After having broken the Israeli blockade of Gaza earlier this week, two boats filled with activists have left the Gaza Strip for Cyprus. Several Palestinians who have previously been denied exit visas by Israel have joined international human rights workers on the journey. Full Story

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday for continued 'peace talks', according to officials. Full Story

Sources close to the Hamas movement reported on Friday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas and his Fateh movement, arrested 11 members and supporters of Hamas in the West Bank. Full Story

Palestinian journalist, Awad Rajoub, 30, was recently released from a Palestinian prison where he was detained and interrogated by Palestinian security forces. He said that he was subjected to mistreatment, and was facing harsh conditions for over a month. Full Story

Lawyer Bothaina Doqmaq, head of the Mandela Institute in Palestine, reported on Friday that the detainees in several sections and in solitary confinement in Al Jalama Israeli prison and interrogation center started a hunger strike on Thursday in protest to the harsh living conditions and the administration’s rejection to move them to ordinary sections although they ended their interrogation period. Full Story

Dozens of Palestinian, international and Israeli civilians were treated for gas inhalation as the Israeli army showered them with CS gas during the weekly nonviolent anti-wall protest in the village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah. Full Story

The Israeli army dispersed the weekly nonviolent protest in Nil'in village with tear gas and sound bombs, causing many civilians to suffer from gas inhalation, local sources reported. Full Story

Around 100 internationals, Israeli peace activists and Palestinian villagers marched after the Friday prayers in Al-Ma'sara village near Bethlehem, in a nonviolent protest against the wall being built on village lands. Full Story

An Israeli military force attacked on Thursday midday a non violent protest in Nil'in village southern the central West Bank city of Ramallah, injuring 9 civilians and causing dozens to suffer from gas inhalation, local sources reported. Full Story

Palestinian police sources said that one Palestinian civilian was killed on Friday at dawn when an Israeli army landmine exploded in him near the northern West Bank city of Jenin Full Story

Israeli troops forced Palestinian men to undress in public then searched them at a checkpoint the soldiers have setup Thursday evening near the West Bank town of Qabatiya near Jenin, local sources reported. Full Story

In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 21 - 27 August 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 9 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, and an Israeli human rights defender, were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank. The 9 civilians were all wounded when Israeli forces used force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest of the construction of the Annexation Wall in Ne’lin village, west of Ramallah. In addition, Israeli forces used a foul smelling liquid against the demonstrators. Full Story