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In a poll conducted by Birzeit University shows that the majority of the Palestinians prefer to have the Palestinian Law Maker Marwan Barghouthi to be president after Arafat. The poll,…

An Israeli government official said Saturday that while the Americans asked the Israeli delegation visiting Washington many questions, they did not express any concerns or opposition to the West Bank…

Hamas’s Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashaal arrived in Cairo late Saturday, an airport official said. His arrival to Cairo is believed to be linked to the ongoing Egyptian efforts to…

Iran rejected on Sunday UN International Atomic Energy Agency resolution that it should freeze uranium enrichment, warning that if the case is sent to the UN Security Council, Iran will…

The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee declared a general strike on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the 12 Israeli Arabs killed by the police on October 1, 2000 . On…

Israeli Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter told cabinet ministers on Sunday that a planned attack against Israeli tourists in the Sinai over the Rosh Hashanah holiday was foiled, likely as…

Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday denied reports on advancement that could launch again prisoners’ swap with Hezbollah, saying that they were ‘another spin by Hezbollah,’…

According to Al-Hayat newspaper, Egypt has postponed the Palestinian factions’ Cairo meeting, scheduled for Sunday. AlHayat said in its Saturday edition that the decision to postpone the meeting was ‘due…

According to Israel Radio, the U.S. State Department announced its intentions to stem the number of resolutions against Israel passed in the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nation’s General…

“Settlements Council” in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, said that it is preparing to conduct a wide-scaled public campaign to counter Sharon ‘s disengagement plan from the Gaza…

Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon said Thursday that the army preparations for the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the removal of four small West bank settlements are…

U.S. White House Spokesperson described Thursday Sharon’s explicit talk to Youdot Ahranot newspaper, in which he explicitly dismissed the road map peace plan, as not reflecting the real stand of…

Fawwaz Al-Bolbol, 27 years old, from the village of Atteel, near Tulkarem in the north of the West Bank, died of medical neglect on Thursday evening in Majeddo detention. A…

The Israeli Newspaper Maariv, revealed on Wednesday that soldiers forced a Palestinian worker choose between drinking their urine or breaking his leg or hand. The newspaper said that Sameeh, 24…

Palestinian sources reportedly said the Palestinian Security apparatus on Thursday, discovered a hi-tech spying device in the ‘Saraya’ building, the headquarters of the Military Intelligence in Gaza Strip. The source…

Israeli security sources reported Thursday that eight armed Palestinians trying to cross the borders into the Gaza Strip surrendered to Egyptian security. The source explained that Egyptian security spotted the…

A non-governmental conference committee meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling world nations to increase pressure on Israel to put an end…

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) sent out a media alert demanding an investigation on the killing of five Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus by an Israeli special…

The Egyptian and Syrian Presidents called Wednesday Israel to open talks with the Palestinian Authority on the creation of a Palestinian. In a Damascus summit, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and…

Israeli soldiers intensified military presence and procedures in the besieged city of Hebron and around the settlements in the center of the city, and the old city of Hebron. A…

Soldiers completely blocked the entrances of Jenin, in the north of the West Bank and intensified military presence around the city, on Wednesday night. A local source in Jenin said…

According to Israeli media sources, major European Union countries expressed opposition to renewing the deliberations over the separation wall in the 59th United Nations General Assembly, which opened officially Tuesday.…

Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli army troops on Wednesday morning as the army raided the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses reported. Troops surrounded a building where claimed wanted…

IMEMC correspondent in Jenin reported that soldiers shot dead four Palestinians and injured two others in the West Bank city of Jenin Wednesday afternoon. The dead were named as Fadi…

Health Information Center, in the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Wednesday that soldiers shot dead 41 Palestinians; 30 in the West Bank, and 11 in the Gaza Strip,…

The Israeli Authorities closed the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron fro two days starting from Wednesday in order to enable settlers pray in the mosque during the Jewish New Year, while…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura Tahani Nassar, 19 years old, from Tulkarem refugee camp, in the north of the West Bank, said that after she spent two months in Telmond detention…

A loud explosion heard on Tuesday morning, at a checkpoint near the village of Habla near the West Bank city of Qaliqilia. The explosion, apparently caused by a suicide bomber,…

Israeli security cabinet approved in a 9-1 vote on Tuesday a range of proposals governing evacuation and compensation of settlers under the disengagement initiative. The decisions pave the way for…

Arab foreign ministers faced the divisive issue of Syria’s role in Lebanon in their meeting on Tuesday, a day after Gulf states and Jordan endorsed a UN resolution to withdraw…

More then a thousand schoolchildren, boys and girls from 6 to 14, wearing their school uniforms and carrying bags, demonstrated on Monday (Monday, 13.9) at the wall that is being…

Israeli MK Omri Sharon, different to tough talk from his father, said Tuesday that killing Yasser Arafat would be foolish, calling for leaving the Palestinian President ‘stuck’ in his crumbling…

Jibril Al-Rajoub, the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s national security adviser, said the Palestinians recognize Israel’s existence as a Jewish state within the 1967 borders and do not desire to change…

Palestinian security officials and representatives of the Palestinian resistance factions will meet Monday in Cairo to discuss security issues in preparation efforts for the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.…

Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded as the Israeli Air Force gun ships fired missiles at their can in the West Bank city…

The family of the Prisoner Ismael Shakshak from Rafah city south of Gaza Strip called upon all the International Human Rights organizations and the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the International…

Soldiers conducted a wide scaled operation in Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, and apprehended seven residents in Hebron and the neighboring villages of Al-Thaheriyya and Al-Sammou’ and…

Translated by, George Rishmawi-IMEMC The family of the Prisoner Ismael Shakshak from Rafah city south of Gaza Strip called upon all the International Human Rights organizations and the Palestinian Prisoners…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called his ministers to take part in efforts to end incitement against army officers and soldiers ahead of a unilateral disengagement and the Gaza Strip…

A team of Israeli separation wall experts will try to reach an understanding this week with the American administration on the new route of the separation wall. The delegation, headed…

If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…

If East Jerusalem had an unofficial mayor, it would be nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu . When the church bell rings at noon at the Anglican cathedral of St. George’s…

Arafat apparently stands as the ever lasting excuse, used by Israel to avoid fulfilling its road map obligations. Following repeated Israeli threats to expel Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, U.S. Secretary…

Israeli army left Gaza Strip after a four-day wide scale operation in which 8 Palestinians were killed and over 100 injured in addition to a huge damage in property and…

The U.S. is pressing for an IAEA decision that allows the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran. Israel warns that it will not stand hand tied if diplomatic…

apparently, without a strong international backing of Egyptian efforts, the Egyptian attempts to link disengagement to the road map are doomed to fail. Palestinian official source said Friday that Palestinian…

A local source in Hebron , in the south of the West Bank, said that soldiers raided the city, conducted vast searches in Issa neighborhood, and several areas near Keryat…

American Middle East envoy William Burns arrived in Damascus on Friday to deliver a strong message to President Bashar Assad to pull his troops out of Lebanon . ‘Burns will…

The Palestinian center for Human rights in Gaza accused the army of committing “War Crimes” in its continuous operations in the northern Gaza Strip, killing five residents and wounding 53…

Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid slammed Friday calls for forceful opposition to the evacuation of settlements as ‘incitement to civil war’. ‘It is untenable that there is incitement to civil…

On Thursday, a full-blown closure was imposed on all Palestinians in the entire West bank and Gaza Strip. Closure will stay in effect until the end of the Israeli “Yom…

The Dutch and German foreign ministers Bernard Bot and Joschka Ficher asked Israel to end its attempts to isolate Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom rejected their…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in Gaza , revealed in its weekly report that 22 Palestinian were killed, including three children in the Palestinian territories in one week; all…

As army stepped up its operations in the northern Gaza Strip, four residents were killed in Jabalia refugee camp, and more than twenty were wounded, four seriously, on Thursday. A…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom said Wednesday that the expulsion of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is very near and he will stay in confinement until then. Shalom’s remarks that…

In an interview he gave to the Guardian newspaper on Thursday, the British Foreign Minister Jack Straw criticized Israel’s plans of building 1000 more settlers housing units in the West…

Israeli Agriculture Minister Israel Katz revealed Tuesday plans to expropriate some 31,000 dunams (8,000 Acres) of land to expand Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley. Katz said he intended to…

Israeli forces pushed a large number of soldiers backed with tanks, armored personnel carriers into the Gaza Strip from both northern and southern sides in the early hours of Wednesday…

Palestinian sources reported that the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei threartened to resign his post after a disagreement with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday night. During a cabinet…

Translated by Saed Bannoura-IMEMC While Raghda Al-Assar, 11 yers old, was sitting on her chair in the fourth grade, on the first week of school when a bullet penetrated her…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei warned Israel on Tuesday that that its deadly air strike in Gaza overnight laid ground to Justified Hamas retaliation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad pledged revenge…

Israeli soruces said the authorities will release 150 Palestinians prisoners from its detention centers, to ease the overcrowding situation. Israeli sources said discussions about the release began last month. The…

The Egyptian delegates who met with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and Omar Suleiman chief of Intelligence told Arafat that Egypt withdrew…

Dr. Jom’a Al-Saqqa, head of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, told the Palestinian TV in a phone call, that the number of residents killed in Gaza raid reached 14, and that…

The Israeli Defense Ministry is considering using an Israeli satellite to take photographs of all settlements in the West Bank to help Israeli teams negotiate with their American counterparts the…

Until a few years ago, the small settlement of Harasha in the western part of the northern West Bank was defined as an outpost. Harasha, on a hill 780 meters…

former Palestinian security affairs minister Mohamed Dahlan credited Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi on Sunday with mediating an end to the rift between him and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Dahlan, arrived…

The Israeli Knesset approved by a 40-17 margin Monday the appointment of Tzachi Hanegbi to the position of cabinet minister without portfolio. Hanegbi resigned his position as the public security…

Israeli army bulldozers, backed by security guards and military jeeps, began on Sunday to prepare the ground for the construction of the southern section of the wall. Bulldozers are preparing…

The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…

The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…

The Egyptian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit and the chief of the Egyptian intelligence, Omar Suleiman met Monday afternoon with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and other…

Media sources in Nablus, north of the West Bank, said that soldiers shot dead in Nablus 44 residents including 13 children in addition to wounding 280 residents. A specialized media…

The Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz reiterated his threats to expel the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ‘in the right time’ and to attack Damascus as well. Mofaz said, Israel…

The president of Tel Aviv district court, Uri Goren postponed on Monday the ruling whether to approve the administrative detention of Tali Fahima, an Israeli peace activist arrested on August…

The Palestinian Center for Justice and Peace, published its monthly report on the Palestinian terretories. The report said, 47 Palestinian were killed in August, 2004, including 11 children under the…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat promised that Parliament and president elections would take place this winter. On Saturday, the Palestinian Election committee launched a voter registration drive, a first step towards…

Israeli Supreme Court President Aharon Barak on Sunday called on the state prosecution to end the Israel army practice of using Palestinian civilians as human shields, but refrained from issuing…

According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israel asked international donors to help open new West bank roads and rehabilitate existing ones in order to provide Palestinians alternative routes to the…

Masked Palestinian gunmen left Sunday the PA governor office in the Gaza Strip Khan Younis city after receiving promises that the PA will set up a mechanism to compensate homeless…

Egypt’s foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Saturday that he and his country’s intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will head to the West Bank on Monday. The two top Egyptian officials…

Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman under arrest on suspicion of helping plan a terror attack, will be placed in administrative detention for four months, security officials decided Sunday. Fahima’s attorney,…

Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman under arrest on suspicion of helping plan a terror attack, will be placed in administrative detention for four months, security officials decided Sunday. Fahima’s attorney,…

Senior Hamas members – including the chief of its political bureau, Khaled Mashal – have left Damascus in recent days, the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday. However, other…

Lebanese Parliament amended Friday the constitution, allowing President Emile Lahud to extend term in office by three years. The exceptional, and for one time only amendment came one day after…

Egypt on Friday dismissed Israeli allegations on the Syrian involvement in the double bombings in Be’er Sheva as baseless, calling Israeli threats to retaliate against Syria “illogical”. ‘There is no…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will register his name in allegeable electorates lists,on Saturday morning, marking the beginning of the citizens’ registrations to the legislative and presidential elections. The National election…

The European Union unhappy with the vacuum in Middle East peace efforts created by the U.S. presidential election, plans for a new drive to stop the cycle of violence and…

The Prisoners Friends Association said that the detainees in four main detention camps are weighing possibilities of resuming the open-ended hunger strike if the Israeli Authorities doesn’t comply with their…

Saraya Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine , said in Saturday, that it will not halt its operation against the settlements and military camps until…

The UN Security Council adopted Thursday a resolution calling foreign forces to withdraw from Lebanon, for disbanding and disarming all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, and warning against outside interference in…

Israel Deputy Defense Minister Ze’ev Boim said Thursday Israel should consider military action against targets within Syria. In response, Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan Thursday warned Israel that Hamas ‘will…

Against Israel’s assertion to have not spied on U.S., American officials told he LA Times that Israel secretly maintains a large and active intelligence-gathering operation in the United States, and…

The Palestinian Center fro Human Rights released revealing the military violations and operations in the Palestinian territories in the period between August 26-September 2 nd , 2004. Military Operations The…

Army withdrew from Deir Al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, leaving huge destruction in a number of homes and the infrastructure in the city, and centered around the city, after raiding…

Right wing activists and settlers are growingly abusing and harassing soldiers and policemen who took part in evacuating unauthorized settlers’ outposts. The Israeli justice system refrained so far from dealing…

An informed Palestinian source said Palestinian Prisoners have suspended their hunger strike in all jails except for the Be’er Sheva prison. The source said prisoners are currently holding negotiations in…

Soldiers withdrew from Khan Younis refugee camp in Khan Youinis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, after leveling two residential buildings; each composed of six floors, the buildings are…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s objection to the new route of the separation wall section in southern Hebron hills, proposed after the Israeli High Court ruling, is delaying the approval…

The chair person of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Rawhi Fattouh announced Wednesday that the Palestinian lawmakers decided to suspend their meetings for one month in a protest against the…