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Defiant village resfuses to be blocked off any longer
On the 25th August, Israeli Occupation Forces entered the village of Sarra to close a roadblock that had been previously opened. The Monday before, (20th August) international activists joined Palestinian villagers in removing a road block that turned a 5 minute journey to Nablus into half an hour. There was to be another demonstration the Friday after, but it was canceled because the local mayor said the DCO had told him they would open the roadblock.
Action Alert: Al-Hadidiya and Hamsa (Jordan Valley) to be evacuated
On August 14 between 9 and 10 am, the demolition of the Bedouin village of al-Hadidiya in the Jordan Valley began. Two homes, belonging to Abdullah Hafez Yusuf Bani Odeh and Abdullah Hussein Bisharat, were destroyed along with nearby animal enclosures. However, the villagers remain defiant in the face of this latest onslaught by the Occupation, and are refusing to leave their land and property.
3 children killed in IDF attack in Gaza – report
Eyewitnesses in Gaza say girl, two boys killed and a number of other children injured from IDF artillery shell fired at group of people between Beit Lahiya and the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern strip.
Israeli gunboats fire shells into norhern Gaza killing farmer
Medics attempted to reach the body of the man, but were kept away by Israeli troops.
The Israeli army continues its military invasion of Qalqilia injuring 34 so far
The Israeli army continued its military offensive targeting the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Medical sources reported that 34 civilians have been injured due to army fire since the beginning of the invasion this morning, one of them critically. The medical sources identified Ibrahim Daoud, aged 17, who was shot in the head by the invading Israeli troops.
Army demolishes two homes in Qalqilia city
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and demolished two homes there on Wednesday morning.
Palestinians bomb Hamas targets in Gaza-officials
Palestinian gunmen set off two bombs in Gaza City on Tuesday at separate locations belonging to forces of the Islamist group Hamas, causing damage but no casualties, local security officials said.
Hamas says Fateh gunmen shot and injured one of its supporters in Nablus
Hamas movement stated on Tuesday that gunmen of Fateh movement in the northern West Bank city of Nablus shot and injured one supporter of Hamas after kidnapping him on Monday evening.
Israeli Arrests Continues in Gaza and WB
At least ten Palestinian citizens were arrested Tuesday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Gaza and the West Bank, witnesses and security sources said.
Two explosions heard in Gaza City: Palestinian witnesses
Palestinian witnesses said they heard two huge explosions in Gaza City on Tuesday night as a result of Israeli air strikes on a car, which drove in the western neighborhood of the city.
Parents of detainees imprisoned by Israel protest in front to the Tulkarem office of the Red Cross
Parents of dozens of detainees and representatives of several institutions and human rights groups in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, held a procession in from of the Tulkarem office of the Red Cross demanding Israel to release their imprisoned family members.
Palestinian Detainees in Al Jamala Israeli prison held a one-day hunger strike
Palestinian detainees confined to solitary in Al Jalama Israeli interrogation center conducted on Monday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad conditions and the repeated attack s they face.
Israel, EU lawmakers blast UN meeting on Palestinian rights
A United Nations-sponsored conference on the rights of Palestinians opens this week at the European Union assembly, despite protests by Israel and EU lawmakers who say the meeting's organizers have an anti-Israeli agenda.
Exclusive: EU officials holding talks with Hamas
EU security officials have been conducting secret talks with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip over the past few weeks, Palestinian Authority officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Sarkozy: My Reputation as Friend of Israel Is True
"I have the reputation of being a friend of Israel, and it's true. I will never compromise on Israel's security," said new French Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy.
Barak wants mobile checkpoints in place of W. Bank roadblocks
Action Alert: Al-Hadidiya and Hamsa (Jordan Valley) to be evacuated
On August 14 between 9 and 10 am, the demolition of the Bedouin village of al-Hadidiya in the Jordan Valley began. Two homes, belonging to Abdullah Hafez Yusuf Bani Odeh and Abdullah Hussein Bisharat, were destroyed along with nearby animal enclosures. However, the villagers remain defiant in the face of this latest onslaught by the Occupation, and are refusing to leave their land and property.
3 children killed in IDF attack in Gaza – report
Eyewitnesses in Gaza say girl, two boys killed and a number of other children injured from IDF artillery shell fired at group of people between Beit Lahiya and the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern strip.
Israeli gunboats fire shells into norhern Gaza killing farmer
Medics attempted to reach the body of the man, but were kept away by Israeli troops.
The Israeli army continues its military invasion of Qalqilia injuring 34 so far
The Israeli army continued its military offensive targeting the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Medical sources reported that 34 civilians have been injured due to army fire since the beginning of the invasion this morning, one of them critically. The medical sources identified Ibrahim Daoud, aged 17, who was shot in the head by the invading Israeli troops.
Army demolishes two homes in Qalqilia city
The Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia and demolished two homes there on Wednesday morning.
Palestinians bomb Hamas targets in Gaza-officials
Palestinian gunmen set off two bombs in Gaza City on Tuesday at separate locations belonging to forces of the Islamist group Hamas, causing damage but no casualties, local security officials said.
Hamas says Fateh gunmen shot and injured one of its supporters in Nablus
Hamas movement stated on Tuesday that gunmen of Fateh movement in the northern West Bank city of Nablus shot and injured one supporter of Hamas after kidnapping him on Monday evening.
Israeli Arrests Continues in Gaza and WB
At least ten Palestinian citizens were arrested Tuesday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Gaza and the West Bank, witnesses and security sources said.
Two explosions heard in Gaza City: Palestinian witnesses
Palestinian witnesses said they heard two huge explosions in Gaza City on Tuesday night as a result of Israeli air strikes on a car, which drove in the western neighborhood of the city.
Parents of detainees imprisoned by Israel protest in front to the Tulkarem office of the Red Cross
Parents of dozens of detainees and representatives of several institutions and human rights groups in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, held a procession in from of the Tulkarem office of the Red Cross demanding Israel to release their imprisoned family members.
Palestinian Detainees in Al Jamala Israeli prison held a one-day hunger strike
Palestinian detainees confined to solitary in Al Jalama Israeli interrogation center conducted on Monday a one-day hunger strike in protest to the bad conditions and the repeated attack s they face.
Israel, EU lawmakers blast UN meeting on Palestinian rights
A United Nations-sponsored conference on the rights of Palestinians opens this week at the European Union assembly, despite protests by Israel and EU lawmakers who say the meeting's organizers have an anti-Israeli agenda.
Exclusive: EU officials holding talks with Hamas
EU security officials have been conducting secret talks with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip over the past few weeks, Palestinian Authority officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Sarkozy: My Reputation as Friend of Israel Is True
"I have the reputation of being a friend of Israel, and it's true. I will never compromise on Israel's security," said new French Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy.
Barak wants mobile checkpoints in place of W. Bank roadblocks
Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants to replace permanent checkpoints in the West Bank with mobile ones, to ease restrictions on Palestinian traffic while still safeguarding Israel's security. However, he believes that such a change cannot be implemented immediately, as the Israel Defense Forces must first train a sufficient number of troops in the new methods, which is likely to take some time.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, discussed the core issues of contention between their peoples at a meeting here on Tuesday, but it was unclear how closely they moved toward a foundation for a final settlement. The core issues are the final borders of the two states, the status of Jerusalem and the Old City and a solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees.
Members of the Palestinian security forces in Jenin were very excited yesterday by the presence of many Israeli media teams in town. They were doubly excited by what was being considered the Palestinian security forces' biggest success in recent years: saving an Israeli officer from being lynched after he accidentally drove into the city.
Israel is considering about building a border fence on the Israeli-Egyptian border, the daily Ha'aretz reported on Wednesday. The fence, intended to be built in cooperation with Egypt, is aimed at preventing the passage of terrorists, smugglers and asylum-seekers between the two countries, said the report.
The beginning of the Jewish sabbatical year is just two weeks away, but the kashrut certification bureaucrats are breaking new records for the absurd: Kashrut supervisors from the Chief Rabbinate are forcing Israeli Arabs to sign a document that gives the Israel Lands Administration and the Chief Rabbinate the right to sell the land to a non-Jew as a condition for continued kosher certification for their produce. If they refuse to sign, they were told that the wholesalers to whom they sell their goods will also lose their kashrut certification.
The Palestinian deposed cabinet issued a statement on Wednesday that the cabinet is still doing efforts by contacting Arab and international countries in order to left the sanctions imposed on the Gaza strip.
A Palestinian police unit was attacked and shot at in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday as they tried to make arrests. The police vehicles were attacked as they tried to execute a court order to arrest the men. Ma'an's correspondent reported that Palestinian security forces besieged the Iktaba neighbourhood, north east Tulkarem, and demanded the men surrender. However, several tried to resist, and they were joined by a group of women, who threw stones at the police vehicles and which enabled some of the men to run away.
The rash and self-defeatist behaviour emanating from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his close circle in the West Bank cannot possibly be intended for the benefit of the Palestinian people or for their internationally sanctioned struggle for human rights, freedom and equality. Abbas, and his self-serving Palestinian elites seem hell-bent on exploiting the unfolding Palestinian drama to further cement their status and position, even if such an attitude will lead to the total decimation of any little hope of recovering Palestinian rights.
On 20 August 2007, a story appeared in the Israeli daily Haaretz about the disputed ownership of a piece of land in East Jerusalem. The "land in question," the report said, is "an olive grove called Kerem Hamufti" and part of the "Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood." [1] According to Haaretz, the "Israel Lands Administration (ILA) is working together with the Ateret Cohanim association to wrest from Palestinian landowners control of 30 dunams ( 7.5 acres) of land in East Jerusalem and to transfer it to the association without a tender." Petitioning the High Court, the land's owners, the Palestinian Arab Hotels Company, described the purpose of this expropriation as "extraneous, illegitimate, racist and discriminatory."
These two teenagers live just a few kilometers apart. One of them wore full military uniform and carried US funded lethal weapons. The other wore a Brazilian football shirt and carried a birth certificate, a change of clothes, and some money for his sick grandfather.
While discussing recent events, Tamimi also discusses more of the philosophical underpinnings of the Hamas movement and the discussion that takes place within Hamas itself concerning its goals and means.
If we continue on this destructive path, our years long struggle against the occupation, the hundreds of thousands of prisoners that have endured the degradation of Israeli jails and the thousands of Palestinians who lost their lives in the name of Palestine, would have been in vain.
Tulkarem, August 2007. Tulkarem refugee camp had a date with joy on Wednesday 18 August when four of the camp students brought happiness to the hearts of residents, eliciting smiles from the faces of young and old alike. Rahma, Huda, Mohammad and Shaima had become heroes in the eyes of their relatives and other people in the camp. Each of them had excelled in their "tawjihi" secondary school examinations, obtaining grades exceeding ninety per cent despite the harsh living conditions they experience on a daily basis.
Christian Zionism is a theology that supports a political regime based on apartheid and discrimination - yet millions of people in the US express their support for it. How dangerous is it given the US role in the Middle East?
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