News Highlights: Palestinian PM calls again for an end to the internal fighting in Gaza, as both Hamas and Fateh agree to go to Saudi Arabia for a truce summit. Russian foreign minister accuses outside forces of fuelling the factional Palestinian clashes. Israeli foreign minister says the “diplomatic process” will go into a deep freeze …
January 2007 archive
Jan 23
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News Highlights: Jan. 19th – Abir Aramin, 10 years old, from Anata is declared brain dead after being attacked by Israeli border police on her way home from school. Israeli military admits that the 44 “dirt roadblocks” it claimed to have recently removed did not actually exist. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid …
Jan 16
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News Highlights: Israeli military invade Nablus and the Balata refugee camp, damaging homes and arresting 11 Palestinians; university female student also grabbed at a checkpoint. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visits region, and plans for summit with Israeli PM and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian officials, including Abbas, reject U.S./Israeli idea of “temporary state”. …
Jan 09
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News Highlights: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will be visiting the Middle East, to promote “peace efforts” in the region. Illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa, built on Palestinian land near Bethlehem, is set to be expanded, along with other settlements in the area. 8 human rights group petition Israeli High Court over new …
Jan 02
This week …
News Highlights: Hamas accepts a conditional Israeli offer to free 450 Palestinian political prisoners, as well as most women and child prisoners, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Tensions increase between Fateh and Hamas, squashing hopes of an end to internal Palestinian clashes. Israeli forces kidnap 9 Palestinians from Bethlehem and Jenin, taking them …