Month: September 2006

Israeli war planes destroyed a deserted house in Gaza city after targeting it with missiles, on Tuesday at dawn. Local sources reported that an F16 jet fighter fired several missiles…

Bloodshed, destruction and fear are the remnants of the Israeli occupation army across the Gaza Strip since the Israeli settlers were evacuated on September 12, 2005 army. A year has…

Israeli air force shelled, early Tuesday, on Palestinian house in Gaza City, the house belongs to a senior Palestinian security official, eyewitnesses reported.   An Israeli military sources reported that…

Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli settler was found guilty of killing four Palestinians in an attempt to foil that Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, and four settlements…

After his second meeting with the Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyya, from the Hamas party, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that the efforts to form a national unity…

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Israeli troops invaded the village of Beit Kad, near the West Bank city of Jenin and took five prisoners on Monday. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the village from several…

Israeli soldiers opened fire at school students in Dar Salah village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Monday morning. Two army jeeps stormed the village then head…

Israeli troops invaded the village of Haloul north of the West Bank city of Hebron, and took four residents prisoners. The four were identified as; Ehab Al Baba, 19, Tariq…

Omer Al Dogha, 20, was injured by Israeli army fire east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday. Al Dogha was injured in his…

Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp on Monday morning and took three  residents prisoners. The three were identified as Talal Al Jetawi, 50,…

Israeli troops took three residents prisoners from the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Al Ein refugee camp. According to Palestinian security sources in Nablus, troops stormed the…

Palestinian security sources reported on Sunday that Baha Ba'alosha, an officer in the Palestinian Authority intelligence department, escaped an assassination attempt after being targeted by unknown gunmen in Al Shikh…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday evening, that a Palestinian child was killed and his brother was his brothers is clinically dead after the Israeli army shelled an area near…

Two young men on their way to work Monday came under attack by Israeli special forces, who shot multiple rounds into the taxi in which they were travelling.  Both men…

  A group of right wing Israeli settlers attacked Al Nabi Younis mosque, located in Halol village, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday at dawn. Local…

The Israeli army opened Karn-A border crossing between Gaza and Israel on Sunday morning after closing it for more than two months ago. Suleiman Abu Safia, the directer of border…

Israeli tanks and bulldozers withdrew from Khaza'a village, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip , on Sunday, ending a three day invasion of the area.   Palestinian sources…

Israeli Prime Minister met on Saturday evening with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The later plans to meet the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday but will not meet…

In accordance with an agreement made with United Nations (UN) chief Kofi Annan, the Syrian President Bashar Assad agreed to deploy a battalion of Syrian troops along the Syria-Lebanon border…

Israeli sources reported on Saturday that six Lebanese residents abducted by the Israeli forces on Friday in Aita Al Sha'ab village, in southern Lebanon, were released on Saturday, and that…

Sources in the ruling Palestinian Hamas party said on Saturday that prisoner swap talks between Israel and the Palestinians have reached a dead end due to the Israeli rejection of…

Unknown gunmen attacked and set fire to the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) office in the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Saturday morning.     According to local police…

A moderate earthquake was felt across Jerusalem and the plains area on Saturday at eight in the morning. The  quake was felt by residents of those areas, especially by residents…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday that one resident was injured by Israeli military fire after the army invaded Khazza'a town east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…

Jihad Yahia, was taken to prisoner by the Israeli army during an invasion to the West Bank city of Tulkarem, late Friday night. Yahia was taken to an unknown destination…

Israeli tanks continued on Saturday morning to randomly shell areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that tanks stationed at the northern Gaza – Israeli…

Israeli troops stationed at a military checkpoint located at the entrance of the Ibrahami Mosque (known as the Tomb of  the Patriarchs) in the Old City of the West Bank…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday morning, and searched scores of houses. Troops and army jeeps invaded the city from several directions, stormed and…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the eastern part of Khazza'a village east of Khan Younis south of the Gaza strip on Saturday morning.   Tanks opened random fire at…

The measure of a human rights organisation is to be found not just in the strides it takes to seek justice for the oppressed and victimised but also in the…

On a humid afternoon, an hour or two after lunch, Nadi al-Attar, 12, set off on a donkey-drawn cart with his grandmother Khariya and two of his young cousins to…

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Major General, Alain Pellegrini, head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), stated on Friday afternoon that Israeli had lifted the sea blockade over Lebanon. The Israeli government…

Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that at least 150 residents, eight internationals and six Israeli peace activists protested against the Israeli Annexation Wall…

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 troops invaded on Friday at dawn the West Bank city of Jericho, and took three residents prisoners, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. Soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Al Shawawra village, east of Bethlehem, and took two residents prisoners. Local sources reported that soldiers broke into several houses, searched them and took…

Israeli troops abducted on Friday one resident of Nour Shams refugee camp, while he was heading back home from Nablus. Local sources reported that soldiers based at Huwwara checkpoint, south…

Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the West Bank, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported. Soldiers broke into the officers of the Prisoners…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the estimated total cost of the damages in the Gaza Strip assessed for the period between June 28 and August 27, 2006,…

After demanding that all detained Arab residents of Israel should be included in any possible prisoners swap deal, the Israeli police, special forces and Israel's General Security broke on Friday…

While continuing construction on the massive concrete Wall and series of electric fences and trenches in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel is now announcing the construction of another massive…

Arab members of Knesset, Jamal Zahalka and Wasal Taha, members of the Balad Faction in Israel, headed to Damascus on Thursday for meetings with the Syrian leadership. Israel considered the…

Thursday night after midnight, Israeli soldiers invaded the city of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and randomly fired rounds of live ammunition, the Palestinian News Agency,…

Palestinian medical sources in Qabatia town, near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that four Palestinians were killed and at least fifteen were injured by military…

Cluster bombs, manufactured mainly in the United States and in Israel, are small bombs that splinter into many pieces, raining shrapnel upon an area 2-3 kilometers from where the bomb…

23 Internationals from different European countries and the United States are sitting at the Jalama military checkpoint as they were denied entry to the West Bank city of Jenin. The…

In an ad today in al-Ayyam newspaper, a group of independent Palestinians published a letter stating, "We, the signatories… notables, intellectuals and political figures declare that Tony Blair [the British…

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Riziq Al Barghouthi, member of the General Committee for the Teachers Union in the West Bank, told the IMEMC that teachers are ongoing with their strike and that no agreement…

Thursday morning, Israeli troops invaded the Khaza area, east of Khan Younis, and attacked homes belonging to Palestinian families.  Eyewitnesses stated that troops, backed with tanks and bulldozers, stormed the…

  Ziad Halada, 28, was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Nablus during internal factional fighting between Palestinian groups on Thursday. Halada was shot in the head…

Israeli tanks stationed at the eastern border between the Gaza strip and Israel, shelled Palestinian homes located in the Al Fokharia area in Khan-Younis, in the southern part of the…

At a press conference on Wednesday, foreign passport holders, human rights organizations, and representatives of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem charged Israel with separating families that have long lived together…

Israeli president, Moshe Katsav, was interrogated on Thursday morning for the fourth time, after additional complaints were filed by four other women, apart from his former secretary,  accusing him of…

Muhsan described to Ynet on Wednesday the events which had taken place on Saturday a week and a half prior: He was on his way from Nablus, where he studies…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Tamon, east of the West Bank city of Tubas, on Thursday at dawn, and attacked several residents' houses. Army vehicles and one bulldozer…

An Israeli army force invaded the village of Tiqua, south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, late on Wednesday at night. Local residents reported that several army jeeps…

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, said during a press conference in Haifa that Israel should hold direct talks with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, adding that direct talks will enable…

Sanaa' Qandeel, 24, from Asker refugee camp in Nablus was taken as prisoner by the Israeli army earlier on Thursday. Troops and army vehicles stormed the camp, then searched and…

On Saturday the 26th of August, Israeli military invaded the Jabal Shamali area of Nablus and destroyed 22 homes, according to an eyewitness report from the International Solidarity Movement. The…

This is IMEMC interviewing Faisal Sawalha from the Regional Council for the Arab Unrecognized Villages in the Negev.  Mr. Sawalha works in resource development and public relations.  Today is Wednesday…

The President of the European Union (EU) announced in a statement Wednesday evening that Israel should commit to restarting the Middle East peace process by freeing the dozens of Palestinian…

The following is a report issued this week by the Catholic relief agency, Caritas: Today, Israel issued tenders for 690 new settlement units around occupied East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the months-long…

Israel will lift the air and sea blockade imposed on Lebanon at 6 p.m. Thursday after receiving international assurances over an arms embargo on Hezbollah, the prime minister's office said.…

I am an Italian citizen, born and raised as a member of the German-speaking minority in northern Italy (the relevance of this fact will be apparent later). For the last…

Under-cover forces of the Israeli army assassinated on Wednesday leader of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, in Jenin, in the northern part of the…

Gerry Adams, the head of the Irish Sinn Fein party and a key player in the 'Good Friday' agreement that secured peace in volatile Northern Ireland in 2000, arrived in…

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A group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, east of the West Bank city of Hebron, started to open a new road to connect the settlement…

Israeli soldiers stopped on Wednesday a number of school teachers and barred them from from arriving to their school where they teach in the village of Ras-Tira near the West…

Thiab Al Asafra, 41, a resident of Beit Kahil village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning. Al Asafra was…

Wednesday at dawn, Israeli army troops attacked the house of Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, the Palestinian chief Islamic judge, located in the West Bank city of Hebron. The house of Al…

Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Kafer Dan and Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps stormed the two villages and attacked…

An Israeli army source reported on Wednesday that Palestinians hurled a roadside bomb at a military force near Awarta checkpoint, south of Nablus in the northern part of the West…

Israeli soldiers and police detectives arrested three Palestinians in Hebron area earlier on Wednesday morning. According to the Israeli police, the three carried shooting attacks against settlers vehicles in the…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in two separate attacks, one of the casualties is a 16-year old boy.  A total of seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks…

Israeli bulldozers uprooted Wednesday scores of olive trees to pave a colonial road near the Jewish colony of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank City of east Hebron. Local sources…

In an interview with London's Financial Times on Tuesday, Mohammed Khatami, former president of Iran, said that if the Hamas-led Palestinian government were to agree to a two-state solution with…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp on Wednesday morning and took one resident of the refugee camp as a prisoner.…

An Israeli force installed a temporary checkpoint on the main road that connects Tayasser village with the nearby West Bank city of Tubas, late Tuesday night . Troops stopped civilian…

A report prepared an published by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees revealed 700.000 (25% of the total population) Palestinians were taken prisoners by Israel in the occupied territories. According to…

Khaled Ashour, 19, was injured during an Israeli army invasion to the village of Al Yamoun, near the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning. Ashour sustained an injury…

The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday at dawn and took four prisoners. The four were identified as Hanni Syif, 20, Mohammad Abdul-Al his brother…

Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident was killed and at least three were injured after the Israeli soldiers…

The head of a Palestinian Presidential Security force, 'Force 17', was taken prisoner by Israeli forces Tuesday at an Israeli checkpoint outside the city of Nablus in the West Bank,…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday at night that four residents in two separate Israeli air strikes in Rafah city, in the southern part of the…

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Israeli Vice Prime Minster Shimon Peres said Tuesday that once the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is released, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, would start talks with the Palestinian…

Israeli Vice Prime Minster Shimon Peres said Tuesday that once the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is released, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, would start talks with the Palestinian…

The Israeli army closed on Tuesday the gate number 708 of the Annexation Wall, which is located between the village of Far'on, near the West Bank of Tulkarem, and its…

The Israeli army invaded the villages of Bani Neim and Dora south of the West Bank city of Hebron, and took one resident prisoner on Tuesday. Mohamed Al Zeer, from…

A general strike was carried out in Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, and all surrounding villages in support of government employees who continued their strike for the fourth day…

Nader Sbeih, 29, from Al Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was taken as a prisoner by the Israeli army to an unknown location rising the…

In the middle of the conversation in the spacious CEO's office at the Palestinian National Beverage Company in Ramallah 10 days ago, Zahi Khouri's mobile phone danced on the table.…

A monthly report of the International Solidarity Institute for Human Right revealed that Israeli soldiers killed 86 Palestinians, including 16 children. Twelve residents were killed in targeted killing attacks. A…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that a Palestinian worker stabbed  a 60-year old Israeli man on Tuesday morning at the Atarot industrial zone, north of Jerusalem. The man sustained moderate…

Palestinians are so enmeshed in politics that it is akin to daily bread. The two are inseparable as there is no choice under occupation and now in the face of…

Taile Al Tirawi, 30, from the West Bank city of Nablus was attacked by Israeli prison guards on Tuesday morning while leaving the prison compound when he was released after…