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Israeli security devices including the General Security Service (The Shabak) recommended keeping some neighborhoods of Jerusalem on the other side of the wall. The original plan, approved by the Israeli…
Minister of Labor in the Palestinian Authority, Abdul Rahman Hamad on Sunday said the losses caused by the continuous military operations in Beit Hanoun, started at the end of June,…
Palestinian Security source said Walid Hamdia has been declared clinically dead in a blast in a Palestinian Authority prison in Gaza Monday morning. The source said a blast, probably caused…
The Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace released its monthly report which revealed that Israeli army killed 81 Palestinian including 19 children, and 25 assassinations during the month of July.…
Unofficial Palestinian-Israeli talks involving an Advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Likud Knesset Members took place in the Dead Sea area on Saturday. The Israeli Palestinian Center for…
The Palestinian Media Center, an internet site close to the Hamas movement, reported on Saturday that Palestinian security forces arrested a Palestinian who planned to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed…
Palestinian lawmaker, Hassan Khreisheh said Saturday that the Palestinian attorney general is investigating claims that local companies sold cement to Israel, which was used in the construction of the West…
Gunmen broke into and opened fire at a Fatah’s movement conference Sunday convened to discuss reforms and elections. Around 20 gunmen interrupted the meeting firing their weapons into the air…
Israeli Labor Party Head Shimon Peres told Saturday Israeli TV Channel 2 that Labor’s inclusion in the government could accelerate the implementation of the disengagement plan. ‘I think it’s possible…
Bureau chief of Palestinian Prime minister Hassan Abu Libdah expressed concerns over chaos in the West Bank after the abduction of three internationals in Nablus and the burning of two…
An Israel Air Force helicopter fired Friday two missiles at a three story building in Gaza city; two people were wounded. Army source said that the target of the attack…
Al-Mizan center for Human Rights issued a report, Saturday, concerning the military operations in Beit Hanoun, and the continuous siege imposed on it. The report revealed that Beit Hanoun was…
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…
Palestinians and international peace activists are currently gathering at Zabubah village near Jenin to start a three-week-long march along the route of the separation wall down to Jerusalem. The march…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza said Friday night that Military Apaches raided a factory used to produce car batteries, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza city. The source added that…
Soldiers wounded seventeen Palestinian and foreign peace activists Wednesday evening in the village of Ya’bod, south of Jenin and in the north of the West Bank, during a protest against…
Tulkarem resident, Zaher Issa Al-Ashqar, aged 27 from Seida village near Jenin was killed in an exchange of fire during an incursion by Israeli army into Tulkarem in the early…
Soldiers supported by several armored vehicles and military bulldozers, invaded Tuesday night the area of Qezan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip and leveled four homes.…
The Israeli Army raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the north west of the West Bank, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. After a curfew was imposed, the army…
Protesting what they described "ignoring" what is happening in their town, the residents of Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza Strip, erected a roadblock on the main road after Erez’ checkpoint…
Detainees in all military detention camps are currently preparing to announce an indefinite hunger strike in protest of the deteriorating situation in the detention centers where wounded or ill detainees…
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) reported that Mahmoud Al-Hanini 23, from Beit Furik near Nablus was severely beaten up at Beit Furik checkpoint…
Soldiers have withdrawn from Al-Shojaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza after invading it earlier Tuesday at dawn. The invasion, which began at 2:00 am, has left in its wake two residents…
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat handed Tuesday powers to his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in order to carry out reforms, therefore ending a two weeks cabinet crisis. Arafat and Qurei emerged…
I am writing this with an aching heart. I have postponed writing it as long as I could. In Jewish tradition, there is a searing phrase: ‘The Temple was not…
(see also the excellent detailed Report by Dr. Fouad Moughrabi on this subject) Human reactions to their surrounding, value systems, and outlook on other humans are shaped by environment including…
Translated by Saed Bannoura “It was nearly four in the afternoon, we stepped out of the Taxi and rushed towards Qalandia checkpoint, south of Ramallah, in an attempt to be…
The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the visiting US envoys on Tuesday that Israel intends to dismantle the unauthorized settlers’ outpost in the West Bank as soon as possible.…
The Political Advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Wednesday afternoon that the Palestinian Authority might consider the Special UN envoy to the UN, Terje Roed-Larsen…
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Asali, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia north of the Gaza Strip, said that the number of residents killed in the continuous military operations in the…
Recently Israeli President Moshe Katsav publicly stated that human rights are basic rights and cannot be based on obligations set by the state – in other words, these rights are…
Senior American and Israeli officials agreed to start negotiations to define the boundaries within which Israel is allowed to do construction work in the West Bank. The U.S. administration is…
The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei dismissed reports on Palestinian Authority decision to delay taking the West Bank Separation Wall issue to the United Nations Security Council until after the…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday ordered construction work on the West Bank separation wall to continue. Sharon said that the building work on the fence will proceed in…
Israel is mobilizing to convince ‘relevant countries’ not to vote in favor of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Palestinian observer…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his ministers in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting completely rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation wall, calling it…
United Nations General Secretary Coffi Anan called Sunday Israel to accept the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which demands the dismantling of the West bank separation wall. Speaking…
Now, the court ruled, Palestinians happy, Israelis angry, Europeans welcomed, U.S brushed aside, so, what comes next? Facts: The ruling is not binding. Any UN General Assembly resolution that can…
Palestinian Medical sources at the ‘Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital (formerly Al-Shifa) in Gaza city that four Palestinians have been killed and one seriously injured on Saturday afternoon as Israeli Air Force…
Arab Envoys to the United Nations said Friday that Palestinians will ask the United Nations General Assembly next week to adopt a resolution affirming the International Court of Justice ruling…
After the International Court of Justice ruled at The Hague, that the West Bank Separation wall Israel is building, the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, Israel will continue building…
Dr. Azmi Bishra, Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset and his comrades suspended their seven-day hunger strike on Friday after the International Court of Justice ruled that the Separation wall…
The main obstacle that blocks the way towards a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israel conflict is the huge gap that exists between justice and reality. The Friday ICJ ruling and…
Palestinian Medical sources at the ‘Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital (formerly Al-Shifa) in Gaza city that four Palestinians have been killed and one seriously injured on Saturday afternoon as Israeli Air Force…
As the International Court of Justice’s ruling is being read at The Hague now, the judges unanimously, rejected claims that it has no jurisdiction to rule on the wall issue.…
Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Friday that Israel will not compile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation fence, ICJ will in few…
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed an appeal Wednesday, through its lawyer, Abeer Baker, to the Israeli Prisons department and the government’s legal advisor, demanding…
Translated by: Saed Bannoura Hanan Al-Khatib, a lawyer at the Palestinian Prisoner society, visited a number of female detainees in Al-Ramla detention camp, which includes 45 female detainees, who told…
Islamic Jihad spokesperson Khader Habib revealed Wednesday that resistance leaders and Palestinian Authority officials are discussing halting Qassam’s firing into Israeli areas, confirming that Resistance groups will submit their final…
The Prisoners’ Support Society in Majd Al-Kroom said that it received information from Shatta detention camp during the past two days, and through the lawyer of the society, that soldiers…
Translated by George Rishmawi-IMEMC Abu Mazin: Things would have been different, had Sharon suggested the Disengagement Plan to us earlier The former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin) held…
The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said there will be no further talks on any topic as long as the Middle East Quartet keeps its unclear position on the West…
Palestinian sources reported that two Israeli air to ground missiles hit a car in Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Eyewitnesses reported that the three passengers in the car managed to…
Palestinian sources reported that Isam Mhameed 30, from Qalqilia, an operative of the Aqsa Brigades was killed in Balata refugee camp east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Eyewitnesses…
Fatah Movement denied Haretz report, which claimed that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called off the movement internal elections in the Gaza Strip because his supporters were losing. Sakher Besaso, member…
American peace activist Anne-Robinson-Peter who has been detained for 14 days at Ben Gurion airport, appeared Tuesday before Judge Oded Mudrik at Tel Aviv District Court. Robinson-Peter was charged with…
Clashes erupted Wednesday morning, between the Political detainees and the administration in Gilboa detention camp, twenty injuries were reported. Meanwhile, the Prisoners Supporters Society said that the administration banned its…
Despite Palestinian Presidnet Yasser Araft’s objections over the participation of security personnel in elections, Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip is proceeding with its internal elections that began on May…
Israeli troops assassinated Khaled Suleiman Al-Hawi, 23 years old, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs brigades in Jenin, wounded three others and arrested one of them. Al-Hawi, and the other three…
Two Palestinians, Dr. Khaled Saleh of the A-Najah University in Nablus, his son Mohammed were killed Tuesday early morning hours as Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at a four…
The Israeli High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday ordering army to halt work on the section of the separation wall near the West Bank villages of Dir…
Army shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis late on Monday after an Israeli was wounded by a Qasam rocket fired at the…
Palestinian sources reported that the Egyptian government has officially informed the Palestinian factions of delaying the inter-Palestinian dialogue which was scheduled for the beginning of the month, till the second…
Top Israeli military officials continue to criticize the decision made by the High Court of Justice in Israel concerning the West Bank separation wall. The State’s General Attorny Menachem Mazuz…
Palestinian sources said to Palestinian were killed in Al-Barazil neighborhood in Rafah southern Gaza Strip and six others were injured in Jabalia and Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp north of the Strip…
The open ended hunger strike declared by the Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara enters its third day in the protest tent set up near Al-Ram area north of…
More than 200 residents of Az Zawiya village, joined by 10 international supporters, confronted a phalanx of army jeeps and hummers today, as they tried to reach the land near…
According to a public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 80% of Palestinians backed Cairo’s demand for merging Palestinian security devices under an empowered…
In a rare move, Israeli Military Police last week arrested a sergeant in the paratroopers Brigade on suspicion that he abused Palestinians when he commanded the Hawara checkpoint near the…
Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Palestinian detainees in Israel detention camps tell horrible stories of violations and assaults they are subjected to in Israeli detention camps, above all, what makes…
Israeli Prime minister told Sunday his cabinet members that he was sure that the High Court would reconsider its Separation wall ruling if no alternatives to the current rout are…
Arab MK Azmi Bisharah (Democratic National Coalition) started Saturday an open ended hunger strike to protest the construction of the separation wall in Jerusalem area. Bishara, who sat in a…
Palestinian Jerusalemites started a new hunt for flats to live and a resettle again in Jerusalem, after army started to encircle Jerusalem with the Separation wall which will disconnect them…
The persistent decision by the Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to go through with his plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip dictates that a second look at the concept of…
Translated and edited by George Rishmawi-IMEMC Between 7 am – 8 am is the time when the ‘Iron Gate’ in the separation wall, an entrance to five villages south of…
Several detainees in Bir Shiva detention, said Friday that they are facing hard conditions and cruel treatments by the soldiers, in addition to other humiliating measures taken against them. The…
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Friday in Washington that Israel would not accept a World Court ruling on the legality of the West Bank separation wall, calling the U.S.…
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades publicly executed an informer and collaborator with the Israeli Intelligence Service ‘Shabak’ from Tubas village near Jenin. The brigades confirmed that Mohammad Abdul Raziq 45, confessed that…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday ordered the defense ministry to reroute the 30-kilometer stretch of the separation wall and examine whether other parts of the wall. The wall stretch…
Israeli army killed three Palestinians in Rafah, Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on Friday. On the other hand, a Palestinian medical source said Yasser Al-Arja 27,…
Even the Israeli high court considered the already built wall sections northwest and southeast of Jerusalem as illegal demanding a reroute. The court ruling was based on the grave living…
A report by Palestine News Network details some of the events of the past week, in which Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians; 16 of them were unarmed civilians, including two…
Oppressed nations are usually trapped into thinking that the world is a justice-driven one and define their goals accordingly. The more the developed countries talk about democracy, human rights, and…
Israeli army demolished Thursday two homes in Jericho and destroyed a wall which encircles a mosque in the city. WAFA news agency said that soldiers detonated the homes of Abdul-Maseeh…
Israel handed Tuesday a list of 28 unauthorized West Bank settler outposts to the U.S. U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, after a six-week delay. The handover of the list came a…
Even the Israeli high court considered the already built wall sections northwest and southeast of Jerusalem as illegal demanding a reroute. The court ruling was based on the grave living…
The Israeli High Court of Justice Thursday barred temporarily the completion of construction work on the West Bank separation wall section south of Jerusalem, near Har Homa settlement. The temporary…
One of the three Aqsa Brigades operatives who survived the army operation in the old city of Nablus, in which five of the most wanted leaders of the brigades together…
The head of the Palestinian Intelligence service Amin Al-Hindi saidfollowing the pullout George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004, 10:35 The head of the Palestinian Intelligence service Amin Al-Hindi said…
Wednesday to make changes on 30 Kilometers of the route of the WestGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 30, 2004 In the wake of the Israeli High Court of Justice’s decision…
As Israel is assembling troops at the Gaza Strip borders, apparently preparing for a wide scale invasion of the northern parts of the Palestinian Strip, the debate over Israeli Prime…
Government, accused the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ofGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 29, 2004 Dr. Nabil Sah’ath, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Government, accused the Israeli Prime…
Amjad Al-Najjar, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society office inSaed Shiokhy, PNN Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC, June 2004 Amjad Al-Najjar, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society office in Hebron,…
An Interview with Hassan Khareishah, the head of the PLC’ committee, which investigated the Egyptian Cement Scandal, and the head of the PLC’ monitoring committee. Translated and Summarized by: Ghassan…
In Deir Qadis, North of Ramallah, and in the Village of Faqqua’,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 28, 2004 In the village of Qaffin, North of the West Bank city of…
the construction of some sections of the West Bank Separation wallGeorge Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, June 28, 2004 The Israeli high court decided Monday, to renew an order that halts the…
Israeli sources reported that two Israelis were killed and fewTwo Israelis killed in Sderot by Qassam Rockets IMEMC Staff & Agencies, June 28, 2004 Israeli sources reported that two Israelis…
            In the village of Qaffin, North of the West Bank city of Tulkarem,            In Deir Qadis, North of Ramallah, and in the Village of Faqqua’,            near Jenin…
                                   The Israeli high court decided Monday, to renew an order that halts            the construction of some sections of the West Bank Separation wall            to be…