Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 4/2/2001
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of April 2, 2001
- Confrontations continue between the Israeli army and the Palestinians Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2001
- Powell talks on the telephone with Arafat, Sharon
The US secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday evening made a telephone call with the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat and reviewed with him current conditions in the Palestinian territories. Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/4/2001 - Israel released kidnapped palestinian soldiers
The Israeli authorities on Monday released three Palestinians of members of Palestinian Authority's "force 17" they kidnapped on Sunday in Ramullah in the West Bank, under the pretext that they are involved in acts against Israel. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2001 - UAE exempts Palestinian goods from customs duties United Arab Emirates-Palestine, Economics, 4/3/2001
- Khaddam confers with al-Qaddoumi Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/3/2001
- One Israeli soldier killed in confrontation with the Palestinians
In this regard a booby trapped car went off near a group of Israeli soldiers stationed to the Southern west of Nablus and the Palestinians attacked one Israeli soldier at al-Raam barrier to the north of Jerusalem and he was wounded as a result. The Palestinian also wounded a woman Israeli soldier. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/3/2001 - OIC secretary general denounces Israel's crimes in occupied territories as war crimes
Secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Abdelouahed Belkziz, denounced Monday at the 57th session of the UN human rights commission, as "war crimes" the aggression acts perpetrated by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 4/3/2001 - A Palestinian representation opened in Iraq
A headquarters for the Palestinian representation was opened in Baghdad on Sunday, in the presence of Iraqi officials and several invitees. Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 4/3/2001 - Stockholm hosts informal meetings of donor countries for Palestine
An informal meeting of donor countries to Palestine will be held this April 11 in Stockholm to collect a monthly amount of 90 million Euros in loans or donations to the Palestinian authority. Palestine, Economics, 4/3/2001 - Israel: Jerusalem's old walls will collapse Palestine-Israel, Local, 4/3/2001
- Al-Shara discusses with al-Qaddoumi developments in the Palestinian territories
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Sunday received the chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/2/2001 - One Palestinian killed, several wounded in confrontation with Israeli forces
One Palestinian youth died on Sunday at Ramullah hospital of Jerusalem district after the Israeli forces shot him in the confrontations which erupted last week. Palestinian medical sources said that the killed was Walid Tamimi and is of 11 year old. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/2/2001