Month: August 2005

Army invaded on Thursday the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded the city form all directions, surrounded AL Ashkar building…

Top aides of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, believe that he should quit the Likud party and form a new one to participate in the upcoming Knesset elections. Sharon…

Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at down, Al Far’a refugee camp in near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops, supported by armored Vehicles, invaded the camp from all directions…

Army attacked and clubbed three residents, late Wednesday night, in the old city of Hebron, eyewitness reported. Bishara AL Jabari, 19, his brother Jehad AL Jabari, 17, and Elian AL…

A British Yeshiva student died of wounds sustained as he was stabbed in a knife in the old city of Jerusalem, an Israeli medical source said on Wednesday at night. The…

Thirty-eight years after Israeli troops rumbled into the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, real change on the ground is taking place. Israel is adding the…

Extremist Jewish groups started recently a media campaign calling for leveling Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a “compensation for evacuating the settlements in the Gaza Strip”. Al Aqsa Foundation…

Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…

Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday the village of Al Shiokh, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and broke into dozens of homes. A local source in Hebron reported that…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late on Tuesday at night, and arrested Ali Daoud, 25, and took him to an unknown distention. Daoud was arrested after…

Israeli army took over,  the house of Raslan Al Sourie, late on Tuesday at night, in the West Bank city of Hebron, and used it as  a military post, eyewitness…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday one resident from Al Shiokh village, east of Hebron. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Mousa Ahmad Al Wasna, 40, while…

Soldiers started, on Wednesday, expanding Al Hamra checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that military bulldozers started leveling lands around the checkpoint, and…

Israeli soldiers closed Qalqilia – Nablus road and barred the residents from crossing. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and barred the residents from crossing,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at night a resident of Qalqilia, and took him to an unknown destination. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Mohammad Abdullah Daoud,…

Detainee Ahmad Yousef Tameemy, from Ramallah, has been placed in Ramleh detention hospital over the last 12 years, suffering from kidney failure. Several detainees are complaining of medical neglect and…

Settlers escalated their attacks recently against local, international and Israeli journalists reporting on the evacuation of the settlements, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Nasser Eshtiyya, a Palestinian…

The evacuation of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank ended in six days only, not in two weeks as announced by the Israeli…

Detainees in the Negev detention facility appealed Human rights organizations to interfere in order to enable detainee Khaled Hasan Hassan, 39, from Qibia, West of Ramallah, receive the needed medical…

The Israeli army began issuing land confiscation orders for the construction of the Wall around the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem after most of the sections of the…

August 18th, 2005 – a milestone in the history of the State of Israel. This was the day on which the settlement enterprise in this country went into reverse for…

reporting from Gaza, Occupied Palestine   Confusion, misdirection, propaganda, misinformation and outright lying are the hallmarks of life for everyone in the Gaza Strip these days.   From the 1.4 million…

An Israeli source reported that Israel and Egypt arrived to an understanding which paves the way to sign the “Philadilphi Agreement” in order to deploy Egyptian troops along the Philadilphi…

Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Authority, said that Israel still insists to maintain its security control over the West Bank city of Jenin. Erekat…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that 2600 Palestinians and 230 Israelis, including soldiers, were killed in the Gaza Strip since it was…

On Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli army closed all roads leading to the settlement of Ariel in the Salfit district in the northwestern West Bank. The Disengagement Adminsitration (Sela) is planning…

Troops sealed off the village of Ras Tira near the West Bank city of Qalqilia and barred residents from entering or leaving the village, Rafiq Maraba the head of the…

The army arrested Abdul-Fattah Ishtewy, 25, from Tulkarem, at a sudden checkpoint at the southern entrance of the city, while he was on his way to the nearby village of Kafer…

On Tuesday, for the third day, the Israeli army resumed its closure of the roads which connect the West Bank city of Salfit with the surrounding villages. Soldiers did not…

On Tuesday morning, the army demolished tents and barns in Al Rashaida village near Bethlehem, local sources reported. Soldiers, accompanied by a military bulldozer, invaded the village and demolished tents…

An female Israeli soldier was stabbed by a female settler while trying to evacuate the remainder of settlers and protestors in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the northern West Bank,…

The Israeli Authorities informed the Palestinian Authority that it intends to close the agricultural gates of the Separation Wall in Qalqilia until further notice, which endangers the upcoming olive picking…

In the latest attack by an extremist Israeli settler on Palestinians, four unarmed Palestinian workers were killed when an Israeli extremist opened fire in Shilo settlement on August 18, 2005.…

Israeli soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the West Bank city of Hebron and broke into dozens of homes on Tuesday at dawn. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers,…

The Islamic Jihad movement completely rejects opening any dialogue with Israel or with anybody that would serve Israel through dialogue, pointing out that the movement still regards Israel as an occupying…

An Israeli military source reported that settlers attacked eight Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank on Monday before dawn, while marching and attempting to infiltrate Sa-Nur and Homesh settlements, slated…

The Israeli army invaded Qabatia, south of the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday.  As soldiers entered the city, backed up by armed vehicles and jeeps, they randomly opened…

Around 150 settlers from Homesh and Sa-Nor settlements near Jenin invaded the village of Gen-Saffoot near the West Bank city of Qalqilia late Monday night. Settlers attempted to break into…

Israeli troops operating along the borders of the Gaza Strip opened fire at a residential area in the southern city of Khan Younis, wounding a 19 year-old resident, Rami Kadih,…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday expressing hope that the evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements would…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers leveled a home in the Al Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis…

Israeli Military Intelligence research chief Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Research Department, said on Monday evening that the Palestinian Authority had foiled an attack against an Israeli target.…

A senior Palestinian source reported on Monday evening that Israel has dismantled nearly 70% of its military camps in the Gaza Strip and has only maintained temporary posts. The source stated…

Israeli soldiers invaded the villages on Arraba and Ejja, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into dozens of homes, and used two as military posts. The WAFA…

Israeli Authorities intend to confiscate 809 dunams of farmland in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem. A local source in Abu Dis reported that troops handed the annexation orders to residents…

Israeli settlers attacked residents in Ramien village near the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday afternoon. A group of settlers from the near by settlement of Enav invaded the…

Israeli soldiers closed, on Monday morning, the Gaza coastal road, the only link between north of the Gaza Strip with the south. An Israeli military source reported that the closure…

Despite declaring several times that the Philadelphi deal between Egypt and Israel is ready to be signed, Israel keeps delaying signing the deal which allows Egypt to deploy 750 Egyptian…

Israeli army started on Monday afternoon digging a five-meter-trench by the separation wall in the Salfit area, in the northwest of the West Bank. The trench is being dug on…

Abu Al-Reesh brigade, an armed group of Fatah party, claimed responsibility for sniping an Israeli soldier late Sunday night who is serving in Ganeih Tal settlement in the Gaza strip.…

A group of settlers attacked on Monday at down the house and the villagers of Qowsen, Beit Imren and Borka to the south of the West Bank city of Nablus.…

Palestinian Labor Minister, Hasan Abu Libdeh, said on Monday that his ministry is planning a huge employment project which will provide 10.000 residents with job opportunities. “The Labor Ministry is…

Palestinian security forces started deploying in six locations at the entrances of the West Bank city of Jenin, which is a step carried out by the P.A to follow up…

The Israeli army and Police officers started on Monday the evacuation of settlement of Netzarim, the last of the 21 in Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said on Monday. Palestinians hope…

Israeli army arrested on Monday morning two residents form Al Shiokh village near the West Bank city of Hebron. Troops invaded the village, conducted house-to-house search, and arrested Jom’a Al…

Israeli army invaded Al Khader village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem in the early hours of Monday morning. Troops invaded the village, broke into and searched the house…

A local source in Qalqilia reported that a settler fired at a resident from West Bank city of Qalqilia who he was driving on Habla- Qalqilia road, injuring him in…

A local source in Qalqilia reported that a settler fired at a resident from West Bank city of Qalqilia who he was driving on Habla- Qalqilia road, injuring him in…

Settlers attacked Palestinian gas station near the settlement of Sa-Nour adjacent to the west Bank city of Jenin on Monday. Settlers lashed the gas station with stones and empty bottles…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday morning that two Molotov cocktails were hurled at an army jeep in the south west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. No…

Palestinian resistance fired on Monday morning at several army posts around the settlements of Tal Kateef, Kfar Darom in the Gaza strip; tow soldiers were lightly injured. Also, one homemade…

The synod, the highest body in the Greek Orthodox Church, on Monday has elected a new Patriarch to succeed former Patriarch Irineos I, who was dismissed over selling church property…

A local source in Qalqilia reported on Sunday evening that an extremist settler fired at Tasheen Sharif Shqero, 43, while he was at his hothouse, south of the city, close…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Adnan Khader, reported that Israeli interrogators in Qadumim detention facility stripped a Palestinian detainee in front of soldiers and female conscripts. Khader stated that…

Ofer Israeli military court extended the detention of Sheikh Khader Adnan, the spokesperson of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank for another month. Lawyer Elia Theodore, who represents Adnan,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Sunday afternoon that Israel will not carry out another disengagement plan. Sharon added that Israel will negotiate with the Palestinians on the Road…

Israeli army bulldozers began razing settler houses in two evacuated Gaza Strip settlements, Nissanit and Dugit, Israeli sources reported on Sunday. At least 30 houses have been razed so far…

The Gaza Strip is located on the Mediterranean Sea and borders Israel to the north and east and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to the south. It is inhabited by 1.4 million…

The following Interview was conducted by Palestine Report Online, with the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Hind Khoury. PR: With all eyes now focused on Gaza, how is that affecting events…

Israeli Authorities decided, on Sunday, to grab more farmlands in Al Sawahra, Al Ezariyya, and Al Tour villages, east of Jerusalem. Khaled Al Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Atteel village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, conducted military searches of homes and arrested one resident. A local source in Atteel…

A local source in Jenin reported on Sunday that settlers of Sa-Nur settlement, south of the Wets Bank city of Jenin, attacked several homes in Ejja village, adjacent to the…

Israeli soldiers arrested three residents in Qalqilia district, north of the West Bank. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Kifah Naim Shawahna, 27, from Kafer Thuluth village,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday at night a resident at a sudden military check post, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…

An Israeli source reported on Sunday that a radical right-wing settler of Tapuah settlement, in the West Bank, was placed under administrative detention over the weekend. The settler, Yonatan Hakimi,…

The Israeli police arrested two Israeli youth on Sunday morning suspected of involvement in an attempt to blow up gas canisters in Rehovot on Friday. The two extremists were taken…

Israeli government, on Sunday, formally approved the evacuation of the last seven settlement enclaves slated for demolition under the unilateral disengagement plan, by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported. Similar to…

A great charade is taking place in front of the world media in the Gaza Strip. It is the staged evacuation of 8000 Jewish settlers from their illegal settlement homes,…

‘In the prison of his days, teach the free man how to praise’ — W. H. Auden Some of the first images greeting me upon setting out from Abu Dis…

Palestinian jailed legislator, Husam Khader, head of the Committee for Defending Refugees Rights, said that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is an important step towards freedom. Lawyer Riyadh…

Army stopped more than 300 Palestinian cars at the northern entrance of Nablus, after closing it, on Saturday afternoon. Soldiers searched dozens of vehicles causing traffic jam, and threw the…

Israeli army invaded the village of Doura near the West Bank city of Hebron late Friday night.   Troops invaded the village and barged into an internet coffee shop and…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the parliamentary elections will be held on January 25, 2006. “The Parliamentary elections will be held in all of the Palestinian areas on Wednesday,…

The Israeli army expects to complete the evacuation of all settlements in the Gaza Strip, and four West Bank settlements by the end of next week, a senior source at…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, addressed on Friday hundreds of residents who gathered at the Gaza airport, saying that it will be reopened as soon as its reconstruction is…

Salem Israeli military court, south of the West Bank, sentenced Mohamed Abd Raboo 20 from Nablus to 20 years consecutive years. Mohamed was charged of membership in AL Aqsa brigades…

Israeli army invaded the West bank city of Nablus on Saturday at down Troops backed up by army vehicles and one helicopter invaded the city, and conducted search there, local…

A prominent source at the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement has an armed wing for women. According to the source,…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, and Eren Shendar, the Israeli State Prosecutor, instructed the police to arrest any settler who return to the Gaza Strip, and charge any Gush Katif…

Muslim worshippers were shocked to find a pigs head in the yard of the Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel, on Friday night. As worshippers were…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is not a gift that Israel wanted to give to the Palestinians, but it is a…

Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 6.2 MB This week in Palestine- A service of the International…

Israeli soldiers used excessive forced against a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah; 30 protestors were injured; seven international peace activists and four Israelis were…

A group of right wing protesters against Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza have escaped from a bus as they were being removed from a settlement, military sources say. The activists fled…

An Israeli police source reported on Friday that the police averted a disaster in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, after a pullout foe torched gas depot close to a residential…

Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over Al Mawassi area in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; army claims that curfew was imposed over the Palestinian areas in…

An Israeli police source reported that a Katyusha rocket was fired at the Israeli city of Eilat, while another blast apparently from rockets hit Aqaba port in Jordan, near a…

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned on Friday the kidnapping of the French journalist, Mohammad Wadouhi, by unknown gunmen in the Gaza strip few days ago, Palestine News Network (PNN)…

Israeli soldiers handed several residents of Qaryout village, south east of the West Bank city of Nablus military orders informing them of annexing 1200 Dunams of farmlands in Al Hamra…