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PA presidential guards receive more munitions under IOF protection

Thursday-16-November-2006

Ramallah - A truck loaded with weapons has crossed the Atara checkpoint in Ramallah city heading to the PA presidential guard's headquarters in the city under full IOF troops' protection local Palestinian sources revealed.

Jordanian banks refuse to break siege on Palestinian people

Thursday-16-November-2006

Amman - Jordanian banks have decided to maintain the unjust US-led economic blockade imposed on the Palestinian people and refused to implement a decision taken by the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo Sunday to break the nine-month-old siege.

Israeli war minister survives Qassam explosion

Thursday-16-November-2006

Nazareth - The Palestinian Qassam missiles that slammed into Sderot to the north of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday barely missed the house of Israeli war minister Amir Peretz whose bodyguard was seriously wounded in the attack.

Israeli air force dropped 1.2 million cluster bombs on Lebanon

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Nazareth- The Israeli air force dropped more than 1.2 million American-made cluster bombs on Lebanon during Israel's recent war waged on that Arab country for almost two months last summer a Hebrew paper reported.

Fatah official: Hamas and Fatah agree on distribution of ministries

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Gaza - Sources in Fatah Movement revealed that an initial agreement has been made between Fatah and Hamas Movements on the distribution of the 25 ministerial portfolios in the next PA unity government.

Palestinian population close to 10 millions worldwide

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Ramallah - Based on data revealed by the Palestinian central statistics apparatus Palestinian population worldwide has reached 9.8 millions in mid 2005 including 5 millions living in the diaspora 1.1 inside the 1948-occupied lands and 3.7 millions in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

IOA mulls denying Hamas captives family visits to pressure Movement on Shalit

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Nazareth - The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) are reportedly studying proposals made by Israel's security apparatuses suggesting denying Hamas captives in Israeli jails right of family visits in a bid to pressure the Movement into releasing captured IOF serviceman Gilad Shalit.

Hamas: Next PA government won’t recognize Israel two-state solution

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Gaza - Leaving no room for speculations the Hamas Movement affirmed Tuesday that the next government where the Movement is set to get the lion's share will never recognize the Hebrew state or accept the two-state solution.

Israeli settler killed another seriously wounded in resistance attack

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Beit Hanun - An Israeli settler was killed and another was seriously injured on Wednesday in a Palestinian resistance missile attack from the Gaza Strip on Sderot settlement to the north of the Strip.

Kaddoumi accuses senior PA officials of aggravating suffering of Palestinians

Wednesday-15-November-2006

Dubai - Fatah veteran politician and head of the PLO's political bureau Farouk Kaddoumi has categorically blamed senior PA officials in the PA presidency institution of concealing salaries of PA employees in a bid to aggravate their hardships and to pressure the PA elected government.