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Israeli forces detain photojournalist in Jenin
Nisreen Qumsieh, International Middle East Media Center 2/27/2008
   On Wednesday morning Israeli forces detained a Palestinian photo-journalist in Jenin, taking footage of the separation wall which annexes ’Aneen village, west of Jenin city.Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers attacked Hazim Bader from Hebron, a photojournalist for the French...

MIDEAST: Gaza Border In Political Limbo
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, Inter Press Service 2/27/2008
   CAIRO, Feb 27(IPS) - One month after throngs of Palestinians flooded into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula from the Gaza Strip, the flashpoint Rafah border crossing remains tightly shut. But according to some opposition figures, the breach -- viewed by many... more..

The breakthrough that did not happen
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 2/27/2008
   For an entire day, the Israel Defense Forces raised the level of hysteria in Israel by announcing they were preparing for the possibility that thousands of Gazans would try to break through the checkpoints. It is easy now for the... more..

Barak: 43-mile fence to be built at Egyptian border
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 2/26/2008
   Defense minister tours Egypt border, guarantees construction of fence stretching from Beerotayim to the Rafah border crossing preventing infiltrations, smuggling - Defense Minister Ehud Barak toured the border with Egypt Tuesday and promised to further construction of a 70- kilometer-long (43... more..

Stone-throwing youths confront invading Israeli forces in Zeita
Ma’an News Agency 2/25/2008
   Tulkarem – Ma’an – Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank town of Zeita north of Tulkarem and ransacked several houses on Monday morning.Ma’an’s reporter said that a fierce confrontation erupted near the separation wall in...

Olmert: No apologies for Gaza strikes
Roni Sofer, YNetNews 2/25/2008
   PM arrives in Tokyo for official visit, tells reporters ’we will strike wherever necessary to halt Qassam rocket fire. ’ Adds possibility that Palestinian mob will attempt to infiltrate Israel during mass Gaza rally unlikely but that Israel is... more..

Israeli anarchists commend Gaza rally against blockade
Roi Mandel, YNetNews 2/25/2008
   Israeli anarchists commend Gaza rally against blockade - Extreme-left group hopes thousands will join Gazans’ protest against Israeli blockade on Strip, calling it inhumane, illegal and immoral; as right-wing MKs call on IDF to prevent infiltration ’at all costs... more..

Guns ready, Israelis eye planned Gaza border march
Nidal al-Mughrabi, ReliefWeb 2/25/2008
   GAZA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Israel threatened to use deadly force on Monday should a planned march by thousands of Palestinians to protest a blockade on the Gaza Strip turn into an attempt to surge across the border into Israeli territory... more..

Israeli forces seize two Palestinians near Jenin
Ma’an News Agency 2/25/2008
   Jenin – Ma’an – Israeli forces raided the northern West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin, as well as the town of Zububa, northwest of Jenin, on Monday.The invading forces ransacked several homes in Zububa before apprehending 15-year-old...

Israeli strike kills three civilians in Gaza
Middle East Online 2/24/2008
   GAZA CITY - An Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun killed three Palestinians near the border fence with Israel on Saturday, a Palestinian hospital official said. Doctor Muawiya Hassanein, the director of Gaza emergency medical... more..

Israel to confiscate 766 dunams of Palestinian land near Hebron
Ma’an News Agency 2/24/2008
   Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli authorities issued a military order on Saturday to confiscate 766 dunams (a dunam is 1000 square meters) of Palestinian land belonging to the West Bank town of Adh-Dhahiriyya as well as land belonging to the... more..

The World must Act on Palestine Now
Gulf News - Editorial, MIFTAH 2/23/2008
   Palestinians have been living under Israeli occupation for over six decades. During that period, the geopolitical situation changed immensely. While some countries disintegrated, like the former USSR, others took the initiative and declared their independence. And they were recognised by... more..

Mass March / Hamas’ win-win situation
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 2/25/2008
   Israel’s concern about a possible scenario involving Hamas marching masses of civilians to the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the western Negev is not based on a vague hunch. It is founded on intimate knowledge of the... more..

Dichter: 7,400 African refugees infiltrated Israel in past year
Attila Somfalvi, YNetNews 2/24/2008
   In special discussion held at Prime Minister’s Office, internal security minister says IDF unsuccessful in blocking wave of infiltrators, calls for Egyptian help. Defense Minister Barak demands Israel speed up construction of fence on Egypt border - More than... more..

Livni: Israel will defend its sovereign borders
Ynet, YNetNews 2/24/2008
   Livni: Israel will defend its sovereign borders - Foreign, defense ministers issue joint statement ahead of mass Hamas rally across Gaza on Monday, warn against possible attempt to breach Israeli border. Hamas insist they are not encouraging protestors to head towards... more..

Israel plans to create false earthquake to destroy Aqsa foundations
Palestinian Information Center 2/24/2008
   GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Ahmed Abu Halabiya, the head of the international Quds foundation "“ Gaza branch, warned that the Israeli occupation is intending to create an artificial earthquake in occupied Jerusalem through continuing to build tunnels under the city which would... more..

Ramon calls for evacuation of settlers east of security fence
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 2/24/2008
   Kadima and the Labor Party should pursue legislation granting settlers living east of the separation fence compensation in exchange for their evacuation, Vice Premier Haim Ramon told a gathering in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Ramon said such a move would... more..

IDF braces for mass march on Gaza border
Amos Harel Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 2/23/2008
   Gasoline ran out in Gaza over the weekend in the wake of Israeli limits on its import except for emergency vehicles. Diesel fuel is also said to be in short supply. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces beefed up troops along... more..

Over 20 activists hurt in clash with IDF at anti-separation fence rally
Meron Rappaport, Ha’aretz 2/24/2008
   More than 20 activists were wounded Friday as Israel Defense Forces troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at protesters marking three years of struggle against the West Bank separation fence in the West Bank town of Bil’... more..

At least 70 injured in mass-protest in Al Khader
International Solidarity Movement 2/22/2008
   Bethlehem Region - Today roughly fifteen hundred people, including Palestinian and Israeli activists, international Human Rights Workers and journalists, gathered in the village of Al Khader, in the Bethlehem region, as part of a weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. Once... more..

Barak to hold consultations Sunday on proposed Egypt border fence
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 2/23/2008
   Defense Minister Ehud Barak will hold consultations Sunday on a proposed fence along Israel’s porous border with Egypt. Defense Ministry Director-General Pinchas Buchris will present Barak with a plan formulated in recent weeks that calls for the construction... more..

Ramon: Push forward ’evacuation-compensation’ for settlers east of fence
Roni Sofer, YNetNews 2/23/2008
   Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon says ’evacuation-compensation’ for West Bank settlers east of security fence will prove to world, Palestinians that Israel is serious about peace -Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon said on Saturday that theLabor party andKadima... more..

Unscrupulous Gaza street dealers selling fuel at double designated price
Ma’an News Agency 2/23/2008
   Gaza – Ma’an – The Israeli fuel embargo on the Gaza Strip has led to petrol being sold at 20 shekels (5 US dollars) a litre on the streets of Gaza by unscrupulous dealers.With no controls on quality or prices... more..

More than 70 injured in non-violent demonstration near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 2/22/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – At least 70 people were injured, including a number of children, during a non-violent demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in the village of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem on Friday.43 people, 13 of them women... more..

Twelve residents injured in a protest against land expropriation near Salfit
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2008
   The National Resistance Committee reported on Friday that twelve residents were injured near the west Bank city of Salfit after the Israeli army attacked a peaceful protest against the ongoing Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands in order to pave a... more..

Separation Barrier completely cuts off West Bank village
Ma’an News Agency 2/22/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an - The Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem warned on Friday that the West Bank village of Nu’man, near Bethlehem has become further isolated by the Separation Barrier, completely severing the village from both East Jerusalem... more..

Tourist moderately hurt during Bilin protest
Ali Waked, YNetNews 2/22/2008
   Palestinians, Israelis and foreign peace activists hold rally in village of Bilin marking three years since struggle against separation fence was launched in area. American tourist injured by rubber bullet, MK Barakeh hurt after inhaling teargas - An American peace activist... more..

Four Injured, including two children, when Israeli troops attacked peaceful protest near Bethlehem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2008
   Four unarmed Palestinian civilians were injured when Israeli troops attack a peaceful protest in Al Ma’ssara village located south of Bethlehem city, in the southern part of the West Bank.Around 70 Palestinians from the village along with international... more..

The army attacks peaceful protest west of Bethlehem and hurts 70 civilians
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2008
   On Friday, the Israeli army attacked a nonviolent protest organized by the villagers of Al Khader near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. At least 70 civilians were hurt in the attack.The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements... more..

Chief Palestinian Justice: nonviolent resistance in Bil’in is national example of steadfastness
Palestine News Network 2/22/2008
   Bil’in / PNN- During the weekly nonviolent demonstration against land confiscation and the Wall, western Ramallah residents of Bil’in Village were joined by Sheikh Taysir Tamimi.The Sheikh, as Chief Justice of Palestine, delivered the Friday prayer, addressing... more..

Fifteen injured at the weekly protest of Bil’in.
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2008
   The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land. Israeli troops attacked the protesters.As... more..

Israeli violence increases our resolve to stand up for freedom and independence
Palestine News Network 2/22/2008
   Bethlehem / Najib Farraj -- The nonviolent resistance continued Friday in southern Bethlehem where Israeli forces are confiscated lands from eight villages to expand the Efrat Settlement and impose further portions of the Wall.Israeli forces attacked the post-prayer demonstration, injuring four nonviolent... more..

On this sunny Friday afternoon nonviolent resistance abounds, leftist DFLP marks anniversary
Palestine News Network 2/22/2008
   Bethlehem / Najib Farraj - Many of the injured Palestinians fainted and vomited from inhalation of noxious gas in the weekly nonviolent demonstration against land confiscation and Wall expansion in the Bethlehem town of Al Khader.Dozens of Israeli soldiers shot bullets and... more..

Israeli soldiers break up protest
Al Jazeera 2/22/2008
   Palestinian and foreign activists have clashed with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The troops fired tear-gas shells and rubber-coated steel bullets to disperse the demonstrators on Friday after some of them threw rocks at... more..

Palestinian officials: Israeli missile kills two Gaza militants
Reuters and The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 2/22/2008
   An Israeli missile killed two Palestinian militants and wounded a third in the central Gaza Strip, close to the border fence with Israel on Friday, Palestinian medical staff and Hamas security officials said. The Hamas officials, who did not wish... more..

Palestinians killed in Israeli raid
Al Jazeera 2/22/2008
   An Israeli air attack has killed two Palestinians and wounded a third in the central Gaza Strip.Palestinian medical sources and witnesses said Israel launched at least one missile during the attack near Bureij early on Friday morning. The attack killed... more..

This Week In Palestine - week 8 2008
Ghassan Bannoura- Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 2/22/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 12. 8MB || Time 14m 0s ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for February 16th through to February 22nd, 2008. The... more..

Jordan Warns Israeli Practices Yield to Extremism
The Jordan Times, MIFTAH 2/21/2008
   Jordan on Tuesday warned of Israeli measures that lead to exacerbating the living conditions in the Palestinian territories, describing these practices as a recipe for extremism. Israeli sieges and closures of roads contribute only to worsening the situation in the... more..

Freedom of occupation
Photos by Yuval Tebol, By Uri Blau, Ha’aretz 2/21/2008
   On the table in the mobile home of Hagit and Amihai Carlebach, in the illegal West Bank outpost of Mitzpeh Lachish, amid the remains of the vegetarian Sabbath-eve meal, are an empty bottle of red wine, empty beer cans and... more..

Hebrew state asks Egypt to retain Rafah crossing closed
Palestinian Information Center 2/21/2008
   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- An Israeli official has asked Cairo to retain the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip closed in a bid to tighten the hermetic siege imposed on the Strip for almost nine months. The Hebrew radio reported that... more..

MK Melchior said to have known of plan to breach Gaza border
Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 2/21/2008
   MK Michael Melchior (Labor-Meimad) knew of Hamas’ plans to breach the Gaza-Egypt border some 48 hours before it occurred, yet did not notify Israel Defense Forces officials, according to an Army Radio report released on Thursday. According to the... more..

Several children recently injured by military fire in villages north west of Jerusalem
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center 2/20/2008
   Palestinian medical sources reported that in recent period Israeli soldiers shot and injured several Palestinian children, and harshly attacked and clubbed others, as they were playing near the Annexation Wall in villages around Jerusalem. Sa’id Yaqeen, coordinator of... more..

Security Stranglehold Tightens in Hebron
Becky, International Solidarity Movement 2/20/2008
   Hebron Region For a week now the security checks on Palestinians and internationals in Hebron has maintained its tightest grip since our arrival. Soldiers who a month ago limited themselves to their posts now extend their jurisdiction along whole streets... more..

EGYPT: Border Breach Raises Fundamental Questions
Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, Inter Press Service 2/20/2008
   CAIRO, Feb 20(IPS) - Authorities sealed the border with the Gaza Strip earlier this month after more than a half million Palestinians flooded into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in late January. But while most have since returned home, the episode... more..

The good, the bad and the ugly fence
Zafrir Rinat, Ha’aretz 2/19/2008
   The fate of the Judean Desert’s separation fences have apparently been decided. The recent terror attack in Dimona placed added pressure on green groups to withdraw their objections. Opposition to a barrier in the southern area, near the... more..

London School of Economics student union votes for divestment
Press Release, LSE SU Palestine Society, Electronic Intifada 2/19/2008
   The London School of Economics Students’ Union (LSESU) on 14 February voted overwhelmingly to call on its university and the National Union of Students (NUS) to divest from companies that provide military and commercial support for the Israeli occupation... more..

Livni: I think of Temple Mount prayers during negotiations
Neta Sela, YNetNews 2/19/2008
   Foreign minister tells Jerusalem Conference she approaches talks with Palestinians with ’tears of paratroopers at the Western Wall’ in her mind. ’Time is not on Israel’s side, and we will eventually have to concede parts... more..

Egyptian officials meet with Hamas on Gaza-Egypt border security
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 2/19/2008
   EL-ARISH, Egypt - A Hamas delegation met Tuesday with Egyptian officials at the Rafah border terminal in an effort to try to open the border and tighten security, officials said.The meeting was held approximately a month after Palestinian militants blew holes... more..

Gaza Breakout: Strategic Issues Exposed
Nicola Nasser, MIFTAH 2/18/2008
   The breaches created by bombs and bulldozers in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt have been described as "the biggest prison breakout in history". For a brief moment, Palestinians hemmed in by the Israeli blockade caught the air of... more..

Egypt to deport 500 Palestinians who crossed in border breach
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 2/18/2008
   Egyptian police have rounded up some 500 Palestinians in the northern Sinai Penninsula over the past four days and plan to deport them back into the Gaza Strip shortly, Egyptian security sources said on Monday. The Palestinians are some of... more..

How the EU helps Israel to strangle Gaza
David Morrison, Electronic Intifada 2/14/2008
   How is Israel able to strangle the Gaza Strip when there is supposed to be an international crossing between Gaza and Egypt not controlled by Israelis? Certainly, free movement was the promise held out in the comprehensive Agreement on Movement... more..

AF warns: Israel building new tunnel near the Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian Information Center 2/14/2008
   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Aqsa foundation for the reconstruction of Islamic holy shrines revealed Wednesday in photographs that the IOA is building a new underground tunnel adjacent to the western wall of the Aqsa Mosque extending over a distance of... more..

OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 30 Jan - 06 Feb 2008
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ReliefWeb 2/6/2008
   Of note this week Gaza Strip:- The IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12 others in the Gaza Strip. - 3 February: Egyptian security forces and the Palestinian police sealed the border between Gaza and Egypt. Egyptians attempting to enter Gaza... more..

Japanese activist shot near the eye in Bil’in may not regain his eyesight
International Solidarity Movement 2/13/2008
   Kaoru Kishida, a Japanese activist shot near the eye by a rubber-coated steel bullet in Bil’in, has just been operated on in St. John’s Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors still don’t know if... more..

Despite Dimona bombing, no precedence for Hebron fence
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 2/13/2008
   Defense Ministry opts to complete building security fence around Jerusalem with limited budget already spread thin instead of Mt. Hebron region where suicide bombers crossed into Israel two weeks ago -While the IDF and Shin Bet continue to trace the... more..

International volunteers join Palestinians to plant olive fields threatened by Israel
Ma’an News Agency 2/13/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Twenty-six international volunteers joined Palestinian activists to plant olive trees in areas threatened by Israeli settlements, military occupation, and the separation wall this month in a program organized by the Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI) of the... more..

Army experts suggest ’surprise’ roadblocks
Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz 2/14/2008
   Military experts presented alternatives to the policy of roadblocks in the West Bank, suggesting instead surprise roadblocks, Palestinian Authority-coordinated patrols, and more fences around Israeli settlements, at a conference in Jerusalem yesterday.The current method, and the large number of roadblocks... more..

Residents of north: Israel has declared Jihad on us
Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazis, Ha’aretz 2/13/2008
   Residents of the northern border communities near Lebanon rallied Wednesday in protest of the treasury’s decision to cut their tax benefits, carrying signs reading "Israel has declared Jihad on the North." Dozens of residents from Kiryat Shmona and... more..

"Where are you from?"
Rima Merriman writing from Jenin, occupied West Bank, Electronic Intifada 2/12/2008
   I live in an apartment building adjoining the Arab American University - Jenin (AAUJ) on a hill surrounded by farmland and quiet villages.As I write, the wind outside my leaky windows has been howling for hours, adding to the desolation of... more..

PLO chief negotiator calls for immediate Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire
Ma’an News Agency 2/12/2008
   Jericho – Ma’an – The Chief Negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, called on the international community to exert every possible effort to impose a comprehensive ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis on Tuesday.Erekat’s call came... more..

Israel continues to expand settlement in Jerusalem
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center 2/12/2008
   The Israeli Housing Ministry declared on Tuesday that preparations are being carried out to build at least 1100 houses for settlers in east Jerusalem and its surrounding Arab areas.The Ministry said that the Jerusalem Municipality released bids to build 750... more..

Fueling Disaster
Rami Almeghari, MIFTAH 2/11/2008
   At the bus stop at Palestine Square, in the bustling heart of Gaza City, 25-year-old Said Ramadan cried to passersby, "Fuel, fuel, fuel! Come and buy!"Last week Ramadan took advantage of the blasting through of the border wall... more..

Agreement allows return of stranded civilians on both sides of the Gaza border
Palestinian Information Center 2/11/2008
   RAFAH, (PIC)-- The Egyptian authorities on Sunday night allowed the return of around 3,000 Palestinians who were stranded at the Egyptian side of the borders back into Gaza and about 100 Egyptians back to their country. An agreement to the... more..

Israeli police round up Palestinians who appealed to Israeli Supreme Court to stop settlers
International Solidarity Movement 2/11/2008
   Jerusalem Region For months the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), with funding from the settler organization ELAD, has been digging under the private property of Silwan residents in occupied East Jerusalem. The owners of the land were not informed nor did... more..

A question of closure
Al-Ahram Weekly 2/7/2008
   Two weeks after Palestinians destroyed parts of the border fence with Gaza to reach the Egyptian side and four days since Egypt managed to reseal its borders, there is no sign of a solution to the crisis caused by Israel... more..

More like partners than enemies
Meron Rapoport, Ha’aretz 2/10/2008
   When it comes to security, Israel’s balance after the fall of the Rafah wall appears to be negative. Armed terrorists are rushing from the Gaza Strip to Sinai to the Israeli border, and more lethal and sophisticated weapons... more..

Spate of motorcycle deaths in Gaza after border wall breach
Ma’an News Agency 2/9/2008
   Gaza – Ma’an – After the death of eight people in mototcycle accidents in the Gaza Strip, the de facto government launched a campaign on Saturday to control unlicensed riders.The campaign will include all the provinces of the Gaza Strip... more..

Six injured at mass demonstration against Israeli separation wall near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 2/8/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – About 500 Palestinian demonstrators, joined by a handful of Israeli and international supporters, marched towards the construction site of Israel’s separation wall in the village of Al-Khadr on Friday, in what organizers say is... more..

9,000 Gazans still at large in Egyptian cities
Ma’an News Agency 2/8/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an - More than 9,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, including Hamas members, have disappeared into Egyptian cities, following the toppling of the Egyptian border near Rafah crossing on January 23, Major General Ahmed Abdel Hamid, Governor of... more..

Israeli army attacks peaceful protest near Bethlehem, injures six
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2008
   Six Palestinian civilians were injured at midday on Friday when Israeli troops attacked a nonviolent anti-wall demonstration in the village of Al Khader, located near Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank.The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in... more..

One Palestinian teen injured in weekly Bil’in protest
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2008
   Accompanied by international and Israeli supporters, the villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, have conducted their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on village land.As with every week, the... more..

Weekly demonstrations against the Annexation Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2/8/2008
   Bil’in Village - Six injured at mass demonstration against Israeli separation wall near Bethlehem - Bethlehem - Ma’an - About 500 Palestinian demonstrators, joined by a handful of Israeli and international supporters, marched towards the construction site of Israel’... more..

Egyptian security investigating claims hundreds of Egyptians tried to join Hamas
Ma’an News Agency 2/8/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Egyptian security sources said on Friday they are investigating hundreds of Egyptians who have returned from the Gaza Strip over the past three days, after information came to light they were trying to join Hamas.The sources... more..

This Week In Palestine - week 6 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMc - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 2/8/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 15. 5 MB || Time 17m 0s ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for February 2nd through to February 8th, 2008... more..

Troops demolish a Palestinian-owned house in Jerusalem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/6/2008
   On Wednesday morning the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian-owned house located in the old city part of Jerusalem. The two-story house, which is owned by Isma’il Al-Masri and his family, is the home of 30 people. The Israeli... more..

Israelis threaten UNIFIL troops in Ghajar area
Mohammed Zaatari, Daily Star 2/7/2008
   SIDON: Israeli troops on Wednesday interfered with a Spanish peacekeeping unit attached to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) while they were building a fence on the Lebanese side of the divided Ghajar village and the road leading to... more..

Israel to begin work on separation fence along border with Egypt
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 2/7/2008
   Israel will begin promoting a proposal to build a separation barrier that will separate it from Egypt, the cabinet decided Wednesday during a meeting attended by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and the... more..

Israel ’plans new barrier’ along Egyptian border
Daily Star 2/7/2008
   Violence flared in and around the Gaza Strip Wednesday as Hamas and the Israeli military exchanged rocket salvos and air strikes. Also Wednesday, the Israeli government divulged a plan to build a reinforced fence along parts of its border with... more..

Suicide Bombing Revives Israeli Push to Finish its Wall
Ilene Prusher, MIFTAH 2/6/2008
   In the aftermath of the first Palestinian suicide bombing in more than a year, many Israelis have returned to an old conclusion: build a barrier. Some politicians said that the answer to Monday’s attack on the southern town... more..

Israel plans Egypt border fence
Al Jazeera 2/6/2008
   The security cabinet of Ehud Olmert’s government has approved the construction of a border fence with Egypt, Israeli officials say.Israel’s cabinet will have to authorise construction. At the same time, the security cabinet rejected proposals to... more..

2,000 Arab men enter Gaza Strip to join Palestinian resistance
Ma’an News Agency 2/6/2008
   Bethlehem – Gaza – Ma’an – Around 2,000 men from different Arab countries entered the Gaza Strip, after the toppling of the Rafah border wall, wanting to join the Palestinian resistance against Israel, reliable Palestinian sources told Ma’an on... more..

Report: Egyptian radicals enter Gaza to aid Palestinian militants
Roee Nahmias, YNetNews 2/6/2008
   Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that 2,000 Egyptian Islamic fundamentalists have infiltrated into Gaza in order to help fight against Israel since perforation of fence - Approximately 2,000 Egyptian activists in radical Islamic organizations have infiltrated into the Gaza Strip in... more..

Olmert, Barak and Livni agree to fence on Egypt border
Roni Sofer, YNetNews 2/6/2008
   PM, senior ministers announce project to erect security fence along Israeli-Egyptian border will be launched soon; construction will require $1 billion cuts in ministries’ budgets -Israel will soon begin erecting a fence in the Nitzana crossing area on the... more..

Gov’t Considers Ban on Exporting Gaza Farm Produce via Israel
Amiram Cohen, MIFTAH 2/5/2008
   Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon said on Sunday that Israel considers imposing a complete ban on exporting Gaza agricultural produce via Israel. Israel suspects large quantities of agricultural produce have been smuggled into Gaza from Egypt, after Hamas tore down the... more..

Police official: Gap in W. Bank barrier is calling out to bombers
Shahar Ilan, Ha’aretz 2/7/2008
   Police Southern District commander Uri Bar Lev said Wednesday that the 10-kilometer gap in the separation fence between Israel and the southern part of the West Bank is "calling out to terrorists."Bar Lev spoke before the Knesset Internal... more..

Irish woman, daughter stuck in Gaza after Egypt seals border
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 2/7/2008
   An Irish woman and her daughter who sneaked into Gaza across a breached border were stuck in the territory Wednesday, unable to cross back into Egypt.The pair had distributed $11,270 among needy Gazans and wanted to return to Egypt late... more..

MIDEAST: Annapolis Hopes Withered by Gaza Crisis
Khody Akhavi, Inter Press Service 2/6/2008
   WASHINGTON, Feb 6(IPS) - As President George W. Bush returned from his visit last month to Israel to reinvigorate the Annapolis process, the international media was dominated by reports of Palestinian militants firing rockets into Gaza, and Israel’s... more..

The Israei Factor: Ranking the Presidential Candidates
Shmuel Rosner, MIFTAH 2/5/2008
   Republican John McCain The Arizona Senator believes America must give Israel whatever equipment and technology it needs for defense. LAST MONTH’S SCORE: 7. 12 Independent Michael Bloomberg Backed Israel in the 2006 war; said Israel ’continues to... more..

Palestinian poll says Gaza border breach boosted Hamas’ popularity
The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 2/7/2008
   Hamas scored a marked rise in popularity in Gaza after its forces tore down sections of the border wall with Egypt, but Fatah held on to its lead overall according to an independent Palestinian poll published Wednesday.The Palestinian Center for... more..

Dichter: Fence needed opposite Hebron, Sinai or J’lem
Yonat Atlas, YNetNews 2/5/2008
   Internal Security Minister Dichter visits Dimona following terror attack, says Israel cannot build security fences everywhere at once. Mayor praises town’s residents; victims recount horror of bombing - A day after the deadly suicide bombing in Dimona, the commercial... more..

Witnessing Gaza’s rocket militia
Paul Martin, BBC Online 1/29/2008
   BBC, Gaz - The Abu Rish brigade’s rockets have a habit of misfiring -On a bright and sunny afternoon in Khan Younis, in the eastern Gaza Strip, Abu Haroun places a Kalashnikov rifle into the hands of his nephew.The... more..

After clashes that left one killed and 20 injured, Egypt asks for more troops on the Gaza borders
Ghassan Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 2/5/2008
   Egyptian and Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that Cairo asked Israel to allow more Egyptian troops on the Gaza Egypt borders. The Egyptian government said that the additional troops are to secure the areas between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.Palestinian... more..

Alarmed at deteriorating situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestinian rights committee bureau warns recent political momentum could be jeopardized
United Nations General Assembly, ReliefWeb 2/4/2008
   The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People expresses... more..

Fueling disaster
Rami Almeghari writing from Gaza City, occupied Gaza Strip, Electronic Intifada 2/5/2008
   At the bus stop at Palestine Square, in the bustling heart of Gaza City, 25-year-old Said Ramadan cried to passersby, "Fuel, fuel, fuel! Come and buy!" Last week Ramadan took advantage of the blasting through of the border wall... more..

The Strangulation of Gaza
Saree Makdisi, Palestine Chronicle 2/4/2008
   The people of Gaza were able to enjoy a few days of freedom last week, after demolition charges brought down the iron wall separating the impoverished Palestinian territory from Egypt, allowing hundreds of thousands to burst out of the virtual... more..

Continuing the struggle
Mika Minio-Paluello writing from London, Electronic Intifada 2/4/2008
   Since being deported from Palestine in the summer of 2005, I’ve been living and working in London. Yet even here, Palestine doesn’t leave you. At dawn on the morning of Friday, 25 January, a friend of... more..

Report: Egypt reopens border after clashes with Gazans
Yoav Stern Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravids, Ha’aretz 2/5/2008
   The border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip was reopened Monday evening and Egyptian troops are allowing free passage, Palestinian sources told Haaretz.A Palestinian man was killed and at least 44 Gazans and Egyptians were wounded Monday in an... more..

1 dead, dozens wounded in Palestinian-Egyptian clash on Gaza border
Associated Press, YNetNews 2/4/2008
   Clashes break out on tumultuous border area; Egyptians employ tear gas to quell situation which is followed by gunshots from unknown source - Gunfire erupted at the Gaza-Egypt border on Monday, following stone-throwing clashes between Egyptian border guards and Palestinians, witnesses... more..

Local council heads in Negev worried about infiltration from Egypt
Roi Mandel, YNetNews 2/4/2008
   Following attack in Dimona, local council heads call for erection of fence on Israeli-Egyptian border; there were clear indications that an attack was imminent, they say - The suicide bombing in Dimona Monday morning proved what many had already known: The... more..

Southern border / The 300-kilometer problem
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Ha’aretz 2/5/2008
   Even though the Dimona terror attack cannot be considered an operational success for the terror organizations; and despite the fact that information about the route the terrorists took to enter Israel is still not allowed to be reported: there can... more..

Dimona signals Palestinian defiance
Lamis Andoni, Al Jazeera 2/4/2008
   Moral judgments not withstanding, the suicide bombing in Dimona on Monday is another chink in the siege imposed on all Palestinians in the occupied territories and it represents a continuity of the Palestinian rebellion that breached the wall between Gaza... more..

Israel faces constant war, says Olmert
Rory McCarthy in Israel and Mark Tran, The Guardian 2/4/2008
   Israel faces a constant war, the Israeli prime minister said today after suicide bombers struck inside the country for the first time in over a year. One woman was killed with the two attackers in the bomb blast in the... more..

IDF warns: More terrorists have crossed into Israel
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 2/4/2008
   Defense estbalishment officials believe additional terror cells from Sinai Peninsula may have already crossed into Jewish state, citing inability to penetrate security fence makes for higher motivation to carry out attacks; Dimona bombing probe yet to negate terrorist came from... more..

Haredis and religious zionists to hold mass prayer against J’lem partition
Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 2/5/2008
   Religious zionist rabbis and ultra-Orthodox community leaders will hold a joint prayer rally on Tuesday at the Western Wall to protest the partition of Jerusalem, in what is considered an unusual collaboration between these two sectors.The event has received the... more..

Break the Siege: the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
Union Aid Abroad - Australian People for Health, Education and Development, ReliefWeb 1/30/2008
   The human wave crossing the broken borders of the Gaza Strip in Rafah from Wednesday 23 January, highlights the humanitarian impact of the blockade of 1. 5 million people, the majority officially registered with the UN as refugees. In the... more..

Egyptian soldiers seal Gaza border after two weeks of traffic
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem, The Guardian 2/4/2008
   Egyptian security forces closed the border with the Gaza Strip yesterday nearly two weeks after the wall was first breached. Gunmen from the Hamas movement, which controls Gaza, appeared to be co-operating with the Egyptians, turning back crowds of Palestinians... more..

Egypt: We won’t tolerate further attempts to breach Gaza border
Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies, Ha’aretz 2/4/2008
   A spokesman for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday that Cairo would resist any fresh attempts by the Palestinians to breach its border with Gaza. Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt’s frontier with the Gaza Strip... more..

Egypt: Hamas, Fatah should control Gaza border together
Yoav Stern Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 2/3/2008
   Cairo wants Hamas and Fatah to jointly operate the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, a spokesman for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said yesterday.Meanwhile, the border was closed yesterday by mutual agreement of Egypt and Hamas, 12 days after the... more..

Egypt seals off its borders with Gaza, preventing influx of Gazans into its territories
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 2/3/2008
   The Egyptian border guards began Sunday sealing off the Gaza-Egypt border line that has seen influx of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians since January23, after Palestinian fighters knocked down the fence-off iron wall in Rafah, south of Gaza.Eyewitnesses told IMEMC... more..

Israel’s defense minister wants a fence-off wall on Egypt-Israel border line
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 2/3/2008
   Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, urged a cabinet meeting Sunday that a fence-off wall should be constructed along the Egypt-Israel border lines, mainly at the Nitsana and Elat areas.Barak told the meeting that such a wall has become an imperative... more..

Gov’t considers ban on exporting Gaza farm produce via Israel
Amiram Cohen, Ha’aretz 2/4/2008
   Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon said on Sunday that Israel considers imposing a complete ban on exporting Gaza agricultural produce via Israel.Israel suspects large quantities of agricultural produce have been smuggled into Gaza from Egypt, after Hamas tore down the Gaza-Egypt... more..

Egypt, Hamas slowly closing Rafah border
Ma’an News Agency 2/3/2008
   Gaza - Ma’an – Egyptian security forces and Hamas-affiliated Palestinian police began to close the only remaining gap in the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the so-called Salah Addin Gate, witnesses said on Sunday.Egyptians who entered the... more..

Barak calls for setting up border fence with Egypt
Roni Sofer, YNetNews 2/3/2008
   8217;Construction of border fence an urgent necessity; work must begin immediately to combat terror, infiltrations and crime,’ defense minister tells cabinet - Defense Minister Ehud Barak told cabinet on Sunday that he supported the construction of a fence along... more..

U.S. Methodist Church renews drive for divestment from Israel
Nathan Guttman, The Forward, Ha’aretz 2/4/2008
   Tensions are re-emerging between Jewish organizations and some mainline Protestant churches in the wake of a renewed drive for churches to divest from companies doing business with Israel. The United Methodist Church opened discussions last Friday on a resolution calling... more..

Three boys wounded near Bethlehem
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center 2/3/2008
   Three Palestinian young boys were injured when Israeli troops opened fire at them in the village of Al-Khader south of Bethlehem on Saturday at night. Coordinator of the popular committee against the wall in the village Samer Jaber told IMEMC... more..

The Shifting Balance of Power
The Economist, MIFTAH 2/2/2008
   ABSORBED by speculation about their government’s future after an inquiry commission this week released its final report on the 2006 Lebanon war (see article), Israelis seemed briefly to forget about last week’s dramatic breach of the... more..

PNN: Bilin honors the Spirit of the late George Habash and calls for naitonal unity
International Solidarity Movement 2/2/2008
   Bil’in Village Three citizens were injured during a weekly demonstration in Bil’in. This Friday’s was organized in honor of the spirit of George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... more..

’We’ll cooperate with Egyptian to seal Rafah’
Associated Press, YNetNews 2/2/2008
   Top Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar says his group not object to resealing of Gaza border with Cairo but demands Israel, EU be excluded from future security arrangements at Rafah crossing -Egypt has decided to close its breached border with Gaza... more..

Palestinian tries to sneak lion, monkey into Gaza from Sinai
Reuters, Ha’aretz 2/3/2008
   While thousands of Palestinians flooded into Egypt to stock up on food, fuel and other staples after militants breached the Gaza border, one man bought a lion cub and a monkey to smuggle back home. The man managed to reach... more..

Rachel’s Grove vulnerable in Bethlehem
Adri Nieuwhof and Amer Madi writing from Bethlehem, occupied West, Electronic Intifada 2/1/2008
   The deep blue fleecy sky tells a story of idyllic holiday destinations. We are with Abed Rabo from Deheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem, on our way to his land. With support from the Olive Tree Campaign from the Joint Advocacy Initiative... more..

Three injured in the weekly Bil’in protest
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 2/1/2008
   The villagers of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, conducted on Friday, along with international and Israeli supporters, their weekly protest against the illegal Israeli wall being built on the villager’s land.The... more..

Israeli forces close checkpoint, prevent anti-separation wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 2/1/2008
   Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces stopped the weekly demonstration against the separation wall near Bethlehem on Friday, opening fire on those who tried to cross the military checkpoint.Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces closed the checkpoint, near the village of...

This Week In Palestine - week 5 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMc - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 2/1/2008
   Click on Link to download or play MP3 file|| File 13. 7MB || Time 15m 0s || This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for January 26th through to February 1st, 2008. As... more..

UNESCO chief: We are trying to mediate over Mugrabi Gate
Assaf Uni, Ha’aretz 2/1/2008
   PARIS - UNESCO is attempting to mediate among Israel, Jordan and the Waqf Muslim religious trust over construction at the controversial Mugrabi Ascent in the Old City of Jerusalem.The director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Koichiro Matsuura... more..

Egypt thwarts Hamas plan to attack Israeli tourists in Sinai
Haaretz Service and DPA, Ha’aretz 2/2/2008
   Egypt arrested 12 Hamas militants with weapons and explosives in the Sinai Peninsula near its breached border with the Gaza Strip, Egyptian security officials said Friday. Army Radio quoted Egyptian officials as saying the men, who belonged to two separate... more..

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