Palestine Today – September 21, 2006
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Israeli army’s complicity with settlers must end
For years human rights organizations have pointed out the complicity between the Israel Defense Forces command headquarters in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israeli settlers, nurtured by policies intended to…
Army closes the entrance of Qarawit Bani Hassan village near Salfit
Israeli troops stationed at the gate of the Israeli wall surrounding the village of Qarawit Bani Hassan , near the West Bank city of Salfit, closed the gate on Thursday…
Women leaders urge peace talks between Israel and Palestine to continue
Members of the International Women’s Commission met with other women leaders at the UN Wednesday to discuss reopening peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Results were generally positive, drawing…
Five killed, more than seven injured in the Gaza strip
In separate Israeli attacks on both the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip early Thursday, five Palestinians have been killed, two of whom bled to death in Rafah…
Detained student receives 6-month extended detention order
The Israeli Salem military court extended the detention order of a student from Salfit, in the West Bank, for additional six months without any charges. The student Fawwaz Abdul-Bassit Maali,…
Five residents, including two University students, taken prisoner near Nablus
Israeli troops took five residents as prisoners on Thursday in two separate incidents in Nablus area, in the northern part of the West Bank. Three of the detainees, including two…
Failures of Zionism
The circular logic that pervades pro-Israeli rhetoric today is in fact undermining the security of the Jewish State, and feeding the fire of anti-Jewish sentiment worldwide. This logic can be…
Army invades Tubas, injures several residents
An Israeli military force invaded the city of Tubas, in the norther part of the West Bank and injured a number of civilians, Thursday noon. Local sources reported that troops…
Solution to Middle East conflict requires new global strategy, French President tells UN
Voicing dismay that the conflict in the Middle East has become "the epicentre of global instability," French President Jacques Chirac told world leaders who gathered today for the United Nations…
Livni: `“Two-state solution does not mean withdrawing to the borders of 1967`
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, said that the solution of the Palestinian cause does not mean an Israeli withdrawal…
Undercover army units kidnap three Palestinians east of Jenin
Undercover Israeli army units stormed a farm near the village of Abu Da'eif, east of the West Bank city of Jenin, and took three prisoners, on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses reported…
Troops invade Bethlehem, Al Khader, take two residents prisoners, ransack homes
Israeli troops backed by twenty military vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Thursday morning the West Bank city of Bethlehem, surrounded one home and arrested two residents, Palestinian sources in the…
Army invades Nablus and takes one prisoner
Nassem Al Khzari, 32, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army during an incursion into the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered the…
Olmert’s Approval Rating at All-time Low
Polls show that Prime Minister Olmert’s approval ratings have dropped to 22 percent, from 48 percent six weeks ago. Defense Minister Amir Peretz is in trouble with a 14 percent…
Army takes two prisoners from Bethlehem
Hamza Al Sha'lan, 19, Ahmad Sabah, 27, were taken prisoners during an Israeli army incursion into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the…
Abbas meets foreign and Arab officials at the UN Headquarters
Abbas met foreign officials Wednesday to discuss the current social and political situation in the Occupied Territories as it relates to Israel. The President met with leaders from Spain, the…
Two teenagers injured by Israeli gunfire in Tubas
Israeli Forces wounded two teenagers in the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday. Security sources told the WAFA News Agency that Israeli forces backed by tanks and armoured vehicles…
Bush meets Abbas in New York
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met on Wednesday with the US president, Georg W. Bush, in New York, and held talks on efforts to revive the stalled peace process, the National…
Human rights group’s report leads to indictment of two Israeli soldiers
The Israeli human rights group B'tselem recently reported an incident of abuse by Israeli soldiers against two young Palestinian men. Today, the group's investigation of the incident has led to…
I went to Nablus
There were many places I wanted to see in Palestine this June and Nablus was certainly one of them. Many people were telling me not to go. It was not…
Israeli court questions lack of investigation in Brian Avery case
Brian Avery, an American peace activist shot in the face by Israeli forces in 2003, has sought for a thorough investigation of his case since his injury, but the Israeli…
Seven Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad leader, abducted in Rafah
Palestinian sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Wednesday at night that under-cover forces of the Israeli army abducted seven Palestinians, including a leader…