Category: Regions

Now, the court ruled, Palestinians happy, Israelis angry, Europeans welcomed, U.S brushed aside, so, what comes next? Facts: The ruling is not binding. Any UN General Assembly resolution that can…

Palestinian Medical sources at the ‘Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital (formerly Al-Shifa) in Gaza city that four Palestinians have been killed and one seriously injured on Saturday afternoon as Israeli Air Force…

Arab Envoys to the United Nations said Friday that Palestinians will ask the United Nations General Assembly next week to adopt a resolution affirming the International Court of Justice ruling…

After the International Court of Justice ruled at The Hague, that the West Bank Separation wall Israel is building, the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, Israel will continue building…

Dr. Azmi Bishra, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset and his comrades suspended their seven-day hunger strike on Friday after the International Court of Justice ruled that the Separation wall…

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday that turning the wall issue to the International Court of Justice was inappropriate, and that the court ruling was not binding. While…

The main obstacle that blocks the way towards a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israel conflict is the huge gap that exists between justice and reality. The Friday ICJ ruling and…

Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Friday that Israel will not compile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation fence, ICJ will in few…

Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Friday that Israel will not compile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation fence, ICJ will in few…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invites Labor Leader Shimon Peres for Coalition Talks; National Religious Party might Pullout; Labor MK Amir Pertz objects joining the government; Likud Minister Uzi Landau…

A public opinion poll, conducted by Haifa University, revealed a worrying growth of extremisms and acceptance of political violence among Israelis, especially among new immigrants. 11.1% of the Jewish population…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed an appeal Wednesday, through its lawyer, Abeer Baker, to the Israeli Prisons department and the government’s legal advisor, demanding…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Hanan Al-Khatib, a lawyer at the Palestinian Prisoner society, visited a number of female detainees in Al-Ramla detention camp, which includes 45 female detainees, who told…

As the International Court of Justice’s ruling is being read at The Hague now, the judges unanimously, rejected claims that it has no jurisdiction to rule on the wall issue.…

According to a document obtained by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, The International Court of Justice ruling would state: ”the court is not convinced that the specific course Israel has chosen for…

An Israeli military source reported that Five Israeli soldiers, among them two colonels, were wounded Thursday in clashes with Palestinian resistance in Gaza Strip during an Israeli military operation in…

Islamic Jihad spokesperson Khader Habib revealed Wednesday that resistance leaders and Palestinian Authority officials are discussing halting Qassam’s firing into Israeli areas, confirming that Resistance groups will submit their final…

The Tel Aviv District court is expected to rule on the detained US peace activist on Thursday. It is unclear yet whether the court headed by Judge Oded Modrik will…

Israeli Shin Bet Director Avi Dichter told Yesha Council settlers leaders in a Wednesday meeting that the agency has no concrete warnings of extreme right-wing intentions to attack political or…

Upon request from Shinui leader Yousif Lapid, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday night that he will fire Infrastructure Minister Yosef Paritzky. This request came after Israeli TV channel…

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei said at the end of his meeting with Israeli Health Minister Dani Naveh on Wednesday that he would be happy if provided with…

The Prisoners’ Support Society in Majd Al-Kroom said that it received information from Shatta detention camp during the past two days, and through the lawyer of the society, that soldiers…

Translated by George Rishmawi-IMEMC Abu Mazin: Things would have been different, had Sharon suggested the Disengagement Plan to us earlier The former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) held…

ArabYnet online news site reported a Palestinian official source saying that Egypt called for an International conference with the participation of Quartet to discuss the preparations for the Israeli withdrawal…

Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres said Wednesday that Labor wants to see the Israeli right carry out the disengagement plan by itself. Peres comments came after the Israeli High Court…

Fatah Movement denied Haretz report, which claimed that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called off the movement internal elections in the Gaza Strip because his supporters were losing. Sakher Besaso, member…

American peace activist Anne-Robinson-Peter who has been detained for 14 days at Ben Gurion airport, appeared Tuesday before Judge Oded Mudrik at Tel Aviv District Court. Robinson-Peter was charged with…

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday in Washington that the American administration was disappointed by the rate at which settlers’ unauthorized outposts had been removed, demanding Israel to…

Clashes erupted Wednesday morning, between the Political detainees and the administration in Gilboa detention camp, twenty injuries were reported. Meanwhile, the Prisoners Supporters Society said that the administration banned its…

In reaction to the warnings by the Israeli Security service, Minister of Justice, Yousef Lapid on Wednesday cautioned that itch for investigating extremist threats must not affect the right to…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said there will be no further talks on any topic as long as the Middle East Quartet keeps its unclear position on the West…

Palestinian sources reported that two Israeli air to ground missiles hit a car in Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses reported that the three passengers in the car managed to…

Palestinian sources reported that Isam Mhameed 30, from Qalqilia, an operative of the Aqsa Brigades was killed in Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses…

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei said Tuesday that he has no power to pressure Israel on Nuclear issues. ElBaradei arrived Tuesday in Israel for a…

Two Palestinians, Dr. Khaled Saleh of the A-Najah University in Nablus, his son Mohammed were killed Tuesday early morning hours as Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at a four…

The Israeli High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday ordering army to halt work on the section of the separation wall near the West Bank villages of Dir…

Army shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis late on Monday after an Israeli was wounded by a Qasam rocket fired at the…

Palestinian sources reported that the Egyptian government has officially informed the Palestinian factions of delaying the inter-Palestinian dialogue which was scheduled for the beginning of the month, till the second…

Top Israeli military officials continue to criticize the decision made by the High Court of Justice in Israel concerning the West Bank separation wall. The State’s General Attorny Menachem Mazuz…

Despite Palestinian Presidnet Yasser Araft’s objections over the participation of security personnel in elections, Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip is proceeding with its internal elections that began on May…

Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Tuesday called on rabbis and Jewish public leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to use their influence to prevent violent outbreaks. Katsav expressed…

Israeli troops assassinated Khaled Suleiman Al-Hawi, 23 years old, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs brigades in Jenin, wounded three others and arrested one of them. Al-Hawi, and the other three…

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei arrives in Israel Tuesday as a guest of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). In a two days visit,…

The Israeli government survived Monday 6 no-confidence motion; the one presented by One Nation Party on policies that harms local religious council employees was a neck to neck vote; 56…

Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Palestinian detainees in Israel detention camps tell horrible stories of violations and assaults they are subjected to in Israeli detention camps, above all, what makes…

Egyptian President Advisor Osama El-Baz said Sunday that Egypt would only help implement the disengagement plan if Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declares that the plan is part of the…

Palestinian sources said to Palestinian were killed in Al-Barazil neighborhood in Rafah southern Gaza Strip and six others were injured in Jabalia and Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp north of the Strip…

The open ended hunger strike declared by the Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara enters its third day in the protest tent set up near Al-Ram area north of…

More than 200 residents of Az Zawiya village, joined by 10 international supporters, confronted a phalanx of army jeeps and hummers today, as they tried to reach the land near…

According to a public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 80% of Palestinians backed Cairo’s demand for merging Palestinian security devices under an empowered…

Rabbi Daniel Shilo, spokesman of the Committee of Yesha Rabbis of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, said Monday that ‘irregular responses’ are expected when settlers are sent by the…

In a rare move, Israeli Military Police last week arrested a sergeant in the paratroopers Brigade on suspicion that he abused Palestinians when he commanded the Hawara checkpoint near the…

The German mediator of the prisoners’ exchange between Israel and Hezbollah, Ernst Urlau, decided on a month freeze of activities in protest against numerous leaks to the media. United Arab…

Israeli Prime minister told Sunday his cabinet members that he was sure that the High Court would reconsider its Separation wall ruling if no alternatives to the current rout are…

The U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski formerly in charge of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told BBC Radio on Saturday she has evidence Israelis were involved in…

Arab MK Azmi Bisharah (Democratic National Coalition) started Saturday an open ended hunger strike to protest the construction of the separation wall in Jerusalem area. Bishara, who sat in a…

Head of Israeli Shin Bet warned Sunday Israeli cabinet ministers that Right-wing activists are becoming more and more extreme. Dichter told the ministers that right-wing extremists recently attacked an army…

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades publicly executed an informer and collaborator with the Israeli Intelligence Service ‘Shabak’ from Tubas village near Jenin. The brigades confirmed that Mohammad Abdul Raziq 45, confessed that…

Palestinian Jerusalemites started a new hunt for flats to live and a resettle again in Jerusalem, after army started to encircle Jerusalem with the Separation wall which will disconnect them…

The persistent decision by the Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to go through with his plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip dictates that a second look at the concept of…

Translated and edited by George Rishmawi-IMEMC Between 7 am – 8 am is the time when the ‘Iron Gate’ in the separation wall, an entrance to five villages south of…

Several detainees in Bir Shiva detention, said Friday that they are facing hard conditions and cruel treatments by the soldiers, in addition to other humiliating measures taken against them. The…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Friday in Washington that Israel would not accept a World Court ruling on the legality of the West Bank separation wall, calling the U.S.…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday ordered the defense ministry to reroute the 30-kilometer stretch of the separation wall and examine whether other parts of the wall. The wall stretch…

Israeli army killed three Palestinians in Rafah, Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on Friday. On the other hand, a Palestinian medical source said Yasser Al-Arja 27,…

Even the Israeli high court considered the already built wall sections northwest and southeast of Jerusalem as illegal demanding a reroute. The court ruling was based on the grave living…

Army claimed to have killed eight Palestinians and wounded 21 in two military operations in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday. According to an army source, soldiers sat up Thursday…

A report by Palestine News Network details some of the events of the past week, in which Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians; 16 of them were unarmed civilians, including two…

U.S. official sources said today that the U.S. administration opposes an initiative to hold presidential elections in Palestine suggested for January 2005. Having said so, Washington adopts the Israeli position…

Oppressed nations are usually trapped into thinking that the world is a justice-driven one and define their goals accordingly. The more the developed countries talk about democracy, human rights, and…

The Israeli Foreign Minister Slivan Shalom is to meet the U.S. national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington on Friday. Shalom is expected to…

Israeli army demolished Thursday two homes in Jericho and destroyed a wall which encircles a mosque in the city. WAFA news agency said that soldiers detonated the homes of Abdul-Maseeh…

Israel handed Tuesday a list of 28 unauthorized West Bank settler outposts to the U.S. U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, after a six-week delay. The handover of the list came a…

Even the Israeli high court considered the already built wall sections northwest and southeast of Jerusalem as illegal demanding a reroute. The court ruling was based on the grave living…

Local sources reported that the U.S. citizen Anne Robinson-Peter has been held in Ben-Gurion airport detention center for the past week, on claims of posing ‘a security risk to Israel’.…

The Israeli High Court of Justice Thursday barred temporarily the completion of construction work on the West Bank separation wall section south of Jerusalem, near Har Homa settlement. The temporary…

One of the three Aqsa Brigades operatives who survived the army operation in the old city of Nablus, in which five of the most wanted leaders of the brigades together…

The head of the Palestinian Intelligence service Amin Al-Hindi saidfollowing the pullout George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004, 10:35 The head of the Palestinian Intelligence service Amin Al-Hindi said…

met Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah compound onIMEMC Staff & Agencies, Despite Israeli objections, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier met Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah compound…

town of Beit Hanoun with tanks and tore up roads.IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004 Army encircled Wednesday early morning hours the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun with…

Tuesday against giving away Israeli land, saying ‘It should be knownIMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004 The rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem Avigdor Neventzal warned Tuesday against giving…

AP reported that New Zealand slammed Israel’s destruction ofPalestinian homeless George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004 AP reported that New Zealand slammed Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes in the…

Wednesday to make changes on 30 Kilometers of the route of the WestGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004 In the wake of the Israeli High Court of Justice’s decision…

complete taking over the area from which Qasam rockets were firedIMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday that troops will complete taking over the…

As Israel is assembling troops at the Gaza Strip borders, apparently preparing for a wide scale invasion of the northern parts of the Palestinian Strip, the debate over Israeli Prime…

Government, accused the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ofGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004 Dr. Nabil Sah’ath, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Government, accused the Israeli Prime…

will stay in Gaza Strip as long as needed.George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004, 16:54 The Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday that Army will stay in…

no-confidence motions in its Monday session.George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004 Israeli sources reported Tuesday that the Knesset reject three no-confidence motions in its Monday session. The three motions…

afternoon on the three petitions against the decision to close theIMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004 Israeli High Court of justices will hold a hearing on Tuesday afternoon on the…

Amjad Al-Najjar, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society office inSaed Shiokhy, PNN Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC, June 2004 Amjad Al-Najjar, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society office in Hebron,…

An Interview with Hassan Khareishah, the head of the PLC’ committee, which investigated the Egyptian Cement Scandal, and the head of the PLC’ monitoring committee. Translated and Summarized by: Ghassan…

            Palestinian Sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and             eight injured in as the Israeli forces in Neve Dikalim military base             opened fire at the residential area in…

Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Al-Fawwar means a fountain with strong water flooding out, that’s why the refugee camp was named Al-Fawwar, the 720 Dunums which is the size of…

In Deir Qadis, North of Ramallah, and in the Village of Faqqua’,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 28, 2004 In the village of Qaffin, North of the West Bank city of…

no-confidence motions in its coming session Monday.IMEMC & Agencies, June 28, 2004, 12:16 Israeli sources said, the Knesset will discuss and debate over three no-confidence motions in its coming session…

the construction of some sections of the West Bank Separation wallGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 28, 2004 The Israeli high court decided Monday, to renew an order that halts the…

Israeli sources reported that two Israelis were killed and fewTwo Israelis killed in Sderot by Qassam Rockets IMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 28, 2004 Israeli sources reported that two Israelis…

Palestinian Sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and1 Soldier Killed, 5 Wounded George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 28, 2004 Palestinian Sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and eight…

             In the village of Qaffin, North of the West Bank city of Tulkarem,             In Deir Qadis, North of Ramallah, and in the Village of Faqqua’,             near Jenin…

                                  Israeli sources said, the Knesset will discuss and debate over three             no-confidence motions in its coming session Monday.             The first motion, submitted by the Labor is…