Israeli army troops invaded Tulkarem, Nablus and Jenin on Tuesday at dawn and rendited eight Palestinians, as reported by local sources.

Tuesday August 19, 2008 10:43 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Jamal Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, stated Monday that the Israeli occupation is required to open the Gaza crossings immediately instead of threatening to use force to block the two anti-siege boats from reaching the besieged Gaza Strip.

AMMAN, (PIC)-- The committee of Arab and international affairs in the Jordanian parliament stated that the Israeli excavations in the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque and below it are in breach of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty and against all international conventions and decisions regarding the peace process.

In the upcoming few days, Gaza will welcome a group of international activists, who are set to sail from Cyprus to Gaza. The internationals are coming from various countries worldwide to break the siege of Gaza and send out a message of solidarity with its besieged people under a debilitating Israeli blockade for the past 14 months .
Monday August 18, 2008 15:29 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC Execlusive

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)- The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that the US and Israel have almost agreed on the deployment of early-warning missile radars in the Negev desert in order to confront any possible Iranian missile attack.

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Sheikh Hamed Al-Betawi, member of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, stated Sunday that any foolish move against the Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic holy shrines in occupied Jerusalem would open doors of hell before Israel and would lead to uprisings not only in Palestine but in all Arab and Islamic countries.

The number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the year-long Israeli siege has reached 237, as one more patient dies today.
Monday August 18, 2008 11:00 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

Defense officials favor forcefully blocking two boats which a group of U.S.-based activists plan to sail to Gaza to protest what they call "the Israeli siege on the Strip," Haaretz has learned.
By Amos Harel

ISRAEL will stop at nothing to thwart the Free Gaza Movement.

By Yvonne Ridley

They're playing that old tune again: Anybody but Benjamin ("they're-afffraid") Netanyahu. Shaul Mofaz loves peace, Tzipi Livni will end the occupation, Ehud Barak will treat the Palestinians like human beings. Only Netanyahu will bring disaster. Once again, the political fashion is to discuss how to stop the king of the opinion polls and the prince of disaster.

From Haaretz