Category: International Politics

Khaled Masha’al, head of the political bureau of Hamas described the plan by the acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to unilaterally set Israel’s borders as a declaration of war…

Khaled Mashaal, head of the political bureau of the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas party said in an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite channel that Hamas will be willing to…

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Al Quds Brigades,  military wing of the Islamic Jihad, declared on Saturday at night that the truce which was…

Several leaders of Palestinian resistance factions said that the truce which was declared during the Cairo talks, earlier this year, has ended after the army resumed the assassinations against resistance…

Israel decided, on Wednesday evening,  to delay the implementation of the U.S brokered deal allowing bus convoys to move between Gaza and the West Bank until next week, and decided…

Israel Army Chief of Staff Dan Halutz reported on Tuesday that Israel would not implement the bus convoy agreement between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank until the Palestinian…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinian resistance factions to remain committed to the truce which will expire by the end of the year, and slammed the latest firing…

Sheikh Hasan Yousef, one of Hamas’ political leaders in the West Bank, called on the Palestinian factions, and Israel, to remain committed to the truce and the articles of the…

Ziad Al Nakhla, deputy of the Secretary of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, reported that, under the current circumstances, the movement does not intend to renew the truce which…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, threatened on Wednesday to shut down crossings between the Gaza Strip and Israel, if the Palestinians don’t improve operations at the Gaza-Egypt border, and control…

In a telephone conversation with Palestinian detainees in the Negev detention camp Wednesday, Hamas Bureau Chief, Khaled Mashal, affirmed that the movement isn’t inclined towards renewing the present calm declared…

U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that Israeli and Palestinian officials have wrapped up a deal on the manning of the Rafah Border Crossing, between the Gaza…

Condoleezza Rice, U.S Secretary of State said on Monday that Palestinian-Israeli agreement on Gaza Crossings is “in sight”. Rice delayed her departure on Monday, apparently hoping to achieve a deal…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al Qidwa said on Thursday that Israel cannot avoid implications of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, regarding the Separation…

One year after his death, the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar), remained that symbol of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and independence, in spite of the Israeli efforts to…

Sheikh Sharif Tahaina, one of the prominent political leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, called on the International community and Human Rights organizations to act against the Israeli…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip next week, to officially invite Palestinian factions to series of talks in Cairo on calm. Palestinian Authority…

At least 60 percent of the Palestinians support that the Palestinian factions renew calm declared last March said a recent poll by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) in…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom dismissed a remarks by Hamas chief Mahmoud Zahar, who hinted at openness to future negotiations with Israel. Dr. Mahmoud Zahar said in remarks broadcasted Wednesday…

Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip next week, to officially invite Palestinian factions to a series of talks in Cairo on calm. Palestinian…

Officials of the European confirmed on Monday that the Union plans to declare the launch of a three-year mission to help the Palestinian Authority build a credible police force. “This…

Hamas media spokesperson, Mosheer Al Masry, reported on Saturday that the movement will not agree to a renewal of the ceasefire, which is due by the end of the year,…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will not renew its commitment to the truce, which expires at the end of this year, if Israel does not halt its attacks,…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said on Tuesday that the current Israeli leadership does not seek peace and is still governed by the “arrogance of power”. “This leadership is obsessed…

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made progress on Friday in their talks on preparations to operate the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The crossing will…

Senior Hamas leader, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar declared on Sunday that Hamas operative have been instructed to halt all attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported. Al-Zahar told…

Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security reported that the P.A is the only legitimate authority in the Palestinian territories and that it will not allow “private armies” and armed…

Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas media spokesperson, said on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority did not achieve anything for the Palestinians, while the resistance managed to force Israel to evacuate from the…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will cooperate with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian factions in order to turn the Gaza withdrawal into a national liberation, which…

A leader in the Islamic Jihad group in the West Bank said his organization, whose activists have lately been on the top of the Israeli list for  assassinations and arrests,…

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad abu al-Gheit, said that Israel and Egypt singed an official agreement to deploy 750 Egyptian troops on Gaza borders after the Israeli withdrawal. Abu al-Gheit said…

Israeli TV Channel 2 reported on Friday at night that Israel is weighing the possibility of allowing Egypt to provide the P.A with ammunition. “The development comes after the United…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei called on the United States, the International Community and the Quartet to hold their responsibilities, and pressure Israel in order to stop its violations in…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met on Sunday evening with Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasser Yousef. Yousef reported that “Israel was not serious,” and not providing any answers to issues raised by…

Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Sunday that Israel must divide Jerusalem and leave the West Bank city of Hebron for a peace deal with the Palestinians to be…

There has been a decrease in Palestinian mortar and qassam shell attacks, as the Israeli army decided to lift the internal closure of the Gaza Strip. The internal closure had split the Strip…

Eight home-made Qassam shells hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot on Saturday fired by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.  Four shells were fired in the morning,…

Dr. Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad, said on Thursday that his movement will continue to fight the occupation despite Sharon’s threats to target all of the…

Ahmad Abu al-Gheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, strongly criticized Israeli officials who appose the upcoming Israeli-Egyptian agreement to deploy Egyptian forces along the borders of the Gaza Strip. Israel and…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to meet with Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef today in an attempt to iron out differences over the transfer of Bethlehem to…

Ismael Haneiah, member of Hamas political leadership, said during the First Intellectual Meeting, organized by the movement and several authors, intellectuals and researches, that the main interests of the movement…

Real peace does not need separation walls, checkpoints and humiliation, according to a new statement by the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue & Democracy, Miftah. The Initiative…

Senior figure of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said that the group will strike Tel Aviv if the Israeli army resumes its operations and wide scaled arrests carried out in the West…

Israeli newspaper Yodout Ahranot revealed Friday information about a plan to expand settlements in the Joirdan Valley area. The plan will be submitted to the government for approval next week.…

The Islamic Jihad movement said that the military activities against the movement and its fighters will lead to retaliation against the Israeli army and settlers. The movement threatened that these…

The Islamic Jihad movement released a statement on Thursday saying that the Israeli army arrested 300 members of the movement over the last two months. The movement called on its…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, head of the Deportees and Wanted Fighters Committee, denied a report that a deal was struck to disarm the fighters and absorb them in the Palestinian security devices.…

In what could be the beginning of an expanded crackdown on the Islamic Jihad, Israeli soldiers on Tuesday arrested 50 members of the resistance organization in early-morning raids in several…

Israeli soldiers on Monday arrested a 21-year-old Palestinian woman at the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, claiming she was planning to set off a suicide bomb inside Israel. According to…

Finally Israel has accepted to allow supplies of light armsthe Palestinian Authority  to help its security forces restore law and order in the Palestinian territories. Israeli officials, including Vice Premier Shimon…

Israeli and Palestinian officials met on Thursday and agreed on a series of measures said to ease the daily live of Palestinians residents in the occupied territories. Israel pledged to…

General Jamal abu Zayed, assistant of the minister of interior and national security at the Palestinian authority said that Israel informed the P.A of intentions to withdraw from Jenin prior…

Israeli media sources reportedly said that Israeli intelligence recommended that the Secretary General of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’adat who has been jailed in…

Palestinian factions, on Monday, stepped up a threat to withdraw from the months-long cease-fire with Israel however, did not declare pulling out of the deal. In a leaflet signed by…

The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian factions agreed to form a ‘high national commission’ to monitor and supervise the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip, which is expected to start on…

Palestinian Interior Minister, Nasser Yousef, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz agreed to from three channels for security coordination ahead the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. An Israeli source reported that…

Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian security source reported that P.A security men foiled, on Tuesday night, several attempts by resistance fighters to fire homemade shells at settlements in the Gaza strip.…

Some Israeli army and security officials are lobbying for a ‘crushing blow’ on Hamas prior to the pullout to the Gaza Strip borders.   Louder calls for a major blow…

Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said on Monday that Israel was dragging its feet in handing over three West Bank cities to Palestinian security control, as agreed in a Palestinian-Israeli…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is interested in transferring three more West Bank cities to the Palestinian Authority prior to the start of the implementation of the disengagement plan, set…

Chair of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Issa Qaraqi that the list of prisoners slated for release announced by Israelis government is unilateral and does not have any political dimension. The…

Palestinian sources stated that Israel is expected to handover security control over two Palestinian cities to the Palestinian Authority.Abdul Fattah Hamayel head of the committee of the deportees and wanted…

Palestinian sources reported that the recently elected Mayor of Qalqilia Wajeeh Qawwas is among the 400 prisoners slated to be released from Israeli jails.According to the Sharm A-Sheikh summit in…

An Egyptian security delegation arrived on Monday to the Gaza Strip to meet with leaders of the Palestinian factions to preserve the deteriorating calm declared in the Cairo talks in…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement on the weekend, saying the situation in the Gaza Strip was "under control". The statement came after four days of violence triggered by…

Palestinian resistance fighters have agreed to halt a wave of mortar and home-made shells attacks on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian Authority official said on Saturday.Palestinian Interior…

Resistance fighters in Nablus and Balata refugee camp reported that Israeli soldiers have not stopped their attempts to arrest or assassinate Palestinian fighters, despite having promised to do so as…

Senior Israeli army officers warned Thursday that if Israel did not act to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, ‘he’ll fall, and then we’ll have to give more abatement to Hamas,…

The Ministry of Interior and National Security said that only the Palestinian Authority has the right to discuss internal Palestinian issues with other factions in accordance to the Cairo talks.…

Israeli defense minister Shaual Mofaz warned Sunday that army  would take “necessary” military actions “without consulting with the Palestinian Authority” in case information on attempts to develop Qassam shells in…

Israel has finally agreed to the Palestinian Authority request to deploy hundreds of armed policemen in all West Bank cities, except of Hebron city, to crack down on crime, According…

Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni officially announced on Sunday that Israel will not proceed with the release of 400 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. Livni claimed that Palestinian…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday that he is freezing the handover of West Bank towns to Palestinian security control because the Palestinian Authority failed to disarm militants. A…

Speaking at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Tuesday that his government is making 100 per cent efforts to maintain law and…

The Palestinian Authority released on Monday three Hamas operatives, who were arrested Monday on suspicions of attempting to launch Qassam shells at Israeli targets in the Northern Gaza Strip. The…

Khader Khateeb, a leader of the Islamic Jihad, said that the truce reached with Israeli is about to collapse as a result of the continuous military operations and invasions in…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef met Saturday with Palestinian security chiefs in Gaza to coordinate a crackdown on growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, Palestinian officials said. ‘There will be a…

The Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah party declared that they are still committed to the calm declared by the Palestinian factions in the Cairo talks…

The Israeli army carried in April dozens of violations to the truce arrived in the Sharm al-Sheikh resort in Egypt on February 8, 2005. A report prepared and published by…

Both the Popular and the Democratic fronts for the liberation of Palestine, (PFLP & DFLP) said that ignoring the outcomes of the Cairo talks, by the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)…

Sheikh Khader, one of the Islamic Jihad leaders, called on the Palestinian movements to reconsider the truce after the Israeli army attempted to assassinate resistance fighters in Nablus, and the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a Tuesday meeting with Israeli reporters in Ramallah, stated that Israel has once again failed to give him a chance, as it did while he…

Approximately seventy days after the cease fire agreement declared at the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit in Egypt, between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, the Israeli…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that the PA has collected weapons from all wanted men in the West Bank towns of Jericho and Tulkarem, which Israel transferred to Palestinian…

Israeli Prime Minister Advisor Dov Weissglas is scheduled Sunday to meet Palestinian Authority official Saeb Erikat, marking a resumption of security talks. Two months ago, at the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit,…

Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas media spokesperson, warned that the truce is about to collapse as a result of the Israeli rejection to respond to the Palestinian demands, especially concerning the…

A Palestinian official  source said on Friday that an Israeli soldier who entered Jenin was captured and handed over to the Israeli army. Israel Radio reported that the soldier entered…

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the Church of the Nativity square when the start of the Marathon for peace was announced on Thursday Morning. The Marathon ended at the Franciscan…

The National Information Center released a report of Thursday about the Israeli violations in the occupied territories; the report revealed that soldiers killed four residents and injured 29 during the…

The Islamic Resistance movement warned Monday that the “calm” period could collapse due to Israeli violations and PA lack of seriousness in implementing internal reforms approved in the factions’ talks…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Monday Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee members that Israel, at this stage, will not respond militarily to Palestinian resistance shillings of Israeli Gaza…

The Egyptians security forces have arrested a Palestinian who admitted that he smuggled Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles into Gaza through Sinai. Israel is worried that the smuggling of such missiles would…

The U.S. administration is planning to broaden the mandate of its special security envoy Lt. Gen. William Ward, to allow him to deal with Israeli complains and become more involved…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday night to request an immediate move to crack down on the armed groups in Gaza. According to Mofaza,…

Israeli soldiers fired on Saturday afternoon at a group of children playing at a playground near Salah Ed-Deen Crossing “Philadiphi Route” in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…

A home made Qassam shell, apparently fired from Beit Hanun area of the northern Gaza Strip, landed in a cemetery in the Israeli Negev town of Sderot Thursday evening, causing…

A report prepared and published by the Palestinian National Information Center revealed that the Israeli army violated the truce, arrived at the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit in Egypt, 345 times, including…

Chair of the Palestinian National Council Salim Al-Zanoun met with the Secretary General of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmed Sa’adat in his confinement in PA…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel is holding talks with the Palestinian Authority on the release of 400 more Palestinian Prisoners, and 21 Jordanian detainees in Israeli prisons.…

The Israeli defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told senior US government officials on Wednesday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ‘is not doing what is expected from him’. Mofaz said that…