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Just Another Mother Murdered
Almost no one bothered to report it. A search of the nation’s largest newspapers turned up nothing in USA Today, the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San…
Palestine Today – October 9, 2006
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Hazardous Intent: US Brokers in Palestine
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East and she is in a “very concerned” state. For someone who has played Israeli ambassador to the Middle East…
Israeli Settlers Threaten Israeli and Foreign Activists
The Israeli army has demanded that Israelis and foreigners, who are escorting Palestinian farmers during this year’s olive harvest to protect them from Israeli settler attacks, not participate in this…
Freed detainee: `“Female detainees were attacked after administration claimed that two tried to fle
Ramah Habayib, a freed female detainee from Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank, said that female detainees in Telmond Israeli detention facility, were harshly attacked on…
Army kills Nablus resident at Huwwara checkpoint south of the city
Mohammad Sa'adah, 22, was shot and killed on Monday afternoon by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers did not…
Muslim pilgrims started crossing the Rafah border crossing, food aid expected in Gaza
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, managed to cross the Rafah Border Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, after the international observers resumed…
Two Palestinians injured by Israeli army gunfire in the Gaza strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that two residents were injured during an Israeli army invasion of the Al Sika area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza strip…
Solidarity activists remove roadblocks near Hebron
Over the weekend, Israeli and international peace activists dismantled several roadblocks in the Hebron area that had been set up by the Israeli military, and had been acting as a…
Shepherd huts attacked by Army east of Tubass
On Monday at noon an Israeli Army unit invaded agricultural land, east of the West Bank city of Tubass and ransacked shepherds huts there. According to local sources, troops in…
Palestinian killed, five injured in an army air strike in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed and five were injured, most of them children, in an Israeli military air strike that targeted a Palestinian vehicle in Beit…
Israeli war planes bomb home in Khan Younis refugee camp
Israeli war planes dropped missiles on a home in Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, late Sunday night. Although the house was completely destroyed, no casualties have…
Israeli army puts a village in the Jordan valley under curfew
The Israeli forces put a curfew on Al Ezbedat village in the central area of the Jordan Valley, in the eastern part of the West Bank, on Monday morning. Troops…
Qatar Enters as Mediator Between Hamas and Fatah
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani has entered talks to form a unity government as a mediator between Hamas and Fatah, the leaders of which he will…
the Isreali Army seizes three residents from Nablus
Israeli troops with a cavacade of jeeps invaded the West Bank city,Nablus on Monday at dawn and seized three residents . local sources reported that over 12 army vehicles, invaded…
Al Yamoun village near Jenin invaded
The Israeli army invaded the village of Al Yamoun village west of Jenin and searched houses on Monday at dawn. Troops, backed by over 10 military vehicles, invaded the village, …
Soldiers abuse handcuffed brothers at a West Bank checkpoint
Two Palestinian brothers, from the Salem village, near Nablus city in the northern part of the West Bank, were brutally beaten and abused for several hours at the Huwwara military…
Israeli Border Police arrest three peace activists for aiding Palestinian farmers
The Israeli Border Police arrested three international peace activists near Al Khader town, in Bethlehem area, after they arrived at the town to held Palestinian farmers in harvesting their orchards.…
Resident of Balata refugee camp in Nablus killed by military fire, two on Sunday
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident, from the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus,…
Exploring roots in Israel – American-Palestinian style
While most American college students visiting Israel this summer seldom ventured across the Green Line, Sarah was among several dozen Americans participating in the Palestinian Summer Encounter (PSE) program, based…
Irish protesters challenge Israeli ambassador in Galway
Dr. Zion Evrony, the Israeli ambassador to Ireland was greeted with boos and hisses, shouted slogans and Palestinian flags as he began a speech at the Law School of the…
Brother of slain Palestinian worker: ‘He was murdered in cold blood’
"I was a few meters from the scene; at first the officers chased after my brother and his friend, took them into the bathroom of a building and beat them…
Analysis: Mideast Policy Comes Full Circle
Having ignored him for over a year, now all of sudden the world and his dog wants to talk to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It’s astonishing how short memories can…
Stones and fire in Kufr Qallil ` yet the olive harvest continues
Omar Suleiman from Kufr Qallil walked through his 10 dunums of olive trees on Saturday the 30th of September, occasionally grabbing hold of a tree trunk and nimbly climbing up…
Palestinian resistance fires homemade rocket at Sderot, rocket lands near Mayor’s home
According to Israeli sources, a homemade rocket was fired from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip into the Israeli town of Sderot, five kilometers from the border of the…
Israeli military imposes full closure on Palestine for week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot
As on every other Jewish holiday this year, Israeli forces have implemented a closure on all Palestinian areas during the week of Sukkot, preventing the 3.5 million Palestinians in the…
After war in Lebanon, Israeli settlements growing again
At this time last year, many people in this settlement started eyeing their future with increased doubt. Some 8,000 Jewish settlers had just been forcibly removed from Gaza, and people…
Report: Pregnancies (and miscarriages) at checkpoints on the rise
A report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health says that pregnant Palestinian women are often prevented by Israeli forces from reaching hospitals to receive appropriate medical attention, causing many miscarriages…
Palestinian resistance fires three homemade shells at Sederot
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired on Saturday three homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sederot. Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, the armed wing of Popular Front for…
Secret meeting between Abbas, Olmert aides ends with failure
The Palestinenet news website reported that a secret meting that included aides of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and aides of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, was conducted two…
Army invades Tubas
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Tubasm and the nearby Al Far'a refugee camp, on Saturday evening, and opened fire at the several houses. No injuries were arrests…
Israeli sources: `“Four Egyptians taken prisoner for attempting to enter Gaza via tunnel`
An Egyptian police source reported on Saturday that for Egyptian were arrested after they attempted to cross into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt borders. The officer,…
Resistance detonates an explosive near the annexation wall in Tulkarem
Palestinian resistance fighters detonated on Saturday morning an explosive charge near a section of the Annexation Wall, close to Qaffeen Village, in Tulkarem area, in the northern part of the…
Youth shot and injured by Israeli forces in Nablus
During the ongoing Israeli invasion of the West Bank city of Nablus Saturday, Israeli forces shot Farid Tu'amah, in his abdomen near the Israeli annexation wall. The young man was…
Israeli forces invade Jenin area towns, take six residents prisoner
Early this morning Israeli forces invaded the northwestern Jenin town of Silat Harifiya. Eyewitnesses report that at least 20 military vehicles raided the sleeping town. In Al Yamoun Village members…
Hebron commemorates anniversary of massacre in Ibrahimi mosque
It was 13 years ago on this, the fifteenth day of Ramadan, that Dr. Baruch Goldstein walked into Al Haram Al Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank's Hebron and…
Army closes the Rafah border crossing after promising to open it during the holy month of Ramadan
The Israeli authorities closed the Rafah Border crossing on Saturday after opening it last Wednesday and Thursday and promising to open it for the whole month of Ramadan for regular…
Army invades South East of Khan Younis
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded the Al Fokhari area, South East of the town Khan Younis, in Gaza and attacked resident's houses, on Friday night. More than 15 army…
Army invades Nablus and nearby refugee camps
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata and Asker refugee camps, on Sunday morning Troops fired live rounds and sound bombs at residents'…
Army takes three residents prisoner during an invasion to several villages near Jenin
The Israeli army took three residents prisoner from the villages of Sliat Al Harthia and Al Yamon, near the West Bank city of Jenin, during dawn invasions on Saturday. Troops…
Army restricts farmers in Tulkarem from their own land
Israeli soldiers restricted Palestinian farmers from their own land on Saturday morning, by denying access through a gate in the Separation Wall North of the West Bank city of Tulkarem.…
P.A payment to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon stopped since March
Palestinian refugees living under extremely difficult conditions in Lebanon have not received payments from the Palestinian Authority (P.A) since the Palestinian Legislative elections in March 2006, the Qatar based Al…
UN sets up camps for Palestinian children affected by Teachers Strike
UNICEF has set up youth clubs to provide extracurricular activities, safe indoor and outdoor play areas, and centres to provide literacy and computer training for Palestinian children, who have been…
Army invades Beit Lahia, in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Friday evening that dozens of Israeli armored vehicles and tanks invaded an area north-west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Israeli military court sentences two detainees to high terms
The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced on Friday two members of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, to harsh terms after indicting them of carrying attacks…
Twenty residents taken prisoners east of Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded on Friday at night, Al Fakhary area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip and took…
Haniyya: `“We will not recognize the occupation, we offer an extended truce for a Palestinian State
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, a member of the Hamas party, said during a speech in front of tens of thousands of residents in Gaza that Hamas will not…
This Week in Palestine – October Week 1
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Weekly Non-violent protest in Bil’in challenges Israeli Wall Construction on Bil’in village land
As on every Friday for the last 20 months, the villagers of Bil’in, supported by international and Israeli activists, marched from the village mosque after prayers to the Israeli annexation…
Support For Hamas Explodes In Gaza
Tens of thousands of Palestinians loyal to Hamas gathered Friday in the Gaza stadium in support of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Haniyeh rallied his supporters in Yarmouk stadium in Gaza…
Troops invade Balata refugee camp in Nablus
On friday at dawn Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp in Nablus city, northof the West Bank, and bulldozed one of the main streets of the camp causing extensive damage…
Several residents injured while attempting to reach the Al Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israeli soldiers and policemen barred hundreds of Palestinians from reaching the Al Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers, marking the second Friday of the Muslim…
Fighter killed in Gaza tunnel blast
Palestinian sources reported that one fighter was killed on Friday at dawn after an explosion collapsed a tunnel, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Rescue…
Army takes three presidents risoner from several villages near Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded the villages of Al Obadiyah, Al Shawara, and Taqua, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Friday morning; taking three residents prisoner. In Obadiyah, East…
Hamas: Agreement to be Reached on Captured Israeli Soldier after Two Weeks
A final agreement over the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be reached within two weeks, according to senior Hamas official Ahmed Yousef. Shalit is to be freed…
Israeli army explodes a car near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, stopped a passing car and blew it up on Friday morning. The army claimed that the car contained materials that…
Palestinian killed in tunnel explosion under Gazan-Egyptian border
Hafith Al Laham, 30, was killed when a tunnel collapsed between the Gazan – Egyptian borders on Friday at dawn. The tunnel was used to smuggle weapons for the resistance,…
Army takes five residents prisoner from Tulkarem and neighboring villages
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem and neighboring villages seizing five residents in a pre dawn invasion on Friday. The five taken are known as Samie…
Israeli army takes two residents prisoners from the Tubas region.
In the West Bank city of Tubass, Israeli troops stormed and searched residents' houses on Friday morning then took Ahmad Daraghmah and his brother Mahmod to unknown locations. Also on…
Army invades Al Fokhari area east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army have invaded invaded Al Fokhari are east of Khan Younis south of the Gaza strip Friday morning, with tanks and bulldozers. Tanks using heavy artillary fired at …
Palestinian resistance fires two home made shells at Kifar Azzah
On friday morning a group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired, two home made Qassam shells at the Kifar Azzah Israeli settlement east of the Gaza strip. Al Aqsa brigades the…
The Israeli army seizes 16 residents during dawn raids and invasions across the West Bank
Israeli media sources reported that their army seized 16 residents from West Bank cities during pre dawn invasions on Friday. The sources said that seven were taken prisoner from Tulkarem…
Army invades Balata refugee camp and attacks the Ramadan markets
For the sixth consecutive time this week the Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, at dawn on Friday. Soldiers attacked shops and the…
Israeli settlers take over Hebron mosque under armed protection of Israeli soldiers
Today in the southern West Bank's Hebron District a heavily armed group of Israeli settlers broke into the Halhoul Village Mosque and began performing Jewish religious services. Official Palestinian sources…
Hamas spokesperson demands Abbas to resume talks over national unity government
Dr. Ismail Radwan, media spokesperson of Hamas movement, demanded the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to resume talks in order to finalize and conclude the negotiations over the formation of a…
Fateh member killed by unknown gunmen in Rafah, Hamas member injured in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Fateh member was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A member…
Palestine Today – October 5, 2006
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Fuel Crisis in Palestine to end soon, PA contracts a new company
Deputy Minister of Finance in the Palestinian Authority Dr. Samir Abu Eisha said on Thursday that the Ministry has signed a contract with Paz company, the largest fuel company in…
Peretz: `Easing condition in P.A area is an Israel’s security interests`
During his Thursday meeting with the U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said that easing restrictions imposed on the Palestinians is an Israeli security interest,…
PA security officer dies of wounds he sustained on Monday due to infighting in Gaza
A Palestinian security officer died Thursday afternoon of wounds he sustained last Monday during the infighting in the Gaza Strip, medical sources from the Gaza-European Hospital in the town of…
Army invades Tulkarem
Some 5 Israeli army vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday afternoon. Troops searched and ransacked a number of houses. Although no arrests or injuries were reported,…
Palestinian resistance shells Siderot
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired two hommade shells at the Israeli town of Siderot near the Gaza strip. Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, have…
Army takes prisoner four residents from Tulkarem
More then 30 Israeli army vehicles invaded the village of Aillar, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and took prisoner four residents Thursday afternoon. Troops conducted a wide…
Settlers attack a mosque in Halhol village near Hebron
A group of right wing Israeli settlers attacked a mosque in the village of Halhol, north of Hebron city, southern Wet Bank on Thursday. Al Nabi Mossa mosque is one…
Israeli Police arrest a Rabbi who threatened to carry out a terror attack against Al Aqsa Mosque
The Israeli Police in Jerusalem arrested on Thursday a Jerusalem Rabbi suspected of threatening a terrorist attack against the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported. …
Army invades Yatta village, searches homes and takes prisoner one resident
Israeli forces invaded the village of Yatta, near the city of Hebron in the sourthern part of the West Bank searched houses and took one prisoner Thursday morning. Ayiman Hushia,…
Three residents reported to be missing in mysterious circumstances in Gaza
Local sources in Gaza city reported that three residents went missing late on Wednesday night in mysterious circumstances. The residents who were identified as Adel Hamada, Zakie Saleh, both work with the…
Israeli army source: ’12 residents taken prisoners from several West Bank cities on Thursday
An Israeli army source reported that the army has taken 12 residents prisoners in several invasions to different West Bank areas on Thursday. According to the source, four residents were taken prisoners in…
Army invades Jenin, its refugee camp and nearby village
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin, its refugee camp and the nearby Dier Abu Da'ef village north of the city on Thursday at dawn. In the…
One resident killed by Israeli fire east of Khan Younis
Israeli forces shot and killed one resident in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, near Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian…
Army invades Balata refugee camp in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning. Local residents said that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition and sound bombs at the…
An old man injured by army fire in Qabatia near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded the village of Qabatia, near the West Bank city of Jenin, and injured an aged resident in the village, Thursday morning. Afif Zakarnah, 72, sustained an injury…
Army shot and killed one residents from Al Farahen east of Khan Younis
Palestinian Medical sources reported that Yousif Qabalan, 18, was killed by Israeli army fire in Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis, in the souther part of the Gaza strip on…
Two Islamic Jihad fighters assassinated in Khan Younis
Israeli forces assassinated two Islamic Jihad fighters after targeting their vehicle by a missile fired by an Israeli fighter-jet in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Palestine Today – October 4, 2006
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Israeli Fuel Company Turns Off Fuel Supply Until Debt is Paid
The Israeli Transnational Corporation fuel company will not deliver fuel to West Bank cities until the Palestinian Authority pays its debt of hundreds of millions of shekels. But with the…
Army takes prisoner one resident from Abu `Dis town near Jerusalem
Lith Jafal, 21, was taken prisoner by Israeli army troops who stormed his house located in Abu –Dis town near Jerusalem Wednesday morning. Eyewitnesses said that troops forced the Jafal…
Israeli Air Strike wounds five Palestinians in northern Gaza
At least five Palestinians were wounded when Israeli war planes fired missiles at two cars in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, Palestinian sources reported. The Israeli Army confirmed it…
Rice’s Visit To Middle East: Palestinian Question At Core of Middle East Conflict
In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Jordanian foreign minister, Abdel Ilah Khatib, said, "Jordan and other Arab countries will insist that priority be given to…
One Al Thahria villager from near Hebron taken prisoner by Israeli army
Nidal Abu Sharikh was taken prisoner by the Israeli army whilst crossing a military checkpoint at the entrance of Al Thahria village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron…
Two Balata camp residents taken prisoner by Israeli Army
Mohamed Abu Amer, 18, and Ziad Hasanin, 28, were taken prisoner by Israeli troops during an invasion to Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday…
Hamas Leader assassinated near Qalqilia
Khader Odeh, member of the village council of Habla, near Qalqilia was killed by unknown gunmen while going to the mosque for the Morning Prayer on Wednesday morning, local sources…
Palestinian worker murdered by Israeli police in Jaffa
Tawufiq Abu I'iah, 29, a Palestinian worker from Tarqumia village near the West Bank city of Hebron, was shot and killed by Israeli and border police during a campaign to…
Qalqilia resident taken prisoner by Israeli troops
Samir Al Aqra'e, was taken prisoner by troops during an invasion of the West Bank city of Qalqilia Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city from several directions,…
Palestine Today – October 3, 2006
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Voting Poll: Fatah and Hamas Tied
A poll published Tuesday said that Hamas and Fatah would be tied if elections were to take place again, squashing both parties hopes of winning a comfortable majority. The internal…
Israeli Police arrest an Arab resident suspected of driving a suicide bomber
The Israeli police reported that investigators are interrogating a resident of Kafer Qasem town, in northern Israel, suspected of driving a suicide bomber from Kafer Qasem Arab town to the…
Unknown gunmen set two buses on fire in Nablus
The chaotic situation in the Palestinian Authority contnue as a result of the financial crisis in the Palestinain terretories. Unknown gunmen set two local buses on fire in the West…
Palestinian resistance group fires home made shells at army post in Gaza
Palestinian resistance groups fired two home made shells at an Israeli army post, east of Al Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday evening. In a press…
Israeli Army installs flying checkpoints around Hebron
The Israeli army have installed several flying checkpoints south of the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday morning. Soldiers and Israeli police officers stopped civilian traffic, checked IDs and searched…