Court rejects 2 petitions against fence route
Aviram Zino, YNetNews 8/29/2007
High Court says alternative fence route near Alfei Manashe drafted by government causes ’proportionate harm’ to Palestinian residents in area -The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected two petitions filed by Palestinian villagers and Israeli citizens against... more..
Face-to-Face with Top Hamas Leader in Secret Location
Cal Perry, MIFTAH 8/28/2007
Sitting in a room with the top Hamas leader -- a man Israel would prefer dead -- is not an easy feeling, knowing that at any second a missile could shatter the building, killing everyone inside, myself included.And, of course, it is... more..
Rich Wiles: Behind the Wall
Rich Wiles in the West Bank, Palestine Chronicle 8/28/2007
These two teenagers live just a few kilometers apart. One of them wore full military uniform and carried US funded lethal weapons. The other wore a Brazilian football shirt and carried a birth certificate, a change of clothes, and some... more..
Israel considers border fence with Egypt
Ruth Sinai and Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 8/28/2007
Israel is considering the construction of a border fence in cooperation with Egypt to prevent the passage of terrorists, smugglers and asylum-seekers between the two countries, Prime Minister’s Office Director General Ra’anan Dinur told the Knesset... more..
Prison within a Prison
Gideon Levy, MIFTAH 8/27/2007
Synthetic grass symbolizes the good earth; red bathroom tiles represent the blood that has been shed; the six scarred concrete pillars stand for the walls and fences. It’s naive to the point of being pathetic. But why six... more..
Brigades say they clashed with Israeli unit near Nahal Oz
Ma’an News Agency 8/27/2007
Gaza - Ma’an - National Resistance Brigades (NRB) who are affiliated to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and An Nasser Salah Al-Din brigades on Monday said they took part inn armed clashes with an Israeli engineering...
Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian man and his son
Ma’an News Agency 8/27/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces on Monday afternoon arrested a Palestinian citizen along with his son, in Artas village south west of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.Chief of the local popular committee for defending land and confronting settlement... more..
IOF troops storm Nablus, Palestinian youth wounded
Palestinian Information Center 8/26/2007
NABLUS, (PIC)-- IOF soldiers stormed the West Bank city of Nablus at dawn Sunday from all axes in line withtheir daily incursions into the city where a Palestinian young man had his hand amputated when an explosive device blasted near... more..
Failed marks in comprehension
Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz 8/26/2007
If a law student had written that a Supreme Court ruling ordering changes to the route of the separation fence could be compared to a situation in which the judiciary intervened in a government decision to bomb the nuclear reactor... more..
Peace Now: W. Bank roads being paved to tune of NIS 315 million
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 8/26/2007
At least six roads or parts of roads are currently being paved in the West Bank for the benefit of settlers, at a cost of at least NIS 315 million, according to a new report by Peace Now.All of these... more..
Peace Now report: Settlers enjoy luxury roads
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 8/26/2007
Organization says State invests large sums in constructing highways for settlers in West Bank, while shortage in funds leaves infrastructure within Green Line lacking -While the State of Israel invests millions in constructing roads in the West Bank, it neglects... more..
6 Palestinians arrested near border fence
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 8/26/2007
IDF continues to investigate Saturday’s infiltration, considers enhancing fence. Meanwhile, six Gazans believed to be seeking information for terror groups caught trying to cross the fence yet againIDF forces arrested six Palestinian youths trying to cross the border... more..
IOF acknowledges injury of 4 soldiers in resistance attack
Palestinian Information Center 8/26/2007
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday evening acknowledged that four soldiers were injured in the blast near a Hummer military jeep at the gate of Karm Abu Salem crossing east of Rafah district.The Hebrew radio said that the... more..
IDF: Hamas targets troops, civilians near Gaza
Avi Issacharoff Amos Harel Yuval Azoulay and Yoav Stern, Ha’aretz 8/26/2007
Hamas is stepping up efforts to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers near the Gaza perimeter security fence, army sources said yesterday, after Israeli forces killed eight Palestinians and an Arab-Israeli boy in the West Bank and Gaza... more..
PLC member urges caretaker government to commit to unity government agreements on agriculture
Ma’an News Agency 8/26/2007
Ramallah – Ma’an – Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member, Bassam As Salihi, on Sunday urged PM Salam Fayyad’s caretaker government to be committed to agreements on the development of the agricultural sector.The agreements were ratified by the now-deposed...
VIDEO - Settlers Violate Court Stipulations in Wrestle for Palestinian Land
International Solidarity Movement 8/25/2007
August 20, 2007 - Shortly after 4 pm, local Palestinian residents alerted four international human rights workers to the illegal presence of Israeli settlers working on Palestinian land off the main highway between Susya and Karmel settlements. Ownership of this land... more..
Umm Salamuna Demo Proceeds, Despite IOF Interference
International Solidarity Movement 8/25/2007
On Friday August 24 at 12:00pm around 40 Palestinians and 40 internationals gathered in Umm Salumuna, in the region of south Bethlehem, to protest the building of the apartheid wall. The village had been declared a military zone by... more..
Shalit’s family ’celebrates’ second birthday in captivity
Jack Khoury, Ha’aretz 8/26/2007
Friends and family of the Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian militants last year plan to celebrate his 21st birthday tomorrow in a public rally in Tel Aviv.Gilad Shalit’s relatives plan to place a large birthday cake in the... more..
Israelis kill seven Palestinians
BBC Online 8/25/2007
Seven Palestinians - at least five of them militants - have been killed by Israeli troops. Two of the dead breached the tightly guarded northern Gaza Strip border and were in Israel when they were shot. In the West Bank city of... more..
One injured, three kidnapped at non-violent demonstration in Bil’in
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 8/24/2007
On Friday around one hundred Palestinian villagers from the village of Bil’in, located near the central west Bank city of Ramallah, joined by international and Israeli peace activists conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall... more..
IDF: Gaza gunmen highly skilled
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 8/25/2007
Palestinian infiltrators used sophisticated device to cross Gaza border wall, army says - The device used by Palestinian infiltrators Saturday morning
to cross the wall separating Gaza from Israel is professional and sophisticated, IDF Northern Gaza Brigade Commander Moni Katz said... more..
This Week In Palestine – Week 34 2007
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio dept, International Middle East Media Center 8/24/2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 11.9MB || Time 13m 0s || This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for August 18th through August 24th, 2007.
Tony Blair announced his intention... more..
Peaceful protest in Al Walaja village faces down massive army presence
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 8/24/2007
At around 12:30pm, some 100 unarmed protestors congregated in the village of Al Walaja, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Local villagers met with Israeli and international peace activists, and communally held prayers together.Al Walaja, like other... more..
Huge Israeli contingent stifles peaceful anti-land-annexation demo near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 8/24/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an – At approximately midday on Friday, around 100 unarmed protestors congregated in the village of Al Walaja, near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.Local villagers met with Israeli and international peace activists and held communal prayers... more..
Israeli forces arrest three peaceful demonstrators in Bil’in
Ma’an News Agency 8/24/2007
Ramallah – Ma’an – Several Palestinians were injured and three foreign journalists were seized by Israeli forces during a weekly non-violent protest against the land-confiscation wall in Bil’in on Friday.Dozens gather each week to show solidarity with the... more..
Lost landscapes
Ian Black, The Guardian 8/23/2007 Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh, published by Profile booksIn 1978, when the Palestinian lawyer Rajah Shehadeh returned to his native Ramallah in the West Bank after studying in London, he found solace... more..
Village near Jerusalem, perfect example of the Israeli Apartheid
Missa Abu Ghazalah NEWS, International Middle East Media Center 8/23/2007
Sheikh Sa’ad village south east of the city of Jerusalem, became like an island that is isolated, the Israeli occupation on one hand, and nature on the other hand, the Israeli illegal Wall now separated it from the... more..
Reclaiming Christian values
Corinne Whitlatch, Middle East Online 8/23/2007
Some churches and denominations in the United States have direct partner ties with Palestinian churches and to churches in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Israel. All feel a strong attachment to the Holy Land and long for peace and reconciliation... more..
Palestinians: 28 fires in 18 months spell harassment
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 8/22/2007
How many times in one year can fire break out on one small piece of land? According to the fire department serving Beitar Ilit, conflagrations can occur 28 times in 18 months, sometimes three times in one day.That is what... more..
Letter: We have held peace talks with Hamas
Uri Avnery, The Guardian 8/21/2007
In his letter (August 17), Dr Colin Shindler mentions that Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace movement in which I am active, predicted that the "broad Israeli peace movement" would conduct talks with Hamas, yet "this has yet to take place... -- See also: ''Hamas leaders still reject peace links''more..
Starving Gaza
Chris Hedges, MIFTAH 8/21/2007
Gaza has become the Sarajevo of the Middle East. Israel, in an action similar to that of the Serbs in Bosnia, has surrounded and cut off nearly a million and a half Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the Islamic... more..
Al-Aqsa Brigades announce start of new operation
Ma’an News Agency 8/22/2007
Gaza - Ma’an - The Al-Aqsa Brigades announced on Wednesday the start of a new operation to "shower Israeli settlements with hundreds of projectiles and mortars"In a statement the Brigades added that the operation will be called "Punched Wall...
Ministers, ex-Ministers, representatives of NGO’s visit Bil’in village
Amin Abu Wardeh, International Middle East Media Center 8/23/2007
Several Ex-Ministers of the Palestinian government accompanied by several representatives of non-governmental organizations and current ministers, visited on Wednesday Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, which is affected by the Israeli Annexation Wall. The officials who visited the village... more..
Israeli fire kills three Palestinian in Gaza
Middle East Online 8/21/2007
GAZA CITY - An Israeli strike killed three militants from the Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel on Tuesday, officials said. In a text message to journalists in Gaza, the militant group said the gunmen... more..
MIDEAST: When the Occupation Gets Really Filthy
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Inter Press Service 8/21/2007
BETHLEHEM, Aug 21(IPS) - In the orange glow of another sunset, Awad Abu Swai, 36, stands underneath a towering fig tree, a sample of its fruit in his hand. He peels back the bright green skin to expose crimson jelly... more..
Palestinians dead in Israeli raids
Al Jazeera 8/21/2007
Two Palestinian boys have been killed and three wounded in an Israeli missile strike on Gaza.A Palestinian ministry of health official said the two boys - aged 11 and 12 - were in an area close to where fighters had fired rockets... more..
Islamic-Christian front: "Israel is still carrying attacks against the Al Aqsa Mosque"
International Middle East Media Center 8/22/2007
Dr. Hasan Khater, general-coordinator of the for the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem, stated on Tuesday, in an event commemorating the 38th anniversary ofburning the Al Aqsa mosque by a fundamental Jew, that the mosque is still endangered and isolated... more..
"We will replant these trees again"
Anne Paq, International Middle East Media Center 8/20/2007
Resisting the ongoing Nakba: the story of ArtasVisitors of Artas are amazed by the beauty of this small village located South-East of Bethlehem. Artas is renowned for its water sources and fertile lands that run throughout the valley covered by... more..
Israeli policewoman suspended for hitting Palestinians
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 8/20/2007
VIDEO) Border Guard officer caught on film hitting Palestinian kids at military checkpoint; policewoman says children taunted her - VIDEO - A Border Guard policewoman was suspended after she was filmed hitting a Palestinian child at an IDF checkpoint along the separation... more..
Al Haq, Popular Campaign Against the Wall met with international diplomats in Ramallah
International Middle East Media Center 8/21/2007
The Al Haq Intuition, which is active in defending Human Rights, and the Popular Campaign Against the Wall, held on Monday a meeting with several representatives of international diplomatic missions in Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank... more..
Mon: TASE stumbles at close
Roy Meltzer, Globes Online 8/20/2007
A weak opening on Wall Street caused the TASE to lose ground, with the Tel Aviv 25 index down 0.2%. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 index fell 0.19% to 1054.44 points, the Tel... more..
IDF kills Gazan thought to be laying bomb
Amos Harel and Yoav Stern, Ha’aretz 8/19/2007
Israeli troops shot dead one Palestinian and detained two others for questioning after the men allegedly tried to lay a bomb next to the Gaza border fence yesterday, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said.The man, Mahmoud Abid, 17, was the... more..
Barghouthi holds press conference to expose Israeli criminal behaviour
Ma’an News Agency 8/19/2007
Ramallah – Ma’an – Palestinian Legislative Council member, Mustafa Barghouthi, on Sunday held a press conference in Ramallah to reveal recent Israeli violations of human rights in the Palestinian territories.Barghouthi said that Israel adopts several methods to disguise its criminal... more..
Shin Bet nixes PM’s Italian vacation
Yossi Verter, Ha’aretz 8/19/2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be forced to spend his summer vacation next week - all five days of it - within the walls of the chilly, ceremonial fortress known as the Prime Minister’s Residence, at 3 Balfour St. in... more..
IDF: Palestinian civilians have no business near border
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 8/18/2007
IDF notes increase in infiltration attempts from Gaza. Saturday’s attempts end in 7 arrests, 1 casualty. ’We have no intention of harming Palestinian civilians, but must treat every attempt as a terror threat’ - A Palestinian man... more..
Five injured, among them journalists, at the weekly non-violent protest of Bil’in
Gifford Breslev, International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2007
The residents of the village of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, joined by international and Israeli supporters, conducted their weekly non-violent protest against the wall this Friday.As is the case each week, shortly... more..
Beyond the Concrete Wall
Yigal Sarna, MIFTAH 8/17/2007
In Nadem’s backyard there’s a large shadow of an old eucalyptus tree that draws its water from the underground pipes of the crowded refugee camp of Deheishe, as well as from the sewer and old wells... more..
Two injured at nonviolent anti wall protest near Bethlehem
Kate Orwell, International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2007
A demonstration took place on Friday in Al-Walaja village, near Bethlehem, against the ongoing Israeli occupation and the Annexation Wall which has hit the village particularly hard. Approximately 120 people--Palestinians, Israelis and internationals--came to show peaceful solidarity with... more..
This Week In Palestine – Week 33 2007
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 8/17/2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file -|| File 14.6 MB || Time 15m 0s || -This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for August 11th through August 17th, 2007.
A new US arms... more..
Satmar rebbe mourns Temple, flaunts power over Zionists
Yair Ettinger, Ha’aretz 8/17/2007
Japanese tourists visiting the Mt. Scopus promenade were startled yesterday when hundreds of black-clad haredis suddenly emerged and took over the observation site.One ultra-Orthodox man wearing glasses and an embroidered silk coat started crying when he turned to face Temple... more..
’Too marvelous to ignore’
Mirella Hodeib, Daily Star 8/18/2007
REVIEW - BEIRUT: The Pyramid Texts, which evolved into the Book of the Dead, are the oldest religious writing from ancient Egypt that are known to us today. A collection of spells and legends, the texts form the basis of much... more..
Mourning and the Morning After
Dr. Bernard Sabella, MIFTAH 8/16/2007
Transitions that accompany separation have a built in mourning process. Experts say that the period of mourning depends on the nature of separation, personal and group characteristics, attachments and values. Yesterday, I visited with a group of Fateh legislators in... more..
Rights group protests death of Bethlehem teen at checkpoint
Lily Galili, Ha’aretz 8/15/2007
A gigantic inscription stretches across the separation wall behind the roadblock cutting Bethlehem off from Jerusalem. Put up by the Tourism Ministry, it reads "Jerusalem-Bethlehem - love and peace."It’s nice to see that the government ministries have a... more..
MIDEAST: Settlers Anchoring In
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Inter Press Service 8/16/2007
BETHLEHEM, Aug 16(IPS) - Israeli forces began Wednesday to bulldoze hundreds of trees on land owned by a Catholic convent near the city of Beit Jala near Bethlehem. This section of forest is being razed, according to Israeli plans, to... more..
Israeli forces blow up tunnel in northern Gaza Strip
Ma’an News Agency 8/16/2007
Gaza - Ma’an- Israeli forces announced on Wednesday evening that they have blown up a tunnel discovered two days ago in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.Israeli radio reported that the tunnel which was discovered in one of...
Most settlements lie east of fence, most settlers west
Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 8/16/2007
While only 48 of the 122 settlements in the West Bank are situated to the west of the separation fence route, these settlements house the vast majority of settlers, according to an analysis conducted by Haaretz. The analysis, which is... more..
Army bulldoze trees in a village near Bethlehem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 8/15/2007
Israeli army bulldozers started to bulldoze trees in a forest located near Al Walaja west of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said that the attacked forest consists of 2200 trees and...
Israeli forces demolish thousands of forest trees owned by Cremisan Monastery
Ma’an News Agency 8/15/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Israeli forces on Wednesday began to raze hundreds of forest trees belonging to the Cremisan monastery near Beit Jala, in the southern occupied Palestinian West Bank.Ma’an’s correspondent stated that workers have...
No roadblocks, no preventive action
Haggai Alon, Ha’aretz 8/15/2007
If this signals the start of an official policy, then let it continue. It indicates that the security establishment is beginning to realize its important role in shaping Palestinian public opinion. Israel should formulate a strategic policy to plan its... more..
IDF uncovers tunnel in Gaza
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 8/16/2007
Army says underground tunnel leading to Israel uncovered near hothouse used to grow tomatoes in northern Strip. According to estimates, tunnel slated to explode under Israeli target. Southern Command: There may be additional tunnels -The IDF on Tuesday uncovered an... more..
Army to carry on the destruction of Palestinians’ agricultural lands
Nisreen Qumsieh, International Middle East Media Center 8/15/2007
Dr. Mohammad Al Agha, the Minister of Agriculture in the dissolved government (dissolved by President Mahmoud Abbas when he declared emergency law, and formed a new emergency government), condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza and West Bank cities. The... more..
IMI blast scares Beersheba residents
Anat Bereshkovsky, YNetNews 8/15/2007
Explosion heard Wednesday morning part of an Israeli Military Industries test run A controlled detonation by Israeli Military Industries caused alarm in Beersheba, when residents heard an unexpected bang and saw smoke rising on the outskirts of the Negev city... more..
Archeologists discover footprint made by sandal of Roman soldier
Ha’aretz 8/15/2007
Archeologists have discovered a footprint made by the sandal of a Roman soldier - one of the few such finds in the world - in a wall surrounding the Hellenistic-Roman city of Sussita, east of Lake Kinneret. The discovery of the print... more..
Isolated Gaza a Jail for its People
Matthew Price, MIFTAH 8/14/2007
Gaza - Passing from Israel to Gaza is like passing into another world. The drive from Jerusalem to the crossing point takes just over an hour. You can stop at a service station to grab a cafe latte. Then it is... more..
A Segregated Road in an Already Divided Land
Steven Erlanger, New York Times, MIFTAH 8/14/2007
Jerusalem — Israel is constructing a road through the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, that will allow both Israelis and Palestinians to travel along it — separately. There are two pairs of lanes, one for each tribe, separated by a tall wall... more..
Palestinian security services seize 18 Hamas members in Qalqilia
Ma’an News Agency 8/14/2007
Qalqilia – Ma’an – The Hamas movement on Tuesday said that the Palestinian security services in Qalqilia governorate, in the northern West Bank, launched a huge arrest campaign and seized eighteen of its members.The Hamas detainees have been named as... more..
Deconstructing the Jordan option
Osamah Khalil, Electronic Intifada 8/13/2007
Last month the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the US and Israel were considering a revival of the "Jordan option."In spite of the fervent denials emanating from Amman, the report caused a rash of speculation and concern among Palestinians.Many... more..
Book review: The fantasy of hermetic closure
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada 8/13/2007
The image of the separation wall that Israel began building in the occupied West Bank in 2002 has emerged as a trope in literature about Palestine. Its concrete slabs are found on covers of recent books, including Jimmy Carter’... more..
Israeli forces abuse Palestinian workers near illegal Wall in Jerusalem
Nisreen Qumsieh, International Middle East Media Center 8/13/2007
An Israeli force unit has carried out a widespread abduction campaign against Palestinian workers near the illegal Wall, locates in front of Dahiyat Al Bareed and Al Ram town to the north of Jerusalem city, banning them from crossing to... more..
MIDEAST: A Village Makes Its Own Protest
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Inter Press Service 8/13/2007
BILI’IN, West Bank, Aug 13(IPS) - Amidst acres of twisting olive trees in front of the Israeli apartheid fence, eight protesters in a weekly non-violent demonstration were injured and three arrested on Friday when Israeli occupation soldiers fired... more..
Israeli forces kidnap Palestinian child as she tends her sheep
Ma’an News Agency 8/13/2007
Gaza – Ma’an – The Palestinian security forces revealed on Monday that Israeli troops abducted a Palestinian girl, Amina Abu Mandeel, aged 14, from the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.Amina was tending a herd of sheep near the border fence...
For J’lem’s mixed Jewish areas, cooperation may be the thing
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 8/13/2007
One of the most loaded questions about Jerusalem’s future revolves around the exodus of the secular and Modern Orthodox communities from the city’s neighborhoods.In recent years, ultra-Orthodox communities gained control over a number of neighborhoods in... more..
Hughes satellite division bids $12 per share for Gilat
Ha’aretz 8/13/2007
Gilat has become a hot item. For two years the company’s results have been picking up and now the satellite division of Rupert Murdoch’s Hughes isbidding to buy the Israeli firm for a high $12 per... more..
Governor Ta’mari says Israeli checkpoints in Bethlehem increase steadily
Rami Almeghari, International Middle East Media Center 8/12/2007
Governor of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Salah Ta’mari, revealed on Sunday that the Israeli checkpoints across the holy city have been increasing steadily. Ta’mari’s remarks came against alleged Israeli removal of a number of checkpoints throughout the... more..
Israeli forces search for international activists after they vandalize an electronic fence
Ma’an News Agency 8/12/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an - Israeli forces on Saturday afternoon invaded Beit Mirsim village, south of Hebron, in search of Palestinian and international peace activists, who earlier tore a hole in an electronic fence.A journalist from the village, Muhammad Duheidel, said...
Resistance fighters hit Israeli, blast IOF Hummer
Palestinian Information Center 8/12/2007
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Palestinian resistance fighters on Sunday blasted an explosive device in a Hummer jeep in Nablus city while Qassam snipers shot and hit an Israeli army technician while fixing the fence surrounding and isolating the Gaza Strip.A joint communiqué... more..
Budget cut will delay completion of security fence, Barak says
Ronny Sofer, YNetNews 8/12/2007
Defense minister tells cabinet proposed budget cut would force ministry to make ’tough choices’ - Defense Minister Ehud Barak said
during Sunday’s cabinet meeting on the 2008 State Budget that the proposed NIS 500 million ($116 million... more..
Left-wing activists, Palestinians cut hole in separation fence
Ha’aretz 8/12/2007
Left-wing activists and Palestinians cut a 30-meter hole in the security fence south of Mount Hebron on Saturday in a demonstration against its construction and route, which they said deviates from the Green Line.The activists said it took Israel... more..
Leftists, Palestinians damage separation fence
Anat Shalev, YNetNews 8/11/2007
Anarchists Against the Wall activists, local residents of Hebron vicinity village cut 30 meters of barbed wire, electric fence - Thirty Palestinian and Anarchists Against the Wall activists damaged the separation fence near Hebron Saturday afternoon.The activists managed to cut 30... more..
Anti-wall rally in Walaja village
Palestinian Information Center 8/11/2007
BETHLEHEM, (PIC)-- The popular committee in defense of lands in Bethlehem district on Friday organized a protest march against the Israeli-built wall on the village of Walaja.The march was held in the village to the south of occupied Jerusalem where...
Over 10,000 attend global Islamic movement’s West Bank rally
Ha’aretz 8/12/2007
A global Islamic movement called the Liberation Party that aims to bring Muslims back to their religion drew a crowd of more than 10,000 at a rally Saturday, and speakers denounced Palestinian Authority leaders in the West Bank as infidels.However... more..
Two Israeli soldiers injured in weekly Bil’in demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 8/11/2007
Ramallah – Ma’an – Two Israeli soldiers were lightly injured on Friday when children threw rocks at them during the weekly protest against the separation wall in the village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah city in the central...
Gaza: The Auschwitz of our time
Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem, Palestinian Information Center 8/9/2007
In 1940, several months after invading Poland in September 1939, the Nazis forced about 500,000 Jews into the Warsaw Ghetto, surrounding it with a high wall. Tens of thousands died from hunger and disease. Eventually, 300,000 were sent to death... more..
Israeli troops attack nonviolent demonstration near Bethlehem
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2007
About 100 Palestinian villagers, joined by international and Israeli peace activists, on Friday morning marched to the site of land scheduled for annexation for the purposes of the illegal wall, located in the village of Um Salamonah, south of the... more..
Eight civilians wounded in Bilin’s non-violent protest
IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2007
Eight civilians have been injured by Israeli army fire in the West Bank village of Bilin on Friday afternoon. Residents of Bil’in, along with Israeli and international peace activists, on Friday conducted their weekly non-violent demonstration against the illegal annexation... more..
When Olmert and Abbas shake hands
Nora Barrows-Friedman writing from Deheisheh refugee camp, occupied Palestine, Electronic Intifada 8/10/2007
On Monday, Israeli occupation Authority Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and occupied Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas once again met and shook hands, each promising respective constituents that a so-called "peaceful solution" is near. Olmert "agreed" that cooperation between Israel... more..
Palestinian Prime Minister,Salam Fayyad meets with U.S officials
Ma’an News Agency 8/10/2007
Bethlehem – Ma’an – U.SUnder Secretary for Treasury Stuart Levey met on Friday with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to convey U.S. government’ support for the Palestinian people and the government of Prime Minister Fayyad.The two also discussed the...
This Week In Palestine – Week 32 2007
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 8/10/2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file -|| File 16.4 MB || Time 18m 0s | -This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for August 4th through August 10th, 2007.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas... more..
Bardawil: Abbas became part of the Zio-American system
Palestinian Information Center 8/9/2007
GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman of Hamas-affiliated change and reform bloc, has belittled the importance of betting on Egypt’s role in persuading PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to return to the internal dialogue and not to... more..
Palestinian crawling near Gaza fence killed by IDF
Reuters, YNetNews 8/9/2007
Man suspected of attempting to plant bomb shot near Suffa crossing, meanwhile Hamas Executive Force arrests Fatah doctor from Gaza hospital who spoke against takeover - IDF soldiers killed a Palestinian near the Suffa crossing in southern Gaza on Thursday afternoon... more..
Evacuation orders issued to settlers in four more Hebron stores
Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 8/9/2007
The Civil Administration has issued evacuation orders for four more Hebron stores where settlers squatted two years ago. The stores are located in the "triangle market," not far from the wholesale market from where two Jewish families were evacuated by... more..
Market Report/World crises drive Tel Aviv down
Ha’aretz 8/9/2007
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange ended its trading week yesterday the same way it started, with hefty losses in a volatile session. The TA-25 dropped 1.7 percent to close at 1,072.7 points, and ended the week down 1.8 percent... more..
Program looks back to Golden Age for a brighter Arab-Israeli future
Daphna Berman, Ha’aretz 8/9/2007
While Jerusalem’s Western Wall is on the itinerary of nearly every Israel group tour for teenagers, the Temple Mount above it is defintely not. So it was a bit strange to see about 90 teens wandering through the... more..
Touring Israel’s Barrier with its Main Designer
Scott Wilson, MIFTAH 8/8/2007
From his stone balcony, Dan Tirza looks out over a rippling expanse of Judean desert, the biblical landscape of the Jewish people. A student of that history, the retired army colonel is a leading actor in Israel’s modern... more..
Photostory: The Apartheid Wall
Tom Spender, Electronic Intifada 8/8/2007
Four hundred kilometers and counting -- for Jewish Israel the West Bank barrier represents a longed-for separation from Palestinians, couched in the comfortable narrative of security. But as its varied malign effects on Palestinian society become clear, the barrier along its... -- See also: Tom Spender''s blogmore..
Ground to a Halt: Denial of Palestinians’ Freedom of Movement in the West Bank
B’tselem 8/7/2007
Since the beginning of the second intifada, in September 2000, Israel has imposed restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank that are unprecedented in scope and time. As a result, the fundamental right of West Bank Palestinians... more..
PFLP: Bush and Olmert use Abbas’s weakness to impose solutions
Palestinian Information Center 8/7/2007
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) warned that the American administration and the Israeli government are working on investing the Palestinian division and the vulnerability of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to impose solutions undercutting the... more..
W. Bank swimming pools help Palestinians brave the heat
Avi Issacharoff, Ha’aretz 8/7/2007
DURA - Lifeguard Ahmed Rajoub jumps to his feet and whistles loudly. "Stop it right now," he shouts at a group of boys causing a ruckus. "This pool is the pride of the West Bank," he says, still eyeing the boys... more..
Rifkah and my mother
Tala A.Rahmeh writing from Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, Electronic Intifada 8/6/2007
Today was the first time in the past seven years that I entered Jerusalem legally. I have a green West Bank Palestinian ID, which means that since the 2000 intifada started and the wall was built, I’m forbidden... more..
Reserves captain demoted for beating left-wing demonstrator
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 8/7/2007
An Israel Defense Forces reserves captain was relieved of his commanding duties on Monday, after a military tribunal found him guilty of inappropriate behavior in the form of beating a left-wing protester in southern Mount Hebron in May.Captain (res.) Yair... more..
Army bars children from flying their kites in Bil’in village
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center 8/6/2007
Israeli soldiers chased on Monday several Palestinian children of Bil’in village, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, from flying their kites during a summer festival for children in the village. Soldiers fired gas bombs and dozens of... more..
Moves to sue Securities Authority over Heftsiba
Noam Sharvit, Globes Online 8/6/2007
The Securities Authority is examining whether any aspects of Heftsiba’s collapse falls within its authority. A group of 150 apartment buyers and creditors of Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd. plan to sue theIsrael Securities Authority , its chairman Moshe Tery, and... more..
Rival Islamist groups vie for control of refugee camp
Report, Electronic Intifada 8/6/2007
It’s named after the Jews who used to live around Sidon," Khoder Abdel Aziz, a 24-year-old resident of the street, tells us, referring to the neighboring port city, 45 kilometers south of Beirut.
"We never thought to... more..
Ramat Hasharon okays loans to help residents build shelters
Yigal Hai, Ha’aretz 8/5/2007
Ramat Hasharon’s municipal council unanimously approved NIS 1 million in loans to residents for constructing shelters. The Tel Aviv suburb will grant loans to residents living in private houses who do not have shelters or rooms with reinforced...
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange opens trading with dramatic losses
Michael Rochverger and Omri Cohen, Ha’aretz 8/5/2007
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange met the expectations of weekend analyses when it opened the week on Sunday with serious losses. All of the main indices plummeted in reaction to losses last week in the United States and Europe, and... more..
2 Gazans found after cut through fence to seek work
Amos Harel, Roni Singer-Heruti, Eli Ashkenazi and Mijal Grinberg, Ha’aretz 8/4/2007
A special-forces unit Friday found two Palestinians who cut through the fence with Gaza in an apparent attempt to find work. The police and the Israel Defense Forces had set up roadblocks in the south and center of the country... more..
This Week In Palestine – Week 31 2007
Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 8/3/2007
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This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for July 27 through August 3, 2007.
US Secretary Rice meets Palestinian officials... more..
Residents of Ertas and al-Walajah hold non-violent demonstrations
John Smith, International Middle East Media Center 8/3/2007
The residents of Ertas and Al Walajah villages located near the West Bank city of Bethlehem protested on Friday against the construction of the illegal Wall Israeli that is being built on land illegally appropriated from the local villages.About 400... more..
High Court upholds route of illegal Israeli wall near Umm Salamuna
John Smith, International Middle East Media Center 8/3/2007
The Israeli High Court on Thursday rejected numerous appeals against the route of the illegal wall in the area of Umm Salamuna, located between the southern West bank cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, deeming the illegal structure necessary for ‘security... more..
PA security personnel affiliated with Fatah desecrate mosques in Qalqilya
Palestinian Information Center 8/3/2007
QALQILYA, (PIC)-- Elements of the PA security and Fatah activists, Friday morning, broke into the oldest mosque in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya and desecrated it.Worshipers at the mosque of Omar bin al-Khattab told the PIC correspondent that... more..
Palestinian infiltrators captured in Arab town
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 8/3/2007
Two Palestinians who infiltrated Israel on Friday afternoon seized by police near Arab town of Tira, believed to be illegal residents looking for work. Another two Palestinians who drove them into Israel captured in Bat Yam. Following arrest, high alert... more..
High Court rejects petitions against fence
Aviram Zino, YNetNews 8/2/2007
Supreme Court President Beinish declares ’route is based on security considerations, need to protect the residents of Efrat; military commander is authorized to build a security fence for that purpose’ - The High Court of Justice rejected petitions against... more..
Jenin by night
Gideon Levi, Ha’aretz 8/2/2007
Tonight you should not be a journalist, tonight you should be a poet," says our host Jamal Zbeidi, as soon as we arrive. It’s early evening, and a dull dusky light enveloped the homes in the camp, while... more..
Anarchists Under Fire
Neve Gordon, ZNet 8/3/2007
Over the past five years the Israeli peace camp has dwindled. Last month marked the occupation’s 40th anniversary, and no more than 4,000 people gathered in Tel-Aviv to protest Israel’s longstanding military rule. Of the demonstrators who did show up... more..
Senior Palestinian officials still in wrongful Israeli detention
Report, B''Tselem, Electronic Intifada 8/2/2007
Shortly after the abduction of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, in June 2006, Israel detained dozens of Palestinians holding senior positions in the Palestinian Authority, some of them ministers in the Hamas government, and most of the members of the Palestinian Legislative... more..
High Court backs route of West Bank fence near Efrat
Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz 8/3/2007
The High Court of Justice on Thursday rejected petitions against the route of the West Bank separation fence in the area of Efrat, saying the route of the fence was determined for security reasons. After rejecting the petition, the court... more..
MK says ready to blow up Western Wall for peace
Roee Nahmias, YNetNews 8/2/2007
Israel Our Home MK David Rotem says if blowing up Western Wall can save a life, he would do it - Israel Our Home MK David Rotem says he is ready to do everything to reach peace, including blowing up the... more..
MEDIA-US: Murdoch’s Expanding Empire Seen as "Ominous"
Khody Akhavi, Inter Press Service 8/2/2007
WASHINGTON, Aug 2(IPS) - Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch added one of the most respected brands in journalism to his already vast media empire this week, gaining enough support from the deeply divided Bancroft family to buy Dow Jones & Company... more..
Baraka: Israel will not attain security from building settlements and the illegal wall
Ameen Abu Wardeh, International Middle East Media Center 8/1/2007
Mohammad Baraka, Arab MK and president of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli government will not attain security and peace by continuing to build the illegal Israeli wall and settlements in the West... more..
Stalled at the water’s edge
Haaretz Editorial, Ha’aretz 8/1/2007
The many visitors to the Kinneret this summer are in for a disappointment. Most of the lake’s shores are still surrounded by fences and an admission fee is charged. If this was not enough, entering some of the... more..
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Court rejects 2 petitions against fence route
