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Most settlers of the Pa’at Sadeh settlement have reached an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Administration for a collective move to a Moshav inside Israel, should disengagement go ahead. Pa’at…

This Christmas when the Christian world raises its voices in joyful choruses to the song, ‘Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem’, I will remain silent in protest over the Israeli army’s…

Most settlers of the Pa’at Sadeh settlement have reached an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Administration for a collective move to a Moshav inside Israel, should disengagement go ahead. Most…

The Israeli army invaded Askar refugee camp, in the east of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, and arrested four brothers. A Palestinian security source in Nablus,…

Dr. Allam Jarrar, director of the rehabilitation program at the Palestinian Medical Relief Society reported that attacks against Palestinians by Israeli soldiers and settlers have resulted in 10.000 wounded over…

The WAFA news Agency reported that Israeli soldiers shot on Wednesday three school students and arrested a resident after invading the village of Yattah , south of Hebron . The…

A Palestinian security source in Khan Younis reported that a military apache fired a missile at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…

Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday afternoon that his call for n international Middle East peace conference in London aimed at providing a passage for parties to move…

  Even against the advice of his foreign minister Silvan Shalom, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ruled out any level of Israeli participation in the proposed London Middle East peace…

This Christmas when the Christian world raises its voices in joyful choruses to the song, ‘Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem’, I will remain silent in protest over the Israeli army’s…

Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Suleiman met Tuesday with Amos Gilad, head of the political-security branch in the Defense Ministry. The two are working on the details of the deployment of…

British Prime Minister will meet with Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Wednesday morning after arriving in Israel Tuesday night coming from Iraq . Israeli officials said that Blair will separately…

The Labor Party Central Committee on Tuesday approved the coalition deal with the Likud Party. The coalition agreement is expected to be signed in few days. Labor central committee also…

Settlers, protesting against Gaza Pullout on Tuesday, used orange Star of David badges, reminiscent to the yellow stars Jews were forced to wear during World War II. The settlers’ new…

The Israeli army invaded Halhoul, north of Hebron, Sunday night, and fired at dozens of homes, moderately wounding one child. A medical source at Hebron hospital stated that Wisam Abu…

in the Bantustans – the equivalent to today’s walled in Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The thought was that if people elected local officials, even to…

Mallouh, deputy secretary general of the second biggest party in the PLO, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The leader of the front, Ahmad Sa’adat, is also detained…

The Israeli army invaded Halhoul, north of Hebron, Sunday night, and fired at dozens of homes, moderately wounding one child. A medical source at Hebron hospital stated that Wisam Abu…

  Last Supper 7-year-old Rana Syiam had with her family in Khan Younis, ended with blood and tears after a bullet fired by Israeli soldiers entered her head and exited…

Feature, IMEMC Staff, December The Israeli assault on Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Friday and Saturday has left hundreds homeless, searching through the rubble for their belongings, and…

During the 1970’s, the apartheid government of South Africa sought to bolster its claims to legitimacy by allowing elections in the Bantustans – the equivalent to today’s walled in Palestinian…

Israel supports a Middle East peace conference planned by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but won’t participate in it, Israeli senior political sources said Friday. Israel supports a Middle East…

Soldiers encircled Qalqilia, in the eastern part of the West Bank, and barred the residents from entering or leaving the city Palestinenet news website said that soldiers barred the residents…

Israeli army tanks and bulldozers rolled into the Khan Yunis refugee Five residents killed in Khan Younis, and bulldozed dozens of homes. The Israeli army raided, on Thursday at dawn,…

 Regarding Gideon Levy’s column–Killing Children is No Longer a Big Deal, Haaretz’s , 10/17/ 04. I disagree with Mr. Levy–killing Children is No Longer a Big Deal–indeed it is. But…

Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC Last Supper 7-year-old Rana Syiam had with her family in Khan Younis, ended with blood and tears after a bullet fired by Israeli soldiers entered her…

Translated by Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Checkpoints spread all over the Palestinian areas, separating the cities, villages and refugee camps from each other, and generate daily events and stories of continuous…

To the Ministers: Mr. Paraz; Mr. Lapid; Mr. Mofaz and PM Sharon: Gentlemen: How many times must decent people write and ask you to stop your cruel and illegal home…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Unlike other interview with political leaders, in fancy offices and on comfortable desks and chairs, Palestine News Network held this interview over the phone with Abdul-Rahim…

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…

Translated by Saed Bannoura In spite of the bad conditions in detention, restrictions and continuous assaults, Palestinians detainees continue their achievements and creativity and challenge high walls and prison bars.…

Contrary to 1996 elections, most Palestinian opposition groups decided to take an active role in the planned for January 9, PA presidential elections. Even when it seems that the Islamic…

Trans and Edited by Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Residents of Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, face daily hardships and violations, that make their daily life…

Yahad’s abstention saved the Israeli government from being toppled down by depriving opposition from the needed 61 votes. Even when the two no-confidence motions passed, the opposition victory was only…

Representatives of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shas party officials began negotiations over support for the annual budget on Tuesday afternoon in Jerusalem. MKs Eli Yishai headed Shas delegation,…

The Palestine Liberation Movement (Fatah) won student elections at the West Bank’s largest university, Al-Najah in Nablus, on Monday for the first time in eight years. Fatah won 38 seats…

The United States turned down an Israeli request for funds to pave and upgrade alternative West Bank roads for Palestinians. The newly proposed routes are to replace existing roads, which…

Israeli newspaper online Haaretz said police arrested two female settlers while stealing olives from a Palestinian olive grove near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah. The two girls who…

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…