Gradual handover of Gaza Strip to the Palestinians
Palestinians and Israelis agreed on Monday the Israeli army will gradually hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority one position at a time, Israeli sources reported.  The…
Ilegal settlement outpost In Hebron to be evacuated by end of 2005
The Israeli army decided to evacuate an illegal settlement outpost in the center of the Old City of Hebron by the end of 2005. An Israeli source reported that the…
Ereikat: Gaza should not become prison, we refuse moving Rafah crossing
Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, head of the negotiations department at the Palestinian Authority said the Palestinians will not accept any agreement that would turn the Gaza Strip into a big jail,…
Army arrests two residents in Beit-Kahel villages north of Hebron
Army arrested Ali Asafra 26 and Mohamed Kamal 22 when its troops invaded the village of Beit Kahel near Hebron Monday morning. Asafra works as a nurse in the medical…
Soldiers assault a resident at checkpoint
Soldiers stationed at the container checkpoint, which blocks the road linking the north of the West Bank with its southern part, detained and assaulted a Palestinian man from Nahaleen village…
Resident badly beaten in Hebron
A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital reported on Monday that Israeli soldiers attacked and badly clubbed a resident near Al Dabboya settlement in Hebron. The source stated that…
Curfew imposed over village near Jericho
Israeli soldiers imposed a curfew over the village of Fasayel, north of Jericho in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village, deployed…
Sharon decides to evacuate collaborators to the Negev
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to transfer the collaborators living in Al Daheena area, in the southern Gaza Strip, to the Tal Arad area in the Negev. The decision…
Soldier injured in Neveh Dekalim
An Israeli military source reported on Monday that one soldier was lightly injured in a shooting incident near the evacuated settlement of Neveh Dekalim, in the Gush Katif settlement bloc…
Army invades Habla village south of Qalqilia
The Israeli army invaded the village of Habla south of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Monday at down. Troops invaded the village with several military jeeps and searched several houses. The…
Hamas slams P.A
Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas media spokesperson, said on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority did not achieve anything for the Palestinians, while the resistance managed to force Israel to evacuate from the…
Army seals off Nablus
The army sealed off the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning. Troops sealed all the checkpoints around the city, blocking the movement of residents, ambulances and medical teams,…
Army arrests one resident from Al Asakra village east of Bethlehem
The army arrested Anwar Asakra 37 from Al Asakra village east of Bethlehem Sunday afternoon. Troops stopped Anwar at Al Kontener checkpoint, which blocks the eastern entrance of Bethlehem, detained…
Mofaz to compete for Likud Primary if Sharon does not
The Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz considers running for the Likud Primaries if the Israeli Prime Minister, chair of the party Ariel Sharon resigns or decides not to run. Mofaz…
Wall in southern West Bank to be completed by end of 2005
Israeli Defense Ministry Director, Amos Yaron, reported on Monday morning that the construction of the Israeli Separation Wall in the southern West Bank will be completed by the end of…
Two killed in Nablus blast
Two Palestinians were killed on Monday morning, in a blast which took place in Askar refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus. Officials are trying to determine the…
Omar Suleiman to meet with PA, Israeli officials
Chief of Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman, is to arrive in Gaza on Monday for discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and leaders of Palestinian factions over the Israeli withdrawal from the Rafah…
Two Jenin residents sentenced to life terms
Salem Israeli military court, north of the West Bank, sentenced two residents of Jenin to one life term each. The two residents were identified as Fawwaz Abu Abed, from Ya’bod,…
Resident arrested near Hebron
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoner Society, reported that one resident was arrested on Sunday in Al Shiokh village, near Hebron. The resident was identified as Ahmad Mohammad Al…
Resident injured near Jerusalem
A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital, reported that one resident sustained fractions in his left arm after soldiers attacked him in Anata, north of Jerusalem. The source said…
Israeli cabinet approves the Philadelphi deal
Israeli government approved on Sunday the Philadelphi deal for deploying Egyptian border guards across the Philadelphi Route in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The agreement will…
Suicide bombing in Be’er Sheva, two security guards injured
An Israeli security source reported that two security guards were injured in Be’er Sheva on Sunday morning after a bomber detonated explosives outside the central bus station when he was spotted by…
The myth of irreversibility
In the mid-80s Meron Benvenisti, an Israeli researcher on the West Bank and Gaza, came up with the term irreversibility when referring to the difficulty that will be met to…
Dear Settlers
Dear Settlers — ‘Dear’ in the most literal sense. At long last it must be spelled out, without hypocritical pity, without ‘if’ and ‘but’. We have paid billions of shekels…
Palestinian woman injured after being stoned by settlers
A Palestinian resident was injured on Saturday evening after settlers hurled stones at her near Karnei Shomron settlement, in the northern West Bank. The woman sustained light injuries when about…
Soldiers uncover pipe bombs near Ramallah
 Israeli soldiers uncovered a pipe bomb near the West Bank city of Ramallah, an Israeli military source reported. Border guard sappers detonated the charge in a controlled explosion.
Resident arrested near Salfit
Israeli soldiers invaded Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and arrested one resident on Saturday at dawn. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into…
Three arrested in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested three residents in Hebron and Al-Shiokh village, raising the number of residents arrested in the Hebron area during the month of August to 56. The three residents…
ISR government set to approve Philadelphi deal on Sunday
An Israeli source reported on Saturday that the Israeli government is expected to approve the deployment of Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi route along the Gaza-Egypt border near Rafah. After the…
Islamic Jihad denies intentions to participate in the P.A elections
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine denied reports which were published by the media regarding its intention to run in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative elections, scheduled for January 25, 2006.…
Abu Zaida: `“No current negotiations over detainees’ release`
Sufian Abu Zaida, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Liberated Detainees, said that there are no current negotiations with the Israeli side regarding releasing Gaza detainees from Israeli prisons. Abu Zaida…
P.A objects to the Quartet about settlement expansion
The Palestinian Authority delivered an urgent message to the Quartet objecting to the Israeli policies of settlement expansion in the West Bank, especially around Jerusalem. Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of…
Deif: `“Israel leaves Gaza humiliated`
Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist, also believed to be a master bomb-maker wanted by Israeli security forces for the last decade, appeared on a video tape Saturday saying that…
Settlers throw cocktail bombs at wedding in Qalqilia
Resident Yasser Omar, from Beit Amin village near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, reported that a group of settlers standing on a hill close to the Separation Wall gate,…
Army confiscates one car in Tammoun
The Israeli army confiscated a car belonging to a resident of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. The man was heading back home from the nearby village…
Army invades Azoon, near Qalqilia
Israeli army invaded the village of Azoon near the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Friday afternoon. The army imposed a curfew on the village, barring residents from leaving their…
Army arrests one resident in Al Mawasi
Israeli soldiers arrested Khader AL Majaidah, 50, a resident of Al Mawasi area in the Gaza Strip late Friday night. Troops arrested Al Majaidah while he was standing in front…
Abu Al Haija in solitary in Asqalan
For the second time in less than a month, the Israeli Prison Authority transferred a prominent Hamas leader to solitary confinement in Asqalan detention facility. Lawyer Shadi Younis, who managed…
UNCTAD: `“One-third of the Palestinians are unemployed`
The United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, UNCTAD, reported that the Palestinian economy has sharply deteriorated since the beginning of Al Aqsa Intifada in 2000. A report prepared by…
Israeli Source: Former PA official offers help discover Israeli MIA’s fate
A former senior Palestinian Authority official, now jailed in PA’s Jericho prison, offered to assist father to discover the fate of the Israeli American soldiers who went missing in Israel’s…
Soldiers detain residents on Al Hamra checkpoint
Israeli soldiers detained dozens of residents at Al Hamra, south of Tubas in the West Bank, after closing it for several hours. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…
40 wounded in Anti-Wall demonstration in Bil’in
Dozens of Palestinians, International and Israeli peace activists marched on Friday in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah protesting the construction of the separation wall…
Resident arrested in Hebron, several areas closed
Israeli soldiers arrested one resident in the west Bank city of Hebron, and declared several neighborhoods in the old city as closed military zones, while settlers repeated their attacks in…
Child arrested at a village near Salfit
Israeli soldiers arrested Hamad-Allah Ebdah, 15 years old, from Marda village near Salfit overnight, a Palestinian source reported. A local source in the village reported that soldiers invaded the village,…
Explosive detonates near army jeep in Gaza
An Israeli military source reported, on Friday afternoon, that an explosive device went off near a military jeep near the electronic security fence in the southern Gaza Strip. No injuries…
This Week in Palestine, August Week 4
Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.6 MB  This week in Palestine- a service of…
Resident loses leg in bomb blast in Rafah
A Palestinian medical source in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident lost his leg after an explosive left by the army went off…
Army installs a military camp, north of the Gaza Strip
A Palestinian security source reported on Friday afternoon, that Israeli soldiers installed a military post north of Doughit settlement, in Beit Lahia, in the north part of the Gaza strip.…
Underworld feud in Israel; two missiles hit a building in Jaffa
An Israeli security source reported that two Lau missiles hit a residential building in Jaffa city, earlier on Friday, apparently as part of conflicts between underworld families in the coastal…
Abbas: `“Israel should evacuate W. Bank settlements`
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Friday that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is only the beginning, and that it should be followed by further withdrawals from the settlements in…
Poll: Majority in Israel support more withdrawals from W.B
As many as 54 percent of the Israelis said they believe the Israeli government should withdraw from more territories in the West Bank and to reach peace with the Palestinians,…
Two Israelis admit of throwing a pig’s head in Jafa mosque
The Israeli Security Services, Shabak, arrested on Thursday at night two Jewish extremists suspecting of throwing a pig’s head at Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel,…
PCHR Report; ‘Israeli Army Execute, Raze, Arrest and Destroy’
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza, published its weekly report of Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights in the occupied terrotories; the report covers the period between August…
Palestinian stabs Border Policeman in Hebron
An Israeli military source reported on Friday morning, that one Israeli Border Policeman was stabbed near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron. The soldier sustained moderate…
Homemade shell fired at army post at Gush Katif
Palestinian resistance fired, on Friday at down, a home made shell an army post in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip, one soldier was injured. Khaled AL…
Palestinian man stabs Israeli soldier in Hebron
Palestinian man stabbed on Friday morning an Israeli soldier near Al Ibrahimi mosque in the old city of Hebron. Israeli army source reported that the soldier sustained moderate wounds in…
Number of settlers in W. Bank sharply increased after Israel approved pullout plan
Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Friday that the number of settlers in the West Bank has increased by13 thousand over the last year, especially in religious settlements; total number of…
Israeli army calls for inspection of soldiers `“terrorist potential`
An investigation conducted by the Israeli army regarding the Shfa-Amr terrorist carried out by an Israeli settler-soldier earlier this months killing four Arab residents of Israel, called on the Israeli…
Israel might withdraw from the Philadilphi Route by the end of October
The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of evacuating its troops from the Philadilphi Route, on the Gaza Egypt borders, at the same time of evacuating its forces from the…
Two injured in a protest against the Wall near Hebron
Two Palestinian residents were injured on Thursday afternoon, during a protest against the separation Wall in Al Ramadeen village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source…
Hundreds of Palestinian security forces move from Jericho to Jenin
Hundreds of Palestinian security forces arrived in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday to help maintain security in the city as part of the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to…
Soldiers attack, detain three brothers in Hebron
A medical source in Hebron reported that soldiers attacked and clubbed three brothers, in Hebron, south of the West Bank, after breaking into their home, and detained them. The source…
Police arrests seven Palestinian workers in Nazareth
Israeli police arrested seven Palestinian workers in Nazareth in the Galilee while doing construction work in the city, Israeli sources said. According to the source, the seven were arrested since…
Vanunu: I wanted to prevent the use of atomic weapons
Waiting for freedom While Iran is being pressured to halt its nuclear weapon program, Israel’s nuclear weapon possession gets close to no attention at all. Though endagering his own freedom,…
Army arrests one resident in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers operating on the checkpoint on the southern entrance of West Bank city of Bethlehem, blocking the road to Hebron, arrested Omar Al-Afandi from the nearby Deheisheh refugee camp.…
Army invades Qalqila, arrests two
The Israeli Army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqila on Thursday morning and arrested two residents. Troops, backed by several military jeeps, invaded the city, searched many houses and…
Settlers attack stores, residents in Jerusalem
An extremist settler group attacked, on Thursday, dozens of Palestinian residents and stores near Al Aqsa Mosque area, in the old city of Jerusalem, a local source reported. The settlers,…
Qassam hits Sderot, shell hits northern Israel
A home made Qassam shell hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, Thursday morning causing no damage or casualties as it fell in an open area near the town Israeli…
Hamas, Jihad condemn Tulkarem assassinations, vow revenge
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad, condemned the assassination of five residents, said to be Islamic Jihad members in Tulkarem, on Thursday, and vowed to avenge the attack.…
Five Palestinians killed in Tulkarem raid
Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarem overnight, one of them was an Islamic Jihad operative and the other four were…
Resistance fires at army posts in Gaza
Palestinian resistance fired, on Thursday morning, at the troops dismantling the army posts in the evacuated settlements of Kfar Darom and Neveh Dikalim Settlements in the Gaza strip, Israeli army…
Army invades Nablus, Balata refugee camp
Army invaded on Thursday the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp, local sources reported. Soldiers invaded the city form all directions, surrounded AL Ashkar building…
Top aides to Sharon: `“Form a new party, and run the Knesset elections`
Top aides of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, believe that he should quit the Likud party and form a new one to participate in the upcoming Knesset elections. Sharon…
Army invades al Far’a refugee camp in Tubas
Israeli army invaded, on Thursday at down, Al Far’a refugee camp in near the West Bank city of Tubas. Troops, supported by armored Vehicles, invaded the camp from all directions…
Army attacks three residents in Hebron
Army attacked and clubbed three residents, late Wednesday night, in the old city of Hebron, eyewitness reported. Bishara AL Jabari, 19, his brother Jehad AL Jabari, 17, and Elian AL…
Yeshiva Student killed in Jerusalem stabbing
A British Yeshiva student died of wounds sustained as he was stabbed in a knife in the old city of Jerusalem, an Israeli medical source said on Wednesday at night. The…
Eyeless in Gaza
Thirty-eight years after Israeli troops rumbled into the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, real change on the ground is taking place. Israel is adding the…
Extremist Jewish group calls for leveling Al Aqsa Mosque
Extremist Jewish groups started recently a media campaign calling for leveling Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a “compensation for evacuating the settlements in the Gaza Stripâ€Â. Al Aqsa Foundation…
Israel suggests dual crossing to Egypt
Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…
Israel suggests dual crossing to Egypt
Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…
Army invades village near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday the village of Al Shiokh, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and broke into dozens of homes. A local source in Hebron reported that…
Army invades Qalqilia, arrests one
Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late on Tuesday at night, and arrested Ali Daoud, 25, and took him to an unknown distention. Daoud was arrested after…
Army takes over a house, bargees into Transportation Company in Hebron
Israeli army took over, the house of Raslan Al Sourie, late on Tuesday at night, in the West Bank city of Hebron, and used it as a military post, eyewitness…
Resident arrested in Al Shiokh village, near Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday one resident from Al Shiokh village, east of Hebron. A local source in the village reported that soldiers arrested Mousa Ahmad Al Wasna, 40, while…
Army expands Al Hamra checkpoint
Soldiers started, on Wednesday, expanding Al Hamra checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that military bulldozers started leveling lands around the checkpoint, and…
Soldiers close Qalqilia ` Nablus road
Israeli soldiers closed Qalqilia – Nablus road and barred the residents from crossing. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers stopped dozens of vehicles and barred the residents from crossing,…
Resident arrested in Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at night a resident of Qalqilia, and took him to an unknown destination. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Mohammad Abdullah Daoud,…
Detainee needs Kidney implant
Detainee Ahmad Yousef Tameemy, from Ramallah, has been placed in Ramleh detention hospital over the last 12 years, suffering from kidney failure. Several detainees are complaining of medical neglect and…
Settlers attack reporters in Sa-Nur settlement
Settlers escalated their attacks recently against local, international and Israeli journalists reporting on the evacuation of the settlements, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Nasser Eshtiyya, a Palestinian…
Evacuation ended in six days, army to leave Gaza on September 15
The evacuation of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank ended in six days only, not in two weeks as announced by the Israeli…
Detainee in a bad health condition in the Negev Detention facility
Detainees in the Negev detention facility appealed Human rights organizations to interfere in order to enable detainee Khaled Hasan Hassan, 39, from Qibia, West of Ramallah, receive the needed medical…
Israel to confiscate land to build a wall near Ma’aleh Adumim
The Israeli army began issuing land confiscation orders for the construction of the Wall around the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem after most of the sections of the…
This Was The Day
August 18th, 2005 – a milestone in the history of the State of Israel. This was the day on which the settlement enterprise in this country went into reverse for…
Hope or Horror? Impending ‘Disengagement’ Riddled with Uncertainty
reporting from Gaza, Occupied Palestine  Confusion, misdirection, propaganda, misinformation and outright lying are the hallmarks of life for everyone in the Gaza Strip these days.  From the 1.4 million…
Israel, Egypt to sign the Philadilphi agreement
An Israeli source reported that Israel and Egypt arrived to an understanding which paves the way to sign the “Philadilphi Agreement†in order to deploy Egyptian troops along the Philadilphi…
Erekat: `“Israel still insist to maintain security control over Jenin`
Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Authority, said that Israel still insists to maintain its security control over the West Bank city of Jenin. Erekat…
B’Tselem: `“2600 Palestinians, 230 Israelis killed in Gaza since 1967`
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that 2600 Palestinians and 230 Israelis, including soldiers, were killed in the Gaza Strip since it was…
Army blocks all roads leading to Ariel settlement in the W.B.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli army closed all roads leading to the settlement of Ariel in the Salfit district in the northwestern West Bank. The Disengagement Adminsitration (Sela) is planning…
Army seals off Ras Tira near Qalqilia
Troops sealed off the village of Ras Tira near the West Bank city of Qalqilia and barred residents from entering or leaving the village, Rafiq Maraba the head of the…
Army arrests one resident south of Tulkarem
The army arrested Abdul-Fattah Ishtewy, 25, from Tulkarem, at a sudden checkpoint at the southern entrance of the city, while he was on his way to the nearby village of Kafer…