Month: May 2004

The Israeli paper online Yedioth Ahronoth, published an interview done by channel 10 with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Sunday evening, and broadcasted the interview on its evening news. Channel…

 Translated by, Saed Bannoura Mansour Ahmad is a 54 years old man from Hebron, south of the West Bank, tells a story which started in 1967, and never ended… “As…

done by channel 10 with the Palestinian President Yasser ArafatIMEMC Staff, May 31, 2004, 09:00 The Israeli paper online Yedioth Ahronoth, published an interview done by channel 10 with the…

and bulldozers raided the Sho’uth Neighborhood in Rafah southernGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 31, 2004 A large force of Israeli troops backed by tanks, APC’s, Helicopoters and bulldozers raided the…

(PLO), and representatives of the National and IslamicSaed Bannura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 31, 2004 The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and representatives of the National and Islamic…

In a recent message to Israel, the American administration requestedTaking Over Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 31, 2004 In a recent message to Israel, the American administration requested for Israel…

compromise proposal, Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid is due toIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 31, 2004 Even when Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon dismissed his compromise proposal, Israeli Justice Minister…

Mordechai Vanunu, the first he did since he was released on April 18IMEMC & Agencies, May 31, 2004 BBC aired Sunday an interview with the nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu,…

framework of peace making in the Middle East, it is no wonder thatAnalysis / Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC, May 31, 2004 With separation, walls, and disengagement are being used in a framework…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Benjamin NetanyahuIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 30, 2004 Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid offered to mediate between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance…

Jerusalem, the Right Reverend Riah Abu El-Assal as he returned backIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 30, 2004 Israeli security body searched and questioned the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, the Right…

riding a motorcycle in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood east Gaza city,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 30, 2004 An Israeli war jet targeted shortly after midnight two activists riding a motorcycle in Al-Zaytoun…

Syria with paying a ‘heavy price’ if Hezbollah escalates militaryIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 30, 2004 Israeli Army Northern Command General Benny Gantz on Saturday warned Syria with paying a…

children’s fund Carol Bellamy urged Saturday Israel to upholdIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 30, 2004 Starting a Middle East visit, the head of the United Nations children’s fund Carol Bellamy…

said Saturday that resistance groups would stop fighting IsraelisIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 30, 2004 The former Palestinian security affairs minister Mohammad Dahlan said Saturday that resistance groups would stop…

There is no doubt that Israel plans to withdraw completely and totally from the Gaza Strip. What remains to be answered is when and how. But until the withdrawal actually…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has decided to bring his plan toIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 29, 2004 After failing to recruit a majority to approve his plan, Israeli Prime Minister…

retreated from his declared inttention to bring his revisedGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, May 29, 2004 At the same day, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently retreated from his declared inttention to bring…

People’s Part, the former Communist Party, said the PalestinianGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 29, 2004 Khaled Mansour, member of the Political bureau of the Palestinian People’s Part, the former Communist Party, said…

villages northwest Jerusalem, including 67% of lands which belongsSaed Bannura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 29, 2004, 18:04 Palestine Media Center said that army to annex seven Palestinian villages northwest Jerusalem, including…

with Israel will not be stopped and confirmed its commitment toIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 29, 2004 An official in the new Indian government hinted that Defense ties with Israel…

Sunday an interview with nuclear whistle blower, Mordechai Vanunu.IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 29, 2004 Israel Radio reported Saturday that the BBC is scheduled to air on Sunday an interview…

disengagement plan for cabinet approval on Sunday.Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 28, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has decided to presnt the entire disengagement plan for cabinet approval on…

interview given by Mordechai Vanunu to a local journalist onIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 28, 2004 Israeli security (Shin Bet) claimed that copies of a videotaped interview given by Mordechai…

handing over the responsibility in areas Israel will pullout from inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 A Senior Palestinian official said, Tuesday that a security plan for handing over…

Reuters said that the EU delegates to approve Thursday the article which be added on the agreement with Syria.Saed Bannoura -IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 A diplomatic source in…

Cabinet’s Sunday voting over the 4-stage Disengagement plan, IsraeliIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 27, 2004 15:50 One vote is needed for Sharon to have a full majority for the Cabinet’s…

preparations for the elections in the Palestinian territories haveSaed Bannura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 Minister of local Authorities Jamal Shobaki, said that the preparations for the elections in the…

National Union Party, reiterated his extreme ideas, which call forSaed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 Israeli minister of Transportation, Avigdor Lieberman, from the National Union Party, reiterated his extreme…

British journalist who published the Sunday Times report on Israel’sIMEMC Saff & Agencies, May 27, 2004 Israeli security arrested Wednesday evening Peter Hounam, the British journalist who published the Sunday…

The Amnesty Annual report for the year 2003 to be published Wednesday shows that there are 100 children among the 600 Palestinians Israel killed in the year 2003 by the…

present his adjusted disengagement plan to the cabinet for approvalGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 26, 2004 It is expected that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will present his adjusted…

reflected his country’s growing concerns over the Middle East PeaceIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 26, 2004, 17:30 Reuters reported that the Turkish Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, reflected his country’s growing…

Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief andDrivers IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 26, 2004 Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

As army announced completing the pullout of the southern Gaza StripBack IMEMC & Agecies, May 25, 2004 As army announced completing the pullout of the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp…

Israeli Government source said Monday night that Egypt was ready forIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 25, 2004 After meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, Israeli Government source said Monday…

Ehud Olmert told the radio on Tuesday morning that a majority ofGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 25, 2004 Israeli Army Radio reported that the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the…

by settlers at the site of the unauthorized Hazon David outpost nearGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 25,2004 Army and border police dismantled Tuesday morning a structure built by settlers at…

demolition the Israeli army carried out in the six days of militaryGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 25, 2004 In the midst of a wide international condemnation of the mass home…

to raise the proportion of employing Arab citizens of Israel, onlyGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 25, 2004 Despite the adoption of a new law in 2000 requiring the government to…

Retired General Anthony Zinni accused the Bush administration ofto ‘help Israel” Saed Bannoura, IMEMC, 2004 Retired General Anthony Zinni accused the Bush administration of waging war on Iraq only in…

detainees in Shatta prison revealed an attempt by soldiers from theSa’ed Bannura-IMEMC, May 25, 2004 Palestine News Network reported, Monday, that some Palestinian detainees in Shatta prison revealed an attempt…

that he is leaning toward closing the file on the ‘Greek island’IMEMC & Agencies, May 25, 2004 Sources close to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Monday night that he is…

Al-Sultan neighborhood on Monday Morning.George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies May 24, 2004 Israeli army pulled its forces from Rafah area particularly from Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood on Monday Morning. Eyewitnesses saw several…

Suleiman, is due to arrive on Monday in Ramallah to meet withIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 24, 2004 The head of the Egyptian intelligence services, General Omar Suleiman, is due…

As the Arab Summit in Tunisia lowered the curtains, Palestinians realized that Arab leaders not only turned back to them, but more important turned against them. {mosimage}The continued crisis in…

Authority has distributed arms to Hamas and Islamic Jihad operativesGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 24 2004 A senior Israeli security sources charged Sunday the Palestinian Authority has distributed arms to…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon launched a series of meetingsDisengagement IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 24, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon launched a series of meetings with ministers Monday,…

The immense might of the Israeli army, assembled from all over the country, has attacked a small Palestinian township on the margin of the destitute Gaza Strip. Palestinians, both fighters…

RafahIsrael Offers Compensations; Intends to Continue Razing Homes in Rafah IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004 Israel intends to offer compensation to the owners of hundreds of homes along…

IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004Lapid: Demolition of Homes, Inhuman, Must End IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004 Justice Minister Yosef Lapid on Sunday triggered angry reactions as…

IMEMC & Agencies, May 23, 2004Mission Statement Rainbow to Continue for Few More Days IMEMC & Agencies, May 23, 2004 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the weekly cabinet meeting…

IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004Arab Leaders Concluded Their Tunisia Summit IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004 Arab leaders concluded their two days summit in Tunisia committing their…

IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 23, 2004Peres Denies Discussing Possibility of Labor Joining Coalition IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 23, 2004 Labor Party chairman Shimon Peres denied Sunday that he…

IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004Sharon Meets Army Heads Over Revised Disengagement IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Sunday morning with heads…

Uri Avnery-Op-Ed, May 23, 2004The Rape of Rafah Uri Avnery-Op-Ed, May 23, 2004 The immense might of the Israeli army, assembled from all over the country, has attacked a small…

IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 200443% of Israeli Teenagers Support Refusenik Stance IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 23, 2004 According to a survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute,…

IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 23, 2004Efforts to Form a New Right Wing Russian Party IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 23, 2004 Israeli Likud Minister Natan Sharansky and National Union…

around 50 residents were killed and around 80 buildings destroyed,Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC & agencies, May 22, 2004 After 4 days of intensive military operations in Rafah in which around 50 residents…

expectations that the Arab leaders will condemn, for the first time,George Rishmawi – IMEMC & Agencies, May 22, 2004 The Arab Summit will begin its sessions in Tunis on Thursday…

Shimon Peres hosted a secret meeting late Thursday night to discussGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & agencies, May 22, 2004 According to Israeli TV channel one report, Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres hosted…

military offensive, ‘Operation Rain Bow’ was, to find out that aHundreds of Rafah residents went out to the streets especially in Tel Al-Sultan and Al-Barazil area where the focus of…

his confinement in Ramallah.IMEMC & Agencies, May 22, 2004 20:38 The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat addressed the summit from his confinement in Ramallah. Arafat, who spoke to the summit via…

told members of the Security Council on Friday that Israel’sIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 22, 2004 UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Kiran Prendergast told members of the Security Council…

open Hunger Strike in protest to the inhuman treatment andIMEMC & Agencies, May 22, 2004 The detainees in Hadarim detention camp, near Haifa, resumed their open Hunger Strike in protest…

that Sharon is looking into replacing Minister of Jerusalem AffairsIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 22, 2004 Sources close to Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon said Saturday that Sharon is looking…

family in the city. When the assaulted family complained to theIMEMC & Agencies, May 22,, 2004, 20:05 Member of an Ethiopian Jewish family in Bir Shiva assaulted an Arab family…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura  ‘There is nothing more difficult for the parents than loosing a child, yet how would it feel to lose two at the same time… by a…

Rafah continued despite of the U.N. Security Council resolution andGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 21, 2004 Military ‘Operation Rainbow’ in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah continued despite of…

Army said Friday that most of the forces had withdrawn from Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood and troops were deployed along its perimeter.IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 21, 2004 As troops…

Ministry officials, Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz askedIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 21, 2004 In a meeting Thursday night with top army officers and Justice Ministry officials, Israeli Attorney General…

Soldiers and police officers attacked demonstrators as they attempted to cross the roadblocks into the Gaza Strip.IMEMc & agencies, May 21, 2004 Police and soldiers attacked around a thousand demonstrators,…

Council resolution which condemns the Israeli military operations inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 21, 2004 11:15 Israel criticized the US for not using VETO against the UN Security Council resolution…

Senior sources in the Israeli government dismissed on Thursday some Arab media reports about a near deal in which the remains of the missing air force navigator Ron Arad would…

All who believe in peace and peaceful non-violent means to fight injustice should bow in respect to the people of Rafah. Even while surrounded with death and destruction from all…

Doctors at Abu Yousif Al-Najjar Hospital said on Thursday that, 25-year-old Mohammad Ibrahim Jaber died of wounds he sustained early morning after he was left bleeding for over 12 hours…

the Israeli Army committed against civilians in Rafah refugee campGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 Despite the widespread condemnation prompted after the deadly attack the Israeli Army committed against…

Jerusalem according to the Hebrew calendar in 1967 six days war,George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 Wednesday, May 18, 2004 marks the 37 anniversary of annexing Jerusalem according to…

Israel for killing Palestinian civilians in Rafah city and callingIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 20, 2004 UN Security Council adopted a resolution early Thursday condemning Israel for killing Palestinian civilians…

arrest imposed on the three Arabs suspected of killing the IsraeliGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 13:05 The central court of Nazareth decided Thursday to end the house arrest…

in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa in protest over the Rafah attackIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 20, 2004 Hundreds of left-wing activists on Wednesday staged demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem…

legislative Council Member, Marwan Bargouthi of four charges out ofIMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 Tel Aviv Central Court convicted Thursday, the Palestinian legislative Council Member, Marwan Bargouthi of four…

the european hospitals said, at least 10 of the demonstrators wereIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 19, 2004 Palestinian medical sources in Al-Shifa, Abu Yousif Al-Najjar and the european hospitals said,…

strikes against hundreds of peaceful protestors was unrecorded inIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 Rafah’s governor told IMEMC by phone that ‘an air to ground missile strikes against hundreds…

navigator Ron Arad is dead and his body is being held by Hezbollah,IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 Source close to Hezbollah confirmed Wednesday that Israel Air Force navigator…

Ariel Sharon’s modified plan may include wrecking homes in evacuatedGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & agencies, May 19, 2004 Israeli Media sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s modified plan may…

guilty of war crimes and grave violations of Geneva Convention inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 19, 2004 Amnesty International, the Human Rights Group, has charged Israel guilty of war crimes and grave…

Security Council, condemning Israel for destroying dozens of homesIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 The Arab nations block submitted a drafted resolution to the Security Council, condemning Israel for…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz called senior defense andRafah IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz called senior defense and legal officials to meet Thursday…

Committee (AIPAC) annual conference Tuesday that Sharon’sIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 U.S. President George Bush told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual conference Tuesday that Sharon’s…

As the Palestinian authority requested an emergency UN Security Council session, Israel already started the second wave of assaults in Rafah, killing 12 residents and knocking down dozens of homes.…

Rafah reported that two 14 and 16-year-old brother and sister ‘AhmedGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 18, 2004 16:37 Palestinian Medical sources at Abu Yousif Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah reported that two 14…

to discuss the request by Arab Nations told hold an immediateGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 18, 2004 The United Nations Security Council is due to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss…

Abdullah II of Jordan was quoted as saying that PalestinianIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 18, 2004 In an interview published Tuesday with the New York Times, King Abdullah II of…

whether to release the three Arabs suspected of killing soldier OlegIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 18, 2004 The Nazareth District court said Tuesday it will rule Thursday whether to release…

operation to isolate the city of Rafah from the rest of the GazaGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 17, 2004 A massive number of Israel troops on Monday completed a major…

in Rafah, the US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice saidIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 In a shy criticism to Israel’s mass demolition of Palestinian houses in Rafah, the…

the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called Monday for reforms inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Reuters reported that Jibril Al-Rajoub, a senior security aide to the Palestinian President Yasser…

list of the unauthorized settlers’ outposts to the U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Following the published news over the failure of Israel to submit a list of the…

Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outpostsU.S. IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outposts on the West…