Bad conditions in the Negev detention
Detainees in Ansar 3 detention in the Negev desert complained of bad health conditions, delays in visitations and rapidly increasing number of mice and snakes as summer approaches rising the…
Israel freezes handover, PA won’t disarm resistance
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday that he is freezing the handover of West Bank towns to Palestinian security control because the Palestinian Authority failed to disarm militants. A…
Two children shot dead west of Ramallah
Wednesday at night, a Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed two children near the village of Beit Liqya, west of the northern West Bank…
Saudi Arabia: Bush will combine our initiative with the Road Map
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said on Wednesday that his country managed to get the U.S. President George W. Bush to slightly support the Arab initiative for peace in…
Prisoner in shock due to torture
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Hasan al-Sheikh, reported that detainee Mohammad Ali Rashaida, lost his ability to speak after being tortured and punched on his head and ears. Al-Sheikh…
Israeli left-wing activists, academics protest in Ariel College
The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that some 60 university academics and lefts wing activists protested on Wednesday in front Ariel College against a government decision to change the status…
Israeli activists tie themselves to Olive trees
Wednesday morning, Israeli activists of the Anarchist movement tied themselves to olive trees in Bel’in village in an attempt to stop military bulldozers from uprooting trees for the purpose of building the separation…
Peacemaking entails more than demographic separation
Media reports tend to compare the moves made by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Here is an envisioned dialogue between both. Sharon: Hey Abu Mazen,…
Netanyahu objects deploying Egyptian troops on Philadelphi route
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against counting on Egypt to secure the borders between Gaza Strip and Egypt. Netanyahu’s comments correspond to the Israeli Knesset panel’s warnings against deploying…
Seven killed, 200 arrested in April
A report conducted and published by the International Solidarity Institution for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinian, including three children in April and arrested more than 200…
Abbas WB settlement blocs are removable
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday will hold a national referendum on any final status agreement with Israel. He also criticized Israel for applying pressure on him to confront resistance…
Israel issuing VIP cards for P.A figures
{mosimage}An Israeli source reported on Wednesday that the ‘Civil Defense’ office which belongs to the Israeli army started issuing VIP cards for Palestinian officials. The source stated that the new…
Qurei: Despite Israeli violations, PA is making 100% effort
Speaking at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Tuesday that his government is making 100 per cent efforts to maintain law and…
Police suspects Yitzhar shooting a manslaughter, not a terror attack
Six months after Boaz Albert, the deputy chief of security at Yitzhar settlement, shot to death Palestinian teen Salman al-Safdie, police believe the have made a case of manslaughter, if…
Occupation Justice
Israeli military court sentenced Tuesday an army officer to do four moths of “military work†for taking part in the killing of a 3-years-old Palestinian child. The incident took place…
PA will not allow illegal display of weapons
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headline050305_fsrnready.mp3 Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestinian Authority will not tolerate any violations to the cease fire. He added that the Palestinian Authority will act persistently against any group,…
Settlers renew their attacks in Hebron
An extremist settlers group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Hebron attacked a group of residents in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, and hurled stones and empty bottles at dozens…
Abbas lobbying for nationally elected Political lists
The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) approved, during a Monday evening meeting, an amendment to the legislative election bill, which calls for running parliamentary elections on the…
Erdogan: Palestinians live in ‘an open prison’, need help
A day after returning from a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish lawmakers on Tuesday that “Palestinians should not be left…
Peretz enters race for Labor leadership
Histadrut chief labor MK Amir Peretz on Tuesday officially announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Labor Party. The primary vote is expected to take place June 28. At…
Israeli Cabinet leaning to keep settlers’ homes intact
A forum of senior Israeli ministers met Tuesday to discuss the fate of the homes left behind by settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip. The cabinet is expected to make…
To protest pullout by blocking roads with burning cars
Israeli Police arrested Tuesday morning three West Bank settlers on suspicions of planning to block highways with burning vehicles in protest against the disengagement plan. According to a police source,…
Peres rejects leveling settlers’ homes
Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres told the Israeli Radio on Tuesday morning that he rejects leveling settlers’ homes in the settlements slated for evacuation in the Gaza Strip. Peres said…
US pressures EU to reject Putin’s Peace Conference suggestion
An American official source said the United States administration is pressuring the Europeans to reject the idea of holding an international peace conference on the Middle East proposed by the…
Protests in Mauritania against Shalom’s visit
The Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom is expected in Mauritania on Tuesday in order to present the ‘Road Plan’ as Israeli calls it, which aims to expand the Israeli relations…
Sharon: Hamas should disarm before elections
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon harshly attacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, reiterating claims that Abbas was strengthening rather than fighting terror. Speaking to visiting U.S. senators Bill Frist…
Hamas men arrested on Monday, released
The Palestinian Authority released on Monday three Hamas operatives, who were arrested Monday on suspicions of attempting to launch Qassam shells at Israeli targets in the Northern Gaza Strip. The…
Islamic Jihad: `“Truce is about to collapse`
Khader Khateeb, a leader of the Islamic Jihad, said that the truce reached with Israeli is about to collapse as a result of the continuous military operations and invasions in…
Israeli Gov’t concedes to settlers demands on ‘Nitzanim plan’
In a surprising development, the government of Israel informed Settler representatives on Monday night that it intends to meet almost all their demands concerning relocation to Nitzanim dunes. Israeli Justice…
PA bulldozers raze 3 illegally built homes
Palestinian Authority bulldozers on Monday demolished three unfinished seaside homes of three senior PA officers as part of the new anti-corruption campaign. The three officers – a major, a lieutenant…
Sharansky resigns in protest to pullout
Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky submitted his resignation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday in protest over the disengagement plan, Israeli Army Radio reported. ‘We are standing…
Army uses a new weapon in Belein
A medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers used a new weapon against anti-wall protesters in the village of Belein, west of Ramallah. The source stated that soldiers…
Army lifts West Bank closure except of Tulkarem
The Israeli army on Monday lifted a closure banning Palestinians from moving in and out of the city and the surroundings, Israeli sources reported. The closure was imposed on all…
PA won’t tolerate display of arms
Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yopusif warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will not allow any faction to force its political programs or ideologies on Palestinians by the force of arms,…
Kid seriously wounded by army fire near Bethlehem
Soldiers shot and seriously wounded Ahmed Salah 13, in the Village of Al-Khader near the West bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday. Salah was shot in the chest and moved…
Jailed PFLP leader to run in legislative elections
Ahmed Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), will head the group’s list of nominees to the July 17 Palestinian legislative elections, PFLP…
Erdogan proposes a trilateral team to combat terror, make peace
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived Sunday to Israel, expressed desire to play a role in the peace process, and proposed setting up a Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian working team to…
Relocation to Nitzanim, likely dropped
Settlers’ representatives and the ministerial panel headed Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have failed to arrive at an agreement on moving a group of Gaza settlers en masse to the…
Dahlan: PA will prevent post-pullout lootings
Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will prevent the looting or destruction of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip after the Israel pullout. ‘The…
Army invades Tul Karm, first time since the handover
Israeli troops incurred Sunday into the city of Tul-Karim, first time since the northern west bank city was handed to the Palestinian Authority, and arrested Mohammed Shalhub 19. Israeli security…
Child seriously injured in al-Khader
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded a child in al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. A local source in al-Khader reported that soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition at dozens…
PA to crack down on armed gangs, truce violators
Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef met Saturday with Palestinian security chiefs in Gaza to coordinate a crackdown on growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, Palestinian officials said. ‘There will be a…
Report: Patriarch sold J’lem property to win Israel’s approval
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem sold properties inside the Jaffa Gate to a Jewish company to prove to Israel that he does not sympathize with Palestinians and the PLO,…
Nine hurt in a double terror attack in Cairo
Nine people were injured Saturday in Cairo during a double terror attack carried out by a suicide bomber, his fiancée, and his sister. Ihab Yousri Yassin, who is believed to…
5 children, 2 residents injured in Hebron
The WAFA news agency reported that seven residents, including five children, were injured in al-Fawwar refuge camp in Hebron, after the army fired at dozens of homes following clashes which…
New settlement road near Qalqilia
The Israeli authorities issued a new plan to construct a new settlement road which carries Nr. 55, south of the Separation Wall area near Qalqilia. The planned road will cross…
Homemade shell fired a Gush Katif
Saturday morning, an Israeli military source reported a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at a settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. The source…
Three Demonstrations and a Seder
You had to choose your demonstration carefully during this week of Passover. If you went to the one in Gaza or the northern West Bank, joining right-wing settlers to protest…
Beilin’s Thursday’ Events; the full story
As many controversial reports were published on the events that took place in the Village of Beilin, near Ramallah, on Thursday, IMEMC correspondence in Ramallah visited the Village on Friday…
Sandy meets UN representative
{mosimage}UN representative to the Palestinian Authority Francis Agelo met Friday with Child Sandy Saadi 13, who handed him a letter she wrote to UN secretary general Coffi Annan. Sandy’s father…
Following Syrian departure, UN seeks the disarmament of Hezbollah
{mosimage}UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was happy with the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, but made note that Security Council resolution 1559 requires the disarmament of militant groups.…
Barghouti: pullout obtained through resistance, not negotiations
‘It is impossible to give up the option of resistance for as long as there is occupation,’ Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five consecutive life terms in an…
Settlers attack Palestinians, injure Israeli police officer
Eight settlers were arrested in Friday after attacking eight Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Nablus; one Israeli field commander was also injured by the settlers. The Israeli…
Ten injured near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
{mosimage}Friday afternoon, at least ten Palestinian residents were injured after the Israeli police and soldiers attacked them with clubs in the yard of the church of the Holy Sepulcher in…
‘Treatment at al-Ramleh prison hospital is fake’
Ahmad Lutfi Dharaghmah, from Tubas, who was sentenced to 15 consecutive years, is currently suffering from several health problems, and facing harsh conditions at al-Ramleh prison hospital which lacks the…
More Documents on Greek Orthodox Church Jerusalem’ bargain revealed
{mosimage}Reporter Kliman Lipskind, from Israeli newspaper Ma’areev, revealed Friday the original documents concerning the Jerusalem property deal between the Greek Orthodox Church and Jewish investors, saying the documents will be…
Settlers protesting, but also bargaining
{mosimage}Israel has bought 300 dunams of land near the southern Israel town of Nitsan to build 450 housing units designated to house Niveh Dikalim settlers after the evacuation of the…
PA arrests two in Gaza over truce violations
The Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah party declared that they are still committed to the calm declared by the Palestinian factions in the Cairo talks…
Settlers clash with security, injure Army officers
An Israeli army officer was wounded while cashing settlers, who earlier were spotted throwing stones at Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus, eight settlers has been so far…
Putin: Abbas can’t fight terror with a slingshot
‘If we expect chairman Abbas to fight terrorism effectively, he can’t do it with slingshots and stones,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin was making a reference to Israel’s dismissal…
P.A police arrests two Qassam members
The Palestinian police arrested two members of al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Fatah. The P.A security believes that the two resistance fighters fired homemade shells at an Israeli settlement…
Qaraqi: 25% of Palestinians were jailed by Israel
Issa Qaraqi, chair of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in a special interview with the Palestine News Network talks about the situation in Israeli jails and warns that the situation will…
Settlers attack, wound three residents in Hebron
An extremist settler group attacked and a group of residents in Hebron and al-Ramdeen area near the city, three residents were injured. A medical source at the Hebron governmental hospital…
A moment that changed my life
On April 22, 1991, I was only 18 years old; I was out with some of my comrades planning to conduct a march and rally in the streets of our…
This Week in Palestine – April Week 4
Download MP3  (7.38 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (08:03 sec) For the period of 22 – 28 April 2005 This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle…
Poll: Fatah regaining popular support
A Bir Zeit university public opinion published on Thursday showed that the ruling Palestinian Fatah movement would take a considerable lead over the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in legislative elections…
Palestinian minors illegally detained in Offer center
Israeli TV channel 10 reported Thursday that Israel illegally detains a number of Palestinian kids, aged between 8 and 10, in Offer military detention camp, near the West bank city…
Putin to Sharon: don’t pressure Abbas, help him
During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Israel to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rather than put pressure…
PA security should fight violence, enforce law barehanded
Israel has rejected a request by the United States to supply the Palestinian police with weapons to help them maintain law and order in the Palestinian Authority areas ‘Let them…
A Palestinian State costs USD 33 billion
According to a report issued on Wednesday by the Rand Corporation that a Palestinian State could be viable, but it needs USD 33 billion in order to ensure security for…
Right-wing activists arrested in Israel en-route to block high way
Israeli police arrested on Thursday at least 20 Israeli right wing activists planning to block a major high way in the Tel Aviv area. Police stopped a bus that had…
Revava hold a conference in Jerusalem on Temple Building
Revava, an extreme right wing Jewish group, continues to publicly call the Jews to destroy the Aqsa Mosque and build the ‘third temple of Solomon’ on top of it. Following…
Palestinian Elder lady dies of X-ray search machine
Palestinian security source reported that an elderly woman died immediately after she went through the X-ray search machine placed on the Rafah crossing to Egypt by the Israeli security. The…
A wall to divide Hebron
The Israeli army is proposing building a wall to divide Israeli and Palestinian-controlled sections of the West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli security officials said Thursday. The officials, speaking on…
Abbas: will use force, if necessary, to maintain calm
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered security forces to use of force if necessary against anyone who violates the declared truce, the official WAFA news agency said Thursday. Speaking to…
MK Barakeh, AP photographer hurt at anti-wall rally
Israeli Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) was lightly hurt Thursday by a stun grenade thrown by police officers at an anti-wall protest in the village of Bilien, near the West…
Resident arrested, two stores burnt near Hebron
Thursday at dawn, Israeli soldiers broke into several homes in the town of Thaheriyya, near Hebron, arrested one man, and caused a fire in two stores. A local source in…
Settlers’ outpost near al-Khader
A group of settlers from Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem, attacked dozens of residents working in their farmlands in Wadi al-Bayar area, west of al-Khader near Bethlehem. A local source…
Teachers strike in front of PLC
At least 6000 striking teachers protested in front of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Prime Minister office in Ramallah, and chanted slogans against the government, got not improving their conditions.…
Jordanian Expert: Dimona Nuclear Plant produced 4 tons of waste
A Jordanian environmentalist expert warned against danger caused by the Israeli Nuclear plant Dimona in the southern desert of the Negev, Al-Jazeera news website reported. Dr. Sufian Al-Tel, an international…
Detainees demand to participate PLC elections
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons demanded the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Legislative Council members to ensure their right of participation in the upcoming legislative elections. “We, Palestinian detainees in…
Visit Ban on Barghouthi Extended
Israeli authorities extended the visit ban for the Palestinian law maker Marwan Barghouthi jailed in Israel since May 2002 for three more months, reported his attorney Elias Sabbagh on Wednesday.…
Not Enough
Egyptian President Husni Mubarak, in answering reporters question on Palestinian Authority reforms during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, went off the lines of diplomacy, saying…
Two youth arrested at Jenin checkpoint
An Israeli military source reported on Wednesday evening that soldiers arrested two Palestinian youth at Al-Jalameh checkpoint, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Soldiers claimed that the two…
Retired P.A security chief held at the Rafah Crossing
A Palestinian security source in Gaza reported that the Israeli army held Ameen Al-Hindy, the retired head of Palestinian Intelligence, at the Rafah Border Crossing. Al-Hindy, who was retired several…
Abbas condemns firing Qassams shells, carries more reforms
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned later last night firing Qassam rockets at the Israeli town of Sderot outside of the Gaza Strip saying it is against the Palestinian consensus…
Two Palestinian youths claimed to be carrying explosives arrested
Two Palestinian youths were arrested at al-Jalameh roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning, are claimed to posses explosives and weapons, Israel radio reported. The two…
Qurei: `“Settlements will be under P.A control’
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei said that the Palestinian Authority is ready control any evacuated area, and that lands and properties of the evacuated settlements will be under full Palestinian…
Qassam shell hits near settlers’ rally in Gaza
Israeli media sources reported that a home-made Qassam shell fell in the Gush Katif settlement bloc where settlers are preparing a mass rally against the withdrawal from Gaza Strip. one…
Israeli violations to truce in Jenin
The Israeli army carried in April dozens of violations to the truce arrived in the Sharm al-Sheikh resort in Egypt on February 8, 2005. A report prepared and published by…
Qurei to request PLC to implement Cairo understandings
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei agreed on Tuesday to a proposal submitted by a committee represnting five major political factions, requesting the Palestinian Legislative Council to made necessary amendments to election bills in…
Dozens of Dunams annexed near Jerusalem
Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers annexed dozens of Dunams in Beit Sorik and Al-Jab’a, north west of Jerusalem, in order to erect a new section of the Separation Wall in the…
U.S. bunker bomb sale to Israel
The U.S. Pentagon notified Congress on Tuesday of a proposed sale to Israel of 100 guided bunker-busting bombs, a move that could prompt concerns about a unilateral Israel strike against…
Putin, Sharon united against terror, differ on ME policies
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. Sharon, at the close of the meeting, expressed happiness that Putin had chosen to visit Israel…
15,000 attend anti-pullout rally in WB settlement
Around 15,000 people attended an anti-pullout rally in the slated for evacuation West Bank settlement of Homesh on Thursday. During the rally, the police confiscated leaflets calling on Israeli soldiers…
Abu Shbak named new head of PA’ Preventative Security
As part of his reforms of the security forces, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named Rashid Abu Shbak chief of the Preventive security service. This device is the one in charge…
Israeli railway authority plans to link Gaza
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli railway Authority is planning to link the Gaza Strip with the railway as part of a project that would cost some NIS 280 millions.…
Settlers celebrate, Palestinians imprisoned
Every year when the settlers in Hebron celebrate any of their feasts, Palestinian residents of the city are ‘automatically’ imprisoned in their homes, while the army occupies their rooftops in…
PA shuts down Gaza crossing to protest dangerous Israeli X-ray device
In a protest move, the Palestinian Authority shut down the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for several hours Tuesday. The move is basically to protest Israel’s use of an…
182 Dunams annexed near Jerusalem
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers annexed 182 Dunams near Beit Sorik and Al-Jo’ba, north west of Jerusalem. Walid Khaled Al-Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department in the Ministry of Local…