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Israeli President Moshe Katsav apologized on behalf of the State of Israel to the settlers for asking them to leave the settlements. He made the comments in a special address broadcast live…

An Israeli paratrooper refused on Wednesday to carry out an order related to the disengagement plan, an Israeli military source reported. The soldier is the first paratrooper to refuse to…

An erstimated 40,000 to 50.000 pullout opponents conducted an anti-disengagement protest at the “Western Wall plaza” in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, according to Israeli sources. Additional protestors had planned to join the…

Israeli human rights organizations called on the Israeli government to take the steps necessary to protect the Palestinians in case of an escalation in violence by settlers during and after…

  Palestinian security source reported that army invaded the village of Fahma to the south of Jenin on Wednesday at down and conducted House-to-house searches, no arrests were reported. Also…

200 protesters from the village of Bel’in, West of Ramallah, international and Israeli peace activists protested on Wednesday ear the construction site of the Separation wall in the village. Troops…

Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kafr Ra’ai south of the West Bank city of Jenin, with more than ten military vehicles. Troops blocked all entrances to the village and…

A Palestinian security source reported that five army jeeps invaded on Wednesday morning the West Bank city of Nablus. Army jeeps toured the city shooting heavily in the air according…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Nour Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, conducted military searches and arrested four residents. A local source in the camp reported that soldiers,…

Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked on Wednesday dozens of residents of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, north west of Ramallah, and fired rounds of live ammunition; nine residents were injured. A local source…

The Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four West Bank settlements is not an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land; an Arab senior diplomat was…

Former Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu would win over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by a margin of 47 to 32 percent if primary elections for the Likud party leadership…

Israeli soldiers based at the Separation Wall Gate in Kafer Qaddoum village, near Qalqilia, delayed an ambulance transferring and old man to hospital after sustaining a heart attack, the man…

The Israeli army is tightening the closure it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in preparation for implementation of the withdrawal of settlers from the area, a Palestinian security source reported…

Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday at dawn, and fired rounds of live ammunition. A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers, supported by five…

The Israeli government approved the 2006 State Budget by a 12-8 vote in the early hours of Wednesday, Israeli sources reported. The budget was prepared by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…

Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed on Tuesday on details of a plan to destroy the homes in Gaza Strip settlements slated for evacuation under the Israeli pullout plan. Under…

Two settlers were lightly wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli police believe the attack was criminally motivated.   An Israeli military…

A local source in Azzoun, east of Qalqilia, reported on Tuesday at night, that Israeli soldiers invaded the village and arrested Tahseen Ishaq Zeidan, 24 years old. The source stated…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at night, the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested two brothers. A local source in Bethlehem reported that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, troop…

Israeli and international leftist peace activists accused the Israeli army of using demonstrations against the Separation Wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in as a “test field” for its…

Israeli soldiers, and special army units, attacked the home of detainee Yacoub abu Romiyya, in al-Ezariyya town, south of Jerusalem. A local source in al-Ezariyya reported that soldiers searched the…

The Israeli on Tuesday sealed off the northern West Bank settlements of Kadim and Ghanim after announcing them closed military zones, more than two weeks before they are scheduled for evacuation…

Several Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip reported seeing settlers from Moragh settlement placing dozens of landmines around Moragh settlement, in the southern part of the Strip, in an attempt…

This is a rare eyewitness account of one of the hundreds of illegal ‘targeted murders’ by Israel of young Palestinian men, members of the legal Resistance. As such, its importance…

The residents of Tulkarem in the West Bank burried, on Tuesday,Tamer Zindeq (15) in the afternoon. Tamer Zindeq was killed Monday during an invasion by the Israeli Army of Tulkarem and…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested that new elections for president and vice president be held in four years.  Abbas’ suggestion came during his speech before a special session for the Palestinian Legislative…

An Israeli investigating committee on Tuesday declared 45,000 applications to join the Labor Party invalid on the grounds of fraud. In a press conference at Labor’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, the…

The Israeli cabinet, meeting Tuesday, is set to okay the disputed 2006 state budget, Israeli media sources reported. The ratification of the budget comes two days after the Benjamin Netanyahu…

Israeli soldiers invaded Tulkarem refugee camp and the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes; army claims searching for wanted resistance fighters. A local source in Tulkarem…

The Israeli police barred recently several Arab residents of Jerusalem from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli police handed the residents official orders…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday a Palestinian resident in Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron after invading it, and occupied one home using it as monitoring towers…

A group of Israeli right-wing demonstrators tried on Tuesday morning to invade the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem under the protection of the Israeli police. The protestors and the police…

The new Israeli law that prohibits Palestinians who were injured or had their property damaged by Israeli army troops from suing the government encourages Israeli soldiers to commit more crimes against…

Israel’s security cabinet on Monday decided to allow 40 collaborator families now living in the Gaza Strip to move into Israel. The collaborator families currently live in the al-Daheena area, in the southern…

The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday  approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three residents near Tiaseer village, east of the West Bank city of Tubas. According to eyewitness reports, soldiers arrested the three residents who were…

The Israeli court at Salem, near the West bank city of Qalqilia, sentenced Nedal Bastakgee, 16, of Qalqilia to two years in jail. The court said the boy is part…

 The Israeli Army arrested three brothers from Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn on Tuesday. After invaded the camp and conducting extensive searches, the…

The International Red Cross suspended its field work in the Gaza Strip Tuesday after three UN workers – two foreigners and a Palestinian - were abducted in Gaza, the organization’s spokesman,…

An Israeli military source reported that an Israel sergeant was sentenced by a military tribunal to three weeks in detention. The source stated that the sergeant refused to carry “al…

Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the international world and the United Nations to keep recognizing the Gaza Strip as an occupied territory after the Israeli withdrawal. “Gaza will continue to be…

The WAFA news agency reported on Monday at night that one youth was killed, several residents were injured in Nour Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem…

The Arabs48 news website reported on Monday that extremist settlers attacked a mosque in the coastal Lod town, placed porn pictures in the mosque and wrote graffiti calling for expelling…

It was all expected: both the massacre and the questions it raised. But behind the easy questions that practically posed themselves, much more difficult and unasked questions are hidden. The…

The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon arrested one resident from the Al Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, An eyewitness reported that the army invaded the area,…

 The Israeli Army on Monday afternoon shelled homes in the  Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Eyewitness reported that the troops positioned in the army posts around the…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…

The Palestinian police freed two UN workers who were abducted by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza, a Palestinian security source reported. The two workers, who were no identified, were taken to…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday that the Palestinian resistance fired at several army posts in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. No injuries were reported.

Monday at dawn, a Palestinian resistance group fired at military jeeps in Azzoun village, near the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, claimed responsibility…

Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa said that there are no new Arab initiatives for peace in the Middle East other than the one presented in Beirut, Palestine…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night Azzoun village, east of Qalqilia, conducted military searches of homes and arrested four residents, two residents were released later on. A local source…

Resistance fighters fired at settlers’ cars late Sunday night at Azun village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. No injuries were reported. The Al Aqsa brigades clamed responsibility…

Palestinian resistance fighters fired a mortar shell toward  the Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning. No damage was reported. Also in the Gaza, resistance fighters…

Amr Mousa, Secretary General of the Arab League, said on Monday that the peace initiative that was approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 and officially confirmed…

The Palestinian Ministry of the Interior and National Security reported on Monday that General Jamal abu Zayed, deputy minister of the interior, and Israeli Defense Ministry Deputy Director General Moshe…

The Palestine Section of Defense for Children International reported Monday that at least 330 child prisoners are currently imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention centers. Khaled Qirmaz, a lawyer working…

The Fateh Central Committee met on Sunday evening to discuss preparations for ensuring security in the Palestinian areas during the Israeli withdrawal and other security issues in the Gaza Strip.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed orders placing three extremist settlers who are members of the outlawed Kach movement in administrative detention. The three extremists were charged with attacking Palestinian residents.…

As the interim Israeli Minister of Finance, Ehud Olmert from Likud, is getting ready to present the 2006 State Budget on Tuesday, Labor party ministers are threatening to vote against…

The Israeli Army invaded Obeidiyah, a village east of Bethlehem, on Monday morning. Local sources from the village reported that eight army jeeps invaded the village, and soldiers conducted house-to-house…

Israeli soldiers on Sunday night invaded Azzoun, a village east of Qalqilia, and imposed a curfew barring the residents from leaving their homes until further notice. The WAFA news agency reported that…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday appointed Ehud Olmert as interim Finance Minister in place of Benjamin Netanyahu, who resigned earlier on the day. Sharon is scheduled to meet…

A medical source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers attacked and injured a residents of Sier village, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Abed al-Salem al-Sharry, head of al-Sier…

Two Palestinian detainees announced Hunger Strike in protest to harsh conditions and medical neglect in Israeli prisons. The two detainees, Mohammad Ala’ ed-Deen, from Bethlehem, and Salah Barghouthi from Ramallah,…

A settler boy was critically wounded Sunday in a drive-by shooting incident north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, an  Israeli source reported. The car was driving on the…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that soldiers shot and killed one resident on Sunday afternoon.  A medical source at abu…

Israeli military bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees west of Beit Surik village, northwest of Jerusalem, in preparation for construction of the Separation Wall in the area. Dozens of residents…

Israeli finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his resignation from the Israeli government over his apposition to the pullout plan. Netanyahu announced his resignation shortly before the Israeli cabinet…

A medical source in Bethlehem reported that two residents were injured west of Bethlehem after settlers hurled stones at them while driving on a road between the villages of Husan…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp and fired at dozens of homes; one child was injured mildly injured. A local source in Tulkarem reported that soldiers,…

Israeli soldiers installed on Sunday a military roadblock on Al-Kafeer junction, north of Aqqaba village near the West Bank city of Tubas. A local source in Tubas reported that soldiers…

Children living in southern Hebron hills face daily harassment of Jewish settlers on their way to school.   Their school bus is a donkey, their route a tortuous hour-long trek…

Israeli Ground Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal, said on Saturday that he believes that another terrorist attack similar to Shfa-Amr attack is possible. During an interview with Reuters, Ron-Tal…

Torkey family, which lost two daughters in the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack carried out by an Israeli settler-soldier, said that it received phone threats from a settler in Tapoah settlement, threatening…

Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two residents of Hebron at a military checkpoint in Beit Jebriel area, south of the city. A medical source at the Hebron Governmental Hospital reported,…

Israeli Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Saturday that the Israeli military establishment would consider placing right-wing activists in administrative detention without trial, which is a move he said that…

A group of twenty settlers attempted to break into al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, in an attempt to attack a festival for Fourth Al-Aqsa Child Fund; Palestinian mosque…

Several Arab leaders in Israel hinted that Israeli security officials were aware of the terrorist plan to target residents of Shfa-Amr, but failed to act against it in spite of…

The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, launched a competition for the best disengagement poster, and will grant the winner USD 250, the group stated on its website. Hamas said that the…

Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Allar, north of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches of homes. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes…

A local source in Jerusalem reported that Israeli soldiers, and border guard policemen, broke into Dar al-Tifil al-Arabi school in Jerusalem, and arrested one resident. The source stated that soldiers…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday afternoon, the village of Ein al-Baida, in the northern planes of the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that soldiers, supported by…

The court sentenced Ahmad Hagag, who was shot with three bullets during his arrest, to 17 years in jail. His home was also demolished. Ramiz al Remawi was sentenced to…

Israeli soldiers arrested two residents in the West Bank city of Hebron and took them to an unknown destination. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers…

Border police and secret service officers broke into Dar Al Tefel Al Arbi School in Jerusalem on Saturday morning and arrested the general coordinator for the Jerusalem Center for Democracy…

A Palestinian  man was badly injured near Mourag settlemen, south of Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical source confirmed on Saturday. Nehad Al Qadi, 23, was…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry released an official document on the Palestinian official stance on the legal condition of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli withdrawal, as well as on the…

The Higher Israeli Arab Monitoring Committee held a meeting on Saturday morning in Nazareth to discuss the suitable responses to Thursday’s shooting attack by an Israel settler-soldier in Shfa-Amr in…

Army invaded on Saturday the village of al-Mighraqa south of Gaza city. After blocking the roads of the village, troops backed by heavy army vehicles surrounded and searched the houses of…

The  existential threat Arab residents of Israel feel following the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack by an Israeli soldier could push them to lanuch a peaceful intifada (uprising), Abed Anabtawi, member of the…

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced that it will begin its process of ‘progressive engagement’ – a process that could ultimately lead to divestment – with five companies it says contribute…

The Israeli Army fired with heavy machine guns at homes in Khan-Younis in the southern part pf the Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to eyewitnesses, soldiers stationed…

Israeli Army soldiers, accompanied by secret service officers, invaded Nour Shams refugee camp near the West Bank City of Tulkarem on Saturday at dawn. Troops searched the camp and entered…

Israeli soldiers late Friday night killed a Palestinian gunman attempting to plant an explosive charge near Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli…

A Presbyterian committee in the U.S. has declared that the church will use its stock holdings to stop five companies with links to Israel from contributing to the ‘ongoing violence…

Fearing threats fromextremist settlers opposing his Gaza pullout plan, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sleeps with a loaded gun under his pillow, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv. In spite of the…

Palestinian resistance fired, on Sunday morning, homemade shells at Eretz settlement, north of the Gaza Strip. National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of…

At least five civilians have been injured in an anti-wall protest organized by the resident of Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Eyewitnesses a Palestinian…