Israeli High Court to hear petitions against prisoner release
The Israeli radio reported on Friday, that the Israeli High Court of Justice will hear on Sunday, petitions against the release of the 500 Palestinian detainees which is said that…
Sanaqra: `“We Have No Connections With Hezbollah`
Translated by Saed Bannoura Ala’ Sanqra, one of the leaders of Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fatah, and the number one wanted resistance fighter said that the brigades have…
Palestinians, International peace activists complain of settlers attacks
An Israeli military source reported that dozens of residents in Nablus and Hebron , and international peace activists complained on continued settlers attacks and harassments. {mosimage}The source stated that a resident…
Sharon hopes to persuade Lapid to support state budget
The Israeli Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon has invited the chair of the Shinui Party, Tommy Lapid to his Negev ranch in an attempt to persuade him to get his secular…
Swedish Court may indict Father who took his Kids to Gaza
A Swedish Court will decide whether to indict a Palestinian man accused of taking his five children to Gaza Strip to see their relatives for more than six months, the…
Putin: Iran has no nuclear weapons program
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he is convinced Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, asserted that Russia would continue nuclear cooperation with the Islamic state, and…
Peres: Pullout from Philadelphi route a possibility
Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres said Friday that quitting the Philadilphi axis at the Egyptian borders remains a possibility. {mosimage}Peres’s comments came as a response to a warning from Palestinian…
Jewish Extremists escalate threats against Al-Aqsa mosque
The Israeli media revealed on Thursday that the Israeli security received lately several warnings that extremist right wing Jewish groups are planning to cary out bombings in Al-Aqsa mosque in…
Woman gives birth at military checkpoint
Niveen Akram Kahleel, 25, from Kafr Aqeb in the West Bank, gave birth recently on a military checkpoint after soldiers stationed at Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem , refrained from…
Two International peace activists, two residents arrested near Hebron
Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested two International peace activists and two residents during clashes which erupted after settlers and soldiers attempted to bar the residents and peace activists from reaching…
Pullout and the Wall tops Israeli cabinet agenda on ‘super Sunday’
The Israeli cabinet session is expected to be a ‘Super Sunday’ in which two major issues are going to be decided upon. {mosimage}Israeli ministers are to vote on the evacuation…
Army surrounds a village near Nablus
A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers surrounded the village of Qaddoum, east of Nablus, closed the gate, which was ericted at the main entrence to the village, and barred the…
Bush: Israel is our ally, we will defend it
The U.S. President George W. Bush did not exclude an attack against Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, an accusation that Tehran strongly denies. ‘If I were the…
16 Gaza Exsiled allowed return to W. Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that Israel will allow the return of 16 Palestinians who were deported from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip during the last four…
Labor Ministers to support the new wall route
Labor party ministers decided Thursday to vote in favor of the new wall route, proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in Gush Itzion, southern Hebron hills and Maalee Adumim…
Arab billionaire offers $54 million to buy evacuated Gaza settlements
Mohammed al-Alabbar, A billionaire from the United Arab Emirates, has offered to buy the real estate assets of settlements in the Gaza Strip, Israeli TV Channel 2 reported on Thursday…
Dahlan: PA will ensure a calm Gaza withdrawal
According to Israel Radio, Palestinian Authority security official Mohammed Dahlan said that the PA will ensure that Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is not carried out under fire, but…
Hezbollah denies links to militants outside Lebanon
The leader of the Lebanese based Hezbollah party Sheikh Hassan Nassrallah denied Thursday funding Palestinian resistance groups and sending fighters to Iraq. {mosimage}’We have no organization or networks either in…
Agreement to lift few abroad travel restrictions
The Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported that Israel and Palestinian officials reached an agreement allowing Palestinians aged 16 to 25 to leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing.…
Mofaz approves halting demolishing of home of Palestinian fighters
Thursday evening, the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved a recommendation of the military committee to end the policy of house demolishing of families of Palestinian activists. {mosimage}Israeli Chief of…
Sanaqra: `“We Have No Connections With Hezbollah`
Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC, Ala’ Sanqra, one of the leaders of Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fatah, and the number one wanted resistance fighter said that the brigades have…
Bribery Case against Sharon closed, His son Omri indicted
Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz closed Thursday the investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, due to insufficient evidence, in the case of shell companies’ illegal funding. {mosimage}Mazuz also decided…
Ward’s mandate still unclear
U.S. security coordinator for the Middle East, Army Lt. Gen. William Ward met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the American ambassador to Israel, Dan Kurtzer. {mosimage}Later on…
MPA Rejects Israeli Criteria Set for Prisoners Release
The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs submitted a report on Wednesday to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on the latest situation of the Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails. {mosimage}There are…
Supreme Court Suspends a Petition Against Targeted Killings
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to suspend a petition calling for an end to the Assassination Policy, the army conducts against Palestinians. The court based its decision on…
PPS: `“High deception in prisons release deal`
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that the 500 detainees who are slated for release, have already served most of the terms, and that the list did…
Palestinian journalists protest frequent assault against them
Palestinian journalists organized on Wednesday a protest against the frequent assault against them by different groups. {mosimage}A number of representatives of different Palestinian factions and Human Rights activists joined the…
Rice defends an intended $350 million to the PA
As some voices in Congress challenged the U.S. government sending $350 Millions to the Palestinians as aid, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the government decision yet, voiced concerns of…
Hamas, Jihad: `“Dialogue will continue until arriving a final decision on truce`
Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said on Wednesday that they will continue the dialogue among them until arriving a final decision on declaring a truce. {mosimage}Khader Habeeb, the media spokesman…
Soldiers bar residents from crossing to their lands behind the Wall
Israeli soldiers based at Tzofim checkpoint, east of Qalqilia, barred dozens of residents from reaching their family farmlands located behind the annexation wall, north of Qalqilia. {mosimage}Soldiers claimed that the…
Abbas approves executing collaborators
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas approved lately execution orders against a number of collaborators with the Israeli occupation; the collaborators were charged of murder and attempted murder of Palestinian fighters,…
Int. companies plan to `“control liberated lands` in Gaza
An Israeli economical expert revealed that several international companies have plans to control Palestinian lands which Israel plans to withdraw from in the Gaza Strip after implementing the unilateral disengagement…
Bargouthi: I will be free by the end of the year`
The Jailed legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, said on Thursday that he will be free by the end of the year, and called Israel to release 5000 detainees. {mosimage}In…
Israeli Cabinet called to approve evacuation of settlements
Following the Israeli Knesset approval of the evacuation compensations bill, the Israeli cabinet is called Sunday to approve in principle the evacuation of all Gaza Strip settlements plus four isolated…
Israeli High Court: Release of prisoners will prevent attacks
The Israeli High Court of Justice responded to petitions submitted against the government decision to release Palestinian prisoners, saying the release would “prevent attacks†{mosimage}A petition against the government decision…
Army Report: House demolitions harmful to Israel
An Israeli army committee recommended halting the policy of demolishing Palestinian homes. The committee’ conclusions were presented last week to Army Chief of Satff Moshe Ya’alon, who turned it back…
Israeli Cabinet called to in principle approve evacuation of settlements on Sunday
Following the Israeli Knesset approval of the evacuation compensations bill, the Israeli cabinet is called Sunday to approve in principle the evacuation of all Gaza Strip settlements plus four isolated…
IHC approves uprooting trees located near Mofaz’s home
The Israeli High Court allowed the army to uproot trees which belongs to a 72-year-old Palestinian woman, because they are close to the home of the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul…
New Palestinian Government is close to be approved
A Palestinian official source reported that a new PA cabinet was approved on Wednesday in a meeting of Fatah Movement that lasted for three hours. More of the allies of…
Mortar fire resumes in Gaza
Mortar shell were fired at an Israeli army outpost in the southern part of the Gaza Strip early Wednesday. Five more shells were fired at the Gaza Strip settlement of…
Fatah approves Qurei’s new cabinet
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said Wednesday that he will present his new cabinet to the Palestinian Legislative Council on Tuesday. {mosimage}Qurei’s announcement followed the approval of the new cabinet…
Mofaz widely criticized for decision to halt Ya’alon
Senior Israeli army Staff officers said Wednesday called the Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz’s decision to replace both the army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon and Shin Bet security service…
Settlers’ Compensation bill approved by 59-40 votes
The Israeli Knesset approved Wednesday evening the Evacuation Compensation bill, which is a key bill in the way to implement the disengagement plan. {mosimage}The bill’s third and final reading was…
Powerful explosion in an Iranian nuclear province
Iran TV reported Wednesday afternoon that the blast that accrued in its Bushehr province, where Iran has its nuclear reactor, might have been caused by debris falling from one of…
Sharon: Disengagement will Support Our Presence in the West Bank
The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told reporters of international news agencies working in Israel, ‘The settlement blocs resided by Jews will be part of the Jewish State in the…
Anti-pullout protestors cause considerable damage in prison
The Israeli police released 33 out of 50 Israeli protestors, who were arrested on Tuesday during a violent anti-disengagement in Jerusalem. {mosimage}The Israeli police said that the protestors also caused…
Gaza pullout compensation cost arrives at NIS 4.3 billion
Articles of the evacuation bill, which is slated for voting at the Knesset plenary on Wednesday, revealed that the compensation bill to settlers and businesses in the Gaza Strip and…
Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon to leave army in July
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided not to give his Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon a fourth year in service, an Israeli military official stated on Tuesday. Ya’alon will complete…
Army kills two Palestinians near a West Bank settlement
Israeli Soldiers shot dead two Palestinians seen approaching a West Bank settlement after dark Tuesday, an army source said. {mosimage}The army source said that the incident occurred near the settlement…
Prisoners release postponed until Monday
Monday at night, an Israeli source reported that the Israeli High Court will review appeals submitted by Israelis against the release of Palestinian detainees; Israeli army announced that it postponed…
Israeli government to discuss erecting a new settlement bloc in the West Bank
Head of the Gush Atzion settlement council, Shaul Goldstein said that he suggested to the Israeli minister of housing, Yitzhak Herzog, to approve a plan to erect a new settlement…
Sharon : `“ Israel will coordinate pullout with the P.A`
The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Tuesday that Israel will coordinate his disengagement plan with the Palestinian Authority. {mosimage}In a statement which was described as a “clearestâ€Â, Sharon…
Abbas: A New Cabinet to be announced in 24 Hours
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed on Tuesday, reports saying that a new Palestinian cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, to be announced in the coming 24 hours,…
Palestinians: Agreement to hand over Jericho reached, Israel denies
Israel army Chief Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday said that the army opposed transferring the West Bank village of Uja to the Palestinian Authority, dismissing Palestinian reportsclaims that an agreement had…
Abbas: Hariri’s assassination is a mass grief
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday night, that the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri in Beirut on Monday is a big loss, and described…
Shinui considering supporting budget if allowed back to cabinet
Israeli Shinui party signaled to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon willingness to support the 2005 state budget in exchange to forming a secular Likud-Labor-Shinui government. {mosimage}With no progress achieved in…
Plans for resettling refugees in evacuated settlements
Palestinian Authority ministries are preparing plans for the construction of thousands of apartments in the slated for evacuation Gaza Strip settlements to resettle refugees now living in refugee camps. {mosimage}The…
Settlers’ Intifada; streets blocked, stones hurled, 11 hurt, 50 arrested
Eleven Israeli police officers were lightly hurt Monday evening in clashes with right-wing activists, who attempted to block traffic in many streets around the country, protesting against the disengagement plan.…
A unilateral exchange, not a disengagement
Israeli cabinet is called to approve both the planned evacuation of some settlements and the route of the southern section of the separation on Sunday. {mosimage}A move hat Israeli Prime…
Army will not evacuate from Jericho on Tuesday
Israeli authorities decided on Monday to delay the transfer of security control over Jericho to the Palestinian authority after differences occurred over details of the transfer planned for Tuesday. {mosimage}Palestinian…
Rage and Chaos in Lebanon Following Hariri’s Assassination
Following the Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination in a blast earlier today, enraged supporters have taken to the streets. {mosimage}An Al-Jazeera television broadcast reported that a person had…
Abbas: `“ Israel agreed to withdraw from five areas, not cities`
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, said that the Palestinian leadership is committed to the peace process, and is ready to hold its responsibilities in the five areas which…
Abbas to NY Times: War with Israel is Effectively Over
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted Monday as saying that the war with the Israelis is effectively over and that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is speaking ‘a…
Sharon: Evacuation of Settlements to take 12 weeks
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee on Monday that he expects the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and the northern West…
Extremist Israeli right-wingers change address to Gaza Strip settlements
The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that dozens of Israeli right wing extremists moved recently into the Gaza Strip after changing their addresses to the Gush Katif settlement bloc. {mosimage}The…
Gush Shalom: `“Hands of Israeli leaders are also bloody`
“The Palestinians will be judged by their actions, not by their words,†Ariel Sharon declared at Sharm-al-Sheikh, does this apply to him, too?†Gush Shalom. {mosimage}The Israeli peace bloc, Gush…
MPA: `“321 Children are Still Imprisoned`
Ministry of Prisoners Affairs (MPA) reported that since the outbreak of the Intifada in September 2000, at least 3,000 Palestinian children were arrested, 321 are still in jail including 11…
Settlers clash with police at WB outpost
Settlers of Itamar in the Nablus area clashed with Israeli Border Police soldiers on Sunday morning at an unauthorized outpost adjacent to the settlement. {mosimage}Border Police officers arrived at the…
Israeli cabinet approve release of 500 prisoners
The Israeli cabinet unanimously approved the list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be freed this week in accordance with the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit understandings. {mosimage}The cabinet made the move after…
Jericho first
Israel agreed Saturday night to transfer security control of the West Bank city of Jericho to the Palestinian Authority, an informed unofficial source said. {mosimage}According to the same source, the…
Hamas Agrees, IJ to consider cease-fire
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced Saturday evening it was committed to the terms of the cease-fire agreed upon with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. {mosimage}Hamas said that in case…
PA: Prisoners’ release’ list, disappointing
The Palestinian Prisoners Ministry described the list of 500 prisoners slated for release in the first stage of the prisoners release’ agreement, which was sent to three Israeli jails on…
MK Bishara’ vote vital to pass settlers’ Compensation bill
The Israeli Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is scheduled to look at and vote on the penalty clauses of the settlers’ evacuation compensation bill on Sunday. {mosimage}As it stands…
Peres to meet Shas’ spiritual leader on coalition
Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres is to meet with ultra orthodox Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on Sunday evening, in an effort to convince him to join the…
Nativity Deportees to return to West Bank
Israel agreed to allow 56 deported Palestinians to return to the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Saturday. {mosimage}Among them are 26 deported to Gaza and 13 deported to…
Hawatma: `“We will support Abu Mazin as long as he remains committed to national interests`
Translated by Saed Bannoura Nayef Hawatma, secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the front will support Abbas as long as he remains committed…
Notes on violence
The urge towards violence is an instinct human beings inherited from the animal kingdom. Proponents of totalitarian ideologies that tolerate or even encourage violence as a legitimate means towards an…
Needed for success in the Mideast
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Bush administration have correctly pointed that the opportunities for Israeli-Palestinian peace have markedly improved in the past few months. The success that Palestinian…
Abbas to meet political leaders Saturday
Hours before meeting their leaders, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Abbas demanded for resistance groups to honor the cease-fire agreement. {mosimage}Abbas also warned that, should resistance groups refuse to accept the…
U.S. security envoy to visit the ME this month
U.S. State department spokesman said on Friday that the American security envoy General William Ward will probably visit the region this month. {mosimage}Ward was named earlier in the week to…
Palestinian source: `“ Israel agreed to cease assassinations outside P.A areas`
A prominent Palestinian source reported Friday that Israel agreed during the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit, to cease assassinations against Hamas and Islamic jihad leaders, and other Palestinian factions. {mosimage}The source stated…
Mofaz to meet PA leaders on Saturday night
Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz, is slated to meet with Hasan Abu Lideh, Mahmoud Dahlan and Saed Erekat on Sunday night to discuss the handover of West Bank cities, easing…
Abbas vows strong response to cease-fire violations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violations. {mosimage}Abbas called Fatah’s central committee for an emergency meeting on Thursday night to discuss the violations…
Settlers hurrled stones on Palestinians at a Gaza junction
Israeli Police on Friday morning arrested six settlers in the southern Gaza Strip after settlers hurled stones at Palestinians crossing the Gush Katif junction and attempted to pullout drivers out…
Sharon : `“Referendum could lead to Hatred`
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon repeated his rejection to hold a national referendum on the disengagement plan, and angrily told Likud members that he will not give in to “threats…
Army officer: Settlers tried to run me over
An Israel army officer said Friday that settlers attempted to run him down with a car overnight near the West Bank settlement of Itamar in the Nablus area. {mosimage}The officer…
Israeli HR group warns against naming Diskin as Shin Bet Chief
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) has asked the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to rescind naming Yuval Diskin as chief of the Public Security Service (Shin Bet)…
Palestinian AG temporarily closes the `“Egyptian Cement` file
Thursday evening, Palestinian Attorney General, Hussein Abu ‘Assy, announced in a press conference that he temporarily froze the “Egyptian Cement†file, which is a case against some Palestinian companies which…
Dahlan demands Israel to release detainees imprisoned since 1993
Mohammad Dahlan, member of the Palestinian higher negotiation committee, told the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Sharon in the coming two weeks in…
Israeli source: `“Israel will only practice political pressures on Palestinians`
An Israeli source reported on Friday that Israel decided not to invade the Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, and will practice political pressures over the Palestinians, at the current…
Sharon announce Prisoners release’ committee
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Thursday the names of the Israeli committee, which will, together with Palestinian counterparts, look into the prisoners release’ issue. {mosimage}The Israeli committee is composed…
Victim of own incitement
Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Friday that he views harassment and violence towards elected officials and security personnel as a grave matter. {mosimage}Mazuz publicized his position one day after…
Armed men killed three in Gaza Prison
Around 50 armed men forcefully entered the Gaza Central Prison and killed three prisoners, Palestinain security soruce reported on Thursday. {mosimage}The source described the attack as criminal and said the…
Israel to Annex more lands South of Hebron
Israeli soldiers handed residents form the village of Tarama, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, military orders to annex their family farmlands in order to erect the annexation…
PCHR: `“4 killed, including one child in one week`
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights released its weekly report which revealed that Israeli soldiers killed four residents, including a child in one week, and arrested at least 10 civilians.…
Palestinian arrested, allegedly planning bombing a bus in Jerusalem
An Israeli military source claimed on Thursday afternoon that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident who was planning a suicide bus bombing in the French Hill in Jerusalem. {mosimage}The source said…
Bir Shiva detainees suffering of harsh conditions
The Bethlehem office of the Palestinian prisoners’ society reported on Thursday that detainees in Bir Shiva detention are suffering of bad living conditions, and deprived of their basic rights. {mosimage}Lawyer…
Hawatma: `“We will support to Abu Mazin as long as he remains committed to the national interestsâ€
Translated by Saed Bannoura Nayef Hawatma, secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the front will support Abbas as long as he remains committed…
Abbas orders PA forces to end mortar firing
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday afternoon ordered PA security forces to end mortar fire on Gaza Strip settlements. Abbas affirmed his commitment to the cease-fire agreement he had reached…
Barghouthi supports cease fire
Arab MK Jamal Zahalka, visited the jailed Palestinian legislator and Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouthi, in Eshel detention in Bir Shiva, and discussed with him the latest developments and cease fired…