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Thursday August 28, 2008 - 11:38
After being held overnight in Ashkelon Prison, Israeli peace activist Jeff Halper was released Wednesday. While the 44 international activists on the two 'Free Gaza' boats were allowed by the Israeli military occupation to enter the Gaza Strip with humanitarian supplies, Halper, an Israeli citizen born in the US, was the only one detained. Full Story
Thursday August 28, 2008 - 11:23
An Israeli military force kidnapped six Palestinian civilians from the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday at dawn, local sources reported Full Story
Thursday August 28, 2008 - 09:50
While US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been pressuring Israel to stop the expansion of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, the US government has, at the same time, been offering tax breaks to US-based organizations who engage in settlement expansion. Full Story
Thursday August 28, 2008 - 09:10
After returning from Egypt following a Wednesday meeting with Egypt’s President, Hosny Mubarak, Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, sad that Israel will ease the conditions it imposes on the criterion that determinism which detainees are eligible to be freed in return for releasing the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Full Story
Thursday August 28, 2008 - 08:23
John Ging, UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza announced that the association will grant nearly 20.0000 NIS (nearly $ 6M) to the students of UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip in order to help them in buying stationary and supplies needed to start the new school year, the Palestinian Infromation Center reported. Full Story
Thursday August 28, 2008 - 02:23
The Free Gaza boats will be departing the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning at 9 A.M carrying 12-14 Palestinians who were denied exit visas by the Israeli Authorities , others are students with valid visas or dual citizenships and were accepted un universities in Europe. One of departing is a Palestinian professor who teaches in Europe and was stuck in Gaza. Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 16:23
The Free Gaza Movement’s Greta Berlin confirmed via a press release on Wednesday that This group of activists is being allowed to return quickly to Cyprus, local Media outlets reported Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 12:24
Israel will keep border crossings into the Gaza Strip closed to commercial and humanitarian goods "until further notice," Israeli media outlets reported Wednesday. Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 11:20
An Israeli military force kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus and Jenin on Wednesday morning, local sources reported. Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 05:39
The Palestinian Ministry of Health at the Hamas-led government in Gaza reported on Tuesday that 78 days after the truce deal came into effect in the Gaza Strip, 46 patients including 10 children, died due to the ongoing Israeli siege on the coastal region. Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 05:08
Sources within the Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested in the West Bank nine members and supporters of Hamas in the West Bank cities of Jenin, Qalqilia, Tulkarem and Bethlehem. Full Story
Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 04:52
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank reported that the Hamas government in Gaza and its security forces fired 40 health workers, including physicians, pharmacists, lab specialists and X-Ray technicians in one day under the claims that they do not recognize the legitimacy of the Hamas government in Gaza. Full Story |
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