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…
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…