Army takes two prisoners from Hebron, invades the nearby Doura village
Two Palestinian police officers were taken prisoners by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, as the army invaded it. Soldiers also invaded the nearby village of Dooura.…
Army confiscates four tractors in the Jordan valley
The Israeli forces confiscated four tractors used by local Palestinian farmers in the northern area of the Jordan valley in the West Bank on Monday. Local sources reported that Israeli…
Army injures two youth from Tulkarem refugee camp
Soobhi Yassin, 17, and Ra'fat Abu Sabeit, 27, were injured by an undercover unit of the Israeli army after the unit infiltrated into Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern part…
The Palestinian Authority: A government in jail
Mohammed Barghouthi was coming home from a late-night meeting when he found himself at a makeshift Israeli army checkpoint. The soldiers were stopping Palestinians, checking their IDs, and telling them…
Israel announces construction of new ‘Jews-only’ road and land confiscation in Bethlehem area
Israeli authorities announced Sunday a new plan to isolate over 7000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas in preparation for the continuation of the Wall and…
Palestinian resistance fighters claim to have shot and injured Israeli soldier in central Gaza
The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, on Sunday took the credit for firing and hitting an Israeli soldier who…
Al-Jazeera English Channel succumbing to Zionist Pressure even before it is launched
When the Qatar-based pan-Arab Al-Jazeera Satellite Television announced two years ago plans to launch Al-Jazeera International (AJI), many people around the world hoped the new satellite channel would provide a…
Four Palestinians, including two security officers, taken prisoner from Qalqilia and Hebron
Israeli soldiers, backed by jeeps and armored vehicles, invaded several areas of the northern and southern West Bank on Sunday morning and took four Palestinians prisoner from the West Bank…
Israeli soldiers and settlers take over house in Qalqilia, turn it into a military post
Israeli settlers from Qadomim colony in the northwestern West Bank, backed by Israeli soldiers, seized a house in the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Sunday. The head of the…
Mother of six arrested by Israeli forces in Hebron on Sunday
Israeli forces invaded the city of Hebron on Sunday morning, and took a mother of six children as a prisoner. The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), in Hebron, said that…
Israeli forces invade town south of Jenin
Israeli forces raided the town of Az Zababda, south of the city of Jenin on Sunday morning, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military vehicles entered from each direction,…
Explosive device damages Israeli armored vehicle south of Jenin
The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, have claimed responsibility for placing an explosive device that blew up under an Israeli armored vehicle Saturday night. A statement…
Unity Government double-edged sword
Despite the US rejection, and the European and Israeli pre-conditions to the planned formation of the Palestinian National Unity Government, the formation of such a government remains an international demand,…
Palestinian PM: prisoner release efforts still underway
Substantial efforts to secure the release of the Israeli soldier are underway, said the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh Sunday. The soldier, 19-year old Gilad Shalit, was captured while invading…
Coalition hopes at a standstill, President Abbas may implement emergency government
The efforts to form a national unity government continue to falter despite the pressing need to overcome the current impasse. Before traveling to the United States, President Mahmoud Abbas froze…
Troops break into a Hebron Hospital
Israeli soldiers broke into into the Emergency Unit department at the Alia Hospital in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Sources at the hospital reported that soldiers…
Resident taken prisoner north of Hebron
Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers took one resident prisoner after stopping him at a military checkpoint installed near the Gush Atzion settlement block near Hebron. The resident was identified as Samer…
Army takes three prisoners from Balata refugee camp in Nablus
Israeli soldiers took three Brothers as prisoners during an invasion to the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday morning. Several army vehicles stormed the refugee…
Soldiers attack a vehicle that belongs to the Red Crescent Society
Israeli soldiers attacked on Saturday a vehicle that belongs to the Red Crescent Society in Tubas, in the northern part of the West Bank. Local sources in Tubas reported that…
Abbas expected to meet Bush next week to discuss unity government
Palestinians sources reported on Saturday that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is expect to meet the U.S president, George W. Bush next week in New York on the sidelines of…
PLO to once again become the peoples’ representative, this time with Hamas and Jihad in the fold
Palestinian parties are making contacts Saturday to implement the coalition government now that Fateh and Hamas have agreed on the composition. Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said yesterday that he has…
Army takes one prisoner form Doura village near Hebron
The Israeli army took one resident prisoner from the village of Doura, south of the West Bank city of Hebron during an invasion to the village late on on Friday…
PLO to once again become the peoples’ representative, this time with Hamas and Jihad in the fold
Palestinian parties are making contacts Saturday to implement the coalition government now that Fateh and Hamas have agreed on the composition. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya said Friday that he has…
Muslim Leader in Palestine reject attacks against Christians
The supreme judge of Palestine Sheikh Tayseer At-Tamimi called Saturday on the Palestinian people not to be provoked by the Pope's words which have irritated Muslims' religious feelings. In a…
European Union vows support for Palestinian national unity government
As Palestinian lawmakers reach the final stages of their negotiations for a 'national unity government' that they hope will provide legitimacy in the world arena and end an economic blockade…
Troops attack peaceful anti-wall protesters in Bil’in
Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly peaceful protest against the Annexation Wall in Bil'in village, near Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank, and injured nine protesters after hitting…
This Week in Palestine – September Week 2
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Nonviolent resistance continues as Israel confiscates another 100 dunams of Bethlehem
The central West Bank’s Bethlehem is going piece by piece. Israeli army Commander of the Central Region, Yair Naveh, adopted a new resolution Friday providing for the confiscation of 100…
Senior security officer, four body guards killed by unknown gunmen in Gaza
Senior Palestinian security sources reported on Friday that a top intelligence officer and four of his body guards were shot and killed by unknown gunmen at the Sea Street, west…
‘We don’t want more Palestinians here!’
Yesterday I came to Aqaba, Jordan, and today I went to the border at 8 am. I was nervous, but at the same time I felt good, doing something that…
Female detainees attacked in Telmond detention facility
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that female detainees in Telmond Israeli detention facility are facing repeated attacks and abuse by Israeli troops, and that these…
Woman, child injured in Rafah shelling, troops invade Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that the Israeli air force fired at least one missile at a 4-story residential building injuring a woman…
Forced labor for Palestinian children in Israeli prison
Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information…
Israeli air force shells a house in Rafah levels a house in Rafah
An Israeli F16 fighter jet fired several missiles at a Palestinian house in Rafah city, in the souther part of the Gaza Strip completely leveling it, on Friday morning. The…
Israel Army invades several areas near Bethlehem and takes three prisoners
Israeli troops invaded the villages of Errtass, Batteir and Doha, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took three prisoners on Friday. In Al Errtass village troops stormed and…
Army invades Al Farahen area, east of Khan Younis
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Farahen area east of Khan Younis in the Gaza strip on Friday. According to residents of the area, the tanks took up positions…
Palestine Today – September 14, 2006
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U.N. Conference on Rights of Palestinians adopts action plan
A two-day United Nations (U.N.) International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People concluded in Geneva today with the adoption of a Plan of Action aimed at…
World Bank: Embargo making 2006 worst year ever for Palestinians
In a report published Wednesday, the World Bank stated that the economic crisis caused by the Israeli-imposed blockade of all imports and exports into the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories (the West…
The Dream Philosophy of Paranoids: Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism
A central thesis of my book Beyond Chutzpah is that whenever Israel faces a public relations debacle its apologists sound the alarm that a "new anti-Semitism" is upon us. So,…
Dissecting Israel’s freeze on visas
In an effort to control the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish population, Israel is encouraging the emigration of Jews while preventing family unification amongst Palestinians both in Israel…
Majority of world’s countries demand Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
In a summit in Havana, Cuba, the Movement of Non-Aligned countries, which respresents 118 of the 192 recognized sovereign states on earth, agreed overwhelmingly to support a document condemning Israel…
Arab members of Knesset arrived in Lebanon
Arab Lawmakers at the Israeli Knesset arrived on Thursday in Lebanon for a two-day visit that will include a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday. Three…
Palestinian government strongly condemns uncompromising position of U.S.
As the democratically-elected Palestinian government is going through the last stages of negotiations needed to reach a national unity power-sharing agreement, the U.S. administration's dismissal of these compromises has led…
Israeli prosecution appeals against releasing PLC head, ministers and legislators
The Israeli prosecution appealed on Thursday morning against the decision of the judge of Ofer Israeli Military Court to release twenty Hamas legislators and ministers, including head of the Palestinian…
Army takes one prisoner from Al Doha town west of Bethlehem
Eyad Habib, 33, was taken prisoner by Israeli forces that invaded the town of Doha, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday afternoon. Troops invaded the town,…
Army invades Marda village near Salfit
The Israeli army invaded the village of Marda north of the West Bank city of Salfit in the West Bank on Thursday. Troops attacked and ransacked several houses causing a…
University teacher taken prisoner from Bethlehem
Ghassan Hermas, a lecturer at Al Qudes Open Uuniversity was taken prisoner by Israeli troops from his house located in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. Soldiers invaded…
Army attack,search several houses in Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked and ransacked scores of houses in the West Bank city of Hebron, late Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Troops also stormed and ransacked houses in the nearby…
Israeli Army takes six prisoners from Bethlehem, among them two Hamas officials
The Israeli army took six prisoners from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, among them two officials, on Thursday. Troops and army jeeps stormed the city from the western side,…
Army takes one prisoner from Jenin
Ibrahim Naghnigha, 25, was taken prisoner by invading Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday at dawn. More than 20 army vehicles and troops stormed the city…
One Palestinian killed in latest Israeli invasion of southern Gaza
Early Thursday morning, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles rolled into Gaza south of Sufa Crossing, killing one man and damaging a number of homes, eyewitnesses reported. Iyad Abu Mour,…
Hamas: New Government will negotiate with Israel
Dr. Ghazi Hamad spokesperson of the Palestinian government told Al-Jazeera on Thursday, that Hamas will not accept that the new government recognizes Israel saying that Israel does not recognize the…
Israel and America Terrorize the World
There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only…
The Boy Who was Buried Twice
Abdullah a-Zakh identified his son's body by the belt. The shoes and socks also looked familiar, irrefutable proof that he had lost his son. In the morgue of Shifa Hospital,…
U.S. rejects Palestinian ‘unity government’ even before it has completed being formed
In its latest rejection of democracy in the Middle East, the United States has taken a stand rejecting the Palestinian attempts to form a national unity government, despite the fact…
Mourners in Bethlehem hold funeral for child killed yesterday
The city of Bethlehem was closed Wednesday afternoon, with a general strike declared by all shops and businesses to mourn the death of 13-year old Mohammad Ali Showria,shot in the…
Palestine Today – September 13, 2006
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B’Tselem: Israeli military police to investigate recent cases of abuse against Palestinians`
Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem), reported that the Military Police will investigate eight cases in which Palestinians filed complaints that soldiers beat and abused…
Israeli Army detonates a tunnel shaft in Gaza
Israeli troops conducting the army offensive of Gaza strip detonated a tunnel shaft on Wednesday. The tunnel was found during army operation in Gaza on Tuesday. According to Israeli…
Two female detainees attempt to escape Israeli prison
The guards of Hasharon Israeli detention facility managed said they foiled an attempt by two female Palestinian prisoners to escpae from the facility, on Tuesday late at night. Israeli media…
Ben-Eliezer calls on Halutz to resign
Israeli National Infrastructure Minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, said on Wednesday that the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz should follow the footsteps of I Northern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam,…
Army closes the entrance of Khribet Jabara and Kafer Sour villages near Tulkarem
Israel soldiers stationed at the Annexation Wall gate located on the entrance of Khribet Jabara and Kafer Sour villages near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, closed it on Wednesday…
Army takes one prisoner from Bethlehem
Israeli media sources reported that Israeli troops took one resident prisoner from the West Bank city of Bethlehem overnight. Ali Zalhat, was taken to an unknown destination, media sources reported…
Truck carrying water to a Palestinian village disabled by Metal Spikes
A truck, carrying water supplied by the international aid organization Oxfam had been disabled on Tuesday afternoon when it was on the road entering the village of Suseya near Hebron,…
Fifteen Palestinians taken prisoner in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers took fifteen residents prisoner in several West Bank areas overnight, Palestinian sources reported. An Israeli army official said that the arrestees are members of Hamas, Fateh and the…
Army takes three prisoners from Rabud village, attack houses in Hebron
Israeli army troops took three prisoners during a pre-dawn invasion to the village of Rabud near the West Bank city of Hebron and attacked residents houses. Suliman Fatinah, 20, Anwar…
Israeli Northern Command Chief resigns
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Army Northern Command Chief, Major-General Udi Adam, requested the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, to relief him from his duties; Halutz agreed.…
Army takes three prisoners from Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and took three residents prisoners on Wednesday. Ali Saman, 20, Dirgham Yousif, 19, and Mohammad Najem, 19, were taken to…
Army abducts brothers from Jenin
Ghassan Dahina, 28, and his brother Bassam, 23, from the West Bank city of Jenin were taken prisoners by the Israeli army on Wednesday morning. Troops and army vehicles stormed…
Knesset expected to approve `“temporary incapacity` leave for Katsav
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Knesset House Committee is expected on Wednesday to approve a request by the Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, to go on a 16-hour leave…
Palestinian killed in an explosion in Nablus
The Palestinenet News website reported on Wednesday that Ehad Abu Salha, 18, from Sheikh Muslim neighborhood in Nablus, in the northern part of the west Bank, died in an explosion…
Yousef: `“EU to lift boycott after National Unity Government is formed`
Ahmad Yousef, political advisor to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, said that European countries have hinted that they intend to lift the economic embargo on the Hamas-led Palestinian government…
Israeli soldier injured in Bethlehem
Tuesday evening, one Israeli soldier was injured after a molotov cocktail was thrown at a military jeep near the Church of the Nativity, a holy site for Christians, who believe…
Israel decides to release 15 legislators and 3 ministers
The Ofer Israeli military court decided on Tuesday to release three ministers and fifteen members of the Palestinian Legislative Council whop were taken prisoners by Israeli after resistance fighters abducted…
Palestine Today – September 12, 2006
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‘Gaza is a jail. Nobody is allowed to leave. We are all starving now’
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 Army kills 12-year-old boy as troops invade Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers killed Mohammad Shawariya 12, from the village of Rakhma near Bethlehem and wound 25-year-old Najah Bouja Tuesday afternoon. A large Israeli military force invaded the West Bank city…
Several residents, two female university students, taken prisoners west of Ramallah
Israeli troops invaded on Tuesday the village of Kafer Ni'ma, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, took five residents and two female university students, after breaking into several houses…
Army invade Tqoa’ village and destroy a warehouse and farming shad
Israeli army invaded the village of Tqoa’, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Tuesday morning, and demolished a warehouse and a barn. Khaled Hamida, head of the…
Army takes one prisoners from Ithna village near Hebron
Amjad Al Tmeizy, 33, from Ithna village west of the West Bank city of Hebron, was taken prisoner by Israeli troops in a pre-dawn invasion to the village. Al Tmeizy,…
Abbas calls on international community to lift the siege
After his meeting at the presidential compound, on Monday night, with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, president Mahmoud Abbas called on the International Community to lift the siege which…
Israeli Commander: `“we dropped more than a million cluster bombs on Lebanon`
The head of the Israeli Army rocket unit said on Tuesday that the Israeli army fired at least 1800 cluster bombs containing over 1.2 million cluster bomblets on Lebanon during…
Army injures a Teenager in Beit Lahia
Eyad Abu Lilah, 17, was injured by Israeli army fire in Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Sources at Kamal Adwan hospital…
Army invades the West Bank city of Nablus
Israeli troops and military bulldozers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Army bulldozers were trying to reinstall roadblocks that army installed in some streets in the…
Egypt powers Gaza Strip for first time in 40 years
Tuesday marks the first time since 1967 that parts of the Gaza Strip will be powered by Egyptian electricity. The plan to purchase electricity from Egypt instead of the Israelis…
Deadly attack on US embassy in Syria
Three armed men have been killed and one wounded after they attacked the US embassy in Damascus in what Syria has called a terrorist operation. The men were chanting religious…
Palestinian Resistance kills an Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip
Palestinian resistance fighter killed one Israeli soldier in the Gaza strip, and injured several others in clashes erupted in the central Gaza Strip. The soldier was killed in the early…
Army invades Husan village, takes four prisoners
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Husan, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and took four residernts prisoners, on Tuesday. Local sources reported that troops invaded the…
Israeli jet fighters destroy one house in Gaza
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…
One Year After ‘Disengagement’ from Gaza, Israelis are Gone but their Ghosts Remain
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…
Army air strikes a house in Gaza
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: `“Jewish terrorist convicted of killing four Palestinians`
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…
Abbas, Haniyya agree to form a national unity government
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…
Palestine Today – September 11, 2006
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Army takes five prisoners from Beit Kad village near Jenin
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…
Army opens fire at school students in Dar Salah village east of Bethlehem
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…
Army invades Haloul village near Hebron, takes four prisoners
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…
One resident injured east of Khan Younis
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…
Three residents taken prisoners in Tulkarem
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,…