International Middle East Media Center
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that two British lawmakers accused the British government of covering-up a secret deal under which the UK helped Israel in launching its nuclear program in…
The Lebanon based Hezbollah Party held Israel responsible for the explosion which took place in the vehicle of one of its leaders east of Beirut, on Friday at night; the…
Syrian News Agency SANA reported that Damascus denied media reports which claimed that it is holding secret talks with Israel. “These reports are part of rumors created by Israel in…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Friday that several Palestinian residents filed a civil suit against the former Israeli Shin Bet security service Chief, Avi Dichter in the US Federal…
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Thursday that the Palestinian national Authority (P.A) signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Norwegian government and the European Union to support the…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI, granted him a Palestinian Passport, and invited him to visit Jerusalem and the Holy sites in Palestine. Abbas informed…
Palestinian Finance Minister, Salam Fayyad, said on Friday that he asked his counterparts from the richest countries in the world for immediate financial aid to help the P.A run the…
On Wednesday, The Palestinian Political factions issued a statement calling the release of four International Peace activists kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Iraq few days ago. The four victims…
The Japanese Jiji Press reported on Wednesday that the Japanese Prime Minister, Koizumi Junichiro, intends to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in January 2006, in an attempt to hold…
Residents of Al Ghagar village, which situated on the border between Lebanon and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, which Israel occupied since 1967, said that they intend to contact the…
Israel announced on Thursday evening that it would agree to Lebanon’s request and return the bodies of three Hezbollah fighters who were killed by the Israeli army on Monday. The…
The Consulate of the United Kingdom in Israel, complied a report, in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry, slamming Israel for its settlement constructions in east Jerusalem, and accusing Israel of…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Israeli Air Force planes dropped thousands of leaflets over the Lebanese capital of Beirut, and its suburbs, denouncing Hezbollah party which is based in…
Israeli war-jets shelled, Tuesday afternoon, several targets in Al Adeesa town, in the south of Lebanon. The shelling came only a few hours after the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz,…
Eleven Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured, and four fighters were killed, on Monday afternoon, during a gun battle between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli soldiers in Mount Dov area. Israeli artillery…
A Palestinian source reported, on Saturday afternoon, that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazin], received an official invitation to visit the Vatican, and meet Pope Benedict XVI. The source…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, met for the second time in Tunisia and held a second round of talks. The meeting took place at…
US Senator Hillary Clinton said that she supports the Separation Wall Israel is constructing in the occupied West Bank, and accused the Palestinian National Authority of not implementing enough efforts…
Condoleezza Rice, U.S Secretary of State said on Monday that Palestinian-Israeli agreement on Gaza Crossings is “in sight”. Rice delayed her departure on Monday, apparently hoping to achieve a deal…
Media sources reported that Iraq’s Al-Qaeda group has claimed responsibility for the blasts in three Jordanian hotels on Wednesday night. Latest reports said that 57 were killed and up to…
The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz said in its online edition that scores of Israelis were evacuated from the Hotels in Amman hours before the explosions. ‘A number of Israelis staying on…
Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip next week, to officially invite Palestinian factions to a series of talks in Cairo on calm. Palestinian…
Israel and Hezbollah renewed the second stage negotiations secretly to conclude a new deal on the missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reported on Tuesday. Similar…
King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit the West Bank on Wednesday, in an unexpected trip, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said on Tuesday.  ‘King Abdullah II will be…
Officials of the European confirmed on Monday that the Union plans to declare the launch of a three-year mission to help the Palestinian Authority build a credible police force. “This…
The European Union is to announce on Monday a plan in which it will launch a three-year campaign to train Palestinians rebuild the police force, EU official source said on…
From “Predator of the Free Press” to “Best in the Middle East.” In three years Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a full turn in its judgement of Israeli freedom…
An Israeli and a Palestinian female youth were awarded the King Hussein Prize for promoting peace, during a ceremony held in New York on Tuesday. The prize, which is an…
The U.S. administration demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on the Islamic Jihad movement, in the wake of the latest attacks and counter attacks in the region,…
In a motion led by the United States, the Committee for the Middle East Peace Process known as ‘The Quartet’ called on Syria to expel the Islamic Jihad movement from…
The United States will not be helping any winner of the Palestinian legislative elections that will be held in January, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday. ‘You asked…
An Israeli source reported on Monday that the Israeli Defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz, is slated to visit Cairo on Wednesday, to meet the Egyptian President, Hosny Mubarak. Mofaz will also…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, visited the Egyptian President, Hosney Mubarak, on Monday and briefed him on his talks with the American President, and asked for the Egyptian support in the…
American President George W. Bush is expected to pressure Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on their Thursday meeting, in order to end the attacks carried out by resistance groups against Israeli…
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday that it made it clear for Israel that settlement construction between Jerusalem and Maali Adumim settlement contradicts with the American policy.…
An Israeli source reported on Tuesday that the Greek police and the Interpol are searching for an Israeli man who went missing last week after heading to Greece for a…
A group of Evangelical Christians from around the world have donated about $40,000 to Jewish settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip settlements, a spokesman said Monday. David Parsons, spokesman of…
A prominent source in Holland reported on Monday, that Israeli soldiers barred Dutch delegates, from entering the Palestinian territories, and arrested a member of the team. The delegates, headed by…
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that David Welch, assistant of the US secretary of state, will arrive in the region on Monday to meet with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas…
The World Bank said that it supports building a passage which links between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in a form of a sunken road, but Sharon said…
An Egyptian source reported on Thursday that Egypt started constructing a new crossing which links its borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip, south of Rafah. The source stated that…
The European Union offered to aid the Palestinian Authority if the peace process advances; the aid is intended to rebuild the Gaza Strip after Israel withdrew from the area. European…
Deputy Jordanian Prime Minister, Marwan Muasher, stated on Monday that King Abdullah of Jordan, has postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, and set no new date for…
Physicians For Human Rights organization (PHR) demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release all o the Palestinian detainees from in Israeli detention facilities as a good will gesture.…
The UN Commission of Human Rights (UNCHR) held Israel responsible for the death of 33 newborn babies, after soldiers banned the mothers, while laboring, from crossing military roadblocks on their…
A senior U.S official said on Wednesday that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will visit Washington October 20, 2005, in order to meet with the US President George W. Bush.…
John Dugard, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, reported that Israel is conducting…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Saturday the King Abdullah of Jordan will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in the coming days. According to Haaretz, Jordanian media reports quoted…
The Arab member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are seeking to get Israel condemned as a threat to the Middle East peace for having nuclear weapons, Reuters…
The European Union announced that it intends to increase its aid provided to the Palestinians in order to rebuild their economical facilities in the Gaza Strip. E.U Foreign relations Commissioner,…
The International Press Center reported that the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, phoned on Monday evening, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which the later briefed her on the…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is heading on Tuesday to the New York to attend meetings with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and to declare…
Marwan Mu’asher, Jordan’s deputy prime minister, said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a big prison if Israel does not open all crossing points and bars the…
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it wants to return to Lebanon the body of Hezbollah fighter killed two months ago on the northern border. The International Red…
Egyptian officials in Cairo denied reports that the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak is planning to visit Israel, saying that he does not plan to leave Egypt until the end of…
The United Arab Emirates officially denied reports published by the Israeli media concerning opening an Israeli diplomatic mission in Dubai, and confirmed its commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative which…
The Israeli and Swiss soccer teams and the spectators were shocked to see several peace activists running into the soccer field carrying slogans in support of the Palestinians during a…
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israel opened recently a secret diplomatic trade mission in Dubai in the Arabic Gulf, which operates in accordance of preconditions set by the authorities…
Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that intensive secret talks are ongoing between Jordan and Israel, to prepare for an expected visit of King Abdullah of Jordan, to Israel. High…
Chief of Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman, is to arrive in Gaza on Monday for discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and leaders of Palestinian factions over the Israeli withdrawal from the Rafah…
An Israeli police source reported that a Katyusha rocket was fired at the Israeli city of Eilat, while another blast apparently from rockets hit Aqaba port in Jordan, near a…
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Israel will be expected to carry out further withdrawals that would ultimately lead to an independent Palestinian state, Israeli sources…
An Israeli military court sentenced an Israeli Army soldier to eight years in jail after being found guilty of manslaughter for killing the British peace activist Tom Hurndall, Israeli sources reported on…
The Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip and the four West Bank settlements is not an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land; an Arab senior diplomat was…
Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Mousa said that there are no new Arab initiatives for peace in the Middle East other than the one presented in Beirut, Palestine…
Amr Mousa, Secretary General of the Arab League, said on Monday that the peace initiative that was approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in March 2002 and officially confirmed…
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced that it will begin its process of ‘progressive engagement’ – a process that could ultimately lead to divestment – with five companies it says contribute…
Dr. Ghassan Hamadan, head of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Medical Relief, said that the Spanish authorities detained him for more than eight hours at the Madrid Airport without…
At least 65 people were killed in a series of powerful explosions that rocked the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik early Saturday, Egypt’s interior minister said. There…
Israel denied access to a group of 130 international human rights and peace activists of the Caravan for Justice in Palestine, who tried to access the country, coming from Jordan,…
Blasts at Underground stations and on a bus caused panic in London last night just two weeks after fatal attacks that claimed the lives of 56 people and wounded hundreds.…
An informed Israeli source reported on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected an American proposal that he meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the visit of the…
Ahmad Abu al-Gheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, strongly criticized Israeli officials who appose the upcoming Israeli-Egyptian agreement to deploy Egyptian forces along the borders of the Gaza Strip. Israel and…
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday that the situation in the Middle East was one of the essential causes of Thursday’s London bombings. ‘The solution cannot only be security…
The General Assembly of the United Church of Christ, (UCC) decided in it 25 convention to selectively divest from companies involved with Israel’s occupation of the west bank and Gaza,…
In their summit, the G8 leaders approved $3 billion in aide to the Palestinian Authority to support the economy over the next three years. The plan was submitted to the…
Head of the metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, said in the wake of the London bombing that it will be very difficult now to determine the death toll, but it…
At least 2 people have been killed in a series of explosions that rocked the British capitol of London on Thursday morning, a ccording to the BBC news website. Blasts occurred between Aldgate…
The Anglican Consultative Council, A leading body for Anglican Christians, unanimously passed a resolution to put pressure on firms that support Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Meeting in the central…
The Quartet called Thursday Israel to allow Palestinians freedom of movement in the territories prior to the disengagement from Gaza, Israel Radio reported. ‘Israel must take immediate steps to ensure…
Thursday morning, American diplomats were allowed to drive in West Bank areas after the US State Department changed its warning, but the officials were warned of violent settlers. The diplomats…
U.S. diplomats visit the Gaza Strip breaking 18-month-boycott following the killing of three U.S. gecurity Guards in October 2003 by a roadside bomb near the Erez military crossing. USAID donated…
In his meeting with the Israeli vice Premier, Shimon Peres on Sunday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said if the disengagement plan is not back up by progress toward …
The United States is putting together a $3 billion international aid package for the Gaza Strip after Israeli withdrawal, according to a Friday’ New York Times report. The U.S. hopes…
U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz that the U.S. expects Israel to make more goodwill gestures toward the Palestinians in the coming days. During…
Israeli sources reported U.S. security of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in the country early Saturday. The source said that Rice is en-route to Ramallah as she is scheduled to…
In a move described as a political-strategic turnaround with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union decided to renew low-level talks with Hamas, Israeli sources reported. The EU has…
Israel must transfer control over the Rafah crossing to the Palestinian Authority, and allow regular passage of people and goods between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, a position…
The US Congressional House International Relations Committee, on June 8, approved a bill that calls for specific reforms at the United Nations. Congress demanded the United Nations General Assembly to…
Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said on Monday that Israel was dragging its feet in handing over three West Bank cities to Palestinian security control, as agreed in a Palestinian-Israeli…
Primary results for the Parliament elections in Lebanon show that the coalition of Hezbollah and The Shiite Amal movement, swept most of the seats in the southern Lebanon area.  …
American officials expressed concerns over Hamas’ electoral rise in the Palestinian areas saying this poses a dilemma in defining ‘terrorists.’ Hinting that U.S. funding will be affected if Hamas wins…
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to visit Israel as well as the Palestinian areas around June 18, almost two months ahead of the intended pullout from Gaza Strip…
The Israeli Ynet news website published documents which showed that the US government estimated that Israel was misleading it and acting to acquire nuclear armaments. The documents show that the…
Israeli military sources were quoted as saying that Syria has test-fired Scud missiles last Friday, the New York Times reported. The military source also claimed one of the missiles broke…
In a two-day meeting opening, European Union foreign ministers and their counterparts from Arab countries and Israel debated political and economic cooperation between Europe and the Middle East. Observer described…
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file indictments against two former senior American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) staffers – Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman. According to sources in…
According to Israeli media sources, U.S. President George Bush told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that if the Palestinian Authority (PA) disarms Palestinian resistance groups, he would pressure Israel to dismantle…
Canada pledged, on Saturday, $9.7M aid to the P.A which to be used in housing projects, scholarships for Palestinian women living in Lebanon, and to improve the situation in the…