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…
Israeli President: Nuclear Iran would be ‘nightmare’; Israel must remain sole Mideast nuclear power
The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Monday that "Iran is a danger not only for Israel but also for the rest of the world", adding that if Iran were to…
Dr. Barghouthi: “Rice visit only for media consumptionâ€
Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, said on Sunday that the visit of US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to the region is only for…
Message to the US Media
If four Israeli children, ranging from one year old to six years old, were killed by a Palestinian bombing, it would likely make the front page of most major US…
United Nations concerned over the situation in Gaza
The United Nations voiced yesterday grave concern over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip in the shadow of strict Israeli blockade and deadly Israeli army attacks. Mr. Ban…
Egypt sends forces of policemen to the Rafah crossing
Egyptian security sources reported on Friday that Egyptian authorities sent hundreds of policemen to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to enforce security and to prevent the Palestinians…
UN urges Israel and Hamas to reach a solution for the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip
In a statement that was issued on Friday, the United Nations called for both Israel and the Hamas movement to reach a settlement to the fuel crisis that has been…
EU Commission demands Israel to guarantee entry of fuel into Gaza
Luis Michel, the European Union Commissioner urged Israel on Thursday to ensure that entry of fuels into the Gaza Strip. The statement came after the United Nations Office for the…
Carter in Syria; separately meets Asad, Mashal
Former US President, Jimmy Carter, met on Friday in Damascus with the Syrian president, Bashar Asad. Carter later on held a separate meeting with Hamas political bureau chief, Khalid Mashal.…
Un Commissioner: “Situation in Gaza, disastrousâ€
UNRWA Commissioner-General, Karen Abu Zeid, stated on Monday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is disastrous, and that extensive efforts are needed to end the crisis in the coastal…
Parents of murdered British student: ‘Five years later, still no justice’
Five years ago today, 22-year old photography student Tom Hurndall was gunned down by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, while holding up his empty hands and pleading with the…
UN official to be denied entry to Israel
Israeli Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday that it will bar a UN official, appointed to investigate Human Rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, from entering the country after he, according…
BBC Poll: 52% of people worldwide have negative view of Israel
Israel second only to Iran in negative image worldwide, according to the results of a BBC poll released Wednesday. 54% of those polled viewed Iran negatively, and 52% viewed Israel…
A New Jewish leftist Group opposing the Israeli occupation formed in Canada
On Sunday a new Jewish leftist movement which opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine was formed in Canada. The movement calls itself the Jewish Canadian Coalition, and officially announced that…
EU to transfer 300 Million Euro in aid to the P.A.
The European Union decided on Tuesday to transfer 300 Million Euros in aid to the Palestinian Authority (P.A) as part of its December 2007 promise to transfer this amount to…
Szrdrab of the EU visits Charity organizations in Hebron
The political advisor of the European Union, Maya Szrdrab, visited on Tuesday several headquarters of Charitable Organizations in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The organizations are slated to…
‘Unwavering Commitment’ to Inequality
Death hovered over Gaza long before locally-made Palestinian rockets struck near the Israeli southern town of Sderot on February 27, killing Roni Yechiah and sparking an Israeli ‘retaliation’ that has…
U.S. Journalist uncovers Bush plan to undermine Hamas
David Rose, a U.S. journalist with the magazine Vanity Fair, has revealed documents and sources showing that the Bush administration has engaged in a plot to undermine and overthrow the…
EU weighing the possibility of reopening the Rafah Terminal
A spokesperson of the European Union stated on Wednesday at night that he holding talks with Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on the possibilities to reopen the Rafah Border…
Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the worst since 1967
Several Human Rights organizations in the United Kingdom stated in a report on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is now worse than it was at any…
EU’s Human Rights Subcommittee concerned for the lives of Palestinian Detainees
Members of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Union met on Wednesday with the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Ashraf Al Ajrami, and Fadwa Ibrahim, of the Free Marwan Barghouthi…
Acting PLC head welcomes EU call for lifting the Gaza siege
The Acting head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Dr. Ahmad Bahar, from the Hamas party, issued on Friday a press release welcoming the a statement by the European Union…
EU lawmakers urge Israel not to inflict collective punishment on Gaza residents
On Thursday, several European Union lawmakers urged Israel to refrain from inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip, and stated that the Israeli blockade over the…
Covering Palestine: How US Media Betrayed Its Public
Free media is an important institution in a democracy. The media in a democratic society must be responsible for conveying the sort of facts and analysis that is necessary for…
French Consul visits Nablus
Allen Remy, the French Consul to the Palestinian Authority, visited on Wednesday the northern West Bank city of Nablus and described the conditions there as “calm”. He also said that…
EU Envoy slams Israel for not easing West Bank restrictions
The European Union Ambassador to Israel, Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal, criticized Israel on Monday for not easing the restrictions on the occupied West Bank, and added that Israel should have more faith…
UN Humanitarian Chief visits Gaza
John Holmes, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the UN visited Gaza on Friday and called for reopening the borders in the Gaza Strip in order to relief the suffering…
EU holds consultations over new funding for building civil society institutions in Palestine
The European Commission stated that it held consultation with representative from 55 organizations to discuss a new EU funding channel which aims at reducing poverty an building Palestinian civil Society…
La CE mantiene consultas sobre nuevos fondos para crear instituciones en la sociedad civil Palestina
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
La CE mantiene consultas sobre nuevos fondos para crear instituciones en la sociedad civil Palestina
La Comisión Europea manifestó que mantuvo consultas con representantes de 55 organizaciones para discutir un nuevo sistema de financiación que tenga como objetivo reducir la pobreza y edificar instituciones civiles…
10 members of EU Parliament managed to visit Gaza on February 5
During a press conference conducted by ten members of the European Parliament from different political groups, led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the EU parliament, the members stated that they…
Abbas calls for a parallel ceasefire
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that he is willing to act in order to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which…
EU set to provide €7.44 million to revive the Palestinian Agricultural sector
The European Union stated that it is providing assistance to five new projects to revive the development of the agricultural sector in the Palestinian territories. The amount which will be…
Blair, Solana to vist Middle East next week for talks on Gaza borders
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Thursday that the European Foriegn Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and Middle East Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair, are scheduled to travel to the area next…
The UN Security Council fails to condemn Israel
The United Nations Security Council failed on Tuesday evening to issue a statement condemning Israel for its siege on Gaza.The Libyan representative of the UN, who this month holds the…
Commission launches PEGASE – a new mechanism to support the Palestinian people
The European Commission will launch next 1st February the PEGASE1 mechanism, a new instrument to channel EU and international assistance as a contribution to the building of the Palestinian State…
UN Security Council fails again to condemn the Israeli Siege imposed on Gaza
The United Nations Security Council failed again on Friday to issue a statement calling for the end of the Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip and the halt of…
Qurea meets EU envoy for Middle East Peace Process, slams settlements, siege
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Ahmad Qurea, met on Friday morning with Mark Otte, the EU envoy to the Middle East Peace Process and discussed with him several issues regarding the stalled…
EU Press release on breach of the WAll in Rafah
Brussels, 23rd January 2008, Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt "The thousands of…
Washington hampers UN decision against the Israeli siege of Gaza
USA blocks statement by the UN Security Council criticizing the Israeli siege of the Gaza strip. The US representative in the UN, Zalman Zad, said that this statement ‘is not…
South Korean Ambassador Visits Jenin pledges 20M in aid to P.A
The ambassador of South Korea in Palestine, Shin Kak Su, and delegates of the embassy, visited Jenin district on Tuesday and were received by the acting mayor of Jenin, Ali…
Hamas: Promises by Bush are ‘an illusion’
The leader of the democratically-elected Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyya, warned the Palestinian people not to believe yesterday's speech by U.S. President George W. Bush in which…
Bush: Palestinian state must be contiguous, occupation must end
After his first-ever visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, US President George Bush made a statement that contradicted earlier US policy toward Israel. He stated that a Palestinian state must…
South Africa says Israel defies international law
No country in the world has been able to defy international law as much as Israel in the four decades since the Six Day War, the South African government said…
Amnesty: Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians in 2006
In May the human rights group Amnesty International released its 2007 report on “Israel and the Occupied Territories,” summarising 2006. During the year Israel killed more than 650 Palestinians, which…
Newly-released British intelligence documents reveal Israeli involvement in 1976 hijacking
The hijacking of an Israel-bound plane in 1976 by a Palestinian resistance group was used by multiple Israeli administrations as justification for their continued military occupation of Palestinian land. Yitzhak…
Israel distances itself from Gaza ground invasion over fears of war with Syria
Sources in the Israeli army have stated that there has been no ground invasion of the Gaza Strip because of fears over a summer war with Syria.According to Haaretz.com, highly-placed…
British educators to boycott Israel
British college teachers decided to boycott Israeli academic institutions and pressure the European Union to curtail educational and cultural programs with Israel in a vote last night in the seaside…
King of Jordan urges U.S. role in Israel-Palestine peace process
"The U.S. Senate and House of Representative have a crucial role to positively influence Mideast peacemaking through supporting efforts to restart the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and bringing both sides back…
France slams the abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister
France slammed on Friday the Israeli abduction of the Palestinian Education Minister, Nasser Ed Deen Al Sha’er, and 30 other legislators, ministers and officials, and demanded their immediate release after…
Turkish government criticizes Israeli kidnapping of Palestinian lawmakers
The Turkish government condemned on Friday the kidnapping of more than 30 high officials of the Palestinian Authority including lawmakers, Mayors and a Minister of Education Nasser Eddin El-Shaer. In…
Dr. Barghouthi meets king Abdullah of Jordan
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi met on Friday with King Abdullah of Jordan on the sidelines of the Economic Forum held at the Dead Sea in Jordan.Dr. Barghouthi stated…
Italian FM says EU considering sending peacekeeping force to Gaza
Italian Foreign Minister, Massimo D'Alema, stated on Wednesday that Italy would consider sending a peace keeping force to the Gaza Strip in order to stop the Palestinian internal clashes and…
EU weighing the transfer of direct aid to the Palestinians
The European Union is currently weighing the options to transfer direct financial aid to the Palestinians, especially after some EU countries held meetings with non-Hamas ministers of the unity government.…
PA Information Minister welcomes EU position to boycott Israeli celebration of “unifying Jerusalem”
Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr, Mustafa Barghouthi, welcomed on Sunday the European Union position to boycott the Israeli celebrations marking the day of “unifying Jerusalem:, which was carried out after…
Lebanese president says Hezbollah should not disarm until peace is achieved
During an interview with a Cuban TV Show on the seventh anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese president, Emile Lahhoud, stated that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party…
Netherlands denies entry to a Palestinian Minister
The as Palestinian Youth and Sports Minister, Basim Na’im, landed in Holland as he was on his way to participate in a conference in Belgium; the Dutch Authorities held him…
EU agrees to make coordinated payments for Palestinian employees
The European Union and the Palestinian Finance Mnister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, agreed that the EU would start coordinated and regular payments of salaries to the Palestinian government employees at the…
The Livni-Rice Plan: Towards a Just Peace or Apartheid
For years I have been one of the doomsayers, arguing that the two-state solution is dead and that apartheid has become the only realistic political outcome of the Israel-Palestine conflict–…
Abbas meets the Singaporean FM in Ramallah
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met on Tuesday at his headquarters in Ramallah, the Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon, and informed him on the latest development in the Palestinian territories, and…
EU Commissioner Louis Michel calls for preservation of humanitarian space in Middle East
Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is assessing the humanitarian situation in the Middle East, in the context of a five day visit to the region.…
EU: “Aid to the Palestinians will bypass unity government”
The European Union stated that its aid will bypass the Palestinian National Unity Government until it accepts the conditions of the Quartet committee. The statement was made by the EU…
Barghouthi meets German Foreign Minister
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the Palestinian Minister of Information and spokesperson of the National Unity Government, met on Wednesday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He described the meeting as positive.Barghouthi…
US Congress Okays transfer of $59 million to bolster Abbas’ security forces
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Tuesday at night that the Bush Administration authorized the Congress to send $59 million to bolster the Palestinian Security Forces loyal to the Palestinian…
Sources: ‘Palestinian officials disappointed by Merkel’s visit
The Arabs48 news website reported that senior Palestinian officials said that they are disappointed by the the outcome of the visit of Angela Merkel,the German Chancellor, to Ramallah, in the…
Merkel Reiterates International Community Demands from Palestinians
In her first visit to the region as president of the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated Sunday the international Quartet’s demands from the Palestinians that the latter’s new…
EU backs Arab Initiative, but won’t deal with Hamas ministers
During their meeting in Germany, European Union Ministers backed the revived Arab Peace Initiative, and said that they will deal with ministers of the new Palestinian National Unity Government who…
Haniyya: “European countries confirmed that they want the siege ended”
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Wednesday that several European Countries confirmed that they are committed to ending the siege imposed on the Palestinians by developing their relations with…
Jailed PFLP leader demands that Arab Summit affirms the refugees’ right to return
Ahmad Sa’adat, Secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) demanded that the Arab leaders holding their summit is Saudi Arabia affirm the Palestinian refugees’ right to…
US Consul in Jerusalem meets Palestinian Finance Minister
Jacob Walles, the US consul-general in Jerusalem, met on Tuesday with the Palestinian Finance Minister, Salaam Fayyad. The meeting is considered the first contact between the United States and the…
Palestinian government’s “Right to resist” statement disturbs the US
Saturday, the United States said that it was disturbed by a statement from the Palestinian Unity Government regarding the right of resisting the Israeli occupation. The government's statement was made…
Yemeni President Reiterates Support for a Palestinian State
In a meeting with Hamas’s political bureau chief Khaled Mash’al, in the Yemeni capital of San’a, President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh reiterated full support for the establishment of a…
Canadians and the International Boycott Movement
We in Canada have our own ‘Aipacs’, devoted Zionists in bed with our government, and the Christian Right. However, we also have many Palestine solidarity and Arab organizations, as well…
All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
There may have been a period when all roads led to Rome, but for the Palestinian people, all roads lead to checkpoints. The latest checkpoint Palestinians find themselves at is…
Condoleeza Rice takes no stance on unity government in meeting with Palestinian President
The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but did not make a statement either supporting or rejecting the Palestinian unity government. The government,…
US will boycott new Palestinian Unity Government
Aides to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated on Thursday that the United States has informed Abbas that it will boycott the new National Unity Government because it “will not…