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The Israeli army invaded on Friday morning the West Bank city of Jenin and its refuge camp, local sources reported. Troops searched houses in the city and armored vehicles surrounded…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Friday that Israeli does not consider the Palestinians as its peace partners. His statements came during his Thursday meeting with the Egyptian President…

At least one Palestinian was killed and another seriously wounded in an Israeli air strike that targeted a car he was riding in the northern Gaza Strip, local sources reported.…

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Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, forced the residents and peace activists out of the homes. Twenty military jeeps and dozens…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday a Palestinian Schoolgirl near Qortoba School, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Hadassah, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Isra’ Mohammad Iseed, 15,…

The Islamic Jihad movement considered the assassination attack carried out by the Israeli air-force in Gaza, on Thursday at night, an open war declared by Israel against the movement and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, five residents in the villages of Saida, Allar and Atteel, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, broke into homes and arrested…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn, the village of Saida, north of the Wets Bank city of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that dozens of military vehicles…

Dr. Mahmoud Asaly, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, reported that seven Palestinians were killed, at least fifteen others were injured, some seriously, after the Israeli air-force shelled Tal…

Dr. Mahmoud Asaly, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, reported that seven Palestinians were killed, at least fifteen others were injured, some seriously, after the Israeli air-force shelled Tal…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to cancel his meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and said that he will not meet with him before he “acts against terrorism”.…

  A somewhat insolent but nonetheless honest comment was published in Israeli daily Haaretz in late September. It discussed Israel’s need of support (or rather its lack of), from the…

As part of its campaign targeting Islamic Jihad operatives, some 50 Israeli military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and arrested Sheikh Abdulhalim Izziddin, 37, leader of the…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to carry out a “broad and nonstop” offensive in the Palestinian territories in retaliation to the Hadera suicide bombing which was carried out on…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, the West Bank city of Hebron and the villages of Doura and Al Shiokh, broke into dozens of homes and arrested two residents. The WAFA…

Israeli soldiers arrested a resident in Faroun village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Ali Sameer Al Lubbadi,…

Israeli soldiers barred, on Wednesday, dozens of activists of the Israeli Peace Now movement from entering the West Bank city of Hebron to protest against Jewish settlements there. Soldiers closed…

The Palestinian factions slammed the section in the report of the UN investigator Detlev Mehlis, which accuses a Palestinian group of being involved in the assassination of the former Lebanese…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday at dawn, six residents in Qabatia and Anza villages, near the west Bank city of Jenin. Among the arrestees, the father of Hadera suicide bombing…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinian legislators to drop their demand to reform the government before the elections, saying it is a waste of time to form a…

An Israeli military helicopter dropped, earlier on Thursday at dawn, paratroopers in Al Thaghra neighborhood, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source reported that the…

Israeli army forces sealed off the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Wednesday afternoon and prevented residents form leaving the city, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers closed the…

Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz said on Wednesday, that Israel will attack specific Palestinian targets in retaliation to the Hadera suicide bombing which took place in Hadera on Wednesday, on…

An Israeli military source reported that Palestinian gunmen fired homemade shells at an Israeli military post in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The source reported no injuries.

Israeli settlers attacked, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian homes in the west Bank city of Hebron. The settlers lashed hurtled stones and empty bottles at dozens of homes and verbally attacked…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday, Mohammad Jaradat after ambushing him on the entrance of al Arka, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. Jaradat is wanted by the Israeli…

Israeli online daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday that hundreds of settler youth set up six new settlement outposts on several West Bank hills. Hundreds of settler youth formed a…

An explosion tore through the open-air market in the coastal city of Hadera on in northern Israel, Wednesday afternoon, killing at least five and wounding some 30 others, Israeli sources…

Israel and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to reopen the Palestinian-Egyptian border crossing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported. In a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak…

Israeli army invaded on Wednesday at down the West Bank city of Bethlehem, arrested one resident. Troops invaded the city and arrested Mostafa Abd Al Hadi after soldiers surrounded Al-Karkafa…

Israeli army invaded on Wednesday morning the village of Obaidya near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, two residents arrested. Troops broke into the houses of Jalal Radidah 24 and…

Three Israelis were killed, five injured, in an explosion which rocked an apartment at a residential building in Tel Aviv. The explosion is believed to be criminally motivated. The Israeli…

The settlement of Qadumim east of Qalqilia and directly adjacent to the villages of Kafer Qaddoum and Jet has become an enclave for extremist settlers who practice and preach the…

Sa’id Syam, one of Hamas prominent political leaders, told the Palestinenet news website, that Hamas and Fateh movements intend to prepare a document of understandings between the two movements. The…

Israeli soldiers, supported by approximately ten armored vehicles, invaded Tiqua village, east of Bethlehem on Tuesday evening, broke into dozens of homes, and arrested one resident. A local source in…

Israeli artillery shelled the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources reported. The source said that this is the second time…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday evening, Beta village, and south of the West Bank city of Nablus. A local source in the village reported that forced dozens of residents to…

Settlers of Qadumim attacked, on Tuesday morning, the village of Jett, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Settlers lashed the civilian’s houses with stones and empty bottles and…

Israeli army invaded on Tuesday at down the village of Al Tabaqa, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops conducted house-to-house search in the village and occupied house of…

The Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the village of Al Samoa’ near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops searched several homes in the village, and occupied the…

Israeli border guards units operating at the Israeli-Egyptian borders arrested, on Tuesday morning, six Sudanese after crossing the borders into Israel searching for work. The “Ramon” unit spokesperson reported that…

In an attempt to prevent further escalation in the area, the Palestinian Authority deployed its police and security men in the areas which Israel shelled in Rafah, Beit Lahia and…

Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at down, the village of Jaba’ near the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested three residents.   Hassan Khaliliah, 21, Abul Wahab Malabsha, 23, and…

A Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that Farha Barghouthi, 74, a mother of two detainees from Kobar village, west of Ramallah died on Saturday after a long fight with…

“The occupation shows no mercy – even the sick are punished.” These are the words of a weary husband, watching his wife battle illness and the Israeli occupation, which barred…

The United States will not be helping any winner of the Palestinian legislative elections that will be held in January, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday. ‘You asked…

Abdul-Hafeth Saleh, 45, was injured, on Monday, after Israeli soldiers fired at a Palestinian bus and several houses on the main road between the West Bank city of Ramallah and…

Israeli army invaded, late on Monday at night, the village of Marda Near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops fired concussion grenades and tear-gas bombs at the residents, no…

Israeli army arrested, on Tuesday at dawn, one resident form the village of Jaba’ near the West bank city of Jenin. Army claims that the resident is an Islamic Jihad…

Israeli military artillery and helicopters shelled over night and at dawn several areas in Rafah and Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza strip; at least five residents, including an infant and…

An Israeli source reported on Monday that the Israeli Defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz, is slated to visit Cairo on Wednesday, to meet the Egyptian President, Hosny Mubarak. Mofaz will also…

Israeli artillery shelled several Palestinian targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; Israeli military sources claimed that the shelled areas were used areas to fire homemade shells at…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, visited the Egyptian President, Hosney Mubarak, on Monday and briefed him on his talks with the American President, and asked for the Egyptian support in the…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday that a Palestinian resistance group fired homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, no injuries were reported. The “Red Dawn” alert…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn 22 residents in several areas near the West Bank city of Hebron, after invading them and conducting military searches of homes. 15 residents…

The streets of Qalqilya were boiling with anger on Sunday night after the imam of the Sahaba Mosque in the village of Haja, Sheikh Mohammed Qashou’, 22, and head of…

The number of the Palestinian killed by the Israeli army since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada on 29-9-2000 until 30 September 2005 arrived to 4172, whereas the number of injured…

Palestinian Planning Minister Ghassan Khateeb reported on Sunday that there is an international plan to link the Gaza Strip with the West Bank by an underground road. Khateeb told reporters…

israeli soldiersinvaded the village of bil’in, west of the West Bank city of Ramalah on Monday morning, and arrested two residents. Saliman Shhada, 26, and Hamza Abdul-Hadi, 24, were arrested…

Israeli army invaded Beit Forik village, near the West Bank city of Tubas, on Monday at down, and arrested four residents, local sources reported. Mohamed Ikhtabah, 18, Ra’ef Ikhtabah, 19,…

The Israeli military court of Salem, near the West Bank city of Nablus, sentenced a Palestinian detainee on Sunday to four and half consecutive years. Mohamed Bahri, was arrested in…

Israeli army invaded the village of Ein AL Baida near the West Bank city of Tubas, late on Sunday night, and arrested one resident. Jamal Fakha’, 40, who works as…

Following several days of meetings between Fatah and Hamas, a document of understanding will be signed in the coming few days, Hamas spokesman said on Sunday. ‘Our intensive meetings with…

Following several days of meetings between Fatah and Hamas, a document of understanding will be signed in the coming few days, Hamas spokesman said on Sunday. ‘Our intensive meetings with…

Two Palestinian fighters were killed on Sunday at night, after Israeli soldiers engaged in a gun battle with resistance fighters after surrounding a home in Tulkarem refugee camp, in the…

Israeli police and Secret Security Services, Shin Bet, reported on Sunday that Israeli security forces arrested two Arab residents of Israel over ties with Hamas. Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday evening, that two Israeli policemen were stabbed near the “Tunnel Road”, close to Beit Jala Palestinian town, near Bethlehem. The source stated that…

Salem Israeli military court delayed, on Sunday, announcing the verdict against the jailed Palestinian legislator, and head of the Refugees Rights Defense Committee, Husam Khader, until November, 27, 2005. The…

The Palestinian National Authority (P.A), said that it plans to disarm Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement in the coming weeks, and that it intends to incorporate…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday, nine residents in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading the village and breaking into dozens of homes. A…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday, twelve residents in several areas near the West Bank city of Hebron, and shot wounded one resident, after invading two villages near the city. The…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday, one resident in Saida village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers installed a military…

Israel army troops on Saturday evening shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian man from the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian sources reported. Israeli military source claimed the man was trying…

Yasser Arafat brigades, one of the military wings of Al Aqsa Brigades, claimed responsibility for firing at an Israeli military patrol in the West Bank city of Jenin; two soldiers…

An extremist settlers group attacked, on Saturday morning, dozens of school girls near Beit Hadassah settlement outpost in the West Bank city of Hebron. Students of Qortuba primary school for…

  After the attack by the resistance on Gush Etzion and Eli settlements in which three settlers were killed, Israel as usual, turned the place upside down. The only thing…

Israeli troops setup on Saturday three military checkpoints on the main road linking two West Bank cities. Soldiers placed the checkpoints on the in entrances of the Izbat Al Taieb,…

Israeli soldiers arrested 17 Palestinian residents in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Nablus and Tulkarem, after invading the three areas and conducting military searches of homes. A local…

Avigdor Lieberman, member of the Israeli Ichud Leumi party (National Union) called for banning Arab Knesset member Ahmad Tibi from running in the upcoming Knesset elections after he asked foreign…

Sheikh Yasser Mansour, a leading figure in Hamas, called on the factions and the Palestinian Authority to stand united against Israeli statements calling for a ban on Hamas from participating…

Israeli soldiers arrested, overnight, eleven Palestinian residents in several West Bank areas. According to Israeli military sources the arrested residents are members of Hamas movement. Most of the arrestees were…

Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, Balata refuge camp in the West Bank city of Nablus and exchange fire with the Palestinian resistance, two residents were injured during the clashes. The two…

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that an Israeli army force killed two Palestinians near the village of Anabta near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, in Friday night. The army…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Thursday evening, a Palestinian child near Husan adjacent to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers shot Akram…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that the American President George Bush is pushing the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas in order to confront the resistance groups and dismantle them. The movement…

Residents and peace activists in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invented a new way in countering a Robot which the army started using against them during the weekly peaceful protests…

Eilat police safely detonated, on Friday afternoon, a LAW missile in the Hotel District in the southern Israeli city of Eilat. An Israeli police source in Eilat reported that the…

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Nathmi Mhanna, General Director of the Border Crossing Department at the Palestinian National Authority, said on Friday that the Rafah Border Crossing, in the Gaza Strip, will be opened on…

The Israeli government decided to encourage constructions and development in the Galilee areas, north of the country, and offered tax breaks and special grants for the residents. Israeli Vice Premier…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Friday morning, four residents in Jaba’ village, south of the Wets Bank city of Jenin after invading it. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents in Al Biereh and Bier Zeit towns near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Soldiers invaded the two towns, conducted military searches of homes, and…

  For the eight consecutive time, Israeli prison authorities renewed the administrative detention orders against the elected mayor of Qalqilia, Wajeeh Qawwas, and this time for additional three months. Qawwas…

Israeli and international peace activists who regularly protest along with the Palestinian residents against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, said that Israeli soldiers are continuously using and…

Relentless Israeli restrictions and aggressions against the Occupied Palestinian territories inflicted the drained -out economy losses cost at $15.6 billion in the five years of al Aqsa Intifada. A report,…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday evening, that four settlers were injured after Palestinian youth hurled stones at their vehicles on a circular-road, south of Jerusalem. One settler woman…

An Israeli source reported on Thursday that Israel will delay the implementation of its E1 project, which aims to link Maali Adumim settlement with Jerusalem from the east. The move…

U.S. President George W. Bush reiterated Israel and the U.S. administration demand for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to fight the Palestinian resistance groups and disarm them. Bush’s demands to…

  The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday and arrested six residents. The Hebron office of Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers stormed…