100 protestors wounded in a protest against the Wall in Hebron
More than 3.000 students, mainly girls, peacefully protested in a peacful anti-Wall protest in the village of Beit Awwa, in the south of Hebron , in the West Bank ,…
14 residents shot wounded, 10 homes demolished in Khan Younis
A Palestinian medical source at Nasser Hospital , in Khan Younis said that 14 residents were shot wounded in Khan Younis, three seriously, including two children under the age of…
Chaotic Thoughts around Open Wars
An open war is a one in which you opt to destroy the enemy. Opting for an open war opens the gate for a similar war launched by the opponent.…
Shalom: Won’t Enlarge Settlements Except for Natural Growth
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom assured the Bush administration Tuesday that Israel would not build or enlarge any settlements, but would continue construction in “built up areas†to meet “natural…
Ninety protestors wounded, five seriously in Bodrus
Over ninety protestors, including internationals, were injured in the village of Bodrus, in the west of Ramallah and Al-Biereh in the West Bank, in protests against the Separation Wall in…
Cycling in Solidarity with the Palestine
Palestine News Network (PNN) online website reported that approximately at 10:30 on Wednesday morning the ‘Peace Cycle’ started cycling from the city of Al-Affoula heading towards the city of Jenin…
Hamas Delegation ends a three-day talks in Egypt
The Hamas delegation to ended three days of talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo. Mohammad Nazzal who was on Hamas’ delegation dismissed reports claiming that Egypt suggested a temporary truce…
High Court Authorizes the Evacuation of Givat Haroeh Outpost
The Israeli High Court of Justice on Monday turned down settlers’ petitions against the evacuation of the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Haroeh. Residents of the outpost said that…
Three Palestinains shot in Anti Wall Protest in Budrus
Three Palestinians were wounded in the village of Budrus in clashes with soldiers on Tuesday morning during a protest against the construction of the West Bank separation wall. Five left-wing…
Palestinian Police Officers to Egypt for training
Brigadier General Abdul Razzak Al-Majaydeh, chief of the General Security Apparatus said Tuesday the PA will send 45 Police officers to Egypt for training by the end of this…
Prisoner Assaulted in an Israeli Military Court in the Negev
Soldiers assaulted a detainee after he asked them to use the toilets at the end of a court session where he was prosecuted in the Negev detention camp on Monday.…
A Hamas Activist Assassinated in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Khaled Abu Shamiyeh, 30, from Al-Shati refugee camp were killed and six bystanders were wounded in an Israeli air strike at a civilian car in Gaza…
Palestinian Police Carry Arms Despite Israel’s Ban
About a month ago, Israeli army agreed that a limited number of the Palestinian police can carry revolvers in city centers only. The Israeli Right wing objected to the plan…
Two Hamas Activists assassinated in Gaza, Eight Wounded Including Two Children
Monday evening, a military Apache fired several shells at a jeep on Tal Al-Hawa Street in the south of Gaza, completely detonating it and killing two men IDF alleges were…
Anti-Wall protest near Hebron, several protestors wounded Report
IMEMC correspondent said that about two hundred resident of Beit Awwa and Sikka and lead by the youths of the villages, were joined by international peace activists on Sunday. All…
Poll: Palestinians favor Bargouthi after Arafat
In a poll conducted by Birzeit University shows that the majority of the Palestinians prefer to have the Palestinian Law Maker Marwan Barghouthi to be president after Arafat. The poll,…
Israeli Source: Americans Has no Concerns, We Can Proceed with WB Barrier
An Israeli government official said Saturday that while the Americans asked the Israeli delegation visiting Washington many questions, they did not express any concerns or opposition to the West Bank…
Mashaal Arrives in Cairo to Join Palestinian Unity Talks
Hamas’s Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashaal arrived in Cairo late Saturday, an airport official said. His arrival to Cairo is believed to be linked to the ongoing Egyptian efforts to…
Hi-Tech Spying devices in PA Security Office in Gaza
Palestinian sources reportedly said the Palestinian Security apparatus on Thursday, discovered a hi-tech spying device in the ‘Saraya’ building, the headquarters of the Military Intelligence in Gaza Strip. The source…
Egypt Arrests 8 Palestinians Attempting to Cross to Gaza
Israeli security sources reported Thursday that eight armed Palestinians trying to cross the borders into the Gaza Strip surrendered to Egyptian security. The source explained that Egyptian security spotted the…
Sharon , Disengagement, and the Road Map
U.S. White House Spokesperson described Thursday Sharon’s explicit talk to Youdot Ahranot newspaper, in which he explicitly dismissed the road map peace plan, as not reflecting the real stand of…
Palestinian Detainee Dies of Medical Neglect
Fawwaz Al-Bolbol, 27 years old, from the village of Atteel, near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, died of medical neglect on Thursday evening in Majeddo detention. A…
Inhuman Treatment of Checkpoints; soldiers force a Palestinian to drink their urine
The Israeli Newspaper Maariv, revealed on Wednesday that soldiers forced a Palestinian worker choose between drinking their urine or breaking his leg or hand. The newspaper said that Sameeh, 24…
Six Palestinians Killed in Army Raid in Nablus
Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli army troops on Wednesday morning as the army raided the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses reported. Troops surrounded a building where claimed wanted…
Army Assassinates Four Palestinians in Jenin
IMEMC correspondent in Jenin reported that soldiers shot dead four Palestinians and injured two others in the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday afternoon. The dead were named as Fadi…
PHIC: `“41 residents killed since the beginning of September`
Health Information Center, in the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Wednesday that soldiers shot dead 41 Palestinians; 30 in the West Bank, and 11 in the Gaza Strip,…
A Freed Female Detainee: `“Female Detainees are Facing Very Difficult Conditions’
Translated by: Saed Bannoura Tahani Nassar, 19 years old, from Tulkarem refugee camp, in the north of the West Bank, said that after she spent two months in Telmond detention…
Protestors at Al-Ram: ‘Let them go to School’
More then a thousand schoolchildren, boys and girls from 6 to 14, wearing their school uniforms and carrying bags, demonstrated on Monday (Monday, 13.9) at the wall that is being…
Rajoub: Palestinians Recognize Israel in ’67 Borders
Jibril Al-Rajoub, the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s national security adviser, said the Palestinians recognize Israel’s existence as a Jewish state within the 1967 borders and do not desire to change…
Palestinian ` Egyptian security talks in Cairo Monday
Palestinian security officials and representatives of the Palestinian resistance factions will meet Monday in Cairo to discuss security issues in preparation efforts for the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.…
The Family of a Palestinian Prisoner call to save their son’s life
The family of the Prisoner Ismael Shakshak from Rafah city south of Gaza Strip called upon all the International Human Rights organizations and the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the International…
Hebron raided, 7 residents apprehended, one bruised
Soldiers conducted a wide scaled operation in Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, and apprehended seven residents in Hebron and the neighboring villages of Al-Thaheriyya and Al-Sammou’ and…
The Family of a Palestinian Prisoner call to save their son’s life
Translated by, George Rishmawi-IMEMC The family of the Prisoner Ismael Shakshak from Rafah city south of Gaza Strip called upon all the International Human Rights organizations and the Palestinian Prisoners…
Israel to Present New Wall Route for U.S. approval
A team of Israeli separation wall experts will try to reach an understanding this week with the American administration on the new route of the separation wall. The delegation, headed…
THE VANUNU EPILOGUE
If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…
THE VANUNU EPILOGUE
If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…
Arafat, the Ever Lasting Excuse
Arafat apparently stands as the ever lasting excuse, used by Israel to avoid fulfilling its road map obligations. Following repeated Israeli threats to expel Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, U.S. Secretary…
Israeli Army left Gaza Strip, 8 dead, goals not achieved
Israeli army left Gaza Strip after a four-day wide scale operation in which 8 Palestinians were killed and over 100 injured in addition to a huge damage in property and…
PCHR: `“ Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip`
The Palestinian center for Human rights in Gaza accused the army of committing “War Crimes†in its continuous operations in the northern Gaza Strip, killing five residents and wounding 53…
In Mourn or Joy, Palestinians Are Besieged
On Thursday, a full-blown closure was imposed on all Palestinians in the entire West bank and Gaza Strip. Closure will stay in effect until the end of the Israeli “Yom…
Report: 22 shot dead, including three children in one week
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza , revealed in its weekly report that 22 Palestinian were killed, including three children in the Palestinian territories in one week; all…
Four Palestinian killed, twenty shot wounded in the northern Gaza Strip
As army stepped up its operations in the northern Gaza Strip, four residents were killed in Jabalia refugee camp, and more than twenty were wounded, four seriously, on Thursday. A…
UK FM, Straw Criticized Israel’s plan to expand WB settlement
In an interview he gave to the Guardian newspaper on Thursday, the British Foreign Minister Jack Straw criticized Israel’s plans of building 1000 more settlers housing units in the West…
Israel to Expand Jordan Valley Settlements
Israeli Agriculture Minister Israel Katz revealed Tuesday plans to expropriate some 31,000 dunams (8,000 Acres) of land to expand Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley. Katz said he intended to…
sraeli Army Invades Gaza Strip from the North and the South
Israeli forces pushed a large number of soldiers backed with tanks, armored personnel carriers into the Gaza Strip from both northern and southern sides in the early hours of Wednesday…
Qureia Threatens to Resign Following Quarell with Arafat
Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei threartened to resign his post after a disagreement with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday night. During a cabinet…
The Pure Blood of Raghda Covers her School Seat
Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC While Raghda Al-Assar, 11 yers old, was sitting on her chair in the fourth grade, on the first week of school when a bullet penetrated her…
Israel to release 150 Palestinian Prisoners, for overcrwoding
Israeli soruces said the authorities will release 150 Palestinians prisoners from its detention centers, to ease the overcrowding situation. Israeli sources said discussions about the release began last month. The…
14 Killed, 40 wounded in IAF Strike in Gaza Strip
Dr. Jom’a Al-Saqqa, head of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, told the Palestinian TV in a phone call, that the number of residents killed in Gaza raid reached 14, and that…
Israel Still Dragging Feet on WB Settlements Construction Lines
The Israeli Defense Ministry is considering using an Israeli satellite to take photographs of all settlements in the West Bank to help Israeli teams negotiate with their American counterparts the…
Settlers create territorial contiguity with ‘connecting outposts’
Until a few years ago, the small settlement of Harasha in the western part of the northern West Bank was defined as an outpost. Harasha, on a hill 780 meters…
Dahlan: Libyan leader mediated end to rift with Arafat
former Palestinian security affairs minister Mohamed Dahlan credited Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi on Sunday with mediating an end to the rift between him and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Dahlan, arrived…
Qurei: Gaza Massive Killing, Unjustifiable Crime
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei warned Israel on Tuesday that that its deadly air strike in Gaza overnight laid ground to Justified Hamas retaliation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad pledged revenge…
Army Begins Work on Separation Wall near Hebron
Israeli army bulldozers, backed by security guards and military jeeps, began on Sunday to prepare the ground for the construction of the southern section of the wall. Bulldozers are preparing…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…
Report: 44 killed, 280 wounded in Nablus in four months
Media sources in Nablus, north of the West Bank, said that soldiers shot dead in Nablus 44 residents including 13 children in addition to wounding 280 residents. A specialized media…
Report: 47 Killed in August, 580 wounded Including 154 Children
The Palestinian Center for Justice and Peace, published its monthly report on the Palestinian terretories. The report said, 47 Palestinian were killed in August, 2004, including 11 children under the…
Flimsy Turnout in PA Voter Registration
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat promised that Parliament and president elections would take place this winter. On Saturday, the Palestinian Election committee launched a voter registration drive, a first step towards…
Militants Pulled out of PA Governor Office in Khan Younis
Masked Palestinian gunmen left Sunday the PA governor office in the Gaza Strip Khan Younis city after receiving promises that the PA will set up a mechanism to compensate homeless…
Egyptian FM, IC to Visit Ramallah on Monday
Egypt’s foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Saturday that he and his country’s intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will head to the West Bank on Monday. The two top Egyptian officials…
The First Administratively Jailed Israeli
Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman under arrest on suspicion of helping plan a terror attack, will be placed in administrative detention for four months, security officials decided Sunday. Fahima’s attorney,…
Report: Hamas leaders are Leaving Damascus
Senior Hamas members – including the chief of its political bureau, Khaled Mashal – have left Damascus in recent days, the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday. However, other…
Centers to register Allegeable Electorates Open Today
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will register his name in allegeable electorates lists,on Saturday morning, marking the beginning of the citizens’ registrations to the legislative and presidential elections. The National election…
PFA: `“Detainees will resume hunger strike if their demands were not fulfilled`
The Prisoners Friends Association said that the detainees in four main detention camps are weighing possibilities of resuming the open-ended hunger strike if the Israeli Authorities doesn’t comply with their…
Islamic Jihad: `“We will continue targeting settlements and military
Saraya Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine , said in Saturday, that it will not halt its operation against the settlements and military camps until…
4 killed, 40 wounded and huge damages reported in Deir Al-Balah
Army withdrew from Deir Al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, leaving huge destruction in a number of homes and the infrastructure in the city, and centered around the city, after raiding…
Military Operations between August 26-September 2, 2004
The Palestinian Center fro Human Rights released revealing the military violations and operations in the Palestinian territories in the period between August 26-September 2 nd , 2004. Military Operations The…
Prisoners suspend their hunger strike, negotiations ongoing
An informed Palestinian source said Palestinian Prisoners have suspended their hunger strike in all jails except for the Be’er Sheva prison. The source said prisoners are currently holding negotiations in…
Two residential buildings demolished in Khan Younis raid
Soldiers withdrew from Khan Younis refugee camp in Khan Youinis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, after leveling two residential buildings; each composed of six floors, the buildings are…
The Palestinian Legislative Council suspends sessions for one month
The chair person of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Rawhi Fattouh announced Wednesday that the Palestinian lawmakers decided to suspend their meetings for one month in a protest against the…
Bargouthi: `“The Initiative is not a new faction; it is to create a wide Coalition’
Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative said that the Initiative is not a new faction but it came to create the widest…
IHC: `“Prison authorities can’t bar lawyers from meeting the Striking detainees`
The Israeli High Court decided, on Wednesday, that the Prison Authorities can’t bar the Palestinian detainees from meeting with their lawyers. The court’s ruling came after an appeal submitted by…
Possible Impact of Be’er Shiva Double Bombing
After five months in which Palestinian resistance groups either refrained from or were not able to conduct attacks inside Israel, Hamas’s military wing carried out a double suicide attack in…
IHC: `“Prison authorities can’t bar lawyers from meeting the Striking detainees`
The Israeli High Court decided, on Wednesday, that the Prison Authorities can’t bar the Palestinian detainees from meeting with their lawyers. The court’s ruling came after an appeal submitted by…
Prisoners in Gilboa prison suspend hunger strike for few days
The Prisoners Friends Society reported that its lawyer, Ibrahim Kana’neh visited the striking prisoners in Gilboa prison on Tuesday. Kana’neh reportedly said the prisoners decided to suspend the hunger strike…
Settlers in Hebron, and the `“Jewish Hebron`
Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Settlers in Hebron repeatedly targets Palestinian homes, markets, cars and residents and continued their efforts to occupy more lands from its Palestinian owners and erect…
Abbas: `“Time is not in our favor, meetings should be resumed`
Translated by Saed Bannoura Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, head of the Executive Committee at the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said that no discussions have been made lately concerning a possible meeting…
15 dead in Be’er Sheva’s attack, Hamas claims responsibility
In a leaflet issued today, Izziddin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack in Be’er Sheva Tuesday Afternoon. Al-Qassam brigades said this attack…
First Solidarity Hunger Strike Fatality in Nablus, support resumes
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Aisheh Al-Zaban who died while on hunger strike in solidarity with the striking Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli Jails. Al-Zaban is…
9-Years-Old Girl Wounded in a Failed Assassination Attempt
A nine-year-old Palestinian girl was moderately injured Monday in a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Jenin. Army claims that the air…
Islamic Jihad will join local governments’ elections
Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza Strip said Sunday that his movement will join the local government election planned to take place within the…
Gandhi’s Grandson visits Bethlehem
Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi, visited Bethlehem and was welcomed by a huge crowd at the manger square in front of the Church of the Nativity. The…
Shikma Prisoners to Resume Hunger Strike
Source in the prisoners club reported Sunday that prisoners in Shikma decided to resume their hunger strike after the prison authority refrained from implementing parts of the understandings reached on…
Prisoners’ Leadership Vows Escalation, Despite Shikma’ Suspension
Hunger-striking security prisoners at Shikma prison in Ashkelon began drinking milk and juice, in exchange, according to prisoners, for promises by the Prisons Service to meet some of their demands.…
Report from Hadarim Prison
For the first time since the start of the hunger strike on August 15, the prison allowed Sunday the Prisoners Club Lawyer Hanan Khatib to visit Hadarim prison and meet…
Shikma Prisoners Suspended Hunger Strike
Some 350 security prisoners at Shikma jail have suspended their two-week hunger strike until Monday. Israeli prison authority said Friday that doctors accompanied prisoners when they resumed eating, claiming that…
Details of the temporary agreement reached in Asqalan prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that it received the text of the temporary agreement reached between the detainees committee and the administration of Asqalan detention concerning suspending the Hunger strike…
Prisoners Hunger Strike Enters 13th day
The Palestinian and Arab prisoners’ hunger strike enters its 13th day with more solidarity tents established in different parts of the West Bank and the Palestinian cities and towns in…
Thousands march for peaceful protest in Abu Dis
Around 2,000 Palestinians and Israeli protestors demonstrated Friday adjacent to the separation wall in the town of Abu Dis, in support of the existing non-violent resistance to end the Israeli…
An Orphan Child Celebrates His First Birthday after his Release
Translated by Saed Bannoura Five days after his release from the ‘Beit Eil’ detention camp, 15-year old Tareq Abbad, from Al Bireh, near Ramallah, north of the West Bank, celebrated…
Settlers Claim New Wall Route Infringes their `“Rights`
According to the terms of international law, illegal settlers in occupied territories enjoy no legal rights. All are waiting to hear what the Israeli High Court have to say. Settlers…
Hundreds of Settlers Blocked Army Plans to Evacuate 3 Caravans
Army is preparing to remove three caravans placed near the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf, Israel Radio reported. Hundreds of settlers arrived at the site late on Wednesday.…
Israeli Deputy AG: End to Attacks Could Turn Wall Illegal
Israel Deputy Attorney General Malchiel Balass said Tuesday that Israel may have to dismantle the West Bank separation wall if the Palestinians ‘reach a real decision’ to stop carrying out…
Five shot wounded, fields uprooted east of Khan Younis
A local source in Khan Younis said that several tanks and military bulldozers invaded Al-Qarara, north east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip and uprooted vast agricultural areas, on…
Hunger Strike Day 10, First Prisoner Moved to Hospital
Israeli Prison Authority spokesperson said Monday that a Palestinian prisoner (still unnamed) was moved from Nafha prison to Soroka hospital in Ber Sheva. The spokesperson said that the prisoner joined…
Three conditions for Hamas’s participation in elections
Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of Hamas said, the movement set three conditions for its participation in the Legislative and presidential elections. The conditions are, holding the elections should not be…
Israel is Building 100 Housing Units in Har Gilo Settlement
Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They said construction of the new housing at Har Gilo, which…
Efforts of reconciliation between Arafat & Abbas
Sakher Habash, member of Fattah Central Committee said that intensive efforts are being carried out in order to mediate between Arafat and former P.A Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen.…