International Middle East Media Center
Arafat would, in the coming few days, ask Prime Minster Ahmed QureiIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 28, 2003 Palestinian Authority well informed sources reported that President Arafat would, in the…
Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei requested a meeting with the LeadershipIMEMC & Agencies, October 27, 2003 Hamas leader in Gaza Abdul-Aziz Rantisi confirmed that Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei requested a…
over looking Netzarim settlement after evacuating more than 2,000Ghassan Andony-IMEMC,October 26, 2003 Army blew up Friday evening using dynamite three 13-story buildings over looking Netzarim settlement after evacuating more than…
minister Ariel Sharon confirmed that his security devices areIMEMC & Agencies, October 26, 2003 In an interview with Israel TV Channel two, on Friday , Prime minister Ariel Sharon confirmed…
claims, aggression, and ideologies. Through history, it wasGhassan Andoni – Analysis, October 25, 2003 Accommodating to the other is complicated by a series of historical claims, aggression, and ideologies. Through…
officers, Major Amos Zuaretz of Netanya and First Lieutenant OshriGhassan Andoni –IMEMC, October 24, 2003 A gag order was lifted Thursday and information around The two officers, Major Amos Zuaretz…
in their early twenties were shot dead Thursday by masked activistsIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 23, 2003 In Tulkarem refugee camp, two men, Samer Ufi and Mohamed Faraj, bth in…
the same home that was attacked in the morning hours, recording theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 21, 2003 Around 10:30 P.M. Monday, army Apaches fired once more a missile at…
According to Israeli army and medical sources three soldiers wereWounded IMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 20, 2003 According to Israeli army and medical sources three soldiers were killed and another…
talks with U.S. officials and legislators.IMEMC Staff & Agencies Three senior Fatah officials departed early Sunday to Washington for talks with U.S. officials and legislators. The three young Fatah leaders…
A new order issued by the military commander of the West Bank announced to Palestinians that they are no longer allowed to be on their land west of the separation…
left was wrong, Palestinians wants to destroy you and now I providedGhassan Andoni, IMEMC, October 17, 2003 The supposedly leader of center and left told the public that the left…
relation to the bombing of the American convoy, saying: ‘We madeIMEMC & Agencies, October 17, 2003 A leader of the Popular Resistance Committees denied Thursdayany relation to the bombing of…
weaknesses that the Palestinian Authority worked hard to cover. TheGhassan Andoni, IMEMC, October 16, 2003 The attack against the American envoy in northern Gaza exposed the weaknesses that the Palestinian…
popular resistance committee, a group that consists largely ofIMEMC & Agencies, October 16, 2003 Palestinian police arrested Thursday morning three members of the popular resistance committee, a group that consists…
morning near a convoy of three American Embassy cars near BeitIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 15, 2003 Three Americans killed, when an explosive device detonated Wednesday morning near a convoy…
For the third week, Israeli soldiers waged war against Jenin and its camp using vehicles of the most obscure size and shape. The streets have become a battlefield where fierce…
reports around the appointment of Hakam Balawi for interior, sayingIMEMC Staff, October 14,2003 Minister for external affairs Nabil Sha’ath denied Monday earlier reports around the appointment of Hakam Balawi for…
separation wall for the ninth executive day without being allowed toIMEMC Staff, October 14, 2003 70 farmers from Jauss village near Qalqyliah are locked west of the separation wall for…
Then the streets started screaming and we were running almost without thinking, down the edges of the street around the people who had lost their fear, around donkey carts loaded…
toured Sunday Rafah refugee camp to evaluate the damage caused byIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 13, 2003 The head of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees Peter Hansen toured Sunday…
With the finalization of Geneva document, signs of opposition andor Escalate Violence Ghassan Andoni, IMEMC, October 13, 2003 With the finalization of Geneva document, signs of opposition and support are…
The most dramatic moment arrived in the evening after Yom Kippur. We were sitting in the courtyard of Arafat’s Mukat’ah (compound); a group of Israeli peace activists and Palestinian friends,…
stepping out of a meeting with President Yasser Arafat that ‘in aIMEMC Staff October 13, 2003 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Queri told Sunday reporters, after stepping out of a meeting…
Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei arrived at anIMEMC Staff, October 12, 2003 In a meeting Saturday evening in Ramallah, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister…
Arafat’s heath condition. Time Magazine website reported that heIMEMC Staff, October 10, 2003 International media was occupied with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s heath condition. Time Magazine website reported that he…
Legislative Council (PLC) meeting Thursday, Palestinian PrimeGhassan Andoni-IMEMC, October 10, 2003 Palestinian sources reported that following the stormy Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) meeting Thursday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei sent…
government and its guidelines to the Palestinian Legislative CouncilIMEMC Sataff, October 9, 2003 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei would present his narrow government and its guidelines to the Palestinian Legislative…
the emergency cabinet presented by Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei.IMEMC Staff, October 9, 2003 The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) delayed Thursday a vote on the emergency cabinet presented by Prime Minister…
Monday that he plans for a quick push to reach a truce with Israel,IMEMC & Agencies, October 7, 2003 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia told Associated Press on Monday that…
In an interview with the Al-Arabia TV on Sunday, the GeneralResistance IMEMC Staff, October 6, 2003 In an interview with the Al-Arabia TV on Sunday, the General Secretary of the…
Palestinian areas and named Ahmed Qureia Prime Minister of anIMEMC Staff, October 6, 2003 Palestinian President Yasser Arafat declared a state of emergency in Palestinian areas and named Ahmed Qureia…
by pass the approval of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC)IMEMC Staff, October 6, 2003 16:31 Declaring a state of emergency and forming an emergency cabinet to by pass the approval…
West Bank city of Jenin, left her home and arrived at MaximGhassan Andoni, October 5, 2003 Hanadi Jaradat, 29, an Islamic Jihad operative from the northern West Bank city of…
Palestinian officials close to Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qureiaproposal IMEMC Staff, October 1, 2003 Palestinian officials close to Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qureia said Tuesday that he is looking back to the…
week the special American Envoy John Wolf demanded that PalestinianIMEMC Staff October 1, 2003 According to informed Palestinian sources, in a meeting early this week the special American Envoy John…
UK & US officials, who have external supervision over JerichoInmates IMEMC & Agencies, September 29, 2003 UK & US officials, who have external supervision over Jericho Prison, protested to the…
After a three hour meeting in Ramallah, the Fatah Central CommitteeDahlan Out IMEMC Staff & Agencies, September 28, 2003 After a three hour meeting in Ramallah, the Fatah Central Committee…
Jerusalem — In the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place in 1996, I remember clearly my pride in participating in those first-ever Palestinian elections. US President Carter and others…
Negohot, southwest of the Palestinian West Bank city of Hebron andIMEMC & Agencies, September 27, 2003 Armed Palestinian infiltrated Friday night the settlement of Negohot, southwest of the Palestinian West…
others were wounded to varying degrees in the Israeli operation inIMEMC & Agencies, September 26, 2003 An Israeli army source revealed that one soldier was killed and six others were…
refugee camp in the border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt,IMEMC & Agencies, September 25, 2003 Majid Abu Taqia sits above his house, now a heap of rocks, in…
rejected the US President’s statement that calls the PalestinianRashid Hilal , September 24, 2003 Dr. Saeb Erekat, chair of the negotiation department in the PA, rejected the US President’s statement…
of claims about the Brigades that have surfaced in recent newsTim Covi & Johannes Wahlstrom, IMEMC, September 24, 2003 A former Immigrant Brigade participant on Thursday rebuked a series of…
Igor Zhemajlov, one of the leading figures of the anti-Zionist Slavic Union, was last week forced into political exile. The political movement was formed last year with its base in…
The repeated and massive scenes of home destructions in Palestinian West Bank refugee camps brings back the memories the what Palestinians call the Nakbah, or catastrophe, of 1948, when around…
the principles and the guidelines of his government with allRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 23, 2003 Qureia said Monday that he will continue an open dialogue regarding the principles and the…
of Palestinian resistance groups and political factions during aIMEMC & Agencies, September 22, 2003 Palestinian prime minister-designate Ahmed Qureia told the leaders of Palestinian resistance groups and political factions during…
Hamas supporters took the streets of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhoodHamas Members IMEMC Staff, September 19, 2003 Hamas supporters took the streets of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza city, throwing…
The new Palestinian cabinet will be appointed in coordinationSupporter IMEMC & Agencies, September 19, 2003 The new Palestinian cabinet will be appointed in coordination between Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and…
resolution submitted to the UN Security Council demanding Israel notIMEMC & Agencies, September 18, 2003 Palestinian officials condemned the United States for vetoing the resolution submitted to the UN Security…
The United States vetoed Tuesday a UN Security Council resolutionKill Arafat IMEMC & Agencies, September 17, 2003 The United States vetoed Tuesday a UN Security Council resolution submitted by Arab…
groups to accept a cease-fire with Israel.IMEMC & Agencies, September 15, 2003 Egypt will soon resume efforts to convince Palestinian resistance groups to accept a cease-fire with Israel. Osama El-Baz,…
Fatah executive committee memebr, Hani Al-Hassan said, Fatah willconducting a wide range consultation Rashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 15, 2003 Fatah executive committee memebr, Hani Al-Hassan said, Fatah will adopt Qure’i’s…
Palestinian Legislative Council canceled a meeting that wasfor PM IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian Legislative Council canceled a meeting that was scheduled on Sunday to discuss the appointment of Ahmed Qurei…
‘Ahmmad ‘Abd Ar-rahman, the adviser of the foreign affairs, ensuredSheikh: the Israeli threats should be taken seriously Mou’ath Sharida, IMEMC, September 13, 2003 17:29 ‘Ahmmad ‘Abd Ar-rahman, the adviser of…
compound and fired tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators whoIMEMC & Agencies, September 13, 2003 Israeli police stormed Friday afternoon the yard of Al-Aqsa mosque compound and fired tear…
consulates and representatives and briefed them on the dangerousRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 13, 2003 12:34 Arafat Met Saturday Morning in his office in Ramallah with Foreign consulates and representatives and…
president Yasser Arafat, designated Palestinian Prime minister AhmedIMEMC, 9:16 Following the Israeli security cabinet decision to expel Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, designated Palestinian Prime minister Ahmed Qurei said that he…
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat became the focal point of theGhassan Andoni, September 12, 2003 – Analysis After being treated as irrelevant for long, in less than a week, Palestinian President…
The first meeting of the National Security Council, lead by thethree basic coals that we are working on Rashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 12, 2003 The first meeting of the National…
Nabil Sha’th, Palestinian minister of foreign affairs, welcomed theexpulsion IMEMC & Agencies, September 12, 2003 Nabil Sha’th, Palestinian minister of foreign affairs, welcomed the American decision to refuse expelling Arafat.…
The military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam brigades, threatened WednesdayQuo IMEMC & Agencies, September 11, 2003 The military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam brigades, threatened Wednesday to change tactics by attacking Israeli…
intention to put together an emergency government within a few days.IMEMC & Agencies, September 11, 2003 Designated Palestinian PM Ahmed Qure’i declared Wednesday his intention to put together an emergency…
bank city of Nablus reported Thursday that Israeli soldiers detainedAmin Abu Wardeh, IMEMC, September 11, 2003 16:29 Eyewitnesses at Deir Sharaf military checkpoint, west of the West bank city of…
including Police and General Intelligence, under the newlyRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 11, 2003 16:18 Palestinian Leadership decided to unite all security devices, including Police and General Intelligence, under the newly…
formed by Ahamd Qure’ was delayed Thursday morning, as the IsraeliRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 11, 2003 The PLC meeting which was supposed to approve the emergency cabinet formed by Ahamd…
bombing attacks Tuesday. 6 Israelis were killed and around 30IMEMC, September 10, 2003 9:36 At least 13 Israelis were killed and dozens more wounded in two bombing attacks Tuesday. 6…
While addressing reporters in Ramallah, head of the PalestinianAbbas IMEMC & Agencies, September 10, 2003 11:01 While addressing reporters in Ramallah, head of the Palestinian legislative council and the likely…
Dozens of Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers entered the fields of Almughair village east of Ramallah and uprooted dozens of olive trees using bulldozers. Local sources reported that villagers who…
Palestinian official sources reported that the tow Hamas operativesAttacks in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Rashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 10, 2003 Palestinian official sources reported that the tow Hamas operatives who…
general of the Islamic higher Institute Sheikh Taisir Al-Tamimi andIMEMC & Agencies, September 9, 2003 10:19 Israeli security forces arrested Monday noon time the secretary general of the Islamic higher…
Qure’i (Abu Ala) said Sunday that he has agreed in principle toIMEMC & Agencies, September 8, 2003 Aids close to the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmed Qure’i (Abu…
for prime minister laid out his terms Monday for accepting the post.IMEMC & Agencies, September 8, 2003 The Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the only nominee for prime…
Palestinian prime minister, another important question has beenRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 8, 2003 With the suggested appointment of Ahmed Qurei as the next Palestinian prime minister, another important question has…
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister MahmoudRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 6, 2003 Palestinian commentators believe that the internal crisis between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister…
Blowing up the home of a Palestinian family whose family member tookHomeless Moath Shriedeh, IMEMC, September 6, 2003 11:18 Blowing up the home of a Palestinian family whose family member…
neighborhood early Friday morning. Entire families lined the streetAmin Abu Wardeh, IMEMC, September 6, 2003 The feeling was shock and rage for residents of Nablus’ Makfiah neighborhood early Friday morning.…
Abbas’ report to the Saturday closed session of the legislativeRashid Hilal, IMEMC, September 6, 2003 18:15 Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas’ report to the Saturday closed…
over 140 villagers from the northern West Bank village of FarounTim Covi, IMEMC, September 6, 2003 After nearly a full year of being separated from their farmland, over 140 villagers…
power outside the Palestinian Legislative Council and in rallies andIMEMC & Agencies, September 5, 2003 While Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s supporters demonstrated power outside the Palestinian Legislative Council and in…
Arafat, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas approved theIMEMC Staff & Agenecies, September 4, 2003 In a step that could ease the tension between him and President Arafat, Palestinian Prime Minister…
report, the chairs of the PLC committees held a special meeting toRashid Hilal, September 4, 2003 Prior to the PLC meeting on Thursday Sept.4, to discuss Abu Mazin’s report, the…
Palestinian resistance fired five anti-tank missiles at a settlementWounds from Previous Attack IMEMC & Agencies, September 3, 2003 10:36 Palestinian resistance fired five anti-tank missiles at a settlement in the…
in the absence of the Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, theRashid Hilal – IMEMC, September 3, 2003 At the end of Fatah’s Central Committee meeting Tuesday night, held in the…
Israeli soldiers assassinated an activist from the Al-Quds brigades,about the assassination on of the Islamic Jihad leaders ‘Ali Samoudi – IMEMC, September 3, 2003 Israeli soldiers assassinated an activist from…
Amidst the power conflict between President Yasser Arafat and hisPalestinian Legislative Council Rashid Hilal, September 2, 2003 1:00 Amidst the power conflict between President Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister…
Settlers of Bitar Ilit, a settlement built on the villages parts of Nahhalin and Husan’s land west of Bethlehem, continue to dump waste water on the agricultural land in Ein…
When the nurse in the Itihad hospital told Raslan’s mother that his wife had delivered her first healthy female baby, she expected a big smile on her face. Instead, she…
The PLC and higher negotiations committee member Dr. Saeb ErikatAgainst Palestinians Mo’ath Shreideh, IMEMC, September 1, 2003 The PLC and higher negotiations committee member Dr. Saeb Erikat told IMEMC on…
In a press conference, Palestinian Information Minister Nabil AmerVote Rashid Hilal , September 1, 2003 In a press conference, Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amer told reporters on Sunday that his…
Bethlehem residents marched in the northern section of the city toIMEMC & Agencies, August 31, 2003 Lead by Patriarch Michael Sabah, dozens of Christian clergymen and Bethlehem residents marched in…
After the Palestinian Cabinet approved Prime Minister MahmoudChair IMEMC & Agencies, August 31, 2003 After the Palestinian Cabinet approved Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas’s appointment of Besiso as the new head…
announced?Rashid Hilal, August 30, 2003 Hilal: What is the democratic coalition, and when will it be announced? Ra’fat: The agreement for forming the Palestinian Democratic Coalition came after years of…
Hilal: What is the democratic coalition, and when will it be announced? Ra’fat: The agreement for forming the Palestinian Democratic Coalition came after years of conversation between many political factions,…
As you drive along Highway 505 on the road to Tel Aviv there is a little Palestinian village called Kifl Hares set back 30 metres or so from the road.…
streets of Gaza city on Thursday to protest the freeze of theIMEMC & Agencies, August 29, 2003 About 2000 demonstrators, mostly welfare recipients, took to the streets of Gaza city…
afternoon after being attacked by members of the Aqsa MartyrsRashid Hilal, IMEMC, August 29, 2003 An Israeli settler was killed and his wife badly injured Friday afternoon after being attacked…
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met with the former BritishWe Call for International Observers Rashid Hilal, IMEMC, August 29, 2003 18:51 The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met with the former…
little Palestinian village called Kifl Hares set back 30 metres orSpecial Feature, August 29, 2003, 6:55 As you drive along Highway 505 on the road to Tel Aviv there is…