Israel allows UN bomb squad into Gaza
10 March 2010
AP-JERUSALEM - Israel has allowed a U.N. bomb disposal unit into the Gaza Strip to defuse unexploded munitions left over from last year's fighting.
The Israeli military says the sappers...
EU must take action over siege
10 March 2010
(CAABU) British parliamentary delegation returns from Gaza:
A British parliamentary delegation has returned from a three day fact finding mission to the Gaza Strip and called for the European Union...
US Blasts Israeli Settlement 'Bombshell'
10 March 2010
Sky News - America has condemned Israel for announcing 1,600 new settlement homes on occupied land in the middle of a US vice presidential visit.
Joe Biden walks in the...
Israel allows UN chief Ban, EU's Ashton to enter Gaza
9 March 2010
AFP - Israel said on Monday that it has authorised a visit to the Gaza Strip by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton...
EU's Ashton wants to visit Gaza amid push for peace talks
9 March 2010
CORDOBA, Spain (AFP) - EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Saturday she hopes to get into the Palestinian Gaza Strip during a Middle East trip this month, as...
PA sends medicine to Gaza
8 March 2010
Ma'an - The Palestinian Authority (PA) Health Ministry in Ramallah successfully arranged a delivery of badly-needed medicine to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, a Thursday report said.
The International Committee of...
Israel to build more settler homes
8 March 2010
Al Jazeera - Israel has given the green light for the building of 112 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank despite a partial moratorium...
UN Official: It's Existence not Life for Palestinians in Gaza
5 March 2010
(WAFA)- UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes said late on Tuesday that he had seen for the people of Gaza is an existence not a life
'It's good to...
UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for Gaza Crossings to Re-Open
3 March 2010
OCHA - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes arrived in Gaza today, as part of his four-day visit to Israel and the occupied...
Netanyahu: Israel will never cede Jordan Valley
3 March 2010
Haaretz - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel would never agree to withdraw from the Jordan Valley under any peace agreement signed with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu told the...
Israel Police arrest children in East Jerusalem
2 March 2010
B'Tselem-In recent months there have been many cases in which minors aged 12-15 from Silwan, in East Jerusalem, were arrested in the middle of the night by police officers...
Filming in the West Bank
2 March 2010
In early 2007, B'Tselem launched a camera distribution project in which it supplies video cameras to Palestinians living in areas in the Occupied Territories where confrontations commonly occur. The...
Under blockade, coastal Gaza now a fish importer
2 March 2010
GAZA CITY, AP- Under a sea blockade, the coastal Gaza Strip has now become a seafood importer. Its desperate fishermen - cut off from plentiful fishing grounds by Israeli...
Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa compound
1 March 2010
Ma'an - Seven Palestinians were detained as clashes erupted on Sunday with Israeli forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after storming the site with discord reported throughout the Old...
Rafah crossing opens after two months of closure
1 March 2010
Ma'an - Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing on Monday, allowing Palestinians to both enter and exit Gaza for the first time in two months.
Shortly before noon, two buses...
In seaside Gaza, fish in short supply
25 February 2010
GAZA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - With their fishermen at risk of being shot at by the Israeli navy, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are finding new ways to supply...
Israeli blockades preventing reconstruction in Gaza
24 February 2010
BBC - Money pledged for reconstruction in Gaza last year has not been spent because of Israeli blockades, according to the UN.
Britain has described the blockade, which is preventing...
Israel plans new Jerusalem-area settlement
23 February 2010
Ma'an - Israeli authorities have approved a plan to build 549 new homes for settlers on land across the Green Line in south Jerusalem, an advocacy group said on...
Israeli forces wound six Palestinians: medics
22 February 2010
AFP (Gaza) Israeli forces wounded at least four Palestinians on Saturday in a firefight in the southern Gaza Strip and two more in the West Bank as they tried...
Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinian protesters
22 February 2010
AP - HEBRON, West Bank - A crowd of Palestinian youths pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles on Monday, drawing tear gas and stun grenades in the...