Month: August 2004

Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon plans to ask the cabinet to approve the evacuation of settlements under the disengagement plan in December, a government source said Monday. Sharon will request…

A nine-year-old Palestinian girl was moderately injured Monday in a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Jenin. Army claims that the air…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon criticized Tuesday the defense establishment plan of action against launching Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel as insufficient, calling army to shell Palestinian…

Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Aisheh Al-Zaban who died while on hunger strike in solidarity with the striking Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli Jails. Al-Zaban is…

In a leaflet issued today, Izziddin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack in Be’er Sheva Tuesday Afternoon. Al-Qassam brigades said this attack…

an official U.S. source said Sunday that the FBI will likely refrain from charging suspected Pentagon mole Larry Franklin with espionage, but with mishandling a classified document. The official source…

Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza Strip said Sunday that his movement will join the local government election planned to take place within the…

Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi, visited Bethlehem and was welcomed by a huge crowd at the manger square in front of the Church of the Nativity. The…

The district court in Tel Aviv indicted three Israeli border policemen on charges of assaulting, abusing and robbing Palestinian workers in the city of Lod in northern Israel. On March…

The Israeli security cabinet is scheduled to meet Monday to discuss measures against Qassam rockets, the division of responsibility between army and police for the intended evacuation of settlers, and…

Israeli newspaper Yethioth Ahronoth revealed on Sunday what is described as “the most uncovered secrets surrounding settlers’ evacuation from Gosh Katif settlement Bloc in eth Gaza Strip. The “secret” issue…

Source in the prisoners club reported Sunday that prisoners in Shikma decided to resume their hunger strike after the prison authority refrained from implementing parts of the understandings reached on…

Washington post reported Sunday that the FBI broaden the probe in the alleged Israeli spy in the pentagon to include interviews at the State and Defense departments and with Middle…

Hunger-striking security prisoners at Shikma prison in Ashkelon began drinking milk and juice, in exchange, according to prisoners, for promises by the Prisons Service to meet some of their demands.…

For the first time since the start of the hunger strike on August 15, the prison allowed Sunday the Prisoners Club Lawyer Hanan Khatib to visit Hadarim prison and meet…

Some 350 security prisoners at Shikma jail have suspended their two-week hunger strike until Monday. Israeli prison authority said Friday that doctors accompanied prisoners when they resumed eating, claiming that…

The Washington Post revealed the name of the spy working for Israel in the pentagon. The name of the person under investigation was not officially released, but two sources identified…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that it received the text of the temporary agreement reached between the detainees committee and the administration of Asqalan detention concerning suspending the Hunger strike…

A U.S. Administration source said Thursday that State Department official Constance Mayer could head an American team of experts formed to supervise the delineation of the construction boundary line in…

The Palestinian and Arab prisoners’ hunger strike enters its 13th day with more solidarity tents established in different parts of the West Bank and the Palestinian cities and towns in…

Around 2,000 Palestinians and Israeli protestors demonstrated Friday adjacent to the separation wall in the town of Abu Dis, in support of the existing non-violent resistance to end the Israeli…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Five days after his release from the ‘Beit Eil’ detention camp, 15-year old Tareq Abbad, from Al Bireh, near Ramallah, north of the West Bank, celebrated…

Sharon is either planning to set his cabinet opponents through an early test, or prefers that another likey defeat happens prior to U.S. elections, not after. Israeli Government Source said…

Army is preparing to remove three caravans placed near the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf, Israel Radio reported. Hundreds of settlers arrived at the site late on Wednesday.…

The Israeli Military Police arrested lately three soldiers suspected of killing a Palestinian in Rafah, and covering the incidents of the event and forge evidences. A senior army official described…

According to the terms of international law, illegal settlers in occupied territories enjoy no legal rights. All are waiting to hear what the Israeli High Court have to say. Settlers…

A compromise proposal mentioning hat coalition talks were “no longer continuing” and blaming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Likud, was passed in the Labor Bureau on Wednesday. The…

A local source in Khan Younis said that several tanks and military bulldozers invaded Al-Qarara, north east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip and uprooted vast agricultural areas, on…

Israeli Labor party MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer would try Wednesday morning to persuade party leader Shimon Peres to accept a compromise with Labor rebels to ensure party unity. Criticisms against Peres…

Israel Deputy Attorney General Malchiel Balass said Tuesday that Israel may have to dismantle the West Bank separation wall if the Palestinians ‘reach a real decision’ to stop carrying out…

Israeli Prison Authority spokesperson said Monday that a Palestinian prisoner (still unnamed) was moved from Nafha prison to Soroka hospital in Ber Sheva. The spokesperson said that the prisoner joined…

The government of Israel should ‘thoroughly examine’ the possibility of formally applying the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Palestinian territories, an Israeli Justice Ministry legal team has recommended. The Fourth…

Israeli Labor party head Shimon Peres is facing similar difficulties to those Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced with Likud rebels. Labor rebels are angered, getting organized, and working to…

Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of Hamas said, the movement set three conditions for its participation in the Legislative and presidential elections. The conditions are, holding the elections should not be…

The Prisoners Rights organization ‘Mandela’ said that the Israeli Prisons’ Authority is executing a plan to thwart the Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger strike that entered its 9th day so far. The…

Sakher Habash, member of Fattah Central Committee said that intensive efforts are being carried out in order to mediate between Arafat and former P.A Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen.…

Labor rebels don’t stand a chance, the party executive committee will not vote to disband the coalition talks team; said Israeli Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres in response to mounting…

Likud Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must run together in the next elections to prevent a split in the…

There is “an apartheid regime” in the Palestinian territories “worse than the one that existed in South Africa”, law professor John Dugard wrote in a report to the U.N. General…

Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They said construction of the new housing at Har Gilo, which…

After the international court of justice (ICJ) ruling had invoked international law to declare the separation wall and settlements illegal, Israeli citizens could face criminal and civil suits abroad, and…

Israeli News Paper Yodot Ahranot revealed Monday a new plan to build 533 new housing units in West Bank settlements, and that the government increased considerably subsidies allocated to settlements.…

Apparently there are no limits to how far the current U.S. administration goes in supporting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. A recent New York Times report indicated that the administration…

Speaking at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz said Monday that soldiers would be responsible for carrying out evacuation of settlements…

A meeting was conducted between the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, and the former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), Sunday evening in Ramallah, in order to resolve some issues…

Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erikat said Sunday that not only the road map, but also any hope for future peace talks will be ruined if Washington accept growth of settlements…

The U.N. Non-Aligned Movement is urging all of its members to act ‘individually or collectively’ to impose sanctions against Israeli settlements and companies that participate in settlement activity, including those…

‘For all I care, they can starve to death!’ announced Tzahi Hanegbi, after Palestinian prisoners declared an open-ended hunger strike against prison conditions. Thus the Minister for Internal Security added…

The democratic front for peace and equality together with the International Solidarity Movement organized Saturday demonstrations at Hadarim, Majido, and Shata prisons inside Israel in support to the demands of…

U.S. Justice Department announced Friday that two men were arrested on suspicions of funneling money to the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. Mohammed Hamid Khalil Salah was arrested in Chicago and…

Israeli Labor party chairman Shimon Peres agreed to convene the party faction and leadership committee next week after it was demanded by 80 leadership committee members. The convention would be…

The New York Times on Saturday quoted American and Israeli officials as saying that the Bush administration is considering supporting building in developed areas in existing West Bank settlements. A…

Jailed Palestinian Lawmaker Husam Khader told Friday his lawyer Riad Anis that the prison authority moved few prisoners’ leaders to other jails in an attempt to force prisoners to end…

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, in a letter to the Israeli Prison Services (IPS), offered to supply independent medical professionals to follow up on the prisoners on hunger strike. Based on…

U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called on Israel to halt all construction in all settlements, Called on Palestinians to adopt a democratic and transparent leadership. Rise explained…

Despite his call for early elections, Labor head Shimon Peres explained Thursday evening that if Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calls for the resumption of coalition talks, he would consider…

According to a report published Friday in the Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the head of Egypt’s intelligence service, Omar Suliman will visit the country…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Thursday warned that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the separation wall could lead to international anti-Israel actions, including sanctions. The ICJ…

After the Likud convention decided to disqualify labor as a coalition partner, mounting voices in the Labor Party are calling for an immediate halt to coalition talks with Likud representatives.…

After the Likud convention decided to disqualify labor as a coalition partner, mounting voices in the Labor Party are calling for an immediate halt to coalition talks with Likud representatives.…

Military apaches shelled the home of Saleh Al-Riyashi, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south east of Gaza, moderately wounding three residents, and another home near the neighborhood, Wednesday night. The targeted home…

Palestinian law makers are concerned that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat does not intend to move to practical steps towards ending corruption and implementing promised reforms. A group of law makers…

Haifa University Professor Arnon Savir, an expert in demographic issues, attacked the international report on world population increase to be inaccurate and misleading. The international report on the world population…

The President of the Israeli High Court Judge Aharon Barak said Thursday that Israel can’t continue to ignore the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the separation…

In his speech to Palestinian law makers on Wednesday, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, admitted that the Palestinian Authority made many mistakes, that some officials misused their positions, and that some…

An Israeli Military source said that army targeted a house which belongs to, Ahmed Jabari a senior Hamas official in Shujaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza killing five Palestinian and wounding eight…

What would move Israeli Internal security minister Tzachi Hanegbi to say all Palestinian prisoners can “starve to death”? Why would prisoners’ hunger strike over daily life demands, such as family…

In the past, Sharon stood on the Likud hardliners’ side opposing attempts by former Prime ministers to pass any compromise that includes any territorial compromises; today Sharon is expected to…

The Union of British Journalists condemned on Tuesday the arrest of the British Journalist Eva Jasiewicd at Ben Gurion airport. The union expressed in a leaflet issued Tuesday its rejection…

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated at the gates of the Bir Shiva prison south of the country in solidarity with the prisoners who are on hunger strike for the fourth day…

A large force of the Israeli army raided Deheisheh refugees camp in Bethlehem backed with some vehicles and a bulldozer and Helicopters and arrested three of its residents, eyewitnesses said.…

The United States is still looking into the details of tenders issued Tuesday by Israel to build some 1,000 housing units in West Bank settlements. Even when Deputy U.S. State…

The Israeli Housing Ministry published Tuesday tenders for the construction of some 1,000 new housing units in West Bank settlements. The tenders include 604 homes in Betar Ilit, 214 in…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – Adalah, filed a petition on Monday, demanding the Israeli high court to issue an order of injunction instructing the “Israel…

In a phone interview with Arabynet news website, a prisoners’ representative, who identified himself as “Abu Ahmed” said “we will win the struggle regardless of extensive oppressive measures.” Q: How…

Some Likud officials are seeking a compromise that allows delegates in the Likud convention to support Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but setting conditions for a unity government with labor, Minister…

Archaeologists announced Monday that they have found the oldest baptismal site inside a cave south of Jerusalem. They believe John the Baptist anointed many disciples there. Archaeologists organized a tour…

The Palestinian Authority declared Wednesday a hunger strike day in all the Palestinian territories in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners whose hunger strike has entered its third day. The Palestinian…

U.S. Ambassador Dan Kirtzer and Israeli defense Ministry Advisor Baroch Shbeigle agreed Monday that the evacuation of settlers’ unauthorized outposts will be directly supervised by American officials. The Israeli High…

In a phone interview with Arabynet news website, a prisoners’ representative, who identified himself as “Abu Ahmed” said “we will win the struggle regardless of extensive oppressive measures.” Q: How…

The London based Asharq Al-Awsat reported Monday that an agreement has been reached between Egypt and both Hamas and Islamic Jihad in which both groups agreed to stop attacks against…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon aids accused Sunday that Likud Rebels are only attempting to humiliate the prime minister, calling the Likud convention members not to support a proposal against…

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement denied reports on a deal struck in Egypt claiming that the two resistance movements will lay arms and stop all attacks against Israeli targets…

A metal pipe that looks like a bomb was found Monday morning on the security fence surrounding the Tel Mond prison near Kfar Sava. According to Army Radio, Police closed…

IMEMC correspondent Anna Sanders joined the anti-wall Freedom March organized by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and a number of Palestinian grass-roots organizations. Anna Wrote: Even though on my first…

The Histadrut labor federation threatened early Monday to claim a general labor dispute following the government’s approval of the 2005 budget (Israeli Army Radio) After failing to reach agreement with…

Two Palestinians were killed as Israeli Air force apaches fired four missiles at Jabalia refugee camp north of Gaza Strip. A Palestinian Police source said the two residents killed Monday…

A classified internal document written by Hamas leaders shows the willingness of the Islamic movement to participate in running the Gaza Strip alongside the PA under certain conditions. According to…

Senior Israeli security sources expressed doubts about the level of Egypt’s involvement in enforcing order in the Gaza Strip after the intended Israeli pullout. According to Israeli media sources, top…

Against Labor party protest and Histadrut strike warnings, the Israeli cabinet is expected to approve the 2005 state budget in its Sunday meeting. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon extended Sunday…

We will use IV tubes to force-feed prisoners if necessary, Israeli Prison service official Eli Gabizon said Sunday. Some 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners housed in three main Israeli jails began…

The son of Itamar settlement security coordinator, who was killed on Friday’s shooting incident, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for planning to allow Palestinian police to carry…

“Palestinian security prisoners can starve to death” Israeli Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Friday, affirming that Israel does not intend to positively deal with prisoners’ demands. In protest against…

Rakan Nusseirat, 13 years old child from Jericho , who was detained in Ofer detention camp, near Ramallah, north of the West Bank for nearly three months, is considered the…

The grandson of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, is to join a series of civil based protests against the Israeli occupation. A Ramallah based coalition of Palestinian anti-wall…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Friday that it received a list of the demands of the detainees in Israeli detention camps, and added that the open-ended hunger strike will start…

Shinui party convention approved Thursday a compromise that allows party leaders to engage in coalition talks with the ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism. The approved compromise allows Shinui leders to hold…

Nabil Mabrook, head of the Palestinian Sport Union said that Palestinian Athletics will participate Athens Olympics which starts Friday, 13 August until 29 August, 2004. Mabrook said that the Palestinian…

Olmert: Wide scale evacuation of WB settlements needed; Sharon trembled with rage; Right wing points finger at Sharon as standing behind Olmert’s comments. A source in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

Shinui party conference would convene Thursday to decide whether the party can join a coalition with United Torah Judaism, (UTJ) a move that has stirred unprecedented unrest in the party.…