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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met on Sunday evening with Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasser Yousef. Yousef reported that “Israel was not serious,” and not providing any answers to issues raised by…

Chief of Staff of the Israeli army Dan Halutz warned settler leaders on Sunday that their plans for mass refusal by right-wing religious soldiers to carry out disengagement related orders…

Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Sunday that Israel must divide Jerusalem and leave the West Bank city of Hebron for a peace deal with the Palestinians to be…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner society, Hasan al-Sheikh, reported that he met two child detainees in Aztion detention center, near Hebron, who informed him of the ill treatment and abuse they…

Israeli soldiers fired, on Sunday afternoon, at dozens of homes in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; one child was injured. A medical source at Abu Yousef…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday, the villages of Atteel and Anabta, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes. The WAFA news agency reported…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday that a Jewish settler and his wife were killed and three other settlers were injured, after three Palestinian gunmen ambushed and fired their vehicle…

Palestinian detainee Manal Ghanim demanded international humanitarian organizations to intervene for her release, in consideration that her child, Nour, will be two years old in two months, and thus will be…

The Ramallah office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, PPS, reported on Saturday that detainee Abdul-Ra’ouf Mustafa Ismail, 38, from Silwad near Ramallah, is suffering from critically deteriorating health conditions, in…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to use harsh means if Palestinian resistance launches attacks during the disengagement, slated to start mid-August. Sharon’s comments followed the deadly attack, carried out…

An Israeli security source reported that soldiers arrested a Palestinian bomber from the Gaza Strip on his way to carry suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. “The bomber was arrested inside…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday at night, that two settlers were killed after a Palestinian resistance group fired at their vehicle on a road leading to the Kissufim…

The Detainees Media Center reported on Saturday evening, that Israeli Prison Authorities intends to transfer 600 detainees from central prisons to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert. The…

Israeli Prison Authorities transferred on Saturday afternoon, eight child detainees from the Eretz prison, in the north of the Gaza Strip to the Negev detention camp. The detainees, 15 to…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there is a need for more coordination with Israel over the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and arrested one resident. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers broke into home in…

Israeli police assaulted on Friday, three Palestinian workers in Israel, arrested two of them while the third was badly injured and hospitalized in Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin…

Israeli soldiers installed 15 roadblocks in Jenin and several surrounding villages, and conducted military searches. A Palestinian security source In Jenin reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles, held and…

A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers and settlers attacked dozens of Palestinian homes in Oref village, south east of Nablus, in the West Bank. The source stated that…

A local source in Nablus reported on Saturday morning, that Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp in the city, and arrested one resident. The source stated that soldiers exchanged fire…

At least 65 people were killed in a series of powerful explosions that rocked the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik early Saturday, Egypt’s interior minister said. There…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Friday two Palestinian children to harsh terms, after charging them of membership in al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh.  Nasser Kahled Daoud, 15,…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday morning, a military roadblock on Ya’bod-Jenin road, in the north of the West Bank. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers stopped the vehicles,…

Israeli soldiers broke into a wedding on Friday, in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and fired rounds of live ammunition in the air. A local source in the camp reported…

Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Friday, five residents from Bethlehem to concurrent terms. The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the court sentenced Monther Amer, from…

Israeli soldiers fired on Friday afternoon, at a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bel’in, west of Ramallah; six residents were injured, and five others were arrested. A local…

Israeli soldiers shot killed,a Palestinian youth, on Friday at night, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. An Israeli army source said on Friday, that a Palestinian gunman fired…

A mass wedding ceremony sponsored by the Islamic Jihad organization in the Gaza Strip, 222 Gazan couples got married in Gaza city on Friday, Maan news agency reported. In addition…

US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met on Friday, with the Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Negev Ranch, Sharon was reportedly “very pleased” with the outcome of the…

Three Israeli settlers today attacked a 75-year-old man, Mahmoud Shousha, from Housan village near Bethlehem The settlers came by car to Shousha’s land while he was working in it. His…

Clashes erupted between anti-wall demonstrators and the army on Friday afternoon as internationals, Israelis and Palestinians demonstrated in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Troops lashed…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Friday, that the Israeli Authorities re-operated the X-ray search machine chamber at the Rafah Boder Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded Wadi al-Maleh area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, and expelled two residents. Aref Dharaghma, head of the Projects Department in Wadi al-Maleh,…

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The Palestinian police arrested on Thursday evening an armed group of Israeli youths after they entered Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. The youths were then handed over to the Israeli army, which…

Israeli military officials admitted that the army failed to completely seal off the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians, as it had intended to do in preparation for the upcoming evacuation of…

A committee of Israel’s Knesset is set to vote Monday on a bill that would make it virtually impossible for Palestinians to seek compensation from the state for damages caused…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents of Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin.  A local source in Qabatia reported that soldiers invaded the village on Friday at dawn, conducted…

Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, barged into the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, in the early hours of Friday morning, eye-witnesses reported. Troops conducted house-to-house…

A Palestinian medical source has said that a resident of Gaza died on Thursday of wounds sustained last week. Dr. Jom’a al-Saqqa, head of the Public Relations Office at Nasser Medical Compound in…

The economic ministerial council at the Knesset approved a plan to provide 97 million shekels in aid to improve infrastructure, agriculture and for settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley area. The…

For the first time ever, the Israeli Army participated in a NATO exersice. A total of 13 IDF commanders took part in the two-and-a-half week long training, which was held at…

Allowing ourselves a little empirical leeway it is possible to divide summer society into two classes. One is constantly on the move. Its members have not a moment’s rest as…

Israel denied access to a group of 130 international human rights and peace activists of the Caravan for Justice in Palestine, who tried to access the country, coming from Jordan,…

An Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested two residents in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The two residents were arrested overnight after the army invade the city…

Israeli soldiers shelled on Friday at dawn, several homes west of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers stationed…

Israeli soldiers arrested installed a military checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles,…

After landing in Israel on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, and praised the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, for what…

Blasts at Underground stations and on a bus caused panic in London last night just two weeks after fatal attacks that claimed the lives of 56 people and wounded hundreds.…

Nayef Hawatma, Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that he will be in the Gaza Strip immediately following the Israeli withdrawal. Hawatma said that…

Israeli soldiers closed on Thursday evening, abu Holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, on Salah Ed-deen Road, the main link between northern Gaza Strip areas with the south. The WAFA news agency…

A Palestinian medical source at Nasser hospital in Khan Youni reported on Thursday evening that one child was killed and his brother injured, after a home made shell exploded in their…

Palestinians confirmed that the Israeli soldiers assigned to the Zatara checkpoint closed the checkpoint and forced people to go back. Zatara Checkpoint lies in the middle of the West Bank…

An eyewitness reported that the army force backed up with heavy army vehicles and blocked the entrances of the camp. Troops searched the houses of the Akier family and promised…

Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin, installed roadblocks, and conducted military searches, A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and jeeps,…

A local source in Jenin reported on Thursday afternoon, that military bulldozers uprooted trees and leveled farmlands adjacent Douthan military camp, near Jenin. The camp is close of Arraba village,…

Israeli soldiers abused a Palestinian taxi driver from Dir Samit village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, after stopping him at a military checkpoint adjacent to Doura village. Ibrahim…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Thursday dismissing Radwan Abu Ayyash, chair of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, Palestinian sources reported. Abu Ayash is to be given another task…

The Israeli army’s chief of staff, Dan Halutz, this week approved a series of steps to toughen disciplinary measures against soldiers who refuse orders, ahead of the planned disengagement from some…

On Thursday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Yatta, al-Sammoa, and Beit Kahil, south and west of the West bank city of Hebron, and arrested two residents. The…

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that a senior military source said that Israel might detonate synagogues and religious schools before it evacuates from the Gaza Strip in accordance…

Troops started on Thursday morning to open a new settlers’ road on the land of Kofer Kadoom village east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Sources from the village…

An informed Israeli source reported on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected an American proposal that he meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the visit of the…

The Israeli army decided to grab 15 Dunams of farmlands which belong to residents of villages south east of Qalqilia. The army intends to grab 9 Dunams which belongs to…

  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…