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Peres: ’We are ready to pay a price for the day of peace’
Yuval Azoulay and Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 5/7/2008
Memorial Day events began last night with the wail of a siren at 8 PM. An official ceremony was held near the Western Wall in Jerusalem last night. Speaking there, President Shimon Peres said, "We are ready to pay a......more.. e-mail
Bedouin soldiers: Israel shuns us
Yonat Atlas, YNetNews 5/6/2008
On Remembrance Day, Bedouin community mourns IDF casualties, calls for end to inequality - Equal only in death:Among those observing Remembrance Day the families of 168 Bedouin casualties killed in the line of duty since Israel’s
establishment. Forty......more.. e-mail
US Secret Service tours Knesset ahead of Bush visit
Amnon Meranda, YNetNews 5/6/2008
Agents ’raid’ Israeli parliament one week before US president’s festive visit in celebration of Israel’s 60th anniversary - Americans raid Knesset: About one week before US President George W. Bush’s planned visit to......more.. e-mail
Hamas government says Israeli-Palestinian talks ’aimless and useless’
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 5/6/2008
The de-facto Hamas government in Gaza described yesterday the latest Palestinian-Israeli peace talks as ’ aimless and useless’. Taher aL-Nuno, spokesman of the government, said in a statement, faxed to press yesterday night that ’such meetings aim at......more.. e-mail
One killed, five injured in collapse of tunnel under Rafah border
Ma’an News Agency 5/5/2008
Gaza Ma’an A Palestinian man called Rami Ash-Sha’r, who was in his twenties, was killed on Monday afternoon and five others were injured when an underground tunnel collapsed in Brazil neighborhood, near the border with Egypt......
Sinkable Israel
Ayman El-Amir, Al-Ahram Weekly 5/1/2008
Next week Israel will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its declaration of independence in the presence of an enviable number of dignitaries and heads of state. One week later, on 15 May, the Palestinians will commiserate their Nakba -- the day......more.. e-mail
Video: Who burned Nahr al-Bared?
Ray Smith, Electronic Lebanon, Electronic Intifada 5/5/2008
Since 10 October 2007, residents of the destroyed Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon have been gradually allowed by the Lebanese army to return to the ruins of their homes. However, the core of the camp, the so-called......more.. e-mail
Gaza residents say IDF soldiers looted their homes
Ali Waked, YNetNews 5/5/2008
Palestinians recount ’nightmarish’ searches by troops during counterterrorism ops. ’The mental scars will remain for a long time. We have never experienced such brutality,’ resident says - Gaza residents say they were subjected to inhuman treatment at......more.. e-mail
IOF troops bulldoze 220 dunums of lands, demolish 9 Palestinian homes
Palestinian Information Center 5/4/2008
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces demolished nine Palestinian civilian homes and bulldozed 220 dunums of cultivated lands during their incursion into Abbassan east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Legal sources told PIC reporter that the IOF wreaked such......more.. e-mail
Palestinian worker imprisoned and beaten by Israeli police tells his story
Ma’an News Agency 5/3/2008
Nablus Ma’an Fifty-year-old Palestinian construction worker Mahmoud Bani Nemra says he was beaten by Israeli police after being arrested on route to his job in Israel last December. Just released after four and a half months in Israeli......more.. e-mail
Dozens treated for tear gas inhalation after weekly Bil’in demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 5/2/2008
Nablus Ma’an - Dozens of protestors had to be treated for tear gas inhalation following the weekly demonstration against Israel’s separation wall in the village of Bil’in, north of Ramallah on Friday. Local villagers, international......
300 Palestinians march against Israeli wall near Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 5/3/2008
Bethlehem Ma’an 300 Palestinians marched against the construction of Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank village of Al-Khadr on Friday. Former Information Minister and head of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi was among them......more.. e-mail
Palestinian man beaten by Israeli soldiers at checkpoint in Azzun Atma
Ma’an News Agency 5/3/2008
Qalqilya Ma’an Israeli soldiers beat a 24-year-old Palestinian man at the entrance to the West Bank village of Azzun Atma on Saturday afternoon. He was hospitalized in the nearby city of Qalqilia. Taha was accused by Israeli......more.. e-mail
’We are living in a combat zone’
Kim Sengupta, The Independent 5/2/2008
The Qassam rocket had destroyed the bathroom and blown down part of the wall to the kitchen. Smoke and dust swirled in the shaft of sunlight coming through the 4ft wide gash in the ceiling as Oshri and Karmit Malka......more.. e-mail
This Week In Palestine - Week 18 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 5/2/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 17. 3 MB || Time 19m 0s ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for April 26th through to May 2nd, 2008......more.. e-mail
No reconciliation, no truce
Dina Ezzat, Al-Ahram Weekly 5/1/2008
Gaza is giving Cairo a headacheAs the window for a Palestinian-Israeli peace deal closes President Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan intensify coordination on a fall-back positionTomorrow, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit and his Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni are scheduled to......more.. e-mail
Taking Back the Land: Non-violent resistance in Palestine
International Womens’ Peace Service 5/1/2008
IWPS House Report No. 107 - Today, for a few hours, Palestinians took control over an illegal Israeli settler outpost on the outskirts of Ramallah. Replacing Israeli flags with Palestinian ones, Mohammed Al-Khattib and other members of the Bil’in......more.. e-mail
IOF troops kidnap 30 Palestinians during incursion into Khan Younis
Palestinian Information Center 5/1/2008
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- A large number of IOF troops reinforced by tanks, bulldozers and aerial cover invaded amid intensive gunfire at dawn Thursday the Farahin neighborhood in the east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip and kidnapped 30 Palestinians. Palestinian......more.. e-mail
ISM: Summer Against Apartheid
International Solidarity Movement 5/1/2008
ISM Statements SUMMER CAMPAIGN 2008 - ‘Summer Against Apartheid’The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is issuing a call-out for office and field volunteers for its "Summer Against Apartheid" in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Whether it’s......more.. e-mail
Bishops told to remove crucifixes at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Ma’an News Agency 5/1/2008
Bethlehem - Ma’an - Irish religious leaders on a visit to the Middle East were unable to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday morning after a security official ordered them to remove their crucifixes, Yussef Dorkhom, Counsellor for......
A family’s ongoing Nakba
International Womens’ Peace Service 4/30/2008
On Monday, the 28.04.08, two IWPS volunteers went to Kufr Qadum village in the Qalqilya district to follow up on a night time incursion the day before.Kufr Qadum is half surrounded by the illegal Israeli settlement Qadumim, which blocks its......more.. e-mail
Stranded holders of Egyptian travel documents go on hunger strike in Gaza
Palestinian Information Center 4/30/2008
RAFAH, (PIC)-- Holders of Egyptian travel documents, who are stranded in the Gaza Strip, have announced their intention to go on hunger strike as of today Wednesday until they are allowed back to their relatives and places of residence. The......more.. e-mail
Gaza ’on point of explosion’ warns UN
Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor, The Independent 4/30/2008
Gaza is about to reach a "point of explosion" that could lead to another breakout by the desperate Palestinian population, trapped by an Israeli economic blockade, the most senior UN official in the territory has warned. Thousands of Palestinians surged......more.. e-mail
News in Brief - Border Police officer indicted for shooting Israeli protester
Ha’aretz 4/30/2008
A Border Police officer has been indicted for shooting an Israeli protester at an anti-separation fence demonstration staged at the West Bank village of Bi’lin. The case is the first in which a member of the security forces......more.. e-mail
Qorea’: ''We know our rights, and we will struggle for them''
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 4/30/2008
Head of the Palestinian Negotiations Team, Ahmad Qorea’ (Abu Ala’), stated on Tuesday that peace talks with Israel will set facts on the ground, and added that the ongoing Israeli attacks are a blow to all international and......more.. e-mail
ANALYSIS: Livni and About Gheit starting to sing harmonious duet
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 4/30/2008
Relations between Egypt and Israel are undergoing a change, say sources at the Foreign Ministry. Following the terse exchange between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and her Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, over Egyptian security efforts in the Sinai Peninsula, the......more.. e-mail
Rabbi warns of near collapse of the Buraq Wall
Palestinian Information Center 4/28/2008
OCCUPIEd JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Shmuel Rabinovich, the so-called rabbi of the Western Wall, has warned of the fall of big rocks over heads of Jewish worshippers near the Buraq Wall, which is 18 meters high. Hebrew daily Ma’ariv quoted......more.. e-mail
Israeli army wounds a Palestinian near a border fence in northern West Bank
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 4/27/2008
The Israeli army shot and wounded on Sunday morning a Palestinian resident when he approached a barbed wire security fence just near the Israeli settlement of Elkana to the north of West Bank. Eyewitness said the Israeli soldiers, manning the......
Weekly demonstrations in Bil’in, Al-Khader and Shabtin villages
International Solidarity Movement 4/26/2008
Bil’in: On Friday, the villagers of Bil’in located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah conducted their weekly non-violent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village land. As the case each week......more.. e-mail
IDF troops wound West Bank Palestinian trying to enter Israel
Avi Isaacharoff and News Agencies, Ha’aretz 4/27/2008
Israel Defense Forces soldiers late Saturday shot and wounded a Palestinian man after he attempted to cross the West Bank security fence into Israel near the settlement of Elkana. Troops shot the man as he jumped up onto the fence......more.. e-mail
Border games
Zvi Bar''el, Ha’aretz 4/27/2008
If Israel rejects Hamas’ terms for a cease-fire, then Cairo will consider unilaterally opening its border with the besieged Gaza Strip, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said yesterday. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Abu Zuhri said Hamas’ proposal......more.. e-mail
Manhunt over: IDF nabs 2 Palestinian infiltrators
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/26/2008
Two Palestinians who crossed Gaza Strip border fence north of Kissufim Crossing Saturday night captured by IDF troops; high alert lifted. Earlier, area residents ordered to stay home for fear of terror attack - Gaza manhunt over:IDF forces captured two......more.. e-mail
European left joins Palestinian nonviolent resistance
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 4/25/2008
Bil’in -- The weekly nonviolent resistance against the Wall and settlements in western Ramallah’s Bil’in Village continues, but Friday’s demonstration was brutal. Demonstrators have been undeterred despite beatings, shootings and arrests, but yesterday......more.. e-mail
Bil’in: scores injured by the Israeli army tier gas
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 4/25/2008
On Friday, he villagers of Bil’in located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah conducted their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli wall built on the village land. As the case each week, villagers from Bil......more.. e-mail
Nonviolent resistance removing barrier in Ramallah village
Palestine News Network 4/25/2008
Jerusalem / Maisa Abu Ghazaleh -- Israeli settlers attacked dozens of Palestinians and foreign supporters as the group engaged in a nonviolent action against land confiscation and settlement expansion. Dozens of settlers attacked and beat them, while hurling insults. They tore away......more.. e-mail
The Village of Al Khader stage a nonviolent protest against the Israeli Wall
Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 4/25/2008
Around 100 villagers from Al Khader village located near Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank supported by a small number of international and Israeli peace activist protest the illegal wall Israeli is building on the village......more.. e-mail
Army attacks an anti Wall demonstration near Ramallah
Manar Jibrin, International Middle East Media Center News 4/25/2008
Friday afternoon, dozens of residents of Shabateen village , north west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah marched to the construction site of the Separation Wall on their farm lands. After reaching the site, the residents stopped the Israeli......more.. e-mail
Palestinian, Israeli, international peace activists take control of Israeli military checkpoint
Ma’an News Agency 4/24/2008
Ramallah Ma’an - A group of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists took over an Israeli checkpoint that separates Ramallah and the village of Ein Kinia on Thursday, reopening a road that had been closed since the beginning of......more.. e-mail
Israel’s ’separation wall’ is no barrier for drug dealers
Majeda El Batsh, Daily Star 4/25/2008
Agence France Presse - OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: At the foot of the wall Israel has built to cut off East Jerusalem from the Occupied West Bank, a Palestinian man, seeing no police around, furtively removes a packet from a hole in the......more.. e-mail
Israeli troops shoot and injure Palestinian
Ma’an News Agency 4/23/2008
Ramallah Ma’an A Palestinian man was injured on Wednesday morning when Israeli soldiers opened fire on him in the central West Bank village of Qatanna in Ramallah district. Ma’an’s reporter quoted Palestinian security sources......
Defense Min. yet to start court-ordered reroute of Bil’in fence
Akiva Eldar, Ha’aretz 4/24/2008
Eight months after the High Court of Justice ordered the state to dismantle the segment of the separation fence near the Palestinian village of Bil’in within "a reasonable amount of time," the Defense Ministry has yet to do......more.. e-mail
Crossing the Line interviews author Michael Neumann
Podcast, Crossing the Line, Electronic Intifada 4/22/2008
This week on Crossing The Line: Many Palestinians and solidarity activists advocate for the one-state solution as the best for both Israelis and Palestinians. Host Naji Ali talks with author and professor Michael Neumann who argues that the one-state solution......more.. e-mail
Israel allows entry of aid into Gaza
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/22/2008
Despite repeated infiltration attempts and attacks on Gaza crossings, Israel reopens Sufa border crossing in southern Strip to allow entry of some 80 trucks carrying food, medical supplies - Several days after it was sealed off following the Palestinian attacks
on......more.. e-mail
Qassam rocket hits home in Sderot
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 4/22/2008
Some cases of shock among Sderot residents reported after Qassam hits house. Altogether three rockets were fired at Israel on Tuesday - A Qassam rocket hit a home in Sderot on Tuesday, causing some of the residents in the city to......more.. e-mail
Israeli military kills three Palestinians in Beit Lahia
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 4/22/2008
On Monday evening, an Israeli ground-to-ground missile and concurrent ground invasion resulted in the deaths of three Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. The Israeli military reported killing one Palestinian with a tank-fired missile, and two......more.. e-mail
Qassam injures 3 Palestinians in Gaza
Ali Waked, YNetNews 4/21/2008
Rocket hits Beit Hanoun home, lightly wounding three people; Palestinians claim IDF shell fired at house -Qassam attacks hit Palestinians as well. A rocket landed Monday in a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, lightly injuring......more.. e-mail
IDF kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/21/2008
IAF aircraft fires at group of three gunmen not far from border fence in northern Gaza, killing on of them; Givati force enters Strip, kills two others - The Israel Air Force attacked a group of gunmen spotted near the border......more.. e-mail
South braces for infiltration from Gaza
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 4/21/2008
Infiltration attempt over weekend leads to tightening of restrictions on Gaza-vicinity communities, residents instructed to refrain from approaching border fence. Defense officials concerned terrorists may use smuggling tunnels to bypass IDF - Residents of Israeli communities neighboring on the Gaza border......more.. e-mail
Minor explosion near Ad-Dira Hotel on Gaza beach
Ma’an News Agency 4/21/2008
Gaza Ma’an An explosion on Sunday night near the Ad-Dira Hotel on the beach near Gaza City caused some damage to nearby buildings, but no casualties were reported. Sources in the hotel said they did not believe the......more.. e-mail
Masri: Policy of isolating Hamas proved its failure
Palestinian Information Center 4/21/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- The US-Israeli policy of isolating Hamas has proven its failure as expressed in former president Jimmy Carter’s speech on Monday, MP Mushir Al-Masri, secretary of Hamas’s parliamentary bloc, said. He said that Carter’......more.. e-mail
Like gang warfare
Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 4/21/2008
On both sides of the fence locking in the Gaza Strip, there is a war of desperation going on. Hamas is fighting against the insufferable siege that the Gaza Strip has been under for many months, and the Israel Defense......more.. e-mail
This Week In Palestine - Week 16 2008
Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 4/18/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || File 12. 8 MB || Time 14m 0s ||This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for April 12th through to April 18th, 2008......more.. e-mail
Mario Vargas Llosa: How Arabs have been driven out of Hebron
Mario Vargas Llosa, The Independent 4/19/2008
Hebron is the image of desolation and pain. I’m talking of the H-2 sector, the oldest part of this ancient city, which is under Israeli military control and where some 500 colonos--settlers--live in four settlements......more.. e-mail
200 march against Israeli separation wall in Al-Khadr
Ma’an News Agency 4/19/2008
Bethlehem Ma’an 200 residents of the West Bank village of Al-Khadr, near Bethlehem, staged their weekly demonstration on Friday against the construction the Israeli separation wall, which organizers say will all but annex more than 90% of the......more.. e-mail
Hamas car bomb injures 13 Israelis
Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem, The Independent 4/19/2008
Hamas suicide bombers in two military-style Jeeps yesterday blew themselves up at a Gaza border crossing, wounding 13 Israeli soldiers. The Israel Defence Forces said the vehicles were detonated after driving through a border fence on the Israeli side. Four......
Haaretz: IDF - ''Reuters reporter risked his life by going to Bil’in''
Original article published in Haaretz on the 19th April 2008, International Solidarity Movement 4/19/2008
Bil’in Village - The Israel Defense Forces spokesman on Friday said the Reuters writer who was lightly to moderately wounded by IDF fire near the West Bank separation fence in Bil’in put his life in danger by......more.. e-mail
Gaza terror cell attempts to infiltrate southern border
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/19/2008
Thirteen IDF soldiers moderately-lightly wounded as Palestinian gunmen detonate car bomb, open fire on troops in apparent abduction attempt near southern border. Hamas claims responsibility for what IDF deems ’biggest incident since disengagement’ - Two soldiers were moderately wounded......more.. e-mail
Gaza ’ready to explode,’ Hamas leader says
Ma’an News Agency 4/19/2008
Gaza Ma’an Saturday’s car bombing attack on the Karem Shalom crossing point was a warning of what could be a popular explosion in the face of Israel’s ten-month siege of the Gaza Strip, Hamas......more.. e-mail
IDF: Reuters reporter risked his life by going to Bi’lin
Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 4/19/2008
The Israel Defense Forces spokesman on Friday said the Reuters writer who was lightly to moderately wounded by IDF fire near the West Bank separation fence in Bi’lin put his life in danger by going to the area......more.. e-mail
After killing 1 from Reuters in Gaza, Israeli forces open fire on demo in WB, injuring colleague
Kristen Ess, Palestine News Network 4/18/2008
Ramallah - Demonstrators in the village of Bil’in took off in massive march after Friday prayers in solidarity with the prisoners confined in Israeli prisons. After killing a Reuters cameraman in Al Buriej Refugee Camp in the southern Gaza......more.. e-mail
Bil’in demonstrators march in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners
Ma’an News Agency 4/18/2008
Ramallah Ma’an Palestinians organized a mass demonstration in the West Bank village of Bil’in to protest Israel’s separation wall and to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Thursday was Palestinian Prisoners’......more.. e-mail
MIFTAH Condemns in the Strongest Terms, the Israeli Military Raid on the Gaza Strip
MIFTAH, MIFTAH 4/17/2008
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, MIFTAH condemns in the strongest terms, the Israeli military raid on the Gaza Strip on April 16, which resulted in the deaths of 20 Palestinians, several of whom are......more.. e-mail
Arab paper: Olmert offers Abbas 64% of W. Bank
Jerusalem Post 4/17/2008
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has offered the Palestinians 64 percent of the West Bank as part of a future peace agreement, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat reported Wednesday.
According to the report, Olmert told PA President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinians could......
IDF foils infiltration from Gaza
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/17/2008
Desert Patrol force identifies Palestinian cell approaching fence near Kerem Shalom border crossing, opens fire at gunmen, killing one and wounding another. Palestinians say men belonged to Hamas - An IDF force thwarted an attempt by three Palestinian gunmen to infiltrate......more.. e-mail
PNI: negotiations with Israelis must stop as they provide cover for continued crimes
Amin Abu Wardeh, Palestine News Network 4/17/2008
Nablus -- The Palestinian National Initiative National is demanding that the Palestinian Authority stop negotiations and contacts with the Israeli government. The negotiations are providing a "cover for the massacres perpetrated by Israeli forces. " The PNI called on the PA to......more.. e-mail
Barak: Jewish people seek peace
Neta Sela, YNetNews 4/17/2008
Defense minister: We will do everything in our power to advance peace, but stay on guard - The Jewish people seeks peace and is loyal to the ancient decree calling on it to "seek peace and pursue it," Defense Minister Ehud......more.. e-mail
Three Israeli soldiers killed in ambush near Gaza border
Amos Harel, Ha’aretz 4/17/2008
Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the elite Givati Brigade were killed on Wednesday in an exchange of heavy gunfire with Palestinian militants next to the Gaza Strip security fence. A preliminary IDF investigation suggests that an operational error occurred......more.. e-mail
IOF artillery shells Palestinian hospital
Palestinian Information Center 4/16/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- Two IOF artillery shells slammed into the Wafa’a hospital east of Gaza city at dawn Wednesday severely damaging the ground floor, X-ray department and the laboratory, the hospital administration said in a press release. The shelling......more.. e-mail
Kibbutz homes damaged by Qassams
Shmulik Hadad, YNetNews 4/16/2008
At least 19 rockets fired towards Israel since morning hours, several buildings sustain damages in afternoon barrage - Nine Qassam rockets were fired towards Israel on Wednesday afternoon in the latest barrage by Palestinian terror groups in northern Gaza. The rockets......more.. e-mail
IOF artillery targets Gaza mosque
Palestinian Information Center 4/16/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- IOF artillery fired at and partially destroyed and burnt Al-Salam mosque in Sha’af area east of Gaza city other than demolishing fences of a religious school. The IOF shelling burnt copies of the holy Quran and......more.. e-mail
Jimmy Carter meets with former Hamas cabinet minister
Ma’an News Agency 4/16/2008
Bethlehem Ma’an Former US President Jimmy Carter met with Nasser Addin Ash-Sha’ir, the former minister of education in the elected Hamas government of 2006, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Ash-Sha’ir said he......more.. e-mail
Home Rebuilding Camp Offers Hope to Victims of House Demolition
Rafat Shomali, Palestine News Network 4/16/2008
Bethlehem - In the year 2007, 208 houses in the West Bank and 78 in East Jerusalem were destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, leaving hundreds of families homeless and impoverished. In a new twist on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Holy Land Trust......more.. e-mail
Cameraman among 20 dead as violence in Gaza escalates
The Independent 4/16/2008
At least 17 Palestinians -- including a Reuters cameraman filming tank movements -- and three Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday in the heaviest day of Gaza bloodshed since early March. In the most lethal incident, an Israeli helicopter fired four missiles which......more.. e-mail
Heavy exchanges of fire in Gaza; 10 Qassams fired at Negev
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/16/2008
Givati Brigade force enters Strip after identifying gunmen near security fence, two soldiers sustain light to moderate wounds in ensuing clashes; IDF soldiers operating near Khan Yunis detain a number of Palestinians. Rockets fired toward Negev region land in open......more.. e-mail
VIDEO - 3 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza battle
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/16/2008
Video) Givati Brigade suffers three fatalities forces enter Gaza in pursuit of Palestinian terrorists who approached security fence near Kibbutz Be’eri; ’Soldiers only buffer between terror organizations, Israeli citizens,’ says IDF official - VIDEO -Givati Brigade’......more.. e-mail
IDF officials predict Hamas PR campaign against blockade
Amos Harel and News Agencies, Ha’aretz 4/16/2008
Israeli military officials believe Hamas is likely to launch a public relations campaign shortly over Israel’s economic blockade of the Gaza Strip. In addition, they foresee a possible attempt to breach the Egyptian border at Rafah or possible......more.. e-mail
The Politics of Archaeology in East Jerusalem
Yigal Bronner and Neve Gordon, MIFTAH 4/15/2008
Archaeology has become a weapon of dispossession," Yonathan Mizrachi, an Israeli archaeologist, said in a recent telephone interview with us. He was referring to the way archaeology is being used in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in the oldest part of... -- See also: Part of Palestinian house in Jerusalem caves in due to Israeli excavations...more.. e-mail
They’re Routinely Tortured for Throwing Rocks
Patrick Moser, MIFTAH 4/15/2008
OFER MILITARY CAMP, West Bank - Mohammed, 14, barely glanced at the Israeli military judge as he was led shuffling into the cramped courtroom, his legs in shackles.The Palestinian boy had eyes only for his father, and mouthed the traditional Arabic......more.. e-mail
Islamic-Christian front warns of scheme targeting Arab presence in Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 4/15/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Dr. Hasan Khater, the secretary-general of the Islamic-Christian front for the defense of Jerusalem and holy shrines, warned that the IOA started a few days ago to implement a dangerous scheme targeting the Arab and Islamic presence......more.. e-mail
Israeli settlers from Efrat attack Palestinian farmers in southern Bethlehem
Najib Farrag, Palestine News Network 4/15/2008
Bethlehem -- Settlers from Efrat attacked farmers and their families in Bethlehem’s Al Khader yesterday. The Palestinians were working on their lands that are now dangerously close to the Wall as it expands through southern Bethlehem. Efrat, illegal as......more.. e-mail
IOA bulldozers flatten Palestinian home in occupied Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 4/15/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli-controlled municipality of occupied Jerusalem has demolished the home of Younis Subaih in Enata village in occupied Jerusalem at the pretext of lack of construction permit. IOF troops encircled the area and blocked traffic during the......more.. e-mail
Ten Palestinians injured in confrontation at entrance to Azzun ’Itma
Ma’an News Agency 4/15/2008
Qalqilia Ma’an Ten Palestinian citizens were injured on Monday evening at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Azzun ’Itma, south of Qalqilia. The head of the local council, Azmi Salamah, was one of the......more.. e-mail
Hamas denies rumours about intention to assault Egyptian borders
Palestinian Information Center 4/15/2008
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement categorically denied what was alleged by the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper in its Tuesday issue about its intention to breach the border wall between Egypt and Gaza and to wage an attack on Egyptian soldiers, describing the......more.. e-mail
Hamas denies media reports of plans to breach Egypt’s borders
DPA, Ha’aretz 4/16/2008
Egypt’s official newspaper reported Tuesday a detailed plan by the Palestinian Hamas movement to blow up the concrete wall along the border at Rafah and to kill Egyptian security forces. The Islamic movement was quick to deny the......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces penetrate southern Gaza Strip
Ma’an News Agency 4/15/2008
Gaza Ma’an Israeli forces penetrated the town of Al-Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning accompanied by bulldozers. Local sources said that clashes erupted in the area between the invading Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance fighters......more.. e-mail
Letters: Demolition of Palestinian homes
Linda Ramsden, Director, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK, The Guardian 4/16/2008
Since 1967, more than 18,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished by the Israelis and fewer than 10% have had anything to do with security reasons (Area C strikes fear into the heart of Palestinians as homes are destroyed, April 15......more.. e-mail
Abu Hussein: All we are guilty of is their hatred for us
Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, Palestine News Network 4/15/2008
Jerusalem -- Bulldozers and heavy machinery from the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality demolished another Palestinian home in East Jerusalem yesterday. Younis Sobeih lived with his family in the suburban town of Anata. At the time of demolition on Monday Israeli forces claimed......more.. e-mail
IWPS calls for new volunteers
International Womens’ Peace Service 4/15/2008
IWPS calls for new volunteers - Peace and human-rights volunteers needed in Palestine - Are you a woman who is interested in working for international justice? - Do you want to support Palestinian non-violent resistance? - Are you willing to accompany farmers while they......more.. e-mail
Part of Jerusalem’s Western Wall crumbling
Middle East Online 4/15/2008
Part of Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site for Jews, has started crumbling and needs to be fixed to protect worshippers who bow in prayer before the massive ancient stones, officials said on Tuesday. Each year, some six......more.. e-mail
VIDEO - Western Wall stones crumbling
Nissan Straukler, YNetNews 4/15/2008
Video) Stones added to top of wall in 19th century show concerning signs of disintegration. ’Renovations will be done with cooperation of Israel Antiquities Authority, in accordance to Jewish law,’ says Western Wall rabbi - VIDEO - A routine inspection......more.. e-mail
Manifest Destiny?
Uri Avnery, MIFTAH 4/14/2008
NEXT MONTH, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The government is working feverishly to make this day into an occasion of joy and jubilation. While serious problems are crying out for funds, some 40 million dollars have been allocated to......more.. e-mail
Egypt re-opens Gaza crossing border to hospitalize Palestinians
Deutsche Presse Agentur, ReliefWeb 4/14/2008
Cairo_(dpa) _ Egyptian authorities reopened Monday the Rafah crossing border to allow injured Palestinians to receive treatment in hospitals in Egypt, security and medical sources said.
Ambulances carried some 22 wounded Palestinians to hospitals in Cairo, sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur......more.. e-mail
Israeli military trials impose ’charade’ of justice on Palestinian children
Patrick Moser, Daily Star 4/14/2008
Agence France Presse - OFER MILITARY CAMP, Occupied West Bank: Mohammad, 14, barely glanced at the Israeli military judge as he was led shuffling into the cramped courtroom, his legs in shackles. The Palestinian boy had eyes only for his father......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces invade northern Gaza Strip
Ma’an News Agency 4/13/2008
Gaza Ma’an Israeli tanks, jeeps, and bulldozers entered the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia on Sunday morning amid heavy gunfire, witnesses said. Sources on the ground in Jabalia said Israeli ground forces, with helicopters overhead, had crossed......
What’s up, Doc? Carrot crops grow costly in face of Gaza fire
Fadi Eyadat and Mijal Grinberg, Ha’aretz 4/14/2008
Farmers at the kibbutzim Nir Oz and Ein Hashlosha in the western Negev are considering changing the type of crops they grow near the border with the Gaza Strip because the carrots, potatoes, peanuts and wheat already there require a......more.. e-mail
Livni to tell Gulf leaders: Iran the threat, not Israel
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 4/14/2008
DOHA, Qatar - Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni arrived here yesterday to attend the 8th annual Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade, at which she has been invited to give a keynote speech. Senior Lebanese and Iranian officials responded by......more.. e-mail
IDF: Army unequipped to deal with infiltrations from Egypt
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/13/2008
Commander of division entrusted with sealing Israel-Egypt border says lacking infrastructure, absence of fence and adherence to strict moral codes undermine forces’ ability to curb infiltrations -"The State of Israel
has lost it deterrence because it is unequipped to......more.. e-mail
Israeli authorities order demolition of 3 shops near separation wall
Ma’an News Agency 4/12/2008
Tulkarem Ma’an - The Israeli authorities ordered three shop ownersfrom Nazlat Issa village north of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank to demolish their shops saying they were built without licenses and they are too close to the separation......
Israeli forces invade Zbuta village
Ma’an News Agency 4/12/2008
Jenin - Ma’an - Israeli forces invaded Zbuta village northwest of the West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of Saturday, breaking into a number of houses before withdrawing in the early morning hours without any arrests. According......
Israeli army invade eastern Gaza City
Ma’an News Agency 4/12/2008
Gaza Ma’an - A number of Israeli army vehicles stormed the Al-Shaja’iyah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, Palestinian sources reported. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that four Israeli military vehicles and two bulldozers stormed......
Injustice for West Bank children in Israeli military courts
Middle East Online 4/12/2008
OFER MILITARY CAMP, West Bank - Mohammed, 14, barely glanced at the Israeli military judge as he was led shuffling into the cramped courtroom, his legs in shackles. The Palestinian boy had eyes only for his father, and mouthed the traditional......more.. e-mail
IMEMC: Israeli army prevents Israelis from joining non-violet demonstration in Al-Khader
IMEMC, International Solidarity Movement 4/11/2008
Photos - Bethlehem Region - The Israeli army prevented a number of Israeli peace activists to join the Palestinian residents of Al-Khader in their weekly nonviolent protest against the construction of the separation wall on their land on Friday at noon. Eyewitnesses......more.. e-mail
Israeli forces arrest Medical Relief volunteer
Ma’an News Agency 4/11/2008
Bethlehem Ma’an - Israeli forces arrested Qassem Ali Al-Qadi a volunteer in the Palestinian Medical Relief from Sourif, north of Hebron claiming he had been spotted too close to the separation wall. Medical Relief said an Israeli force raided......
Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas gunmen in Gaza
Reuters, YNetNews 4/11/2008
IDF says carried out air strike targeting terrorists in Hamas-controlled territory. Palestinian medical workers say seven other gunmen wounded in two air strikes outside southern Gaza city of Khan Younis - Israeli air strikes killed at least two Hamas gunmen
in......more.. e-mail
Parents of Briton killed by IDF fire in Gaza seek compensation
Ynet, YNetNews 4/11/2008
8217;We claim that the denial to the family of fair and just compensation amounts to supporting a policy of indifference and disregard for innocent civilians,’ Tom Hurndall’s parents say in letter to Israeli ambassador to London......more.. e-mail
IDF inquiry into Nahal Oz raid highlights failures
Amos Harel and Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 4/11/2008
A preliminary IDF inquiry into the Palestinian raid on the Nahal Oz fuel depot on Wednesday has revealed serious failures in the way some of the forces were deployed and operated during the attack. Two Israeli civilian truck drivers were......more.. e-mail
Barbed wire erected to prevent Israel-Lebanon border violations
DPA, Ha’aretz 4/10/2008
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon on Thursday began erecting a barbed-wire fence along the Lebanon-Israel border to prevent violations of the "Blue Line" that could jeopardize the region’s fragile cease-fire. "About 50 UN soldiers......more.. e-mail
The Invisible Right
Rafat Shomali, Palestine News Network 4/9/2008
Bethlehem - I demand an explanation to a question, a question I just can’t understand, "Why do the Israelis always remember their past and we are asked to forget ours? Why are we asked to forget the 800,000 Palestinians......more.. e-mail
Hamas blamed after two Israelis killed at fuel depot
The Independent 4/9/2008
Two Israeli civilians were killed yesterday by Palestinian gunmen who managed to break through Gaza’s border fence in a daylight attack on the nearby main fuel depot of Nahal Oz. The attack threatened to presage a fresh outbreak......more.. e-mail
Negotiating... or Just Talking?
Issa Samander, MIFTAH 4/9/2008
Assad is a farmer from a small village near the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm. The family concern has done well over the years, producing some 12,500 liters of olive oil and three tons of almonds and other produce......more.. e-mail
Forewarned, truck drivers escaped Gaza attackers
Fadi Eyadat, Ha’aretz 4/10/2008
The terror attack yesterday on the fuel depot near the Karni terminal on the Gaza border, in which Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis, appears to have been planned as a way of abducting an Israeli soldier or civilian, said Israel......more.. e-mail
IDF investigates Nahal Oz attack
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 4/9/2008
Probe to focus on how Gaza terrorists managed to infiltrate Israel in broad daylight without being detected. Southern Command: Soldiers’ quick response prevented large-scale attack - The IDF’s investigation into Wednesday’s deadly shooting attackat
Nahal Oz......more.. e-mail
George, Laura Bush to visit Masada; Ehud Olmert to play tour guide
Barak Ravid, Ha’aretz 4/10/2008
U. S. President George W. Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month for Israel’s 60th | |
