Month: June 2006

When a fighter dies who is lost? When a young man ends his life strapped to a bomb who is left behind? And where do the new generations find a…

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The Center for the Defense of the Individual and Palestinian residents won approval, on Thursday morning, for their petition filed before The High Court of Justice.  The High Court ordered…

General Secretary of Hadash Movement Israel, member of Knesset, Mohammad Barakeh, on Thursday called on the Israeli President Moshe Katsav to absolve seven Shfa-Arm residents suspected of killing a Jewish…

Israeli army troops invaded the village of Biet Al Rish near the West Bank city of Hebron, arrested one resident and turned two houses into military posts on Thursday. Soldiers…

The World Health Organization (WHO) called for urgent action to avert a humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories. WHO reported that the health sector in occupied Palestinian is currently…

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Hani Ad Doghmah from the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip Thursday afternoon. Several masked men driving a white civilian car stopped Hani Ad…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that the Jerusalem Municipality is planning to construct houses, a huge parking lot, Mall and a hotel in what is known as the…

The Israeli army troops invaded the village of Dora south of the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested four residents there onThursday. Troops stormed the village and searched scores…

The Israeli army arrested Mohamed Abd Al Rahamn Doka, age 28, in a predawn invasion to the village of Attil, north of the West Bank City of Tulkarem, Thursday. Soldiers…

The Israeli army troops invaded the village of Kofer Harres, north of the West Bank city of Salfit, and searched residents houses Thursday morning. Troops stormed the village from several…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the Askar refugee camp on Thursday morning,  arresting five residents. The army stormed the Askar refugee camp, searching residents…

Beit Ayn settlers are being supported by the Israeli military, police, and secret service in their campaign to seize land owned by a Palestinian family near Hebron. While the settlers…

The head of Israel’s paramilitary Border Police, Benzi Sau, has been promoted to a senior position in the Public Security Ministry in defiance of the findings of a state inquiry…

Israel’s Justice Minister, Haim Ramon, has ordered his department to hurriedly draft the country’s first immigration law to protect Israel’s Jewish majority. He said a Basic Law was needed within…

Israel’s Transportation Ministry declared on Wednesday said it intends to install temporary X-ray scanning machines in the Kiryat Shmona airport. The move comes, according to the ministry, in an effort…

Five months after Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian Lawyer, the Israeli Salem Military Court sentences him on for eleven consecutive months, the Palestine News Network reported. The lawyer, Dirar Moneer…

Israel Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, claimed during his meeting with the French President, Jacques Chirac, in France, that he will be seeking a peace deal with the Palestinians based on…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, said on Wednesday that the issue of the Palestinian refugees can only be solved by establishing a Palestinian State.   “The two-state solution means an…

Wednesday, Health care workers demonstrated in the Gaza Strip against Israeli forces’ systematic attacks against them. Israeli forces routinely contravene the Fourth Geneva Convention by preventing ambulances from reaching the…

Ma’an News Agency has learned from private sources that a suggestion is being studied by the various Palestinian factions to cancel the referendum ordered by presidential decree and instead choose…

Israel’s official denial of responsibility for the Gaza beach deaths and injuries was strongly challenged by a former Pentagon battle damage expert who has surveyed the scene of the beach…

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In an interview published in Al-Hayat, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan regarded the army’s version of the events as "strange."     The army’s investigation team examining the incident…

Palestinian security sources in the Rafah crossing border between Egypt and south of Gaza Strip  reported  Wednesday that the Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Al Zahhar returned from a two…

Palestinian security sources in the Rafah crossing border between Egypt and south of Gaza Strip  reported  Wednesday that the Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Mahmoud Al Zahhar returned from a two…

Paul Larudee, an American nonviolent peace activist, has been denied entry to Palestine by the Israeli authorities and is being held in detention at Ben Gurion Airport, sources at the…

The Israeli army released wild pigs and poisonous snakes onto farm land belonging to Jama’en village near the West Bank city of Salfit, Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that they saw an…

Palestinian Authority employees stormed the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) headquarters in Ramallah while the MP’s were in session,on Wednesday at noon.The demonstrators entered the hall while the PLC was in…

Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli detention center of Qadomem east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem have announced a hunger strike in protest to their conditions in the  detention…

A group of gunmen set fire in the house of Rfa’et  Kalab, head of preventive security force in Khanyounis city south of  the Gaza Strip. An official source in the…

A group of gunmen set fire in the house of Rfa’et  Kalab, head of preventive security force in Khanyounis city south of  the Gaza Strip. An official source in the…

A group of gunmen set fire in the house of Rfa’et  Kalab, head of preventive security force in Khanyounis city south of  the Gaza Strip. An official source in the…

Israeli army intensifies its portable military checkpoints north of Salit and at the entrances of the nearby villages of, Hares ,Kefel Hares and  Qarawet Bani Hassan.   Local eyewitnesses in…

The Israeli army invaded Aida refugee camp to the north of the west Bank city of Bethlehem and the nearby village of Al Duha and arrested five residents early wednesday…

The Israeli army confiscated one of the homes of Taque’ village south east of Bethlehem, on Wednesday and turned it into a military watch tower   Khalid Hameeda, head of…

Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers assaulted a resident and his son from the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. The man and his son sustained bruises on all over…

Israeli army continues its invasions into the Palestinian territories Wednesday morning as Israeli troops invaded the West Bank village of Biet Wazen, west of Nablus. Three residents were arrested. Eyewitnesses…

One Hamas operative was killed and a Palestinian security official was injured in clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip erupted Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources reported.    …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared that national dialogue will be resumed for a week, in bid to reach an agreement over the national conciliation document presented by the Palestinian prisoners…

In a press conference with his  Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, and army General Ma’er Khalefy, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz claimed that the Israeli army was not responsible for…

Tuesday after midnight, undercover units of the Israeli army infiltrated into the West Bank city of  Jenin and its refugee camp, and assassinated leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades in…

After an Israeli air-strike killed 11 Palestinians, including eight civilians, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that Israel is trying to wipe the Palestinians out by its continuous attacks against…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Mustafa Al Azmouty, said that the conditions at Salem Israeli detention camp, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, are sharply deteriorating,…

Tuesday night, Israeli troops invaded Tiqua’ village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and clashed with dozens of residents; at least two residents were injured. Soldiers fired rubber-coated…

Tuesday at dawn, the Israeli police arrested six  residents of the Arab town of Shfa-Amr suspected on involvement  in the killing of a Jewish terrorist after he killed four people…

One hour before the Israeli air force carried two strikes in Gaza killing eleven residents, including two children and three medics, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that Israel will…

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli air force fired two missiles at a Palestinian vehicle in a crowded street killing eleven residents, including two school children. Army…

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Called ‘rockets’ by the Israeli, International and Arab media as well, a more serious look is needed to see what Qassam projectiles actually are, and the actual damage that they…

Recently, the US cancelled talks in which ministers had been expected to approve urgent measures leading to the payment of Palestinian salaries, including those of the security forces, frozen after…

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that will never agree to pull out of all of the occupied West Bank, and claimed that the borders that existed before occupied…

An Israeli military court  extended Administrative Detention of several young Palestinians formn the West Bank, Palestinian sources reported.  Under thjis military order, Palestinians are subject to a renewable detention without…

The Israeli army troops have arrested one resident and settlers attacked and injured five farmers and burned their crops in Yata village south of the West Bank city of Hebron,…

Palestinian resistance fighters from Al Aqsa martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah have ambushed Israeli military vehicles in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday morning. The Brigades confirmed…

Fire and smoke rose up from the main roadway in front of Al Quds Open University in Beit Sahour as part of a protest in which the students burned tires…

Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli air force fired two missile at a Palestinian vehicle in a crowded street killing nine residents, including two school children. Ar…

The Israeli army air force jetfighter fired several missiles at a car in Salah Al Den Street in Gaza city Tuesday afternoon, killing nine and injuring 20. According to medical…

With burning tyres and stones,the students of the Quads Open University in the West Bank city of Beit Sahour protested on Tuesday afternoon, at their university’s decision to be placed…

The Israeli army has arrested Ahmad Yassen, 17, from Aida refugee in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Troops stormed the Refugee camp and searched several houses…

Unknown gunmen have burned the Palestinian Legislative Council offices in the West Bank city of Salfit Tuesday morning. According to eyewitnesses, more than ten masked gunmen stormed the office building,…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and clashed with local Palestinian resistance fighters Tuesday at dawn. According to local residents, troops and armored vehicles stormed the…

Two more Nablus residents were arrested Tuesday at dawn as the Israeli soldiers continue their military campaign in the West Bank city. Soldiers stormed the residents’ houses in several parts…

The Israeli army arrested three residents during a predawn invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem Tuesday. Infantry troops and army vehicles stormed the city as soldiers fired live…

A Palestinian security source in Ramallah reported Monday night that Fateh members stormed government, parliament buildings in Ramallah and set ablaze the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister, and Hamas leader,…

The ongoing clashes between members of Fateh’s Preventive Security force and the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed the life of a deaf resident; fifteen other residents…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it has increased it budget for its operations in the region for the Palestinian people. In a press release issued Monday…

During his meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, British Prime Minister Tony Blair refrained on Monday from endorsing the convergence plan, and called for the resumption of the peace…

Senior Israeli lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi (Kadima party), said on Monday that the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya does not have immunity in spite of the fact that he was elected…

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The Israeli army invaded Ithna and Yata villages near the West Bank city of Hebron and arrested three residents. Hamza Al Hitawi, 23, an officer at the Palestinian Authority National…

A Palestinian security source reported on Monday that a member of the Executive Force, that belongs to the Ministry of Interior, was shot an killed by unknown gunmen in Rafah,…

Systembolaget, the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly, received complaints for having labeled its two kosher wines from the Golan Heights as coming from "Israel." The public argued that this was incorrect…

The Lebanese daily A-Safeer reported on Monday that the Lebanese intelligence service has uncovered a spy network working for Israel since 1990. The spy network network, according to the report, was exposed…

The number of residents of the occupied Palestinian territories classified as poor more than doubled in the first quarter of 2006, and by one measure more than 70% of the…

The Palestinian Parliament is set to discuss Monday the legality of a Presidential decree issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which he calls for a public referendum over the…

The Israeli government announced recently that it would restrict the right of Palestinian citizens who hold foreign passports, in addition to their required Israeli-issued ID and Palestinian passports, to live…

The Israeli army bulldozers started digging a three meters deep trench along the Yabod-Araba village road near the West Bank city of Jenin Monday. According to the local residents, this…

An Israeli air force jetfighter fired two missiles at a Palestinian car that was traveling on Khalil Al Wazir near Al Nasser neighborhood in Gaza city Monday morning. Medical sources…

The Israeli army has installed several portable checkpoints to the south of the West Bank city of Tubass and the nearby village entrance of Tamon, on Monday morning. Troops stopped…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and clashed with the local resistance fighters defending the city during the early dawn hours Monday. A massive army force…

Israeli army troops arrested Monier Al Omor, 27, from the village of Toqua east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem at dawn Monday. Al Omor was arrested when army…

The Israeli army bulldozers leveled one house in Tourah village west of the West Bank city of Jenin Monday morning. An army bulldozer and more than 20 army vehicles stormed…

The assignment the editors at Al Quds Educational television gave their reporter seemed simple: Go out and assess the public’s reaction to the suggestion by President Mahmoud Abbas to hold…

The Israeli army is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip and conduct a large scale military operation as Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz said Israelis will toughen their response…

Sunday after midnight, Israeli soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin, and exchanged fire with resistance fighters of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military…

A meeting between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and the Minister of Interior, Sa’id  Siyam, ended Sunday evening without an agreement on the referendum, though both leaders agreed to hold…

A statistical report documenting the Israeli violations against the Palestinian people asserted that Israeli occupation forces killed ten Palestinians and injured 59 others in one week throughout the different Palestinian…

Sunday evening, an Israeli fighter-jet targeted a Palestinian vehicle driving in Al Nasser neighborhood, west of Gaza city, two residents were moderately injured. Local source reported that the vehicle was…

Israeli authorities have denied a re-entry visa to an American mother and wife who has lived in the West Bank for thirty years, leading Palestinian-American groups to challenge what they…

An extremist settler opened random fire on Sunday at a group of Palestinian workers, the south of the West Bank city of Hebron, seriously wounding one of them and taking…

Two Palestinian fighters were killed after the Israeli air force fired missile at a resistance group in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, three other fighters…

Three Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.  The three belong to Al-Qassam brigade, Hamas’ armed wing, as Israeli gun shelled the strip, Palestinian…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses jointly reported that an Israeli force of eight military patrols invaded Bethlehem since the pre-dawn hours, and invaded Beit Jala and northern Bethlehem near Aida…

At the height of the second intifada, in October 2002, I was one of those who called publicly upon the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to dissolve itself. At the time,…

This week, the "birthright israel" program, which provides free ten-day trips to Israel for Jewish youth, is celebrating its 100,000th participant since the tour group’s founding.  But Sierra, a 26-year-old…

Dana Olmert, the daughter of Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, participated in left-wing protest against Friday’s Gaza beach military strike, outside the house of Dan Halutz, Chief of Staff of…

Hours after announcing that he would hold a referendum on the Palestinian ‘National Unity’ document, President Mahmoud Abbas received Prime Minister Ismael Haniyya to discuss the possibility of avoiding a…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Saturday at night at the Presidential headquarters in  Gaza, the child Huda Ghalia who lost on Friday seven members of her family in an…

Saturday. gunmen opened fire at convoy of Raheed Abu Shbak, head of the Preventive Security force in the Gaza Strip, loyal to Fateh movement, as he attended the funeral of…