International Middle East Media Center
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon told U.S Jewish figures that the West Bank settlement of Maali Adumim will be linked to Jerusalem. “Maali Adumim, the most beautiful town, will be…
In a possible change on its stance, Israel is mulling the option of a European Union role in the security of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing in Rafah, the British Independent…
Mahmoud Zahhar, one of Hamas political leaders, called on the Palestinian Authority to coordinate with Egypt in order to open the Palestinian-Egyptian borders without allowing any Israel presence there. Zahhar…
A group of fifty settlers of Efrat settlement burnt, on Saturday afternoon, 50 vine groves in Aqbat Ayed area, in Al Khader south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…
Sheikh Khaled Al Batsh, one of the political leaders of the Islamic Jihad, said that the movement rejects creating a “security zone†north of the Gaza Strip, and vowed to…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, told journalist in New York that Israel does not intend to allow the Palestinian conduct their parliamentary elections in January 2006, if Hamas participates in…
The Egyptian News Agency reported that Egypt and the Palestinian Authority in order to reunify the families which were separated after Rafah was divided into an Egyptian and Palestinian part.…
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reported that 2448 households were displaced since the beginning of the construction of Separation wall until the end of May 2005, in different…
Israeli soldiers attacked a non-violent procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Pianist Jacob Allegro Wegloop, a holocaust survivor, and David Rovics,…
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Zeev Boim, slammed Thursday’s ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice, which called on the defense ministry to reroute the Separation in some Palestinian area,…
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, reported that the expansion of settlements in the West Bank has been a primary consideration in setting the…
Five settler families have recently moved into a building in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron; the settlers claim that they purchased the building which is…
An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas – Abu Mazin, reaffirmed the Palestinian approval to have a third party monitoring the Rafah terminal which will be controlled by Palestinian and Egyptian forces. “The…
Israeli border policemen and soldiers arrested, on Thursday morning, 20 Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip attempting to enter Israel through the border with Egypt, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.…
An Israeli source reported that Hamas gunmen blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt to enable the residents cross between the two sides. The fighters cleared…
As the last Israeli soldiers left the Gaza Strip, the Israeli commander of the army there signed an order ending the military law that Israel implemented in the Strip since…
The Israeli Peace Now Movement reported that the continuous construction in the West Bank settlement blocs included within the route of the Apartheid Wall is an activity that is going…
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
Palestinian and Egyptian security officials agreed on Tuesday to close the borders in the areas where the border fence was opened between them earlier in the day. Palestinian Ministry of…
A top aide of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Abbas aims to start disarming resistance factions, and will demand Hamas to lay down its arms after the legislative…
Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Hadash-Ta’al party), said on Tuesday during a special Knesset session, that he supports destructing, but not burning, the synagogues in the Gaza Strip.…
The International Press Center reported that the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, phoned on Monday evening, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which the later briefed her on the…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is heading on Tuesday to the New York to attend meetings with world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and to declare…
An Israeli source reported on Monday at night that extremist Jewish groups are planning to target mosques in Israel, as a revenge act against demolishing the synagogue in the evacuated…
A Palestinian young man was killed and three others were injured at the Rafah-Egypt border on Monday when the Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Palestinian…
Marwan Mu’asher, Jordan’s deputy prime minister, said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a big prison if Israel does not open all crossing points and bars the…
Defense minister says Israel will not accept any terror from Gaza; IDF completes withdrawal from Strip Monday morning, Israeli flag raised on eastern side of Kissufim checkpoint. Army official hails…
Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in the West Bank said that there are 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip still imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities. “Israel refused…
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the Palestinian leadership understood that Israel does to intend to fulfill all of its obligations regarding a full withdrawal. “Israel is making…
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that the Palestinian Authority will conduct utmost efforts in order to build the safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in order to…
The Israeli army completed withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza Strip and locked the gate on Kissufim checkpoint point between Israel and Gaza Strip on Monday morning marking the…
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
As the Israeli government officially approved ending 38 years of “military rule†in the Gaza Strip, and complete the army withdrawal by Monday morning, the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,…
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to keep Gaza synagogues intact in a 14-2 vote on Sunday, and approved in an earlier cabinet meeting to end the military rule in…
Mohammad Al-Khatib, member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, reported that 52 Israeli and international peace activists, and two residents, were arrested in Bil’in village, near the West Bank…
As the completion of the unilateral disengagement nears, Israel stands short to demolish the synagogues located in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz…
Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, said that the Israeli withdrawal is a natural outcome of resistance, and rejected the attempts of “certain factions†to claim victory…
The Israeli army completed the evacuation of the remaining military facilities in the Gaza Strip, on Friday morning, ahead of the military withdrawal from the Strip which is expected to…
Israeli defense Minster, Shaul Mofaz repeated, on Friday, his opposition to the demolition of the synagogues in the Gaza Strip, saying that he prefers that the Palestinians should do so…
Israel closed on Thursday the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt, in order to allow the deployment of Palestinian and Egyptian forces on the Philadilphi Route along the borders.…
An Israeli source reported on Wednesday afternoon, that the government is set to approve on Sunday, the military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next week, three days ahead of the…
A senior Israeli military source reported on Wednesday that the army is to transfer most of the areas it evacuated in the northern West Bank to the Palestinian Authority. The…
Israeli Housing Minister, Yitzhak Herzog, said that Israel does not intend of construct in E1 area between Maali Adumim settlement and Jerusalem, in the coming years. Herzog told the Israeli…
Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat said on Tuesday that Israel should “grab the window of opportunity†afforded by disengagement, and build up west Bank settlement Blocs. “We are a sovereign…
An extremist settler group attacked on Sunday morning, Palestinian shepherds and farmers in Al ‘Adra near Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Resident Ahmad Al Shawaheen,…
The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, denied on Monday reports that Israel is planning to construct 3000 homes for settlers in Ariel settlement, in the West Bank.…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said that Israel will be still occupying some of the Palestinian lands on the coastal strip in Gaza, even after pullout from the Gaza Strip. Abbas…
Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist topped the Israeli most-wanted list for more than 15 years, said on Saturday that Hams would response fiercely to any attack against it, no…
The Israeli Radio reported on Saturday afternoon that the Israeli defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, along with senior Israeli security officials, are slated to meet senior Palestinian officials on Sunday in…
Hamas do not accept any Israeli presence on the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. This is what Hamas told the chief of the Egyptian intelligence Omar Suleiman in a meeting…
After the announcement of a huge settlement project linking Maali Adumim settlement with Jerusalem, thus blocking geographical unity between the Palestinian areas, Israel said if gave the American administration commitments…
The Israeli Justice Ministry announced on Thursday that it plans to indict pullout foes who are suspected of conducting serious crimes and attacks during evacuation of settlements. The ministry rejected…
Israel completed on Thursday demolition houses of settlers, who have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip settlements, under the unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also have…
An Israeli source reported on Thursday that Egypt and Israel singed the Philadilphi deal to deploy 750 Egyptian border guards at the Philadilphi route, on the Gaza-Egypt border. Head of…
Israeli vice Premier Ehud Olmert, reiterated statements that the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim is part of Israel, saying that U.S. political officials known that, Israeli sources reported on…
Sheikh Taiseer Amran, one of Hamas political leaders, said that the danger of settlements and land annexation in the West Bank increased since Sharon presented his pullout plan, and escalated…
The Hebron Reconstruction Committee, in the old city of Hebron, reported that residents of the old city are suffering from the presence of 400 settlers living their and heavily guarded…
Israeli authorities decided to annex 1000 Dunams of family orchards which belongs to residents of Dir Al Hatab and Azmout, east of Nablus in the West Bank. A local source…
An extremist settlers’ group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal settlement outpost, in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron, burnt farmlands planted with Olives,…
Jailed Palestinian legislator Marwan Barghouthi, secretary of the Fateh High Committee in the West Bank, called on Palestinians both in Palestine and in exile to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from…
The settlers of Teneh Omarim settlement requested the opportunity to leave their settlement under the terms of the compensation law passed to cover the disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip…
Palestinians and Israelis agreed on Monday the Israeli army will gradually hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority one position at a time, Israeli sources reported.  The…
The Israeli army decided to evacuate an illegal settlement outpost in the center of the Old City of Hebron by the end of 2005. An Israeli source reported that the…
Dr. Sa’eb Ereikat, head of the negotiations department at the Palestinian Authority said the Palestinians will not accept any agreement that would turn the Gaza Strip into a big jail,…
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to transfer the collaborators living in Al Daheena area, in the southern Gaza Strip, to the Tal Arad area in the Negev. The decision…
Israeli Defense Ministry Director, Amos Yaron, reported on Monday morning that the construction of the Israeli Separation Wall in the southern West Bank will be completed by the end of…
Chief of Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman, is to arrive in Gaza on Monday for discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and leaders of Palestinian factions over the Israeli withdrawal from the Rafah…
Israeli government approved on Sunday the Philadelphi deal for deploying Egyptian border guards across the Philadelphi Route in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The agreement will…
An Israeli source reported on Saturday that the Israeli government is expected to approve the deployment of Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi route along the Gaza-Egypt border near Rafah. After the…
Sufian Abu Zaida, Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Liberated Detainees, said that there are no current negotiations with the Israeli side regarding releasing Gaza detainees from Israeli prisons. Abu Zaida…
The Palestinian Authority delivered an urgent message to the Quartet objecting to the Israeli policies of settlement expansion in the West Bank, especially around Jerusalem. Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of…
Mohammad Deif, a prominent Hamas activist, also believed to be a master bomb-maker wanted by Israeli security forces for the last decade, appeared on a video tape Saturday saying that…
A Palestinian security source reported on Friday afternoon, that Israeli soldiers installed a military post north of Doughit settlement, in Beit Lahia, in the north part of the Gaza strip.…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Friday that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is only the beginning, and that it should be followed by further withdrawals from the settlements in…
Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Friday that the number of settlers in the West Bank has increased by13 thousand over the last year, especially in religious settlements; total number of…
The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of evacuating its troops from the Philadilphi Route, on the Gaza Egypt borders, at the same time of evacuating its forces from the…
Two Palestinian residents were injured on Thursday afternoon, during a protest against the separation Wall in Al Ramadeen village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. A local source…
Extremist Jewish groups started recently a media campaign calling for leveling Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a “compensation for evacuating the settlements in the Gaza Stripâ€Â. Al Aqsa Foundation…
Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…
Israeli defense officials reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israel proposed to create a dual crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is said to allow free exit from Gaza, but Israeli…
Settlers escalated their attacks recently against local, international and Israeli journalists reporting on the evacuation of the settlements, in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Nasser Eshtiyya, a Palestinian…
The evacuation of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank ended in six days only, not in two weeks as announced by the Israeli…
An Israeli source reported that Israel and Egypt arrived to an understanding which paves the way to sign the “Philadilphi Agreement†in order to deploy Egyptian troops along the Philadilphi…
Dr. Saeb Erekat, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Authority, said that Israel still insists to maintain its security control over the West Bank city of Jenin. Erekat…
An female Israeli soldier was stabbed by a female settler while trying to evacuate the remainder of settlers and protestors in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the northern West Bank,…
The Israeli Authorities informed the Palestinian Authority that it intends to close the agricultural gates of the Separation Wall in Qalqilia until further notice, which endangers the upcoming olive picking…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday expressing hope that the evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements would…
Israeli Military Intelligence research chief Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Research Department, said on Monday evening that the Palestinian Authority had foiled an attack against an Israeli target.…
A senior Palestinian source reported on Monday evening that Israel has dismantled nearly 70% of its military camps in the Gaza Strip and has only maintained temporary posts. The source stated…
Palestinian security forces started deploying in six locations at the entrances of the West Bank city of Jenin, which is a step carried out by the P.A to follow up…
The Israeli army and Police officers started on Monday the evacuation of settlement of Netzarim, the last of the 21 in Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said on Monday. Palestinians hope…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Sunday afternoon that Israel will not carry out another disengagement plan. Sharon added that Israel will negotiate with the Palestinians on the Road…
Israeli army bulldozers began razing settler houses in two evacuated Gaza Strip settlements, Nissanit and Dugit, Israeli sources reported on Sunday. At least 30 houses have been razed so far…
The Gaza Strip is located on the Mediterranean Sea and borders Israel to the north and east and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to the south. It is inhabited by 1.4 million…
Israeli Authorities decided, on Sunday, to grab more farmlands in Al Sawahra, Al Ezariyya, and Al Tour villages, east of Jerusalem. Khaled Al Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department…
The Israeli police arrested two Israeli youth on Sunday morning suspected of involvement in an attempt to blow up gas canisters in Rehovot on Friday. The two extremists were taken…
Israeli government, on Sunday, formally approved the evacuation of the last seven settlement enclaves slated for demolition under the unilateral disengagement plan, by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported. Similar to…
Palestinian jailed legislator, Husam Khader, head of the Committee for Defending Refugees Rights, said that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is an important step towards freedom. Lawyer Riyadh…
The Israeli army expects to complete the evacuation of all settlements in the Gaza Strip, and four West Bank settlements by the end of next week, a senior source at…