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Livni: IDF to continue fighting terror during peace talks
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni visited with Israel Defense Forces commanders in the West Bank on Monday, telling them that Israel would continue to act against terrorism during the negotiating period with the Palestinians.
Israeli airstrike leaves five Palestinians injured in Gaza City
Gaza – Ma'an – Five Palestinians were injured on
Monday when and Israeli warplane fired a missile at a house
in the Ad-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestinian medical sources said.
IDF encircles home of wanted Palestinian in West Bank
IDF special forces are currently are currently encircling
the home of a wanted Palestinian in the village of Kadum,
near the settlement of Kedumim. According to Palestinian
sources the army has brought in an engineering vehicle
and troops are threatening to demolish the structure
unless the wanted man turns himself in.
Israeli forces detain two West Bank Hamas leaders
Israeli troops seized two Hamas leaders in the occupied
West Bank on Tuesday, three days after they were briefly
held and questioned by security forces loyal to Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas.
Report: Palestinian shot in back of head by Israeli forces in Nablus
One of the 38 Palestinian civilians shot and injured by
Israeli forces during their two-day invasion of Nablus this
week was shot three times in the back of the head, according
to medical reports.
IDF launches probe into Palestinian's injury
Ynet obtains x-ray images of Nablus resident critically injured after being hit in head by three metal bullets during IDF raid in West Bank city. Eyewitnesses say he did not endanger forces operating in area. Army: Incident being investigated thoroughly
Israeli forces invade Beit Hanoun, hold 30 Palestinians captive
Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli military vehicles invaded the An-Nada area north of Beit Hanoun, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip on Monday, seizing several Palestinians including farmers, witnesses said.
Three Palestinian women forced to give birth at Israeli checkpoints since mid-December
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has issued a warning to the Israeli military after two different women had to give birth in cars in December after being prevented from leaving Azzoun Atmah village near Qalqilia. In addition, on Monday, a woman in Hebron was forced to give birth at a checkpoint.
The Israeli army invades Ramallah and kidnaps two Hamas leaders
An Israeli army force invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday at dawn and kidnapped two Hamas leaders, Palestinian sources reported.
Five injured in unknown explosion in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinians from the same family were injured on Monday evening when an explosion hit their home located in Gaza city.
Demonstrators hold symbolic funeral for victims of Gaza siege
Palestinian demonstrators held a symbolic funeral for 60 late patients who died due to an Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip since June 2007. Carrying 60 empty coffins with the names of the deceased patients on it, demonstrators walked through the Gaza streets to protest against Israeli siege on Gaza during which the patients including children and youths lost their lives for not being allowed to go outside for medical care.
Protest in Gaza against Bush visit
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have gathered to protest against the visit of the US president to the occupied West Bank in a bid to push forward talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
FACTBOX-Israel's West Bank settlements
Migron settlers keep watering gardens
Migron, an outpost whose evacuation American diplomats demand every time they discuss the outposts with their Israeli counterparts, ceased to be an outpost a long time ago. Seven years after it was established, Migron now looks like a full-fledged settlement: two permanent houses and more than 60 prefabricated homes, where 50 families with 150 children live.
Police delay move to new West Bank HQ in Ma'ale Adumim
The Israel Police has delayed moving into a new building in the contested E-1 area near Jerusalem, which was originally slated to happen by the end of 2007. However, the police said the delay was unconnected to U.S. President George W. Bush's visit later this week.
Construction to start in area PA wants for corridor
Construction is to start soon on 60 new housing units in the Jewish section in East Jerusalem's Ras al Amud neighborhood. The Jerusalem municipality has approved the project, which sources on the right have said could impede the creation of a Palestinian corridor between the eastern West Bank and the Temple Mount.
'W. Bank, e. J'lem settlements equal'
In comments that threaten Israel's hold on east Jerusalem, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the US does not consider it legitimate for Israel to build homes in some neighborhoods of the capital which are located beyond the Green Line.
Beit Ummar Demonstrates Against Land Theft
On January 5th, around 50 people took part in a demonstration against the theft of land belonging to the village of Beit Ummar. Palestinians from Beit Ummar and other towns were joined by international and Israeli activists and several representatives of the media as they walked to the land, which is now inside the fence of illegal Israeli settlement Karme Tzur. The crowd was accompanied by 3 tractors and a sound system, creating a lively atmosphere.
Israeli settlement financier moves to bulletproof mansion in London
Lev Leviev, Israel's richest man, and a major funder of the illegal Israeli settlements scattered across Palestinian land, has bought himself a $70 million bulletproof mansion in the suburbs of London.
Palestinians sceptical as Bush bypasses Gaza
Palestinians are pinning scant hope on George W. Bush's Middle East visit this week to push for peace -- especially those in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip which the U.S. president will bypass.
Israel holds up Palestinian negotiator at West Bank crossing, provoking charges of foul play
Israeli authorities held up the chief Palestinian negotiator for an hour at a West Bank crossing on Monday, a delay he claimed was politically charged. Negotiator Ahmed Qureia, also known as Abu Ala, said Israel tried to subject him to unspecified security procedures he resisted, a statement from his office said.
Report: Israel agrees to release Barghouti in exchange for Shalit
Israel has agreed to free jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in exchange for the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat quoted an Egyptian officials as saying on Tuesday.
Syria: Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq still seeking shelter in Sudan
Damascus, 7 Jan.(AKI) - Palestinian refugees living on the border of Syria and Iraq have not been transferred to Sudan, despite a proposal from Khartoum to host them, according to an Iraqi diplomatic source. An estimated 2,500 Palestinian refugees have reportedly been living in very difficult conditions in the al-Tanf and al-Walid refugee camps, along the Syrian-Iraqi border since last September.
Israel may consider release of Palestinian leader in prisoner swap deal
The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai on Monday called for the release of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian resistance fighters last year.
Israel 'threatening Al-Aqsa compound,' group says
Jerusalem – Ma'an – Hasan Khater, the Secretary General of the Islamic-Christian Front for Defending Jerusalem warned the public on Monday of what he said were escalated attempts by Israel to undermine holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
PCAS Chairman calls onreleasing trapped Palestinian goods
Palestinian Independent MP and Chairman of Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS), called on releasing the Palestinian goods trapped in Israeli stores and seaports. The Palestinian goods estimated of millions of American dollars are being kept "obligatory" in the Israel since June 2007.
A thorn in the Shin Bet's side
About a month ago, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti was invited to the Italian Consulate in Jerusalem to receive a citation of honor from the government of Italy. The consulate submitted requests to the Israeli authorities for 15 entry permits to Jerusalem, for Barghouti and another 14 guests - family members and friends. The consulate was informed that 14 permits were issued. Only Barghouti did not receive a permit, he relates with a laugh.
Jewish-American academic deplores Israel's massacres, Finkelstein visits Sabra, Shatila, Qana, recounts 'hysterical' campaign against him in US
BEIRUT: American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein, who is in Lebanon touring some of the country's front lines in the Arab-Israeli conflict, gave over the weekend two talks on the subject, on which the former professor has written six books. On Saturday evening, following a tour of the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps, Finkelstein delivered a lecture titled "Memoirs of an anti-Zionist" at the Babel Theater in Hamra.
Nasrallah: We're ready for any 'Zionist adventure'
In meeting with religious leaders, Hizbullah secretary-general warns Israel that if it launches an attack, his organization will deal Jewish state 'a defeat more severe than the defeat in the last war.'
Barak: Hizbullah has gotten stronger
Defense minister says Shiite group has acquired more high quality-rockets, hints Second Lebanon War was not unavoidable. Barak: Decision for broad Gaza incursion has yet to be made.
Israeli border incident sparks row with Lebanon
BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora condemned on Monday the seizure by Israeli troops of a shepherd near the border, calling it an act of "aggression" against his country.
Israeli troops take Lebanese shepherd in southern Lebanon
Beirut- A Lebanese shepherd was detained by Israeli forces on Monday at the edge of the common border, Lebanese and UN sources said. Ahmed Abed al Aal, was taken from Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanese by Israeli forces, the Lebanese security source said.
Bush's Trip to Israel, The Hostile President
George Bush is coming to Israel this week. He will take pleasure in his visit. One can assume that there are few prime ministers with a giant photo of themselves with the U.S. president hanging on the wall in their home, as our Ehud Olmert boasted last week that he does, to his exalted guest, the comic Eli Yatzpan. There are also few other countries where the lame duck from Washington would not be greeted with mass demonstrations; instead, Israel is making great efforts to welcome him graciously. The man who has wreaked such ruin upon the world, upon his country, and upon us is such a welcome guest only in Israel.
In Memoriam: Dr. Ahmad Maslamani
The morning of 7 January 2008, Dr. Ahmad Maslamani, a leading national figure in the Palestinian grassroots struggle against the occupation, passed away as a result of a heart attack. In 1985 he was a founder member of the Union of Health Work Committees, where he was director from 1992. From 2004, he was a member of the steering committee of the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign. He was a member of the central committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
A living martyr
"He insisted that we all take a photo; it was the first in the last 12 years since we got married, as if he was feeling his death was approaching," says Ghada al-Khatib, widow of Awni al-Khatib at their home in al-Shati' refugee camp in western Gaza City. Awni al-Khatib died a few days of the brain damage he suffered since 1990 when he was shot in the head by an Israeli-fired, rubber-coated steel bullet. Awni is one of thousands of Palestinians who sustained injuries from such bullets during the first intifada that broke out in 1987. EI correspondent Rami Almeghari reports from Gaza's Shati' refugee camp.
Photostory: The month in pictures, December 2007
This slideshow is a selection of images from the month of December 2007. The month in pictures is an ongoing feature of the Electronic Intifada. If you have images documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, or of solidarity with Palestine, please email images and captions to photos AT electronicintifada DOT net.
Court: Kibbutz must pay for denying entry into club over skin color
The Haifa District Court on Tuesday instructed the Ramot Menashe Kibbutz to pay 28-year-old Yizhak Mizrahi NIS 50,000 in compensation for not allowing him to enter the Kibbutz dance club "Terminal" due to the dark color of his skin.
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