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According to a report issued on Wednesday by the Rand Corporation that a Palestinian State could be viable, but it needs USD 33 billion in order to ensure security for…

Israeli police arrested on Thursday at least 20 Israeli right wing activists planning to block a major high way in the Tel Aviv area. Police stopped a bus that had…

Revava, an extreme right wing Jewish group, continues to publicly call the Jews to destroy the Aqsa Mosque and build the ‘third temple of Solomon’ on top of it. Following…

Palestinian security source reported that an elderly woman died immediately after she went through the X-ray search machine placed on the Rafah crossing to Egypt by the Israeli security. The…

The Israeli army is proposing building a wall to divide Israeli and Palestinian-controlled sections of the West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli security officials said Thursday. The officials, speaking on…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered security forces to use of force if necessary against anyone who violates the declared truce, the official WAFA news agency said Thursday. Speaking to…

Israeli Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) was lightly hurt Thursday by a stun grenade thrown by police officers at an anti-wall protest in the village of Bilien, near the West…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers broke into several homes in the town of Thaheriyya, near Hebron, arrested one man, and caused a fire in two stores.  A local source in…

A group of settlers from Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem, attacked dozens of residents working in their farmlands in Wadi al-Bayar area, west of al-Khader near Bethlehem. A local source…

At least 6000 striking teachers protested in front of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Prime Minister office in Ramallah, and chanted slogans against the government, got not improving their conditions.…

A Jordanian environmentalist expert warned against danger caused by the Israeli Nuclear plant Dimona in the southern desert of the Negev, Al-Jazeera news website reported. Dr. Sufian Al-Tel, an international…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Legislative Council members to ensure their right of participation in the upcoming legislative elections. “We, Palestinian detainees in…

Israeli authorities extended the visit ban for the Palestinian law maker Marwan Barghouthi jailed in Israel since May 2002 for three more months, reported his attorney Elias Sabbagh on Wednesday.…

Egyptian President Husni Mubarak, in answering reporters question on Palestinian Authority reforms during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, went off the lines of diplomacy, saying…

An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday evening that soldiers arrested two Palestinian youth at Al-Jalameh checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers claimed that the two…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Israeli army held Ameen Al-Hindy, the retired head of Palestinian Intelligence, at the Rafah Border Crossing. Al-Hindy, who was retired several…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned later last night firing Qassam rockets at the Israeli town of Sderot outside of the Gaza Strip saying it is against the Palestinian consensus…

Two Palestinian youths were arrested at al-Jalameh roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning, are claimed to posses explosives and weapons, Israel radio reported. The two…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei said that the Palestinian Authority is ready control any evacuated area, and that lands and properties of the evacuated settlements will be under full Palestinian…

Israeli media sources reported that a home-made Qassam shell fell in the Gush Katif settlement bloc where settlers are preparing a mass rally against the withdrawal from Gaza Strip.  one…

The Israeli army carried in April dozens of violations to the truce arrived in the Sharm al-Sheikh resort in Egypt on February 8, 2005. A report prepared and published by…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei agreed on Tuesday to a proposal submitted by a committee represnting five major political factions, requesting the Palestinian Legislative Council to made necessary amendments to election bills in…

Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers annexed dozens of Dunams in Beit Sorik and Al-Jab’a, north west of Jerusalem, in order to erect a new section of the Separation Wall in the…

The U.S. Pentagon notified Congress on Tuesday of a proposed sale to Israel of 100 guided bunker-busting bombs, a move that could prompt concerns about a unilateral Israel strike against…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. Sharon, at the close of the meeting, expressed happiness that Putin had chosen to visit Israel…

Around 15,000 people attended an anti-pullout rally in the slated for evacuation West Bank settlement of Homesh on Thursday. During the rally, the police confiscated leaflets calling on Israeli soldiers…

As part of his reforms of the security forces, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named Rashid Abu Shbak chief of the Preventive security service. This device is the one in charge…

Israeli sources reported that the Israeli railway Authority is planning to link the Gaza Strip with the railway as part of a project that would cost some NIS 280 millions.…

Every year when the settlers in Hebron celebrate any of their feasts, Palestinian residents of the city are ‘automatically’ imprisoned in their homes, while the army occupies their rooftops in…

In a protest move, the Palestinian Authority shut down the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for several hours Tuesday.  The move is basically to protest Israel’s use of an…

Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers annexed 182 Dunams near Beit Sorik and Al-Jo’ba, north west of Jerusalem. Walid Khaled Al-Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department in the Ministry of Local…

A Palestinian source reported that the joint Palestinian-Israeli committee discussing the issue of deportees and wanted fighters, and the joint committee on detainees, will conduct separate meetings after the Jewish…

Both the Popular and the Democratic fronts for the liberation of Palestine, (PFLP & DFLP) said that ignoring the outcomes of the Cairo talks, by the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)…

  Tuesday morning, Israeli bulldozers started erecting a section of the separation wall near the Electricity Company in the northern neighborhood of Bethlehem. A local source in Bethlehem reported that…

The United Nations Secretary General Kufi Anan called Damascus and Beirut to cooperate with the team deployed to ensure the full withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Anan demanded his…

Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into dozens of homes, and arrested seven residents. A local source in Qalqilia reported that dozens…

A delegation from Rabbis for Human Rights joined Monday Palestinian farmers from Beit Furik, near the West Bank city of Nablus, to prune their trees in fileds close to the…

To Professor Moshe Kaveh President Bar Ilan University Dear Sir In various media interviews today you expressed anger at the decision of British university lecturers to declare a boycott against…

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah urged Monday U.S. president George Bush to help advance a broad settlement of the Middle East conflict that would call on Israel to withdraw from Arab…

Israel army informed the family of Tziki Eyal, who was killed at Halhoul Bridge near the West bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, that he was killed by a bullet…

Contrary to Israeli housing minister Isaac Herzog’s assuraces, the Israeli Housing Ministry is continuing to work on expanding the West Bank settlement of Ma’alee Adumim towards Jerusalem. The labor housing…

Less than 100 days prior to pulling out of the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided to deploy a large number of troops at the Gaza-Egyptian borders. Israel says to deal…

Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was not allowed to cross Al-Tuffah military checkpoint, in the Gaza Strip, the delay caused her abortion. The ministry…

Former Israeli president Ezer Weizman died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea at the age of 80. Weizman body will be laid at the Or Akiva cultural center Tuesday…

An elderly man was seriously injured when a group of settlers of Alon Moreh settlement hurled stones at him and severely beat him as he was herding his sheep on…

Amnesty International called on Israel on Monday to take action against West Bank settlers who have been poisoning Palestinians’ livestock. In an issued statement, Amnesty said that over a period…

Sources close the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, (PFLP) said Majdi Al-Rimawi jailed in the Palestinian Authrity prison in Jericho is planning to run for the Legislative election…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of avoiding to implement the signed agreements and especially the latest agreement in Sharm Al-Sheikh last February, Palestinian sources reported. Speaking in a press…

Lebanon’s security chief Jamil al-Sayyed submitted his resignation on Monday, hours before the last Syrian military and intelligence forces were due to leave the country. ‘Security chiefs are usually appointed…

Palestinian experts, Israel is trying to force new realities on the ground by expanding the settlements and erecting the Separation wall in the West Bank.     Hawwa’ “Eve” Cultural center in…

Monday morning, Israeli soldiers detained dozens of students and staff of Hebron University, in Hebron and interrogated them. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers erected a military checkpoint at…

Palestinian informed sources said eight Palestinian officers refused to receive honor badges offered by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protesting his decision to force-retire them. Nine brigadiers and one major…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he expects Hamas to hand in its weapons after joining the Palestinian parliament this summer. ‘When a movement or militia is transformed into a…

A proposal submitted by U.S. Senator Sam Brownback called on the International community and the Arab world to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in both of its eastern…

Prison administration in Gilboa’ detention placed on Sunday evening, detainee Jamal Hweil, from Jenin refugee camp, in solitary confinement and barred him from his visitation rights. Hweil is one of…

Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that four Jordanian detainees in Al-Damoun detention announced their intentions to conduct an open ended hunger strike stating from Monday. The…

An Iranian technician called Jalal-a-Din Taheri, who had been working at the nuclear reactor at Bushehr, managed to defect Europe, where he disclosed the Ayatollahs’ plans for producing nuclear bombs.…

Israeli security source said Sunday that soldiers patrolling the Har Dove area, near the borders with Lebanon, managed to escape unhurt as the spotted an explosive device and managed to…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Yonah Metzger and Shlomo Amar, said Sunday they are against the disengagement plan, but also said that soldiers must obey orders to evacuate settlements. Several rabbis have…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan demanded Sunday that Israel coordinate with the Palestinian Authority the line to which it will withdraw under the Gaza Strip disengagement plan. The demand…

Palestinian Minister Mohammed Dahlan said that Israel must transfer control over all border crossing in Gaza to the Palestinian Authority as part of the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. Dahlan added that…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday night a series of explosives detonated, in Shiva farms known in Israel as “Mount Dov area”, on the Lebanese borders. The source stated…

Palestinian detainees in Majeddo detention, near Jenin, resumed their hunger strike for the fourth consecutive day. A representative of the detainees told “Detainees Media Center” during a phone call, that…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers annexed eight Dunams which belongs to residents east of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that the annexed orchards located near an illegal settlement outpost. The…

Detainees Jamal Hweil and Yasser Abu Baker detained in Gilboa Israeli detention intend to run for the Legislative Elections June 7, 2005. The two detainees will be enlisted under Fatah…

Israeli Police said Sunday that the four Palestinians who where caught early in the morning were Palestinians staying in Israel without a permit that allow them to do so, dismissing…

Palestinian Minister Mohammed Dahlan listed Saturday the Palestinian Authority conditions to cooperate with Israel in the implementation of the disengagement plan, saying it should be complete, part of road map,…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Naser Kidwa called Saturday for convening an international conference to help rebuild the Palestinian territories, which suffered large scale destruction during the past four years. The minister…

Upon political directives, Israeli security has allowed Israeli citizens to arrive into Gaza settlements during the Jewish Holydays and join settlers’ protests against the disengagement plan. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

The last Syrian soldier will leave Lebanon on Sunday after 29 years, a senior Lebanese military officer said. Syrian troops vacated Saturday 10 positions in the northern part of the…

Palestinian detainees in Majeddo detention resumed their hunger strike for the third day, in protest to their bad conditions. Detainee Ra’fat Ayesh from Salfit said that soldiers are still conducting…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday afternoon that an unidentified assailant stabbed am Israeli soldier guarding the West Bank settlement of Ghanim, and grabbed his weapon. The soldier sustained…

http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4586.php Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen 3 new security officials to head the three consolidated PA security branches. The three are mid-ranking PA security officials. Abbas also signed a…

Last week, I witnessed my first settler attack.  ‘It was nothing,’ my friend Arafat told me afterwards, and I know that he was speaking in comparison to other attacks, when…

Head of the military intelligence, Brigadier, Mousa Arafat on Saturday, declared his support to the new changes the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas carried out on the security forces. Abbas signed…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the number of sick detainees in Israeli prisons in gradually increasing, and arrived to 950 detainees. The society stated that some of the sick…

Informed Palestinian sources reported that two prisoners in Gilboa prison are planning to run for the upcoming parliamentarian elections slated for July. Both Jamal Huweil from Jenin and Yasser Abu…

Sheikh Khader, one of the Islamic Jihad leaders, called on the Palestinian movements to reconsider the truce after the Israeli army attempted to assassinate resistance fighters in Nablus, and the…

Palestinian Minster of Prisoners’ Affairs, Sufian Abu Zayda, said that Israel no progress was made in the release of Palestinian detainees from Israel prisons. Abu Zayda added that he met…

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah hinted Friday his group might be forced to kidnap Israel soldiers to win the release of three Lebanese prisoners held by Israel. ‘When we fail…

Delegates of the United Kingdom Association of University Teachers, meeting in East Bourne England, voted Friday to boycott two Issraeli universities, Haifa and Bar Ilan. Delegates belonging to the leading…

Palestinian Interior Minister General Nasser Yousif expressed Sunday satisfaction with the smoothness of the unification of PA security devices and of the replacement of its chiefs. Yousif, in response to…

An Israeli military source reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers flee their military training base after not relieving food for three days. The soldiers were enlisted to the base two…

April 15 – 21, 2005 This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC. Org, for the week of Friday, April 15 to Thursday, April…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that soldiers attacked…

How did Mohammad Wahdan, 41, become the target of rubber-coated bullets fired by an Israeli soldier on Beit Eeba checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. He only…

Israeli troops operating near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday have arrested a Palestinian, they suspected of volunteering to perform a suicide bombing, Israel Radio reported. The Radio…

A Palestinian security source reported that two Palestinians detained at a Palestinian prison in Tulkarem managed to escape on Friday. The two residents were held on suspicions of connections with…

The Palestinian Minister of civil affairs, Mohammad Dahlan and the Israeli defense Minister Shaul Mofaz agreed Thursday night to form ‘coordination mechanisms’ in preparation to Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza…

The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Israeli authorities released Ahlam Salah, 28, from Al-Khader near Bethlehem. Ahlam was in administrative detention for six months without charges…

At least 21 Palestinian demonstrators were wounded in a nonviolent anti-wall demonstration in the village of Beliin north of the West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian sources reported. The demonstration was…

Law makers from the ruling Fatah movement, who constitute a majority in the current Palestinian Parliament, decided on Wednesday to withdraw dozens of amendments to the proposed election bill. On…

Israeli military officials  decided Thursday to impose an entire closure on all Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. The closure order would be in effect from Thursday night until Monday…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again soon, Sharon’s office said on Friday. Israeli official sources expect the meeting to take place before Abbas’…

Candidates for 84 local councils in the West Bank started their election campaigns as in scheduled by the high committee for local councils’ elections. The elections will be held on…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (PFLP), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestinian (DFLP), criticized the approval of the Palestinian elections law, which ‘disregarded the…

Palestinian factions under the umbrella of the Palestinian Liberation Organization are conducting extensive talks in an attempt to reach unified coalition in the upcoming legislative elections. A senior Palestinian source…

An Israel soldier was moderately wounded Thursday as an explosive device detonated near a military jeep patrooling the Israeli side of the northern Gaza Strip security fence. army source said…

Family of two detainees from Bethlehem appealed humanitarian organizations to aid in releasing their sons and end their suffering in solitary confinement. The family of Nasser and Nidal Sweilim, 18…

For the third day, the detainees in Huwwara detention, near Nablus, resumed their hunger strike which was announced in protest to the bad treatment and harsh conditions they face in…