Month: July 2004

United Nations report released Friday stated that some two million Palestinians were living on less than 2.1 euro a day, and a poverty rate of 63 percent, in mid-2003. The…

An Israel Air Force helicopter fired Friday two missiles at a three story building in Gaza city; two people were wounded. Army source said that the target of the attack…

Bureau chief of Palestinian Prime minister Hassan Abu Libdah expressed concerns over chaos in the West Bank after the abduction of three internationals in Nablus and the burning of two…

Al-Mizan center for Human Rights issued a report, Saturday, concerning the military operations in Beit Hanoun, and the continuous siege imposed on it. The report revealed that Beit Hanoun was…

U.S Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry on Friday assured Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of his commitment to Israel’s security. Kerry made the comments as Sharon phoned to congratulate…

Following last week meetings with Israeli officials, representatives of the World bank visited Erez industrial zone at the northern borders of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Israel started efforts last…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…

Palestinians and international peace activists are currently gathering at Zabubah village near Jenin to start a three-week-long march along the route of the separation wall down to Jerusalem. The march…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza said Friday night that Military Apaches raided a factory used to produce car batteries, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza city. The source added that…

Army source reported Friday that four armed Palestinians were killed by soldiers as they attempted to plant an explosive device near the al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile,…

In an interview with Israeli Daily Newspaper Haaretz, Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muashar warned that the current route of the separation wall constitutes a "grave national security threat" to Jordan.…

Likud and Labor teams holding coalition talks agreed Thursday that a government would be established within two weeks of signing any agreement. In a meeting in Kfar Hamaccabiah, Labor negotiators…

Israeli Police will question nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu over suspicious of violating release conditions. The police are examining an interview Vanunu gave to foreign media after his release in…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…

Soldiers wounded seventeen Palestinian and foreign peace activists Wednesday evening in the village of Ya’bod, south of Jenin and in the north of the West Bank, during a protest against…

Tulkarem resident, Zaher Issa Al-Ashqar, aged 27 from Seida village near Jenin was killed in an exchange of fire during an incursion by Israeli army into Tulkarem in the early…

Detainees in all military detention camps are currently preparing to announce an indefinite hunger strike in protest of the deteriorating situation in the detention centers where wounded or ill detainees…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) reported that Mahmoud Al-Hanini 23, from Beit Furik near Nablus was severely beaten up at Beit Furik checkpoint…

George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, July 28, 2004 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA issued a statement in which it authorized exploration of a selective divestment of…

Protesting what they described "ignoring" what is happening in their town, the residents of Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza Strip, erected a roadblock on the main road after Erez’ checkpoint…

The Israeli security establishment will present a revised route of the northwest Jerusalem section of the separation wall to a steering committee headed by Dove Weisglass, the head of the…

Soldiers supported by several armored vehicles and military bulldozers, invaded Tuesday night the area of Qezan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip and leveled four homes.…

U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powel said Tuesday that even as Palestinian President Yasser Arafat accepted to cede more authority to his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, he still enjoy the…

The Israeli Army raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the north west of the West Bank, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. After a curfew was imposed, the army…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat handed Tuesday powers to his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in order to carry out reforms, therefore ending a two weeks cabinet crisis. Arafat and Qurei emerged…

Israeli Police Chief in Jerusalem, Ilan Frenco, decided Tuesday not to allow members of the ‘Temple Mount Faithful’ group to enter the Aqsa Mosque plaza (Temple Mount) to hold a…

Soldiers have withdrawn from Al-Shojaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza after invading it earlier Tuesday at dawn. The invasion, which began at 2:00 am, has left in its wake two residents…

I am writing this with an aching heart. I have postponed writing it as long as I could. In Jewish tradition, there is a searing phrase: ‘The Temple was not…

(see also the excellent detailed Report by Dr. Fouad Moughrabi on this subject) Human reactions to their surrounding, value systems, and outlook on other humans are shaped by environment including…

Translated by Saed Bannoura “It was nearly four in the afternoon, we stepped out of the Taxi and rushed towards Qalandia checkpoint, south of Ramallah, in an attempt to be…

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Asali, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia north of the Gaza Strip, said that the number of residents killed in the continuous military operations in the…

The United Nations reported that its General Assembly will convene on Friday an emergency special session to examine the advisory opinion issued last week by the International Court of Justice…

The Political Advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Wednesday afternoon that the Palestinian Authority might consider the Special UN envoy to the UN, Terje Roed-Larsen…

Recently Israeli President Moshe Katsav publicly stated that human rights are basic rights and cannot be based on obligations set by the state – in other words, these rights are…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the visiting US envoys on Tuesday that Israel intends to dismantle the unauthorized settlers’ outpost in the West Bank as soon as possible.…

Shas leader MK Eli Yishai said recently that his party is ready to join the cabinet if Shinui party quit the coalition, confirming that his party has no moral objections…

Anger and concern have been stirred in the Labor Party as the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited two religious parties for talks on Unity government on Tuesday. For some…

The E.U bloc Dutch presidency said Monday that the aid provided to Israel by the E. U depends on Israeli cooperation but at the same time the Duck Minister failed…

Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that a special unit of the Israeli army has assassinated No’aman Tahaineh 34, an Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, Tuesday afternoon. According to PNN, Tahineh,…

The Arab States called on Monday the United Nations General Assembly to convene an emergency session to demand that Israel comply with the International Law as stated by the International…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday ordered construction work on the West Bank separation wall to continue. Sharon said that the building work on the fence will proceed in…

EU foreign ministers will meet Monday to define the 25-nation bloc’s position in the wake of Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice against Israel’s West Bank separation wall.…

After his meeting the Opposition leader Shimon Peres, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his coalition members that forming a new coalition or early elections are options to be…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei dismissed reports on Palestinian Authority decision to delay taking the West Bank Separation Wall issue to the United Nations Security Council until after the…

Palestinian sources reported that Mahmoud Khalafallah, was killed early Monday morning as he was crushed to death when Israeli army troops shelled his house in the Austrian quarter west of…

Senior American and Israeli officials agreed to start negotiations to define the boundaries within which Israel is allowed to do construction work in the West Bank. The U.S. administration is…

The Israeli Authorities banned an American- Jewish Peace Activist, who is a member of the International Solidarity Movement, from entering Israel Saturday. The Israeli Authorities at the Ben-Gurion airport said…

Israel is mobilizing to convince ‘relevant countries’ not to vote in favor of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Palestinian observer…

United Nations General Secretary Coffi Anan called Sunday Israel to accept the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which demands the dismantling of the West bank separation wall. Speaking…

Israeli source reported that the one killed in Tel-Aviv blast was a 20 years old female soldier and that the number of wounded arrived at 30. One killed, 20 Wounded…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his ministers in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting completely rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation wall, calling it…

Israeli Minister Uzi Landau will meet Sunday afternoon in Tel-Aviv with 10 Likud MKs and 50 members of Likud Central committee to start a campaign to foil attempts to establish…

Palestinian Medical sources at the ‘Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital (formerly Al-Shifa) in Gaza city that four Palestinians have been killed and one seriously injured on Saturday afternoon as Israeli Air Force…

Now, the court ruled, Palestinians happy, Israelis angry, Europeans welcomed, U.S brushed aside, so, what comes next? Facts: The ruling is not binding. Any UN General Assembly resolution that can…

Palestinian Medical sources at the ‘Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital (formerly Al-Shifa) in Gaza city that four Palestinians have been killed and one seriously injured on Saturday afternoon as Israeli Air Force…

Arab Envoys to the United Nations said Friday that Palestinians will ask the United Nations General Assembly next week to adopt a resolution affirming the International Court of Justice ruling…

The main obstacle that blocks the way towards a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israel conflict is the huge gap that exists between justice and reality. The Friday ICJ ruling and…

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday that turning the wall issue to the International Court of Justice was inappropriate, and that the court ruling was not binding. While…

Dr. Azmi Bishra, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset and his comrades suspended their seven-day hunger strike on Friday after the International Court of Justice ruled that the Separation wall…

After the International Court of Justice ruled at The Hague, that the West Bank Separation wall Israel is building, the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, Israel will continue building…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Hanan Al-Khatib, a lawyer at the Palestinian Prisoner society, visited a number of female detainees in Al-Ramla detention camp, which includes 45 female detainees, who told…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed an appeal Wednesday, through its lawyer, Abeer Baker, to the Israeli Prisons department and the government’s legal advisor, demanding…

A public opinion poll, conducted by Haifa University, revealed a worrying growth of extremisms and acceptance of political violence among Israelis, especially among new immigrants. 11.1% of the Jewish population…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invites Labor Leader Shimon Peres for Coalition Talks; National Religious Party might Pullout; Labor MK Amir Pertz objects joining the government; Likud Minister Uzi Landau…

Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Friday that Israel will not compile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation fence, ICJ will in few…

Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Friday that Israel will not compile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation fence, ICJ will in few…

According to a document obtained by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, The International Court of Justice ruling would state: ”the court is not convinced that the specific course Israel has chosen for…

As the International Court of Justice’s ruling is being read at The Hague now, the judges unanimously, rejected claims that it has no jurisdiction to rule on the wall issue.…

An Israeli military source reported that Five Israeli soldiers, among them two colonels, were wounded Thursday in clashes with Palestinian resistance in Gaza Strip during an Israeli military operation in…

Islamic Jihad spokesperson Khader Habib revealed Wednesday that resistance leaders and Palestinian Authority officials are discussing halting Qassam’s firing into Israeli areas, confirming that Resistance groups will submit their final…

The Tel Aviv District court is expected to rule on the detained US peace activist on Thursday. It is unclear yet whether the court headed by Judge Oded Modrik will…

Israeli Shin Bet Director Avi Dichter told Yesha Council settlers leaders in a Wednesday meeting that the agency has no concrete warnings of extreme right-wing intentions to attack political or…

Upon request from Shinui leader Yousif Lapid, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday night that he will fire Infrastructure Minister Yosef Paritzky. This request came after Israeli TV channel…

The Prisoners’ Support Society in Majd Al-Kroom said that it received information from Shatta detention camp during the past two days, and through the lawyer of the society, that soldiers…

Translated by George Rishmawi-IMEMC Abu Mazin: Things would have been different, had Sharon suggested the Disengagement Plan to us earlier The former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) held…

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei said at the end of his meeting with Israeli Health Minister Dani Naveh on Wednesday that he would be happy if provided with…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said there will be no further talks on any topic as long as the Middle East Quartet keeps its unclear position on the West…

In reaction to the warnings by the Israeli Security service, Minister of Justice, Yousef Lapid on Wednesday cautioned that itch for investigating extremist threats must not affect the right to…

Fatah Movement denied Haretz report, which claimed that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called off the movement internal elections in the Gaza Strip because his supporters were losing. Sakher Besaso, member…

Palestinian sources reported that two Israeli air to ground missiles hit a car in Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses reported that the three passengers in the car managed to…

ArabYnet online news site reported a Palestinian official source saying that Egypt called for an International conference with the participation of Quartet to discuss the preparations for the Israeli withdrawal…

Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres said Wednesday that Labor wants to see the Israeli right carry out the disengagement plan by itself. Peres comments came after the Israeli High Court…

Palestinian sources reported that Isam Mhameed 30, from Qalqilia, an operative of the Aqsa Brigades was killed in Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses…

American peace activist Anne-Robinson-Peter who has been detained for 14 days at Ben Gurion airport, appeared Tuesday before Judge Oded Mudrik at Tel Aviv District Court. Robinson-Peter was charged with…

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday in Washington that the American administration was disappointed by the rate at which settlers’ unauthorized outposts had been removed, demanding Israel to…

Clashes erupted Wednesday morning, between the Political detainees and the administration in Gilboa detention camp, twenty injuries were reported. Meanwhile, the Prisoners Supporters Society said that the administration banned its…

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei said Tuesday that he has no power to pressure Israel on Nuclear issues. ElBaradei arrived Tuesday in Israel for a…

Two Palestinians, Dr. Khaled Saleh of the A-Najah University in Nablus, his son Mohammed were killed Tuesday early morning hours as Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at a four…

Army shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis late on Monday after an Israeli was wounded by a Qasam rocket fired at the…

Palestinian sources reported that the Egyptian government has officially informed the Palestinian factions of delaying the inter-Palestinian dialogue which was scheduled for the beginning of the month, till the second…

Top Israeli military officials continue to criticize the decision made by the High Court of Justice in Israel concerning the West Bank separation wall. The State’s General Attorny Menachem Mazuz…

Despite Palestinian Presidnet Yasser Araft’s objections over the participation of security personnel in elections, Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip is proceeding with its internal elections that began on May…

The Israeli High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday ordering army to halt work on the section of the separation wall near the West Bank villages of Dir…

The Israeli government survived Monday 6 no-confidence motion; the one presented by One Nation Party on policies that harms local religious council employees was a neck to neck vote; 56…

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei arrives in Israel Tuesday as a guest of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). In a two days visit,…

Israeli troops assassinated Khaled Suleiman Al-Hawi, 23 years old, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs brigades in Jenin, wounded three others and arrested one of them. Al-Hawi, and the other three…

Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Tuesday called on rabbis and Jewish public leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to use their influence to prevent violent outbreaks. Katsav expressed…

Rabbi Daniel Shilo, spokesman of the Committee of Yesha Rabbis of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said Monday that ‘irregular responses’ are expected when settlers are sent by the…

According to a public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 80% of Palestinians backed Cairo’s demand for merging Palestinian security devices under an empowered…

More than 200 residents of Az Zawiya village, joined by 10 international supporters, confronted a phalanx of army jeeps and hummers today, as they tried to reach the land near…