Category: Miscellaneous

Law makers from the ruling Fatah movement, who constitute a majority in the current Palestinian Parliament, decided on Wednesday to withdraw dozens of amendments to the proposed election bill. On…

On April 18, the tiny Palestinian village of Aqaba, south-east of Jenin, received a new visitation from Asher, the local boss of the Israeli army’s ‘Civil Administration’. Aqaba villagers have…

A 13 year-old girl from Jenin Refugee Camp is writing a letter to Kofi Anan. Sandy Nasser Al Sa’di is appealing to international organizations to help her reach the UN…

The Israeli army intends to evacuate 27 residents of three families from the village of Al-Aqaba, near Tubas, after notices of eviction were issued against them. The families have to…

A Palestinian woman trapped on Al-Tuffah checkpoint, the only passage leading to Al-Mawassi, west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, gave birth to a dead infant, after soldiers barred…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei is slated to sign, Wednesday, an understanding to establish a coordination office to support the Palestinian Police. A senior source at the Palestinian Authority reported…

First step: show no sign of resistance to any move by the controlling superpower, no matter how painful or unjust the move may appear to you. Don’t demand a return…

The Israeli Separation Wall… one of its main aims is to separate Palestinian people from their land. In Ramallah, the Wall divides the villages into two Ghettos; nine in the…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday several areas and villages near the northern West bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two brothers in Baqa Al-Sharqiyya. A local source in Tulkarem stated…

Israeli soldiers conducted extensive searches in the village of Doura, near Hebron, and several surrounding villages after closing the area. A local source in Doura reported that soldiers, and under-covered…

Download Headline in MP3: http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headline041605.mp3 As Caterpillar refused to reconsider selling D9 bulldozers to Israel, 8 more Palestinians were wounded while attempting to block Caterpillar bulldozers from uprooting their trees. …

The Islamic Jihad has decided to boycott the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections, a senior leader of the resistance group said on Friday. Even so, Islamic Jihad would also not call…

April 8 – 14, 2005 This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of Friday, April 8th to Thursday, April…

  Palestinian lawyers and detainees revealed that the Israeli Prison Authorities used the media to deceive the detainees and grab confessions from them. An interrogation teams which belongs to the…

Local informed sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem reported that the Israeli troops and special units’ officers wearing civilian outfits backed with at least ten military vehicles invaded…

the Holy Land Trust organization and Panorama center organized a two-day conference in Ramallah on the strategies of the civil based nonviolent resistance against the Israeli occupation in Palestine. The…

Israeli soldiers detained eight residents, including elderly, after invading the village of Shoufa, south east of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches. A local source Shoufa reported that soldiers, supported by…

Palestinian sources reported that special units of the Israeli army assassinated an Aqsa Martyr Brigades operative on Thursday afternoon in Balata Refugee Camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus.…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned Palestinians and institutions from buying real estate from private of public Israeli owners in areas slated for evacuation. On Wednesday, Abbas held a meeting in…

Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, published in London, revealed information that the Greek government decided to fire the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Irenious the first from his post over…

There’s a popular Palestinian folk song called ‘Wein a Ramallah’ – we are going to Ramallah. It’s largely a nostalgic tune cherished by the Palestinian diaspora and sung at festivals…

Palestinian and Israeli mayors gathered in the West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday to show support for the cease-fire and call parties back to the negotiating table. 20 Israeli…

Five kids were injured in clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the village of Surif northwest of Hebron on Wednesday afternoon. Arafat Al-Hidmi, 14, was shot in the leg and…

Settlers bulldozed on Wednesday afternoon,  several orchards which belongs to residents of Kafer Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. A source at Qaddoum village council, reported…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday three residents in Qalqilia, after invading it and conducting military searches in dozens of homes and orchards, south of the city. A local source in…

  Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom surprised his Egyptian counter part as he called on Egypt to help Israel carryout its “regional road map.” which aims at normalizing relations and…

For the fifth day, Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. Resistance groups said that the firing of the shells came after…

Three Palestinians were arrested in the northern West Bank city of Nablus as the Israeli army resumes its invasion in the city, and the surrounding villages and refugee camps for…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday a child near Huwwara military checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and claimed that he attempted to detonate a pipe bomb. The…

Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon advised U.S. president George Bush to start planning for the post-Abbas era, saying the Palestinian leader is on the verge of collapsing, and is losing…

The Palestinian Environment Authority claims there are dumping sites for toxic wastes, in some of the Gaza Strip settlements Israel is planning to evacuate within disengagement plan, Palestinian sources reported…

Translated by Saed Bannoura “They arrested my three sons, and leveled our home, but we will remain steadfast in our land, the occupation is punishing us for defending out land,…

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, issued an order barring P.A security heads in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from holding talks with foreign parties, unless talks are conducted…

The Israeli army reported that soldiers arrested a Fatah member on Sunday for suspected ties with Hezbollah party and planning an attack in Israel on behalf of Hezbollah. The source…

A Palestinian military source in Nablus said that Israeli soldiers shot and injured eleven residents in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and arrested fifteen other residents. A local…

Palestinian Minister of security affairs, Mohammad Dahlan, said that the P.A is seeking to implement development, consultant and service projects in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal. Dahlan added…

  Thousands of Palestinians protested on Sunday in Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem against calls by extremist Jewish groups to attack the mosque, Revava extremist group renewed its call to attack…

Thousands of Palestinians took the streets of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah and took part in the funeral of the three Palestinian children, who were killed by army…

On Saturday afternoon, Israeli soldiers stationed near the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah opened fire at a group of Palestinian children playing soccer at an open field, killing three…

The planning-construction process of the Har Homa settlement north of the West bank city of Bethlehem, took place over an extended period following the signing of the Oslo accords between…

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility for detonating an explosive charge near a military jeep near Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. The Israeli army confirmed…

Israeli soldiers broke on Saturday into a kindergarten which belongs to the Red Crescent Society in Hebron. Sameeha Al-Nather, headmaster of the kindergarten stated that soldiers into the building, and…

A collection of testemonies by survivors of the massacre Mr. Fahimi Zeidan, 12,:’The Jews ordered all our family to line up against the wall and they started shooting us. I was…

Download MP3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4365.php This week in Palestine—a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, IMEMC.org, for the week of Friday, April 1st to Thursday, April 7th. Amid high alerts…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers injured five residents in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah; one resident was arrested and transferred to an unknown location. A local source in the…

Friday evening, Israeli soldiers injured five residents in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah; one resident was arrested and transferred to an unknown location. A local source in the…

Salem Israeli military court sentenced a resident of Jenin refuge camp to five consecutive years after charging him of membership in the political wing of the Islamic Jihad and forming…

A Palestinian medical source reported on Wednesday that four residents were seriously injured west of Salfit in the West Bank while they were trying to stop the military bulldozers from…

Senior Palestinian officials have acquainted American and Israeli officials with a plan for coordinating the disengagement from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported…

Israeli news website ArabYnet reported Wednesday that a meeting would join 25 Palestinian mayors with 25 Israeli mayors is being planned to take place next week. The idea was initiated…

It is amazing how little was said in US mainstream media about the decision by Israel’s supreme court recognizing some non-Orthodox conversion to Judaism.  Israeli and European papers debated this…

On April 24, 2005 is Nour’s second birthday. Nour (meaning light in Arabic) was born in jail. However, soon he will have to leave his mother because kids over 2…

Governor of Hebron, Arif Al-Ja’abari stated on Tuesday that Israeli army confiscated more land from Hebron district raising the confiscated land up to 54.3 percent. Al-Ja’bari told the French news…

The Israeli Online daily Jerusalem Post reported that the senior Palestinian official is suspected of embezzling millions of Dollars from the P.A Budget.  The Jerusalem Post said that a P.A…

The general administration of Borders and Crossings at the Palestinian Authority demanded the Israeli side to remove the high-tech X-Ray searching room installed at the crossing. The administration said that…

An Israeli military source stated that a settler was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon, while working in Morag settlement, in the southern Gaza Strip.   The source reported that the…

8, including the Mayor of the 15-member Bethlehem Municipal Council will be occupied by Christians in the coming municipal elections on May 5. The quota also includes the councils of…

Pope John Paul II was not only the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church he epitomized the good and kind shepherd too. He cared for and protected his flock…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday, the village of Al-Ras, south of Tulkarem in the West Bank. A local source in the village reported that several military jeeps, vehicles and a…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denounced the firing of several employees, mainly teacher working at schools which belong to the Ministry of Education. A considerable number of the employees are…

  Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei officially announced on Monday evening the official launch of Palestine’s official domain name suffix “ps”. Qorei’s announcement came during a ceremony in the Ramallah…

Ala’ Sanaqra, a leader of the brigades in the West Bank, said that the fighters are not willing to disarm, or even consider disbarment as long as the occupation remains.…

The secretary general of Palestinian Presidency Taib Abdul-Rahim dismissed media reports over conflicts between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and hi Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei as baseless. Abdul-Rahim said Monday that…

Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Arroub refugee camp, near Hebron, broke into dozens of homes, and conducted military searches. Issa Abu Kheizaran, head of Al-Arroub local council, said that soldiers arrested Ata…

Saturday evening, three residents, including an aged woman, were injured after a group of extremist settlers attacked them while working in their lands, near Hebron. A local source in Hebron…

The growing Hamas popularity and the declining support for Fatah movement is causing concerns to many including the Hamas leadership. Hamas used its latest campaign to commemorate the Islamic movement…

Israeli soldiers leveled on Friday six homes in Wad Rahhal, west of Bethlehem, and claimed that the homes were constructed without obtaining the needed permits. A local source in the…

Media and Information Center, reported that the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, published a report about military predictions of a new round of violence in August, 2005. “The higher command of…

Download MP3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4229.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of Friday, March 25th to Thursday, March 31st, 2005.…

“Our son is suffering of critical health conditions in detention, we appeal humanitarian organizations, local and international institutions, Arab members of Knesset and the free nations of this world to…

Marking the anniversary of the killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas political leader Khalid Mashal threatened Thursday to attack Israel if it violates the cease-fire.   Mashal,…

A Palestinian collaborator, who worked as a front man for Ateret Cohanim yeshiva – known for its attempts to buy lands from Palestinians – charged the Yeshiva of forging documents…

Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers arrested four residents in the villages of Beit Ummar and Halhoul, north of Hebron, in the West Bank.     The Hebron office of the…

AMNESTY International said in a report released on Thursday morning that the Palestinian women are suffering from violence carried out by the Israeli army and in their societies. The report…

Israeli troops raided Wednesday morning the village of Asira Shamalyah north of Nablus, searched and vandalized several homes, local source reported. A local source said that several army jeeps, covered…

Children of Palestinian detainees live in deprivation, while their fathers or mothers live in detention away from their families, away from their beloved children and homes. The suffering of these…

Residents of dozens of villages near Salfit are trapped behind concrete blocks closing the streets and blocking them from the rest of the Palestinian areas. Residents of Qarawa Bani Hassan,…

On Sunday, Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz said that Strela missiles “may” have been smuggled into Gaza Strip, calling the Palestinian Authority to find and collect them. On Tuesday, few…

Islamic Jihad head Mohammed al-Hindi attended a Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee meeting Tuesday, marking the first time that an Islamic group has participated in a meeting of the PLO’s…

Major General Mousa Arafat, head of the General Security at the P.A, slammed the Israeli claims that the P.A is violating the truce and agreements arrived with Israel. General Arafat…

Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, deputy secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), member of the PLO executive committee, said that the Israeli announcement to withdraw from the…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called Israel to reciprocate declaration of calm announced by the Palestinian factions following the Cairo talks last week. ‘We have agreed to declare…

At least thirty bishops and church officials of the Greek  Orthodox church in Jerusalem, demanded Patriarch Irinous to resign immediately and ‘save the church from its crises’ following the scandal…

Israeli army barred the Arab residents of Israel from entering the West Bank Road Nr. 557, which extends from Taibeh to Avnie Hefetz and Einav settlements, north of the West…

A Palestinian resident of the village of Salem, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said that Israeli soldiers occupied his home on Friday and are using it as…

Monday morning, an Islamic Jihad leader said that the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, is considering allowing Hamas and the Jihad join it for the first time. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

At least three residents were injured on Sunday morning, one arrested after soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the old city of Hebron. A medical source at Hebron Governmental Hospital reported…

A recent well researched study on Fatah- the main and largest Palestinian faction within the PLO- published by the Jerusalem Institute for Peace Studies, showed that the movement is witnessing…

It is all well and good for Palestinian factions to meet, talk things over and agree on a united stand. The need for calm on the frontline is all too…

It all started as a nuisance in 1993. Twelve years later, this nuisance is becoming a major catastrophe for the over 200,000 Palestinians of East Jerusalem, following the abduction by…

Download Mp3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/4170.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, March 18th to Thursday, March 24th, 2005. As leaders…

When all Israelis feel the radical change in the security situation since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took power, the government of Israel stepped up criticisms against him, accusing the new…

A Palestinian security source in Bethlehem stated that the Palestinian Security arrested three resistance fighters of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The source reported that the three…

Shnider children hospital demands the family of Batoul Tibi, who sustained serious wounds on April 17, 2004, when soldiers ‘mistakenly’ opened fire as she was coming back from school, to…

Palestinian officials are to discuss settlements file with the American envoys Elliot Abrams, assistant Secretary of State, and David Welch, responsible of the Middle-East file at the US Foreign Ministry.…

Archimandrite Atallah Hanna, spokesperson of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem stated on Wednesday that he does not pay a lot of attention to the death threats he has been receiving…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said that there can be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem, and added that settlements and the separation Wall and buying lands which…

A Palestinian non-violent protester, Mansour Mansour from the village of Budrus northwest of Jerusalem and another German activist were badly beaten and at least 15 Israeli activists have been arrested…

Palestinian factions demanded the Arab leaders meeting in Algeria not to normalize relations with Israel , and to have the issue of Jerusalem as a top priority of the conference.…

Israeli soldiers placed barbed wires and iron gates surrounding 16 families, south of Wadi Al-Salqa village, near the Kissufim settlement road, in the central Gaza Strip. A local source in…