Category: Palestine

‘Sharon has ruined chances of bringing the disengagement plan to the people for a decision and thus prevent a violent confrontation and a civil war,’ the Yesha settlers’ Council said…

Palestinian sources said Monday evening that one Palestinian was seriously injured, two mildly,  in a car blast in the center of Gaza city.   Apparently the blast targeted the car…

Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, deputy secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), member of the PLO executive committee, said that the Israeli announcement to withdraw from the…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called Israel to reciprocate declaration of calm announced by the Palestinian factions following the Cairo talks last week. ‘We have agreed to declare…

Prominent Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousif said Monday that the existing calm period is impossible to maintain if Israel continues to imprison 8,000 Palestinians, to expand settlements and…

35 settler families from the Nissanit settlement in the Gaza Strip signed an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Department, in order to move to Karmia area behind the Green Line,…

A Palestinian prominent source said that the Palestinian leadership has decided to reduce coordination with Israel concerning the Gaza withdrawal, and limit the meetings on withdrawal from the West Bank…

Israeli army barred the Arab residents of Israel from entering the West Bank Road Nr. 557, which extends from Taibeh to Avnie Hefetz and Einav settlements, north of the West…

Israeli housing ministry has ordered around 600 familes, who recently moved into Gaza Strip settlements to protest the disengagement plan, to leave the Palestinian strip. In recent weeks a total…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked on Sunday, that Fatah, is preparing to hold primaries to choose its candidates for the upcoming general elections next July. The Palestinian National Liberation…

The National Office for Land Defense revealed that Israel annexed during the months of February and March 93132.5 Dunams, and approved constructing 10291 homes for settlers in the West Bank.…

A Palestinian resident of the village of Salem, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said that Israeli soldiers occupied his home on Friday and are using it as…

Monday morning, an Islamic Jihad leader said that the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, is considering allowing Hamas and the Jihad join it for the first time. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, demanded Israel to announce a truce and to halt all settlement activities. “We agreed to the cease fire, and we demand Israel to calm the situation…

Sunday, Israeli soldiers handed on dozens of residents of Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, military orders to evacuate from their lands within 45 days. The Popular Committee Against the Wall reported…

At least three residents were injured on Sunday morning, one arrested after soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the old city of Hebron. A medical source at Hebron Governmental Hospital reported…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday that Palestinian Authority military intelligence agents were involved in recent attempts to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles into Gaza.  Mofaz told Israeli cabinet members at…

Rashid Sbeih, a resident of Aqraba east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus stated that the residents are suffering of continuous attacks carried out settlers groups from a…

A recent well researched study on Fatah- the main and largest Palestinian faction within the PLO- published by the Jerusalem Institute for Peace Studies, showed that the movement is witnessing…

It is all well and good for Palestinian factions to meet, talk things over and agree on a united stand. The need for calm on the frontline is all too…

It all started as a nuisance in 1993. Twelve years later, this nuisance is becoming a major catastrophe for the over 200,000 Palestinians of East Jerusalem, following the abduction by…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that all Israeli settlement built on Palestinian territories occupied during the 1967 war are illegal. ‘We have accepted to establish our state within the…

Local sources in Dier Balout village, south of the West Bank city of Qalqilyah, reported that 14 Palestinians and an Israeli peace activist were wounded to various degrees on Friday…

Israeli settlers attacked Friday with wooden sticks Rahmah Howari, 50, while standing near her home in the village of Einyabous south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Howari, who…

More than 20,000 Hamas supporters attended a Friday rally in the soccer stadium of the West Bank city of Nablus to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Hamas spiritual…

Settlers from Yitzhar attacked once again in 48 hours the village of Asira al-Kabaliya. a group of armed settlers broke into the village on Saturday night opened fire at homes…

A local source in Dir Ballout, near Salfit, reported that at least 14 residents were injured during clashes which erupted after Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Separation…

Download Mp3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/4170.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, March 18th to Thursday, March 24th, 2005. As leaders…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Bodrus, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah and injured five residents, including two children. A medical source in Bodrus…

The Israeli civil administration in the northern West Bank area revealed plans to expropriate some 224 Dunams, (60 acres) in the village of Kufur Thulth and many other villages east…

When all Israelis feel the radical change in the security situation since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power, the government of Israel stepped up criticisms against him, accusing the new…

A Palestinian security source in Bethlehem stated that the Palestinian Security arrested three resistance fighters of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The source reported that the three…

Minister of Detainees at the Palestinian Authority Sufian Abu Zaida, said that there are currently 360 child detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps; at least half of them are…

A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that a settler woman of the illegal outpost of ‘Ramat Yeshai’ in Hebron attacked and stoned a 9-year-old child, while the soldiers, present…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked that all Palestinian factions are still committed to the agreements they reached in Cairo last week of maintaining calm until the end of the…

Shnider children hospital demands the family of Batoul Tibi, who sustained serious wounds on April 17, 2004, when soldiers ‘mistakenly’ opened fire as she was coming back from school, to…

Palestinian officials are to discuss settlements file with the American envoys Elliot Abrams, assistant Secretary of State, and David Welch, responsible of the Middle-East file at the US Foreign Ministry.…

Archimandrite Atallah Hanna, spokesperson of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem stated on Wednesday that he does not pay a lot of attention to the death threats he has been receiving…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said that there can be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem, and added that settlements and the separation Wall and buying lands which…

Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a protest against the Wall in the village of Safa, south west of Ramallah. A local source in the village reported that soldiers fired gas…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said that there can be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem, and added that settlements and the separation Wall and buying lands which…

A Palestinian non-violent protester, Mansour Mansour from the village of Budrus northwest of Jerusalem and another German activist were badly beaten and at least 15 Israeli activists have been arrested…

Palestinian factions demanded the Arab leaders meeting in Algeria not to normalize relations with Israel , and to have the issue of Jerusalem as a top priority of the conference.…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed that the Israeli Authorities has decided to open a new section in Ansar 3 detention camp in the Negev desert, to accomodate additional 1200 detainees. The…

Israeli soldiers placed barbed wires and iron gates surrounding 16 families, south of Wadi Al-Salqa village, near the Kissufim settlement road, in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in…

At least 5000 members and supporters of Hamas participated on Monday in a ceremony commemorating Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, the wheelchair bound spiritual leader of Hamas, who was assassinated by the…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers, supported by dozens of military vehicles and jeeps the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia , and broke into dozens of homes. A local source…

Wednesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the old city of Nablus and Balata refugee camp and broke into dozens of homes. An Israeli military source claimed that a number of…

Israeli Police detained Tuesday evening 66 settlers at the Glilot junction north of Tel Aviv. Police believes were in way to block traffic in an unauthorized protest against the disengagement…

Israeli Soldiers, who used force to disperse a peaceful anti-wall protest, fully burned a Palestinian home in the village of Belein, west of the city of Ramallah. Home owner, Marzoq…

Palestinian medical source warned Tuesday that Israel uses radiant glass rooms to inspect Palestinian passengers at border crossings. Dr. Juma’ Saqa, the head of emergency section at Shifa medical center…

Tuesday morning, residents of the southern Mount Hebron area reported that Jewish settlers attempted to poison flocks of sheep owned by local shepherds. The settlers reportedly dispersed contaminated seed over…

Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Dahiat Al-Barid, north of Jerusalem and started marking the lands to erect the separation wall in the area. Resident Hamdi, Al-Masrawi, said that the news…

Half of the Palestinian Society is composed of women, while the world and the Palestinians celebrate the Mothers Day; Palestinian women are suffering of imprisonment, death and refuge in their…

A poll conducted by the Center for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies An-Najah University in Nablus during the period from March 16 to 19, 2005 revealed that 70.2% of the…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousif placed Monday restrictions on possessing weapon and publicly displaying them. The move was welcomed by Israel. A Palestinian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity,…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed on Monday that a child detainee from Jenin was severely tortured causing sever bleeding, while prison administration refuses to provide him with the needed medical…

Israeli security sources said Monday that the plan to establish two new settlements between Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem will be completed within a few weeks.  Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz…

A group of Gush Katif settlers have handed the Israeli security service a list of names of Israeli right wing extremists, demanding moving them out of their settlement. The Settlers…

The Israeli Defense Ministry has completed a widespread aerial photography operation revealing extensive building in West Bank settlements and unauthorized outposts in recent months.  The operation was ordered following a…

The Palestinian delegation delayed their planned visit to Lebanon till after forming a new Lebanese government. The deputy of the Palestinian Ambassador to Amman Atallah Kheiry stated that during this…

Dr. Mahmoud Zahhar, one of the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that talks with Israel are not a taboo, but the negotiators should aware of what are…

In spite of his childhood, Ehab Riyadh Marhsoud, 5 year old, speaks as a professional politician as a result of his repeated participation in talks about detainees at home in…

Palestine won the prize of the saddest photo in the BBC ‘sadness and joy’ photography competition. The photo captured by Palestinian TV producer Abdul-Rahman Al-Humran, which shows three young girls…

The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Political factions signed Thursday in Cairo a document that calls for extending the ‘calm’ period until the end of the year, calling Israel to halt…

Download MP3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/4054.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, March 11th to Thursday, March 17th, 2005. This…

The Gaza based Popular Resistance Committees said on Friday that I will not abide by the term of truce agreement. Mohammad Abdul-Al, known as Abu Abeer, spokesman of the committees,…

Palestinian vice Prime Minister Nabil Sha’ath said on Thursday that talk with the Israeli side will resume in order to solve the problematic issues, and that the negotiations will depend…

A group of extremist settlers from Sousa settlements, east of Yatta in the south of Hebron , barred dozens of residents form reaching their fields, while the Israeli police, did…

The Hebron chapter of the Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed on Thursday that young detainees in Kfar Atzion are facing harsh conditions and bas treatment contradictory to International Law. The office…

Fadi Fqeisha, a prominent leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, denied any relation between the brigades and the a lad form Askar refugee camp in Nablus,…

Rashid Abu Shbak, head of the Palestinian Preventive Security in the Gaza Strip, said that thousands of Palestinian security men were trained and prepared to protect the settlements after the…

An Israeli source reported that five Palestinian workers were injured, one seriously, after dozens of extremist settlers of Nahlilel settlement, west of Ramallah, attacked a group of Palestinian workers. The…

As the Palestinian political factions concluded their meetings in Cairo they agreed to extend the calm that has been put in place since Sharm A-Sheikh summit in February, in exchange…

Chief Islamic Judge, Sheikh Taiseer Tamimi condemned the military procedures on the entrances of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, after soldiers forced several worshippers to undress prior to entering the…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, head of the Wanted and Deported Palestinians committee said that the Palestinian and Israeli negotiators arrived to a final agreement on the issue of wanted and deported resistance…

Minister of Detainees and Liberated Detainees Affairs, Sufian Abu Zaida, reaffirmed the Palestinian position which rejects the Israeli criteria of releasing the detainees. Abu Zaida said that the Palestinian Authority…

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 ground”, 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…