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Belgian Court Opens Way for Israeli General Trial
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 9:17 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
A Belgian court ruled on Tuesday that a case against an Israeli general, who was involved in carrying out war crimes at Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1982, can go ahead. More >>
PNA Calls on US to End Israel’s ‘Bloody Practices’
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 12:24 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) Minister of Information, Nabil Amre, condemned the Israeli assassination attempt on Hamas political leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi as a “terrorist attack” aimed at sabotaging the Palestinian government’s efforts ... More >>
PNA Accuses Sharon of ‘Deception’ over Settlements
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 12:21 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
PMC Feature: The Palestine National Authority (PNA) accused Israeli Prime Minister Sharon of “deception” and described the dismantling of some empty settlement outposts in the occupied Palestinian territory as a “symbolic step” and a “phony show.” More >>
PNA: Opposition Groups Rule out In-fighting
Monday, 9 June 2003, 9:51 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) and the opposition groups have both confirmed that “dialogue” is a national decision and ruled out inter-Palestinian fighting to resolve a dispute that erupted over Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas’ commitments at ... More >>
Israeli Settlers Occupy Palestinian’s House
Friday, 6 June 2003, 11:16 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Armed Israeli settlers, headed by the Israeli ministers of tourism and cmmunications, occupied on Wednesday a house owned by a Palestinian family in occupied east Jerusalem and established a new illegal settlement outpost in the Hebron area. More >>
Wolf to Lead Team of US 'Roadmap' monitors
Friday, 6 June 2003, 12:23 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
US assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation John S. Wolf will soon lead a team of monitors to the Middle East to help the Palestinians and Israelis fulfil their obligations under President George W. Bush’s “roadmap” peace plan, and to publicize ... More >>
Abbas Pledges Clear-cut Commitment to Peace
Friday, 6 June 2003, 12:21 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestinian and Israeli governments on Wednesday publicly signed on to a US-sponsored “roadmap” to peace in the Middle East. But while PM Abbas pledged a clear-cut Palestinian commitment to the obligations of the internationally-adopted plan, the pledge of ... More >>
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Police Officer
Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 10:20 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated their military aggression against the Palestinian people, shot dead a Palestinian police officer, imposed a strict siege and curfew on Ramallah and totally closed the cities of Jenin, Tulkarem and ... More >>
Israeli Claims of Easing Restrictions “Lies"
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:18 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestinian Minister of Cabinet Affairs has refuted Israeli claims that stringent restrictions have been eased in the occupied Palestinian territory, and labeled them as “baseless lies, which will not deceive anybody.” More >>
IOF Shoot Dead 3 Palestinians, Detain Dozens
Friday, 30 May 2003, 11:44 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead three Palestinians and detained at least forty others in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, hours before the expected meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his Israeli counterpart ... More >>
Arafat Remains in Charge, Says PM Abu Mazen
Friday, 23 May 2003, 10:58 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
EU, China Rebuff Israeli Threat to Boycott Palestinian Leader - Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said President Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar) remains in charge despite a US and Israeli refusal to deal with him, and said his stamp of ... More >>
Israel Arrests Canadian Peace Activist
Friday, 23 May 2003, 10:44 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Israeli occupation authorities are to deport a Canadian peace activist arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron as part of a wide-scale crackdown on internationals working in the occupied Palestinian territory. More >>
IOF Kill Mother of Seven, Student Near Ramallah
Friday, 23 May 2003, 10:41 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead a Palestinian high school student and a mother of seven children in the village of Qarawat Bani Zaid, north of Ramallah, eyewitnesses and security sources said. More >>
IOF Re-invade Beit Hanoun
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 8:32 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) re-invaded the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, after it withdrew for several hours, leaving behind a trail of destroyed houses and uprooted olive, citrus and date palm trees. More >>
Sealing the border between the West Bank/Israel
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 1:22 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Israeli government announced yesterday that it would “seal off the border between the West Bank and Israel” and this phrasing was unquestioningly repeated by many media outlets. More >>
11 Killed, at least 100 Wounded Gaza Refugee Camp
Friday, 7 March 2003, 5:54 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Eleven Palestinian citizens, including a 60-year-old elderly man, were killed and at least one hundred were wounded Thursday in a renewed Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip Jabaliya refugee camp, which was invaded by Israeli Occupation Forces ... More >>
Israel's Summary Executions Continue in Tulkarem.
Saturday, 1 February 2003, 10:44 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
As the crowd fled, the 2 critically injured men were forced to lie face down on the ground. One was Eyze Jabar, 27, who was linked to the Al-Aqsa Brigade and was the apparent target of the attack. The other was Baddeea Kakurah, 26, a sweet shop owner ... More >>
Two Children Killed by Israeli Missiles
Tuesday, 14 January 2003, 11:51 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
In the bloodiest day in weeks, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed ten Palestinians, including two children, who were innocent bystanders condemned to death by Apache helicopters, which fired at a vehicle in an attempt to extra-judicially assassinate ... More >>
Aggression on the Palestinian People – 21-22 Sept
Monday, 23 September 2002, 10:50 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli occupation troops continue their aggression and now they occupy virtually every Palestinian population center on the West Bank, and maintain a system of checkpoints, security cordons and curfews in the rest of the Palestinian territories. Israeli ... More >>
Israeli Settlers Bomb Children's School in Hebron
Friday, 20 September 2002, 9:49 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Five Palestinian children, all no more than 8-years of age, were wounded Tuesday when a bomb exploded in their school south of the occupied West Bank City of Hebron. Israeli Police and Palestinian sources said they believed Israeli settlers were responsible. More >>