Month: August 2005

The Gaza settlement of Gadid, will be evacuated by sundown before Sabath starts, Israeli military sources said on Friday morning. According to an earlier figures report by the Israeli newspaper…

As the Israeli soldiers were attempting to clear settlers on roof of Kfar Darom settlement Synagogue, pullout foes started pouring burning chemicals on the soldiers who started to scream and…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said that the evacuation process of Gaza settlers will be completed by Monday. The statements of Sharon came during a meeting with his ministerial committee…

After the 10-minute warning given to the protestor in Neveh Dekalim synagogue to leave, the unarmed soldiers entered into the building and started evacuating the protestors on Thursday afternoon, ending…

Israeli security forces forcedly evacuated 158 settlers and right-wing activists from 20 buildings in the Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom known which is the most hardliner settlement in Gaza,…

An Israeli military source reported that settlers of Shirat Hayam settlement, in the Gaza strip, hurled stones at the Palestinian neighborhood of Al Mawassi. The settlers, mainly right-wing extremists, were…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday morning that soldiers intensified their presence in the West Bank fearing further terrorist attacks carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinian residents, in…

Army invaded AL Fara’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning and arrested two residents.   Local sources reported that the army invaded the camp,…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Israel will be expected to carry out further withdrawals that would ultimately lead to an independent Palestinian state, Israeli sources…

Israeli army invaded, in the early hours of Thursday morning, the villages of Tubas and Tamon near the west bank city of Jenin. Troops conducted military searches of homes after…

Scores of settlers attacked the village of Sabstia near the West Bank city of Nablus late Wednesday night. Settlers threw stones at the houses and were chanted slogans calling for…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday at down and arrested five residents. Troops invaded the city and conducted house-to-house search there, arrested Amar Shar’a, Rami Shlbaia,…

An Israeli medical source reported that a fourth Palestinian resident died of wounds sustained after an extremist settler opened fire at Palestinian workers in the industrial area of the northern…

Israeli soldiers and security forced completed the evacuation of Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc late on Wednesday night after the remaining two families agreed to leave.…

General Dan Harel, head of the Southern Command at the Israeli Army claimed that the Israeli security discovered an explosive belt in Al Mawassi areas, close to Shirat Hayam settlement,…

Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza, no injuries were reported. The shooting…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers. Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas spokesperson said…

Palestinian detainee in Al Damoun detention facility, north of the country, complained to lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Raed Mahameed, that one of the inner walls in the prison…

The army invaded on Tuesday Al Asakra village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Troops invaded the village and surrounded the house of…

 An explosive, apparently left by the army detonated on Wednesday afternoon, at a field near Hebron injuring four brothers. The blast took place in Yata village south of Hebron. The…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also invaded the neighboring village of Al…

Army closed on Wednesday Al Matahen and Abu Holy checkpoints in the central Gaza strip. Residents were detained at the two checkpoints under inhuman conditions, while unable to reach their…

A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan Adom ambulance evacuated her to a…

The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the media spokesperson of the movement, who…

Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami’a located between Bethlehem city and the near by settlement of Har-Homa, built on…

Army arrested one resident at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers at the checkpoint arrested one resident from Nablus after detaining him since the morning…

Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area and searched several houses int he…

On Tuesday night, the Israeli Army bulldozed on Tuesday night lands in the area of Sahel Beddu, in the southwest part of Jerusalem, in preparation for continuing the construction of…

Settlers of Homesh settlement, near Jenin, attacked several Palestinians homes in Borqa village, and occupied two. Activists of an Israeli Humanitarian Organization reported that settlers forced the residents out and…

The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the village and conducted searches of…

Israeli security forces who began forcibly evacuating the settlers of Neveh Dekalim, the largest settlement in the Gaza Strip, are facing a violent resistance on the part of the settlers…

An Israeli military source reported, on Wednesday morning, that settlers in Shirat Hayam settlement are collecting intelligence info on army movements expecting a possible close attack. The settlers are aware…

Israeli army said, its troops will evacuate all the settlers in the Gaza Strip and the four small northern West Bank settlements within 10 days. Recent reports said that more…

Thousands of Israeli soldiers started flooding into Naveh Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip after the midnight deadline for voluntary evacuation expired. The Army expects to complete the evacuation process…

The American, Israeli and even Palestinian media have been raving this week about Israel’s “move toward peace” with their plan of “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip.  Look a bit more…

Israeli army Major General Dan Harel, the Higher Commander of the Disengagement, said on Tuesday evening, that the army will start the “forced evacuation” of Neveh Dekalim and other settlement…

Senior Israeli disengagement official, Eival Giladi, said on Tuesday that about half of the settlers in the Gaza Strip, have left the Gaza strip of their own will. “Nearly 50…

As the implementation of the disengagement plan begun, a major question is raised among the Palestinians, regarding what would this step, which took Israel 38 years to take, lead to.…

Israeli Director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze’evi, claimed on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance may renew its attacks in April if the peace talks do not progress. The…

A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by the Israeli army in the villages…

Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. The protest…

Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were the destruction took place, reported that…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, in charge of the file of the Wanted and Deported Fighters in the Gaza Strip, stated that their file will be closed following the Israeli withdrawal from the…

Army invaded Wadi Al Salaqa east of Deir AL-Balah in the Gaza strip Tuesday morning. A local source reported that army jeeps entered the area from the near by Kissufim…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested two soldiers trying to ransack home in Pe’at Sadeh settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. This marks the third…

Head of the Higher Elections Committee, Jamal Shobaky, said that the committee decided to postpone the local election in 27 areas out of 132 in the West Bank and the…

Army invaded AL Atara area west of Beit Lahia south of the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Soldiers, backed up with tanks and army jeeps, invaded the area from the…

Army invaded AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis west of the Gaza strip on Tuesday at down. Troops invaded the residents houses in the area, conducted wide scale searches and…

Israeli army imposed a strict closure, on Tuesday morning, in the West Bank city of Jericho, and barred the residents from entering or leaving it, a Palestinian security source reported…

JERUSALEM After more than 38 years of its oppressive military occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israel will soon begin evacuating the few thousand settlers who have been denying freedom to…

A Women’s protest at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah began at 10:30 on Tuesday morning   Hundreds of women from all over the globe, in addition to Palestinian and Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements, among nearly 500 right-wing activists while trying to infiltrate into the Gush Katif settlements Bloc via…

Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday at dawn, al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in al-Mawassi reported that hundreds of…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening, that the evacuation of Kadim and Ghanim settlements, north of the West Bank, was completed. Most of the settlers of the two…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, addressed the Israelis on Monday at night and said that “Israel is leaving the Gaza Strip from “position of strength, not weakness” and vowed harsh…

A group of 100 extremist settlers gathered in the “Jewish Quarter” in Jerusalem on Monday evening in an attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem said…

Jordanian detainee Sultan al-Ajlouny, who was arrested 23 years ago, appealed the Jordanian government and parliament and the Jordanian media in order to intensify their efforts in order to end…

Palestinian National Security Advisor, Jebril Rajoub, said that the United States has pledged to continue the implementation of the Road Map Plan, and added that he hopes the Arab countries…

Israeli army installed a portable checkpoint, on Monday morning, at the entrance of Sorda village south of Ramallah. Troops installed the checkpoint and stopped dozens of vehicles, detaines and interrogated…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip telling them “Go in peace, and come to visit us as guests and tourists”. The statements of Abbas…

A local source in Hebron reported on Monday afternoon, that settlers attacked several Palestinian homes in al-Shuhada Street, and around the “Jewish Cemetery” area in the city. The settlers broke…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday afternoon, the villages of Atteel, Dir al-Ghsoun, and Sheika area, north of Tulkarem, and arrested six residents, including a 14-year-oild child. A local source in…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, al- Thaheriyya town, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the town reported…

The Israeli government approved on Monday the evacuation of the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported on Monday. This is the…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published a report on the Israeli violations and assaults against the medical teams in the period between September 1, 2002 until December 31, 2004.…

Israeli soldiers closed abu holy and al-Matahin checkpoints, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers closed…

Israeli TV, Channel 10, published a report on Sunday at night showing videos of soldiers poaching the evacuated settlers’ homes in Beat Sadeh settlement, in the southern part of the…

Israel intends to keep major settlement blocs under its control despite no matter what the agreement with the Palestinians over final status will be, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and the near by village of Dir Al Ghsson on Monday at down. Soldiers conducted wide scaled searches in the city…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday a Palestinian reporter in the village of al-Shiokh, near Hebron, while he was trying to cross through a military checkpoint near the village. The Palestinian…

Army invaded, on Monday at down, the village of Bezaria near the West Bank city of Nablus and took over two houses that belong to residents there. Hussein Salem, member…

A group of Israeli right-wing anti-pullout protestors started a day-long rally opposite to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office in West Jerusalem, in the early hours of on Monday…

Army closed on Monday morning Shaveh Shamron checkpoint, which connects the West Bank Cities of Jenin and Nablus together, eyewitness reported. Israeli sources reported that clashes erupted between the settlers…

Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef instructed the Palestinian security forces to act to find and release the French journalist kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Sunday night, Palestine News Network…

The Israeli army issued eviction notices to the settlers of the Nissanit settlement in the northern Gaza Strip, as the first step on the ground after sealing off the Strip…

Israeli sources reported that more than half of the Gaza Strip settlers have already left their houses in the settlement two days before the start of the disengagement plan. According…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Palestinian security forces completed their deployment around the settlements in the Gaza Strip. General Jamal Kayed, head of the Palestinian Security…

As hundreds of settlers started to evacuate from the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, thousands of Israeli police men closed the entrances of Gaza in a bid to bar pullout…

A local source in Tulkarem reported on Sunday, that soldiers supported by eight armored vehicles invaded Bal’a village, east of Tulkarem in the West Bank, and conducted military searches of…

Israeli soldiers shelled, on Sunday, several homes west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers based at…

A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital, in Hebron reported that Israeli soldiers shot injured four children in Doura village, west of the city of Hebron after invading it…

Five Israeli soldiers were injured when an Israeli tank crew opened fire at them responding to an attack claimed to be by a Palestinian group near the Kfar Darom settlement…

Tawfeeq abu Khousa, spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior said on Saturday at night that Israel will hand three settlements in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority on…

The Israeli police reported on Saturday that it will start deploying the “sixth ring” of disengagement forces, and will install dozens of roadblocks in the south of the country in…

The Israeli Police said on Saturday that it will restrict entry of Muslims to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday. The decision was made in order to allow Jewish worshipers…

Israeli soldiers fired on Saturday afternoon, at a peaceful protest in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip. A local source in Khan Younis reported that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday afternoon, the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted military searches oh homes. A Palestinian security source in Hebron reported that soldiers broke into…

Israeli army invaded on Saturday at down the village of Tammoun south east of  the West Bank city of Tubas. Eyewitness reported that army invaded the village and conducted wide…

Army invaded on Saturday morning al-Obaidiyyah village east of Bethlehem. Troops invaded the village and drove in its streets without breaking into homes or conducting arrests, residents reported. Recently, the…

Israeli soldiers invaded the west bank city of Nablus and the neighboring village of Kafer Qaleel, late Friday night. Troops arrested Fadi Al Shbeer and Salah al-Qouka and Mohannad abu…

Israeli army arrested on Saturday morning Masoud Abu al-Wafa, from al –Zawiya village near the west bank city of Jenin, at Taiaseer checkpoint east of the West Bank city of…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday afternoon that the P.A police and security started deploying in areas close to the settlements slated for evacuation under the Disengagement Plan. The…

Israeli soldiers on Saturday morning arrested eight residents of al-Shiokh village, east the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and…

Israeli soldiers on Saturday arrested a youth in al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in al-Mawassi reported that soldiers…

Lawyers for the Palestinian Prisoners Society recently visited several detainees in Israeli detention facilities at Gilboa’ and Be’er Shiva. According to the lawyers, Fawwaz Shalloudi and Raed Mahameed, detainees in Be’er…

Life in the tiny Palestinian hamlet of Qawawis seems straight out of the Old Testament, but that doesn’t stop the Jewish settlers in the hilltop outposts that surround the place…

Egyptian forces will be deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip starting next week as Israel starts implementing its withdrawal from the area, the Agence France-Presse reported on Friday..…

Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, and arrested 25 Israeli activists and nine internationals. Eight protestors were injured, including one…

The United States State Department on Friday issued a security alert to Americans visiting Israel, warning them of violent protests by settlers and other pullout foes over the coming weeks. The…

A massive rally organized by the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip on Friday gathered tens of thousands of Palestinians, including many fishermen from Gaza City’s fishing harbor. The rally,…