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Arab member of Knesset, Muhammad Barakeh (Hadash party), said that the Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is “infected with racism, and rejected Olmert’s criticism of the Islamic leadership in…

About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…

About 500 Palestinian residents of Bethlehem, protested on Sunday afternoon near the Church of the Nativity, against the attack which was carried out by an extremist Israeli family against the…

Israeli soldiers resumed the construction work of the Separation Wall near Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in spite of a ruling of the Israeli High Court…

The Kadima ruling party has joined a long list of Israeli official and popular institutions that have taken mosques inside Israel, many left empty after the Palestinian population was expelled…

Greek-Catholic Archbishop Elias Shakour said on Saturday that the images of gas bombs and stunt grenades fired by the Israeli army in the courtyard of the second holiest church for…

Dr. Sameer Abu Holy, a newly elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from the Fateh party, said that the movement has decided not to join the next government led…

Four Palestinian residents and one Israeli officer were injured during clashes which erupted near Kharbatha Al Misbah village, south west of the West Bank city of Ramallah.A local source in…

Twice a day, every day small groups of women (up to five members) set out for checkpoints around the West Bank, from Jenin in the north, to Hebron in the…

According to a report released Thursday by Israeli human rights group B’tselem, Israeli authorities plan to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem, and imprison them in…

The Gaza Strip, the most crowded place on earth, home to 1.2 million Palestinian people, and mainly dependent on outside food supplies, is facing a severe food crisis as Israeli…

Israeli soldiers attacked hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists while protesting against the Separation Wall in Tulkarem area; soldiers also attacked several international and local journalists.The protest took off…

The coming weeks offer an unparalleled opportunity to leapfrog over the long comatose "peace process" and actually achieve peace in the Holy Land. All that is needed is some clear,…

Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian Prime Minister from the Hamas movement, held Israel responsible for the terrorist attack carried by three newish attackers against the Basilica of the Annunciation church…

A new report by Defense for Children International revealed that Israeli forces have arrested over 200 Palestinian children in the last two months, holding them in adult facilities with no…

Last October, when Prof. Ilan Pappe was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, he was interviewed by Steve Zeltzer for his Labor Video Project cable TV program. This is the…

Leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in a meeting with Russian political leadership this weekend, agreed to extend their commitment to a ceasefire with Israel, that they have held…

At this week’s anti-Wall protest in the Palestinian village of Bil’in Friday, Palestinian and Israeli activists ‘hung’ themselves in mock nooses from the Wall to symbolize the ‘death sentence’ wrought…

During a recent lecture at the University of Oregon, Yuval Rabin, son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was asked if he believed that a Palestinian leader would…

Israeli army troops erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Beita village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning.   The soldiers are searching the residents’…

Israeli army units guarding the Egyptian-Israeli borders arrested three Palestinians from the Gaza strip who were trying to enter Egypt on Saturday at dawn, Israeli sources reported.   The three…

Unknown militants set fire to Jodat Al-Sarawi’s car Saturday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus.   Al-Sarawi is a Palestinian National Security officer but the reason behind the attack…

The Israeli army troops stationed at Jebara and Itaba checkpoints south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem are detaining scores of Palestinian residents from the city.   Soldiers searched…

Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip denied claims that the rise of Hamas to power would undermine their religious rights.from islamonline.net "I am not afraid of Hamas, even of the…

Friday evening, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that an Israeli apache fired one missile at a Palestinian vehicle carrying fighters in the northern part of the…

The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, known to Christians as the site where an angel miraculously appeared to Mary, the mother of Jesus, was partially burned Friday evening after…

 Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.1 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that an extremist settlers group attacked two Palestinian residents while they were heading back to Tubas, in the West Bank. The agency stated that…

Residents of the northern West Bank villages near Salfit reported that settlers of the nearby Ariel Settlement Bloc continued to pump the sewage water into Palestinian farmlands in the area.The…

An Israeli security source reported on Friday that one Qassam homemade shell fired from the Gaza Strip struck a “strategic facility” south of Israel, one Israeli was reportedly treated for…

Israeli army forces closed, on Friday afternoon, all entrances of Beta village south east of the West Bank city of Nablus.   Dozens of military jeeps and armored vehicles arrived…

In the face of increasing anti-Palestinian sentiment in the United States after the Hamas party’s victory in January’s elections, artists portraying the conflict to American audiences are finding themselves facing…

Arriving Friday in Moscow for talks with top Russian political leaders, officials with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, now the top party in the Palestinian government, emphasized the importance…

The Palestinian People Party (PPP) announced on Friday that an Israeli court in Jerusalem accused Bassam Salhi, secretary general of the leftist PPP, of attacking Israeli soldiers and illegally crossing…

Fifteen year old Amer Basuny was killed in Al Ain camp by Israeli Occupation Forces while on his roof. The Israeli troops invaded Al Ain camp, on the western side…

The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, issued a press release on Friday morning vowing to protect internationals living and working in the Gaza Strip from any…

The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Friday morning and arrested one resident there.   Osama Dowikat was arrested when troops stormed…

The Israeli army troops invaded Beit AL Ma’e refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and killed one chilled, on Friday morning.   Soldiers and army vehicles invaded…

 During a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli army forces arrested three residents.   The arrestees were identified as Mossab Abu Al Tien, Abd Al…

 In a Friday morning invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the Israeli army shot one resident from the city.   Fawwaz Zaki, 45, was injured when army vehicles…

Sources close to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) told PNN that many Professors from Najah National University have been nominated for positions in the new government to be formed in…

Dr. Salah Bardaweel, Hamas spokesperson to the Palestinian Legislative Council  denied Israeli reports on infiltration of Al Qaida members in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian Maan News…

Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, invaded on Friday night after midnight, Tulkarem and its refugee camp and arrested one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers killed eight residents, shot injured 36 residents, and arrested forty residents in several invasions carried in the West Bank. One…

Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafer Dan, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested two brothers after breaking into their house and searching it.A Palestinian security…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks published on Thursday that there are  signs of a potential Al Qaida network in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He stated…

Israeli army started implementing a plan which aims to isolate 80.000 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to residents of several villages and towns, south of the West Bank city…

A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday that a bomb exploded at the house of a Hamas activist causing damage to the property. The bomb apparently exploded during the making…

 The Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed winged of Fatah, and the armed wing of the popular resistance committees’, claimed responsibility for firing ten homemade shells at several areas in Israel.…

  Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired four home made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot, near the Gaza strip, on Thursday morning.   In…

Israeli army forces installed several military checkpoints around the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday morning.   Checkpoints were installed around Tubas city, Qabatia and Kofer Ra’e villages, soldiers…

Thursday morning, a 26-year old Israeli truck driver was stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian worker at the Israeli Atarot industrial zone near Jerusalem.   The man, who sustained…

Israeli police released two East Jerusalem Palestinian lawmakers after detaining them for few hours in Talbiot investigation centre. Israeli Police arrests two Hamas legislators in Jerusalem Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agenices,…

"When we talk about Israel’s permanent or future borders it includes the Jordan Valley, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ariel, Kedumim-Karnei Shomron and Rehan-Shaked", said Israeli Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz in…

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and the Al Quids Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that two of their fighters were injured after…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said during an interview with the Qatar based Al Jazeera TV that he intends to transfer broad security powers to the future Hamas government.The transfer of…

Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Israeli army unit along the Gaza border, has cancelled a trip to Britain to join the Royal College of Defense Studies, fearing…

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned, on Wednesday, European leaders  against transferring funds to a Palestinian government led by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and claimed that the movement is…

Israeli Labor Party Chairman, Amir Peretz, is slated to meet the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, Labor party spokesperson reported.The spokesperson stated that Peretz started a wide diplomatic process…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that one settler was seriously injured in his neck after being shot near Naby Elias village, east of the West Bank city of…

While right-wing Israeli political parties attempt to disqualify Arab candidates from the upcoming Israeli elections simply for being Arab, Arab-Israeli legislator Ahmed Tibi called a "democratic Jewish state" an impossibility…

 Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed wing of Fatah claimed responsibility Wednesday for the shooting of an Israeli settler near the illegal settlement of Migdalim, southeast of the West Bank city…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that Fateh gunmen of the Al Aqsa Brigades, shot and killed a settler near the West Bank settlement of  Migdalim, southeast of Nablus.The…

A recently released report by the Israeli Research Institute for Economic and Social Affairs, an independent body, estimated that the Israeli government has spent over $14 billion since 1967 to…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that an Israeli war-jet fired a missile at a Palestinian vehicle in the Gaza Strip killing Abu Waleed Al Dahdouh, 39,  one of…

Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, said Tuesday from Damascus, where he lives in exile, that a report circulated in the Arab press reporting a $250 million aid package…

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the newly elected Palestinian Legislative Council, (PLC), on Wednesday morning condemned the attacks on Palestinian refugees in Iraq which has caused the death of…

An Israeli army undercover unit abducted one resident from Anza village south of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning.   Soldiers, who were disguised in civilian clothing and drove…

Dr. Osama Al-Baz, senior advisor of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday called Israel not set preconditions to resume talks with the Hamas led Palestinian Authority.   Al-Baz added…

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing one homemade shell into the Nateef Hamssera settlement near the Israeli town of Al Majdal, near the Gaza…

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, and the armed wing of the Popular Resistance claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for detonating a street-side bomb targeting an Israeli military…

The Israeli army arrested five Gaza Strip residents attempting to sneak into Israel looking for work near the military fence east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza strip Wednesday at…

A large Israeli force, of at least six military vehicles, invaded the village of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem in the early hours of Wednesday morning and declared the village a…

The Israeli war boats fried, on late Tuesday night, its heavy machine guns at the beach area east of Beit Lahaia town south of the Gaza strip. The attack lasted…

Israeli war boats fired machine guns on the coastal area east of Beit Lahaia located in the southern part of the Gaza strip late Tuesday night. The attack lasted for over an…

The Israeli army artillery shelled areas in the north and east of the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday night, local sources reported.   Shells hit Beit Lahia, Beit Hanon and the Al-Shagai’a area, causing panic…

Palestinian Legislator and former Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, said on Tuesday at night that Fateh movement will not participate in the Hamas-led government.The statements of Dahlan came during…

Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian medic during an invasion to Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus two days ago; the medic is currently hospitalized at an…

Detainee Itaf Oleyyan told Ahmad Al Khateeb, the lawyer of Risalat Al Hoqouq Center that she has been on hunger strike for the last eight days in protest of the…

A local source in Nablus reported in Tuesday at night that dozens of Israeli military jeeps and armored vehicles, invaded the village of Beit Forik, east of the West Bank…

An Israeli military source reported that a 14-year old Palestinian girl of Bethlehem, was arrested at a military checkpoint, south of Jerusalem. Army claims that the girl was carrying a…

An Israeli military source, on Monday evening, that soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man of about 28, after stabbing two people on Tuesday afternoon at the Gush Etzion…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that it obtained a report from the United Nations revealing that the closing of the Karni crossing, the main outlet for Palestinian exports and imports…

The Israeli Salem military court sentenced on Tuesday Bilal Swelim, member of the municipality city council, to thirteen months imprisonment. Swelim was arrested last month after the soldiers broke into…

Scores of Palestinian children from Gaza protested, on Tuesday afternoon, demanding the Palestinian Authority to stop the corruption and provide them with the needed security and social rights. The children…

Adli Ya’eesh, the mayor of the West Bank city of Nablus, stated in a press conference on Tuesday that the Nablus Municipality is holding talks with Arab and Islamic groups…

Al Nasser Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees, claimed,  on Tuesday, responsibility for injuring two Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun in the northern …

A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported on Monday night on Tuesday that resident  Khadra Ahathaleen, 49, was admitted to Al E’timad Hospital in the West Bank town of Yatta,…

The Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday one resident from the West Bank city of Jenin and postponed the sentencing of three others, The Resalat Al Haqouk Center for…

The Agriculture Committees Union in the village of Beit Siera near the West Bank city of Ramallah issued a call for a public protest against the Wall following the  afternoon…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 76 Palestinians in several military attacks and invasions carried  during the month of February in the…

The final section of Israel’s wall separating Bethlehem from Jerusalem will be completed in a matter of days.The wall around Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem will not only sever the connection…

Israeli authorities said on Tuesday that Israel is willing to re-open the Karem Shalom border crossing in the Gaza strip instead of the Karni border crossing after receiving alerts that Palestinian…

The Israeli government asked the US Court  to drop charges against two Israeli army generals on Tuesday.   The case was filed by Palestinians and Lebanese civilians against the former…

 Israeli army forces invaded Balata and Askar refugee camps in the West Bank city of Nablus, early Tuesday morning.  Eight residents were arrested.   In Balata Refugee Camp, the army arrested…

The Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence Bureau expressed its astonishment at the news coming from and Egyptian magazine and reprinted in the Al Quds daily Monday.The claim printed was that there…

The Detainees Media Center reported on Monday that 2098 detainees are currently imprisoned in twenty sections, at the Negev detention facility.According to data collected by the center, 859 of the…

Justice Eliezer Rivlin of the Israeli Supreme Court denied, on Monday, a request by Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, to hold another hearing over the use of human shields by…

Monday afternoon, the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The Brigades reported…

Canada’s national paper The Globe & Mail was caught last week with its hand in the proverbial ‘unethical journalism’ jar. On February 15, 2006 The Globe and Mail published an…