Settlers destroy a Palestinian home in Hebron
Settlers in Hebron struck a Palestinian wall building with big hammers, causing the roof to collapse. Israeli police arrested two of the attackers.  The settlers also threw stones, eggs and…
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Settlers in Hebron struck a Palestinian wall building with big hammers, causing the roof to collapse. Israeli police arrested two of the attackers.  The settlers also threw stones, eggs and…
Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian child was injured near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of Hebron after a settler rammed her with his car. A medical source at Al-Ahli…
Tuesday evening, Israeli soldier fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at dozens of residents participating in a funeral ceremony in the village of Bodrus, near Ramallah.. A local source…
A Palestinian woman from the village of Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem , managed to uncover spy equipment installed on a tree in front of a…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking an agreement with Palestinian political factions that allows him to pursue his diplomatic offense, offering opposition groups political partnership in exchange to a year-long…
Palestinian and Israeli officials said that the Israeli army has officially handed the security control over Jericho area to the Palestinian Authority. General Ahmad Eid said that the two parties…
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei slammed Tuesday Israel for continuing to dictate “facts on groundâ€Â, saying that Israel is endangering the entire peace process. Qurei described the current times as…
As leaders of various Palestinian factions entered the meeting room, sources close to the Cairo meeting reported that Egypt has proposed a year long truce, but Hamas is only welling…
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Hussein Al-Sheikh said that he managed to visit a number of detainees in Kfar Aztion detention, especially young detainees, who informed him that Israeli…
Israeli official source said Tuesday that the conflict with the Palestinian Authority over its intentions to release PFLP leader Ahmed Sa’adat will not delay the handover of Jericho. The official…
Since 1993 almost every Israeli negotiator laid on the table a proposal to evacuate the Gaza Strip as the concession Israel is welling to provide in exchange for a political…
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday, the Palestinian Factions will announce a cease-fire this week after the meeting to be held in Cairo. Speaking to the Israeli TV…
Israeli deputy Prime Minister Ehud Ulmert said Monday that Maalee Adumim settlement is an integral part of Israel, affirming that it will be included on the Israeli side of the…
Israeli soldiers arrested Monday two West Bank settlers suspected of opening fire in the Palestinian village of Akid, west of the settlement of Ariel. Local source in the Palestinian village…
According to the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask Palestinian factions to “realistically†look at the right of return of refugees, considering that “not all Palestinian exiles…
Monday at noon, a resident of Nablus died of wounds sustained during the Israeli army invasion of the city in December 2002. Dr. Ziad Saleem, specialist in plastic surgery in Rafidia…
The Palestinian-Israeli committee discussing the issue of Palestinian detainees is slated to meet on Monday evening to discuss the release of Palestinian detainees held before 1994 “regardless of Israeli categories…
The Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef is to meet with the Israeli Minister of defense Shaul Mofaz on Monday in an effort to advance negotiations over the handover of…
Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al-Harbawi, said that prison administration in Telmond detention for women stepped up punishment procedures against female detainees. Al-Harbawi reported that during her last visit to…
Construction on Settlements outposts in some locations in the West Bank continues despite the latest report by attorney Talia Sasson on government involvement in building and funding ‘unauthorized’ outposts, Israeli…
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest of Israeli and Palestinians women in the village of Bal’in, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. As dozens of…
 Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest for Israeli and Palestinians women in the village of Bal’in, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. As dozens…
As election campaign for the Student Council in Hebron university heated, Hundreds of student supporters of Hamas clashed Saturday with supporters of Fatah, one day prior to balloting day. Eyewitnesses…
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron, south of the West Bank, reported that five farmers from the village of Yatta were severely bruised after a group of extremist settlers attacked…
According to Arabs48 electronic news site, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon intends to propose to his ministers, in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting, moving the activities of the ‘settlement section’ of…
Thousands of unemployed Palestinians stormed the Palestinian parliamentary building in Gaza on Saturday, smashing windows and clashing with police, eyewitnesses reported. About 2,500 unemployed Palestinians, who had previously worked in…
Israel soldiers arrested four Palestinians in the village of Baka al-Sharkiyeh in the northern West Bank before dawn Sunday, Israel Radio reported. Israeli army source claimed that the four arrested…
Israeli army continued to impose a curfew on the old city of Hebron for the sixth consecutive day. Soldiers have also restricted the mobility of Palestinians in adjacent city neighborhoods.…
The Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) confirmed Saturday that it will participate in the slated for July Palestinian legislative elections. The Palestinian Authority has welcomed Hamas’s decision. Following lengthy and heated…
Israeli soldiers attacked Friday participants in a wedding ceremony in the village of Budrus, northwest of Jerusalem, and arrested a 22-years-old man. As soldiers left the village, young residents took…
The joint Palestinian-Israeli committee on prisoners’ issues is slated to meet on Monday at the Tel Aviv office of the Israeli Minister of Justice, Tzipi Livni. Dani Naveh, Gideon Ezra and…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Saturday that is has decided to participate in the upcoming Palestinian Parliamentary election in July 2005. Hamas, which is a main Palestinian faction,…
At the age of 23, Rachel Corrie was full of life. At the age of 23, she was a senior in college ignited by a passion for justice. At the…
I cannot help but feel the contradictions that flow from the Isreali and US demands that Syrian pull its troops out of Lebanon. Indeed, I feel they reveal their own…
An American and a Soviet soldier meet in Berlin in 1945 and get into an argument about which of their countries is more democratic. ‘Why,’ the American said, ‘I can…
PFLP Gaza leader Jamil Majdalawi said Saturday that Israel agreed to allow him and DFLP delegates to leave to Cairo to join the Palestinian factions’ truce talks. the Israeli decision…
Mahmoud Zahhar, a prominent Hamas leader, said that temporary cease fire will not become permanent until Israeli accepts our list of demands, espcially the release of all prisoners. Zahhar vowed that if…
Islamic Jihad organized a demonstration in Gaza , Friday afternoon, affirming its choice to continue the resistance and its rejection to the “American and Israeli attempts to control the Middle Eastâ€Â Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hindi,…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that 22 Jordanian detainees in Israeli prisons started an open ended hunger strike on March, 3, 2005, in protest to the bad conditions they face…
Lawyer of the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society Hanan Al-Khateeb, visited several detainees in Hadarim detention, and submitted the following report. Detainee Khalil Baraq’a, from Bethlehem told Al-Khateeb…
Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrated against the construction of the separation wall in the village of Bel’en near Jerusalem. The demonstrators stood in front of the bulldozers not allowing them to…
“Palestine, land and nation, one undivided unitâ€Â; the Palestinian Al-Awda center in London, in cooperation with the Palestinian Media Union, and the Palestinians in Exile Committee are slated to hold…
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israel will allow four exiled Palestinian to immediately return to the West Bank. Abdul Fattah Hamayel, responsible for the ‘Wanted and Deportees’ file, said that…
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israeli Authorities will allow four Palestinian deportees to immediately return to the West Bank. Abdul Fattah Hamayel, responsible for the ‘Wanted and Deportees’ file,…
A group of extremist settlers of Halmesh, north of Ramallah, attempted to annex several farmlands owned by residents of the villages of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham. Hussein Ali Tameemy, a…
Farid Al-Jallad, Palestinian Minister of Justice, reported on Friday that the Palestinian Authority will implement the executions against convicted inmates who collaborated with the Israeli security. Al-Jallad defended his stand, saying that…
Armed gunmen stormed into, and forced an end to a meeting of 1200 Fatah movement representatives, representing all the West Bank movement’ regions, signaling that the ‘Young’, ‘old’ guards crisis…
Five municipalities of West Bank settlements transferred approximately NIS 12 million to the budget of the Council of Jewish Settlements (Yesha Council), which were used for the anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli…
Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents in the village of Baqa Al-Sharqiyya, north of Tulkarem, after invading it and conducting military searches of homes; another resident was arrested in Saida, north…
Israeli authorities barred Adel Abu Ni’ma from leaving the country, and refused to provide him with a travel permit in order to participate in a conference Rome ; the authorities…
The Mandela Institute for Human Rights released a report revealing that the number of Palestinian and Arabs detainees in Israeli prisons exceeded 7000. IMEMC & Agencies, March 10, 2005, 01:14…
Rabis, Jewish figures and activists from the United States are expected in Israel in the coming weeks to “express support†for settlers of the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the…
Abdul-Fattah Hamayel head of the deportees and wanted fighters committee said that the Palestinian-Israeli meeting on Wednesday evening arrived to an agreement ensuring the safety of the wanted resistance fighters…
Sami Abu Zuhri, the media spokesperson of Hamas, denied that all Palestinian factions agreed on cease fire. Abu Zuhri told the Qatar based Al-Jazeera TV that “Hamas did not reach…
Former Israeli Minster of Housing Effi Itam, stated on Wednesday that building unauthorized outposts in the West Bank was an organized policy in the Ministry of Housing even prior to…
Israeli soldiers demolished a home in Al-Nazla Al-Wista, north of Tulkarem, Thursday at dawn, killing a 25-eyar-old Palestinian. Abdul-Latif Hussein Abu Khalil was in his house when an Israeli force…
The Islamic jihad movement slammed the results of the Abbas-Mofaz saying that the meeting “did not fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinian peopleâ€Â. Khaled Al-Batsh, a leader of the Islamic…
More than 20 Palestinian gunmen burst into a large gathering of the Fatah party on Thursday, ordering people out of the building and firing shots into the air. Roughly 1,200…
Download MP3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/3983.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of March 4th to March 10th, 2005. Talks…
PA general security head Haj Ismael told reporters as he angrily left the second meeting with Israeli army officers that “apparently Israel is not willing to handover Auja village or…
Several dozen female settlers from the West Bank blocked a main road in the Gaza Strip and clashed Wednesday afternoon with police officers and Israel army soldiers. Settlers, who were…
The Palestinian Information Center released a report on Israeli violations of the truce agreement between February 28 and March 7, 2005, 452 violations were reported, including 68 shooting incidents, causing the death of…
Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday that the Palestinian National security advisor, Jibreel Rajoub, said that the Palestinian armed group decided to cease “all attacks within the Israeli pre-1967 borders. “The…
We were in a van about 100 meters down the road from our destination of At-Tuwani, and it had only been half and hour since we had left Jerusalem this…
Israeli and Palestinian Authority security officials were meeting for a second round of talks on the transfer of the West Bank town of Jericho on Wednesday evening, but second round…
Tuesday after noon, dozens of residents protested in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah, against the expropriation of lands for the construction of the annexation wall. Israeli soldiers fired…
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers lifted the curfew which was imposed over the old city of Hebron on Monday morning, while several military units conducted military searches of homes forcing the…
After few weeks, during which Israel halted coordination with the Palestinian Authority and has frozen the implementation of the Sharm’s summit understandings, Israel-PA coordination is back on track. The embargo…
Raed Mahameed, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, visited several detainees in Gilboa detention center. Mahameed reported harsh conditions and serious violations of prisoners’ rights. Mahameed reported that Israeli…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likely to announce Wednesday that he will implement the principles of the Sasson Report, which calls for the dismantling of unauthorized settlers’ outposts.  Israeli…
As women celebrate the International Women Day on March 8, the Palestinian woman celebrates this day on her own way, enduring tremendous pain and sufferings. Many Palestinian women were killed…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Tuesday Israel of undermining peace efforts by dragging its feet over promises to free prisoners and pull back from West Bank cities. His comments followed…
, 08 March, 2005 With the U.S. administration throwing around the word ‘terrorist’ so loosely, using it to refer to virtually anyone who disagrees with their line, it should be…
Mohammad Al-Hourani, a young Fatah leader said Monday that young gaurds resignations aimed at shaking up the movement.  Al-Hourani stated that young leaders, who submitted their resignations to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…
Head of the Palestinian Police in the West Bank, General Haj Ismail, said that the Israeli army will redeploy in Tulkarem area and hand the security responsibility over to the…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the Weekly American Time magazine that U.S. President George Bush has no right to interfere in Palestinian issues, such as the refugees’ right to return…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz will meet this week in an attempt to push forward talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. The meeting will…
Detainees in Bir Shiva detention appealed the International Community to interfere and stop the continuous violations conducted against them in detention. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fawwaz Shalloudi, met…
In the flurry of interviews conducted following the successful popular defeat of the pro Syrian government in Lebanon, opposition leader Walid Jumblatt spoke about Arab nationalism. He said that the…
Many years ago, I read a book called “The Quiet American†by Graham Greene. Its central character is a high-minded, naive young American operative in Vietnam. He has no idea…
Palestinian security sources reported Sunday that unknown gunmen shot dead Sunday a Palestinian taxi driver Ahmed Tarifi, 30, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on suspicious of collaborating with…
The London-based Sunday Times newspaper reported that Israel handed the United States an audio tape that ‘proves’ that the Damascus-based Islamic Jihad General Secretary Ramadan Shalah personally okayed launching the…
Palestinian police force operated Saturday inside the village of Dora near the West bank city of Hebron, searched homes and found and confiscated weapons, including hand grenades. A Palestinian security…
Israel intends to release some Jordanian prisoners ahead of Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s visit to Amman scheduled for the end of the month. Sources in Jerusalem said Saturday that…
Undercover border policemen suddenly popped up among anti-wall demonstrators in three occasions during last weeks daily protests in the village of Beit Surik in the Jerusalem region; a tactic aims…
April 2002 the Israeli army invaded Bethlehem and surrounded the Church of Nativity for 40 consecutive days, trapping dozens of resistance fighters at the Church. After extensive negotiations and intervention…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to meet with the U.S. President George W. Bush later in March, Palestinian official source said on Saturday. ‘The visit will take place in the…
While it is very encouraging to see the U.S.-led world recruited behind a just cause, calling an immediate, full and ‘unconditional’ pullout of Syrian troops and intelligence from Lebanon, the…
Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, internationals and Israeli peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the Israeli soldiers during a procession against the seperation wall, west of Dir Ballout, south…
Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Minister of civil affairs, responsible of the withdrawal file, said that the Palestinian Ministry of Planning has finalized the regional plan needed for the period following the Israeli…
With the U.S. administration throwing around the word 'terrorist' so loosely, using it to refer to virtually anyone who disagrees with their line, it is not surprising that the term…
Palestinian sources welcomed on Thursday the new changes in the diplomatic departments and Palestinian representatives, the new Palestinian foreign affairs Nasser Al Kidweh is planning to carry out. Changes in…
Wednesday afternoon, dozens of residents were injured in Beit Sorik, North West of Jerusalem after soldiers fired at anti-wall protesters. A local source in Beit Sorik reported that soldiers fired…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon likely has shed more tears on late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat than any other world or regional leader. Suddenly, he lost the main element that…
In response to the resignation of 32 Fatah young leaders, the movement central committee member Hani Al-Hasan said Friday evening that their move aimed at creating a coalition ahead of…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas urged Egypt, on Thursday, to help the P.A maintains truce with Israel, and asked Mubarak to personally oversee the adherence of the Palestinians and Israelis to…
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it intends to annex 10677 Dunams of Palestinian family farmlands in the villages of Al-Sammoua’, Yatta, and Al-Thaheriyya “near the southern West Bank…
A senior Israeli Military source stated that the army expects the Palestinian Authority to replace its senior level of the security service in the West Bank, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported…
Thursday at dawn, a car bomb and other explosive charges detonated near Israeli military jeeps operating in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp. The military…
The following is an interview with Brian Avery, an American ISM activist shot in the face by the Israeli Occupation Forces in Jenin in April, 2003. When he was shot,…