Erekat: `“Any Palestinian cabinet must depend on International and Arab legitimacy`
Palestinian Chief negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said on Wednesday that any coming cabinet of the Palestinian Authority must have a program that depends of the international and Arab legitimacy. The…
Hamas proposes new deal on coalition government
Khaled Mash’al, exiled Hamas leader, proposes a new deal to support Qatar’s 6 point initiative to form a Palestinian national unity government, according to ‘Al Hayat’ in London. The two…
A RE-RUN OF THE LEBANON WAR IN PALESTINE?
There are ominous signs that the long-contemplated plan to overthrow the democratically-elected Hamas-led Palestinian Authority cabinet is about to enter its most dangerous phase: a political coup, supported by local…
Six residents taken prison in Jenin, resistance exchanges fire with invading forces
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Qabatia town near Jenin and exchanged fire with resistance fighters. Six residents, including two brothers, were taken prisoner in several areas near Jenin,…
Israeli authorities impose additional restrictions on farmers in southern Qalqilia
Residents of Azoun 'Atma live behind the Wall in southern Qalqilia. The village became entirely isolated from the rest of the northwestern West Bank district when the Wall was imposed,…
Army breaks into homes in the Gaza Strip
For the sixth day, Israeli troops continued their invasion in the eastern and norther parts of the Gaza Strip, and stationed dozens of armored vehicles east of Beit Hanoun, and…
Hamas Not Required to Recognize Israel
According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, neither Hamas nor Fatah are required to recognize Israel. His statement, made during an Arabic radio interview for Al-Arabiya, contradicts previous statements in which…
Army invades Al Burje village near Hebron and takes one prisoner
Israeli forces invaded the village, Al Burje, South West of Hebron, in the West Bank, taking one resident prisoner, on Wednesday morning. Ibrahem Amro was taken prisoner after troops…
Settlers attack residents of Tall Al Rimada in Hebron
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents of Hebron, in the Tell Al area in the West Bank, on Wednesday, at dawn. The settlers, who live in the…
Christians Zionists march for Israel in Jerusalem
More than 5,000 Evangelical Christian Zionists from different nationalities marched in Jerusalem to voice their support to Zionism and the state of Israel. The event was organized by the International…
Army kills one resident near Eretz border crossing in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one man in his 20s was shot and killed by the Israeli army near Eretz border crossing in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday at dawn.…
One resident is taken prisoner from Ein AL Bida village in the Jordan Valley
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Ein Al Bida in the northern part of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank Wednesday morning and took one prisoner. The man,…
Army invades Al Khader village near Bethlehem and takes two prisoners
The Israeli army invaded the village of AL Khader, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took two residents prisoner on Wednesday morning. Army jeeps and troops entered…
Two brothers taken prisoner from Qabatia village near Jenin
Israeli forces invaded the village of Qabatia near the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday morning and took prisoner two brothers. A number of armored vehicles and troops invaded the…
Israeli forces invade Nablus, killing one, arresting five
Israeli forces invaded the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank Wednesday and killed one resident and took four prisoners. At dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Jericho…
Army takes two prisoners from Azune village east of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Azune, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia and took prisoner two residents Wednesday morning. Mustafa Amran, 19, and Qussai Hanun, 17,…
Conference in Canada demanding boycott of Israel
Over 600 people attended the landmark conference, demanding boycott of Israel until it ends the occupation of Palestine. The conference, “Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: The Struggle Continues”, was held from 6-8…
The jackboots of our time
Progressives should rally to the side of Muslims facing a pre-pogrom barrage. Guardian, October 9, 2006 At least with hard man John Reid it was man-to-man hand-to-hand fighting. The…
Israeli air-force shells a house in Gaza
Israeli air-force shelled on Tuesday night after midnight the house of Nidal Farahat, one of the leaders of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the son…
Resident injured, seven, including four brothers taken prisoner in Ramallah
Palestinian sources in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Ramallah Al Tihta area, in the city, shot and injured one resident, and…
Jerusalem grand Mufti warns of attacks against the Al Aqsa Mosque
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Skeikh Mohammad Hussein Khateeb, warned that any attack by extremist Jewish groups against the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem could lead the…
Army fired missile at car in Gaza, resident injured
Tuesday evening, one Palestinian resident was injured after an Israeli war-jet fired at least one missile at a vehicle in Juhr Ed Deen area, in the central Gaza Strip. A…
Israeli Army Held Responsible For Two Killings at West Bank Checkpoints
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.The…
Presidential Advisor says six-point plan for coalition government failed, but new plan in the works
Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr told a press conference in Ramallah Tuesday afternoon that the national initiative has failed due to Hamas not accepting the six-point plan negotiated by Qatar. …
Palestine Today – October 10, 2006
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Lebanese Defense Minister: Army Confiscated Hezbollah Arms
The Lebanese army has confiscated arms belonging to Hezbollah in accordance with a U.N. truce resolution, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said for the first time on Tuesday. Asked about…
Army closes again the Rafah border crossing
The Israeli authorities closed, on Tuesday morning, the Rafah Border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after opening it on Monday. Rafah crossing, which is the only entry and…
Settlers attack shepherds in the Jordan Valley and threaten to kill them
A group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Rotem near the West Bank city of Tubass attacked and threatend to kill Palestinian shepherds on Thursday. The settlers attacked…
Hamad: `“National Unity talks did not fail`
The Palestinian government spokesperson, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, from the ruling Hamas party, said that talks on the formation of a national unity government did not fail, and that the government…
Israeli Army Held Responsible For Two Killings at West Bank Checkpoints
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.…
Army conducts a wide scale search campaign in Yatta village near Hebron
The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday at dawn a wide scale search campaign in the village of Yatta near the city of Hebron south of the West Bank. Troops and…
Army takes prisoner two residents from Hebron
The Israeli army took prisoner two residents from the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank on Tuesday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city and searched scores of…
In a morning invasion of Tulkarem, army searches houses and takes two prisoners
The Israeli armed forces invaded the city of Tulkarem in the norther part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning, searched houses and took two residents prisoner. Several tanks and…
Palestinian killed east of Rafah
Under-cover units of the Israel army shot and killed, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, one resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza…
Aqsa Brigades fighter injured near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn the village of Abu D'eif, west of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, shot and injured on fighter of the…
National Unity Talks Going Nowhere
The political deadlock between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s efforts to form a national unity government between Hamas and Fatah continues. Hope that the Qatari Foreign…
Army conducts a wide scale search campaign in Yatta village near Hebron
The Israeli army conducted on Tuesday at dawn a wide scale search campaign in the village of Yatta near the city of Hebron south of the West Bank. Troops and…
In a morning invasion to Tulkarem, army searchs houses and takes two prisoners
The Israeli armed forces invaded the city of Tulkarem in the norther part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning, searched houses and took two residents prisoner. Several tanks and…
Army invades Qalqilia and takes prisoner two residents
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday at dawn and took prisoner two residents. Mohamed Shana'a, 24, and Ziead Al Shanti, 26, were taken to unknown…
Army takes prisoner one resident of a village near Jenin after injuring him
Mustafa Awwad, 27, was injured and taken prisoner when the Israeli army invaded the village of Dier Abu Da'eif near the West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday at dawn. Troops…
Undercover special army units kill one resident in Al Shuka area, east of Rafah
Ameen Al Sufi, 22, a resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip was killed on Tuesday morning by the Undercover special unit of the…
Six-point plan offered by Qatari Foreign Minister to solve Palestinian internal crisis
The Foreign Minister of the Gulf State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al Thani, on Monday offered the Palestinian leadership a 6-point plan aimed at ending the internal feud…
Rescue teams extract body of fighter killed in tunnel explosion
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams extracted a body of a Palestinian fighter who was killed in a tunnel explosion west of Rafah, in the…
Palestinian officer dies of wounds sustained during Sunday internal clashes
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported that one Palestinian security officer, member of the Presidential Guard Force, died of wounds suffered…
Two fighters injured in Beit Lahia
Monday night, the Israeli air force fired missiles at a group of fighters of Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, near the American School…
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…