Rapports

GAZA, Jun 13, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Palestinian factions are weighing to end a de facto truce with Israel following last week's renewed violence, local reports said Monday. The latest move was made at a meeting of 13 Palestinian…

Jerusalem (dpa) - The Israeli government on Sunday sharply criticised denials from the Palestinian leadership that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had promised Israel it would dismantle and disarm militant groups. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israeli radio that the Palestinian…

Two centres for children and teenagers in the Gaza Strip have been severely damaged in an arson attack, Christian Aid has learned. Three masked and armed attackers broke into two buildings run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA) -…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delay and denial of access and…

CAIRO, Jun 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Visiting Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath warned Thursday that a truce with Israel might be in danger, accusing Israel of continuing military activities in the Palestinian territories. "If Israel carries on…

GAZA, Jun 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said here on Thursday that keeping the truce with Israel is in interests of all parties concerned. Abbas, who arrived in Gaza to reinforce the ceasefire punctured by…

By Monica Awad Ever since the beginning of the school year in September 2004, Issa no longer leads a normal life. Issa, an 11-year old boy from Izzariyeh, a village east of Jerusalem, has to wake up earlier than usual…

The Faculty of Engineering Masters Program in Urban Planning and Design organized a lecture by Mr. David Shearer, Head of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OPT (OCHA) on the Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, at Birzeit…

Cease Use of Qassam Rockets (Jerusalem, June 9, 2005) -- The armed group Hamas must cease immediately "Qassam" rocket and mortar attacks against civilian areas, Human Rights Watch said today. Hamas mortar shells and Qassam rockets killed three civilian workers (two…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, June 8 (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians said on Wednesday they had agreed to closely coordinate security steps for the Jewish state's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip in August. Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz and Palestinian…