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Solidarity voiced with the Palestinians in Pretoria
More than 2000 persons demonstrated on Thursday in the downtown of Pretoria on the occasion of the Human Rights Day in south Africa in solidarity with the Palestinian people in order to impose sanctions on Israel.
Palestine-South Africa, Politics, 3/23/2002

Danish organization sends ambulance drivers to Palestinian territories
He hoped that the Danish religious society which works in collaboration with the church council will be able though its presence there to put an end to the long time of waiting of ambulances at the Israeli check points, noting that many Palestinian patients paid their life as a price for waiting and pregnant women were obliged to delivered their babies in front of these check points instead of the hospital.
Palestine-Denmark, Politics, 3/23/2002

Mubarak opens renovated archaeological sites in Luxor
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday extended a message to the world asserting that Arabs have chosen peace as a strategic option since the Arab summit in Cairo in 1996. Israel, he said, has to respond positively to recent Arab initiatives to fulfill peace in the Middle East.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/23/2002

One Palestinian blows off himself at a check-point near Jenin
After less than 24 hours of listing the name of al-Aqsa martyrs groups (Kata'eb Shuhadaa al-Aqsa ) -- which is close to the Fatah movement -- on the US "terrorism list," a Palestinian fighter from the said group detonated himself on Friday at a check point for the Israeli army near Jenin and this resulted in killing the attacker and wounding of one Israeli army officer.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/23/2002

Arafat to meet with Aznar next week
A Spanish diplomatic source said on Friday that it is scheduled that the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat will be meeting with the Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar in Spain next week in order to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
Palestine-Spain, Politics, 3/23/2002

Arafat gets several calls from prominent officials
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Friday received telephone calls from the British prime minister Tony Blair, the secretary general of the UN Kofi Annan, and from the Jordanian foreign minister Marwan al-Mashaar dealt with the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 3/23/2002

Kuwaiti students protest the Saudi initiative
Kuwait-Palestine, Politics, 3/22/2002

Some 55 Israelis killed, wounded in a Palestinian operation in Jerusalem
A meeting will be held on Monday between the US Vice President Dick Cheney and the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat in Cairo, according to a statement made on Thursday by the chairman of the Palestinian security department in the West Bank Jibril al-Rajjoub.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/22/2002

Jerusalem patriarchy denounces Israel's dealing with archbishop Atallah Hanna
The Greek-Orthodox patriarchy in Jerusalem expressed in a statement issued on Thursday its "denunciation and condemnation over Israel's suspension of Archmandrite Dr. Atallah Hanna at King Hussein bridge between Jordan and the West Bank upon his return back from Beirut, for five hours in a very racist and provocative way."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/22/2002

Bush frustrated by Arafat's performance
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Thursday received a telephone call from the US Secretary of State Colin Powell in which they discussed developments in the occupied Palestinian territories in light of the continued American efforts in the region.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/22/2002

Continued Israeli siege and threats, Palestinian operation kill 7 soldiers, wound 35
A Palestinian resistance man carried out a suicide operation in an Israeli coach near Bjeido settlement, close to Bethlehem to the north of Tel Aviv resulted in killing 7 Israeli soldiers and wounding other 35 soldiers including 6 in a critical health condition. The executor of the operation also died.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/21/2002

A women sit in in solidarity with Palestinian women observed in Damascus
The Arab women committee in Syria in support of the Intifada on Wednesday observed a sit in before the UN office in Damascus in protest of the " Zionist crimes " against the Arabs in the occupied territories and in support of the Palestinians and their heroic uprising.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/21/2002

Grand Imam Tantawi said Palestinian resistance suicide persons are 'martyrs'
"Those who blow themselves up among aggressors, who demolish houses, kill men, women and innocent people and assault honour and property of Palestinians, are martyrs," he said.
Egypt-Palestine, Religion, 3/21/2002

Cheney: I'll meet Arafat is he implements Tenet plan fully
Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon set a precondition for permitting Arafat to attend the next Beirut's summit to implement the Tenet's plan. Sharon said "I will prevent Arafat from returning back in case Palestinian operations will take place during his absence or if he gives statements which Israel sees as a provocation to violence."
Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/20/2002

Israel continue killing, arrests; Israeli officer killed, three wounded in a Jordan Valley operation
the chairman of Jerusalem municipality Shemon Shtreet criticized the statements made by the UN secretary general Kofi Annan in which he stressed that the military operations in which the Israeli army used warship and planes against the Palestinian camps and cities are but a "traditional war."
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/20/2002

Arafat confers with Moratinos
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 3/19/2002

Slight progress in talks between Palestinians, Israelis
A Palestinian official said that a slight progress was attained during security meetings on redeploying the Israeli army in Beit Hanoun and opening the main roads in Gaza, noting that the Israeli side did not commit to that, despite the fact the actual implementation of the pullout should have started on Monday evening.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/19/2002

Israeli- Palestinian security meeting held in Jerusalem
An Israeli source in Jerusalem said that an Israeli- Palestinian security meeting was held in Jerusalem with the participation of the US.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/19/2002

Jews of Argentina, France gave up migration to Israel, Prague squares crowded with fleeing settlers
Large number of the Jews in Argentina and France canceled requests they filed to be brought to Israel to settle in it.
Israel-Palestine, Local, 3/19/2002

Palestinian authority welcomes UN resolution 1397
Palestine, Politics, 3/18/2002

Peres statements on Palestinian-Israeli conditions
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/18/2002

Palestinians consult with Saudis on peace initiative
The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Amman said that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt are embarking to draw a document including a simple formulation to the Saudi initiative which is based on the principle of land for peace.
Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 3/18/2002

The European Union calls for implementing UN resolutions
The European Union has called for urgent implementation of the UN Security Council resolution no.1397 which speaks to a Palestinian state and to lift all restrictions imposed on the move of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 3/18/2002

Israeli forces incurred into Bethlehem tightened siege
While the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has threatened that his forces will continue its war against the Palestinians, even if this government will be at the table of negotiations, the Israeli tanks incurred in the downtown of Bethlehem. One Palestinian was killed and many others wounded during the incursion.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/18/2002

Moussa criticizes the Israeli policy
The Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa has stressed that the policy pursued by the Israeli government under the chairmanship of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is based on rejecting just and comprehensive peace and imposing the Israeli conditions and instructions on the Palestinians.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 3/18/2002


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