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In the mid-80s Meron Benvenisti, an Israeli researcher on the West Bank and Gaza, came up with the term irreversibility when referring to the difficulty that will be met to…

Dear Settlers — ‘Dear’ in the most literal sense. At long last it must be spelled out, without hypocritical pity, without ‘if’ and ‘but’. We have paid billions of shekels…

A Palestinian resident was injured on Saturday evening after settlers hurled stones at her near Karnei Shomron settlement, in the northern West Bank. The woman sustained light injuries when about…

  Israeli soldiers uncovered a pipe bomb near the West Bank city of Ramallah, an Israeli military source reported. Border guard sappers detonated the charge in a controlled explosion.

Israeli soldiers invaded Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and arrested one resident on Saturday at dawn. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into…

Israeli soldiers arrested three residents in Hebron and Al-Shiokh village, raising the number of residents arrested in the Hebron area during the month of August to 56. The three residents…

An Israeli source reported on Saturday that the Israeli government is expected to approve the deployment of Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi route along the Gaza-Egypt border near Rafah. After the…

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine denied reports which were published by the media regarding its intention to run in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative elections, scheduled for January 25, 2006.…

Sufian Abu Zaida, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Liberated Detainees, said that there are no current negotiations with the Israeli side regarding releasing Gaza detainees from Israeli prisons. Abu Zaida…

The Palestinian Authority delivered an urgent message to the Quartet objecting to the Israeli policies of settlement expansion in the West Bank, especially around Jerusalem. Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of…

Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist, also believed to be a master bomb-maker wanted by Israeli security forces for the last decade, appeared on a video tape Saturday saying that…

Resident Yasser Omar, from Beit Amin village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, reported that a group of settlers standing on a hill close to the Separation Wall gate,…

The Israeli army confiscated a car belonging to a resident of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. The man was heading back home from the nearby village…

Israeli army invaded the village of Azoon near the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Friday afternoon.  The army imposed a curfew on the village, barring residents from leaving their…

Israeli soldiers arrested Khader AL Majaidah, 50, a resident of Al Mawasi area in the Gaza Strip late Friday night. Troops arrested Al Majaidah while he was standing in front…

For the second time in less than a month, the Israeli Prison Authority transferred a prominent Hamas leader to solitary confinement in Asqalan detention facility. Lawyer Shadi Younis, who managed…

The United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, UNCTAD, reported that the Palestinian economy has sharply deteriorated since the beginning of Al Aqsa Intifada in 2000. A report prepared by…

A former senior Palestinian Authority official, now jailed in PA’s Jericho prison, offered to assist father to discover the fate of the Israeli American soldiers who went missing in Israel’s…

Israeli soldiers detained dozens of residents at Al Hamra, south of Tubas in the West Bank, after closing it for several hours. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…

Dozens of Palestinians, International and Israeli peace activists marched on Friday in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah protesting the construction of the separation wall…

Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in the west Bank city of Hebron, and declared several neighborhoods in the old city as closed military zones, while settlers repeated their attacks in…

Israeli soldiers arrested Hamad-Allah Ebdah, 15 years old, from Marda village near Salfit overnight, a Palestinian source reported.  A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village,…

An Israeli military source reported, on Friday afternoon, that an explosive device went off near a military jeep near the electronic security fence in the southern Gaza Strip. No injuries…

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A Palestinian medical source in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident lost his leg after an explosive left by the army went off…

A Palestinian security source reported on Friday afternoon, that Israeli soldiers installed a military post north of Doughit settlement, in Beit Lahia, in the north part of the Gaza strip.…

An Israeli security source reported that two Lau missiles hit a residential building in Jaffa city, earlier on Friday, apparently as part of conflicts between underworld families in the coastal…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Friday that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is only the beginning, and that it should be followed by further withdrawals from the settlements in…

As many as 54 percent of the Israelis said they believe the Israeli government should withdraw from more territories in the West Bank and to reach peace with the Palestinians,…

The Israeli Security Services, Shabak, arrested on Thursday at night two Jewish extremists suspecting of throwing a pig’s head at Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel,…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report of Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights in the occupied terrotories; the report covers the period between August…

An Israeli military source reported on Friday morning, that one Israeli Border Policeman was stabbed near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron. The soldier sustained moderate…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Friday at down, a home made shell an army post in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip, one soldier was injured. Khaled AL…

Palestinian man stabbed on Friday morning an Israeli soldier near Al Ibrahimi mosque in the old city of Hebron. Israeli army source reported that the soldier sustained moderate wounds in…

Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Friday that the number of settlers in the West Bank has increased by13 thousand over the last year, especially in religious settlements; total number of…

An investigation conducted by the Israeli army regarding the Shfa-Amr terrorist carried out by an Israeli settler-soldier earlier this months killing four Arab residents of Israel, called on the Israeli…

The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of evacuating its troops from the Philadilphi Route, on the Gaza Egypt borders, at the same time of evacuating its forces from the…

Two Palestinian residents were injured on Thursday afternoon, during a protest against the separation Wall in Al Ramadeen village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source…

Hundreds of Palestinian security forces arrived in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday to help maintain security in the city as part of the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to…

A medical source in Hebron reported that soldiers attacked and clubbed three brothers, in Hebron, south of the West Bank, after breaking into their home, and detained them. The source…

Israeli police arrested seven Palestinian workers in Nazareth in the Galilee while doing construction work in the city, Israeli sources said. According to the source, the seven were arrested since…

Waiting for freedom While Iran is being pressured to halt its nuclear weapon program, Israel’s nuclear weapon possession gets close to no attention at all. Though endagering his own freedom,…

Israeli soldiers operating on the checkpoint on the southern entrance of West Bank city of Bethlehem, blocking the road to Hebron, arrested Omar Al-Afandi from the nearby Deheisheh refugee camp.…

The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqila on Thursday morning and arrested two residents. Troops, backed by several military jeeps, invaded the city, searched many houses and…

An extremist settler group attacked, on Thursday, dozens of Palestinian residents and stores near Al Aqsa Mosque area, in the old city of Jerusalem, a local source reported. The settlers,…

A home made Qassam shell hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, Thursday morning causing no damage or casualties as it fell in an open area near the town Israeli…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad, condemned the assassination of five residents, said to be Islamic Jihad members in Tulkarem, on Thursday, and vowed to avenge the attack.…

Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarem overnight, one of them was an Islamic Jihad operative and the other four were…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Thursday morning, at the troops dismantling the army posts in the evacuated settlements of  Kfar Darom and Neveh Dikalim Settlements in the Gaza strip, Israeli army…

Army invaded on Thursday the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded the city form all directions, surrounded AL Ashkar building…

Top aides of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, believe that he should quit the Likud party and form a new one to participate in the upcoming Knesset elections. Sharon…

Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at down, Al Far’a refugee camp in near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops, supported by armored Vehicles, invaded the camp from all directions…

Army attacked and clubbed three residents, late Wednesday night, in the old city of Hebron, eyewitness reported. Bishara AL Jabari, 19, his brother Jehad AL Jabari, 17, and Elian AL…

A British Yeshiva student died of wounds sustained as he was stabbed in a knife in the old city of Jerusalem, an Israeli medical source said on Wednesday at night. The…

Thirty-eight years after Israeli troops rumbled into the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, real change on the ground is taking place. Israel is adding the…

Extremist Jewish groups started recently a media campaign calling for leveling Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a “compensation for evacuating the settlements in the Gaza Strip”. Al Aqsa Foundation…

Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…

Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday the village of Al Shiokh, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and broke into dozens of homes. A local source in Hebron reported that…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late on Tuesday at night, and arrested Ali Daoud, 25, and took him to an unknown distention. Daoud was arrested after…

Israeli army took over,  the house of Raslan Al Sourie, late on Tuesday at night, in the West Bank city of Hebron, and used it as  a military post, eyewitness…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday one resident from Al Shiokh village, east of Hebron. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Mousa Ahmad Al Wasna, 40, while…

Soldiers started, on Wednesday, expanding Al Hamra checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that military bulldozers started leveling lands around the checkpoint, and…

Israeli soldiers closed Qalqilia – Nablus road and barred the residents from crossing. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and barred the residents from crossing,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at night a resident of Qalqilia, and took him to an unknown destination. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Mohammad Abdullah Daoud,…

Detainee Ahmad Yousef Tameemy, from Ramallah, has been placed in Ramleh detention hospital over the last 12 years, suffering from kidney failure. Several detainees are complaining of medical neglect and…

Settlers escalated their attacks recently against local, international and Israeli journalists reporting on the evacuation of the settlements, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Nasser Eshtiyya, a Palestinian…

The evacuation of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank ended in six days only, not in two weeks as announced by the Israeli…

Detainees in the Negev detention facility appealed Human rights organizations to interfere in order to enable detainee Khaled Hasan Hassan, 39, from Qibia, West of Ramallah, receive the needed medical…

The Israeli army began issuing land confiscation orders for the construction of the Wall around the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem after most of the sections of the…

August 18th, 2005 – a milestone in the history of the State of Israel. This was the day on which the settlement enterprise in this country went into reverse for…

reporting from Gaza, Occupied Palestine   Confusion, misdirection, propaganda, misinformation and outright lying are the hallmarks of life for everyone in the Gaza Strip these days.   From the 1.4 million…

An Israeli source reported that Israel and Egypt arrived to an understanding which paves the way to sign the “Philadilphi Agreement” in order to deploy Egyptian troops along the Philadilphi…

Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Authority, said that Israel still insists to maintain its security control over the West Bank city of Jenin. Erekat…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that 2600 Palestinians and 230 Israelis, including soldiers, were killed in the Gaza Strip since it was…

On Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli army closed all roads leading to the settlement of Ariel in the Salfit district in the northwestern West Bank. The Disengagement Adminsitration (Sela) is planning…

Troops sealed off the village of Ras Tira near the West Bank city of Qalqilia and barred residents from entering or leaving the village, Rafiq Maraba the head of the…

The army arrested Abdul-Fattah Ishtewy, 25, from Tulkarem, at a sudden checkpoint at the southern entrance of the city, while he was on his way to the nearby village of Kafer…

On Tuesday, for the third day, the Israeli army resumed its closure of the roads which connect the West Bank city of Salfit with the surrounding villages. Soldiers did not…

On Tuesday morning, the army demolished tents and barns in Al Rashaida village near Bethlehem, local sources reported. Soldiers, accompanied by a military bulldozer, invaded the village and demolished tents…

An female Israeli soldier was stabbed by a female settler while trying to evacuate the remainder of settlers and protestors in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the northern West Bank,…

The Israeli Authorities informed the Palestinian Authority that it intends to close the agricultural gates of the Separation Wall in Qalqilia until further notice, which endangers the upcoming olive picking…

In the latest attack by an extremist Israeli settler on Palestinians, four unarmed Palestinian workers were killed when an Israeli extremist opened fire in Shilo settlement on August 18, 2005.…

Israeli soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the West Bank city of Hebron and broke into dozens of homes on Tuesday at dawn. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers,…

The Islamic Jihad movement completely rejects opening any dialogue with Israel or with anybody that would serve Israel through dialogue, pointing out that the movement still regards Israel as an occupying…

An Israeli military source reported that settlers attacked eight Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank on Monday before dawn, while marching and attempting to infiltrate Sa-Nur and Homesh settlements, slated…

The Israeli army invaded Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday.  As soldiers entered the city, backed up by armed vehicles and jeeps, they randomly opened…

Around 150 settlers from Homesh and Sa-Nor settlements near Jenin invaded the village of Gen-Saffoot near the West Bank city of Qalqilia late Monday night. Settlers attempted to break into…

Israeli troops operating along the borders of the Gaza Strip opened fire at a residential area in the southern city of Khan Younis, wounding a 19 year-old resident, Rami Kadih,…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday expressing hope that the evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements would…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers leveled a home in the Al Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis…

Israeli Military Intelligence research chief Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Research Department, said on Monday evening that the Palestinian Authority had foiled an attack against an Israeli target.…

A senior Palestinian source reported on Monday evening that Israel has dismantled nearly 70% of its military camps in the Gaza Strip and has only maintained temporary posts. The source stated…

Israeli soldiers invaded the villages on Arraba and Ejja, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into dozens of homes, and used two as military posts. The WAFA…

Israeli Authorities intend to confiscate 809 dunams of farmland in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem. A local source in Abu Dis reported that troops handed the annexation orders to residents…

Israeli settlers attacked residents in Ramien village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday afternoon. A group of settlers from the near by settlement of Enav invaded the…

Israeli soldiers closed, on Monday morning, the Gaza coastal road, the only link between north of the Gaza Strip with the south. An Israeli military source reported that the closure…

Despite declaring several times that the Philadelphi deal between Egypt and Israel is ready to be signed, Israel keeps delaying signing the deal which allows Egypt to deploy 750 Egyptian…

Israeli army started on Monday afternoon digging a five-meter-trench by the separation wall in the Salfit area, in the northwest of the West Bank. The trench is being dug on…

Abu Al-Reesh brigade, an armed group of Fatah party, claimed responsibility for sniping an Israeli soldier late Sunday night who is serving in Ganeih Tal settlement in the Gaza strip.…