Sharon Wins, State Budget Approved
The Knesset on Wednesday approved the first reading of the 2005 State Budget bill after the Likud rebels decided to support it.  The bill was passed by a majority…
EU’s pivotal role in Middle East peace
Palestinian elections took place on 9 January. EU monitors observing the election process have seen Israel’s wall, that in the words of John Dugard, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human…
U.S. Urges Abbas to Strengthen Security
The U.S. State Department urged new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to strengthen security forces on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In a phone conversation on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary…
PA National Security Advisor Resigns
Palestinian National Security Adviser Jibril Rajoub resigned his post to allow newly elected President Mahmoud Abbas to implement his plans to reform PA security. ‘I resigned to allow Mr. Abbas…
Israel wants the U.S. to Fund Wall Checkpoints
Israel has requested that the United States help in financing the set up of new crossing points and upgrade existing ones along the separation wall. The estimated cost of the…
Operative Plans to Carry Out Disengagement Finalized
Israel army and police announced Wednesday morning that they have finalized operative plans for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank settlements under the disengagement plan, Israel Radio…
Sharon Wins, State Budget Approved
The Knesset on Wednesday approved the first reading of the 2005 State Budget bill after the Likud rebels decided to support it. The bill was passed by a majority of…
Israeli Arab Islamic Leader to be released in Six Months
In a plea bargain with the state prosecutor and the lawyers of the Northern Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah, the later admitted of committing security offenses in exchange of…
Six new ministers to be assigned in Qorei’s government
A Palestinian source in Ramallah reported Wednesday that the new Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) asked the current Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei, to form a new government.…
Two Palestinians, One Israeli Settler were killed in Gaza Strip
Israeli military sources reported that one Israeli was killed and four others were injured on Wednesday, when an roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle by the settlement of Morag in…
Two killed in the West Bank
Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers killed two residents in the village of Qarawa Bani Zeid, near the northern West Bank city of Ramallah after breaking into a building in the village.…
One Israeli Settler, Three Palestinians were killed in Gaza Strip
Israeli military sources reported that one Israeli was killed and four others were injured on Wednesday, when an roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle by the settlement of Morag in…
U.S. Urges Abbas to Strengthen Security
The U.S. State Department urged new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to strengthen security forces on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.  In a phone conversation on Tuesday, U.S.…
Operative Plans to Carry Out Disengagement Finalized
Israel army and police announced Wednesday morning that they have finalized operative plans for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank settlements under the disengagement plan, Israel Radio…