Mitchell Delays Visit To Middle East
The Israeli TV. Channel 2, reported on Monday at night that the U.S. Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, decided to postpone his visit to the Middle East due to tension…
E.U. Parliament Calls For Implementing The Goldstone Report
The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the…
Israeli military on trial in Rachel Corrie case
A civil suit filed by the parents of slain activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel began today in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Rachel Corrie was run over…
Interpol Identifies 27th Suspect in Dubai Assassination
The International Police Agency, Interpol, managed to identify suspect number 27, believed to be involved in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, in his hotel room in Dubai…
Interpol Seeks Apprehension Of 16 More Suspected Assassins
The International Police Agency, Interpol, issued on Monday arrest warrants for 16 more persons, suspected in involvement in the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, who was killed at…
UN Chief To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would allow United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the EU High representative of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, into the Gaza Strip.…
Barcelona Tribunal: “Israel Carried Severe Violations To The International Law”
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in Barcelona, started its activities on Thursday with a criticism to the Israeli government for committing severe violations against the International Law and the…
Fayyad Meets The UN Official Holmes
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, met, on Thursday, at the Ramallah Ministerial Council with John Holmes, UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and informed him…
Dubai Seeks Netanyahu’s Arrest
Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, stated that he would ask the state prosecutor to issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Israeli…
Irish Officials Enter Gaza
A group of Irish officials, headed by the Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning via the Rafah Border Terminal.Authorities in Gaza confirmed that…
Israeli Ambassador Questioned In Australia
On Wednesday night, Australian Authorities questioned their Israeli ambassador after three Australian passport holders were added to the list of suspects involved with the assassination of a Hamas leader in…
British Prime Minister: Israeli officials were part of decision to invade Iraq
In his recent testimony to the UK Committee investigating the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that Israeli officials influenced and participated in the decision by the US…
Egypt Objects To Hamas’ Participation In Arab Summit
Egyptian media sources reported that Cairo informed the authorities in Libya that it objects to the participation of the Hamas movement in the upcoming Arab Summit March 27 in Tripoli.…
New Details On Al Madbouh Assassination Could Lead To Crisis With Israel
The ongoing investigation conducted by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh, revealed that Israeli agents used European passports, while…
Dubai Police Releases Details on Persons Involved In Assassinating Hamas Leader
The police department in Dubai released on Monday significant details regarding the cell that carried out the assassination of Qassam Brigades leader, Mahmoud Al Madbouh at a hotel in the…
British Journalist Detained In Gaza
Palestinian and British sources confirmed that a British documentary director was arrested by the Hamas controlled security forces after he arrived at a Gaza court to testify in a law…
Arab Parliamentarians To Visit Gaza Mid February
A group of 15-25 Arab Parliamentarians are expected to visit the Gaza Strip in the middle of this month to express support to the Palestinian people living under siege in…
U.S Vows To Bury Goldstone Report At UN
Israeli sources reported Saturday that the United States vowed to Israeli leaders to bury the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Israel’s war in Gaza last year. The sources added…
Livni Vows To Visit Britain Despite Arrest Warrant
Israeli Foreign Minister, opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, vowed to visit Britain soon even if the country refrains from changing its laws regarding the arrest and prosecution of leaders accused of…
Italian Prime Minister Evasive During Bethlehem Press Conference
Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, visited the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, today and held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud…
King Abdullah Of Jordan: “We Will Not Be A New Occupation in Palestine”
King Abdullah of Jordan stated Saturday, that the whole world would pay the price of failed peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and added that his country will not accept…
Germany Voids Deal with Iran Due To Israeli Pressure
Israeli sources reported that Germany decided to void a deal signed between a German company and Iran to rebuild Bandar Abbas Iranian Port. The deal was canceled due to Israeli…
Belgium To Ask E.U For A Unified Stance Against Israel For Preventing Officials From Entering Gaza
Belgium has decided to ask the European Union to make a decision as to whether it will sanction Israel for preventing E.U. officials from entering the besieged Gaza Strip to…
Mubarak Slams Hamas, Defends Iron Wall
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, slammed Hamas for criticizing the Iron Wall that Egypt is constructing along, and under, its border with Gaza. Mubarak claims the construction of the wall is…
Russia Ongoing With Talks With Hamas
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, stated that his country in ongoing with its talks with the Hamas movement and described the talks are vital. Lavrov added that Moscow would push…
Tawil: “Israeli Compensation To UN, Scandal, Helps Israel Hide Its Crimes”
Palestinian Legislator, Husam Tawil, stated that the United Nations’ stance in accepting the 10 Million USD from Israel as a compensation for bombarding its facilities during the war is a…
UN Chief: “Mid East Situation Worsening”
Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban ki-Moon, stated that the situation in the Middle East is worsening due to the lack of progress in the Peace Process, and urged…
Canada Removes Funding from UNRWA to ‘Redirect in Accordance with Canadian Values’
The Canadian government has decided to pull its funding from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and direct the money towards specific projects.The…
Mitchell Starts Mid-East Diplomatic Tour
Visiting United States Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will start his diplomatic mission with a meeting with senior Israeli officials in an attempt to resume the stalled…
Israel: Global NATO’s 29th Member
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is pressuring its 28 member states and dozens of partnership affiliates on five continents to contribute more troops for the war in Afghanistan, the…
Israel Continues To Spy on Its Biggest Ally, Another Israeli Spy Arrested by FBI
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested on Monday an American scientist on charges of attempting to pass classified information to Israel. The scientist is accredited for helping…
E.U, P.A, Sign €158.5 Million Financing Agreement
Palestinian Authority (P.A) and the European Union signed on Tuesday a €158.5 million Financing Agreement, including €0.5 Million in contribution from Austria, to the P.A’s recurrent expenditures for 2010.The Palestine…
Israel, Germany hold joint Cabinet meeting amidst protests; Israel to receive nuclear submarine
“Judaism Yes, Zionism No!” read signs carried by a group of Orthodox Jews who joined dozens of other protesters outside a joint Cabinet meeting of the German and Israeli Prime…
Israel Apologizes To Turkey After Insulting Its Ambassador
The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued on Wednesday an official apology to Turkey and its ambassador after Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Danni Ayalon, insulted him over a Turkish TV Show depicting…
Mitchell: U.S. May Cut Aid To Israel In Two Years
The United Stats may legally cut its international aid to Israel in two years if peace talks fail with Palestine. George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to Middle East threatened…
UN accepts Gaza payoff by Israeli government
The United Nations will accept a ten million dollar payoff by the Israeli government as compensation for the bombing of UN facilities in Gaza during Israel’s invasion one year ago.UN…
US Congressman Brian Baird on Gaza, Goldstone and US support for Israel
This is an audio interview – 10:49click on link below to download mp3
P.A Complains To The US Over Nablus Assassinations
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank filed a complaint to the United States after the Israeli army invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and executed three Palestinians…
Hamas: “We Received Israel’s Response On Swap-deal”
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated Wednesday that it received the Israeli response to the prisoner-swap deal through the German mediator, and added that its leaders would study the Israeli response…
Israel, Turkey, Reach Drone Purchase Deal
The Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) reported Tuesday that it reached a deal with Israel to purchase 10 “Heron” drones TAI General Manager, Muharrem Dörtkaşl, said that the deal is expected…
Egyptian Officials Say They Will Not Allow Gaza Freedom March To Cross Border
The 1,360 peace activists from around the world currently on their way to Egypt will find the border to the Gaza Strip closed to them, say Egyptian officials. The Gaza…
Obama Grants Israel $2.775 Billion In Security Aid
United States President, Barack Obama, signed the Foreign Aid Budget Law of 2010 which includes granting $2.775 Billion in security aid to the state of Israel. This budget is the…
UK Apologizes To Livni
Less than 48 hours after the British Foreign Minister, David Miliband, apologized for the former Israeli Foreign Minister, and the current head of the opposition in Israel, Tzipi Livni, British…
Abu Zeid Confirms Egypt Installing Wall Along Gaza Border
Commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), Karen Abu Zeid, confirmed reports stating that Egypt is installing an iron barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip, and…
France To Grant The P.A 200 M Euros
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyadh Al Maliky, and his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, signed on Tuesday an agreement in which France agrees to donate 200 Million Euros to support Palestinian development…
Former Israeli FM Tzipi Livni Will Be Arrested If Enters UK
Arab and Israeli media sources reported Monday that a British court has issued an arrest warrant against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for her role in orchestrating last winter’s…
European Union Expresses Concern over Israeli Settlement Grants
The European Union expressed concern Friday about the Israeli Prime Minister’s plans to grant credits to some West Bank settlers.The EU is consulting its partners in the Middle East about…
Palestinian PM Welcomes EU Call Regarding Jerusalem
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad welcomed the call of the European Union to make Jerusalem a capital of two states.The Palestinian Premiere said this position of the EU is an…
Israel Rejects Swedish Initiative, P.A Promotes It
Israel considered the initiative of Sweden for declaring recognizing a Palestinian State in the occupied territories, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as a stance that does not represent the…
U.S Asked Israel To Release 1000 Fateh Detainees
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s Foreign Minister, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamentalist party, stated that the United States asked Israel to release 1000 detainees of the Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud…
Palestine’s right to statehood
With the Palestinian authorities in Ramallah seeking recognition of a Palestinian state through the United Nations, we must consider what this means both to Palestinians and to the rest of…
Hamas Convinces Armed Factions To Halt Homemade Shelling
Fathi Hammad, Hamas’ interior minister, announced Saturday that Hamas had convinced all the armed factions in Gaza to cease any firing of homemade shells across the border from Gaza into…
EU: It Is “premature” To Recognize A Palestinian State
The European Union’s Swedish presidency said Tuesday that it was ‘premature’ to recognize a Palestinian state, Reuters news agency reported.The comments came a few days after news about Palestinian leadership’s…
Peres: “Goldstone; Small Man Out To Hurt Israel”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, slammed Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed the Gaza war investigation team, and described him as “a small person who is out to hurt Israel”. Israeli paper,…
Imemc’s Saed Bannoura Featured In Project Censored
In its yearly publication of “The Top 25 Most Censored Stories”, the California-based organization Project Censored featured an article by IMEMC’s Saed Bannoura entitled “US military re-supplying Israel with ammunition…
Israel Is Not A Tolerant Society, Says US State Department
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that according to a new report by the U.S State Department, Israel fails all requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/us_state_department.jpg 300 0) US Department of…
Un General Assembly Urges Israel To Conduct Credible Investigations Into War Crimes In Gaza
The United Nations General Assembly thursday, by a recorded vote of 114 in favour to 18 against, with 44 abstentions, adopted a resolution giving Israel and the Palestinians three months…
Clinton Arrives In Cairo
US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday evening for a short visit aiming ath holding talks with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. Her talks would focus…
Israeli military attacks and takes over Iranian ship
An Iranian ship was attacked in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea by the Israeli navy early on Wednesday morning, while apparently on its way to Lebanon.According to Israeli media…
US House of Representatives votes to condemn Goldstone Report
The US House of Representatives voted today to condemn a United Nations Report on war crimes carried out during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip in January.The bill had one…
UN General Assembly To Discuss Goldstone Report
The United Nations General Assembly is set to discuss on Wednesday the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Gaza war. The report slams Israel’s disproportional use of force against the…
Mitchell Meets Abbas In Amman
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, held a meeting on Monday evening with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the residence of the Palestinian ambassador in Amman – Jordan. The…
Abbas-Clinton Meeting Ends With No Progress
The Abu Dhabi Saturday meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, ended without any progress. Abbas told Clinton that the Palestinians cannot resume…
Abbas-Clinton Meeting Ends With No Progress
The Abu Dhabi Saturday meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, ended without any progress. Abbas told Clinton that the Palestinians cannot resume…
British lawyers vow to have Olmert arrested for war crimes
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert may face war crimes charges if he enters the United Kingdom.Several British lawyer are working to expand the application of “universal jurisdiction” laws to allow…
US scientist charged with spying for Israel
A leading NASA scientist pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he tried to sell US defense secrets to Israel.The Judge rejected a bail request from Stewart David Nozette, saying…
Jerusalem Must Be Capital Of Both Israel and Palestine, says UN Secretary General
Jerusalem must be the capital of two States – Israel and Palestine – living side-by-side in peace and security, with arrangements for the holy sites acceptable to all, if peace…
UN General Assembly to discuss Goldstone Report Nov. 4th
The President of the United Nations General Assembly announced Wednesday that the Assembly plans next week to discuss the Goldstone Report on human rights violations carried out during Israel’s invasion…
UN General Assembly to discuss Goldstone Report Nov. 4th
The President of the United Nations General Assembly announced Wednesday that the Assembly plans next week to discuss the Goldstone Report on human rights violations carried out during Israel’s invasion…
Israel: “Goldstone report filled with lies”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, voiced another harsh condemnation to the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Gaza war in the period between Dec 27. and Jan. 18. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/gaza_offesnive_un1_1.jpg 300 0)…
Israel: “Goldstone report filled with lies”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, voiced another harsh condemnation to the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Gaza war in the period between Dec 27. and Jan. 18. 56872 OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/gaza_offesnive_un1_1.jpg 300…
Hamas: “Goldstone Vote, A Victory To Our People, Their Sacrifices”
The Hamas movement welcomed the Human Rights Council vote on the Goldstone report, and considered its approval as a victory to the Palestinian people and their sacrifices.The movement considered the…
Livni Demands Spain To Denounce Goldstone Report
Leader of Kadima party, former Israeli Foreign Minister of the, Tzipi Livni, demanded Spain on Thursday to denounce the Goldstone report. The statements of Livni came during her Thursday meeting…
Visiting Ramallah, Spanish PM Calls On Israeli To Freeze Settlement Activities
Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Zapatero, visited the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, and stated that Israel must freeze all of its settlement activities in the occupied territories, so…
Western Allies Of Israel Pressing It To Look Into Goldstone Report
Israeli sources reported Thursday that western allies of Israel are pushing it into launching a credible investigation into the findings of the Goldstone report, especially war crimes allegations.Israeli online daily,…
Interview with Gareth Porter on the Israeli role in US policy towards Iran
The US House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to ramp up economic pressure on Iran over its suspect nuclear program by punishing firms that do business in Iran’s energy sector.The…
At What Cost the Israel Lobby?
More than 46 years ago, President John F. Kennedy sought to preclude a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. In June 1963, he wrote the last in a series…
Judge Falk: “P.A Betrayed Its People”
Professor Richard Falk, UN Special Envoy to Human Rights in the occupied territories, stated that the Palestinian Authority’s stance regarding the report of Judge Richard Goldstone is disappointing and a…
Haniyya: “Any agreement that excludes Jerusalem will be voidedâ€
Ismail Haniyya, one of the prominent Hamas political leaders in Gaza, and the Prime Minister of the dissolved government, stated on Thursday that the Palestinians will not accept any peace…
EU grants P.A €40 M. for Public Services
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that the European Union (EU) gave the Palestinian Authority an additional €40 Million in order to ensure public services are provided to the Palestinian…
Dayton: “Israel agreed to transfer to the P.A bullet-proof vests, 145 military vehiclesâ€
Lieutenant General Keith Dayton, the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (P.A), stated in his first interview with the Israel media that Israel and the United…
Rice threatens more sanction on Iran
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, threatened on Thursday that the United States will push for more sanctions on Iran after the Iranian leadership failed in responding to a bid…
IMEMC’s Saed Bannoura – keynote presentation at Grassroots Radio Conference
The national Grassroots Radio Conference was held on July 24 – 27th, 2008 in Portland, Oregon- USA. The conference culminated with a keynote presentation by Saed Bannoura, the editor-in-chief of…
Gunmen kill a policeman in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen shot and killed a Palestinian Police officer in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. The sources said…
Blair criticizes Israel’s West Bank roadblocks and Gaza blockade
Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the European Union, on Monday slammed the Israeli policy of maintaining hundreds of roadblocks in the West Bank, and the ongoing siege in…
UN official says Israeli siege on Gaza increased poverty, destroyed its economy
Head of the special UN committee on Human Rights in Palestine, Prassed Kariyawasam, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli violations against human rights in Palestine, has increased poverty and destroyed…
Hezbollah insists on the release of hundreds of Palestinians detainees in a swap deal
Israeli sources reported on Sunday that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group insists on the release of hundreds of Palestinian political detainees in exchange for releasing two Israeli soldiers captured by the…
Massive Israeli military exercise seen as provocation to Iran
In response to a massive military exercise carried out by the Israeli armed forces on Saturday, the Iranian government spokesman said they will not be provoked by such displays, adding…
Solana: “EU ready to send observers to monitor the Rafah Border Crossing”
European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, stated on Friday that the EU is ready to act as an observer at the Rafah border terminal if an agreement to open…
Keep Israel out of elite economic club
Israel's ruling elite now has a major aspiration: to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a member country. For the sake of the Israelis and of…
EU Commissioner welcomes truce between Israel and Hamas
Benita Ferrero -Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy, issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming the announcement of a truce between Israel and the Hamas movement. In her…
Speaker of Welsh Assembly to boycott visit by Israel’s Ambassador
Pointing to Israel's "failure to meet its international obligations to the Palestinian people", the Speaker of the Assembly of the nation of Wales, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, says he will refuse to…
EU pays salaries and pensions of 73000 Palestinian civil servants
Around 73 thousand Palestinians received their pensions and salaries on Tuesday for the month of May after the European Union approved 23 million Euros (appx USD 34 million) in direct…
Unted Mthodist Church slams Israel’s closing of Charitable Society in Hebron
The North Central New York (NCNY) conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) issued a statement of support for Muslim orphanage in Hebron threatened to be closed by the Israeli…
The stigmatization of anything Palestinian or Arab
An article recently published on the BBC's website told of a recent controversy regarding a Dunkin' Donuts online commercial in which an American celebrity chef appeared wearing something that resembled…
US government accuses UN body of “Israel bashing”
The United Nations Human Rights Council, charged with addressing human rights abuses around the world, has been accused by US government officials of “bashing” Israel, because the body has accused…
US Presidential candidates promise full support to Israel
The three major candidates for the US Presidency all voiced their overwhelming support for the state of Israel this week, at the annual conference of the American Israel Political Action…
U.S. Presidential candidates voice uncritical support for Israel
U.S. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama made an appearance at a Florida synagogue Thursday in an effort to get support from Jewish voters. Speaking at the the "B'Nai Torah" synagogue in…
Happy Independence Lie
US President George W. Bush visited Israel this week. This time he addressed the Israeli Knesset, wishing Israel a “Happy Independence Day”. Just before George Bush took the…
Bush to visit Israel but not the Palestinian areas
The White House said on Wednesday the during his second visit to the region this year, which is expected to start next week, the U.S President Bush will try to…