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Egypt set to work for liberating occupied lands
Maher said Israel, as President Hosni Mubarak noted, has trespassed all limits, noting that "when the occupation knows that it will inevitably end, it becomes increasingly violent."
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/27/2002

Chris Patten: Israel systematically targeted civilian infrastructure
Chris Patten said: Israeli military actions have not just targeted the security apparatus of the PA but have systematically inflicted damage on civil infrastructure which has no security role whatsoever, such as the Ministries of Education, Finance, Agriculture, the Land Registry, the Central Statistics Bureau, and even the Palestinian Legislative Council which must be of great concern to the members of this House.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 4/27/2002

Arab League slams Israel for blocking UN fact-finding mission
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa yesterday slammed Israel for blocking the work of a United Nations fact-finding mission into Israeli war crimes in Jenin refugee camp.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/27/2002

UN security council resumes close- door consultations on ME
The UN security council on Friday afternoon resumed its close door meeting on the Middle East, while the UN and Israel were holding talks on the question of the fact- finding team, regarding the events which took place in the Palestinian Jenin camp in the West Bank.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/27/2002

In flagrant violation to UN security council, Israeli forces incur into Qalqilya
While the Israeli army threatened to use the military solution against the "Church of Nativity," Israel on Friday continued its acts of repression and breaking in, in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian Raed Mousa Ibrahim Nazzal of the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine was shot by the Israeli forces
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/27/2002

Pope Shenouda condemns lax western stance on attacks on Nativity Church
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Nark Diocese lashed at the lax western stance on the aggression on Church of the Nativity, and the oppression suffered by the Palestinian people in general.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/27/2002

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar urges backing to Palestinians
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, urged all Muslims everywhere to cooperate to stand by the right by backing the Palestinian people who have been exposed to brutal Israeli aggression.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/27/2002

France calls on Israel to respect the press
Palestine-France, Politics, 4/27/2002

52% of Israelis support full withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands
Some 52 percent of Israelis support Israel's participation in a regional conference based on the Saudi proposal on a withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands in swap for peace, according to an opinion poll published Friday by the Israeli Ma'ariv newspaper.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/27/2002

Moroccan employees, employers join in solidarity drive with Palestinians
Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 4/26/2002

Saud al-Faisal abstains from condemning martyrdom operations
The Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal abstained in statements issued on Thursday from condemning the "Martyrdom operations" against Israel as requested by Washington, considering that the way to peace in the Middle East passes through Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories and lifting the siege imposed on the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat.
Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 4/26/2002

Six Palestinians killed, Israel mocks Europe, Arafat refuses to leave to Gaza
Six Palestinians were shot on Thursday at a time when the Israeli forces continued incursion and breaking in operations in the Palestinian cities and villages in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/26/2002

Palestinian court sentences persons accused of killing Zeifi
A Palestinian court on Thursday in Ramullah sentenced with imprisonment and hard labor four Palestinians under the accusations of killing the Israeli minister of tourism Rahbaam Zeifi.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/26/2002

UN development agency plans $400,000 emergency relief effort for palestinians
Concerned about the evolving humanitarian crises in the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Thursday announced plans for a $400,000 emergency relief and recovery plan to help rebuild the area.
Palestine, Economics, 4/26/2002

Ebeid: Arab should help with 100 billion dollars for war
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/25/2002

European MPs: Israel committed massacre in Jenin
European MPs condemned on Wednesday the massacres carried out by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/25/2002

Israel's withdrawal from occupied areas not enough to end crisis
Egypt's ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmi underlined the importance of Israel's full withdrawal from the areas and towns it reoccupied in the West Bank more than three weeks ago.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/25/2002

UN fact-finding mission to arrive in Middle East on Saturday
A United Nations fact-finding mission initiated by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and welcomed by the Security Council to develop accurate information regarding recent events in the Jenin refugee camp is expected to be in the Middle East by Saturday, a spokesman travelling with the team announced today in Geneva
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/25/2002

Israel threatens to invade Gaza, 6 Palestinians shot, builds a settlement
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday continued its open war of destruction against the Palestinian people and on Wednesday broke into and incurred in several Palestinian areas, especially in Rafah
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/25/2002

UNSC can try Israeli generals for war crimes
An Egyptian international judge, Fowad Abdel Monem Reyad said the UN Security Council can hold international tribune for Israeli war criminals, on top of whom is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, under UN charter, chapter seven.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/25/2002

Arab cities organization opens special account for Palestinian cities reconstruction
Participants in the 42nd session of the Organization of Arab Cities held in Amman earlier this week decided to open a special account for the reconstruction of the Palestinian cities destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces.
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 4/25/2002

Indonesia: no intention to establish diplomatic relations with Israel
The Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Werayuda on Wednesday announced in Abu Dhabi that his country does not intend to establish diplomatic relations with Israel which oppress the Palestinian people and their right to establish their own independent state.
Palestine-Indonesia, Politics, 4/25/2002

British government condemns Israel's backtrack to receive UN inspection committee
Palestine-UK, Politics, 4/25/2002

Cim, Papandreau headed to ME on Wednesday
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 4/25/2002

Egypt praises choice of UN investigation panel
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2002

The US criticizes Israel over keeping forces in Palestinian cities
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/24/2002

Spanish FM confers with Shaath, Peres, separately
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 4/24/2002

Khaddam discusses with Hawatemah the political objectives of Sharon's aggression
The Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine said that its secretary general Nayef Hawatemah held on Tuesday a meeting with the Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam during which they discussed the political objectives of the aggression launched by Sharon's government against the Palestinian people.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2002

Palestinian Fatah movement leader confers with Moroccan party leaders
Member of the central committee of the Palestinian Fatah Movement, Hani El Hassan, conferred in Rabat Sunday and Monday with several Moroccan party leaders, who have all renewed Morocco's unfailing backing to the Palestinian cause.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2002

Greek, Turkish FMs to visit Israel, the Palestinian territories
Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2002

Palestinian case part of National Security
Egyptian Presidential Political advisor, Osama al-Baz said Egypt wouldn't give up its role in the Palestinian case that is based on protection of Egyptian national security.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2002

Moufaz: the war against the Palestinians shakes the Israeli economy
Israel-Palestine, Economics, 4/24/2002

Guardian report: Israel breached the Geneva conventions
"The International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday accused Israel of breaching the Geneva conventions by recklessly endangering civilian lives and property during its assault on the Jenin refugee camp, and by refusing the injured access to medical personnel for six days," The UK the Guardian reported Tuesday.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2002

Niger severs relations with Israel in support of the Palestinians, ambassador
Niger's ambassador in Cairo al-Haj Smila Mickaswa has stressed that his country's boycotting of relations with Israel came as a support for the Palestinian people in their just and legitimate struggle to restore back all their rights, foremost being their rights to establish their own independent state with Jerusalem as a capital.
Palestine-Niger, Politics, 4/24/2002

Reporters Sans Frontieres on Israeli practices against journalists in Palestine
The policy of the Israeli authorities towards the international media, especially Palestinian journalists, must be condemned for what it is : a massive, deliberate and conscious violation of press freedom and an unprecedented low in the history of Israel.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2002

ILO facts finding mission visits the Palestinian territories
The director general of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) Ibrahim Qweider said that it was agreed with the International Labor organization (ILO) to send a high ranking mission including experts and specialists led by the ILO deputy director general to visit all the Palestinian occupied territories to investigate conditions and be acquainted with the sufferings of the Palestinians. The visit will take place on Saturday.
Palestine-International, Politics, 4/24/2002

Israeli forces continue brutal operations of breaking in, detention, execution
Despite the increasing international criticism of the Israeli aggression and the calls for immediate withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli occupation forces continued the series of killing, destruction and assassination against the unarmed Palestinian people.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/24/2002

Fahd: Israel's pullout is a deception to public opinion
The Saudi minister of information Foaud al-Farisi said following the weekly session of the Cabinet chaired by King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz that the "Cabinet stressed the need of prompt action by the UN Security Council and the international community to force Israel to implement all UN agreements and resolutions provided for achieving just and comprehensive peace in the region."
Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2002

Amnesty International delegates' visit to Jenin
Amnesty said "The evidence compiled indicates that serious breaches of international human rights and humanitarian law were committed, including war crimes, but only an independent international commission of inquiry can establish the full facts and the scale of these violations,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/23/2002

Israel's terrorism against whoever speaks of rights
"The Israelis do not settle for the terrorism they practise against the Palestinians, but they also practise intellectual and moral terrorism against whoever speaks of rights," said Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2002

Egypt hails Annan's proposal on multi-national force
Ambassador Ahmed Abu al-Gheit, Egypt's Permanent Representative at the UN Security Council recently stressed the importance of the UN Secretary-General's proposal to send a multinational force to the occupied Arab territories.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2002

Arafat meets with Burns
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat on Monday met with the US under secretary of state for the Middle East affairs William Burns in his residence in Ramullah on Monday.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/23/2002

Cairo: Six tried to sneak into Palestine
Security sources in Cairo said that the Egyptian authorities arrested 6 Egyptians including one girl carrying explosives before they could sneak to "the occupied Palestinian territories" to help the Palestinians in resisting the Israeli occupation last week.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2002

Mrs. Mubarak launches fund-raising campaign for Palestinians
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak chairperson of the Egyptian Red Crescent, launched on Sunday a fund-raising campaign for the Palestinians.
Egypt-Palestine, Culture, 4/23/2002

Carter: America can make Israel choose peace
President Carter said :Ariel Sharon is a strong and forceful man and has never equivocated in his public declarations nor deviated from his ultimate purpose. His rejection of all peace agreements that included Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands, his invasion of Lebanon, his provocative visit to the Temple Mount, the destruction of villages and homes, the arrests of thousands of Palestinians and his open defiance of President George W. Bush's demand that he comply with international law
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/22/2002

Annan disturbed by Israel criticism and threats against UN personal
In a what some see as a pattern by Israel to label those who disagree with its policy and actions as anti semitists to shut them up, Israel is trying to intimidate UN personal in what they say or don't say.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/22/2002

Vadovin describes seens in Jenin as a humanitarian catastrophe
The special envoy of the Russian foreign ministry to the middle East Andre Vadovin has described what had happened in Jenin camp in the West Bank a humanitarian catastrophe.
Palestine-Russia, Politics, 4/22/2002

Boxer Hameed to provide care for 3,000 Palestinian families
Renowned British Boxer Naseem Hameed who is of a Yemeni origin said that he is ready to provide support for 3,000 damaged Palestinian families in the Jenin camp in the West Bank.
Palestine-UK, Politics, 4/22/2002

Butaflika calls for protection of the Palestinians
The Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika has called on the international community to break its silence and shoulder its responsibility towards "the catastrophe the Palestinian people suffer as well as to take urgent measures to ensure the protection of the Palestinian civilians under the Israeli occupation."
Algeria-Palestine, Politics, 4/22/2002

Demonstration of support for Palestinians in California
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/22/2002

Beshara: American plan to transfer Arafat to Gaza
The Palestinian intellectual Azmi Beshara has unveiled an American proposal which states to transfer the headquarters of the chairman of the Palestinian authority to Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/22/2002

Sharon tightens siege on Palestinians
Four Palestinian children were wounded by the Israeli heavy machine guns bullets at Salah eddine gate and two Palestinian citizens in Khan Younis were hit by Israeli tanks shells
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/22/2002


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