Category: Israeli Settlement

Israeli army Major General Dan Harel, the Higher Commander of the Disengagement, said on Tuesday evening, that the army will start the “forced evacuation” of Neveh Dekalim and other settlement…

Senior Israeli disengagement official, Eival Giladi, said on Tuesday that about half of the settlers in the Gaza Strip, have left the Gaza strip of their own will. “Nearly 50…

As the implementation of the disengagement plan begun, a major question is raised among the Palestinians, regarding what would this step, which took Israel 38 years to take, lead to.…

Israeli Director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze’evi, claimed on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance may renew its attacks in April if the peace talks do not progress. The…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, in charge of the file of the Wanted and Deported Fighters in the Gaza Strip, stated that their file will be closed following the Israeli withdrawal from the…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested two soldiers trying to ransack home in Pe’at Sadeh settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. This marks the third…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements, among nearly 500 right-wing activists while trying to infiltrate into the Gush Katif settlements Bloc via…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening, that the evacuation of Kadim and Ghanim settlements, north of the West Bank, was completed. Most of the settlers of the two…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, addressed the Israelis on Monday at night and said that “Israel is leaving the Gaza Strip from “position of strength, not weakness” and vowed harsh…

A group of 100 extremist settlers gathered in the “Jewish Quarter” in Jerusalem on Monday evening in an attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem said…

Palestinian National Security Advisor, Jebril Rajoub, said that the United States has pledged to continue the implementation of the Road Map Plan, and added that he hopes the Arab countries…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip telling them “Go in peace, and come to visit us as guests and tourists”. The statements of Abbas…

The Israeli government approved on Monday the evacuation of the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported on Monday. This is the…

Israeli TV, Channel 10, published a report on Sunday at night showing videos of soldiers poaching the evacuated settlers’ homes in Beat Sadeh settlement, in the southern part of the…

Israel intends to keep major settlement blocs under its control despite no matter what the agreement with the Palestinians over final status will be, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told…

A group of Israeli right-wing anti-pullout protestors started a day-long rally opposite to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office in West Jerusalem, in the early hours of on Monday…

Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef instructed the Palestinian security forces to act to find and release the French journalist kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Sunday night, Palestine News Network…

The Israeli army issued eviction notices to the settlers of the Nissanit settlement in the northern Gaza Strip, as the first step on the ground after sealing off the Strip…

Israeli sources reported that more than half of the Gaza Strip settlers have already left their houses in the settlement two days before the start of the disengagement plan. According…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Palestinian security forces completed their deployment around the settlements in the Gaza Strip. General Jamal Kayed, head of the Palestinian Security…

As hundreds of settlers started to evacuate from the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, thousands of Israeli police men closed the entrances of Gaza in a bid to bar pullout…

Five Israeli soldiers were injured when an Israeli tank crew opened fire at them responding to an attack claimed to be by a Palestinian group near the Kfar Darom settlement…

Tawfeeq abu Khousa, spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior said on Saturday at night that Israel will hand three settlements in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority on…

The Israeli police reported on Saturday that it will start deploying the “sixth ring” of disengagement forces, and will install dozens of roadblocks in the south of the country in…

A Palestinian security source reported on Saturday afternoon that the P.A police and security started deploying in areas close to the settlements slated for evacuation under the Disengagement Plan. The…

Egyptian forces will be deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip starting next week as Israel starts implementing its withdrawal from the area, the Agence France-Presse reported on Friday..…

The United States State Department on Friday issued a security alert to Americans visiting Israel, warning them of violent protests by settlers and other pullout foes over the coming weeks. The…

A massive rally organized by the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip on Friday gathered tens of thousands of Palestinians, including many fishermen from Gaza City’s fishing harbor. The rally,…

In a move that seen as provocative, some 25 armed settlers marched Friday through Palestinian villages in the West Bank in an attempt to reach the settlements of Sa-Nur and…

Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Friday that its operatives will not disarm after the pullout from the Gaza Strip, intended to start…

Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Friday that its operatives will not disarm after the pullout from the Gaza Strip, intended to start…

Nathmi Mhanna, head of the Border Crossing Department at the Palestinian Authority, said on Friday that the Rafah Border Crossing, which links the Gaza Strip with Egypt, will remain opened…

Expressing satisfaction with the huge number of right-wingers who gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest the disengagement plan on Thursday evening, leaders of the Yesha Council, the…

Dr. Mohammad al-Hindy, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that the real battle with the occupation ends after Israel withdraws from all of the…

Settlers’ leaders are planning a massive protest rally in Tel Aviv on Thursday night, in their last bid to disrupt the pullout slated to start August 15. The Yesha Council…

Israeli police and army admitted on Wednesday that they failed to bar thousands of right-wing pullout protestors from entering the Gaza Strip; the number of pullout opponents who managed to…

In bid to coordinate security activities prior to and during the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four minor northern West Bank settlements, a joint Palestinian-Israeli operations room…

Israeli President Moshe Katsav apologized on behalf of the State of Israel to the settlers for asking them to leave the settlements. He made the comments in a special address broadcast live…

An Israeli paratrooper refused on Wednesday to carry out an order related to the disengagement plan, an Israeli military source reported. The soldier is the first paratrooper to refuse to…

An erstimated 40,000 to 50.000 pullout opponents conducted an anti-disengagement protest at the “Western Wall plaza” in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, according to Israeli sources. Additional protestors had planned to join the…

The Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four West Bank settlements is not an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land; an Arab senior diplomat was…

Former Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu would win over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by a margin of 47 to 32 percent if primary elections for the Likud party leadership…

The Israeli army is tightening the closure it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in preparation for implementation of the withdrawal of settlers from the area, a Palestinian security source reported…

Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed on Tuesday on details of a plan to destroy the homes in Gaza Strip settlements slated for evacuation under the Israeli pullout plan. Under…

Israeli and international leftist peace activists accused the Israeli army of using demonstrations against the Separation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in as a “test field” for its…

The Israeli on Tuesday sealed off the northern West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ghanim after announcing them closed military zones, more than two weeks before they are scheduled for evacuation…

Several Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip reported seeing settlers from Moragh settlement placing dozens of landmines around Moragh settlement, in the southern part of the Strip, in an attempt…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested that new elections for president and vice president be held in four years.  Abbas’ suggestion came during his speech before a special session for the Palestinian Legislative…

The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday  approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…

Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the international world and the United Nations to keep recognizing the Gaza Strip as an occupied territory after the Israeli withdrawal. “Gaza will continue to be…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday appointed Ehud Olmert as interim Finance Minister in place of Benjamin Netanyahu, who resigned earlier on the day. Sharon is scheduled to meet…

Israeli military bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees west of Beit Surik village, northwest of Jerusalem, in preparation for construction of the Separation Wall in the area. Dozens of residents…

Israeli finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his resignation from the Israeli government over his apposition to the pullout plan. Netanyahu announced his resignation shortly before the Israeli cabinet…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry released an official document on the Palestinian official stance on the legal condition of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli withdrawal, as well as on the…

Fearing threats fromextremist settlers opposing his Gaza pullout plan, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sleeps with a loaded gun under his pillow, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv. In spite of the…

Israel will be able to keep at least 180,000 settlers out of the 240,000 currently residing in the West Bank, with American blessing, a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

Palestinian officials have blamed  Israel for the lack of coordination over the disengagement plan scheduled to start in less then two weeks, Palestinian sources reported on Thursday. Palestinian Minister of Civil affairs,…

Israeli Health Minister and Likud MK, Dan Naveh, submitted a proposal to the Knesset to construct a new “Jewish neighbourhood” in the area between the Maali Adumim settlement and east Jerusalem. This proposal comes…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday evening that thousands of pullout opponents have prepared to launch their planned march from Ofakim in the Negev to the Gaza Strip, while…

Jamal Jaradat, head of the Palestinian District Coordination Office on Jenin, said that all roads adjacent to the settlements slated for evacuation will be closed, starting on August 15, 2005.…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will discuss on Wednesday night, with his government, whether Israel will keep control of the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after the…

Yesha Council settlement leaders met on Tuesday evening with Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi and Southern District police commander Uri Bar-Lev,  the Israeli online daily Haaretz reported. The meeting was conducted…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz charged on Tuesday that Palestinian armed factions are planning to move most of their activities to the West Bank. Mofaz said the Israeli security services…

The Israeli anti-pullout movement is determined to carry out their mass-activity slated to start Tuesday evening in the Negev town of Sderot, with the settlers renewing promises that tens of…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Government on Monday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements.will not be postponed. Sharon called on the…

Palestinian security officials presented, on Monday, their Israeli counterparts with the plans prepared by the Palestinian Authority for the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. P.A security officers will be deployed in the…

Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, who also heads the committee in charge of disengagement cooperation, revealed a plan regarding the withdrawal, post withdrawal arrangements, and the closures which…

The Israeli Authorities intend to implement a new plan following the Gaza Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip that will oblige Palestinian workers crossing into Israel from Gaza to obtain visas.…

At least 2,000 Israelis managed to sneak into Gaza settlements over the last several months and remain there,  an Israeli security source reported on Monday. According to Israeli police, the…

A senior official in the Israeli Air Force said on Sunday that the Israeli Air Force is currently forming a new brigade that will take part in the implementation of…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority and Israel will start this week, most likely on Tuesday, joint field tours between P.A and Israeli security…

The Israeli police is set to decide on Monday whether it will close the western Negev area to pullout foes who intend to arrive in the Negev for a march…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz supports not allowing the anti-disengagement right-wing protestors to reach the Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip as planned for their march on Monday, Israeli…

Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s senior adviser, is slated to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday to discuss the US demand that Israel should approve the Palestinian request…

Israeli deputy minister of defense Zeev Boim threatened to conduct a wide-scaled military invasion in the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian resistance fires at the army or the settlements during…

Israeli Interior Minister Ophir Pines on Friday visited the coastal town of Nitzanim to check on preparations for absorbing hundreds of Gush Katif settlers, who will be evacuated from the…

The Israeli military police has launched a probe against three non- commissioned Israeli officers suspected of looting settlers’ homes in the West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ganim. The two…

Israeli police said on Friday they plan to ban pullout opponents from protesting in the south of the country next week. The decision was made in an attempt to prevent…

Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz has rejected a recommendation by senior army officers to launch a major offensive in the Gaza Strip shortly before or simultaneously with the pullout.…

Israeli soldiers and settlers clashed on Thursday evening at the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron after the army arrived to install a new gate in preparation for the upcoming…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Thursday that he hopes pullout from the Gaza Strip and four minor northern West Bank settlements to take two to three weeks, Israeli…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority is ready to control the Palestinian areas following the Israeli withdrawal. Qurei added that the P.A finalized all…

Israeli soldiers bulldozed on Wednesday, farmlands in Beit Doqqu village, north west of Jerusalem, in order to construct sections of the Separation Wall in the area.  Sa’id Yaqeen, member of…

A sergeant in the Israeli army was dismissed from duty when he declared that he will refuse orders to evacuate settlers under the disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday.…

Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, said that the P.A and Israel agreed to remove the rubble of the settlers’ homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,…

The Israeli TV, Channel 1, reported in Tuesday evening, that Israel has decided to evacuate from the Philadilphi Route, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, immediately after completing the Gaza…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Tuesday that the Israeli government plans to construct a settlement at Bab al-Zahera area, in the old city of Jerusalem. The plan which was…

Around five thousand soldiers and policemen started a rehearsal on Monday for the pullout from the Gaza Strip, shortly before the start of the operation, Israeli sources reported. Three army…

The Emirate State News Agency said that the United Arab Emirates intends to build a new Palestinian town on site of demolished settlements in the Gaza Strip, after the Israeli…

Israeli sources reported, on Monday, that the Israeli army is preparing a plan to foil any attempt to fire at settlers and soldiers during disengagement, if the Palestinian Authority does…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slammed London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, for stating that members of the Likud and Hamas were “two sides of the same coin”, Sharon also slammed Likud…

Chief of Staff of the Israeli army Dan Halutz warned settler leaders on Sunday that their plans for mass refusal by right-wing religious soldiers to carry out disengagement related orders…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there is a need for more coordination with Israel over the intended Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements,…

US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met on Friday, with the Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Negev Ranch, Sharon was reportedly “very pleased” with the outcome of the…

Israeli military officials admitted that the army failed to completely seal off the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians, as it had intended to do in preparation for the upcoming evacuation of…

The economic ministerial council at the Knesset approved a plan to provide 97 million shekels in aid to improve infrastructure, agriculture and for settlement expansion in the Jordan Valley area. The…

After landing in Israel on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, and praised the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, for what…

The Israeli army’s chief of staff, Dan Halutz, this week approved a series of steps to toughen disciplinary measures against soldiers who refuse orders, ahead of the planned disengagement from some…

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that a senior military source said that Israel might detonate synagogues and religious schools before it evacuates from the Gaza Strip in accordance…