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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…
Soldiers invade Silwad, arrest four residents
Israeli soldiers invaded Silwad village, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested four residents after breaking into their homes. A local source in the village reported…
Three Homes damaged by artillery fire in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that Israeli artillery fired several shells at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; three homes were damages. The source…
Three Homes damages of artillery shells in Gaza
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that Israeli artillery fired several shells at areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; three homes were damages. The source…
Settlers uproot 100 Olive trees near Hebron
An extremist settlers group uprooted recently 100 Olive trees which belong to residents of Yatta village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. The Olive groves overlooks a road which…
Campaign against US Caterpillars Sales to Israel
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation launched a petition protesting against the Caterpillar Company for heavy industries. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that the campaign published a…
Sharon; the myth and the truth
The merciless army general, who is struggling for his life, is seen as the main pillar for peace in the Middle East. The fundamentalist nationalist, who stepped on the…
Sharon; the myth and the truth
The merciless army general, who is struggling for his life, is seen as the main pillar for peace in the Middle East. The fundamentalist nationalist, who stepped on the bones…
Doctors to keep Sharon under sedation at least for the coming 48 hours
Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, said on Thursday evening, that Sharon will remain under sedation at least for additional 48 hours. The statements of…
Two Palestinian children injured by settlers’ fire
Palestinian eyewitnesses and Israeli border guard policemen reported that two Palestinian children were shot and injured near Huwwara, after a speeding settlers vehicle fired at several residents near Huwwara military…
Central Election Commission to resign, citing interference by Qorei
On Thursday, the Central Election Commission, responsible for the upcoming Palestinian Parliamentary elections, decided to withdraw from the election process, citing interference by Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei. The decision…
Three youth arrested in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday evening, three Palestinian youth in Al Khader town, and Mrah Rabah village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Maan News Agency reported…
Al Batsh: ‘Resistance does not depend on the presence of absence of Sharon’
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement, in the Gaza Strip, said that resistance is against the occupation, and its crimes, and does not depend…
Al Batsh: ‘Resistance does not depend on the presence or absence of Sharon’
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement, in the Gaza Strip, said that resistance is against the occupation, and its crimes, and does not depend…
Six youth injured in the Jenin Refugee Camp
Six Palestinian youth were injured, on Thursday, in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, after clashing with soldiers who invaded the camp. Palestinian medical…
This Week in Palestine – January-Week 1
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.35 MB This week in Palestine, a service of the International…
Six youth injured in the Jenin Refugee Camp
Six Palestinian youth were injured, on Thursday, in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, after clashing with soldiers who invaded the camp. Palestinian medical…
Settlers renew their attacks against residents of Hebron
Extremist settlers of Keryat Aba’ settlement, east of the West Bank city of Hebron, renewed on Thursday, their attacks against the residents of both Wadi Al-Hussein and Wad Al-Nasara areas,…
Katsav: ‘Hold elections on time’
Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, called on parties in Israel to hold Knesset elections as planned, adding that Sharon’s condition does not justify delaying the vote The statements of Katsav came…
Peace Now Movement petitions Supreme Court to halt Modi’in Illit construction
Israeli Peace Now movement filed a petition, on Wednesday, to the Israeli Supreme Court to halt the construction of the illegal settlement of Modi’in Illit that is built on the…
Jailed legislator says no elections without Jerusalem
PLC member Husam Khader, who is serving a seven-year sentence in the Hadarim Israeli Prison, criticized attempts to hold the Palestinian Legislative council election elections at any price even if…
Hamas member killed by P.A fire in Gaza
A Palestinian source in Gaza reported that the Preventive Security Forces shot and killed a member of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday evening, while he was hanging election…
DFLP Leader Abu Laila: `“We want a coalition for all democratic factions`
Interviewed by Rashid Hilal- Palestine News Network Qais Abul-Karim (Abu Laila), senior official at the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), head of Al Badeel (the…
After surgery; Sharon in serious condition, vital signs in order
On Thursday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon emerged from surgery with vital signs showing proper levels, yet his general condition remained very serious, said Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of…
Interior minister says elections will proceed as scheduled
In a meeting with representatives of several factions in his office in the Saraya neighborhood of Gaza City last night, minister of interior and national security Nasser Yousef said his…
A Glossary of Dispossession
During 2005 the Israelis and most main media trumpeted the "disengagement" from Gaza, and claimed that bold steps had been taken to resolve the conflict. Despite these claims, the reality…
Kadima party in a state of uncertainty due to Sharon’s condition
Israeli sources reported that Kadima members were thrown into a state of uncertainty, on Wednesday at night, for the second time in three weeks amid mounting concerns for the leader…
Egyptian police, Aqsa brigades fighters exchange fire across border
Egyptian border police imposed curfew across the Gaza Strip Border with Egypt after hundreds of Palestinians swarmed across the border, on Wednesday, after Palestinian gunmen bulldozed a path the barricade…
Two Israelis injured near Ashkelon
The Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday evening that two Israeli residents were mildly injured after two homemade shells landed near Ashkelon, in the south of Israel. The radio added that…
Mofaz: ‘Israel will not negotiate with Hamas even if it was elected’
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Wednesday that Israel will not negotiate with Hamas movement even if it was elected to the Palestinian legislative council. The statements of Mofaz…
B’Tselem: ‘3386 Palestinians killed since September 2000’
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), reported that Israeli soldiers killed 197 residents in 2005, raising the number of residents killed since the outbreak…
Conflict in the Holy Land: any reason to be optimistic?
After 100 years of sustained Arab Israeli conflict, and over fifty years of personal involvement in promoting peace and reconciliation, with no imminent peace agreement, one is likely to become…
Army to annex 3000 Dunams in the West Bank
Israeli army intends to confiscate 3000 Dunams of the West Bank town of Aqraba south of the West Bank city of Nablus, the WAFA News Agency reported. Aqraba village…
Resistance detonates an Israeli bulldozer in the West Bank
Both the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Ahmed Abu Al Areesh Brigades, the military wings of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility for detonating an Israeli bulldozer in Jenin Refugee Camp Tuesday…
Inside Rafah: Collective Punishment as Normalcy
Looking out over the Rafah skyline at dark from the roof of my apartment building most families are sleeping. The flicker of a few late night TVs can be seen…
B’Tselem says Israeli ‘death’ zone in Gaza is illegal
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, said the Israeli orders to automatically shoot at anyone in the "buffer zone" in northern Gaza is a…
Israeli army distributes anti-resistance leaflets in Tulkarem
After midnight and through the dawn hours, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches. Eyewitnesses said a number of military vehicles entered the city and began…
Army demolishes a house in a Village west of Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers leveled a house in Al Walaja Village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, early on Wednesday morning. Israeli military sources claimed the house…
Prison tent becomes campaign room for PLC candidate
One tent in the Ansar 3 detention camp, in the Negev, has been transformed into an operations room of sorts in which close associates to Sheikh Ahmad Haj Ali "Abu…
Army shells eight roads in the Gaza Strip
Israeli air-force fired several shells at roads leading to areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that these areas are using by the resistance as launching…
Israeli army distributes anti-resistance leaflets in Tulkarem
After midnight and through the dawn hours, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem. Eyewitnesses said a number of military vehicles entered the city and began shooting at a group…
Gaza gunmen plant bombs, storm Rafah offices
Palestinian gunmen planted bombs at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and stormed government offices, on Wednesday, demanding the release of a fighter suspected of involvement in the last week’s…
Troops kill Palestinian resident near Hebron
Israeli army troops killed a Palestinian resident, near the West Bank city of Hebron, late on Tuesday night. Army claims that infantry troops wanted to arrest Mustafa Khalil 38, from…
Poll: ‘23% of Israeli voters might change their minds before elections’
Israeli newspaper Haaretz conducted in cooperation with Israel TV channel 10, a dialogue-poll which revealed that 25% pf the eligible voters in Israel might change their votes before the March…
Israeli Police says it obtained evidence Sharon took $3million in bribe
Israeli Television, Channel 10, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli police have evidence that the family of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, received $3 million in bribes from Austrian…
Israeli Police releases PLC candidate Mustafa Barghouthi
Israeli police released, on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, head of the Independent Palestine Coalition for the upcoming legislative elections, after detaining him for several hours and transferring him to…
Elections supervisors detained en route to Ramallah
In a step many considered an Israeli interference in Palestinian preparations for PLC elections set for January 25, Israeli forces detained, on Monday, 23 officials and supervisors of voting stations…
Soldiers level a four-story building north of Jerusalem
Israeli military bulldozers leveled a four-story building in Beit Hanina town, north of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem municipality claims that the building was illegally constructed. The Maan News Agency…
Student, teacher injured in Jerusalem school
Israeli soldiers broke into Anata School for boys, north of Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of students; one student and one teacher were injured. An Israeli military source reported…
Halutz: Blue Skies operation does not provide real solution for Qassams
Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz conceded, on Tuesday, that the army’s offensive Operation called "Blue Skies" in the Gaza…
Isr. High Court forbids building the Wall around illegal W. Bank outpost
Israeli High Court of Justice gave, on Sunday, the Israeli government the green light to construct the Separation Wall around settlements north of the West Bank, and barred the construction…
Army invades Nablus, one resident arrested
In an invasion to the West Bank city of Nablus, on Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested one resident, and searched several houses searching for wanted members of the resistance.…
Palestinian resistance fires 14 homemade shells towards Israel
The Al Quds brigades’, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing 14 homemade shells at Israeli settlements around the Gaza strip, on Tuesday at dawn. …
11 residents arrested from the West Bank
Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, 11 residents from several areas in the West Bank. 10 were arrested from the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron while…
Army invades Jenin and its refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. Soldiers, supported by heavy military vehicles, stormed the city and the refugee…
Documents reveal illegal West Bank construction project
According to documents published by the Israeli online daily, Haaretz, illegal permits were issued retroactively for a new West Bank settlement expansion project while buildings were being constructed or even…
Documents reveal illegal West Bank construction project
According to documents published by the Israeli online daily, Haaretz, illegal permits were issued retroactively for a new West Bank settlement expansion project while buildings were being constructed or even…
Army demands settlers to evacuate Palestinian wholesale market in Hebron
Eight settler families, who took over eight Palestinian stores, at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron, were handed out eviction notices by representatives of the Israeli Civil…
Election Campaign Started in the Palestinian Areas
728 candidates competing for the 132 seats of the Palestinian Parliament’s upcoming elections started on Tuesday morning their electoral campaigns in the different parts of the West Bank and the…
Netanyahu says Likud ministers will resign Sunday
Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu announced, earlier on Tuesday, that the remaining four Likud ministers in the cabinet will resign from the government at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. Netanyahu…
Israeli security recommends partial ‘disengagement’ from border town
Israeli security devices recommended the government to evacuate the residents of the Lebanese side of the occupied village of Al Ghagar, into Israel, and compensate them in accordance to the…
Member of Al Aqsa Brigades charged of planning to bomb Dimona reactor
An Israeli source reported, on Monday at night, that the Israeli Central Court in Be’er Shiva, filed charges against a member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of…
Two killed, three injured in Gaza air-strike
An Israeli air force aircraft fired, on Monday at night, several missiles at a Palestinian vehicle in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip; two residents were killed, and…
Israeli Police Detain Scores of Palestinians in Al Khan Al Ahmar Area
Israeli border policemen detained, on Monday morning, scores of Palestinian civilians at a sudden military checkpoint in Al Khan Al Ahmar area, near the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim in…
Israeli Police Detain Scores of Palestinians in Khan Al Ahmar Area
Israeli border policemen detained, on Monday morning, scores of Palestinian civilians at a sudden military checkpoint in Al Khan Al Ahmar area, near the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim in…
Halutz dismisses elite unit officer and a sergeant for refusing orders
The Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, approved on Monday a recommendation to dismiss an officer and a sergeant in the elite Duvdevan undercover unit of the Israeli army…
Army arrests election campaign coordinator of a left-wing coalition
The Israeli army arrested on Monday the election campaign coordinator of "Badeel" coalition, a combination of the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP), the Democratic Front for the LIberation of Palestine (DFLP)…
Army uproot olive trees near Hebron
The Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Monday more than 400 olive trees in Skaka village near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The trees were uprooted for the construction…
Army invades a Bethlehem village
Israeli troops invaded late Sunday night the village of Wad Rahal near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, local sources reported. Eyewitnesses said, several army vehicles stormed the village…
Resident from Bethlehem sentenced to 14 months in jail
The Israeli military court of Ofer near the West Bank city of Ramallah sentenced a Bethlehem resident Bethlehem to14 months in jail and NIS 3000 fine. Mahmoud Takatka 18, was…
Abbas: ‘I’ll delay PLC vote over Jerusalem dispute’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, on Monday, that he would delay upcoming parliamentary elections if Israel bars East Jerusalem residents from voting. "We all agree that Jerusalem should be included…
EU observers deploy in Palestinian Territories
Dozens of European Union observers to the Palestinian parliamentary elections began deploying in Palestinian areas Monday, undeterred by a wave of kidnappings and other violence that has swept through Palestinian…
Army tightens the closer on Tulkarem
The Israeli army tightened its closure, on Monday morning, on the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and deployed additional army units around the city. Also troops closed Iktaba-Bel’a road which…
Army arrest one resident in Jenin
Israeli soldier invaded, on Sunday, Anza village, near the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested one resident. Soldiers invaded the village, broke into a number of houses and arrested…
Four workers injured after being rammed by a speeding jeep
Four Palestinian workers were rammed by a speeding Israeli military jeep, on Sunday at night, at Al Jaba’ junction road between Hebron and the West Bank city of Bethlehem .…
P.A policemen storm government offices in Gaza
About 200 Palestinian policemen stormed, on Monday, government offices in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, to protest at the failure of the Palestinian Authority and its…
Army uproots 400 olive trees in a village near Hebron
Israeli soldier, backed by 25 armored vehicles, uprooted on Monday morning, more than 400 olive trees from the orchards which belong to residents of Al-Sikka village, south of the West…
Ezra: Palestinians obtained anti-aircraft missiles
Israeli Public Security Minister, Gideon Ezra, claimed on Monday that Palestinian resistance factions succeeded in smuggling anti-aircraft missiles into the Gaza Strip. Reiterating statistics released by the Shin Bet security…
Israeli Army redeploys on Egypt Gaza borders
Israeli army will start its redeployment on the Egyptian-Israeli borders on Monday starting from the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Nitzana salient, Israeli online daily Ynetnews reported. A senior Israeli…
Happy New Year; thorough search and humiliation at military checkpoints
Only a few hours before the beginning of the New Year, Israeli soldiers installed a portable military checkpoint near the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and…
Israel admits Palestinians fired Qassam from West Bank
Israeli army admitted on Sunday that Palestinian resistance fighters fired a Qassam home made shell from the northern West Bank toward centrals Israel in mid December. An army spokesman reported…
Mofaz approves a plan to invade areas in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, approved a plan prepared by the army, in order to reoccupy several areas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli news paper Maariv, reported on Sunday that…
3495 arrested in 2005, 1600 of them are still imprisoned
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Freed Detainees, reported on Sunday that Israeli soldiers arrested 3495 residents in 2005, from several Palestinians areas; 1600 of them remained in custody. An…
Italian abducted in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that the security devices are currently searching for an Italian resident who was abducted by an armed Palestinian group earlier on Sunday, in Khan…
Eight injured during a protest against the Wall in Beit Jala
Eight Palestinian residents suffered bruises and concussions during a protest against the Separation Wall in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, after the soldiers attacked and clubbed the protestors their peaceful procession…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Army expels residents from the northern plains
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers forced several residents of Ein Al Baida village, in the northern plains of the West Bank, out of their homes, and expelled…
Two brothers killed in Beit Lahia as army shells the northern Gaza Strip
A medical source in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that two brothers were killed, one resident injured, after the Israeli artillery fired several shells…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers shelled on Sunday at dawn, several areas in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported…
Army invades Tulkarem and its refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp. Three army vehicles invaded the city and the refugee camp, harassed the…