International Middle East Media Center
Israeli Political strategist Eyal Arad and Ariel Sharon’s top advisor, told the British daily newspaper the Guardian, that Sharon does not intend to implement the principle of land for peace…
Fateh ruling party decided to postpone its first ever primaries scheduled to start Friday saying that the movement not ready to run the poll citing internal dissent and extortion attempts…
Israeli Political strategist Eyal Arad, also Ariel Sharon’s top advisor, told the British daily newspaper the Guardian that Sharon does not intend to implement the principle of land for peace…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Israeli Air Force planes dropped thousands of leaflets over the Lebanese capital of Beirut, and its suburbs, denouncing Hezbollah party which is based in…
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom declared, on Tuesday, that he would compete for the Likud chairmanship and for Prime Minister, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported. Shalom said at a press…
14 Likud members of Knesset joined Sharon, on Monday evening, and became members of his new party which he called “The National Responsibility”. Israeli political analysts said that he managed…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, met on Monday morning, with the Israeli President Moshe Katsav and informed the he intends to dissolve the Knesset. Katsav told Sharon that the elections…
As the speculation that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to split from the Likud party, which he headed for six years, he told the Israeli Vice Premier Shimon…
In what was described as the “apparently final unity government meeting”, Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, told the Vice Premier. Shimon Peres, that he will not “allow him to be…
A Palestinian source reported, on Saturday afternoon, that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazin], received an official invitation to visit the Vatican, and meet Pope Benedict XVI. The source…
A survey commissioned by the Israeli Newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, revealed that if the elections are held now in Israel, Sharon can collect 28 seats at the Knesset if he form…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, met on Thursday morning, and agreed to hold the Knesset elections between the end of February and the end…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, met on Thursday morning, and agreed to hold the Knesset elections between the end of February and the end…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, met on Thursday morning, and agreed to hold the Knesset elections between the end of February and the end…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, met for the second time in Tunisia and held a second round of talks. The meeting took place at…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a televised speech that marked the 17th anniversary of Palestinian declaration of independence in 1988 that Israel is trying to avoid peace talks, and…
Approximately 60.000 persons attended the memorial of Rabin at Rabin’s square in Tel Aviv on Saturday at night. Clinton: “Not a week passes by, without thinking of Rabin”. Israeli online…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, said on the first anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, that Arafat died without a country or freedom which…
Amir Peretz, Israeli Trade Union leader has achieved a stunning victory over the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres in the leadership contest of the Labor Party. This victory could…
Mayor of Bethlehem Dr. Victor Batarseh will declare Bethlehem an open city and announce that the city is to issue a Bethlehem passport, open to anyone in the world. Dr.…
Israel and Hezbollah renewed the second stage negotiations secretly to conclude a new deal on the missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reported on Tuesday. Similar…
King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit the West Bank on Wednesday, in an unexpected trip, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said on Tuesday.  ‘King Abdullah II will be…
Aides to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, after his defeat in a Knesset vote by the opposition of “rebels” of his own Likud party, said that the Likud is…
Palestinian legislator Qaddoura Fares visited on Monday evening the jailed legislator, Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, in his cell in Hadarim Israeli detention facility, near Haifa, north of the country. Fares…
Israeli Knesset approved on Monday evening the appointment of Ehud Olmert as the Israeli Minister of finance by 71-41 margin, and Matan Vilnai as Science Minister. The approval comes as…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Monday that he strongly apposes the participation of Hamas movement in the January 25 Palestinian legislative elections, and threatened that Israel will not…
Hamas politburo member Ismail Haniyya said that the Gaza Strip should not halt its activities in supporting the resistance in the West Bank so that the Israeli government will not…
A Palestinian source reported on Saturday that the Rafah border crossing will be opened next Monday for four hours in order to test the surveillance cameras which will be installed…
Hamas has asked Egypt and Jordan to host its headquarters from Damascus, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Friday.  Such a move stems from recent pressure on Syria to close Islamic movements’…
An Israeli and a Palestinian female youth were awarded the King Hussein Prize for promoting peace, during a ceremony held in New York on Tuesday. The prize, which is an…
The U.S. administration demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on the Islamic Jihad movement, in the wake of the latest attacks and counter attacks in the region,…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressing the Knesset during the opening of its winter session, said that Israel considers the construction of the Separation Wall in the West Bank as…
In a motion led by the United States, the Committee for the Middle East Peace Process known as ‘The Quartet’ called on Syria to expel the Islamic Jihad movement from…
Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Friday that Israeli does not consider the Palestinians as its peace partners. His statements came during his Thursday meeting with the Egyptian President…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to cancel his meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and said that he will not meet with him before he “acts against terrorism”.…
Sa’id Syam, one of Hamas prominent political leaders, told the Palestinenet news website, that Hamas and Fateh movements intend to prepare a document of understandings between the two movements. The…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, visited the Egyptian President, Hosney Mubarak, on Monday and briefed him on his talks with the American President, and asked for the Egyptian support in the…
Sheikh Yasser Mansour, a leading figure in Hamas, called on the factions and the Palestinian Authority to stand united against Israeli statements calling for a ban on Hamas from participating…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that the American President George Bush is pushing the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas in order to confront the resistance groups and dismantle them. The movement…
U.S. President George W. Bush reiterated Israel and the U.S. administration demand for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to fight the Palestinian resistance groups and disarm them. Bush’s demands to…
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday that it made it clear for Israel that settlement construction between Jerusalem and Maali Adumim settlement contradicts with the American policy.…
Israeli Peace Now movement announced a new initiative on Wednesday calling the Israeli government to withdraw from 26 West Bank settlements which are relatively isolated within large concentration of Palestinian…
Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security denied, on Wednesday, denied reports published by the Israeli military intelligence claiming that ten members of Al Qaeda network infiltrated into the Gaza…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Wedensday where he will meet with some U.S. top officials who will most probably ask him about Hamas’ participation in…
Israeli Defense Minister’s Advisor for Arab Affairs, David Hakham, said that the field procedures conducted by the Israeli army and government after the Sunday’s Gush Etzion junction shooting attack, are…
An Israeli source reported on Tuesday that the Greek police and the Interpol are searching for an Israeli man who went missing last week after heading to Greece for a…
Political leaders of Hamas said, on Monday, that the movement did not sign the Code of Ethics treaty regarding the upcoming legislative elections, but the movement will respect it, adding…
A group of Evangelical Christians from around the world have donated about $40,000 to Jewish settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip settlements, a spokesman said Monday. David Parsons, spokesman of…
Head of the Israeli National Security Council, Giora Eiland, conditioned the Israeli approval of weapon transfer to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) with fighting Hamas. “The Palestinian request to receive weapons…
Hasan Kreisha, deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said, on Saturday, that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, did not instruct the Legislative Council to delay the formation of…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied the presence of internal conflicts regarding its position towards the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Elections slated for January, 25, 2006.Hamas media spokesperson, Mosheer Al Masry, said…
Israeli online daily Haaretz published a poll on Friday which revealed that the majority of Labor party members want Sharon [Likud] to head their party list in the coming Knesset…
Palestinian chief negotiator Dr. Saeb Ereikat is scheduled to meet on Friday, with the Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres for further talks about in bid to resolve the issue of…
Palestinian deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information Dr. Nabil Shaath stated on Thursday that Israel is not dealing with the Palestinian Authority as a peace partner, and insists to…
The Palestinian diplomacy will witness an active coming two weeks. Palestinian officials said Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head for one-day talks in Amman with King Abdullah II…
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahamd Qurei said that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) will release the report of the Special Medical Committee which was formed to investigate the death of the late…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli Army will advise the Israeli government to release additional Palestinian detainees in an attempt to strengthen the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. A…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahamd Qurei, agreed to form a new government which will serve until the general elections scheduled for January 2006. A senior Palestinian…
The Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed on Monday, to delay the summit between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, until November, due to differences…
The Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed on Monday, to delay the summit between the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, until November, due to differences…
A prominent source in Holland reported on Monday, that Israeli soldiers barred Dutch delegates, from entering the Palestinian territories, and arrested a member of the team. The delegates, headed by…
A Palestinian political source reported that difference emerged during the Palestinian-Israeli meeting on Sunday, which brought the meeting to its end without any positive outcome. Palestinian chief negotiator, Dr. Saeb…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to enter Israel for the first time, and address Israeli audience during a conference in Netanya Aacademic College, in a ceremony marking the 10th…
Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that David Welch, assistant of the US secretary of state, will arrive in the region on Monday to meet with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas…
Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom said that if Hamas participates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections Israel and the international community will not recognize the results of these elections. In…
Shimon Peres, said on Friday that his party is ready to remain in Sharon’s coalition until the elections in 2006, if Sharon accepts four conditions; solve the issue of borders, negotiate…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered head of the opposition and Shinui party leader to join the government in order to expand it after members of Knesset from his own…
Israeli deputy Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Thursday that Israel will not respond to the Palestinian demands of releasing Palestinian detainees who were “convicted†of killing Israelis in the…
P.A cabinet minister and chief negotiation Dr. Saeb Erekat said that he will be meeting with Sharon’s advisor Dov Weisglass on Sunday, in order to prepare for Abbas-Sharon summit scheduled…
The Palestinian Legislative Council decided to from a formal investigation unit in order to probe the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. After the death of Arafat, the…
Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sameer Hleila, denied reports which were published on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, Abu Ala’, suffered a heart attack,…
Leaders of the Palestinian factions residing in Damascus agreed to refrain from using weapons to resolve internal problems, and affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation.…
Deputy Jordanian Prime Minister, Marwan Muasher, stated on Monday that King Abdullah of Jordan, has postponed his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, and set no new date for…
The Palestinian parliamentary committee, which is designated to discuss the security deteriorating in the Palestinian areas, recommended the parliament vote no-confidence against the government of Qurei. The parliamentary committee was…
Physicians For Human Rights organization (PHR) demanded the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release all o the Palestinian detainees from in Israeli detention facilities as a good will gesture.…
The UN Commission of Human Rights (UNCHR) held Israel responsible for the death of 33 newborn babies, after soldiers banned the mothers, while laboring, from crossing military roadblocks on their…
The Ruling Fateh movement won, on Friday, in 61 out of 104 local councils in the West Bank, yet Hamas movement won in 50% of the councils it contested, around…
Israeli Prime minister, Ariel Sharon, dismissed the statements of his advisor regarding possibility that Israel would consider another pullout from the West Bank in the future. Sharon also said that…
The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territories, saying that the attacks violate the fourth Geneva conventions and the international law. Tawfik Abu Khousa, spokesperson of the…
A senior U.S official said on Wednesday that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will visit Washington October 20, 2005, in order to meet with the US President George W. Bush.…
The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affair, Nasser Al-Kidweh, speaking at a press conference held at his office in Ramallah on Wednesday, said that Israel must immediately halt its attacks against…
John Dugard, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, reported that Israel is conducting…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, demanded the Palestinian Authority to set a date for elections in Nablus municipality,’soon and without delays’. “We appreciate and respect the efforts of the current councilâ€Â,…
A senior Egyptian official reported on Tuesday that the Tuesday Palestinian-Egyptian summit, between the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and the Egyptian president Hosney Mubarak, will focus on restoring calm, and…
The Likud Central Committee voted on Monday evening, in favor of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, by voting against holding early primaries for the Likud. Tzahi Hanegbi, Likud Central…
A senior Israeli military source reported, on Monday, that most of the Palestinian residents arrested over the last two days, after Israel launched its “Operation First Rainâ€Â, are candidates representing…
The Palestinian Authority called off the summit meeting between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scheduled for October 2, Israeli officials said on Sunday.…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, said on Sunday that Israel is carrying assaults against peace and stability in the area, after striking the Gaza Strip over night, and arresting 210…
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Saturday the King Abdullah of Jordan will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in the coming days. According to Haaretz, Jordanian media reports quoted…
“The road of liberating Gaza will be completed by liberating the West Bank, Jerusalem, and establishing our Palestinian independent state in the occupied territories since 1967â€Â. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas,…
The Arab member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are seeking to get Israel condemned as a threat to the Middle East peace for having nuclear weapons, Reuters…
Sheikh Mohammad Ghazal, one of Hamas political leaders in Nablus, denied reports that the movement modified its internal charter which calls for the destruction of Israel, and added that the…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it rejects to become a political party after the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Elections. Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas media spokesperson, said that the movement…
Mohammad Ghazal, one of Hamas political leaders in the West Bank, told Reuters that his movement could change a charter in its policy which calls for the destruction of the…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, dismissed speculations regarding plans to leave the Likud party and form a new one if he loses the primary elections. “I will not leave the…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Friday that he has plans to meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli sources reported. Sharon threatened to thwart the Palestinian parliamentary…
The Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it wants to return to Lebanon the body of Hezbollah fighter killed two months ago on the northern border. The International Red…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled his visit to New York where he was scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly, following the assassination of his Mousa Arafat, Abbas’ military…
God wanted to punish the U.S. President George W. Bush for his support for the unilateral disengagement plan, in which Israel evacuated 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four…
Egyptian officials in Cairo denied reports that the Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak is planning to visit Israel, saying that he does not plan to leave Egypt until the end of…