Month: August 2006

The woman charging President Moshe Katsav of rape reportedly said that the president "used every kind of force imaginable" on numerous occasions spanning a few years.  He joins Israeli Justice…

Dozens of armed Palestinians blew a large hole in the wall between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Thursday.  Angry gunmen gathered near the Rafah Crossing and detonated a large…

August 24 2006 marks the twenty-second year since the arrest of the founders of the Secret resistance movement in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The Arabs48 news website reported that…

Thursday night after midnight, Israeli air force fired missiles at two Palestinian houses in Jabalia in the northern part of the Gaza City injuring at least nine residents, Palestinian medical…

A few hours after drawing international concerns over its violation of the UN-brokered end of hostilities with Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz and others said recently that they are…

A STORY has it that Oscar Wilde once attended the premiere of a colleague’s play and every few minutes raised his hat. When asked about this odd behavior, he replied:…

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“The ceasefire in Lebanon was holding by a thread last night after sanctioned a commando raid in the east of the country. Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, said…

The Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, urged those who had titles deeds to land in Shebaa Farms, to quickly compile them before a visit next week by UN Secretary General…

Israeli soldiers took three prisoners from the village of Sa’er, north east of the West Bank city of Hebron, in a pre-dawn invasion of the village invasion on Thursday. The…

On Wednesday, ‘s acting ambassador, who currently chairs the Arab Group at the United Nations, formally requested that the U.N. Security Council hold a ministerial meeting in September to launch…

Unexploded Israeli cluster bombs, some dating back to the Vietnam war era, are exacting an increasing toll on Lebanese civilians returning home, the UN and human rights groups say.            …

Israeli soldiers fired overnight artillery shells at fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, killing one fighter and injuring three others. The fighters…

A group, calling themselves the Holy Jihad Brigades, a faction which was not previously known in Gaza, has threatened to kill the two Fox News journalists kidnapped 9 days ago,…

Israeli army troops stormed the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Azzon Thursday morning and took 12 prisoners. More than 20 army vehicles invaded both the…

Israeli soldiers occupying the eastern Bethlehem District’s Wadi Nar Checkpoint, also known as The Container, detained a Nablus professor yesterday.   Wednesday afternoon An Najah University School of Journalism professor,…

An Israeli army force, backed by armored humvees and bulldozers, stormed the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Soldiers fired live rounds and sound bombs randomly at residents’…

Bilal Rizek, 25, a resident of Hendaza neighborhood in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was taken prisoner by the Israeli Army during a pre-dawn invasion of the city, early…

Israeli soldiers stationed at the Hamra checkpoint in the Jordan valley area took one Palestinian civilian as a prisoner Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said that the man was stopped at the…

The Israeli Army invaded the district of Farheen, east of Khan Younis city and south of the Gaza Strip, killing one resident and arresting another early Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses report…

With the UN-sponsored ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah going into effect, Palestinians are apprehensive that might embark on a fresh rampage in Gaza in order to boost the morale of…

Ma’mun Shehada, 22, from the village of Tamon, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, was arrested at an Israeli military checkpoint near the village on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses…

For the first time in the history of Palestine, a 40-hour work-week with a two-day weekend has been declared by the Hamas-led Palestinian government.  The declaration comes in the midst…

On Jerusalem’s Jabotinsky Street, opposite the President’s Residence, a medium-sized plaque is fixed on a locked gate, enclosing a broad building and a lovely garden: "This building was the location…

My wife tapped me on the shoulder, saying, "Wake up and take Mohammad. I’ve fed him and changed his diapers, but he won’t go to sleep. I’m too tired to…

Israeli soldiers confiscated nine Dunams of Palestinian land from Shu’fat village, north of Jerusalem, in order to expand a military checkpoint located on the western entrance to Shu’fat refugee camp.…

Today in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Israeli army went from house to house and forcibly entered every Palestinian home…

As I walked into one of the largest food processing plants in the central Gaza Strip, the first thing I noticed were two workers lying idle in the ice-cream production…

Israeli sources reported that one Israeli soldier, identified as St.-Sgt. Alex Assaf, 21, from Karmiel, was killed, while three other soldiers were injured on Wednesday, when troops of the Israeli…

Wednesday at night, under-cover forces of the Israeli army ambushed Ahmad Jaradat, 43, leader of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin, in the northern part of the…

In a video released today on Al-Jazeera Television, the previously unheard-of "Holy Jihad Brigades" claimed responsibility for the abduction of two foreign reporters in Gaza nine days ago.  The group…

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On Wednesday, Israeli army bulldozers leveled a house belonging to Ahmed Zhaikh in Jabal Al Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood south-east of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Wednesday. Israeli police…

Israeli forces took one prisoner from the West Bank city of Tulkarem early on Wednesday morning. Muhammad Tanbouz, 17, was taken to an unknown location after troops stormed the city,…

The Palestinian National Information Center – State Information Service, released a report on Wednesday on the Israeli violations and attacks against the Palestinians during the period between August 15 and…

Israeli army forces invaded the village of Surif, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and took two prisoners on Wednesday. Rania Khader, 26, and Mohamed Al Hih, 32,…

Israeli army troops stormed and ransacked a library and a Palestinian police station in the old city ofHebron, in the West Bank, on Wednesday. Local sources said that the army…

Israeli army forces stormed several villages around the West Bank city of Tulkarem and attacked residents’ homes Wednesday at dawn.   Troops attacked the villages of Zayta, Baaqa Sharqiya and…

Abdullah Barruuthi, 21 from the village of Dir Ghassana west of the West Bank city of Ramallah was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning.  An Israeli army…

Israeli army troops stationed at the military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Tubas took four prisoners late Tuesday night.  The four were stopped at this checkpoint, detained…

Said Abu Jaber, 23, was taken prisoner during a pre dawn invasion of the village of Jelqa Mous east of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.  Also Wednesday,…

Israeli army troops and jeeps stormed the village of Dura south of the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday morning. According to local residents, troops stormed residents’ homes, searched them…

Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses report that Israeli forces invaded Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp early Tuesday. The Israeli Wall lines the northern edge of the camp and Rachel’s Tomb military…

The UN Development Agency has reported that Lebanon’s 15-year economic and social recovery from civil war was wiped out in the recent Israeli offensive against Hezbollah.  As well, a report…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday, one Palestinian child in Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the West Bank. The arrest took place after the troops invaded the eastern neighborhood…

Defense For Children International, (DCI) Palestine Branch, announced the opening of the four National Child conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The conference will focus on “Child Neglect,…

An Israeli court charged on Wednesday the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik, with membership and and activity in “an outlawed organization”, referring to the Islamic Resistance…

Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians from the southern West Bank Tuesday. The raid spanned southern Bethlehem to southern Hebron city. The southern Hebron village of Dura lost nine residents after…

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An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening that soldiers shot three fighter of the Lebanon based Hezbollah party in southern Lebanon. The incident took place as the fragile ceasefire…

The Palestinian News Agency Wafa reported that a Jewish extremist settler on Tuesday deliberately ran over two citizens in the West Bank (WB) City of Hebron. Hebron Governmental Hospital sources…

What is really portended by UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which set the terms for the present ceasefire in ? The very fact that it was signed at all might…

The Israeli police in Jerusalem seized computers and documents from the residence and office of the Israeli president, Moshe Katsav. The raid is part of an investigation which started after…

The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, gave a speech on Tuesday which was televised throughout the country.. Speaking directly to he stated,  "I say to the Israeli enemy to stop…

Israeli army carried out wide scale of searches in the residents’ homes of two villages and one town of the west Bank area of Hebron Tuesday. Israeli army invaded Tuesday…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul On Sunday night at the Presidential Offices in Ramallah to discuss the latest development in the Palestinian areas. Particularly…

Official sources at the Hebron Reconstruction Committee reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers broke into dozens of shops and stores in the Old City of Hebron, and damaged awnings and…

Tuesday the Palestine News Network spoke with Yoram Ben Nur, an Israeli journalist and political analyst, regarding the current state of thinking among the Israeli people. The 50 year old…

There was concern at UN headquarters that the reinforcement of UNIFIL and deployment of the international force in South Lebanon are on the verge of collapse. Senior UN officials warned…

Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at dawn three members of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad after firing rounds of live ammunition at them as…

During a meeting Monday evening in the northwestern West Bank city of Tulkarem, attendees from Islamic and National parties issued a call for a unity government. The meeting followed a…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli army troops, backed by armored vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Nablus from its main entrances of Biet Eba and Huwwara , and took four…

Twenty Israeli army reservists, and families of soldiers killed in the course of war against Lebanon marched on Monday demanding a national investigation into the war against Lebanon, and demanding…

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According to B’Tselem’s (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Terretories) research, since the beginning of Operation Summer Rains in the Gaza Strip, on 28 June 2006,…

Four Palestinian residents, including two children, were injured in an explosion west of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza strip, Monday afternoon. Medical sources in Rafah identified the…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Ayman Jouda Group, one of the armed wings of Fateh, and Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, Ismail Al Sadeeny group, one of the armed wings of…

The Israeli army troops occupying the international Gaza airport installed on Monday surveillance cameras. Security sources said that by installing those cameras the army will titans its hold on the…

Monday, Israeli troops occupying the Gaza International Airport in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, installed surveillance cameras in the airport’s high buildings, the Palestinian News Agency,…

Major Haitham Sha’ban, Palestinian security top officer was attacked by unknown gunmen who also stole his car and injured two of his bodyguards, Monday at noon. Palestinian security sources reported…

Israeli Forces have recently escalated their military operations in the in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, arresting several people, invading towns, erecting road closures, and violently attacking residents.  Eyad…

A statement issued today by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs denounced the violence being carried out by the Israeli army against unarmed people and Palestinian representatives.  “…The…

The Israeli army troops closed the main Nablus road on Monday at noon, which connects the southern West Bank cities together. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers closed the road near…

The Israeli army took two prisoners during an invasion in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday at dawn. The invasion targeted Balata refugee camp and the nearby village of…

Troops stationed at Kitsofem border crossing in the eastern Gaza Strip injured four Palestinian resistors on Monday morning, the Israeli army claimed. The Israeli newspaper Yideot Ahranot reported that the…

Two residents from the West Bank city of Tulkarem escaped an assassination attempt by the Israeli army, while the army took 10 prisoners in several other West Bank areas on…

Israeli sources reported on Sunday that Israel is preparing for a “net round of war” against the Lebanon based Hezbollah party and vowed to prevent the Lebanese army deployment until…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian Legislative Council secretary Dr. Mahmoud Ahmad Al Ramahy, after breaking into his home in Al Janan neighborhood, in Al Biereh City in the northern…

The Lebanese government, in an unprecedented move, has warned Hezbollah against violating the UN-brokered truce. In an implicit warning to the militia, Elias Murr, Lebanon’s defence minister, said on Sunday…

Sunday at dawn, one Palestinian resident was shot and killed, and three were injured, by Israeli military fire after the soldiers fired at a Palestinian Taxi driving between Huwwara town,…

Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Sunday that one woman died on Sunday of swounds suffered during an Israeli shelling to…

Palestinian medical and security sources in Dir Al Balah, in the Gaza Strip, reported that Israeli soldiers fired shells at a Palestinian vehicles near the water reserve tanks the belongs…

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friends, for those of you that don’t know i’ve been in lebanon for the past   three weeks, trying to provide a biased alternative to the bullshit   that the…

As the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s popularity has grown, so has bizarre Israeli behavior. It is difficult to find another adjective to represent what is happening. Israeli…

Ahmad Shqer, 15, and another child whose name remains unknown were taken prisoner by Israeli troops from Al Zawia village, west of the West Bank city of Tubas, late Friday…

Hezbollah gunmen said on Saturday that they foiled an Israeli invasion attempt west of Ba’labek in eastern Lebanon; one Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured, the Qatar…

“Every living is made of water”,  said Mrs. Tariq Azahiman of Shu’fat Refugee Camp. She said that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality has shut off the water supply to 7,000 residents…

At first sight, the peaceful scene at a west Beirut fishing harbour seems far removed from the conflict that has raged in for the past five weeks.Small boats line the…

Israeli forces took scores of prisoners in the Jordan valley area north of the West Bank on Saturday afternoon. Troops installed military checkpoints on all main roads, stopped and searched…

One Palestinian fighter has been killed and another taken prisoner after they killed an israeli soldier in the Israeli settlement of Beqa’ot near the West Bank town of Tubas Saturday…

Echoing an earlier appeal from U.N. deputy humanitarian chief Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that Israel must immediately lift its air and sea blockade on Lebanon so hundreds…

An Israeli force stormed Al Zakah charitable society offices located in Halhol town, near the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday at dawn. Troops forced their way into the…

Several funeral ceremonies were held on Friday as Southern Lebanese buried at least 250 people killed by Israeli  air strikes during its war with Hezbollah. "This is the day to…

As UNIFIL is seeking to add 3,500 troops to its existing  2,000-strong contingent within 10 days,  the United Nations was urging European countries Friday to  provide troops for the peacekeeping…

Israel warplanes and helicopters hit unidentified targets early Saturday morning near the Lebanese village of Bodai, west of the city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley. Israeli commandoes aboard helicopters…

Medical sources in Rafidia hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus reported on Saturday that Majed Saadah, 20, died of wounds sustained on Friday. Saadah was injured when Israeli…

The Israeli army kidnapped the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Nasser Iddin El-Sha’er from his house in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Palestinian sources reported. Ghazi Hamad,…

Israeli army troops stationed at Howwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, fired at residents and injured two on Saturday morning. The two were identified as Adham…

Contary to the leading opinions of the American-European politicians and media, the main aim of Hamas in calling for the "destruction" of the State of Israel, is not to kill…