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Five Palestinian civilians were killed; at least 35 were injured in a blast which rocked a home in Al Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city, a Palestinian medical source at Al Shifa Hospital…

   

The Haifa District Court sentenced an Israeli Arab resident, identified as Jamal Mahajna, for ten years in prison after convicting him of driving a Palestinian female suicide bomber to Haifa.…

Israeli soldiers told the leader of the ‘Popular Committee against the Wall’ to stop all the Anti-Wall protests in the village, the international Solidarity Movement (ISM) said on Monday. In…

 Four Israeli army jeeps positioned itself on and sealed off the entrance Iktaba village east of the West Bank city Tulkarem on Monday afternoon. Soldiers held cars enterring the village…

Israeli police, on Monday morning, handed out demolishing orders to seven houses that belong to Arabs residents of Israel in the Negev town of Rahat in Ber Seva, local sources…

Bishara Daraghmah 30 from the West Bank of Tubas near Jenin, jailed in Israeli prison of Gilboa is in risk of losing his sight because of lack of medical treatment,…

Army invaded Bele’a village near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, conducted wide scale search to the houses in the village, local sources reported. Troops raided around…

Israeli army troops detained scores of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank city of Hebron at a sudden military checkpoint they setup on the main road leading to the city…

An Israeli military Colonel identified as Aref Zaher, 45 years old, was convicted on Monday, by a court martial, of indecent sexual acts and acquitted of “statutory” rape charges, of…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday at noon a military roadblock east of Tammoun village, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers parked their jeep…

Israeli soldiers installed on Monday at noon a military roadblock east of Tammoun village, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers parked their jeep…

Salem Israeli military court sentenced seven Palestinian detainees to high terms, and delayed announcing the verdict against seven detainees. The court sentenced Murad Mousa Faisal to one life term, Baha’…

The United Arab Emirates officially denied reports published by the Israeli media concerning opening an Israeli diplomatic mission in Dubai, and confirmed its commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative which…

Dozens of workers were injured in Khan Younis, on Sunday afternoon, during clashes which erupted between them and P.A security men during a protest conducted by the workers in protest…

An extremist settler group attacked on Sunday morning, Palestinian shepherds and farmers in Al ‘Adra near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Resident Ahmad Al Shawaheen,…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn, Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and conducted military searches of homes. An Israeli military spokesperson reported that one…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, denied on Monday reports that Israel is planning to construct 3000 homes for settlers in Ariel settlement, in the West Bank.…

Israeli soldiers detained, on Sunday, two brothers from Sanour village, near the West Bank city of Jenin. The two brothers, identified as Mohammad and Mahmoud Habaiba were driving on Arraba…

An Israeli source reported that three ultra-Orthodox Jews, including a Canadian national, were arrested Sunday Shfa-Amr, an Israeli Arabs town, while they were hanging posters with pictures of the Jewish…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday morning a sudden military roadblock, north of Aqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers installed the…

Salem Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Nablus, convicted on Sunday Palestinian Legislative Council member Husam Khader, of what was described as “terror related” charges, working for…

The Israeli army used three Palestinians in Hebron as human shield to break into the house of a Palestinian claimed to be wanted by Israel, Israeli sources reported on Sunday.…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that soldiers arrested one resident in the northern Gaza Strip. Soldiers claimed that the resident attempted to cross the border into Israel. 

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Sunday, that the army will evacuate from the Gaza Strip after ten days. The statements of Mofaz came during the weekly government session.

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn, Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, and conducted military searches of homes. An Israeli military spokesperson reported that one…

The Israeli and Swiss soccer teams and the spectators were shocked to see several peace activists running into the soccer field carrying slogans in support of the Palestinians during a…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Israel will be still occupying some of the Palestinian lands on the coastal strip in Gaza, even after pullout from the Gaza Strip. Abbas…

Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist topped the Israeli most-wanted list for more than 15 years, said on Saturday that Hams would response fiercely to any attack against it, no…

The Israeli Radio reported on Saturday afternoon that the Israeli defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, along with senior Israeli security officials, are slated to meet senior Palestinian officials on Sunday in…

Israeli army took over one house in the old city of Hebron, Saturday afternoon. The house belongs to Amjad Al Rajabi in the old city, turned it into a military…

The Israeli army arrested eight residents from the West Bank city of Hebron and the neighboring villages in the last 36 hours, during invasions and house raids, the Palestinian Prisoner…

  Dozens of women and girls fill the home of the Fidda family in the West Bank city of Nablus, celebrating the release of Dr. Majedda Fidda, 41, who has…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers installed a portable checkpoint at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, eyewitness reported. Soldiers stopped the vehicles, held and interrogated several residents,…

Israeli army invaded, on Saturday morning, the village of Dir AL Ghsoun, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and lashed on the resident  houses their. Soldiers closed the…

Army stopped, on Saturday morning, scores of Palestinian cars at the southern tunnel road which connects the West Bank city of Tulkarem with its surrounding villages, local sources reported.  Soldiers…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening one resident at Za’atara checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus. The resident, Amin Ahamd Bsharat, was heading back from Ramallah to his…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday morning, Balata refugee camp in Nablus. A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers broke into the home of Abdul-Hameed Al Teerawy, searching for his…

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israel opened recently a secret diplomatic trade mission in Dubai in the Arabic Gulf, which operates in accordance of preconditions set by the authorities…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the end of September, after they return from the United Nations general Assembly meeting, scheduled for…

An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers uncovered and safely detonated two explosives weighing 25kgm, near the electronic fence, north of the Eretz crossing in the Gaza Strip. No injuries…

Friday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group hurled an explosive charge at a military jeep near Anabta village, east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The charge detonated near the…

Israeli army invaded late Thursday night, the village of Azzoun near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Troops sealed the entrance of the village, broke into and searched the homes…

Israeli soldiers fired on Friday gas bombs and concussion grenades at dozens of residents, and International peace activists, before they even started their weekly peaceful protest in Bil’in village, near…

Hamas do not accept any Israeli presence on the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.  This is what Hamas told the chief of the Egyptian intelligence Omar Suleiman in a meeting…

Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.8 MB This week in Palestine – a service of…

After the announcement of a huge settlement project linking Maali Adumim settlement with Jerusalem, thus blocking geographical unity between the Palestinian areas, Israel said if gave the American administration commitments…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday morning that soldiers shot and injured two residents near a fence surrounding Gush Katif settlement. “The two were crawling through a forbidden area…

The Israeli Justice Ministry announced on Thursday that it plans to indict pullout foes who are suspected of conducting serious crimes and attacks during evacuation of settlements. The ministry rejected…

Israel completed on Thursday demolition houses of settlers, who have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip settlements, under the unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also have…

A Palestinian security source in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip, reported that one resident died when an explosive device went off near him. A medical…

A fundamental Jewish group attacked, on Thursday evening, an Arab resident of Israel while he was working in his orchards, and demanded him to leave his land after claiming that…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday that soldiers arrested a Palestinian child, along a road south of Nablus. Soldiers claimed that the child, 16 years old, was armed with…

An Israeli source reported on Thursday that Egypt and Israel singed the Philadilphi deal to deploy 750 Egyptian border guards at the Philadilphi route, on the Gaza-Egypt border. Head of…

A Palestinian resident was injured when an explosive left by the army in his hands in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis, medical sources said. The wounded resident,…

Israeli soldiers sealed off the Qalandia military checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem in a step that would tighten the Israeli grip on the Palestinian crossings…

A Palestinian child was injured after a settler rammed him with his car, Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported. The child,…

There will be no celebrations in Burqa. This small northern West Bank town of 4,000 should have every reason to revel in the demographic shift imposed by Prime Minister Ariel…

Israeli vice Premier Ehud Olmert, reiterated statements that the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim is part of Israel, saying that U.S. political officials known that, Israeli sources reported on…

In the beginning of July 2005, the Israeli Peace Now movement submitted a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice where the respondents were the Minister of Defense, the…

Sheikh Taiseer Amran, one of Hamas political leaders, said that the danger of settlements and land annexation in the West Bank increased since Sharon presented his pullout plan, and escalated…

Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that intensive secret talks are ongoing between Jordan and Israel, to prepare for an expected visit of King Abdullah of Jordan, to Israel. High…

An Israeli source reported on Thursday that Eliran Golan, charged with planning to kill Arab residents of Israel, including Arab member of Knesset, is currently in a critical condition after…

Israeli soldiers installed on Thursday morning, a military roadblock south of the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers installed the checkpoint at Al…

”History is a set of agreed-upon lies’ (Napoleon) A few weeks ago I received by email an article by a Dr. Walid Phares titled ‘Arab Christians who are they?’ Initially…

The Israeli Knesset approved on Wednesday on Wednesday the Israeli – Egyptian Philadilphi deal, to deploy 750 Egyptian troops at the Philadilphi route, on the Gaza Egypt borders, after Israeli…

Israeli soldiers installed two electronic gates in Tal Rmeida neighborhood and Al Sahla areas, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. A source at the Hebron reconstruction committee reported…

Israeli soldiers decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron on Thursday, barring Muslim worshipers from entering it. In spite of the fact that Thursday marks a Muslim feast, Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday afternoon, a resident of Hebron at Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. The resident, Mohammad Kayed Al Yamani, 26, from Hebron, was heading to Ramallah when…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Sana’ Dweik, reported that the detainees are facing daily hardships and bad living conditions in Israeli detention centers, while dozens of detainees are still…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday a Palestinian detainee to 30 consecutive years. The WAFA news agency reported that the court sentenced Fathi Mohammad Al Najjar, 33, from Hebron,…

Aye witnesses reported that the Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday, Baqa Al Sharqiyya and Qaffeen villages northern of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in the camp…

Benjamin Netanyahu started his election campaign to lead the Likud and regain the premiership by calling to build a new settlement in the West Bank. The area is called E-1,…

The Hebron Reconstruction Committee, in the old city of Hebron, reported that residents of the old city are suffering from the presence of 400 settlers living their and heavily guarded…

Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security reported that the P.A is the only legitimate authority in the Palestinian territories and that it will not allow “private armies” and armed…

Israeli authorities decided to annex 1000 Dunams of family orchards which belongs to residents of Dir Al Hatab and Azmout, east of Nablus in the West Bank. A local source…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli Prison Authorities deported two Palestinian detainees, bearers of Jordanian passports, to Jordan. The first detainee, identified as Mohammad Tayeh Ayyad, was arrested on…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at night two Palestinian children from the northern part of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military source claimed that the two children entered Doughti settlement,…

A mob of extremist Jewish Israelis attacked two Arab residents of Israel, from Ar’ara village, in the north of Israel, while the residents were working at a public park in Ramat Gan city.…

The WAFA news agency reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents, east of Jerusalem, and attacked a reporter working with WAFA. The two residents, along with other…

A medical source in Hebron reported that three residents were attacked by Israeli soldiers and sustained moderate injuries in addition to bruises to several parts of their bodies. The three…

An extremist settlers’ group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal settlement outpost, in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron, burnt farmlands planted with Olives,…

The resigned Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu has decided, in a direct challenge to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to declare his candidacy on Tuesday for chairmanship of…

Egyptian intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is currently formulating a proposal which he claims will end the Palestinian – Israeli dispute over the freedom of movement of Palestinian residents and goods through the…

Army invaded Bardalah Village east of Tubas near the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday at down. Troops interred the village, conducted search to the houses there and forced…

Israeli army arrested on Tuesday down three residents from Beit Leqia north of the est Bank city of Ramallah.  The three arrestees are claimed to be  Islamic Jihad acctivests and…

Army leveled, on Tuesday morning, the house of Ahmad Tayyim from AL Fondok village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. The house was used as a warehouse for…

Army invaded Bal’a village east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Tuesday morning, and stormed the residents’ houses. Troops conducted military searches in the village, and broke into…

Army invaded Anza village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday at down.  Troops invaded the village and conducted wide scale search which included more than 20…

Army arrested on Tuesday two residents from Tulkarem at two different checkpoints. Soldiers installed a portable checkpoint at the Tulkarem-Nablus road and arrested Ahmad Abu Safia 20 from Tulkarem while…

The United States has rescinded its demand for Israel to implement the joined, U.S. – Israeli marking of the boundaries of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Israeli and…

Jailed Palestinian legislator Marwan Barghouthi, secretary of the Fateh High Committee in the West Bank, called on Palestinians both in Palestine and in exile to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from…

A local source in Jerusalem reported that Israeli Border Guards policemen and agents of the Israeli security broke into a residential building in al Suwwana neighborhood in Jerusalem, and arrested…

The settlers of Teneh Omarim settlement requested the opportunity to leave their settlement under the terms of the compensation law passed to cover the disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip…

Palestinians and Israelis agreed on Monday the Israeli army will gradually hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority one position at a time, Israeli sources reported.   The…

The Israeli army decided to evacuate an illegal settlement outpost in the center of the Old City of Hebron by the end of 2005. An Israeli source reported that the…

Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, head of the negotiations department at the Palestinian Authority said the Palestinians will not accept any agreement that would turn the Gaza Strip into a big jail,…

Army arrested Ali Asafra 26 and Mohamed Kamal 22 when its troops invaded the village of Beit Kahel near Hebron Monday morning.  Asafra works as a nurse in the medical…

Soldiers stationed at the container checkpoint, which blocks the road linking the north of the West Bank with its southern part, detained and assaulted a Palestinian man from Nahaleen village…

A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital reported on Monday that Israeli soldiers attacked and badly clubbed a resident near Al Dabboya settlement in Hebron. The source stated that…