Palestine Today – September 18, 2006
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Israeli military court withholds final ruling over detained Hamas officials
Despite the Israeli military court’s decision last week to release 18 detained Hamas officials, the court at the Ofer military base withheld its final decision, which was supposed to be…
Army takes one prisoner at a military checkpoint near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem took one prisoner late Sunday night. Ra'ed Al Herbawi, 29, was stopped at Al Khader checkpoint…
Three Hezbollah men captured during war indicted in Israeli court
Sources at the Israeli Ministry of Justice reported that state prosecutors indicted three Hezbollah fighters who were captured during the recent war between Israeli and Hezbollah. The accusations filed by…
PLC cancels its session after clashes between PM guards and angry Public sector employees
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza canceled its session on Monday after clashes between angry public sector employees and guards of the Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyya. Earlier, hundreds…
Israeli army official: `“We did not know enough about the deployment of Hezbollah Positions`
The Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, reported in its online edition on Monday that senior Israeli army officials complained about the lack of knowledge of Hezbollah deployments in Southern Lebanon…
Jewish rabbi calls for extermination of all Palestinian males
A Jewish rabbi living in the West Bank has called on the Israeli government to use their troops to kill all Palestinian males more than 13 years old in a…
Army invades Beit Kahil village near Hebron,takes two prisoners
Israeli troops attacked and ransacked several houses and took two residents prisoners in Beit Kahil village, west of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, on Monday morning.…
Hebron resident taken prisoner at a military roadblock near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers stationed at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem, took one resident of a Hebron village prisoner. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers took Ra'ed Mohammad Al…
PLC cancels its session after clashes between PM guards and angry Public sector employees 14:05
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) canceled its session on Monday after clashes between angry public sector employees and Prime Minster Isma'il Haniya's guards in Gaza. Earlier, hundreds of angry…
Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip unable to reach Israeli hospitals for treatment
A report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Health revealed that Israeli authorities deliberately prevent the transport of cancer patients from the Gaza Strip to Israeli hospitals for treatment. The…
Army invades Abasan town east of Khan Younis
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip, on Monday at dawn. Two tanks and one…
Seven residents taken prisoners in Nablus invasion
Israeli forces invaded several areas in Nablus district, in the norther part of of the West Bank, and took seven prisoners on Monday morning. In Kofer Qalil village south of…
Army takes two prisoners from Hebron, invades the nearby Doura village
Two Palestinian police officers were taken prisoners by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, as the army invaded it. Soldiers also invaded the nearby village of Dooura.…
Army confiscates four tractors in the Jordan valley
The Israeli forces confiscated four tractors used by local Palestinian farmers in the northern area of the Jordan valley in the West Bank on Monday. Local sources reported that Israeli…
Army injures two youth from Tulkarem refugee camp
Soobhi Yassin, 17, and Ra'fat Abu Sabeit, 27, were injured by an undercover unit of the Israeli army after the unit infiltrated into Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern part…
The Palestinian Authority: A government in jail
Mohammed Barghouthi was coming home from a late-night meeting when he found himself at a makeshift Israeli army checkpoint. The soldiers were stopping Palestinians, checking their IDs, and telling them…
Israel announces construction of new ‘Jews-only’ road and land confiscation in Bethlehem area
Israeli authorities announced Sunday a new plan to isolate over 7000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas in preparation for the continuation of the Wall and…
Palestinian resistance fighters claim to have shot and injured Israeli soldier in central Gaza
The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, on Sunday took the credit for firing and hitting an Israeli soldier who…
Al-Jazeera English Channel succumbing to Zionist Pressure even before it is launched
When the Qatar-based pan-Arab Al-Jazeera Satellite Television announced two years ago plans to launch Al-Jazeera International (AJI), many people around the world hoped the new satellite channel would provide a…
Four Palestinians, including two security officers, taken prisoner from Qalqilia and Hebron
Israeli soldiers, backed by jeeps and armored vehicles, invaded several areas of the northern and southern West Bank on Sunday morning and took four Palestinians prisoner from the West Bank…
Israeli soldiers and settlers take over house in Qalqilia, turn it into a military post
Israeli settlers from Qadomim colony in the northwestern West Bank, backed by Israeli soldiers, seized a house in the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Sunday. The head of the…
Mother of six arrested by Israeli forces in Hebron on Sunday
Israeli forces invaded the city of Hebron on Sunday morning, and took a mother of six children as a prisoner. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), in Hebron, said that…
Israeli forces invade town south of Jenin
Israeli forces raided the town of Az Zababda, south of the city of Jenin on Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military vehicles entered from each direction,…
Explosive device damages Israeli armored vehicle south of Jenin
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, have claimed responsibility for placing an explosive device that blew up under an Israeli armored vehicle Saturday night. A statement…
Unity Government double-edged sword
Despite the US rejection, and the European and Israeli pre-conditions to the planned formation of the Palestinian National Unity Government, the formation of such a government remains an international demand,…
Palestinian PM: prisoner release efforts still underway
Substantial efforts to secure the release of the Israeli soldier are underway, said the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Sunday. The soldier, 19-year old Gilad Shalit, was captured while invading…
Coalition hopes at a standstill, President Abbas may implement emergency government
The efforts to form a national unity government continue to falter despite the pressing need to overcome the current impasse. Before traveling to the United States, President Mahmoud Abbas froze…