip
Israeli army artillery stationed at the borders between the Gaza strip and the south of Israel, fired on Thursday at dawn, several shells at Palestinian areas in the northern part …
Palestinian resistance fires four homemade shells at Sderot
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, and the Al Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing four homemade shells at…
Army confiscates indigenous plant groves east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers stationed at Taiaseer military checkpoint, at the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Tubas, confiscated, on Thursday morning, indigenous plant groves. Local farmers call the…
Palestinians complain of mistreatment at checkpoint in the Jordan Valley
Dozens of Palestinian residents have been complaining in recent months that Israeli soldiers based at Tiaseer checkpoint in the Jordan valley are delaying their passage for several hours without concrete…
National Lawyers Guild Urges Support for Boycott of Israeli Goods
The US-based National Lawyers Guild (NLG) issued a statement Wednesday urging international support for the boycott of Israeli goods by the Norwegian County of Sor-Trondelag. The National Lawyers Guild has…
Settlers uproot 50 trees Olive trees near Hebron
An extremist settlers group of Sousia settlement, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, uprooted on Wednesday dozens of olive trees and bushes which belong to residents of Yatta…
Israeli forces reopen trade crossing into Gaza as food crisis reaches dangerous level
In keeping with the stated Israeli policy to "put the Palestinians on a diet, but not starve them" (as stated by governmental advisor Dov Weisglass), Israeli forces stationed in Gaza…
Israeli security officer indicted over sexually harassing Palestinian Women
A central court in Israel sentenced the security officer of Maale Adumim settlement to six years and a half imprisonment after being indicted with sexual harassment and abuse against Palestinian…
Resident arrested in Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Askar refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident. Ahmad Ghandour, 18, was arrested when soldiers…
Army arrests 13 Palestinians from several West Bank cities
In pre-dawn invasions on Thursday, Israeli army forces arrested 13 Palestinians from several West Bank cities. Four residents, allegedly members of Fateh, were arrested in an invasion to the…
Army invades Tulkarem refugee camp and city; arrests nine
The Israeli army, backed by 15 armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank refugee camp and city of Tulkarem Thursday at dawn. The army fired rounds of live ammunitions and broke…
Israeli female settler lightly injured by Palestinian stone throwers
An Israeli female settler was injured by stones hurled at her as she was driving near Biet Aur Al-Tahta, west of Ramallah. The settler received first aid treatment at one of…
UN expert: Jewish settlers ‘terrorize’ Palestinians
Jewish settlers are able to "terrorize" Palestinians with impunity, intimidating children on their way to school and destroying farmers’ trees and crops, a United Nations expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
United Nations Observer Criticizes Israeli actions in Palestinian territories
In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, delivered on Monday by Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, the Palestinian representative to…
Zatara checkpoint into Nablus closed
Israeli Forces have strengthened military measures at the checkpoint of Zatarah, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The forces stationed at the barrier prevented citizens of Jenin…
British Government Condemns Israeli Air Force Attack in Gaza
On Wednesday, the British government condemned Israeli Air Force attack in Gaza, which resulted in the death and injury of Palestinian citizens, including three children. In an official statement distributed…
Israeli Army invades Bethlehem and Beit Sahour; arrests six
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli army invaded the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Biet Sahour and arrested six residents on Wednesday at dawn. The Israeli soldiers invaded the…
Palestinian President opposed to Israeli unilateral actions
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he opposed the creation of a Palestinian state with temporary borders and unilateral Israeli movement of settlers between illegal settlements in the West Bank.…
Palestinian resistance group claims attack on settler bus near Nablus in West Bank
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the Military Wing of the Fatah Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack on an Israeli bus near Nablus, in the West Bank section of Palestine. In…
Israeli authorities of Eshel jail attack Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian sources said that authorities of Eshel Jail in the Beir Sheva area attacked Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Eshel prison facility on Wednesday afternoon. The sources said that…
Israeli authorities of Eshel jail attack Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian sources said that authorities of Eshel Jail in the Beir Sheva area attacked Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Eshel prison facility on Wednesday afternoon. The sources said that…
Hamas response to Israeli death threat: ‘This is Israeli state terrorism’
A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Tuesday that Israel’s threat to assassinate Palestinian prime minister-designate Ismail Haniyya was a form of state terrorism. The Hamas spokesman…
Gaza farmers, fishermen face ‘financial catastrophe’ due to Israeli closure
As a result of the Israeli closing of the Karni crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip since February 12, Palestinian greenhouse owners in Gaza have incurred $450,000 in damages…
Israeli police releases PLC member arrested in Jerusalem
The Israeli police in Jerusalem released Ahmad Attoun, a newly elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Hamas bloc, after detaining him for three hours.Attoun was arrested…
Israeli Police arrest PLC member in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that the Israeli Police in Jerusalem arrested Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahamad Attoun, member of Hamas, while heading to meet other PLC members of…
Report: On International Women’s day, Palestinian women steadfast and determined
Palestinian women are not a marginal part of the Palestinian struggle against the occupation, they are major participants in the Palestinian struggle for national liberation.“They are mothers, sisters, daughters and…
World Bank approves emergency aid to Palestinian Authority
A new World Bank aid package of $42 billion approved Wednesday is meant to "maintain economic and social stability in the short-term by covering urgent recurrent expenditures such as salaries…
Army invades Tubass and installs checkpoints around the city
Israeli army troops invaded Tubass, a West Bank city, early Wednesday morning. The army surrounded the city center and shot bullets at residents’ houses. Amy vehicles proceded to close the main road, installing several military…
One resident arrested in pre-dawn invasion of Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the Bethlehem on Wednesday at dawn and arrested one resident. Troops stormed Al-Saff, a neighborhood in the city, searched several houses and arrested Salah Hassan. They…
Army invades Jenin, clashes reported
Israeli army troops and army vehicles invaded Jenin, a West Bank city, on Wednesday at dawn. Shots were heard in the city and soldiers were seen searching several houses…
Army seals off Nablus, stops residents from entering or exiting
Israeli army forces closed all exits and entrances to Nablus, a West Bank city, on Wednesday morning. Army troops and vehicles sealed off all of the roads, stopping residents’ cars…
Made in Palestine: The Art of Politics
New York City has long been considered an international hub of modernity and diversity, and yet bringing “Made in Palestine” to the Big Apple has been a ferocious battle. …
Five children killed by Israeli violence in a single day on Monday
An Israeli air strike killed Raad Al-Batash, 8, Mahmoud Al-Batash, 15, and Ahmad a-Sweisi, 14, on Monday. Sumiyya Al-Batch, the mother of Raad and Mahmoud, was also wounded. And in…
Fateh accuses Hamas of delaying government formation
Palestinian Legislative Council-PLC- Member, Azzam Al-Ahmad, of Fateh movement, accused the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, of delaying the formation of the government because the movement is waiting to see the…
Leftist PFLP says waiting for Abbas to order the release of Saadat
The leftists Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) reported that it is waiting for the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to order the release of the PFLP secretary general,…
Soldiers arrest resident at Erez Crossing
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident at the Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israel, and claimed that he carried an explosive belt. An Israeli military source reported that a “young…
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,…