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Among those on the Hamas benches in the new Palestinian parliament sits Mariam Farhat - also known as the "Mother of Martyrs"....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 5:47pm PST
Scuffles have broken out in the town of Nazareth in northern Israel after three Israelis set off firecrackers in the Church of the Annunciation....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 5:42pm PST
LESS THAN 24 hours after the sweeping Hamas victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, it is clear that the consequences of this event are likely to be so profound that they are capable of bringing about a political tsunami. The full impact remains to be seen, and many questions are unanswered--how will Hamas form a governing coalition, what does this mean for the “peace process,” how will this affect the political relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, as w...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 12:39pm PST
Hamas fires its first political volley: that before negotiations can occur, Israel must recognise Palestine, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 5:58pm PST
Ann Petter and Jen Marlowe, The Electronic Intifada, 2 March 2006...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 5:48pm PST
Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip poured cold waters on claims and reports making the rife in western media that the stunning rise of Hamas to power would undermine their religious rights....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 10:06am PST
Israel says it has lifted all restrictions on its military and that it is intensifying its war against alleged terrorists, including al-Qaida....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 9:35am PST
She is already being spoken of as an Israeli leader in waiting. Today the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni brings to London the campaign to destabilise the incoming Hamas Palestinian government by starving it of cash....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 9:30am PST
This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 1 March 2006, 2:30 mins, english...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 7:24am PST
In the past fortnight, Israeli armed forces have conducted large-scale raids throughout the West Bank and repeatedly bombed targets in Gaza. The military operations are the largest since Israel’s disengagement from Gaza last year and form part of a general Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people following Hamas’s victory in the January 25 Palestinian legislative election. A total of 31 Palestinians have been killed since the vote....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 10:20pm PST
Syria has accused Israel of using the Golan Heights as a dumping ground for nuclear waste - a charge the Jewish state's ambassador to the world's disarmament body flatly rejected....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:07am PST
The United Nations has warned there could be severe humanitarian consequences if donor funds and tax revenues are cut off to the Palestinian Authority....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:06am PST
A leader of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad has been killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 6:52am PST
ran promised Hamas to transfer $250 million to the Palestinian Authority after Israel and the United States cut off PA funding, according to a report by the London-based Al Hayat newspaper quoted by Israel Radio on Tuesday....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 7:59am PST
SANAA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he did not plan to resign if he was unable to pursue peace with Israel under the new Hamas government, denying remarks aired by a British television channel this week....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 6:59am PST
Europe has stepped in to save the Palestinian Authority from imminent financial collapse with an offer of 120m euros ($140m; £83m) emergency aid....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 6:52am PST
The Palestinian prime minister-designate says Hamas is ready to recognise Israel if it gives the Palestinian people their full rights and a state in lands occupied since 1967, including the West Bank and East Jerusalem....
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 12:13am PST
From:http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
Stop the Siege of Balata and Nablus...
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 7:07pm PST