The order, delivered to the municipalities of Jewish towns in Gaza, informs citizens that they are to leave their homes by midnight following the breaking of the Tisha B’Av fast. The IDF order also dictates that residents of Gaza’s Jewish towns will not be permitted to go from one community to another starting Sunday, and […]

TEL AVIV – Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican regarded as one of the most security-minded members of the House, has expressed his concern over the effect of the Gaza pullout on U.S. interests in the Middle East and the war on terrorism. Burton, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, is one […]

The children of N’vei Dekalim brought each family a long-stemmed sunflower with a wish for a happy and peaceful Sabbath. A note was attached. The note, written by the children, reminded us, the grown-ups, to keep up our courage and faith. The previous day, a bite-sized chocolate bar, pinned to an invitation, was hung on […]

The Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of various armed militias in the Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday that it would start operating in the West Bank immediately after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. “We will move our cells to the West Bank,” said Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, which […]

GAZA, August 4, 2005 (WAFA-PLO News Agency) Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called on the Quartet Committee and the international community to exert utmost efforts to end Israeli occupation of the rest of the Palestinian territories. During a festival entitled “Liberation and Evacuation Festival” held in Gaza on Thursday, Qurei called on the international community to […]

GAZA, Palestine, August 3,2005 (IPC+WAFA)–A Palestinian medical source in Beit Hanoon, north of the Gaza Strip, reported that a child was killed; five children were injured, after makeshift homemade mortar fired by a resistance group hit their home. Mu’wia Abu hussanien, director general of the emergency of the health ministry stated that Yasser Adnan al-Ashqar, […]

More than 45,000 determined protesters are remaining at the Peduyim Junction on the outskirts of Ofakim, where their march toward Gush Katif was blocked by tens of thousands of soldiers and police. “We will not move from here, we will stay here at the Ranan Junction until we are allowed to continue toward Gush Katif,” […]

Tens of thousands of anti-expulsion protestors have reached the Negev town of Sderot despite police attempts to limit the number to 5,000. Protesters intend to march to Gush Katif Wednesday evening. Major traffic delays are reported in Kiryat Malachi, Ashdod and many other southern district municipalities as thousands of anti-Disengagement protestors continue making their way […]

The Bayit Leumi (‘National Home’) civil disobedience movement has renewed its call for mass civil disobedience, offering several suggestions focusing on occupying the security services. The group, which brought the country to a halt on May 17th in a show of strength it termed a ‘dry-run,’ is now calling for a series of creative acts […]

Whether on the battlefield or in the emergency room, when first responders arrive to treat a critically injured patient, they sometimes cannot administer vitally needed intravenous fluid. Either the veins have collapsed or in the cases when blood pressure is low, such as heart attacks or unconsciousness, veins contract and are hard to find. American […]