Month: September 2006

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Israeli soldiers broke into into the Emergency Unit department at the Alia Hospital in Hebron, in the southern part  of the West Bank. Sources at the hospital reported that soldiers…

Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers took one resident prisoner after stopping him at a military checkpoint installed near the Gush Atzion settlement block near Hebron. The resident was identified as Samer…

Israeli soldiers took three Brothers as prisoners during an invasion to the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the refugee…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday a vehicle that belongs to the Red Crescent Society in Tubas, in the northern part of the West Bank. Local sources in Tubas reported that…

Palestinians sources reported on Saturday that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is expect to meet the U.S president, George W. Bush next week in New York on the sidelines of…

Palestinian parties are making contacts Saturday to implement the coalition government now that Fateh and Hamas have agreed on the composition. Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said yesterday that he has…

The Israeli army took one resident prisoner from the village of Doura, south of the West Bank city of Hebron during an invasion to the village late on on Friday…

Palestinian parties are making contacts Saturday to implement the coalition government now that Fateh and Hamas have agreed on the composition. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya said Friday that he has…

The supreme judge of Palestine Sheikh Tayseer At-Tamimi called Saturday on the Palestinian people not to be provoked by the Pope's words which have irritated Muslims' religious feelings. In a…

As Palestinian lawmakers reach the final stages of their negotiations for a 'national unity government' that they hope will provide legitimacy in the world arena and end an economic blockade…

Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly peaceful protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil'in village, near Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, and injured nine protesters after hitting…

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The central West Bank’s Bethlehem is going piece by piece. Israeli army Commander of the Central Region, Yair Naveh, adopted a new resolution Friday providing for the confiscation of 100…

Senior Palestinian security sources reported on Friday that a top intelligence officer and four of his body guards were shot and killed by unknown gunmen at the Sea Street, west…

Yesterday I came to Aqaba, Jordan, and today I went to the border at 8 am.  I was nervous, but at the same time I felt good, doing something that…

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that female detainees in Telmond Israeli detention facility are facing repeated attacks and abuse by Israeli troops, and that these…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that the Israeli air force fired at least one missile at a 4-story residential building injuring a woman…

Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information…

An Israeli F16 fighter jet fired several missiles at a Palestinian house in Rafah city, in the souther part of the Gaza Strip completely leveling it, on Friday morning. The…

Israeli troops invaded the villages of Errtass, Batteir and Doha, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took three prisoners on Friday. In Al Errtass village troops stormed and…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip on Friday. According to residents of the area, the tanks took up positions…

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A two-day United Nations (U.N.) International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People concluded in Geneva today with the adoption of a Plan of Action aimed at…

In a report published Wednesday, the World Bank stated that the economic crisis caused by the Israeli-imposed blockade of all imports and exports into the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories (the West…

A central thesis of my book Beyond Chutzpah is that whenever Israel faces a public relations debacle its apologists sound the alarm that a "new anti-Semitism" is upon us. So,…

In an effort to control the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish population, Israel is encouraging the emigration of Jews while preventing family unification amongst Palestinians both in Israel…

In a summit in Havana, Cuba, the Movement of Non-Aligned countries, which respresents 118 of the 192 recognized sovereign states on earth, agreed overwhelmingly to support a document condemning Israel…

Arab Lawmakers at the Israeli Knesset arrived on Thursday in Lebanon for a two-day visit that will include a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday. Three…

As the democratically-elected Palestinian government is going through the last stages of negotiations needed to reach a national unity power-sharing agreement, the U.S. administration's dismissal of these compromises has led…

The Israeli prosecution appealed on Thursday morning against the decision of the judge of Ofer Israeli Military Court to release twenty Hamas legislators and ministers, including head of the Palestinian…

Eyad Habib, 33, was taken prisoner by Israeli forces that invaded the town of Doha, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday afternoon. Troops invaded the town,…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Marda north of the West Bank city of Salfit in the West Bank on Thursday. Troops attacked and ransacked several houses causing a…

Ghassan Hermas, a lecturer at Al Qudes Open Uuniversity was taken prisoner by Israeli troops from his house located in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. Soldiers invaded…

Israeli soldiers attacked and ransacked scores of houses in the West Bank city of Hebron, late Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Troops also stormed and ransacked houses in the nearby…

The Israeli army took six prisoners from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, among them two officials, on Thursday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city from the western side,…

Ibrahim Naghnigha, 25, was taken prisoner by invading Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday at dawn. More than 20 army vehicles and troops stormed the city…

Early Thursday morning, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles rolled into Gaza south of Sufa Crossing, killing one man and damaging a number of homes, eyewitnesses reported. Iyad Abu Mour,…

Dr. Ghazi Hamad spokesperson of the Palestinian government told Al-Jazeera on Thursday, that Hamas will not accept that the new government recognizes Israel saying that Israel does not recognize the…

There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only…

Abdullah a-Zakh identified his son's body by the belt. The shoes and socks also looked familiar, irrefutable proof that he had lost his son. In the morgue of Shifa Hospital,…

In its latest rejection of democracy in the Middle East, the United States has taken a stand rejecting the Palestinian attempts to form a national unity government, despite the fact…

The city of Bethlehem was closed Wednesday afternoon, with a general strike declared by all shops and businesses to mourn the death of 13-year old Mohammad Ali Showria,shot in the…

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Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem), reported that the Military Police will investigate eight cases in which Palestinians filed complaints that soldiers beat and abused…

  Israeli troops conducting the army offensive of Gaza strip detonated a tunnel shaft on Wednesday. The tunnel was found during army operation in Gaza on Tuesday. According to Israeli…

The guards of Hasharon Israeli detention facility managed said they foiled an attempt by two female Palestinian prisoners to escpae from the facility, on Tuesday late at night. Israeli media…

Israeli National Infrastructure Minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, said on Wednesday that the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz should follow the footsteps of I Northern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam,…

Israel soldiers stationed at the Annexation Wall gate located on the entrance of Khribet Jabara and Kafer Sour villages near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, closed it on Wednesday…

Israeli media sources reported that Israeli troops took one resident prisoner from the West Bank city of Bethlehem overnight. Ali Zalhat, was taken to an unknown destination, media sources reported…

A truck, carrying water supplied by the international aid organization Oxfam had been disabled on Tuesday afternoon when it was on the road entering the village of Suseya near Hebron,…

Israeli soldiers took fifteen residents prisoner in several West Bank areas overnight, Palestinian sources reported. An Israeli army official said that the arrestees are members of Hamas, Fateh and the…

Israeli army troops took three prisoners during a pre-dawn invasion to the village of Rabud near the West Bank city of Hebron and attacked residents houses. Suliman Fatinah, 20, Anwar…

Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Army Northern Command Chief, Major-General Udi Adam, requested the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, to relief him from his duties; Halutz agreed.…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and took three residents prisoners on Wednesday. Ali Saman, 20, Dirgham Yousif, 19, and Mohammad Najem, 19, were taken to…

Ghassan Dahina, 28, and his brother Bassam, 23, from the West Bank city of Jenin were taken prisoners by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Knesset House Committee is expected on Wednesday to approve a request by the Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, to go on a 16-hour leave…

The Palestinenet News website reported on Wednesday that Ehad Abu Salha, 18, from Sheikh Muslim neighborhood in Nablus, in the northern part of the west Bank, died in an explosion…

Ahmad Yousef, political advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said that European countries have hinted that they intend to lift the economic embargo on the Hamas-led Palestinian government…

Tuesday evening, one Israeli soldier was injured after a molotov cocktail was thrown at a military jeep near the Church of the Nativity, a holy site for Christians, who believe…

The Ofer Israeli military court decided on Tuesday to release three ministers and fifteen members of the Palestinian Legislative Council whop were taken prisoners by Israeli after resistance fighters abducted…

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Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores of the Mediterranean a…

Israeli soldiers killed Mohammad Shawariya 12, from the village of Rakhma near Bethlehem and wound 25-year-old Najah Bouja Tuesday afternoon. A large Israeli military force invaded the West Bank city…

Israeli troops invaded on Tuesday the village of Kafer Ni'ma, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, took five residents and two female university students, after breaking into several houses…

Israeli army invaded the village of Tqoa’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday morning, and demolished a warehouse and a barn. Khaled Hamida, head of the…

Amjad Al Tmeizy, 33, from Ithna village west of the West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner by Israeli troops in a pre-dawn invasion to the village. Al Tmeizy,…

After his meeting at the presidential compound, on Monday night,  with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, president Mahmoud Abbas called on the International Community to lift the siege which…

The head of the Israeli Army rocket unit said on Tuesday that the Israeli army fired at least 1800 cluster bombs containing over 1.2 million cluster bomblets on Lebanon during…

Eyad Abu Lilah, 17, was injured by Israeli army fire in Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Sources at Kamal Adwan hospital…

Israeli troops and military bulldozers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Army bulldozers were trying to reinstall roadblocks that army installed in some streets in the…

Tuesday marks the first time since 1967 that parts of the Gaza Strip will be powered by Egyptian electricity. The plan to purchase electricity from Egypt instead of the Israelis…

Three armed men have been killed and one wounded after they attacked the US embassy in Damascus in what Syria has called a terrorist operation. The men were chanting religious…

Palestinian resistance fighter killed one Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip, and injured several others in clashes erupted in the central Gaza Strip. The soldier was killed in the early…

The Israeli forces invaded the village of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took four  residernts prisoners, on Tuesday. Local sources reported that troops invaded the…