Day: April 25, 2005

Less than 100 days prior to pulling out of the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided to deploy a large number of troops at the Gaza-Egyptian borders. Israel says to deal…

Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was not allowed to cross Al-Tuffah military checkpoint, in the Gaza Strip, the delay caused her abortion. The ministry…

Former Israeli president Ezer Weizman died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea at the age of 80. Weizman body will be laid at the Or Akiva cultural center Tuesday…

An elderly man was seriously injured when a group of settlers of Alon Moreh settlement hurled stones at him and severely beat him as he was herding his sheep on…

Amnesty International called on Israel on Monday to take action against West Bank settlers who have been poisoning Palestinians’ livestock. In an issued statement, Amnesty said that over a period…

Sources close the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, (PFLP) said Majdi Al-Rimawi jailed in the Palestinian Authrity prison in Jericho is planning to run for the Legislative election…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of avoiding to implement the signed agreements and especially the latest agreement in Sharm Al-Sheikh last February, Palestinian sources reported. Speaking in a press…

Lebanon’s security chief Jamil al-Sayyed submitted his resignation on Monday, hours before the last Syrian military and intelligence forces were due to leave the country. ‘Security chiefs are usually appointed…

Palestinian experts, Israel is trying to force new realities on the ground by expanding the settlements and erecting the Separation wall in the West Bank.     Hawwa’ “Eve” Cultural center in…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers detained dozens of students and staff of Hebron University, in Hebron and interrogated them. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers erected a military checkpoint at…

Palestinian informed sources said eight Palestinian officers refused to receive honor badges offered by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protesting his decision to force-retire them. Nine brigadiers and one major…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he expects Hamas to hand in its weapons after joining the Palestinian parliament this summer. ‘When a movement or militia is transformed into a…

A proposal submitted by U.S. Senator Sam Brownback called on the International community and the Arab world to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in both of its eastern…

Prison administration in Gilboa’ detention placed on Sunday evening, detainee Jamal Hweil, from Jenin refugee camp, in solitary confinement and barred him from his visitation rights. Hweil is one of…

Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that four Jordanian detainees in Al-Damoun detention announced their intentions to conduct an open ended hunger strike stating from Monday. The…

An Iranian technician called Jalal-a-Din Taheri, who had been working at the nuclear reactor at Bushehr, managed to defect Europe, where he disclosed the Ayatollahs’ plans for producing nuclear bombs.…

Israeli security source said Sunday that soldiers patrolling the Har Dove area, near the borders with Lebanon, managed to escape unhurt as the spotted an explosive device and managed to…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Yonah Metzger and Shlomo Amar, said Sunday they are against the disengagement plan, but also said that soldiers must obey orders to evacuate settlements. Several rabbis have…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan demanded Sunday that Israel coordinate with the Palestinian Authority the line to which it will withdraw under the Gaza Strip disengagement plan. The demand…