IDF kills 8 Palestinians, including 2 children, in Gaza The five Palestinian fatalities were named as 12-year-old Riad al-Awesi, who was fatally shot in the chest, Yusuf Sirhan,13, Jihad Abu Zbeid, 19, Shihab Abu Zbeid, 17, and Yusuf al-Ma'ari, 17.
Israeli army kills 8 Palestinians in Gaza fighting Israeli forces killed four Palestinian militants and four civilians, including an 11-year-old boy, in assaults on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, the Islamist faction and medical officials said.
Boy, four others killed in Israeli raid in Gaza Riyad Owayssi, 10, stood with dozens of children near the tanks, outside the Bureij refugee camp, when he was fatally hit, medics said.
Tough justice for West Bank children in Israeli military courts he was sentenced to four months in prison. The prosecutor claimed the boy had hurled rocks at a watchtower and at Israel's separation barrier in the occupied West Bank. Upon his attorney's advice, the boy pleaded guilty to avoid spending even more time behind bars.
Israeli tanks withdraw from Gaza Israeli forces have withdrawn from Gaza after air and ground operations which left at least eight Palestinians dead.
Unholy Row Over Religious Site Dig An Israeli Government report found false documents had been used to label Palestinian houses in Silwan as "absentee property", which allowed them to be seized. As a result, Palestinians were thrown out of their homes and the Israeli Government began excavation work under Silwan.
Israel removes fewer roadblocks than promised: U.N.
Gaza fears power cuts after closure of fuel terminal
Hamdan Family Home Demolished - ICAHD Resists
Palestinian official warns of Gaza blackout due to fuel shortage A senior Palestinian official warned on Saturday that the Gaza Strip will sink into full blackout within days if Israel doesn't allow fuel into the blocked enclave.
Israeli military fails to uphold Palestinian land rights The landowner had with him
documents proving his right of title to the land but the Israeli
authorities (army, police and civil administration) did not respect this
legal prove of ownership.
Carter Defends Plan To Meet Hamas Despite Israel Criticism Carter, who reportedly plans to meet exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Syria, said he viewed Hamas?s inclusion in peace talks as ?very important? and stressed he was not travelling as an official US negotiator.
IDF: Hamas creating phony humanitarian crisis Hamas is presenting a distorted picture of reality in the Gaza Strip and creating a phony humanitarian crisis in order to score points, a senior IDF officer charged Thursday evening.
Israeli army sweeps into different parts of Gaza
Hamas: ?P.A security arrests seven Hamas supporters?
Palestinians seek Egypt's help in bringing peace to Gaza The Palestinian Authority called on Egypt on Saturday to continue its efforts to help bring renewed calm to the Gaza Strip, in order to avoid the danger of an Israeli invasion.
Hamas warns Israel against tightening blockade on Gaza
World Bank continues support for the Palestinian people The World Bank yesterday signed a Grant Agreement with the Palestinian Authority for the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan multi-donor budget support Trust Fund (PRDP-TF). This agreement reflects the Bank's support for the Palestinian people, who are weathering adverse circumstances.
Egyptian government cuts supplies to areas near Gaza
Hamas to target Israeli ministers if its leaders are targeted A senior Islamic Hamas leader threatened Saturday that if Israel targets any Hamas ministers, Israeli ministers would be targeted. Reacting to Israeli threats to target Hamas leaders in Gaza, Mushi al-Masri said in a statement, "Any Israeli stupidity of targeting Hamas leaders or ministers, Hamas will likewise take action."
Construction of 30,000 affordable homes planned in new West Bank suburbs The Palestinian Investment Fund says it plans to build 30,000 affordable apartments in the West Bank and Gaza to ease a growing housing crunch.
Army invades the West Bank, kidnaps five from a Tulkarem village, four of whom are children
Palestinian official: Israeli offensive embarrasses PNA
Iranian, Lebanese officials to skip Doha Forum over Livni's participation
Hamas: Israel digging tunnels to kidnaps Hamas leaders
Palestianians, Israelis have same right to justice
3 to examine Mideast issues From 6:30 to 9 p.m. today, Andrea Morel Farsakh, Anna Baltzer and Stan Moody will speak on human rights issues in Israel and Palestinian territories, give an overview of life in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and explore the relationship between Israel and the American religious right.
Israeli army prevent Israelis from joining nonviolent protest in Bethlehem
Kuffiyah Kraze and Arabphilia in Ironic T-Shirts: Arabs Steal Che's Iconic Thunder
No Ambulance, Call the Radio
Barack Obama campaign launches Hebrew blog in Israel Barack Obama has launched a Hebrew blog in Israel, which an aide Eric Lynn says Obama hopes will help strengthen his ties with the Israeli public. For the presidency of which country is he running?
U.K. advertising watchdog nixes 'misleading' Israel tourist ad A British advertising watchdog has ordered a tourist office affiliated with Israel to withdraw a magazine ad that implies that a West Bank landmark is actually in Israel.
Israel Loves Mugabe The moral depravity of Israel's African policies are highlighted by the close cooperation that existed between Tel Aviv and the apartheid regime of South Africa. Israel provided the expertise, experience, and technology, as well as other covert military aid, which enabled white Pretoria to hold off the African National Congress for as long as it did.
Press Conference for Release of Palestinian Professor on Hunger Strike
Al-Assad immunity proposal rejected Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected suggestions to offer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad immunity in a U.N. probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in exchange for his help in reining in the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
Israelis stage daring saga of the abandoned Palestinian raised as a Jew what makes the ? distinctly allegorical ? subject matter unprecedented for one of Israel's leading theatres to tackle is the historical context: the natural mother is a Palestinian refugee who involuntarily abandoned her baby son, Khaldun, in the flight from Haifa during the Jewish-Arab war in April 1948. The adoptive mother is a refugee too, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who took over the Palestinian couple's house ? and brought up their son under the name of Dov
Fence creates divisions on campus Tensions over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East were inflamed on campus when Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) put up a fence measuring 15 feet by five feet in the Atrium April 3 to simulate the West Bank separation barrier.
What's Wrong With Being Anti Israel?
Egypt says mini-summit on Mideast peace under consultations
Palestinian-American doctor turns suffering into song, wins top U.S. prize
Inauguration of UN housing near devastated Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
CNN: Many Israelis 'uncomfortable' with pastor who supports McCain
March to mark Palestine massacre A national demonstration was staged to support the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Activists in Dublin marched from the Central Bank to the Dail and then the GPO in remembrance of the massacre at Deir Yassin in 1948.
Palestinians, Israelis React Differently to Saudi Plan While most Palestinians support a peace agreement proposed by Saudi Arabia, the majority of Israelis reject it, according to a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 66 per cent of respondents in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would back the comprehensive plan, while 57 per cent of Israelis would oppose it.
U of W students deserve the right to see movie The film, Occupation 101, features 34 credible Middle East scholars, historians, peace activists, journalists and humanitarian workers, such as the former U.S. ambassador to Israel Edward Walker, Palestinian psychiatrist Iyad Sarraj and Jeff Halper, a professor of anthropology at Ben Gurion University in Israel.
Belfast Mural commemorates 60th Anniversary of Deir Yassin and Nakba
Introducing the directors from behind the veil Buthina Canaan Khoury is a Christian Palestinian film-maker from the West Bank. Her latest film, Maria's Grotto, which recently opened in Ramallah, deals with honour killings.
West Bank police get female touch Palestinian police have made another step towards building a new society by dispatching female officers onto the streets. Police work has traditionally been seen as a men?s work.
Reform leader urges evangelical boycott The leader of America?s largest Jewish denomination and a prominent Christian-Zionist figure traded barbs this week following calls to boycott events organised by evangelical supporters of Israel.
Obama declines to criticize Carter on Hamas Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Friday it was not his place to criticize former President Jimmy Carter if he were to meet with Hamas, although Obama said he would not meet with the militant Palestinian group.
Noam Shalit: The fact that Carter isn't pro-Israel may be beneficial Israeli leaders are shunning him for accusing Israel of apartheid and for planning to meet with the head of the violently anti-Israel Hamas group.
The Controversial Wall In Israel
Turkey seeks to block Knesset debate on Armenian genocide Mercan was in Israel this week at the head of a Turkish parliamentary delegation for talks with their Israeli counterparts.
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