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Translated by Saed Bannoura An interview with Zakaria Zubeidi, the leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin. “Talks about a state of chaos in Palestinian areas are baseless” Zubeidi told…

The government of Israel will try to evacuate unauthorized West Bank settler’s outposts before the U.S. presidential elections in November, sources in the PM office said Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister…

Thousands of Israeli Arabs attended Saturday a rally organized by the Islamic Movement at Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem. The event was run under the banner of Al-Aqsa in Danger. Arab…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Sunday his cabinet minister that no governmental approval was issued to allow Palestinian police officers to carry weapons. Two days ago, Israeli Defense Minister…

A huge military force invaded Bethlehem Friday shortly before midnight, erected several road blocks in the main street, held tens of cars on Hebron-Jerusalem road, and conducted vast searches. Palestinenet…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Friday that his decision to allow a limited number of Palestinian police officers, under certain conditions, to carry weapons in West Bank cities would…

In a move that could pave the way for forming a unity government, United Torah Judaism MK Avraham Ravitz said Friday that his party would be welling to join a…

Israeli Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Saturday that he favors detaining Jewish extremists without charges or trial, to prevent possible attacks on Haram Alsharif in Jerusalem or on Israeli…

Sharon told Friday U.S. envoy Eliot Abrams he would keep his promise to remove unauthorized settlers’ outposts. ‘I am steadfast in my promise on the issue of the outposts,’ he…

The first busload of Palestinians crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip early Friday. Several thousand Palestinians have been stranded there fro three weeks. According to army radio, the crossing…

According to Israeli army source, a delegation of senior Egyptian army and security officers visited Israel this week and discussed ways to prevent arms smuggling from Egypt to Gaza. Egyptian…

In a move reflecting ‘frustration and bitterness’, the U.S. administration is considering sending Israel a letter listing unfulfilled obligations and promises. A senior American source said that the administration is…

Few hours after Israel redeployed troops in the northern Gaza Strip region; two Qassam rockets landed in the Western Negev, but caused no casualties or damage. Troops were pulled out…

Five activists of Al-Aqsa brigades in Beit Hanoun forced three P. A Ministers to leave Beit Hanoun, after breaking into a conference held in Beit Hanoun Municipality . The activists…

Army withdrew Thursday from Yebna refugee camp in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, leaving mass destruction and scene of leveled homes. The invasion was carried out Tuesday against the…

Translated by, Sad Bannoura, IMEMC The bad health condition of an old lady held on the checkpoint along with hundreds of residents, wasn’t enough to let her pass through Al-Hamra…

19 year-old Palestinian Jihad Al-Biss from Yebna Refugee Camp was shot dead in the camp as Israeli forces opened random fire at residents Wednesday afternoon. Al-Biss received a bullet to…

29-year-old Awad Al-Hashash from Balata refugee camp was shot dead in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in Nablus Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses in Nablus said that an Israeli special…

The Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dani Ayalon said the decision to build the new 600 housing units in Ma’aleh Adomim, east of Jerusalem, is not a violation of previous commitment…

National Security Adviser and head of the disengagement coordination team, Giora Eiland said on Wednesday that the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank will…

Sharon calls UTJ to join the cabinet, not only the coalition; a rising movement within Shinui against accepting Haredi parties in the governmental coalition; Netanyahu expresses strong opposition to inviting…

19 year-old Palestinian Jihad Al-Biss from Yebna Refugee Camp was shot dead in the camp as Israeli forces opened random fire at residents Wednesday afternoon. Al-Biss received a bullet to…

29-year-old Awad Al-Hashash from Balata refugee camp was shot dead in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in Nablus Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses in Nablus said that an Israeli special…

The Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dani Ayalon said the decision to build the new 600 housing units in Ma’aleh Adomim, east of Jerusalem, is not a violation of previous commitment…

Sharon calls UTJ to join the cabinet, not only the coalition; a rising movement within Shinui against accepting Haredi parties in the governmental coalition; Netanyahu expresses strong opposition to inviting…

A meeting to be held Wednesday in Cairo will bring together Hamas and Egyptian officials to discuss the Egyptian plan to send 200 security experts to help maintain security in…

The European Union wants to send investigators to Israel to interview Palestinians in Israeli prisons about allegations that the Palestinian Authority’s used European donations to fund militants. The EU fraud…

Palestinians and anti-separation wall peace activists burst Monday through a gate that separates the village of Zawiah, north of the West Bank city of Tul-Karm, from its agricultural lands. Palestinian…

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the Blast that killed three Palestinians and wounded around 15 on Tuesday early morning was a result of two missiles fired by Israeli Apaches that were hovering…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei on Tuesday asked King Abdullah II of Jordan for explanations over statements the second made in an interview he gave to the Arabic Satellite…

American and British government officials criticized Monday Israel for approving plans to expand the West bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim against the terms stated in the road map peace plan.…

Contrary to Israeli Shin Bet head Avi Dichter assessment, MI chief Aharon Farkash told Tuesday Knesset foreign affairs and defense committee that Palestinian armed resistance [terrorism in his words] can’t…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to press on United Torah Judaism to join the government after Shinui accepted Monday to sit in the cabinet with the ultra-Orthodox party, ending…

Translated by; Saed Bannoura, IMEMC What is more precious than a beloved family member, what is more precious than your own child? How would a parent feel, when he/she fails…

According to Arab-y-net news site, Shinui leader Yousef Lapid told a close aid to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, late in the night on Monday, that his party is welling…

According to Arab-y-net news site, Shinui leader Yousef Lapid told a close aid to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, late in the night on Monday, that his party is welling…

Israeli Minister of internal security, Tzahi Hanegbi reiterated on Sunday his warnings about possible attacks against the Haram Al-Sharif plaza, by extreme Israeli Jewish groups. According to Hanegbi, the attacks…

In its latest edition, Times weekly magazine reported that residents of 20 Palestinian villages are planning to sue several Palestinian Authority Officials for damages caused by the construction of the…

Israeli security devices including the General Security Service (The Shabak) recommended keeping some neighborhoods of Jerusalem on the other side of the wall. The original plan, approved by the Israeli…

Minister of Labor in the Palestinian Authority, Abdul Rahman Hamad on Sunday said the losses caused by the continuous military operations in Beit Hanoun, started at the end of June,…

Palestinian Security source said Walid Hamdia has been declared clinically dead in a blast in a Palestinian Authority prison in Gaza Monday morning. The source said a blast, probably caused…

The Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace released its monthly report which revealed that Israeli army killed 81 Palestinian including 19 children, and 25 assassinations during the month of July.…

Israeli Newspaper Yodot Ahranot on Sunday quoted senior army officers as demanding an evaluation as to whether the army operation in Beit Hanoun has been useful. ‘We need to carefully…

Unofficial Palestinian-Israeli talks involving an Advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Likud Knesset Members took place in the Dead Sea area on Saturday. The Israeli Palestinian Center for…

The Palestinian Media Center, an internet site close to the Hamas movement, reported on Saturday that Palestinian security forces arrested a Palestinian who planned to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed…

Palestinian lawmaker, Hassan Khreisheh said Saturday that the Palestinian attorney general is investigating claims that local companies sold cement to Israel, which was used in the construction of the West…

Gunmen broke into and opened fire at a Fatah’s movement conference Sunday convened to discuss reforms and elections. Around 20 gunmen interrupted the meeting firing their weapons into the air…

Israeli Labor Party Head Shimon Peres told Saturday Israeli TV Channel 2 that Labor’s inclusion in the government could accelerate the implementation of the disengagement plan. ‘I think it’s possible…

Jordanian diplomats expressed anger over reports that Israel is working to foil the arms’ deal with the United States. The diplomats said that Jordan will officially complain to Israel and…

Bureau chief of Palestinian Prime minister Hassan Abu Libdah expressed concerns over chaos in the West Bank after the abduction of three internationals in Nablus and the burning of two…

An Israel Air Force helicopter fired Friday two missiles at a three story building in Gaza city; two people were wounded. Army source said that the target of the attack…

United Nations report released Friday stated that some two million Palestinians were living on less than 2.1 euro a day, and a poverty rate of 63 percent, in mid-2003. The…

U.S Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry on Friday assured Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of his commitment to Israel’s security. Kerry made the comments as Sharon phoned to congratulate…

Al-Mizan center for Human Rights issued a report, Saturday, concerning the military operations in Beit Hanoun, and the continuous siege imposed on it. The report revealed that Beit Hanoun was…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz leaned to settlers’ pressure and ordered a second review for the new route of the separation wall northwest of Jerusalem. Settlers have been pressing to…

Palestinians and international peace activists are currently gathering at Zabubah village near Jenin to start a three-week-long march along the route of the separation wall down to Jerusalem. The march…

A Palestinian security source in Gaza said Friday night that Military Apaches raided a factory used to produce car batteries, in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza city. The source added that…

Following last week meetings with Israeli officials, representatives of the World bank visited Erez industrial zone at the northern borders of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Israel started efforts last…

Army source reported Friday that four armed Palestinians were killed by soldiers as they attempted to plant an explosive device near the al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile,…

In an interview with Israeli Daily Newspaper Haaretz, Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muashar warned that the current route of the separation wall constitutes a "grave national security threat" to Jordan.…

Likud and Labor teams holding coalition talks agreed Thursday that a government would be established within two weeks of signing any agreement. In a meeting in Kfar Hamaccabiah, Labor negotiators…

Israeli Police will question nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu over suspicious of violating release conditions. The police are examining an interview Vanunu gave to foreign media after his release in…

Soldiers wounded seventeen Palestinian and foreign peace activists Wednesday evening in the village of Ya’bod, south of Jenin and in the north of the West Bank, during a protest against…

Tulkarem resident, Zaher Issa Al-Ashqar, aged 27 from Seida village near Jenin was killed in an exchange of fire during an incursion by Israeli army into Tulkarem in the early…

Soldiers supported by several armored vehicles and military bulldozers, invaded Tuesday night the area of Qezan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip and leveled four homes.…

The Israeli Army raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the north west of the West Bank, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. After a curfew was imposed, the army…

The Israeli security establishment will present a revised route of the northwest Jerusalem section of the separation wall to a steering committee headed by Dove Weisglass, the head of the…

Protesting what they described "ignoring" what is happening in their town, the residents of Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza Strip, erected a roadblock on the main road after Erez’ checkpoint…

Detainees in all military detention camps are currently preparing to announce an indefinite hunger strike in protest of the deteriorating situation in the detention centers where wounded or ill detainees…

George Rishmawi-IMEMC & Agencies, July 28, 2004 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA issued a statement in which it authorized exploration of a selective divestment of…

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) reported that Mahmoud Al-Hanini 23, from Beit Furik near Nablus was severely beaten up at Beit Furik checkpoint…

U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powel said Tuesday that even as Palestinian President Yasser Arafat accepted to cede more authority to his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, he still enjoy the…

Soldiers have withdrawn from Al-Shojaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza after invading it earlier Tuesday at dawn. The invasion, which began at 2:00 am, has left in its wake two residents…

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat handed Tuesday powers to his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in order to carry out reforms, therefore ending a two weeks cabinet crisis. Arafat and Qurei emerged…

Israeli Police Chief in Jerusalem, Ilan Frenco, decided Tuesday not to allow members of the ‘Temple Mount Faithful’ group to enter the Aqsa Mosque plaza (Temple Mount) to hold a…

I am writing this with an aching heart. I have postponed writing it as long as I could. In Jewish tradition, there is a searing phrase: ‘The Temple was not…

(see also the excellent detailed Report by Dr. Fouad Moughrabi on this subject) Human reactions to their surrounding, value systems, and outlook on other humans are shaped by environment including…

Translated by Saed Bannoura “It was nearly four in the afternoon, we stepped out of the Taxi and rushed towards Qalandia checkpoint, south of Ramallah, in an attempt to be…

Shas leader MK Eli Yishai said recently that his party is ready to join the cabinet if Shinui party quit the coalition, confirming that his party has no moral objections…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the visiting US envoys on Tuesday that Israel intends to dismantle the unauthorized settlers’ outpost in the West Bank as soon as possible.…

The Political Advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Wednesday afternoon that the Palestinian Authority might consider the Special UN envoy to the UN, Terje Roed-Larsen…

The United Nations reported that its General Assembly will convene on Friday an emergency special session to examine the advisory opinion issued last week by the International Court of Justice…

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Asali, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia north of the Gaza Strip, said that the number of residents killed in the continuous military operations in the…

Recently Israeli President Moshe Katsav publicly stated that human rights are basic rights and cannot be based on obligations set by the state – in other words, these rights are…

Anger and concern have been stirred in the Labor Party as the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited two religious parties for talks on Unity government on Tuesday. For some…

The E.U bloc Dutch presidency said Monday that the aid provided to Israel by the E. U depends on Israeli cooperation but at the same time the Duck Minister failed…

Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that a special unit of the Israeli army has assassinated No’aman Tahaineh 34, an Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin, Tuesday afternoon. According to PNN, Tahineh,…

The Arab States called on Monday the United Nations General Assembly to convene an emergency session to demand that Israel comply with the International Law as stated by the International…

Senior American and Israeli officials agreed to start negotiations to define the boundaries within which Israel is allowed to do construction work in the West Bank. The U.S. administration is…

Palestinian sources reported that Mahmoud Khalafallah, was killed early Monday morning as he was crushed to death when Israeli army troops shelled his house in the Austrian quarter west of…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei dismissed reports on Palestinian Authority decision to delay taking the West Bank Separation Wall issue to the United Nations Security Council until after the…

After his meeting the Opposition leader Shimon Peres, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his coalition members that forming a new coalition or early elections are options to be…

EU foreign ministers will meet Monday to define the 25-nation bloc’s position in the wake of Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice against Israel’s West Bank separation wall.…

The Israeli Authorities banned an American- Jewish Peace Activist, who is a member of the International Solidarity Movement, from entering Israel Saturday. The Israeli Authorities at the Ben-Gurion airport said…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday ordered construction work on the West Bank separation wall to continue. Sharon said that the building work on the fence will proceed in…

Israel is mobilizing to convince ‘relevant countries’ not to vote in favor of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Palestinian observer…

Israeli source reported that the one killed in Tel-Aviv blast was a 20 years old female soldier and that the number of wounded arrived at 30. One killed, 20 Wounded…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his ministers in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting completely rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling on the West Bank separation wall, calling it…

United Nations General Secretary Coffi Anan called Sunday Israel to accept the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which demands the dismantling of the West bank separation wall. Speaking…