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Palestinian fisherman succumbs to wounds suffered in IOF gunboat attack

Thursday-21-December-2006

The Palestinian fisherman Hamdan Mohammed Barhum was pronounced dead on Thursday morning after eight days of admission into the European Hospital south of the Gaza Strip after IOF gunboats fired at a group of fishermen off the Rafah coast.

Duwaik rejects Abbas’ call for early elections as “illegal”

Thursday-21-December-2006

Dr. Aziz Duwaik the speaker of the PLC has refused PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' unilateral call for early legislative elections describing the call as "illegal" and a "shame".

Abbas to meet Olmert after refusing to meet Haneyya

Thursday-21-December-2006

Ehud Olmert the Israeli premier on Wednesday told a press conference that he would meet PA chief Mahmoud Abbas soon to discuss developments in the Palestinian arena.

Nazzal: American-Zionist efforts target foiling formation of unity government

Thursday-21-December-2006

Mohammed Nazzal the political bureau member of the Hamas Movement has charged American and Zionist parties with hampering all efforts aimed at formation of a Palestinian national unity government.

IOF troops arrest Palestinian young woman

Thursday-21-December-2006

IOF soldiers manning the Aterot roadblock to the west of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday arrested a Palestinian young woman claiming she was carrying a knife the Hebrew radio reported.

PSL: Recognizing Israel is religiously forbidden

Thursday-21-December-2006

The Palestine Scholars League on Wednesday affirmed that the Islamic religion forbids recognizing the so-called state of Israel because it was established on usurped Islamic Wakf lands that could not be surrendered or ceded.

Tulkarm children protest IOF cold-blooded murder of schoolchild

Wednesday-20-December-2006

Hundreds of schoolchildren in Tulkarm north of the West Bank on Wednesday went on an orderly march protesting the IOF troops cold-blooded murder of the 13-year-old girl Dua'a Abdul Kader.

IOF troops arrest 22 Palestinians overnight

Wednesday-20-December-2006

IOF troops late Tuesday and early Wednesday arrested 22 Palestinian citizens in various West Bank cities and villages within their daily campaign of arrests in lines of the Palestinian West Bankers.

PSL MP urge Abbas to retract his call for early elections

Wednesday-20-December-2006

The Palestine Scholars League on Wednesday called on PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to cancel his call for early legislative elections opining that the call only "complicated things more".

Hamas: We are targeted because of our insistence on our constants

Wednesday-20-December-2006

The Hamas Movement on Wednesday said that it was targeted by foreign and internal powers because of its insistence on its constants and because it refuses to recognize the Hebrew state and refuses to give up resistance against occupation.