International Middle East Media Center
The US House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to ramp up economic pressure on Iran over its suspect nuclear program by punishing firms that do business in Iran’s energy sector.The…
The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed Wednesday Chilean media reports stating that a bullet was fired Sunday at the vehicle of Israel’s Ambassador, David Dadon, smashing the windshield.El Mercurio Chilean newspaper…
The Washington Times reported Wednesday that Israel is seriously weighing the possibility of limiting its officials travel to Europe fearing that they could be arrested following the Goldstone report accusing…
More than 46 years ago, President John F. Kennedy sought to preclude a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. In June 1963, he wrote the last in a series…
Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported that that United States sent a message to Egypt informing its officials that the United States will not approve of a unit deal between Fateh and…
The SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty boats sailing from Cyprus reported that their electronic safety systems came under electronic attack causing them to jam.Below is an communiqué released by…
Despite Israeli objections and attempts to intervene, Cyprian authorities have given the go-ahead for two boats filled with humanitarian supplies and 60 international activists to set sail tomorrow for the…
Both Palestinian and Irish sources decried reports that a Palestinian exile in Ireland, Jihad Jaara, escaped an assassination attempt and describe the story as a total fabrication.The Irish Times reported…
Mahmoud Darwish, a renowned Palestinian poet, one of the intellectual figures known as the voice of the Palestinians in Diaspora and under occupation, died on Saturday evening at age 67…
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, threatened on Thursday that the United States will push for more sanctions on Iran after the Iranian leadership failed in responding to a bid…
A group of international peace activist invited the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni to welcome them in the Gaza Strip as they arrive from their planned sail from…
The national Grassroots Radio Conference was held on July 24 – 27th, 2008 in Portland, Oregon- USA. The conference culminated with a keynote presentation by Saed Bannoura, the editor-in-chief of…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip to release all reporters who were arrested by security forces loyal to the movement, and demanded…
Egypt warned from the continued Israeli settlements construction in Jerusalem is harmful to the peace process. The comments were made by the Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Abu Al Ghayit talks…
Palestinian and Israeli leaders were unable to agree on a definition of the state of Israel, said French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Monday. The dispute has delayed the release…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, voiced the hope that peace will prevail in the region, asserting on the need for clear-cut decisions. In a press…
“France is playing a key role in pushing the Middle East peace process forward, Palestinian resident Mahmoud Abbas stated. He told reporters in a press conference in Paris together with…
Leaders of G8 industrialized nations urged Israel on Wednesday to stop settlement construction in the Palestinian territories. The leaders, who held a conference in Japan, also called on the Palestinians…
Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the European Union, on Monday slammed the Israeli policy of maintaining hundreds of roadblocks in the West Bank, and the ongoing siege in…
A Palestinian man and his Scottish wife will take a van loaded with 1.5 tons of urgently needed medical supplies from Scotland to the Gaza Strip.Khalil Al Niss and Linda…
Dr. Yiha Mussa, a Hamas MP, slammed on Wednesday the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because the latter introduced the Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak to the Iraqi President Jallal Al…
The office of the Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak stated on Tuesday that Barak will meet the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today in Greece. The two will meet in the…
On Friday, the United States and several member countries of the Security Council, expressed what they described as “concern” over a draft demanding Israel to immediately halt its settlement planning,…
I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate…
Human Rights Watch, a human rights organization based in the United States, issued a report on Tuesday calling for Donor countries to press Palestinian Security Forces to end abuse. In…
New York, NY, June 19, 2008 – A senior advisor to UNICEF’s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli…
Israel's ruling elite now has a major aspiration: to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a member country. For the sake of the Israelis and of…
Pointing to Israel's "failure to meet its international obligations to the Palestinian people", the Speaker of the Assembly of the nation of Wales, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, says he will refuse to…
An article recently published on the BBC's website told of a recent controversy regarding a Dunkin' Donuts online commercial in which an American celebrity chef appeared wearing something that resembled…
The United Nations Human Rights Council, charged with addressing human rights abuses around the world, has been accused by US government officials of “bashing” Israel, because the body has accused…
With Senator Hillary Clinton resigning from the US Presidential race, the Democratic nomination will almost certainly go to Senator Barack Obama. Obama gave a speech this week that raised a…
The three major candidates for the US Presidency all voiced their overwhelming support for the state of Israel this week, at the annual conference of the American Israel Political Action…
Just as the Democratic Party was securing its nominee during their South Dakota and Montana primaries last night, Isreali Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was giving a speech to more than…
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, deplored on Wednesday an Israeli plan to construct new settlement housing units in the occupied east Jerusalem, which the UN’s resolutions consider an ‘occupied…
Last month’s launch of J Street marks the culmination of a two-decades-old evolution within the pro-Israel community in the US. J Street, which defines itself as “the political arm of…
A U.S State Department official told on Monday the Israeli online Daily ‘Jerusalem Post’ that the Israeli blockade of Gaza, where Hamas holds a sway, has helped strengthen Hamas instead…
The White House and the United Nations expressed on Monday concern over the Israeli plan to build 844 new homes for Israeli settlers in the occupied East Jerusalem. Dana Perino,…
The University and College Union (UCU), the largest trade union and professional for professors and lecturers in the United Kingdom, voted overwhelmingly this week to support a motion that calls…
At least 200 Jews, including peace and human rights activistis, writers and artists and others, representing themselves and a number of groups and organizations from a number of countries around…
Former U.S President Jimmy Carter, described the EU’s position towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ‘ supine’, urging the EU to break up with the U.S and lift the embargo on Gaza.…
The Former US president Jimmy Carter has broken the silence about Israel’s nuclear power and told reporters at a literary festival in UK on Sunday that Israeli has an arsenal…
Hamas’s exiled top leader, Khaled Mash’al, reiterated his ruling party’s determination to break up the ongoing Israeli blockade on Gaza, warning of what he termed ‘inactive’ international community’s role towards…
U.S. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama made an appearance at a Florida synagogue Thursday in an effort to get support from Jewish voters. Speaking at the the "B'Nai Torah" synagogue in…
Paris asserted yesterday that it stance towards Hamas has not changed and that reported contacts with Hamas were done by a former French diplomat and had nothing to do with…
Palestinian media sources reported on Monday that an official delegation from the ruling Hamas movement in Gaza has arrived in the Egyptian capital to meet Egyptian officials regarding the proposed…
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, issued a press release calling on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud…
Monqith Abu Roomy, head of the media office of Asrana (Our Detainees) center, which defends the rights of Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, voiced an appeal to the US President,…
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, said yesterday that it is unacceptable that the problem of Palestinian refugees remain unsolved. During an inauguration ceremony of photo exhibition, marking the 60th…
The White House said on Wednesday the during his second visit to the region this year, which is expected to start next week, the U.S President Bush will try to…
Paris has proposed installing an international peace-keeping force in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Sunday. Ac cording to the JP, Israeli Prime Minister, Fransou’ Filoun,…
If four Israeli children, ranging from one year old to six years old, were killed by a Palestinian bombing, it would likely make the front page of most major US…
Members of the Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East called on Israel to freeze all of its settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon…
A group of 100 famous academics, authors, actors and public figures of the Jewish population in The United Kingdom signed a letter stating that they will be boycotting the Israeli…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, reiterated yesterday that Washington would keep up sidelining the Islamist Hamas party in Gaza, wondering of what she considered ‘negotiating with a group that…
The United Nations voiced yesterday grave concern over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip in the shadow of strict Israeli blockade and deadly Israeli army attacks. Mr. Ban…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that his talks with the US President, George Bush, and US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, have failed in achieving any positive results.Abbas stated that…
Egyptian security sources reported on Friday that Egyptian authorities sent hundreds of policemen to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to enforce security and to prevent the Palestinians…
Representatives of some Western countries walked out of a session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday after a speech which was delivered by the deputy of the Libyan representive,…
Calling all community radio broadcasters: You are invited to join an international collaboration and historic radio opportunity. We would like to confirm your station’s participation on Thursday, May 15th. This…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Wednesday with King Abdulla II of Jordan in Washington and discussed with him the outcome of his meeting with the US President George W.…
The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that officials of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will inform the Congress that Syria and North Korea have secret relations, and that the…
Five years after the Israeli army shot and killed James Miller, a British Cameraman, Israel decided to compensate his family under a deal in which the family would drop its…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, said that Hamas should prove its willingness towards peace by taking some necessary steps. Rice told reporters in the Bahrini capital of Manama, following…
The Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) decided on Friday to grant Palestine full membership in the Union as of next October, Palestine News Agency (WAFA) reported.The decision came…
At their annual national convention, delegates of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)representing 50,000 workers across Canada, voted overwhelmigly in favor of resolution 338/339. The resolution commits the union…
On Sunday, there were no US flags and lots of Israeli flags in a "street fair" dubbed "Ben Yehuda, Jerusalem Street fair" in Teaneck, NJ. I came a bit early…
On Friday Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, slammed ex-US president Jimmy Carter for planning to meet Hamas official during his imminant visit to the region. A press release was…
Sources at the Norwegian government stated on Friday that the Israeli Nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu, filed a second appeal to the Norwegian government to grant him political asylum. The sources…
A mural commemorating the Sixtieth anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre and the Palestinian Nakba was on Friday unveiled in the predominantly Nationalist area of the Falls Road, located in…
A senior Palestinian official announced on Tuesday that a trilateral summit attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, US President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in addition to…
Javier Solana, EU high commissioner on Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that reaching a resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict before the end of 2008 is still possible, indicating that…
Israeli sources reported that Israel and the United States decided to boycott the Durban II Anti-Racism conference which will be conducted in early 2009. The Israeli and US decision was…
Israel second only to Iran in negative image worldwide, according to the results of a BBC poll released Wednesday. 54% of those polled viewed Iran negatively, and 52% viewed Israel…
Israeli daily Newspaper, Maariv, reported on Tuesday that The Israeli Foreign Ministry decided to prevent Professor Richard Black, a high profile Jewish leader at the United Nations, from becoming the…
Nayef Hawatmeh, Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirmed on Tuesday that the truce with Israel should be a simultaneous, total and comprehensive one in…
The daily Arab newspaper of al Hayat based in London reported on Tuesday that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Cairo on Wednesday.The Palestinian president is expected to take…
On Sunday a new Jewish leftist movement which opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine was formed in Canada. The movement calls itself the Jewish Canadian Coalition, and officially announced that…
U.S Secretary of States, Condoleezza Rice, said Sunday that the U.S would observe implementation on the ground of Israel’s pledge to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement across the West Bank.…
Khalid Masha’al, head of the Hamas’ political bureau, had called on Friday the Arab leaders and their representatives for the Arab summit that will convene on Saturday in Syria to…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting on Thursday with King Abdullah of Jordan, in Amman, and renewed his rejection of withdrawing or modifying the Arab peace initiative which he…
US Vice-President Dick Cheney expressed the hope that a "viable, democratic and peaceful Palestinian state be born soon" and criticized Palestinian homemade shell fire in to Israeli areas. Cheney was…
Talks between the Hamas and Fatah delegations over the Yemeni initiative had resumed on Saturday in the Yemeni capital of San'a.A'zam al Ahmad, head of the Fatah bloc in the…
The Central Council of Jews in Germany intends to file a law suit against Google based on claims of "citing racist anti-Jewish ideas." This action was a result of a…
Protests were held throughout the United States on Saturday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and calling for an end to the dual occupations of…
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon , called on Israel to halt its disproportionate and excessive use of force against the Palestinians people. The statement of the UN Chief came during a…
Death hovered over Gaza long before locally-made Palestinian rockets struck near the Israeli southern town of Sderot on February 27, killing Roni Yechiah and sparking an Israeli ‘retaliation’ that has…
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs debated how to deal with the Hamas movement with regard to the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Hamas has been accused of…
Javier Solana High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the European Union, stated on Monday evening that if Israeli continues to built settlements it would not…
France slammed on Monday the ongoing Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and considered settlement activities as obstacles that are limiting the ability to create a viable Palestinian…
Paris was the scene of massive nonviolent protests on Saturday against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and against the visit of Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, to the country…
The Security Council held an urgent session following an attack against a Yeshiva in Jerusalem where eight Israelis were killed and thirty others were injured, including three who suffered serious…
U.S secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, stated on Wednesday in Jerusalem that Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are likely to meet on Thursday after they were halted when Israeli initiated its…
US president, George Bush, stated on Tuesday that he is still “optimistic that Israel and the Palestinians will achieve a peace deal” before he leaves office in ten months, despite…
Condoleezza Rice, the U.S Secretary of State, arrived at Egypt’s capital Cairo, on first stop during her visit to Middle East.Rice is expected to arrive in Israeli on Tuesday afternoon.…
The White house announced on Friday that that U.S President Bush has completed preparations to send 150 Million USD in aid, as a matter of urgency to Palestinian President Mahmoud…
The U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated that she ‘had concerns’ over the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, due to the recurring deaths of Palestinian civilians…
Members of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Union met on Wednesday with the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Ashraf Al Ajrami, and Fadwa Ibrahim, of the Free Marwan Barghouthi…
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah movement accused their rivals Hamas of providing aid to Al Qaeda to establish a base of operations in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.…
The BBC reported on Wednesday that the Jordanian police arrested five men, believed to be spies for the Palestinian Hamas movement. According to BBC arabic.com, the five were taking photos…
EU Parliament Vice President, Luisa Morgantini, called on the Palestinian National Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad to hold an independent and serious inquiry into the death…