Bitter Wine for Israel’s Bedouin population
The crowded room felt like a sauna, a natural effect of the scorching sun hitting the tin roof and the lack of a fan or air conditioner to ease the…
In the Name of Security
Why are Palestinians under such demand to adhere to signed agreements when Israel and the US are allowed to circumvent and disregard them at whim? The Latin proverb of “One…
Sharon’s Legacy in Action
At the present, the Western world seems still under the spell of the legend of Ariel Sharon, who, so the story goes, has brought a gigantic change in Israeli policy…
Muslim leader condemns Jewish desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Palestinian chief justice Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi has scathingly condemned the most recent invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most holy site in Islam, by Jewish extremists protected by Israeli…
Palestinian refugee killed in Iraq, leaflets calling for expulsion of Palestinians
Friday evening, a Palestinian refugee living in Iraq was abducted and shot dead by unknown gunmen in Al Dawra area, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A group which calls itself…
Countdown to Apartheid
Olmert’s (and Elie Wiesel’s) Roadmap CounterPunch May 25, 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/halper05252006.html Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of Congress was perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since…
Army arrests one resident from Qalqilia
The Israeli army arrested one resident from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Saturday morning. Bilal Mari’ia, 32, was arrested when troops stormed his house and searched it, then he…
Army prevents peace activists and Palestinian farmers from delivering water to a village near Hebron
An Israeli army and police force stopped on Saturday Israeli peace activists and Palestinian farmers and prevented them from delivering water to Susa village near Hebron. The village has been…
Army attacks taxi driver from Araba village near Jenin
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian taxi driver from Araba village near the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday at noon. Troops stopped Fadi Al Dahdoh, who tried to pay pass the…
Nablus youth dies of wounds sustained when shot by Israeli forces in April
In the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medical sources stated that Alaa Haijer, 20, died of critical wounds he sustained in late April when the Israeli occupation soldiers manning…
Text of 18-point plan for internal Palestinian unity
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given Hamas 10 days to endorse a plan accepting the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel or he will submit the plan to a…
Hamas rejects Abbas’ ultimatum
The Hamas party has rejected a deadline set by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resolve Palestinian internal factional fighting within ten days. Talks on the plan, drafted by Palestinian leaders…
U.S. Support for Israeli unilateralism signals policy shift
Prior to this week, the United States had consistently opposed any Israeli unilateral moves on final status negotiations with the Palestinians, as such moves would exclude the Palestinians from negotiating…
Palestinian youth shot in head, injured, by Israeli forces in Balata camp invasion
Israeli gunfire at dawn on Saturday wounded a Palestinian teen in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city. Medical sources said that the 17-year-old youth was hit with bullet…
Israeli Army attacks an ambulance and a woman in labor in Nablus
The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the West Bank city of Nablus, and also attacked a woman in labor the ambulance was carrying, Saturday morning. The…
Three residents arrested from Yabad village west of Jenin
The Israeli army arrested three residents from the village of Yabad, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, Saturday morning. Two were arrested when troops stopped their car at…
Army seals Tammoun village east of Tubas
The Israeli army closed the village of Tammoun east of the West Bank town of Tubas, Saturday morning. Soldiers blocked the main entrance to the village, prohibiting residents from crossing to go…
Four residents arrested from Nablus
The Israeli army arrested four residents from the West bank city of Nablus and its refugee camps when troops invaded the area Saturday at dawn. This invasion is part of…
Army invades two villages, arrests two near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested two residents from Al Yamon village and invaded the Qabatiya village near the West Bank city of Jenin, late Friday night. In Al Yamoun village, troops…
Bil’in protesters call for unity among the Palestinian factions, people
Friday’s protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah called on the Palestinian factions and people to renounce all sorts of internal violence and conflict, and…
Army arrests a resident south of Tubas
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident after ordering him to stop his vehicles in Al Far’a area, south of Tubas in the West Bank. Soldiers installed a military checkpoint…
Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip
As the Israeli army continued its shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday night, five Palestinians, including three teens – two of them members of the…