Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 2/4/2002
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of February 4, 2002
- Hizbullah party criticized Arafat over Karine A ship issue
The Lebanese Hizbullah party on Thursday criticized the chairman of the Palestinian Authority over "involving" the Party into the question of the Karine A weapons ship, considering that Arafat seeks behind that to please Israel and the US government. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 2/9/2002 - Lahoud accuses Israel of distorting Lebanon's stances
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has warned that the absence of stability in any country in the world would create terrorism. He questioned what sort of option the greater states should support, especially the U.S. "Is it stability or disorder?" Lebanon-European Union, Politics, 2/9/2002 - Continued Israeli attacks against south Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday continued their aggressions against the liberated border areas of the eastern sector of South Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/9/2002 - E.U. trade commissioner starts Middle East tour Lebanon-European Union, Politics, 2/8/2002
- Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/8/2002
- Lahoud: Israel revenges Lebanon by campaigning lies about terrorist bases
Lebanon has once again refuted on Thursday claims on the existence of terrorist bases on its territories and regretted that several American officials have adopted false Israeli stories on this matter. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 2/8/2002 - Arab meeting on elderly Regional-Lebanon, Culture, 2/6/2002
- Israel will not release the Lebanese detainees
In discussions made by the foreign affairs and security committee at the Israeli Knesset recently, the secretary of the Israeli government Jadoun Saar stressed that Israel does not intend to release 16 Lebanese detainees from its prisoners and does not intend to consider them illegal fighters so as to have the excuse to continue their detention. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/6/2002 - Israeli violations for the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/5/2002
- Al-Hariri denies American, Israeli claims on terrorist camps
Lebanon has strongly denied the American and Israeli claims on that there are camps for training terrorists in the Lebanese al- Bekaa area. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 2/5/2002 - Lebanese information minister denies British Times report
The Lebanese minister of information Ghazi al-Areidi has stressed that the news issued by the British daily " The Times" that there was an attempt to transfer "al-Qaida " Organization activities to Lebanon is a fabricated news and of intelligence circles sources aiming at putting pressure on Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 2/4/2002