Month: October 2006

The Israeli army invaded the city of Jenin, north of the West Bank and took prisoner two residents on Tuesday. Several army vehicles stormed the city and opened fire randomly…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Burqen, west of the West Bank city of Jenin, took one prisoner and destroyed one house on Tuesday morning. Israeli troops and army…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Abu Enjeem, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner one resident on Tuesday morning. Nuo'man Salahat, 36, was taken…

UNRWA General Commissioner, Karen Abu Zeid, said Sunday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is clearly deteriorating. After her tour in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit…

What Do Ken Livingstone and a Fictional Character Named Artie Fishel Have in Common Created by saxophonist, composer and author Gilad Atzmon, Artie Fishel is a fictional satirical character, conceived…

Israeli tanks shelled on Monday evening residential and farm lands to the east of Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip; several civilians suffered anxiety atacks as…

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Chairman of the Israel Beiteinu party, Avigdor Lieberman, said on Monday that his party decided to join the government, and that he hopes a final deal would be signed by…

Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, slammed Monday's Israeli attack in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and described it as massacres. The statements of Abbas came after the army killed…

Palestinian medical sources  reported on Monday afternoon that seven Palestinians were killed and at least thirty were injured by military fire of the Israeli under-cover forces that infiltrated into the…

Some Israeli cabinet ministers insist that Israel reoccupies the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in order to prevent more weapons smuggling and digging of tunnels. According to the…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Faraheen and Abassan Al Kubra areas east of Khan Younis int he southern Gaza Strip Monday at noon. Local residents reported that two…

An Israeli settler from the illegal settlement of Yetzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus continues to terrorize Palestinian farmers from Huwwara town near Nablus, farmers reported on Monday.…

Unknown gunmen killed Mukafeh Doghless, 25, an Al-Aqsa Brigades fighter, the armed wing of Fatah, in the West Bank city of Jericho late Sunday night. Security sources in Jericho reported…

The Imam of the Omar Al-Khatab Mosque in the West Bank city of Bethlehem made a speech Monday after sunrise in celebration of the commencement of the Islamic feast, ‘Eid…

A group of unknown gunmen shot and killed Ala Mubarak in the West Bank city of Tulkarem late Sunday night. Mubarak was an officer in the Palestinian security forces in…

In the beginning it was simple espionage. One group wanted to know what the other one was planning. Countries, corporations, tribes and gangs, all of them used it. Every one…

Some sources in the Hamas movement said Sunday that they obtained information that a coup is in the works. The sources indicated that their information came from Fateh members in…

Lebanese security and medical sources reported reported on Sunday that a 10-year-old boy was killed and his brother seriously injured when an Israeli cluster bomb blew up as they harvested…

Israeli soldiers invaded Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Tubas, shot and killed one resident, took four residents, including three brothers prisoner, and injured at least seventeen residents…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday at dawn that two residents were injured by Israeli military fire in Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jenin. The sources…

Israeli soldiers took eight residents prisoners in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Israeli army spokesperson told the Israeli Radio that six of the eight residents, taken…

Mohammad Shihada, 28 was killed in central Gaza Strip Sunday morning, Palestine News Network and medical sources reported. Shihada, who is a member of the preventive security forces in the…

Debate and discussion is one thing, prejudice and provocation are another. What is happening in Britain today? It seems that the last two weeks in the British media have been…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a member of the Executive Force, formed by Hamas, was injured on Saturday evening during clashes between members of the force and Fateh gunmen in…

Israeli soldiers took one resistance fighter prisoner in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, after using civilians as human shields, local sources reported. The sources stated that…

The Ramattan News Agency reported that Israeli tanks and vehicles withdrew on Saturday at dawn from the area surrounding the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israeli sources reported that Ahmad Yousef, a senior political advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said on Saturday that Israel agreed to release Palestinian detainees, including top Hamas…

The Israeli army surrounded a house in Wadi Al Hiria neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron taking the owner prisoner, on Saturday at noon. The army, backed by…

  The Israeli army took three residents prisoners from the West Bank city of Hebron after attacking residents' houses on Saturday morning. In the search campaign Israeli soldiers in Hebron…

The Israeli army has abducted eight residents during morning invasions in several parts of the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Tubas, on Saturday. In Obadyeah village, East of Bethlehem,…

The Israeli army invaded the Sofa border crossing in the eastern areas of the city of Khan Younis, in the South of the Gaza strip; attacking residents' houses and killing…

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Amid the olive trees and rocks, in the stone amphitheaters and shaded groves, young residents of Bethlehem’s refugee camps working alongside European volunteers presented “Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare’s immortal drama…

Thousands of Palestinian Muslims flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today to celebrate Lailat al-Qadr, one of the holiest days in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.  They were…

A small protest took place in Bil'in village Friday with approximately 15 Palestinians and 15 internationals and Israelis marching against the confiscation of land in Bil'in, and in support of…

Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, from the Hamas party, denied reports that shots were fired at the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, in the Al Nusseirat refugee…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Egyptian police intercepted a large arms shipment en route to the Gaza Strip on Friday and arrested three Bedouin. Israeli military sources claimed…

A survey conducted by the Israeli Peace Now movement revealed that 75 illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank are installed on private Palestinian lands that the settlers controlled by…

An unknown armed group in Iraq fired, on Thursday night, mortar shells and rounds of live ammunition at a Palestinian neighbourhood of Al Baladiya an area in Baghdad, killing four…

Leaders from political rivals Hamas and Fatah have decided to stop fighting each other for fear of continued escalation. Although an agreement on a unity government has so far failed,…

The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, approved Palestinian citizens of Israel to visit their relatives in the Gaza Strip. This follows a request made on Friday by the Arab Knesset…

The Israeli Prison Administration (IPA) threatened to bar all detainees in all 28 Israeli prisons and detention facilities from receiving visitors after soldiers stationed at two facilities claimed to have…

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The Hamas-led Palestinian Government considered any referendum called by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, from the Fateh party, as a coup on legitimacy. Palestinian Interior Minister, Sa'id Siyam, said in…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday, that the Israeli army is still continuing its policy of denying patients from Gaza access to medical treatment in Jerusalem and cities…

The Israeli army reoccupied, the Rafah Border crossing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at midnight, for the first time since the implementation of the disengagement plan in 2005.   …

The Israeli army shot and injured three children while attempting to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hebron, in the South of the West Bank late Wednesday…

The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yamon, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Thursday morning, local sources reported. More than 10 army vehicles stormed the village…

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that three youth were injured, on Wednesday evening, by Israeli military fire during clashes that erupted…

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published on Thursday its weekly report and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 28 Palestinians, 17 of whom including two children and a…

Farmers with orchards now located behind the Wall are facing a difficult olive harvest season. The Israeli government began building the Wall inside the West Bank several years ago, hitting…

Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday at dawn that  two Palestinian youth were injured during clashed that erupted in the…

"Over half of the Israeli population approves of the use of torture against terror suspects", say the headlines in Israeli papers today, after a BBC poll yesterday revealed these results. …

Under the pretext of “illegal constructions”, the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents…

Palestinian Minister of Interior, Sa'id Siyam, said on Thursday that Israel does not want any prisoner swap deal, and that it is to be blamed for the failure of a…

Senior Cabinet Minister Meir Sheetrit said that Israel should initiate peace talks with the Palestinians based on the 2002 Saudi plan, which proposes a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders…

Omer AL Taher, 42, was killed and Sa'eid Al Kharaz, was injured in two separate attacks by unknown gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night.   Al…

An unknown gunman wounded an Israeli man early Thursday morning while he was driving on the illegal settler only road between the illegal settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav. The…

  Palestinian Medical sources reported that the Israeli army shot and injured a resident east of Gaza city. The man, who's name remains unknown, sustained serious wounds in the abdomen…

More than 20 Israeli army vehicles stormed the West Bank city of Jenin and took over a building in the city Thursday morning. Soldiers forced the residents out of the…

Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers shelled several houses in Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that the Israeli air…

Wednesday, Israeli Education Minister, Yuli Tamir, and Culture Minister, Ophir Pines-Paz, demanded that Israel's Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, revoke the ban barring Palestinians students studying in Israeli universities from entering…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that he is considering granting legal status to some illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, in exchange for which the Yesha Council…

Several hours after evacuating from Qabatia town, near Jenin in the norther part of the West Bank, troops supported by dozens of armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded it once again…

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Women took to the streets of Ramallah Wednesday in protest of the continued infighting between political rivals Hamas and Fatah.   The marchers urged the president and legislative council to…

Israeli military sources reported that soldiers are currently operating along the Philadelphi Route, around the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This marks the first…

Israeli soldiers stationed at a military checkpoint, north east of  Bethlehem, attacked Sawsan Abu Turki, an 18 year-old Palestinian young woman from the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday…

The Israeli government notified 10 families Wednesday in the village of Far’un, south of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, that their homes would be demolished in…

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers stationed at checkpoint 300 hundred also known as Gilo, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, closed it and attacked Palestinians hoping to worship in…

Israeli forces attacked homes in the villages of Yatta and Ithna south west of Hebron city damaging property, on Wednesday morning.  A number of army vehicles stormed residents houses  in…

Spokesperson of the European observers at the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, said on Wednesday that the crossing will remain closed. The spokesperson added…

In a joint press release issued on Wednesday, several armed resistance groups demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop “attacking and defaming” them  in his press conferences, and to…

On Wednesday morning Israeli paratroopers, were parchuted into the Tubas region by helicoptor,where they closed  off all main roads surrounding the West Bank city of Tubas, and detained civilians. The…

The US has addressed the growing issue of Palestinian Americans being barred from entering the territories. Palestinian Americans are finding that having an American passport, despite such close ties between…

The Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and Beit Iba village west of the city, troops took  five residents prisoner, Wednesday morning. Soldiers and army jeeps invaded…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the Rafah crossing area in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip and killed two civilians on Wednesday at dawn. Palestinian medical sources identified…

Dr. Ghazi Hamad, media spokesperson of the Palestinian government stated that Hamas might accept the formation on a unity government that includes professionals and independent experts from all Palestinian factions…

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has hinted that he could sack the Hamas government but that any decision he might take could lead to a referendum. Abbas also promoted the…

Israeli soldiers killed on Tuesday at night and on Wednesday night after midnight two Palestinian residents in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency,…

Director of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip, John King, held a meeting Tuesday to appeal for aid to the Palestinians. “The Palestinian…

Israeli soldiers assassinated on Tuesday evening two Palestinians, including one fighter, in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank. The two were…

Is it possible to force a whole people to submit to foreign occupation by starving it? That is, certainly, an interesting question. So interesting, indeed, that the governments of Israel…

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An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers found an 12-meter-deep tunnel under the Philadelphi route between Egypt and the southern party of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday afternoon. Also, the…

Palestinians are experiencing a humanitarian disaster on all levels, according to UNRWA. The director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, insisted that the international community lift the…

Israeli soldiers broke on Tuesday into the Palestinian Legislative council office in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and abducted two residents, including one employee. Legislator…

The Islamic Teachers Bloc in Tulkarem announced Tuesday that schools will reopen after Eid Al Fitr, a Muslim holiday, ends next Saturday. The strike began in Tulkarem at the start…

An Israeli force attacked on Tuesday afternoon the Palestinian Legislative Council office in the West Bank city of Hebron and took one prisoner. Mohamed Shapanah, the director of the office,…

Palestinian medical sources in Jenin reported that two residents was killed on Tuesday at noon, in Qabatia town near the West Bank city of Jenin. Earlier on Tuesday, one youth…

Israeli soldiers the villages of Doura and Kharsa south of the West Bank city of Hebron and took four residents prisoner on Tuesday morning. In Kharsa village, troops stormed residents'…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not have the support he needs to vote out the Hamas government, nor does the Palestinian constitution allow for it. Abbas’ threats to dissolve the…

Hanni Ikmil, 24, and Ize Al Deen Ikmil, 16, were shot and killed on Tuesday noon by the Israeli army during a military offensive that started in the village of…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Tuesday morning a number of houses in the villahe of Yata, near Hebron city, south of the West Bank. The soldiers were dropped off by an…

The village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, has been targeted by Israeli soldiers due to its water resources, rich agricultural land and its short distance to Jerusalem. It is…

The Israeli army invaded Al Far'a refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday morning. Troops opened fire at residents' homes and used sound bombs. Soldiers…

Israeli armed forces invaded the West Bank city of Tubass and injured four residents on Monday late night. Troops and army vehicles stormed the city and opened fire randomly at…

Ali Sharai'a, a resident of Za'tra village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, was taken prisoner during an Israeli army invasion to the village on Tuesday at dawn.…

Monday night, Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli air force shelled Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip causing damage, no injuries were reported. The Israeli…