Abbas orders PA forces to end mortar firing
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday afternoon ordered PA security forces to end mortar fire on Gaza Strip settlements. Abbas affirmed his commitment to the cease-fire agreement he had reached…
Barghouthi supports cease fire
Arab MK Jamal Zahalka, visited the jailed Palestinian legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, in Eshel detention in Bir Shiva, and discussed with him the latest developments and cease fired…
Abbas fires three P.A security commanders
Thursday afternoon, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, fired three senior Palestinian security commanders after Palestinian resistance fired home made shells at Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip. {mosimage}The fired commanders…
Newsweek: `“Abbas is worried Hezbollah might assassinate him`
The US weekly Newsweek newspaper reported on Wednesday, that the new Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, expressed worries over his life in front of two members of the US senate. {mosimage}According…
Prisoners slated for release gathered in Ketziot
The Israel Prisons Service have begun gathering the Palestinian prisoners chosen to be released early next week in Ketziot, a Negev desert military detention camp in the south of Israel.…
Shas threatens to break coalition negotiations
Ultra-orthodox Shas party leader Eli Yishai expressed Wednesday impatience with coalition negotiations, warning that Shas might call over talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s representatives. ‘If no clear answers…
Army freezes plans for Philadelphi moat
Israeli army and security forces decided to freeze plans for a water channel along the Gaza strip borders with Egypt. {mosimage}The decision followed successful talks between Israel and the Palestinians…
Sharon promised Abbas to free more prisoners with `blood on their hands’
{mosimage}Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday that he promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the Sharm A-Sheikh summit that he would increase the number of…
Sharon: no referendum on pullout; will put an end to threats
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon affirmed Wednesday that a referendum on the disengagement plan will not happen. Speaking to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Sharon accused that calls for the referendum are…
Sharon to appoint Yuval Diskin as the new Shin Bet chief
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to officially announce on Thursday the appointment of Yuval Diskin as the next Shin Bet security service chief. Current Shin Bet chief Avi…
Hamas demands an explicit, signed truce document
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is demanding a written and explicit Israeli announcement of a cease-fire vis-a-vis Palestinian resistance groups. Hamas spokesmen in Gaza and Damascus said that the wording…