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Orthodox Union warns its members that the film might cause “innerof the Christ†for being anti-Semite IMEMC Staff, February 26, 2004 17:56 Orthodox Union warns its members that the film…
city, the head quarter of the Palestinian Authority, broke into 14IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 25, 2004 In a further and serious escalation, army invaded Wednesday Ramallah city, the head…
soldiers and Palestinians clashed in major towns and cities, as massWarrick Page to IMEMC, February 24, 2004 Dozens of people were injured in Bethlehem yesterday as Israeli soldiers and Palestinians…
speech in Washington that Israel has no moral claim to the West bankIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 Labor Party Chairman and opposition leader Shimon Peres said in a…
officials decided Sunday to increase military operations in the GazaIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 In the wake of Jerusalem bombing, top Israeli political and security officials decided Sunday…
a few days ago and met senior Egyptian officials, likely to hearIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 Israeli sources reported that Mossad chief Meir Dagan visited Egypt a few…
with a large military force Sunday in the late hours of Sunday. TheIMEMC & Agenecies, February 23, 2004 The Israeli army has invade the village of Husan, near Bethlehem with…
Ariel Sharon spoke in private conversations in the last few days ofIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 22, 2004 According to Israeli News paper Haaretz, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke…
settlement blocs will remain under Israeli rule.Ariel Sharon’s plan to disengage from the Palestinians will extend to the West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip, affirming that major settlement…
Likud Conference will convene March 30th.IMEMC & Agencies, February 21, 2004 Israeli Internal Security Minister Tsahi Hanegbi confirmed that the Likud Conference will convene March 30th. Internal Likud party sources…
of Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem and raided several houses in thePeter Leander, IMEMC, February 20, 2004 In the early hours of Friday morning, Israeli army invaded the town of…
Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon met Thursday morning with the 3Envoys IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 20, 2004 Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon met Thursday morning with the 3 American…
plan to the three senior American Envoys, this morning. IsraeliIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 19, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to present his disengagement plan to the three…
Administration not to endorse or support Israeli Prime MinisterIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 15, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called upon the US Administration not to endorse or support…
destruction in every spot. Soldiers conducted a wide militaryIMEMC & Agencies, February 11, 2004 The army withdrew from Gaza before noon leaving scenes of destruction in every spot. Soldiers conducted…
assassination of Aziz Shami, a leader in Alqudus Brigades, theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 8, 2004 Mohammed Al-Hindi, a prominent Islamic Jihad leader, called the assassination of Aziz Shami, a…
office chief has begun to prepare for a national referendum onIMEMC & Agencies, February 7, 2004 Israeli Radio reported Saturday that Dov Weisglass, PM Sharon’s office chief has begun to…
Minister Sharon for the second time, on Thursday, that there isIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 6, 2004 8:34 Senior Israeli police officers believe that after questioning Prime Minister Sharon for…
considered the evacuation as running away from Gaza and a “victoryIMEMC & Agencies, February 6, 2004 9:10 The extreme right wing severely slammed Sharon’s withdrawal plan and considered the evacuation…
sypport, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that heIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 6, 2004 In a move that is viewed as reflecting worries rather than signaling sypport,…
An official source in the Israeli Prime minister Office said that as the previous U.S. administration had agreed that major settlement blocks would be included within Israel as part of…
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office in West Jerusalem to questionIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 5, 2004 Police investigators will arrive early Thursday morning at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office…
interview with Haaretz, declared his intentions to remove all JewishGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 4, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon created uproar as he, in an interview with Haaretz, declared his…
Haaretz columnist Yoel Marcus that he gave the orders to plan forIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 3, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday in an interview with Haaretz…
Israeli soldiers were wounded during an invasion into Aida refugeIMEMC & Agencies, February 2, 2004 One Hamas’s operative was killed, while five Palestinians and four Israeli soldiers were wounded during…
and 12 arrested during army operations in Palestinian areas onIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 2, 2004 Five Palestinians were killed, 22 wounded – including 7 children – and 12 arrested…
again in less than 24 hours of pulling out. Local sources reportedIMEMC & Agencies, February 1, 2004 Before dawn on Saturday, more than 50 soldiers raided Bethlehem again in less…
and the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 3 Palestinians were killed, nineIMEMC & Agencies, January 31, 2004 8:33 As a result of army operations in the various areas of the West…
security officers to abandon their positions at all check postsIMEMC & Agencies, January 30, 2004 Before Dawn Friday Israeli Army officers ordered Palestinian security officers to abandon their positions at…
bulldozers crossed the Tancher route and penetrated about aIMEMC & Agencies, January 29, 2004 Wednesday, at around 4:30 A.M. soldiers accompanied by armor and bulldozers crossed the Tancher route and…
Wednesday in Gaza. Two of them were killed near Netzarim SettlementGeorge Rishmawi & Agencies, January 28, 2004 Israeli Army Radio reported that 8 Palestinians were killed Wednesday in Gaza. Two…
Israel Air Force fighter planes struck at targets in southernterritory IMEMC & Agencies, January 21, 2004 Israel Air Force fighter planes struck at targets in southern Lebanon early Tuesday evening.…
Tom Hurndall, a British Peace Activists died last night in Londonsustained for 8 months. IMEMC Staff, January 14, 2004 9:39 Tom Hurndall, a British Peace Activists died last night in…
spoke two days ago in a press conference saying that Israel neverIMEMC & Agencies, January 13, 2004 Once again, Sharon throws another statement to the press when he spoke two…
suspected of shooting the British peace activists Tom Hurndall inIMEMC Staff & Agencies Israeli Military Police arrested and questioned the soldier suspected of shooting the British peace activists Tom Hurndall…
300 demonstrators gathered late Saturday opposite the DefenseMasha IMEMC Staff & Agencies 300 demonstrators gathered late Saturday opposite the Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv, to protest the shooting of…
to take actions that would make it harder to create a PalestinianIMEMC Staff & Agencies, December 13, 2003 U.S. president George Bush warned Friday Israel to ‘be mindful’ not to…
for various periods without being trialed, were brought Thursday toIMEMC Staff & Agencies, December 5, 2003 12 residents of the West Bank, who were administratively detained for various periods without…
on Thursday, Palestinians, saying ‘you do not have unlimited time,IMEMC & Agencies, November 28, 2003 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened, in a news conference on Thursday, Palestinians, saying ‘you…
Monday, finalized the guide lines of the party’s political plan toIMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 26, 2003 Labor party political council, in its meeting in Tel Aviv, on Monday, finalized…
of unilateral steps is a political maneuver to escape obligationsIMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 25, 2003 Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said a Monday that Sharon’s hint of unilateral steps is…
Ahmed al-Mushkah, 27, from Jenin, Alla Hassuna, 28, from Nablus andReservation IMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 24, 2003 Ahmed al-Mushkah, 27, from Jenin, Alla Hassuna, 28, from Nablus and Samer…
Army source said Saturday that a Palestinian, claimed to be armed, was shot dead near the security fence in the Gaza Strip. Army said that an army patrol found the…
Channel 2 TV report, which stated that Sharon plans to evacuate aIMEMC & Agencies, November 22, 2003 Israeli Prime Minister Office down played the significance of the Channel 2 TV…
by demanding accurate information over the ammunition used in theIMEMC & Agencies, November 21, 2003 MK Yossi Sarid created uproar in the security and political circles by demanding accurate information…
Ariel Sharon is putting together a package of ‘positive unilateralIMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 21, 2003 An Israeli Prime Minister Office source confirmed Thursday that PM Ariel Sharon is putting…
A senior source close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon saidFire IMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 19, 2003 A senior source close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday…
Yaakov Perry, who headed the agency during 1987-1993, told IsraeliClashes with Settlers’ IMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 15, 2003 Yaakov Perry, who headed the agency during 1987-1993, told Israeli news…
Mohammed Idris, 26, who had been held at Eretz military check postIMEMC Staff & Agencies, November 12, 2003 Army unit transferred Monday evening the administrative detainee Mohammed Idris, 26, who…
operating inside the town of Burqeen, near the West bank city ofIMEMC Satff & agencies Palestinian sources reported Saturday afternoon that troops operating inside the town of Burqeen, near the…
Amjad Abeidi, a senior Islamic Jihad leader.IMEMC & Agencies,November 8, 2003 Troops operating in the West bank city of Jenin wounded and captured Amjad Abeidi, a senior Islamic Jihad leader.…
According to a local source, the luckiest among the driver suffered from an hour delay and residents in the close by neighborhood provided water for the passengers sitting inside the…
Ariel Sharon said Thursday that Israel was prepared to negotiateIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 31, 2003 Speaking at an economic forum in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said…
Defense minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuseday that Hezbollah might beIMEMC & Agencies, October 28, 2003 During a visit to Nitzarim settlement in th Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense minister Shaul Mofaz…
The spokesman of the British Embassy in Israel said Monday that theBritish Peace Activist IMEMC & Agencies, October 28, 2003 The spokesman of the British Embassy in Israel said Monday…
Dove Weisglass, Director of PM Bureau, to investigate the intentionsIMEMC & Agencies, October 26, 2003 Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon formed a delegation, headed by Dove Weisglass, Director of PM…
were injured Friday evening when Israeli soldiers drove into theIMEMC Special, October 25, 2003 17:23 Two young Palestinian boys and two international peace activists were injured Friday evening when Israeli…
4:20 am the exterior fence of Netzarim settlement in the Gaza StripIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 24, 2003 According to a military source, two resistance men crossed Friday 4:20 am…
Israeli settlers in Hebron, attacked residents of the old city ofwednesday IMEMC & Agencies October 23, 2003 Israeli settlers in Hebron, attacked residents of the old city of Hebron using…
and the neighboring towns of Albeirah and Birzeit. SoldiersIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 22, 2003 More than 40 army vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah and the neighboring…
“He looked nervous, sounded angry, and lacked self confidence†thisOpportunities IMEMC & Agencies, October 21, 2003 “He looked nervous, sounded angry, and lacked self confidence†this is how Knesset Member…
Sharon described the attacks as ‘part of the war against terrorism’,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 20, 2003 While Ra’anan Gissin, an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described the…
Two Hamas operatives and women were killed and 16 others wounded, asRafah IMEMC Staff & Agencies 12:10 Two Hamas operatives and women were killed and 16 others wounded, as soldiers…
would lose ground in many of the large and medium size cities in theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 17, 2003 Surveys conducted by both Labor and Likud parties show that…
army central command, Major General Moshe Kaplinsky signed an orderIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 15, 2003 In what appears to be a larger scale measure, the commander of the army…
into Rafah refugee camp. Army source described the incursion asIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 14, 2003 Dozens of Tanks, ABCs, and military Jeeps re-incurred Monday evening into Rafah refugee camp.…
Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, but added that aIMEMC Staff, October 12, 2003 Army source reported that troops pulled Sunday before dawn out from Rafah refugee camp…
the second day and according to military sources, is expected toIMEMC & Agencies, October 11, 2003 Military operation in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip continued for the second day…
final stage of formulating a final status agreement to theAnalysis- Ghassan Andoni, October 11, 2003 Israeli left leaders and Palestinian Authority officials are in the final stage of formulating a…
Three Rafah residents, including 12-years-old child were killed, atGaza Ghassan Andoni & Agencies, October 10, 2003 10:07 Three Rafah residents, including 12-years-old child were killed, at least 12 others were…
vehicles with WB license plates to travel on West bank roads that isIMEMC Staff, October 9, 2003 Israel a 4 days total closure of all West Bank areas, prohibiting vehicles…
warned that if Syria “fails to grasp the message conveyed, it willIMEMC Staff, October 7, 2003 Israel declared a state of high alert on the northern borders and warned that…
Following the Haifa bombing, and based on orders from IsraeliDemolition. Ali Samoudi & Staff, IMEMC, October 5, 2003 Following the Haifa bombing, and based on orders from Israeli Defense Minister…
A group of Israeli writers and thinkers joined the Israeli Yesh GvolOfficials IMEMC & Agencies, September 30, 2003 A group of Israeli writers and thinkers joined the Israeli Yesh Gvol…
Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. A full closureIMEMC Staff, September 29, 2003 Israeli security forces lifted Monday morning the closure imposed on Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. A…
Thursday it would discuss next week a letter signed by 27 reserveIMEMC & Agencies, September 26, 2003 The Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said Thursday it would discuss…
Arafat. The crisis around Arafat is expected to be discussed inIMEMC & Agencies, September 26, 2003 9:04 Israel promised to consult with the US before taking action against Arafat. The…
According to a Palestinian source, Israeli troops entered BureijSoldiers Wounded IMEMC & Agencies, September 25, 2003 According to a Palestinian source, Israeli troops entered Bureij refugee camp on Thursday in…
center of the West Bank city of Qalqyliah. Palestinian sourcesAbdul Hafiz, IMEMC, September 25, 2003 On Wednesday, Israeli troops broke into the UNRWA hospital in the center of the West…
head of the IAF Major General Dan Halutz declaring that they refuseIMEMC & Agencies, September 25, 2003 A group of 27 Israeli reserve duty pilots have sent a letter to…
Likud officials said Monday that they do not think that ArielInvitation to Labor to Join Government IMEMC & Agencies, September 23, 2003 13:02 Likud officials said Monday that they do…
(Shinui party) to re-debate the security cabinet decision and saidIMEMC & Agencies, September 22, 2003 Sharon rejected the request of his Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui party) to re-debate the…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon exchanged flattering commentsMounts up IMEMC & Agencies, September 22, 2003 19:43 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon exchanged flattering comments with Shimon Peres during Peres’ 80th…
square in Tel Aviv, marking the first step of what Peace NowIMEMC & Agencies, September 21, 2003 Around 6000 Israeli protesters gathered Saturday night at Rabin square in Tel Aviv,…
Jenin for the second day today. Soldiers searched homes andIMEMC & Agencies, September 20, 2003 9:18 Israeli troops continued operations inside the West Bank city of Jenin for the second…
A group of reserve pilots in the Israeli air force are planning toOrders IMEMC, September 19, 2003 A group of reserve pilots in the Israeli air force are planning to…
The Israeli forces assassinated one of Al-Qassam brigade’sPalestinian killed in an invasion South of the Strip Agencies & IMEMC, September 18, 2003 17:06 The Israeli forces assassinated one of Al-Qassam…
An Israeli senior military source said Wednesday that a move againstIf IMEMC Staff, September 18, 2003 An Israeli senior military source said Wednesday that a move against Arafat is “a…
killed in a clash between Palestinians and Israeli military andMo’ath Shreideh, IMEMC, September 17, 2003 Early Wednesday morning an Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades activist was killed in a clash between Palestinians…
open-ended cease-fire, saying that it failed in the past and thatIMEMC Staff & Agencies, September 16, 2003 Israeli officials dismissed a PA proposal Monday for a mutual, open-ended cease-fire, saying…
wing of Islamic Jihad was killed Monday morning by Israeli missilesIMEMC Staff, September 16, 2003 Majed Abu Doush, a Saraya Al-Quds field commander in the military wing of Islamic Jihad…
Qalandiah military checkpoint, near Atarot airport at the northern Israeli troops shot dead Sunday evening a Palestinian child at Qalandiah military checkpoint, near Atarot airport at the northern edge of…
Sunday that “killing Arafat is definitely one of the options.’IMEMC & Agencies, September 15, 2003 10:21 Ehud Olmert, Deputy of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that “killing Arafat…
form Al-Yasmeeneh area, suburb of Nablus city, wanted by the IsraeliMo’ath Shreideh, IMEMC, September 15, 2003 Special Israeli forces arrested Sunday afternoon Bashar Tabila (37), form Al-Yasmeeneh area, suburb of…
city, north of the West Bank, and imposed a very strict curfew. AAbdul Hafez, IMEMC, September 15, 2003 in the early hours of today, Monday, Israeli forces invaded Qalqilia city,…
the West bank city of Jenin, searched homes, and arrested 3Ali Samoudi – IMEMC Israeli troops surrounded Saturday evening the village of Jaba near the West bank city of Jenin,…
ground Sunday early morning hours 7 Palestinian homes and damaged 7IMEMC & Agencies Israeli army bulldozers, accompanied with tanks and APCs leveled to ground Sunday early morning hours 7 Palestinian…
its threats to exile Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, claimingIMEMC & Agencies Israel rejected Saturday a UN security council warning not implement its threats to exile Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, claiming…
Sharon and the decision of his security government to expelSpecial IMEMC, September 13, 2003 Israeli Labor MK lashed Friday at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the decision of his…
Fathi Mahmoud Al-Bulbul, 82 years old, from the old city of Nablus,old city Mo’ath Shreideh, IMEMC, September 13, 2003 17:40 Fathi Mahmoud Al-Bulbul, 82 years old, from the old city…