- IMEMC News

Palestinian resistance fired on Monday morning at several army posts around the settlements of Tal Kateef, Kfar Darom in the Gaza strip; tow soldiers were lightly injured. Also, one homemade…

The synod, the highest body in the Greek Orthodox Church, on Monday has elected a new Patriarch to succeed former Patriarch Irineos I, who was dismissed over selling church property…

A local source in Qalqilia reported on Sunday evening that an extremist settler fired at Tasheen Sharif Shqero, 43, while he was at his hothouse, south of the city, close…

Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Adnan Khader, reported that Israeli interrogators in Qadumim detention facility stripped a Palestinian detainee in front of soldiers and female conscripts. Khader stated that…

Ofer Israeli military court extended the detention of Sheikh Khader Adnan, the spokesperson of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank for another month. Lawyer Elia Theodore, who represents Adnan,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Sunday afternoon that Israel will not carry out another disengagement plan. Sharon added that Israel will negotiate with the Palestinians on the Road…

Israeli army bulldozers began razing settler houses in two evacuated Gaza Strip settlements, Nissanit and Dugit, Israeli sources reported on Sunday. At least 30 houses have been razed so far…

The Gaza Strip is located on the Mediterranean Sea and borders Israel to the north and east and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to the south. It is inhabited by 1.4 million…

The following Interview was conducted by Palestine Report Online, with the Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Hind Khoury. PR: With all eyes now focused on Gaza, how is that affecting events…

Israeli Authorities decided, on Sunday, to grab more farmlands in Al Sawahra, Al Ezariyya, and Al Tour villages, east of Jerusalem. Khaled Al Azza, director of the Wall Resistance department…

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday morning, Atteel village, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, conducted military searches of homes and arrested one resident. A local source in Atteel…

A local source in Jenin reported on Sunday that settlers of Sa-Nur settlement, south of the Wets Bank city of Jenin, attacked several homes in Ejja village, adjacent to the…

Israeli soldiers arrested three residents in Qalqilia district, north of the West Bank. A local source in Qalqilia reported that soldiers arrested Kifah Naim Shawahna, 27, from Kafer Thuluth village,…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday at night a resident at a sudden military check post, north of the West Bank city of Tubas. The WAFA news agency reported that soldiers…

An Israeli source reported on Sunday that a radical right-wing settler of Tapuah settlement, in the West Bank, was placed under administrative detention over the weekend. The settler, Yonatan Hakimi,…

The Israeli police arrested two Israeli youth on Sunday morning suspected of involvement in an attempt to blow up gas canisters in Rehovot on Friday. The two extremists were taken…

Israeli government, on Sunday, formally approved the evacuation of the last seven settlement enclaves slated for demolition under the unilateral disengagement plan, by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported. Similar to…

A great charade is taking place in front of the world media in the Gaza Strip. It is the staged evacuation of 8000 Jewish settlers from their illegal settlement homes,…

‘In the prison of his days, teach the free man how to praise’ — W. H. Auden Some of the first images greeting me upon setting out from Abu Dis…

Palestinian jailed legislator, Husam Khader, head of the Committee for Defending Refugees Rights, said that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is an important step towards freedom. Lawyer Riyadh…

Army stopped more than 300 Palestinian cars at the northern entrance of Nablus, after closing it, on Saturday afternoon. Soldiers searched dozens of vehicles causing traffic jam, and threw the…

Israeli army invaded the village of Doura near the West Bank city of Hebron late Friday night.   Troops invaded the village and barged into an internet coffee shop and…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the parliamentary elections will be held on January 25, 2006. “The Parliamentary elections will be held in all of the Palestinian areas on Wednesday,…

The Israeli army expects to complete the evacuation of all settlements in the Gaza Strip, and four West Bank settlements by the end of next week, a senior source at…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, addressed on Friday hundreds of residents who gathered at the Gaza airport, saying that it will be reopened as soon as its reconstruction is…

Salem Israeli military court, south of the West Bank, sentenced Mohamed Abd Raboo 20 from Nablus to 20 years consecutive years. Mohamed was charged of membership in AL Aqsa brigades…

Israeli army invaded the West bank city of Nablus on Saturday at down Troops backed up by army vehicles and one helicopter invaded the city, and conducted search there, local…

A prominent source at the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement has an armed wing for women. According to the source,…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, and Eren Shendar, the Israeli State Prosecutor, instructed the police to arrest any settler who return to the Gaza Strip, and charge any Gush Katif…

Muslim worshippers were shocked to find a pigs head in the yard of the Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel, on Friday night. As worshippers were…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is not a gift that Israel wanted to give to the Palestinians, but it is a…

Listen to to the audio from the MP3 Player on the right column. || Click here to Download MP3 6.2 MB This week in Palestine- A service of the International…

Israeli soldiers used excessive forced against a peaceful protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in, west of Ramallah; 30 protestors were injured; seven international peace activists and four Israelis were…

A group of right wing protesters against Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza have escaped from a bus as they were being removed from a settlement, military sources say. The activists fled…

An Israeli police source reported on Friday that the police averted a disaster in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, after a pullout foe torched gas depot close to a residential…

Israeli soldiers imposed curfew over Al Mawassi area in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; army claims that curfew was imposed over the Palestinian areas in…

An Israeli police source reported that a Katyusha rocket was fired at the Israeli city of Eilat, while another blast apparently from rockets hit Aqaba port in Jordan, near a…

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned on Friday the kidnapping of the French journalist, Mohammad Wadouhi, by unknown gunmen in the Gaza strip few days ago, Palestine News Network (PNN)…

Israeli soldiers handed several residents of Qaryout village, south east of the West Bank city of Nablus military orders informing them of annexing 1200 Dunams of farmlands in Al Hamra…

The Gaza settlement of Gadid, will be evacuated by sundown before Sabath starts, Israeli military sources said on Friday morning. According to an earlier figures report by the Israeli newspaper…

As the Israeli soldiers were attempting to clear settlers on roof of Kfar Darom settlement Synagogue, pullout foes started pouring burning chemicals on the soldiers who started to scream and…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said that the evacuation process of Gaza settlers will be completed by Monday. The statements of Sharon came during a meeting with his ministerial committee…

After the 10-minute warning given to the protestor in Neveh Dekalim synagogue to leave, the unarmed soldiers entered into the building and started evacuating the protestors on Thursday afternoon, ending…

Israeli security forces forcedly evacuated 158 settlers and right-wing activists from 20 buildings in the Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom known which is the most hardliner settlement in Gaza,…

An Israeli military source reported that settlers of Shirat Hayam settlement, in the Gaza strip, hurled stones at the Palestinian neighborhood of Al Mawassi. The settlers, mainly right-wing extremists, were…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday morning that soldiers intensified their presence in the West Bank fearing further terrorist attacks carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinian residents, in…

Army invaded AL Fara’a refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Thursday morning and arrested two residents.   Local sources reported that the army invaded the camp,…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Israel will be expected to carry out further withdrawals that would ultimately lead to an independent Palestinian state, Israeli sources…

Israeli army invaded, in the early hours of Thursday morning, the villages of Tubas and Tamon near the west bank city of Jenin. Troops conducted military searches of homes after…

Scores of settlers attacked the village of Sabstia near the West Bank city of Nablus late Wednesday night. Settlers threw stones at the houses and were chanted slogans calling for…

Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarem Thursday at down and arrested five residents. Troops invaded the city and conducted house-to-house search there, arrested Amar Shar’a, Rami Shlbaia,…

An Israeli medical source reported that a fourth Palestinian resident died of wounds sustained after an extremist settler opened fire at Palestinian workers in the industrial area of the northern…

Israeli soldiers and security forced completed the evacuation of Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc late on Wednesday night after the remaining two families agreed to leave.…

General Dan Harel, head of the Southern Command at the Israeli Army claimed that the Israeli security discovered an explosive belt in Al Mawassi areas, close to Shirat Hayam settlement,…

Palestinian resistance exchanged fire, on Wednesday evening, with the Israeli army after firing a homemade shell at an Israeli military post south of Gaza, no injuries were reported. The shooting…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, vowed to avenge the shooting attack on Wednesday, carried out by a settler in Shilo settlement, killing three Palestinian workers. Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas spokesperson said…

Palestinian detainee in Al Damoun detention facility, north of the country, complained to lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Raed Mahameed, that one of the inner walls in the prison…

The army invaded on Tuesday Al Asakra village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and arrested one resident. Troops invaded the village and surrounded the house of…

 An explosive, apparently left by the army detonated on Wednesday afternoon, at a field near Hebron injuring four brothers. The blast took place in Yata village south of Hebron. The…

Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday at dawn, the West Bank city of Hebron, completely surrounding the old city and arrested one resident, soldiers also invaded the neighboring village of Al…

Army closed on Wednesday Al Matahen and Abu Holy checkpoints in the central Gaza strip. Residents were detained at the two checkpoints under inhuman conditions, while unable to reach their…

A woman set herself on fire at a roadblock inside Israel and has burns over 60 percent of her body, Israeli police said. Megan Adom ambulance evacuated her to a…

The Islamic Jihad movement condemned the arrests carried out by the Israeli army against its members in the West Bank. Ra’ed abu al-Majd, the media spokesperson of the movement, who…

Army invaded Bethlehem and surrounding villages Wednesday at dawn. Troops invaded the area of Eskan AL Jami’a located between Bethlehem city and the near by settlement of Har-Homa, built on…

Army arrested one resident at Huwwara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers at the checkpoint arrested one resident from Nablus after detaining him since the morning…

Israeli army invaded Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday night, and arrested two Palestinians. Troops invaded the area and searched several houses int he…

On Tuesday night, the Israeli Army bulldozed on Tuesday night lands in the area of Sahel Beddu, in the southwest part of Jerusalem, in preparation for continuing the construction of…

Settlers of Homesh settlement, near Jenin, attacked several Palestinians homes in Borqa village, and occupied two. Activists of an Israeli Humanitarian Organization reported that settlers forced the residents out and…

The Israeli army invaded Qabatia village, south of the West Bank city of Jenin, on Wednesday at down and arrested three residents. Troops invaded the village and conducted searches of…

Israeli security forces who began forcibly evacuating the settlers of Neveh Dekalim, the largest settlement in the Gaza Strip, are facing a violent resistance on the part of the settlers…

An Israeli military source reported, on Wednesday morning, that settlers in Shirat Hayam settlement are collecting intelligence info on army movements expecting a possible close attack. The settlers are aware…

Israeli army said, its troops will evacuate all the settlers in the Gaza Strip and the four small northern West Bank settlements within 10 days. Recent reports said that more…

Thousands of Israeli soldiers started flooding into Naveh Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip after the midnight deadline for voluntary evacuation expired. The Army expects to complete the evacuation process…

The American, Israeli and even Palestinian media have been raving this week about Israel’s “move toward peace” with their plan of “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip.  Look a bit more…

Israeli army Major General Dan Harel, the Higher Commander of the Disengagement, said on Tuesday evening, that the army will start the “forced evacuation” of Neveh Dekalim and other settlement…

Senior Israeli disengagement official, Eival Giladi, said on Tuesday that about half of the settlers in the Gaza Strip, have left the Gaza strip of their own will. “Nearly 50…

As the implementation of the disengagement plan begun, a major question is raised among the Palestinians, regarding what would this step, which took Israel 38 years to take, lead to.…

Israeli Director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze’evi, claimed on Tuesday that the Palestinian resistance may renew its attacks in April if the peace talks do not progress. The…

A local source in Hebron reported that four residents, including three women, were injured, four others were arrested during an invasion carried out by the Israeli army in the villages…

Israeli army opened fire on peaceful procession, celebrating the Israeli pull out from Gaza, near AL Tufah Checkpoint in Khan Younis in the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. The protest…

Israeli soldiers leveled three barns and water well in Ethna village west of Hebron on Tuesday. Abdul-Rahman Tmeizy, the owner of the farm were the destruction took place, reported that…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel, in charge of the file of the Wanted and Deported Fighters in the Gaza Strip, stated that their file will be closed following the Israeli withdrawal from the…

Army invaded Wadi Al Salaqa east of Deir AL-Balah in the Gaza strip Tuesday morning. A local source reported that army jeeps entered the area from the near by Kissufim…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that soldiers arrested two soldiers trying to ransack home in Pe’at Sadeh settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc. This marks the third…

Head of the Higher Elections Committee, Jamal Shobaky, said that the committee decided to postpone the local election in 27 areas out of 132 in the West Bank and the…

Army invaded AL Atara area west of Beit Lahia south of the Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Soldiers, backed up with tanks and army jeeps, invaded the area from the…

Army invaded AL Mawassi area in Khan Younis west of the Gaza strip on Tuesday at down. Troops invaded the residents houses in the area, conducted wide scale searches and…

Israeli army imposed a strict closure, on Tuesday morning, in the West Bank city of Jericho, and barred the residents from entering or leaving it, a Palestinian security source reported…

JERUSALEM After more than 38 years of its oppressive military occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israel will soon begin evacuating the few thousand settlers who have been denying freedom to…

A Women’s protest at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah began at 10:30 on Tuesday morning   Hundreds of women from all over the globe, in addition to Palestinian and Israeli…

Israeli soldiers arrested, on Tuesday morning, three leaders of the Yesha Council of settlements, among nearly 500 right-wing activists while trying to infiltrate into the Gush Katif settlements Bloc via…

Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday at dawn, al-Mawassi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A local source in al-Mawassi reported that hundreds of…

An Israeli military source reported on Monday evening, that the evacuation of Kadim and Ghanim settlements, north of the West Bank, was completed. Most of the settlers of the two…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, addressed the Israelis on Monday at night and said that “Israel is leaving the Gaza Strip from “position of strength, not weakness” and vowed harsh…

A group of 100 extremist settlers gathered in the “Jewish Quarter” in Jerusalem on Monday evening in an attempt to attack al-Aqsa Mosque. An Israeli police source in Jerusalem said…

Jordanian detainee Sultan al-Ajlouny, who was arrested 23 years ago, appealed the Jordanian government and parliament and the Jordanian media in order to intensify their efforts in order to end…

Palestinian National Security Advisor, Jebril Rajoub, said that the United States has pledged to continue the implementation of the Road Map Plan, and added that he hopes the Arab countries…

Israeli army installed a portable checkpoint, on Monday morning, at the entrance of Sorda village south of Ramallah. Troops installed the checkpoint and stopped dozens of vehicles, detaines and interrogated…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip telling them “Go in peace, and come to visit us as guests and tourists”. The statements of Abbas…

A local source in Hebron reported on Monday afternoon, that settlers attacked several Palestinian homes in al-Shuhada Street, and around the “Jewish Cemetery” area in the city. The settlers broke…