Palestine Today – September 19, 2006
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Undercover Israeli army unit abducts a resident of Burkeen village near Jenin
Israeli Undercover army units abducted a resident of Burkeen village, south west of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday morning. The man was identified as Abd-Allah Atik, 30,…
The First Palestinian Circus School: The Dream of Shadi Zmorrod
The crowd of men, women and children assembling outside Ramallah’s Ashtar Theatre on a hot August Friday evening is decidedly diverse, running the gamut from veiled Palestinian women to a…
Elderly Palestinian man attacked by Israeli settlers while Israeli soldier watches, doing nothing
Khalil Nawaja, in his 70s, was attacked with sticks and pipes Monday evening by a group of seven Israeli settlers with their faces covered. An Israeli soldier was escorting the…
Halutz: `“Troops to leave Lebanon in coming days`
Israeli online daily Haaretz quoted Meretz member of Knesset Ran Cohen stating that Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said on Tuesday that the Israeli soldiers will pull out…
Unknown gunmen attacked WAFA news agency offices in Khan Younis
A group of unknown gunmen attacked and damaged the offices of the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA,in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon. According…
Army takes seven prisoners from Nablus district
Israeli forces stormed the West Bank city of Nablus and Osren nearby village, taking seven prisoners on Tuesday. Soldiers troops stormed Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, and took Rashad…
Settlers attack elderly man south of Hebron
An extremist group of Jewish settlers living in Sousia illegal settlement outpost attacked and severely punched an elderly man, near Yatta town, south of Hebron in the southern part of…
Since 1967 one quarter of the Palestinian population have been arrested by Israeli forces
Since the Israeli occupation in 1967, Israeli forces have arrested 700,000 Palestinian residents of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem according to a report issued Tuesday by the…
Abbas and Livni meet for first time in four months
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met at the UN headquarters in New York Monday to discuss the current political situation in Israel and Palestine. Considered…
Settlers attack an old man in Yatta near Hebron
Khalil Al Nawaj'a, 79, was moved to hospital after being attacked by Israeli settlers in Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning. The settlers…
Army invades Tubas and injures on resident
Taufik Abu Mihassen, 52, was injured during an incursion by the Israeli army into the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. According to local residents several army vehicles…
Army takes two prisoners from Al Shawawra village east of Bethlehem
Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Shawawra east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took two prisoners on Tuesday morning. Nidal Raba'a, 20, and Ala' Salem…
Two killed in the West Bank one of them a pregnant woman
Two West Bank residents were killed by the Israeli army on Tuesday morning, one of them a pregnant woman who was delayed at an army checkpoint. Bushra Sultan, 27, from…
Help! Peacemongers!
GUESS WHOSE words these are: "Starting this war was a scandal…It was possible to solve the problem of the missiles in South Lebanon by diplomatic means…The offensive of the last…
Palestinian Woman Dies at the Rafah Crossing
Palestinian sources reported, on Monday evening, that a woman died on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing. The woman, Aghfra Mohammad Al Arja, died as a result of…
Palestinian Islamic Justice criticizes Pope’s speech; says attacks on churches counter to Islam
Chief Islamic Justice for Palestine, Sheikh Taysir Al Tamimi, said Monday that attacks on churches in Palestine and anywhere in the Islamic world contravene the teachings of Islam, and that…
Soldiers shell Rafah, Beit Hanoun
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that the Israeli army and air force shelled a Palestinian house in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Palestinian family attests to ongoing Israeli settler attacks
A Bedouin family near the village of Sussiya in Hebron was visited today by a group of internationals and Palestinians working for the PSP (Palestine Solidarity Project) and International solidarity…
Three children critically wounded by Israeli gunfire in Al-Fara’a refugee camp
Israeli Forces wounded three Palestinians in al-Far'a Refugee Camp, north of the West Bank, on Monday, witnesses said. Local witnesses reported that three Israeli jeeps stormed the Camp and…