Category: Miscellaneous

Translatd by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC Saturday, October 30, 2004, was supposed to be the most beautiful day of Shima’s life. On this day she refused to go to kindergarten in order…

A double consensus is forming around Yasser Arafat: one, that the old man is dying and two, that he was a failure. The first assumption is, alas, all too plausible.…

Residents of Nablus district, in the north of the West Bank, are in continuous fear of attacks carried out by soldiers and settlers which forced them to avoid picking their…

The Palestinian envoy to France and Arafat’s spokesperson in France, Leila Shaheed ruled out on Saturday afternoon, any possibility that P. A Chairman Yasser Arafat is suffering from Leukemia. “Doctors…

Israeli analysts are busy setting scenarios for the ‘after Arafat era’. Already criteria to judge the newly expected leadership performance has been laid out. Names have been assigned positions, and…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights released its weekly report which revealed that soldiers, during the past week, shot dead 26 Palestinians, including two children and one girl, in addition…

A 13 years old girl from Khan Younis, who was shot wounded while sitting inside the classroom, filed charges against the army, seeking compensations. The incident took place in an…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said in the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel will proceed with the Disengagement Plan despite Arafat’s health condition, and added; “As long…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura After more than four years since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Intifada, different aspects in the Palestinian life were deeply affected by the situation, and the continuous…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat landed in Paris on Friday afternoon and boarded a helicopter to a military hospital outside the French capital for medical treatment. Jordanian helicopters transported Arafat from…

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Movement called for forming a unified leadership which will be a higher political representative of the Palestinian people. The two movements…

Arafat’s advisor, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denied reports released by the Israeli media that P.A Chairman Yasser Arafat appointed a three-man committee to act in his absence. According to the released…

A Palestinian source said that all need arrangement have been carried out to transfer Arafat to France for treatment. The source added that a Jordanian helicopter will transfer Arafat at…

A Palestinian source said that the doctors decided to transfer Arafat to a Hospital in Paris in order to follow up his health condition. The source added that the doctors…

In a Phone call with the Qatar Based Al-Jazeera TV, Dr. Ashraf Al-Kurdy, from Jordan, said that he will arrive in Ramallah on Thursday morning along with a Jordanian medical…

An Israeli military source said that a Palestinian resistance group fired mortal shells at a military post near the settlement of Morag, south of Gaza, and exchanged fire with the…

Israeli sources quoted a Palestinian source as saying that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s health had begun to deteriorate as of Wednesday night. Senior Palestinian officials, including Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia,…

Inspite of the controversial nature of his politics, Palestinians look at former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas as a man of integrity. As a founder of Fatah, unlike of most Palestinian…

Israeli Haaretz said in its online edition that the settlers of an unauthorized settlers outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in Nablus area, held up the ambulance coming…

The International Women Peace Service (IWPS) reported that Angie Zelter, a prominent nonviolent peace and human rights activist from the United Kingdom is currently being held for deportation by the…

Dr. Moaweya Hassanen, head of the emergency Unit in the ministry of health, said that one resident, identified as Abdul-Aziz Abu-Mo’ammar, died of wounds sustained earlier on Tuesday at dawn,…

P. A Chairman Yasser Arafat, met with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei and head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Rawhi Fattouh, and Minister of Negotiations, Saeb Erekat on Tuesday…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat underwent minor exploratory surgery on Monday in his Muqata headquarters and is in stable condition. A senior Palestinian official said that Doctors carried out an endoscopey…

Israel decided Monday to allow Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to leave his headquarters for a medical check in Ramallah hospital, about 2 kilometers away from where the President is besieged…

Al-Aqsa Brigades threatened to split from Fatah Movement if the Qorei Government and Fatah’s Central Committee does not fulfill their demands to conduct new procedures in order to solve the…

Refraining from expressing any preference for either U.S. President George W. Bush or his rival Senator John Kerry, the Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said that the next U.S. president…

An Israeli army source said on Sunday that some Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza Strip may have anti-aircrafts missiles in their possession. Generals of Israeli military establishment think that resistance…

A local source in Hebron said that soldiers detained two residents in Hebron, and held scores of residents during vast military searches conducted in the city, on Sunday morning. The…

A local source in Hebron said that soldiers apprehended two residents in Hebron, and withheld tens of residents during vast military searches conducted in the city, on Sunday morning. The…

A Palestinian Authority treasury source said Saturday that about half of the Palestinian Authority budget deficit was caused by seizures imposed by Israeli courts on PA funds. According to the…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Ala ’ Al-Shalash, 19 years old, said that he was severely clubbed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint known as “the container checkpoint”, to the east…

For the two years following September 11th, the Western public was inundated with propaganda to such a vociferous degree that to be a critical voice was to be heretical and…

How would it feel to be targeted in the street, or in the car, what sort of live you will be living while knowing that you might be a moving…

Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Children are the most affected by any conflict in this world, the faultless victims of brutality and advanced weapons technology; tiny angels, the builders of the future…

Translated by: George N. Rishmawi-IMEMC PNN: How do you view the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza Strip? Rajoub: The Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and other areas in…

Ten minutes stroll northward from the lively alleyways of the Old City and its renowned Golden Dome lays one of the Holy Land’s smallest parishes; the Anglican Church, with its…

A Palestinian medical source Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said that the Israeli army killed more than 31 and woudned over 200 Palestinians in the past 36 hours in…

A group of Palestinian Lawmakers are planning to force a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Palestinian cabinet. Lawmakers said on Wednesday they had collected enough signatures on a…

A Palestinian medical source Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said that the Israeli army killed more than 31 and woudned over 200 Palestinians in the past 36 hours in…

A group of Palestinian Lawmakers are planning to force a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Palestinian cabinet. Lawmakers said on Wednesday they had collected enough signatures on a…

Two International volunteers of the Christian Peace Makers Team, Chris Brown, 40 and Kim Lamberty, 44 were attacked by five masked men around the settlement outpost of Maon in the…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, chair of “Health and Development Information Policy Center” (HDIP), said that 3334 Palestinians were killed and 53,000 were wounded since the…

It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…

Two International volunteers of the Christian Peace Makers Team, Chris Brown, 40 and Kim Lamberty, 44 were attacked by five masked men around the settlement outpost of Maon in the…

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, chair of “Health and Development Information Policy Center” (HDIP), said that 3334 Palestinians were killed and 53,000 were wounded since the…

Jerusalem – Four years ago on September 28, 2000, when Ariel Sharon made his operatic visit to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem igniting the Second Intifada,…

It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…

A medical source in Dir Al-Balah, in the north of the Gaza Strip said that a military helicopter fired a missile at a group of residents in Karm Al-Zaytoun area,…

It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…

“It is likely that Israel acted in order to force Hamas to run a global war, hoping that such a move will remove the borders that differentiate between the Palestinian…

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…

AP reported that RIad Abu Ali, CNN Producer has been released after negotiations between the PA and the group that abducted Abu Ali on Monday night in Gaza Strip. PA…

“It is likely that Israel acted in order to force Hamas to run a global war, hoping that such a move will remove the borders that differentiate between the Palestinian…

Palestinian sources said that one man was killed and three others were injured after an Israel helicopter fired a missile at a vehicle in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza…

Soldiers apprehended two residents in Nablus after raiding several neighborhoods in the city, and Al-Ein refugee camp, and firing at tens of homes on Monday morning. A local source in…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories released a report on Thursday which revealed the number of casualties among the Palestinians since the beginning of the…

Translated by: Saed Bannoua-IMEMC Wisam Abdul-Kareem, 14 years old, from the village of Kafr Al-Deek, in the north west of Salfit, in the West Bank, tells his story of military…

In response to Palestinian Prime minister Ahmed Qurei’s Friday hints that it was possible to dismantle Fatah’s military wing, a brigades spoksman, nicknamed as Abu Mahmoud called Qurei to resign…

Palestinian security sources confirmed Saturday that Israeli Authorities at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt denied exit to Palestinian security personnel who were supposed to go to Egypt for…

Once again, Egypt called off invitations to hold talks between Palestinian different factions in Cairo. Egypt blamed ‘Israel’s lack of cooperation’ as the reason for the ever lasting suspension. Egyptian…

Once again, Egypt called off invitations to hold talks between Palestinian different factions in Cairo. Egypt blamed ‘Israel’s lack of cooperation’ as the reason for the ever lasting suspension. Egyptian…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura The cries and screams of Wael, the baby child of Mirvat Taha, a political detainee, imprisoned in an Israeli detention camp, were not enough to convince…

More than 3.000 students, mainly girls, peacefully protested in a peacful anti-Wall protest in the village of Beit Awwa, in the south of Hebron , in the West Bank ,…

A Palestinian medical source at Nasser Hospital , in Khan Younis said that 14 residents were shot wounded in Khan Younis, three seriously, including two children under the age of…

An open war is a one in which you opt to destroy the enemy. Opting for an open war opens the gate for a similar war launched by the opponent.…

Over ninety protestors, including internationals, were injured in the village of Bodrus, in the west of Ramallah and Al-Biereh in the West Bank, in protests against the Separation Wall in…

Palestine News Network (PNN) online website reported that approximately at 10:30 on Wednesday morning the ‘Peace Cycle’ started cycling from the city of Al-Affoula heading towards the city of Jenin…

The Hamas delegation to ended three days of talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo. Mohammad Nazzal who was on Hamas’ delegation dismissed reports claiming that Egypt suggested a temporary truce…

Three Palestinians were wounded in the village of Budrus in clashes with soldiers on Tuesday morning during a protest against the construction of the West Bank separation wall. Five left-wing…

  Brigadier General Abdul Razzak Al-Majaydeh, chief of the General Security Apparatus said Tuesday the PA will send 45 Police officers to Egypt for training by the end of this…

Palestinian sources reported that Khaled Abu Shamiyeh, 30, from Al-Shati refugee camp were killed and six bystanders were wounded in an Israeli air strike at a civilian car in Gaza…

About a month ago, Israeli army agreed that a limited number of the Palestinian police can carry revolvers in city centers only. The Israeli Right wing objected to the plan…

Monday evening, a military Apache fired several shells at a jeep on Tal Al-Hawa Street in the south of Gaza, completely detonating it and killing two men IDF alleges were…

IMEMC correspondent said that about two hundred resident of Beit Awwa and Sikka and lead by the youths of the villages, were joined by international peace activists on Sunday. All…

In a poll conducted by Birzeit University shows that the majority of the Palestinians prefer to have the Palestinian Law Maker Marwan Barghouthi to be president after Arafat. The poll,…

Hamas’s Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashaal arrived in Cairo late Saturday, an airport official said. His arrival to Cairo is believed to be linked to the ongoing Egyptian efforts to…

U.S. White House Spokesperson described Thursday Sharon’s explicit talk to Youdot Ahranot newspaper, in which he explicitly dismissed the road map peace plan, as not reflecting the real stand of…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv, revealed on Wednesday that soldiers forced a Palestinian worker choose between drinking their urine or breaking his leg or hand. The newspaper said that Sameeh, 24…

Palestinian sources reportedly said the Palestinian Security apparatus on Thursday, discovered a hi-tech spying device in the ‘Saraya’ building, the headquarters of the Military Intelligence in Gaza Strip. The source…

Israeli security sources reported Thursday that eight armed Palestinians trying to cross the borders into the Gaza Strip surrendered to Egyptian security. The source explained that Egyptian security spotted the…

IMEMC correspondent in Jenin reported that soldiers shot dead four Palestinians and injured two others in the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday afternoon. The dead were named as Fadi…

Health Information Center, in the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Wednesday that soldiers shot dead 41 Palestinians; 30 in the West Bank, and 11 in the Gaza Strip,…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Tahani Nassar, 19 years old, from Tulkarem refugee camp, in the north of the West Bank, said that after she spent two months in Telmond detention…

Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli army troops on Wednesday morning as the army raided the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses reported. Troops surrounded a building where claimed wanted…

More then a thousand schoolchildren, boys and girls from 6 to 14, wearing their school uniforms and carrying bags, demonstrated on Monday (Monday, 13.9) at the wall that is being…

Jibril Al-Rajoub, the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s national security adviser, said the Palestinians recognize Israel’s existence as a Jewish state within the 1967 borders and do not desire to change…

Palestinian security officials and representatives of the Palestinian resistance factions will meet Monday in Cairo to discuss security issues in preparation efforts for the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.…

Translated by, George Rishmawi-IMEMC The family of the Prisoner Ismael Shakshak from Rafah city south of Gaza Strip called upon all the International Human Rights organizations and the Palestinian Prisoners…

Soldiers conducted a wide scaled operation in Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, and apprehended seven residents in Hebron and the neighboring villages of Al-Thaheriyya and Al-Sammou’ and…

If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…

If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…

Arafat apparently stands as the ever lasting excuse, used by Israel to avoid fulfilling its road map obligations. Following repeated Israeli threats to expel Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, U.S. Secretary…

Israeli army left Gaza Strip after a four-day wide scale operation in which 8 Palestinians were killed and over 100 injured in addition to a huge damage in property and…

The Palestinian center for Human rights in Gaza accused the army of committing “War Crimes” in its continuous operations in the northern Gaza Strip, killing five residents and wounding 53…

On Thursday, a full-blown closure was imposed on all Palestinians in the entire West bank and Gaza Strip. Closure will stay in effect until the end of the Israeli “Yom…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza , revealed in its weekly report that 22 Palestinian were killed, including three children in the Palestinian territories in one week; all…

As army stepped up its operations in the northern Gaza Strip, four residents were killed in Jabalia refugee camp, and more than twenty were wounded, four seriously, on Thursday. A…

Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC While Raghda Al-Assar, 11 yers old, was sitting on her chair in the fourth grade, on the first week of school when a bullet penetrated her…

Israeli forces pushed a large number of soldiers backed with tanks, armored personnel carriers into the Gaza Strip from both northern and southern sides in the early hours of Wednesday…

Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei threartened to resign his post after a disagreement with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday night. During a cabinet…