Budrus: `“A model of resisting the Wall`
The Israeli Separation Wall… one of its main aims is to separate Palestinian people from their land. In Ramallah, the Wall divides the villages into two Ghettos; nine in the…
Homesh settlers: we want to move together
Representatives of the northern west bank settlement Homesh ended a Tuesday meeting with Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon, saying “if disengagement takes place, we want to move together†The settlement…
Vanunu banned travel for one more year
Israeli Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz decided Tuesday to ban nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu from leaving the country for a further 12 months, claiming his departure could harm Israel’s national security.…
WB settlers seek more funds; propose moving en masse
Settlers in Ganim and Kadim settlements in the northern West Bank expressed readiness to leave move en masse to Afula if they get a good compensation. They told Yonatan Bassi,…
Abed-Rabbu: `“Sharon transforms Gaza into a big jail, W. B into isolated cantons`
Member of the PLO executive committee Yasser Abed Rabbo warned that Israel seeks to obstruct the Palestinian legislative elections slated for July 17. The statements of Abed-Rabbu came during his…
High court orders halt of construction of Ariel wall section, approves wall near Bethlehem
Israel has halted the construction of the wall around the settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank, following injunctions issued by the High Court of Justice, in response to…
Chirac: Palestinians should be offered a political horizon
Last Monday, French President Jacques Chirac told Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres that Israel should offer Palestinians a political horizon. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier proposed hosting an international conference…
Israeli minister calls for earlier pullout
In an interview with Israel Radio, Israeli infra-structure minister Benjamin Ben Eliazer (Labor) called Saturday for starting the pullout two weeks ahead of the originally set date. Eland strongly objects…
Tenders for bids to build 50 homes in a WB settlement
In addition to raising the risk of new tension with the United States an Israeli government decision to issue tenders seeking bids for construction of 50 new houses in the…
Aqsa Brigades take over the PA Parliament in Jenin, asked members to resign
Members of the Aqsa Martyr Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah invaded on Sunday the Palestinian Legislative Council office in Jenin and demanded the members to resign in protest to…
Two Israelis hurt in sniper attack in southern Gaza
Two Israelis were wounded Monday afternoon when a Palestinian sniper opened fire at them in the southern Gaza Strip close to the border with Egypt, Israeli media sources reported. The…
67 women of 413 candidates compete for 118 seats in the Bethlehem municipal elections
As the local government elections in Bethlehem area nears, the final number of candidates reached 413 competing on 118 seats, among which 67 women. Firas Yaghi, director bureau of the…
Measles among detainees in Ofer
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Karim Hammouda, visited several detainees in Ofer military detention and reported that infectious skin diseases are spreading in sections 7 and 9. Prison administration…
Army: pullout to start at northern Gaza settlement
The northern Gaza Strip settlements – Alei Sinai, Dugit and Nisanit – will be the first to be evacuated in the first week of the implementation of the disengagement plan,…
Three PFLP members arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate Ovadia Yosef
The Shin Bet security services said on Sunday that it arrested three Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem on suspicion of ‘plotting to assassinate Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef’. According to…
Netanyahu: ‘Do not bring the Egyptian Army to the Borders’
The Israeli Minister of Finance, Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday against allowing Egypt to deploy more troops on its Borders with the Gaza Strip by the Philadelphi route. ‘Bringing Egyptian…
Sharon considers delaying start of Gaza pullout by 3 weeks
Israeli news sources said the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering a request by the chief of the disengagement administration, in the weekly cabinet session, to postpone the evacuation…
Soldiers deliberately killed the three youth in Rafah
A probe conducted by the Israeli army revealed that the soldiers, who killed the three Palestinian youth in Rafah April 9, did not aim their weapons at the lower parts…
Troops remove three new West Bank outposts near Hebron
Israeli soldiers and police on Sunday night removed three unauthorized outposts put by settlers near Hebron earlier in the evening. Two outposts were set up near the settlement of Kiryat…
Hundreds of Dunams bulldozed in the Negev
The “Israel’s Lands Department†bulldozed on Sunday, hundreds of agricultural Dunams in Sa’wa area, in the Negev. Department employees, supported by the Israeli Police and borders guard units, surrounded the…
120 female detainees, including 23 children and 13 mothers
The Palestinian Prisoners Society revealed that Israeli arrested in 2004, 63 females, from several Palestinian areas, among them wives of detainees and residents who were killed by the army. Also,…
Extensive searches in Tulkarem, two arrested
Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday several areas and villages near the northern West bank city of Tulkarem, and arrested two brothers in Baqa Al-Sharqiyya. A local source in Tulkarem stated…
Abbas: if pullout is a road map step, we are ready to coordinate
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who is paying a visit to Egypt, said Sunday he is ready to coordinate fully with Israel in the implementation of the disengagement plan. Abbas…
Israel to release 7 Jordanian prisoners on Thursday
Seven Jordainian prisoners will be released on Thursday, an Israeli prison authority offical said, but failed to expalin why only seven out of the 9 approved by the cabinet will…
Israeli cabinet approves temporary homes for Gaza settlers
Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a plan for temporary homes for settlers who will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip. A sub-ministerial committee was set up to provide temporary homes…
Gunmen open fire during a Nablus meeting
A group of unknown gunmen opened Saturday fire at a building in the West bank city of Nablus, where two Palestinian Authority ministers held a press conference to explain the…
PA official hopes that Israel destroy Settlers’ homes
Palestinian Housing Minister Mohammed Shteiah expressed Saturday hopes that Israel demolish settlers’ homes and clean the resulting rubble, to help the PA replace them with high rise buildings as a…
Abbas: no intentions to delay July vote
‘We have no intentions or desire to delay these elections,’ Abbas told reporters at his Ramallah headquarters, dismissing reports over a planned delay of Palestinian legislative elections slated for July…
Israel, PA to resume security talks
Israeli Prime Minister Advisor Dov Weissglas is scheduled Sunday to meet Palestinian Authority official Saeb Erikat, marking a resumption of security talks. Two months ago, at the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit,…
Settler leaders cancel a meeting with Sharon
Leaders of the Gaza Strip Gush Katif settlers Saturday canceled a meeting scheduled for Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The move indicates strong differences around the proposed entire…
Rice: The UN must reform or die
Many things need to be reformed in the United Nations, said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ‘The United Nations can not continue to be a vital power if it…
Abbas to Visit the U.S. in May
Palestinian official sources announced on Saturday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, will visit the United States for meetings with the U.S. president George W. Bush in early May. Abbas…
Hamas, PFLP reject to disarm
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian, PFLP, and the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, rejected calls of the Palestinian Authorities to disarm. The two movements said that the weapons…
EU considers reconciliation with ME Islamists
Following decades in which western democracies have backed oppressive regimes in the Middle East and focusing efforts on backing authorities and secular elites, both the U.S. and the EU are considering closer…
Extensive military searches near Hebron
Israeli soldiers conducted extensive searches in the village of Doura, near Hebron, and several surrounding villages after closing the area. A local source in Doura reported that soldiers, and under-covered…
Detainees in Israeli detentions; numbers and facts
According to data collect by the Department of Planning and Census at the Ministry of Detainees and Liberated, 177 Palestinian detainees died in Israeli prisons since 1967, 69 of them…
Palestinian legislators to delay vote on election law
Palestinian lawmakers said Saturday that parliament will delay for at least several days a planned vote on an election law. The election law is seen crucial to holding the July…
8 Injured several arrested in Anti-Wall-caterpillar demo
Download Headline in MP3: http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headline041605.mp3 As Caterpillar refused to reconsider selling D9 bulldozers to Israel, 8 more Palestinians were wounded while attempting to block Caterpillar bulldozers from uprooting their trees. …
Israel to grab 1/3 of Aboud village farmland
Local sources reported Friday that Israeli military authorities informed Aboud’s village council that a decision was made to expropriate 6000 dunams of the village farmland, which represents one third of…
Fayad meets Rice to discuss aid to PA
Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad met Friday U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss international aid needed to overcome economical hardships in the Palestinian territories. The meeting focused on…
Islamic Jihad to boycott legislative elections
The Islamic Jihad has decided to boycott the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections, a senior leader of the resistance group said on Friday. Even so, Islamic Jihad would also not call…
U.S. drops Israel from a military program over arm sales to China
U.S. defense officials said Friday the United States has stooped Israel’s involvement in the development of the biggest warplane program ever, because of Israel’s arm deals with China. ‘There are…
Hamas: `“Truce could collapse if Israel does not release detainees`
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas media spokesperson, warned that the truce is about to collapse as a result of the Israeli rejection to respond to the Palestinian demands, especially concerning the…
More land grab near Ramallah
The Israeli army decided on Friday evening to grab 6000 Dunams which belongs to residents of Aboud, west of Ramallah. An Israeli military source reported that the lands will be…
Five residents injured, tow internationals arrested near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers attacked on Friday afternoon a peaceful protest against the Separation wall in Bal’in, west of Ramallah; five residents were injured and two international peace activists arrested. A local…
This Week in Palestine – April Week 2
April 8 – 14, 2005 This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of Friday, April 8th to Thursday, April…
All Palestinian Prisoners to Hunger Strike on Sunday
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that 8000 Palestinians detainees in all Israeli prisons and detention camps, decided to conduct hunger strike on Sunday, April 17, commemorating the Palestinian Prisoners Day. The Society…
Settlers’ estates estimated by 500M Dollars
Khaleel Al-Tafakjy, a Palestinian expert in estates, said that the World Bank estimated settlers’ estates in Gaza Strip settlements by 500 million US Dollars. This estimation was made after evaluating…
Fabricated media used to frame detainees
Palestinian lawyers and detainees revealed that the Israeli Prison Authorities used the media to deceive the detainees and grab confessions from them. An interrogation teams which belongs to the…
PA hands over an Israeli soldier who entered Jenin with his weapon
A Palestinian official source said on Friday that an Israeli soldier who entered Jenin was captured and handed over to the Israeli army. Israel Radio reported that the soldier entered…
Army invades Bethlehem, arrests three residents
Local informed sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem reported that the Israeli troops and special units’ officers wearing civilian outfits backed with at least ten military vehicles invaded…
Peace Marathon from Bethlehem to Jerusalem
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the Church of the Nativity square when the start of the Marathon for peace was announced on Thursday Morning. The Marathon ended at the Franciscan…
Conference on Nonviolence Strategies in Ramallah
the Holy Land Trust organization and Panorama center organized a two-day conference in Ramallah on the strategies of the civil based nonviolent resistance against the Israeli occupation in Palestine. The…
Gush Shalom: `“Sharon is destroying the peace process`
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel is destroying the peace process, and trying to “convince the US president that the P.A has collapsedâ€Â.…
Egyptian FM: Normalization with Israel is every countries own business
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Thursday that normalization of relations with Israel is every countries own business. The United Emirates based Al-Bayan newspaper quoted Abul Gheit as…
First Gaza settler family receives compensation
A settler family from the Gush Katif settlement Bloc received compensation from the Israeli government in accordance with the disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip; the family is considered the…
U.S. Appoints Special Coordinator for the Disengagement
The Bush administration announced Thursday that James Wolfensohn, the retiring president of the World Bank, will become a special coordinator to help in the economic and political aspects of the…
Syrian arrested in the Golan Heights
Friday morning, an Israeli security source reported on Friday that soldiers arrested an armed Syrian resident who infiltrated into the Golan Heights. {mosimage}The source claimed that the Syrian man was…
Sharon considering disengagement ‘B’
Israeli Prime Minister Office denied Friday news published by Yodout Ahranot that the premier is considering another unilateral disengagement.  Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hinted Friday that…
Despite U.S. Objections, Settlement Expansion Continues
Despite the United States objections to the settlement expansion, Israeli authorities continue the construction in Ma’ale Adumim settlement east of Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported seeing Israeli vehicles building new roads around…
Caterpillar rejects proposal to stop bulldozer sales to Israel
Shareholders of the Caterpillar Company this week rejected a proposal that called for re-examining selling bulldozers to Israel due to their use in the demolition of Palestinian homes. Only 3%…
Ramon considers running for Labor Party chair
Israeli Minister Haim Ramon (Labor) said Thursday that he would consider running for the Labor Party chairmanship if the party primaries are postponed until after the implementation of the disengagement…
Mofaz directs army to disarm settlers before pullout
Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz instructed Thursday army officers to collect all weapons, settlers received from the army, prior to the implementation of the disengagement plan. The directive did not…
PA considering delaying parliamentary elections
The ruling Fatah movement is seriously considering a move to delay Palestinian legislative elections, which is scheduled for mid-July, over fears of a solid defeat at the hands of the…
Settlers attack residents in Hebron
A group of armed settlers attacked on Thursday evening dozens of residents on a bypass road east of Hebron, one resident was injured, several cars damaged. A local source In…
Abbas unifies P.A security devices
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas unified the P.A security devices into three apparatuses in an attempt to control chaos and implement reforms in these devices. P.A security devices will now…
Settlers poison grazing fields near Nablus
For the second time in less that three weeks, settlers poisoned on Thursday, large areas of grazing land near Yasuf and Iskaka, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…
Settlers attack a resident and six children in Hebron
Settlers of Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Tel Rmeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian man and six children, marking a new wave of…
Village invaded south of Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers detained eight residents, including elderly, after invading the village of Shoufa, south east of Tulkarem, and conducted military searches. A local source Shoufa reported that soldiers, supported by…
Fatah and the People’s Party win Bethlehem University Elections
The ‘Jerusalem and Return’ coalition that joined Fatah with the Palestinian People’s Party (former communist) won 16 of the 31 student senate seats in Bethlehem University marking a clean victory…
UN commission slams Israel
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights on Thursday condemned Israel for using force against Palestinian civilians and called for halting settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. The 53-states…
Palestinian assassinated in a Nablus raid
Palestinian sources reported that special units of the Israeli army assassinated an Aqsa Martyr Brigades operative on Thursday afternoon in Balata Refugee Camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus.…
Female detainee to administrative detention
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that Dr. Majeda Fidda was transferred on Wednesday to administrative detention for a period which is not fixed yet. The society reported that the Israeli…
Family appeals the release of its sick son
Family of detainee Fadil Odeh Shahin, 44, from Gaza, appealed international and local human rights organizations to help them and campaign for his release, since he is suffering from critical…
Four killed, 29 injured, 64 arrested over the last week
The National Information Center released a report of Thursday about the Israeli violations in the occupied territories; the report revealed that soldiers killed four residents and injured 29 during the…
Hamas: ‘Israeli withdrawal is a victory to the fighters’
Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a prominent leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli withdrawal from the strip will be a ‘victory for the fighters,’ media sources reported on Thursday.…
P.A warns residents of pre-evacuation deals
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned Palestinians and institutions from buying real estate from private of public Israeli owners in areas slated for evacuation. On Wednesday, Abbas held a meeting in…
Greek Government Fires Patriarch Irenious
Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, published in London, revealed information that the Greek government decided to fire the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Irenious the first from his post over…
Israel will build new roads in Gaza said to facilitate pullout
The Israeli army plans to build roads parallel to the existing main roads used by Israeli traffic in the Gaza Strip, prior to the implementation of the disengagement, Israeli sources…
Nitzanim in exchange for a quiet pullout
A group of ‘pragmatic’ settlers from Gush Katif, acting as an ‘alternative leadership,’ are pushing for a deal that allows a quite pullout in exchange to moving en bloc to…
Trapped in our own land
There’s a popular Palestinian folk song called ‘Wein a Ramallah’ – we are going to Ramallah. It’s largely a nostalgic tune cherished by the Palestinian diaspora and sung at festivals…
Bush to send envoys to strengthen Abbas
The U.S. Administration is sending two envoys this week to Israel and the Palestinian Authority territories in order to examine ways to help strengthen Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s rule. The…
Abbas outraged by Sharon’s accusations during his visit to U.S.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday rebuffed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s accusations made during U.S. talks, blaming Palestinians for stalled peace moves. Sharon told U.S. President George W. Bush at…
Israeli and Palestinian mayors call for a year-long mutual truce
Palestinian and Israeli mayors gathered in the West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday to show support for the cease-fire and call parties back to the negotiating table. 20 Israeli…
Settlers break into army graduation ceremony
Wednesday afternoon, dozens of settlers, apposing Sharon’s disengagement plan, broke into a graduation ceremony for Israeli soldiers in Latrun, north of the country.  An Israeli source reported that two…
Army wounds five in a Hebron Village
Five kids were injured in clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the village of Surif northwest of Hebron on Wednesday afternoon. Arafat Al-Hidmi, 14, was shot in the leg and…
PA: there is no pullout coordination yet
100 days away from the starting day for implementing the disengagement plan, there is no coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, PA source. The Palestinian ministerial committee for…
8 injured, several arrested in Anti-wall, anti-Caterpillar protest
Israeli soldiers, On Wedensday used force to disperse an anti-wall, anti-caterpillar peaceful protest in the village of Beilin near the West bank city of Ramallah. According to local sources, soldiers…
Barak: West Bank disengagement II needed to keep settlement blocs
Ex Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that the government of Israel and the U.S. Administration are investing efforts to downplay their major differences concerning West Bank settlement blocks,…
Barakeh: `“Israel Downplays threats of extremist settlers groups`
Arab member of Knesset, Mohammad Barakeh, Hadash-Ta`al party, charged that Israel is downplaying threats by extremist settlers groups against the Arab residents of Israel. Barakeh said that the government and…
Settlers bulldoze lands in Qalqilia
Settlers bulldozed on Wednesday afternoon, several orchards which belongs to residents of Kafer Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. A source at Qaddoum village council, reported…
Three arrested near Qalqilia
Israeli soldiers arrested on Wednesday three residents in Qalqilia, after invading it and conducting military searches in dozens of homes and orchards, south of the city. A local source in…
Rushing to harvest
 Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom surprised his Egyptian counter part as he called on Egypt to help Israel carryout its “regional road map.†which aims at normalizing relations and…
Resistance fire homemade shells at Gush Katif
For the fifth day, Palestinian resistance fired homemade shells at the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. Resistance groups said that the firing of the shells came after…
Gaza Settlers preparing camps to accommodate supporters
Gaza settlers have begun preparations for building camps in Gush Katif to accommodate tens of thousands of people who are expected to come to help them resist the evacuation. Settlers…
Israeli Police Commissioner to visit Jordan
Israeli media sources revealed information about a planned visit by the Israeli police commissioner Moshe Karadi to Jordan on Wednesday morning. According to the Israeli source, the Jordanians asked that…
Army resumes Nablus invasion, one injured in Tulkarem
Three Palestinians were arrested in the northern West Bank city of Nablus as the Israeli army resumes its invasion in the city, and the surrounding villages and refugee camps for…
Ereikat: ‘You tied our hands and threw us into the sea’
After the Bush-Sharon summit, and 100 days prior to the implementation of the unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, Palestinians feel pushed to the corner. Dr. Sae’b Ereikat, former chief of…
Fatah wins a majority in Bir Zeit Student Union elections
In a strong coming back, Fatah won Tuesday more seats than Hamas in the students’ council elections at Bir Zeit University, ending ten years of Islamic movement monopoly over one…
Sharon might reconsider demolishing settlers’ homes
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted Wednesday as saying that Israel would be ready to reconsider destroying settlers’ homes if the pullout is coordinated with the Palestinian Authority. ‘The…