Category: Palestine

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday evening that settlers attacked two Palestinian villages near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and Tulkarem, and burnt two fields in the…

In a move seen as provocative, Israeli settlers entered two Palestinian villages on Thursday and refused to leave when ordered to do so by Israeli army, Israel media sources reported.…

As a sign of growing concerns by the Fatah the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority over the electoral gains made by the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, Fatah leaders insist…

Lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Fawwaz al-Shalloudi, and Hussein al-Sheikh visited the Negev and Atzion detentions, and met with several detainees who informed them of harsh treatments and conditions…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the Israeli army arrested 800 Palestinians since the Sharm al-Sheikh understandings in February 2005. The society stated that the army did not halt its…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will retaliate to any Israeli invasions or attacks against Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip. Mosheer al-Masry, Hamas’ media spokesperson said that…

Palestinian and Arab detainees in Israeli prisons appealed the Egyptian government and president Hosny Mobarak to pressure Israel in order to implement the Sharm al-Sheikh understandings. A statement released by…

Palestinian residents appealed the Israeli High Court to allow them entry to their own lands located behind the Wall surrounding Jerusalem, and to reveal the list of properties considered by…

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Palestinians are planning to mark Israel’s Independence Day, which coincides with Nakbe day, by sounding a siren throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip as an expression of mourning. Palestinians…

In memoriam of the 57th anniversary of the Nakbe ‘cataclysm’ the Society for Defending the rights of refugees is holding a procession of ‘return to Housha and Al-Kasayer’ villages, in…

A study conducted by American journalist Alison Weir on three American TV networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, said these networks are biased in reporting on the Middle East conflict, particularly…

In spite of continuous efforts by several institutions, detainee Ammar Riziq al-Masry, 38, from Nablus, is till unfound, after he was arrested by the Israeli army while he was heading…

Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian Authority filed a complain to the World Health Organization (WHO) claiming that Israel uses harmful scanning equipment on one of its borders, where most…

The Ministry of Detainees and Liberated reported that the number of Palestinian and Arab detainees in Israeli prisons arrived to 8814, facing harsh living conditions and repeated violations. The ministry…

There is something terribly powerful about personal experiences. No matter how much one reads, hears and talks about a situation, the direct connection is often much more potent. I would…

Abdul Fattah Hamayel, chair of the deportees and wanted Palestinians said the Palestinian Authority absorbed 200 Palestinians claimed to be wanted by the Israeli security forces in the West Bank…

Palestinian Ministry of Local Government reported that the Israeli Authorities informed dozens of residents of Bethlehem and Hebron of intentions to grab lands in order to use them for military…

The Israeli army said Tuesday it would impose a full curfew on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from the early hours of this morning until Saturday night. Israel…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas questioned Tuesday Israel’s belief in democracy after Israeli foreign minister suggested that Israel reconsider the pullout from the Gaza Strip if Hamas wins in Palestinian parliamentary…

Settlers, who have relatives buried in the cemetery of the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim proposed to keep the cemetery in place and provide them with a free passage…

{mosimage}“If you want to pass through the checkpoint, you will have to dance for us”, an Israeli soldier told a Palestinian child who was trying to cross a gate of…

Israeli authorities informed Dir Estia village council, near Salfit, of intentions to annex 14 Dunams of family farmlands which belongs to residents of the village. Dr. Nafeth Mansour, head of…

Dozens of Palestinian farmers clashed with Israeli soldiers and guards of the ‘Separation Wall’; who attacked woman identified as Siham Yousef Abu Aker, 30. Siham was nine months pregnant and…

An exchange of fire erupted in the northern West Bank city of Jenin between fighters from the al-Aqsa brigades (a Palestinian armed resistance group) and the Palestinian Police following a…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Tokyo on Sunday for talks on the Middle East peace process, Japan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Abbas will hold discussions with Japanese Prime…

The demand by the US Congress to divert $50 million of President George W. Bush’s $200-million pledge of aid to the Palestinian Authority for Israeli checkpoints is something like requiring…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society stated that detainee Ahmad Lutfi Dharaghmeh, 34, developed serious infections after sustaining fractions in his left hand during interrogation; boney fractions mixed with his skin causing…

The car stopped for a moment. An elderly lady pushed her head out of the window and shouted; ‘Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves? Today is Holocaust Day, and you are…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa stated on Monday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is going to meet with Presidents of some Latin American countries in Brazil. Arriving from…

An imprisoned Hamas candidate from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, won mayoral elections, his deputy will take position in city hall. Wajeeh Qawais, a member of Hamas, has…

Download MP3 (6.30 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (6:52 min) This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, April 29…

Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Doura, south of Hebron and conducted military searches of homes; five residents were injured during clashes which erupted in the village.…

In a move to strip PLO foreign minister Farouq Qadoumi of authority over PLO representatives in foreign countries, the PLO executive committee decided Friday to delegate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Fatah-ffiliated prisoners from the West bank city of Qalqylia called Fatah’s city committee to resign over poor show up in local elections in which Hamas won the 15 council seats.…

Palestinian officials are calling restrictions placed on the spending of $200 million aid , approved by the US House of Representatives on Thursday, a ‘huge slap in the face,’. The…

Islamic Jihad operatives kidnapped and then executed over the weekend a Palestinian who was suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces, claiming helped in tracking down the movement’s armed cell…

The route of the West Bank separation wall is a clear violation of international law and must be moved to inside Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said that the case of the detainees in Israeli prisons is the core in any negotiations with the Israeli side. After conducting a visit…

Eight people were wounded Friday night in the southern Gaza strip city of Rafah in clashes between supporters of Fatah and Hamas over claimed irregularities in the second stage of…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that it was necessary to hold a meeting with Israeli Minister Ariel Sharon to push forward the peace process. ‘We need a meeting to…

After the Israeli army decided to install electronic equipment on the gate of the Separation wall in Azzoun, near Qalqilia, crossing through the gate became of the daily difficult tasks…

As the second stage of local elections concluded, dispute between Hamas and Fatah is rising over who won more of the different councils. In the West Bank, while Hamas claimed…

Both Fatah and Hamas have claimed victory in the second round of local elections, which took place on Thursday. According to the most recently known results, Fatah won 54% of…

After 38 years of patience and pain, Mohammad Ahmad Fayyad from Jenin refugee camp left this world without seeing his sons, until he uttered his last breath, Fayyad kept asking…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested three residents during a protest against the Separation Wall in the village of Bilien, near the West bank city of Ramallah. A local source in…

On Friday, the forum of rabbis of the Gush Katif Gaza Strip settlement bloc took a large step closer to coming to terms with pullout plan. For the first time,…

A local source in the village of al-Sammoa’ near Hebron reported that military bulldozers uprooted farmlands located between al-Radeem, Ghwein al-Tihta, and Ghwein al-Foqa areas south of Hebron. Army bulldozed…

Salah Ed-deen brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees declared responsibility for firing two homemade shells at Sderot. The brigades said that the shells were fired in retaliation of…

In a Jerusalem press conference, Israeli leftist groups who took part in the Belein village demonstration on April 28, presented a video that shows undercover soldiers throwing stones from the…

There is no doubt that Israeli cabinet approval of turning Ariel settlement’ College into a university will be a springboard for the development of nearby unauthorized settlers’ outposts, which Israel…

Soldiers fired at and seriously wounded wednesday child Ahmad Salah 14, from Al-Kahder village near the west bank city of Bethlehem, because he refused to collaborate and lead soldiers to…

Recent news arriving from balloting stations show that the ruling Fatah movement gained a narrower edge over Hamas in local elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday,…

Abdul-Fatah Yousef Raddad, 22, from the village of Saida, north of Tulkarem, died in al-Ramleh detention hospital, north of Tel Aviv. Raddad was injured on Monday after the Israeli army…

Residents of al-Nu’man village, east of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem, said that military bulldozers resumed the construction of the last section of the Separation Wall, near the village after it…

Resident’s Rights Society appealed to the Legal Councilor of Prison Authorities in Israel to allow the female detainees to conduct the Tawjihi exam. Following the appeal, the councilor ordered prison…

The Palestinian Authority is proceding in its plan to disarm the resistance groups to outdate Israeli pretext used to delay the handover of Palestinian cities to the PA. Chief of…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated the PA’s rejection to the idea of a provisional state, Palestinian sources reported. Speaking at a meeting with some prominent Palestinian figures, Abbas affirmed his…

Thursday morning, Yair Naveh, Central Command Chief of the Israeli army, suspended the officer who was in command in Beit Liqya, near Ramallah, when soldiers shot killed two Palestinian children…

Around 400600 Palestinians will vote in the second stage of the local government elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in which 2519 candidates compete for 906 seats,…

Detainees in Ansar 3 detention in the Negev desert complained of bad health conditions, delays in visitations and rapidly increasing number of mice and snakes as summer approaches rising the…

Wednesday at night, a Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed two children near the village of Beit Liqya, west of the northern West Bank…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Hasan al-Sheikh, reported that detainee Mohammad Ali Rashaida, lost his ability to speak after being tortured and punched on his head and ears. Al-Sheikh…

Wednesday morning, Israeli activists of the Anarchist movement tied themselves to olive trees in Bel’in village in an attempt to stop military bulldozers from uprooting trees for the purpose of building the separation…

Media reports tend to compare the moves made by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Here is an envisioned dialogue between both.  Sharon: Hey Abu Mazen,…

A report conducted and published by the International Solidarity Institution for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinian, including three children in April and arrested more than 200…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday will hold a national referendum on any final status agreement with Israel. He also criticized Israel for applying pressure on him to confront resistance…

Speaking at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Tuesday that his government is making 100 per cent efforts to maintain law and…

Six months after Boaz Albert, the deputy chief of security at Yitzhar settlement, shot to death Palestinian teen Salman al-Safdie, police believe the have made a case of manslaughter, if…

Israeli military court sentenced Tuesday an army officer to do four moths of “military work” for taking part in the killing of a 3-years-old Palestinian child. The incident took place…

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headline050305_fsrnready.mp3 Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestinian Authority will not tolerate any violations to the cease fire. He added that the Palestinian Authority will act persistently against any group,…

  An extremist settlers group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Hebron attacked a group of residents in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, and hurled stones and empty bottles at dozens…

The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) approved, during a Monday evening meeting, an amendment to the legislative election bill, which calls for running parliamentary elections on the…

Israeli Police arrested Tuesday morning three West Bank settlers on suspicions of planning to block highways with burning vehicles in protest against the disengagement plan. According to a police source,…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres told the Israeli Radio on Tuesday morning that he rejects leveling settlers’ homes in the settlements slated for evacuation in the Gaza Strip. Peres said…

The Palestinian Authority released on Monday three Hamas operatives, who were arrested Monday on suspicions of attempting to launch Qassam shells at Israeli targets in the Northern Gaza Strip. The…

Khader Khateeb, a leader of the Islamic Jihad, said that the truce reached with Israeli is about to collapse as a result of the continuous military operations and invasions in…

In a surprising development, the government of Israel informed Settler representatives on Monday night that it intends to meet almost all their demands concerning relocation to Nitzanim dunes. Israeli Justice…

Palestinian Authority bulldozers on Monday demolished three unfinished seaside homes of three senior PA officers as part of the new anti-corruption campaign. The three officers – a major, a lieutenant…

  A medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers used a new weapon against anti-wall protesters in the village of Belein, west of Ramallah. The source stated that soldiers…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yopusif warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will not allow any faction to force its political programs or ideologies on Palestinians by the force of arms,…

Ahmed Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), will head the group’s list of nominees to the July 17 Palestinian legislative elections, PFLP…

Settlers’ representatives and the ministerial panel headed Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have failed to arrive at an agreement on moving a group of Gaza settlers en masse to the…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will prevent the looting or destruction of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip after the Israel pullout. ‘The…

Israeli troops incurred Sunday into the city of Tul-Karim, first time since the northern west bank city was handed to the Palestinian Authority, and arrested Mohammed Shalhub 19. Israeli security…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded a child in al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. A local source in al-Khader reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef met Saturday with Palestinian security chiefs in Gaza to coordinate a crackdown on growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, Palestinian officials said. ‘There will be a…

The WAFA news agency reported that seven residents, including five children, were injured in al-Fawwar refuge camp in Hebron, after the army fired at dozens of homes following clashes which…

The Israeli authorities issued a new plan to construct a new settlement road which carries Nr. 55, south of the Separation Wall area near Qalqilia. The planned road will cross…

You had to choose your demonstration carefully during this week of Passover.  If you went to the one in Gaza or the northern West Bank, joining right-wing settlers to protest…

As many controversial reports were published on the events that took place in the Village of Beilin, near Ramallah, on Thursday, IMEMC correspondence in Ramallah visited the Village on Friday…

{mosimage}UN representative to the Palestinian Authority Francis Agelo met Friday with Child Sandy Saadi 13, who handed him a letter she wrote to UN secretary general Coffi Annan. Sandy’s father…

‘It is impossible to give up the option of resistance for as long as there is occupation,’ Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five consecutive life terms in an…

Eight settlers were arrested in Friday after attacking eight Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Nablus; one Israeli field commander was also injured by the settlers. The Israeli…

Ahmad Lutfi Dharaghmah, from Tubas, who was sentenced to 15 consecutive years, is currently suffering from several health problems, and facing harsh conditions at al-Ramleh prison hospital which lacks the…

{mosimage}Israel has bought 300 dunams of land near the southern Israel town of Nitsan to build 450 housing units designated to house Niveh Dikalim settlers after the evacuation of the…

The Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah party declared that they are still committed to the calm declared by the Palestinian factions in the Cairo talks…

An Israeli army officer was wounded while cashing settlers, who earlier were spotted throwing stones at Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus, eight settlers has been so far…

‘If we expect chairman Abbas to fight terrorism effectively, he can’t do it with slingshots and stones,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin was making a reference to Israel’s dismissal…

The Palestinian police arrested two members of al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The P.A security believes that the two resistance fighters fired homemade shells at an Israeli settlement…