Month: June 2006

An Israeli military sources reported on Friday that the Israeli Security is looking into a statement by the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh regarding the abduction of…

A press release issued by the Media Office of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank revealed that prison administration and soldiers at the Megiddo Israeli detention facility broke…

Palestinian human rights organization sources are reporting identical information regarding an immediate call by Palestinian detainees in Israeli Prisons for hunger strike upon the arrest of Palestinian government officials. The…

Friday evening, three Palestinians was injured in an Israel air strike in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources reported. An Israeli military source confirmed the attack and said that a…

Palestinian residents, Israeli and international peace activists held their weekly non-violent protest in Bil’in village, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and protested against the Israeli military operations…

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The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniya said that the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip obstruct efforts to release the Israeli soldier, who was captured by the Palestinian resistance…

Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Nablus reported that one resident was killed, at least thirty were injured, during clashes that erupted in the city after the…

Friday morning, Israeli authorities announced that they have not rejected a proposal put forth by Hamas for the release of the Israeli soldier captured Sunday, as was stated by Egyptian…

A Palestinian medical source at the Rafah Governmental Hospital reported that a resident succumbed to serious injuries sustained a few months ago during an air strike that targeted a group…

Palestinians active in the non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night, according to a statement from the International…

Archbishop of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, described the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "an ugly crime, an organized…

The chance for peace is such a fleeting thing. Blink and you miss it. Open your eyes again and the guys with the biggest guns have shot peace down. I…

The Israeli Occupation Forces have called this a "Summer Shower" of their re-occupation (as if they ever left) of Gaza. While I’m hearing this, I feel like I’m watching my…

Thursday after midnight, one Palestinian fighter was seriously injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the souther part of the Gaza Strip. At least four civilians were injured…

Airstrikes from Israeli planes have destroyed the Interior Ministry in Gaza City as Israeli forces continue to destroy Palestinian infrastructure and civil installations in a bid to totally destroy the…

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that Hamas has conditionally agreed to free the abducted Israeli soldier but Israel rejected the conditions set by the group for the release…

Israeli air force shelled a civilian house in southern Gaza city of Thursday after midnight, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. The shelled house is located behind the Al Shuhada…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza City was destroyed shortly after midnight Thursday from Israeli missiles, Palestinian witnesses reported. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building.…

A Palestinian medical source Gaza reported that one Palestinian child was injured, shortly after midnight Thursday when an Israeli F16 fighter jet fired missiles at several areas in the northern…

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Deputy Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, said the abduction of eight Hamas ministers and 24 Hamas PLC members is a kidnapping of national personalities, and as…

When is the legitimate right to self-defense against a mighty military machine by a defenseless people called ‘terrorism’? The answer, a puzzling one, is that it is called ‘terrorism’ by…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled stones…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Tubas Thursday and clashed with dozens of youth, several residents were injured. A local source in Tubas reported that the youth hurled…

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) spokesman gave three possible scenarios as to the current  status of the captured Israeli soldier at a press conference in Gaza on Thursday. The first…

Thursday, a group of Palestinian fighters blew a 4-meter hole into the border wall that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Two Palestinian security men were injured in the border…

The Israeli army troops discovered the body of kidnapped Israeli settler Eliyahu Asheri in Tira neighborhood in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday at dawn. A large force stormed…

Israeli warplanes flying over Gaza have been dropping leaflets, in addition to bombs, on the Palestinians living there.  The IMEMC managed to obtain a copy of the leaflet, and have…

In a pre-dawn invasion of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli forces apparently found the body of an Israeli settler abducted on Monday, having been tipped off as to…

The Israeli army bulldozers and tanks leveled four houses and bulldozed scores of dunams of farming lands in Al Shoka area in Rafah city, in the southeastern part of the…

Israeli army troops arrested five residents from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mohamed Shabanah, Bilal Ziton, Ahmad Qadimat, Tha’er Al Shalada and…

The Israeli forces continued the arrest campaign in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrested 14 residents, Thursday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city, conducted a wide-scale…

Israeli troops invaded several areas in the West Bank late Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning, abducting 64 Palestinian officials, including 8 ministers, 20 lawmakers, and a…

Israeli army troops have increased their presences in the West Bank city of Salfit after invading several neighboring village Thursday morning. Soldiers installed military checkpoints on the main city roads…

The Israeli army has arrested 24 residents from village and town around the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday morning. The Army arrested Abd Al Men’em Mojahed, 36, and Yihia…

Salem Al Beih, 45, was injured when Israeli army tanks shelled farm lands at the eastern borders of city of Khan -Younis in the Gaza strip Thursday at dawn.  Medical…

The Israeli air force jet fighters threw leaflets late Wednesday night in northern Gaza Strip, warning residents irom gathering or moving. The leaflets were dropped in Biet Lahia, Beit Hanon,…

The Israeli shelling of Gaza beach is just another episode in the endless carnage that is the holy land’s 21st century manna from heaven, another level of the global war…

The United States cannot denounce Iran’s nuclear program while accepting Israel’s possession of nuclear bombs, the Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa told the US Arab Economic Forum in Houston,…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli F-16 fighters fired several missiles at areas in Gaza city and in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. A local source in…

Israeli settlers from Shafat neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, scribbled anti-Islamic slogans on cars and shops in nearby Palestinian neighborhoods, according to eyewitnesses. Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief justice of…

In an exclusive interview with IMEMC, Uri Avnery, a former Member of the Israeli Knesset and founder of the Israeli peace bloc Gush Shalom, warned, "If the Israeli army continues…

Palestinian medical sources in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis reported that two brothers were killed and seven residents were injured in an explosion that took place in a…

The Union of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq reported Wednesday evening that two Palestinian refugees were shot an killed in Abu Ghreib area in Iraq. The Union issued a press release…

sraeli army started preparing for a complete invasion into the Gaza Strip in an operation that aims to “put pressure on the Palestinian Population” in northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense…

An anonymous statement from Palestinian resistance fighters reported the abduction of a 62-year old Israeli from Reshon Lizion area in Tel Aviv. The group said that the Israeli was abducted…

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It appears that the Hamas government has declared a state of alert and begun disappearing upon receiving Israeli assassination threats. None are reachable by phone as all numbers have changed.…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, described the Israeli large scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip as a war crime and as an attack on infrastructure and civilian targets. The statements…

According to official sources in the General Land Defense Committee in the Hebron District, Israeli forces continued to build a fence around yet another illegal Israeli settlement south of Hebron.…

An Israeli police source reported on Wednesday that a group of 50 Christian tourists, said to be pro-Israel, were attacked by some 100 extreme ultra-orthodox Jews living in the Mea…

The Palestinian government called on Wednesday for a prisoner swap, saying the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is not the right way to release the captured soldier. Spokesman of…

Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that Israeli war-jets  fired missiles at two locations said to be used by resistance fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of…

It seems that the Hamas government has declared a state of alert and begun disappearing upon receiving Israeli threats. None are reachable by phone as all numbers have changed. This…

The Israeli Forces have arrested Iyad Shabak, 21, from Farkhah Village near of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. Shabak was arrested at the Atarah checkpoint north of…

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian resistance group has clamed responsibility for the kidnapped of Eliaho Ashdi, 18, on Wednesday morning.  Ashdi is an Israeli settler from the Itimar…

One resident was arrested when Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of  Qabatia Wednesday at dawn. Wa’el Zakarnah, 22, was arrested when…

The Israeli forces arrested one resident from Aqabat Jabeer refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho, early on Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the refugee camp and surrounded the…

The Israeli army have installed several checkpoints south and east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday. Troops at these checkpoints stopped the residents and the cars for…

Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested two residents and damaged several shops in the market area, on Wednesday. Amed Rahal, 17, and Adel Qoronfola, 17, were…

Then Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Ra’e west of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village from several directions…

On the morning of Tuesday 27th of June, Israeli bulldozers guarded with armed personnel started cutting and uprooting olive trees in the Cremisan area of Beit Jala in preparation for…

Palestinian chief negotiator Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat said the has planned for the invasion to the Gaza Strip is prior to the capture of the Israeli soldier in Sunday’s attack against…

The Israeli army has arrested Mohamed Dakhal Allah, 21, a resident of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , on Tuesday evening.   Dakhal Allah was summouned to an interview…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday at dawn that Israeli fighter-jets and tanks fired several shells at Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers who…

Abu Abeer, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees said on Wednesday at dawn that his group will kill the Israeli settler it abducted in the West Bank if Israel…

Several Palestinian factions declared on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on the National Unity document after ten days of intensive talks. Saleh Zeidan, member of the Political Bureau…

After an Israeli military spokesperson officially declared that the Gaza invasion has been launched, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles advanced towards Rafah and reached the Gaza International Airport in…

Israeli troops stationed at the Gaza borders were seen moving towards the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday at night shortly before two air strikes that targeted the main power-plant in…

Tuesday at night, the Israeli air force attacked the main bridge that links between Gaza city and Khan Younis. Arm source reported that the shelling comes in a bid to…

Israeli military sources reported on Tuesday afternoon that the teenage settler who went missing since Sunday might be in the hands of Palestinian resistance fighters as some armed groups reported.…

Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Tuesday evening that an Israeli war-jet fired two missiles at a Palestinian vehicle, apparently carrying fighters, near the house of the Palestinian president,…

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Palestinian tractors and bulldozers have blocked major roads into Gaza with dirt mounds and large rocks in an attempt to slow Israeli military vehicles, and the Palestinian Health Ministry has…

Under the close supervision of the Arab Doctors Union (ADU), Egyptian surgeons have successfully extracted Israeli rocket shrapnel from the body of 4-year-old Lateefa Ghalia, who was critically wounded in…

In the Negev Desert, 1,200 Palestinian political prisoners have launched a hunger strike to protest the arbitrary practices of the prison administration praticed against them. The strike comes in the…

Mohammad Kan’an, 27, and Mohammad Sinuora, 21, were arrested when the Israeli army invaded Thinnaba neighborhood east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…

Israeli army troops have invaded Sielet al Harthiyya village west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested three residents there, on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as…

The Israeli army has arrested three residents form the village of Obadia, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the village and searched several homes…

Jaodat Abd Al Fatah, a resident of Beit Awoa village near the West Bank city of Hebron, sustained several bruises after being attacked by the Israeli army Tuesday morning.  Al…

The Israeli army has arrested six residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn.  Troops and army jeeps stormed several neighborhoods in the city, with soldiers searching…

The Israeli army arrested one resident from Jab’e village south of the West Bank city of Jenin during a predawn invasion Tuesday. Ahmad Khaliliah, 18, was arrested when troops stormed…

The Israeli forces have arrested six residents from the Al Shawaora village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed and searched residents houses before arresting…

Israeli soldiers and settlers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday at dawn. Troops invaded several neighborhoods and searched several houses before leaving without any arrestes, local sources reported.…

The Israeli army arrested Nohaned Hamad, 23, at the eastern entrance to the West Bank city of Qalqilia Tuesday at dawn. Hamad was arrested when troops stopped his car at…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued a surprise presidential decree relieving the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, of his duties, saying that he had reached the pension age. …

America’s largest Presbyterian church voted to continue policies of economic engagement in the Middle East. It affirmed its willingness to use its investment policies to press for peace in Israel-Palestine.…

Israeli sources reported Monday night that the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee passed a controversial bill that would significantly reduce the rights of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.…

Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian workers were shot and killed Monday night by Israeli military fire at Sheikh Sa’ad checkpoint, south of Jerusalem,  the Arabs48 news website reported.…

A source at the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) reported Monday night that its fighters abducted a settler in the West Bank. Abu Abeer, media spokesperson of the PRC, reported that…

Member of Knesset Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the extreme right wing Yisrael Beiteinu party,  called on Monday for a massive military invasion into the Gaza Strip and for the abduction…

A statement released by three Palestinian armed groups claiming responsibility for the Kerem Shalom Israeli crossing attack Sunday demanded that Israel release all women and children detainees in Israeli prisons…

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A group of Israeli settlers from Susa settlement near the Palestinian village of Yatta south of Hebron torched 10 tons of hay that belong to Palestinian farmers Monday. Palestinian fire-fighters…

Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, will provide six new ambulances to the Palestinian Authority as part of a deal that will allow the Israeli group…

Palestinian farmers scored a victory Monday, at least on paper, when the Israeli High Court curtailed the army’s power to deny West Bank farmers access to their lands. In response…

Inside sources told the Palestine News Network Monday that negotiations on securing the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian resistance fighters are underway.  The soldier was captured during…

The Israeli forces have arrested 15 residents from several villages near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Monday morning Troops invaded the villages of Beit Ola, Halhol, and Turama,…

The Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz has quoted diplomats living in Gaza, who say that they know which Palestinian group kidnapped the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The diplomats say that the…