Israeli strike in Gaza kills militant
Three killed in explosion in Gaza house Palestinian medical officials say three people have died in an explosion in a house in the Gaza Strip.
Area C strikes fear into the heart of Palestinians as homes are destroyed
Livni to tell Gulf leaders in Qatar: Iran the threat, not Israel
Hamas holding back million litres of fuel: UN Hamas is holding back the distribution of one million litres of fuel in the Gaza Strip, a United Nations official said Monday, joining Israeli claims that the Islamists were stage-managing a crisis.
Gaza universities closed after fuel cut
Israel snubs Carter and declines security help
Troops break into a market, residential building and a tailor shop in Hebron Israeli soldiers broke on Thursday morning into the Al Hoda Market, Al Qaisy residential building and Al Taqwa tailor shop which belong to the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank.
Palestinian gunmen attack Abbas aide in West Bank Palestinian gunmen attacked and destroyed the car of a close aide of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and Nablus security officials blamed Islamic Jihad.
Rights group accuses Israel of psychological torture A human rights group said Israel uses psychological torture against some Palestinian detainees by faking the arrest of close relatives or taking family members into custody on questionable charges.
Palestinians to mark 60 years of 'the catastrophe' Palestinian officials said on Sunday they are preparing events to mark the 60th anniversary next month of the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Arabs during the 1948 Middle East war.
Israel says Gaza fuel depot to stay closed for days
Carter: Sderot attacks criminal In Sderot, Mr Carter was shown a display of stacks of rockets that had fallen on or near the town.
West Bank economy growing despite hardships: Blair
Hebron Urgent Action: Save the Hebron orphanages and schools
Jimmy Carter plans to meet a fuel-short Hamas Israel blocked fuel supplies from entering Gaza for a fourth day Sunday, exacerbating a new energy shortage in the blighted coastal territory during a spike in cross-border fighting that has left at least 14 Palestinians dead.
Israel hopes for Arab consenus on Iran nuclear drive Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will visit Qatar for the first time on Sunday and hopes there is a chance to build a consensus among Arab nations against Iran's nuclear ambitions, which worry many Gulf states.
Palestinian farmer: Settlers assaulted me A 61-year old Palestinian farmer filed a complaint Saturday at a West Bank police station, claiming that settlers threw stones at him and his wife. The police launched an investigation into the incident.
Gaza's Unemployed Have Handouts or Hamas "If the Israelis opened the crossings again, I would leave the police and become a tailor again," said Abu Hammed, who would give only his nickname for fear of a Hamas reprisal. "The salary is better in the factory."
IDF probing why Palestinians held 16 hours at checkpoint The Israel Defense Forces has opened an investigation into allegations that 46 Palestinians were detained for no reason at a West Bank checkpoint for 16 hours last week, and their car tires punctured. The human rights group MachsomWatch (which overlooks IDF activity at checkpoints) filed a complaint about the incident with the army.
Jimmy Carter: Israel must talk to everyone Carter told Haaretz Sunday in an exclusive interview that he intends to check Meshal's willingness to accept the Arab League peace initiative. Carter says that acceptance of this plan by Hamas would be a very positive step.
Soldier assaults an 80-year old woman at Huwwara roadblock Palestinian sources reported on Sunday that an Israeli soldier attacked an 80-year old Palestinian woman as she was trying to cross the Huwwara Israeli military roadblock near Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank
Shin Bet admits to using relatives to pressure detainees Responding to claims that the Shin Bet is exerting severe and illegal pressure on the family members of Palestinians detainees in the course of investigations against them in an attempt to extract confessions, the head of the General Security Service's investigations branch said Sunday that "things could have been done differently".
Several protesters injured in Bil'in weekly protest On Friday at midday the villagers of Bil'in, a village located near Ramallah in the centre of the West Bank along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall on the village land.
Erekat: Abbas asked Olmert to accept Egyptian initiative for Gaza truce
Report: Olmert sets forth conditions for a ceasefire deal with Palestinians
Carter 'quite at ease' about meeting Hamas' Mashaal Former US president arrives in Israel as part of week-long Mideast tour, defends his scheduled Damascus meeting with Hamas leader. 'It's very important that at least someone meet with the Hamas leaders to try to induce them to stop all attacks against innocent civilians in Israel and cooperate with Fatah,' he says
Israeli Paper: " Israel to hand Qalandia airport near East Jerusalem to the PA"
Army invades northern parts of the West Bank, kidnaps five
Israel's senior politicians and security service snub Carter visit
Egypt re-opens Gaza crossing border to hospitalize Palestinians Egyptian authorities reopened Monday the Rafah crossing border to allow injured Palestinians to receive treatment in hospitals in Egypt, security and medical sources said.
Under protection of Israeli army, Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Bethlehem
Israel approves 5,000 work permits for Palestinians
IDF probing why Palestinians held 16 hours at checkpoint
Palestinian militants return to security compound in West Bank city
Israel offers one-year Gaza truce
West Bankers to get mortgages The Palestinian government unveiled a U.S.-led plan Monday to build 30,000 affordable apartments over five years and offer $500 million in long-term mortgages.
Abbas forces detain 21 Hamas members in West Bank
Gaza militants condition truce with Israel
Abbas says Israel ready for Gaza truce Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Monday that Israel is ready to reach a truce with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip but through Egyptian mediation, a government spokesman said.
'Weak' Palestinians holding up agreement: Israel's Peres Israeli President Shimon Peres blamed "weak" and divided Palestinian factions for holding up a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, in an interview published Tuesday.
Gaza children get foreign treatment at home An Australian surgeon operated on Monday on Palestinian children in need of care unavailable in the Gaza Strip or not readily attainable elsewhere due to Israeli restrictions on the Hamas-ruled area.
The Al Quds Brigades claims wounding a soldier in Gaza
Israel 'using psychological torture'
Gaza militants condition truce with Israel Spokesman of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza Abu Mujahid said on Monday that Israel should accept the militant groups' conditions in order to reach a ceasefire agreement.
Pelosi sponsors bill praising Israel The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill praising Israel on its 60th anniversary
Arab world sees U.S. in poor light: poll In contrast to U.S. government views, most Arabs did not see Iran as a major threat and 67 percent considered Tehran had the right to a nuclear program.
US to send $7.2 mln worth of military equipment
U.K. Jews to ex-pats in Israel: Fight far-right in London vote British Jewish activists, decrying the far-right British National Party as anti-Semitic and racist, are urging former Londoners living in Israel to vote in the upcoming mayoral and council elections in an attempt to foil the BNP's bid to secure seats.
More than a tour guide "We had always heard about the heroic Israelis, making the desert bloom, taking unoccupied land and making it a civilized place," Rowold said. "But it had been occupied, and the reality of Arab Palestinians had not been portrayed accurately, to me anyway."...."To experience the oppression that the Palestinian Christians have for so many years, dealing with the trauma that the children suffer," he said. "I don't know of any more urgent need in the world for justice to be done."
Israel can stand up for itself Washington's performance should concern anyone who cares about long-term U.S. influence in the Islamic world. But for Israel (and Israel's supporters), this is an urgent problem. It is Israel, after all, that has been set by the Iranian leadership as the target for annihilation.
Israel to connect to US missle early warning system: report The United States has agreed to connect Israel to its ballistic missile early warning system to warn of any missile attack from archfoe Iran, a senior Israeli defence official said on Monday.
Israel pays compensation to U.K. for damaging Commonwealth Forces cemetery in Gaza operation
Israel fears Iran may ship Hezbollah arms via Beirut port Israel is concerned that Iran might start moving weapons to Hezbollah by means of ships that anchor in the Beirut port, government sources in Jerusalem said
Hardline Jews make night pilgrimages to West Bank tomb
Israel fears US will sell F-35 to Saudis while this could pose a major challenge for the IDF, defense officials told the Post on Sunday it also presented Israel with a unique opportunity to ask the Americans for new advanced technology that would not be sold to the Saudis, to enable Israel to retain its qualitative edge in the region.
The day I started Intifada III
Sunday, March 30 - Day of prayer for Hebron orphans
Jerusalem Diary: Monday 14 April West Bank village holds its 14th Festival of Lettuce
Tell Palestine's story, too Israel celebrated their independance 60 years ago by bulldozing 418 unarmed Palestinian villages, resulting in the first of many waves of Palestinian refugees. What crime had these Palestinians committed? They were on Israel?s side of the UN-drawn border! The Israeli definition of ?Palestinian? does not mean ?resident of Palestine?, but rather ?non-Jewish person?, which includes Christians as well as Muslims living in both Israel and Palestine. Palestinian occupants of those 418 villages refer to this ?celebration? as nakba: catastrophe, and still wear the house keys from those homes where their families had lived and farmed peacefully for generations.
Hizbullah militants regroup amid war jitters Over the past few weeks, military activity on both sides of the border has contributed to war jitters as both Israel and Hizbullah are seemingly poised to strike.
UK: Suspected Israeli drug smugglers to remain in custody Three Israelis suspected in giant drug smuggling affair appear in British court; translator required as suspects claim not to speak any English
Brief incursion by Israeli soldiers into Lebanon: army "A group of five Israeli soldiers on Sunday evening entered 150 metres (yards) inside the area of al-Shaal, east of Kfar Shouba (in southeastern Lebanon) and remained in the area for 10 minutes before leaving," an army statement said.
House chair condemns Carter, Hamas talks By meeting with the militant Islamic group that controls Gaza and does not recognize Israel's right to exist, Carter "in effect is undermining a current policy which is not just American but held by many others," Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Hamas and Syria must be included in peace deal: Carter
Most Israelis oppose partition of Jerusalem: poll
Arab world sees U.S. in poor light: poll
More Israeli Repression - Another Day of Home Demolitions
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