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Girl arrested in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday a young girl near the Ibrahimi mosque, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers claimed Hiba Tawfik Issa... Israel to build checkpoint, divide West Bank into 3 sections International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005 includes map] Israeli army is carrying a plan which aims to divide the West Bank into three isolated parts, with roadblocks, settlement constructions and... Soldiers arrest a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested, on Monday at dawn, a Palestinian reporter in Qalandia refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Ramatan... Soldiers invade Doura, eight residents injured International Middle East Media Center 10/30/2005 A medical source at Doura Medical Center, in the village of Doura, near the West Bank city of Hebron, reported that eight residents were... Al Quds Brigades: “Israel assassinated the truce” International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 The Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, vowed to retaliate to the assassination of its leader Jihad Zakarna, 21, and... Details of the Assassination of two Islamic Jihad fighters, 6 wounded, 10 arrested International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 A Valuable Prey” was how Israeli security sources described the successful assassination the commander of Al Quds Brigades in the Jenin district and his... Resistance shells Sderot and Kibbutz Zakim International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 Al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the... Israeli Settlers Wound Three Residents in Hebron International Press Center 10/29/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, October 29, 2005 (IPC) - - Israeli settlers wounded today two residents, including a woman, in the West Bank city of Hebron. Our correspondent... IOF Detain 120 Residents Last Week International Press Center 10/30/2005 RAMALLAH, Palestine, October 30, 2005 (IPC) - - The Head of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS), Easa Karaka stated that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), detained... IOF Leaflets and Recorded Massages Urge the Residents to Inform on the Resistance Fighters International Press Center 10/30/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 30,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---For the second time since its redeployment on 12 August, the Israeli jetfighters dropped thousands of leaflets Saturday... IOF Continues dismembering the occupied West Bank International Press Center 10/31/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 30,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--- Israeli occupation forces are implementing a scheme aiming at dismemberment the territorial contiguity of the West Bank by... Khan Younis's Governor: Economic Losses Stand At $600 Million since Al Aqsa Intifada International Press Center 10/31/2005 KHANYOUNIS,Palestine, October 31, 2005, (IPC) --- The Governor of Khan Younis, Hosny Zorob announced today that the direct and indirect losses has amounted to... Troops invade Tammoun, near Tubas International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 The Israeli army invaded, n Monday at dawn, the village of Tammoun, near the West Bank city of Tubas, local sources reported. Troops broke... IOF Arrests 8 Citizens in WB WAFA 10/31/2005 JENIN, October 31, 2005, (WAFA)-At least eight citizens were arrested Monday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank (WB) cities of... Israel to build security buffer zone in Gaza Strip ReliefWeb 10/29/2005 GAZA, Oct 29, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - The Israeli army is intending to build a buffer zone in northern Gaza Strip following Palestinian rocket... IDF kills Hadera bomb mastermind, one other, in West Bank operation Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 At least two Palestinians were killed yesterday in a shootout with Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank town of Qabatiyah. The army... Israeli jets bombard Gaza Palestine Monitor/Al-Jazeera 10/29/2005 Israeli aircraft have bombarded open areas and roads in northern Gaza as part of an ongoing offensive. The occupation army continued its assault into... Soldiers abduct a resident in Tulkarem International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 Israeli soldiers abducted on Monday evening a Palestinian resident in Tulkarem after breaking into his carpentry workshop, in the southern neighborhood of Tulkarem. The... IDF arrests militant "responsible" for the death of 10 Israelis Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday arrested a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Tul Karm suspected of membership in a terrorist... Analysis / Calm rests on the shoulders of the IDF By Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 Judging by the actions of the Palestinian public and its leaders this weekend in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are trying... IDF positions artillery near southern Gaza Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 Exchanges of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinians continued throughout the weekend. On Friday afternoon, the IDF deployed an artillery battery opposite... Palestinians killed in shootout BBC 10/31/2005 Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinian militants in operations near the West Bank city of Jenin. The incidents occurred late on Sunday and overnight... Palestinians bury Jihad members AlJazeera 10/31/2005 Thousands of Palestinian mourners have buried two Islamic Jihad activists shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank after Israel vowed to carry... Settler leader indicted over assault of police officer Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Settler leader Daniella Weiss and two other female right-wing activists were indicted Monday afternoon at the Kfar Sava Magistrate's Court on charges of assaulting... Soldiers to be jailed for hitchhiking YNetNews 10/31/2005 Military police, IDF operations branch stage ‘fake kidnappings’ following warnings that terror groups may try to abduct soldiers. 54 soldiers caught hitchhiking, one MP... Druze youth admit to throwing Molotov cocktails at IDF patrols Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Three Druze youths from the Golan are to be charged Monday morning in the Nazareth District Court on suspicions that they threw Molotov cocktails... Three face trial for bid to set up Qassam factory in West Bank Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Three senior operatives of the radical armed Popular Resistance Committees, suspected of trying to set up factories for Qassam rockets and mortar shells in... Jihad renews Qassam fire after IDF kills 3 members Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Islamic Jihad resumed Qassam rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday evening, following a shoot-out with Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the... Sharon vows to develop settlements AlJazeera 10/31/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to develop Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights, one month after withdrawing troops... Israel Kills Fighters as Jihad Agrees to Truce Arab News 10/31/2005 GAZA CITY, 31 October 2005 — Israel killed two Islamic Jihad activists hours after the group agreed to halt rocket attacks on Israel. Earlier Tel... Army invades Bil’in International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Bil’in village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and forced the residents and peace activisms out of... Five residents arrested in Tulkarem International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, five residents in the villages of Saida, Allar and Atteel, north of the West Bank city of... Army invaded Jenin and its refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005 The Israeli army invaded on Friday morning the West Bank city of Jenin and its refuge camp, local sources reported. Troops searched houses in... Islamic Jihad vows revenge for Gaza strike Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 Islamic Jihad vowed revenge Thursday night for an Israel Air Force strike that killed seven Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad militants and at least... Army invades village near Tulkarem International Middle East Media Center 10/29/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded on Friday at dawn, the village of Saida, north of the Wets Bank city of Tulkarem. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA... Two Palestinians arrested allegedly planning of shooting attack International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005 An Israeli army force arrested, on Friday, two Palestinians carrying rifles near the Elon Moreh settlement in the West Bank, Israeli source reported. Thesources... Scores of Children Go into Shock Because of Israeli Sonic Booms in Gaza WAFA 10/28/2005 GAZA, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed Friday that 59 citizen, including 37 children, went into psychological disturbances or complications of... IOF Prevents Worshippers from Reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque WAFA 10/28/2005 EAST JERUSALEM, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) forcibly prevented Friday hundreds of Palestinian worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied... Mysterious blasts rattle Israelis YNetNews 10/28/2005 Dozens of readers tell Ynet about loud ‘explosions’ heard overnight. Police: Likely sonic booms created by Air Force planes. Army: It wasn’t us -- Late-night... Thousands join Gaza Strip funeral BBC 10/28/2005 Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the northern Gaza Strip for the funerals of eight people killed in Israeli air strikes late on... Israel fires missiles into Gaza Strip AlJazeera 10/29/2005 Israeli missiles have struck a car in northern Gaza killing one Palestinian fighter, witnesses said. The strike on Friday came as part of an... Police use stun grenades to keep Palestinians out of J'lem Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 Police and Border Police officers threw stun grenades at hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the A-Ram checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Friday morning, in... New Israeli-Palestinian Violence Puts Truce in Doubt New York Times 10/29/2005 JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 - Israel launched new airstrikes on Friday evening on northern Gaza, killing a Palestinian militant in his white Subaru and wounding another... Palestinian militant killed in IAF missile strike in Gaza Ha'aretz 10/29/2005 Israel Defense Forces aircraft struck Gaza twice early Saturday, launching 14 missiles at open areas and roads it said were used by Palestinian militants... Settlers attack Jett village east of Qalqilia International Middle East Media Center 10/25/2005 Settlers of Qadumim attacked, on Tuesday morning, the village of Jett, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Settlers lashed the civilian's houses... 16 Residents Arrested In Hebron and Tobass International Press Center 10/25/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, October 25, 2005 (IPC+Agencies) ---Israeli Occupation Forces launched Monday a wide scale of arrest raid in the West Bank provinces in... Israel declares 'war to the bitter end' against Jihad ReliefWeb 10/27/2005 JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (AFP) - Israel declared all-out war on Islamic Jihad on Thursday, launching air strikes on its Gaza Strip stronghold and putting its... Israeli Warplanes Continue Sonic Boom Raids as Three Civilians Arrested in Bethlehem International Press Center 10/26/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 26, 2005 (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli warplanes continued launching fake sonic-boom raids over Gaza Strip for the third consecutive days, while arrest... Settlers Set up Six New Illegal Outposts in the West Bank International Press Center 10/28/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October27,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--Hundreds of settler set up six new settlement outposts on several West Bank hills, Israeli online daily Yeodit Ahranot... Occupation Troops Incur Into Qabatia, Arrest Six Residents International Press Center 10/27/2005 JENIN, Palestine, October27, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Israeli occupation forces invaded toady dawn Qabatia town, of Jenin district from all directions, cordoned off the house... Israeli Provocations undermine Palestinian moderates, promote extremism Palestine Monitor 10/27/2005 Since a ceasefire was declared on February 8 in Sharm el-Sheikh, around 100 Palestinians and 22 Israelis have been tragically killed. The Palestinians killed... IAF kills 7 Palestinians in northern Gaza air strike Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 An Israel Air Force aircraft fired missiles at the Gaza Strip on Thursday night, killing seven Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad militants and at... Suicide bomber rocks Hadera market Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 The suicide bomber struck in the open air market in the coastal city of Hadera a little before 4 P.M. Wednesday afternoon, killing five... Islamic Jihad vows to avenge killing of West Bank leader Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Islamic Jihad yesterday threatened to avenge Monday's killing of senior West Bank leader Luay Sa'adi as tens of thousands of Palestinian mourners buried him... Two Arab dentists charged with working for Hamas Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Two Galilee dentists suspected of cooperation with Hamas were indicted Monday in the Haifa District Court. -- The indictment states that the pair, Nazmi Hsayn... Analysis / Uprooting terror YNetNews 10/27/2005 IDF to fight terror like it did during Arafat era; infantry units prepare for large-scale operation -- Yesterday, after the terror attack in Hadera, we... IDF officials slam lax fence security YNetNews 10/27/2005 Army officials say lax security at West Bank fence crossings could be easily utilized by terrorists -- West Bank security fence crossings have become a... Police arrest second Israeli Arab for the murder of Hadera guard Ha'aretz 10/25/2005 Police arrested on Tuesday afternoon a second Israeli Arab man in connection to the murder of Hadera security guard Kati David. The suspect is... Jenin: Islamic Jihad leader arrested YNetNews 10/27/2005 Border Guard arrest Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Abd al-Hilam Az a-Din. Palestinians claim man is religious, political leader not related to military activities -- In... Fatah splinter group shoots, wounds accused collaborators Ha'aretz 10/25/2005 An armed Palestinian splinter group on Tuesday released two Gaza men it had abducted after accusing them of collaborating with Israel, but not before... Hamas' Zahar: More kidnappings if Israel doesn't release prisoners Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Hamas will increase the number of kidnappings of Israelis if Israel does not release Palestinian prisoners, Gaza Strip Hamas leader, Dr. Mahmoud Zahar, told... Barrier under fire for security failings The Guardian 10/27/2005 Israeli commentators have united in criticising the government for the failure of the security barrier to protect Israel from suicide bombers after three years... 4 settlers indicted over assault of Palestinian vegetable seller Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 Four residents of the West Bank settlement of Kedumim were charged Thursday with assaulting a 13-year-old Palestinian boy and throwing rocks at Palestinian... IDF slams settler 'bullying' as troops evacuate illegal outposts Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz on Thursday condemned the "violence and bullying" of settler youths resisting the evaucation of four illegal... Mofaz: Back to targeted killings YNetNews 10/27/2005 Defense minister decides on series of actions against Islamic Jihad; rejects security establishment's recommendation to launch simultaneous wide-scale activity against terror group -- Defense Minister... Sharon vows to avenge bombing attack AlJazeera 10/27/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has promised an open-ended offensive against Palestinian armed groups after a suicide bomber killed five Israelis in the coastal... 7 killed in Gaza strike YNetNews 10/28/2005 Missile fired at vehicle carrying senior Islamic Jihad terrorist in Jabalya refugee camp; terrorist, Shadi Mohanna, killed in attack along with six others. Al-Aqsa... IDF arrests five near Nablus; infant used to conceal grenade Ha'aretz 10/23/2005 The Israel Defense Forces arrested five wanted men near Nablus yesterday, one of whom had concealed a grenade in his infant son's blanket. In... Israel fires missiles into Gaza AlJazeera 10/25/2005 Israeli army combat helicopters have fired two rocket into Gaza Strip in response to a series of attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters, witnesses and... Israeli artillery, aircraft strike at Qassam crews Ha'aretz 10/25/2005 The Israel Air Force launched a number of air strikes at Gaza Strip targets early Tuesday after Islamic Jihad men there fired a slew... 10 residents, including 2 women, arrested in the W. Bank International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested overnight ten Palestinian residents, including two women, in several West Bank areas. Soldiers claim that the two women are potential suicide... Israeli Forces Arrest Two Women, Close the Ibraheimi Mosque in Hebron International Press Center 10/20/2005 Gaza, October 20, 2005. (IPC) --- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested, at night two women when 20 military vehicles attacked Jenin Camp, carrying out... News briefs from the occupation, Oct. 20-21, 2005 International Middle East Media Center 10/21/2005 a>Four residents arrested south of Jenin / Two residents arrested near Ramallah / Four settlers injured near Jerusalem / Army... Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 17 - 18 October 2005 (PDF) Palestine Media Center 10/19/2005 ALL DISTRICTS: Beginning on 16 October 2005 in the evening, the Israeli army has reimposed a complete closure on the West Bank and Gaza... Settlement Report: Eastern Strip of the West Bank - September 2005 Peace Now 10/20/2005 What is the difference between the Jordan Valley and the “Eastern Strip”? Why is this important? -- The Jordan Valley technically refers to a very... Israeli troops kill Palestinians AlJazeera 10/22/2005 Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinians in a confrontation in the West Bank, sources say. An Israeli military spokesman said forces found... IDF soldiers kill two armed Palestinians near Tul Karm Ha'aretz 10/22/2005 Israel Defense Forces troops shot dead Friday two armed Palestinians near the West Bank town of Tul karm, Israel Radio reported. No IDF soldiers... Military court: Release Hamas leader YNetNews 10/20/2005 Judges says Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef will be released if military prosecution doesn't appeal decision within three days -- Hamas leader Sheikh... IDF kills Palestinian youth near J'lem YNetNews 10/21/2005 Confrontation near Bethlehem: Troops kill 15-year-old Palestinian youth after he threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli vehicle. During funeral, village residents throw... Israel accused of 'road apartheid' in West Bank The Guardian 10/20/2005 Army seals off main route to Palestinian vehicles - Opponents say plan is to carve out new borders -- The Israeli military has blocked Palestinians from... Settlers attack homes, properties in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 An extremist settlers group of the Ma’oun illegal settlement outpost, which is constructed on Palestinian annexed lands, east of Yatta village south of Hebron... IOF Tightens Measures around Jerusalem WAFA 10/19/2005 JERUSALEM, October 19, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) tightened on Wednesday its aggressive military measures against Palestinian citizens in and around Occupied Jerusalem... Jewish extremists pray in al-Aqsa yard UPI 10/19/2005 GAZA, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Jewish extremists entered Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, Wednesday escorted by Israeli police, Palestinian sources said. Al-Aqsa Institution... Army invades Deheishe and Aida refugee camps, arrests one resident International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday morning, Deheishe and Aida refugee camps, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops invaded Deheishe refugee camp and... Soldiers fire at two residents near Ramallah International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday evening that Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at two Palestinians at a highway north-east of... Army invades Jenin International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli Army invaded, on Wednesday, morning the West Bank city of Jenin, local sources reported. Troops took over the roof a building in the... Three children injured in Beit Awwa village International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005 Three children were injured, on Tuesday at night, in the village of Beit Awwa near the West Bank city of Hebron during clashes which... Army invades Kharass village, apprehends three International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli army invaded the village of Kharass near the West Bank city of Hebron and apprehended three residents, local sources reported. Two of the... Clashes erupted in Al Aroob refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005 Clashes erupted, on Tuesday night, in Al Aroob refugee camp in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported. Troops closed the camp... Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Dozens of extremist settlers stormed, on Wednesday, the esplanade of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The guards of the... Soldiers invade Hebron, three children injured International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Soldiers forced the family of Hanani out of their home, and kept them under the rain for several hours, before arresting him, the source... Did teacher assault IDF officer? YNetNews 10/19/2005 Resident of West Bank settlement of Yitzhar detained on suspicion he hurled stones at IDF Personnel Directorate Head Elazar Stern last week -- Police arrested... Grapevine Project in Aboud village Uprooted by Israeli Settlers Palestine Monitor 10/19/2005 Aboud, a picturesque half-Christian half-Muslim village northwest of Ramallah, used to be renowned for it’s high-quality grape production. On Friday, October 7, a new... IDF stops military escort of Palestinian children in Hebron Hills By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 The Israel Defense Force's Central Command has decided to cancel the military escort for Palestinian children on their way to school in the area... Site dedicated to minister's killers YNetNews 10/20/2005 Popular Front activists erect site in honor of minister Rehavam Zeevi killers, currently serving jail time -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... Israel plans W Bank 'apartheid' roads AlJazeera 10/19/2005 Israel is considering a permanent ban on Palestinians using major roads in the occupied West Bank, security sources have said, drawing Palestinian condemnation of... Army invades Aida refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, Aida refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops conducted a wide scale search in... IDF imposes restrictions on Palestinian traffic in W. Bank Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 For the first time in several months, Israel Defense Forces troops began restricting Palestinian traffic yesterday on the road linking Nablus and Hebron with... Three Israeli border policemen injured in Jerusalem International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 The Israeli Radio reported, on Tuesday evening, that three border policemen were injured south of Jerusalem after a Palestinian group hurled a bomb at... Army seals off Hebron for the second day in row, arrests two International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Closure imposed by the Israeli army over the West Bank city of Hebron continued for the second day, local sources reported. Troops closed all... 300 Dunams of Palestinian Olive Trees Burned by Settlers Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005 In Salem village, near Nablus, settlers from the nearby illegal mountaintop settlement of Elon Moreh set fire to 300 dunams (75 acres) of olive... MONTHLY SUMMARY OF ISRAELI VIOLATIONS 01 September 2005 – 30 September 2005 Palestine Media Center 10/15/2005 The following summary table and overview of events is a survey of Israeli violations during the period 01 September 2005 to 30 September 2005... Mofaz: “The army will operate in the Palestinian territories” International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday that the Israeli army will operate inside the Palestinian controlled areas adding that “the Palestinians will... Settlers burn olive trees east of Nablus International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Ja’far Eshtiyya, member of Salem village council, east of Nablus, reported that dozens of settlers of Alone Moreh settlement burnt olive orchards in 180... Hamas: “We aren’t responsible for the Jabalia explosion” International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Hamas officials denied on Tuesday that Hamas had admitted responsibility for what was described as “mysterious explosion” in Jabalia Refugee Camp one month ago... Gaza gunmen abduct two men accused of collaborating with Israel Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip seized two men they accused of collaborating with Israel on Tuesday in another sign of lawlessness in the... Four residents, including an infant, injured in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 Four Palestinian residents, including an infant, were injured in the West Bank city of Hebron, during separate attacks carried out by settlers and soldiers... 1000 Dunams annexed to a West Bank settlement International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 A Palestinian organization which monitors settlement activities reported on Monday that the Israeli Authorities annexed 1000 Dunams of Palestinian orchards to Rotem settlement in... Three arrested in Betunia International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday evening three residents in Betunia town, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that soldiers broke... Five arrested south of Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/16/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested, on Sunday at dawn, five Palestinian residents in Al Thaheriyya village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local... Twenty Palestinians arrested for “illegal entry” into Israel International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005 The Israeli police arrested, on Saturday afternoon, twenty Palestinian workers after stopping a GNC van close to Eyal junction, near Al Teera in Al... Army invades the city of Qalqilia International Middle East Media Center 10/16/2005 The Israeli army, invaded late on Saturday at night, the West Bank city of Qalqilia, local sources reported. Soldiers conducted military searches of homes... Army invades Qaffeen village, arrests four International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 The Israeli army invaded, on Monday morning, the village of Qaffeen, north the west Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested four residents. Soldiers conducted... Army invades three villages in Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 Israeli army invaded the villages of Qarawa Bani Zeid, Deir Istia and Marda near the West Bank city of Salit on Monday. Five residents... IOF Arrests 7 Citizens in WB WAFA 10/16/2005 HEBRON, October 16, 2005 (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday five citizens in the West Bank (WB) town of al-Dhahiria south of... IOF Officially Strangulates Palestinian Cities WAFA 10/17/2005 RAMALLAH, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) strengthened its stranglehold against the Palestinian citizens in the occupied East Jerusalem and the West... Armed Colonizers Share Oppressing Palestinian Civilians WAFA 10/17/2005 HEBRON, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)-Israeli armed colonizers set fire to Palestinian property and terrified citizens in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron... Unexploded Qassam rocket found at Sharon's Negev ranch Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 Shin Bet security service guards found an unexploded Palestinian Qassam rocket Saturday on the property of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Negev ranch in the... Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 14 - 15 October 2005 (PDF) Palestine Media Center 10/16/2005 JENIN: Checkpoint: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at Tayasir checkpoint east of the town of Tubas and to impede civilian access... Undercover troops kill top Islamic Jihad leader in clash near Jenin Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 Undercover Border Police troops killed a top Islamic Jihad leader while attempting to arrest him near Jenin in the West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian... Police probe two suspects in attack on senior IDF officer at Western Wall Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Police on Sunday began investigating two suspects in last Friday evening's attack on Israel Defense Forces Personnel Directorate chief Major General Elazar Stern by... High Court permits building of separation barrier north of Jerusalem Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 The High Court of Justice on Sunday accepted a state petition to cancel a temporary injunction preventing the building of the separation barrier through... Fatah units rush to take credit for shootings Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 A number of factions inside the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades last night took responsibility for the two shooting attacks in which three Israelis were... Three killed in W. Bank drive-by shootings Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Three Israeli civilians were killed and another three Israelis were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank yesterday, while a fourth Israeli... Palestinians hurl pipe bomb at Border Police near J'lem fence Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 Palestinians hurled a pipe bomb at Border Policemen patrolling near the separation fence in southern Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported before dawn on Tuesday. According... Wailing Wall mob stones general who oversaw expulsions The Guardian 10/17/2005 Fury at insistence soldiers must evict Gaza settlers - Police step in; Sharon denounces act of violence -- Scores of worshippers at Judaism's holiest site stoned... PA: Hamas admits responsibility for march blast YNetNews 10/17/2005 Tensions between the PA and Hamas continue amid claims that Hamas has compensated families of those affected by the parade Qassam blasts killing 21... Israel clamps down after West Bank attacks The Guardian 10/17/2005 The Israeli government suspended contacts with the Palestinian Authority and imposed travel restrictions on the West Bank today after gunmen killed three people in... Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly The Guardian 10/18/2005 Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza -- At the northern edge of Jerusalem, on the main... Israel re-imposes W Bank travel ban AlJazeera 10/17/2005 Israeli occupation forces have sealed off Palestinian towns in the West Bank and banned private vehicles from intercity roads with a decision to officially... Settlers attack a Pal. Family near Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that settlers of the illegal “Al Qana” settlement outpost, west of the West Bank city of Salfit, attacked... Four arrested at a military roadblock near Jenin International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday evening, four residents at a military roadblock south of the West Bank city of Jenin. A local source in... Al Aqsa Brigades denies military allegation of dispatching a 14-year-old bomber International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, denied the Israeli security service allegations that the Brigades have dispatched a 14... Army invades Ramallah International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Israeli army invaded, on Friday morning, the west bank city of Ramallah. Troops invaded Al Ersal area in the city and fired rubber-coated bullets... Soldiers bulldoze small hill, grazing land, near Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 A local source in the West Bank city of Tubas reported, that Israeli military bulldozers bulldozed a small hill and grazing land near the... IOF Arrests 4 Citizens in WB WAFA 10/14/2005 TUBAS, October 14, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Friday three citizens in Tubas and another in Jenin, witnesses said. Witnesses from Tubas... 3 residents injured, 4 internationals arrested in Bil’in International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005 Three Palestinian residents were injured and four international peace activists were arrested in Bil’in village, near Ramallah, during the weekly protest against the Separation... Undercover troops "help quell protest" YNetNews 10/14/2005 Left-wing activists claim Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs served as provocateurs during anti-security fence demonstration -- Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs threw stones at IDF... Worshippers at Western Wall attack IDF General Ha'aretz 10/15/2005 Dozens of Jewish worshippers attacked head of the Israel Defense Forces Manpower Branch Major General Elazar Stern at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem... Israeli police to level a home in Jerusalem International Middle East Media Center 10/13/2005 Israeli Border Guard Policemen handed a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem a military order informing him that Jerusalem municipality intends to level his home located... PNIC: Five Killed and 11 Wounded by 35th Week of Ceasefire International Press Center 10/13/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 13, 2005 (IPC) - - A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians and... IOF Razes Lands in Tubas, Closes Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron WAFA 10/13/2005 TUBAS, October 13, 2005 (WAFA)- Local sources in Tubas town, north of the West Bank, asserted on Thursday that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) razed... More Palestinians killed in internal strife this year Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 For the first time since the start of the intifada, more Palestinians have been killed in internal violence since the start of the year... Plans to Build a new Israeli settlement near Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 Dr. Jad Isaac, head of the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem said on Wednesday that Israel is planning to build a new Jewish settlement... Soldiers invade Huwwara, impose curfew International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, Huwwara village south of the West Bank city of Nablus and imposed curfew barring the residents from... Army invades Yasouf village, east of Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Yasouf village, east of the West Bank city of Salfit. A local source in the village reported... Four residents arrested in Jenin International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Four residents were arrested on Tuesday at dawn in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the WAFA news Agency reported. The agency stated... Five residents arrested in Tulkarem area International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, five residents in Tulkarem, Tulkarem refugee camp, and Dir Al Ghsoun village. The WAFA news agency reported... Two youths arrested near Jenin International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn, Kafer Ra’ey village, south west of Jenin and arrested two youths. A local source in the village... Army invades Nablus, two arrested International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 The Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday morning, the West Bank city of Nablus and Askar refugee camp, to the east of the city, local... 20 residents arrested in the West Bank International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 An Israeli source reported on Tuesday that thearmy arrested 20 Palestinians during its arrests campaign in the West Bank. The residents are allegedly members... IOF Turns Home into Military Post WAFA 10/11/2005 HEBRON, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke on Tuesday into a house in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron, sources... Army invades Kafer Qaddoum village International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 The Israeli army invaded the village of Kafer Qaddoum, east of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, late on Monday at night. Soldiers broke... IOF Arrests 13 Citizens in WB WAFA 10/11/2005 TULKAREM, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) mounted on Tuesday its military aggression against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian territories... “Palestinian girl attempts to stab a soldier in Hebron” International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday morning that a 17-year-old Palestinian girl attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, north of the West... IOF arrests 24 Residents International Press Center 10/12/2005 WEST BANK, Palestine, October 12, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested today and late night 24 residents in Bethlehem, Tamoun, Hebron... IOF Arrests 8 Citizens in WB WAFA 10/12/2005 HEBRON, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) escalated on Wednesday its military aggression against citizens in different areas and cities of the... Two arrested in Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested two residents of Bethlehem after invading it overnight. An Israeli military source reported that the two are members of the Tanzim... Soldiers invade Al Azza refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 10/12/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Al Azza refugee camp north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and arrested one resident. A local... Senior Hamas fugitive nabbed YNetNews 10/12/2005 Ibrahim Ranimat has been on Israel's wanted list for the last ten years for his involvement in a series of terrorist attacks, including Apropos... J'lem stabbing - to 'avenge pig in mosque' YNetNews 10/11/2005 Yeshiva student Shmuel Mett stabbed to death in Jerusalem in August. On Saturday police detain Hebron citizen who admits: 'I murdered him in revenge... Trucks held up at Gaza border terminal YNetNews 10/12/2005 Northern Gaza Strip crossing used for transport of goods finally opens Wednesday following three hour delay -- Gaza's Karni border terminal, used for the transportation... Hostage journalists in Gaza freed AlJazeera 10/13/2005 Palestinian armed men have released a US and British journalist unharmed, hours after kidnapping them in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said... Shin Bet reveals arrest of female bombmaker The Guardian 10/12/2005 Hamas's first female bombmaker is a 22-year-old university graduate recruited in Gaza and sent to the West Bank to teach others to assemble... Settlers grab lands near Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005 Settlers of Nave Daniel settlement, which was constructed on Palestinian confiscated lands which belong to residents of Al Khaader village near Bethlehem, grabbed farmlands... Settlers’ sewerage destroys farmlands near Qalqilia International Middle East Media Center 10/8/2005 Sewerage waste became a nightmare threatening the farmlands of the Palestinian residents north of the West Bank city of Qalqilia. Farmers in this area... Soldiers arrest shepherds east of Tubas International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Sunday at noon, several shepherds in Wadi Al Malih area, east of the West Bank city of Tubas.Aref Dharaghma, head... Child injured, arrested in Surif village, near Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005 Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian child, on Saturday at night, in Surif village, northwest of Hebron. A local source in Hebron reported... Army invades village near Nablus International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at night, Beta village, north of the West Bank city of Nablus and fired rounds of live ammunition and... I00 Palestinian Houses Destroyed in Jerusalem in 2005 WAFA 10/9/2005 JERUSALEM, October 9, 2005, (WAFA)- At least 100 Palestinian houses were demolished by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the occupied East Jerusalem during the... Soldiers attack 30 residents near Nablus International Middle East Media Center 10/10/2005 Israeli soldiers attacked 30 residents of Sorra village, south west of Nablus while they were heading towards the nearby village of Tal. Radwan Abdullah... Tel Aviv Court indicts three Arab residents of planning attacks International Middle East Media Center 10/9/2005 An Israeli source reported that the Tel Aviv District Court indicted on Sunday three Arab residents of Israel of planning to place explosives on... Israeli Soldiers Arrest 5 Citizens, Storm Ibrahimi Mosque WAFA 10/10/2005 HEBRON, October 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Sunday the Holy Ibrahimi Mosque and arrested five citizens in the West Bank (WB... Sources: IDF kills 3 Palestinians crawling along Gaza border Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead three Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza frontier on Monday, Palestinian medics and military sources said, while internal violence in... IOF Murders a Member of Fateh's Military Wing in Nablus International Press Center 10/9/2005 NABLUS, Palestine, October 9, 2005 (IPC) --The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) lynched today morning a member of Al Aqsa martyr brigade, the military wing... Israeli gunfire wounds Negev man along Egyptian border Ha'aretz 10/11/2005 The gunfire that wounded an Israeli man Monday night at the Sinai border came from Israel's security forces, and not from Egyptian border police... Shin Bet nabs 117 Hamas members in West Bank Ha'aretz 10/11/2005 The Shin Bet security service has recently uncovered three Hamas networks in the West Bank that are suspected of responsibility for a series of... Twenty youths detained near Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 Israeli soldiers detained twenty youth in Marda village near the West Bank city of Salfit after invading it on Friday morning.Soldiers claims that the... Resident arrested in Hebron, another injured International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 Israeli soldiers attacked and severely clubbed a Palestinian resident in old city of Hebron, and arrested another resident. The WAFA news agency reported that... Intifada toll Sept 2000 - Sept 2005 BBC 9/30/2005 The five years of the Palestinian intifada have cost more than 4,000 lives. Btselem, an Israeli human rights group, has been tracking casualty figures... Unknown group claims Hamas kidnap BBC 10/7/2005 A previously unknown Palestinian group has said it was behind the abduction of three senior members of the militant group Hamas in the West... Gaza: Alert level increased following anarchy YNetNews 10/7/2005 As internal clashes continue, Abbas promised his police chiefs that the PA would provide whatever assisstance they needed in their struggle against Hamas -- The... Palestinians release abducted Hamas militants unharmed Ha'aretz 10/8/2005 Three Hamas members who were abducted by Palestinians were released Friday night unharmed in Bethlehem. One of the Hamas members said that his captors... Wave of kidnappings in PA YNetNews 10/7/2005 3 Hamas members kidnapped in West Bank following abduction of PA security man on Thursday. One person released early Friday. -- A wave of kidnappings... Yesha Council admits mistakes YNetNews 10/7/2005 Settler group to distribute letter on eve of Yom Kippur to West Bank residents, will discuss 'mistakes' made during Gaza disengagement. Leaders say hugs... New group claims Hamas kidnapping AlJazeera 10/7/2005 A hitherto unknown group has claimed to have kidnapped three top Hamas figures in the West Bank. Riad Ras, Hassan Safi and Bassem Obeido... Mines found on Sea of Galilee shore YNetNews 10/7/2005 Three police officer find mines on shore of Sea of Galilee; police estimate the mines were placed prior to the Six Day War when... Army installs a checkpoint east of Qalqila International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of... Two settlers indicted of Abducting two Arab youth from the Negev International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 The Israeli Central Court, in Jerusalem, indicted two settlers from Keryat Araba’ settlement, in the West Bank city of Hebron, of abducting and abducting... 7 Israeli right-wingers detained in Jericho International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 Palestinian police in Jericho detained seven Israeli right-wingers after entering a synagogue in the West Bank city without coordinating their entry with the Israeli... Army invades Tubas International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 Israeli army invaded the West Bank town of Tubas, on Wednesday at night. Troops invaded the town, installed one checkpoint on the main road... Fatah gunmen shoot, seriously wound senior Palestinian official Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a senior Palestinian miltary intelligence official before dawn Thursday in the Gaza Strip. The gunmen, who appear to be... State prosecution to reexamine death of 'first Druze terrorist' Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 The State Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday it will reexamine the death of a Druze man who was fatally shot by Israel Defense Forces troops... Norwegian woman says was Mossad counteragent in '80s Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 Norwegian media reported yesterday on a woman they described as a "Mossad agent" who they said provided information to Israel about "central activists" in... Clashes erupt between school students and soldier in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 Clashes erupted on Thursday morning between dozens of school students and the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources reported... Disgruntled troops abandon guard duty YNetNews 10/6/2005 Soldiers abandon surveillance towers, leave home on New Year’s Eve in protest of dire service conditions; IDF appoints officer to investigate event -- It doesn’t... Sharp rise in no. of Palestinians killed in internal disputes Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 The number of Palestinians slain in vigilante killings and other internal violence has nearly quadrupled in four years, from 43 in 2002 to 151... P.A intelligence head in Gaza released after gunmen abducted him International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 A Palestinian security source reported on Thursday at night that gunmen released Sami Ajouz, head of the Palestinian Intelligence in Gaza, shortly after abducting... Israeli Forces Storm Towns in West Bank, Bulldoze Lands in Gaza International Press Center 10/6/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 6, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces stormed and arrested several civilians in a number of West Bank cities and towns... Hamas leader abducted in West Bank AlJazeera 10/7/2005 A local leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has been kidnapped by a group of armed men from his home in northern West... Hamas 'to blame' for Gaza unrest BBC 10/6/2005 Palestinian militant groups have issued a statement blaming the Islamic resistance movement Hamas for a recent wave of violence in the Gaza Strip. The... Army installs a checkpoint east of Qalqila International Middle East Media Center 10/5/2005 Israeli army installed, on Wednesday morning, a military checkpoint at the eastern instance of the West Bank city of Qalqila. Troops stopped dozens of... Army invades Kafer AL Diek village International Middle East Media Center 10/5/2005 Israeli army invaded, on Tuesday at night, the village of Kafer AL Diek near the West Bank city of Salfit. Troops broke into dozens... Israeli Bulldozers Raze Arable Land South of Gaza Strip WAFA 10/5/2005 ABASSAN (GAZA STRIP), October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers have razed Wednesday, for the second day running, vast areas of arable land in the... IOF Wounds Citizen, Arrests Child in Nablus WAFA 10/5/2005 NABLUS, October 5, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Wednesday a citizen and arrested a child at Fourik checkpoint in the West... IOF to Seize more Palestinian Land in WB WAFA 10/5/2005 HEBRON, October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), sent on Wednesday "notifications" to citizens in two Hebron villages, informing them that the IOF... Palestinian, 18, tries to stab woman IDF soldier at checkpoint Ha'aretz 10/5/2005 A knife-wielding 18-year-old Palestinian tried to stab a woman IDF soldier at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Nablus Wednesday, and... Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 3 - 4 October 2005 (PDF) Palestine Media Center 10/5/2005 JERUSALEM:Closure: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and has set... 40 residents arrested in the west Bank on Monday at dawn International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli army invaded the, on Monday at dawn, theWest Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem, Qalqila and Bethlehem, and arrested 40 residents. Army claims... Child injured in Tammoun, one resident arrested International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 One child was injured in Tammoun village, near the West Bank city of Jenin, during a military invasion to the village on Monday morning... Two arrested from Ateel village International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli troops invaded the village of Ateel north of the west Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning, and arrested two residents. Soldiers conducted... Army invades Saida village, arrests two International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli army invaded on Monday morning he village of Said, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two residents. Troops searched dozens... Three residents arrested in Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday at down and arrested three residents. Soldiers arrested Mallek Salhab, 27, Ghassan Al... Attorney General: Investigation Results of Jabalya Explosion Indicate Internal Error International Press Center 10/4/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 3, 2005 (IPC) - - The Attorney General of Gaza, Ahmad Al Mughanni, declared that the final investigations into the Jabalya explosion, which... On the Eve of Ramadan, Israel Turns Jerusalem into Military Barracks International Press Center 10/4/2005 GAZA, October 4, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation authorities deployed hundreds of soldiers and police officers throughout the holy city of Jerusalem, coinciding with... Detainee sentenced to one life-term and additional ten years International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 An Israeli military court sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, to one life-term and additional ten years... Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land South of Gaza WAFA 10/4/2005 ABASSAN (GAZA STRIP), October 4, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli bulldozers razed Tuesday vast areas of arable land in the southern Gaza Strip town of Abassan... Israeli Soldiers Throw Citizens' Property at Checkpoint in Tubas WAFA 10/4/2005 TUBAS, October 4, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) tossed citizens'' stuff away at the Tayasseer checkpoint in Tubas under the pretext of search... Army claims uncovering weapons near Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli soldiers claimed uncovering weapons and explosives in an area south of the West Bank city of Hebron. According to an Israeli military source... Soldiers invade Tubas International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded over night the West Bank city of Tubas and fired rounds of live ammunition, and gas bombs. A local source in... Seven residents arrested near Ramallah International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday evening seven Palestinian residents after invading several villages near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The WAFA news agency... Resident arrested east of Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday at dawn, a resident in Al Shawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A local source... Israeli troops kill Palestinian woman AlJazeera 10/4/2005 A Palestinian woman has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank after she slashed a female... Resistance fires at Huwwara checkpoint International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh claimed responsibility of firing at Huwwara checkpoint, near Nablus, on Monday at night. The brigades... Knife attacker killed in W Bank BBC 10/4/2005 A Palestinian woman has been shot dead by Israeli troops at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank after she stabbed a female... Hamas: PA kidnapped 2 members YNetNews 10/4/2005 Terror group claims two of its members kidnapped in Shati refugee camp in Gaza by hooded gunmen in PA police uniforms; Hamas: PA positioned... Al-Aqsa Brigades claim West Bank stabbing of female soldier Ha'aretz 10/4/2005 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility Tuesday evening for the stabbing of a female Israel Defense Forces soldier in the face by a Palestinian... Three killed in Gaza, dozens injured in P.A, Hamas clashes International Middle East Media Center 10/2/2005 Three Palestinian were killed on Sunday at night, during a gun battle which inflamed between Hamas fighters and members of the Palestinian security in... 23 residents arrested in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn, 23 residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the surrounding villages of Yatta, Al Shiokh... Child Seriously Wounded, 7 Citizens Arrested by IOF in WB WAFA 10/3/2005 TUBAS, October 3, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Monday a Palestinian child in the West Bank (WB) city of Tubas, sources... Total Closure on OPT WAFA 10/3/2005 GAZA, October 3, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed on Monday a total and full closure on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as... Settlers install tents, attack a child in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 A local source in Hebron reported on Monday that settlers attacked a nine-year-old child in the West Bank city of Hebron, and installed tents... Halutz: “Hamas, Jihad will not voluntarily disarm” International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, said on Monday evening that the clashes between the Palestinian Authority (P.A) security devices and Hamas gunmen in... Gaza: Bullets, blame exchanged / Video: Gazan civil war? YNetNews 10/3/2005 Palestinian Authority forces collect weapons held by terror organizations, met with armed opposition; firefights develop across the Strip as the PA says it intends... Palestinian police storm parliament AlJazeera 10/3/2005 Dozens of Palestinian policemen have stormed into the parliament building in Gaza to protest against the killing one of of their colleagues in clashes... Palestinian police clash with Hamas AlJazeera 10/2/2005 A Palestinian policeman and two civilians have been killed during clashes between security forces and Hamas members in Gaza City. More than 40 people... PA police break into parliament, firing into air Ha'aretz 10/4/2005 About 40 Palestinian policemen broke into the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza City on Monday, firing in the air to protest what they said... Army arrests 12 residents in the West Bank International Middle East Media Center 9/29/2005 Israeli army sources reported on Thursday morning thatsoldiers arrested 12 palestinian residents from different areas in the West Bank. Five from the arrestees are... Child shot and killed in Askar refugee camp International Middle East Media Center 9/30/2005 A local source in Nablus reported that one Palestinian child was shot and killed in Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city... Tirawi: “The brigades will retaliate, in Israel and the West Bank” International Middle East Media Center 9/30/2005 Jamal Tirawi, one of the leaders of Al Aqsa Brigades in Nablus area, told the IMEMC that the brigades will retaliate to the assassination... IDF kills 2 Palestinians in Nablus YNetNews 9/30/2005 Two gunmen killed during shootout with IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank town of Nablus. Palestinians say two al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members shot... Sowing fear in Gaza YNetNews 9/30/2005 Air Force ensures that as long as rocket attacks persist, Gaza residents won't be sleeping at night -- The name of the game is fear... Palestinians: At least two Al-Aqsa Brigades men killed in IDF raid Ha'aretz 9/30/2005 Israel Defense Soldiers raided a West Bank refugee camp in Nablus early Friday, sparking a shootout that killed at least two Palestinian militants, according...

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Situation in oPt a Challenge for International Community's Enforcement of Human Rights Principles, UN Expert Says International Press Center 10/31/2005 GAZA, October 31, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - A United Nations expert stated that the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) has become... U.S. Justice Dept. Internet site: Pollard's life term to end in 2015 Ha'aretz 11/1/2005 Jonathan Pollard, an American serving a life sentence for spying on behalf of Israel, is expected to be released from prison in 2015, according... MOFA Meets South Korean President in Seoul WAFA 10/31/2005 SEOUL, October 31, 2005, (WAFA)- Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Nasser al-Kidwa met on Monday with the south Korean President, Roh Moo-hyun, in the... Palestinians, Egypt agree to temporarily open Rafah Crossing ReliefWeb 10/30/2005 GAZA, Oct 30, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - The Palestinian National Authority ( PNA) and Egypt agreed on Sunday to temporarily open the Rafah Crossing on... Senior Palestinian official urges Israel to end offensives ReliefWeb 10/30/2005 RAMALLAH, Oct 30, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat called upon Israel on Sunday to stop its ongoing military offensives in... Middle East Quartet condemns suicide bombing in Israel, calls on Syria to act ReliefWeb 10/28/2005 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the other principles of the Diplomatic Quartet today consulted on the latest violence in the Middle East, condemning... Gaza may turn into prison camp - Palestinian leader ReliefWeb 10/31/2005 SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a prison camp if there... Palestinian factions fail to define declared truce with Israel ReliefWeb 10/31/2005 GAZA, Oct 31, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Leaders of Palestinian factions and militant groups failed to agree on reinforcing a declared calm deal with... Israel slams Annan's plan to go ahead with Iran visit Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 Israel on Sunday slammed plans by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to visit Iran, saying that the trip could grant legitimacy to Iranian President Mahmoud... Jordan bans controversial TV series considered anti-Semitic Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Jordan has banned broadcast of a controversial miniseries criticized as anti-Semitic, winning praise Sunday from Israel and a Washington-based media watchdog. Twenty-two episodes of... Iran 'not planning Israel attack' BBC 10/29/2005 Iran says it has no intention to attack Israel despite a call by its president to have it "wiped off the map". Iran's foreign... Swiss: We'll help Israel join Red Cross YNetNews 10/31/2005 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom meets with Swiss counterpart; says a diplomatic conference is scheduled to decide whether to include Magen David Adom into Red... Sharon demands Palestinian action against 'terror,' blasts Syria and Iran Daily Star 11/1/2005 GCC urges international community to halt Israel's 'ongoing aggression' -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon demanded Palestinian action against "terror," singled out Syria and Iran as... Israel Undermines Emerging Truce Deal with Palestinians Palestine Media Center 10/31/2005 IOF Assassinates 3 Activists, Annan Slams Extra-judicial Killings -- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) undermined an emerging truce agreement, reached following intensive contacts between Israel, the... Israel fumes over Egypt's talks with Hamas, Jihad Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 Jerusalem is furious that Egypt has invited Islamic Jihad and Hamas to hold talks with Cairo, thereby essentially granting them equal status with the... Minister says Israel to reopen embassy in New Zealand Ha'aretz 10/29/2005 Israel will reopen its embassy in New Zealand this year, marking an improvement in strained relations between the two countries since a spy scandal... Shalom: Israel status to push Iran referral to Security Council Ha'aretz 10/29/2005 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Friday during a Paris visit that Israel will use its increased international approval to refer discussion of Iran's nuclear... Tehran defiant over Israel slur The Guardian 10/28/2005 The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, refused today to retract his call for Israel to be wiped off the map, while the Iranian embassy in... Mofaz: “There is no Palestinian peace partner” International Middle East Media Center 10/29/2005 Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Friday that Israeli does not consider the Palestinians as its peace partners. His statements came during his... Israel's land confiscations, home demolitions, exploitation of natural resources main causes of crisis in occupied Arab territories, Second Committee told ReliefWeb/United Nations General Assembly 10/27/2005 Sixtieth General Assembly, Second Committee -- ...Israel’s continued confiscation of lands, destruction of homes, and exploitation of natural resources had remained the leading causes of... Palestine Permanent Observer to UN: Israeli Military Campaigns Lead only to More Bloodshed WAFA 10/28/2005 NEW YORK, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador, Riyad Mansour, said that the Israeli military campaigns... Quartet calls on Syria to expel Islamic Jihad from its territory Ha'aretz 10/29/2005 WASHINGTON - Taking a strong stand against Palestinian extremists, the United States joined Friday with the United Nations, Russia and the European Union in demanding... UN raps Iran's anti-Israel rant BBC 10/28/2005 The UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his call for Israel to be "wiped off the map... Palestinian factions slam accusing a Palestinian group in Harriri's assassination International Middle East Media Center 10/27/2005 The Palestinian factions slammed the section in the report of the UN investigator Detlev Mehlis, which accuses a Palestinian group of being involved in... Quartet envoy James Wolfensohn: Israel asked World Bank to stop study of Gaza-West Bank link By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 Israel has asked the World Bank and the U.S. government's development agency, USAID, to stop a study aimed at determining the best method of... U.S. pressures Israel on border crossing Daily Star 10/26/2005 Jewish state launches missile strikes in Gaza, wounding five civilians -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped up the pressure on Israel to resolve the... Peres said set to quiz Russian FM on new Iranian satellite Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 Vice Premier Shimon Peres was to use a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday to seek information on a new... Analysis: PA says Israeli provocation is worsening security By Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Palestinian officials spoke Tuesday with bitterness about the deterioration of the security situation, which they view as the result of futile Israel provocations. Palestinian... Russia-Syria arms deals worry Israel Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Israel has expressed concern over Russia's intention to sign new arms deals with Syria, following the already completed deal to provide Syria with anti-aircraft... AIPAC lobbyists summon Israeli diplomats to give testimony Ha'aretz 10/25/2005 Two lobbyists implicated in the AIPAC affair submitted a request Monday in which they asked Israeli diplomats in Washington to testify in their hearings... Israel praises 'strategic partner' Jordan in marking peace deal signing Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 On the 11th anniversary of Israel's peace treaty with Jordan, Israel hailed its Arab neighbor Tuesday as its "strategic partner" in Mideast peacemaking. But... Rice to Abbas: Control terrorist groups YNetNews 10/28/2005 U.S. secretary of state appeals to PA chairman in telephone conversation to prevent terror attacks on Israel, dismantle terrorist groups; Rice also appeals to... Japan to finance renovation of PA's Muqata headquarters in Ramallah Ha'aretz 10/25/2005 The Ramallah headquarters of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, known as the Muqata, is to be renovated under the terms of an agreement signed... Israel accepts Egyptian proposal to reopen Rafah border terminal Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 In a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday accepted the Egyptian proposal to reopen the Gaza-Egypt... New confidence crisis with U.S. YNetNews 10/28/2005 U.S. halts supply of electro-optical equipment to IDF after Israel did not report loss of hundreds of night vision devices defined as 'strategic weapons... Iran's anti-Israel remarks: Arabs mum AlJazeera 10/27/2005 Arab governments have maintained silence over the call by Iran's new president for Israel to be wiped off the map. Newspapers across the Middle... PM nixes talks with Abbas until PA acts against terror Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ruled out talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) until he takes "serious action" against armed groups... Israeli ambassador to UN asks world body to expel Iran Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, on Thursday asked the rotating president of the UN Security Council to expel Iran from the... Iran condemned over anti-Israel call AlJazeera 10/27/2005 A call by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Israel to be wiped off the map has sparked widespread condemnation, with Israel urging Iran's... Israel urges UN to exclude Iran BBC 10/27/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on the United Nations to expel Iran after its president called for the Jewish state to be... Israel drops Hamas vote ban call BBC 10/24/2005 Israel has pulled back from a policy opposing the participation of Hamas in January's Palestinian elections. Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said it was... Abbas insists Bush committed to peace AlJazeera 10/24/2005 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says US President George Bush did not mean to slip away from his commitment to Middle East peacemaking when he... Israel still in control of Gaza, says envoy The Guardian 10/25/2005 The international Middle East envoy, James Wolfensohn, has accused Israel of behaving as if it has not withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, by blocking... Egyptian FM to discuss Mideast peace process with Austrian counterpart Ha'aretz 10/21/2005 VIENNA, Austria - Egypt's foreign minister was wrapping up a two-day visit to Austria on Friday by meeting with his Austrian counterpart to discuss bilateral... U.S. scolds Abbas for Shaath's remarks YNetNews 10/21/2005 During U.S. summit, PA chairman Abbas reproached by officials for Palestinian minister's comments on Bush during T.V. interview. Abbas fails to secure American support... Under-Secretary-General, in briefing to Security Council, stresses need for energetic coordination to translate Gaza disengagement into peace ReliefWeb/United Nations Security Council 10/20/2005 He Says Upsurge in Violence Has Undermined Positive Political Developments; Postponement of Sharon-Abbas Talks Disappointing -- Energetic coordination, cooperation and engagement by Israelis, Palestinians and... US urges Israel, Palestine to increase contacts ReliefWeb 10/20/2005 WASHINGTON, Oct 20, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The United States encourages Israel and Palestine to increase contacts and try to resolve difficult issues to... Jordan's King meets EU official, calling for more aid to Palestine ReliefWeb 10/20/2005 AMMAN, Oct 20, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II met a senior EU official on Thursday, calling for more aid to assist... U.S. pays for two Gaza roads with conditional cash grant Ha'aretz 10/22/2005 Two road segments have been approved in Gaza as the first projects under a special $50 million cash grant to the Palestinian Authority under... Israel Forcing Its Agenda on Abbas-Bush Summit Palestine Media Center 10/20/2005 Erakat: Israeli Road Plan Has Ominous Echoes of South Africa’s Apartheid -- Presidents Mahmoud Abbas and George W. Bush are scheduled to hold a joint... Erakat: Israeli Road Plan Echoes South Africa's Apartheid Palestine Chronicle 10/21/2005 Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa said Israel is trying to 'sabotage' Abbas' visit to Washington.." -- RAMALLAH, West Bank - Presidents Mahmoud Abbas and George W... Ex-officials Push Engagement With Hamas, Hezbollah Forward 10/21/2005 Americans, British Meet With Islamists -- Bucking American and Israeli policy, a group of former senior American and British officials steeped in Middle East affairs... Abbas: Statehood possible before 2009 AlJazeera 10/22/2005 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said that an independent Palestinian state can be ready by the end of US President George Bush's term in... Bush urges Palestinians to reject terror Daily Star 10/21/2005 U.S. president tells Abbas independent state may take years -- U.S. President George W. Bush pressured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to crack down... Trusted Abbas courts US BBC 10/20/2005 It is easy to be cynical about Middle East press conferences. After all most of the things that come out of them have been... TV: Israel calls off warplanes deal YNetNews 10/20/2005 Channel 1 TV reports lucrative deal to upgrade Venezuelan warplanes called off due to U.S. reservations; Bush Administration considers regime of Venezuelan President Hugo... Analysis: Palestinian leaders pleased with Bush-Abbas talks By Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz 10/21/2005 The Palestinian leadership was pleased with the results of Thursday's meeting between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President George W. Bush. The... Bush: No Middle East peace timetable AlJazeera 10/21/2005 President George W Bush has rejected calls for setting a timetable for Middle East peace, saying he was not sure that elusive goal could... U.S. won't oppose Hamas participation in the PA poll Ha'aretz 10/21/2005 WASHINGTON - The United States will not actively oppose Hamas' participation in the Palestinian Authority parliamentary elections, Palestinian officials said following U.S. President George Bush's... PLC: Grave Consequences of Israel's Collective Punishment Policies WAFA 10/19/2005 RAMALLAH, October 19, 2005 (WAFA)- The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) warned on Wednesday of the grave consequences of the collective punishment Israel is practicing... Rice: “Settlement construction between J’lem and Maali Adumim contradicts the US policy” International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday that it made it clear for Israel that settlement construction between Jerusalem and Maali Adumim... Analysis / W. Bank roadblocks come and go By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 10/20/2005 The restrictions on Palestinian traffic in the West Bank, which were removed during the disengagement talks, were reinstated once the pullout was carried out... Southern cities fear Palestinian train YNetNews 10/19/2005 In a meeting held over the weekend, Vice Premier Shimon Peres presented the Palestinian negotiating team with a train plan to Gaza; Kiryat Gat... Shalom opposes Hamas participation in elections Middle East Online 10/19/2005 Israeli FM says it would be madness to let Hamas run in Palestinian legislative polls. -- JERUSALEM - Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom stressed Israel's opposition Wednesday... Officials: Israeli, Palestinian W. Bank traffic not separated Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Officials in Jerusalem have clarified on Wednesday that Israel has no new plans to separate Israel and Palestinian traffic on the roads of the... U.S. to Abbas: Commit factions to non-violence Ha'aretz 10/20/2005 The Bush administration is asking Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to require candidates in next January's election to renounce violence as a means of... Abbas meets Spanish leader AlJazeera 10/19/2005 Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss new tensions between Israel and the Palestinians and other... Abbas, Bush to discuss Hamas, rule of law Ha'aretz 10/20/2005 WASHINGTON - Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House on Thursday to discuss... Egypt, Russia to discuss Middle East AlJazeera 10/19/2005 Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has said he will discuss the feasibility of an international conference on the Middle East with his Russian... Jordan and Israel cooperate on bird flu Daily Star 10/20/2005 Two states to draw up joint plan to fight possible outbreak -- Top veterinary officials from Israel and Jordan are to meet Thursday to draw... Israeli officer slated for permanent posting at NATO's southern headquarters Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 The cooperation between Israel and NATO is expected to be upgraded in a few months, when an IDF officer may be posted permanently at... UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Assumes Responsibilities WAFA 10/18/2005 GAZA, October 18, 2005, (WAFA)- Deputy Commissioner-General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Filippo Grandi, assumed his post... Palestinian official urges Israel to reopen Rafah crossing while resuming talks ReliefWeb 10/18/2005 RAMALLAH, Oct 18, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Palestinian Minister of Planning Ghassan al-Khatib said on Tuesday that resuming talks with the Israeli side does... Hakham: “Abbas must dismantle the armed groups” International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Israeli Defense Minister’s Advisor for Arab Affairs, David Hakham, said that the field procedures conducted by the Israeli army and government after the Sunday’s... Abbas to head for Spain before Washington talks with Bush Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was to head for Spain on Tuesday, his penultimate destination on a diplomatic tour which has taken in Jordan... Abbas discusses arms in Lebanon BBC 10/18/2005 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he is prepared to hold talks without pre-conditions on the issue of Palestinian weapons in Lebanon. After a meeting... Putin urges Israel, Palestinians to continue peace process Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned Israel and the Palestinians against losing momentum given to the peace process by Israel's withdrawal from the... Annan: Israel must allow Hamas to run in PA elections Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday met with the heads of the Geneva peace initiative, Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo, and... Abbas, Siniora discuss Lebanon camps AlJazeera 10/18/2005 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora have agreed that unrestricted movements of weapons and fighters in Palestinian refugee camps are... Abbas to tell U.S. building in W. Bank must end Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will demand American intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West Bank when he meets... Khateeb: “Gush Etzion attack is counter productive” International Middle East Media Center 10/17/2005 Minister of Planning at the Palestinian National Authority (P.A), Dr. Ghassan Khateeb, said that the Gush Etzion shooting attack, carried by a Palestinian group... Contiguity for settlers not Palestinians International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005 Despite the PA public rejection, the area, following the Israeli pullout of settlers, fully from the Gaza Strip and partially in the West Bank... Israel vows not to interfere in Palestinian elections ReliefWeb 10/16/2005 JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (AFP) - Israel appeared to soften Sunday its opposition to Hamas's participation in January's Palestinian elections, as officials indicated they would not... Interview: 'Attack too small to stop calm' YNetNews 10/17/2005 Egypt's ambassador to Israel, Assam Ibrahim, does not frequently address the Israeli public directly; describes terror attack as 'too small to destroy process of... After Syrian pullout, Lebanon to clamp down on Palestinian arms Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon - Syria's pullout from Lebanon has prompted armed Palestinian factions in the country to negotiate with Beirut over giving up some weapons... Abbas to protest French role in J'lem railway Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will protest to French President Jacques Chirac, during a visit to France tomorrow and Tuesday, over the participation of... PA: Israeli meddling in vote could boost Hamas Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has asked Israel not to meddle in the elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council, and not to attempt to prevent... President Meets Arab Officials in Amman, Congratulates Iraqi People on Referendum WAFA 10/16/2005 AMMAN, October 16, 2005, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas met Sunday, in Amman, the Arab ambassadors to Jordan. President briefed the Arab ambassadors about the... President Holds Talks with his Egyptian Counterpart WAFA 10/17/2005 CAIRO, October 17, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas held on Monday morning important talks with his Egyptian Counterpart Mohammed Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. The... Palestinian source: Israel drops Kerem Shalom crossing bid Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 Israel has dropped the idea of using the new Kerem Shalom terminal as a temporary crossing point for travelers to and from the Gaza... Palestinian Leaders Attempt to Solve Rafah Impasse MIFTAH 10/15/2005 Israeli and Palestinian officials tried to narrow differences over how to operate the Gaza-Egypt border, while Israel's defense minister was to head to Egypt... U.S. asks Israel to keep out of efforts to pressure Syria Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 The United States has asked Israel to keep out of efforts to bring pressure to bear on Syria, and to leave things to Washington's... PNA Slams Israel’s Assassinations, Gush Etzion’s ‘Terrorist act’ Palestine Media Center 10/17/2005 IOF Imposes ‘Collective Punishment’ on Palestinian Civilians -- The Palestinian Leadership on Sunday condemned the “unjustified” extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian activist as well as... Israel says Hariri fallout no immediate threat to Syria Daily Star 10/18/2005 JERUSALEM: Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is not in any immediate danger despite the heat on Damascus over the murder of ex-Lebanese Premier Rafik... Afghan leader: Palestinian state must precede ties with Israel Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Afghan President Hamid Karzai would recognize Israel's government if an independent Palestinian state was first established, Karzai's spokesman said yesterday. "We will establish relations... Israel will soon restore security contacts - Abbas YNetNews 10/17/2005 Palestinian leader says 'sorry' for drive-by terror attack -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he was confident that Israel would quickly resume security... Beilin: Israel's Pavlovian reaction to attack plays into terrorists' hands Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Meretz-Yahad Chairman MK Yossi Beilin lambasted on Monday the government's reaction to the shooting attack in Gush Etzion that killed three and wounded another... Israel, PA progress on crossings issue Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Israeli and Palestinian representatives made progress yesterday in their ongoing dispute about border control arrangements in the Gaza Strip. At a meeting between Israeli... Evangelical Christians donate $40,000 to Gaza evacuees Ha'aretz 10/17/2005 Evangelical Christians from around the world have donated about $40,000 to Jewish settlers evacuated from their homes in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman said... Israel freezes contacts with Palestinians after attacks on settlers Daily Star 10/18/2005 White House says Bush will urge Abbas to crack down on militants -- Israel suspended all security contacts with the Palestinians and sealed off biblical... Bush to talk security with Abbas AlJazeera 10/18/2005 US President George Bush will urge Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas when they meet this week to pursue efforts to crack down on resistance attacks... Abbas condemns killing of Israelis AlJazeera 10/17/2005 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has condemned shootings that killed three Israelis and said he expects talks that Israel suspended with the Palestinian Authority to... U.S. attempts to curb Israeli response to attack YNetNews 10/18/2005 U.S. government applying pressure on Israel and the PA to resume security dialogue; U.S. spokespeople say they recognize Israel's right to defend herself but... Egypt's ambassador to Israel marks 'new phase' in relations Daily Star 10/15/2005 Career diplomat points to 38-year occupation of gaza as main cause of ensuing chaos after pullout -- CAIRO: Over the last 50 years, perhaps... President Abbas Starts his Diplomatic Tour WAFA 10/14/2005 RAMALLAH, October 14, 2005 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas left the homeland on today afternoon to start a tour in which he will visit Arab... Shalom: Syria regime change in world's interest Middle East Online 10/14/2005 Israeli FM accuses Syria of being ‘up to its neck’ in terrorism that is directed against Israel, US-led forces in Iraq. -- JERUSALEM - Israeli Foreign... Melting the 'Swiss Cheese' By George S. Hishmeh, MIFTAH 10/14/2005 Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, is putting all his eggs in the American basket; in fact, in the basket of US... Karzai willing to meet with Israeli premier Daily Star 10/15/2005 JERUSALEM: Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed hope in an interview Friday that he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whom he praised... On This Day, 1994: Israelis and Arafat share peace prize BBC 10/15/2005 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis, the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, have been named the winners of this... Peres says hopes PA border issue will be resolved next week Ha'aretz 10/15/2005 Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Friday he hoped the issue of supervision at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing would be resolved next week, speaking at... Indonesia says ‘No’ to ties with Israel YNetNews 10/14/2005 President Yudhoyono rejects possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with Jewish State but says meetings between representatives of two countries possible in order to advance... Missing airman’s family contacts Iranians YNetNews 10/14/2005 Ron Arad’s brother tells Arabic-language newspaper family engaged in direct contacts with Iranian, Lebanese officials in bid to secure information about missing airman -- Independent... Israel Aims To Improve Its Public Image Forward 10/14/2005 Directors of Israel's three most powerful ministries have agreed on a new plan to improve the country's image abroad — by downplaying religion and avoiding... Financial Times: Israel says to give Pakistan earthquake aid Ha'aretz 10/15/2005 Pakistan has agreed to accept aid from Israel for the first time as part of an international relief effort for earthquake survivors in south... Peres wants Gaza-West Bank train YNetNews 10/14/2005 Vice premier meets with Palestinian negotiator Erekat in Tel Aviv Friday, says Israel recommends a train from Gaza to West Bank to ensure safe... Abbas to Meet Chirac on October 17 in Paris WAFA 10/13/2005 PARIS, October 13, 2005, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas will visit France on October 17-18 to meet President Jacque Chirac and the Minister of... US House Passes U.N. Reform Bill with Pro-Israel, Anti-Palestinian Provisions Palestine Media Center/Washington Report 10/12/2005 The House passed its version of the Foreign Operations (foreign aid) appropriations bill, H.R. 3057, on June 28, and the Senate passed its version... FM al-Kidwa Receives French Consul General in Jerusalem WAFA 10/13/2005 RAMALLAH, October 13, 2005 (WAFA)- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nasser al-Kidwa, received on Thursday the French Consul General in Jerusalem Mr. Alain Remy... PNA & Germany Sign Memorandum of Employment Generation Programme WAFA 10/13/2005 RAMALLAH, October 13, 2005 (WAFA)- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the government of Germany signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding aimed at... Peres, Erekat to talk about Rafah border today Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 Vice Premier Shimon Peres will meet with Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat at his Tel Aviv offices today to discuss operating procedures for the... Shaath: Israel stalling for time YNetNews 10/13/2005 PA vice Premier accuses Israel of postponing negotiations, says Israel not interested in reaching a settlement. PA hopes American president will pressure Israel into... FM: Syrians feel 'noose tightening' over UN report Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday that he hoped the suicide Wednesday of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan would not make Kanaan a scapegoat... 'Israel must concentrate on Arab media' Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 Israel must improve its presence in Arab media and train more Arabic speaking spokespersons, IDF's former head of Arab Media desk says Thursday. 'This... Israel fears PA weapons may be used against it in the future International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 The provision of weapons to the PA is a sensitive and vital issue and is one of the issues that the Palestinians have brought... P.A demands Israel release Barghouthi and Quntar International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Palestinian Cabinet Minister Dr. Saeb Erekat, demanded Israel to add the names of the jailed legislator and Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi, and Sameer Quntar... Israeli envoy to U.S. accuses Syria of harboring terror groups Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 WASHINGTON - Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Ayalon accused Syria on Tuesday of sheltering 10 or 11 terror groups, which, he said, "is very... Bahrain's lawmakers reject lifting ban on Israeli goods Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 MANAMA - Bahrain's parliament has rejected a decision by the government to lift a ban on Israeli goods as part of a trade deal with... Bush Meets with PNA Delegation Preparing for Abbas Visit Palestine Media Center 10/12/2005 Husseini, Buttu and Omari Dine with Bush, Cheney, Rice and Hadley -- A flurry of Palestinian – United States contacts gearing up preparations for the summit... UN Palestinian rights panel voices concern over Israeli settlement expansion United Nations News 10/6/2005 6 October 2005 – Israel's recent withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank offers a chance to revive the Road... Sharon Says Will Strengthen Control Over Jerusalem and Jordan Valley International Press Center 10/12/2005 GAZA, October 12, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon considered that the implementation of the Road Map peace plan depended on... Minister al-Kidwa Meets with Number of International Diplomats WAFA 10/12/2005 RAMALLAH, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nasser al-Kidwa met Wednesday with Nigel Roberts, the Director of the World Bank in... President Meets Russian Special Middle East Envoy WAFA 10/12/2005 RAMALLAH, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas met on Wednesday with Alexander Kalugin, Russian Special Middle East Envoy to Peace Process. During the... President Meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem WAFA 10/12/2005 RAMALLAH, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas met on Wednesday Theophilus III the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City. During the meeting... U.S. keeping Israel out of prestigious fighter plane program Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 The United States is continuing to delay Israel's participation in its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, despite the resolution of the crisis... IDF to recommend freeing more Palestinian prisoners Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 The Israel Defense Forces will advise the government to release additional Palestinian prisoners, in an effort to strengthen Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, a... Hughes Spurred Bush-Palestinian Meeting By Glenn Kessler, MIFTAH/Washington Post 10/12/2005 President Bush held a private 30-minute meeting in the Oval Office with a group of Palestinian officials last week, officials confirmed yesterday. The... Bush, PA officials hold surprise meeting Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 Palestinian delegation arrives in Washington for preparatory meetings ahead of Bush-Abbas meeting next week; U.S. president extends surprise invitation to Palestinian representatives. Abbas expected... Prince Turki Calls for Inter-Faith Unity to Defeat Terrorism Arab News 10/13/2005 JEDDAH, 13 October 2005 — Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to the United States has urged people of all faiths to stand united in the fight... PM Qurei: Launching Credible Peace Process Necessary WAFA 10/10/2005 RAMALLAH, October 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Monday the necessity to launch a credible peace process that gives hope to... President Abbas Meets Welch International Press Center 10/10/2005 RAMALLAH, October 10, 2005, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas met Monday with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch in... Israel reopens passage on Gaza border ReliefWeb 10/10/2005 GAZA, Oct 10, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Palestinian security officials said on Monday that the Israeli army re-opened the Sofa Crossing on the border... Shalom: “We will not recognize the Pal. Elections if Hamas participates” International Middle East Media Center 10/8/2005 Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom said that if Hamas participates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections Israel and the international community will not recognize... Kuwaitis Quietly Breach a Taboo: Easing Hostility Toward Israel Palestine Chronicle 10/10/2005 Supporters of engagement insist they are not seeking to abandon the Palestinian cause but in fact hoping to enhance it.." -- Kuwaiti newspapers in recent... Abbas Refuses Public Relations Summit with Sharon Palestine Media Center 10/9/2005 Erakat, Weisglass Meet Sunday amid Deadlock -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday insisted that a Jordanian-mediated summit with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon... Israel eases restrictions on Palestinians during Ramadan Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 Israel on Monday announced a series of measures to ease restrictions on the Palestinian population during the holy fast month of Ramadan, which began... Min. Sheetrit appoints panel to probe Japan maritime accident Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit on Monday appointed a special inquiry committee to investigate the collision of an Israeli ship and a Japanese fishing boat... Sources hope Israel will gain from Security Council rotation Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 NEW YORK - The Israeli delegation to the United Nations was cautiously optimistic Monday that the UN's selection of five new rotating members of its... Turkey transfers Ottoman land records to Palestinian Authority By Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz 10/11/2005 The Turkish government on Sunday gave the Palestinian Authority a copy of the Ottoman archive containing all documents pertaining to land ownership in pre-state... Israel, U.S. to renew strategic talks after three-year freeze Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 The United States will resume its strategic dialogue with Israel after a hiatus of close to three years, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Monday... Abbas-Sharon summit 'postponed' BBC 10/10/2005 An Israeli-Palestinian summit has been delayed after the failure of preparatory talks to agree an agenda, Palestinian Authority officials say. Although several days of... President Abbas Receives EU''s Special Envoy WAFA 10/7/2005 GAZA, October 7, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas received on Friday Mr. James Wolfensohn, the Quartet''s special envoy to oversee the Israeli withdrawal... Abbas Says He Never Heard Bush Talking about Religious Reasons to Use Force in Iraq, Afghanistan WAFA 10/7/2005 GAZA, October 7, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed on Friday that he did not hear the US President George Bush talking about religious... Kharma: Israel Intends to Open De Facto Crossing instead of Rafah's WAFA 10/7/2005 GAZA, October 7, 2005 (WAFA)- Minister of Transportation Saad al-Deen Kharma said on Friday that Israel''s procrastination to open the Rafah International Crossing... Israel mulls letting PA buy arms Middle East Online 10/7/2005 Report change of heart is based on US pressure to let Palestinian Authority clamp down on Hamas. -- JERUSALEM - Israel will consider the Palestinian Authority... Kuwait eases attitude toward Israel, is slated to lift boycott Ha'aretz 10/8/2005 During the past few weeks, Kuwait has eased its attitude toward Israel, and it is slated to join the list of countries who have... Jerusalem: Pentagon aide was not our man Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 WASHINGTON - Israel did not operate a U.S. Defense Department employee who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for passing on classified information to Israeli... World Bank, Sharon at odds over link between Gaza, W. Bank Ha'aretz 10/8/2005 The World Bank supports building a transit passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the form of a sunken road, but... Israelis, Palestinians prepare for summit Daily Star 10/8/2005 Top officials meet ahead of Sharon-Abbas talks -- GAZA CITY: Top officials met yesterday to discuss the details of a summit between Israeli Prime Minister... Bush God comments 'not literal' BBC 10/7/2005 A Palestinian official who said the US president had claimed God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan says he did not take George... Weissglas, Erekat make progress on arrangements for Gaza border Ha'aretz 10/8/2005 Israel and the Palestinians moved ahead Friday with provisions for the Gaza border with Egypt, in the wake of the recent Israeli withdrawal from... Israel protests EU meeting with Hezbollah official in Lebanon Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 Israel on Thursday summoned European Union officials to protest a recent meeting between European ambassadors and a senior Hezbollah member, government officials said. Foreign... Egypt started constructing a crossing to link it with Israel and Gaza International Middle East Media Center 10/6/2005 An Egyptian source reported on Thursday that Egypt started constructing a new crossing which links its borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip, south... Abbas vows to bombard Sharon with demands in upcoming talks Daily Star 10/7/2005 PA president reiterates calls on Palestinian movements to stop carrying arms in public and cease infighting in Gaza -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he... FCLD, PA prisoner affairs minister meet with UN officials Daily Star 10/7/2005 The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) met UN officials at UN House in Beirut. Also present was... Abbas: Many Demands to be Asked in my Meeting with Sharon WAFA 10/6/2005 GAZA, October 6, 2005 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that there will be many demands to be asked during his expected meeting... Palestinian- Egyptian Meetings in Cairo: Rafah Crossing should not be Moved from its Present Location WAFA 10/6/2005 CAIRO, October 6, 2005, (WAFA)- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, said Wednesday that the Palestinian and Egyptian sides has agreed that the... Shalom: Terrorists to remain in custody YNetNews 10/6/2005 Foreign minister says Israel will not and cannot release prisoners with blood on their hands; publicly announces for first time that Israel has ties... Weisglass set to meet Erekat YNetNews 10/7/2005 Senior aides to meet Friday morning ahead of conference between Sharon and Abbas -- Less than a week before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set... World Bank advocates sunken road from Gaza to West Bank Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 The World Bank supports building a transit passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the form of a sunken road, but... George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq' The Guardian 10/7/2005 President told Palestinians God also talked to him about Middle East peace -- George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when... European Commission proposes comprehensive EU strategy for support to Palestinians ReliefWeb 10/5/2005 European Commission (EC) -- Brussels, 5 October 2005 - The Commission has adopted a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament "EU-Palestinian cooperation beyond disengagement... Mofaz Declares Settlements Part of Future Israeli Borders International Press Center 10/5/2005 GAZA, October 5, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz asserted that the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank were part... The final days of Yasser Arafat Ha'aretz 10/5/2005 Israeli experts who analyzed the report drawn up by the medical team that treated Yasser Arafat in Paris say that the most likely possibility... PA: We won't oppose Arab-Israel peace YNetNews 10/5/2005 Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa says, ‘Palestinian Authority will respect the decision of Arab countries if they choose to have relations with Israel, even... PA parliament to appoint inquiry committee into Arafat's death Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 The Palestinian parliament decided Wednesday to appoint a committee of lawmakers to investigate what killed longtime leader and chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser... Israel: We didn't 'run' U.S. aide who passed classified data Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 A senior Israeli official said Thursday that Israel did not activate a U.S. Defense Department employee who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for... Investigators to launch probe into Zim boat crash in Hong Kong Thu. Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 SAPPORO, Japan - Investigators will begin probing Thursday a maritime collision between an Israeli cargo ship and a Japanese fishing boat, which killed seven fishermen... Talking Points Aside, Bush Stance on Palestinian State Is Not a First Washington Post 10/5/2005 As Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes traveled through the Middle East last week seeking to burnish the U.S. image, one of her key talking... Pentagon aide pleads guilty to passing classified data to Israel Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 A top Defenese Department analyst with expertise in the Middle East pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving classified information to an Israeli embassy official and... Hamas: US, Israel provoking tensions AlJazeera 10/5/2005 The political leader of a Palestinian resistance movement has said the US and Israel are responsible for last week's clashes between Hamas activists and... EU seeks to double annual aid package to PA Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 BRUSSELS - The European Commission yesterday proposed doubling its annual aid for the Palestinians - now totaling some 250 million euro a year - to help them... Defense Analyst Guilty in Israeli Espionage Case Washington Post 10/6/2005 A Defense Department analyst pleaded guilty yesterday to passing government secrets to two employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group and revealed for the first... Egypt building Gaza border crossing AlJazeera 10/6/2005 The Egyptian army has started building a border crossing at the junction of the Egyptian, Israeli and Gaza borders, security sources say. The crossing... Egypt may back shelving PA parliamentary poll Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 Egypt is considering tendering a proposal to postpone the Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2006 due to the weakened position of Palestinian Authority... Abbas and Sharon agree on talks BBC 10/5/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet on 11 October, the office of Jordan's King Abdullah II has said... Mashaal: U.S. has no right to interfere in Palestinian affairs Ha'aretz 10/5/2005 Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said that no one has the right to interfere in Palestinian affairs, not even the United States, Israel Radio reported... U.S. lauds Abbas’ efforts YNetNews 10/4/2005 State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack says America supports Palestinian leader’s efforts to maintain law and order, disarm terror groups; denies reports about U.S. intentions... Mofaz: U.S. pressure on Syria could topple Assad regime Ha'aretz 10/5/2005 Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Tuesday that U.S pressure on Damascus may bring about a dramatic change in Syrian government. In an interview... ‘US Consults Israel Over Syria Regime Change’ Arab News 10/4/2005 JERUSALEM, 4 October 2005 — US officials have held talks with Israeli counterparts about the prospect of a regime change in Damascus and possible successors... Olmert: No east Jerusalem construction YNetNews 9/30/2005 Deputy prime minister: Massive construction in west Jerusalem solution for capital’s future, the likelihood of serious development effort in east Jerusalem in near future... Boat accident may dent Israel-Japan ties YNetNews 10/2/2005 Zim spokesman Rani Rahav says, “If it will be found that Zim Asia was involved in this unfortunate accident, the company will claim responsibility... Abbas to meet Sharon ahead of visit to U.S. Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the latter's trip to Washington on October 20, a high-ranking political... Qatar minister urges Arab-Israel dialogue AlJazeera 10/3/2005 In an exclusive interview with Aljazeera Satellite Channel, Qatar's foreign minister has called for an open dialogue with Israel but stopped short of suggesting... Hamas charges U.S. with 'rude' interference YNetNews 10/2/2005 Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal accuses U.S. of interering in internal Palestinian affairs, slams call for Palestinian Authority to disarm terror group -- The political leader... Jordan's king postpones visit to Israel, Palestinian territories Ha'aretz 10/4/2005 Jordan's King Abdullah II has postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories owing to security concerns, Deputy Jordanian Prime Minister Marwan Muasher... Vice PM: We will expand path begun with pullout Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a pre-Rosh Hashanah interview Monday that the disengagement from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern... Egyptians try to negotiate end to internal Palestinian fighting Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Egyptian mediators are attempting to negotiate an end to deadly clashes that erupted Sunday between Palestinian security forces and Hamas members in the Gaza... Israel expects Hariri probe to prove embarrassing for Syria Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Israel expects the findings of an international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri to prove extremely embarrassing for Syria... Iranian parliament speaker: We'll teach Israel a lesson if it attacks Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel warned Israel on Sunday against committing a "foolish act" by attacking Iran's nuclear facilities, similar to the... Israel seeks support abroad for blocking Hamas in PA elections Ha'aretz 10/3/2005 Israel plans in its talks with foreign states to stress its opposition to Hamas' participation in the elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (parliament... Israel halts air raids, assassinations AlJazeera 10/2/2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet soon and improve cooperation as Israel suspended an offensive following... King Abdullah delays visit to W. Bank and Israel International Middle East Media Center 9/30/2005 The Israeli Radio reported on Friday, that king Abdullah of Jordan postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, as a result of... Greek Orthodox Patriarch Receives Presidential Recognition Decree WAFA 9/30/2005 JERUSALEM, September 30, 2005 (WAFA)- An official Palestinian delegation, representing President Mahmoud Abbas, handed on Friday the presidential decree recognizing Mr. Theophilus III as... A Call to Pay Attention to Leakage of Radiations from Dimona Reactor WAFA 9/30/2005 VIENNA, September 30, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Ambassador to Austria and the Palestinian permanent representative to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dr. Zuhier al-Wazir, called... U.S. official: PA must exert control over Gaza immediately Ha'aretz 9/30/2005 WASHINGTON - The Palestinian Authority must immediately start to exert control over Gaza, a senior Bush administration official said on Thursday, suggesting it was a... U.S. officials: Gaza exit not last YNetNews 9/30/2005 Senior U.S. State Department officials tell UAE newspaper all parties involved in peace process, including Israelis and Palestinians, convinced more withdrawals in store, say... Abbas: I don't understand Israeli policies YNetNews 9/30/2005 Palestinian Authority Chairman bitterly attacks Israel’s operations in the West Bank in which five armed terrorists have been killed in recent days: “I don’t... Turkey and Tunisia: Ties with Israel serve Palestinians YNetNews 10/1/2005 Prime ministers of both countries tell Arabic newspaper that their diplomatic relations with Jerusalem are designed to serve the Palestinian people; Tunisian leader says... U.S. To Broker Formula on Hamas Role in Palestinian Elections Forward 9/30/2005 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to work with the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority to hammer out a formula that will satisfy Jerusalem's...

Human Rights..

Israeli Soldiers, Police and Settlers Block Olive Harvest In Yanoun, Nablus Region International Solidarity Movement 10/29/2005 Our experience of the harvest started in Yanoun village, Nablus region at 7am on the 26th of October. We accompanied two old Palestinian women... Bil’in Prisoner Solidarity Demonstration Report International Solidarity Movement 10/29/2005 Based on a report by IMEMC -- Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at a non-violent protest against the Separation Wall in... Bir Zeit university students suspend all classes International Middle East Media Center 10/31/2005 Bier Zeit University students, suspended on Monday all classes until further noticein protest to the violent response of the Palestinian Authority security forces to... Olive Picking 2005 - Day 9 Joint Advocacy Initiative 10/29/2005 The final day of the program began with a brief stop on the way to the olive-picking site, at the place where a 16... Petition to District Court Challenging Haifa University's Discriminatory Student Housing Policy WAFA 10/31/2005 NAZARETH, October 31, 2005 (WAFA) - Adalah, the Legal Center of Arab Minority rights in Israel Adalah Submitted a petition to the Haifa District Court... ICAHD: Like Thorn in Heart, Colonies and Colonizers in East Jerusalem WAFA 10/31/2005 TEL AVIV, October 31, 2005 (WAFA)- The Israeli Committee against House Demolition (ICAHD) said that colonies and colonizers in East Jerusalem are like a... More Settler Attacks in Hebron, While Soldiers and Police Watch International Solidarity Movement 10/30/2005 At around 1.20pm on Thursday the 27th of October I received a phone call from one of the three internationals who had come to... Palestinian Children Plead Annan to Stop Israel's Aggression against Them WAFA 10/31/2005 GAZA, October 31, 2005 (WAFA) - A group of Palestinian children called Monday on the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to immediately intervene to end the... Four More Arrests in Bil’in; Further Arrests Resisted by Villagers International Solidarity Movement 10/29/2005 Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night for the fourth time in six days. A group of about 20 Border Police arrived in jeeps and... Updated: “Through Our Hands, the Apartheid Wall Will Fall!” StopTheWall.org 10/31/2005 List of Planned Activities for the 3rd National and International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16 -- The 9th – 16th& of November 2005... Ethiopian Israelis protest delays in plans to bring over relatives Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 Thousands of Israelis of Ethiopian origin marched in Jerusalem on Sunday to protest against a delay in plans to bring their relatives to the... Arab rights group: State denies schooling to Bedouin children Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, has appealed to the High Court of Justice, demanding that it force the Education... State asked to remove ban on visits to Gaza on Muslim festival Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 The Center for the Defense of the Individual on Sunday presented an urgent petition to the High Court of Justice calling for GOC Southern... New checkpoint to sever W. Bank south of Nablus By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 10/30/2005 The Israel Defense Forces has been constructing a major new checkpoint south of Nablus, at the Zaatara (Tapuah) junction, for checking Palestinian cars arriving... Wide participation in the Olive Harvest Festival Electronic Intifada/YMCA 10/31/2005 Every year at the beginning of October, the annual olive harvest begins in Palestine. The survival of tens of thousands of Palestinian families is... Soldiers attack peaceful procession in Bil’in International Middle East Media Center 10/28/2005 Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the Wets Bank... MDM Concern Regarding Israeli Restrictions against Palestinian Patients WAFA 10/28/2005 JERUSALEM, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Médecins du Monde (MDM) expressed its concern on the Israeli restrictions against Palestinian people, including patients, calling Israel to... Conditions in Gaza, West Bank Grim-U.N. Relief Head MIFTAH 10/28/2005 Despite the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, conditions in the strip are grim because Israel is dragging out negotiations about border crossings, the head of... Israeli Organisation: Israeli Chief of Staff without Conscience WAFA 10/28/2005 TEL AVIV, October 28, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Committee against House Demolition (ICAHD) described the Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz as a man without... Bil'in, The struggle still continues - Friday demonstration A-Infos 10/28/2005 This Friday demo has as background the three army night invasion for arresting people who participate in the weekly Fridays demonstrations. At the first... UN Special Committee: "UN should be more innovative in its approaches to the question of Palestine" Electronic Intifada/UNCie 10/28/2005 The United Nations General Assembly should be more innovative in its approaches to the question of Palestine, Israel should distinguish between military objectives and... Israeli army kills seven Palestinians in missile strike Electronic Intifada/PCHR 10/28/2005 At least 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been living in an atmosphere of war in the past 24 hours imposed by... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 20- 26 Oct. 2005 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/27/2005 Civilians Continue to be Attacked by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) -- 5 Palestinians, including a child, were killed... Palestinians, ISMers Stand Down Israeli Military; Harvest Olives International Solidarity Movement 10/25/2005 On Saturday the 22nd of October, an ISM affinity group went into the fields near Salim village to join locals in the olive harvest... Harrasment from police and military in Tel Rumeida International Solidarity Movement 10/27/2005 On Monday, October 24th at approximately 9pm, six Israeli soldiers tried to enter the apartment shared by the Tel Rumeida Project and International Solidarity... Huwwara checkpoint, daily suffering for the Palestinian residents International Middle East Media Center 10/20/2005 Crossing through Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus, is considered one of the difficult tasks, mixed with suffering and humiliation the Palestinian residents have to... Five Prisoners Poisoned by Moldy Food in Etsyon Prison International Press Center 10/26/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 26, 2005 (IPC+Agencies)--Five prisoners were poisoned after they had been served spoiled food in Etsyon prison in Bethlehem city... Urgent Call to Action: Release Birzeit University Student Walid Hanatche International Solidarity Movement 10/26/2005 EMHRN press release - 18 October 2005 -- Walid Hanatche, M.A. student in Economics at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, has been arbitrarily imprisoned... Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (PDF) ReliefWeb 10/26/2005 .5. The human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs in the occupied territories are referred to by the Security Council in its... Olive Picking 2005 - Day 6 Joint Advocacy Initiative 10/26/2005 The Wall near Rachael's Tomb: For the forth day, some participants started their day early in the morning by standing in vigil at the... Israeli Police in Hebron Arrest Fifteen Year Old Palestinian Schoolgirl International Solidarity Movement 10/27/2005 Today in Hebron, a group of human rights observers were posted near the Cordoba Palestinian school near the Beit Hadassah Israeli settlement. At about... Army bars Peace Now activists from entering Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/27/2005 Israeli soldiers barred, on Wednesday, dozens of activists of the Israeli Peace Now movement from entering the West Bank city of Hebron to protest... Israeli Military Flees from Non-Violent Protests Against Further Arrests; Bil’in Protests to Continue Tomorrow International Solidarity Movement 10/27/2005 Tomorrow, Friday at 1:00 PM the villagers of Bil’in together with Israeli and International supporters will hold another creative non-violent march to the... IOF Prevents Patients to Have Treatement in Israel WAFA 10/28/2005 GAZA, October 27, 2005, (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented Thursday patients from the Gaza Strip to have treatement in Israel after closing the... Faq on Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan By PLO - Negotiations Affairs Department, Palestine Monitor 10/24/2005 Frequently Asked Questions -- 1. What is Israel’s Roads and Tunnels Plan? Israel is currently building two separate transportation networks in the occupied West Bank... “Through Our Hands, the Apartheid Wall Will Fall!” StopTheWall.org 10/20/2005 List of Planned Activities for the 3rd National and International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16 -- Updated October 17 -- The 9th – 16th... Shin Bet warns Arab journalist against talking to his editor Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 The Shin Bet warned the correspondent in Israel for Lebanon's Al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Thursday that he should not be in contact with one of... MapQuest sidesteps requests to correct blatantly inaccurate map of Israel Electronic Intifada 10/25/2005 Changing the map of the Middle East is difficult even in a literal sense. Last month the Electronic Intifada informed its readers of the... The Rafah Border crossing to open Sunday and Monday International Middle East Media Center 10/21/2005 Nathmi Mhanna, General Director of the Border Crossing Department at the Palestinian National Authority, said on Friday that the Rafah Border Crossing, in the... IOF Prevents Thousands of Citizens from Praying in al-Aqsa WAFA 10/21/2005 JERUSALEM, October 21, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented, for the third week running, citizens from entering al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to perform... Worldwide Activism for the 3rd National and International Week Against Apartheid Wall, November 9-16 WAFA 10/21/2005 RAMALLAH, October 21, 2005 (WAFA)- The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign will launch on 9 - 16 of November 2005, worldwide activism campaign to mark... IOF Prevents Palestinian Patients from Traveling for Treatment WAFA 10/21/2005 GAZA, October 21, 2005, (WAFA)- Medical sources said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented, in the last week, 18 patients from traveling abroad for... ISRAELI’S WALL DIVIDES PALESTINE International Solidarity Movement 10/20/2005 Bil’in villagers continued creative resistance -- Tomorrow, Friday, October 14, 2005, Palestinian villagers from Bil’in will hold their weekly nonviolent protest against Israel’s planned annexation... Robots used against peaceful protest in Bil’in International Middle East Media Center 10/21/2005 Residents and peace activists in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invented a new way in countering a Robot which the army started using against... Marisol's Blog: Occupation continues and olives are harvested International Womens' Peace Service 10/18/2005 These last few weeks have been kinda rough, there were resistance activities against soldiers, so israeli military has been doing collective punishment by closing... An arrest in Haris: IOF uses human shields International Womens' Peace Service 10/21/2005 Army invades Haris to arrest wanted man; Families being hold out side for several hours; relatives and neighbor used as human shields; use of... Protesters say army using bean bags as weapon Ha'aretz 10/21/2005 A previously unknown weapon is being used to combat protesters against the separation fence, according to a report last week by Palestinian, Israeli and... PCHR Criticizes Postponement of Local Council Elections Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/18/2005 In contradiction with a previous, official, decision to hold elections of Palestinian locations in stages (with all stages to be completed by the end... PCHR Organizes a Workshop on the Amended Law of Judicial Authority Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/20/2005 PCHR organises workshop to resolve crises in the judiciary bringing together PNA officials, judges and civil society activists. -- On Thursday morning, 20 October 2005... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 13- 19 Oct. 2005 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/20/2005 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Launch More Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) -- One Palestinian was extra-judicially killed by... AP Interview: Bethlehem mayor pleads for financial aid Burlington Free Press 10/21/2005 Bethlehem mayor pleads for aid, visits Montpelier Roman Catholic politician says city is getting 'zero' help from Christian churches -- MONTPELIER -- The mayor of Bethlehem... AP Interview: Bethlehem Mayor Pleads for Financial Aid Palestine Media Center 10/19/2005 MONTPELIER, Vt. --The mayor of Bethlehem, West Bank, said Tuesday his city is in such financial straits that it couldn't make its payroll last... Taiseer Qabaa Hopes Palestinian Weapons in Lebanon Would Be Transferred to Palestinian Territories Palestine Media Center/Daily Star 10/19/2005 GENEVA: Leading Palestinian, Taiseer Qabaa, said he hoped Palestinian weapons in Lebanon would be transferred to the Palestinian territories and that the Palestinian Authority... Human rights group concerned about security in Gaza Strip Electronic Intifada/PCHR 10/19/2005 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights strongly condemns the murder of two Palestinian civilians in two incidents during the night of 13 October 2005... Israeli cabinet proposes new bill for harsher procedure laws against Palestinians Electronic Intifada/Adalah 10/19/2005 On 14 October 2005, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, and the Attorney General (AG) demanding the... Call to Release a Birzeit University Student Unreasonably Imprisoned by Israel for 3 Years and Half WAFA 10/19/2005 RAMALLAH, October 19, 2005 (WAFA) - Right to Education Campaign called Wednesday for the release of Walid Hanatche, M.A. student at Birzeit University in the... Israel court rules compensation to Palestinian Family International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 An Israeli court recently ruled that the state should compensate a Palestinian family; the Israeli army killed their father in Bethlehem. The state should... Special army force attacks under-age detainees in Ofer International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Tuesday that a special Israeli military force attacked several child detainees in Ofer detention facility, and confined some... 14 detainees receive extended remand International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli military court extended the remand of 14 Palestinian detainees from Jenin area, north of the West Bank. The Jenin office of the Palestinian... Army stops school students from attending their schools in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli army troops closed all the main roads leading to the town of Al-Thahriya, and the villages of Arab Al-Ramaden, Arab Al-Frijat and Inab... Peace Now: Evacuate 43 settlements YNetNews 10/19/2005 Movement unveils peace plan, calls for evacuation of illegal outposts, renewal of talks -- The Peace Now movement has presented a new peace initiative which... Olive Picking Program - 2005 Joint Advocacy Initiative 10/19/2005 In Palestine, the last ten days of October in Palestine are marked by the celebration of the olive harvest season. This agricultural event is... Undercover Israeli troops provoked stone-throwing Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005 Israeli army admits the practice is common -- An IDF spokesman admitted to the Haaretz newspaper that undercover Israeli troops disguised as Palestinians had thrown... Peace Now calls to evacuate 26 isolated settlements in W. Bank Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Peace Now on Wednesday announced its new initiative calling on Israel to immediately withdraw from 26 settlements throughout the West Bank. The initiative's first... APPEAL: Israeli Closures Paralyze the West Bank Palestine Monitor 10/17/2005 In response to attacks by as yet unknown assailants on Israeli settlers near Bethlehem, the Israeli government has sealed off Palestinian towns and cities... Urgent Appeal: End Closures of the Gaza Strip Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005 Gaza Community Mental Health Program and Physicians for Human Rights -- After the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip, a new situation emerged, where the... PRCS Weekly Press Release 8 - 14 Oct 2005 ReliefWeb/Palestine Red Crescent Society 10/17/2005 During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to... The Impact of Israel’s Separation Wall On Palestinian Mental Health: A Study in the Qalqilya District Palestine Monitor/ Palestinian Counseling Center 10/17/2005 The Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC) held on Monday, September 26, 2005, a press conference in the city of Jerusalem where it announced the results... Jaba’ pays with its land to build a new checkpoint “terminal” StopTheWall.org 10/10/2005 Jaba’ village, in the southwestern Bethlehem district, received a new confiscation order that will contribute to the apartheid system of Walls and Jewish-only roads... Jerusalem, 2nd Street performance against the annexation wall A-Infos 10/17/2005 The 2nd street performance on Saturday night, the 8th of October was a success, a group of activists gathered in Emek Refaim St. in... Palestinians stranded at Rafah Crossing go on hunger strike International Middle East Media Center 10/18/2005 Palestinians, stranded at the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing began a hunger-strike in protest of the ongoing closure of the crossing, local radios... U.S. lawyers say Israel tortured alleged Hamas man Ha'aretz 10/18/2005 CHICAGO - Attorneys for a Palestinian man accused of laundering millions of dollars for terrorist activities want prosecutors to be blocked from using a confession... 331 new detainees transferred to Ofer detention facility International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005 Detainees Media Center reported on Saturday that the Israeli Prison Authorities transferred 331 detainees to Ofer detention facility, north of the West Bank city... Hebron police ‘too busy’ to come to scene of stoning of Palestinian schoolgirls International Solidarity Movement 10/15/2005 On the 13th of Sept the eve of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) police in Hebron refused to respond to a... A Special Forces Fairytale International Solidarity Movement 10/15/2005 This Friday the Israeli occupation forces placed several agent provocateurs in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Early on Friday morning, Israeli soldiers blockaded... Nablus In The Last Month International Solidarity Movement 10/16/2005 In the last month there have been three new watchtowers constructed in the villages surrounding Nablus. One in the village of Tel, another on... IDF officer accused of abusing Imam YNetNews 10/17/2005 mam handcuffed, driven 15 kilometers away from his village; officer claims Palestinian spewed anti-Israel remarks. Indictment against the officers was filed on Sunday in... Court won't let Temple Mount group lay 'cornerstone' of Third Temple Ha'aretz 10/16/2005 The High Court of Justice on Sunday rejected a request by the Temple Mount Faithful to place what the organization said was the cornerstone... Olive harvest begins under the shadow of restrictions on movement B'tselem 10/11/2005 This year's olive harvest season in the West Bank has begun. The harvest comes in the wake of extensive damage to the groves during... HRA: 54% of Arab Palestinian Children Live under Poverty Line in Israel WAFA 10/17/2005 NAZARETH, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)- The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) said that according to Israeli statistics 54% of Arab Palestinian children live... Operation Dove: Shepherds Suffer Daily Violence of Extremist colonizers WAFA 10/17/2005 HEBRON, October 17, 2005, (WAFA)- Operation Dove Organization issued on Monday a press release about the Israeli colonizers'' attacks against Palestinian citizens in different... Swiss Civil Society Delegation Leaves the Gaza Strip Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/17/2005 The 10-member Swiss civil society delegation hosted by PCHR for 6 days left Gaza City on 16 October 2005. During their stay, the... Extra-Judicial Execution in Jenin Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/17/2005 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) committed another extra-judicial execution crime yesterday evening . The victim was Nehad Khaled Abu Ghanem, 33 years old from the village... Detainee suffering complications as a result of medical neglect International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Detainees Information Center reported that detainee Wael Abdullah Tahaina, 35, detained in the Negev Detention Camp, is suffering serious complications in the “Seventh Cranial... Report: "Detainees, legal Status and Facts" International Middle East Media Center 10/13/2005 Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association – Ad Dameer, reported that ending the military rule over the Gaza Strip should include the release of all... Detainees facing bad treatment, and conditions, at Qidar detention facility International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Prisoners Supporters Society reported that Palestinian detainees are facing bad living conditions and treatment in Be’er Shiva detention facility. The detainees are deprived of... Life in Tel Rumeida Unbearable WAFA 10/14/2005 HEBRON, October 14, 2005 (WAFA) - Chelli Stanley, an activist working for the Tel Rumeida Project in Hebron, said, in article, If Tel Rumeida is... Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Launch More Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/13/2005 4 Palestinians, including 2 children, were killed by IOF. / IOF conducted 26 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. / Houses were raided and... PCHR Condemns the Attack on Al’Azhar University in Gaza Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/14/2005 PCHR’s fieldworker reported that many of the assailants were from outside the University; and that some of them were members of security branches. -- A... PCHR Condemns the Continuing Security Chaos Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/14/2005 PCHR strongly condemns the murder of two Palestinian civilians in two incidents during the night of 13 October 2005 in the southern Gaza Strip... PCHR hosts the Austrian Representative to the PNA Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/14/2005 On Tuesday 11 October 2005, the Austrian representative to the PNA, Dr. Leonhard Moll, visited PCHR and met the Center’s Director, Mr. Raji Sourani... Bil'in residents: Undercover troops provoked stone-throwing Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 Prison Service troops disguised as Arabs incited Palestinian youths to throwing stones at Israel Defense Forces troops during a weekly demonstration against the separation... Gazans barred from al-Aqsa mosque AlJazeera 10/14/2005 Israel has barred Palestinians under the age of 45 and those travelling from Gaza to pray at the Haram-al-Sharif (Noble sanctuary) esplanade in al-Aqsa... Bil'in, The joint Friday demonstration of 14-10-05 - a military experimental site again A-Infos 10/14/2005 the army commanders had different plans. The higher level commanders had not come to observe a low intensity demonstration as it was the last... Palestinian doctor tells of life under occupation Palestine Monitor 10/10/2005 To get to work each day, Tawfiq Nasser needs a green card, known as a "dirty ID." He also needs what is called a... Israeli Wall runs straight through the Playground Palestine Monitor/The Times 10/7/2005 Anata - Palestinian children returned to their school after the weekend to find that a 24ft concrete wall had been built through the playground, leaving... One man’s fight against settlement expansion and mafia-like coercion Palestine Monitor 10/6/2005 Qassem Mohammed Abu Dia from Sarta village in Salfit reports that he lives in suffering because of the location of his land and house... The case for cultural boycott Electronic Intifada 10/12/2005 Press Release, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel -- In 2004 the 20th Haifa International film festival established a section for... Oct 14-Nov 15: ISM USA Speaking Tour on the Palestinian/Israeli Nonviolent Movement Electronic Intifada/ISM 10/12/2005 From October 14 – November 15, 2005, Palestinian Ayed Morrar and Israeli Jonathan Pollak will be touring the United States speaking about Nonviolent Resistance in... Gaza: Kidnapped journalists released Electronic Intifada/PCHR 10/12/2005 Yesterday, two foreign journalists were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. Although both were released a few hours later, the crime reflects the recurrence of... Haifa University spreads the message of fear towards Palestinians Electronic Intifada 10/13/2005 The University of Haifa has warned foreign students of the dangers of visiting Palestinians. This warning, which comes in the form of "Special Security... Russian-Palestinian Female Prisoner Rejects being Deported, Prefers Living in Palestine WAFA 10/11/2005 NAZARETH, October 11, 2005 (WAFA)- A Russian-Palestinian female prisoner rejected on Tuesday an Israeli resolution to deport her to Russia. Al-Ramlah prison informed Irena... Resident sentenced to two life-terms, and 30 years International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday a resident of Qalqilia, in the West Bank, to two life-terms and additional 30 years. The detainee... IOF Seals off the Ibraheimi Mosque to Allow Settlers' Celebration, Arrests Three Residents International Press Center 10/11/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, October 11,2005 (IPC+Agencies)---In violation to the freedom of worshipping, the Israeli forces (IOF) locked down Monday the Ibraheimi mosque barring... MOJA: Jerusalem Hospitals in Need for International Support WAFA 10/11/2005 OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, October 11, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs (MOJA) said that the Israel''s Apartheid Wall, harms the health sector and... Israeli practices in Palestinian territories impede rights defenders – UN envoy United Nations News 10/12/2005 12 October 2005 – Daily harassment, intimidation and humiliation, restrictions on freedom of movement, and denial of access to clients place human rights defenders in... Prisoners' Condition in Israeli Jails Worsens, MPA Pledges to Free them WAFA 10/12/2005 RAMALLAH, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Prisoners'' Society said Wednesday that Palestinians imprisoned in "Etsion" Israeli jail suffer exceptionally bad conditions. In a press... 96 hours for Torture Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/11/2005 Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided on Sunday to toughen conditions for non-Israeli nationals to allow them to be held for 96 hours without... Marisol's Blog: Jeeps, jeeps, and more jeeps... International Womens' Peace Service 10/11/2005 Last week, people in the village where we live let us know that on a Friday morning, at about 5, jeeps were parked in... Bezeq withholds services from Arab citizens 'for safety reasons' Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 Dr. Majed Badarna, an ophthalmologist of Sakhnin, called Bezeq's IPVPN service on Sunday to report that his modem broke down and asked for a... Gaza border opened for pilgrims BBC 10/11/2005 Reports from the Gaza Strip say the border crossing with Egypt has been temporarily re-opened. This is to allow Palestinian pilgrims to travel to... Israel army to fight human shield ban AlJazeera 10/12/2005 The Israeli army has signalled its intention to keep using Palestinian civilians as human shields in operations aimed at assassinating, arresting or kidnapping Palestinian... Bil'in, The joint Friday demonstration continue A-Infos 10/8/2005 In spite of the stricter blocking of the roads to Bil'in, the Israelis of the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative, and the increased numbers... Cancer Patient Between his Disease's Hammer and Israeli Lands Department's Anvil WAFA 10/9/2005 NEGEV, October 9, 2005 (WAFA)- Nayef al-Athameen 19, from the unrecognized village of Khashm Zanna in the Negev desert, is between the hammer of... Some Relief for Gaza’s Fishermen Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/10/2005 After two weeks, of being completely prevented from accessing the sea, Gaza’s fishermen have been allowed back out to the sea, under the watchful... PCHR Welcomes and Meets Key Delegations Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/9/2005 In the past few days PCHR staff have met and briefed key delegations from Christian Aid, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, UN Office for... 3 Palestinians, including 2 children, Killed by IOF Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/10/2005 Over night, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead 3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, when they attempted to enter Israel through the border in... Ministers approve tougher conditions for security suspects Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 The Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided Sunday to accept the request of the Shin Bet security services on a bill to toughen conditions for... Addameer: Temporary Order Prevents Separating Prisoner Mother from her Two-year-old Child WAFA 10/10/2005 RAMALLAH, October 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Prisoners'' Support and Human Rights Association "Addameer", said that it succeeded in pulling out a temporary order prevent the... Watchful Eye of Israeli Military Air and Sea Crafts Monitor Gaza''s Fishermen WAFA 10/10/2005 GAZA, October 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said on Monday after two weeks, of being completely prevented from accessing the... Prisoners' Families Calls for Releasing their Sons International Press Center 10/10/2005 GAZA, October 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Prisoners' families called on Monday all international organizations to pressurize Israel to release the Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli... High court ban on army's use of "human shields" is a welcome development Amnesty International 10/7/2005 Amnesty International welcomes the banning, by Israel's High Court, of the use of Palestinians as "human shields" by the Israeli army. The long-awaited High... Prolonged closure of the Gaza-Egypt border and arbitrary restrictions to freedom of movement should be lifted Amnesty International 10/7/2005 Amnesty International is concerned at the continued closure of the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, as a result of which some... Families of dead gain access to riots files YNetNews 10/10/2005 Attorney General responds to demand by families of those killed in October 2000 riots, hands over investigative material assembled by Police Investigation's Unit to... As UN Official Visits Bil''in, Israeli Oppression Continues WAFA 10/7/2005 RAMALLAH, October 7, 2005 (WAFA)- Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights Defenders visited on Friday Bil''in village, in... Army: Ruling puts troops, Palestinian civilians at risk Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 Senior Israel Defense Forces officers yesterday expressed disappointment with the High Court of Justice decision outlawing the use of Palestinians to deliver warnings to... Soldiers detain two children near Salfit International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 Israeli soldiers detained and interrogated, on Thursday at night, two Palestinian children in Marda village, near the West Bank city of Salfit. The Palestinian... Soldiers arrest Dean of Sharia College in Nablus International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Friday at dawn, the dean of the Sharia College (Islamic law) in Nablus after the soldiers invaded Sabastia village, north... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sep. - 05 Oct. 2005 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/6/2005 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Launch More Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) -- 7 Palestinians, including a child and... DFLP leader sentenced to 25 years International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 Ofer Israeli military court, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, sentenced Ibrahim Abdul-Qader Abu Hijla, members of the Central Committee of the Democratic... Flags for Freedom International Solidarity Movement 10/7/2005 Bil’in villagers continue resistance -- Today, just after noon-day prayers, a large group of Palestinians from Bil’in marched alongside around forty Israeli activists and eight... Soldiers attack a peaceful procession against the Wall in Bil’in International Middle East Media Center 10/7/2005 The Media Office of the International Solidarity movement reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, and distributed leaflets in front of... Army invades Haris, pressures eight and ten year old under interrogation International Womens' Peace Service 10/7/2005 Human Rights Report No. 227 -- At approximately 4:45 p.m. three jeeps of the Israeli army entered the village of Haris. According to witnesses... Pregnant Palestinian Women and Israeli Checkpoints. A Deadly Encounter! MIFTAH 10/3/2005 Several United Nations agencies operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories recently submitted a report to the UN General Assembly at the convening of its... Female Prisoner Narrates Details of Israeli Oppression in 'Talmond' Jail International Press Center 10/6/2005 GAZA, October 6, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Palestinian prisoner Omaia Al-Domj, 27, from Jenin refugee camp, who has been imprisoned in 'Talmond' prison for... Apartheid Wall, not only Affecting Palestinians in Jerusalem, but also Jews WAFA 10/6/2005 TEL AVIV, October 6, 2005 (WAFA)- A recent study conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies said the Apartheid Wall, which cuts off... Palestinian rights committee approves annual report, forwards recommendations on Middle East peace process to General Assembly ReliefWeb/UNGA 10/5/2005 Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 288th Meeting (PM) -- The 30-year-old United Nations panel dealing with Palestinian rights today approved... Palestinian Israeli HR Organisations Call for Ending Closures of Gaza WAFA 10/6/2005 GAZA, October 6, 2005, (WAFA)- Palestinian and Israeli Human Rights organizations urged Thursday the Israeli government to end its closure of the Gaza Strip... MACHSOMWATCH OBSERVATIONS DURING AUGUST 2005 Machsom Watch 10/6/2005 So what did we learn in August? First, the difference between one sort of checkpoint and another – During August, checkpoints operated at the entrance... Machsom Watch: Palestinian beaten at Hawara checkpoint By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 IDF soldiers severely beat a Palestinian man at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus on Tuesday while their female colleagues egged them on, according... Israeli colony seizes school grounds AlJazeera 10/6/2005 Palestinian schoolboys in a Jerusalem suburb have lost their football pitch and volleyball court to a giant cement wall Israel has built through their... Israeli use of 'human shields' is judged illegal The Independent 10/7/2005 The Israeli army practice of using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" to protect them during arrest operations has been declared illegal by the country's... UN Special Representative on human rights defenders to visit Israel and OPT Electronic Intifada/UNDPI 10/4/2005 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, will undertake a fact-finding mission to Israel and the... Special Representative of Secretary-General on human rights defenders to visit Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories ReliefWeb/UN 10/4/2005 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, will undertake a fact-finding mission to Israel and the... Palestinian Prisoners: Israel Offered us Exile in Exchange for Continued Imprisonment International Press Center 10/5/2005 GAZA, October 5, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Palestinian prisoners spent more than two years as administrative detainees in Negev prison in Israel mentioned that the... The Continued Closure of Rafah International Crossing Point Transforms the Gaza Strip into a Big Prison with Disastrous Impacts for Palestinian Civilians Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/5/2005 PCHR is gravely concerned at the continued closure of Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border despite the implementation of the "Gaza Disengagement... Schoolgirls barred from reaching school in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/5/2005 Israeli soldiers barred on Wednesday dozens of schoolgirls from reaching their school in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the center of the West Bank city... IOF Locks down the Ibraheimi Mosque for 6 days International Press Center 10/5/2005 HEBRON, Palestine, October 5,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The Israeli occupation forces ( IOF) decided yesterday to close the Ibraheimi holy mosque, in Hebron city, south of... Court to rule on ‘human shield’ issue YNetNews 10/5/2005 Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel claims IDF endangering Palestinian civilians’ lives during operations to apprehend wanted terrorists; In August 2002 High... Study: Separation wall negatively impacts J'lem residents and status Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 The separation wall, which cuts off tens of thousands of Palestinians and their neighborhoods from Jerusalem, is not only having a negative impact on... JCDHR calls on Israel to end its violations to the international law International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 The Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights (JCDHR) called on Israel to end its violations to the International Law and human rights, and... BADIL Issues Handbook on Protection of Palestinian Refugees WAFA 10/4/2005 BETHLEHEM, October 4, 2005 (WAFA)- BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights issued handbook on Protection of Palestinian Refugees in States Signatories to... New Procedures for Obtaining Israeli-Issued Magnetic Identity Cards (PDF) Palestine Media Center 9/30/2005 PMG Special Report: -- In 4 West Bank districts, Palestinian civilians are now subject to new procedures in order to obtain an Israeli-issued magnetic identity... Protest targets persecution of Palestinians in Jerusalem and detention of thousands of political prisoners! StopTheWall.org 9/27/2005 Hundreds of protestors staged a powerful demonstration at al-Manara square, Ramallah, demanding the release of Palestinian political prisoners and in particular the recent detainees... Border reopens; Palestinians go home YNetNews 10/4/2005 Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah area opened for one day to enable hundreds of Palestinians and Egyptians stuck on wrong side of border to return... Palestinians stranded at Rafah crossing AlJazeera 10/5/2005 Some 300 Palestinians are stranded on the Egyptian side of Rafah border crossing, unable to return to their homes in the Gaza Strip. Speaking... Campaign in Solidarity with Detainee Manal and her Child Nour International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association along with the family of Manal and Nour Ghanem have launched a campaign to demand the Israeli... 200 detainees transferred to administrative detention International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Ofer Israeli military court transferred 200 out of 500 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention without trial; the court said it does not have the... PA: Palestinian armed groups must stop endangering civilians in reckeless shooting and attacks Amnesty International 10/3/2005 Factional fighting by Palestinian armed groups has reached an unprecedented level and is recklessly endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip... Soldiers break into cells in Al Maskobiyya International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Israeli under-cover military units, members of the Nahshon division, broke on Tuesday afternoon, into the cells of Al Maskobiyya detention facility, and attacked the... Five years of child rights abuses in the OPT ReliefWeb/Defence for Children International/Palestine Section 10/3/2005 Five years ago today, massive protests against the ongoing Israeli occupation erupted throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Since that day in September 2000... Lebanon: Palestinian refugees complain they are second class citizens ReliefWeb/United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 10/2/2005 BEIRUT, 2 Oct 2005 (OCHA - IRIN) - Rajah, a mother of four living in the Shatila refugee camp in the heart of the Lebanese capital... Israeli aircraft drop threatening leaflets on Gaza Electronic Intifada 10/1/2005 We warn you of the danger of remaining in the areas which are being used to launch terrorist actions and we advise you to... Churches speak out on economic pressure as a tool for peace Electronic Intifada 10/2/2005 During the first week of January 2004, Israeli minister of Justice Yosef Lapid warned his country about an international boycott. He told Israeli radio... Behind the Wall International Solidarity Movement 10/1/2005 This Friday the 30th of September, the villagers of Bil’in successfully managed to harvest some of this year’s crop of olives, despite the attempts... “We Will Pick Our Olives” International Solidarity Movement 10/1/2005 Bil’in villagers begin their 2005 olive harvest tomorrow -- Tomorrow, Sunday October 2nd at 8:00 AM, the villagers of Bil’in will officially begin their... Israel permits 20 trucks full of food to enter the Gaza Strip Ha'aretz 10/4/2005 On Monday, Israel permitted 20 trucks full of food to enter the Gaza Strip through the Sufa crossing. The move is significant because the... Palestinian Land Owners Face Struggle Yahoo! News 9/30/2005 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel seized Fatma Khalaf's farmland five years ago as a security buffer for a Jewish settlement. Now that the Israelis... Violent Clashes in Gaza Electronic Intifada/PCHR 10/3/2005 In the bloodiest internal clashes since the Israeli redeployment in the Gaza Strip last month, 3 Palestinians, including a police officer, were killed and... 3000 children commemorate Mohammad Dorra International Middle East Media Center 9/30/2005 At least 3000 Palestinian children took part in a huge protest in memoriam to Mohammad Dorra, 13, who was killed by the Israeli army... PHR Report: “Disengagement Plan and its consequences on the Right to Health in the Gaza Strip” International Middle East Media Center 9/30/2005 Physicians For Human Rights published a report on the implications of the unilateral pullout, and military closure, on the lives of the Palestinian residents... Take Action for Justice: Email MK Hirshson to Act to End the Destruction of Religious Sites (PDF) Arab Association for Human Rights - HRA 10/1/2005 I am writing to express my concern about the ongoing desecration of Muslim and Christian holy places in Israel in violation of the Universal... HRA: Racist Culture Resulted in Dehumanization of Arab Israelis WAFA 9/30/2005 NAZARETH, September 30, 2005 (WAFA)- The Arab Association for Human Rights in Israel (HRA) said that the enforced racist culture in Israel has resulted... IOF Prevents Bil'in Villagers, Internationals from Reaching Olive Orchards Behind Wall WAFA 9/30/2005 RAMALLAH, September 30, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) prevented tens of Bil'in villagers in Ramallah from reaching their olive orchards, WAFA reporter said... Seeking justice abroad By Khaled Amayreh, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 9/29/2005 i>Domestic remedies exhausted, Palestinians are seeking redress in foreign courts, much to the chagrin of Israel -- Having lost faith in the Israeli...

Economy..

Tallawy Says Israeli Occupation Main Cause of Difficult Living Conditions in Palestine United Nations ESCWA 10/29/2005 Beirut, 28 October 2005(United Nations Information Service)-- Executive Secretary of UNESCWA Mervat Tallawy considered the Israeli occupation the main factor behind the grave... Official Statistics: Decline of Optimism on Economic Situation WAFA 10/31/2005 RAMALLAH, October 31, 2005, (WAFA)- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) revealed a continuous decline in the perception of the owners/managers of the... USAID/OTI West Bank and Gaza Field Report Sep 2005 ReliefWeb/United States Agency for International Development 10/30/2005 USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program in the West Bank and Gaza, commenced in June 2005, is designed to respond quickly and... Gaza settlement rubble to be turned into roads ReliefWeb 10/31/2005 JERUSALEM, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Much of the rubble from Gaza's evacuated Jewish settlements will be crushed to buildnew roads for the densely-populated strip, a... Exports to US up annualized 8.7% in Q3 Globes 10/31/2005 Exports to Asia also rose, but fell to the EU, because of the weakness of the euro against the dollar.-- Israeli exports to the... Israelis must work 9.3 years for flat YNetNews 10/31/2005 Salaried employee in Israel must work 9.3 years in order to purchase average new or second-hand apartment, study says -- A salaried employee in Israel... S&P: No change in Israel’s credit rating anytime soon Globes 10/31/2005 Standard & Poor’s Barbara Ridpath: The domestic economy still faces fiscal problems. -- Standard & Poor’s has no plans to change Israel’s long-term credit rating in its... U.S. designates new Qualifying Industrial Zone in Egypt Ha'aretz 11/1/2005 Washington) - United States trade representative Rob Portman designated on Monday a new Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) in Egypt and approved the expansion of two... Interview: Gates `super happy' with work of Haifa R&D center Ha'aretz 10/27/2005 One thing the interview with Bill Gates inspires is a longing for his right-hand man and the chief executive of his company: Steve Ballmer... Video: Sharon, Gates combat poverty YNetNews 10/26/2005 Gates, Sharon announce launch of national plan to provide computer skills for 250,000 poor Israeli youths in bid to 'lessen digital gap -- (Video) Microsoft... Gates: Israel part of Silicon Valley YNetNews 10/26/2005 I am a software expert,” he uttered when pressed to make a plain political statement on the Israeli-Palestinian problem. -- Microsoft chairman praises successful local... Catch-22 deepens IMI crisis Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Finance Ministry Budgets Director Kobi Haber and the chairman of the professional division at the Histadrut labor federation, Ofer Eini, held intensive negotiations on... First ever Druze research center set up YNetNews 10/26/2005 Project comes as part of ministerial plan to boost research, development practices in north, south of country -- Science and Technology Minister Matan Vilnai unveiled... Gates to meet with Sharon, executives on maiden visit Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Seventeen years after Microsoft began operating in Israel, the company's founder and chairman, Bill Gates, arrived yesterday for his first visit to the country... Government urged to stop bringing in Chinese workers Ha'aretz 10/26/2005 Kav LaOved, the Worker's Hotline for the Protection of Worker's Rights, is demanding that the government stop bringing new construction workers from China to... Iron dealers vandalize IDF monument YNetNews 10/28/2005 IDF monument vandalized during holiday, plaques, letters removed, apparently by iron dealers who deal in the material. This is a painful, criminal act, IDF... Economic Losses Cost at $15.6 Billion by Intifada's Five Years International Press Center 10/22/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 20, 2005 (IPC) ---Relentless Israeli restrictions and aggressions against the Occupied Palestinian territories inflicted the drained -out economy losses cost at... Number of welfare recipients down YNetNews 10/20/2005 The decrease in the number of government welfare payout recipients is a result of stricter eligibility criteria, rather than economic improvement, a national insurance... Peres offers Galilee benefits YNetNews 10/20/2005 New campaign aimed at boosting population of Galilee region, in northern Israel, offers tax breaks, grants -- Vice Premier Shimon Peres called on central Israel... American support for Palestinian mothers and newborns in Bethlehem ReliefWeb/USAID 10/19/2005 BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – A healthy start for newborns and their mothers served by the Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem is the goal of a... Armed LAW anti-tank rocket found in Eilat's hotel district Ha'aretz 10/21/2005 An armed LAW shoulder-mounted anti-tank rocket was found at noon on Friday in the hotel district of the southern city of Eilat. The circumstances... Histadrut threatens solidarity strike unless IMI workers paid Globes 10/20/2005 The Histadrut claims the Finance Ministry is withholding wages to make the workers agree to privatization. -- The Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel... Israelis invest record sums o’seas Globes 10/20/2005 Israelis invested over $10 billion overseas in January-September 2005.-- Israelis invested over $10 billion overseas in January-September 2005, more than the $9.4 billion that... Christian Leanings at Jerusalem Post Palestine Chronicle 10/21/2005 The strange and uneasy embrace between the Jewish state and America's evangelical right is being tightened. At the beginning of next year Israel's oldest... Israeli Arab suspected of selling ambulance to Palestinians Ha'aretz 10/20/2005 Israel Police on Thursday questioned the owner of an ambulance service in the Galilee region for allegedly selling an ambulance with Israeli markings to... PED Successfully Plants 1502 Dunams of Greenhouses in Vacated Colonies WAFA 10/19/2005 GAZA, October 19, 2005 (WAFA) - Director General of the Palestine Economic Development Co. (PED) Bassel Jabir revealed on Wednesday that the Company planted 1502... Cash transfer project kick-off ReliefWeb 10/19/2005 The Palestinian Authority today kicked off the first infrastructure projects funded through the $50 million cash transfer funded by the U.S. Government: the construction... Qalqilya teacher wounded after being attacked by student Palestine News Network 10/19/2005 Head of the Qalqilya teachers’ union, Naim Al Ashqar told PNN that the union is working to set up a group meeting that includes... Consumer mood index hits all-time high YNetNews 10/19/2005 Israelis optimistic as index hits 146.8 points -- The combination of the holidays, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stabilizing position within the Likud, and possibly also... Al Ard Al Taybeh - The Good Earth Campaign Joint Advocacy Initiative 10/19/2005 The Joint Advocacy Initiative has embarked on the Al Ard Al-Taybeh Campaign to advocate on behalf of and provide support to economically disadvantaged Palestinians... Gaza awaits first harvest from former settlements Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Palestinians worry about exporting produce left behind by Gaza settlers -- New crops are growing in greenhouses left behind by Jewish settlers evacuated from Gaza... Saudi Committee, UNICEF Sign Agreement for Supporting Palestinian Children WAFA 10/18/2005 RIYADH, October 18, 2005, (WAFA)- The Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People and the United Nations Children''s Fund (UNICEF) signed... Tulkarem Province losses in 2005 reaches NIS 2.5 million as unemployment hits 45 percent ReliefWeb/Palestinian National Authority 10/16/2005 TULKAREM, Palestine, October 16, 2005 (IPC) - The constant Israeli occupation's aggressions on the province of Tulkarem has soared unemployment rates to more than 35... Prince Naif orders remittance of more than SR 28 million for educational programs in Palestine ReliefWeb/Government of Saudi Arabia 10/17/2005 Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister and the Supervisor General of the Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People, has issued... International investors hope for visible returns in Gaza Ha'aretz 10/14/2005 The international community will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the Gaza Strip in the coming months to create large numbers of... Mideast states scramble to thwart bird flu Daily Star 10/15/2005 Governments act quickly to ban imports of poultry and stock up on vaccines -- As scientists confirmed Friday that the latest outbreak of bird flu... World Economic Forum to study Israeli high-tech success Globes 10/11/2005 Minister of Industry Ehud Olmert: Israel’s model for developing high-tech industry greatly interests decision-makers around the world. -- At its annual convention in Davos, the... UN agency sees opportunity after Gaza withdrawal United Nations News 10/8/2005 8 September 2005 – Following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the head of the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees said today that her main... UNRWA Emergency Appeal 2005 - Special Report ReliefWeb 10/13/2005 Since 2000, UNRWA has delivered emergency programming in West Bank and Gaza with the aim of protecting vulnerable refugee population from the worst effects... Reaching the unreached in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - Helping policy-makers identify the vulnerable and design effective interventions to fight food insecurity ReliefWeb/FAO 10/13/2005 b>40 percent of population food insecure - Rome, 13 October 2005 - Better information on the number and the state of poor people without... Shohat: Olmert will ignore poverty YNetNews 10/13/2005 Former finance minister Knesset Member Avraham Shohat, who retired from political life this week, said that current finance minister Ehud Olmert will 'spill a... UN agency to track poverty in Gaza and West Bank in bid to stem hunger United Nations News 10/13/2005 13 October 2005 – In a bid to help reduce the number of hungry people in the West Bank and Gaza, the United Nations Food... UN agency: 40 percent of people in West Bank, Gaza risk hunger Ha'aretz 10/13/2005 Forty percent of the 3.6 million people living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip can't be sure of getting enough food, either because... Water quality in coastal aquifer continues to worsen Ha'aretz 10/12/2005 The salinity level of the water in the coastal aquifer - one of Israel's three major sources of potable water - is continuing to increase, and... Turkey-Israel water pipe examined YNetNews 10/12/2005 Israel, Turkey looking into revising water agreement signed last year; Infrastructure Minister Ben-Eliezer holds meetings in Ankara on issue -- National Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer... Israel Aircraft Industries chief at center of police graft probe Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 The president and CEO of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), Moshe Keret, is at the center of an investigation by the police International Crimes Investigation... Official Statistics: 9.5% of Palestinian Houses without Water Network WAFA 10/9/2005 RAMALLAH, October 9, 2005, (WAFA)- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Sunday that 9.5% of households in the Palestinian Territory (56,544 households) are... Israel to lease Kinneret shore land to Evangelicals Ha'aretz 10/10/2005 Along the northeastern edge of Lake Kinneret, the landscape is quiet, the wind blows gently and the Korazim River meanders tranquilly, much as it... 10% of publicly traded firms at risk YNetNews 10/9/2005 Dun and Bradstreet estimates ten percent of Israeli companies traded on Tel Aviv stock exchange at risk of close down, about a third will... Qatar: USD 6 million to Arab soccer team YNetNews 10/10/2005 MK Ahmad Tibi's contacts with Qatar's government bear fruit. At first stage, donation to go to building Sakhnin's stadium -- MK Ahmad Tibi and Mayor... Israel to participate in WSIS conference in Tunis Globes 10/6/2005 Israel will set up a pavilion where Israeli companies will display their activities in remote learning and online governance. -- Israel is again participating in... Palestinians want high tech too Globes 10/6/2005 Senior PA Communications Ministry official: There is very little cooperation with Israel, which only wants cheap labor from the Palestinians.-- Palestinian high tech is... U.S. program brings Internet access to schools in need ReliefWeb/United States Department of State 10/6/2005 Palestinian, Bangladeshi teachers travel to U.S. for computer training -- Washington – The Internet can provide students with an open window to a vast world of... "Globes" Consumer Confidence Index down 9 points Globes 10/2/2005 Globes Research and Kesselman & Kesselman - PwC: The index has returned to its level before the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. -- The Globes Consumer Confidence... USAID and ANERA Agree on Carrying out Projects in GS & WB WAFA 10/3/2005 GAZA, October 3, 2005, (WAFA)- US Agency for International Development (USAID) and American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) agreed upon carrying out small infrastructure... Monetary Authority Governor: Palestine Passed the Hard Stage WAFA 10/3/2005 RAMALLAH, October 3, 2005 (WAFA)- Governor of the Monetary Authority, George al-Abed said on Monday that Palestine passed the hard stage, adding that its... Peres and Olmert fight poverty YNetNews 10/2/2005 The two ministers agree on instigating a NIS 4 billion plan to reduce poverty in Israel. The proposal, to be reviewed by the Finance... Palestine's first Octoberfest in Taybeh Electronic Intifada 10/1/2005 There's a first time for everything, and this weekend it was Palestine's first Octoberfest-styled beer festival, held in Taybeh village. Excited local boy scouts...

People..

Madonna's Kabbala guru accused of extorting money The Independent 10/31/2005 Shaul Youdkevitch, the Kabbala guru who drew Madonna to Israel a year ago, has been placed under house arrest by a court in Tel... Silence is death - Censorship in the Arab world Daily Star 11/1/2005 Freedom of Expression in Music' conference in Beirut posed many questions but did it reach any solutions? -- BEIRUT: Plato recognized music's ability to threaten... Goha - a wise fool with many names Daily Star 10/29/2005 New book of collected tales brings ancient folk hero to life in words and cloth pictures -- BEIRUT: "You should know, my son, that in... PCPO Poll: 61.5% of Palestinians Supports Formation of New Cabinet 64.8% Concerned about Their Personal Security Palestine Media Center/Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) 10/27/2005 The target of this poll is to probe the inclinations and notions of the Palestinians about the calls on putting an end to the... Qur'an competition tests participants' memories The Guardian 10/24/2005 With senior militant leaders looking on, Palestinian officials opened an international competition yesterday testing participants' knowledge of the Qur'an. Some 700 people, including diplomats... An affordable translation service from the Arabic language press Electronic Intifada 10/23/2005 Mideastwire.com was launched on June 15th, 2005. The service...provides a daily email newsletter with the days headlines (translated and summarized) from all the... Confronting demons to banish them like Sabra and Shatilla, "Massaker" is a political creature and should be handled as such Daily Star 10/21/2005 Directed by Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim and Hermann Theissen, this documentary is the first look at Sabra and Shatila from the perpetrators' perspective. Other... UAE RCS implements Gaza Iftar programme ReliefWeb/Government of the United Arab Emirates 10/19/2005 Gaza - The UAE Red Crescent Society is implementing a massive programme to provide Iftar meals to the fasting people in Gaza. According to Yousif... Settlers: Ready to leave now YNetNews 10/21/2005 Settlers left outside the security fence route say they are willing to leave now if offered compensations. The government must decide on our matter... Ramadan Tastes Special in Al-Quds Palestine Chronicle/Islam Online 10/18/2005 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Although the spirituality and blessings of Ramadan are enjoyed by Muslims across the globe, the holy fasting month tastes special in occupied... Jerusalem school dropouts bad news for city Palestine News Network 10/20/2005 The school bell rings and the teachers begin screaming at the students in all directions in the schoolyard and at the main gate. The... Feature story: A night in a Bedouin village Ha'aretz 10/20/2005 Few tourists display any interest in the many Bedouin communities scattered throughout the area. Many have heard about them in a negative context - smuggling... Full Report: Palestinian Public Perceptions of Security Sector Governance (PDF) MIFTAH 10/19/2005 The Graduate Institute for Development Studies (IUED) in Geneva and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) conducted in July... Palestinian Public Perceptions of Security Sector Governance MIFTAH 10/19/2005 Introduction: The Graduate Institute for Development Studies (IUED) in Geneva and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) conducted in... 35 percent of Israeli Jews favor eliminating Arabic as official language Ha'aretz 10/19/2005 Thirty-five percent of Jewish citizens oppose the law designating Arabic as an official language of the State of Israel, a poll conducted by Mossawa... Preacher boy stuns believers in Gaza mosques Middle East Online 10/18/2005 13 year-old Amjad Abu Sidu dreams of becoming an ‘alem’ like his two role models Kishk and Shaarawi. -- Robed in a white tunic, his... Happy to be back at school By Basem Awad, ReliefWeb/American Near East Refugee Aid 10/17/2005 The first day of school is usually colored with a mix of emotions. This is as true in Jerusalem as it is in the... 'Israel using AIDS against us' YNetNews 10/17/2005 A PA series aired over Ramadan contains "incitement-charged" scenes which portray Israel as willing to use drugs and AIDS against Palestinians -- ‘The Canaanite,’ a... Peace Index: September 2005 / The domestic picture grows darker Ha'aretz 10/11/2005 Troubles in society and governance are increasingly concerning the public -- Just before the New Year it emerges that according to the Jewish public's annual... "Acts For Palestine" in New York Theaters WAFA 10/13/2005 NEW YORK, October 13, 2005 (WAFA)- Al Jisser Group, The Kazbah Project, and Nibras Theatre Collective will present, in New York City, "Acts or... Madina Theater offers up an iftar of oriental music Daily Star 10/14/2005 Concerts feature the cream of upcoming stars from the Arab world --BEIRUT: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is not strictly a time for... Film Review: Selling colonialism By Anthony Loewstedt, Electronic Intifada 10/13/2005 Kingdom of Heaven, directed by Sir Ridley Scott and starring Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, has now been released on DVD... Arab infant hurt after vandals stone car en route to hospital Ha'aretz 10/13/2005 A two-year-old Arab infant en route to a Jerusalem hospital for medical treatment suffered light injuries Thursday when vandals stoned the vehicle carrying the... Exhibition's warning from history The Guardian 10/13/2005 Lawrence of Arabia told the cabinet at the end of the first world war that there was no case "for separating Sunni and Shia... Gazans Celebrate Happier Ramadan After Pullout Islam Online 10/9/2005 GAZA STRIP, October 9, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – After more than 38 years of military closure, blockade and restricted movement, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are... The Islamic Museum This Week in Palestine 10/1/2005 The Islamic museum was founded in 1922 by the Higher Islamic Council in Palestine. When Jordanian rule prevailed over the West Bank in the... Public Opinion Poll # 22: Withdrawal from Gaza, President’s Performance, and Legislative Elections By Birzeit University Development Studies Program, MIFTAH 10/12/2005 Main Results: • An increase in the President Performance Index (PPI) from 33% (during April 2005) to 40%1. • There is a noticeable increase of... Art with an ethnic consciousness Ha'aretz 10/11/2005 Shula Keshet says Mizrahi Jews and Israeli Arabs share the same experience of racism in Israel. -- At first glance, it is hard to understand... Nazar - Stories in pictures from the Arab world Daily Star 10/10/2005 New York gallery exhibits powerful images of the true face and reality in the region -- NEW YORK: Powerful, striking, heartbreaking, symbolic and most of... Ahmad al-Khatib brings Palestine to the Medina Daily Star 10/11/2005 BEIRUT: Playful yet serious, romantic yet unflinching, Ahmad al-Khatib and his oud brought politics, art and humanity effortlessly together in music at the Medina... Nobel winner: I'm no expert in economics YNetNews 10/11/2005 Israel Aumann, who won the economics Nobel Prize Monday says his colleagues in Israel deserve the prize as much as him; Sharon telephones Aumann... Prince Claus Awards honor two Middle Eastern artists Daily Star 10/8/2005 Lenin El-Ramly and Ibrahim Nabavi recognized for the political, social and ideological satire -- BEIRUT: For the second year in a row two artists from... First Friday prayers of Ramadan pass quietly in Jerusalem Ha'aretz 10/7/2005 The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed quietly in Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported, as some 2,500 police officers deployed... Are separate schools the answer? Ha'aretz 10/6/2005 A newly religious journalist stirred up a fierce storm among the ultra-Orthodox public when she asked what was the point ofattracting more people to... Soccer Coaches Training Programme in Ramallah WAFA 10/6/2005 RAMALLAH, October 6, 2005, (WAFA)- The Ministry of Youth and Sports together with Ministry of Education and the United States Agency for International Development... 'Married To Another Man' - a writer's search for Palestine By Olivia Snaije, Daily Star 10/6/2005 i>Ghada Karmi, talks about work, her plan for peace in the Middle East and her new bookPARIS: Among the wide variety... Free-Verse in Classical Hall in Gaza WAFA 10/5/2005 GAZA, October 5, 2005, (WAFA)- Lanterns and old-fashioned lamps dangled from the woody ceiling over hundreds of citizens gathered in the eve of Ramadan... Palestinian students overcome the struggle to gain an education Daily Star 10/6/2005 BEIRUT: Joyful fanfare burst from speakers throughout the auditorium.Dozens of morterboards leaped on high, a flurry of balloons erupted from box seats, students hugged... More Israeli Jews favor transfer of Palestinians, Israeli Arabs - poll finds Ha'aretz 10/5/2005 Some 46 percent of Israel's Jewish citizens favor transferring Palestinians out of the territories, while 31 percent favor transferring Israeli Arabs out of the... Hip-Hop for Palestine CounterPunch 10/1/2005 b>"Free the P" - Art amplifies voices on the margins--the views and opinions that power silences. But while money and influence can... Mixed reception for Palestinian film BBC 6/22/2003 The award winning film The Olive Harvest by California-based Palestinian film director Hanna Elias has received a mixed reception at a screening in the... Pittsburgh Hosts Film Series on Palestine WAFA 10/4/2005 PITTSBURGH (USA), October 4, 2005 (WAFA)- The Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Students for Justice in Palestine, in the USA, for the first... Israel's population on eve of New Year: 6.955m Globes 10/2/2005 During the year 5765, Israel's population increased by 124,000, or 1.7%.-- On the eve of the Jewish New Year 5766, the State of Israel's... Palestine Oscar bid funded by Israel The Guardian 10/4/2005 A film about suicide bombers has been chosen as Palestine's Oscar entry. Paradise Now follows the last 48 hours of two young Palestinian friends... Farewell to All That: Palestine Report comes to a close Electronic Intifada/Palestine Report 10/1/2005 This, sadly, is the last edition of the Palestine Report. Due to financial pressures it has simply ceased to be feasible to continue producing... Ramadan begins for world's Muslims AlJazeera 10/3/2005 Religious authorities in the Arab world have announced the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, according to local media reports. The... Rap group DAM to hold first US show October 5! Electronic Intifada 10/3/2005 Press Release, DAM -- An Evening Celebrating the Palestinian Hip Hop Movement With DAM: Straight Outta Palestine 48 For Their First Ever US Performance! Additional... Reviving oriental souks with German expertise Daily Star 10/1/2005 TRIPOLI: Germans seem to have a weakness for historical sites in the Middle East: when Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Baalbek back in 1898 he...

International..

Islamic feminists denounce 'chauvinism' Daily Star 11/1/2005 BARCELONA: The first ever international conference on Islamic feminism, held this week in Barcelona, denounced on Sunday what it termed as "male chauvinist" interpretations... Saudi king meets Siniora after Syrian premier's visit Daily Star 10/31/2005 BEIRUT: Saudi King Abdullah held talks Sunday with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, one day after receiving a Syrian official touring the Gulf ahead... Real Life: Ten very surprising things about Iran The Independent 10/30/2005 Most TV news reports about Iran depict religious revolutionaries who promote militancy abroad and suppress human rights at home. But this is only part... 'Many dead' in US strike in Iraq BBC 10/31/2005 A US military air raid in western Iraq has caused many deaths, reports from Iraq say. The US military said it had targeted what... Gunmen target top Iraqi officials BBC 10/30/2005 A senior Iraqi government adviser has been shot dead on his way to work in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Ghalib Abdul Mehdi, an aide... Hizbullah's stand is 'opposition to freedom' Daily Star 10/31/2005 Head of Lebanese Committee for 1559 blasts resistance's 'threats' -- SIDON: The head of the International Lebanese Committee for UN Security Council Resolution 1559, Atef... Lebanese leaders search for solution to disarmament dilemma Daily Star 11/1/2005 Many suggest incorporating Hizbullah's military wing into national army -- BEIRUT: As international calls for the disarmament of Hizbullah continue, politicians in the country have... UN seeks Guantanamo interviews AlJazeera 11/1/2005 Three United Nations human rights investigators say they could only accept a US invitation to visit Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba if they are... Security Council backs Syria resolution AlJazeera 10/31/2005 The UN Security Council has voted unanimously for a resolution demanding Syria cooperate fully with a UN investigation into the death of former Lebanese... Syrian FM slams UN vote pressuring Damascus Ha'aretz 10/31/2005 Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaf slammed Monday a unanimous UN Security Council resolution demanding Syria's full cooperation with a UN investigation into the assassination... No Return to Nuke Freeze: Iran Arab News 10/31/2005 TEHRAN, 31 October 2005 — Iran will not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear fuel activities and Western demands for such confidence... Fadlallah calls for 'serious' national dialogue to address political and security situation Daily Star 10/29/2005 BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah called on Friday for a "serious" national dialogue to study the political and security situation in... Iranians say Israel should be 'wiped off map' - but not by Tehran Daily Star 10/29/2005 Tens of thousands show support for president in Tehran rally -- TEHRAN: Tens of thousands of Iranians marched in Tehran on Friday in a show... Hizbullah accuses U.S. and Israel of manipulating UN reports to stir regional and internal strife Daily Star 10/29/2005 The report is full of poisonous incitement aimed at ruining relations' -- BEIRUT: Hizbullah accused Washington and Israel on Friday of manipulating UN reports to... Syria accuses Iraq, coalition of border failures Middle East Online 10/28/2005 General Amin says US bombing on Syrian territory has resulted in deaths of eight Syrians. -- ABU KAMAL, Syrian-Iraqi border - A Syrian general in charge... Hezbollah chief blasts US at anti-Israel rally Middle East Online 10/28/2005 Nasrallah accuses US of using UN report into Hariri’s murder as tool toward achieving its own goals in region. -- The head of the Lebanese... WTO Members Approve Saudi Accession Arab News 10/29/2005 JEDDAH, 29 October 2005 — Major trading nations yesterday approved Saudi Arabia’s accession to the World Trade Organization during a key meeting in Geneva as... Assad tells Mubarak Syria will comply with UN probe Daily Star 10/29/2005 Security Council tones down resolution -- Syrian President Bashar Assad pledged that his government would cooperate with a UN inquiry into the assassination of former... Iraqi Shia groups forge poll alliance AlJazeera 10/27/2005 Iraq's ruling Shia Muslim-led coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, will contest December's parliamentary election as a single electoral list. Foreign officials said on Thursday... Egyptian FM: Mubarak in Syria to try to avoid Middle East crisis Ha'aretz 10/28/2005 CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held unexpected talks with his beleaguered Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad Friday to discuss Damascus' crisis with the West... Iranians hold anti-Israel street protests AlJazeera 10/28/2005 Tens of thousands of Iranians have joined anti-Israeli protests in support of their president's call for the destruction of Israel. Iranians staged multiple protests...