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Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al Dweik, reported that the health conditions of Palestinian detainees placed in Al Ramleh detention facility hospital are sharply deteriorating, and that several…

For 37 years Israel has consistently rejected the view of Palestinians and the rest of the world that the areas it militarily took in 1967 were occupied. When Israel was…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is heading on Tuesday to the New York to attend meetings with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and to declare…

Israeli army took over, late on Monday at night, the house of Sameer Abu Aisha, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the west Bank city of Hebron,…

An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that extremist Jewish groups are planning to target mosques in Israel, as a revenge act against demolishing the synagogue in the evacuated…

Detainees in Al Damoun Israeli detention facility demanded local and international humanitarian organizations impose pressure on Israel in order to provide them with their basic rights guaranteed by the International…

Israeli authorities transferred over the last week 50 Palestinian detainees from Ofer detention facility, north of Ramallah, to the Negev detention camp. The detainees were placed in several branches in…

A Palestinian young man was killed and three others were injured at the Rafah-Egypt border on Monday when the Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Palestinian…

Army installed on Monday afternoon a military checkpoint on the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Three army jeeps blocked the eastern entrance of the city, stopped…

Israeli Army invaded Al Thahrea village south if the West Bank city of Hebron Monday morning, and installed several checkpoints blocking the entrance of the town, local sources reproted. Troops…

The Israeli army installed on Monday morning a military checkpoint in Al Kader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded the village and installed a mobile checkpoint…

Israeli bulldozers, acompanied by Israeli army troops, began on Monday morning to bulldoze land near the village of Enab near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.  The land is adjacent…

Marwan Mu’asher, Jordan’s deputy prime minister, said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a big prison if Israel does not open all crossing points and bars the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, AL Thaheriyya village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes, and searched them. A local source in the village…

Israeli soldiers broke, on Sunday at night, into the home of Jamal Abdul Saleema, adjacent to Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the West Bank of Hebron. Soldiers searched the home causing…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday monring, a sudden checkpoitn on Aqqaba-Tubas road, in teh West Bank. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, detained and interrogated several residents, yewitness…

Defense minister says Israel will not accept any terror from Gaza; IDF completes withdrawal from Strip Monday morning, Israeli flag raised on eastern side of Kissufim checkpoint. Army official hails…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported that soldiers shot and wounded five residents in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source…

Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank said that there are 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip still imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities. “Israel refused…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Palestinian leadership understood that Israel does to intend to fulfill all of its obligations regarding a full withdrawal. “Israel is making…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that the Palestinian Authority will conduct utmost efforts in order to build the safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in order to…

The Israeli army completed withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip and locked the gate on Kissufim checkpoint point between Israel and Gaza Strip on Monday morning marking the…

Mesheke Bin David, who is now the new headmaster of the Secondary School for Science and Arts in West Jerusalem, was involved in the failed assassination attempt of Khaled Mash’al…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at night, Tal village near the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. A local source in…

The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, seven residents, including four brothers after invading the villages of Beit Kahil and Surif, North West of the West Bank city of Hebron.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Jensaffut village, east of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source I the village reported that soldiers broke into the home of Rami…

As the Israeli government officially approved ending 38 years of “military rule” in the Gaza Strip, and complete the army withdrawal by Monday morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,…

The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday morning, four resident at a military checkpoint in Al Far’a area, south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported…

Israeli soldiers arrested in Saturday morning a senior Fateh leader in Aqaba village, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that more…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday evening, a tank shell at residents near Abu Holy checkpoint, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…

Shortly after his captives released him, Mahal Arafat, son of the recently assassinated ex-PA security chief, Mousa Arafat, said there are foreign fingers which tries to affect and impose things…

Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with a resistance group. A local source in Qabatia reported…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday, shortly after midnight, that soldiers fired at a resident near a wall of an evacuated settlement in the southern part of the Gaza…

At least 40 demonstrators were hurt and 52 were arrested in a nonviolent protest against the separation wall in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah,…

Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…

As the completion of the unilateral disengagement nears, Israel stands short to demolish the synagogues located in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz…

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Mohammad Dahlan, managed to frame the committees in the assassination of Mousa Arafat, and denied its involvement in the assassination through admitting that some members of the brigades are involved…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A medical source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers…

Israeli army source reported, on Friday morning, that troops arrested one resident from Jenin. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the arrested resindet is a P.A…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn, one resident in the West Bank city of Jenin. The resident, wanted by the Israeli security, is a P.A security man.

  Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint,…

Israeli soldiers arrested overnight one resident from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers arrested Jim’a Abu Mahmeed, at the Container checkpoint, while…

Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Israeli withdrawal is a natural outcome of resistance, and rejected the attempts of “certain factions” to claim victory…

The Israeli army completed the evacuation of the remaining military facilities in the Gaza Strip, on Friday morning, ahead of the military withdrawal from the Strip which is expected to…

Israeli defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz repeated, on Friday, his opposition to the demolition of the synagogues in the Gaza Strip, saying that he prefers that the Palestinians should do so…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one youth, on Thursday, near Rafiah Yam evacuated settlement, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, two children were injured in Rafah earlier in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian children in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Rafah reported that soldiers based near Salah Ed-Deen…

Israel closed on Thursday the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt, in order to allow the deployment of Palestinian and Egyptian forces on the Philadilphi Route along the borders.…

The Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it wants to return to Lebanon the body of Hezbollah fighter killed two months ago on the northern border. The International Red…

Israeli soldiers shelled on Wednesday at night several homes in West Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…

The Alternative Tourism Group Study Center (ATG) has issued the second edition of the Tourist Guide Book on Palestine.  The book is called Palestine & the Palestinains’ and is published…

Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock, on Thursday morning, on Jayyous-Azzoun road, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, detained and interrogated the residents…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Sier village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested two residents. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Wasfi…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, a resident in Beit Kahil village, near the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers invaded the village and arrested Rami Mohammad Asafra, 23, after…

In a sworn statement, detainee Mahmoud Taleb Amro, 32, from Doura village, west of Hebron, testified that a soldier in Al Damoun detention urinated on him while he was is…

Israeli soldiers invaded Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Thursday morning, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that twenty military jeeps and a troop carrier,…

Israeli officials demanded Hamas to disarm and to change its charter before participating in the Palestinian Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2006, Israeli sources reported. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…

Salem Israeli military court sentenced detainee Hisham Ahmad Ka’by, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus, to four life terms. Ka’by was arrested last year, and charged with membership of Abu…

The Disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank won’t have any genuine impact on the Palestinian people, especially their economy. Control over land, sea and air will remain…

Though the evacuation of the Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip has stolen most of the attention of the Israeli media, another issue (and possible solutions to it) is much…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his visit to New York where he was scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly, following the assassination of his Mousa Arafat, Abbas’ military…

The Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) who claimed responsibility for killing Mousa Arafat, senior aide to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, denied reports that they have killed his son, Manhal, who…

God wanted to punish the U.S. President George W. Bush for his support for the unilateral disengagement plan, in which Israel evacuated 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four…

Israeli security arrested on July 30, 2005 a Palestinian policeman suspected of killing six Israeli soldiers in Ein Arik, in 2002, Israeli source reported. The Israeli Secret Security Services, Shabak,…

An Israeli source reported on Wednesday afternoon, that the government is set to approve on Sunday, the military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next week, three days ahead of the…

A senior Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that the army is to transfer most of the areas it evacuated in the northern West Bank to the Palestinian Authority. The…

Israeli soldiers installed flying checkpoint on the main road in Tiqua village, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late Tuesday night and arrested one resident. Resident Haitham Katabha…

Army sealed off, on Wednesday morning, Huwwara checkpoint in the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested one resident there, and took him to unknown destination, no reasons…

Israeli soldiers stationed at Arrab-Jenin checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Jenin, arrested on Wednesday morning, resident Wael Asrawi from Allar village. Wael was attempting to cross through the…

Soldiers invaded Kafer Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia and imposed curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes. Troops broke into dozens of homes in the village and searched them.…

A local source in Al Nazla Al Sharqiyya village, south of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, reported that soldiers invaded it on Wednesday at dawn, and arrested one resident.…

Troops invaded on Wednesday at dawn, Allar village south of the West Bank city.   Soldiers conducted house-to-house searches and arrested Mo’taz Majanbh, 23 years old, and took him to…

Israeli soldiers Army invaded Al Shiokh village north of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the village and broke into dozens of homes there, allegedly searching…

israeli army sealed of the southern entrance of Beit Sahour town near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps sealed the entrance of the…

An Israeli source reported that an Israeli man was lightly injured by shrapnel when shots were fired at an Israeli army patrol, along the Philadilphi Route, in the southern Gaza…

Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, and the Israeli online daily Haaretz, conducted a probe into the killing of five Palestinians by the Israeli army…

Israeli soldiers forced several residents, on Tuesday evening, to undress after stopping them at a military checkpoint installed near Doutan military camp, east of Arraba village, near the West Bank…

A Palestinian medical source reported on Tuesday at night that an Israeli tank fired rounds of live ammunition at a group of Palestinian youth and children who gathered near the…

Israeli Housing Minister, Yitzhak Herzog, said that Israel does not intend of construct in E1 area between Maali Adumim settlement and Jerusalem, in the coming years. Herzog told the Israeli…

Alexander Rabinovitch, a resident of Haifa, was sentenced by the Israeli Haifa District Court for four years in jail for attempting to carry out attacks against Arab residents of Israel.…

Two Palestinian children were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday at night after settlers of Keryat Arba’ settlement, attacked several surrounding homes east of the city,…

Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday instructed his soldiers on the road blocs in the West Bank to be very tough on Palestinians and to hold conduct a…

Israeli soldiers invaded Atteel village north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem on, Tuesday morning, Three armored military vehicles barged into the village, charged a shop door with explosives…

Israeli army invaded Al Tafooh village west of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday, morning and arrested one resident. Nadeem Zrekat 24 was arrested after troops broke into…

Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat said on Tuesday that Israel should “grab the window of opportunity” afforded by disengagement, and build up west Bank settlement Blocs.  “We are a sovereign…

Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, the village of Bazaria north west of the West Bank city of Nablus and occupied one house. Soldiers raided the houses of Farook Taher…

Egyptian officials in Cairo denied reports that the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak is planning to visit Israel, saying that he does not plan to leave Egypt until the end of…

The Israeli Police in Haifa reported on Tuesday that 15 residents were injured after a military lorry crushed into a bus in the city. The accident took place in Al…

Dr. Mohammad Ghazzal, one of Hamas’ political leaders, said that the explosion which rocked Gaza on Monday evening was caused by Israeli missiles which were fired a military apache hovering…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, one resident near Azoun Atma village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Issa…

An Israeli military source reported that one soldier was killed, three injured on Monday, when a tank overturned during a routine training exercise near the Dead Sea. The killed soldier…

Israeli High Court called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to examine the possibility of requesting the Palestinian Authority to preserve and protect synagogues in Gush Katif settlement Bloc,…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday morning, that a Palestinian resistance group fired at an Israeli military jeep operating in Gaza. The source stated that a military jeep, driving…

Israeli soldiers detained on Monday evening dozens of residents, near Ya’bod village, south west of Jenin in the West Bank. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers closed the street,…