Category: Palestine

Sentenced to 5 life terms and 40 years more, legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi dismissed the authority of the Israeli court, saying that it represents the occupation. Bargouthi, a…

disengagement plan on Sunday, the Palestinian Prime Minister AhmadGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 7, 2004 In his first official response to the Israeli cabinet voting on the disengagement plan on…

incidents that include the killing of local Palestinians, especiallyGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Op-Ed June 7, 2004 It is becoming harder to listen to Army spokespersons’ accounts of incidents that include the killing of…

It is becoming harder to listen to Army spokespersons’ accounts of incidents that include the killing of local Palestinians, especially when the killings take place in a clash with stone-throwing…

Jewish settlements near the Bedouin communities in the Negev toIMEMC & Agencies, June 6, 2004 The Israeli Housing Ministry is advancing the establishment of Jewish settlements near the Bedouin communities…

legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to five consecutiveIMEMC Staff & agencies, June 6, 2004 On Sunday, the Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Palestinian legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti…

north of Jerusalem on Saturday, in a protest against the SeparationIMEMC & Agencies, June 6, 2004 Gush Shalom and Ta’ayush activists joined Palestinians in Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem on Saturday,…

Egyptian security agreement is not a political which preserves theIMEMC Staff, June 5, 2004, 17:46 Abu Odai, leader of Al-Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank, said that the Egyptian security…

excess use of power against the Palestinian civilians and raidingGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 5, 2004 Israeli continues to operate in the Palestinian regions with an excess use of power…

one of the major components in the Palestinian Resistance since itsIMEMC Staff, June 5, 2004 The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) has been seen by analysts as one of the major…

 On June 5, 1967 , Israel occupied the West Bank , Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem , from the Golan Heights in Syria , from the Sinai Desert to Egypt…

approval of his revised disengagement plan, Israeli Prime MinisterAnalysis-Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC, June 5, 2004 In an attempt to end the Cabinet deadlock and pave the way to approval of his revised…

Abu Odai, leader of Al-Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank, said that the Egyptian security agreement is not a political which preserves the dignity and rights of the Palestinians, and…

The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) has been seen by analysts as one of the major componants in the Palestinian resistance since its foundation. Despite the fact that Hamas has caused…

On June 5, 1967 , Israel occupied the West Bank , Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem , from the Golan Heights in Syria , from the Sinai Desert to Egypt…

The Palestinian Council for Peace and Justice revealed that theMay” IMEMC Staff, June 5, 2004, 08:57 The Palestinian Council for Peace and Justice revealed that the violations conducted by Israel…

killed six and injured over 20 others in different invasions in theGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 4, 2004 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that Israeli forces killed six…

commemorating those killed by the Israeli army in the latestGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, June 4, 2004 Thousands of Palestinians joined a rally in Rafah organized by Hamas commemorating those killed by the…

Thousands of Palestinians joined a rally in Rafah organized by Hamas commemorating those killed by the Israeli army in the latest operation in the Gaza Strip in which over 57…

for Solidarity and support to the Palestinians in their struggleIMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 3 2004 The International Solidarity Movement is conducting a wide campaign for Solidarity and support to…

 The International Solidarity Movement is conducting a wide campaign for Solidarity and support to the Palestinians in their struggle against the military assaults against the activists of the movement which…

monthly report that 137 Palestinians were killed during the month ofIMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 2, 2004 The Palestinian Center for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) revealed in its monthly report…

The Palestinian Center for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) revealed in its monthly report that 137 Palestinians were killed during the month of May, compared to 55 in April and 79…

treated at least 120 Palestinians who have been tear gassed by theGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, June 10, 2004 Palestinian medical sources in Al-Zawiya village that they have treated at least 120 Palestinians…

world to be in solidarity with them in facing the IsraeliGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies June 1, 2004 16:06 The children in Rafah city have called upon the children of the…

readiness to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ifGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 1, 2004 The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei has expressed Monday his readiness to meet…

is supposed to lead the redeployment of the Palestinian AuthorityInterview / IMEMC Staff, June 1, 2004 ArabYnet News site interviewed Mohammad Dahlan, the character, which is supposed to lead the…

The children in Rafah city have called upon the children of the world to be in solidarity with them in facing the Israeli Occupation, by going out on marches that…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei has expressed Monday his readiness to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon if the later reciprocated. ‘The meeting should result in putting…

ArabYnet News site interviewed Mohammad Dahlan, the character, which is supposed to lead the redeployment of the Palestinian Authority and its devices in Gaza Strip after an Israeli pullout. In…

The Egyptian Middle East News Agency reported Monday that both Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a mutual cease-fire. According to the Egyptian agency, Israel…

residents of Jabal Al-Mukaber in their appeal against the army’sIMEMC & Agencies, June 10, 2004 Some 20 Jewish residents of Jerusalem have joined the Palestinian residents of Jabal Al-Mukaber in…

Israeli police reported Wednesday that during the year 2004, settlers’ attacks against Palestinian residents, especially in the northern West Bank and Hebron areas, increased considerably. Since January 2004, there has…

done by channel 10 with the Palestinian President Yasser ArafatIMEMC Staff, May 31, 2004, 09:00 The Israeli paper online Yedioth Ahronoth, published an interview done by channel 10 with the…

 Translated by, Saed Bannoura Mansour Ahmad is a 54 years old man from Hebron, south of the West Bank, tells a story which started in 1967, and never ended… “As…

The Israeli paper online Yedioth Ahronoth, published an interview done by channel 10 with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Sunday evening, and broadcasted the interview on its evening news. Channel…

said Saturday that resistance groups would stop fighting IsraelisIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 30, 2004 The former Palestinian security affairs minister Mohammad Dahlan said Saturday that resistance groups would stop…

villages northwest Jerusalem, including 67% of lands which belongsSaed Bannura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 29, 2004, 18:04 Palestine Media Center said that army to annex seven Palestinian villages northwest Jerusalem, including…

People’s Part, the former Communist Party, said the PalestinianGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 29, 2004 Khaled Mansour, member of the Political bureau of the Palestinian People’s Part, the former Communist Party, said…

There is no doubt that Israel plans to withdraw completely and totally from the Gaza Strip. What remains to be answered is when and how. But until the withdrawal actually…

preparations for the elections in the Palestinian territories haveSaed Bannura-IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 Minister of local Authorities Jamal Shobaki, said that the preparations for the elections in the…

handing over the responsibility in areas Israel will pullout from inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 27, 2004 A Senior Palestinian official said, Tuesday that a security plan for handing over…

detainees in Shatta prison revealed an attempt by soldiers from theSa’ed Bannura-IMEMC, May 25, 2004 Palestine News Network reported, Monday, that some Palestinian detainees in Shatta prison revealed an attempt…

by settlers at the site of the unauthorized Hazon David outpost nearGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 25,2004 Army and border police dismantled Tuesday morning a structure built by settlers at…

Authority has distributed arms to Hamas and Islamic Jihad operativesGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 24 2004 A senior Israeli security sources charged Sunday the Palestinian Authority has distributed arms to…

As the Arab Summit in Tunisia lowered the curtains, Palestinians realized that Arab leaders not only turned back to them, but more important turned against them. {mosimage}The continued crisis in…

Suleiman, is due to arrive on Monday in Ramallah to meet withIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 24, 2004 The head of the Egyptian intelligence services, General Omar Suleiman, is due…

Uri Avnery-Op-Ed, May 23, 2004The Rape of Rafah Uri Avnery-Op-Ed, May 23, 2004 The immense might of the Israeli army, assembled from all over the country, has attacked a small…

The immense might of the Israeli army, assembled from all over the country, has attacked a small Palestinian township on the margin of the destitute Gaza Strip. Palestinians, both fighters…

family in the city. When the assaulted family complained to theIMEMC & Agencies, May 22,, 2004, 20:05 Member of an Ethiopian Jewish family in Bir Shiva assaulted an Arab family…

open Hunger Strike in protest to the inhuman treatment andIMEMC & Agencies, May 22, 2004 The detainees in Hadarim detention camp, near Haifa, resumed their open Hunger Strike in protest…

his confinement in Ramallah.IMEMC & Agencies, May 22, 2004 20:38 The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat addressed the summit from his confinement in Ramallah. Arafat, who spoke to the summit via…

military offensive, ‘Operation Rain Bow’ was, to find out that aHundreds of Rafah residents went out to the streets especially in Tel Al-Sultan and Al-Barazil area where the focus of…

Senior sources in the Israeli government dismissed on Thursday some Arab media reports about a near deal in which the remains of the missing air force navigator Ron Arad would…

Soldiers and police officers attacked demonstrators as they attempted to cross the roadblocks into the Gaza Strip.IMEMc & agencies, May 21, 2004 Police and soldiers attacked around a thousand demonstrators,…

Rafah continued despite of the U.N. Security Council resolution andGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 21, 2004 Military ‘Operation Rainbow’ in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah continued despite of…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura  ‘There is nothing more difficult for the parents than loosing a child, yet how would it feel to lose two at the same time… by a…

legislative Council Member, Marwan Bargouthi of four charges out ofIMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 Tel Aviv Central Court convicted Thursday, the Palestinian legislative Council Member, Marwan Bargouthi of four…

Jerusalem according to the Hebrew calendar in 1967 six days war,George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 20, 2004 Wednesday, May 18, 2004 marks the 37 anniversary of annexing Jerusalem according to…

All who believe in peace and peaceful non-violent means to fight injustice should bow in respect to the people of Rafah. Even while surrounded with death and destruction from all…

guilty of war crimes and grave violations of Geneva Convention inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 19, 2004 Amnesty International, the Human Rights Group, has charged Israel guilty of war crimes and grave…

navigator Ron Arad is dead and his body is being held by Hezbollah,IMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 Source close to Hezbollah confirmed Wednesday that Israel Air Force navigator…

strikes against hundreds of peaceful protestors was unrecorded inIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 19, 2004 Rafah’s governor told IMEMC by phone that ‘an air to ground missile strikes against hundreds…

As the Palestinian authority requested an emergency UN Security Council session, Israel already started the second wave of assaults in Rafah, killing 12 residents and knocking down dozens of homes.…

Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outpostsU.S. IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outposts on the West…

list of the unauthorized settlers’ outposts to the U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Following the published news over the failure of Israel to submit a list of the…

the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called Monday for reforms inGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Reuters reported that Jibril Al-Rajoub, a senior security aide to the Palestinian President Yasser…

operation to isolate the city of Rafah from the rest of the GazaGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 17, 2004 A massive number of Israel troops on Monday completed a major…

Saturday that the second stage of the prisoners’ swap deal withIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 16, 2004 After weeks of denial, a senior Israeli official source confirmed Saturday that the…

to react to Israeli raids on Gaza so as not to give Israel an excuseIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 16, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei urged Sunday Palestinians not…

rally calling for an immediate Gaza withdrawal, Police source saidIMEMC Staff & agencies, May 16, 2004 While organizers said that some 250,000 attended the Saturday night rally calling for an…

Gaza Strip is devastating for its residents.George Rishmawi-IMEMC, May 15, 2004 The result of the Israeli military operation in Rafah area, south of Gaza Strip is devastating for its residents.…

The key that he gave to her is not a key for a car, or a safe, yet a house that he left 56 years ago in 1948 when his…

In a speech broadcast live on Palestinian television, Arafat praised Palestinian stead fasting and resistance, saying that Al-Nakbah was not the fate of Palestinians, who proved through their revolution that…

About 40 tanks and bulldozers invaded Hay Elzaiton at 1 am Tuesday morning with the help of the apaches in the sky. Israeli occupation soldiers took up positions on rooftops…

Translated by: George Rishmawi In a very emotional and enthusiastic look, as his tears were dripping on his rough face, 76 year old Mahmoud Thuqan gives his 6 year old…

‘Never trust that you will continue to win’ is the first lesson to be learned.Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, May 14, 2004 With body parts and cement concrete blocks of razed homes flying…

snatched the personal gun of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, May 14, 2004 Israeli security sources said Thursday that two Palestinians snatched the personal gun of Israeli soldiers…

Nathan Sharansky — former Soviet dissident and ‘Minister for The Jewish Diaspora’ in the Sharon cabinet, has been touring U.S. campuses and European capitals, busily waging the ‘Campaign Against The…

missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad and handed bones to Israel forIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 14, 2004 Lebanese media sources reported that Hezbollah found the grave missing Israeli navigator Ron…

entitled “Silencing the Press” which documents the attacks conducted The Palestinian center for Human Rights (PCHR) released a report entitled “Silencing the Press” which documents the attacks conducted by the…

Hosni Mubarak and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell prior toIMEMC Staf & Agencies, May 13, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei will meet Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak and U.S.…

municipal elections will be held in Jericho on coming August to beIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 12, 2004 10:00 Palestinian Prime minister Ahmed Qurei told reporters on Monday that municipal…

Bush, in a letter to Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 12, 2004 A Palestinian official source said Tuesday that U.S president George Bush, in a letter…

frame work of Israel-Hezbollah prisoners’ swap deal, told IranianIMEMC & Agencies, May 11, 2004 12:28 Sheikh Mustafa Dirani, who was released from Israeli Jails in the frame work of Israel-Hezbollah…

said Tuesday that the European Union is investing serious efforts toIMEMC & Agencies, May 11, 2004 Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s Advisor Nabil Abu Rudainah said Tuesday that the European Union…

At the recent Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin, Yehuda Bauer, an Israeli official raised the specter of a “totalitarian, radical Islamist ideology” based on the widespread Zionist belief that Muslim fundamentalists…

Palestinian citizens of Israel after being arrested for ten monthsGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 10, 2004 10:20 Nazareth district court ordered the immediate release of three Palestinian citizens of Israel…

outposts, a Peace Now report released Monday, based on a study theyIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 10, 2004 In the midst of talks around evacuating unauthorized settlers’ outposts, a Peace…

reporters that dialogue between the Palestinian leadership and theGeorge N. Rishmawi & Agencies, May 10, 2004 10:30 The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei told Palestinian reporters that dialogue between the…

surprise to most Palestinians.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 9, 2004 The torturing of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghuraib came as no surprise to most Palestinians. Tens of thousands of…

An Israeli soldier carrying an (M-16) automatic rifle is shooting at a group of kids throwing stones at him. {mosimage}One of the stone throwing kids falls on the ground while…

received any new information on missing Israel Air Force navigatorIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 9, 2004 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz denied Sunday that Israel has received any new information…

memories among dozens of thousands of Palestinians who passedGhassan Andoni-Opinion May 9, 2004 Photos coming from Abu-Ghraib prison in Iraq triggered painful memories among dozens of thousands of Palestinians who…

An Israeli soldier carrying an (M-16) automatic rifle is shooting at a group of kids throwing stones at him. One of the stone throwing kids falls on the ground while…

carefully think about how to reach Jericho, the city of the Moon,Fadi Abu Saada, Feature, May 9, 2004 When a Palestinian plan to travel to another country he needs to…

Mr. Faisal Salameh, Head of Public Services Committee said, soldiers attack the camp on daily basis, and impose curfew while shooting and spreading fear among the residents, especially children.Translated by…

around 43 cases of informers involved in providing intelligenceGeorge N. Rishmawi & Agencies, May 8, 2004 The Attorney General in Gaza Strip Wael Zaqut, said, Friday that around 43 cases…

Both were reacting to U.S. president George Bush statement in which he said that it was maybe unrealistic for a Palestinian state to be established by the year 2005.Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC…

through the Palestinian territories think that it was not enough toSaed Banoura-IMEMC-Feature, May 7, 2004 Apparently, soldiers manning the the dozens of checkpoints spread through the Palestinian territories think that…