US: Israel broke its promises to set boundaries for settlements
The United States had halted the work of the Israeli-American task force after Israel did not keep its promises made to the United States April 2004 to define and set…
Israeli Army issues direct orders against refuseniks
Israeli army radio reported on Tuesday that the higher command of the Israeli army issued direct orders against Israeli soldiers who refuse to evacuate settlements under disengagement plan. Major General…
Sharon: Cease-Fire ‘Hudna’ is not enough
During a meeting on Monday with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Sharon reiterated that Israel was demanding the PA to dismantle the resistance groups, not to make agreements with…
Israel retreats threats on Sa’adat’s intended release
Israeli official source said Tuesday that the conflict with the Palestinian Authority over its intentions to release PFLP leader Ahmed Sa’adat will not delay the handover of Jericho. The official…
Strategy of gains versus a strategy of concessions
Since 1993 almost every Israeli negotiator laid on the table a proposal to evacuate the Gaza Strip as the concession Israel is welling to provide in exchange for a political…
Sharon: No further talks before disarming resistance
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the United Nation’s Secretary General Kufi Annan on Sunday night there will be no progress on the peace talks if Palestinian resistance groups were…
Angry demonstrators call Annan to pressure Israel not PA
Several hundred took the streets of Ramallah calling UN General Secretary Coffi Annan, who arrived in the Palestinian city on Monday morning, to pressure Israel to stop the construction of…
Abbas: We will announce cease-fire in a week
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday, the Palestinian Factions will announce a cease-fire this week after the meeting to be held in Cairo. Speaking to the Israeli TV…
Israeli to complete Jerusalem wall route within six months
Israeli deputy Prime Minister Ehud Ulmert said Monday that Maalee Adumim settlement is an integral part of Israel, affirming that it will be included on the Israeli side of the…
Two armed Settlers terrorize Palestinian villagers
Israeli soldiers arrested Monday two West Bank settlers suspected of opening fire in the Palestinian village of Akid, west of the settlement of Ariel. Local source in the Palestinian village…
Report: Abbas to call for a realistic stance on refugees’ rights
According to the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask Palestinian factions to “realistically†look at the right of return of refugees, considering that “not all Palestinian exiles…
250 Israeli youths declare refusal of military service
250 Israeli high school students signed a document declaring that they do not intend to conduct the military service because “they appose the occupation of the Palestinian territoriesâ€Â. The young refusenicks,…
Nablus Resident dies of wounds sustained in 2002
Monday at noon, a resident of Nablus died of wounds sustained during the Israeli army invasion of the city in December 2002. Dr. Ziad Saleem, specialist in plastic surgery in Rafidia…
PA urges Israel to release all pre-Oslo prisoners
The Palestinian-Israeli committee discussing the issue of Palestinian detainees is slated to meet on Monday evening to discuss the release of Palestinian detainees held before 1994 “regardless of Israeli categories…
Pullout opponents play residency tricks
Pullout opponents stepped up campaign against the disengagement plan, sending SMS messages asking Israelis to change residency address to Gush Katif settlement Bloc. The email, which is sent through the cellular network, urges…
Yousef to meet with Mofaz on Security Transfer
The Palestinian Minister of Interior Nasser Yousef is to meet with the Israeli Minister of defense Shaul Mofaz on Monday in an effort to advance negotiations over the handover of…
Report on conditions in Telmond prison
Lawyer of the Prisoners’ Supporters Society, Sana’ Al-Harbawi, said that prison administration in Telmond detention for women stepped up punishment procedures against female detainees. Al-Harbawi reported that during her last visit to…
Despite Sasson report, Outposts construction continues in WB
Construction on Settlements outposts in some locations in the West Bank continues despite the latest report by attorney Talia Sasson on government involvement in building and funding ‘unauthorized’ outposts, Israeli…
Soldiers attack women protest near Ramallah
Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest of Israeli and Palestinians women in the village of Bal’in, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. As dozens of…
Soldiers attack a protest for women near Ramallah
 Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful protest for Israeli and Palestinians women in the village of Bal’in, west of the northern West Bank city of Ramallah. As dozens…
Election campaign rally in Hebron Univ. turns into a fight
As election campaign for the Student Council in Hebron university heated, Hundreds of student supporters of Hamas clashed Saturday with supporters of Fatah, one day prior to balloting day. Eyewitnesses…
Five injured as settlers attack farmers near Hebron
A Palestinian medical source in Hebron, south of the West Bank, reported that five farmers from the village of Yatta were severely bruised after a group of extremist settlers attacked…
Mofaz: outposts will only be removed after pullout
Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz confirmed Saturday that unauthorized settlers’ outposts will not be removed until after the implementation of the disengagement plan. The evacuation of unauthorized settlements is an…
Jewish Agency’ Settlement section likely to move activities to Galilee
According to Arabs48 electronic news site, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon intends to propose to his ministers, in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting, moving the activities of the ‘settlement section’ of…
Larsen: Syria will present full pullout timetable next week
While Syrian intelligence offices shut down in central Lebanon and Syrian soldiers continue to lave Lebanon in real numbers, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said Saturday that Syria will announce a…
The empty stomachs’ uproar
Thousands of unemployed Palestinians stormed the Palestinian parliamentary building in Gaza on Saturday, smashing windows and clashing with police, eyewitnesses reported. About 2,500 unemployed Palestinians, who had previously worked in…
Army, forced 5 families out, took over rooftops in Tul-Karim area
Israel soldiers arrested four Palestinians in the village of Baka al-Sharkiyeh in the northern West Bank before dawn Sunday, Israel Radio reported. Israeli army source claimed that the four arrested…
Knesset Speaker may meet Arab legislators in Cairo
During his visit to Cairo in the coming few days, Israeli Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin may meet with heads of Parliaments from Arab states that do not have diplomatic relations…
Hebron’s old city under curfew for the sixth day
Israeli army continued to impose a curfew on the old city of Hebron for the sixth consecutive day. Soldiers have also restricted the mobility of Palestinians in adjacent city neighborhoods.…
Hamas, from resistance to politics
The Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) confirmed Saturday that it will participate in the slated for July Palestinian legislative elections. The Palestinian Authority has welcomed Hamas’s decision. Following lengthy and heated…
Young Palestinians demolish part of the wall with bare hands
Israeli soldiers attacked Friday participants in a wedding ceremony in the village of Budrus, northwest of Jerusalem, and arrested a 22-years-old man. As soldiers left the village, young residents took…
Joint committee on prisoners’ issues to meet Monday
The joint Palestinian-Israeli committee on prisoners’ issues is slated to meet on Monday at the Tel Aviv office of the Israeli Minister of Justice, Tzipi Livni. Dani Naveh, Gideon Ezra and…
Hamas to participate in legeslative elections
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Saturday that is has decided to participate in the upcoming Palestinian Parliamentary election in July 2005. Hamas, which is a main Palestinian faction,…
Rachel, Full of Life
At the age of 23, Rachel Corrie was full of life. At the age of 23, she was a senior in college ignited by a passion for justice. At the…
Gross hypocrisies
I cannot help but feel the contradictions that flow from the Isreali and US demands that Syrian pull its troops out of Lebanon. Indeed, I feel they reveal their own…
Bush’s Guru
An American and a Soviet soldier meet in Berlin in 1945 and get into an argument about which of their countries is more democratic. ‘Why,’ the American said, ‘I can…
U.S. official: Israel has yet to remove unauthorized outpost
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield said Thursday that Israel has yet to implement its promise to remove unauthorized settlers’ outposts. ‘The government of…
Mofaz: `“evacuation will last for three or four weeks`
Following a request by the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, the evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements and four West Bank ones, will last for three to four weeks only. The original…
Palestinian Delegates for truce talks to arrive in Cairo Saturday
PFLP Gaza leader Jamil Majdalawi said Saturday that Israel agreed to allow him and DFLP delegates to leave to Cairo to join the Palestinian factions’ truce talks. the Israeli decision…
Hamas: it is still premature to talk about a perminant truce
Mahmoud Zahhar, a prominent Hamas leader, said that temporary cease fire will not become permanent until Israeli accepts our list of demands, espcially the release of all prisoners. Zahhar vowed that if…
Islamic Jihad in Gaza demonstrate in support to resistance, Syria
Islamic Jihad organized a demonstration in Gaza , Friday afternoon, affirming its choice to continue the resistance and its rejection to the “American and Israeli attempts to control the Middle Eastâ€Â Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hindi,…
Israeli hospital refuses to addmit an Israeli woman transferred by a Palestinian ambulance
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed on Friday that the Israeli hospital of Hadassah Har-Hatzofim in Jerusalem refused to addmit an Israeli woman suffering serious injuries, because she was transferred in a Palestinian ambulance.…
Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that 22 Jordanian detainees in Israeli prisons started an open ended hunger strike on March, 3, 2005, in protest to the bad conditions they face…
Report from Hadarim detention center
Lawyer of the Bethlehem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society Hanan Al-Khateeb, visited several detainees in Hadarim detention, and submitted the following report. Detainee Khalil Baraq’a, from Bethlehem told Al-Khateeb…
Anti Wall Demonstration in Bel’en
Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrated against the construction of the separation wall in the village of Bel’en near Jerusalem. The demonstrators stood in front of the bulldozers not allowing them to…
Diaspora Palestinians to hold third conference in Paris
“Palestine, land and nation, one undivided unitâ€Â; the Palestinian Al-Awda center in London, in cooperation with the Palestinian Media Union, and the Palestinians in Exile Committee are slated to hold…
Four exiled Palestinians to return to West Bank
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israel will allow four exiled Palestinian to immediately return to the West Bank. Abdul Fattah Hamayel, responsible for the ‘Wanted and Deportees’ file, said that…
Syrian troops pulls out of most of northen Lebanon
Lebanese sources reported that almost all of the Syrian troops have left north Lebanon on Friday. Nevertheless, the United Nations, called on Syrian president Bashar Assad to provide a timetable…
Syrian troops pull out of most of north Lebanon
Lebanese sources reported that almost all of the Syrian troops have left north Lebanon on Friday. Nevertheless, the United Nations, called on Syrian president Bashar Assad to provide a timetable…
Four Palestinian Deportees to return to West Bank
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israeli Authorities will allow four Palestinian deportees to immediately return to the West Bank. Abdul Fattah Hamayel, responsible for the ‘Wanted and Deportees’ file,…
Settlers attack, drive out villagers from fields
A group of extremist settlers of Halmesh, north of Ramallah, attempted to annex several farmlands owned by residents of the villages of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham. Hussein Ali Tameemy, a…
PA Justice Minister: collaborators will be executed
Farid Al-Jallad, Palestinian Minister of Justice, reported on Friday that the Palestinian Authority will implement the executions against convicted inmates who collaborated with the Israeli security. Al-Jallad defended his stand, saying that…
Fatah reformists
Armed gunmen stormed into, and forced an end to a meeting of 1200 Fatah movement representatives, representing all the West Bank movement’ regions, signaling that the ‘Young’, ‘old’ guards crisis…
Peres met with open Arab arms in madrid
The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli the Israeli vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres met in Madrid with the Algerian presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a in an international…
European Parliament considers Hezbollah a ‘terrorist’ organization
The European decided on Thursday to consider the Lebanon based Hezbollah party as a terrorist organization, and urged the EU countries to acts against it. The nonbinding decision adopted by…
Settlement councils transfer NIS 12M to fund anti-pullout campaigns
Five municipalities of West Bank settlements transferred approximately NIS 12 million to the budget of the Council of Jewish Settlements (Yesha Council), which were used for the anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli…
Israeli Army may evacuate Philadelphi route after pullout
Mubarak, Mofaza arrived Thursday at a tentative understanding by which Israel commits to evacuate the Philadelphi route, along the Gaza-Egyptian border, sometime after the disengagement from Gaza is completed. Egyptian…
Disparate Sharon appeals to Likud wives to help muster budget support
Desperate Sharon appeals to Likud wives to use influence on spouses to vote in favor of the state budget in the Knesset. As the Knesset voting closes up, the list…
Eleven Palestinians arrested in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents in the village of Baqa Al-Sharqiyya, north of Tulkarem, after invading it and conducting military searches of homes; another resident was arrested in Saida, north…
Palestinian Journalist barred from leaving the country
Israeli authorities barred Adel Abu Ni’ma from leaving the country, and refused to provide him with a travel permit in order to participate in a conference Rome ; the authorities…
Report: 7700 palestinians detainees in 27 detention centers
The Mandela Institute for Human Rights released a report revealing that the number of Palestinian and Arabs detainees in Israeli prisons exceeded 7000. IMEMC & Agencies, March 10, 2005, 01:14…
Family of Killed Cameraman Meet Israeli Army Prosecutor
The Israel Army Prosecutor Gen Avi Mendilit, met on Wednesday evening in his office in the Ministry of Defense with family members of James Miller, a British Cameraman killed by…
Mubarak demands quick handover of WB cities to PA
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that he expects full Israeli withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip, urging Israel, the PA to keep to the understandings reached at Sharm’s summit.…
U.S. Jewish leaders to pay support visit to Gush Katif settlement
Rabis, Jewish figures and activists from the United States are expected in Israel in the coming weeks to “express support†for settlers of the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the…
Agreement ensuring safety of ‘wanted’ reached
Abdul-Fattah Hamayel head of the deportees and wanted fighters committee said that the Palestinian-Israeli meeting on Wednesday evening arrived to an agreement ensuring the safety of the wanted resistance fighters…
Hamas denies agreeing to cease fire
Sami Abu Zuhri, the media spokesperson of Hamas, denied that all Palestinian factions agreed on cease fire. Abu Zuhri told the Qatar based Al-Jazeera TV that “Hamas did not reach…
White House deffends aid package to PA
Officials in the Bush administration are to explain to skeptical lawmakers in Washington that the $350 million proposed to aid the Palestinians will be transferred to the P.A in order…
Mofaz and Mubarak to meet in Sharm Al-Sheikh
The Israeli minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz is slated to meet with the Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak in the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, for talks on the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations…
Itam: Sharon’s Office financed unauthorized outposts
Former Israeli Minster of Housing Effi Itam, stated on Wednesday that building unauthorized outposts in the West Bank was an organized policy in the Ministry of Housing even prior to…
Resident killed in Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers demolished a home in Al-Nazla Al-Wista, north of Tulkarem, Thursday at dawn, killing a 25-eyar-old Palestinian. Abdul-Latif Hussein Abu Khalil was in his house when an Israeli force…
Source: Egypt to Broker A deal on Arafat & Disengagement
Israeli official sources said that Egypt is trying to bring about a deal in which Palestinian President Yasser Arafat would hand real power to Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in exchange…
IJ: We heard Mofaz’s accusations, but didn’t hear Abbas’s response
The Islamic jihad movement slammed the results of the Abbas-Mofaz saying that the meeting “did not fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinian peopleâ€Â. Khaled Al-Batsh, a leader of the Islamic…
Fatah affiliated gunmen break up Fatah meeting in Ramallah
More than 20 Palestinian gunmen burst into a large gathering of the Fatah party on Thursday, ordering people out of the building and firing shots into the air. Roughly 1,200…
This Week in Palestine – March week 1
Download MP3 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/3983.php This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of March 4th to March 10th, 2005. Talks…
Handover of what?
PA general security head Haj Ismael told reporters as he angrily left the second meeting with Israeli army officers that “apparently Israel is not willing to handover Auja village or…
Female WB settlers clash with soldiers in Gaza
Several dozen female settlers from the West Bank blocked a main road in the Gaza Strip and clashed Wednesday afternoon with police officers and Israel army soldiers. Settlers, who were…
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Sharon is evil, God will strike him
In a pre-Purim sermon at a Jerusalem synagogue, Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slammed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his disengagement plan. ‘What a cruel and evil…
Ya’alon: Syrian Pullback could spark attacks against Israel
Israeli military officials expressed concerns that Syrian pullback from Lebanon to the Bekaa could urge Hezbollah to renew attacks on Israel. Israeli army chief, Moshe Ya’alon said on Tuesday. Ya’alon…
Sasson: Some ministers failed to hand information on outposts
In a press conference in Jerusalem, the author of the report on unauthorized West Bank outposts said that some of the unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank were both…
Report: 452 Israeli violations of truce in one week
The Palestinian Information Center released a report on Israeli violations of the truce agreement between February 28 and March 7, 2005, 452 violations were reported, including 68 shooting incidents, causing the death of…
Shalom: No political talks until P.A dismantle armed resistance
Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom told the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, during a meeting held on Tuesday, that “Israeli will not be able to progress in the political…
Rajoub: `“resistance agreed to end attacks inside Israel`
Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday that the Palestinian National security advisor, Jibreel Rajoub, said that the Palestinian armed group decided to cease “all attacks within the Israeli pre-1967 borders. “The…
Defiant Palestinian Shepherds Face Down Settler and Army Violence
We were in a van about 100 meters down the road from our destination of At-Tuwani, and it had only been half and hour since we had left Jerusalem this…
U.S. demands immediate removal of unauthorized outposts
Israeli failure to keep its promise to remove all unauthorized settlers’ outposts established in the West Bank since March 2001 will harm relations between Israel and the United Sates, and…
Knesset committee to vote on Bill to hold referendum in two weeks
The Israeli Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is set to meet on March 21 to vote on the first reading of a bill that would mandate a referendum on…
Israeli, PA teams meet again on Jericho handover
Israeli and Palestinian Authority security officials were meeting for a second round of talks on the transfer of the West Bank town of Jericho on Wednesday evening, but second round…
Anti-wall protest near Ramallah, several residents injured
Tuesday after noon, dozens of residents protested in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah, against the expropriation of lands for the construction of the annexation wall. Israeli soldiers fired…
More than a million gathered in Beirut in supprort for Syaria and resistance
At least one million people attended a rally against the Syrian pullback from Lebanon called by Hezbollah in Lebanese capitol Hezbollah source reported on Tuesday. This rally drastically outnumbered those…
Curfew lifted, army continue to operate in Hebron
Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers lifted the curfew which was imposed over the old city of Hebron on Monday morning, while several military units conducted military searches of homes forcing the…
Japan: No plans to host a Mideast summit
An official Japanese source denied that Japan is planning to host a Mideast summit saying ‘we have no such plans,’ Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda clarified that Japan has…
Back to security coordination
After few weeks, during which Israel halted coordination with the Palestinian Authority and has frozen the implementation of the Sharm’s summit understandings, Israel-PA coordination is back on track. The embargo…
Report on Gilboa prison conditions
Raed Mahameed, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, visited several detainees in Gilboa detention center. Mahameed reported harsh conditions and serious violations of prisoners’ rights. Mahameed reported that Israeli…
Ya’alon: Israel to phase out Palestinian labor by 2008
Israel’s strategic goal is to phase out Palestinian labor by 2008, Israeli army chief of staff said on Tuesday.  Speaking to a security conference, Ya’alon said that before the…
Sharon to level some unauthorized outposts
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likely to announce Wednesday that he will implement the principles of the Sasson Report, which calls for the dismantling of unauthorized settlers’ outposts.  Israeli…
169 women killed during the Intifada
As women celebrate the International Women Day on March 8, the Palestinian woman celebrates this day on her own way, enduring tremendous pain and sufferings. Many Palestinian women were killed…
Israeli Arab arrested, Suspected of Planning to Attack Knesset
Israeli police arrested a 20-year-old Israeli Palestinian from the village of Deir Hanna in the western Galilee over suspicions of plotting an attack the Knesset as well as planning to…
Abbas: Israel undermining peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Tuesday Israel of undermining peace efforts by dragging its feet over promises to free prisoners and pull back from West Bank cities. His comments followed…
‘Terrorist media’??
, 08 March, 2005 With the U.S. administration throwing around the word ‘terrorist’ so loosely, using it to refer to virtually anyone who disagrees with their line, it should be…
Shinui lifts ban on Ultra-Orthodox parties
Shinui party MK Avraham Poraz said Monday that his faction would be willing to return to the cabinet and set beside ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism ministers in order to help…
Fatah’s young gaurds Intifada; a drive for change
Mohammad Al-Hourani, a young Fatah leader said Monday that young gaurds resignations aimed at shaking up the movement.  Al-Hourani stated that young leaders, who submitted their resignations to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…