Palestinian Police Officers to Egypt for training
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…
More testimonies on Army Misdeeds, No Noticed Impact
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.…
Israeli Prison Authority Studies Building Prisons for Settlers
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…
Prisoner Assaulted in an Israeli Military Court in the Negev
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.…
EU Funded Palestinian-Israeli Maternity Hospital near Gaza
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…
Mazuz: Placing a Curse on Sharon Is Not Incitement
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…
A Hamas Activist Assassinated in Gaza
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…
Palestinian Police Carry Arms Despite Israel’s Ban
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…
Two Hamas Activists assassinated in Gaza, Eight Wounded Including Two Children
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…
Anti-Wall protest near Hebron, several protestors wounded Report
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…
Poll: Palestinians favor Bargouthi after Arafat
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,…
Israeli Source: Americans Has no Concerns, We Can Proceed with WB Barrier
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…
Mashaal Arrives in Cairo to Join Palestinian Unity Talks
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 Rejects UN Watch Dog Call for Uranium Enrichment Freeze
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…
General Strike in Arab Israeli Areas to Commemorate October’ Killings
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…
Dichter: Gaza operation foiled Sinai attack
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…
Israel Denies that Hezbollah Passed New Information on Arad
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,’…
Egypt Postpones Palestinian Factions’ Cairo talks
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…
U.S. Plans to Stem Anti-Israeli Resolutions in UN
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 collects donation to counter the disengagement
“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…
Ya’alon: Army Ready, Waiting for Political Decision
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…
Sharon , Disengagement, and the Road Map
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…
Palestinian Detainee Dies of Medical Neglect
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…
Inhuman Treatment of Checkpoints; soldiers force a Palestinian to drink their urine
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…
Hi-Tech Spying devices in PA Security Office in Gaza
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…
Egypt Arrests 8 Palestinians Attempting to Cross to Gaza
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…
NGOs UN Conference Calls for Sanctions Against Israel
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…
Internationals demand an investigation in the killing of Nablus five
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…
Syria, Egypt call for talks on creation of Palestinian State
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…
Siege Tightened In Hebron, Homes Topped Tens Withheld
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…
After assassinating four activists; Jenin completely besieged
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…
European Opposition to Further UN Talks Over WB Barrier
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 Killed in Army Raid in Nablus
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…
Army Assassinates Four Palestinians in Jenin
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…
PHIC: `“41 residents killed since the beginning of September`
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 Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron closed; several areas raided, 16 residents apprehended
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…
A Freed Female Detainee: `“Female Detainees are Facing Very Difficult Conditions’
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…
2 Palestinians, 3 Israeli soldiers injured in an explosion near Qalqilia
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 Approves Evacuation & Compensation Guidelines
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 FMs back the recent UN Resolution on Lebanon
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…
Protestors at Al-Ram: ‘Let them go to School’
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…
MK Omri Sharon: Killing Arafat is Foolish
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…
Rajoub: Palestinians Recognize Israel in ’67 Borders
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 ` Egyptian security talks in Cairo Monday
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.…
Israeli Army assassinates Three Palestinians in Jenin
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 a Palestinian Prisoner call to save their son’s life
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…
Hebron raided, 7 residents apprehended, one bruised
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…
The Family of a Palestinian Prisoner call to save their son’s life
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…
Sharon Outraged by Settlers’ Threats and Ministers’ Silence
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…
Israel to Present New Wall Route for U.S. approval
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…
THE VANUNU EPILOGUE
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…
THE VANUNU EPILOGUE
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, the Ever Lasting Excuse
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, 8 dead, goals not achieved
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…
Iran ‘s Nuclear Program, U.S. Seeks Sanctions, Israel Will Act if Others Fail
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…
Egyptian Initiative, Dead or Back on Track
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…
Hebron Raided, five residents apprehended, one home leveled
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…
Against Lebanon’s Well, U.S. to Demand Syria to Leave Lebanon
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…
PCHR: `“ Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip`
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…
Settlers Threaten a Civil War
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…
In Mourn or Joy, Palestinians Are Besieged
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…
EU Officials: Isolating Arafat, a Mistake.
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…
Report: 22 shot dead, including three children in one week
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…
Four Palestinian killed, twenty shot wounded in the northern Gaza Strip
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…
Shalom: Expulsion of Arafat is closer than ever
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…
UK FM, Straw Criticized Israel’s plan to expand WB settlement
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…
Israel to Expand Jordan Valley Settlements
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…
sraeli Army Invades Gaza Strip from the North and the South
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…
Qureia Threatens to Resign Following Quarell with Arafat
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…
The Pure Blood of Raghda Covers her School Seat
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…
Qurei: Gaza Massive Killing, Unjustifiable Crime
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…
Israel to release 150 Palestinian Prisoners, for overcrwoding
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…
Egypt Won’t Send Security Experts to Train PA Forces in Gaza
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…
14 Killed, 40 wounded in IAF Strike in Gaza Strip
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…
Israel Still Dragging Feet on WB Settlements Construction Lines
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…
Settlers create territorial contiguity with ‘connecting outposts’
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…
Dahlan: Libyan leader mediated end to rift with Arafat
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…
Knesset Approves Appointing Hanegbi as Minister Without Portfolio
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…
Army Begins Work on Separation Wall near Hebron
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…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
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…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
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…
Abu Al-Gheit and Suleiman met with Arafat in Ramallah
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…
Report: 44 killed, 280 wounded in Nablus in four months
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…
Mofaz threatens to expell Arafat and hit Damascus
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…
Court Delays Ruling on Tali Fahima’s administrative detention
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…
Report: 47 Killed in August, 580 wounded Including 154 Children
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…
Flimsy Turnout in PA Voter Registration
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…
Justice Barak calls Army to End Using Palestinians as Human Shields
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…
Israel Calls Donor Countries to Subsidies `“Apartheid` WB Road System
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…
Militants Pulled out of PA Governor Office in Khan Younis
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…
Egyptian FM, IC to Visit Ramallah on Monday
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…
The First Administratively Jailed Israeli
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,…
The First Administratively Jailed Israeli
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,…
Report: Hamas leaders are Leaving Damascus
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…
Despite SC Call, Lebanese President Wins an Extension
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: Israeli Threats against Syria are Beyond Logic
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 “illogicalâ€Â. ‘There is no…
Centers to register Allegeable Electorates Open Today
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…
EU Would Attempt an Active ME Political Role
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…
PFA: `“Detainees will resume hunger strike if their demands were not fulfilled`
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…
Islamic Jihad: `“We will continue targeting settlements and military
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…