Month: March 2006

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.36 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…

The Israeli army stationed at one of the checkpoints on the way to the West Bank city of Ramallah arrested one west Bank city of Bethlehem resident, Friday morning. Awad…

The Popular Resistance Committees announced on Friday that its leader, Abu Yousef Al Qouqa, 44, was assassinated when a wired vehicle detonated fifty meters away from his home in Al…

Israeli settlers uprooted several almonds and grape trees in lands that belong to Beit Omaer villagers west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday evening. More than five settlers…

The Israeli army troops stationed at the Jordan valley checkpoints closed these checkpoints and did not allow the Palestinian workers from crossing to get to their jobs, Friday dawn. The…

The Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Asker refugee camp in the city, six residents arrested, Friday morning. Troops and armored vehicles stormed the city…

Israeli air force gun ships shelled, in the early hours of Friday morning, a bridge in the center of Gaza city partially destroying the bridge damaging the water system in…

Palestinian residents are reported to have planned a huge demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Bili’in village today. The demonstration will begin at 12:30pm.  

Israeli sources reported that three Israelis were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car after night fall on Thursday close to the entrance of Qadumim settlement, near…

A European Union (EU) delegation has visited Gaza to get a fresh perspective on food shortages following the Israeli closure of a critical checkpoint. The delegation, consisting of 16 heads…

Israeli army troops attacked a Palestinian rally commemorating ‘land day’ in Jerusalem and arrested four, Thursday afternoon. Troops stormed the rally with tear gas bombs and sound grenades and attacked…

Hamas formally took power yesterday, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swearing in 24 cabinet ministers, including 14 who had served time in Israeli prisons.  Within hours, Canada cut off aid…

Israeli Jewish settlers toke over two buildings that belong to Palestinian families in the Silwan and Al Toor neighborhoods in Jerusalem, late Wednesday night. According to the owners the settlers…

As the Hamas party formally took power with the swearing-in of its 24-member cabinet on Wednesday evening, the US government banned its diplomats from having any contact with the Hamas-led…

Israeli soldiers stormed the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp, and arrested four residents, including two youth, after breaking into dozens of homes and searching them. Four…

Israeli online daily Ynetnews reported that one person was seriously wounded from an explosion, apparently caused by gas leakage, which took place on Thursday morning in a multi-story building in…

A number of Palestinian farmers from Qalqilia whose land is now behind the Israeli Wall north of Qalqilia gave testimony that Israeli forces are preventing them from reaching their lands,…

The Israeli army troops stationed at the Container checkpoint east of Jerusalem, arrested two brothers from Al Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem. Amir and Mohamed Abu Shi’ra were arrested while…

On Saturday, an American volunteering with the Tel Rumeida Project in Hebron was attacked by a group of settlers and sustained a mild concussion. The gash in the back of…

Israeli army troops and scores of extrimist right wing settlers attacked, on Thursday morning, dozens of farmers and international peace activists while planting trees in the West Bank city of…

Israeli army arrested 35 Palestinians in different cities and villages of the West Bank on Thursday before noon, in several military invasions, Palestinian news network reported. The bulk of arrest…

Today Palestinians commemorate the 30th anniversary of ‘Land Day’, a day in 1976 when thirteen Palestinians were killed by Israeli police during non-violent protests against Israeli land confiscation of Palestinian…

The Israeli army troops arrested two shepherds from the village of Hussan near Bethlehem city, Wednesday evening. Khalil and Wesam Hamamra, 16, were arrested while herding their sheep in the…

Israeli army arrested on Thursday at dawn three residents from the West Bank city of Ramallah and four from the Gaza strip. Troops stormed Ramallah city and arrested two residents…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Thursday morning. Troops backed up with several armored vehicles stormed the city and its nearby…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested one resident in the early hours of  Thursday morning. Troops stormed and searched several houses in different parts…

Israeli army forces invaded the noprthern West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp, Thursday at dawn and arrested  four residents. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city and…

Palestinians living in are planning number of activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Land Day.  On this day, Palestinian residents of who protested ‘s land confiscation policy in 1976,…

About 50 armed Israeli officials break into the house of Ibrahim Ghozlan in the Silwan area south of the Old City of Jerusalem and forced five Palestinian families from the…

The Palestinian Hamas-formed government sworn in by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza city on Wednesday, marking the tenth Palestinian government since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in…

Many scholars continue to recommend the need for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations while overlooking the harsh reality that Israel is on a predetermined course. Short of ideologically realizing the vision of the…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday that the Israeli elections will not make any difference to the Palestinians if the acting Prime Minister in Israel, Ehud Olmert, does not…

The Israeli acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, declared victory in the Israeli elections early Wednesday while his confidants said that Shas and the Pensioners Party would be partner of the…

Local sources report that the Jewish National Fund and Israeli Police are forcefully removing the Palestinian Ozlan family from their home in Silwan, East Jerusalem.  In the late 90’s the…

One Palestinian was killed on Tuesday morning as Israeli forces invaded the village of Al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, in the West Bank.  Israeli Forces also wounded 4 citizens and arrested…

Arab government leaders expressed Tuesday during the Arab League Summit in Khartoum that it doesn’t matter who wins the Israeli elections, as every Israeli party in the running plans to…

Hamas adopted a strident tone after its cabinet won approval in the Palestinian parliament, with one Member of Parliament declaring "jihad is our way".  The parliament, dominated by members of…

Ehud Olmert declared himself the new Israeli Prime Minister in the early morning hours of Wednesday, adding that he would go forward with a plan for full apartheid with the…

Kadima, Labor and the Likud parties, the biggest three parties in Israel, are under increasing pressure fearing that the lowest voter turnout in Israel’s electoral history may hinder their political…

A protest demonstration spearheaded by Salfit-based Palestinians and supported by internationals and Israelis in the solidarity movement will be held in the village of Rafat on Thursday, March 30, the…

Ramallah’s twin-city of Al Bireh in the West Bank is having a crisis with its dead. The Israeli authorities are preventing construction of a new cemetery. There is no where…

The Palestinian parliament approved in its session on Tuesday the new Palestinian cabinet formed by the majority party Hamas led by Prime Minister Ismael Haniya. The government, which is the…

An Israeli military source reported that four Bedouins were killed, on Tuesday, in two separate explosions that took place when when unexploded shells detonated near them. Two Bedouin children were…

"Regrettably, the U.S. administration is always hasty in making its decision and reaffirms its bias toward Israel and against the Palestinian people," said Ismail Haniyeh to reporters at the Palestinian…

Israeli army forces stormed Al Fouar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday morning.  During the invasion, youth throwing stones at the invading military force…

On Tuesday morning, the Israelis started casting their ballots to elect 120 members of the seventeenth Knesset. The voting comes amidst a clear statement from the acting Prime Minister, Ehud…

On Tuesday morning, Israeli army troops invaded the west Bank city of Nablus and arrested four residents. Soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, stormed the city and conducted wide scale search…

An Israeli army force stormed the West Bank city of Bethlehem, surrounded an apartment building in the city, and searched the residents’ apartments before arresting a Palestinian National Security officer…

A cheering face with a broad smile is how Said Fahmi Salah, 40-year-old  local farmer and a father of 20 children,  receives journalists who happen upon his home in the…

Shortly after an Israeli army invasion in the near by village of Al Yamoun, and killing one resident there, troops stormed the West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers’ conducted wide…

On Tuesday morning, Israeli army troops invaded Al Azza refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested Hatem Da’dara, 26. Soldiers stormed the camp, searched several houses,…

Members of the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing one homemade shell at the Israeli checkpoint set up at Kitzofim, on the Gaza…

On Tuesday morning, Israeli army forces invaded the village of Al Yamoun, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, allegedly looking for wanted resistance fighters, and killed one resident.…

Local sources report that Palestinians from Yanoun village in the Nablus region of the West Bank tried to plough their lands Monday but were prevented by Israeli settlers living illegally on…

The border crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip – Karni, Erez and Kerem Shalom – have been tightly sealed by Israeli forces during Israeli elections on Tuesday. The Israel…

Well-known Palestinian writer and journalist Antoine Shelhat says that Israel is heading into its Parliamentary elections with a greater commitment to the policies of annexation, expansion and aggression, which will…

The incoming Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyya has presented his government to parliament, saying that while Hamas would spare no effort in striving for peace in the Middle East, it…

Saeb Erikat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, recently warned that Mahmoud Abbas, the president, might "embark on dismantling" the Palestinian Authority (PA) if Israel continued to carry out "acts of piracy"…

The outgoing Palestinian Authority government and the incoming Hamas-led administration have condemned the payment of compensation to an Israeli soldier after a court cleared him of killing 13-year old Iman…

A lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the Salem Military Court in Israel submitted rulings Monday against Mohammad Khatib of Balata Refugee Camp, sentencing him to 8 months…

Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip, afraid of losing their means of livelihood and receiving no compensation from the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, have been unwilling to kill their chickens after…

On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed…

The Israeli Ofer Military Court, near of the West Bank City of Ramallah, rejected of Monday a request bail by the Secretary General of the Popular Front of Palestine (PFLP),…

For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory has obstructed a…

On Monday morning, an Israeli war-jet and a tank fired missiles at Palestinian fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, while they were present…

The Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, claimed responsibility for firing a homemade shell at the Natif Etzra Settlement and another into Sderot, an Israeli town near…

Israeli Polices increased their presence around the Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem since early morning on Monday. Officers installed checkpoints and blocked all gates of the old city, and searched…

Four Palestinian residents were injured from the village of Tall Al Romaida in the West Bank city of Hebron late on Sunday, after being attacked by Israeli army troops i0n…

The Israeli army troops arrested six residents from several villages in the West Bank city of Hebron in pre-dawn invasions there on Monday. In Bani No’am village, the Israeli army…

This morning, the Israeli army fired heavy artillery towards the College of Agriculture in Beit Hannon in the Gaza strip, killing one student and injuring another two. The dead civilian…

The Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the south east entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus Monday morning, sealing off the city and preventing residents from going to nearby villages.…

A Palestinian resident of Al Obadia village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem was abused by Israeli army troops early Monday morning. The troops, stationed at checkpoint 300…

A large Israeli forces of almost 20 military vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem in the early hours of Monday morning. Troops invaded several Palestinians houses in the…

The Israeli border guard police arrested 680 Palestinian residents after claiming that they were staying in Israel without legal permits. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem reported that 550 residents…

A Palestinian security source in the West Bank of Hebron reported that extremist settlers  attacked Bedouins living in tents in the south of Hebron; two residents suffered mild-to-moderate wounds.  …

In an escalation against the Palestinian community in Iraq, a group calling themselves the "Brigades of the Judgment Day" distributed a leaflet in the area of Huriyah in Baghdad city…

A Palestinian security source reported that a 16-year old Palestinian was shot and killed in the early morning hours on Sunday by Israeli military fire in the Juhr Al Deek…

The average Palestinian uses about 60 litres (15 gallons) of water a day.  In comparison, the average Israeli uses about 900 litres (250 gallons) a day, same as the average…

Palestinian Prime Minister-designate, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Saturday at night that the new Palestinian government headed by his movement, Hamas, will be sworn in on Wednesday following its ratification on…

A medical source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported on Saturday that one child and a man were injured when an explosive left by the military during an…

The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no-man’s-land on the Iraqi-Jordanian…

A transcript released by the Palestinian Hamas party describes their planned program for the Palestinian government, including the statement, "The government shall deal with the signed agreements with a high…

The armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), claimed responsibility for firing five home made shells at an Israeli army post near the northern part of the Gaza Strip…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to approve the appointment of a new Hamas-led government today but warns that the administration has no future – and will be acting against the…

Israeli troops invaded, on Saturday morning, the villages of Al Shiokh and Doura, and Al Arroub refugee camp in the West Bank City of Hebron, searched dozens of houses and…

Recent Israeli attacks on Palestinian water resources have been making life impossible for Jordan Valley residents, say human rights groups working in the area. On Monday, Occupation forces handed Mu’ayad…

Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed  on Saturday morning, responsibility for firing one homemade shell at an Israeli military…

Israeli army bulldozers uprooted,  Saturday morning, orchards that belong to the residents of the Kafer Alled and Beit Leed, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Bulldozers uprooted trees and…

The Israeli army troops posted at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, detained on Saturday morning dozens of reisdents. The residents were forced to wait for…

One of Al Aqsa martyrs brigades resistance groups escaped fatal attack by the Israeli army artillery late Friday afternoon.  Shell targeted the group while being in Al Atatra area north…

Israeli army troops and armored vehicles invaded late on Friday at night the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and arrested one resident. Troops searched several houses in the city before…

On Friday, Israeli troops stormed Berqin and Kufr Dan villages near Jenin and launched search operations, terrifying citizens, mainly children and women.  No injuries or arrests were reported.

In an interview Friday with Ma’an News Service, the American Consul General in Jerusalem, Jake Walles, described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “difficult", drawing particular attention to the…

The acting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Friday that a Palestinian State is possible within borders predefined by Israel without evacuating the military and settlers from all of…

An extremist settlers group of the Sosia settlement, near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, uprooted on Friday dozens of olive trees after attacking the residents…

A Palestinian security source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported on Friday evening that two residents were injured in an explosion that took place in the northern neighborhood…

300 Residents of Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, including Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday against the annexation Wall and settlements; the peaceful protesters…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday evening the the Wets Bank city of Qalqilia and arrested one resident. A local source in the city reported that soldiers surrounded a restaurant and…

Residents of the West Bank village of Beit Siera, west of Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists protested on Friday afternoon against the annexation Wall Israel is constructing on the…

Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 8.40 MB This Week In Palestine, a service of the International…