3 Israelis accused of attempting to sell weapons to settlers, arrested
Israeli police has arrested 3 Israelis, including a soldier, on suspicions of attempting to sell weapons to right wing activists to be used in hostile operations with the aim of…
Settlers: Sharon blew chance to prevent civil war
‘Sharon has ruined chances of bringing the disengagement plan to the people for a decision and thus prevent a violent confrontation and a civil war,’ the Yesha settlers’ Council said…
Three injured in a car blast in Gaza city
Palestinian sources said Monday evening that one Palestinian was seriously injured, two mildly, in a car blast in the center of Gaza city. Apparently the blast targeted the car…
Mallouh: `“PFLP support Syria against American pressures`
Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, deputy secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), member of the PLO executive committee, said that the Israeli announcement to withdraw from the…
Abbas calls Israel to reciprocate calm, stop settlement expansion
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called Israel to reciprocate declaration of calm announced by the Palestinian factions following the Cairo talks last week. ‘We have agreed to declare…
30 bishops and church officials demand Patriarch Irinous to step down
At least thirty bishops and church officials of the Greek  Orthodox church in Jerusalem, demanded Patriarch Irinous to resign immediately and ‘save the church from its crises’ following the scandal…
Thee Israelis suspected of planning to sell weapons to foil disengagement
The Israeli police announced on Monday that it arrested three Israelis who are suspected of planning to sell weapons and explosives to right wing activists in order to carry out…
Hamas leader: calm impossible to maintain if 8000 prisoners stay behind bars
Prominent Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousif said Monday that the existing calm period is impossible to maintain if Israel continues to imprison 8,000 Palestinians, to expand settlements and…
Netanyahu aides fire back, accuse Sharon with leading a political mafia
Aides of Israeli finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke few days silence, fired back, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his aides with using “mafia styleâ€Â, in silencing anyone who…
35 settler families agree to move into Israel
35 settler families from the Nissanit settlement in the Gaza Strip signed an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Department, in order to move to Karmia area behind the Green Line,…
P.A: `“Withdrawal should be implemented not negotiated`
A Palestinian prominent source said that the Palestinian leadership has decided to reduce coordination with Israel concerning the Gaza withdrawal, and limit the meetings on withdrawal from the West Bank…
101 Million Dollar aid to the P.A
The Arab League announced that the Palestinian Authority received 101 Million Dollars aid to rebuild the Palestinian areas destroyed since the beginning of the Intifada. Three member countries of the…
Jumblat: Disarming Hezbollah is not on the Agenda now
Leader of the Lebanese opposition, Walid Jumblat stated on Sunday that he will not demand the disarmament of Hezbollah. Jumblat’s statements came during his meeting with the Secretary General of…
Arab residents of Israel barred from using ‘557’ W.B road
Israeli army barred the Arab residents of Israel from entering the West Bank Road Nr. 557, which extends from Taibeh to Avnie Hefetz and Einav settlements, north of the West…
Israeli Housing Ministry to evict hundreds of new families from Gaza settlements
Israeli housing ministry has ordered around 600 familes, who recently moved into Gaza Strip settlements to protest the disengagement plan, to leave the Palestinian strip. In recent weeks a total…
Abbas: Fatah to hold primaries for PA elections
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked on Sunday, that Fatah, is preparing to hold primaries to choose its candidates for the upcoming general elections next July. The Palestinian National Liberation…
93132.5 Dunams annexed within two months
The National Office for Land Defense revealed that Israel annexed during the months of February and March 93132.5 Dunams, and approved constructing 10291 homes for settlers in the West Bank.…
Malaysian PM calls for int’l campaign against Israel
An international anti-apartheid campaign similar to the one against former apartheid South Africa is needed to create an independent Palestinian state, the Malaysian prime minister said Monday. Prime Minister Abdullah…
Home used as military post
A Palestinian resident of the village of Salem, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said that Israeli soldiers occupied his home on Friday and are using it as…
Hamas, Islamic Jihad may join PLO
Monday morning, an Islamic Jihad leader said that the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, is considering allowing Hamas and the Jihad join it for the first time. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Eight arrested in Jenin, one soldier injured
Monday predawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and surrounding villages. eight residents were reportedly arrested. An Israeli military source stated that one soldier was lightly injured…
Sharon: U.S. reservations will not prevent us retaining settlement blocs
‘We can’t expect to receive explicit American agreement to build freely in the settlements,’ Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. The large blocs of settlement in the…
Knesset votes down the referendum bill
As expected, the Knesset plenum on Monday afternoon rejected the bill on the disengagement referendum by a vote of 72 to 39. The overwhelming majority represents a sound victory for…