Author: IMEMC & Agencies

A number of Gush Katif settlers are looking into forfeiting their Israeli citizenship in order to stay in their settlements even if the disengagement is implemented. {mosimage}’If it comes to…

The Bush administration informed the Congress on Thursday it would provide an initial $41 million in aid to the Palestinians in a show of support for President Mahmoud Abbas. The…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Thursday that administrative detention would be increased as punishment for settlers who resist the pullout decision. Mazuz explained that Jews could be arrested if…

Ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) MK Avraham Ravitz, a partner in the governmental coalition, announced Thursday that he would support holding a national referendum on the disengagement plan. Ravitz spoke…

Thursday, the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected a petition filed by Bethlehem and Beit Jala municipalities against the path of the annexation Wall surrounding Rachel’s Tomb. Lawyer Arieh-Cohen who…

Thursday, the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected a petition filed by Bethlehem and Beit Jala municipalities against the path of the annexation Wall surrounding Rachel’s Tomb. Lawyer Arieh-Cohen who…

42 Palestinian policemen from different security devices left to Egypt on Thursday to receive training there, in order to control the security in the Gaza Strip prior to the Israeli…

Israeli political sources predicted that Egypt will officially announce the return of its ambassador to Israel during the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit, next Tuesday. Israeli predicts that after the Egyptian president…

The American president George W. Bush pledged on Wednesday $350 million in aide to the Palestinian authority in order to support the economic and security development, in order to show…

Concerns by the Israeli Army and Shin Bet are increasing regarding the series of harassment acts by extreme right-wing activists aimed at religious officers who live and are station in…

An Israeli media source reported that the special ministerial committee will discuss the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners as the Israeli-Palestinian- Egyptian summit meeting in Sharm a-Sheikh approaches. In addition,…

Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the emergency unit at the ministry of health reported on Thursday, that a resident oh Khan Younis died of critical injures sustained during the last…

Mohammad Dahlan, former Palestinian security minister said that the Abbas-Sharon summit aims to specify the right basis in order to resume the peace process on solid basis. Dahlan told reporters…

  An Israeli special ministerial team decided on Thursday afternoon a draft of arrangements with the Palestinian Authority, the draft will be presented by Sharon on Tuesday’s summit with Mahmoud…

  Gglobal war against ‘Terrorism’ U.S. president George Bush affirmed advancing his global war against terrorism through fighting ‘terror groups, enhancing domestic and global security, acting forcefully against ‘tyrant regimes’…

Upoun the initiative of the Egyptian President Husni Mubarak, leaders from Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority will hold a summit meeting in the Egyptian Sharm Al-Sheikh resort on…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold a summit meeting in the Egypt’s Red Sea resort of…

Palestinian security announced Thursday that security forces have destroyed a weapons smuggling tunnel Wednesday along the Gaza-Egypt border. The tunnel was destroyed by filling it with water and sand, Israeli…

Despite the government’s commitment to dismantle unauthorized settlers’ outposts, Settlement and settlement outpost construction continued in 2004, according to Peace Now’s annual outpost report published Wednesday.   According to Peace…

Ami Ayalon, the former head of the Israeli Public Security Service, Shin-Bet, a proposal from the head of the trade union in Israel to run jointly in the Knesset elections…

Ala ‘ Sanaqra, one of the leaders of Al-Aqsa brigades said that the patience of the brigades is running out, as the Israeli army continued its attacks, which contradict with…

The Israeli interior minister Ophir Pines-Paz is preparing a bill which, according to the Israeli online daily Haaretz, is meant to make it easier to grant Israeli citizenship to Palestinians…

The Israeli police started training its units to effectively deal with disorder or any turbulence which might be carried out by the settlers during the evacuation. Israeli officials are currently…

Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad said that the P.A might conduct serious cuts in the P.A budget in 2005 if it does not receive guarantees from the Donor Countries to…

Sharon’s collation at the Knesset committee does not have the needed majority for the evacuation-compensation bill, which is needed for enabling the disengagement from the Gaza Strip and the northern…

At least 300 Palestinians and dozens of international and Israeli peace activists protested near Palestinian owned lands in Khalayel Al-Maghribi, near Hebron {mosimage}At least 300 Palestinians and dozens of Israeli…

Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, damage reported in several cars, two settlers suffered of shock, according to Israeli sources. {mosimage}At…

Palestinian Authority and Israeli security officials are engaged in hard discussions over the fate of Palestinians wanted by Israeli intelligence service. Up to recently, the hundreds of names included in…

Palestinian Authority and Israeli security officials are engaged in hard discussions over the fate of Palestinians wanted by Israeli intelligence service. {mosimage}Up to recently, the hundreds of names included in…

Settlement leader and Kedumim Mayor Daniella Weiss on Tuesday disrupted a meeting for Israeli army officers at the settlement in preparation for the evacuation of four settlers outposts in the…

An Israeli-Palestinian joint committee, setup to deal with the cases of Palestinian resistance operatives Israel claims wanted after a cease-fire is formally announced is scheduled to meet next week for…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed that Israeli soldiers arrested 2000 Palestinian children since the outbreak of the Intifada in September 2000. 350 child detainees were imprisoned in Telmond, Ofer, Negev,…

Tel Aviv Court indicted on Wednesday a Danish resident of Lebanese descent after charging him oh spying to the Lebanese based Hezbollah party.   The court said that Eyad Al-Shua…

The settlers are proceeding with construction in unauthorized outposts, including the ones earmarked for evacuation, army source reported. The army civil administration authority reported that in Givat Haroeh outpost, near…

Monday evening, the Israeli Knesset approved with a noticeable majority. a law which contradicts with human rights agreements and principles, by denying the detainees access to their lawyers. According to…

The University of Toronto permitted an Arab students club to hold weeklong series of lectures about the Annexation Wall erected by Israel in the West Bank; Jewish groups condemned the…

20,000 Falashmura are what is left form the Ethiopian Jews slated to immigrate to Israel by the year 2007, according to a recent Israeli government decision taken on Monday. To…

Translated by Saed Bannoura, February, 01, 2005 Etched into the memory of Miqdad Al-Kahteeb, Abu Mahmoud, 40, from Balata refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Tuesday, that the Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz agreed to a response by the Palestinian Authority to reopen the Rafah border crossing, in…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuval Steinitz claimed on Monday, that Syria and Egypt are capable of striking Israeli air basis. “In spite of the peace treaty between…

The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinian child killed in Rafah on Monday, was killed by Palestinian fire during celebrations after pilgrimages return from Mecca , and claimed that soldiers…

A Palestinian security source reported that the Israeli army arrested since the beginning of 2005, at least 400 Palestinian in several areas in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the head of the Supreme Court in Israel Aharon Barak, issued preemptive ruling barring the “civil administration” in the West Bank from demolishing…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that the German Government is delaying the signing of a contract for a sale of Dingo armored cars to Israel fearing that the Israeli army…

In his meeting with the U.S, State Department envoy to the Middle East William Burns, the Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres promoted a proposal to pay a monthly allowance of…

Facing the threats by the settlers council to resist the Israeli army when removing the Gaza Strip settlements under the disengagement plan, the Israeli police has been recruiting hundreds of…

Eight Palestinian resistance groups warned Monday night they would resume attacks against Israel in light of “the ongoing policy of army incursions into Palestinian    The eight main Palestinian resistance groups,…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that there cannot be peace in the Middle East unless the Palestinians attain a state that satisfies their aspirations. Rice also said…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Monday night told senior Palestinian security official Mohammed Dahlan that there would be no transfer of West Bank cities to the Palestinian Authority without a…

In a poll conducted by Market Watch, upon request from the Israeli Peace Now movement, shows that 28 percent of the settlers support disengagement, including the pullout from Gaza Strip…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with top Russian officials Monday, seeking Moscow’s support in upcoming peace talks with Israel. Rusian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that Abbas succeeds in jump-starting…

In a crackdown on Palestinian businesses and individuals, the Israeli police and military have raided offices, shops and restaurants whose owners or employees have ties to the Palestinian Authority (PA).…

At least 3000 detainees are imprisoned in the Negev detention, suffering of all sorts of hardships, yet are always under the threat of having their detention period expanded without any…

Monday at noon, Israeli soldiers killed a 10-year-old child, injured another child, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, while she was playing in the playground at a UN administered…

Two months ahead the final date for approving the 2005 balance at the Knesset, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, continued his efforts to expand his collation, and held a…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Sunday that female detainees in Telmond prison are suffering of daily hardships, medical neglect and continuous provocative acts by the Israeli soldiers. Raed Mahameed,…

The Palestinian Minster of Tourism, Mitri Abu Eita and his Israeli counterpart, Abraham Hershenzon agreed on Sunday to meet with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in…

Israeli media source reportedly said on Monday the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the Lebanese resistance party Hezbollah have agreed to sustain resistance against the Israeli occupation. The source said,…

Further discussions of security and military cooperation between Turkey and Israel are ongoing, the cooperation involves renovation of 48 Turkish air force’s F4 phantoms and 200-300 M48 Patton tanks; Turkey…

Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. Secretary of State is scheduled to meet with the Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, in talks ahead the planned meeting between Sharon and the Palestinian President Mahmoud…

Hasan Abu Libdeh, Palestinian Cabinet Secretary, said that the Palestinian PM, Ahmad Qurei, met on Sunday at night with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, and leader of Palestinian movements…

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper quoted a senior Egyptian official on Monday as saying that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will demand the release of 8000 Palestinian prisoners during his meeting with…

When Israeli government officials report that there is ‘relative calm’ in the region, the American media line up to repeat the claim. But the reality, in almost every case where…

Tens of thousands gathered in Jerusalem Sunday evening to protest against the disengagement plan. Organizers of the protest said the number was close to quarter of a million, media sources…

Israel is worried that the PA security forces in the West Bank, unlike those in the Gaza Strip, have been completely debilitated in the last four years and are not…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced Monday the government’s decision to confiscate East Jerusalem property owned by Palestinians was made without his knowledge or consent.    Upon the request of…

A Palestinian medical source in Rafah reported that the resident who was killed earlier on Sunday in Rafah was identified as Eid Abu Jreide’, 55 years old. Abu Jreide’ sustained…

In an interview with the Egyptian AlSharq Alawsat newspaper, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that a truce agreement was reached with all Palestinian resistance groups, but that he was awaiting…

The report prepared by state prosecutor office attorney Talai Sason reveals how most of the government institutions disregarded law and allowed the emergence of more than 120 settlers’ unauthorized outposts.…

Israel is planning to demolish an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, saying that the act is necessary to “protect” the separation wall built in the area.    Amitai Levy, the Border…

Palestinian security forces will deploy in four West Bank towns on Wednesday, as part of Israel’s gradual transfer of security control to the Palestinians, Palestinian source reported.  Forces will deploy…

Translated by Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC In an interview with the Egyptian AlSharq Alawsat newspaper, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that a truce agreement was reached with all Palestinian resistance groups, but…

A Hamas’s political rally turned violent Saturday, as supporters of the Islamic movement and those of Fatah clashed. At least 30 people were hurt. The clash, which took place in…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will present the changed route of the southern section of the separation wall to the cabinet for approval two days before his expected meeting with…

Israeli senior officials said Saturday that the United States is eager to revive the trilateral security cooperation, involving Israel, Palestinians and the CIA in order to stabilize the security situation…

The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Sha’ath, on Saturday, said 40 police officers will arrive in Egypt next week to receive training as part of the new security arrangements…

Friday morning, at least 700 residents of Hebron , and dozens of international peace activists protested in Khalyel Al-Maghribi and Khallet Al-Dar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron…

Friday morning, at least 700 residents of Hebron , and dozens of international peace activists protested in Khalyel Al-Maghribi and Khallet Al-Dar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron…

Saturday morning, a Palestinian security source reported that the Israeli side informed the Palestinian Authority that it intends to open Rafah border crossing next Monday, and Karni Crossing on Tuesday.…

Palestinenet news website reported on Sunday that dozens of residents crossing Huwwara checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, discovered that soldiers based in monitoring towers surrounding the…

Saturday afternoon, a Palestinian security source in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that Israeli soldiers killed one resident, injured three others after firing at…

Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the emergency unit at the ministry of health, reported that a resident of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis died of wounds sustained three weeks ago.…

Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the neighboring the village of Yatta, conducted military searches of homes and arrested four residents. A local…

Palestinian Minister of Defense Mohammed Dahlan is to meet with Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Saturday evening to plan the details for the upcoming Summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

The Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization is negotiating the second stage of a prisoner-exchange deal with Israel, stated Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday to Lebanese newspapers As-Safir and Al-Mustaqbal.…

The Palestinian Central Election Committee announced the final results of the elections that were held in ten local councils in the Gaza Strip, declaring that Hamas candidates won 77 of…

Despite objections by Israel and the United States, the Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Friday that the planned sale of missiles between Russia and Syria will go on as planned.…

The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution declaring that the occupied Shaba Farms were not part of Lebanon. {mosimage}The resolution also extended the mandate of the UN…

‘Abbas needs to deal with, an ever pressing for more, Sharon, needs to face the Bush’s global war against terrorism fantasies and live with a growing in influence Islamic movement.’…

US President George Bush tickled the fancy of lovers of democracy the world over when he focused his inaugural address in Washington on the priority of fighting tyranny and standing…

Palestinian leaders called Friday for the resumption of negotiations with Israel, warning that the newly created spirit will not endure due to the withdrawal from Gaza alone. ‘We cannot be…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres and Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad met Friday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and agreed on the need to upgrade the crossings…

The Jewish National Fund and the Finance Ministry are discussing ways to separate the JNF from the state, to allow it to continue selling land to Jews only. {mosimage}Israeli sources…

Semi-official results of local elections for ten Gaza local councils show that Hamas has won overwhelmingly. Hamas won in seven of the ten municipal councils, including the three largest ones: Dir…

‘Look, we have an army and we didn’t even know it,’ shouted one youth of the hundreds who lined along the streets of Rafah as the police convoy went by.…

The Israeli news website ArabYnet reported that Israeli settlers in Gaza Strip bought a piece of land approximately 30 Dunams, (7.5 Acres) adjacent to the settlement of Kfar Darom in…

  Several bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli military jeeps and police, arrived in Walaja village on Monday 17th January. They destroyed around ten small buildings, on the grounds that they were…

‘the conditions have been created that will enable us and the Palestinians to reach a historic breakthrough in our relations.’ Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday ‘the conditions have…

“Military doctors gave medics lessons in anatomy using the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.” A Soldier testified to “Breaking the Silence” organization.   The Breaking the Silence organization has…

Hamas made a strong showing in first-ever municipal elections held on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, an exit poll showed.    The independent Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research…