International Middle East Media Center
Dr. Ahmad Bahar, acting head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), demanded the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to stop all meetings with the Israeli side, and stated that these meeting…
Palestinian senior negotiator, Dr. Sa’eb Erekat, stated on Monday that there is no agreement with the Israeli side to delay talks or exclude the issue of Jerusalem from peace talks…
Israeli sources reported on Monday that the Israeli army deployed a battery of Patriot Missiles, made by the USA, near Haifa town in the northern part of the country, in…
The Israeli Army radio reported that a Palestinian underage detainee imprisoned in Ophic Israeli prison complained that he was raped by an Israeli prisoner, held for criminal charges and placed…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that one resident died of wounds sustained during an Israeli military invasion into Al Shouka area in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
The internationally-renowned organization Human Rights Watch has demanded an independent inquiry into Israel's use of cluster bombs during its 2006 invasion of Lebanon. An internal investigation carried out by the…
La organización internacionalmente reconocida Human Rights Watch ha exigido una encuesta independiente por la utilización por Israel de bombas de racimo durante su invasión al LÃbano en 2006. Una investigación…
The Interim United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has had bases in the country since the Israel-Lebanon War in the early 1980s, has released a report accusing Israel of…
La Fuerza Provisional de las Naciones Unidas en LÃbano (UNIFIL), que habÃa tenido bases en el paÃs desde la guerra entre Israel y LÃbano a principios de los años 80,…
Joining a growing list of high-profile institutions, unions and citizen’s groups that have chosen to divest from Israel, the Student Union at the prestigious London School of Economics voted overwhelmingly…
Uniéndose a una lista creciente de instituciones de gran prestigio, sindicatos y grupos de ciudadanos que han elegido no invertir en Israel, el Sindicato de Estudiantes de la prestigiosa Facultad…
John Holmes, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the UN visited Gaza on Friday and called for reopening the borders in the Gaza Strip in order to relief the suffering…
John Holmes, subsecretario general para temas humanitarios en las NNUU visitó Gaza el viernes y pidió que se reabrieran las fronteras en la Franja de Gaza para aliviar el sufrimiento…
The European Commission stated that it held consultation with representative from 55 organizations to discuss a new EU funding channel which aims at reducing poverty an building Palestinian civil Society…
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 7 – 13 February 2008, 10 Palestinians were killed and 40 were injured by the…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday evening that a Palestinian man was moderately wounded by Israeli military gunfire during an evening invasion to Anabta town, east of the northern West…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that Israel decided to forgive NIS 350 Million in personal debts owed by 3500 settlers living in 140 settlements in the occupied West…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Wednesday that Israel is not holding any secret talks with the Palestinians over dividing Jerusalem. The statements of Olmert came after the religious…
El Primer Ministro israelÃ, Ehud Olmert, declaró el Miércoles que Israel no mantiene conversaciones secretas con los palestinos acerca de la posibilidad de dividir Jerusalén. Las declaraciones de Olmert llegaron…
The Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday demolishing orders which were issued against 246 houses in Al Teera Arab town within the Israeli boundaries. The deliberations were made after Sheikh Abbas…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated on Wednesday that the Palestinians are seeking the establishment of a Democratic Palestinian State, based on law and security, and that this state…
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), dominated by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), issued a statement denouncing the Tuesday night assassination of Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party,…
Sources at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party stated on Wednesday that Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the party was killed on Tuesday night in a car bomb blast that took place…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported late of Saturday night that one fighter was killed and at least ten residents, including children, were injured in several Israeli air…
Fuentes médicas palestinas de la Franja de Gaza informaron la noche del sábado que un combatiente fue asesinado y al menos diez residentes, incluidos niños, resultaron heridos en varios ataques…
El periódico palestino Al-Quds informó el sábado que las conversaciones de paz palestino-israelà llegaron a un callejón sin salida, ya que Israel sigue rechazando las negociaciones con respecto a los…
The Al Quds Palestinian Newspaper stated on Saturday that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks reached a dead-end as Israel continues to reject talks regarding settlements, Jerusalem, refugees and borders. A prominent…
The Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement, stated on Friday that it is declaring a conditional ceasefire in coherence with a call made by president Mahmoud Abbas.…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 31 January – 6 February 2008, 12 Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured by…
During a press conference conducted by ten members of the European Parliament from different political groups, led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the EU parliament, the members stated that they…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that he is willing to act in order to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday morning that six Palestinians, including one teacher, were killed in three separate Israeli air strikes that targeted several areas in…
The Israeli Air Force shelled on Wednesday evening the house of Sheikh Zaki Al Dardeesy, one of the political leaders of Hamas movement in Khan Younis, in the southern part…
The Israeli government decided that as of Thursday February 7 it will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, a measure which will affect the civilian population regionThe decision to…
As the Israeli state intensified its prosecution against Arab leaders in the country, the Popular Committee For Defending Public Freedom, part of the Higher Follow-Up Committee, intensified its preparations for…
On Tuesday afternoon the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced Basil Asmar, to one life-term and additional twenty years for “participating in the assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism…
The Palestinian police force in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that the Israeli Tuesday shelling to the police station in Abasan town, near Khan…
The Christian Peace Teams (CPT) stationed in the southern West Bank city of Hebron issues a press release on an attack carried by extremist settlers against Palestinian Shepherds in the…
The Israeli Prison Authorities continues its violations against the Palestinian political detainees and continued to bar several sick detainees from their right to medical treatment, in addition to barring dozens…
Approximately 20.000 Arab residents of Israel protested on Friday against the decision of the Israeli Attorney-general to close the file of the 2000 uprising without seeking indictments against the soldiers…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 24- 30 January 2008, 6 Palestinians were killed and 13 were injured by the Israeli…
Local sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday that Israeli soldiers broke into the house of Sami Hasan Al Sous, in Jenin refugee…
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that the European Foriegn Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and Middle East Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair, are scheduled to travel to the area next…
The Popular Committee For Supporting the Intifada, in Egypt, voiced a call to the Egyptians to participate in a solidarity protest in Nasr Egyptian city in support to the besieged…
Israeli online daily, Egyptian security sources reported on Wednesday that the Egyptian border police shot and killed two Africans from the Ivory Coast, after they tried to infiltrate into Israel.…
The Israeli Security Services refused to grant a permit to a Palestinian patient, suffering from Intestines Cancer, to leave the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment in an…
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a press release on Wednesday commenting on the failure of the Security Council in issuing a statement condemning the Israeli violations and…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Egypt on Wednesday to hold talks with Egyptian officials on the situation of the borders between Gaza and Egypt.…
Israeli sources reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Sunday to demand Egypt to seal the breached border with the…
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) visited Al Ramla Prison Hospital on January 23 and managed to meet with a number of Palestinian detainees who are…
Over the weekend, protests were held in a number of US cities and towns calling on Israel to end the imprisonment of 1.5 million Palestinians inside Gaza without access to…
El pasado fin de semana se celebraron protestas por numerosas ciudades y pueblos estadounidenses para pedir que el gobierno israelà abandone su acción de encarcelar a 1 millón y medio…
George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) died on Saturday evening at a Jordanian Hospital one week after he was admitted to the…
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society visited Hasharon Israeli prison on January 23 and met with a number of detainees, including underage detainees illegally imprisoned by Israel.…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that two patients died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred them from leaving the Gaza…
Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades IsraelÃes no les dejaran…
Fuentes médicas Palestinas en la Franja de Gaza informaron la madrugada del sábado que dos pacientes murieron en la Franja de Gaza después que las Autoridades IsraelÃes no les dejaran…
Hundreds of Arab residents of Kafer Kanna Arab town in the north of the country held a massive candle procession on Friday evening in solidarity with the Gaza Strip which…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 17 – 23 January 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 71 were injured by the…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, are scheduled to meet on Sunday in Jerusalem in order to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip.Well informed…
On Thursday, dozens of Arab residents of Israel and Jews held a joint protest in Haifa city against the ongoing Israeli attacks and siege against the Gaza Strip, the Arabs48…
Israeli military and medical sources reported on Thursday at night that one Israeli policeman, member of the Border Guard Units, in addition to two Palestinian fighters, were killed, and four…
Dozens of Palestinians and Canadians held a vigil on Wednesday in Montreal – Canada, against the ongoing and unjust Israeli siege and attacks against the Palestinian residents in the Gaza…
The Israeli Police arrested on Tuesday, Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs, and interrogated him in Al Maskobiyya Israeli prison in Jerusalem after he participated…
The United Nations Security Council has called for an emergency session on Tuesday to respond to the heightening crisis in the Gaza Strip. The crisis came to a head Sunday…
El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas ha convocado una sesión de emergencia para hoy martes para dar una respuesta a la creciente crisis en la Franja de Gaza.…
After a widespread international outcry followed Israel's cut-off of all fuel into Gaza on Sunday, Israeli authorities agreed to allow fuel and medicine into the Palestinian coastal region on Tuesday…
Después del clamor internacional generalizado a raÃz del corte de Israel de todo suministro de fuel a Gaza el Domingo, las autoridades IsraelÃes acordaron permitir la entrada de fuel y…
In a statement to the Israeli press Monday, a senior Israeli official claimed that the collective punishment of the entire Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip was an effective way…
En una declaración a la prensa Israelà el lunes, un oficial superior Israelà manifestó que el castigo colectivo de la población Palestina entera de la Franja de Gaza fue una…
In the latest Israeli settler attack to take place in the Palestinian city of Hebron, a group of armed settlers attacked and beat a group of women and children, and…
On Sunday, due to lack of fuel supplies from Israel, the Gaza power plant stopped operations. Sunday night, Israeli security officials admitted that the impacts of Israel's complete cut-off of…
After over six months of closure, the 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have come to depend heavily on aid from the United Nations. Although they are willing…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of 10- 16 January 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 51 were injured by the Israeli…
On Saturday night, eleven Palestinians were injured by Israeli settlers, and four others were abducted by the Israeli army, during an attack by the settlers and soldiers in Wad al-Hasin…
Two fighters with the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed Saturday evening, and five others were injured, when the Israeli military shelled a training site near Khan…
The leader of the democratically-elected Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, warned the Palestinian people not to believe yesterday's speech by U.S. President George W. Bush in which…
A poll released Friday revealed that 71% of Israelis would support a trade of Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouthi, who is one of 10,000 Palestinians held in prison camps by…
A working paper by the Arava Institute, and other Israeli and Palestinian organizations, shows a widespread pollution problem that crosses the borders that people are not allowed to cross."Most transboundary…
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of January 3rd – 9th, 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 117 injured by the Israeli…
After his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, US President George Bush made a statement that contradicted earlier US policy toward Israel. He stated that a Palestinian state must…
A delegation of four Israeli members of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel), including three doctors and PHR-Israel's Clinic Manager, entered Gaza Wednesday as part of an emergency medical caravan.In addition,…
According to local sources, several Palestinian radio stations on the FM radio dial in the Gaza Strip have been jammed by Israeli military propaganda. The stations, which were affiliated with…
A group of Israeli settlers living illegally in the Palestinian territory, the West Bank, attempted to establish a new colony in the area outside Hebron on Wednesday. They said the…
Early Wednesday morning, the Israeli military fired a surface-to-surface missile at a group of Palestinians that they claimed were launching a homemade shell from the northern Gaza Strip. The Islamic…
Responding to a statement by Lieutenant Ahmad Al Haddar, head of the Palestinian National Security in Bethlehem district, regarding arresting members of the Hamas-formed Executive Force in Bethlehem over the…
Two incidents took place Tuesday morning in which Lebanese fighters targeted both the United Nations and Israel. The political leadership in Israel has connected the two attacks with the planned…
El martes por la mañana tuvieron lugar dos incidentes en que activistas libaneses tomaron como objetivo tanto la ONU como Israel. El lÃder polÃtico de Israel ha conectado los dos…
The An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, claims to have launched 14 projectiles toward the Israeli military base at Kissufim, in central Gaza. No…
The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has issued a warning to the Israeli military after two different women had to give birth in cars in December after being prevented from…
El grupo derechos humanos israelÃes BT SELEM ha enviado una advertencia a los militares israelÃes luego de que dos mujeres dieran a luz en dos coches en diciembre, luego de…
One of the 38 Palestinian civilians shot and injured by Israeli forces during their two-day invasion of Nablus this week was shot three times in the back of the head,…
Lev Leviev, Israel's richest man, and a major funder of the illegal Israeli settlements scattered across Palestinian land, has bought himself a $70 million bulletproof mansion in the suburbs of…
Bassel Asmar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was convicted Monday of being an accessory to the killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavem Zeevi…
The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai on Monday called for the release of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by…
As the Israeli state continues to expand at a growing rate into occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank, Palestinians have called on George Bush to be a voice of…
A mass demonstration was held in Nazareth, in northern Israel, on Saturday, to protest the ongoing Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. At least 10,000 Arab-Israelis marched through the streets…