UN report: Settlements squeezing out Palestinians

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are having a severe humanitarian impact on rural Palestinian areas, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on 30 August. The settlements disconnect Palestinians from agricultural land and limit their movement, restricting access to markets and water resources, the report, entitled "The Humanitarian Impact of Israeli Infrastructure in the West Bank," said. In the southern Hebron Hills area a conflict between Israeli settlers and Palestinians over land and water resources is apparent. Palestinian residents in interviews with IRIN described the harsh impact the settlements have on their daily lives.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article8990.shtml

New study of effects of the Wall

The Civil Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem published a report on Thursday documenting the effects of the illegal Israeli Wall on the lives of Palestinians in and around the city.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50395

CALL TO ACTION! Villagers of Sarra and Qusin Refuse to be Kept in a Cage

Sarra, Nablus region On Saturday, September 15th, the villagers of Sarra and Qusin, in the Nablus region, are planning in coordination with international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) to hold a demonstration in their region. They are blocked off from a road that leads directly to Nablus by roadblocks.

http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/13/call-to-action-villagers-of-sarra-refuse-to-be-kept-in-a-cage-2/

Attack on Child by Settlers

A local human rights worker reported that seven settler children and one adult attacked a Palestinian child in Hebron. The incident happened at 10 am outside Beit Hadassa settlement in Tel Rumeida, Hebron.

http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/12/attack-on-child-by-settlers/

The persecution of Dier Al Hatab village by the Israeli settlers

The village of Dier Al Hatab is located four kilometers east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. It has a population of about 2,500 people, and is famous for its olive trees. The area has a well-known spring and an archeological site named Tal Al Fukar. The Israeli settlement of Allon Moreh, built near village, has made life for the residents of the village a living hell, with villages have to survive deliberately-polluted water.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50382

Resistance fighters survive an Israeli aerial attack in northern Gaza

Four Islamic Jihad resistance fighters survived on Thursday an Israeli aircraft attack in the northern Gaza Strip, while two bystanders were wounded.  Palestinian medics said that the two wounded locals have been evacuated to the Kamal Edwan hospital, while no more injuries have been reported.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50393

Israeli army detains 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli army arrested 19 Palestinians after storming their homes in the West Bank overnight and on Wednesday morning, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/12/content_6711098.htm

Israeli forces kidnap three Palestinians in Hebron

Israeli military forces kidnapped three Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron in the early hours of Thursday morning during a number of separate operations.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50390

Palestinian detainee attacked by Israeli soldiers

Palestinian detainee, Hasan Salamah, sustained injuries when has attacked by five Israeli soldiers. The soldiers, guards at the solitary confinement wing of the Ishel detention facility at Beer Sheva, beat him severely as he was being taken to the prison clinic to be checked by a doctor. His attackers used their feet and batons on Salamah who sustained severe bruising to his back and chest causing him breathing difficulties.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50397

Israeli forces close the Abraham Mosque in Hebron

Israeli forces closed the Abarham Mosque located in the southern West Bank City of Hebron on Thursday, the first day of Ramdan.

http://www.imemc.org/article/50394

Palestinian agricultural Relief Services

Tthe Jordan valley suffers from lack of services: Mikbel Abu Habash of the Palestinian agricultural Relief Services stated on Wednesday that the Jordan valley area is suffering from lake of funds and development projects, expressing fear that this comes for geopolitical and international funding polices.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50386

Hamas urges militants not to target Israeli border crossings

The Hamas government urged Gaza militants Thursday not to attack border crossings with Israel in order to ensure the flow of basic goods into Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=903626&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

Hamas seeks to limit rocket fire at Gaza crossings

Hamas's government in the Gaza Strip called on Thursday on Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets and mortar bombs at border crossings with Israel that are used to bring food and other supplies into the territory.  A government spokesman said the rocket and mortar attacks should be stopped to "preserve the interest of the Palestinian people", especially during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L138289484.htm

EF deny involvement in torture and killing of man in Gaza Strip

The Executive Forces have denied any involvement in the death of a Palestinian man whose tortured body was found near an abandoned Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=48521

PBC journalist arrested and beaten by Executive Force paramilitaries in Gaza

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the arrest and beating of journalist Faeq Jarada by Hamas' Executive Force paramilitaries. An employee of the Palestinian public television station PBC, Jarada was arrested at his home in Tal Al-Hawa, in the southwest of the Gaza Strip, on 10 September and was released yesterday from Gaza City prison.

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=23635

Al-Qassam Brigades say they are prepared to defend Gaza

The Al-Qassam brigades, the armed offshoot of the Islamist Hamas, announced on Tuesday it is prepared to defend the Gaza Strip, once Israel attempts to attack the Gaza Strip largely.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50396

Palestinians Decry Hamas' Actions in Gaza

Most Palestinians reject this summer's military takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, according to a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. 73 per cent of respondents in the Palestinian Territories oppose the group's actions.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28210/palestinians_decry_hamas_actions_in_gaza

For Ramadan, a show of mercy in Gaza

A bearded man in the blue combat fatigues of the new Hamas-run Gaza police held the steel door open as cameramen clamoured to enter Gaza City's notorious Soraya jail.  L ess than an hour earlier the Executive Force, the new face of law and order in the restive coastal territory, had announced it would free 84 prisoners as a gesture of goodwill on Wednesday, the eve of the holy month of Ramadan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070912/wl_mideast_afp/palestinianramadan_070912171336;_ylt=AhvfJ.5t5R0m90oMcmqXH5CaOrgF

The 25th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla

Will anyone remember? Does anyone really care anymore?

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-massacre-at-sabra-shatilla/

Robert Fisk: : Remembering Sabra and Shatila

No more than 50 yards from the entrance, there lay a pile of corpses. There were more than a dozen of them, young men whose arms and legs had been wrapped around each other in the agony of death. All had been shot point-blank range through the cheek, the bullet tearing away a line of flesh up to the ear and entering the brain.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4733.htm

Reflections from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 3/3)

Jewish settlers driving by give antagonistic glances and stares, while cars and bus loads of visitors to the nearby Jewish cemetery and 'tomb' of the ancient biblical figures of Jesse and Ruth every now and again have one ruthless passenger who rolls down the window and comments, 'Drop dead!' Being called a 'Nazi' by Jewish settlers is a regular occurrence here - you just have to get used to it and not get pissed off.

http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/13/reflections-from-an-irish-activist-in-palestine-part-33/

Turkish intelligence assisted IDF in attack on Syria – report

Kuwaiti newspaper says Turkish intelligence provided Israel with information on targets Air Force allegedly attacked last week without Turkish government's authorization.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3449145,00.html