Day: August 8, 2005

The Arabs48 news website reported on Monday that extremist settlers attacked a mosque in the coastal Lod town, placed porn pictures in the mosque and wrote graffiti calling for expelling…

It was all expected: both the massacre and the questions it raised. But behind the easy questions that practically posed themselves, much more difficult and unasked questions are hidden. The…

The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon arrested one resident from the Al Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, An eyewitness reported that the army invaded the area,…

 The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon shelled homes in the  Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Eyewitness reported that the troops positioned in the army posts around the…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…

The Palestinian police freed two UN workers who were abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza, a Palestinian security source reported. The two workers, who were no identified, were taken to…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday that the Palestinian resistance fired at several army posts in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. No injuries were reported.

Monday at dawn, a Palestinian resistance group fired at military jeeps in Azzoun village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed responsibility…

Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa said that there are no new Arab initiatives for peace in the Middle East other than the one presented in Beirut, Palestine…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, conducted military searches of homes and arrested four residents, two residents were released later on. A local source…

Resistance fighters fired at settlers’ cars late Sunday night at Azun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. No injuries were reported. The Al Aqsa brigades clamed responsibility…

Palestinian resistance fighters fired a mortar shell toward  the Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning. No damage was reported. Also in the Gaza, resistance fighters…

Amr Mousa, Secretary General of the Arab League, said on Monday that the peace initiative that was approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 and officially confirmed…

The Palestinian Ministry of the Interior and National Security reported on Monday that General Jamal abu Zayed, deputy minister of the interior, and Israeli Defense Ministry Deputy Director General Moshe…

The Palestine Section of Defense for Children International reported Monday that at least 330 child prisoners are currently imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention centers. Khaled Qirmaz, a lawyer working…

The Fateh Central Committee met on Sunday evening to discuss preparations for ensuring security in the Palestinian areas during the Israeli withdrawal and other security issues in the Gaza Strip.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed orders placing three extremist settlers who are members of the outlawed Kach movement in administrative detention. The three extremists were charged with attacking Palestinian residents.…

As the interim Israeli Minister of Finance, Ehud Olmert from Likud, is getting ready to present the 2006 State Budget on Tuesday, Labor party ministers are threatening to vote against…

The Israeli Army invaded Obeidiyah, a village east of Bethlehem, on Monday morning. Local sources from the village reported that eight army jeeps invaded the village, and soldiers conducted house-to-house…