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Fuel crisis in Palestine as Israel cuts supply
Dor Energy, the Israeli company that provides fuel to the Palestinian areas, has cut off all fuel shipments to the West Bank and Gaza, leaving Palestinians without fuel — a…
3 Palestinian children die due to medicine shortage
Three Palestinian children who suffer from kidney failure died Tuesday at Shiffa Hospital in Gaza due to the severe medicine shortage caused by an Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip,…
A Modest Proposal for Peace in Palestine
Peace may now be possible if the international community grabs the olive branch tentatively offered by Abbas and Hamas. “Peace at last, peace at last, thank God Almighty, there’s peace…
Army arrests ten residents from Nablus
Israeli troops arrested ten residents from the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning. Troops invaded the city and conducted a wide-scale search campaign in several neighborhoods, mainly concentrating in…
Resident arrested east of Bethlehem
Israeli armed forces arrested Mohamed Nawaora from Al Doha, a town east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Thursday at dawn. Nawaora was arrested when troops stormed the village,…
Army invades the West Bank city of Jenin; two children injured and two arrested
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Jenin and injure two children on Thursday morning. More than 20 armored vehicles entered the city and surrounded several houses in…
Hamas and the Palestinians
Innocent Palestinian people are being treated like animals, with the presumption that they are guilty of some crime. Because they voted for candidates who are members of Hamas, the government…
Israeli army shells two areas in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses reported on Wednesday at night that Israeli fighter -jets fired at least two missiles at locations in Al Mawassi area, in Khan Younis in the…
Palestinian gas stations organizing nonviolent demonstration against fuel crisis
The Bethlehem area is suffering a serious gas shortage which if continued would paralyze traffic in the district. Prices were already high, and have now skyrocketed. Lines of cars are…
Audio Report: The Daily News For May 10, 2006
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Three residents arrested in Hebron
The Israeli army arrested three residents during an intrusion in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Nedal Al Zighaier, 38, Ibraheem Abu Rmoze,…
Olmert waves of more unilateral plans of P.A does not respond to his conditions
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, gave the Palestinian Government a period that has a maximum time limit of six months to respond to his conditions for the resumption of peace…
Quartet suggests temporal mechanism to channel aid for Palestinians
The Quartet Committee, which includes the United States, Russia, the United Nations, and the European Union, agreed to provide assistance to the Palestinian people through a temporary international mechanism for…
Olmert kicks off the “Negev Development Plan” by leveling Arab houses
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, started on Wednesday morning implementing what is known as “The Negev and Galilee Development Plan” by demolishing three Arab houses in…
Army invades Araba and Al Yamon villages near Jenin, clashes erupted
Israeli armed forces invaded the village of Araba and Al Yamon near the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday morning. In Al Yamon village, invading soldiers clashed with resistance…
Army arrests four children and one teen in Beit Fourik town
In a pre-dawn invasion, Israeli troops arrested four children and one teen in Beit Fourik, a town east of the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday. Soldiers stormed residents’ homes…
Army invades Ateel and Ilar villages north of Tulkarem, three residents arrested
An Israeli army force invaded Ateel and Ilar, villages north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested three residents Wednesday at dawn. Jeeps and soldiers stormed the two…
Army arrests three residents from Al Khader village near Bethlehem
The Israeli army invaded Al Khader, a village located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested three youth on Wednesday morning. After several jeeps entered, soldiers immediately closed the village and started…
Three residents injured due to the shelling of the Gaza strip by the army
Due to continued shelling in northern areas of the Gaza strip by the Israeli army, three residents were injured on Wednesday morning. Palestinian medical sources identified two of the three injured men as…
U.S. Softens Position on Palestinian Aid, Hamas signals suspicion
The Bush administration endorsed a European proposal on Tuesday to increase aid to the Palestinian territories, including money that could pay the salaries of some civil servants working for the…
Leaders of Fateh, Hamas, agree to end Gaza clashes
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, Hamas, said on Tuesday at night after meeting Fateh officials that the two parties had agreed to work together in order to stop the in-fighting…
Audio Report: The Daily News For May 9, 2006
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Israeli Authorities level two houses in Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers leveled on Tuesday morning one Palestinian house in Beit Hanina neighborhood, in Jerusalem after claiming that the house was illegally constructed seven years ago. Another house was leveled…
Israeli Navy claims foiling attempt to smuggle explosives into Gaza
Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Navy claimed foiling at attempt by Palestinian factions to smuggle at least 550 kilos of explosives into the Gaza Strip. The incident…
Army levels a Palestinian house in Jerusalem
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled a Palestinian house that belongs to two brothers of Al Ja’bary family, in Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem. Soldiers surrounded the area, broke into the…
Soldiers impose curfew over a village near Nablus
Tuesday, Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over the village of Al Bathan, north east of the West Bank city of Nablus, and imposed curfew. Soldiers installed a sudden checkpoint at the…
Youth arrested in Tulkarem
Monday at night, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth while he was attempting to cross through the Tunnel Checkpoint, south of Tulkarem, and took him to an unknown destination. A…
Three residents arrested near Hebron
Israeli soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded earlier on Tuesday at dawn the town of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and arrested three residents,…
Tulkarem resident arrested in Ramallah
Tuesday morning, Israeli troops invaded Allar village, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, and arrested one resident from Tulkarem. A local source in the village reported that soldiers…
Troops invade Nablus, arrest five residents
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, and its Askar refugee camp, conducted military searches of homes and arrested five residents. The Palestinian News Agency,…
Settlers leaders meet to discuss plans to `“thwart future withdrawals`
Leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements met on Monday to discuss what was described as “thwarting withdrawals” planned by the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and to discuss the…
Christian and Samaritan figures in Palestine denounce the siege, violations
Palestinian Christian and Samaritan figures appealed the International Community and Human Rights organizations to interfere in order to lift the Israeli unjust siege, and the isolation of the Palestinian people…
Under cover units of the Israeli army abduct a resident from Bethlehem’s Dehiesha refugee camp
Under-cover units of the Israeli army abducted, on Tuesday, one resident from Deheisha refugee camp, in of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that, the units disguised…
Israeli poll; 62% of the Israelis support encourage Arab immigration from Israel
An annual survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute revealed that more than half of the Israelis believe that Israeli should encourage its Arab residents to immigrate; 62% of the…
Under cover units of the Israelli army kidnapped a resident from Dehiesha refugee camp
Israeli army under cover units kidnapped Tuseday, a residedent from Deheisha refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem . Local sources reported that Israeli under cover…
Female university student arrested west of Ramallah
On Monday at night the Israeli army arrested Taghreed Khaleel Hannouni, 22, a student of Bir Zeit University, after breaking into her house in Kafer Ni’ma village, west of Ramallah.…
Hamas PLC members met with Israeli Prison Administration & member of Israeli goverment
The Israeli daily, Yediot Aharanot, reported Tuesday morning that a meeting between the Legislative Council of Prisoners, comprised of all Palestinian factions, was held with the Al Naqab (Negev Desert)…
Army arrests a Qalqelia resident
Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Qalqilia, on Tuesday at dawn, fired rounds of live ammunition, and broke into several homes forcing the residents out. One reisdent was arrested…
Audio Report: The Daily News For May 8, 2006
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Qalqilia resident reject a wall reroute that would isolate villages
More than six months after the Israeli Supreme Court issued its decision to change the route of the Wall cutting through Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank in order to…
Palestinian Authority crisis: Prisons running out of food
According to a report Monday morning, Palestinian police cannot provide food for prisoners detained in its prisons because there is no money to pay for it. In addition, a senior…
Palestinian Legislative Council building in Ramallah on fire
A fire started on Monday afternoon in the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) building in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Firefighters and police rushed to the scene and managed to…
Palestinian resistance fighters claim to have thrown a flaming bottle at Israeli soldiers
The Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the military wing affiliated with the Popular Resistance Committees, have claimed that their fighters threw a flaming bottle at an Israeli patrol while the Israeli…
Israeli Army arrests two Palestinian residents of Ramallah
Israeli military forces invaded the West Bank city of Rammallah and arrested two residents, late Sunday night. Rafaiek Nakhlah, 24, from Al Jalazone refugee camp in the city and Sharif…
Israeli Army attacks shops and houses in Hebron; imposes siege
The Israeli army closed the West Bank city of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, putting it under an intensified military siege while soldiers attacked and searched several Palestinian shops…
Three Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in At’til village
Israeli forces arrested three Palestinian young men, including two brothers ,in the town of At’til north of Tulkarem early Sunday. Local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces entered the town…
Two injured, including teen, as Israeli forces continue to pound northern Gaza with artillery
Palestinian security sources reported that a Palestinian man and boy suffered shrapnel wounds Monday morning, after Israeli tanks occupying the northeastern Gaza Strip border fired tank shells. Palestinian medical sources…
Three youth arrested from Beit Fourek village by Israeli army
The Israeli army arrested three youth from the village of Beit Fourek east of the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday morning. The boys were identified as Mojamed Haninni, Mohmaed…
Palestinian arrested from Al Sawahra Al Sharqia village near Jerusalem
The Israeli army invaded Al Sawahra Al Sharqia near Jerusalem and arrested one resident, on Monday at dawn. Sofian Shahin, 27, was arrested when troops stormed his family home and…
Israeli Army arrests one Palestinian from Al Nasrawiah village
The Israeli troops arrested Adel Balawona, 22, from the village of Al Nasrawiah southeast of the West Bank city of Tubas, Monday morning. Balawona was arrested when troops attacked his…
Student arrested at Israeli checkpoint near Kofer Laqef village
Laith Nasser, a university student from the village of Kofer Laqef east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia was arrested by the Israeli army, Monday at dawn. Nasser was…
Army invades Nablus, arrests 9 including a young woman
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday morning and arrested 9 residents including a young woman.Army vehicles and jeeps stormed the city and the nearby…
Construction of Apartheid Road in Al Jeeb Village Destroys Palestinian Lands
A report Monday from the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign said since the beginning of May, Israeli occupation forces have begun uprooting farming lands in the southwest of Jeeb village…
Three killed in Hamas-Fatah gunfight near Khan Younis
At least three Palestinians were killed on Monday during a gun battle between members of the rival Hamas and Fatah groups in the Gaza Strip, paramedics said. It was the…
The Al Quds Brigades aghast at British newspaper report that they intend to assassinate Abbas
A newspaper article published Sunday has incensed the armed resistance wing of Hamas, the Al Qassam Brigades. The piece claims that Al Qassam intended to assassinate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.…
Troops invade Balata refugee camp, exchange fire with resistance fighters
Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and exchanged fire with resistance fighters, Palestinian sources reported. Four residents were arrested in separate invasion in the West…
Army shells Beit Lahia, kills one resident; eight killed in three days
Sunday morning, Israeli army shelled with heavy artillery an area located east of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one resident who was planting his…
Israeli police evacuates three settler families that occupied a Palestinian house in Hebron
Sunday morning, the Israeli police evacuated three Jewish settler families that occupied a Palestinian house in Hebron, south of the West Bank. The Israeli radio reported that at least fifty…
Israeli forces arrest three, beat one Saturday in Balata
On Saturday at dawn, Israeli military forces invaded Balata refugee camp, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, and arrested three citizens. Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers broke into and…
Army shells Gaza, kills an elderly resident, injures four
A Palestinian medical source at Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident was killed after the Israeli army, stationed at the northern…
Settlers attack children in Hebron, wound three
Three Palestinian school children were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron after being attacked by extremist settlers living in illegal settlement outpost in the city. The attack…
Settlers attack children in Hebron, wound three
Three Palestinian school children were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron after being attacked by extremist settlers living in illegal settlement outpost in the city. The attack was…
Parents of detainees protest in Bethlehem
In cooperation with the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Bethlehem, the Committee of Parents of Detainees in the city organized, on Saturday, a protest in front of the Red Cross…
2 Palestinians Wounded as Israeli forces pound northern Gaza with artillery rounds
Two citizens were wounded Saturday morning as Israeli Forces resumed bombarding the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, medical sources said. Ministry of Health sources reported that two citizens were…
Two women arrested at a military roadblocks east of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at night two Palestinian women from Atteel village north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem while attempting to cross an Israeli military checkpoint installed…
P.A security officer arrested in Hebron
Last night Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian citizen at a military checkpoint occupying the western Hebron area of the southern West Bank. At the same time, Israeli forces are intensifying…
Hamas and Fateh school teachers collect monthly funds for the unpaid
In a pioneering move to triumph over the economic blockade, the Ibn Qabatia School in Nablus has created a cooperative borrowing fund to assist those in need during this period…
Mobile phone Camera captures torturous soldiers abuse against Palestinians in the West Bank
Many remain unaware of Israeli soldiers’ behavior against Palestinian citizens at checkpoints in the West Bank, the racial slurs, the torturous behavior and humiliation. This is the story,…
Israeli army air-strikes Gaza, kills five residents including two brothers
Palestinian medical sources and eyewitnesses reported, on Friday evening, that five residents, including two brothers were killed after the Israeli air force shelled a training camp which belongs to the…
19-year-old youth killed in Nablus
The Israeli army invaded the Rafidya neighborhood of Nablus in the West Bank, and surrounded two houses seeking wanted persons. One youth was shot and killed by the Israeli forces…
Bil’in Protesters demonstrate, through street theater, the suffering of Palestinians
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Bil’in village, and dozens of Israeli and international peace activists, held their weekly protest against Israel’s annexation Wall in the village of Bil’in, near the…
Farmers in Qalqilia suffer from Wall: I cannot add a thing because all there is, is pain
The hope of the farmers in Qalqilia is that their fruits and citrus will survive the season behind the Wall. Since 2002 farmers have been isolated from their lands, suffocated…
Jenin on hunger strike in nonviolent protest against the `“starvation of children and residents
Dozens more Palestinians join nonviolent protest, hunger striking against “starvation of children and the Palestinian nation, as the US-led economic blockade continues against Palestinians after the elected the Hamas party…
This Week in Palestine – May Week 01
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Sick detainee forced to shower while hand tied in Israel hospital
Apparently, chains became the daily companion of the Palestinian political prisoners, even when hospitalized and in need to surgery. Wajeeh Qawwas, mayor of Qalqilia who was elected while he was…
Army creats blockade between north and south of W.B
Israeli army troops stationed at Al Nabi Elias checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Salfet, stopped residents from northern areas of west Bank to cross to the southern…
Army invades the town of Beit Jala, and arrested one resident
The Israeli troops invaded Beit Jala town in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident, Friday at dawn. According to Eyewitness report., Wisam Sansor, were arrested when…
Army invades Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp
Israeli army forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus and the nearby Balata refugee camp, Friday morning. Soldiers opened fire randomly at the residents’ homes wounding three. Army also…
Russia transfers $10 million to Palestine, Haniya express gratitude
Russia has transferred 10 million U.S. dollars as an immediate relief aid to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), an official at the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. …
Detainee Manal Ghanim will be separated from her child soon
Female detainees in Telmond Israeli prison reported that they intend to organize a series of steps in protest to a decision of an Israeli court to separate detainee Manal Ghanim,…
Troops invade Nablus refugee camp, exchange fire with resistance fighters
Friday at dawn, Israeli troops invaded the Balata refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Nablus, in an attempt to arrested “wanted” resistance fighters and exchanged fire with them,…
In protest to bad conditions, detainees in Huwwara prison on hunger strike
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) visited on Thursday several detainees in Huwwara detention facility, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, and met with several detainees who…
Hamas willing to accept 2002 peace Plan if Israel does
Hamas leaders-in-exile have said that they are ready to consider a 2002 Arab League peace plan – which calls for recognition of Israel and a return to pre-1967 war borders…
Israeli politician calls for execution of some Arab-Israeli Parliament Members
The leader of the Jewish ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party raised an uproar after calling for the execution of Israeli Arab MPs who have been in contact with members of Hamas.…
Palestinian activists begin Hunger Strike to protest Israeli Policy of Starvation
On Thursday, two prominent Palestinian citizens started an open-ended hunger strike to protest the dire economic situation created by the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, and the ‘collective punishment’ of…
Israeli company negotiates largest arms deal ever with Nigeria
A few days ago, the American ambassador in Nigeria met with the Nigerian defense minister, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ambassador complained about a major weapons deal that the Nigerian defense…
Israeli leader: Settlements will become part of Israel forever
In an address to the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) on Thursday, Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israeli settlements built illegally in the West Bank will establish the final…
Troops kill Palestinian taxi driver at a military checkpoint near Nablus
Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Thursday evening a Palestinian Taxi driver near Al Bathan Israeli checkpoint, north east of the West Bank city of Nablus; the driver dies instantly…
Hamas accuses U.S. of blocking Palestinian salary and pension payments
The new Palestinian prime minister has charged the US with blocking money to pay 165,000 of its public sector workers. Ismail Haniyeh told a news conference on Wednesday that the…
Cash-strapped Gaza taxi drivers turn to cooking gas for fuel
Facing sky-high petrol prices and fewer passengers, Palestinian taxi driver Abdel-Hakim Yassin now powers his shabby cab with cooking gas canisters as a financial crisis deepens in the Gaza Strip.…
Jewish youth attack Palestinian Mosque in Akka
In the Jewish suburbs of Akka, a largely Palestinian city inside Israeli borders — a place where Israeli flags regularly fly overhead, incensing the Palestinian-Israeli population, Jewish youth attacked the…
Israeli troops impose siege on Arraba village, near Jenin
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers imposed a strict siege on Arraba town, southwest of Jenin city, and banned residents from entering the town. Local sources stated that troops posted roadblocks very…
Audio Report: The Daily News For May 4, 2006
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U.S. University censors Palestinian art exhibit
Brandeis University officials have removed from a school exhibit artwork that depicts injured and bloodied Palestinian children, according to a media report. The images were painted by Palestinian teenagers at…
Huwwara under strict curfew for second day, seven youth arrested
For the second consecutive day, Israeli soldiers kept a strict siege and closure imposed on Huwwara village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus; seven youth were arrested in…
Settlers’ vehicle rams a 3-year old child in Hebron
A Palestinian medical source at the West Bank city of Hebron reported that a three- year old child was seriously injured on Wednesday evening after a settler rammed him with…
Fateh wins the Bethlehem Student Council elections
The Jerusalem and Right of Return bloc of the Fateh party won the majority of seats in Bethlehem University’s student council elections today. Fateh won 16 out of 31 seats,…
Israeli forces detain a Qalqilia resident for 10 hours because he had a public map of the Wall route
Israeli soldiers occupying the gate that leads in and out of the city of Qalqilia detained a Palestinian for 10 hours because he carried a map of the Wall route. …
Special Forces infiltrate the west Bank city of Tubas
An Israeli Special Forces unit entered the West Bank city of Tubas on Tuesday. A security source in the city said that the force using a white van to infiltrate…