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Lebanese sources reported that almost all of the Syrian troops have left north Lebanon on Friday. Nevertheless, the United Nations, called on Syrian president Bashar Assad to provide a timetable…

Lebanese sources reported that almost all of the Syrian troops have left north Lebanon on Friday. Nevertheless, the United Nations, called on Syrian president Bashar Assad to provide a timetable…

Palestinian sources reported on Friday that Israeli Authorities will allow four Palestinian deportees to immediately return to the West Bank. Abdul Fattah Hamayel, responsible for the ‘Wanted and Deportees’ file,…

A group of extremist settlers of Halmesh, north of Ramallah, attempted to annex several farmlands owned by residents of the villages of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham. Hussein Ali Tameemy, a…

Farid Al-Jallad, Palestinian Minister of Justice, reported on Friday that the Palestinian Authority will implement the executions against convicted inmates who collaborated with the Israeli security. Al-Jallad defended his stand, saying that…

Armed gunmen stormed into, and forced an end to a meeting of 1200 Fatah movement representatives, representing all the West Bank movement’ regions, signaling that the ‘Young’, ‘old’ guards crisis…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli the Israeli vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres met in Madrid with the Algerian presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a in an international…

The European decided on Thursday to consider the Lebanon based Hezbollah party as a terrorist organization, and urged the EU countries to acts against it. The nonbinding decision adopted by…

Five municipalities of West Bank settlements transferred approximately NIS 12 million to the budget of the Council of Jewish Settlements (Yesha Council), which were used for the anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli…

Mubarak, Mofaza arrived Thursday at a tentative understanding by which Israel commits to evacuate the Philadelphi route, along the Gaza-Egyptian border, sometime after the disengagement from Gaza is completed. Egyptian…

Desperate Sharon appeals to Likud wives to use influence on spouses to vote in favor of the state budget in the Knesset. As the Knesset voting closes up, the list…

Israeli soldiers arrested ten residents in the village of Baqa Al-Sharqiyya, north of Tulkarem, after invading it and conducting military searches of homes; another resident was arrested in Saida, north…

Israeli authorities barred Adel Abu Ni’ma from leaving the country, and refused to provide him with a travel permit in order to participate in a conference Rome ; the authorities…

The Mandela Institute for Human Rights released a report revealing that the number of Palestinian and Arabs detainees in Israeli prisons exceeded 7000. IMEMC & Agencies, March 10, 2005, 01:14…

The Israel Army Prosecutor Gen Avi Mendilit, met on Wednesday evening in his office in the Ministry of Defense with family members of James Miller, a British Cameraman killed by…

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that he expects full Israeli withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip, urging Israel, the PA to keep to the understandings reached at Sharm’s summit.…

Rabis, Jewish figures and activists from the United States are expected in Israel in the coming weeks to “express support” for settlers of the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the…

Abdul-Fattah Hamayel head of the deportees and wanted fighters committee said that the Palestinian-Israeli meeting on Wednesday evening arrived to an agreement ensuring the safety of the wanted resistance fighters…

Sami Abu Zuhri, the media spokesperson of Hamas, denied that all Palestinian factions agreed on cease fire. Abu Zuhri told the Qatar based Al-Jazeera TV that “Hamas did not reach…

Officials in the Bush administration are to explain to skeptical lawmakers in Washington that the $350 million proposed to aid the Palestinians will be transferred to the P.A in order…

The Israeli minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz is slated to meet with the Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak in the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, for talks on the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations…

Former Israeli Minster of Housing Effi Itam, stated on Wednesday that building unauthorized outposts in the West Bank was an organized policy in the Ministry of Housing even prior to…

Israeli soldiers demolished a home in Al-Nazla Al-Wista, north of Tulkarem, Thursday at dawn, killing a 25-eyar-old Palestinian. Abdul-Latif Hussein Abu Khalil was in his house when an Israeli force…

Israeli official sources said that Egypt is trying to bring about a deal in which Palestinian President Yasser Arafat would hand real power to Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in exchange…

The Islamic jihad movement slammed the results of the Abbas-Mofaz saying that the meeting “did not fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinian people”. Khaled Al-Batsh, a leader of the Islamic…

More than 20 Palestinian gunmen burst into a large gathering of the Fatah party on Thursday, ordering people out of the building and firing shots into the air. Roughly 1,200…

Download MP3  http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/3983.php   This Week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center, IMEMC.org, for the week of March 4th to March 10th, 2005. Talks…

PA general security head Haj Ismael told reporters as he angrily left the second meeting with Israeli army officers that “apparently Israel is not willing to handover Auja village or…

Several dozen female settlers from the West Bank blocked a main road in the Gaza Strip and clashed Wednesday afternoon with police officers and Israel army soldiers.  Settlers, who were…

In a pre-Purim sermon at a Jerusalem synagogue, Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slammed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his disengagement plan. ‘What a cruel and evil…

Israeli military officials expressed concerns that Syrian pullback from Lebanon to the Bekaa could urge Hezbollah to renew attacks on Israel. Israeli army chief, Moshe Ya’alon said on Tuesday. Ya’alon…

In a press conference in Jerusalem, the author of the report on unauthorized West Bank outposts said that some of the unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank were both…

The Palestinian Information Center released a report on Israeli violations of the truce agreement between February 28 and March 7, 2005, 452 violations were reported, including 68 shooting incidents, causing the death of…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom told the US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, during a meeting held on Tuesday, that “Israeli will not be able to progress in the political…

Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday that the Palestinian National security advisor, Jibreel Rajoub, said that the Palestinian armed group decided to cease “all attacks within the Israeli pre-1967 borders. “The…

We were in a van about 100 meters down the road from our destination of At-Tuwani, and it had only been half and hour since we had left Jerusalem this…

Israeli failure to keep its promise to remove all unauthorized settlers’ outposts established in the West Bank since March 2001 will harm relations between Israel and the United Sates, and…

The Israeli Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is set to meet on March 21 to vote on the first reading of a bill that would mandate a referendum on…

Israeli and Palestinian Authority security officials were meeting for a second round of talks on the transfer of the West Bank town of Jericho on Wednesday evening, but second round…

Tuesday after noon, dozens of residents protested in the village of Bal’in, west of Ramallah, against the expropriation of lands for the construction of the annexation wall. Israeli soldiers fired…

At least one million people attended a rally against the Syrian pullback from Lebanon called by Hezbollah in Lebanese capitol Hezbollah source reported on Tuesday. This rally drastically outnumbered those…

Tuesday afternoon, Israeli soldiers lifted the curfew which was imposed over the old city of Hebron on Monday morning, while several military units conducted military searches of homes forcing the…

An official Japanese source denied that Japan is planning to host a Mideast summit saying ‘we have no such plans,’ Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda clarified that Japan has…

After few weeks, during which Israel halted coordination with the Palestinian Authority and has frozen the implementation of the Sharm’s summit understandings, Israel-PA coordination is back on track. The embargo…

Raed Mahameed, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, visited several detainees in Gilboa detention center. Mahameed reported harsh conditions and serious violations of prisoners’ rights. Mahameed reported that Israeli…

Israel’s strategic goal is to phase out Palestinian labor by 2008, Israeli army chief of staff said on Tuesday.    Speaking to a security conference, Ya’alon said that before the…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likely to announce Wednesday that he will implement the principles of the Sasson Report, which calls for the dismantling of unauthorized settlers’ outposts.   Israeli…

As women celebrate the International Women Day on March 8, the Palestinian woman celebrates this day on her own way, enduring tremendous pain and sufferings. Many Palestinian women were killed…

Israeli police arrested a 20-year-old Israeli Palestinian from the village of Deir Hanna in the western Galilee over suspicions of plotting an attack the Knesset as well as planning to…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Tuesday Israel of undermining peace efforts by dragging its feet over promises to free prisoners and pull back from West Bank cities.  His comments followed…

, 08 March, 2005 With the U.S. administration throwing around the word ‘terrorist’ so loosely, using it to refer to virtually anyone who disagrees with their line, it should be…

Shinui party MK Avraham Poraz said Monday that his faction would be willing to return to the cabinet and set beside ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism ministers in order to help…

Mohammad Al-Hourani, a young Fatah leader said Monday that young gaurds resignations aimed at shaking up the movement.   Al-Hourani stated that young leaders, who submitted their resignations to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…

Head of the Palestinian Police in the West Bank, General Haj Ismail, said that the Israeli army will redeploy in Tulkarem area and hand the security responsibility over to the…

David Evri, a settler of Tafoah settlement, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, told an illegal Israeli radio station that settlers groups are recruiting thousands of settlers to…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the Weekly American Time magazine that U.S. President George Bush has no right to interfere in Palestinian issues, such as the refugees’ right to return…

Dozens of Israeli left activists demonstrated in Paris square in Jerusalem, calling the government to disarm settlers. Around one hundred demonstrators gathered Sunday evening in Paris square, around 50 meters…

Hamas and Islamic Jihad denied media reports, claiming that Syria has expelled Hamas leader Khaled Mashal and Islamic Jihad Leader Ramadan Shalah out of its territories. Hamas spokesperson in Gaza,…

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon met with the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Hani Al-Malqy, on Sunday, and criticized the policy of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. “We will give Abbas…

Israel is holding talks with Egypt on the deployment of Egyptian forces along the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Monday. These talks come as preparations for…

Israeli Security source said Monday that one of the two soldiers, who were wounded in Hebron’s Monday morning attack is in a critical health condition. Israeli troops placed Casbah neighborhood…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz will meet this week in an attempt to push forward talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. The meeting will…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Monday United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Syria has recently been bolstering its intelligence forces in Lebanon, calling the UN to pressure Syria to…

Detainees in Bir Shiva detention appealed the International Community to interfere and stop the continuous violations conducted against them in detention. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fawwaz Shalloudi, met…

In the flurry of interviews conducted following the successful popular defeat of the pro Syrian government in Lebanon, opposition leader Walid Jumblatt spoke about Arab nationalism. He said that the…

Many years ago, I read a book called “The Quiet American” by Graham Greene. Its central character is a high-minded, naive young American operative in Vietnam. He has no idea…

Palestinian security sources reported Sunday that unknown gunmen shot dead Sunday a Palestinian taxi driver Ahmed Tarifi, 30, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on suspicious of collaborating with…

Al-Sharq Al-Awasat news paper reported Sunday that the European Union is communicating with Hamas leaders in an effort to remove the Islamic Resistance Movement from the EU list of terrorist…

The London-based Sunday Times newspaper reported that Israel handed the United States an audio tape that ‘proves’ that the Damascus-based Islamic Jihad General Secretary Ramadan Shalah personally okayed launching the…

The Irish Evening Herald newspaper reported Friday that Irish police tracked two Israeli Mosad agents who planned to assassinate exiled Fatah leader Jihad Ja’ara. An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman denied…

Israel’s ambassador to Britain accused Sunday the London mayor of trying to ‘divert attention’ from the public criticism he has faced through inflaming ‘prejudice and hatred’ between Israelis and Palestinians. …

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet with United States President George W. Bush in Washington on April 12, Israeli official source said Sunday. Bush also plans to meet separately…

Palestinian police force operated Saturday inside the village of Dora near the West bank city of Hebron, searched homes and found and confiscated weapons, including hand grenades. A Palestinian security…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning a series of meetings this week with MKs from both coalition and opposition factions, in an effort to muster a majority for the…

Israel intends to release some Jordanian prisoners ahead of Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s visit to Amman scheduled for the end of the month.  Sources in Jerusalem said Saturday that…

Undercover border policemen suddenly popped up among anti-wall demonstrators in three occasions during last weeks daily protests in the village of Beit Surik in the Jerusalem region; a tactic aims…

Syrian President declared a plan for a gradual withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Syrian-Lebanese borders; Lebanese President Emile Lahoud welcomed the move; Lebanese opposition optimistic, but cautious, Israel accused…

April 2002 the Israeli army invaded Bethlehem and surrounded the Church of Nativity for 40 consecutive days, trapping dozens of resistance fighters at the Church. After extensive negotiations and intervention…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to meet with the U.S. President George W. Bush later in March, Palestinian official source said on Saturday. ‘The visit will take place in the…

Hundreds of Arab and Druze members of the youth movement of the Balad party in Israel held a meeting on Friday calling for rejecting military service; the meeting was held…

Hundreds of Arab and Druze members of the youth movement of the Balad party in Israel held a meeting on Friday calling for rejecting military service; the meeting was held…

Lebanese Army Friday morning foiled an attempt to fire two shells at Israel from southern Lebanon, Lebanese sources stated. The source said, an army patrol near the town of Markaba…

Israeli sources reported that Israeli leftist movement ‘Gush Shalom’ demanded Attorney general Menachem Mazuz to bring Settler Rabbi David Dodocvechs from Yitzhar settlement to justice for urging his students to…

According to an International Solidarity Movement source, American peace activist Flo Razowsky successfully resisted Saturday an attempt to deport her. Razowsky was forced into a departing airplane against her will,…

Despite his humiliating defeat in the Likud convention, a public opinion poll, carried by Yodout Ahranot newspaper shows that 77% of Likud supporter stand behind Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon’s…

While it is very encouraging to see the U.S.-led world recruited behind a just cause, calling an immediate, full and ‘unconditional’ pullout of Syrian troops and intelligence from Lebanon, the…

As pressure is mounting on Syria to fully pullout its troops and intelligence service from Lebanon, Syria is said to be preparing for a major redeployment of forces in Lebanon,…

Friday afternoon, dozens of residents, internationals and Israeli peace activists suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the Israeli soldiers during a procession against the seperation wall, west of Dir Ballout, south…

Over the past week the Israeli army carried wide scaled operations against the Islamic Jihad fighters in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, ignoring the Sharm Al-Sheikh understandings in…

Mohammad Dahlan, Palestinian Minister of civil affairs, responsible of the withdrawal file, said that the Palestinian Ministry of Planning has finalized the regional plan needed for the period following the Israeli…

With the U.S. administration throwing around the word 'terrorist' so loosely, using it to refer to virtually anyone who disagrees with their line, it is not surprising that the term…

Palestinian sources welcomed on Thursday the new changes in the diplomatic departments and Palestinian representatives, the new Palestinian foreign affairs Nasser Al Kidweh is planning to carry out. Changes in…

Over the past week the Israeli army carried wide scaled operations against the Islamic Jihad fighters in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, ignoring the Sharm Al-Sheikh understandings in…

Wednesday afternoon, dozens of residents were injured in Beit Sorik, North West of Jerusalem after soldiers fired at anti-wall protesters.  A local source in Beit Sorik reported that soldiers fired…

Israeli sources reported that the Lebanese opposition have made contacts with Israel about the demanded Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The source said Lebanese figures contacted Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz’s…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon likely has shed more tears on late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat than any other world or regional leader. Suddenly, he lost the main element that…

London mayor Ken Livingstone branded Thursday night Israeli Prime minister Ariel a war criminal, the British Independent reported on Friday. Livingstone accused Israel of executing ‘ethnic cleansing’ and demonizing Muslims,…

In response to the resignation of 32 Fatah young leaders, the movement central committee member Hani Al-Hasan said Friday evening that their move aimed at creating a coalition ahead of…

The Likud Central Committee approved a resolution Thursday urging the party’s MKs to work for enacting legislation to allow a referendum on the disengagement plan. The resolution was passed with…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas urged Egypt, on Thursday, to help the P.A maintains truce with Israel, and asked Mubarak to personally oversee the adherence of the Palestinians and Israelis to…