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The Israeli police barred recently several Arab residents of Jerusalem from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli police handed the residents official orders…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian resident in Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it, and occupied one home using it as monitoring towers…

A group of Israeli right-wing demonstrators tried on Tuesday morning to invade the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli police. The protestors and the police…

The new Israeli law that prohibits Palestinians who were injured or had their property damaged by Israeli army troops from suing the government encourages Israeli soldiers to commit more crimes against…

Israel’s security cabinet on Monday decided to allow 40 collaborator families now living in the Gaza Strip to move into Israel. The collaborator families currently live in the al-Daheena area, in the southern…

The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday  approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three residents near Tiaseer village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. According to eyewitness reports, soldiers arrested the three residents who were…

The Israeli court at Salem, near the West bank city of Qalqilia, sentenced Nedal Bastakgee, 16, of Qalqilia to two years in jail. The court said the boy is part…

 The Israeli Army arrested three brothers from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Tuesday. After invaded the camp and conducting extensive searches, the…

The International Red Cross suspended its field work in the Gaza Strip Tuesday after three UN workers – two foreigners and a Palestinian - were abducted in Gaza, the organization’s spokesman,…

An Israeli military source reported that an Israel sergeant was sentenced by a military tribunal to three weeks in detention. The source stated that the sergeant refused to carry “al…

Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the international world and the United Nations to keep recognizing the Gaza Strip as an occupied territory after the Israeli withdrawal. “Gaza will continue to be…

The WAFA news agency reported on Monday at night that one youth was killed, several residents were injured in Nour Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem…

The Arabs48 news website reported on Monday that extremist settlers attacked a mosque in the coastal Lod town, placed porn pictures in the mosque and wrote graffiti calling for expelling…

It was all expected: both the massacre and the questions it raised. But behind the easy questions that practically posed themselves, much more difficult and unasked questions are hidden. The…

The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon arrested one resident from the Al Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, An eyewitness reported that the army invaded the area,…

 The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon shelled homes in the  Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Eyewitness reported that the troops positioned in the army posts around the…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…

The Palestinian police freed two UN workers who were abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza, a Palestinian security source reported. The two workers, who were no identified, were taken to…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday that the Palestinian resistance fired at several army posts in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. No injuries were reported.

Monday at dawn, a Palestinian resistance group fired at military jeeps in Azzoun village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed responsibility…

Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa said that there are no new Arab initiatives for peace in the Middle East other than the one presented in Beirut, Palestine…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, conducted military searches of homes and arrested four residents, two residents were released later on. A local source…

Resistance fighters fired at settlers’ cars late Sunday night at Azun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. No injuries were reported. The Al Aqsa brigades clamed responsibility…

Palestinian resistance fighters fired a mortar shell toward  the Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning. No damage was reported. Also in the Gaza, resistance fighters…

Amr Mousa, Secretary General of the Arab League, said on Monday that the peace initiative that was approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 and officially confirmed…

The Palestinian Ministry of the Interior and National Security reported on Monday that General Jamal abu Zayed, deputy minister of the interior, and Israeli Defense Ministry Deputy Director General Moshe…

The Palestine Section of Defense for Children International reported Monday that at least 330 child prisoners are currently imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention centers. Khaled Qirmaz, a lawyer working…

The Fateh Central Committee met on Sunday evening to discuss preparations for ensuring security in the Palestinian areas during the Israeli withdrawal and other security issues in the Gaza Strip.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed orders placing three extremist settlers who are members of the outlawed Kach movement in administrative detention. The three extremists were charged with attacking Palestinian residents.…

As the interim Israeli Minister of Finance, Ehud Olmert from Likud, is getting ready to present the 2006 State Budget on Tuesday, Labor party ministers are threatening to vote against…

The Israeli Army invaded Obeidiyah, a village east of Bethlehem, on Monday morning. Local sources from the village reported that eight army jeeps invaded the village, and soldiers conducted house-to-house…

Israeli soldiers on Sunday night invaded Azzoun, a village east of Qalqilia, and imposed a curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes until further notice. The WAFA news agency reported that…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday appointed Ehud Olmert as interim Finance Minister in place of Benjamin Netanyahu, who resigned earlier on the day. Sharon is scheduled to meet…

A medical source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers attacked and injured a residents of Sier village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Abed al-Salem al-Sharry, head of al-Sier…

Two Palestinian detainees announced Hunger Strike in protest to harsh conditions and medical neglect in Israeli prisons. The two detainees, Mohammad Ala’ ed-Deen, from Bethlehem, and Salah Barghouthi from Ramallah,…

A settler boy was critically wounded Sunday in a drive-by shooting incident north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, an  Israeli source reported. The car was driving on the…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that soldiers shot and killed one resident on Sunday afternoon.  A medical source at abu…

Israeli military bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees west of Beit Surik village, northwest of Jerusalem, in preparation for construction of the Separation Wall in the area. Dozens of residents…

Israeli finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his resignation from the Israeli government over his apposition to the pullout plan. Netanyahu announced his resignation shortly before the Israeli cabinet…

A medical source in Bethlehem reported that two residents were injured west of Bethlehem after settlers hurled stones at them while driving on a road between the villages of Husan…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp and fired at dozens of homes; one child was injured mildly injured. A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers,…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday a military roadblock on Al-Kafeer junction, north of Aqqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…

Children living in southern Hebron hills face daily harassment of Jewish settlers on their way to school.   Their school bus is a donkey, their route a tortuous hour-long trek…

Israeli Ground Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal, said on Saturday that he believes that another terrorist attack similar to Shfa-Amr attack is possible. During an interview with Reuters, Ron-Tal…

Torkey family, which lost two daughters in the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack carried out by an Israeli settler-soldier, said that it received phone threats from a settler in Tapoah settlement, threatening…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents of Hebron at a military checkpoint in Beit Jebriel area, south of the city. A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital reported,…

Israeli Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Saturday that the Israeli military establishment would consider placing right-wing activists in administrative detention without trial, which is a move he said that…

A group of twenty settlers attempted to break into al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, in an attempt to attack a festival for Fourth Al-Aqsa Child Fund; Palestinian mosque…

Several Arab leaders in Israel hinted that Israeli security officials were aware of the terrorist plan to target residents of Shfa-Amr, but failed to act against it in spite of…

The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, launched a competition for the best disengagement poster, and will grant the winner USD 250, the group stated on its website. Hamas said that the…

Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Allar, north of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…

A local source in Jerusalem reported that Israeli soldiers, and border guard policemen, broke into Dar al-Tifil al-Arabi school in Jerusalem, and arrested one resident. The source stated that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday afternoon, the village of Ein al-Baida, in the northern planes of the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported by…

The court sentenced Ahmad Hagag, who was shot with three bullets during his arrest, to 17 years in jail. His home was also demolished. Ramiz al Remawi was sentenced to…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to an unknown destination. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers…

Border police and secret service officers broke into Dar Al Tefel Al Arbi School in Jerusalem on Saturday morning and arrested the general coordinator for the Jerusalem Center for Democracy…

A Palestinian  man was badly injured near Mourag settlemen, south of Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical source confirmed on Saturday. Nehad Al Qadi, 23, was…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry released an official document on the Palestinian official stance on the legal condition of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli withdrawal, as well as on the…

The Higher Israeli Arab Monitoring Committee held a meeting on Saturday morning in Nazareth to discuss the suitable responses to Thursday’s shooting attack by an Israel settler-soldier in Shfa-Amr in…

Army invaded on Saturday the village of al-Mighraqa south of Gaza city. After blocking the roads of the village, troops backed by heavy army vehicles surrounded and searched the houses of…

The  existential threat Arab residents of Israel feel following the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack by an Israeli soldier could push them to lanuch a peaceful intifada (uprising), Abed Anabtawi, member of the…

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced that it will begin its process of ‘progressive engagement’ – a process that could ultimately lead to divestment – with five companies it says contribute…

The Israeli Army fired with heavy machine guns at homes in Khan-Younis in the southern part pf the Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to eyewitnesses, soldiers stationed…

Israeli Army soldiers, accompanied by secret service officers, invaded Nour Shams refugee camp near the West Bank City of Tulkarem on Saturday at dawn. Troops searched the camp and entered…

Israeli soldiers late Friday night killed a Palestinian gunman attempting to plant an explosive charge near Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli…

A Presbyterian committee in the U.S. has declared that the church will use its stock holdings to stop five companies with links to Israel from contributing to the ‘ongoing violence…

Fearing threats fromextremist settlers opposing his Gaza pullout plan, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sleeps with a loaded gun under his pillow, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv. In spite of the…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Sunday morning, homemade shells at Eretz settlement, north of the Gaza Strip. National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of…

At least five civilians have been injured in an anti-wall protest organized by the resident of Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Eyewitnesses a Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday one resident in the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes using two of them as military posts and monitoring towers. The…

Tens of thousands of people crowded the churches and mosques of Shfa-Amr, in northern Israel, for funeral ceremonies for the victims of Thursday’s shooting by a settler-soldier. The sisters Hazar,…

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After details were reveled about Natan-Zada, 19, the Israeli settler-soldier who carried out the Shfa-Amr shooting, Arab member of Knesset Azmi Bishara said that the Israeli military established news that…

After details were reveled about Natan-Zada, 19, the Israeli settler-soldier who carried out the Shfa-Amr shooting, Arab member of Knesset Azmi Bishara said that the Israeli military established news that…

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in Israel said that the terrorist attack carried out by an Israel soldier on Thursday is a natural result of the Israeli…

Troops invaded Beit Fajar town, near Bethlehem, on Friday at down, and arrested 17 residents during wide-scaled searches carried out in the town. A local source in Beit Fajjar reported…

Detainee Ahmad Sameeh Fashafsha, 19, from Jaba’ village near the West Bank city of Jenin received his fourth consecutive detention order without any charges or trial. The Palestinian Prisoners Society…

A source at the Palestinian District Coordination Office reported on Friday morning that Israeli soldiers closed al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…

Several detainees in the al-Damoun detention facility have contracted diseases of the kidney and other health problems as a result of the polluted drinking water in the facility, according to…

Israel will be able to keep at least 180,000 settlers out of the 240,000 currently residing in the West Bank, with American blessing, a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

The Higher Arab Follow-up Committee in Israel announced on Friday a general strike and called for public protests against the terrorist attack carried out by an Israel soldier in Shfa-Amr…

Israeli soldiers on Thursday afternoon invaded Aida refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one member of the Palestinian security forces. Another security man was arrested at a checkpoint…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Thursday afternoon, Rami Qasem al-Qawasmi, 19, in abu Kteela neighborhood, west of Hebron. Ala’ al-Qawasmi, the brother of Rami, said that soldiers surrounded their home, and…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday, the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. The soldiers arrested two residents, and two other residents were hospitalized after soldiers attacked…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Atteel village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The soldiers conducted military searches of homes and arrested two residents. A local source in…

Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat said on Thursday that the Israeli decision to construct a new settlement in Jerusalem is a direct violation of international law and negatively affects the…

Israeli soldiers invaded Thursday at down Tammoun Village and surrounded the houses there. Eyewitness reported that the soldiers were deployed around the houses of the villagers, harassed dozens of residents…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp, conducting military searches of homes and arresting four residents, including an Islamic Jihad spokesperson. A local source in…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday, one resident from Dir AL Hatab village near the West Bank City of Nablus. The Nablus office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the…

Palestinian officials have blamed  Israel for the lack of coordination over the disengagement plan scheduled to start in less then two weeks, Palestinian sources reported on Thursday. Palestinian Minister of Civil affairs,…

Who is entitled to Israeli citizenship? Despite its importance, the Israeli immigration law (formally Law of Return) is widely unknown. According to Jewish ideology, every Jew outside Zion is living…

Israeli Health Minister and Likud MK, Dan Naveh, submitted a proposal to the Knesset to construct a new “Jewish neighbourhood” in the area between the Maali Adumim settlement and east Jerusalem. This proposal comes…

Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a resident in Shweika area, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A medical source at Dr. Thabit Thabit Hospital in Tulkarem reported…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday evening that thousands of pullout opponents have prepared to launch their planned march from Ofakim in the Negev to the Gaza Strip, while…

Jamal Jaradat, head of the Palestinian District Coordination Office on Jenin, said that all roads adjacent to the settlements slated for evacuation will be closed, starting on August 15, 2005.…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will cooperate with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian factions in order to turn the Gaza withdrawal into a national liberation, which…

An extremist settlers group from Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem barred a resident from entering his land, and placed four caravans after controlling the land. The WAFA news agency reported…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday at night, two residents in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers arrested Amjad al-Yasa’…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem after surrounding it on Wednesday at dawn, broke into dozens of homes and arrested fifteen residents. A local source in Tulkarem…