Palestine Today – August 15, 2006
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Israeli soldiers start evacuating from southern Lebanon
Israel has started evacuating its forces from southern Lebanon as 1000 paratroopers dropped on Saturday at night and were hiding in the mountains, starting marching back to Israel in planed…
Interview:Reem Natour, Resident of Nazareth
IMEMC Interview with Reem Natour, resident of Nazareth. Q: Could you speak about how some of the first casualties by the Hezbollah rockets were Israeli-Palestinians, or so-called Arab-Israelis? Why do…
Israelis release another Palestinian Cabinet Minister: Dr. Aziz Dweik still detained in ill health
Israel released Palestinian Cabinet Minister Mohammad al-Barghouti on Monday after detaining him for about six weeks. Barghouti is the fourth Cabinet minister to be released. Another four ministers and some…
Army bulldozes Palestinian land to construct the annexation wall near Qalqilia
Israeli army bulldozers uprooted large areas of Palestinian orchards in the villages of Kufur Laqif and Azzoun east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday in preparation for…
Army invades Bizaria village, abuses mentally challenged resident
Troops invaded Bizaria village, west of Nablus in northern part of the West Bank, and abused a mentally challenged resident, late on Monday night. Annas Odah was stopped and abused…
Settlers uproot trees near Qalqilia, use the orchards as stables for horses
Dozens of settlers of Oranit settlement, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, uprooted olive trees that belong to residents of nearby villages that became isolated behind the annexation Wall,…
Perpetual Limbo: Report of B’Tselem and HaMoked
Today, B’Tselem and HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, are publishing Perpetual Limbo , a report on ‘s policy freezing family unification for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories…
Palestinian resistance fires anti-tank mortar shell at an army post in Gaza
A Palestinian resistance group fired an anti-tank mortar shell atan Israeli army post near the Erez border crossing north of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. Israeli sources confirmed the attacked…
Army takes two prisoners from Hebron
The Israeli army took two prisoners during house searches in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Tuesday. Doctor Rifqa Al Ja’bari, 43, was taken to unknown location when troops…
Hezbollah Fires Despite Ceasefire Agreement
Hezbollah fired a dozen rockets at positions occupied by Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon early Tuesday morning despite the UN-brokered ceasefire agreement that went into effect Monday. No injuries were…
Israel’s Ecological Devastation of Palestine and Lebanon: Eco-War
It is a measure of the scale of ‘Israels atrocities against the Lebanese that the worst environmental disaster in Lebanon’s history has gone largely unreported in the midst of all…
Sheik Al Tamimi Meets World Council of Churches delegates in Jerusalem; WCC in Geneva ‘Boycott’!
His Eminence Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judiciary, hosted a delegation from the World Council of Churches in his Jerusalem office. Sheikh Al Tamimi briefed the…
Army invades Howwara village, occupies one house
Israeli army force invaded Howwara village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday at dawn. Soldiers took over the house of Ghazi Ishhada, and turned itinto an…
Army causes damage to residents’ property in Jenin and some neighboring villages
Tuesday, Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nerarby village of Fahma, and caused damage to residents and public property. Soldiers invaded Jenin and Fahma, fired…
Army invades Qalqilia and takes three prisoners
Israeli forces invaded Qalqilia, in the northern part of the West Bank and took three prisoners, Tuesday morning. Troops broke into and searched several civilian houses before taking three residents…
Army takes one prisoner form Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers took Ahmad Salahat, 36, prisoner from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late on Monday night. Salahat was heading back home from work when soldiers stopped him at…
Israeli Forces Invade Askar Refugee Camp in Nablus: Elderly Woman Dies
Israeli troops invaded eastern Nablus City’s Askar Refugee Camp early Tuesday and surrounded several homes. Twenty military vehicles followed the soldiers just moments later. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a large contingent…
Interview: Uri Avnery
IMEMC Interview with Uri Avnery, founder of the Israeli Peace Bloc Gush Shalom, and former Israeli Parliament member, on August 10th.Interview transcribed by Tania Tabar Audio: Download MP3 Q: Could…
Child injured in Rafah, two brothers taken prisoners east of the city
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Monday at night that one child was injured after the Israeli tanks stationed near Arafat International Airport shelled several houses in Rafah, in…
Troops shell a house in Jabalia, at least twelve residents injured
Palestinian Medical sources and eyewitnesses in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that at least twelve residents were injured when an Israeli fighter jet fired…
As Hezbollah declares victory, Most Israelis agree: Israel has lost the war with Lebanon
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, tonight claimed a "strategic and historic victory" over Israel as the first day of a ceasefire in the Middle East crisis…