Election campaign in 84 Palestinian local councils began today
Candidates for 84 local councils in the West Bank started their election campaigns as in scheduled by the high committee for local councils’ elections. The elections will be held on…
PFLP, DFLP criticize the new elections law
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (DFLP), criticized the approval of the Palestinian elections law, which ‘disregarded the…
PLO factions seek unity in elections
Palestinian factions under the umbrella of the Palestinian Liberation Organization are conducting extensive talks in an attempt to reach unified coalition in the upcoming legislative elections. A senior Palestinian source…
Soldier wounded in attack near Gaza Strip fence
An Israel soldier was moderately wounded Thursday as an explosive device detonated near a military jeep patrooling the Israeli side of the northern Gaza Strip security fence. army source said…
Appeal to release two detained brothers
Family of two detainees from Bethlehem appealed humanitarian organizations to aid in releasing their sons and end their suffering in solitary confinement. The family of Nasser and Nidal Sweilim, 18…
Hunger strike in Huwwara resumes
For the third day, the detainees in Huwwara detention, near Nablus, resumed their hunger strike which was announced in protest to the bad treatment and harsh conditions they face in…
New play fetes U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie
‘My name is Rachel Corrie’ is the title of the play running in London’s theaters tracing the journey of Rachel Corrie from comfortable American home to death in a Gaza…
PHR report on medical neglect of Palestinian detainees
Physicians for Human Rights published a report on the bad treatment and medical neglect the Palestinian detainees are facing in ‘Ofer’ Israeli detention. The PHR report revealed that detainees in…
Objection to more Egyptian troops on borders on rise in Israel
Chair of the Israeli Knesset Reuvene Revelen demanded the State’s Attorney General Minachem Mazuz, to urge Prime Minister Ariel Sharon not to sign the agreement in which Israel allows Egypt…
Poll: ‘55% of Israeli Jews support disengagement’
A public poll conducted in Israel revealed that the majority of Jewish Israelis support disengagement and believe that the tension between Jews and Arabs in Israel a grave threat to…
Abbas meets with the U.S. envoys on disengagement, Road Map
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Wednesday in Ramallah with the two U.S. envoys, David Welch, deputy secretary of state, and Elliot Abrams, deputy national security advisor, Palestinian sources…
Voluntary Deportation
On April 18, the tiny Palestinian village of Aqaba, south-east of Jenin, received a new visitation from Asher, the local boss of the Israeli army’s ‘Civil Administration’. Aqaba villagers have…
When is our mother coming back?
A 13 year-old girl from Jenin Refugee Camp is writing a letter to Kofi Anan. Sandy Nasser Al Sa’di is appealing to international organizations to help her reach the UN…
Putin: Missiles to Syria to stop Israel’s air force buzzing of Assad
‘SA-18 missiles will of course make it difficult to fly over the residence of the Syrian president,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli TV channel one ahead of his next…
Sharon: despite criticisms, WB settlements are expanding
In an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon affirmed that his cabinet continue to expand West Bank settlements, despite international objections. ‘There, we are building 1,000…