Nablus – PNN – a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked on Wednesday two Palestinian water well keepers at the village of Sabastyia near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Witnesses said that the settlers hurled stones at the two keepers, both escaped unharmed, witnsses added. Ghassan Doghlas, of the settlements affairs committee at [...]
Ramallah – PNN – Israel’s plans to construct new settling homes in East Jerusalem, is a severe hit against the International and American efforts to resume real Peace negotiations, the Palestine Liberation Organization stated on Thursday. On Wednesday the District Planning Committee of the Jerusalem municipality in Israel approved 1600 new settlers’ homes in East [...]
Hebron – PNN – A Palestinian woman died of wounds suffered when a settler hit her with his car Sunday, Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, southern West Bank, reported. Hey husband was also wounded in the attack. The woman, Fatima Sabarna, 55, was seriously injured after the car hit her. The settler fled the scene. [...]
Jerusalem – PNN – Ten Palestinian civilians from the same family were injured as settlers opened fire at them on Saturday night in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. According to sources, Zuhair Rajabi was shot by a live bullet in the left forearm. Najah El-Rajabi was also wounded, as were her six children after [...]
Ramallah – PNN – The Defence for Children International (DCI) issued a full investigation reported on the death of a 15 year old Palestinian boy by Israeli settlers earlier this month. On 13 May 2010 Aysar Z. (15) was shot in the head by a settler travelling along route 60 near Al Mazra’a ash Sharqiya, [...]
Jerusalem – PNN – Israeli officials have banned right wing settler Nerieh Ofen from the West Bank and two Jerusalem neighborhoods and upheld a court decision ordering settlers to leave a building in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan. Ofen is prohibited going to the West Bank and the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev and [...]
Bethlehem – Pnn- Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday three Palestinian civilians during predawn invasions targeting West Bank communities. Palestinian sources reported homes raids and invasions at the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, southern West Bank, and nearby villages. Among those arrested by the military on Tuesday were two teenagers, the sources added.The Israeli army radio [...]
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have clashed after Jewish settlers marched in the Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem. The hardline settlers, who live in illegal housing units on occupied Palestinian land, want Arabs removed from the area and their homes demolished to make way for Israeli construction projects. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland, [...]
Right-wing activists have begun organizing a campaign against the new Palestinian city of Rawabi, which recently began taking shape in the West Bank. The activists claim the new city will cause traffic jams, pollution, security issues and will only benefit Palestinian elites. Rawabi's construction began some two months ago north of Bir Zeit, about 10 [...]
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