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The United Nations issued a report Monday saying the security fence Israel is building will effectively separate mainly Arab-populated East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
11 Palestinians killed, 28 injured; journalists and medical teams targeted in IOF's incursion in Gaza
11 Palestinians killed, 28 injured; journalists and medical teams targeted in IOF's incursion in Gaza
In its latest incursion into Gaza, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 11 Palestinians, injured 28, bulldozed 70 dunams of cultivated land and targeted journalists and medical teams. In addition, it arrested 70 Palestinians; 63 of whom were released on the next day.
Israel frees 250 prisoners to help Fatah as Arabs plan peace talks
Israel agreed to free 250 prisoners from the Fatah movement of Mahmoud Abbas yesterday in an effort to support the weakened Palestinian President's emergency Government in the West Bank.
Abbas challenged over new cabinet
Senior lawyers who wrote the interim Palestinian constitution have said Mahmoud Abbas, the president, exceeded his powers when he appointed the new emergency cabinet.
Hamas vows to prosecute senior PNA officials over corruption
Sacked Hamas-led Palestinian national unity government pledged on Sunday to release documents to accuse a number of Palestinian National Authority's (PNA) "senior symbols of taking hold of the Palestinian people's possessions."
Releasing only 250 Fatah prisoners is a blow to national unity, Palestinian prisoners' families say
Gaza - Ma'an - The families of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have expressed their reservations about the Israeli prime minister's initiative to release 250 Fatah-affiliated prisoners. They said that accepting such an offer would only fracture the Palestinian national unity, and they called on President Abbas to make a deal that includes all Palestinian detainees without exceptions.
Fatah Gunmen Assert Authority in West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank -- The anonymous call on Hafez Shaheen's mobile phone came as an impolite reminder. "You were at city hall today," the voice warned. "You are not to go back again." Shaheen is the acting mayor of this West Bank city, elected two years ago on a ticket sponsored by Hamas. The armed Islamic movement trounced forces from the rival secular Fatah party on June 14 to take control of the Gaza Strip, and the reverberations were felt instantly here by Shaheen and his 12 Hamas colleagues on the 15-seat city council.
Arab League Delegation to Make Unprecedented Visit to Israel
The Arab League is sending a delegation to Israel this week for the first time. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem, the 22-nation organization is pushing a new initiative for Mideast peace.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron
Israel frees 250 prisoners to help Fatah as Arabs plan peace talks
Israel agreed to free 250 prisoners from the Fatah movement of Mahmoud Abbas yesterday in an effort to support the weakened Palestinian President's emergency Government in the West Bank.
Abbas challenged over new cabinet
Senior lawyers who wrote the interim Palestinian constitution have said Mahmoud Abbas, the president, exceeded his powers when he appointed the new emergency cabinet.
Hamas vows to prosecute senior PNA officials over corruption
Sacked Hamas-led Palestinian national unity government pledged on Sunday to release documents to accuse a number of Palestinian National Authority's (PNA) "senior symbols of taking hold of the Palestinian people's possessions."
Releasing only 250 Fatah prisoners is a blow to national unity, Palestinian prisoners' families say
Gaza - Ma'an - The families of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have expressed their reservations about the Israeli prime minister's initiative to release 250 Fatah-affiliated prisoners. They said that accepting such an offer would only fracture the Palestinian national unity, and they called on President Abbas to make a deal that includes all Palestinian detainees without exceptions.
Fatah Gunmen Assert Authority in West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank -- The anonymous call on Hafez Shaheen's mobile phone came as an impolite reminder. "You were at city hall today," the voice warned. "You are not to go back again." Shaheen is the acting mayor of this West Bank city, elected two years ago on a ticket sponsored by Hamas. The armed Islamic movement trounced forces from the rival secular Fatah party on June 14 to take control of the Gaza Strip, and the reverberations were felt instantly here by Shaheen and his 12 Hamas colleagues on the 15-seat city council.
Arab League Delegation to Make Unprecedented Visit to Israel
The Arab League is sending a delegation to Israel this week for the first time. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem, the 22-nation organization is pushing a new initiative for Mideast peace.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron
On Monday, a group of Israeli settlers from the settlement of "Hafat Ya'er" located near Yatta village south of Hebron city in the southern West Bank, attacked and damaged Palestinian homes.
Palestinian refugees from Iraq heading to Brazil
After spending over four years languishing in a refugee camp in the Jordanian desert, 100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq will finally be heading to their new home -- Brazil.
Police arrest Haredi man suspected of trying to stab Arab cab driver
Jerusalem Police on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old ultra-Orthodox man after he allegedly attempted to stab a Palestinian taxi driver at the Mount of Olives.
Feature: Gazans enjoy security, serenity but worry about bleak future
Sitting under a beach-umbrella on the beach of Gaza City, Hassan Hamouda and his wife, are looking at their three children skylarking and chasing after each other happily on Monday.
OPT-OCHA Special focus: Three years later - The humanitarian impact of the barrier since the International Court of Justice opinion, Jul 2007
Three years ago (9 July 2004), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion stating that the route of Israel's Barrier in the West Bank, and its associated regime of permits and restrictions, constitute a serious breach of international law. In this special focus, OCHA looks at several communities of the northern West Bank, severed by the Barrier from their neighbouring communities, from agricultural lands and livelihoods.
Palestinian refugees from Iraq heading to Brazil
After spending over four years languishing in a refugee camp in the Jordanian desert, 100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq will finally be heading to their new home -- Brazil.
Police arrest Haredi man suspected of trying to stab Arab cab driver
Jerusalem Police on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old ultra-Orthodox man after he allegedly attempted to stab a Palestinian taxi driver at the Mount of Olives.
Feature: Gazans enjoy security, serenity but worry about bleak future
Sitting under a beach-umbrella on the beach of Gaza City, Hassan Hamouda and his wife, are looking at their three children skylarking and chasing after each other happily on Monday.
OPT-OCHA Special focus: Three years later - The humanitarian impact of the barrier since the International Court of Justice opinion, Jul 2007
Three years ago (9 July 2004), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion stating that the route of Israel's Barrier in the West Bank, and its associated regime of permits and restrictions, constitute a serious breach of international law. In this special focus, OCHA looks at several communities of the northern West Bank, severed by the Barrier from their neighbouring communities, from agricultural lands and livelihoods.
UN suspends Gaza work due to supply shortage
"Some 93 million dollars-worth of projects are on hold because cement and other building supplies have run out," John Ging, the director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, said in a statement.
Israeli newspapers reported on Monday that a special Israeli envoy last week gave Egyptian government a list of Palestinian prisoners which Israel is willing to release in a swap deal for the captured Israel soldier Gilad Shalit.
Dutch government warns company to cease work on illegal Wall
Dutch government warns company to cease work on illegal Wall
Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Foreign Minister, has recently warned a Dutch company to cease all involvement in the construction of the illegal Israeli Wall that is currently in the process of confiscating many hundreds-of-thousands of Dunums of Palestinian-owned land for its construction.
The Israeli police state
On Friday, 8 June 2007, my husband Ian flew to Israel. He is in fact on his way to an IT conference in Vienna, but we thought that it would be nice for him to make a short three-day detour to Tel-Aviv to visit my brother and his family and in particular meet my seven and five year old nieces for the first time. At Ben-Gurion airport Ian's Australian passport was confiscated with no explanation. He was taken to a small interrogation room and had to endure an intimidating questioning about non-existent Saudi and Lebanese visas in his passport. He was interrogated by a tough-looking uniformed female police officer while a non-uniformed agent watched. The officer asked him why he had Saudi and Lebanese visas. When he responded that this could not be his passport because he does not have such visas, she proceeded to ask him for the names of his father and grandfather. Despite the fact that Ian answered the question the first time, she repeated it three more times. By that stage Ian realized that they were trying to intimidate him and although he did feel some fear, he pointed out that she asked the same question several times and that he had already answered it. After about 25 minutes of this, Ian was finally released with no explanation and a feeble apology about delaying him.
Al Hadidiya …still resisting against Ethnic Cleansing
The Palestinian Bedouin community of al Hadidiya is continuing to resist attempts by the Occupation to ethnically cleanse the area. Almost three months ago, the Occupation has sent demolition orders to all the homes of the Palestinian community and ordered people to leave the area. Some of the families remain steadfastly on the land even though the Occupation issued a renewed expulsion order a week ago.
The Unbreakable Mordechai Vanunu
"I said to the Shabak, the Mossad, 'you didn't succeed to break me, you didn't succeed to make me crazy.'" -- - Mordechai Vanunu, former Israeli nuclear technician, upon being released from Ashkelon's Shikma prison on April 21st, 2004, where he served 18 years.
An Israeli Love Story
NOT SINCE the resurrection of Jesus Christ has there been such a miracle: a dead body buried in a cave has come to life again.
Gaza is not Algeria
The Abbas leadership has poorly calculated its political strategy, choosing to align itself with the Israeli regime and its Washington patrons in a bid to retain its hold on power. Yet it has compromised its legitimacy in the eyes of a large swath of the Palestinian public, and it has fallen into Israel's Machiavellian trap of sowing discord among Palestinians to avoid dealing with the real issue: ending the occupation, fairly and justly.
The Israeli police state
On Friday, 8 June 2007, my husband Ian flew to Israel. He is in fact on his way to an IT conference in Vienna, but we thought that it would be nice for him to make a short three-day detour to Tel-Aviv to visit my brother and his family and in particular meet my seven and five year old nieces for the first time. At Ben-Gurion airport Ian's Australian passport was confiscated with no explanation. He was taken to a small interrogation room and had to endure an intimidating questioning about non-existent Saudi and Lebanese visas in his passport. He was interrogated by a tough-looking uniformed female police officer while a non-uniformed agent watched. The officer asked him why he had Saudi and Lebanese visas. When he responded that this could not be his passport because he does not have such visas, she proceeded to ask him for the names of his father and grandfather. Despite the fact that Ian answered the question the first time, she repeated it three more times. By that stage Ian realized that they were trying to intimidate him and although he did feel some fear, he pointed out that she asked the same question several times and that he had already answered it. After about 25 minutes of this, Ian was finally released with no explanation and a feeble apology about delaying him.
Al Hadidiya …still resisting against Ethnic Cleansing
The Palestinian Bedouin community of al Hadidiya is continuing to resist attempts by the Occupation to ethnically cleanse the area. Almost three months ago, the Occupation has sent demolition orders to all the homes of the Palestinian community and ordered people to leave the area. Some of the families remain steadfastly on the land even though the Occupation issued a renewed expulsion order a week ago.
The Unbreakable Mordechai Vanunu
"I said to the Shabak, the Mossad, 'you didn't succeed to break me, you didn't succeed to make me crazy.'" -- - Mordechai Vanunu, former Israeli nuclear technician, upon being released from Ashkelon's Shikma prison on April 21st, 2004, where he served 18 years.
An Israeli Love Story
NOT SINCE the resurrection of Jesus Christ has there been such a miracle: a dead body buried in a cave has come to life again.
Gaza is not Algeria
The Abbas leadership has poorly calculated its political strategy, choosing to align itself with the Israeli regime and its Washington patrons in a bid to retain its hold on power. Yet it has compromised its legitimacy in the eyes of a large swath of the Palestinian public, and it has fallen into Israel's Machiavellian trap of sowing discord among Palestinians to avoid dealing with the real issue: ending the occupation, fairly and justly.
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