Lawyers Thursday finalized a pool of 12 jurors and 10 alternates for the trial of former University of South Florida computer science professor and Palestinian human right activist Sami Al-Arian ...
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A Palestinian court has thrown out election result in parts of Rafah , a town in the Gaza Strip where Hamas had made a strong showing. Supporters of the Fatah movement, led by President Mahmoud...
An Israeli newspaper reported Monday that senior officers in the Israel Defense Forces want to pre-emptively detain a number of Israeli extremists before the planned Gaza Strip pullout and evacuation of settlements this summer. On...
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Sunday that he will postpone the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, alleging that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not upholding his promise to pressure Palestinian militants into a ceasefire. Abbas...
Israeli minister resigns over Gaza pullout as Abbas orders bulldozing of illegal homes
Israeli Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky resigned Monday saying that Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a mistake that will spawn more Palestinian violence. Sharansky has insisted that Israeli concessions must be matched...
Israeli Supreme Court rejects petitions against Gaza pullout
Israel's Supreme Court Monday dismissed an attempt by Jewish settlers to bar legislation enabling the government to accomplish its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlers filed eight petitions challenging the Evacuation Compensation bill, ratified in...
UN rights commission condemns Israel, to vote on abuses in Sudan, Cuba
The UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution Thursday condemning Israel's settlements on Palestinian territories by 39-2, with 12 abstentions. The resolution called for the Israeli government to reverse the policy and to take measures meant to...
Bulgarian, Palestinian medics appeal death sentence in Libya
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed death sentences they received in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. The appeals court hearing the case said it would rule on May 31. The...
UN to log property damage claims arising from Israeli security fence
After a Monday meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced that the UN will establish a register of property damage caused by the construction of Israel's two-year-old West Bank separation barrier [Israel...
Following up on a report submitted last week to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet Sunday agreed to remove the 24 Jewish outposts established on the Palestinian West Bank since Sharon took power in March 2001....