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The Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha’ath met his Isreli counterpart Silvan Shalom on Monday, the first time since the death of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on November 11.…

Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yusef told Israel Radio that Hamas is willing to join a unity government with Fatah, and would agree to a limited cease-fire during final…

As the crises between the Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his main ally in the government coalition Shinui party deepens, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui) announced Monday that he…

Two members of the resistance were shot dead on Monday afternoon after attacking a military post on Carni-Netzarim settlement road, south east of Gaza. An Israeli military source said that…

Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that Jordan has promised its support to help revive the stalled Middle East peace process. ‘We need Jordan’s support……

Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that Jordan has promised its support to help revive the stalled Middle East peace process. ‘We need Jordan’s support……

Mona Al-Adra, 22 year old, surprised the military judge in Ofer military court when she stood in the court and asked the judge to allow her to be engaged to…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas separately told Newsweek that they are prepared to meet each other. “When they would like to meet, we will meet.’…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas separately told Newsweek that they are prepared to meet each other. “When they would like to meet, we will meet.’…

The Palestinian Authority said Saturday it will disband a small Gaza security force known by Palestinians as the death squad. The head of the Palestinian Authority Preventive Security Service, Brig.…

Shinui head, Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid told Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday afternoon that his party will not agree to the transfer of Millions of Shekels to…

Shinui head, Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid told Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday afternoon that his party will not agree to the transfer of Millions of Shekels to…

Palestinian informed source said that a top Palestinian delegation will head on Saturday to Egypt for talks with the Egyptian officials. Palestinian President Rouhi Fattouh, head of the Palestinian Liberation…

Palestinian sources reported that so far, nine Palestinians declared their intention to run for the upcoming presidential elections and expected the number to raise. The candidates so far are, Sheikh…

Palestinian Prisoners Society, in Hebron, said that the Israeli Prison Services barred entry of winter clothes and covers to the detainees an Atzion detention near Hebron. Amjad Al-Najjar, head of…

The Wireless exchange between soldiers prior to the confirm Killing of Iman Alhamas 13, at the Girit outpost near Rafah. Recorded and broadcasted by Israeli TV channel 2. -we identified…

Israeli MK Omri Sharon (Likud) will lead a group of Israeli officials in talks with PA officials set to take place in the U.K. next week, British newspaper the Telegraph…

PLO new Head Mahmoud Abbas was officially nominated as Fatah’s candidate Thursday by the Fatah Revolutionary Council. The revolutionary council, in its Thursday meeting, unanimously approved Fatah’s central committee decision…

The Zionist Council will publish its annual report soon. Early findings reveals that more Jews left Israel than moved in during the year 2004. According to information from the Israeli…

Ignoring Shinui’s party threats to quite cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is pushing for a deal to secure the United Torah Judaism party support for the 2005 state budget.…

Aranbs48 news website interviewed the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, who is currently jailed in a Palestinian prison in Jericho under…

Raed Mahameed, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said that detainees in the Negev detention camp and Majeddo told him that they are facing daily hardships, violations and over crowded…

Israeli Sources warned that the intended withdrawal from areas in the northern West Bank could threaten Israel’s ability to control the northwestern WB aquifer. According to the same source, Palestinians…

An Israeli military court in Ofer detention, near Ramallah, sentenced a Hamas activist to one life term after charging him participating in killing two Israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Prisoners Society…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on Egypt to prevent arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip beyond deployment of forces at the border zone. ‘It is not enough to…

In a statement he gave to the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv, the Israeli President Moshe Katsav, said, he suggests stopping building the West Bank wall if a permanent cease-fire agreement is…

On Tuesday Israel dismissed Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s proposal to dismantle West Bank outposts and release political prisoners. “There is no place for new initiatives before a new Palestinian…

Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel ‘without conditions,’ the top United Nations envoy to the ME Terje Roed-Larsen said on Wednesday. ‘President Assad has…

he was encouraged with Israel’s approach to Palestinian January 9, presidential elections. ‘I have been much encouraged by the very positive messages that you [Shalom] have given me today about…

Israeli High court of justice rejected Wednesday a petition against Jerusalem section of the wall revised route, paving the way for army to resume the construction of the stalled barrier.…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering delaying bringing the revised route of the separation wall for cabinet approval. Sources in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Bureau said on Tuesday that…

Soldiers raided the village of Yatta , in the south of Hebron . They shelled a home, moderately wounding three youths, and arrested two residents. A medical source at Abu…

The Israeli General Security Service, known as the Shin Bet, prevents Palestinians from using Ben-Gorion international airport in Tel Aviv claiming security reasons, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday. Palestinians who…

The giant heavy products company ‘Caterpillar’ dismissed calls to cease its bulldozer sales to the Israeli army claiming that all sales conform with the American trade law within the Foreign…

There is now a chance for peace – but not because of Arafat’s death Published in the Guardian on November 12, 2004 Throughout his political career, Yasser Arafat was the…

Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC After he was released from detention, Sheikh Hasan Yousef talks to the PNN in an exclusive interview about the long solitary imprisonment and interrogation. Sheikh…

Translated by George Rishmawi Israeli sources revealed information about Russian Snipers recruited to the Israeli Army to join the army’s military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These…

Before the death of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat on November 11th, 2004, there had been an enormous amount of speculation raised, and analysis offered, concerning the issue of succession.…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura-IMEMC Palestinian Resistance between slogans and Facts Rumors of differences and interior crises between the military wings of Palestinian factions, especially Fatah, required clarification in order to…

Translatd by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC Saturday, October 30, 2004, was supposed to be the most beautiful day of Shima’s life. On this day she refused to go to kindergarten in order…

A double consensus is forming around Yasser Arafat: one, that the old man is dying and two, that he was a failure. The first assumption is, alas, all too plausible.…

Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat is to meet with Sharon Sunday morning and is expected to withdraw her resignation ultimatum. Livnat together with Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took part in…

Residents of Nablus district, in the north of the West Bank, are in continuous fear of attacks carried out by soldiers and settlers which forced them to avoid picking their…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said in the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel will proceed with the Disengagement Plan despite Arafat’s health condition, and added; “As long…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Egyptian President Hosni Mubark on Thursday that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s health condition will not affect, change or delay, the evacuation of Gaza settlements…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Egyptian President Hosni Mubark on Thursday that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s health condition will not affect, change or delay, the evacuation of Gaza settlements…

The Palestinian envoy to France and Arafat’s spokesperson in France, Leila Shaheed ruled out on Saturday afternoon, any possibility that P. A Chairman Yasser Arafat is suffering from Leukemia. “Doctors…

Sweden has rejected an asylum application by nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, Reuters said on Friday. The immigration department said they rejected the application on the grounds that Vanunu applied while…

As Palestinian President is going through medical checks to decide on the reason of why he suffers an abnormal low count of blood platelets, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell…

Israeli analysts are busy setting scenarios for the ‘after Arafat era’. Already criteria to judge the newly expected leadership performance has been laid out. Names have been assigned positions, and…

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden said in a video tape aired late Friday that the scene of destroyed towers in Beirut , during the 1982 Israeli invasion, motivated him to…

Lawyer of the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that female detainees under the age of 18, in Al-Ramlah prison are suffering from inhumane conditions and treatment, in violation…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights released its weekly report which revealed that soldiers, during the past week, shot dead 26 Palestinians, including two children and one girl, in addition…

WAFA news Agency said on Saturday, that soldiers razed 13 homes and destroyed an agricultural barracks in Al-Arabeyya area, in Rafah, near the Egyptian borders, in the south of the…

A 13 years old girl from Khan Younis, who was shot wounded while sitting inside the classroom, filed charges against the army, seeking compensations. The incident took place in an…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat landed in Paris on Friday afternoon and boarded a helicopter to a military hospital outside the French capital for medical treatment. Jordanian helicopters transported Arafat from…

Despite Israeli finance minister Benjamin Netenyahu’s threats to run against him in the coming elections, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not change stance on the idea of holding a…

The Municipality of Jerusalem approved on Thursday a tax exempt order to a religious institute in the city called ‘Hara’ayon Hayehudi’ meaning the Jewish Idea, which is affiliated with the…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Movement called for forming a unified leadership which will be a higher political representative of the Palestinian people. The two movements…

Hanan Al-Khateeb, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that she met with two detainees in Al-Ramlah detention camp, who told her about the dangerous situation and continuous assaults…

A medical source in Jenin said that soldiers shot wounded three residents in Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, on Friday afternoon. The source…

A local source in Bethlehem said that soldiers arrested two youths from Al-Azza refugee camp in Bethlehem , and from the village of Al-Khader , near Bethlehem , in the…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura After more than four years since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Intifada, different aspects in the Palestinian life were deeply affected by the situation, and the continuous…

Arafat’s advisor, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denied reports released by the Israeli media that P.A Chairman Yasser Arafat appointed a three-man committee to act in his absence. According to the released…

A Palestinian source said that all need arrangement have been carried out to transfer Arafat to France for treatment. The source added that a Jordanian helicopter will transfer Arafat at…

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli Army troops Thursday shot and killed an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp. Rania Iyad…

A Palestinian source said that the doctors decided to transfer Arafat to a Hospital in Paris in order to follow up his health condition. The source added that the doctors…

In a Phone call with the Qatar Based Al-Jazeera TV, Dr. Ashraf Al-Kurdy, from Jordan, said that he will arrive in Ramallah on Thursday morning along with a Jordanian medical…

An Israeli military source said that a Palestinian resistance group fired mortal shells at a military post near the settlement of Morag, south of Gaza, and exchanged fire with the…

Israeli sources quoted a Palestinian source as saying that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s health had begun to deteriorate as of Wednesday night. Senior Palestinian officials, including Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia,…

Inspite of the controversial nature of his politics, Palestinians look at former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas as a man of integrity. As a founder of Fatah, unlike of most Palestinian…

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday praised the Knesset’s approval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan and the removal of settlements from Gaza and four of the West…

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday praised the Knesset’s approval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan and the removal of settlements from Gaza and four of the West…

‘If in the heat of the moment things were said that shouldn’t have been, I am so sorry.’ Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon said Wednesday at a memorial ceremony for…

Israeli Haaretz said in its online edition that the settlers of an unauthorized settlers outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in Nablus area, held up the ambulance coming…

Despite of the Israeli Knesset Approval of the disengagement plan, the Palestinian authority expressed its disbelief that there will be a positive change on the ground in the occupied territories…

The International Women Peace Service (IWPS) reported that Angie Zelter, a prominent nonviolent peace and human rights activist from the United Kingdom is currently being held for deportation by the…

The Knesset approved Sharon’s Disengagement Plan on Tuesday at night with a majority of 67 votes against 45, while seven Mk’s abstained from the vote, absent due to illness; Sharon…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health accused the Israeli Government increased it military operations against the Palestinian in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip killing 19 residents and…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that a female detainee from Bethlehem, detained in Atzion military detention, is subjected to daily physcological pressures due to daily torture and harassments conducted against…

Detainee Husam Badran, from Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the north of the West Bank, told lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s society, Khaled Al-Dosouqy, that Gilboa prison administration…

Soldiers withdrew from neighborhoods in the west of Kahn Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, leaving 17 residents dead, more than 78 wounded, 34 homes leveled in addition…

The credit goes to people like Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that the Likud, an extreme right wing party, managed to dominate the center of the political life in Israel…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated his refusal to hold a national referendum on the disengagement plans despite threats by some of his key Likud ministers to quit the…

Military Police have arrested a Givati Brigade commander on suspicion he shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian girl at close range while the girl was laying wounded on the ground. The…

Dr. Moaweya Hassanen, head of the emergency Unit in the ministry of health, said that one resident, identified as Abdul-Aziz Abu-Mo’ammar, died of wounds sustained earlier on Tuesday at dawn,…

P. A Chairman Yasser Arafat, met with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei and head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Rawhi Fattouh, and Minister of Negotiations, Saeb Erekat on Tuesday…

Israeli police found graffiti on Tuesday morning, on the walls in the streets of West Jerusalem which said: ‘We killed Rabin, we will kill Sharon too, and death to the…

A local source in Hebron said that soldiers arrested four residents, burnt a carpentry and a shoemaking store and pinched money and gold from some homes during raids conducted in…

A Poll conducted by the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, revealed that two-thirds of the Israelis support Sharon’s Disengagement Plan, despite the fact that only more than half of the participants…

After Sharon’s speech in the Knesset, opposition leader Shimon Peres, asked MKs to support the disengagement plan, indicating the Gaza Strip was not worth fighting for. Peres, referring to the…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat underwent minor exploratory surgery on Monday in his Muqata headquarters and is in stable condition. A senior Palestinian official said that Doctors carried out an endoscopey…

A Palestinian security source in Khan Younis said that soldiers killed a resident in the Austrian Neighborhood in Khan Younis, on Monday at night, raising the total number of residents…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, opened the debate on his disengagement plan in the Knesset on Monday, saying that his plan would ‘strengthen Israel’. Sharon blamed Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat,…

An Israeli army source said on Sunday that some Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza Strip may have anti-aircrafts missiles in their possession. Generals of Israeli military establishment think that resistance…

Israel decided Monday to allow Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to leave his headquarters for a medical check in Ramallah hospital, about 2 kilometers away from where the President is besieged…

Al-Aqsa Brigades threatened to split from Fatah Movement if the Qorei Government and Fatah’s Central Committee does not fulfill their demands to conduct new procedures in order to solve the…

Refraining from expressing any preference for either U.S. President George W. Bush or his rival Senator John Kerry, the Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said that the next U.S. president…

An Egyptian government source announced Monday that eight Egyptian and a Palestinian were involved in the three simultaneous car bombings of a hotel and a tourist resort in Sinai on…

Two Jewish families moved into a house near Rachel’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Bethlehem this week. The two families joined yeshiva students who earlier moved to the…