Election Campaign Started in the Palestinian Areas
728 candidates competing for the 132 seats of the Palestinian Parliament’s upcoming elections started on Tuesday morning their electoral campaigns in the different parts of the West Bank and the…
Netanyahu says Likud ministers will resign Sunday
Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu announced, earlier on Tuesday, that the remaining four Likud ministers in the cabinet will resign from the government at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. Netanyahu…
Israeli security recommends partial ‘disengagement’ from border town
Israeli security devices recommended the government to evacuate the residents of the Lebanese side of the occupied village of Al Ghagar, into Israel, and compensate them in accordance to the…
Member of Al Aqsa Brigades charged of planning to bomb Dimona reactor
An Israeli source reported, on Monday at night, that the Israeli Central Court in Be’er Shiva, filed charges against a member of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of…
Two killed, three injured in Gaza air-strike
An Israeli air force aircraft fired, on Monday at night, several missiles at a Palestinian vehicle in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip; two residents were killed, and…
Israeli Police Detain Scores of Palestinians in Al Khan Al Ahmar Area
Israeli border policemen detained, on Monday morning, scores of Palestinian civilians at a sudden military checkpoint in Al Khan Al Ahmar area, near the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim in…
Israeli Police Detain Scores of Palestinians in Khan Al Ahmar Area
Israeli border policemen detained, on Monday morning, scores of Palestinian civilians at a sudden military checkpoint in Al Khan Al Ahmar area, near the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim in…
Halutz dismisses elite unit officer and a sergeant for refusing orders
The Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, approved on Monday a recommendation to dismiss an officer and a sergeant in the elite Duvdevan undercover unit of the Israeli army…
Army arrests election campaign coordinator of a left-wing coalition
The Israeli army arrested on Monday the election campaign coordinator of "Badeel" coalition, a combination of the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP), the Democratic Front for the LIberation of Palestine (DFLP)…
Army uproot olive trees near Hebron
The Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Monday more than 400 olive trees in Skaka village near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The trees were uprooted for the construction…
Army invades a Bethlehem village
Israeli troops invaded late Sunday night the village of Wad Rahal near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, local sources reported. Eyewitnesses said, several army vehicles stormed the village…
Resident from Bethlehem sentenced to 14 months in jail
The Israeli military court of Ofer near the West Bank city of Ramallah sentenced a Bethlehem resident Bethlehem to14 months in jail and NIS 3000 fine. Mahmoud Takatka 18, was…
Abbas: ‘I’ll delay PLC vote over Jerusalem dispute’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, on Monday, that he would delay upcoming parliamentary elections if Israel bars East Jerusalem residents from voting. "We all agree that Jerusalem should be included…
EU observers deploy in Palestinian Territories
Dozens of European Union observers to the Palestinian parliamentary elections began deploying in Palestinian areas Monday, undeterred by a wave of kidnappings and other violence that has swept through Palestinian…
Army tightens the closer on Tulkarem
The Israeli army tightened its closure, on Monday morning, on the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and deployed additional army units around the city. Also troops closed Iktaba-Bel’a road which…
Army arrest one resident in Jenin
Israeli soldier invaded, on Sunday, Anza village, near the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested one resident. Soldiers invaded the village, broke into a number of houses and arrested…
Four workers injured after being rammed by a speeding jeep
Four Palestinian workers were rammed by a speeding Israeli military jeep, on Sunday at night, at Al Jaba’ junction road between Hebron and the West Bank city of Bethlehem .…
P.A policemen storm government offices in Gaza
About 200 Palestinian policemen stormed, on Monday, government offices in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, to protest at the failure of the Palestinian Authority and its…
Army uproots 400 olive trees in a village near Hebron
Israeli soldier, backed by 25 armored vehicles, uprooted on Monday morning, more than 400 olive trees from the orchards which belong to residents of Al-Sikka village, south of the West…
Ezra: Palestinians obtained anti-aircraft missiles
Israeli Public Security Minister, Gideon Ezra, claimed on Monday that Palestinian resistance factions succeeded in smuggling anti-aircraft missiles into the Gaza Strip. Reiterating statistics released by the Shin Bet security…
Israeli Army redeploys on Egypt Gaza borders
Israeli army will start its redeployment on the Egyptian-Israeli borders on Monday starting from the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Nitzana salient, Israeli online daily Ynetnews reported. A senior Israeli…
Happy New Year; thorough search and humiliation at military checkpoints
Only a few hours before the beginning of the New Year, Israeli soldiers installed a portable military checkpoint near the eastern entrance of the West Bank city of Qalqilia, and…
Israel admits Palestinians fired Qassam from West Bank
Israeli army admitted on Sunday that Palestinian resistance fighters fired a Qassam home made shell from the northern West Bank toward centrals Israel in mid December. An army spokesman reported…
Mofaz approves a plan to invade areas in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, approved a plan prepared by the army, in order to reoccupy several areas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli news paper Maariv, reported on Sunday that…
3495 arrested in 2005, 1600 of them are still imprisoned
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Freed Detainees, reported on Sunday that Israeli soldiers arrested 3495 residents in 2005, from several Palestinians areas; 1600 of them remained in custody. An…
Italian abducted in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported that the security devices are currently searching for an Italian resident who was abducted by an armed Palestinian group earlier on Sunday, in Khan…
Eight injured during a protest against the Wall in Beit Jala
Eight Palestinian residents suffered bruises and concussions during a protest against the Separation Wall in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, after the soldiers attacked and clubbed the protestors their peaceful procession…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Israeli Peace Bloc demands the release of Barghouthi
The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, demanded the Israeli government on Sunday to release the Palestinian jailed legislator and Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, who is serving several life-terms in Israeli…
Army expels residents from the northern plains
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers forced several residents of Ein Al Baida village, in the northern plains of the West Bank, out of their homes, and expelled…
Two brothers killed in Beit Lahia as army shells the northern Gaza Strip
A medical source in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that two brothers were killed, one resident injured, after the Israeli artillery fired several shells…
Army shells several areas in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers shelled on Sunday at dawn, several areas in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported…
Army invades Tulkarem and its refugee camp
Israeli troops invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp. Three army vehicles invaded the city and the refugee camp, harassed the…
Army arrests PLC candidate Sami Awad
Israeli soldiers arrested Sami Awad, director of Holy Land Trust (HLT), and candidate for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in a nonviolent anti-wall protest in the town of Beit Jala…
IMEMC wishes you a happy new year
The IMEMC team would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and we hope the year 2006 will be a year to bring peace to the world and to…
Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa brigades, declare end to the truce by midnight
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Al Quds Brigades, military wing of the Islamic Jihad, declared on Saturday at night that the truce which was…
Nonviolent protest against occupation, checkpoints
An Israeli movement which rejects the occupation organized the protests which it named "It is time to return to the Green Line", demanding Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories…
Fateh Jerusalem candidates withdraw from elections
Palestinian Candidates of Fateh list in east Jerusalem said on Friday they would boycott Jan. 25 parliamentary elections. All of 15 candidates said they will withdraw their candidacies if Israel…
Army invades Yatta arrests one resident
Israeli army invaded, on Saturday at dawn, the West Bank village of Yatta, south of Hebron, and surrounded number of houses prior to arresting a resident. Army surrounded the…
Army arrests a university student from Dir Al- Ghsoun
Israeli army invaded Saturday at dawn, the West Bank village of Dir Al Ghsoun, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, and broke into a number of house, the…
Army installs many military roadblocks in Qalqilia Area
Israeli army installed a number of military roadblocks in the West Bank city of Qalqilia and its suburbs on Saturday, the Maan News Agency reported. The roadblocks were installed…
Armed Palestinian gunmen storm Gaza buildings
Palestinian security sources reported, on Saturday, that dozens of armed Palestinian gunmen took control of Palestinian Authority buildings, in the city of Dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.…
Israeli artillery resumes shelling Gaza Strip areas
Israeli artillery resumed shelling areas in the north and east of the Gaza Strip. Most of the shelled areas are said to be non residential areas, east of both Beit…
Israel appoints a team to draft stand with Hamas if it takes over P.A
The Israel Radio reported, on Saturday, that an Israeli inter-ministerial team is scheduled to begin working on Sunday on formulating Israel’s official stand if Hamas takes control over the Palestinian…
Qidwa says Jerusalemites must participate in elections
Palestinian foreign minister Nasser Qidwa said today there are two main conditions for holding PLC elections on their scheduled date. The first is the participation of Jerusalem residents. He also…
Aqsa Martyrs Brigades asks elections observers to leave Nablus
Aqsa Martyrs Brigades groups in Nablus announced their refusal to hold PLC elections on their scheduled date because of the ongoing Israeli measures. Sources close to the Brigades in Nablus…
Army shells areas in the northern Gaza Strip
Israeli artillery shelled several Palestinian areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; army claims that the shelled areas are uninhibited and are used by the resistance as launching…
Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Kidnapped British captives released
A senior Palestinian Authority official said, on Friday at night, that British Human Rights activist Kate Burton and her parents, Hugh and Helen, were released after they were abducted two…
Barghouti says future government will include Hamas
With less than a month to go till the up-coming election, Fatah’s top candidate Marwan Barghouti apologized to the Palestinians for the problems with corruptions within the Palestinian Authority and…
This Week In Palestine – December Week 4
Listen to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 file 7.84 MB This Week in Palestine, a service of the…
Eight residents arrested in Atteel
Israeli soldiers supported by ten armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded Atteel village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested eight residents. A local source in Atteel reported…
Gunmen kill Palestinian policeman in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security strongly denounced the murder of a Palestinian policeman by gunmen in Gaza city; three other policemen and three residents were injured. The…
EU monitors flee as PA police storm Rafah office
Palestinian policemen, angry over the killing of a fellow police officer, stormed the Gaza-Egypt crossing on Friday, firing in the air and forcing European monitors to close the border and…
PA fears a large scale attack after Thursday’s attack
Israeli Security sources reported that the Palestinian Authority fears large scale Israeli Army retaliation in Tulkarem following Thursday’s suicide bombing in which an Israeli soldier and three Palestinians were killed.…
Settler stabbed near Jerusalem
An Israeli military source reported, on Thursday evening, that one settler was stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting at a bus stop in Atarot industrial zone, near Jerusalem; the stabber…
Israeli Poll: `“Likud up, Labor down`
According to the Mina Tzemach poll, published Friday morning by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the Likud party headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is narrowing the gap with Kadima part headed…
The Israeli army invades Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, local sources reported. Troops, backed with more than 30 military vehicles, invaded…
Army closes Tayasser checkpoint
West Bank city of Tubass, closed it for traffic Thursday afternoon. Since Tayasser checkpoint lies at the entrance of Tubass city, closing it caused many residents from the surrounding villages…
The Israeli army arrests ten residents from Tulkarem
Israeli army troops invaded, on Friday at dawn, the West Bank city of Tulkarem; ten residents were arrested. Troops invaded the village of Atil near the city and arrested nine…
Army claims to find bomb near Hebron
Israeli sources reported on Friday that the Israeli army unit stationed in Dura Village, near the West Bank city of Hebron, disarmed a bomb planted near the village. The sources…
Palestinian resistance shells Kosofem crossing in Gaza
In a press release, the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades General Command and the Salah Al Deen Brigades claimed responsibility, Thursday, for firing two home made-shells at Israeli army targets in Kosofem…
Israel to probe settlers attacks on Palestinian groves
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the army to probe reports of uprooted Palestinian trees by extremist settlers groups. Mofaz said that…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
PNIC: Five Killed, 32 Wounded and 98 Arrested by 46th Week of Ceasefire
A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including one extra-judicially assassinated, and injured 32 others, in addition to committing 746…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shelling Israel
Al Qaeda Network in Iraq claimed responsibility of firing several shells at Israel, two days ago, from the Lebanese territories. In a statement released by the network and signed by…
Army seals the southern entrance of Jenin
The Israeli army sealed, on Thursday, the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin, and installed four military checkpoints at Jenin-Nablus road and Arraba road junction, south of…
Detainee from Bethlehem sentenced to 14 years
The Israeli Ofer military court sentenced on Mohamed Khalaf, 26, to fourteen years consecutive imprisonment, and five on parole, Thursday afternoon. Khalaf was arrested earlier this month form Al…
Army invades Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Thursday, the West Bank city of Jenin, local sources reported. Troops entered the city backed up by several military armored vehicles, and closed the…
Army arrests two in Hebron
Israeli soldiers arrested two residents from the West Bank city of Hebron; one of the residents is from Al Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron, while the other is from Al…
Gunmen fire live rounds near the home of Abbas
A Palestinian police source in Gaza reported on Thursday that a group of gunmen fired live ammunition near the home of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The source stated…
Four Palestinians, one Israeli officer killed in Tulkarem bombing
A Palestinian security reported, on Thursday, that four Palestinians, and one Israeli officer, were killed in the suicide bombing which was carried out at a military checkpoint, south of the…
Settlers attack several homes in Hebron
An extremist settlers group attacked, on Wednesday at night and Thursday morning, dozens of homes in the West Bank city of Hebron, and pinched several chickens owned by the residents.…
Arab League says it will not stand idle to Israeli measures against Palestinians
Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa said the Palestinian cause is at the top of his priority list and a prime issue for 2006. In an exclusive statement to PNN,…
Palestinians seek $7 billion in investments
Palestinian Minister of Economy Mazen Sinoqrot said today that the Palestinian Authority is seeking to attract foreign investments worth $7 billion. In a press conference in Ramallah, Sinoqrot announced the…
Visitations barred in Gilboa’, Shatta detention facilities
Israeli Prison Authorities barred visitations of detainees imprisoned in Gilboa’ and Shatta detention facilities, and informed the Red Cross of the decision without providing any further details. Families of dozens…
Olmert: `“No limitations in attacks against Gaza`
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said on Thursday that the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has no limitations in his war against the firing of homemade shells, from the Gaza…
Farkash: `“Hezbollah is using weapons Syria purchased from Russia`
Aharon Ze’evi Farkash, head of the Israeli military intelligence, said during an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth on Thursday, that the Lebanon based Hezbollah party is using Russian…
Workshop on Media and Nonviolence in Bethlehem
The International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) in cooperation with Palestine News Network (PNN) held a workshop on Wednesday on the role of media in nonviolence in conflict areas. The…
Three residents, including a child, injured in Beit Lahia, Jabalia
An Israeli helicopter fired a missile, on Wednesday evening, at a group of residents in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, one resident was injured. One…
Israeli army shells northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers began shelling several targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, and moved into these areas in order to implement the “buffer zone” after…
ISR H. Court order halt of construction of separation wall near J’lem
The Israeli high court issued, on Wednesday, an order instructing the army to halt the construction in a section of the Separation Wall that extends from Maaleh Adumim Settlement bloc…
Palestinian resistance fires more shells at Sderot
Palestinian resistance fighters fired, on Wednesday, one home made shell at the Israeli Nagave town of Sderot, Israeli sources reported. The shell landed in an open area causing no damage…
Three British citizens abducted in the Gaza Strip
A Palestinian security source reported, on Wednesday afternoon, that unknown gunmen abducted three British Citizens as they crossed the Rafah Border Crossing into the Gaza strip. Palestinian Policemen spotted the…
Palestinian resistance shells Sderot
In a joint press release, the Al Aqsa martyrs brigades, Salah El Deen brigades and Abu Al Reesh brigades, clamed responsibility for firing three homemade shells at Sofa crossing and…
Palestinian resistance shells a military post east of Beit Hanoun
Palestinian resistance fired, on Wednesday, three RBJ shells at a military post east of Beit Hanoun area in the Gaza strip. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of…
Army arrests one from Tulkarem
Israeli army arrested, on Wednesday, one resident from Allar village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, while attending a court hearing for his cousin at the Salem Israeli military…
Army invades Artas village near Bethlehem
Israeli Army units with invaded the village of Artas south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Troops broke into several homes in the village and searched them. Among the…
Army seals off Tubas-Tiaseer road
Israeli troops sealed off on Wednesday at dawn the Tubas- Tiaseer road near the West Bank city of Tubas. Soldiers closed the road and barred the vehicles from driving on…
One resident arrested in Rommana village near Jenin
The Israeli army invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Rommana west of the West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested one resident. Mohamed Amro 24 , resident of…
Peace Now movement visits Modi’n Elite settlement
Delegates of Peace Now leftist movement visited Modi’n Elite settlement, west of Ramallah, in order to report on the implementation of a project which will lead to the construction of…
Israeli Army to enforce Gaza buffer zone within hours
In the first stage of its plans to create a northern Gaza buffer zone, which is claimed to keep Palestinians from firing Qassam home made shells into Israel, Israeli air…
Fateh breakaway faction says in will unite with Abbas
The breakaway Fateh faction has formally announced, on Wednesday, that it would reunite with the Fateh elections list in the January 25 legislative elections, ending a dangerous split in the…
Palestinian Gunmen take over election offices in Khan Younis
Dozens of masked Palestinian gunmen took over election offices in the Gaza town of Khan Younis, on Wednesday, in an attempt to prevent the ruling Fateh party from registering a…