A delegation from Hamas heads to Cairo for talks
Mahmoud Al Zahar, a leader in the Hamas movement, stated on Tuesday that a Hamas delegation will head to the Egyptian capital Cairo today for talks with Egyptian officials. In…
Video nation
B’Tselem, a Jerusalem-based NGO, released video footage this week of a handcuffed Palestinian detainee being shot in the leg by an Israeli soldier. The footage is part of a new…
Israel considers compromise in prisoners swap deal
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that he is willing to form a comittee to re-examine the criteria that have hamstrung prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas. Israeli Daily Ha’aretz…
Palestine: the facts on the ground
A number of Israeli, Palestinian and foreign officials stated many times during the year 2008, that a peace deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis is so close and might…
The Israeli army invades Jenin city
The Israeli army invaded Muthalath Al Shuhada', a village north of the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday at dawn, ransacking the houses of civilians. An Israeli force invaded…
Death toll reaches 221 as two more patients die in The Gaza Strip
Two more patients died this morning bringing the number of deaths in the Gaza strip due to the year long Israeli siege to 221, medical sources reported. Nabeel Buheri, an…
Israeli army invades West Bank cities kidnapping five civilians
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank cities of Hebron and Nablus on Tuesday morning, kidnapping five civilians. Local sources reported that Israeli army invaded Hebron city at dawn, as…
IMEMC’s Saed Bannoura – keynote presentation at Grassroots Radio Conference
The national Grassroots Radio Conference was held on July 24 – 27th, 2008 in Portland, Oregon- USA. The conference culminated with a keynote presentation by Saed Bannoura, the editor-in-chief of…
International Federation of Journalists slams Hamas for arresting Palestinian reporters
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip to release all reporters who were arrested by security forces loyal to the movement, and demanded…
Soldiers kidnap village council member
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday evening, Soheila Shallash, 40, member of Shaqba village council, west of Ramallah, as she…
Israel agrees to dismantle sections of the Wall near Qalqilia
Israel finally agreed o dismantle a 2.4 Kilometer section of the Annexation Wall north of Qalqilia in the northern part of the West Bank. The decision came after five years…
Olmert says 270.000 Arabs living in Jerusalem means more attacks in the city
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Monday during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security cabinet meeting that having 270.000 Arabs living by the Jews in Jerusalem will inevitably lead…
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Hamas to dispatch a delegation to Cairo in pursuit of ceasefire deal
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza will dispatch a delegation to Cairo on Tuesday in pursuit of the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal with Israel, which took effect on June19, 2008, Hamas…
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Hamas government denounces PA arrests of West Bank-based Hamas supporters
The Hamas-dominated government in Gaza denounce on Monday the arrest campaigns, being launched by the Abbas-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank against Hamas supporters over there. Taher Alnouno, spokesman…
The PA arrests 37 Hamas activists
The Palestinian authority launched a campaign of arrests against activists from the Hamas movement in the West Bank city of Jenin On Monday morning. During the past 2 days the…