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 Translated by George Rishmawi-IMEMC {mosimage}Farouk Al-Qadoumi, chair of the Political Department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, (PLO) says in an interview he gave to the Arab Media Internet Network…
Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers leveled a home, and three big constructions used as a farm, seed storage and electricity generators, in the village of Ithna, south of Hebron. The WAFA…
Dan Rubenstein, an Israeli attorney working with the Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported that 300 Palestinians, including children, were killed near Nitzarim settlement in Gaza since the beginning of the…
After the horrific story of soldiers abusing two Palestinian workers, and forcing one of them to drink the soldiers’ urine until he fainted, one of the soldiers stood in court…
Spokesman of the Islamic Resistance movement Hamas, Musheer Al-Masri said on Monday that the movement did not receive letters from the United States Administration and the government of the United…
Monday afternoon, an Israeli military source reported that that a Palestinian youth was arrested near the Gush Atzion settlement bloc, west of Bethlehem. According to the army report, the youth…
With no body noticing, the problem of Palestinian refugees’ rights was solved around ten years ago. Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon is busy right now to save Israel the damage…
Mossa Abu Marzouq, deputy of Hamas’s political bureau head, called on Saturday the Palestinian Authority to form a cabinet of technocrats after the Palestinian legislative elections, moving political decisions to…
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The family of detainee Samer Nidal Issa, 20, appealed to humanitarian organizations to aid them in locating their son who was shot, mauled by military dogs, and arrested by the…
A local source in the camp reported that soldiers, broke into dozens of homes, conducted military searches, and arrested one resident. Also, soldiers used the home of Ammar Musallam as…
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem continue to attract the attention of Palestinians, Jordanians and Greeks alike. The decision by more than two thirds of the Holy Synod of the Church…
To the uncritical eye, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks like an ordinary statesman residing over an equally ordinary political reality. Nothing could be further from the truth. As I disinterestedly…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ political honeymoon is almost over. And the results are worrisome. Palestinians gave Arafat’s heir a huge boost in the January presidential elections in which he ran…
Israeli sources reported that an agreement to start a Palestinian-Israeli academic cooperation is signed in London between the Hebrew University and Al-Quds University. The agreement is signed by heads of…
The Israeli security, Shabak, prevented parents of Khamees abu Aser, from Gaza, from moving him to an Egypt hospital, after sustaining a critical injury to his head. Khamees was injured as a result…
Thursday morning, three women and one child were injured, after a group of settlers attacked them in Tal Rmeida neighborhood in southern West Bank city of Hebron. A medical source…
A freed detainee from Tubas area in the West Bank described the situation in al-Ramleh detention, Ayalon branch, as a “living hellâ€Â, as a result of the repeated attacks against…
Arab Israeli Member of Knesset Jamal Zahalka complained at the office of the Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu against the ongoing utilization of the Absentees Law in east Jerusalem.…
On Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers arrested a resident of Bethlehem in the West Bank. A local source in Bethlehem reported that under covered military units of the Israel army abducted Mahmoud…
The General Workers Union in Palestine condemned the arrest of 600 Palestinian workers in Israel, after the army claimed that the illegally entered the country. The Union reported that these…
The Jailed legislator and Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouthi, said in a letter written behind bars in Hadarim Israeli prison that Fateh movement needs to organize its work and be actively…
While Israel is pressing on the PA to curb on Hamas, Israeli security officials say they are welling to cooperate with elected Hamas-affiliated council leaders. Already, the discussion in Israel…
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo was warmly received in the West Bank on Monday during his good will visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel. Ronaldo, the Real Madrid striker, the…
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) dismissed Monday Israeli media reports on ongoing coordination between Hamas-affiliates who won in the recent local elections and Israeli security and army officials. Dr. Mahmoud…
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers killed a resident on al-Kafriyyat checkpoint, south of Tulkarem. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers fired at the residents killing him immediately, and barred the…
‘We will not leave, we have no other place to go to’ said Atta Jaber, 43 from the village of Al-Bak’a in a sign of stead-fasting in his town despite…
{mosimage}57 years passed, but Atera Hussein, Um Fu’ad, still remembers with pain and tears, the Nakbe, she still remembers the Israeli planes shelling her village transferring it into ruins. Um…
On May 15, 1948, Palestinians experienced one of the most tragic episodes of Palestinian Arab history. Palestinians remember this day as Al-Nakba, in English “the Catastrophe,†Israel forcibly expelled close…
Palestinians, across the globe, will commemorate Sunday the 47th anniversary of the Nakbe day. In the year 1948, Jewish armed groups forced the majority of Palestinians to leave their cities,…
A senior Palestinian source reported that the talks between Omar Suleiman, head of the Egyptian Intelligence, and P.A minister of Interior Nasser Yousef on Thursday, discussed the situation in the…
Humanity has developed to a level where solving a dispute has either to take place upon an agreement between parties involved or through a trusted third party, mostly a judge.…
A public opinion poll showed that the majority of Palestinians support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and believe that Israel’s disengagement plan is a positive step for peace. Nearly 53% percent…
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A medical source in Hebron reported that resident Widad Mohammad al-Qaoud, 57, died of wounds sustained on Thursday after midnight, after soldiers attacked her brothers’ home in the old city.…
The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Palestinian Authority began collecting weapons in its controlled areas, which comes in accordance to the Sharm al-Sheikh understandings. Haaretz stated that that…
A group called Fatah’s Forum launched a campaign to collect a million signature, calling upon the Palestinian leadership to investigate and uncover the real cause of the death of Palestinian…
In an interview with spokesman of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Dr. Archimandrite Atallah Hanna, conducted the Palestine News Network, Hanna affirms that the church is serious about appointing the…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it will retaliate to any Israeli invasions or attacks against Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip. Mosheer al-Masry, Hamas’ media spokesperson said that…
Palestinian residents appealed the Israeli High Court to allow them entry to their own lands located behind the Wall surrounding Jerusalem, and to reveal the list of properties considered by…
This article notes that American freedoms, democracy, and social stability derive from the founding affirmation of human equality and the natural protection of human rights derived therefrom, NOT from powerful…
The Orthodox sect in Palestine slams the approval of the Palestinian Authority and the Jordanian Government on assigning a deputy Patriarch in Jerusalem. Marwan Tubasi, member of the council for…
A study conducted by American journalist Alison Weir on three American TV networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, said these networks are biased in reporting on the Middle East conflict, particularly…
In spite of continuous efforts by several institutions, detainee Ammar Riziq al-Masry, 38, from Nablus, is till unfound, after he was arrested by the Israeli army while he was heading…
Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian Authority filed a complain to the World Health Organization (WHO) claiming that Israel uses harmful scanning equipment on one of its borders, where most…
There is something terribly powerful about personal experiences. No matter how much one reads, hears and talks about a situation, the direct connection is often much more potent. I would…
The Israeli army said Tuesday it would impose a full curfew on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from the early hours of this morning until Saturday night. Israel…
{mosimage}“If you want to pass through the checkpoint, you will have to dance for usâ€Â, an Israeli soldier told a Palestinian child who was trying to cross a gate of…
Israeli authorities informed Dir Estia village council, near Salfit, of intentions to annex 14 Dunams of family farmlands which belongs to residents of the village. Dr. Nafeth Mansour, head of…
Dozens of Palestinian farmers clashed with Israeli soldiers and guards of the ‘Separation Wall’; who attacked woman identified as Siham Yousef Abu Aker, 30. Siham was nine months pregnant and…
An exchange of fire erupted in the northern West Bank city of Jenin between fighters from the al-Aqsa brigades (a Palestinian armed resistance group) and the Palestinian Police following a…
The demand by the US Congress to divert $50 million of President George W. Bush’s $200-million pledge of aid to the Palestinian Authority for Israeli checkpoints is something like requiring…
The car stopped for a moment. An elderly lady pushed her head out of the window and shouted; ‘Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves? Today is Holocaust Day, and you are…
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Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Doura, south of Hebron and conducted military searches of homes; five residents were injured during clashes which erupted in the village.…
In a move to strip PLO foreign minister Farouq Qadoumi of authority over PLO representatives in foreign countries, the PLO executive committee decided Friday to delegate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Palestinian officials are calling restrictions placed on the spending of $200 million aid , approved by the US House of Representatives on Thursday, a ‘huge slap in the face,’. The…
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said that the case of the detainees in Israeli prisons is the core in any negotiations with the Israeli side. After conducting a visit…
After the Israeli army decided to install electronic equipment on the gate of the Separation wall in Azzoun, near Qalqilia, crossing through the gate became of the daily difficult tasks…
Both Fatah and Hamas have claimed victory in the second round of local elections, which took place on Thursday. According to the most recently known results, Fatah won 54% of…
After 38 years of patience and pain, Mohammad Ahmad Fayyad from Jenin refugee camp left this world without seeing his sons, until he uttered his last breath, Fayyad kept asking…
Salah Ed-deen brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees declared responsibility for firing two homemade shells at Sderot. The brigades said that the shells were fired in retaliation of…
Soldiers fired at and seriously wounded wednesday child Ahmad Salah 14, from Al-Kahder village near the west bank city of Bethlehem, because he refused to collaborate and lead soldiers to…
Wednesday at night, a Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed two children near the village of Beit Liqya, west of the northern West Bank…
Media reports tend to compare the moves made by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Here is an envisioned dialogue between both. Sharon: Hey Abu Mazen,…
A report conducted and published by the International Solidarity Institution for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinian, including three children in April and arrested more than 200…
Israeli military court sentenced Tuesday an army officer to do four moths of “military work†for taking part in the killing of a 3-years-old Palestinian child. The incident took place…
Israeli troops incurred Sunday into the city of Tul-Karim, first time since the northern west bank city was handed to the Palestinian Authority, and arrested Mohammed Shalhub 19. Israeli security…
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded a child in al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. A local source in al-Khader reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens…
The WAFA news agency reported that seven residents, including five children, were injured in al-Fawwar refuge camp in Hebron, after the army fired at dozens of homes following clashes which…
You had to choose your demonstration carefully during this week of Passover. If you went to the one in Gaza or the northern West Bank, joining right-wing settlers to protest…
The Palestinian police arrested two members of al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The P.A security believes that the two resistance fighters fired homemade shells at an Israeli settlement…
Issa Qaraqi, chair of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in a special interview with the Palestine News Network talks about the situation in Israeli jails and warns that the situation will…
On April 22, 1991, I was only 18 years old; I was out with some of my comrades planning to conduct a march and rally in the streets of our…
Download MP3  (7.38 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (08:03 sec) For the period of 22 – 28 April 2005 This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle…
Israel has rejected a request by the United States to supply the Palestinian police with weapons to help them maintain law and order in the Palestinian Authority areas ‘Let them…
According to a report issued on Wednesday by the Rand Corporation that a Palestinian State could be viable, but it needs USD 33 billion in order to ensure security for…
Revava, an extreme right wing Jewish group, continues to publicly call the Jews to destroy the Aqsa Mosque and build the ‘third temple of Solomon’ on top of it. Following…
Palestinian security source reported that an elderly woman died immediately after she went through the X-ray search machine placed on the Rafah crossing to Egypt by the Israeli security. The…
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers broke into several homes in the town of Thaheriyya, near Hebron, arrested one man, and caused a fire in two stores. A local source in…
At least 6000 striking teachers protested in front of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Prime Minister office in Ramallah, and chanted slogans against the government, got not improving their conditions.…
Egyptian President Husni Mubarak, in answering reporters question on Palestinian Authority reforms during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, went off the lines of diplomacy, saying…
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday evening that soldiers arrested two Palestinian youth at Al-Jalameh checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers claimed that the two…
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Israeli army held Ameen Al-Hindy, the retired head of Palestinian Intelligence, at the Rafah Border Crossing. Al-Hindy, who was retired several…
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned later last night firing Qassam rockets at the Israeli town of Sderot outside of the Gaza Strip saying it is against the Palestinian consensus…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei said that the Palestinian Authority is ready control any evacuated area, and that lands and properties of the evacuated settlements will be under full Palestinian…
Every year when the settlers in Hebron celebrate any of their feasts, Palestinian residents of the city are ‘automatically’ imprisoned in their homes, while the army occupies their rooftops in…
In a protest move, the Palestinian Authority shut down the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for several hours Tuesday. The move is basically to protest Israel’s use of an…
A Palestinian source reported that the joint Palestinian-Israeli committee discussing the issue of deportees and wanted fighters, and the joint committee on detainees, will conduct separate meetings after the Jewish…
Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, broke into dozens of homes, and arrested seven residents. A local source in Qalqilia reported that dozens…
To Professor Moshe Kaveh President Bar Ilan University Dear Sir In various media interviews today you expressed anger at the decision of British university lecturers to declare a boycott against…
Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was not allowed to cross Al-Tuffah military checkpoint, in the Gaza Strip, the delay caused her abortion. The ministry…
Monday morning, Israeli soldiers detained dozens of students and staff of Hebron University, in Hebron and interrogated them. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers erected a military checkpoint at…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he expects Hamas to hand in its weapons after joining the Palestinian parliament this summer. ‘When a movement or militia is transformed into a…
An Iranian technician called Jalal-a-Din Taheri, who had been working at the nuclear reactor at Bushehr, managed to defect Europe, where he disclosed the Ayatollahs’ plans for producing nuclear bombs.…
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4586.php Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen 3 new security officials to head the three consolidated PA security branches. The three are mid-ranking PA security officials. Abbas also signed a…
Last week, I witnessed my first settler attack. ‘It was nothing,’ my friend Arafat told me afterwards, and I know that he was speaking in comparison to other attacks, when…
April 15 – 21, 2005 This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC. Org, for the week of Friday, April 15 to Thursday, April…
How did Mohammad Wahdan, 41, become the target of rubber-coated bullets fired by an Israeli soldier on Beit Eeba checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. He only…
A Palestinian security source reported that two Palestinians detained at a Palestinian prison in Tulkarem managed to escape on Friday. The two residents were held on suspicions of connections with…