Month: October 2005

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to enter Israel for the first time, and address Israeli audience during a conference in Netanya Aacademic College, in a ceremony marking the 10th…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Saturday at night, in Surif village, northwest of Hebron. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers arrested Wa’ad Arafat Al…

Israeli soldiers killed, on Sunday, a Palestinian fighter close to Aseera Al Shimaliyya village, near the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers identified three…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at noon, several shepherds in Wadi Al Malih area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. Aref Dharaghma, head of the Wadi Al Maleh…

Israeli soldiers arrested in Sunday a 23-year-old Palestinians at a military checkpoint south of Jerusalem. Soldiers claim at the resident arrived at the checkpoint carrying a 15-centimeter knife. Soldiers discovered…

  {mosimage}Several United Nations agencies operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories recently submitted a report to the UN General Assembly at the convening of its annual summit in New York.…

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that David Welch, assistant of the US secretary of state, will arrive in the region on Monday to meet with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported that P.A security men arrested Dr. Riyadh Abdul-Karim AL Ras, Dean of the Engineering Department at Al Najah University, in Nablus, and one of its…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights published its weekly report which documents the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between September 29 and October 5, 2005. The…

Palestinian writers and politicians warned of the continuing and escalating tension between Hamas and some Palestinian security forces especially the clashes that erupted in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian writer and…

The armed wings of the Palestinian resistance factions signed a national covenant of honor aimed at minimizing chances of in-fight and at the same time, safeguarding the resistance and maintaining…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom said that if Hamas participates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections Israel and the international community will not recognize the results of these elections. In…

Sewage waste has become a nightmare threatening the farmlands of the Palestinian residents north of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Farmers in this area say at the start of…

Israeli army sealed of Marda village near the West Bank city of Qalqila on Saturday morning. Soldiers istalled one checkpoint at the intrance of the village and sealed it off,…

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled this week against using Palestinians as human shields by the Israeli army. A local Palestinian newspaper said that Israeli military sources claimed that the army…

Israeli army invaded the village of Hussan near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Saturday morning, and arrested seven residents, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded the village after clashing…

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made progress on Friday in their talks on preparations to operate the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The crossing will…

Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced Ibrahim Abdul-Qader Abu Hijla, members of the Central Committee of the Democratic front for the Liberation o Palestine,…

Hassan Safi, a senior Hamas leader in Bethlehem area was released Friday evening by his captives 21 hours after kidnapping him from Bethlehem on Friday morning, Palestine News Network (PNN)…

Israeli soldiers attacked and severely clubbed a Palestinian resident in old city of Hebron, and arrested another resident. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers arrested a resident of Al…

The Media Office of the International Solidarity movement reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, and distributed leaflets in front of the village’s mosque warning the residents…

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Chief Palestinian negotiator and cabinet minister Dr. Saeb Erekat, met of Friday with Sharon’s advisor Dov Weissglas, in Tel Aviv, and agreed to meet again before the Abbas-Sharon summit scheduled…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn, the dean of the Sharia College (Islamic law) in Nablus after the soldiers invaded Sabastia village, north of the West Bank city of…

Whenever the security situation deteriorates in Lebanon, Palestinians refugees become the first sector affected by this deterioration, tension mounts and the refugee become uncertain of their already unclear fate. The…

Israeli soldiers detained twenty youth in Marda village near the West Bank city of Salfit after invading it on Friday morning. Soldiers claims that the youth hurled stones at settlers…

Israeli soldiers detained and interrogated, on Thursday at night, two Palestinian children in Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers…

The World Bank said that it supports building a passage which links between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in a form of a sunken road, but Sharon said…

Shimon Peres, said on Friday that his party is ready to remain in Sharon’s coalition until the elections in 2006, if Sharon accepts four conditions; solve the issue of borders, negotiate…

The Machsom Watch organization in Israel reported that four Israeli soldiers severely beat a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday.…

A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday at night that gunmen released Sami Ajouz, head of the Palestinian Intelligence in Gaza, shortly after abducting him on Thusrday at night. The…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday evening, that a unidentified men hurled a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli vehicle north-west of Ramallah. No damages or injuries were reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior said on Thursday that it prepared a plan to end the chaos and insecurity in the Palestinian territories. Tawfik Abu Khousa, the ministry spokesperson, stated…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered head of the opposition and Shinui party leader to join the government in order to expand it after members of Knesset from his own…

The Israeli Central Court, in Jerusalem, indicted two settlers from Keryat Araba’ settlement, in the West Bank city of Hebron, of abducting and abducting and abusing two Arab youth from…

An Egyptian source reported on Thursday that Egypt started constructing a new crossing which links its borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip, south of Rafah. The source stated that…

Israeli deputy Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Thursday that Israel will not respond to the Palestinian demands of releasing Palestinian detainees who were “convicted” of killing Israelis in the…

Egypt is mulling tendering a proposal to delay the Palestinian parliamentary elections slated for January 2006, due to their belief that Hamas will have a strong showing in these elections,…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank town of Tubas, on Wednesday at night. Troops invaded the town, installed one checkpoint on the main road and searched the passing by cars.…

Clashes erupted on Thursday morning between dozens of school students and the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported. Troops setup a sudden checkpoint in…

Palestinian police in Jericho detained seven Israeli right-wingers after entering a synagogue in the West Bank city without coordinating their entry with the Israeli army. Israeli army source reported that…

Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that it is illegal for the Israeli army to use Palestinian civilians as “human shields”. Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Aharon Barak,…

P.A cabinet minister and chief negotiation Dr. Saeb Erekat said that he will be meeting with Sharon’s advisor Dov Weisglass on Sunday, in order to prepare for Abbas-Sharon summit scheduled…

The Palestinian Legislative Council decided to from a formal investigation unit in order to probe the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. After the death of Arafat, the…

The European Union offered to aid the Palestinian Authority if the peace process advances; the aid is intended to rebuild the Gaza Strip after Israel withdrew from the area. European…

Israeli soldiers barred on Wednesday dozens of schoolgirls from reaching their school in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron. Qortoba School headmaster Feryal…

Israeli soldiers barred on Wednesday dozens of schoolgirls from reaching their school in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron. Qortoba School headmaster Feryal…

Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sameer Hleila, denied reports which were published on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, Abu Ala’, suffered a heart attack,…

The Israeli High Court is expected to issue its ruling on Thursday morning after reviewing an appeal which was filed in 2002 after the Israeli soldiers repeatedly used Palestinian residents…

Palestinian detainees who spent more than two years in the Negev detention camp, without charges, said that the Israeli Prison Authorities is offering them to be “voluntarily deported”,  instead of…

One resident was arrested, on Tuesday at night, at Huwwara checkpoint, at the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus, a local source reported. Morad Shqiqat, 21, from the…

 Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at night, the village of Kafer AL Diek near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops broke into dozens of homesin the viullage and searched…

Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of vehicles and searched them, a local…

An Israeli military source claimed on Wednesday that an 18-year-old youth, attempted to stab an Israeli female soldier at a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus; the soldier…

Leaders of the Palestinian factions residing in Damascus agreed to refrain from using weapons to resolve internal problems, and affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation.…

Israeli under-cover military units, members of the Nahshon division, broke on Tuesday afternoon, into the cells of Al Maskobiyya detention facility, and attacked the detainees. Detainee Khalil Hoshiyyah, who was…

Ofer Israeli military court transferred 200 out of 500 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention without trial; the court said it does not have the time to prosecute them. 500 Palestinians…

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh claimed responsibility of firing at Huwwara checkpoint, near Nablus, on Monday at night. The brigades said that the shooting was carried…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, a resident in Al Shawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers…

Fort the first time, and in an official statement, Israel admitted that its Mossad agents assassinated Palestinian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist Ghassan Kanafani in 1973 by placing explosives in…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Tuesday that he apposes any unilateral withdrawal from West Bank settlements, adding that settlements in the West Bank are considered the future borders…

The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights (JCDHR) called on Israel to end its violations to the International Law and human rights, and to stop the construction of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday evening seven Palestinian residents after invading several villages near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers invaded Bani Zeid…

Israeli soldiers invaded over night the West Bank city of Tubas and fired rounds of live ammunition, and gas bombs. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers, supported by…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian woman at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source said on Tuesday that…

The Attorney General of Gaza, Ahmad Al Mughanni, declared that the final results of the investigations into the Jabalya explosion, which occurred during a Hamas rally on September 23 and…

Deputy Jordanian Prime Minister, Marwan Muasher, stated on Monday that King Abdullah of Jordan, has postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, and set no new date for…

Israeli Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said on Monday evening that the clashes between the Palestinian Authority (P.A) security devices and Hamas gunmen in Gaza cannot be considered as first…

The Palestinian parliamentary committee, which is designated to discuss the security deteriorating in the Palestinian areas, recommended the parliament vote no-confidence against the government of Qurei. The parliamentary committee was…

A Palestinian security source reported one Monday afternoon that Palestinian policemen broke into the building of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza, during burial ceremonies of the three residents killed…

A local source in Hebron reported on Monday that settlers attacked a nine-year-old child in the West Bank city of Hebron, and installed tents on lands they annexed in Wad…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn, 23 residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the surrounding villages of Yatta, Al Shiokh, Sa’ir and Kharsa. The Hebron office…

Israeli soldiers claimed uncovering weapons and explosives in an area south of the West Bank city of Hebron. According to an Israeli military source, soldiers found an explosive device and…

Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association along with the family of Manal and Nour Ghanem have launched a campaign to demand the Israeli government immediately release Manal Naji Mahmoud…

An Israeli military court sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, to one life-term and additional ten years. The court indicted detainee Mohammad Mustafa…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday at down and arrested three residents. Soldiers arrested Mallek Salhab, 27, Ghassan Al Asa, 28, and Nasry Suleiman ,24,…

Physicians For Human Rights organization (PHR) demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release all o the Palestinian detainees from in Israeli detention facilities as a good will gesture.…

Israeli army invaded on Monday morning he village of Said, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two residents. Troops searched dozens of homes in the village, and…

Israeli troops invaded the village of Ateel north of the west Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, and arrested two residents. Soldiers conducted wide scale search to the houses,…

The UN Commission of Human Rights (UNCHR) held Israel responsible for the death of 33 newborn babies, after soldiers banned the mothers, while laboring, from crossing military roadblocks on their…

One child was injured in Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Jenin, during a military invasion to the village on Monday morning. A medical source in Jenin reported…

Israeli army invaded the, on Monday at dawn, the  West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem, Qalqila and Bethlehem, and arrested 40 residents. Army claims that the arrestees are members…

The Israeli army imposed full closure over the Palestinian occupied territories, and increased military presence in the central cities and junctions in Israel as it starts Jewish New Year celebrations…

A taxi driver or a doctor? A question that has come to my mind right after I noticed ,by coincidence, Ali, 31 years-old, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of…

Three Palestinian were killed on Sunday at night, during a gun battle which inflamed between Hamas fighters and members of the Palestinian security in Gaza; some fifty residents, including children,…

Three Palestinian were killed on Sunday at night, during a gun battle which inflamed between Hamas fighters and members of the Palestinian security in Gaza; some fifty residents, including children,…

The Israeli army is to decide whether to instruct the military police to probe the army’s killing of a Palestinian child in Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city…

The Gaza offensive is not over yet, an Israeli military official said on Sunday morning. The Israeli Minister of defense, Shaul Mofaz gave a detailed account of the operation in…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian Youth near the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers shot on Sunday a Palestinian youth after attempting…

The Defense For Children International – Palestine section, published a report which documents the Israeli violations to the rights of Palestinian children, and the effects of the Israeli military attacks…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, for residents after invading the villages of Al Thaheriyya and Beit Kahil, south and west of the West Bank city of Hebron. A…

In its weekly report, for the period between September 24 and 30, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli soldiers continued restricting the freedom of movement ambulances and medical…

Israeli soldiers installed three roadblocks on roads near the villages of Atteel, Allar and Zeita, and invaded the three villages. Soldiers detained dozens of residents for several hours and interrogated…

An Israeli military court sentenced a detainee to 43 consecutive months, and 2000 NIS fine. The Israeli prosecution claims that the detainee, Mohammad Bahjat Harb, 27, assisted wanted fighters. Harb…

An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian from Halhoul, north of Hebron, to 14 consecutive years. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the court sentenced Jamal…

Israeli soldiers occupied, on Saturday, a Palestinian home in the West Bank city of Hebron, and used them as military posts. A local source in Hebron reported that soldiers broke…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he intends to reevaluate next week’s military actions against Hamas, the Israeli Radio reported on Saturday. According to the radio, Sharon intends to reevaluate…

Thousands of Arab residents of Israel, and peace groups, continued their procession for the Third day, in memoriam of the 13 residents who were killed by the Israeli police in…

Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing Hamas, said that the Intifada, which entered its sixth year, challenged the “Zionist” projects and managed to overcome the military assaults and invasions which…

Israeli court sentenced Luay Krunz, from the West Bank city of Ramallah, to life term and 15 years in prison for being involved in killing George Khoury, a Palestinian from…