Palestine Today – June 29, 2006
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PLC Deputy Head: ‘Israeli incursion is an attack on the Palestinian political system’
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 capture of an enemy soldier a ‘kidnapping’ or an ‘abduction?’
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…
Several residents injured in Tubas
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…
Several residents injured in Tubas
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…
PRC says time is not on the side of the captured Israeli soldier
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…
Fighters blow hole in Gaza-Egypt border wall
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…
Army discovers the body of kidnapped settler
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 army distributes leaflets warning residents of military operations
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…
Israeli Army claims to have found body of abducted settler in Ramallah
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…
Army levels four houses and bulldozes scores of dunams of farming lands in Rafah
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…
Army arrests five residents in Hebron
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…
Israeli Army continues its arrest campaign in Nablus, invading and arresting 14 residents
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…
8 Ministers, 20 MPs abducted by Israel, PM is not immune
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…
Army increases its presence in Salfit and invades several villages
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…
Army arrests 24 residents from Hebron
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…
One resident injured in Khan-Younis
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…
Air force fighters throw leaflets warning Gaza residents from moving or gathering
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,…
Audio: Surviving the Gaza Beach Massacre
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…
Head of Arab League: U.S. Double standard in condemning Iran but not Israel on nuclear question
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,…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
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 paint anti-Islam slogans in Palestinian neighborhoods
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…
Former Israeli Knesset member, mother of slain soldier question Israeli ‘Rambo tactics’
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…