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The Palestinian security forces are being slammed for the way the Palestinian Authority handled the latest ‘riots’ in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which led to the resignation of…

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…

Bir Zeit University Environment Health Center reported Friday that tests has revealed that the material settlers threw in quantities in Tiwani region near Hebron last week is toxic and dangerous,…

Addressing a gathering in Beirut, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nassralah on Thursday challenged the United States to send troops to Lebanon to disarm resistance. Thousands gathered in Beirut in the anniversary…

A Jordanian official source reported on Friday that Israel informed Jordan that it intends to release Jordanian detainees next week. The source stated that apparently Israel will release 20 detainees,…

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced on Thursday, two Palestinian residents to seven life terms and additional 30 years. The Israeli prosecution charged that the two residents, identified as Ahmed Obeid,…

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.…

Jordan will revoke all powers of attorney given to the Orthodox Church and it will work to cancel the sales deals carried out recently by the Church, Palestinian sources reported…

Israeli troops opened fire at a crowded demonstration in Asseera Al-Shamaliyeh, near Nablus.  The demonstration, organized by students of Al-Najah University, was a protest against the presence of a military…

“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…

A Yodot Ahranot public opinion poll carried out on Friday shows that Likud party would lose considerably if elections are carried out this week.   The poll shows that Likud…

Minister Matan Filnaye (Labor) told Thursday Israeli newspaper Yodot Ahranot that in case any settler uses his weapon, soldiers should open fire, even if it results in killing him. Filnayee…

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,…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday and agreed to ease the tension between them ‘for the sake of the unity of…

The Israeli peace bloc “Gush Shalom” said that the Gush Katif Settlers, who are willing to evacuate”, are unable to do so since the Israeli government did not decide yet…

  The Israeli peace bloc “Gush Shalom” said that the Gush Katif Settlers, who are willing to evacuate”, are unable to do so since the Israeli government did not decide…

Israeli soldiers placed on Friday, 22 Palestinian detainees in Majeddo in solitary confinement. Prison administration in Majeddo claims that one detainee attempted to attack a soldier, and when soldiers tried to…

Informed Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is carrying out major changes on the Security forces device. Following the riots by some gunmen in Ramallah, who many…

Head of PA West Bank Intelligence service submitted Thursday his resignation to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, protesting ‘lack of action’ against security chaos in the West Bank and the Gaza…

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…

A report released by the “International Solidarity for Human Rights” revealed that Israeli soldiers killed 86 Palestinian residents since the beginning of 2005. According to data collected by the ISHR,…

Israeli Internal security minister, Gideon Ezra, said that police officers and troops participating in settlement evacuation in the Gaza Strip,  will not carry arms. The statements of Ezra came after…

Israeli soldiers attacked On Thursday a students’ procession in Aseera, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after protesting near Checkpoint 17 which was erected since the beginning of…

An Israeli security source stated that Syria will withdraw all its forces from Lebanon including the secret service. The source added that this withdrawal will be before the assigned date…

The Palestinian Authority said that it is preparing a campaign and an international case against the Separation wall in Jerusalem and the “security fences” in the Gaza Strip. The London…

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…

A group of settlers from Keryat Arab’ settlement, in the center of Hebron, attacked a farmer while he was planting his orchard and forced him out of his land. A…

In move described as an escalation of the extreme right wing’s campaign against disengagement, a group of rabbis and far-right activists led by former chief rabbi, Avraham Shapira has urged…

 The Israeli army said that it will use special high tech hand-held drones to locate Palestinian resistance fighters in the Palestinian areas and long the Egyptian borders. The drones called…

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…

The Israeli defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told senior US government officials on Wednesday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ‘is not doing what is expected from him’. Mofaz said that…

A group of Palestinian burned down tents used as offices by the Palestinian Authority police force in the West Bank city of Tul-Karim early on Thursday. The angry crowd, mostly…

A Palestinian-American family from Detroit, original from the village of Beit Hanina in Jerusalem revealed that the Israeli authorities will seize lands of the family to build part of the…

The Palestinians Authority security forces handed Tuesday Israel army forces an explosive belt that PA security seized in a raid in the city of Beit Sahour near the West Bank…

Three Israelis were lightly wounded Wednesday night after a group of Palestinians threw a fire-bomb and stones at their vehicle along Jerusalem-Modi’in road, Israel Radio reported.   The three were…

The PA is considering cracking down on armed groups in the West bank cities of Ramallah and Tul-Karim after such groups has attacked PA bases, including the presidential compound in…

A group of armed settlers from Yitzhar attacked Tuesday night Palestinian shepherds near the village of Aqraba in the nablus region and stole four horses. Mohamed Mayadma, the owner of…

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…

Prisoners’ media center reported Wednesday that a bullet, which was accidentally fired by an Israeli soldier during counting prisoners, passed a centimeter far from the head of a prisoner. The…

The Prisoners Media Center reported on Wednesday evening that an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian detainee after counting the detainees, in Ofer detention, near Ramallah. The Center stated that…

An Israeli security source reported on Wednesday afternoon, that the graves of David Ben-Gurion, and Theodor Jerzl, were both sprayed with “Nazi graffiti”. The memorial of Ben Gurion in the…

Palestinians in Israel, West Bank organized several activities commemorating the 29th anniversary of the Land Day. In Bethlehem city, hundreds of Palestinians, and International Peace Activists marched towards the houses…

Soldiers fired Wednesday afternoon rubber coated metal bullets at around 300 demonstrators in the village of Surif, near the West Bank city of Hebron, wounding Three Palestinians. Protesters gathered in…

The former Greek Orthodox Church treasurer Nicolas Papadimos, who fled the country after concluding a deal selling major church property in Jerusalem to Jewish investors, told Tuesday a Greek newspaper…

Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia, Doron Grossman, was in critical but stable condition at an Addis Ababa hospital Wednesday. The ambassador was found with a gunshot wound to the head in…

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…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Qidwa, criticized the American position concerning settlement blocs in the West Bank, and welcomed its position rejecting settlement expansion. After his meeting with the Foreign Minister…

Wednesday morning, Israeli authorities started erecting a new section of the Separation Wall which extends for a distance of 43km, south of the West Bank. The Wall section extends between…

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,…

An Israeli Military court sentenced a commander in the Israeli army to two weeks imprisonment for losing a Laptop computer containing classified data, Israel army reported on Wednesday. The officer…

The Israeli police said that it issued a gag order barring activists of an Israeli right wing group decided to rally and enter Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on April 10th,…

Palestinian security sources denied as baseless Israeli reports on foiling an attempt to smuggle arms from Egypt into Gaza. The source accused Israel with spreading false news in order to…

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…

Sources close to Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with attempting to appoint ministers and deputy ministers for “improper reasons”. “The hand that gives…

The Israeli TV channel 10 revealed that Israeli soldiers are using military ambulances to carry out operations in the Palestinian territories. Channel 10 reported that that the Israeli authorities claim…

The Israeli TV channel 10 revealed that Israeli soldiers are using military ambulances to carry out operations in the Palestinian territories. Channel 10 reported that that the Israeli authorities claim…

Internal Security Minister in Israel, Gideon Ezra, said that he is considering disarming the settlers slatted for evacuation. Ezra said that a Yesha Council member initiated the idea during a…

Yehoda Glek, the previous spokesperson of the recruitment department in Israel, told the Israeli TV channel 2 after the Knesset voted down the public poll on disengagement, that “those who…

The fatal flaw in most analyses of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the assumption that if the Palestinians can just get a state of their own, then all will be fine.…

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…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Tuesday that detainees in “Gilboa-Shatta” detention are suffering of skin diseases which spread among the detainee. Lawyer of the society, Raed Mahameed reported that…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met with Likud rebels on Tuesday in an attempt to avoid a rift within the party after the Knesset overwhelmingly rejected the referendum bill. Coalition…

Israeli Security sources said Tuesday they are concerned that Strela anti-aircraft missiles, which Israeli defense minister has said may have been smuggled into the Gaza Strip might be moved into…

The Israeli Online daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed on Wednesday that right-wing MK Effie Eitam suggested to disarm settlers before implementing the Gaza pullout. Eitam well knows for his apposition to…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday three Palestinian traffic policemen in Bab Al-Zawiya, in the center of the southern West Bank of Hebron. The WAFA news Agency reported that soldiers arrested…

The Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories, B’Tselem, reported that the Israeli army is strangling the Gaza Strip, describing it as the “One Big Prison”. A…

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…

The Knesset passed Tuesday late in the night the 2005 state budget bill by 58 to 36, marking Shron’s second victory over disengagement opponents in less than 48 hours. The…

The annual report concerning democracy and human rights, prepared by the US ministry of foreign affairs, slammed the Separation Wall and military checkpoints for its effects on limiting the access…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei criticized the ‘conflicting’ American positions on the settlements Israel is building and expanding in the West Bank. ‘We have heard two conflicting positions by…

Israeli police has arrested 3 Israelis, including a soldier, on suspicions of attempting to sell weapons to right wing activists to be used in hostile operations with the aim of…

‘Sharon has ruined chances of bringing the disengagement plan to the people for a decision and thus prevent a violent confrontation and a civil war,’ the Yesha settlers’ Council said…

Palestinian sources said Monday evening that one Palestinian was seriously injured, two mildly,  in a car blast in the center of Gaza city.   Apparently the blast targeted the car…

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…

The Israeli police announced on Monday that it arrested three Israelis who are suspected of planning to sell weapons and explosives to right wing activists in order to carry out…

Prominent Hamas West Bank leader Sheikh Hassan Yousif said Monday that the existing calm period is impossible to maintain if Israel continues to imprison 8,000 Palestinians, to expand settlements and…

Aides of Israeli finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke few days silence, fired back, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his aides with using “mafia style”, in silencing anyone who…

35 settler families from the Nissanit settlement in the Gaza Strip signed an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Department, in order to move to Karmia area behind the Green Line,…

A Palestinian prominent source said that the Palestinian leadership has decided to reduce coordination with Israel concerning the Gaza withdrawal, and limit the meetings on withdrawal from the West Bank…

The Arab League announced that the Palestinian Authority received 101 Million Dollars aid to rebuild the Palestinian areas destroyed since the beginning of the Intifada.  Three member countries of the…

Leader of the Lebanese opposition, Walid Jumblat stated on Sunday that he will not demand the disarmament of Hezbollah. Jumblat’s statements came during his meeting with the Secretary General of…

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…

Israeli housing ministry has ordered around 600 familes, who recently moved into Gaza Strip settlements to protest the disengagement plan, to leave the Palestinian strip. In recent weeks a total…

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remarked on Sunday, that Fatah, is preparing to hold primaries to choose its candidates for the upcoming general elections next July. The Palestinian National Liberation…

The National Office for Land Defense revealed that Israel annexed during the months of February and March 93132.5 Dunams, and approved constructing 10291 homes for settlers in the West Bank.…

An international anti-apartheid campaign similar to the one against former apartheid South Africa is needed to create an independent Palestinian state, the Malaysian prime minister said Monday. Prime Minister Abdullah…

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…

Monday predawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and surrounding villages. eight residents were reportedly arrested. An Israeli military source stated that one soldier was lightly injured…

‘We can’t expect to receive explicit American agreement to build freely in the settlements,’ Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. The large blocs of settlement in the…

As expected, the Knesset plenum on Monday afternoon rejected the bill on the disengagement referendum by a vote of 72 to 39. The overwhelming majority represents a sound victory for…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, demanded Israel to announce a truce and to halt all settlement activities. “We agreed to the cease fire, and we demand Israel to calm the situation…

Sunday, Israeli soldiers handed on dozens of residents of Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, military orders to evacuate from their lands within 45 days. The Popular Committee Against the Wall reported…

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…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday that Palestinian Authority military intelligence agents were involved in recent attempts to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles into Gaza.  Mofaz told Israeli cabinet members at…

A bomb exploded in a Beirut industrial suburb, injuring five people and setting a huge fire in the place. Opposition leaders blamed the Lebanese pro-Syrian government for the series of…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Saturday that the American assurances on the major West Bank settlement blocs stands firm.  ‘There is nothing to worry about regarding the blocs. There…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shinui leaders Yosef Lapid and Avraham Poraz arrived at an agreement by which the secular party will vote in favor of the 2005 state…