At least five workers injured, one seriously near Ramallah
An Israeli source reported that five Palestinian workers were injured, one seriously, after dozens of extremist settlers of Nahlilel settlement, west of Ramallah, attacked a group of Palestinian workers. The…
No results out of Shinui-Sharon meeting
In an attempt to persuade Shinui party to back the 2005 state budget, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met with Shinui leaders; chairman Yousef Lapid, and Knesset Member Avraham…
Palestinian factions agree to maintain ‘calm’
As the Palestinian political factions concluded their meetings in Cairo they agreed to extend the calm that has been put in place since Sharm A-Sheikh summit in February, in exchange…
Soldiers force residents to undress prior to entering Al-Ibrahimi Mosque
Chief Islamic Judge, Sheikh Taiseer Tamimi condemned the military procedures on the entrances of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, after soldiers forced several worshippers to undress prior to entering the…
P.A Official: `“Final agreement on wanted fighters`
Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, head of the Wanted and Deported Palestinians committee said that the Palestinian and Israeli negotiators arrived to a final agreement on the issue of wanted and deported resistance…
PA rejects Israeli criteria for releasing the detainees
Minister of Detainees and Liberated Detainees Affairs, Sufian Abu Zaida, reaffirmed the Palestinian position which rejects the Israeli criteria of releasing the detainees. Abu Zaida said that the Palestinian Authority…
Hezbolla Rejects Bush’s Call to Lay Down Weapons
Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that the resistance weapons are not to be used against anyone else except the Israeli occupation. ‘Hezbollah’s arms will not be used…
Settlers destroy a Palestinian home in Hebron
Settlers in Hebron struck a Palestinian wall building with big hammers, causing the roof to collapse. Israeli police arrested two of the attackers.  The settlers also threw stones, eggs and…
Singing the Handover Agreement Delayed for ‘Technical Reasons’
Israel delayed signing the agreement on the handover of security responsibilities in Jericho to the Palestinian Authority over ‘technical reasons’, said a Palestinian commander on Wednesday afternoon. Security transfer was…
Israeli paramedic arrested for giving Palestinian detainees sweets and fruits
Israeli soldiers arrested an Israeli paramedic after he distributed fruits and sweets on several detainees in an Israeli prison; the medic was punished by seven days imprisonment and will be…
Child injured in Hebron
Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian child was injured near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old city of Hebron after a settler rammed her with his car. A medical source at Al-Ahli…
Dozens injured as army fires at a funeral in Bodrus
Tuesday evening, Israeli soldier fired gas bombs and rubber coated bullets at dozens of residents participating in a funeral ceremony in the village of Bodrus, near Ramallah.. A local source…
A Wired tree to spy on ‘wanted’
A Palestinian woman from the village of Atteel, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem , managed to uncover spy equipment installed on a tree in front of a…
Explosive detonates near a military jeep in Nablus
Wednesday morning, an explosive charge detonated near a military patrol driving on the road which leads to Ebal Mountain in the northern West Bank city of Nablus , army reported…
Syrian intelligence left Beirut headquarters
Syrian intelligence agents pulled out of large parts of Lebanon on Wednesday, Reuter reported.  There appears to be no end in sight to Lebanon’s political crisis with Prime Minister-designate Omar…
Bush calls on Hezbollah to lay down arms
U.S. President George W. Bush called on Hezbollah to lay down arms leaving open the possibility that the party becomes part of the political mainstream in Lebanon, despite his past…
Truce and partnership; the core issues in Cairo Talks
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking an agreement with Palestinian political factions that allows him to pursue his diplomatic offense, offering opposition groups political partnership in exchange to a year-long…
P.A resumes security control over Jericho
Palestinian and Israeli officials said that the Israeli army has officially handed the security control over Jericho area to the Palestinian Authority. General Ahmad Eid said that the two parties…
Parents of American Activist Killed in Gaza to sue Israel and CAT
The parents of Rachel Corrie, a U.S. activist killed in Gaza while trying to stop an Israeli army bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian home, filed suit in Israel on Tuesday…
Military dog blamed for the killing of an innocent Palestinian
The Israeli Defense Ministry is blaming a military dog for the death of a Palestinian resident, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers ten months ago. Deputy Defense Minister Ze’ev…
Qurie slams Israel’s expansionist policy
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei slammed Tuesday Israel for continuing to dictate “facts on groundâ€Â, saying that Israel is endangering the entire peace process. Qurei described the current times as…
U.S. pressures Shinui to back Sharon in budget vote
Leader of Israeli secular Shinui party Yousef Lapid said Tuesday that few prominent U.S. administration officials has asked him to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the coming state…
Mubarak in Syria for talks on Lebanon
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Syrian on Tuesday to hold talks with the Syrian officials on the situation in Lebanon, according to diplomatic Egyptian source. Speaking on condition…
Egypt proposes a year long truce
As leaders of various Palestinian factions entered the meeting room, sources close to the Cairo meeting reported that Egypt has proposed a year long truce, but Hamas is only welling…
Detainees sexually harassed in Kfar Aztion
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Hussein Al-Sheikh said that he managed to visit a number of detainees in Kfar Aztion detention, especially young detainees, who informed him that Israeli…
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…