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Israeli army kidnaps 13 Palestinian civilians from several West Bank areas
The Israeli army has conducted several morning invasions to deferent West Bank cites and towns and kidnapped 13 Palestinian civilians.
Hamas Warns Off Fatah In West Bank
A prominent Hamas leader in Gaza said rival Fatah militants can expect a fight if they continue attacking Hamas facilities in the West Bank.
Report: Fatah on rampage in West Bank
The West Bank is nearing anarchy as Fatah militants loot, burn and abduct rival Hamas militants who seized power in the Gaza Strip.
Few Gazans turn in weapons as Hamas deadline for arms collection expires
Few Gazans turned in their weapons on Thursday, as a Hamas deadline for arms collection expired and the group threatened harsh punishment for those who kept their guns stashed at home.
Poll: 75 percent of Palestinians favor holding new elections
A survey published Thursday by an independent Palestinian research center found that 75 percent of Palestinians would back new elections. The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research conducted the poll during and after the Hamas military takeover of Gaza last week. It was conducted among 1,270 respondents in the West Bank and Gaza and had an error margin of 3 percent.
In Israel, Palestinians tell of Hamas butchery
"I wanted to shoot myself for voting Hamas," another patient said. He came with his brother, who had been shot in the head while evacuating wounded people in his taxi. "We really believed Hamas would change things," he said.
We asked for release of senior Fatah prisoners, Palestinian sources say
The Palestinian Authority recently asked Israel to release a group of prisoners - residents of the West Bank - as a trust-building step to strengthen the new Palestinian emergency government, Palestinian sources told Ynet Thursday evening. The PA also relayed the message through European Union representatives, they said.
Abbas: 'Mashaal plotted to assassinate me'
In a fierce address to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council, he said he viewed a video showing a group of Hamas militants as they were discussing a plot to plant a 250-kilo bomb on the route to his Gaza office during a previous round of infighting in mid-May.
Hamas denies assassination attempt on Palestinian president
Officials in Izz al-Din al-Qassam said Abbas was never a target and that "all of his accusations are false."
Israel: High Court permits torture of Palestinians
The Israeli High Court issued a ruling that allows the Shabak, which is the Internal General Security Service of Israel, to torture with impunity. The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) published a report condemning the practice of torture that is "derived from the darkness of the Middle Ages"
Hamas asks Fatah to open dialogue
The Hamas Movement on Tuesday renewed invitation to Fatah faction to initiate joint dialogue to solve pending problems before it is too late.
Abbas calls Hamas 'murderous terrorists'
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas harshly criticized the Islamic Hamas on Wednesday for taking over Gaza last week, saying its members were "murderous terrorists" who tried to assassinate him recently.
After Hamas victory, the priority in Gaza is 'food and peace'
Bearing the stamp of Preventative Security, and marked "Highly Secret", the single dirty document on the ground instructed the reader to assemble information on one Abdel Rahman Salah Shadeh Karnua. But it was a rarity among the papers scattered among the detritus in the yard.
Gazans Adjust to Power Shift as New Rulers Revel
GAZA, June 19 — Muhammad al-Borniah, 23, shook a little on Tuesday as he showed off the tiny cell, No. 13, where he spent five days in January as a prisoner of the Palestinian Preventive Security, the elite Fatah force that dealt with subversion.
Ban Ki-moon criticizes UN Human Rights Council for singling Israel out
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined Western nations on Wednesday in criticizing the world body's own Human Rights Council for "picking on Israel" as part of an agreement on its working rules.
U.S. to increase military aid to Israel in decade-long deal
The United States will increase its military assistance to Israel and sign a new agreement securing American aid to the country for the next decade, President George W. Bush announced Tuesday following his meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
US may cut financial aid to Egypt
The United States Senate asked US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday to pressure Egypt into taking harsher actions against weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian prisoners reject Israel's new policy of segregating Fatah and Hamas prisoners
Palestinian prisoners held in Israel's Ramon jail have expressed their rejection of the Israeli government's policy of segregating Fatah and Hamas prisoners, applied last Wednesday out of the fear that the bloody events in the Gaza Strip could spread among the prisoners.
Fatah's last stand: collapse or conspiracy?
As they gave up compound after compound to advancing Hamas forces, weary Fatah fighters loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas fell back toward the seaside presidential compound in Gaza to make their last stand.
Former Hamas prisoners remember Fatah torture
They called it "The Bus" and it marked the beginning of days, weeks, even months of brutal interrogation at the hands of the nascent Palestinian government.
Egypt: Monday's summit aims to boost Abbas, isolate Hamas
Egypt said Thursday its call for a summit of Israeli, Palestinian
and Jordanian leaders aims to boost Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as the U.S. ally moved to isolate the Hamas militant group after its takeover of Gaza.
Netanyahu: Egypt, Jordan key to weakening Hamas
Israel needs the help of Jordan and Egypt to bolster moderate forces in the Palestinian Authority against the emboldened Hamas group, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday.
The Middle East doesn't need Blair
Appointing Tony Blair as peace envoy to Palestine would be futile, given the prime minister's track record.
Document details 'US' plan to sink Hamas
On April 30, the Jordanian weekly newspaper Al-Majd published a story about a 16-page secret document, an "Action Plan for the Palestinian Presidency" that called for undermining and replacing the Palestinian national-unity government.
Al-Quds al-Arabi reports on the Gaza intelligence bonanza
Hamas sources told Al-Quds al-Arabi that the treasure-trove of intelligence documents that fell into their hands, with the takeover of the Gaza headquarters of Palestinian Preventive Security and General Intelligence, are in the custody of the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. But Hamid al-Raqt, Hamas spokesman in Khan Yunis, said there is an agreement with the Hamas political leadership not to use these in any way that would denigrate any Palestinian official or Arab or foreign intelligence agency, so as not to worsen tensions with the outside world.
Who is Mohammad Dahlan?
In the past week he has made his way back into Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas' inner circle. Last week, Hamas accused Dahlan of planning an attempted assassination of prime minister Ismail Haniya of the Hamas movement
One of Hamas leaders: "Gaza is not owned by Hamas, or Fateh, we want dialogue"
Izzat Al Rishiq, member of the political bureau of Hamas movement, stated on Wednesday that Hamas will continue to "extend it hand for dialogue", and respects president Mahmoud Abbas and Fateh movement.
Petition; Oprah: Visit Occupied Terrirtories & Support the Oppressed
You are planning to travel to "Israel for a solidarity visit". Israel's UN Ambassador, Danny Gillerman, said that a 'visit of a figure with such influence on the international media could help bring an end to the indifference towards the terror threat faced by Israelis'. This statement as well as your visit is troubling, frustrating and confusing us all. You are renown to stand for peace and to support the weak and the oppressed.
'3-state solution' is no path to peace
The U.S. decision to back Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the recent turmoil virtually guarantees an
escalation in violence. Abbas has installed an unelected "emergency" government to replace the democratically elected
Hamas-led national unity government.
West chooses Fatah, but Palestinians don't
IN THE WEST, there's a huge sense of relief. The Hamas-led government that has been causing everyone so much trouble has been isolated in Gaza, and a new government has been appointed in the West Bank by the "moderate," peace-loving Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas. So why then do Palestinians not share in the relief? Well, for one thing, the old government had been democratically elected; now it has been dismissed out of hand by presidential fiat. There's also the fact that the new prime minister appointed by Abbas — Salam Fayyad — has the support of the West, but his election list won only 2% of the votes in the same election that swept Hamas to victory. Fayyad and Abbas have the support of Israel, but it is no secret that they lack the backing of their own people.
The 8 Fallacies of Bush's Abbastan Plan
Hello, Condoleezza Rice," the Hamas gunaman joked speaking into the President Mahmoud Abbas ( a.k.a. Abu Mazen)'s phone from the Palestinian Authority president's chair in his abandoned Gaza office. "You have to deal with me now, there is no Abu Mazen anymore." Never a truer word spoken in jest, and all that… But the Bush administration doesn't get the joke.
More trouble ahead
Whether the newly-formed Palestinian government in Ramallah will be able to function efficiently and fulfill its obligations and responsibilities according to a political agenda, even if it has one, remains to be seen.
Free Barghouti
One of the leaders of the Palestinian people has been incarcerated for approximately five years now in Hadarim Prison, in central Israel. The time has come to release him. For years, Marwan Barghouti has tried to persuade Israelis to end the occupation through negotiation. He has gone from one Israeli party headquarters to the next, meeting with politicians across the political spectrum. He tried to persuade them in order to preempt the next confrontation.
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