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Grenade tossed at Palestinian prisoners in Hadarim jail

Unknown assailants, believed to be Jewish extremists, hurled an Israeli army grenade at the fence surrounding the Israeli Hadarim jail that accommodates around 800 Palestinian prisoners, mostly old serving leaders,

Frattini makes a short visit to Gaza this morning

Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning through the Israeli-controlled Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.

Three Arabs killed in gas leak in Haifa oil refinery, foul play suspected

Three Arabs died in a gas leak at a Haifa oil refinery in the northern Palestinian territory occupied in 1948 Tuesday evening. Eight others were injured in the incident. Fingers

Obama Plays the Fox

On Saturday, 20 December a State Department spokesperson announced that the United States government is actively negotiating with Israel the price of a proposed 90 day cessation of settlement activity

Stonewalling Goldstone

On September 15, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Goldstone Commission issued its findings on Cast Lead, Israel's war of aggression against Gaza, inflicting enormous loss of life, thousands

Israel holds entire family in detention

A squad of more than 50 armed Israeli soldiers abused and abducted a 52-year-old Palestinian woman in Al-Khalil Tuesday morning after carrying out a fierce raid on her home.

IOA renews travel ban against Jerusalemite expert

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the travel ban on Khalil Al-Tafakji, the settlement affairs expert and director of the maps section at Orient House in occupied Jerusalem, for

Settlers seize Palestinian building in Silwan area, displace Qara’ein family

Extremist Jewish settlers seized Tuesday morning under military protection a Palestinian building in Al-Farouq neighborhood in Al-Makhbar Mount overlooking Silwan district, south of the old city of occupied Jerusalem.

Witnesses: Israeli navy abused, abducted two fishermen along Gaza Strip coast

Israeli naval troops abused and arrested Tuesday two Palestinian fisherman off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said. No apparent reason for the abduction was offered.

Syria calls Israeli referendum decision disregard of international law

A Syrian official said the law the Israel Knesset passed Tuesday requiring a public referendum for any military pullouts in the Syrian Golan Heights territory and Jerusalem proves Israel’s disregard