Category: Palestine

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 unit”; 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 people”. 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,…

Translated & Edited by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC, February 24, 2005 The family of Mohammad Ali Abu Sgheera, from Tulkarem refugee camp appealed to humanitarian organizations to aid them in demanding the…

Leaders of Settlements Council in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip met on Tuesday evening with the Israeli Minister of Interior, and Police chiefs in Tel Aviv. The settlers…

Ala’ Sanaqra, one of the prominent leaders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank, said that the “file” of the wanted resistance fighters and their fate should be…

The Islamic Jihad movement asserted, on Tuesday, that it did not decide yet to send a delegation of leaders local leaders to participate in the Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo.…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem reported that Israeli military checkpoints, monitoring towers and concrete blockades are barring the residents from moving between their…

Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Interior Minister Gen. Nasser Yousef met on Tuesday with the Aqsa Brigades leader in Jenin area, Zakaria Al-Zubeidi, during which they tackled the shooting incident…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Sana’ Dweik Harbawi, visited female detainees in Telmond detention who informed her about the daily violations they are subjected to. Harbawi said that the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said during the London Meeting on supporting the Palestinian Authority, that security procedures adopted by the Palestinian Authority should be part of a broader political path…

Following the suicide attack in Tel Aviv, which took the lives of 5 Israelis, Israel’s government froze relations with the Palestinian Authority, halted both the process of transferring West Bank…

Monday afternoon, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slammed “the petitions filed against the seperation wall”, and the what he described as ‘the balance’ which the judges are using between…

The final statement to be issued at Tuesday’s London international conference will call for establishing a sovereign, independent, viable, democratic and territorially contiguous Palestine. The conference, called by British Prime…

Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protesters in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in Hebron , after dozens of residents and international peace activists protested against a settlement road which soldiers intend to…

Israeli soldiers handed Jaba’ village council, north east of Jerusalem, military orders to annex 1000 Dunams of family farmlands in order to erect the seperation wall in the area. Abdul-Karim Bsharat, head…

Islamic Jihad Gaza leader Dr. Mohamed Hindi explained Monday that a local Islamic Jihad group carried out the Tel Aviv Friday bombing without coordination with the groups’ “inside” or “outside”…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed unnamed party for Tel Aviv bombing on Friday, and said that he will not tolerate any bombings adding that the Palestinians are ready to reach…

Sunday, the Israeli police reported in a press conference, that a Jewish company known as “Hemnota” forged documents of Palestinian land ownership and sold it to the Kerin Kayemit, “The…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the heads of the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank to seek out and apprehend the perpetrators of Friday night’s attack in Tel Aviv.…

Two-and-a-half years after they were evicted by settlers, the Palestinian of the village of Gawish in the south-Hebron hills on Saturday returned to their homes.  Gawish, which is close to…

Mandela Institute reported on Saturday that lawyer of the institute, Ma’moun Al-Hasheem, who visited two female detainees in Al-Ramlah detention, reported worrying information on prison conditions.  The society reported that Al-Ramlah…

The WAFA news agency reported that Mohammad Abdul-Halim Basha, 16, from the northern West bank city of Qalqilia, died of wounds sustained January 26, 2005. The child was injured during…

Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a 14-year-old girl in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army claimed that the girl attempted to stab a…

Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a prominent leader of Hamas stated on Friday that the movement has decided to take part in the legislative elections slated for July of this year. ‘Hamas…

The Palestinian President’s Advisor for the National Security, Jibreel Al-Rajoub, arrived in Cairo Friday night, for talks with some Egyptian officials on developments on the Palestinian government after forming the…

In an official statment released saturday afternoon, Hezbollah denied any relation to Tel-Aviv bombing, saying that news on the party’ involvment are lies, and part of the ‘zionist’ incitment against…

The Israeli army imposed strict closure over the northern West Bank city of Nablus and the surrounding villages. The Israeli security claimed receiving intelligence information about intention of an armed…

Thousands of Hamas’ supporters demonstrated on Friday in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip., demanding an immediate release of all the Palestinian Prisoners from Israeli jails. Fathi Hammad,…

After Friday’s attack in Tel Aviv which killed 3 and injured 38 Israelis (according to Israeli police), the American media has been quick to repeat the Israeli claim that Palestinians…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged Friday night to track down and punish those responsible for Friday’s suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Abbas’s pledge followed an emergency meeting with PA top…

Kerin Kayemit (The Permanent Israeli Fund) has prepared a plan to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank ; the plan includes building 6391 new flats and legalizing 120 illegal…

Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the new government needs to conduct “extensive…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli government is planning more settlements in the West Bank, in violation to assurances given to the U.S. and to the Palestinian Authority. Gush Shalom revealed…

As the construction of the separation wall continues, residents of the Palestinian villages north of Jerusalem organized a meeting in the village of Bir Nabala on Thursday in which they…

A West Bank Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef expected Friday that the upcoming Cairo meeting between Palestinian factions will not result in a formal truce unless Israel meets Hamas demands,…

The filed candidacy of Fatah’s jailed leader Marwan Barghouthi for PA chairmanship against Fatah’s central committee decision to nominate PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas’s decision to boycott elections, turned…

Jamal Shobaki, local government minister and the head of the Higher Election Committee said on Thursday that the second stage of the local elections will be conducted on May 5,…

Israel submitted Wednesday its first official reaction to the International Court of Justice ruling in regard to the West bank separation wall, issued on July 2004, accusing that the ruling…

The new Palestinian cabinet took office on Thursday after it was sworn before the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian Legislative Council…

The annexation wall which Israel started to erect in the summer of 2002 isolated, surrounded some Palestinian areas, nearly from all directions. The village of Azzoun Atma , south of Qalqilia is one…

The Palestinian detainees in Salem detention camp in the northern of the West Bank started an open hunger strike to protest the harsh living conditions in the detention. They informed…

This weekend marked the end of a 30-day ceasefire negotiated in late January by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with all of the Palestinian armed factions. Israeli officials had made such…