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Israeli deputy Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Thursday that Israel will not respond to the Palestinian demands of releasing Palestinian detainees who were “convicted” of killing Israelis in the…

Egypt is mulling tendering a proposal to delay the Palestinian parliamentary elections slated for January 2006, due to their belief that Hamas will have a strong showing in these elections,…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank town of Tubas, on Wednesday at night. Troops invaded the town, installed one checkpoint on the main road and searched the passing by cars.…

Clashes erupted on Thursday morning between dozens of school students and the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported. Troops setup a sudden checkpoint in…

Palestinian police in Jericho detained seven Israeli right-wingers after entering a synagogue in the West Bank city without coordinating their entry with the Israeli army. Israeli army source reported that…

Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that it is illegal for the Israeli army to use Palestinian civilians as “human shields”. Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Aharon Barak,…

P.A cabinet minister and chief negotiation Dr. Saeb Erekat said that he will be meeting with Sharon’s advisor Dov Weisglass on Sunday, in order to prepare for Abbas-Sharon summit scheduled…

The Palestinian Legislative Council decided to from a formal investigation unit in order to probe the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. After the death of Arafat, the…

The European Union offered to aid the Palestinian Authority if the peace process advances; the aid is intended to rebuild the Gaza Strip after Israel withdrew from the area. European…

Israeli soldiers barred on Wednesday dozens of schoolgirls from reaching their school in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron. Qortoba School headmaster Feryal…

Israeli soldiers barred on Wednesday dozens of schoolgirls from reaching their school in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron. Qortoba School headmaster Feryal…

Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sameer Hleila, denied reports which were published on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, Abu Ala’, suffered a heart attack,…

The Israeli High Court is expected to issue its ruling on Thursday morning after reviewing an appeal which was filed in 2002 after the Israeli soldiers repeatedly used Palestinian residents…

Palestinian detainees who spent more than two years in the Negev detention camp, without charges, said that the Israeli Prison Authorities is offering them to be “voluntarily deported”,  instead of…

One resident was arrested, on Tuesday at night, at Huwwara checkpoint, at the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus, a local source reported. Morad Shqiqat, 21, from the…

 Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at night, the village of Kafer AL Diek near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops broke into dozens of homesin the viullage and searched…

Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, a local…

An Israeli military source claimed on Wednesday that an 18-year-old youth, attempted to stab an Israeli female soldier at a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus; the soldier…

Leaders of the Palestinian factions residing in Damascus agreed to refrain from using weapons to resolve internal problems, and affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation.…

Israeli under-cover military units, members of the Nahshon division, broke on Tuesday afternoon, into the cells of Al Maskobiyya detention facility, and attacked the detainees. Detainee Khalil Hoshiyyah, who was…

Ofer Israeli military court transferred 200 out of 500 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention without trial; the court said it does not have the time to prosecute them. 500 Palestinians…

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh claimed responsibility of firing at Huwwara checkpoint, near Nablus, on Monday at night. The brigades said that the shooting was carried…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, a resident in Al Shawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers…

Fort the first time, and in an official statement, Israel admitted that its Mossad agents assassinated Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist Ghassan Kanafani in 1973 by placing explosives in…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Tuesday that he apposes any unilateral withdrawal from West Bank settlements, adding that settlements in the West Bank are considered the future borders…

The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights (JCDHR) called on Israel to end its violations to the International Law and human rights, and to stop the construction of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday evening seven Palestinian residents after invading several villages near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded Bani Zeid…

Israeli soldiers invaded over night the West Bank city of Tubas and fired rounds of live ammunition, and gas bombs. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers, supported by…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian woman at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source said on Tuesday that…

The Attorney General of Gaza, Ahmad Al Mughanni, declared that the final results of the investigations into the Jabalya explosion, which occurred during a Hamas rally on September 23 and…

Deputy Jordanian Prime Minister, Marwan Muasher, stated on Monday that King Abdullah of Jordan, has postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, and set no new date for…

Israeli Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said on Monday evening that the clashes between the Palestinian Authority (P.A) security devices and Hamas gunmen in Gaza cannot be considered as first…

The Palestinian parliamentary committee, which is designated to discuss the security deteriorating in the Palestinian areas, recommended the parliament vote no-confidence against the government of Qurei. The parliamentary committee was…

A Palestinian security source reported one Monday afternoon that Palestinian policemen broke into the building of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza, during burial ceremonies of the three residents killed…

A local source in Hebron reported on Monday that settlers attacked a nine-year-old child in the West Bank city of Hebron, and installed tents on lands they annexed in Wad…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn, 23 residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the surrounding villages of Yatta, Al Shiokh, Sa’ir and Kharsa. The Hebron office…

Israeli soldiers claimed uncovering weapons and explosives in an area south of the West Bank city of Hebron. According to an Israeli military source, soldiers found an explosive device and…

Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association along with the family of Manal and Nour Ghanem have launched a campaign to demand the Israeli government immediately release Manal Naji Mahmoud…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, to one life-term and additional ten years. The court indicted detainee Mohammad Mustafa…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday at down and arrested three residents. Soldiers arrested Mallek Salhab, 27, Ghassan Al Asa, 28, and Nasry Suleiman ,24,…

Physicians For Human Rights organization (PHR) demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release all o the Palestinian detainees from in Israeli detention facilities as a good will gesture.…

Israeli army invaded on Monday morning he village of Said, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two residents. Troops searched dozens of homes in the village, and…

Israeli troops invaded the village of Ateel north of the west Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, and arrested two residents. Soldiers conducted wide scale search to the houses,…

The UN Commission of Human Rights (UNCHR) held Israel responsible for the death of 33 newborn babies, after soldiers banned the mothers, while laboring, from crossing military roadblocks on their…

One child was injured in Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Jenin, during a military invasion to the village on Monday morning. A medical source in Jenin reported…

Israeli army invaded the, on Monday at dawn, the  West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem, Qalqila and Bethlehem, and arrested 40 residents. Army claims that the arrestees are members…

The Israeli army imposed full closure over the Palestinian occupied territories, and increased military presence in the central cities and junctions in Israel as it starts Jewish New Year celebrations…

A taxi driver or a doctor? A question that has come to my mind right after I noticed ,by coincidence, Ali, 31 years-old, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of…

Three Palestinian were killed on Sunday at night, during a gun battle which inflamed between Hamas fighters and members of the Palestinian security in Gaza; some fifty residents, including children,…

Three Palestinian were killed on Sunday at night, during a gun battle which inflamed between Hamas fighters and members of the Palestinian security in Gaza; some fifty residents, including children,…

The Israeli army is to decide whether to instruct the military police to probe the army’s killing of a Palestinian child in Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city…

The Gaza offensive is not over yet, an Israeli military official said on Sunday morning. The Israeli Minister of defense, Shaul Mofaz gave a detailed account of the operation in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian Youth near the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers shot on Sunday a Palestinian youth after attempting…

The Defense For Children International – Palestine section, published a report which documents the Israeli violations to the rights of Palestinian children, and the effects of the Israeli military attacks…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, for residents after invading the villages of Al Thaheriyya and Beit Kahil, south and west of the West Bank city of Hebron. A…

In its weekly report, for the period between September 24 and 30, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli soldiers continued restricting the freedom of movement ambulances and medical…

Israeli soldiers installed three roadblocks on roads near the villages of Atteel, Allar and Zeita, and invaded the three villages. Soldiers detained dozens of residents for several hours and interrogated…

An Israeli military court sentenced a detainee to 43 consecutive months, and 2000 NIS fine. The Israeli prosecution claims that the detainee, Mohammad Bahjat Harb, 27, assisted wanted fighters. Harb…

An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian from Halhoul, north of Hebron, to 14 consecutive years. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the court sentenced Jamal…

Israeli soldiers occupied, on Saturday, a Palestinian home in the West Bank city of Hebron, and used them as military posts. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers broke…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he intends to reevaluate next week’s military actions against Hamas, the Israeli Radio reported on Saturday. According to the radio, Sharon intends to reevaluate…

Thousands of Arab residents of Israel, and peace groups, continued their procession for the Third day, in memoriam of the 13 residents who were killed by the Israeli police in…

Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing Hamas, said that the Intifada, which entered its sixth year, challenged the “Zionist” projects and managed to overcome the military assaults and invasions which…

Israeli court sentenced Luay Krunz, from the West Bank city of Ramallah, to life term and 15 years in prison for being involved in killing George Khoury, a Palestinian from…

A medical source at Rafidia Hospital, in Nablus, reported that one child suffered moderate wounds after a settler rammed him with his car near the West Bank of Qalqilia. Eyewitnesses…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the Israeli Prison Authority moved, on Friday, Sheikh Hasan Yousef, on the Hamas political leaders, to Ofer detention facility, and filed charges against him.…

Israeli soldiers installed, on Saturday morning, a checkpoint in the center of the old city of Hebron. Troops stopped the cars, thoroughly searched them, and checked the ID cards of…

Israeli soldiers operating in Askar refugee camp, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, claimed that they thought the child they shot and killed ion Friday evening, was armed.…

The Palestinian people have been longing for freedom and sovereignty since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. In 1917, the British colonial power at the time…

Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 6.1 MB This Week in Palestine –A service of the…

Thousands of Arab residents of Israel, and peace groups, continued their procession for the Third day, in memoriam of the 13 residents who were killed by the Israeli police in…

The Ruling Fateh movement won, on Friday, in 61 out of 104 local councils in the West Bank, yet Hamas movement won in 50% of the councils it contested, around…

Israeli soldiers barred dozens of residents of Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, from reaching their orchards to pick their olives. The residents and international peace activists attempted of Friday afternoon…

At least 3000 Palestinian children took part in a huge protest in memoriam to Mohammad Dorra, 13, who was killed by the Israeli army at the beginning of Al Aqsa…

A local source in Nablus reported that one Palestinian child was shot and killed in Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, after the Israeli army…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents in the West Bank city of Tulkarem after invading it on Friday morning. Troops arrested Waseem Al Malah, 20, and Mazen Abu Sror, 25, and…

Israeli military sources reported, on Friday, that the Israeli army arrested 17 Palestinian residents in the West Bank. Army claims that the arrested residents are members of  Hamas, Islamic Jihad…

Israeli army invaded on Friday at down, Al Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, one youth was arrested. Troops supported by ten military vehicles invaded the…

Physicians For Human Rights published a report on the implications of the unilateral pullout, and military closure, on the lives of the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip “This report…

Jamal Tirawi, one of the leaders of Al Aqsa Brigades in Nablus area, told the IMEMC that the brigades will retaliate to the assassination of two its fighters who were…

An Israeli source reported on Friday that the Israeli State Prosecutor may ask the families of 13 Arab residents killed by the Israeli Police late September 2000 to open graves…

The Israeli Radio reported on Friday, that king Abdullah of Jordan postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, as a result of the military escalation in the area.…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, killed two resistance fighters, and injured two others, one seriously. The brigades…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the ongoing Israeli military attacks in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and said that the latest Israeli escalation jeopardizes the peace efforts. The…

An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday at night, that a group of 50 extremist settlers of Hebron attacked Palestinian residents in the city, and hurled rocks at them; the…

The Palestinian National Information Center reported that Israeli soldiers killed 4166 residents, injured 45538, and arrested 8600 since the beginning of the Intifada in September 29, 2000. Also, the center…

A medical source at Al Ahli hospital in Hebron reported that one woman was hospitalized after settlers attacked her in Al Shallah Street in the city. The source stated that…

At least 138840 Palestinians are illegible voters in the third stage of the Palestinian local government elections in the West Bank. 2274 candidates including 558 women compete over 814 seats…

The Parents of Martyrs Procession took of on Thursday morning, from Jit village, in the north of Israel, and headed towards Baqa Al Gharbiyya. The procession started after a gathering…

Israeli Prime minister, Ariel Sharon, dismissed the statements of his advisor regarding possibility that Israel would consider another pullout from the West Bank in the future. Sharon also said that…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Hebron and broke into dozens of homes. A Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that soldiers invaded Jabal Kurbaj area, in Hebron,…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced, on Wednesday, Frial Ja’arah, 17, to 40 months, and 5000 NIS fine. “Soldiers arrested ferial after invading Bethlehem last year”, Moneer Ja’arah the father of…

Israeli army sources reported on Thursday morning thatsoldiers arrested 12 palestinian residents from different areas in the West Bank. Five from the arrestees are from the West Bank city of…

The Regional Council of un-recognized Arabic villages in Israel, is planning to protest on Thursday from Negev dissert to Jerusalem, local sources reported. Protestors will drive their cars all the…

Leader of the Aqsa Martyr Brigades in the West Bank Zakaria Al-Zubeidi declared that his group is not committed to the declared calm as a response to the assassination of…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at night, Borqeen village west of Jenin in the West Bank. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, broke into…

An Israeli source reported that a settler identified as Yehoshua Elitzur, 34, convicted of shooting and killing a Palestinian resident from Salem village, near Nablus, failed to show up at…

Two Palestinian policemen were reportedly injured, on Wednesday at night, in a gun fight with resistance fighters in the central Gaza Strip. The exchange of fire took place west of…

The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territories, saying that the attacks violate the fourth Geneva conventions and the international law. Tawfik Abu Khousa, spokesperson of the…

Higher Arab Monitoring Committee warned that the Israeli decision to deploy hundreds of policemen next Saturday in the Arabic towns of Israel, during the fifth anniversary of the death of…