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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…
Resident dies of wounds sustained three years ago
Resident Kamal Abed, 29 form Rafah city in the Gaza strip died, late of Friday at night, of wounds sustained three years ago during an Israeli military invasion. Abed…
Resident dies of wounds sustained three years ago
Resident Kamal Abed, 29 form Rafah city in the Gaza strip died, late of Friday at night, of wounds sustained three years ago during an Israeli military invasion. Abed…
Al Aqsa Brigades says its men killed a soldier in Beit Hanoun
Ayman Joudah armed group, one of the military wings of the Al Aqsa Brigades, declared that its fighters shot and killed, on Saturday morning, an Israeli soldier in Beit Hanoun,…
Children protest against the Wall in Bethlehem
The Palestinian Holy Land Trust, a non-governmental organization based in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, organized on Friday afternoon, a peaceful procession against the Separation for children in the…
Army invades Jenin, arrests senior leader of the Islamic Jihad
Israeli troops invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested Mohamed Tawalba, 30, one of the senior leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement. Soldiers surrounded…
Resident arrested south of Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday at dawn, Yatta town, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested one resident. A local source in the town reported that…
Resident of Bethlehem released after a week in detention
The Israeli authorities released on Saturday morning, Ashraf Shawawra, 23, form Al Shawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after detaining and interrogating him for one week…
Policemen, gunmen, block main roads in Gaza Strip
Dozens of gunmen, including off-duty Palestinian policemen, blocked two major roads in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, demanding vengeance for the killing of a policeman in a drug bust a…
U.S. reconsiders aid to the PA if Hamas joins government
U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday that the U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if Hamas participates in a government after this month’s Palestinian…
Shalom quits the Israeli government, ends Likud presence
Following a conciliatory meeting with Likud party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom resigned from the government Friday. Netanyahu had asked, on Thursday, Likud ministers to resign in…
Welch: ‘P.A elections should take place in all areas’
American envoy to the Middle East, David Welch, said on Friday during a visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah, that the United States strongly believes that Palestinians everywhere…
Palestinian police officers close Gaza highway
In protest of the death of their college Palestinian police officers closed, on Saturday morning, the high way road the connects the central Gaza strip area with the city. …
Military dogs attack, bite, an aged woman from Salfit
The Maan News Agency reported that one woman of Kafr Ad Deek village, near Salfit city, in the West Bank, was injured after military dogs attacked and bit her while…
Army invades Jenin, storms several houses
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday morning,stormed and searched several houses in the city. Army units backed with military bulldozers and heavy vehicles surrounded and…
This Week in Palestine – January Week 2
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 5.3 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Mofaz delays evacuation of Amouna outpost by 14 days
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided, on Thursday, to postpone the evacuation of the illegal settlement outpost of Amouna, north of the West Bank, for another two weeks, Israeli online…
Hebron settlers clash with Israeli army
Clashes erupted between Hebron illegal settlers and Israeli forces, on Friday, in protest to evection orders of settlers illegally occupying Palestinian stores in wholesale market in the old city of…
Army obstruct peace procession in Bil’in
Israeli soldiers obstructed a peaceful procession in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, and fired gas bombs at the residents; several residents suffocated after inhaling gas, and received…
Sharon not showing signs of regaining consciousness
Doctors at the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem said that Sharon is not showing signs of regaining consciousness although they have been trying to get him out of his…
Army invades Allar, arrests two
Israeli army arrested, on Friday at dawn, tow residents from the West Bank village of Allar, north of Tulkarem, after breaking into their house, the Maan News Agency reported. …
Al Qidwa: ‘P.A will cancel the elections if Israel obstructs them in J’lem’
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Nasser Al Qidwa, said that the Palestinian Authority will cancel the legislative elections if Israel conducts acts to obstruct them in east Jerusalem. Al Qidwa said in…
Two residents arrested east of Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday afternoon, two residents at a military checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers posted…
Soldier invade village near Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the West Bank village of Kufr Al Deek, southwest of Salfit, and arrested one resident; one woman was injured during the invasion. The…
Soldier invade village near Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday morning, the West Bank village of Kufr Al Deek, southwest of Salfit, and arrested one resident; one woman was injured during the invasion. The…
Palestinian resistance shells a Kibbutz north of the country
Palestinian resistance fired on Friday, Qassam home made shell, from the Gaza strip, that landed in an open area near Kibbutz Zakim, north of the country. One worker was treated…
Two residents arrested in east of Bethlehem
Israeli army invaded, on Friday morning, the village of Al Obaidiyya, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, two residents arrested. Troops invaded the village and conducted wide scale…
Army shells targets in Gaza
Israeli artillery shelled, earlier on Friday morning, several areas in northern Gaza strip; army claims that these areas are used as launching pads for homemade shells. In the morning the…
Army invades Abu Njem village, arrests two residents
Israeli troops invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Abu Njem south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested two residents. The arrested residents are two brothers…
Al Aqsa Brigades claim responsibility for firing 5 homemade shells
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, claimed responsibility for firing five homemade shells at an Israeli town in the Western Negev. The brigades reported in…
Movement of at least 800,000 Palestinians restricted as Israeli seals off West Bank
Since the second week of December 2005, the Israeli army had sealed off the northern areas of the West Bank from the rest of Palestinian territories, and barred the residents…
Mofaz demands Abbas to present a detailed plan for disarming resistance
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, demanded the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to present a detailed map which includes a specific timetable for disarming the resistance factions. Mofaz said that the…
An open letter to Ehud Olmert
Dear Mr. Olmert, I am writing you in the hope that you will take time from your busy schedule as Israel’s acting prime minister to hear one Palestinian’s hopes. Even…
Settlers burn Palestinian homes in Hebron
Extremist settlers torched two Palestinian homes in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday in protest to evacuating them from shops they occupied in the city’s market., No injuries…
Shots fired at the home of Interior Minister; bodyguard, two residents injured
A Palestinian source in Ramallah reported that an armed group fired at the home of, Nasser Yousef, the Palestinian Interior Minister, on Thursday evening, and injured one of his body…
Three fighters killed in Jenin
Three fighters of the Islamic Jihad were killed, on Thursday afternoon, and four others were injured after the Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, surrounded a home…
Mofaz to Welch: ‘Israel does not intend to allow Gaza-West Bank convoys’
An Israeli source reported on Thursday afternoon that the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz told the US Secretary of State envoy, David Welch, that Israel is not willing to allow…
Rice: ‘No place for Hamas in political process’
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said that there is no place in the Palestinian political process for Hamas, or any group or individuals who "refuse to renounce terror" and…
Rice: ‘No place for Hamas in political process’
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said that there is no place in the Palestinian political process for Hamas, or any group or individuals who "refuse to renounce terror" and…
Olmert to visit the White House ahead of elections
The American Administration intends to invite the Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to visit the White House ahead of the Israeli general election slated for March 28. The Israeli…
Israeli forces arrest 3 from Bethlehem
Palestinian Security sources reported that eight Israeli military jeeps invaded Hindaza Mountain area in Bethlehem Thursday morning, and arrested three residents, the Maan News Agency reported. Soldiers broke into…
Army arrests two from Ramallah
Israeli army backed by armored vehicles invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qaddoura refugee camp, and Um Al Sharayet neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested two residents,…
Egypt to release 118 Palestinian arrested for illegal entry
Palestinian and Egyptian sources reported that Maher Abdul-Wahid, the Egyptian general councilor, ordered the release of all Palestinian residents charged of the latest incidents in Rafah, after infiltrating there. …
Army arrests 12 Palestinians in Tulkarem overnight
At least 18 army vehicles invaded the northwestern West Bank city of Tulkarem after midnight, Palestinian sources reported. Thursday’s early morning invasion targeted Hamas operatives and supporters. Hamas is…
Detainee suffers high blood-pressure, lack of medications
Family of detainee Sami Ismail Al Fawaghrah, 42, from Bethlehem, voiced an appeal to local and international human rights organizations to save the life of their detained son, who is…
A Person may not incriminate himself
You may read about arrest operations that Israel carries out in the West Bank. You never get to know what kind of torture those people face in prison especially when…
Poll: ‘Hamas closing gap with Fateh ahead of PLC elections’
A poll conducted by Birzeit University’s Development Studies Program last week showed that Hamas is closing in on Fateh ahead of the January 25 Legislative Council elections. The poll was…
Police arrests five settlers north of Bethlehem
Israeli police arrested, on Wednesday afternoon, five Israeli settlers form Gush Atzion settlement bloc, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem after clashing with an Israeli officer. The…
Likud ministers expected to resign from government on Thursday
Likud ministers are expected to submit their resignations from the coalition government on Thursday, Israeli V Channel 2 reported, on Wednesday. Channel Two reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu had…
Settlers, policemen clash at an illegal outpost, four soldiers and eleven settlers injured
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that four Israeli police officers and 11 settlers were lightly injured, on Wednesday, in clashes at Amouna illegal settlement outpost in the West Bank. The…
Palestinian officer dies of wounds sustained during raid against drug dealers
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior reported, on Wednesday, that a Palestinian officer died in Soroka hospital in Be’er Shiva, of wounds sustained last month during a raid against drug dealers…
Army invades Saida village near Tulkarem
The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers invaded on Wednesday afternoon, Saida village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and broke into dozens of homes. The agency…
Army demolishes three houses in Al Khader village
Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday at noon, three houses in Al Khader village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The three houses, which belong to the families…
One Palestinian arrested in Hebron
A local source in Hebron reported, on Wednesday morning, that Israeli soldiers’ stationed at the entrance of the tomb of patriarchs holy site (Ibrahimi Mosque) in the old city of…
Wedding cards expressing the Palestinian suffering
Palestinian residents living under Israeli occupation express their suffering in different means and styles. Recently, a resident of Qalqilia city, in the West Bank, came up with a new…
Resident charged of recruiting activists for Hamas
The Israeli prosecution filed charges against a resident of Gaza who was arrested last month while allegedly attempting to "infiltrate" form Gaza into the West Bank. The…
P.A police destroys 400 illegal vehicles
Palestinian police forces in the West Bank city of Jenin confiscated 13 stolen cars and destroyed 11 of them, Majed Al Huwwari, police department head in Jenin, reported on Wednesday…
Repeated invasions in Jenin, continuous siege
Israeli soldiers imposed a strict siege over the West Bank city of Jenin over the last several days, barred the residents from the freedom of movement, and conducted repeated invasions…
Several detainees infected with Scabies, and not receiving treatment
Detainees in the Negev detention facility reported that several detainees were infected with scabies disease, while the prison administration is not providing them with the needed medical treatment and medication.…
Hadassah: ‘Sharon shows movement on left side for first time’
Senior physicians at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem said, on Tuesday evening, that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, showed movement on his left side Tuesday, for the first time…
Israeli Cabinet to vote next week on allowing PLC vote in J’lem
Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Tuesday that the cabinet will decide next week whether to allow the Palestinian in East Jerusalem to vote in the upcoming Palestinian…
Peres to be named deputy to Olmert
Israeli source reported on Tuesday evening that Shimon Peres will apparently be placed second on Kadima elections list for the upcoming governmental election in March. The deal was struck in…
Non Violent protestor against the Wall tried at Israeli Court
An Israeli Court started on Tuesday hearing witnesses in the case of Mohammed Mansour, a non-violent-protest organizer against the Separation Wall in Biddu village near Jerusalem.The International Solidarity Movement (ISM)…
Palestinian detainee talks about extreme torture and abuse
Palestinian detainee Baha’ Ahmad Al Arameen, 23, from Al Ezariyya town, near Jerusalem, said that he was extremely clubbed and hit by the soldiers after arresting him from his home…
Mofaz: ‘Jerusalemite Palestinians will be allowed to vote’
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Tuesday that the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem will be allowed to participate in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative elections scheduled for January 25,…
Sheikh Azzam: ‘Chaos harms our people, resistance’
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine condemned the state of chaos and insecurity in the Palestinian territories, and called on the Palestinian Authority and factions to unite in order to uproot…
PLC Candidate barred from entering Jerusalem
In contradictory to the Israeli public statements which claim allowing the Palestinians conduct election campaign in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers barred Ahmad Majdalani, head of Freedom and Social Justice Elections list,…
World Bank official: Palestinians on verge of bankruptcy
Israeli online daily Haaretz interviewed Nigel Roberts, World Bank representative in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Roberts said that the Palestinian Authority is facing a crisis that could…
Army bars Qalqilia residents from entering villages isolated behind Wall
The Israeli army bared on Tuesday morning the residents of the West Bank city of Qalqilia from interring the near by Palestinian villages which became isolated behind the Separation Wall.…
Army invades Tubas, arrests one resident
The Israeli army invaded, late on Monday at night, the West Bank city of Tubas, and arrested one resident. Troops backed up with armored vehicles invaded the city and surrounded…
Settlers uprooted 2400 olive trees in three years
Yesh Din and B’Tselem Israeli human rights organizations reported that settlers have uprooted over the past three years 2400 olive trees during repeated attacks against Palestinian orchards in the West…
Iran says it did not recruit Israeli Arab to spy for it
The Iranian Mehr newspaper reported that Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied recruiting an agent to infiltrate the Israeli political system; the newspaper quoted ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi as dismissing the…
Abbas says he received U.S assurances on elections in J’lem
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) said on Wednesday that he received elections assurances from Washington regarding enabling the Palestinians to hold elections in East Jerusalem, and that he seeks…
Israeli border policeman indicted for shooting a Palestinian to death
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Monday that the Police Investigation Department (PID) filed an indictment against a Border Police officer accused of killing a Palestinian in the French Hill…
Mor-Yosef: ‘Sharon showed slight movement in right hand, leg, in response to stimulation’
Israeli sources reported on Monday evening that senior physicians treating the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, said that he had responded to pain stimulus,…
Israeli H. Court permits Wall construction near Modi’n settlement
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, report on Monday that the High Court of Justice rejected on Monday, appeals filed by Israelis and Palestinians against the planned route of the West Bank…
Palestinian police force destroys 11 illegal cars in Jenin
A Palestinian police force destroyed, on Monday morning, 11 illegal cars in the West Bank city of Jenin. The destruction of illegal vehicles comes as part of the Palestinian Authority’s…
Non violent protest freezes Wall construction in Aboud
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers installed a new checkpoint on the road to Aboud village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and deployed in the surrounding fields in an attempt…
10 residents arrested across the West Bank
While the Palestinian concluded their Christmas holidays and started preparing for Eyed Al Adha, the Israeli army arrested 10 residents on Sunday night from several areas in the West Bank…
PLC candidates reject the Israeli conditions on Jerusalem campaigns
Palestinians candidates for the upcoming legislative elections, refused to abide by the Israeli conditions regarding the participation of Jerusalemite Palestinians in the Legislative Council elections, particularly as the Israeli police…
Media source: ‘Abbas is considering resigning if Hamas wins PLC elections’
The Jordanian daily Ad Dostour published a report on Monday quoting a Palestinian credible source stating that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering to resign if Hamas wins…
Media source: ‘Abbas is considering resigning if Hamas wins PLC elections’
The Jordanian daily Ad Dostour published a report on Monday quoting a Palestinian credible source stating that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering to resign if Hamas wins…
Israeli security claims Palestinian fighters, trained in Lebanon, Syria have entered Gaza
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that an Israeli security official said that Palestinian weapons experts who have undergone training in Lebanon, Syria and possibly Iran have recently entered the Gaza…
Three arrested in Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and arrested three residents. The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that soldiers, supported…
Two arrested in Al Obaydiyya, near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Al Obaydiyya village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers,…
Army invades Jenin refugee camp
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into dozens of homes. A local source in the camp…
Egypt agrees to reopen border
A Palestinian security source reported, on Sunday at night, that Egypt has agreed to reopen its border with Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters reached an agreement with European officials, and…
Family appeals medical aid for its detained son
Family of detainee Dhirar Ahmad Ibrahim, 28, from Kafer Ra’ey, near Tulkarem, appealed humanitarian organizations, locally and internationally, to pressure the Israeli Authorities in order to provide their ailing detained…
Strict siege resumes over Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers resumed, on Sunday, the strict siege wrapping Tulkarem area and installed dozens of roadblocks on main roads which links Tulkarem with the surrounding villages, and other Palestinian areas.…
Fighters, soldiers exchange fire in Jenin
Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian resistance fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin after invading it earlier on Sunday. A local source in Jenin reported that twenty…
Palestinian killed in clashes between P.A and gunmen
Palestinian security and medical sources in Gaza reported, on Sunday, that Palestinian gunmen broke into a police headquarter in Gaza city, and exchanged fire with security men; one gunman was…
Prof. Mor-Yosef: ‘Sharon likely to live, but can’t predict damage’
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that Hadassah University Hospital director, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said on Saturday evening, that the latest scan of the brain of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…
Barghouthi: ‘Sharon’s health condition shouldn’t affect legislative election date’
Jailed Fateh leader, and Palestinian Legislator, Marwan Barghouthi, said that the health condition of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, should not affect the Palestinian Legislative Council’s election date, slated…
Zahar: ‘No negotiations with Israel after elections’
The Palestinian Maan News Agency reported that Sheikh Mahmoud Zahar, one of Hamas political leaders in, denied any possibility that the Islamic resistance Movement, Hamas, will enter into negotiations with…
Zobeidi: ‘We can’t talk about elections while the Palestinians are still bleeding’
Leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, said that the brigades decided to bar the international observers from working in Jenin or entering it, and…
Army shells the northern Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers shelled on Sunday several areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, causing considerable damage; no injuries were reported. The shelling comes while no homemade shells…
Soldiers invade Hebron, occupy several homes
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday, the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby villages of Yatta, Bani Neim and Doura, and conducted military searches of homes. A Palestinian security…
Father, son, arrested near Tubas
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening a father and his son, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Sami Sadiq, head of Al Aqaba village council, reported that…