Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 11/24/1997
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of November 24, 1997
- Israeli warplanes strike resistance positions
Shortly afterwards, an Israeli patrol was ambushed by the guerrillas as it approached the Kassaret el-Oroush position. Lebanon, Military, 11/29/1997 - Businessman in custody over MEA Dubai deal
A prominent Lebanese businessman who has been in custody for a week over a scandal involving Middle East Airlines, Lebanon's national carrier, pleaded innocent. Lebanon-United Arab Emirates, Judicial, 11/29/1997 - IBD invests in Lebanon
An IBD team will visit Lebanon in December to draw up a three-year cooperation plan between the two sides. Lebanon, Economics, 11/29/1997 - Israeli lieutenant wounded in south Lebanon
Following the attack, Israeli warplanes raided Hezbollah bases in Iqlim al-Tuffah, which faces an Israeli-occupied enclave Lebanon, Military, 11/28/1997 - Reprint of:To Qana with Love
Southerners are accustomed to all these things that would create pain, sorrow and joy at the same time. Amidst the scorched land, there is always hope of salvation and freedom. Under a sky raining bombs and deaths down on them, Lebanese farmers never lose faith in rainy seasons of flowers and fruits. Lebanon-Israel, Culture, 11/28/1997 - Truce panel condemns Beit Lif incident
A cease-fire committee monitoring a truce in south Lebanon ended a marathon meeting Thursday with a condemnation of the Beit Lif shelling, in which nine civilians were killed. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/28/1997 - Bueiz: South is Israel's Vietnam
Lebanon Foreign Minister Fares Bueiz commented on the current Israeli heated debate over its presence in the south of Lebanon on whether to have a unilateral withdrawal Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/28/1997 - Storm over debate on Israeli unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon
A new storm broke loose in Israel after the senior officer who spoke favourably of an Israeli unilateral withdrawl from South Lebanon was none other than Major General Amiram Levine Lebanon, Military, 11/27/1997 - Hrawi reiterates commitment to Madrid terms of reference
Hrawi demanded Israel to withdraw from the Lebanese territories, pledging not to fire a single bullet against Israel from the Lebanese borders if Israel to withdraw its troops from Lebanon Lebanon, Politics, 11/27/1997 - Lebanese resistance escalate attacks against Israeli occupation
Security sources reported that the Israeli tanks on late Tuesday shelled al Mansori coast with 105 mm shells. In the morning Israeli artillery attacked a number of towns and villages with more than 30 155 mm shells. Lebanon, Military, 11/26/1997 - International organization calls for release of journalist
Chamieh was sentenced by a military court on Monday to one year in jail for allegedly collaborating with Israel. Lebanon, Judicial, 11/26/1997 - Lebanon, U.S. sign $15 million agricultural agreement
Lebanon and the United States have signed an agricultural agreement under which the latter would lend Lebanon $15 million. Lebanon, Agriculture, 11/26/1997 - South Lebanon violence kills 16
Israel announced on Monday its soldiers had killed three resistance men in an early morning clash on the edge of an Israeli-occupied enclave. Lebanon, Military, 11/25/1997 - Syrian vice-president meets with Lebanese officials
Israel's killings of civilians in Lebanon is aimed at the same results as the killing of foreign tourists in Egypt: to obstruct economic and political progress in both countries. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/25/1997 - National Museum, symbol of war and destruction, reopens
For years, the area around the museum witnessed some of the most ferocious fighting between rival Christian and Muslim militias during the country's fifteen years of civil war. Lebanon, Culture, 11/25/1997 - Hariri concludes visit to Saudi Arabia Lebanon-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/25/1997
- Netanyahu's options in Lebanon failure
Hussein al Khalil said Benjamin Netanyahu's options in Lebanon have all failed, and the only option left for him is to put out totally and unconditionally from south Lebanon according to UN resolution 425. Lebanon, Politics, 11/25/1997 - Nine civilians killed in south Lebanon violence
Nine civilians were killed in an Israeli-occupied area of south Lebanon Sunday in the bloodiest day of confrontations between Israeli troops and Lebanese guerrillas in months. Lebanon, Military, 11/24/1997 - Lebanon celebrates 54th anniversary of independence
Hrawi: Independence isn't only limited to the liberation from outsiders. It is successfully accomplished in building a powerful, strong, united and effective government Lebanon, Local, 11/24/1997 - Lahd begs Israel not to leave him
In a letter last week to the Israeli Labor Party politician Yossi Beilin, who has formed a new movement calling for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, Lahd urged Israel not to abandon him before ensuring security guarantees for his militiamen. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/24/1997 - Samir Geagea set for trial Lebanon, Judicial, 11/24/1997
- Lebanese National Museum Lebanon, Business, 11/24/1997
- Chirac voices support for Lebanon
In a cable of solidarity he sent on Friday to Lebanese President Elias Hrawi on the occasion of Lebanon's 54th independence Day, President Chirac asserted his continued efforts to strengthen friendship and cooperation. Lebanon, Politics, 11/24/1997