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Al-Quds Center for Civil and Social Rights in Jerusalem said that the Israeli Authorities in Jerusalem took new measures to limit the construction of Palestinian houses in Jerusalem.  The center…
advisor to the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Gaza city, inIMEMC & Agencies, March 2, 2004 Unknown armed men shot dead Khalil Al-Zaben, 59 years old, an advisor to the…
Al-Quds Center for Civil and Social Rights in Jerusalem said that the Israeli Authorities in Jerusalem took new measures to limit the construction of Palestinian houses in Jerusalem. The center…
morning that the U.S. administration was not yet ready to adoptIMEMC Staff & Agencies, March 2, 2004 9:08 According to Israel Radio, a White House official said Tuesday morning that…
State Collin Powel, Brian Cowen, the Irish foreign minister whoIMEMC Staff & Agencie, March 2, 2004 In a session with reporters, after meeting with U.S. secretary of State Collin Powel,…
would take away most of its land, I asked a 75-years-old farmer,Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis In a visit to Budrus, a village northwest of Jerusalem that the Wall would take away most…
the building of the “securitywall†that will surround ten villagesIMEMC Staff, March 1, 2004 On Friday the citizens of Budrus continued to demonstrate against the building of the “securitywall†that…
The Prison special units, Nahshon and Matsada have dispersed a protest by the Palestinian Prisoners organized on Sunday in Ishel prison in Beer Sheva, in the Negev desert, south of…
statement was released by the Israeli Opposition leader, ShimonIMEMC & Agencies, March 1, 2004 Egypt will take over responsibility for Gaza Strip border. This statement was released by the Israeli…
assassination attack in the northern end of Gaza City Saturday. TenIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 29, 2004 Three Islamic Jihad operatives were killed in an Israeli assassination attack in the…
Israeli sources revealed that U.S. envoys who visited Israel 10 daysRoute IMEMC Staff & agencies, February 29, 2004 Israeli sources revealed that U.S. envoys who visited Israel 10 days ago…
on a section of the separation wall near the village of Bidu, northIMEMC Staff & agencies, February 29, 2004 Israeli High Court Sunday ordered army to suspend construction work on…
three years, Fatah’s Revolutionary Council issued a statement thatIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 29, 2004 At the end of its four days meetings, held for the first time since three…
for the past 40 years. Since The National Movement for theGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 28, 2004 Yasser Arafat stood as the unchallengeable leader of Palestinians for the past 40 years. Since…
angrily Fatah’s revolutionary council meeting Thursday evening afterIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 27, 2004 According to Israel radio, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat left angrily Fatah’s revolutionary council meeting Thursday evening…
compound in Ramallah, few meters away from the building in whichIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 27, 2004 Soldiers shot dead Thursday evening a resident near the presidential compound in Ramallah,…
wall that is being built on their territory. Village leader AbuIMEMC, February 27, 2004 10:46 The citizens of Budrus have chosen a peaceful way of resisting the wall that is…
that started on Wednesday. The council is expected to announce todayIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 27, 2004 Fatah Revolutionary council is expected to finish today its session that started on…
presidency of the European Union, handed Friday Israeli ForeignIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 27, 2004 Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen, whose country is holding presidency of the European Union, handed…
in Beit Surik during the third day of protests against theWarrick Page, IMEMC February 26, 2004 Two Palestinian protestors have been killed in the West Bank village in Beit Surik…
after Mohammed Saleh Bedwan, 20, was shot in the head by IsraeliWarrick Page-IMEMC February 26, 2004 Four Palestinians have been killed in the Beit Suriq area Thursday, after Mohammed Saleh…
A large force of military vehicles invaded the city of Ramallah,confiscate $9M IMEMC & Agencies, February 26, 2004 A large force of military vehicles invaded the city of Ramallah, north…
Orthodox Union warns its members that the film might cause “innerof the Christ†for being anti-Semite IMEMC Staff, February 26, 2004 17:56 Orthodox Union warns its members that the film…
the third day, many Israeli officials stressed the importance of theGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 25, 2004 As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings continued for the third day, many Israeli…
city, the head quarter of the Palestinian Authority, broke into 14IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 25, 2004 In a further and serious escalation, army invaded Wednesday Ramallah city, the head…
hearing sessions in which the legality of the Separation Wall IsraelIMEMC & Agencies, February 25, 2004 17:57 The International Court of Justice at The Hague has concluded the hearing sessions…
Gaza a seminar about the violations conducted against the press andIMEMC & Agencies, February 25, 2004 20:37 The Palestinian center for human rights organized at the YMCA in Gaza a…
resume Tuesday, in which the legality of the Wall Israel is buildingIMEMC & Agencies, February 24, 2004 11:00 The hearing sessions at the International Court of Justice will resume Tuesday,…
soldiers and Palestinians clashed in major towns and cities, as massWarrick Page to IMEMC, February 24, 2004 Dozens of people were injured in Bethlehem yesterday as Israeli soldiers and Palestinians…
speech in Washington that Israel has no moral claim to the West bankIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 Labor Party Chairman and opposition leader Shimon Peres said in a…
officials decided Sunday to increase military operations in the GazaIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 In the wake of Jerusalem bombing, top Israeli political and security officials decided Sunday…
a few days ago and met senior Egyptian officials, likely to hearIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 Israeli sources reported that Mossad chief Meir Dagan visited Egypt a few…
On its second day of hearings concerning the legality of the Wallthe peace process IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 24, 2004 On its second day of hearings concerning the legality…
11:00 am (Jerusalem time (GMT+2) on the Legality of the SeparationIMEMC & Agencies, February 23, 2004 The International Court of Justice opens its hearings Monday at 11:00 am (Jerusalem time…
Totally confused about its own borders, and wildly aggressive towards the property of Palestinians, Israel has decided to build a huge and ugly barrier that not only encircles the Bethlehem…
bombing attack and threatened with decisive measures against ‘theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 23, 2004 As the Palestinian Authority strongly condemned the Jerusalem bus bombing attack and threatened with decisive…
with a large military force Sunday in the late hours of Sunday. TheIMEMC & Agenecies, February 23, 2004 The Israeli army has invade the village of Husan, near Bethlehem with…
Israeli decision was not enough, confirming that the PalestinianIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 22, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said Saturday that the Israeli decision was not enough, confirming…
(Ikhlas) in Gaza city and forced agency employees under the threatIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 22, 2004 Armed persons broke into the offices of the Turkish News Agency (Ikhlas) in…
Ariel Sharon spoke in private conversations in the last few days ofIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 22, 2004 According to Israeli News paper Haaretz, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke…
in Bethlehem. Demonstrators gathered near Bethlehem Hotel andIMEMC Staff & agencies, February 22, 2004 Few hundreds demonstrated Sunday morning against the separation wall in Bethlehem. Demonstrators gathered near Bethlehem Hotel…
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade on Sunday claimed responsibility for thebombing IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 22, 2004 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade on Sunday claimed responsibility for the Buds 14 suicide bombing in…
workers will begin Sunday to remove the separation wall section thatIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 21, 2004 An Israeli security official said on condition of anonymity that workers will begin…
Likud Conference will convene March 30th.IMEMC & Agencies, February 21, 2004 Israeli Internal Security Minister Tsahi Hanegbi confirmed that the Likud Conference will convene March 30th. Internal Likud party sources…
settlement blocs will remain under Israeli rule.Ariel Sharon’s plan to disengage from the Palestinians will extend to the West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip, affirming that major settlement…
Addressing Princeton University Students, U.S. secretary of StateMistreated Palestinians IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 21, 2004 Addressing Princeton University Students, U.S. secretary of State Collin Powell urged Israeli Prime Minister…
and the public in preparing protests against the separation wall inIMEMC & Agencies, February 21, 2004 Palestinians are investing real efforts on both levels; the official and the public in…
prevented the army and the police from removing a mobile house setupMEMC & Agencies, February 21, 2004 The Israeli Radio reported that Hundreds of Israeli settlers prevented the army and…
of Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem and raided several houses in thePeter Leander, IMEMC, February 20, 2004 In the early hours of Friday morning, Israeli army invaded the town of…
Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon met Thursday morning with the 3Envoys IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 20, 2004 Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon met Thursday morning with the 3 American…
Even with openly stated American reservations to Sharon’sMistake Ghassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 20, 2004 Even with openly stated American reservations to Sharon’s disengagement plan, it is clear that they are seriously…
Israel is violating international laws by building wall onIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 20, 2004 The Swedish government says, along with 44 other countries, that Israel is violating international laws…
Authority President Yasser Arafat does not give into his demands forIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 20, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei might resign if Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat…
indicating the violations of Palestinian Human Rights in the monthIMEMC, February 19, 2004 The Palestinian Council for Peace and Justice has issued a report indicating the violations of Palestinian Human…
Separation Wall a violation to the International Law, thisIMEMC Staff & agencies, February 19, 2004 AMNESTY released a statement today declaring that it conceders the Separation Wall a violation to…
plan to the three senior American Envoys, this morning. IsraeliIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 19, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to present his disengagement plan to the three…
William Burns from the State Department are expected in Israel todayIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 18, 2004 Steve Hadley and Elliot Abrams from the White House staff and William Burns…
‘Israel would have gained more from attending next week’s Worldhearings IMEMC & Agencies, February 18, 2004 ‘Israel would have gained more from attending next week’s World Court hearings on the…
officials told Israeli officials recently that even when it was notIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 17, 2004 Israeli sources said that White House and U.S. State department officials told Israeli…
The Financial Committee of the Israeli Knesset, Monday, approved theMore Money for Settlements IMEMC Staff & Agencies The Financial Committee of the Israeli Knesset, Monday, approved the transfer of around…
heavy snowfall, a 10-meter-wide section of the embankment’sIMEMC & Agencies, February 16, 2004 19:34 In the early hours of Sunday morning at around 1:00 am, during the heavy snowfall, a…
recent conversations with Israeli officials that the U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 16, 2004 According to Israeli sources, Senior U.S. Officials made it clear in recent conversations with Israeli officials…
An American security delegation visited Thursday night the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah and met with Arafat’s senior security advisor Jibreel Al-Rajoub. Palestinian sources reported that the Americans…
Administration not to endorse or support Israeli Prime MinisterIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 15, 2004 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called upon the US Administration not to endorse or support…
Rudynah said sturday evening that Israel requested to postpone theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 15, 2004 Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s senior advisor Nabil Abu Rudynah said sturday evening that Israel…
said Friday that Israel’s decision to be absent to the theIMEMC & Agencies, February 14, 2004 Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha’ath, who is visiting Tokyo, said Friday that Israel’s decision…
that by deciding not to appear at the International Court of JusticeIMEMC & Agencies, February 13, 2004 The Palestinian’s senior advisor, Nabil Abu Rdeineh told reporters that by deciding not…
Washington was working to arrange the meeting between theIMEMC & Agencies, February 13, 2004 U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday that Washington was working to arrange the…
which 15 Palestinians were killed and around 50 were injured,IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 12, 2004 In the aftermath of Wednesday Gaza city and Rafah military raids in which 15…
raids in northern Gaza city and Rafah in the Gaza strip. Even whenGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 12, 2004 It is quite puzzling to understand why army launched the Wednesday raids in…
early March. The meeting, if took place, would be the first sincePalestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said his meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon might be held end of…
a magnitude of 4.5 degrees on Richter’s scale was felt in differentIMEMC & Agencies, February 11, 2004 10:30 At 10:15 am Jerusalem local time, (GMT +2), a minor earthquake with…
destruction in every spot. Soldiers conducted a wide militaryIMEMC & Agencies, February 11, 2004 The army withdrew from Gaza before noon leaving scenes of destruction in every spot. Soldiers conducted…
unilaterally declare a Palestinian state on all land occupied inIMEMC & Agencies, February 10, 2004 The Palestinian Liberation Organisation began discussing steps to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state on all…
convoy in Gaza have not lived up to international standards demandedIMEMC & Agencies, February 10, 2004 Proceedings at the trial of four suspects in the bombing of a US convoy…
An order to prevent further construction of the Separation Wallwall issues IMEMC & Agencies, February 10, 2004 An order to prevent further construction of the Separation Wall until further hearings…
West Bank and will strongly oppose expansion of any West BankIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 9, 2004 US officials objected to the transferring of Gaza settlers to the West Bank…
from the movement in protest to the ‘state of Chaos in Fatah’.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 8, 2004 Around 300 Fatah members submitted Saturday a collective resignation from the movement…
Gaza Strip on Saturday on charges of involvement in the killing ofIMEMC & Agencies, February 8, 2004 Four Palestinians were put on trial at a military compound in the Gaza…
separation wall will be shortened by moving it westward toward theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 8, 2004 A senior Israeli official source said Saturday that the route of the separation…
assassination of Aziz Shami, a leader in Alqudus Brigades, theIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 8, 2004 Mohammed Al-Hindi, a prominent Islamic Jihad leader, called the assassination of Aziz Shami, a…
to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on his plan to withdrawIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 7, 2004 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told reporters Friday that he spoke to Israeli Prime…
office chief has begun to prepare for a national referendum onIMEMC & Agencies, February 7, 2004 Israeli Radio reported Saturday that Dov Weisglass, PM Sharon’s office chief has begun to…
A report released by British Parliamentarians, based on statistics and researches conducted by Charitable Organizations and its observations in the Palestinian territories showed that the bad malnutrition in the West…
attempt, saying that a scuffle erupted as Jabali and his deputiesIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 7, 2004 A senior official Palestinian source, denied any assassination attempt, saying that a scuffle…
General of the Lebanese Hezbollah party Naem Qassim confirmed thatIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 7, 2004 In an interview with the Saudi Newspaper Alwattan, Deputy Secretary General of the Lebanese…
Minister Sharon for the second time, on Thursday, that there isIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 6, 2004 8:34 Senior Israeli police officers believe that after questioning Prime Minister Sharon for…
considered the evacuation as running away from Gaza and a “victoryIMEMC & Agencies, February 6, 2004 9:10 The extreme right wing severely slammed Sharon’s withdrawal plan and considered the evacuation…
Israeli sources said that Israel accepted to try to trace information over the fate of the four missing Iranian diplomats although they might have been killed by the Phalanges who…
sypport, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that heIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 6, 2004 In a move that is viewed as reflecting worries rather than signaling sypport,…
An official source in the Israeli Prime minister Office said that as the previous U.S. administration had agreed that major settlement blocks would be included within Israel as part of…
Sharon’s office and his Palestinian counter part Hasan Abu LibdehIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 5, 2004 12:45 The meeting on Wednesday between the head of Israeli Prime minister Sharon’s office…
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office in West Jerusalem to questionIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 5, 2004 Police investigators will arrive early Thursday morning at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office…
separation wall and cited an official condemnation in its briefIMEMC & Agencies, February 5, 2004 The European Union expressed a serious criticism of Israel’s separation wall and cited an official…
Kharazi is going to take part in the preparations for the secondIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 5, 2004 On a two-day visit to Lebanon, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharazi…
interview with Haaretz, declared his intentions to remove all JewishGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 4, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon created uproar as he, in an interview with Haaretz, declared his…
with his Palestinian counterpart, Hassan Abu-Libdeh, today inIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 4, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister’s chief of staff Dov Weisglass is to meet with his Palestinian counterpart, Hassan…
Palestinian side, US administration circles had no doubt that theGhassan Andoni-IMEMC-Analysis, February 4, 2004 Even when the American broker focused blames mostly at the Palestinian side, US administration circles had…
Haaretz columnist Yoel Marcus that he gave the orders to plan forIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 3, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday in an interview with Haaretz…
and 12 arrested during army operations in Palestinian areas onIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 2, 2004 Five Palestinians were killed, 22 wounded – including 7 children – and 12 arrested…