Author: IMEMC & Agencies

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky submitted his resignation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday in protest over the disengagement plan, Israeli Army Radio reported. ‘We are standing…

  A medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers used a new weapon against anti-wall protesters in the village of Belein, west of Ramallah. The source stated that soldiers…

The Israeli army on Monday lifted a closure banning Palestinians from moving in and out of the city and the surroundings, Israeli sources reported. The closure was imposed on all…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yopusif warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will not allow any faction to force its political programs or ideologies on Palestinians by the force of arms,…

Soldiers shot and seriously wounded Ahmed Salah 13, in the Village of Al-Khader near the West bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday. Salah was shot in the chest and moved…

Ahmed Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), will head the group’s list of nominees to the July 17 Palestinian legislative elections, PFLP…

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived Sunday to Israel, expressed desire to play a role in the peace process, and proposed setting up a Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian working team to…

Settlers’ representatives and the ministerial panel headed Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have failed to arrive at an agreement on moving a group of Gaza settlers en masse to the…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will prevent the looting or destruction of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip after the Israel pullout. ‘The…

Israeli troops incurred Sunday into the city of Tul-Karim, first time since the northern west bank city was handed to the Palestinian Authority, and arrested Mohammed Shalhub 19. Israeli security…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded a child in al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. A local source in al-Khader reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef met Saturday with Palestinian security chiefs in Gaza to coordinate a crackdown on growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, Palestinian officials said. ‘There will be a…

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem sold properties inside the Jaffa Gate to a Jewish company to prove to Israel that he does not sympathize with Palestinians and the PLO,…

Nine people were injured Saturday in Cairo during a double terror attack carried out by a suicide bomber, his fiancée, and his sister. Ihab Yousri Yassin, who is believed to…

The WAFA news agency reported that seven residents, including five children, were injured in al-Fawwar refuge camp in Hebron, after the army fired at dozens of homes following clashes which…

The Israeli authorities issued a new plan to construct a new settlement road which carries Nr. 55, south of the Separation Wall area near Qalqilia. The planned road will cross…

Saturday morning, an Israeli military source reported a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at a settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. The source…

You had to choose your demonstration carefully during this week of Passover.  If you went to the one in Gaza or the northern West Bank, joining right-wing settlers to protest…

As many controversial reports were published on the events that took place in the Village of Beilin, near Ramallah, on Thursday, IMEMC correspondence in Ramallah visited the Village on Friday…

{mosimage}UN representative to the Palestinian Authority Francis Agelo met Friday with Child Sandy Saadi 13, who handed him a letter she wrote to UN secretary general Coffi Annan. Sandy’s father…

{mosimage}UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was happy with the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but made note that Security Council resolution 1559 requires the disarmament of militant groups.…

‘It is impossible to give up the option of resistance for as long as there is occupation,’ Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five consecutive life terms in an…

Eight settlers were arrested in Friday after attacking eight Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Nablus; one Israeli field commander was also injured by the settlers. The Israeli…

{mosimage}Friday afternoon, at least ten Palestinian residents were injured after the Israeli police and soldiers attacked them with clubs in the yard of the church of the Holy Sepulcher in…

Ahmad Lutfi Dharaghmah, from Tubas, who was sentenced to 15 consecutive years, is currently suffering from several health problems, and facing harsh conditions at al-Ramleh prison hospital which lacks the…

{mosimage}Reporter Kliman Lipskind, from Israeli newspaper Ma’areev, revealed Friday the original documents concerning the Jerusalem property deal between the Greek Orthodox Church and Jewish investors, saying the documents will be…

{mosimage}Israel has bought 300 dunams of land near the southern Israel town of Nitsan to build 450 housing units designated to house Niveh Dikalim settlers after the evacuation of the…

The Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah party declared that they are still committed to the calm declared by the Palestinian factions in the Cairo talks…

An Israeli army officer was wounded while cashing settlers, who earlier were spotted throwing stones at Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus, eight settlers has been so far…

‘If we expect chairman Abbas to fight terrorism effectively, he can’t do it with slingshots and stones,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin was making a reference to Israel’s dismissal…

The Palestinian police arrested two members of al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The P.A security believes that the two resistance fighters fired homemade shells at an Israeli settlement…

Issa Qaraqi, chair of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in a special interview with the Palestine News Network talks about the situation in Israeli jails and warns that the situation will…

An extremist settler group attacked and a group of residents in Hebron and al-Ramdeen area near the city, three residents were injured. A medical source at the Hebron governmental hospital…

On April 22, 1991, I was only 18 years old; I was out with some of my comrades planning to conduct a march and rally in the streets of our…

Download MP3  (7.38 MB) | Listen to Real Audio   (08:03 sec) For the period of 22 – 28 April 2005 This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle…

A Bir Zeit university public opinion published on Thursday showed that the ruling Palestinian Fatah movement would take a considerable lead over the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in legislative elections…

Israeli TV channel 10 reported Thursday that Israel illegally detains a number of Palestinian kids, aged between 8 and 10, in Offer military detention camp, near the West bank city…

During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Israel to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rather than put pressure…

Israel has rejected a request by the United States to supply the Palestinian police with weapons to help them maintain law and order in the Palestinian Authority areas ‘Let them…

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…