14 injured near Salfit
A local source in Dir Ballout, near Salfit, reported that at least 14 residents were injured during clashes which erupted after Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation…
This Week in Palestine – March Week 3
Download Mp3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/4170.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, March 18th to Thursday, March 24th, 2005. As leaders…
Five residents, including two children hurt in Bodrus
Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bodrus, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah and injured five residents, including two children. A medical source in Bodrus…
Israel expropriates more land for settlements near Qalqilia
The Israeli civil administration in the northern West Bank area revealed plans to expropriate some 224 Dunams, (60 acres) in the village of Kufur Thulth and many other villages east…
Israeli right fear losing power if conflict ends
When all Israelis feel the radical change in the security situation since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power, the government of Israel stepped up criticisms against him, accusing the new…
EU: `“Israel is breaching the road map plan`
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy at the EU, Javier Solana, accused Israel of breaching the Road Map Plan, which is backed up by the international community,…
Mubarak: Assassinating Hariri could have been meant to setup Syria
Speaking at a press conference in Paris, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned on Thursday that the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Miniser Rafik Al-Harriri in Beirut lat month…
P.A security arrests three members of Al-Aqsa brigades
A Palestinian security source in Bethlehem stated that the Palestinian Security arrested three resistance fighters of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The source reported that the three…
360 child detainees in Israeli prisons
Minister of Detainees at the Palestinian Authority Sufian Abu Zaida, said that there are currently 360 child detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps; at least half of them are…
Settler woman attack a child in Hebron
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that a settler woman of the illegal outpost of ‘Ramat Yeshai’ in Hebron attacked and stoned a 9-year-old child, while the soldiers, present…
Abbas: Factions committed to ‘calm’, climate changed after Cairo talks
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked that all Palestinian factions are still committed to the agreements they reached in Cairo last week of maintaining calm until the end of the…
Kurtzer denies dismissing US-Israeli understandings over major WB settlements
According to Israel radio, U.S. Ambassador in Tel Aviv Dan Kurtzer accused that the report published by Israeli newspaper Youdot Ahranot, in which he was quoted as saying there were…
Top Greek Orthodox Church leader calls Patriarch Irinous to step down
The General Secretary of the Greek Orthodox Chruch Archbishop Arastachios called Thursdays Patriarch Irinous to resign following the scandal of a ‘viscous’ land bargain in Jerusalem, through which major church…
Streets Commandos
‘We don’t ask questions; we just follow orders. We can block any intersection at any time; no one can stop us. We are inspired by Lihi (a historical terrorist Jewish…
Who pays for army ‘mistakes?’
Shnider children hospital demands the family of Batoul Tibi, who sustained serious wounds on April 17, 2004, when soldiers ‘mistakenly’ opened fire as she was coming back from school, to…
Sharon aides: we may have to go to early elections
Senior aides of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon expressed Thursday concerns that the government might fail to muster a Knesset majority for the budget, leaving the country with one choice;…
Israel considering delaying Qalqilyah transfer to PA
Israel is considering delaying the handover of the West Bank city of Qalqilyah to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that the PA did not fulfill the terms of the last week…