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Three men sustain bruises, fractures during IOF attack in Al-Khalil

-- Three Palestinians were injured and one of them arrested after a brutal assault by Israeli soldiers in the Al-Tawana region south of Yatta, Al-Khalil.

Palestinian child injured in Silwan confrontations

-- A ten-year-old Palestinian child was hit with a sonic bomb in his eye and a rubber bullet in his leg during an Israeli police raid into Silwan in occupied

New U.S. military chief takes office in the West Bank

U.S. military chief in the West Bank Keith Dayton has handed over the task of training Palestinian Authority security forces to his successor Gen. Michael Moeller, several sources confirmed on

MB students rise in peaceful protests condemning interference in students’ elections

Over seven thousand students, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, staged a protest on Tuesday at Tanta’s University against a decision to ban their colleagues from running in upcoming student

Settlers confiscate tens of Palestinian cultivated dunums south of Nablus

Zionist settlers south of Nablus city started on Tuesday to bulldoze Palestinian cultivated lands in preparation for annexing them to their settlement of Eli, reliable sources reported.

Lawyers from 20 countries discuss charges against Israel over flotilla massacre

-- The Freedom Flotilla alliance, meeting in Geneva on Monday, announced that dozens of lawyers from more than 20 countries will meet to discuss suits filed against Israel over its

The Al-Dostour crisis

Al-Dostour’s recently dismissed chief editor, Ibrahim Eissa, was not fired due to ordinary disputes over administrative or editorial issues. The decision to remove Eissa was without a doubt political.

Syrian Haithem Al-Maleh to receive 2010 Alkarama Award for Human Rights Defenders

Haithem Al-Maleh , prominent Syrian human rights defender and lawyer, will be the recipient of the Alkarama Award 2010 for Human Rights Defenders.

Dismissed workers stage protests demanding reimbursement

Workers from the state-owned Mahalla Textile Company, the Petotrade Company Rural Health Guides, Misr-Iran Textile Company, Ameriya Textile Company, Indorama Shebine Textile Company, Mansoura-Espagna Textile Company, and the Future Company

Gov’t restricts SMS messaging ahead of elections

New restrictions and regulations have been enforced by Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in an attempt to increase control over the SMS messaging services available by mobile phone companies