Month: November 2005

Israeli soldiers, supported by 30 armored vehicles, invaded on Monday at dawn the West Bank city of Nablus from Huwwara checkpoint entrance, and surrounded a house in Al-Daheya Al-‘Olya neighborhood,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, al Khader town, near the west Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two residents. A local source in Al Khader reported that soldiers,…

Dozens of settlers of Itamar settlement, near Awarta village, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, burnt on Monday at least 30 Olive trees. The Maan News Agency reported…

An Israeli army unit killed on Monday morning Amjad Hinnawi, 32 from Nablus, leader of Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank,…

Palestinian detainees in Qadumim Israeli detention facility in the West Bank are facing bad living conditions, treatment, and medical neglect, Prisoners Supporters Society reported. Fayez Al Zorba, lawyer of the…

The Israeli army admitted that soldiers killed an injured fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, while he was laying on the ground, and soaked with his blood, in front of…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, on Sunday afternoon, and fired rounds of live ammunition, and concussion grenades, in the center of the city. A local source…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday afternoon, Sheikh Abdul-Basit Al Haj, Hamas media spokesperson in Jenin, and another resident who was with him, and took them to an unknown destination. The…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Sunday, one resident near Khazza’a village, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the…

A Palestinian medical source in the West Bank city of Jenin reported, on Sunday morning, that Israeli soldiers assassinated overnight one of the Al Aqsa brigades’ leaders, the military wing…

Approximately 60.000 persons attended the memorial of Rabin at Rabin’s square in Tel Aviv on Saturday at night. Clinton: “Not a week passes by, without thinking of Rabin”. Israeli online…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured a 17-year-old youth in Dier Al Balah on Saturday, Dr. Ibrahim Al- Masdar, Director of Al Aqsa Hospital, in Dier Al Balah, told the IMEMC.…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian child, in Dir Estia village, near the West Bank city of Salfit. Soldiers arrested Suheib Abdul-Aziz Aqel, 12, and took him to…

Israeli military bulldozers continued leveling and bulldozing Palestinian lands and orchards in order to install a “security fence” beside a settlement road, north of the West Bank. Military bulldozers resumed…

An Israeli source reported that an extremist settlers group attacked Israeli peace activists, members of Merez Israeli leftist group while touring Hebron. In Qalqilia settlers raided Palestinian olive orchards and…

Israeli soldiers broke, on Saturday morning, into the Islamic Waqf department in Bethlehem, and attacked and forced the employees, and residents, out of the building. Mohammed Taha, head of the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, said on the first anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, that Arafat died without a country or freedom which…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Saturday morning, two Palestinians from Beta village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, a Palestinian security source reported. An Israeli military source…

Islamic Resistance movement (Hamas) denounced and condemned the explosions that rocked the Jordanian capital of Amman last Wednesday which claimed the lives of 57 wounded hundreds of civilians.   The…

Israeli soldiers installed, on Saturday morning, several checkpoints around Jenin, and several surrounding villages. A local source in Jenin reported that soldiers closed the western entrance of Jenin, the eastern…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening, Laith Afeef Al Ateely, 32, from Atteel village, north of the west Bank city of Tulkarem. Al Atteely, the Imam of Al Safareeny in…

Rami Abdul-Latif Barham, 32, member of Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, died on Friday evening, of a gunshot injury in his head. Barham died at Qalqilia…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at night, Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers invaded the camp through the…

The al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, released a statement on Friday declaring that it will not disarm and will continue its resistance “until the last settler…

In the wake of Amman explosions, an atmosphere of sadness shrouded the village of Sielet Al-Thaher, south of the West Bank city of Jenin after learning that at least 18…

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500 Palestinian protestors, 50 international and 100 Israeli peace activists protested against the Wall in Bil’in village west of Ramallah, and sat on the ground in front of the bulldozers;…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al Qidwa said on Thursday that Israel cannot avoid implications of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, regarding the Separation…

One year after his death, the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar), remained that symbol of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and independence, in spite of the Israeli efforts to…

Residents of Deir Al Balah city in the central Gaza Strip demanded the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to halt firing the home-made Qassam shells as they often fall on their…

al-Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Ffatah  announced in a press release on Friday that a group of its fighters fired three home-made Qassam shells at Nahel Oz settlement east…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Azoun south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Thursday night. Troops invaded the village which was commemorating the death of the…

Israeli media sources reported, on Thursday, that the Israeli soldiers shot and injured one resident in the West Bank city of Nablus, after hurling Molotov cocktails at them, according to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at night, the village of Beit Liqya near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested one resident. Troops searched several homes in the village,…

The court at the Ofer Military Base sentenced, on Thursday,  eight of the 17 arrestees from the west bank village of Bil’in between two and four months detention plus a…

Residents of Bil’in, west of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists intend to commemorate the late Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, on Friday marking the first anniversary of his death, the…

The autopsy performed at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine revealed Sameer Dari, 26, was shot in the back while he was standing outside of his car, which contradicts…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday the Bank city of Hebron, and the neighing villages of Yatta, Bani Neim, Sa’ir, and Beit Ummar, east and north east of Hebron; four residents…

Sheikh Sharif Tahaina, one of the prominent political leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, called on the International community and Human Rights organizations to act against the Israeli…

Under-Cover ynits of the Israeli army, abducted on Thursday at dawn three residents from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, local sources reported. Mohamed Al Baz, 20, Hatem Al Baz,…

Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday, the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested four residents. Soldiers conducted house-to-house search in the city and arrested Yaser Ishtaiah, Allam Al far, Hamza…

Media sources reported that Iraq’s Al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for the blasts in three Jordanian hotels on Wednesday night. Latest reports said that 57 were killed and up to…

An Israeli court sentenced, on Thursday, Jihad Ishtewy from the West Bank city of Qalqilia to 6 months in Administrative detention. Ishtewy was arrested in July 2004, after the soldiers…

The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday, Al Obiyyat village in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Al Khateeb, 17, was arrested after soldiers broke into…

Israeli arrested, on Thursday, two Palestinian workers in the Israeli town of Beit Shemish, near Jerusalem. Ibrahem Ihmedat, 32, and Yousif Brathia, 19, were arrested after soldiers broke into a…

Inspectors of the “Israeli Lands Authority” and the Ministry of Interior demolished, on Thursday morning, two homes, under the protection of police and border police forces. One of the houses…

Israeli troops invaded on Thursday Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested two residents. Hussein Abu Baker, 18, and Mahmoud Dar Al Haj, 31, were…

Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and the neighboring villages of Qabatia, Tamoun and the city of Tubas   Five army vehicles invaded…

An Israeli report published by the printed version of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, revealed that the Palestinian resident, who was killed several weeks ago in Hebron, died of Phosphoric bombs…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Thursday morning, that a resident Radwan area in Gaza was shot and killed by Israel soldiers, earlier on Thursday morning, while he…

Amir Peretz, Israeli Trade Union leader has achieved a stunning victory over the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres in the leadership contest of the Labor Party. This victory could…

The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz said in its online edition that scores of Israelis were evacuated from the Hotels in Amman hours before the explosions. ‘A number of Israelis staying on…

Israeli police shot and killed one Palestinian resident in Al Esawiyya town, east of Jerusalem after firing at him while he was driving his car in the town. The Israeli…

The Jerusalem District Court Wednesday rejected a request by the Israeli Police, West Bank division, to deport four international peace activists arrested earlier in the day in the West Bank…

Mayor of Bethlehem Dr. Victor Batarseh will declare Bethlehem an open city and announce that the city is to issue a Bethlehem passport, open to anyone in the world. Dr.…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip next week, to officially invite Palestinian factions to series of talks in Cairo on calm. Palestinian Authority…

At least 60 percent of the Palestinians support that the Palestinian factions renew calm declared last March said a recent poll by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) in…

The Israeli prosecution demanded the Israeli court debating the case of Abbas Al Sayyed, to sentence him to “hundreds of years” holding him responsible of the death of 35 Israelis…

The Nazareth Central Court sentenced, on Wednesday morning, Ghassan Mohammad Athamla, 43, from Al Reina town in the Galilee to six consecutive years after indicting him of “contacting and enemy,…

Israeli settlers backed by an Israeli army force started on Monday to construct a new settlement near the village of Yatta near the West Bank city of Hebron. The Land…

At least 30 armed Fatah members broke into an office that belongs to the Fatah ruling party in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip, late Tuesday night. The assailants said…

The Israeli army arrested on Tuesday evening Iyad Zidan, 27 form the village of Deir Al-Ghsoun near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Zidan was arrested on a mobile checkpoint…

Israeli border police arrested on Wednesday 76 Palestinian workers including 3 Jordanians during a campaign to arrest workers with no permits. Police source reported that some of the arrestees were…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom dismissed a remarks by Hamas chief Mahmoud Zahar, who hinted at openness to future negotiations with Israel. Dr. Mahmoud Zahar said in remarks broadcasted Wednesday…

Israeli soldiers stationed at potable checkpoint which was installed on the main entrance Dir Al Ghsoun town, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, arrested on Wednesday, Iyad Zeidan,…

Ron Shechner, Settlement Affairs advisor to Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, resigned on Wednesday over implications in assisting in the construction of illegal settlement outposts. Shechner is accused of giving…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip next week, to officially invite Palestinian factions to a series of talks in Cairo on calm. Palestinian…

A technical team of the World Bank is examining the provision of a “safe road” which is intended to link the Gaza Strip with the West Bank areas controlled by…

  Israeli army closed Tuesday at dawn two charitable societies in the West Bank city of Jinin and claimed that they transferred money to the Islamic Jihad movement, to use…

Arab member of Knesset, Abdul Malek Dahamsheh called on Israeli authorities and Israeli defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, to improve the conditions of prisoners in the Nafha detention facility following his…

A Palestinian company announced, in a press release distributed in the Gaza Strip, its plans to provide internet service for users via the electricity network lines. If implemented, this would…

Israeli sources reported, on Wednesday, that soldiers conducted an arrest campaign in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Tulkarem; five residents, allegedly Hamas and Islamic Jihad members, were arrested.…

The Palestinian national and Islamic factions organized on Tuesdays afternoon a sit-in demanding the release of Al Sheikh Zied Zakarnah in front of the Red Cross office in the West…

One thousand Palestinian residents of Beit Iksa village, north-west of Jerusalem became unaware of their future while the Shin Bet security service and the Israeli Defense Ministry are debating on…

The Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Tubas near the West Bank cit of Jenin in the early morning hours.  Troops surrounded and invaded a dormitory, where students from…

  {mosimage}In the heart of the West Bank, checkpoints separate Palestinian youth and instructors from their classrooms. By September, the sealed wall will further disrupt access to education.   The…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian child and injured five other residents after invading the West Bank city on Nablus, on Tuesday evening. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian child and injured five other residents after invading the West Bank city on Nablus, on Tuesday evening. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported…

Several Palestinian police officers were injured on Tuesday morning in Al Obaidiyya village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem during clashes with car thieves, local sources reported. Police sources…

Israel and Hezbollah renewed the second stage negotiations secretly to conclude a new deal on the missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reported on Tuesday. Similar…

The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, reported that their fighters were able to uncover an…

A Palestinian resistance group opened fire at an Israeli military vehicle near Qabatia town, south of the West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers fired back, no injuries were reported.

Israeli soldiers based at Al Tuffah checkpoint, south of Tulkarem, shot and injured a mentally disabled resident on Tuesday morning, local sources reported. Hassan Daoud Bdeir, 26, from Qalqilia was…

King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit the West Bank on Wednesday, in an unexpected trip, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said on Tuesday.   ‘King Abdullah II will be…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz, said on Tuesday that the army is using the targeted killings as a policy and not just a way to retaliate…

Officials of the European confirmed on Monday that the Union plans to declare the launch of a three-year mission to help the Palestinian Authority build a credible police force. “This…

  An Israeli army officer was lightly injured Tuesday when a roadside bomb went off near a military jeep in the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli sources reported.  …

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, four Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and the nearby village of Doura. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…

Aides to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, after his defeat in a Knesset vote by the opposition of “rebels” of his own Likud party, said that the Likud is…

One Palestinian child was shot and injured in Balata refugee camp, east of the west Bank city of Nablus. Twenty residents were arrested in the West Bank during several invasions…

Palestinian legislator Qaddoura Fares visited on Monday evening the jailed legislator, Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, in his cell in Hadarim Israeli detention facility, near Haifa, north of the country. Fares…

Israeli Knesset approved on Monday evening the appointment of Ehud Olmert as the Israeli Minister of finance by 71-41 margin, and Matan Vilnai as Science Minister. The approval comes as…

The Israeli Military Prosecutor’s Office indicted, on Monday, two soldiers of the engineering Corps over charges of abusing three Palestinian residents, after arresting them at the Qalandia roadblock, north of…

The Wafa News Agency reported that Israeli forces stationed at Tiasir checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, attacked a group of Palestinian shepherds who were on their…

An Israeli military court sentenced, on Monday, a resident from Jerusalem to nine consecutive months, and five additional years on parole, in addition to five and a half years on…

Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the village of Anata, north of Jerusalem. Dozens of residents clashed with the soldiers while demolishing the home and hurled stones and empty…

An Israeli military source reported, on Monday, that a small explosion occurred in a handbag of an Arab resident of Israel at the Erez crossing while he was leaving the…

  Israeli soldiers transferred six detainees from Hebron district, south of the West Bank, to administrative detention. Lawyer of the Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Nasser Al Noubani,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Monday that he strongly apposes the participation of Hamas movement in the January 25 Palestinian legislative elections, and threatened that Israel will not…

Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported on Monday that resident Hani Odeh Sawaween, 30, died of wounds sustained on September, 12,…