5 Palestinians arrested in various parts of the West Bank
According to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, the Israeli army arrested Thursday five citizens, including a girl in the West Bank (WB) cities of Bethlehem, Nablus and Qalqiliya. In Bethlehem,…
Boycott of Israel grows as Anglican Church, Architect Association Join
With the recent announcement of the Church of England that the Church would divest from companies which profit from Israel’s occupation, as well as a similar divestment by an Architect’s…
Israeli forces shell areas east of Gaza City
Thursday afternoon, local sources reported aerial bombardment by Israeli forces east of Gaza City. No injuries have been reported. The Israeli military gave no statement as to the reason for…
Palestinian Non-violence advocate on Trial
Mohammad Mansour, a Palestinian organiser for non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation, faces trial Thursday for allegedly engaging in an ‘illegal protest’ with the International Solidarity Movement in 2004. In…
Israel and Apartheid South Africa
Last week, The Guardian (UK) published a two-part series by its reporter Chris McGreal comparing Israeli policies vis-a-vis its own Palestinian citizens and those living under its occupation in the…
Gaza Human Rights group denounces ongoing Israeli aerial assault on Gaza
The National Association for Democracy and Law denounced Wednesday the continued Israeli bombardment on crowded residential areas in Gaza Strip cities. According to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, the Association…
Jordan Valley Takeover: The human side of the story
Ni’meh Abu Zaharah, mother of eleven, has been prevented from visiting her daughter since 2005. This testimony was documented by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem. Before the intifada, my husband…
Palestinian Authority decries Israeli takeover of Jordan Valley
The Palestinian leadership condemned the Israeli construction of the ‘eastern Wall’ which will completely enclose the West Bank within a de-facto open-air prison. The construction of the eastern section of…
13 residents killed, 136 arrested in the 53 week of cease fire
Palestinian National Information Center (PNIC) published its weekly report on the Israeli violations to the cease fire agreement which was declared between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the Egyptian…
Report: At least twenty Palestinian homes demolished over the last month
According to a report Thursday by the joint Palestinian-International grassroots organization, ‘Stop the Wall’, at least twenty homes have been bulldozed in the past month, most of them in the…
Hamas makes Parliamentary Appointments; Israel refuses to acknowledge
Hamas made its first parliamentary appointments on Wednesday in preparation for the opening of Parliament on Saturday, as Israeli officials declared that a Hamas-led Palestinian government would make it part…
Army abuses residents at a random checkpoint near Al-Bira in Jenin
Israeli troops stationed at a random checkpoint near the Al-Bira area, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, forced residents to remove their clothes and lie down on the…
One mentally challenged resident injured by the army fire north on Beit Hanon
Palestinian Official sources reported that one mentally-challenged resident was injured by Israeli army bullets in Beit Hanon city in the northern part of the Gaza strip late on Wednesday. Mofied Arafat,…
Four Palestinians arrested at Sofia border crossing south of Gaza
Four Palestinians were arrested at Sofia border crossing south of the Gaza strip by the Israeli army on Thursday at dawn, a Palestinian security source reported. An Israeli army source…
Army arrests one resident north of Qalqilia
Israeli army forces invaded Al-Marj area in the West Bank city of Qalqilia and soldiers searched several houses, arresting one resident there on Thursday at dawn. Mohamed Hilal, 25, was arrested…
Two comatose patients: the old man and the little boy
From Gideon Levy’s article "There will be a Vietnam Here" in Ha’aretz 13 Feb 2006 As Israeli President Ariel Sharon lay comatose in a hospital in Israel with little chance of…
Nablus road, Tayaseer checkpoint closed
The Israeli military closed the main Nablus-Qalqilia road Thursday afternoon, imposing a mobile checkpoint in a heavily travelled area, according to the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA. Palestinians were forced to…
24 residents arrested in Bethlehem in one week
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 24 Palestinian residents in Bethlehem in seven days. All of the arrestees were arrested from home…
Mentally challenged resident seriously injured in Gaza
Although early reports indicated that Mofeed Arafat, 25, a mentally challenged resident of Gaza, had been killed late Wednesday night, medical sources indicate that he is alive and in serious…
Army invades village near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded Al Zabbouba village, near the West Bank city of Jenin after claiming that residents of the village came close to the Separation Wall. A local source in…
Hamas and Conditions of Funding
The difference between the US/EU funding conditions and those of the Gulf countries are not as incongruent as Hamas leaders may want people to believe. The story of the Palestinian…
Palestinian Minister urges continuation of Aid Money to Palestinians
Dr. Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on the international community to continue financial aid to the Palestinian people, despite the fact that the Islamic Resistance Movement,…
Military court sentences a Palestinian prisoner and prolongs the detention of several others
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced Assem Jaradat from Qabatia village to 15 months in jail on Wednesday afternoon. Also, the court prolonged the detention of Zouher Aswad from…
Army increases presence in Hebron
Israeli soldiers intensified military presence in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and conducted military searces of homes. A Palestinian security sources in the…
Israel releases one jailed legislator, extends term of another
Wednesday morning, Israeli Prison Authorities released a jailed Palestinian legislator, and extended the the detention of another elected legislator for an additional eight days. The two legislators are members of…
Zahar picked as Hamas Majority Leader
The Hamas Party in Palestine has announced that its top parliamentary seat will go to Mahmoud az Zahar, who received the most votes of any candidate during the legislative elections…
Army releases a blind resident after five years in detintion
Israeli army released on Monday Ezziddin Amarna, 35, a blind detainee, from the Hadarim detintion facility after spending five years in prison. He was arrested at his house in the…
Undercover army unit arrests one resident in Jenin
Undercover units of the Israeli army arrested a member of the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the military wing of Fateh, in Ya’bed Village west of the West Bank city of…
Army deploys in a West Bank village
Wednesday at dawn Israeli army was deployed intensively in the Palestinian West Bank village of Nabi Elias east of Qalqilia, the Palestinian Maan News agency reported. Eyewitnesses reported that…
US and Israel: Starve out Hamas!
According to a report Tuesday by the New York Times, diplomatic sources in Israel have revealed that US and Israeli officials have been meeting to discuss ways to ‘destabilize’ the…
Palestinian resistance shells Askalan
In a joint press release issued in the Gaza strip, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah and Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility of firing one homemade shell at the…
Mentally-challenged child killed by military fire in Qabatia
Wednesday morning, a Palestinian medical source in Qabatia town, south the West Bank city of Jenin, reported that a mentally challenged child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire…
Israeli Court sentences Omri Sharon for corruption
On Tuesday, the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court sentenced Omri Sharon, the eldest son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to a nine-month jail term, a nine-month suspended sentence and a…
Palestinian resistance shells military posts north of Gaza
The National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), clamed responsibility for shelling Israeli military targets east of the northern Gaza strip city…
Palestinian Security Officers disarm explosive charge in Nablus
Palestinian Security Officers safely disarmed an explosive charge near the motor-vehicle department in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning. The charge…
38 residents arrested in the West Bank
Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem, broke into dozens of homes and arrested twenty residents, including two residents from the nearby village of Kafer…
No recognition No peace
The moment, the overwhelming victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was declared, voice were loud asking Hamas to recognize Israel as a pre-requisite for resuming negotiations and making peace,…
Olmert talks about taking the Jordan Valley, soldiers impose total closure
The Israeli military has imposed a total closure on the Jordan Valley area of the Palestinian West Bank since 2005, literally cutting off 2 million Palestinians from their sources of…
Palestinian Authority contractors appeal to be hired full-time
Contractors with the Interior Department of the Palestinian Authority appealed Monday to be considered as employees, in order to receive full pay and benefits, according to a Palestinian government source.
Detainees in Shatta appeal for better conditions
Palestinian detainees in Shatta detention facility in Bissan appealed humanitarian organizations to pressure the Israeli Prison Authorities to improve their living conditions, and stop the daily attacks and abuse they…
Israeli soldiers shoot student in face
Muhammed Ahmed Al Jabiry, 17, was sitting in his school bus, on his way to school Tuesday morning, when he was shot in the face by an Israeli soldier. He…
Youth arrested in Hebron
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stationed at the main gate of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron arrested, arrested a Palestinian youth and claimed that he was carrying a knife. The Maan…
P.A security officer killed by friendly fire in Ramallah
A Palestinian police officer, a members of the presidential guard unit, was killed on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, when he was shot by mistake by another…
Undercover Israeli army unit invades Bethlehem, injures one, arrests three
Tuesday morning, an Israeli army special unit injured one resident and arrested him along with two other residents, during an invasion of Beit Jala, near the West Bank city of…
After five years in detention, Blind prisoner released
Israeli army released Eiz Addin Amarneh, 34, on Tuesday after serving five years of imprisonment. Troops arrested Amarneh, who is blind, after claiming that he planned two suicide bombings in…
Settlers attack homes in Khirbet Tana village
Scores of Israeli settlers attacked homes in Khirbet Tana village east of the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. Ahmed Nasasreh, secretary of village council, said that approximately 60…
Hamas denies it started collecting weapons from fighters
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denies reports that it started collecting and registering the weapons of its armed wing in the Gaza Strip. The denial, by a Hamas legislative member,…
Abbas’ ‘bloodless coup’
Late Monday afternoon, the Palestinian Parliament empowered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to appoint a new constitutional court that would have far-reaching powers, a decision challenged by the majority Hamas party…
Army shells residential areas in Gaza
Media spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, Tawfiq Abu Khousa, reported on Tuesday that Israeli artillery fired ten shells on Tuesday morning at residential areas in the northern and…
Hebron family traumatized after Shabbat attack
For many religious Jews, Shabbat is a day of rest and spiritual enrichment. However, in Hebron, members of the local Palestinian community know all-too-well that Jewish settlers often commit their…
Israel extends the detention of PLC member
Al Masqibia military court extended the detention of Omer Abdul Raziq, Palestinian Legislative Council member, for eight more days for interrogations. Raziq was arrested two months ago. His wife called…
Army arrests six residents following an invasion to Nablus
Israeli army troops arrested six residents from Balata and Askar refugee camps in the West Bank city of Nablus during an invasion of the city on Tuesday morning. Soldiers backed…
Israeli Army invades the two west bank cities of Jenin and Tubas
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tubas, and searched several homes late Monday night. Israeli soldiers attacked the two cities while others erected temporary checkpoints…
Palestinian resistances shells Kfar Aza Tuesday morning
Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, released a statement claiming responsibility for launching three mortar shells at the Israeli town of Kfar Aza Tuesday morning. In the…
Palestinian resistance launches five home-made shells towards Israeli targets
Sariya Al Quds, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for launching two home made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot of Tuesday morning. The group also claimed…
Voting for Hamas
With the Israeli move to isolate the Jordan valley and ban 2 Million West Bank Palestinians from entering one third of the total area of the West bank, the Israeli…
Hamas emphasizes need for Israeli withdrawal
Khalid Mashal, a leader-in-exile of the Palestinian Hamas party, stated Monday in an interview that Israel must withdraw its troops from Palestinian territories as a prerequisite for peace talks. "If…
Gaza woman shot and killed by Israeli military fire in the Gaza Strip
Monday night, a Palestinian security source in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian woman near the Kissufim Crossing in the central Gaza Strip.A medical source at…
Israeli Settlers in Palestine attack Children, deface Mosque
10 year old Ahmed al-Haddad was attacked Monday by eight adult Israeli settlers in Hebron who chased him down, hitting him with stones until he fell off a wall. Doctors…
Hamas plans to meet Putin, despite Israeli, US reservations
Sami Abu Zuhri, a leader of the Palestinian Hamas Party in Gaza, said he expects talks between Hamas and Russia to take place later this month. "We are going to…
Military court sentences five Palestinians
The Israeli military court of Salem sentenced two Palestinians to prison terms and gave extended ‘administrative detention’ orders to three others on Monday morning. Ahmed Dalow was sentenced to three…
Scores of Palestinians protest anti-Muslim caricatures in Hebron
Scores of Palestinian Muslims held a demonstration in Hebron Monday afternoon protesting the offensive caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have been published by Danish and other European newspapers several…
Israeli forces arrest two in Hebron area 15:50
Israeli military forces arrested two residents from Beit Amr Village north of the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, allegedly for throwing stones at Israeli cars. Ahmed…
Army distributes anti`resistance leaflets
Monday afternoon, The Israeli army handed out anti-resistance leaflets to Palestinian laborers returning to Gaza at Eretz crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, distributed. "When the crossing is sealed…
10 residents injured In Beit Sera village, near Ramallah
The Maan News Agency reported on Monday that at least ten residents were injured during clashes which erupted after the residents protested against the Separation Wall in Beit Sera village,…
Israeli army shoots and injures four youth near Qalqilia during protest against anti-Muslim graffiti
After Israeli settlers attacked a mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti near Qalqilia Sunday, Israeli soldiers arrested one Palestinian and injured four who protested against the slurs. 18 year old Hamada Shaker…
What Palestinians Expect From Hamas
Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza share their views regarding what they expect from Hamas after its decisive legislative elections victory. With Hamas’ election victory, the future of the…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Bethlehem
On Sunday afternoon, Israeli settlers beat two Palestinians from Taqoua town, southeast of Bethlehem, while they were working in their lands. The victims were not identified, and Israeli security forces…
Car belonging to top Palestinian security officer burned in Gaza
On Monday morning, an unknown group burned a car belonging to a top Palestinian Preventative Security officer in the Deir Al Balah area in the Gaza Strip, local sources reported.…
Army radio poll: `“50% of the Israelis oppose further withdrawal from W. Bank`
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that The GeoCartographia Research Institute conducted a public pull, which was commissioned by the Army Radio, showing that 50% of the Israeli public opposes further…
In pre-dawn invasion, army arrests one resident of Beit Sahour; searches homes in Bethlehem
On Monday at dawn, the Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby town of Beit Sahour. One Beit Sahour resident was arrested during the invasion.…
Four Palestinians arrested near Tulkarem
On Monday at dawn, Israeli army troops invaded the villages of Saida and Allar and arrested four residents of the villages. Soldiers arrested Issam Samaha, 24, Ahmad Radad, Abd Al…
In a Monday morning invasion, army arrests six residents of Jenin
In a Monday morning invasion, Israel army troops arrested six residents of Al-Yamoun Village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. More than ten army vehicles stormed the village. …
Army uproots hundreds of Olive trees near Ramallah
Sunday night, Israeli Army uprooted hundreds of Olive Trees from lands owned by the Palestinian citizens in the western side of the West Bank village of Seera west of Ramallah.…
Army arrests Palestinian security officer near Nablus
Wissam Abd Al Razik, 25, who works as a Palestinian Authority security officer in the West Bank city of Nablus was arrested at a temporary checkpoint the Israeli army had…
Jewish settlers write racial slurs on Qalqilia mosque
A mosque near the city of Qalqilia was desecrated Sunday morning by graffiti spraypainted in Hebrew by Israeli settlers living illegally in the area. Othman Zamadi, a member of the…
Two Hamas members injured in local fight with Fateh members
In a local fight between activists from Hamas and Fatah late Friday night, two members of Hamas were injured in the village of Taloza near the West Bank city of…
Report on Israeli violations against Palestinian children
Israeli military attacks in the Palestinian occupied territories have overwhelmingly impacted Palestinian children, according to a report released Sunday by the Risalat Al Hoqouq Center for Human Rights. Since the…
Four arrested, five children injured in separate incidents in Hebron area
The Palestine News Network reported that soldiers controlling the permanent checkpoint and gate installed at the western entrance of Al Fawwar arrested four residents and took them to an unknown…
Detainees in Hasharon detention facility facing harsh treatment
The Palestine News Network reported that the prison administration in Hasharon Israeli detention facility have carried out repeated attacks against the Palestinian detainees, and recently broke into their cells. On…
Two homemade shells fired at Sderot
The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired on Sunday two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. No injuries were reported.
Two homemade shells fired at Sdero
The Al Quds brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, fired on Sunday two homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. No injuries were reported.
Extended Family isolated behind the Wall appeals for rights
The Association for Human Rights (ASRI) in Israel appealed to the Israeli High Court of Justice on behalf of a Palestinian family against the Separation Wall which has isolated them…
Army invades Nablus for the fourth time this week
Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus again Saturday morning after a string of invasions over the last several days. Soldiers stormed the streets of the city,…
The Hebron governor issue orders to protect TIPH headquarters in Hebron
Arif Al Jabari, the Governor of the West Bank city of Hebron, condemned the attack against the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) headquarters last week, and reiterated the importance…
Muslim clerics implore Israeli authorities: Stop building ‘Museum of Tolerance’ on Muslim cemetery!
Ikrama al-Sabri, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, issued a desperate plea Thursday to Israeli Authorities to stop the desecration of Jerusalem’s oldest Muslim cemetery by the…
The Al Quds Brigades fires two shells at Sderot
The Al Quds Brigades, the military of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing a homemade shell at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. The brigades stated that the the…
Palestinian worker killed in border tunnel after Egyptians fire gas
Thirty year old Amar Sheikh Aleid was killed Saturday morning when a tunnel he was working in collapsed, in Rafah, on the border between Gaza and Egypt. Another worker was…
13 year old child arrested in Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested a 13 year old child Saturday morning from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The child, charged with possession of a knife, was identified by local sources…
Hamas Denies Media Reports that Haniyeh will be Prime Minister Pick
The Palestinian Hamas party, charged with forming a new Palestinian government after their majority electoral victory in the January 25th Palestinian legislative elections, denied allegations that Ismail Haniyeh would be…
Abducted Egyptian diplomat freed
An Egyptian official in Gaza reported that the Egyptian military attache, Hussam al-Muslim, kidnapped earlier this week by Palestinian armed men in Gaza, was released unharmed on Saturday.In a statement…
Israel resumes airstrikes in Gaza Strip
Palestinian security sources reported that early Saturday morning an Israeli gunship fired two missiles at a road in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, barely missing a car. The missiles left large…
Five residents injured two arrested in Jerusalem
On Saturday afternoon, five Palestinian residents were injured and two others were arrested during clashes which erupted between the residents and the Israeli police during a protest against the Danish…
Resident arrested at Huwwara checkpoin
Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident at Huwwara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. The arrested resident was identified as Nour Al Shahroury.
Resident sentenced to four life terms
The Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced a resident of Hebron to four life terms. The Arabs48 news website reported that resident Yousef Al…
Leader of the Al Quds Brigades in Jenin survives an assassination attempt
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp and attempted to assassinate Ashraf Al Saadi, leader of the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. Al…
Aboud residents, peace activists, protest against the Wall
Residents of Aboud village, near Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists, and two newly elected members of the Palestinian legislative council conducted a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall and…
Hundreds of resident protest in Al Aqsa mosque
On Friday afternoon, hundreds of Palestinian residents protested in the main yard of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, against the controversial cartoon printed in a Danish newspaper two weeks…
Soldiers close the tunnel road in Beit Jala, arrest two youth
Israeli soldiers based at the Tunnel road checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Beit Jala, closed the road of Friday and arrested two Palestinian Youth. The Palestinenet news website…
Troops assault two Palestinians at Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint
Israeli troops arrested two young Palestinians on Friday, at the Bethlehem-Jerusalem checkpoint that is setup at the entrance of the tunnel near the West Bank town of Beit Jala, Palestinian…