Month: December 2005

Israeli soldiers invaded Anabta village, near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, and shot injured one youth.   The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers invaded several…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday evening the village of Anabta, near the Wet Bank city of Tulkarem and shot injured one resident.   A medical source in Tulkarem said that…

During his presence in Bethlehem, and his participation in Christmas celebrations in The Church of Nativity, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the Legislative Elections will be held without any…

The Arab League warned Israel today of the dangerous ramifications of its most recent announcement in which it said it did not intend to allow residents of Jerusalem to participate…

For the first time in five years, Bethlehem and its neighboring towns and villages are enjoying vibrant activities and an influx of visitors this Christmas. The city decided this year…

Detainees of Islamic Jihad, currently detained in Jericho Central Prison, released a press released on Sunday, and announced an open ended hunger strike against the bad treatments they face, and…

The Islamic Jihad movements threatened to increase the firing of Qassam homemade shells should Israel carry out its plan to establish a “security strip” in the northern part of the…

Israeli Settlements Council claimed on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is preparing for another unilateral Disengagement Plan, in the occupied West Bank. Several leaders of the Settlements…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said during the weekly Knesset session, on Sunday morning that he instructed the army to impose a full closure over the West Bank and the…

Israeli soldiers forced, on Saturday morning, several Palestinian women to undress at a military roadblock, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported. As…

Latin Patriarch Michael Sabbah said, on Saturday evening, after arriving in Bethlehem that Israel should remove its Separation wall which is surrounding the Holy City, and transforming it into a…

Speaking at a political forum in the Israeli city of Be’er Shiva, on Saturday, Chairman of Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinitz said Israel should launch a large-scale counter…

Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, and Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed joint responsibility for firing two homemade shells into…

Days after Palestinian gunmen briefly took over Bethlehem’s city hall to demand jobs and wages, hundreds of Palestinian police and security men packed the festively decorated Manger square, on Saturday,…

The Israel Radio reported on Saturday afternoon, that Palestinian resistance fired Qassam homemade shells at Israeli targets in the Negev desert.   The shells apparently landed and detonated it Palestinian…

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The British government advised its citizens, on Friday, not to travel to the Gaza Strip, citing the abduction of two Westerners by gunmen earlier in the week. Until now, the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday Ala’ Al Natour, 22, from Tulkarem, and a senior student of Bier Zeit University, and the representative of the Islamic bloc.   Al Natour was…

Israeli army backed by 30 armored vehicles, invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Nablus, prior to arresting one resident and taking him to…

The United States Congress approved, on Friday, the transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel, this aid is to be used to fund joint security projects between Israel and…

Israel will enforce a new off-limits zone in the Gaza Strip with artillery, helicopter and gunboat fire in response to firing of homemade shells on Israeli towns, an Israeli defense…

Forty-two detainees of the Islamic Jihad, and thirty detainees of Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, detained by the Palestinian Authority (P.A), started on Saturday morning, an…

Ahmad Qurie, the former Palestinian Prime Minister, and several other members of the Fateh Old Guard have decided not to run for parliament and withdrew their names from Fateh candidates…

{mosimage}When death is in the air there is always a heavy silence that fills the lungs with a suffocating sensation. Everything seems gray and colorless. Life stops in its tracks.…

Residents, Israeli and international peace activists protested, on Friday afternoon, against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and attempted to reach their…

In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah,  installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…

In a move which was intended to reveal the sided policy of the Israeli army, and government, residents of Bil’in, near Ramallah, installed on Thursday a Caravan in orchards which…

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia town, near Jenin, and clashed with dozens of residents; five residents were injured.   The injured residents were identified as Osama Ibrahim, Bilal…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Anza west of the West Bank city of Jenin.   A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported…

The Israeli army decided to step up assassination of Islamic Jihad resistance group in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Friday. This comes after the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tubas after closing its entrances.   A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers closed several roads in…

The Israeli Salem Military Court sentenced, on Thursday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Jenin to two years imprisonment.   The detainee, Ali Al Lubbadi, 19, was…

Ahmad Abu Ras, one of the prominent leaders of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Palestinian resistance sees itself unbound to the truce…

An Israeli Police source in Netanya reported, on Thursday at night that, one LAW missile was fired in Ramat Poleg neighborhood, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The police…

An Israeli source reported, on Thursday at night, that Israel is planning to create “security strips” in the Gaza Strip, in a move which is said to aid the army…

Sources within Fateh movement reported that an agreement has been reached between Fateh and its breakaway Future Faction in order to run in a unified list in the upcoming Legislative…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Thursday that that Israel would step up its response to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli targets; adding…

Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Al Thahiriyya, after invading them conducting military searches, a Palestinian security source…

Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Tal Al Za’atar neighborhood, east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; one resident was…

Israeli artillery resumed its shelling of Beit Hanoun northern part of the Gaza Strip, the Maan News Agency reported.   The shells landed and detonated in open areas close to…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank villages of Allar and Qaffin north of Tulkarem and arrested four residents, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported.   Israeli…

Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank village of Artas . south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident.                                                                                                                              Local sources reported…

Five Israeli soldiers were lightly injured, on Thursday, morning when a Qassam was fired at an army base not far from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.   This was…

In a press release issued, on Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, accused US administration of financing the election campaigns of Fateh candidates ahead of Palestinian general elections. Hamas demanded…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Qabatia town, near the West Bank city of Jenin, broke into a home and used it as a monitoring tower.   A Local…

Israeli soldiers, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning, and assassinated three resistance fighters; one of the fighters…

{mosimage}Celebrating another Holy Season to rejoice in the birth of Christ and one wonders how to enter and venerate the birthplace in the big prison that the Israeli government created…

Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu, started a series of steps in an attempt to prevent Moshe Feiglin from appearing on the Likud part list. Feiglin was convicted on several charges of…

An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…

An Israeli-Palestinian poll conducted by Hebrew University’s Truman Institute and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research showed that 50% of the Israelis support negotiations with Hamas, and 62%…

The Israeli police in Jerusalem released Sheikh Taiseer Tameemy, head of the Islamic Religious Court, and Chief Islamic Clerk, after arresting him in Jerusalem and interrogating him for several hours.…

The two foreign teachers, who were abducted in Gaza earlier on Friday, were released unharmed shortly after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP) claimed responsibility for abducting…

Israel is threatening to cut off the Gaza Strip’s electricity supply if the Qassam homemade shells continue targeting Israel’s vital facilities, an Israeli military source reported on Wednesday. During a…

Several residents and international peace activists placed caravans, on Wednesday morning, in Palestinian orchards near Bil’in village, in Ramallah area, and raised Palestinian flags, in a move which resembles their…

Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday morning, Qibia village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested one resident. Several army vehicles invaded the village, surrounded one of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday morning, five residents from several West Bank areas. The five residents are said to be members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Four residents were…

Israeli army invaded on Tuesday at night the village of Azzoun, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, four residents were arrested. Shaher Adwan 35, Rizek Tabeb 33, Marwan…

Israeli troops invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Nablus and the near by Al Ein refugee camp. Several army units, backed up with armored vehicles, invaded…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday afternoon, Sheikh Taiseer Tameemy, head of the Religious Court at the Palestinian Anteriority, and took him to an unknown destination after claiming that he entered…

Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Wednesday, the leader of Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas in Jenin, and shot injured five other residents, one seriously, after invading the city…

Israeli soldiers, supported by armored and jeeps, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, exchanged fire with the resistance, and broke into dozens of homes in the…

Palestinian Information Minister, Nabil Shaath, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority will cancel January 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with its plan to bar the Palestinian residents…

In a letter to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Tayyeb Abdul Raheem, member of the Fateh Central Committee, said on Monday, that he is quitting the Fateh list for the…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that a far-right settlers group is planning to construct fifteen new settlement outposts in several West Bank areas. The group, which calls itself The Loyalists…

The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday Iz Ed Deen Badran, the parliamentary assistant of Arab member of Knesset, Dr. Azmi Bishara. The police arrived at the home of Badran in…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday at night that Palestinian resistance fired several homemade shells at military targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One shell landed…

Director of the Israeli Military Intelligence Major General Aharon Ze’evi (Farkash) said on Tuesday that the international pressure exerted on Iran forced it to delay it nuclear development plan for…

The newly elected chairman of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Tuesday that will he will strive for unity among party ranks, and vowed to clear out what he…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Tuesday afternoon, that one child was injured by Israeli military fire, east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.…

An Israeli court recognized, on Tuesday, the right of the freed Lebanese detainee, Mustafa Dirani to demand compensation for torture and mistreatment, which included sexual assaults; he was subjected to…

An Israeli soldier was injured by Palestinian resistance fire in the West Bank village of Al Yamoun near Jenin after the Israeli army invaded the town, Tuesday at dawn.  …

Israeli army installed a portable checkpoint, on Tuesday at dawn, on the road between the West Bank town of Hablah and the nearby city of Qalqilya, the Palestinian News Agency…

Israeli soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, invaded Tuesday at dawn the West Bank city of Qabatia, south of Jenin and arrested one child.   The troops broke into dozens of…

 Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested one resident.   Eyewitnesses reported that troops were deployed on…

Victor Batasrah, Mayor of Bethlehem, said that the fighters who broke into the building of Bethlehem Municipality have left the building.   Several officials, including the governor of Bethlehem, and…

An Israeli medical source at Hadassah Ein Karem University Hospital, in Jerusalem, reported on Tuesday afternoon, that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was discharged. Sharon did not long with…

The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced Mahmoud Yousef Abu Daoud, 16, to 34 consecutive months and 4000 News Israeli Shekels fine.   The child, a resident of Hebron, was arrested…

A medical source at Al Aqsa Brigades hospital in Gaza reported one child was injured after the army shells Al Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.   The…

Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…

Israeli artillery shelled seven locations in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after claiming that the resistance fighters used these areas to fire homemade shelled into Israel, the Maan…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, is slated to arrive in the Palestinian territories, on Wednesday, to discuss the recent Palestinian issues, especially the upcoming legislative elections, the Maan News Agency…

Israeli army forces arrested, on Tuesday morning, 11 members of Hamas, in several West Bank areas, the Maan News agency reported.   Nine residents were arrested in the West Bank…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to be released from Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem on Tuesday, and will most likely head the Sunday session of the…

The Palestinian Central Census department reported that Qalqilia city, north of the West Bank, is facing an environmental threat caused by the garbage of twenty settlements in the area, especially…

In a sudden and unexpected move, Israeli occupation forces closed off, on Monday, the entrance leading to the Huwwara Boys’ School south of Nablus, thus impeding the arrival of students…

School principal Jamileh Sarsour can hardly contain her joy. This week, she had her staff at the Azoun Atmah School for Girls received the distinguished school award. In an interview…

The Israeli army arrested, on Monday afternoon, three students returning from their school in Al Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops stopped the students after…

Israeli jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, the main Abrag Al Nada – Abrag AL Awoda road, north of the Gaza strip. F16 Israeli jets attacked the road and…

Israeli air force jet fighters shelled, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian national security forces post in the northern Gaza Strip. The jets fired two missiles; one landed near the…

Israeli Ministry of Housing issued tenders on Monday for 137 new housing units in the settlements of Ariel and Karni Shamron, near the West Bank city of Nablus.Israeli Peace Now…

Israeli jetfighters shelled the Gaza Strip with further air strikes early Monday. Israeli army claimed that these air strikes targeted roads used by Palestinian resistance   fighters for transferring the home-made…

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that soldiers of an Israeli undercover unit invaded a number of neighborhoods in both West Bank cities of Beit Sahour and Bethlehem Monday morning, mainly…

The Israeli army invaded, on Monday at dawn, Balata Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. Two residents were arrested and one child was injured. Troops invaded the…

Israeli troops invaded, on Monday at dawn, the village of AL Yamon, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. Two residents were arrested. Yousif Saiadiah and his brother, Mohamed,…

The Israeli army arrested, on Monday morning, one resident from the West Bank city of Tubass at a military checkpoint north of the city. Troops handcuffed and blindfolded the resident…

Israeli head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Zeevi, said during a cabinet session on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will most likely split into two independent entities, one in…

In an attempt to end the split in the Fateh movement, leaders of Fateh agreed on Sunday to present two separate lists of candidates for the legislative elections slated for…

Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the Old City of Hebron, on Sunday morning, and barred the residents from leaving their homes.   Soldiers also barred the residents from reaching the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday, Al Kahder town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and conducted military searches of homes.   A local source in the village reported that…