Shelling of Rafah resumes, water shortage feared
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that Israeli war-jets fired missiles at two locations said to be used by resistance fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of…
Hamas government necessarily goes underground after Israeli assassination threats
It seems that the Hamas government has declared a state of alert and begun disappearing upon receiving Israeli threats. None are reachable by phone as all numbers have changed. This…
Army arrests one resident form Farkhah village
The Israeli Forces have arrested Iyad Shabak, 21, from Farkhah Village near of the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. Shabak was arrested at the Atarah checkpoint north of…
Palestinian resistance kidnapped a settler
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian resistance group has clamed responsibility for the kidnapped of Eliaho Ashdi, 18, on Wednesday morning. Ashdi is an Israeli settler from the Itimar…
Army invades Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia, one resident arrested
One resident was arrested when Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and the nearby village of Qabatia Wednesday at dawn. Wa’el Zakarnah, 22, was arrested when…
Army arrests one resident in Jericho
The Israeli forces arrested one resident from Aqabat Jabeer refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jericho, early on Wednesday morning. Troops invaded the refugee camp and surrounded the…
Army installs several military checkpoints south east of Jenin
The Israeli army have installed several checkpoints south and east of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday. Troops at these checkpoints stopped the residents and the cars for…
Army invades Nablus, arrests two residents and damage several shops
Israeli troops invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, arrested two residents and damaged several shops in the market area, on Wednesday. Amed Rahal, 17, and Adel Qoronfola, 17, were…
Israeli Army invades Kofer Ra’e village west of Jenin
Then Israeli army invaded the village of Kofer Ra’e west of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday morning. Troops and army jeeps stormed the village from several directions…
Beit Jala;the Annexation Wall goes Ahead at Full Speed
On the morning of Tuesday 27th of June, Israeli bulldozers guarded with armed personnel started cutting and uprooting olive trees in the Cremisan area of Beit Jala in preparation for…
Ereikat: Gaza Attack was planned prior to soldier crisis
Palestinian chief negotiator Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat said the has planned for the invasion to the Gaza Strip is prior to the capture of the Israeli soldier in Sunday’s attack against…
Army arrests one resident from Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested Mohamed Dakhal Allah, 21, a resident of the West Bank city of Bethlehem , on Tuesday evening. Dakhal Allah was summouned to an interview…
Homes shelled in Rafah as army forces residents out
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday at dawn that Israeli fighter-jets and tanks fired several shells at Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers who…
Fighters threaten to kill the abducted settler in the West Bank if Israel does not halt Gaza attack
Abu Abeer, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees said on Wednesday at dawn that his group will kill the Israeli settler it abducted in the West Bank if Israel…
Palestinian factions finalize deal on national unity
Several Palestinian factions declared on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on the National Unity document after ten days of intensive talks. Saleh Zeidan, member of the Political Bureau…
Israeli army advances towards Rafah, enters Gaza International Airport area
After an Israeli military spokesperson officially declared that the Gaza invasion has been launched, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles advanced towards Rafah and reached the Gaza International Airport in…
Troops shell two Gaza Bridges, main Power-Plant in the Gaza Strip
Israeli troops stationed at the Gaza borders were seen moving towards the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday at night shortly before two air strikes that targeted the main power-plant in…
Israeli Air Force shells a bridge in Gaza
Tuesday at night, the Israeli air force attacked the main bridge that links between Gaza city and Khan Younis. Arm source reported that the shelling comes in a bid to…
Army: “Missing West Bank settler might be abductedâ€ÂÂ
Israeli military sources reported on Tuesday afternoon that the teenage settler who went missing since Sunday might be in the hands of Palestinian resistance fighters as some armed groups reported.…
Palestinian fighter killed, two injured in Gaza explosion
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Tuesday evening that an Israeli war-jet fired two missiles at a Palestinian vehicle, apparently carrying fighters, near the house of the Palestinian president,…
Palestine Today – June 27, 2006
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Gazans prepare for coming invasion
Palestinian tractors and bulldozers have blocked major roads into Gaza with dirt mounds and large rocks in an attempt to slow Israeli military vehicles, and the Palestinian Health Ministry has…
4-year old critically wounded in Israeli shelling survives surgery
Under the close supervision of the Arab Doctors Union (ADU), Egyptian surgeons have successfully extracted Israeli rocket shrapnel from the body of 4-year-old Lateefa Ghalia, who was critically wounded in…
1,200 Palestinian political prisoners in Al Naqab Prison on nonviolent hunger strike
In the Negev Desert, 1,200 Palestinian political prisoners have launched a hunger strike to protest the arbitrary practices of the prison administration praticed against them. The strike comes in the…
Army arrests two residents from Tulkarem
Mohammad Kan’an, 27, and Mohammad Sinuora, 21, were arrested when the Israeli army invaded Thinnaba neighborhood east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Tuesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Army arrests three residents from Sielet Al Harthiyya village West of Jenin
Israeli army troops have invaded Sielet al Harthiyya village west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested three residents there, on Tuesday morning. The arrestees were identified as…
Army arrests three residents from Obadia village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested three residents form the village of Obadia, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday morning. Troops invaded the village and searched several homes…
One resident injured after being attacked by the army in Hebron
Jaodat Abd Al Fatah, a resident of Beit Awoa village near the West Bank city of Hebron, sustained several bruises after being attacked by the Israeli army Tuesday morning. Al…
Army arrests six residents form Bethlehem
The Israeli army has arrested six residents from the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday at dawn. Troops and army jeeps stormed several neighborhoods in the city, with soldiers searching…
One resident arrested in Jab’e village near Jenin
The Israeli army arrested one resident from Jab’e village south of the West Bank city of Jenin during a predawn invasion Tuesday. Ahmad Khaliliah, 18, was arrested when troops stormed…
Army arrests six residents from Al Shawaora village east of Bethlehem
The Israeli forces have arrested six residents from the Al Shawaora village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Soldiers stormed and searched residents houses before arresting…
Settlers and army storms Nablus
Israeli soldiers and settlers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday at dawn. Troops invaded several neighborhoods and searched several houses before leaving without any arrestes, local sources reported.…
Army arrests one residents east Qalqilia
The Israeli army arrested Nohaned Hamad, 23, at the eastern entrance to the West Bank city of Qalqilia Tuesday at dawn. Hamad was arrested when troops stopped his car at…
Jerusalem Muslim cleric ‘relieved’ of duties
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued a surprise presidential decree relieving the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, of his duties, saying that he had reached the pension age. …
Presbyterian church votes for pressure campaign on companies that invest in Israel
America’s largest Presbyterian church voted to continue policies of economic engagement in the Middle East. It affirmed its willingness to use its investment policies to press for peace in Israel-Palestine.…
Knesset panel approves a bill that limits the rights of Palestinian detainees
Israeli sources reported Monday night that the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee passed a controversial bill that would significantly reduce the rights of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.…
Two Palestinian workers killed south of Jerusalem
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian workers were shot and killed Monday night by Israeli military fire at Sheikh Sa’ad checkpoint, south of Jerusalem, the Arabs48 news website reported.…
PRC says its fighters abducted a settler in the West Bank
A source at the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) reported Monday night that its fighters abducted a settler in the West Bank. Abu Abeer, media spokesperson of the PRC, reported that…
Lieberman calls on Israel to abduct Palestinian Prime Minister
Member of Knesset Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the extreme right wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, called on Monday for a massive military invasion into the Gaza Strip and for the abduction…
Fighters demand the release of female and child detainees in exchange for abducted soldier
A statement released by three Palestinian armed groups claiming responsibility for the Kerem Shalom Israeli crossing attack Sunday demanded that Israel release all women and children detainees in Israeli prisons…
Palestine Today – June 26, 2006
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Settlers burn 10 tons of hay in Hebron
A group of Israeli settlers from Susa settlement near the Palestinian village of Yatta south of Hebron torched 10 tons of hay that belong to Palestinian farmers Monday. Palestinian fire-fighters…
Israel to provide PA with ambulances
Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, will provide six new ambulances to the Palestinian Authority as part of a deal that will allow the Israeli group…
Israeli court limits army power to keep farmers off their land
Palestinian farmers scored a victory Monday, at least on paper, when the Israeli High Court curtailed the army’s power to deny West Bank farmers access to their lands. In response…
Captive Israeli soldier may be returned with release of long-term Palestinian political prisoners
Inside sources told the Palestine News Network Monday that negotiations on securing the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian resistance fighters are underway. The soldier was captured during…
Army arrests 15 residents during a pre-dawn invasion to Hebron villages
The Israeli forces have arrested 15 residents from several villages near the West Bank city of Hebron, on Monday morning Troops invaded the villages of Beit Ola, Halhol, and Turama,…
Olmert: We will not exchange any Palestinian prisoners for the Israeli soldier
The Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz has quoted diplomats living in Gaza, who say that they know which Palestinian group kidnapped the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The diplomats say that the…
Palestinian resistance shells Kfar Azzah.
AL Aqsa martyers brigades the armed wing of the Fateh movement, and the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)…
Israeli Troops, Navy, seal Gaza borders
Israeli ground and naval forced completely sealed off the Gaza borders in an attempt to prevent what an Israeli military spokesperson described as “any attempt to smuggle the abducted Israeli…
Army storms shepherds huts east of Tubas
Israeli army troops stormed Palestinian shepherd huts east of the West Bank city of Tubas Monday morning, forcing the shepherds and their families out.of their homes while the soldiers conducted…
Army injures two residents from Tubass
Ahmad Nawaf, 15, and Tarik Qassrawi, 40, were injured when Israeli troops opened fire at them during an invasion to the West Bank city of Tubass late Sunday night. Army…
Army arrests two residents in Nablus and open fire at a journalist
The Israeli Forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus Monday morning, arresting two residents as soldiers opened fired at a journalist’s car. Troops stormed the city and conducted a…
Army arrests one resident from Al Obadia, village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army arrested Qobel Radida, 23, during an invasion to Al Obadia village east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem Monday morning. Troops entered the village from different…
Israeli settlers assault three peace activists in Hebron
Three Israeli peace activists said they were assaulted Saturday by a group of Jewish settlers at the village of At-Tuwani near the West Bank city of Hebron. According to the…
Olmert: “No negotiations with Palestinian Authority to secure release of abducted soldierâ€
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ruled out any talks with the Palestinian Authority to secure the release of an Israeli soldier who is believed to be in the hands of…
Mas’ha village land seized for expansion of Elkana settlement
The ‘Jews-only’ settlement of ‘Elkana’, built on illegally seized Palestinian land, has begun construction of an additional 54 houses on farmland belonging to Mas’ha village farmers. Elkana settlement has been…
Israel extends Palestinian spouse ban
The Israeli cabinet has extended, on Sunday,a law banning most Palestinians from living in Israel with their spouses. The law was endorsed by Israel’s highest court by the narrowest of…
Israeli Sewage dumped in Brukin village
Brukin village, located in the central West Bank, in the Salfit district, has been subjected to massive sewage dumping from the illegal Israeli settlements ‘Ariel’ and ‘Brukhin’, which are ‘Jewish-only’…
Israel to begin preparing for a large offensive in Gaza
The Israeli political-security cabinet approved a plan that authorizes the army to start preparing for a “fierce” military operation in the Gaza Strip in order to secure the release of…
Resistance: “We did not abduct any Israeli soldierâ€ÂÂ
Three Palestinian resistance factions that carried out the Kerem Shalom Crossing attack earlier on Sunday reported that their gunmen did not abduct any Israeli soldier during the attack. Three Palestinian…
Anatomy of the West Bank ‘Realignment’ Plan
The US government, with European urging, has requested that Israel give negotiation of a bilateral agreement with the Palestinian Authority one last shot. If by the end of the year…
Hamas to Resistance groups: Keep the Israeli soldier alive
The Hamas government called upon the Palestinian resistance groups who were involved in the attack against the Israeli military post Sunday to keep the Israeli soldier captured during the operation…
Three Palestinians, two Israeli soldiers killed in an attack at Gaza army post
At least three Palestinian resistance fighters and two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack launched by Palestinian resistance early Sunday morning at the Israeli military post of Kerem Shalom…
Fighter arrested near Qbatia
Israeli soldiers invaded Qabatia and a nearby village Saturday in the West Bank and arrested one fighter of the Al quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad. Soldiers…
Islmic Jihad, Abbas to meet Saturday at night
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad ,reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and leaders of the Islamic Jihad will meet at 10pm Palestinian time…
Islmic Jihad, Abbas to meet Saturday evening
Khaled Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad reported that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and leaders of the Islamic Jihad will meet at 20hours Palestinian…
Major success in Palestinian National Dialogue anticipated
Khan Younis-Ma’an-Well-informed Palestinian sources have told the Ma’an correspondent that Palestinian political factions have reached agreement on the Prisoners’ Accord Document. All the political factions, including the Hamas movement, have…
Peace activists play an important role in helping Palestinian farmers isolated by the Wall
International peace activists from all around the world have become a friend of Palestinian farmers and villagers who are isolated from their orchards by the Israeli annexation Wall. Their nonviolent…
Army invades Gaza, arrest two Hamas men
Saturday morning, Israeli troops invaded the Gaza Strip through Sofa Crossing east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Strip, and arrested two Hamas gunmen after surrounding a house…
Abbas, Haniya to meet in Gaza today
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Saturday with his Prime Minister Ismael Haniya in Gaza city to discuss several issues of interest, Palestinian sources reported. Abbas and Haniya will…
Hamas leader dismisses statement that he would negotiate with Israel
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a Hamas leader imprisoned by Israel, dismissed reports by the Israeli daily Haaretz in which the paper claims he said Hamas would negotiate with Israel. Haaertz reported…
A week of Israeli ‘restraint’
In Israeli discourse, Israel is always the side exercising ‘restraint’ in its conflict with the Palestinians. This was true again for the events of the past week: As the Qassam…
Palestinian woman injured in Israeli Air Strike delivers stillborn baby
Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that a baby girl whose mother was injured in an Israeli air strike was stillborn…
Rachel Corrie: What’s in a Name?
My Name is Rachel Corrie was first staged in London at the Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on 7 April 2005, then on 11 October 2005 at the Royal Court,…
Hanniya says he will meet with Abbas on the “Detainees’ Documentâ€ÂÂ
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, reported on Friday that he will meet with President Mahmoud Abbas after the later arrives in Gaza. Among other issues, the meeting will focus on…
U.S. Senate passes bill to block aid to Palestinian government
Friday, The United States Senate on passed a bill that blocks United States aid from going to the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, but gives humanitarian relief to the…
Peace activists, residents of Bil’in protest against the Wall
Approximately 250 Palestinians and 60 international and Israeli peace activists protested on Friday against Israel’s annexation Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah in the West Bank. Several protesters, wearing…
This Week in Palestine, June Week 3
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Israeli Refuseniks call on soldiers to reject striking Gaza
Courage To Refuse conscientious objectors movement in Israel has renewed its activity in wake of the oscillating number of innocent Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in recent weeks. “The…
Army invades village near Bethlehem, arrests resident
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank village of Za’tarah, east of Bethlehem, Friday before noon and arrested a resident who was identified as A’mer Ibrahim Mas’dah, 27. Eyewitnesses reported…
Army breaks into several houses in the old town of Al-Khader.
Friday before noon, Israeli soldiers and border guards invaded the West Bank town of Al-Khader near Bethlehem, and broke into several homes in the town, conducting searches and forcing residents…
2006 World Refugee Day; BADIL Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
In 2005, there were approximately 6.8 million Palestinian refugees and 400,000 internally displaced Palestinians representing 70 percent of the entire Palestinian population worldwide (9.7 million). The legal status of some…
Israel denies entry of eight international peace activists to the country
Israeli authorities at the Ben Gorion International Airport in Tel Aviv barred on Thursday eight international peace activists from entering the country for what the authorities described as “conducting activities…
Israel to evict Palestinian cancer patient from hospital for inability to pay treatment expenses
The Palestine News Network learned Friday that Israeli security forces and police intend to evict a Palestinian cancer patient, Mustafa Al Hilo, because of that fact that he is required…
Human Rights Watch calls for an independent inquiry in Gaza beach shelling
A recent report by the International human rights organization Human Rights Watch, (HRW) states that the investigation run by the Israeli Army in the killing of a Palestinian family on…
Israel Betenu Party: “70% oppose Olmert’s realignment planâ€ÂÂ
Surveys conducted for Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu “Israel Our Home” party showed that 70% of the Israelis who supported the Gaza Disengagement Plan last year object to a West Bank…
Olmert: “Targeted killings will resume despite civilian casualtiesâ€ÂÂ
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said at an economic conference in Jerusalem that he instructed the Israeli army to resume the targeted killing policy against resistance fighters in the Palestinian…
Pro-Palestinian French figures in France sent death threats by Jewish terrorist
Israeli media sources reported that a French Jew identified as Raphael Schoemann, 65, received 10-month suspended prison sentence for sending bullets accompanied by threatening notes to high-profile figures who are…
Resistance fighter shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Ramallah
Thursday evening, Palestinian sources in the West Bank city of Ramallah reported that a Palestinian intelligence officer and member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, was…
Israeli security prepares for a campaign to bar international activists from entering West Bank
Israeli Newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that the Israeli security services are preparing for a campaign to bar international peace activists from entering the occupied West Bank this summer to…
Army arrests three Bethlehem residents including police office
The Israeli army arrested three residents, including a police officer, from the West Bank city of Bethlehem and in the neighborhood of Hendaza Mountain south of the city Thursday at…
Troops invade Nablus, impose siege on the Old City
Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, and its Old City, and clashed with dozens of youth, no injuries were reported. Local sources in Nablus reported…
Palestinian detainees tortured, facing bad mental and health conditions
Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Palestinian detainees in Al Maskobiyya Israeli Prison in Jerusalem are facing bad treatment, torture and are suffering from deteriorating mental and health condition as a…
King Abdullah of Jordan hosts Olmert, Abbas
King Abdullah II of Jordan hosted on Thursday the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas at Petra convention in what was described by Israeli media…
Palestinian Prisoner Society highlights tragic living conditions teh detainees face
The Palestinian Prisoner Society )PPS) is currently preparing to send a delegation of lawyers to visit Palestinian political prisoners in Al Naqab (Negev Desert) Prison inside southern Israeli borders. The…
Troops and settlers severely injure four Palestinians in Hebron, arrest one
Israeli forces and settlers injured four Palestinians, including several youth, in separate attacks in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. A fifth individual was arrested following the attacks. Medical…
Army installed a military checkpoint at the southern entrance of Qalqilia
Israeli army installed a military checkpoint at the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Qalqilia on Thursday and obstructed the movement of the residents and their vehicles there.…
Army invades Al Thahreyah and arrests one resident
The Israeli army backed by military jeeps broke into a home of Ahmad Shaheen Abu Alan during a wide-scale home search of the West Bank town of Al Thahreya, south…
Army and settlers attack residents of Hebron and Surif, injuring four
Four residents from the West Bank city of Hebron and one of its nearby towns were injured on Thursday when they were attacked by Israeli soldiers and settlers. Palestinian…
General strike declared in all governmental organizations and Ministries in the West Bank and Gaza S
General strike was declared in all governmental organizations and ministries on Thursday by the invitation of the committee of the employees of the governmental sector in the West Bank and…