U.S. Welcomes Knesset Approval of Pullout Plan
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday praised the Knesset’s approval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan and the removal of settlements from Gaza and four of the West…
U.S. Welcomes Knesset Approval of Pullout Plan
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday praised the Knesset’s approval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan and the removal of settlements from Gaza and four of the West…
In Rabin’s Memorial, Sharon: I am So Sorry; Dalia Rabin: We Pray for Your Safety
‘If in the heat of the moment things were said that shouldn’t have been, I am so sorry.’ Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon said Wednesday at a memorial ceremony for…
Palestinian dies as ambulance was held up by Settlers
Israeli Haaretz said in its online edition that the settlers of an unauthorized settlers outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in Nablus area, held up the ambulance coming…
PA: No Change on the Ground after Disengagement Approval
Despite of the Israeli Knesset Approval of the disengagement plan, the Palestinian authority expressed its disbelief that there will be a positive change on the ground in the occupied territories…
Prominent British Human Rights Activist Denied Entry To Israel
The International Women Peace Service (IWPS) reported that Angie Zelter, a prominent nonviolent peace and human rights activist from the United Kingdom is currently being held for deportation by the…
Knesset Approves Sharon’s Plan, 67 to 45, 7 abstain
The Knesset approved Sharon’s Disengagement Plan on Tuesday at night with a majority of 67 votes against 45, while seven Mk’s abstained from the vote, absent due to illness; Sharon…
MOH: `“19 killed, 122 Wounded in Khan Younis`
The Palestinian Ministry of Health accused the Israeli Government increased it military operations against the Palestinian in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip killing 19 residents and…
Female detainee tortured, abused and subjected to Physcological pressure
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that a female detainee from Bethlehem, detained in Atzion military detention, is subjected to daily physcological pressures due to daily torture and harassments conducted against…
Bad conditions in Gilboa detention
Detainee Husam Badran, from Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the north of the West Bank, told lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner’s society, Khaled Al-Dosouqy, that Gilboa prison administration…
Army evacuates from Khan Younis, 17 killed, 78 wounded and huge destruction
Soldiers withdrew from neighborhoods in the west of Kahn Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, leaving 17 residents dead, more than 78 wounded, 34 homes leveled in addition…
Likud is More Controversial than Disengagement
The credit goes to people like Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that the Likud, an extreme right wing party, managed to dominate the center of the political life in Israel…
Sharon: ‘Won’t Give into Pressure or Threats’
The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated his refusal to hold a national referendum on the disengagement plans despite threats by some of his key Likud ministers to quit the…
Army Commander Arrested on Suspicions of Killing a Palestinian Girl
Military Police have arrested a Givati Brigade commander on suspicion he shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian girl at close range while the girl was laying wounded on the ground. The…
Two killed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Dr. Moaweya Hassanen, head of the emergency Unit in the ministry of health, said that one resident, identified as Abdul-Aziz Abu-Mo’ammar, died of wounds sustained earlier on Tuesday at dawn,…
P.M Qorei and two P.A Ministers met Arafat on Tuesday
P. A Chairman Yasser Arafat, met with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei and head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Rawhi Fattouh, and Minister of Negotiations, Saeb Erekat on Tuesday…
Graffiti in W. Jerusalem: ‘We killed Rabin and will kill Sharon as well, Death to the Arabs’
Israeli police found graffiti on Tuesday morning, on the walls in the streets of West Jerusalem which said: ‘We killed Rabin, we will kill Sharon too, and death to the…
4 Arrested in Hebron, one carpentry, one shoemaking workshop burnt in Hebron
A local source in Hebron said that soldiers arrested four residents, burnt a carpentry and a shoemaking store and pinched money and gold from some homes during raids conducted in…
65% of the Israelis support the disengagement
A Poll conducted by the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, revealed that two-thirds of the Israelis support Sharon’s Disengagement Plan, despite the fact that only more than half of the participants…
Peres: Gaza Not Holier Than Hebron
After Sharon’s speech in the Knesset, opposition leader Shimon Peres, asked MKs to support the disengagement plan, indicating the Gaza Strip was not worth fighting for. Peres, referring to the…
Arafat Underwent Minor Surgery Inside His Presidential Compound
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat underwent minor exploratory surgery on Monday in his Muqata headquarters and is in stable condition. A senior Palestinian official said that Doctors carried out an endoscopey…
Sixteen killed in Khan Younis, army to widen its military operation
A Palestinian security source in Khan Younis said that soldiers killed a resident in the Austrian Neighborhood in Khan Younis, on Monday at night, raising the total number of residents…
Amidst Opponents’ Cries, Sharon Defends Disengagement as Strengthening Israel
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, opened the debate on his disengagement plan in the Knesset on Monday, saying that his plan would ‘strengthen Israel’. Sharon blamed Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat,…
Army: Palestinian resistance thought to posses anti-aircraft missiles
An Israeli army source said on Sunday that some Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza Strip may have anti-aircrafts missiles in their possession. Generals of Israeli military establishment think that resistance…
Arafat to Leave Muqata for Medical Checkup; First Time in Two Years
Israel decided Monday to allow Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to leave his headquarters for a medical check in Ramallah hospital, about 2 kilometers away from where the President is besieged…
Al-Aqsa Brigades to split from Fatah if the Qorei Government does not fulfill its demands
Al-Aqsa Brigades threatened to split from Fatah Movement if the Qorei Government and Fatah’s Central Committee does not fulfill their demands to conduct new procedures in order to solve the…
Sha’ath: Next leader Should Raise U.S. Interest in ME Conflict
Refraining from expressing any preference for either U.S. President George W. Bush or his rival Senator John Kerry, the Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said that the next U.S. president…
Egypt Arrests Five Plotters of Sinai Attacks
An Egyptian government source announced Monday that eight Egyptian and a Palestinian were involved in the three simultaneous car bombings of a hotel and a tourist resort in Sinai on…
Two Jewish Families Move into Bethlehem
Two Jewish families moved into a house near Rachel’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Bethlehem this week. The two families joined yeshiva students who earlier moved to the…
Israeli AG Asks for Stopping Confiscation Orders on PA Funds
Israeli Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, asked judges adjudicating cases against the Palestinian Authority to stop imposing confiscation orders on PA funds. Mazuz said last week, Israel will cover damages awarded…
Israeli Interrogators Sexually Harass Female Detainees
Several female detainees accused the Israeli Security of sexually harassing them, in order to force the detainees to confess to charges laid against them, in addition to repeatedly imposing physiological…
Jordanian Group to Build a Fifth Minaret at Haram Al-Sharif
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, said in its online edition on Monday, that a Jordanian group is planning to build the fifth minaret in the Aqsa Mosque area. According to Raef…
Four Killed, at Least Ten Wounded in Khan Younis on Sunday
A medical source in Khan Younis said that soldiers killed two P.A security men, wounded six others, after firing two missiles at a Palestinian security center in the Austrian neighborhood…
Israeli Cabinet Approve Settlers’ Compensation
During it’s Sunday weekly meeting, the Israeli cabinet approved by 13 to 6 vote the ‘compensation-evacuation law’ bill, which will compensate settlers evacuated under the disengagement plan. Likud ministers Yisrael…
Israeli Gov’t study: Israel Continues to be an Occupying Power, Even After Pullout
As Israel intends to maintain control over the crossings to Gaza, its coastline, and airspace, it will still be considered under international law as the occupying power, concluded to an…
Two apprehended in Hebron, scores withheld, one school attacked
A local source in Hebron said that soldiers detained two residents in Hebron, and held scores of residents during vast military searches conducted in the city, on Sunday morning. The…
Two apprehended in Hebron, scores withheld, one school attacked
A local source in Hebron said that soldiers apprehended two residents in Hebron, and withheld tens of residents during vast military searches conducted in the city, on Sunday morning. The…
EU: ‘Disengagement Only’ is a Nightmare, Not a Dream
‘If Sharon believes that with a pullout from Gaza everything is already done and that peace would come automatically, we won’t support that, that wouldn’t be a dream, but a…
PA deficit Mostly Caused by Israel funds seizure
A Palestinian Authority treasury source said Saturday that about half of the Palestinian Authority budget deficit was caused by seizures imposed by Israeli courts on PA funds. According to the…
Knesset Majority for Disengagement, but not for State Budget
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is assured that the disengagement plan will be approved on Tuesday’s Knesset session, but fears lacking a majority to approve the state budget for 2005…
The Zombie State
For the two years following September 11th, the Western public was inundated with propaganda to such a vociferous degree that to be a critical voice was to be heretical and…
Soldiers Clubbed Me and Demanded a Ransom for my Release
Translated by: Saed Bannoura Ala ’ Al-Shalash, 19 years old, said that he was severely clubbed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint known as “the container checkpointâ€Â, to the east…
When Your Home Becomes a `“Sitting Duck`
How would it feel to be targeted in the street, or in the car, what sort of live you will be living while knowing that you might be a moving…
Give us our Childhood, Not Death
Saed Bannoura, IMEMC Children are the most affected by any conflict in this world, the faultless victims of brutality and advanced weapons technology; tiny angels, the builders of the future…
Jibreel Al-Rajoub, advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat for National Security affairs
Translated by: George N. Rishmawi-IMEMC PNN: How do you view the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza Strip? Rajoub: The Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and other areas in…
Exclusive Interview with the Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu
Ten minutes stroll northward from the lively alleyways of the Old City and its renowned Golden Dome lays one of the Holy Land’s smallest parishes; the Anglican Church, with its…
31 Palestinians killed, 130 wounded in the Israeli Military Operation in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian medical source Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said that the Israeli army killed more than 31 and woudned over 200 Palestinians in the past 36 hours in…
Detainees abused in Al-Maskobiyya prison in Jerusalem
The Prisoners’ Supporters Society said that soldiers continued their assaults and violations against the Palestinian detainees in Al- Maskobiyya prison in Jerusalem, for the second day. The society, centered in…
Powell Urge Palestinians to End Intifada
In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called Wednesday on the Palestinians to end the four-year-old Intifada, as it is hindering the creation of an…
Qurei Might Soon Face No-confidence Vote
A group of Palestinian Lawmakers are planning to force a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Palestinian cabinet. Lawmakers said on Wednesday they had collected enough signatures on a…
31 Palestinians killed, 130 wounded in the Israeli Military Operation in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian medical source Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, said that the Israeli army killed more than 31 and woudned over 200 Palestinians in the past 36 hours in…
Detainees abused in Al-Maskobiyya prison in Jerusalem
The Prisoners’ Supporters Society said that soldiers continued their assaults and violations against the Palestinian detainees in Al- Maskobiyya prison in Jerusalem, for the second day. The society, centered in…
Powell Urge Palestinians to End Intifada
In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called Wednesday on the Palestinians to end the four-year-old Intifada, as it is hindering the creation of an…
Qurei Might Soon Face No-confidence Vote
A group of Palestinian Lawmakers are planning to force a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Palestinian cabinet. Lawmakers said on Wednesday they had collected enough signatures on a…
Eight residents killed, 45 wounded in the northern Gaza Strip
A medical source in Dir Al-Balah, in the north of the Gaza Strip said that a military helicopter fired a missile at a group of residents in Karm Al-Zaytoun area,…
Four Years of Fighting is Enough for Making a Point
It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…
Five Masked Men attack two Christian Peace Maker Team volunteers near Hebron
Two International volunteers of the Christian Peace Makers Team, Chris Brown, 40 and Kim Lamberty, 44 were attacked by five masked men around the settlement outpost of Maon in the…
3334 Palestinians killed in the past four years 82% of them were civilians
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, chair of “Health and Development Information Policy Center†(HDIP), said that 3334 Palestinians were killed and 53,000 were wounded since the…
Eight residents killed, 45 wounded in the northern Gaza Strip
A medical source in Dir Al-Balah, in the north of the Gaza Strip said that a military helicopter fired a missile at a group of residents in Karm Al-Zaytoun area,…
Four Years of Fighting is Enough for Making a Point
It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…
Five Masked Men attack two Christian Peace Maker Team volunteers near Hebron
Two International volunteers of the Christian Peace Makers Team, Chris Brown, 40 and Kim Lamberty, 44 were attacked by five masked men around the settlement outpost of Maon in the…
3334 Palestinians killed in the past four years 82% of them were civilians
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, chair of “Health and Development Information Policy Center†(HDIP), said that 3334 Palestinians were killed and 53,000 were wounded since the…
It’s the Occupation, Stupid!
Jerusalem – Four years ago on September 28, 2000, when Ariel Sharon made his operatic visit to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem igniting the Second Intifada,…
Four Years of Fighting is Enough for Making a Point
It’s absurd that officials on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are convinced that the four years fighting is all about making a point. An Israeli foreign minister official told…
CNN’s Druze Producer Released in Gaza
AP reported that RIad Abu Ali, CNN Producer has been released after negotiations between the PA and the group that abducted Abu Ali on Monday night in Gaza Strip. PA…
Pushing the Conflict to Regional Frontiers
“It is likely that Israel acted in order to force Hamas to run a global war, hoping that such a move will remove the borders that differentiate between the Palestinian…
CNN’s Druze Producer Released in Gaza
AP reported that RIad Abu Ali, CNN Producer has been released after negotiations between the PA and the group that abducted Abu Ali on Monday night in Gaza Strip. PA…
Pushing the Conflict to Regional Frontiers
“It is likely that Israel acted in order to force Hamas to run a global war, hoping that such a move will remove the borders that differentiate between the Palestinian…
Around 17 arrested in peaceful Anti-Wall protest in Budrus
A Palestinian non-violent protester, Mansour Mansour from the village of Budrus northwest of Jerusalem and another German activist were badly beaten and at least 15 Israeli activists have been arrested…
Israeli Court Releases a Settler who Killed a Palestinian
Israeli Magistrate court in Kfar Saba near the West Bank city of Qalqilia released on Tuesday, the Israeli settler Yihusha Alitzur who killed a Palestinian from the village of Salem…
Egyptian Foreign Minister to Region Next Week
AFP reported that the Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit is scheduled to visit Israel next week, for talks with Israeli officials on the Israeli unilateral disengagement plan. AFP also…
4 Army Officers Criticize Army Actions in Palestinian Territories
Four officers in an elite Israeli Army Air Force unit recently sent a letter to senior Army officers in which they harshly criticized the army’s operations in the Palestinian occupied…
Jordan: WB Barrier, a Grave National Security Threat to the Kingdom
Jordan said on Monday that the West Bank wall will interfere with establishing a stable Palestinian state and presents a threat to neighboring countries. In a speech to the United…
Israeli Army conducts a wide scale invasion in Jenin
The Israel army launched a broad operation in the West Bank city of Jenin early Monday. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces are backed with armored vehicles and Apache gun ships. Troops…
Settlers Attempt to Erect Outposts in Hebron
An Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, said on its online edition on Sunday that more than 140 settlers are preparing to erect two settlement outposts in Hebron, in the West Bank.…
Palestinian Killed in IAF Missile Strike in Gaza
Palestinian sources said that one man was killed and three others were injured after an Israel helicopter fired a missile at a vehicle in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza…
Army Seals Budrus village
Palestinian sources from the village of Budrus west of Ramallah that Israeli troops sealed all entrances of the village Sunday night. Residents of the village expressed their worries that the…
Two apprehended, one lad shot wounded, several homes
Soldiers apprehended two residents in Nablus after raiding several neighborhoods in the city, and Al-Ein refugee camp, and firing at tens of homes on Monday morning. A local source in…
B’tselem:`2827 killed including 557 minors, 3700 homes demolished and 7336 detainees in four yea
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories released a report on Thursday which revealed the number of casualties among the Palestinians since the beginning of the…
A Night I Can Never Forget
Translated by: Saed Bannoua-IMEMC Wisam Abdul-Kareem, 14 years old, from the village of Kafr Al-Deek, in the north west of Salfit, in the West Bank, tells his story of military…
Israel responsible of Killing a Hamas Leader in Syria
Israeli security sources confirmed Sunday that Israel is involved in the car bombing that killed one of the senior Hamas officials in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Minutes after the…
Army prepares a wide-scaled operation in Gaza
The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz said that army in preparing a wide-scaled operation in the Gaza Strip, which aims to stop the launching of Qassam shells at the Israeli settlements in…
UN Report: WB Barrier Aims at Expansion, not Security
UN Human Rights investigator dismissed Israeli claims that the West bank separation wall was built to keep out suicide bombers, saying that the findings of his investigation affirms that it…
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Calls Qurei to Resign
In response to Palestinian Prime minister Ahmed Qurei’s Friday hints that it was possible to dismantle Fatah’s military wing, a brigades spoksman, nicknamed as Abu Mahmoud called Qurei to resign…
Israel Denies Palestinian Security Trainees Entry to Egypt
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…
The Peace Cycle, a solidarity trip from London to Jerusalem
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…
Army withdraws from Khan Younis; one resident dead, 7 wounded, 80 homes destroyed
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…
Detainees in Nafha: `“The Situation is worse than the period before the Hunger Strike`
 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…
Security Reforms in Shadow of the Ever Suspended Cairo Talks
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…
Security Reforms in Shadow of the Ever Suspended Cairo Talks
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…
French FM: There will be no peace in the ME without Arafat
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 Agrees to Inspections Excluding Dimona Reactor
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…
Infants craving for freedom, mothers detained
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…
Three soldiers, two Palestinians killed in Moragh settlement in the Gaza Strip
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 Threatens to Boycott IAEA Conference
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…
100 protestors wounded in a protest against the Wall in Hebron
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 ,…
14 residents shot wounded, 10 homes demolished in Khan Younis
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…
Chaotic Thoughts around Open Wars
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.…
Two Killed, 16 Wounded in a Blast in Jerusalem
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…
Bush Harshly Criticizes PA, Calls for Settlements’ Freeze, End Humiliating Palestinians
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…