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The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recognized dismissal of the Jerusalem Patriarch Irineuos for his involvement in selling the church property in the old city of Jerusalem to Jewish Investors. Patriarch Bartholomew,…

Dozens of Palestinian farmers clashed with Israeli soldiers and guards of the ‘Separation Wall’; who attacked woman identified as Siham Yousef Abu Aker, 30. Siham was nine months pregnant and…

Israeli Minister of Internal security Gideon Ezra stated on Monday that the arrest of the far-right-wing activist Neria Ofen was based on his intentions to carry out terrorist attacks, not…

An exchange of fire erupted in the northern West Bank city of Jenin between fighters from the al-Aqsa brigades (a Palestinian armed resistance group) and the Palestinian Police following a…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Tokyo on Sunday for talks on the Middle East peace process, Japan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Abbas will hold discussions with Japanese Prime…

Military Police investigators have been instructed to look into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a cameraman in the Gaza Strip in January, Israeli media sources reported.   Israeli TV,…

The demand by the US Congress to divert $50 million of President George W. Bush’s $200-million pledge of aid to the Palestinian Authority for Israeli checkpoints is something like requiring…

The Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom, called on Monday for barring Hamas from participating in the Palestinian Legislative elections.  “If the elections are held on July 17, Hamas will definitely…

The results of upcoming Palestinian legislative elections will not affect Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday. Political Sources: Pullout to go ahead in any event…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society stated that detainee Ahmad Lutfi Dharaghmeh, 34, developed serious infections after sustaining fractions in his left hand during interrogation; boney fractions mixed with his skin causing…

The car stopped for a moment. An elderly lady pushed her head out of the window and shouted; ‘Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves? Today is Holocaust Day, and you are…

Representatives of the quartet, who met Monday in Moscow, emphasized the need to step up diplomatic efforts in the coming few months to cease the opportunity created by the emergence…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa stated on Monday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is going to meet with Presidents of some Latin American countries in Brazil. Arriving from…

The Israeli army and settler leaders from Gush Katif settlement are formulating a code of conduct ahead of the evacuation of settlements in the summer, army source said on Monday. …

Parents of 12 Palestinians (Israeli-Arabs) killed in October 2000 by Israeli police, in demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, called the resident…

An Israeli army spokesperson said shell fired into Lebanese territory on Monday morning was accidental.  The spokeswoman said, army units were trying to blow up mines claimed to be planted…

The Israeli army completed exercises for removing settler groups who are expected to barricade themselves in their homes during the implementation of disengagement.  The Israeli army will allocate five soldiers…

An imprisoned Hamas candidate from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, won mayoral elections, his deputy will take position in city hall. Wajeeh Qawais, a member of Hamas, has…

Monday before noon, dozens of residents were injured in the old city of Jerusalem, one seriously, after the army attacked hundreds of residents who gathered in the area. A local…

Israeli Army is planning to hold some far right-wing Israeli settlers under preventive arrest ahead of the intended evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media sources reported…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested an infiltrator who crossed into the Golan Heights after crossing the Syria border. The source stated that that the man,…

Download MP3 (6.30 MB) | Listen to Real Audio  (6:52 min) This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for the week of Friday, April 29…

‘Governmental corruption is the greatest threat Israel faces today,’ State Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg said Sunday. Goldberg unveiled the State Comptroller’s 55th Annual Report in a presentation to Knesset Speaker MK…

Saturday at night, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Doura, south of Hebron and conducted military searches of homes; five residents were injured during clashes which erupted in the village.…

Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni officially announced on Sunday that Israel will not proceed with the release of 400 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. Livni claimed that Palestinian…

In a move to strip PLO foreign minister Farouq Qadoumi of authority over PLO representatives in foreign countries, the PLO executive committee decided Friday to delegate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Fatah-ffiliated prisoners from the West bank city of Qalqylia called Fatah’s city committee to resign over poor show up in local elections in which Hamas won the 15 council seats.…

Palestinian officials are calling restrictions placed on the spending of $200 million aid , approved by the US House of Representatives on Thursday, a ‘huge slap in the face,’. The…

Former general and interim Prime Minister Michel Aoun returns to Lebanon after 15 years in exile. Anti-Syrian leader Michel Aoun returned to Lebanon Saturday to the cheers of thousands of…

Islamic Jihad operatives kidnapped and then executed over the weekend a Palestinian who was suspected of collaborating with Israeli security forces, claiming helped in tracking down the movement’s armed cell…

The route of the West Bank separation wall is a clear violation of international law and must be moved to inside Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said…

The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is set to approve Sunday proposed changes in the Citizenship Law that would allow mixed Israeli-Palestinian couples to acquire Israeli citizenship for the Palestinian…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in favor of demolishing the homes of the settlers who will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli cabinet sources. The decision…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said that the case of the detainees in Israeli prisons is the core in any negotiations with the Israeli side. After conducting a visit…

Eight people were wounded Friday night in the southern Gaza strip city of Rafah in clashes between supporters of Fatah and Hamas over claimed irregularities in the second stage of…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that it was necessary to hold a meeting with Israeli Minister Ariel Sharon to push forward the peace process. ‘We need a meeting to…

After the Israeli army decided to install electronic equipment on the gate of the Separation wall in Azzoun, near Qalqilia, crossing through the gate became of the daily difficult tasks…

As the second stage of local elections concluded, dispute between Hamas and Fatah is rising over who won more of the different councils. In the West Bank, while Hamas claimed…

A public pull released by the Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed that support of disengagement among the Israelis has sharply dropped to 54% after it arrived to 61% over the last…

Both Fatah and Hamas have claimed victory in the second round of local elections, which took place on Thursday. According to the most recently known results, Fatah won 54% of…

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati told reporters Friday that he does not consider Hezbollah to be a militia, but vowed to disarm the party that drove Israel out of southern…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan named on Friday Peruvian diplomat Alvaro de Soto as his special envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, replacing Terje Roed-Larsen. de Soto will also serve as…

After 38 years of patience and pain, Mohammad Ahmad Fayyad from Jenin refugee camp left this world without seeing his sons, until he uttered his last breath, Fayyad kept asking…

The Israeli army is preparing for a military operation in the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli target, an Israeli source reported. The Israeli…

Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers arrested three residents during a protest against the Separation Wall in the village of Bilien, near the West bank city of Ramallah. A local source in…

On Friday, the forum of rabbis of the Gush Katif Gaza Strip settlement bloc took a large step closer to coming to terms with pullout plan. For the first time,…

A local source in the village of al-Sammoa’ near Hebron reported that military bulldozers uprooted farmlands located between al-Radeem, Ghwein al-Tihta, and Ghwein al-Foqa areas south of Hebron. Army bulldozed…

Salah Ed-deen brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees declared responsibility for firing two homemade shells at Sderot. The brigades said that the shells were fired in retaliation of…

In a Jerusalem press conference, Israeli leftist groups who took part in the Belein village demonstration on April 28, presented a video that shows undercover soldiers throwing stones from the…

There is no doubt that Israeli cabinet approval of turning Ariel settlement’ College into a university will be a springboard for the development of nearby unauthorized settlers’ outposts, which Israel…

Soldiers fired at and seriously wounded wednesday child Ahmad Salah 14, from Al-Kahder village near the west bank city of Bethlehem, because he refused to collaborate and lead soldiers to…

Hundreds of Israeli left-wing protesters demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening against the killing Wednesday of two Palestinian youths in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers. The two teenagers…

Recent news arriving from balloting stations show that the ruling Fatah movement gained a narrower edge over Hamas in local elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday,…

Abdul-Fatah Yousef Raddad, 22, from the village of Saida, north of Tulkarem, died in al-Ramleh detention hospital, north of Tel Aviv. Raddad was injured on Monday after the Israeli army…

Residents of al-Nu’man village, east of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem, said that military bulldozers resumed the construction of the last section of the Separation Wall, near the village after it…

Thursday afternoon, the Israeli Radio reported that Israeli police arrested on Wednesday and Israeli army officer suspected of belonging to a neo-Nazi group. The soldier, a new immigrant and a…

Resident’s Rights Society appealed to the Legal Councilor of Prison Authorities in Israel to allow the female detainees to conduct the Tawjihi exam. Following the appeal, the councilor ordered prison…

The Palestinian Authority is proceding in its plan to disarm the resistance groups to outdate Israeli pretext used to delay the handover of Palestinian cities to the PA. Chief of…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated the PA’s rejection to the idea of a provisional state, Palestinian sources reported. Speaking at a meeting with some prominent Palestinian figures, Abbas affirmed his…

Dismissed Greek Orthodox Patriach Irinous I returned, under police protection, to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Friday night. Irinous I managed to enter the church, but most bishops have…

Al-Aqsa Institute for rebuilding and reconstructing the Islamic holy sites, called on the Arab residents of Israeli, and Jerusalemite Palestinians to stand firm ‘against the extremist Jewish right wing groups…

The United Stated blacklisted on Wednesday a charitable organization which it described a ‘front of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’, which said that it ‘needed a safe channel to transfer donations…

U.S. Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin was formally charged Wednesday with passing classified military information about Iraq to two former officials of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC. Franklin, 58, an analyst…

The Israeli police reported that an unknown group sprayed graffiti against the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon around Jerusalem. The Israeli police said that this incident is one of many…

Thursday morning, Yair Naveh, Central Command Chief of the Israeli army, suspended the officer who was in command in Beit Liqya, near Ramallah, when soldiers shot killed two Palestinian children…

Around 400600 Palestinians will vote in the second stage of the local government elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in which 2519 candidates compete for 906 seats,…

Detainees in Ansar 3 detention in the Negev desert complained of bad health conditions, delays in visitations and rapidly increasing number of mice and snakes as summer approaches rising the…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday that he is freezing the handover of West Bank towns to Palestinian security control because the Palestinian Authority failed to disarm militants. A…

Wednesday at night, a Palestinian medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed two children near the village of Beit Liqya, west of the northern West Bank…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said on Wednesday that his country managed to get the U.S. President George W. Bush to slightly support the Arab initiative for peace in…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Hasan al-Sheikh, reported that detainee Mohammad Ali Rashaida, lost his ability to speak after being tortured and punched on his head and ears. Al-Sheikh…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that some 60 university academics and lefts wing activists protested on Wednesday in front Ariel College against a government decision to change the status…

Wednesday morning, Israeli activists of the Anarchist movement tied themselves to olive trees in Bel’in village in an attempt to stop military bulldozers from uprooting trees for the purpose of building the separation…

Media reports tend to compare the moves made by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Here is an envisioned dialogue between both.  Sharon: Hey Abu Mazen,…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against counting on Egypt to secure the borders between Gaza Strip and Egypt. Netanyahu’s comments correspond to the Israeli Knesset panel’s warnings against deploying…

A report conducted and published by the International Solidarity Institution for Human Rights revealed that Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinian, including three children in April and arrested more than 200…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday will hold a national referendum on any final status agreement with Israel. He also criticized Israel for applying pressure on him to confront resistance…

{mosimage}An Israeli source reported on Wednesday that the ‘Civil Defense’ office which belongs to the Israeli army started issuing VIP cards for Palestinian officials. The source stated that the new…

Speaking at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Tuesday that his government is making 100 per cent efforts to maintain law and…

Six months after Boaz Albert, the deputy chief of security at Yitzhar settlement, shot to death Palestinian teen Salman al-Safdie, police believe the have made a case of manslaughter, if…

Israeli military court sentenced Tuesday an army officer to do four moths of “military work” for taking part in the killing of a 3-years-old Palestinian child. The incident took place…

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headline050305_fsrnready.mp3 Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestinian Authority will not tolerate any violations to the cease fire. He added that the Palestinian Authority will act persistently against any group,…

  An extremist settlers group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Hebron attacked a group of residents in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, and hurled stones and empty bottles at dozens…

The executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) approved, during a Monday evening meeting, an amendment to the legislative election bill, which calls for running parliamentary elections on the…

A day after returning from a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish lawmakers on Tuesday that “Palestinians should not be left…

Histadrut chief labor MK Amir Peretz on Tuesday officially announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Labor Party. The primary vote is expected to take place June 28. At…

A forum of senior Israeli ministers met Tuesday to discuss the fate of the homes left behind by settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip. The cabinet is expected to make…

Israeli Police arrested Tuesday morning three West Bank settlers on suspicions of planning to block highways with burning vehicles in protest against the disengagement plan. According to a police source,…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres told the Israeli Radio on Tuesday morning that he rejects leveling settlers’ homes in the settlements slated for evacuation in the Gaza Strip. Peres said…

An American official source said the United States administration is pressuring the Europeans to reject the idea of holding an international peace conference on the Middle East proposed by the…

The Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom is expected in Mauritania on Tuesday in order to present the ‘Road Plan’ as Israeli calls it, which aims to expand the Israeli relations…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon harshly attacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, reiterating claims that Abbas was strengthening rather than fighting terror. Speaking to visiting U.S. senators Bill Frist…

The Palestinian Authority released on Monday three Hamas operatives, who were arrested Monday on suspicions of attempting to launch Qassam shells at Israeli targets in the Northern Gaza Strip. The…

Khader Khateeb, a leader of the Islamic Jihad, said that the truce reached with Israeli is about to collapse as a result of the continuous military operations and invasions in…

In a surprising development, the government of Israel informed Settler representatives on Monday night that it intends to meet almost all their demands concerning relocation to Nitzanim dunes. Israeli Justice…

Palestinian Authority bulldozers on Monday demolished three unfinished seaside homes of three senior PA officers as part of the new anti-corruption campaign. The three officers – a major, a lieutenant…

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky submitted his resignation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday in protest over the disengagement plan, Israeli Army Radio reported. ‘We are standing…

  A medical source in Ramallah reported that Israeli soldiers used a new weapon against anti-wall protesters in the village of Belein, west of Ramallah. The source stated that soldiers…

The Israeli army on Monday lifted a closure banning Palestinians from moving in and out of the city and the surroundings, Israeli sources reported. The closure was imposed on all…

Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yopusif warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will not allow any faction to force its political programs or ideologies on Palestinians by the force of arms,…