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Tamimi suspends work in Islamic courts in Palestine protesting murder of judge

Wednesday-13-December-2006

Chief Islamic Justice in Palestine Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi on Wednesday declared suspension of all Islamic court hearings in Palestine to protest the murder earlier today of an Islamic court judge in Khan Younis.

Fatah armed gangs assault Hamas MP security officer in Gaza

Wednesday-13-December-2006

Armed gangs affiliated with Fatah faction have assaulted the car of Hamas' lawmaker MP Mohammed Shehab Tuesday night who was bound to Beit Lahia city in Gaza Strip and blocked his vehicle for a while.

Hamas protests twisted statement in Tulkarm

Wednesday-13-December-2006

Hamas Movement has announced that it was pulling out of the factional coordination committee in Tulkarm city protesting the falsification of a statement issued by the committee condemning the killing of Palestinian children in Gaza city a couple of days earlier.

Masri charges Fatah quarters with targeting Hamas leaders cadres

Wednesday-13-December-2006

MP Mushir Al-Masri secretary of the Hamas-affiliated change and reform parliamentary bloc has accused certain quarters within Fatah faction of attempting to plunge the Palestinian internal arena into total anarchy.

Palestinian judge gunned down

Wednesday-13-December-2006

A Palestinian judge was gunned down Wednesday morning in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis at the hands of unknown armed men PA security sources said.

Odwan: Abbas couldn’t arbitrarily dissolve PLC call for referendum

Wednesday-13-December-2006

PA refugees' affairs minister Atef Odwan has warned against attempting to breach the PA basic law texts or taking illegal decisions that contradict the spirit of the PA constitution adding that such steps would further complicate the already tense condition in the Palestinian arena.

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.