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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…

Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative said that the Initiative is not a new faction but it came to create the widest…

Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz pointed Wednesday at Hamas headquarters in Syria as being directly responsible for the Be’er Sheva double bombing. Mofaz said that ‘a large portion of the…

The Israeli High Court decided, on Wednesday, that the Prison Authorities can’t bar the Palestinian detainees from meeting with their lawyers. The court’s ruling came after an appeal submitted by…

After five months in which Palestinian resistance groups either refrained from or were not able to conduct attacks inside Israel, Hamas’s military wing carried out a double suicide attack in…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon warned that Israel would ‘take care of those who support terror,’ pointing at the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Hezbollah. ‘We will take care…

The UNRWA said that Commissioner-general of the UNRWA Peter Hansen was bared on Wednesday from leaving the Gaza Strip to the West Bank through Eretz Crossing, in the north of…

The Israeli High Court decided, on Wednesday, that the Prison Authorities can’t bar the Palestinian detainees from meeting with their lawyers. The court’s ruling came after an appeal submitted by…

The Prisoners Friends Society reported that its lawyer, Ibrahim Kana’neh visited the striking prisoners in Gilboa prison on Tuesday. Kana’neh reportedly said the prisoners decided to suspend the hunger strike…

A Palestinian political source said, the visit of Egyptian Ahmad Abul Gheit and Brigadier Omar Suleiman the head of the Egyptian Intelligence, delayed their visit that was planned for Wednesday…

Israeli Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi resigned Tuesday after Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided to open a criminal investigation against him. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked Hanegbi to continue…

FBI investigators briefed key White House and congressional officials in recent days on their investigation of the Pentagon mole on suspicions of turning over classified policy documents to Israel. Starting…

Translated by, Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Settlers in Hebron repeatedly targets Palestinian homes, markets, cars and residents and continued their efforts to occupy more lands from its Palestinian owners and erect…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, head of the Executive Committee at the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said that no discussions have been made lately concerning a possible meeting…

In a leaflet issued today, Izziddin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack in Be’er Sheva Tuesday Afternoon. Al-Qassam brigades said this attack…

Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Aisheh Al-Zaban who died while on hunger strike in solidarity with the striking Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli Jails. Al-Zaban is…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon criticized Tuesday the defense establishment plan of action against launching Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel as insufficient, calling army to shell Palestinian…

A nine-year-old Palestinian girl was moderately injured Monday in a failed Israeli attempt to assassinate a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Jenin. Army claims that the air…

Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon plans to ask the cabinet to approve the evacuation of settlements under the disengagement plan in December, a government source said Monday. Sharon will request…

Source in the prisoners club reported Sunday that prisoners in Shikma decided to resume their hunger strike after the prison authority refrained from implementing parts of the understandings reached on…

an official U.S. source said Sunday that the FBI will likely refrain from charging suspected Pentagon mole Larry Franklin with espionage, but with mishandling a classified document. The official source…

Mohammad Al-Hindi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza Strip said Sunday that his movement will join the local government election planned to take place within the…

Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi, visited Bethlehem and was welcomed by a huge crowd at the manger square in front of the Church of the Nativity. The…

The district court in Tel Aviv indicted three Israeli border policemen on charges of assaulting, abusing and robbing Palestinian workers in the city of Lod in northern Israel. On March…

The Israeli security cabinet is scheduled to meet Monday to discuss measures against Qassam rockets, the division of responsibility between army and police for the intended evacuation of settlers, and…

Israeli newspaper Yethioth Ahronoth revealed on Sunday what is described as “the most uncovered secrets surrounding settlers’ evacuation from Gosh Katif settlement Bloc in eth Gaza Strip. The “secret” issue…

Washington post reported Sunday that the FBI broaden the probe in the alleged Israeli spy in the pentagon to include interviews at the State and Defense departments and with Middle…

Hunger-striking security prisoners at Shikma prison in Ashkelon began drinking milk and juice, in exchange, according to prisoners, for promises by the Prisons Service to meet some of their demands.…

For the first time since the start of the hunger strike on August 15, the prison allowed Sunday the Prisoners Club Lawyer Hanan Khatib to visit Hadarim prison and meet…

Some 350 security prisoners at Shikma jail have suspended their two-week hunger strike until Monday. Israeli prison authority said Friday that doctors accompanied prisoners when they resumed eating, claiming that…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that it received the text of the temporary agreement reached between the detainees committee and the administration of Asqalan detention concerning suspending the Hunger strike…

The Washington Post revealed the name of the spy working for Israel in the pentagon. The name of the person under investigation was not officially released, but two sources identified…

A U.S. Administration source said Thursday that State Department official Constance Mayer could head an American team of experts formed to supervise the delineation of the construction boundary line in…

The Palestinian and Arab prisoners’ hunger strike enters its 13th day with more solidarity tents established in different parts of the West Bank and the Palestinian cities and towns in…

Around 2,000 Palestinians and Israeli protestors demonstrated Friday adjacent to the separation wall in the town of Abu Dis, in support of the existing non-violent resistance to end the Israeli…

Translated by Saed Bannoura Five days after his release from the ‘Beit Eil’ detention camp, 15-year old Tareq Abbad, from Al Bireh, near Ramallah, north of the West Bank, celebrated…

Sharon is either planning to set his cabinet opponents through an early test, or prefers that another likey defeat happens prior to U.S. elections, not after. Israeli Government Source said…

According to the terms of international law, illegal settlers in occupied territories enjoy no legal rights. All are waiting to hear what the Israeli High Court have to say. Settlers…

The Israeli Military Police arrested lately three soldiers suspected of killing a Palestinian in Rafah, and covering the incidents of the event and forge evidences. A senior army official described…

Army is preparing to remove three caravans placed near the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf, Israel Radio reported. Hundreds of settlers arrived at the site late on Wednesday.…

A compromise proposal mentioning hat coalition talks were “no longer continuing” and blaming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Likud, was passed in the Labor Bureau on Wednesday. The…

Israel Deputy Attorney General Malchiel Balass said Tuesday that Israel may have to dismantle the West Bank separation wall if the Palestinians ‘reach a real decision’ to stop carrying out…

Israeli Labor party MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer would try Wednesday morning to persuade party leader Shimon Peres to accept a compromise with Labor rebels to ensure party unity. Criticisms against Peres…

A local source in Khan Younis said that several tanks and military bulldozers invaded Al-Qarara, north east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip and uprooted vast agricultural areas, on…

Israeli Prison Authority spokesperson said Monday that a Palestinian prisoner (still unnamed) was moved from Nafha prison to Soroka hospital in Ber Sheva. The spokesperson said that the prisoner joined…

The government of Israel should ‘thoroughly examine’ the possibility of formally applying the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Palestinian territories, an Israeli Justice Ministry legal team has recommended. The Fourth…

There is “an apartheid regime” in the Palestinian territories “worse than the one that existed in South Africa”, law professor John Dugard wrote in a report to the U.N. General…

After the international court of justice (ICJ) ruling had invoked international law to declare the separation wall and settlements illegal, Israeli citizens could face criminal and civil suits abroad, and…

The Prisoners Rights organization ‘Mandela’ said that the Israeli Prisons’ Authority is executing a plan to thwart the Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger strike that entered its 9th day so far. The…

A meeting was conducted between the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei, and the former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), Sunday evening in Ramallah, in order to resolve some issues…

Speaking at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz said Monday that soldiers would be responsible for carrying out evacuation of settlements…

Apparently there are no limits to how far the current U.S. administration goes in supporting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. A recent New York Times report indicated that the administration…

Israeli News Paper Yodot Ahranot revealed Monday a new plan to build 533 new housing units in West Bank settlements, and that the government increased considerably subsidies allocated to settlements.…

Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson of Hamas said, the movement set three conditions for its participation in the Legislative and presidential elections. The conditions are, holding the elections should not be…

Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They said construction of the new housing at Har Gilo, which…

Sakher Habash, member of Fattah Central Committee said that intensive efforts are being carried out in order to mediate between Arafat and former P.A Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen.…

Likud Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must run together in the next elections to prevent a split in the…

Labor rebels don’t stand a chance, the party executive committee will not vote to disband the coalition talks team; said Israeli Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres in response to mounting…

Israeli Labor party head Shimon Peres is facing similar difficulties to those Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced with Likud rebels. Labor rebels are angered, getting organized, and working to…

The democratic front for peace and equality together with the International Solidarity Movement organized Saturday demonstrations at Hadarim, Majido, and Shata prisons inside Israel in support to the demands of…

Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erikat said Sunday that not only the road map, but also any hope for future peace talks will be ruined if Washington accept growth of settlements…

The U.N. Non-Aligned Movement is urging all of its members to act ‘individually or collectively’ to impose sanctions against Israeli settlements and companies that participate in settlement activity, including those…

‘For all I care, they can starve to death!’ announced Tzahi Hanegbi, after Palestinian prisoners declared an open-ended hunger strike against prison conditions. Thus the Minister for Internal Security added…

The New York Times on Saturday quoted American and Israeli officials as saying that the Bush administration is considering supporting building in developed areas in existing West Bank settlements. A…

Israeli Labor party chairman Shimon Peres agreed to convene the party faction and leadership committee next week after it was demanded by 80 leadership committee members. The convention would be…

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, in a letter to the Israeli Prison Services (IPS), offered to supply independent medical professionals to follow up on the prisoners on hunger strike. Based on…

Jailed Palestinian Lawmaker Husam Khader told Friday his lawyer Riad Anis that the prison authority moved few prisoners’ leaders to other jails in an attempt to force prisoners to end…