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Palestinian security sources confirmed Saturday that Israeli Authorities at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt denied exit to Palestinian security personnel who were supposed to go to Egypt for…

A group of International peace activists, cycling for peace from London to Jerusalem, in solidarity with the Palestinian people, arrived in Palestine on September 22. The tour, that started on…

Soldiers withdrew from West Khan Younis refugee camp on Saturday morning, after conducting a vast military raid leaving one resident dead, seven wounded and eighty homes destroyed. A local source…

 The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that the detainees in Nafha detention informed lawyer Fayez Al-Shalloudy, that the situation now is worse than it was before the hunger Strike conducted in…

Once again, Egypt called off invitations to hold talks between Palestinian different factions in Cairo. Egypt blamed ‘Israel’s lack of cooperation’ as the reason for the ever lasting suspension. Egyptian…

Once again, Egypt called off invitations to hold talks between Palestinian different factions in Cairo. Egypt blamed ‘Israel’s lack of cooperation’ as the reason for the ever lasting suspension. Egyptian…

Disagreeing with US officials, France’s foreign minister reiterated his country’s stance, that no progress can be made in the Middle East peace process by marginalizing or not negotiating with Palestinian…

Israel signed an agreement Thursday that allows experts from the commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) to carry out inspections and collect data at nuclear monitoring…

Translated by: Saed Bannoura The cries and screams of Wael, the baby child of Mirvat Taha, a political detainee, imprisoned in an Israeli detention camp, were not enough to convince…

An Israeli military source said that three soldiers and two Palestinian activists were shot dead on Thursday morning in a fire exchange which erupted in the settlement on Thursday morning.…

Israel threatened Thursday to boycott an international conference on a nuclear free Middle East sponsored by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). Israel demands dropping a paragraph which mentions Israel…

More than 3.000 students, mainly girls, peacefully protested in a peacful anti-Wall protest in the village of Beit Awwa, in the south of Hebron , in the West Bank ,…

A Palestinian medical source at Nasser Hospital , in Khan Younis said that 14 residents were shot wounded in Khan Younis, three seriously, including two children under the age of…

An open war is a one in which you opt to destroy the enemy. Opting for an open war opens the gate for a similar war launched by the opponent.…

At least two Israelis were killed and some 16 hurt in a blast took place in the French Hill settlement in Jerusalem , on Wednesday afternoon. The blast took place…

In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. president George Bush hinted that the Palestinian leadership is not qualified as a peace partner. He called for…

Over ninety protestors, including internationals, were injured in the village of Bodrus, in the west of Ramallah and Al-Biereh in the West Bank, in protests against the Separation Wall in…

Palestine News Network (PNN) online website reported that approximately at 10:30 on Wednesday morning the ‘Peace Cycle’ started cycling from the city of Al-Affoula heading towards the city of Jenin…

Syria, began moving troops from the hills surrounding Beirut on Tuesday. According to Lebanese sources, some 3,000 Syrian soldiers are being redeployed, and some of them will return to Syria.…

The Hamas delegation to ended three days of talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo. Mohammad Nazzal who was on Hamas’ delegation dismissed reports claiming that Egypt suggested a temporary truce…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom assured the Bush administration Tuesday that Israel would not build or enlarge any settlements, but would continue construction in “built up areas” to meet “natural…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated his intention Tuesday to press on with the disengagement plan according to the timetable approved by the cabinet. Speaking at the Likud convention at…

The Israeli High Court of Justice on Monday turned down settlers’ petitions against the evacuation of the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Haroeh. Residents of the outpost said that…

Three Palestinians were wounded in the village of Budrus in clashes with soldiers on Tuesday morning during a protest against the construction of the West Bank separation wall. Five left-wing…

  Brigadier General Abdul Razzak Al-Majaydeh, chief of the General Security Apparatus said Tuesday the PA will send 45 Police officers to Egypt for training by the end of this…

Organizers of ‘Breaking the Silence’ exhibition distributed to the press this week a new collection of soldiers’ testimonies, reporting incidents in which officers and soldiers knowingly broke army open-fire regulations.…

The Israeli prison authority is looking into establishing a new prison, or adding new sections to already existing prisons, to be ready to jail hundreds of settlers who are expected…

Soldiers assaulted a detainee after he asked them to use the toilets at the end of a court session where he was prosecuted in the Negev detention camp on Monday.…

Preparations will begin next week in the Belgian capitol to announce plans to establish a joint Palestinian-Israeli maternity hospital in the town of Kisofim near the Gaza Strip. The hospital…

Despite rising “provocative” and possibly inciting statements of settlers and right wing hardliners, Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided not to launch an investigation against Rabbi Yosef Dayan. Dayan, the…

Palestinian sources reported that Khaled Abu Shamiyeh, 30, from Al-Shati refugee camp were killed and six bystanders were wounded in an Israeli air strike at a civilian car in Gaza…

About a month ago, Israeli army agreed that a limited number of the Palestinian police can carry revolvers in city centers only. The Israeli Right wing objected to the plan…

Monday evening, a military Apache fired several shells at a jeep on Tal Al-Hawa Street in the south of Gaza, completely detonating it and killing two men IDF alleges were…

IMEMC correspondent said that about two hundred resident of Beit Awwa and Sikka and lead by the youths of the villages, were joined by international peace activists on Sunday. All…

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…