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  Fifty-seven percent of the Israeli public says that “in retrospect” the starting of Jewish settlements in Gaza was a mistake, according to a survey released by the Herzog Institute…

A resident of Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem was sentenced to a prison term and a fine at Ofer Israeli military court, west of Ramallah. The WAFA news agency reported that Monther…

Israeli police arrested on Wednesday at least 250 anti-disengagement protestors who managed to infiltrate to Gush Katif, declared by the army as a closed military zone, Israeli sources reported. Police…

London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a conferens said that Israel is responsible for “crimes against humanity” and compared the ruling Likud party to Hamas. ”The Likud and Hamas members are…

A Palestinian medical source in Qaryout village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, reported on Wednesday evening that an extremist settlers group stabbed a child to death. The…

Thousands of right-wing Israelis attempt to start their planned anti-pullout march towards the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported Wednesday evening. At least 20,000 Israeli…

Featured by: Maisa Abu Ghazala, PNN “The brutality and cruelty of the soldiers ignored the disability of my son, and my weakness. Those who call themselves judges, “protectors of justice,”…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday evening, al-Azza refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The WAFA news agency reported that 14 military jeeps invaded the camp, and…

Disengagement Ministerial Committee today announced that Gush Katif cemetery temporarily will be transferred to Nitzan.   According to Jerusalem Post, the decision is due to a request by most of the Jewish settlers to have their…

Israeli authorities on Wednesday issued two military orders grabbing hundreds of dunams of farmlands near the settlements of Kiryat Arba’ and Kharseena, east of Hebron, in order to construct the…

Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that an agreement was reached, under American supervision, to sell hothouses in Gaza Strip settlements to the Palestinians. The Israeli radio…

The Israeli Knesset rejected bill postponing the disengagement plan on Wednesday afternoon, with a margin of 69-41 with members abstained from voting, Israeli sources reported. Two key Likud ministers, Finance…

Settler leaders surprisingly called temporary halt to a planned anti-disengagement demonstration to Gush Kativ settlement in the Gaza Strip. Yesha Council Chairman Bentzi Lieberman said the bulk of the demonstrators…

Israeli soldiers on Wednesday invaded  the town of al-Thahiriyya, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and broke into dozens of homes and stores. A local source in the village…

Soldiers arrested on Wednesday seven residents and international peace activists in the village of Bil’in, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, six residents were injured. Mohammad Khateeb, member of…

The Israeli Army invaded Bethlehem at dawn and arrested Ibraheem Al Batat, a resident suspected of being an Islamic Jihad activist. Later on Wednesday morning the Army invaded Bethlehem again,…

Detainee Abboud Mahmoud Samaro, from Nablus, appealed to humanitarian organizations and the Red Cross to intervene with Israeli authorities to seek his release so he can receive medical treatment abroad. Samaro…

Army invaded Tobas village near the west bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Wednesday morning.   Youth hurled stones at the Israeli troops who patrolled the village,…

Twenty detainees in Israel’s Majeddo detention center resumed a hunger strike they announced last week to protest the bad living conditions and inhuman treatment they face. Lawyer Mahmoud Azim, who is…

A Palestinian security officer from Tulkarem died on Wednesday morning of wounds sustained on July 13, 2005. Mohammad Ghannam, 25, who was injured after the Israeli army invaded Nour Shams refugee camp in…

Ismail Haniyya, one of the prominent political leaders of Hamas, said that the movement ended all forms of tension, and is ready to meet and hold talks with the Palestinian…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday night, that six homemade shells were fired at Naveh Dikalim settlement. Army reported to damage, or injuries.

Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles, invaded the Shweika area on Tuesday afternoon. They conducted military searches of homes, a Palestinian security source reported. “Dozens of homes were searched,’ the…

On Tuesday the President of the Israeli High Court of Justice, Aharon Barak, instructed the state to provide buses for the return of anti-disengagement protestors from Kfar Maimon, in southern Israel, where a…

A special army unit, backed by four military vehicles invaded Bethlehem old city Tuesday at noon. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that soldiers were driving a Palestinian civilian car attempted to arrest an Islamic…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday, four residents in Hebron and the neighboring village of Kharas, northwest of the city. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers arrested Mousa Mohammad…

A Palestinian youngster stabbed a 30-year-old Jewish man in Jerusalem early Tuesday, an Israeli military source in Jerusalem reported. The man, who sustained a mild injury in his leg, was transferred…

Israeli soldiers killed two leaders of the Islamic Jihad in al-Yamoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, an Israeli military source reported on Tuesday. The army claims…

Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded al-Yamoun village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, arrested a father and his two sons, and partially leveled their home. A local…

On Tuesday morning Israeli soldiers invaded al-Yamoun village, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested a father and his two sons and partially leveled a house. A local…

Clashes renewed between he PA security forces and Hamas operatives late Monday night when a pro-Hamas research center was set on fire by unknown masked men. Palestinian sources said nine…

On Monday night clashes erupted between the PA security forces and Hamas fighters. Seven Palestinians were injured in the clashes, three of them members of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Eye-witnesses…

Ahmad As’ad Issa. 22, from Salem village, east of Nablus, was shot and wounded on Monday evening by an Israeli soldier, as he was driving back home from the hospital…

There has been a decrease in Palestinian mortar and qassam shell attacks, as the Israeli army decided to lift the internal closure of the Gaza Strip. The internal closure had split the Strip…

The Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli police will allow some 30, 000 anti-disengagement protestors to march to Netiovot settlement to enter Kfar Maimon where they will spend the night. The…

A Palestinian boy was killed on Monday afternoon when Israeli soldiers fired at residents trying to cross Abu Holy checkpoint in the Gaza Strip, and a 10-year-old girl died Monday in a…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that three hundred Palestinians from the Hebron area, detained by Israel, are suffering from various medical conditions. These prisoners are being deprived of medical attention, placing their lives…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday six residents in Azzoun village, near the northern West BAnk city of Qalqilia. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded Azzoun, conducted military searches…

An Israeli military court sentenced a soldier charged of killing a Palestinian resident in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, to disciplinary measures but did not delay his…

Thousands of right-wing Israeli demonstrators defied a police ban to take part in a Monday evening rally against disengagement from the Gaza Strip, but the crowd was much smaller than…

Two Israeli soldiers from an infantry regiment were arrested on Monday on suspicion of placing a fake bomb on a Jerusalem bus last week, Israeli police said. The two soldiers…

Monday morning, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted dozens of trees in Shoufa village, south to Avny Hefetz settlement, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. A local source in the village…

In an ongoing invasion to West Bank city of Tulkarem, army arrested today Hakm Abd Al Moti 20, in Atel village North of Tulkarem.

The Army invaded the city of Qalqilia in the early hours of Monday morning, a Palestinian security source reported. Soldiers arrested Abd Al Kareem Abu Zaied, who works as a…

The WAFA news agency reported on Monday that a Palestinian detainee has lost his sight as a result of torture during interrogation in the Asqalan Israeli detention center. Lawyer of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at least six residents in the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. A local source in Ramallah reported that ten military vehicles and jeeps invaded…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at least six residents in the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. A local source in Ramallah reported that ten military vehicles and jeeps invaded…

Israeli soldiers attacked and severely clubbed a child near Nitzarim settlement near Gaza, causing serious injuries. A medical source in Gaza reported that Mohammad Ahmad al-Hilu, 14, was attacked by several…

New reports from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza, condemn violations of Palestinian rights in the Palestinian territories, as well as recent military escalation and the assassination on…

The administrations of the Ofer detention center, near Ramallah, and the al-Maskobiyya prison in Jerusalem are responsible for the lives of three sick detainees who are in need of immediate medical treatment,…

At least 20,000 Israeli soldiers will be deployed Monday evening to deal with a massive anti-pullout demonstration planned by settlers and right-wing activists.  The two-day march is expected to move…

Several Israeli army jeeps invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday night and seven residents were arrested. Clashes erupted after the army shot live rounds into the air. No…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested six members of Hamas in several West Bank areas. An Israeli military source reported that soldiers invaded areas in Ramallah and arrested four members of…

Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident in Harmala village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported by…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged on Sunday to do all he can to stop rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants against Israeli settlements in Gaza and towns just outside.…

Sunday evening, an Israeli military source reported that Palestinian resistance fired six homemade shells at settlement in the northern Gaza Strip. The source stated that three shells landed near the…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Sunday, a Palestinian resident to 17 life terms. Salah Mousa, 41, was charged of planning two suicide bombings carried out in September 2003, leaving…

General Mustafa Boheiry, assistant director of the Egyptian intelligence, met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday, in an attempt to reduce tension and violence between Hamas fighters and Palestinian Authority security…

Sunday evening, a Palestinian security source in Khan Younis reported that the Israeli air-force had fired at least two missiles at a car in Jabalia, in the northern part of the…

An Israeli medical source reported that two settlers were seriously injured in Naveh Dikalim settlement in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, when a resistance group fired homemade shells at the settlement. Two other…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded several villages around the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers invaded the villages…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at dawn, two residents of al-Far’a refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers installed…

Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers closed the city, installed several roadblocks, and…

Palestinian sources reported that Sa’id Syam, a prominent leader of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas was assassinated in Khan Younis on Sunday morning. The source said, that…

Featured By Kifah Zboun, Bethlehem When news about violent deaths at the hands of the occupying army become a normal daily event, when the crimes committed by the Israeli army…

Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers invaded the city through its northern entrance and stationed near…

Eight home-made Qassam shells hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot on Saturday fired by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.  Four shells were fired in the morning,…

At least 17 Palestinians were arrested on Saturday after the Israeli army conducted wide-scale house-to-house searches south of the West Bank city of Hebron and in the villages of al-Sammoa,…

A Palestinian child was injured after a settler rammed him with a car, according to a medical source at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron. The incident took place in Hebron Friday…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons called on the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian Authority to avoid any more conflicts and to conduct talks to end the violence that erupted this…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers surrounded the camp, conducted military…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security reported, on Saturday, that the Israeli army decided to bar residents aged 16-36 from leaving the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border…

Switzerland, in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions, urged Israel on Friday to promise to dismantle its West Bank separation wall in the future. Swiss Ambassador Peter Maurer,…

Friday at down, Israeli army invaded Tammoun village in the southern part of the West Bank, and arrested one resident. Residents reported that the army invaded the village, conducted house…

Saturday at down, Israeli army invaded Taqoa’ village, south of Bethlehem, and surrounded the house of Ahmad Jebrel. A local source in the village reported that the soldiers searched the…

Saturday at dawn, Israeli army invaded Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem. Mousa Taqatqa, 23, Jawad Taqatqa, 18, Mourad Taqatqa, 28, and Imad Taqatqa, 18 years old, were arrested after…

For those unfamiliar with the real reason why the Camp David 2000, Barak-Arafat summit failed, they can find the answer in one word. Jerusalem. Solving the issues around this holy…

The upcoming Israeli unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the mess of the wall around East Jerusalem have been producing some unusual statements and positions not heard of since…

Saturday at dawn, one resident and a child were injured after Israeli air-force fired missiles Gaza city. The missile targeted a workshop in a residential area. A medical source at…

U.S secretary of State Condoleezza decided to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, after she altered her scheduled visit in response to the escalating violence in the area.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the Israeli army on Friday evening to prepare for a large-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Senior army commanders were ordered to wait…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers broke into the Emergency Hospital in Salfit, and used it as a military post. Also, soldiers broke into several branches of the hospital causing panic among…

Israeli military choppers shelled the Austrian neighborhood, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that the apaches fired…

Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists conducted the weekly peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah. “Peace needs bridges, not Walls”, slogans…

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Friday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident from al-Majd village, south west of Hebron, after invading it. A local source in the village reported that soldiers conducted military searches of…

The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas said on Friday that it is investing serious efforts to curb the latest violence in the Gaza Strip between the Palestinian security forces and Hamas…

A Palestinian medical source in Salfit reported that Samer Harbawi died of wounds sustained on Friday after a military apache fired at least one missile at a car in the…

Israeli soldiers imposed on Friday curfew over the village of Amateen, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded it,…

An Israeli source reported in Friday that two former chief rabbis, Rabbi Avraham Shapiro and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, issued on Friday a “Halakhic’ (religious) ruling forbidding soldiers from closing the…

Israeli radio reported on Friday afternoon that fire broke out in an industrial zone in the Sha’ar Hanegev area, in the Negev desert in the south of the country. According to…

Friday afternoon, a Palestinian resistance group fired two “Qassam” homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot. One landed near the town, while the other hit an agricultural area,…

The Israeli Army continued its invasion of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Residents reported that the army invaded Tulkarem refugee camp in the morning and imposed curfew in the…

The Israeli Army invaded Ibadia, a village east of Bethlehem, and conducted house-to-house searches. The army entered the home of the Saadah family and conducted a search, disturbing household possessions,…

Friday morning, soldiers invaded al-Asakra village, east of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Eyewitness reported that the army barged into the village, conducted military searches of homes, and arrested Khaled al…

The Israeli High Court of Justice on Thursday considered a case filed by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, demanding investigations in all cases…

Palestinian Ministry of Interior accused Israel of violating the Sharm al-Sheikh understandings, and lack of seriousness in implementing key points of the agreement. The ministry said that Israel did not…

  Soldiers are harassing the residents by throwing sound bombs at the houses and at children in the streets. They are trying to trap the residents in their homes by…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. A local source in the village reported that soldiers installed a military roadblock on the…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers installed a military roadblock on Tubas-Tammoun road, north of the West Bank. A local source in Tammoun reported that soldiers, supported by military vehicles, closed…