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Twenty Palestinians Left Homeless in Jordan Valley
This morning at 8:30 am, The Israeli military demolished the small village of Al-Hadidya in the Jordan Valley. The four small homes that comprised the village were demolished and twenty Palestinians were left homeless. The homes were the property of four nuclear families, who have lived in the village since 1982, after the Israeli military evicted them from their previous dwellings in Al-Ruwak. Three weeks ago, the Israeli occupation forces informed the families that they had three weeks to move from the village.
IDF backtracks on criminalization of illegal W. Bank construction
The Defense Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces have moderated an order issued roughly six months ago, which declared that unauthorized construction in the West Bank would be considered a criminal offense. The order would not have required a warning be issued against the construction, as is common practice inside Israel proper.
LEBANON: 'Army Torturing Palestinian Refugees'
BADDAWI CAMP, Northern Lebanon, Aug 13 (IPS) - Palestinians displaced by the fighting at the northern Lebanese refugee camp Nahr al-Bared have accused the Lebanese Army of torturing and abusing civilians. As the fighting between the Sunni Islamist group Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army enters its 12th week, thousands of Nahr al-Bared residents have sought refuge in the nearby Baddawi camp. Many give detailed descriptions of days spent in detention under harsh interrogation.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews (SETTLERS) deliver a population boom to the West Bank
The settler population is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country every year, and the ultra-Orthodox community is responsible for approximately half its annual growth, according to Haaretz's analysis of Interior Ministry figures for 2006. In the last year, the settler population has grown by 5.45 percent, from 260,932 to 275,156.
The settler population is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country every year, and the ultra-Orthodox community is responsible for approximately half its annual growth, according to Haaretz's analysis of Interior Ministry figures for 2006. In the last year, the settler population has grown by 5.45 percent, from 260,932 to 275,156.
Family demands the release of her underage detained son
The family of detainee Mohammad Al Jada', from Borqeen near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, demanded the release of their 17-year old son imprisoned by Israel since several months after the Israeli army broke into their home and abducted him.
A Prisoners Society calls for releasing a detainee from Hebron
The Waed Society for Detainees and Freed Detainee in Israeli prisons called on several human rights groups and legal institutions to intervene for the release of detainee Maher Obeid, from Hebron, who was repeatedly kidnapped by the army is now detained in administrative detention without charges or trial.
The Waed Society for Detainees and Freed Detainee in Israeli prisons called on several human rights groups and legal institutions to intervene for the release of detainee Maher Obeid, from Hebron, who was repeatedly kidnapped by the army is now detained in administrative detention without charges or trial.
The Israeli army kidnaps four Palestinians near the Gaza strip borders
Israeli army sources reported on Monday afternoon that the Israeli army has kidnapped fur Palestinians as they were trying to cross the borders from the Gaza strip into Israel near the Kitsufeem crossing between the costal region and Israel.
Palestinian Security forces arrest Hamas members in Qalqilia
Several days after the Israeli army abducted several Hamas members in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, Palestinian security forces on Monday night and Tuesday morning, carried out a similar operation in which scors of Hamas members and supporters were arrested.
Several days after the Israeli army abducted several Hamas members in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, Palestinian security forces on Monday night and Tuesday morning, carried out a similar operation in which scors of Hamas members and supporters were arrested.
Four killed in Gaza Strip during Israeli raid
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Tuesday when they clashed with militants during a raid on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the Islamist group and hospital officials said.
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Tuesday when they clashed with militants during a raid on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the Islamist group and hospital officials said.
Israeli jet fighter fires missiles at crowed of civilians in the Gaza Strip
Israeli jetfighter has fired several missiles at a crowed of Palestinian civilians in the village of Abassan east of Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday midday.
DFLP slams Executive Force decision to bar protests in Gaza
A senior source at the Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) stated on Monday that the Executive Force of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, issued a decree barring protests in the Gaza Strip unless these protests are approved by the force.
Israeli jetfighter has fired several missiles at a crowed of Palestinian civilians in the village of Abassan east of Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Tuesday midday.
DFLP slams Executive Force decision to bar protests in Gaza
A senior source at the Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) stated on Monday that the Executive Force of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, issued a decree barring protests in the Gaza Strip unless these protests are approved by the force.
Cracking down on growing signs of dissent in Gaza, the Hamas rulers on Monday broke up what Fatah-led opposition leaders insisted was a peaceful rally for freedom of expression.The Islamic militant group Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip two months ago, routing Fatah forces there. Its paramilitary police force, the Executive Force, has imposed a security crackdown in an effort to maintain public order and control.
Hamas says it's ready for any dialogue with the West
Hamas on Monday hailed calls by Italian Prime Minister Ramoni Prodi for the West to open dialogue with them, in spite of a western embargo on diplomatic dealings with the militant Islamic group. Prodi, who was addressing a conference in Italy, said that Hamas' existence was a fact and that the group must be integrated into the political process rather than excluded.
Israeli ambassador slams British MPs' call to end Hamas boycott
"The timing of the report is particularly unhelpful, coming just as the peace process is showing signs of renewed life. At this critical point in time, the international community has a moral obligation to continue its support for... [Palestinian Authority Chairman] Mahmoud Abbas, and those who wish to bring peace to the region."
Norway: Envoys may talk with Hamas
Norway intends to maintain contact with Hamas at the envoy level, but its ministers do not plan to meet with the Gaza government's representatives, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has told The Jerusalem Post.
Norway intends to maintain contact with Hamas at the envoy level, but its ministers do not plan to meet with the Gaza government's representatives, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has told The Jerusalem Post.
Hamas Bank Accounts Frozen in Gaza
A Palestinian bank has frozen the accounts of members of a Hamas security force after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government accidentally paid some of their salaries, officials said on Monday.
A Palestinian bank has frozen the accounts of members of a Hamas security force after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government accidentally paid some of their salaries, officials said on Monday.
Nablus: Occupation Forces Use Family Home As Sniper Post
At around 7:50 PM a group of seven internationals were alerted to a house occupation by Israeli forces which had lasted for almost 20 hours. Israeli soldiers occupied the home of the Dwakat family, which consists of 2 brothers, Muhammed 28 years old and Hamed 29 years old, the wife of one of the brothers, 25 years old, and their two small girls aged three and six years old.
Fayyad government will ask Abbas to cancel all decrees issued after the Mecca Unity deal
Palestinian Information minister, Riyadh Al Malky, stated on Monday that the current emergency government headed by Prime Minster, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, will ask president Mahmoud Abbas to cancel all the decrees and appointments he issued after the Mecca unity deal was signed.
Abbas: The Israeli peace is just a public relations maneuver
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas highly condemned on Tuesday the continuous Israeli army attack on the Gaza strip by saying that this attack is against all Palestinians and is harming the peace process.
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas highly condemned on Tuesday the continuous Israeli army attack on the Gaza strip by saying that this attack is against all Palestinians and is harming the peace process.
Report: Abbas may resign if November peace conference fails
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may resign if a U.S.-proposed international conference scheduled for November failed to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian daily reported on Tuesday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may resign if a U.S.-proposed international conference scheduled for November failed to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian daily reported on Tuesday.
Israel to Europe: Hamas-Fatah talks a "'huge mistake"
Israel said on Tuesday it would be a "big mistake" for the international community to try to bridge differences between Hamas Islamists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah faction.
Israel said on Tuesday it would be a "big mistake" for the international community to try to bridge differences between Hamas Islamists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah faction.
Israeli soldiers express pain of war
"One day I saw an elderly Palestinian. Really old. With a long white beard, his face all wrinkles, carrying two shopping bags, passing by a small religious Jewish boy, probably a first-grader, six to seven years old, maximum nine. The child came up, looked at the Arab in the eye - mind you, this is a street that both Jews and Arabs are allowed to use - and said to him: 'You filthy Arab!' spat in his face and ran off. Far away, he climbed some roof and threw stones at him. I was shocked."
"One day I saw an elderly Palestinian. Really old. With a long white beard, his face all wrinkles, carrying two shopping bags, passing by a small religious Jewish boy, probably a first-grader, six to seven years old, maximum nine. The child came up, looked at the Arab in the eye - mind you, this is a street that both Jews and Arabs are allowed to use - and said to him: 'You filthy Arab!' spat in his face and ran off. Far away, he climbed some roof and threw stones at him. I was shocked."
Israel, PA sign agreement on role of int'l observers in Hebron
Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Monday afternoon signed an agreement in Jerusalem that redefines the mandate of international observers in Hebron. The agreement represents the first deal signed between Israel and the PA since their renewal of civilian and security relations this July, and is the first official agreement on the role of the observers in Hebron since the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000.
Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Monday afternoon signed an agreement in Jerusalem that redefines the mandate of international observers in Hebron. The agreement represents the first deal signed between Israel and the PA since their renewal of civilian and security relations this July, and is the first official agreement on the role of the observers in Hebron since the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000.
Hamas optimism vs. Fatah despair
Even in the face of possible economic collapse, Hamas leaders want to figure out a better way to collect garbage in Gaza.
Deconstructing the Jordan option
Last month the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the US and Israel were considering a revival of the "Jordan option." In spite of the fervent denials emanating from Amman, the report caused a rash of speculation and concern among Palestinians..
Last month the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the US and Israel were considering a revival of the "Jordan option." In spite of the fervent denials emanating from Amman, the report caused a rash of speculation and concern among Palestinians..
The Middle East Peace Process Scam
When Ehud Olmert and George W. Bush met at the White House in June, they concluded that Hamas's violent ousting of Fatah from Gaza – which brought down the Palestinian national unity government brokered by the Saudis in Mecca in March – had presented the world with a new 'window of opportunity'.[*]
Oslo Revisited
ON THESE hot, sticky days of the Israeli summer, it is pleasant to feel the coolness of Oslo, even if the visit is only virtual. Fourteen years after the signing of the Oslo agreement, it is again the subject of debate: was it a historical mistake?
Saying NO to the Hunters of Goliath
The Israelis tend to personalise conflicts. Yet, by doing this, they are neither original nor innovative. They in fact follow a Biblical lesson. Within the Judaic worldview, history and ethics are often reduced into a banal single binary opposition principle.
Book review: The fantasy of hermetic closure
The image of the separation wall that Israel began building in the occupied West Bank in 2002 has emerged as a trope in literature about Palestine. Its concrete slabs are found on covers of recent books, including Jimmy Carter's Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Norman Finkelstein's Beyond Chutzpah, Rashid Khalidi's The Iron Wall, Joseph Massad's The Persistence of the Palestinian Question, and Tanya Reinhart's The Roadmap to Nowhere, and it is the subject of a growing number of films by Palestinian and Israeli directors, including Simone Bitton's Wall (2005) and Najwa Najjar's 2006 short feature Yasmine's Song. The UK graffiti artist Banksy "hacked" the wall in the summer of 2005 and his subversive surrealist images painted directly on its surface have become iconic.
Nicola Nasser: Politics Trespass Humanitarian Borders in Gaza
Making the life of Palestinians under the Israeli military occupation in the West Bank look easier, economically promising, and diplomatically and politically in interacting contact with the civilized world is meant to be a contrast for comparison by their compatriots in the "liberated" Gaza Strip.
Making the life of Palestinians under the Israeli military occupation in the West Bank look easier, economically promising, and diplomatically and politically in interacting contact with the civilized world is meant to be a contrast for comparison by their compatriots in the "liberated" Gaza Strip.
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israel's ethnic cleansing and apartheid in Palestine
Palestinians and many Israelis are encouraged that civil society in Europe and North America has now engaged in other forms of struggle for peace with justice, including the growing movement of boycotts.
Palestinians and many Israelis are encouraged that civil society in Europe and North America has now engaged in other forms of struggle for peace with justice, including the growing movement of boycotts.
I Received a Death Threat from Israel
On Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 11:37:48 AM, I received very special message by E-mail, sent by "Molly Molly" from Israel. "Molly Molly" wrote from the IP Address 88.154.98.235. This Address belongs to a client of one of the big telecommunications companies in Israel, Bezeqint.
Netanyahu: Israel's arch-hawk (fascist) aiming for comeback
Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to be re-elected as head of Israel's right-wing Likud party on Tuesday, is a media-savvy arch-hawk determined to move back to the political centre stage.
Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who is set to be re-elected as head of Israel's right-wing Likud party on Tuesday, is a media-savvy arch-hawk determined to move back to the political centre stage.
Iraq Security Developments: Two Sunni Tribal Leaders Assassinated; U.S. Troops Arrest Two Sadrist Leaders
Iraqis reported killed: 55. Iraqis reported wounded: 23. U.S . troops reported killed: 4. U.S. troops reported wounded: 1.
Iraqis reported killed: 55. Iraqis reported wounded: 23. U.S . troops reported killed: 4. U.S. troops reported wounded: 1.
Violence taking toll on pregnant women and infants
According to doctors, dozens of women in Iraq each day face delivery difficulties caused by violence and the curfew that is preventing access to health care during the night. 'For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies,' said Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, a gynecologist at Al-Karada maternity hospital.
Iraqis Rejected, Humiliated by Arab Brethren--When Ignoring Plight of the Displaced Becomes Good Business
After enduring the daily brutality and pervasive fear of living in the war zone, Iraqis who run for the Jordanian border are discovering their suffering engenders little sympathy from their Arab brethren to the south.
After enduring the daily brutality and pervasive fear of living in the war zone, Iraqis who run for the Jordanian border are discovering their suffering engenders little sympathy from their Arab brethren to the south.
Minor Atrocities
Sometimes minor atrocities convey the horror of a war more than major ones. This e-mail from an Iraqi military interpreter (names redacted) tells the story of what is now happening to Iraqis lucky enough to be granted a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Amman.
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