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Olmert finally acknowledges: Israel has nukes

Tuesday-12-December-2006

In the first such public acknowledgment the Israeli premier Ehud Olmert revealed for the first time ever that Tel Aviv possessed nuclear weapons a matter that the successive Israeli governments had tried to keep shrouded in secrecy.

Israeli court sentences Hamas political leader to 22 months

Tuesday-12-December-2006

An Israeli military court on Tuesday passed a 22-month imprisonment term against Dr. Mohammed Ghazal one of the Hamas Movement's political leaders in Nablus city after spending 15 months in occupation jails without trial or charge.

IOF soldiers wound Palestinian in Gaza kidnap more West Bankers

Tuesday-12-December-2006

IOF troops stationed to the east of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday fired at and seriously wounded a Palestinian man east of Gaza city while more Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank.

IOA denies Palestinian lawyers access to kidnapped Lebanese citizens

Tuesday-12-December-2006

Israel's internal security minister Avi Dichter has rejected an appeal filed by the PA prisoners' affairs ministry through its lawyer Sheren Esawi to visit and represent three Lebanese citizens kidnapped at the hands of the IOF troops during Israel's war on Lebanon last July.

IOF troops storm Jenin five soldiers wounded in Qabatia

Tuesday-12-December-2006

IOF armored vehicles at dawn Tuesday rumbled into the streets of Jenin and its refugee camp amidst intensive shooting in a bid to arrest resistance activists but no arrests were reported.

PFLP-GC: PLO executive committee unable to shoulder responsibility

Tuesday-12-December-2006

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) has criticized the PLO executive committee's recommendation calling for early presidential and parliamentary elections in the PA-run lands.

Haneyya’s visit to Tehran brought $250M to the Palestinian people

Tuesday-12-December-2006

As he concluded his four-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran PA premier Ismail Haneyya announced that the visit was successful and achieved a lot of things in favor of the Palestinian people noting that Iran pledged 250 million dollars in assistance to the Palestinian people.

Abu Marzook: Tension in Palestinian arena coincided with Abbas’ adverse remarks

Tuesday-12-December-2006

Deputy-head of Hamas' political bureau Dr. Mousa Abu Marzook has affirmed that the heinous murder incident in Gaza city Monday was linked to the announcement made by PA chief Mahmoud Abbas that unity talks had reached a dead-end.

Higher follow up committee demands greater security control

Tuesday-12-December-2006

The higher follow up committee of national and Islamic forces in Palestine has urged the PA security apparatuses to exercise greater control on the Palestinian street following Monday's heinous crime in which four Palestinian children were gunned down at the hands of unknown armed men in Gaza city.

Hamas warns of exploiting murder of schoolchildren to serve political goals

Tuesday-12-December-2006

The Hamas Movement has urged Palestinian local parties who are trying to employ heinous killing of the four schoolchildren to serve their political goals to stop playing with words because the "Palestinian people know the truth and will prosecute the criminals".