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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…

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 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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. 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…

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…

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…

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.  …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.  …

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.  …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

    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…

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…

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…

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.…

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 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…

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…

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 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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…