Month: December 2005

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, announced on Sunday that he is quitting the Likud and joining the Kadima party, which was formed recently by the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon.…

The Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh slammed statements released by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior which called on the Palestinian factions to remain committed to the truce…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Sunday that the Israeli Chief Justice Aharon Barak said on Sunday that he intends to rule soon in two petitions filed against the Israeli…

A Palestinian security source in Nablus reported, on Sunday, that soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and killed one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing…

A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Saturday at night, that a resident of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip died of wounds…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinian resistance factions to remain committed to the truce which will expire by the end of the year, and slammed the latest firing…

Israeli troops invaded on Saturday morning the West Bank city of Nablus,and arrested five residents. The arrestees were identifed as Mohammad Akkouba, Zahi Al Kousa, and three brothers identified as…

Israeli soldiers,invaded on Saturday, morning Kafer Ra’ey village near the West Bank city of Jenin. Seven army vehicles invaded the village and installed roadblocks in its streets; army units are…

The Israeli army invaded, on Saturday morning, the West Bank of Jenin, local sources reported. Troops backed up with armored vehicles invaded the city and toured the several neighborhoods firing…

The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that two British lawmakers accused the British government of covering-up a secret deal under which the UK helped Israel in launching its nuclear program in…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday 17-year old Palestinian female after claming that she attempted to stab a soldier along the “Worshipers Way”, a road which connect to Keryat Arba’ settlement,…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday morning that a Palestinian resident carrying two improvised bombs, and a toy gun, was arrested south of Jerusalem.   Soldiers safely detonated the…

The Lebanon based Hezbollah Party held Israel responsible for the explosion which took place in the vehicle of one of its leaders east of Beirut, on Friday at night; the…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Saturday morning, five Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus, and installed dozens of roadblocks around the city and its nearby villages, barring the residents…

A Palestinian security source reported, on Saturday at dawn, that the Israeli Navy fired at a Palestinian fishing boat killing near the Gaza Shore, killing one resident, while another resident…

Senior Israeli officials informed international representatives that Israeli does not intend to implement the agreement which allows bus convoys to travel between the Gaza Strip and the west Bank, until…

Bil’in residents, along with international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in by marching towards a construction site and planting olive treas.…

Syrian News Agency SANA reported that Damascus denied media reports which claimed that it is holding secret talks with Israel. “These reports are part of rumors created by Israel in…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) demanded placing the detainees files, imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, in front of the International Court of Justice, in Lahai, in order to…

Mustafa Maloukh, 18, from Ramallah submitted a sworn testimony to the lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, who visited him recently. The attorney preferred to remain unnamed in the report issued…

Detainee Khaled Nawawrah from the West Bank city of Bethlehem was sentenced on Thursday by Ofer Israeli military court, near Ramallah, to 25 years.   Nawawrah was charged by the…

Israeli army resumed its sweeps of arrests in the West Bank and arrested nineteen residents who are said to be wanted activists, in the cities of Nablus, Tulkarem and Hebron,…

Israeli forces broke into the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams east of Tulkarem city, on Friday at dawn, and arrested four residents, the Maan News Agency reported.  …

An Israeli source reported on Friday morning that one homemade shell was fired at an Israeli town near the western Negev.   The shell landed in an open area causing…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Friday that several Palestinian residents filed a civil suit against the former Israeli Shin Bet security service Chief, Avi Dichter in the US Federal…

Israeli soldiers shelled with heavy artillery several areas in Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip causing damage, no injuries were reported. A Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers demolished, on Thursday, two homes and two shops in the area which separates between Barta’a Al Sharqiyya in the west Bank, and Barta’a Al Gharbiyya, inside the Israeli…

The Israeli army describes Hezbollah fighters, in its official documents, as fighters for freedom, Israeli Newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday. The paper said that the Operations Division at the…

An Israeli source reported on Thursday evening, that a Palestinian resident stabbed an Israeli soldier at the Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. The source stated that the soldier was stabbed…

Two Palestinians were killed on Thursday, seven others injured, after an Israeli apache fired a missile at a home in the northern Gaza strip, a Palestinian security source reported. Eyewitnesses…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported on Friday, that Israel escalated its military attacks against the Gaza Strip and fired dozens of shells at the Jabalia refugee camp, and…

Israeli soldiers broke, on Thursday morning, into a school in the West Bank city of Hebron, and confiscated computers, photocopy machines and administrative files.   A source at the school,…

Israeli soldiers arrested three residents from Hebron and the village of Bani Neim, near the West Bank city of Hebron.   The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, reported…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Thursday that the Palestinian national Authority (P.A) signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Norwegian government and the European Union to support the…

An Israeli source reported on Thursday that the security-political cabinet has decided to suspend talks with the Palestinian Authority on operating bus convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West…

Likud chairman, Tzachi Hanegbi, left the Likud party in order to join the Kadima party, which was formed by the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, who split from the Likud.…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Thursday before dawn, 23 residents in the West Bank; 20 of the arrestees are from Beit Liqya village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Israeli…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, and fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens of homes before breaking into them.   A local source in the…

Israeli troops arrested on Thursday at dawn a taxi driver at a military roadblock which was installed south of the West Bank city of Tubas.   The Palestinian News Agency,…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at night, the village of Dan near the west Bank city of Jenin, and arrested four residents.   A local source in the village reported…

An Israeli military apache fired, on Wednesday evening, at least one missile at a car driving in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one of the…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday morning three residents in several West Bank areas.   An Israeli military source reported that one of the residents was arrested in Balata refugee camp…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin, and closed the Islamic Club in the city, and Al Bir Charitable Society.   A Palestinian security…

Sheikh Hasan Yousef, one of Hamas’ political leaders in the West Bank, called on the Palestinian factions, and Israel, to remain committed to the truce and the articles of the…

The Israeli military prosecution intends to file an indictment against an Israeli soldier suspected of selling arms to resistance factions, Israeli army source reported on Tuesday. The incident was revealed…

The Israeli military prosecution intends to file an indictment against an Israeli soldier suspected of selling arms to resistance factions, Israeli army source reported on Tuesday.   The incident was…

The Israeli military prosecution intends to file an indictment against an Israeli soldier suspected of selling arms to resistance factions, Israeli army source reported on Tuesday.   The incident was…

Israeli sources close the Ariel Sharon, charged on Tuesday that the Syrian president, Bashar Asad is personally involved in the Netanya suicide bombing carried out by a Palestinian suicide bomber…

Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Sa’ir and Al Thaheriyya, near the West Bank city of Hebron, broke into dozens of homes and arrested two residents.   The Hebron office…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tubas, and Tammoun village, north of the West Bank.   A Palestinian security source in Tubas reported that…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the army received direct orders, on Monday evening, to strike Palestinian populated areas in the Gaza strip, in retaliation to the Netanya suicide bombing…

The Israeli Radio reported, on Tuesday morning, that Israeli border guards’ troops arrested 500 Palestinian workers in Israel over the last 24 hours. The army claims that the workers were…

A Palestinian medical source in the West Bank city of Jenin reported on Tuesday that a resident died of wounds sustained at the beginning of Al Aqsa Intifada in October…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday morning seven residents in Tulkarem area, in the north of the West Bank, including the father and brothers of Netanya suicide bomber.   A local…

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

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, instructed the army, on Monday afternoon, to prepare for a wide-scaled military operation in the West Bank, and strikes in the Gaza Strip. The statements…

After the Netanya suicide bombing on Monday, Israeli officials blamed the Palestinian Authority, and its president Mahmoud Abbas, and claimed that he is not conducting enough efforts to dismantle the…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured on Monday, two Palestinian youth in Aida refugee camp, in the west Bank city of Bethlehem.   A local source in the camp reported that…

Prisoners and detainees at the Damoun prison expressed their deep concern for the life of detainee Ra’fat Amin Mohammed Turkman, from the village of Bier Al Basha near Jenin. Turkman…

An Israeli source reported that five Israelis were killed, and fifty others were injured in the Netanya suicide bombing carried by a suicide bomber identified as Lutfi Amin Abu Saada,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday morning, one resident in Al Khader town, after invading it.   A local source in the town reported that soldiers supported by military vehicles and…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Monday morning, Beit Ummar village, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested four residents.   The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society…

The names of the PLC candidates in Qalqilia were widely believed to be one of the movement’s best kept secrets. However, on Sunday morning, December 4, the Islamic movement went…

Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas media spokesperson, reported on Monday morning that the movement prepared a comprehensive program for the upcoming legislative elections, slated for January 25, 2006. Abu Zuhri said…

Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas media spokesperson, reported on Monday morning that the movement prepared a comprehensive program for the upcoming legislative elections, slated for January 25, 2006. Abu Zuhri said…

Israeli artillery fired several shells, on Monday at dawn, at several areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.   A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Al Khader, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested two youth.   A local source in the…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the city of Jenin in the northern west Bank, and arrested three residents.   A Palestinian security source in Jenin reported that soldiers,…

An Israeli Police source in Jerusalem reported that Border Guards policemen arrested two Palestinians carrying Molotov cocktails in the Old City of Jerusalem.   The cocktails were found in rucksacks…

Israeli police officers arrested a Palestinian resident who allegedly was staying illegally in Israel.   The resident was traveling on a public bus filled with soldiers on Sunday, army source…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, held a joint conference on Sunday afternoon with the former labor party chairman, Shimon Peres, and offered him any role he desires in the new…

Ziad Al Nakhla, deputy of the Secretary of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, reported that, under the current circumstances, the movement does not intend to renew the truce which…

Israeli soldiers fired with heavy ammunition at several areas in the Gaza Strip, over the last 24 hours, causing damage and panic among the residents, especially the children. A Palestinian…

A medical source in Ramallah reported on Sunday that resident Mohammad Al Ajoury, 25, from Ramallah, was injured by a life round in his chest fired by Palestinian policemen when…

The Central Court in Tel Aviv convicted on Sunday a resident of Kufur Qasem, north of Israel, of planning to abduct Israeli soldiers. The Israeli prosecution claimed that Lenin Al…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that a 14-year-old Palestinian child was shot by the soldiers in the leg on Friday, and has been held in arm and leg restrains since…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that a 14-year-old Palestinian child was shot by the soldiers in the leg on Friday, and has been held in arm and leg restrains since…

Six Palestinian residents of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip were killed on Saturday at night, and at least fourty were injured during clashes between the…

  {mosimage}On Monday, the northern Qalqilya crossing for workers from the Qalqilya and Salfit districts opened and for those with entry permits into Israel.   Israeli authorities informed the Palestinian…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI, granted him a Palestinian Passport, and invited him to visit Jerusalem and the Holy sites in Palestine. Abbas informed…

Palestinian Authority officials are planning to establish a new party which would serve as an alternative for Fateh and Hamas movements, Israeli online daily Ynetnews reported Saturday. According to a…

Residents of Um Al Qataf village, in Wadi Ara area in Haifa district, protested on Saturday against the attempts of the Israeli government to house the collaborators who were moved…

Palestinian National security Advisor, Jebril Rajoub, reportedly won the Fateh primaries in the west Bank city of Hebron. The final results of the elections have not been officially announced. The…

The Palestinian Journalist Block denounced the arrest of Al Jazeera reporter Awad Rajoub, and considered it part of the Israeli campaign against “the free voice, and truthful camera which reports…

Only several days after his wedding, Jamil Al Damj, 30 was arrested by Israeli occupation forces from his home in the Jenin Refugee Camp. His bride tearfully told the story. “I…

A settler woman rammed a Palestinian child with her car, on Saturday morning, in Al Fondoq village, east of Qalqilia, north of the West Bank.   The child, Nassr Marwan…

Israeli Navy gunboats fired at a Palestinian fishing boat near the Rafah shores killing one fisherman and sinking the ship. A medical source in Rafah reported that Ziad Ismail Al…

A Palestinian security source, in Gaza, reported that Israeli soldiers killed one child, and injured two youth east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip. The…

Palestinian Finance Minister, Salam Fayyad, said on Friday that he asked his counterparts from the richest countries in the world for immediate financial aid to help the P.A run the…

Israeli soldiers attacked local, Israeli and international peace activists who marched against the Separation Wall in Aboud village, near the West bank city of Ramallah; several residents were injured, soldiers…

An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday evening, that soldiers arrested a Palestinian reporter who works with the Qatar based al Jazeer TV, in the West Bank city of Hebron.…

Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Six residents were injured, dozens of residents, especially women and…

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A senior Israeli military source reported, on Friday, that the Israeli Defense Establishment successfully tested the Arrow anti-missile system which can intercept and destroy a long-range ballistic missile. The source…

A senior Israeli military source reported, on Friday, that the Israeli Defense Establishment successfully tested the Arrow anti-missile system which can intercept and destroy a long-range ballistic missile.

The International Solidarity Movement, ISM, reported, on Friday, that Israeli soldiers arrested Ando Macdonald, in the Old City of Hebron and transferred him to Al Ramleh detention facility in preparation…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Friday morning, four Palestinian youth in Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem .     The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that…

One resident was arrested, on Friday morning, at an Israeli military sudden checkpoint, which was installed east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.   Mustafa Al Asakra, 20, was…

Israeli troops invaded, on Friday at dawn, the village of Awarta south of the West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested two residents.   Both residents were arrested during searches…

Israeli army sources reported on Friday morning that its troops arrested three Palestinians in the Jordan Valley area caring home mad bomb.   In the report the soldiers said that…