Category: Palestine

Settlers of the Alon Shafot settlement outpost, adjacent to Kfar Atzion settlement, south of Bethlehem uprooted hundreds of Olive trees in Khirbit Zakariyya area, in the village of Artas ,…

A report prepared and published by the Human Rights group in Israel slammed the military checkpoints in the Palestinian areas, saying that it paralyzes the lives of million people on…

Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, and in charge of Disengagement file, Mohammad Dahlan warned on Thursday of a third Intifada if current Israeli policies including settlements, wall construction and the…

Prison administration in the Negev detention camp rejected to allow representatives of the detainees to visit the new sections of the detention in order to meet with the detainees who…

Ahmad Bajes Hajjaj, 27, from Beit Reema, near the West Bank city of Ramallah is suffering from serious physical conditions, especially after he was shot injured during his arrest, and…

Following report about Israeli military police abusing the Holy Koran in Magiddo prison, Israeli Prison Service officials commented on Thursday that it was unintentional, rejecting accusation that guards had torn…

{mosimage}An investigation carried out by Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that the majority of the 140 unauthorized settlers’ outposts were subsidized by governmental money, up to NIS 74 million, were built…

The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian factions agreed to form a ‘high national commission’ to monitor and supervise the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, which is expected to start on…

In the early 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr was being tugged in two different directions.  One segment of the movement wanted him to take a stand on the Vietnam War…

Thursday afternoon, the Popular Committee Against the Wall, and Salfit municipality, organized a procession against the Separation Wall in Salfit and the surrounding areas. Israeli soldiers attacked the peacefully protesting…

How would it be possible for a reasonable leader to be ready to assist in implementing a unilateral decision made by his opponent?  The answer to this question could lead…

An Arab newspaper published a report said to be conducted by Dr. Abdullah al-Saheemi, which revealed that Palestinian refugees are facing inhuman conditions and treatment in several Arabic countries. The…

The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that construction in settlements was significantly boosted this year arriving to 83%, ahead of the disengagement plan, while construction inside the Israeli borders…

Wednesday evening, the Israeli police claimed that a 15 year-old Palestinian youth from Shu’fat, near Jerusalem, stabbed an Israel policeman near al-Maskobiyya police station in Jerusalem. The policeman was moderately…

Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest against the Wall in Bil’in organized by physically challenged residents from several West Bank areas.   The WAFA news agency reported that…

In a move the signals an increasing support for the pullout foes, over 100 Americans led by a New York lawmaker finished on Tuesday their second day of the three-day…

Palestinian Interior Minister, Nasser Yousef, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz agreed to from three channels for security coordination ahead the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. An Israeli source reported that…

In what seems to be a failed assassination attempt, Israeli gun ships fired air-to-land missiles at a car driving on the main road in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources…

Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian security source reported that P.A security men foiled, on Tuesday night, several attempts by resistance fighters to fire homemade shells at settlements in the Gaza strip.…

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security, expressed concerns that Israeli might launch a wide scaled military operation in the Gaza Strip. The ministry said that Israeli military planes…

Settlers of the Abraham Abino settlement outpost in Hebron damaged a wall of a store in Hakoret al-Kayyal area in the old city and set it on fire. Imad Hamdan,…

Wednesday morning, the WAFA news agency reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Marda, near the West Bank city of Salfit, and imposed curfew, barring the resident from leaving…

Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Israeli government is obstructing its own withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and obstructing cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. Dahlan added…

{mosimage}Palestinian detainees are facing deteriorating conditions and harsh treatment by Israeli soldiers in detention camps and prisons, which became a policy prison administration is using to humiliate them.   Lawyer…

Jenin. The sky sets with shadow somewhere around seven or eight in the summertime. I’m about to head down Mostashfa Street and leave the wall I’ve been working on all…

{mosimage}By the time U.S. President presented a vision of “viable” and “contiguous” future Palestinian state, Palestinian territories were, and still are, extremely fragmented with a completely ruined economy. With the…

Palestinian detainees in Majeddo detention announced hunger strike starting Wednesday morning in protest to desecrating the Holy Koran by Israeli soldiers who raided the rooms of the detainees, on Tuesday…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP, said that Israeli soldiers arrested thirty of its members in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron, over the last month   A senior PFLP…

 Tuesday afternoon, three residents, including one reporter, were injured, and two others were arrested after Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in al-Ramadeen village, south of…

Monday at night, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a resident near the Philadilphi Route in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claims that apparently…

Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an Islamic Jihad fighter and an unarmed Palestinian policeman after invading Qabatia south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli soldiers,…

While the new Chief-of-Staff, Air Force general Dan Halutz, was assuming his new job, I stood with a group of demonstrators at the gate of the General Staff building, to…

To some shortsighted politicians, unilateralism seems very convenient. It doesn’t require the mess of actual negotiations. It is usually politically correct, because you can decide how much and how far…

Prisoners Media Center reported that Israeli soldiers arrested 250 residents during the month of May, and carried out several invasions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; no arrests…

A medical source in the West Bank city of Salfit reported that twenty residents suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army, during clashes which erupted in Marda village after…

Nine Palestinian legislators said Sunday they were considering resigning from the Palestinian Legislative Council in protest to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to postpone parliamentary elections. Hamas strongly condemned Abbas’s…

Palestinian gunmen of the Fateh Hawks group reopened on Sunday the road which leads to the Rafah Border Crossing, after closing it for two days in protest to not assigning…

The Palestinian National Authority intends to collect the personal belongings and possessions of the late Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, for a museum for his memory, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers fired at dozens of residents, Israeli and international peace activists, while protesting against the Separation Wall, and land grab in Beit Sroik, north west of Jerusalem.…

Not a thing has changed in the government’s handling of unauthorized settlers’ outposts in the three months since a comprehensive report on the issue was completed, the report’s author, attorney…

Translated by Saed Bannoura, IMEMC   Ahmad Abdul-Rahman, head of the political committee of the Fatah revolutionary council, the political advisor of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the movement…

Twelve people were lightly injured Sunday as a strong police force used force to expel an Arab Israeli family and demolish the family home in Haifa.  Policemen used force to…

Palestinian sources said on Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is likely to appoint the head of the PLO political bureau Faroq Qadoumi as his deputy. The sources reported that…

A Palestinian source reported Saturday that soldiers ambushed and detained a leading member in the Belien’s village anti-wall committee. Eyewitnesses said that soldiers blocked on Friday the way of a…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Mohannad al-Kharraz, said that detainee Mohammad Yasser al-Ja’bary, from Nablus, attempted suicide by trying to burn himself and the room he is held in.…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Yatta, near Hebron, and conducted military searches of homes; four residents, including three children were injured of military fire during clashes which…

The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, slammed a decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he cancelled the date set for the parliamentary elections.  Hamas said the decision is a…

Unknown masked armed men stopped and prevented on Saturday a Palestinian Diplomat from leaving the Gaza Strip through Rafah crossing point, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported on…

 Download MP3 (9.80 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (09:42 min)   This week in Palestine-a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.ORG for the week of Friday, May…

Parents of detainees imprisoned in Nafha detention complained that soldiers are humiliating them while they are trying to visit their detained family members, in addition to forcing them to wait…

A Fatah source said Friday that four of the sons of a killed collaborator, where involved in the killing of Sheikh Ali Faraj, a Fatah leader and the head of…

‘Today (Saturday) President Abbas will issue a decision to postpone the parliamentary vote to give more time for Palestinian factions to hold further discussions and enable parliament to approve a…

The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that detainee Mousa Hasan al-Khawaly, 22, from Tulkarem refugee camp, is facing critical health conditions and deprived from his medication rights.…

At least one thousand Palestinians joined by International and Israeli peace activists demonstrated against the construction of the wall in Bil’in village west of Ramallah in the West Bank. The…

Not even for a moment did Engineer Wasfi Izzat Qabha, forget the pain of his fellow detainees who remained in Israeli detentions and prisons, after he was released. Wasfi spent…

The Jerusalem Municipality Plans to Demolish 88 Houses in Silwan, East Jerusalem The Municipality of Jerusalem intends to demolish an entire East Jerusalem neighborhood — 88 homes housing 1000 residents…

A senior Israeli army officer has warned against underestimating the force of resistance expected to be offered by settlers during the upcoming Gaza Strip and West Bank pullout, according to…

About half the farmers in the Gaza Strip Gush Katif settlement have reached tentative agreements with the Israeli government Disengagement Administration (Sela) to receive alternative agricultural lands inside Israel. 60…

The International Solidarity for Human Rights prepared and published a report which documents the Israeli military violations in the occupied territories, and the internal Palestinian situation. The report revealed that…

Dozens of residents, international and Israeli peace activists protested against the Separation Wall, and around Ariel settlement, in the West Bank city of Salfit. The Popular Committee Against the Wall,…

Palestinian media sources reported that the members of the Palestinian Military Intelligence demonstrated against the Palestinian Authority’s decision to dismantle this unit, and merge it with the National Security Forces.…

Military bulldozers started expanding settlements surrounding several villagers, east of the northern west Bank city of Nablus, bulldozed farmlands near Alon Moreh settlement and a hill, 1km away from the…

Only a few hours before the Israeli army announced the release of 85 Palestinian detainees from Hebron area, soldiers arrested at least 15 residents after invading Ithna, al-Thaheriyya, and al-Fawwar refugee…

{mosimage}In one of the alleys of the old city of Jerusalem, I saw several Palestinian children running and chasing each other, while one child carrying a plastic rifle, was following…

The Islamic Jihad movement denied Israeli reports of foiling a double suicide bombing in Jerusalem after arresting two Islamic Jihad activists. “The movement is committed to the truce” an Islamic…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underwent on Wednesday a heart procedure in an Amman hospital in Jordan, and he is recovering well, a senior Palestinian official said on Thursday morning. Tayyeb…

The “special committee” of the Israeli Disengagement Administration decided on Wednesday that settler families who will be evacuated from the northern West Bank settlements and choose to move to Afula…

The Israeli High Court rejected an appealed filed by “the Legal Center for Terror researches” against the release of 398 Palestinian detainees. The center claims that the detainees did not…

Palestinian and Israeli sources reported on Wednesday evening that the summit between the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will be held June 21. The…

Settlers of Neveh Dekalim, in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip turned a hotel into a "Central Command for Anti-Disengagement activists," Israeli sources reported on Wednesday. A…

Wednesday at noon, four residents were injured in Beit Sorik, north west of Jerusalem during clashes which erupted after the military bulldozers uprooted farmlands in order to construct the Separation…

Chair of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Issa Qaraqi that the list of prisoners slated for release announced by Israelis government is unilateral and does not have any political dimension. The…

Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a resident in the northern west Bank city of Qalqilia.The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers fired at a resident near al-Taiba check…

According to Human Rights Organizations, Red Cross, and Israeli jail authority reports, around 28,000 Palestinians were detained since September 2000, around 7500 of them are still held behind bars. On…

The Palestinian local elections committee decided Tuesday to put of the revote of some Palestinian local elections set for Wednesday until further notice. The committee decision followed a request made…

The Israeli authorities started to implement a plan which aims to evacuate an Arabic neighborhood, east of Jerusalem, as part of a wider plan which aims to transfer thousands of…

Tuesday afternoon, settlers of the Ramat Yeshai illegal settlement outpost in the center of Hebron, attacked dozens of residents and homes in the city. Raja’ Abu Aisha, a resident of…

Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers invaded the villages of Doura, Bani Neim, and Yatta, near the West Bank city of Hebron, and conducted military searches. Yousef al-Masry, a resident of Doura…

Israeli authorities released the British peace activist who was arrested in Bilin protest earlier this morning after questioning her, IMEMC correspondent reported. Esther Cohen said, she was released from the…

Monday afternoon, Israeli soldiers bulldozed the main entrance of al-Nu’man village, east of Bethlehem in order to construct the Separation Wall section which will surround the village from all directions.…

An Israeli source reported on Tuesday that settlers of Ghanim and Kadim settlements, north of the West Bank, are interested in moving to Wadi A’ara area, north of the country.…

Hamas will motivate its voters to participate in local election re-votes in four districts in the Palestinian territories, despite the group’s official boycott, sources close to the group said Tuesday.…

Download MP3 (25.8 MB – 28:10 min)As the Israeli military occupation of Palestine drags on amidst promises of ‘disengagement’, women in Palestine and around the world are bearing witness to…

Palestinian Authority security forces in the Gaza Strip on Monday evening discovered a tunnel dug under the Gaza Strip settlement of Gush Katif, Palestinian and Israeli sources reported. In the…

Israel will free 400 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, an Israeli defense ministry source said. The release will be carried out in cooperation between the defense ministry and the Israel Prison…

The good is when the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships share common interests to put an end to violence and conflict. It is when they seriously seek a fair and just…

Spokesman of Hamas in the Gaza Strip Sami Abu Zuhri said his movement still did not decide whether it will participate in the local elections repeat in some polling stations…

Palestinian sources reported that the recently elected Mayor of Qalqilia Wajeeh Qawwas is among the 400 prisoners slated to be released from Israeli jails.According to the Sharm A-Sheikh summit in…

Abdul Fattah Hamayel, Palestinian chair of the committee of the Deportees and Wanted affairs said the joint Israeli-Palestinian committee is scheduled to meet Monday afternoon. Hamayel said, the Palestinians invested…

Palestinian and Israeli commentators are still busy analyzing every single word that U.S. President George Bush spelled out during his press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington last…

The Palestinian National Information Center reported that the Israeli army killed since the beginning of the Intifada in September 29, 2000, 4032 residents, and injured 44666, excluding 8435 residents who…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa said that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza does not mark the end of the occupation, and that it is only a small part of the…

On Sunday at night a masked gunman shot dead reporter Samir Rantisi, an aid of former Palestinian information minister Yasser Abed Rabo, a leading figure in the Geneva initiative. Rantisi…

The ‘Ofer’ Israeli military court, near Ramallah, sentenced on Sunday three children of al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron to consecutive terms, and imposed high fines on them. The Hebron…

Sunday evening, the Israeli police reported that some 18 anti-disengagement protestors blocked traffic between Raanana and Mosrasha junction, known as the old Tel Aviv – Haifa road, and lay down…

Download MP3 (9.60 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (10:32 min) This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.Org, for the week of Friday, May…

In an interview with ABC news, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, "We have started to deal with the culture of violence, we stopped the culture of violence and the…

The Israel Air Force fired missiles at the Jabaliya refugee camp early Monday, wounding a man and two women. Army said the missile targeted a group of armed Palestinians preparing…

Sunday afternoon, a Palestinian security source reported that two residents were killed in an explosion east of Gaza, and another resident was killed in a seperate explosion in Khan Younis, south…

Detainee Murad abu Sakout, appealed humanitarian organizations and the P.A ministry of detainees, to interfere for his release, after his health condition critically deteriorated in Israeli detention. Abu Sakout, from…