Peres: ‘Israeli could hold talks with Hamas if it disarms’
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Shimon Peres said on Friday that Israel would be ready to negotiate with Hamas if it "renounces violence and disarms" after the Palestinian Legislative…
New settlements expansion in East J’lem funded by US Israelis
According to the Israeli online daily Haaretz, an Israeli construction company is attracting dozens of wealthy American Israelis to purchase apartments in Nof Zion Israeli illegal outpost in the southeast…
Hamas declares Oslo accords dead
Ismail Haniyya, one of Hamas leaders and a candidate to the Palestinian Legislative Council candidate, said that the Oslo accords are "Dead", and that the movement is participating in the…
Bil’in protest unites candidates, residents, in joint peaceful struggle against the Wall
Approximately 5000 residents, candidates to the legislative elections, Israeli and international peace activists marched on Friday against the Separation Wall in the village of Bil’in, near Ramallah. Abdullah Abu Rahma,…
Settler rams Palestinian youth with car
Palestinian sources in Nablus report that a settler rammed a Palestinian youth with his car near Huwwara village, south of Nablus, and fled the scene. The Maan News Agency…
Israeli government to discus Sunday retaliation to Tel Aviv bombing
The Israeli ministerial council decided, following the Tel Aviv Thursday bombing, to continue its arrest campaign, and conduct assassinations against fighters in the West Bank, especially against fighters of the…
Army re-arrests two residents, several hours after releasing them
Only several hours after releasing them, Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday afternoon, two residents from Ein Al Bida village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. The brothers…
The PLC elections to start tomorrow
Palestinian Police and security forces in all Palestinian Authority departments will start to vote for the legislative council election on Saturday January 21, in the West Bank and Gaza strip.…
P.A: Elections candidates must work to end lawlessness and ensure rule of law
Candidates to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) must set up mechanisms to establish the rule of law in the Gaza Strip and in the areas of the West Bank under…
`“What Shall We Do With Politics as We Are Deprived of Our Basic Needs?`
Some 30 meters away from election campaigning centers for the largest Palestinian parties, the ruling Fatah and Hamas, in the refugee camp of Maghazi, central Gaza Strip, the house of Kamal…
Israeli Group calls the wall land robbery, calls for protest in Bil’in
As the session of the Israeli Supreme Court regarding the construction of the wall on the land of the West Bank village of Bil’in near Ramallah nears, the villagers continue…
Notes on first week of elections campaign
Palestine News Network news website followed and reported on several developments, including violations which accompanied the sidelines of the campaign for the upcoming legislative elections in the Palestinian territories. …
Poll: ‘Labor, Likud gain more seats as Kadima declines’
Israeli newspaper Haaretz and Israeli TV Channel 10 conducted, on Wednesday evening, a poll which revealed that the Labor Party in Israel is gaining seats at the expense of Kadima…
Resident killed by military fire, north of Hebron
Israeli soldiers shot dead one resident near Telem settlement, west of Hebron in the West Bank; one resident was arrested. An Israeli army source claimed that Ziad Ali Al Zhour,…
Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for Tel Aviv bombing
The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the Tel Aviv suicide bombing which took place on Thursday afternoon near a central bus station…
Suicide attack at Tel Aviv bus station
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv at around 3:45 P.M. on Thursday, wounding at least 10 Israelis and killing one. All…
Peres: Israel does not intend to withdraw from the West Bank and Jerusalem
After a 45-minute-meeting with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, Shimon Peres said, on Wednesday, that Israel will be ready to hold negotiations with the Palestinians on a permanent peace…
Peres: Israel does not intend to withdraw from the West Bank and Jerusalem
After a 45-minutes meeting with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, Shimon Peres said, on Wednesday, that Israel will be ready to hold negotiations with the Palestinians on a permanent…
Israeli Study: Most Israelis are willing to give up E. Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods
According to a study published, on Thursday, in the Israeli online daily Haaretz, more ore than half of the Israelis are willing to give up East Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods and…
Two arrested in Jenin
Israeli army troops invaded, on Thursday morning, the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested two residents, local sources reported. Assem Abu Al Haiga, 20, and Mustafa Abu Al…
Israel continues to harass candidates, impedes campaigning in Jerusalem
Israeli forces resumed their harassments against the candidates and the Palestinian parties participating in the January 25 Legislative Council elections. The International Press Center, IPC, reported on Thursday, that Secretary…
Army invades Nablus, storms houses
Israeli army forces invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and took positions in the city center. Soldiers stormed the Hannoun housing building, forced the residents…
Homemade shell hits Palestinian house north of the Gaza strip
A Homemade shell fired, on Wednesday at night, by the Palestinian resistance at an Israeli area landed on a Palestinian house in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…
PICCR receives guarantees from Al Aqsa Brigades for smooth flow of elections
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Rights held two meetings with leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus regarding a smooth flow…
Army invades Ein Al Baida village, arrests three brother
Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the village of Ein Al Baida in the Jordan Valley, and arrested three residents. The arrestees were identified as; Hisham Fokaha’ 17, and…
Army storms Al Asakra village near Bethlehem, arrests one resident
Israeli troops stormed, on Thursday morning, the village of Al Asakra, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Fadi Al Mo’ti, 27, was arrested after…
Hezbollah: ‘Missing Israeli navigator Arad likely dead’
Hasan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese based Hezbollah party said on Wednesday at night that he believes that the Israeli Navigator Ron Arad, who has been missing since 1986 after…
Why an Economic Boycott of Israel is Justified
The recent proposal that Norway boycott Israeli goods has provoked passionate debate. In my view, a rational examination of this issue would pose two questions: 1) Do Israeli human rights…
Zahhar: ‘we have to abduct soldiers to secure prisoners release’
Hamas leader and candidate for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, Mahmoud Al Zahhar, said on Wednesday at night, that the movement has no choice but to abduct Israeli soldiers in…
Settler leaders say Olmert ‘declared war’ on them
Settler leaders sharply attacked, on Wednesday, the acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for calling the army to devise a plan to evacuate 20 illegal outposts in the West Bank,…
Hamas, Fateh, agree to honor and protect elections
Fateh and Hamas movements agreed on Wednesday to honor and protect the Palestinian Legislative elections which will be held on January 25, 2006. The two movements, along with several other…
Abbas: ‘I am committed to the Road Map Plan’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, said that he is ready for immediate resumption of peace talks with Israel, and that he is ready to convene with the acting Israeli…
Israeli soldier killed by resistance fire
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for the killing of an Israeli soldier on Wednesday, Maan News Agency reported. The agency added that the soldier was…
ISR Police arrests a PFLP candidate in East Jerusalem
Israeli police arrested, on Wednesday, Abdul-Latif Shihada, a parliamentary candidate of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while he was holding a press conference at a hotel in East…
Resident arrested in Qalqilia
Israeli troops posted at the military checkpoint between the West Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilia, arrested on Tuesday at night, resident Ahmad Qawadri while attempting to cross the checkpoint.…
Resistance shells Sofa east of Gaza strip
In a press release, the Al Naser Salah Ed Deen brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for firing two homemade shells at the Sofa Crossing,…
Israeli court sentence two brothers from Atteel village
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced, Wednesday morning, two brothers from the village of Atteel north of the West Bank city Tulkarem to consecutive terms and imposed fines on…
Army bars residents from opening farm road near Qalqilia
The Israeli Army stopped on Wednesday the opening of farming road in Jensafot village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Troops stopped the Palestinian bulldozers working in…
Army arrests four residents, injures one in Surif
The Israeli army invaded, Wednesday at dawn, the village of Surif, north of the West Bank city of Hebron; four residents were arrested and one injured. Troops stormed the village,…
Resident injured, another arrested in an invasion to Kofer Qaleel
Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday afternoon, the village of Kofer Qaleel, south of the West Bank city of Nablus; one resident was injured, and one was arrested. Soldiers stormed…
Five residents arrested in Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem
Israeli army arrested, on Wednesday at dawn, five residents from Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Several army jeeps stormed the camp, searched several houses…
Resistance claims responsibility for killing one soldier in Gaza
The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, claimed in a press release issued on Wednesday morning responsibility for killing one Israeli soldier. The press…
Army arrests five residents from Tulkarem
Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, the villages of Allar and Saida north of West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested five residents. Soldiers searched several houses in the…
Army arrests five residents from Tulkarem
Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, the villages of Allar and Saida north of West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested five residents. Soldiers searched several houses in the…
Army invades a refugee camp near Ramallah arrests four
Israeli military forces invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Ama’are Refugee Camp south west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested four residents, the Maan News Agency reported. …
Halutz slams violent settlers
Speaking at a national security conference at Haifa University, on Tuesday evening, Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz addressed attempts of settlers to resettle in the evacuated northern West Bank…
Halutz slams violent settlers
Speaking at a national security conference at Haifa University, on Tuesday evening, Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz addressed attempts of settlers to resettle in the evacuated northern West Bank…
Halutz slams violent settlers
Speaking at a national security conference at Haifa University, on Tuesday evening, Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz addressed attempts of settlers to resettle in the evacuated northern West Bank…
PHR: ‘Palestinian AIDS Patient Denied Entry into Israel for Urgent Medical Care’
Six senior experts in the HIV/AIDS field of Physicians for Human Rights in Israel published an open letter on Wednesday, regarding a young Palestinian man from the Gaza Strip, who…
Hamas, the United States and elections
Apparently, the political issue is becoming a marginal consideration in the coming Palestinian legislative elections. The political headlines presented by competing lists seem to be ignored by the majority…
Resistance shells Israeli targets in Gaza
Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military resistance wing of Popular Resistance Committees, fired homemade shells at military posts in the Gaza Strip, the Maan News Agency reported. The group…
Livni replaces Shalom as a Foreign Minister
The Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, formally appointed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, from Kadima party, as a Foreign Minister instead of Silvan Shalom, who resigned along with three other…
Hamas: ‘We do not hate Jews’
Ismael Abu Haneieh, a prominent leader of Hamas in Gaza Strip, said on Tuesday that the group had never wanted to throw Jews in sea. "We don’t hate Jews because…
3 Palestinians 2 soldiers wounded in army invasions in W. Bank
Three Palestinians were wounded and at least 14 Palestinians were arrested and two Israeli soldiers were wounded in Israeli army invasions in different parts of the West Bank, Palestinian media…
Israeli Court sentences two brothers for Islamic Jihad membership
The Israeli Salem Military Court convicted, on Tuesday, two brothers from the Tulkarem area of members of Islamic Jihad. Fadi Barakat, 27, was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment and…
ISR. High Court reject appeal to end ‘sonic-booms’ over Gaza
The Israeli High Court rejected, on Tuesday, an appeal by the Gaza Community Mental Health Center and Doctors for Human Rights to end usage of "sonic-booms" over the Gaza Strip.…
Fateh Central Committee member loses consciousness during speech
The Maan News Agency in Bethlehem reported that senior Fateh leader, Hani Al Hasan, was transported to Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem after losing consciousness during a speech in Al Biereh,…
Olmert says negotiation with P.A after factions are disarmed
Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert said that he hopes that negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel will resume after the elections in both the Palestinian territories and Israel,…
Abrahamic Leaders Unite for Peace
As the sunset of Sunday January 15th, religious leaders from Jerusalem, Central Israel, and the Galilee gathered in the Arab city of Rama. Over 200 Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Druze…
Army invades a village near Bethlehem levels two houses
Israeli military bulldozers, backed by large number of soldiers, invaded the village of Al-Furdeis, east of Bethlehem, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and leveled two houses, the Maan…
Al Aqsa Brigades slams Lebanese Druze leader Jumblat
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, issued a press release on Tuesday, harshly slamming the Lebanese Druze leader, Waleed Jumblat, for his statements which considered the…
Army seals the northern entrance of Tulkarem
Israeli troops sealed off the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and barred the residents form crossing. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, searched them and checked…
Report: ‘German Federal Intelligence Service provided passports to Mossad agents’
A report published by the German newspaper Koelner Stadtanzeiger revealed that German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) provided the Israeli Mossad espionage agency with German passports, which were used for carrying…
PHR Demands Disqualification of Judge who questioned a detainee’s Right to Health
Detainee Ahmad Yousef Al Tameemy, 45, from Ramallah, demanded through his lawyer Johana Lehrman, who represents Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, the disqualification of Judge Noga Ohad of the Tel Aviv…
Israeli forces invade Al Fawwar Refugee in Hebron
Israeli military forces invaded, on Tuesday morning, Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Maan News Agency reported. Eyewitnesses told Maan that soldiers used…
American Jews to Israel: Bring Settlers Home
A group of Jewish Americans who call themselves, "The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace" called the American Administration to urge Israel to evacuate all the Jewish settlements in the…
ISR court sentence a Tulkarem resident to 32 months
The Israeli Salem military court sentenced, Tuesday morning, Ahmad Shurafa, 19, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, to 32 months imprisonment and 2000 NIS as a fine. Shurafa…
Troops arrest eight residents near Nablus
Israeli army troops invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Aseera Al Shamaliyya near the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested eight residents. Soldiers stormed the village…
Palestinian Football Association asks to host matches in Gaza
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has asked to host matches on home soil for the first time since Palestinians gained control of the Gaza Strip, PFA president Ahmed Al-Afeefy said.…
Army arrests nine Palestinians in Jerusalem
Israeli army units stormed, on Monday evening, the office of leftist Palestinian People Party in Jerusalem, and arrested nine of the party activists. Troops confiscated all the posters and…
Palestinian resistance shells Eretz settlement in the Gaza strip
Salah Ed Deen brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees and the Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility on Monday at night, for…
Leader of Al Qassam Brigades assassinated in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Tuesday morning, the general leader of the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, Thabit Ayada, 24, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem after…
Army assassinates a senior Hamas, arrests three in Tulkarem
Israeli troops assassinated a senior leader of Hamas, and arrested three residents in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, one soldier was injured. Thabit Salah Ed Deen, 23, was…
Israeli army arrests 18 Palestinians in several cites in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, 18 residents in several cites in the West Bank. Eight residents were arrested in the West Bank city of Nablus, nine Hebron,…
Israeli court acquits settlers who confessed to killing Palestinians
The Israeli District Court in Be’er Shiva, acquitted on Monday Avri Ran, an extremist settler, and the leader of the Hilltop Youth settler group, of charges which included attacking and…
Sharon planed four options for West Bank settlements
In an article published, on Monday by the New Yorker magazine, Israeli sources revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered, before he suffered the stroke, the Israeli National Security…
Soldiers detain children near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded Jalboun Village, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Monday evening, searched a number of homes and detained a group of children playing near the…
Fearing riots, army to seal off settlements in Hebron
Israeli army GOC Central Command Major General Yair Naveh, signed on Monday evening, an order an order declaring the Jewish settlements in the West Bank town of Hebron closed military…
Peretz tends to announce a ‘new disengagement’
Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported that leaders of the Israeli Labor Party are trying to convince Labor Party leader, Amir Peretz, to announce his support to another unilateral withdrawal from…
Army invades Nablus, arrests one resident
Israeli army invaded on Monday afternoon the southern area of Nablus in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses said that troops arrested one resident identified as Mohammah Al-Khalil 26. Witnesses said troops…
Israeli bulldozers demolish Palestinian house in Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Monday morning a Palestinian housing building at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, near Rachel’s Tomb. The Jerusalem municipality alleged that this…
Mansour: ‘We decided to participate in elections to build the foundations of our society’
In an interview with the Palestine news Network, Sheikh Yasser Mansour, a prominent leader of Hamas, said that the movement decided to participate in the Legislative Elections in order to…
Israeli solders attacks taxi drivers north on Nablus
Israeli solders attacked, on Monday morning, several taxi drivers north of the West Bank city of Nablus. Troops smashed the windows of at least 10 vehicles since morning hours,…
Army storms Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem
Israeli troops stormed, on Sunday evening, Aida refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Several army jeeps invaded the camp and took photos of several houses,…
Two arrested in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday morning two residents from Atteel and Allar villages, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Troops invaded the village of Allar conducted military…
Army invades Qalqilia arrests 14 residents
Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested 14 residents. Soldiers conducted wide scale house-to-house search in the city, and broke into…
Islamic Jihad calls on supporters to boycott elections
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine called on its supporters to boycott the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections scheduled for January 25. The movement said that the elections are based…
Sharon could be defined as being in vegetative state
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is not showing any signs of reviving from his induced coma; if his condition persists into next week,…
Israeli artillery shells the southern part of Gaza
The Israeli artillery shelled, on Monday at dawn, several in the southern part of the Gaza strip. This shelling is part of the Blue Skies operation the Israeli army…
Army invades village near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night the village of Kafer Dan, near the West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into dozens of homes searching for members of the…
Dahlan slams Hamas for stance on Jerusalem
Former PA Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, who resigned his post to run in the Palestinian Legislative Elections elections, slammed on Sunday Hamas movement for what he said its…
Army shells areas in north Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired several shells at areas in the northern Gaza Strip, the targeted areas are said to be uninhibited. An Israeli army source reported that a Palestinian resistance…
Israeli government: ‘Hamas cannot campaign in Jerusalem’
The Israeli government approved on Sunday the participation of Jerusalemite Palestinians in the legislative elections scheduled for January 25, but did not authorize Hamas movement to campaign in the city.…
PFLP leader remains in prison, despite orders for release
The jailed General Secretary of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Saadat, was elected to his position following the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa in 2002.…
Three Hamas candidates arrested in Jerusalem
The Maan News Agency reported that Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday, three Hamas candidates in the Old City of Jerusalem. The agency stated that soldiers arrested Mohammad Abu Tair, Mohammad…
Two residents injured, one arrested near Salfit
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday, two residents in Kafr Al Deek village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, one resident was also arrested during the invasion. Over…
Special Forces kill mother, her son, near Nablus
A Palestinian woman and her son were killed, and five members of their family were injured, on Sunday at dawn, when under-cover units of the Israeli army opened fire at…
Hundreds of settlers try to break into Palestinian neighborhood in Hebron
An Israeli military source reported on Saturday at night that hundreds of settlers, most of them masked, attempted to break into Al Qasaba neighborhood, in the West bank city of…
‘Settler girls’ attack peaceworkers in Hebron
On Thursday January 12th, two members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) were attacked by a group of 30 Israeli settler ‘girls’ while walking near the Tel Rumeida settlement in…
Settlers annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian land in Doura village
Israeli settlers form Mitzpe Lakhish settlement outpost, east of Doura village near the West Bank city of Hebron, annexed on Saturday afternoon, 150 Dunams which belong to residents of the…