Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 4/23/2001
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of April 23, 2001
- Tens of Palestinians wounded as a result of Israeli bombardment of Palestinian areas
Confrontations erupted on Friday in various areas of the West Bank and Gaza after Friday's prayers and one Palestinian was killed and tens wounded by the Israeli bullets against the Palestinian civilians while the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said that " martyrdom operations will continue." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/28/2001 - On Syrian- Palestinian coordination
The London- based al-Hayat daily said on Friday that new released signals asserted that the Palestinian Authority is serious in opening a new page of coordination with Syria and that Yasser Arafat will visit Damascus in a period of time not to exceed three weeks. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 4/28/2001 - Arafat meets British general Consul Robin Kerry Palestine-UK, Politics, 4/28/2001
- U.S. manufactured weapons systematically used against Palestinian civilians, report
The Guild's Report carries these findings a step further in its analysis of U.S. law - specifically the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 - and calls on the President and Congress to fulfill their responsibilities under these laws to terminate all foreign assistance to Israel so long as human rights violations persist. Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/28/2001 - Palestinian agriculture sector damaged by Israeli water flow
Palestinian ministry of agriculture announced Friday Palestinian agricultural sector losses due to recent Israeli water flow have reached $ 1.4 million in addition to 173 farms damaged. Palestine, Agriculture, 4/28/2001 - Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, impossible
"The besieging the Palestinian people, driving workers idle, banning children from going to schools and preventing supply of food and medicine to the Palestinians, Sharon pushed them to carry out, out of despair, 'terrorist' operations such as the one on sunday," said Mubarak. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/27/2001 - Chamber of advisors decries Israeli barbarous aggressions against Palestinian people
The chamber of advisors, upper house of the Moroccan parliament, decried Thursday "the barbarous and annihilating aggressions perpetrated by Zionist forces against the Palestinian people" and called the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of civilians in the occupied territories. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/27/2001 - Two Palestinians killed in escalations in the occupied Palestinian territories
Patriarch Sabah added in a statement to the French daily le Monde issued on Thursday that whatsoever houses Israel will destroy, the government of Sharon will discover by the ultimate end there are still a Palestinian people calling " here we are, we want to be free and to restore back our occupied territories." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/27/2001 - King Abdullah criticizes Arafat
The Israeli daily Yadhout Ahronout said on Wednesday that the Jordanian King Abdullah II has strongly criticized the behaviors of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat, noting that if Arafat continues his current behavior, he will find himself again in Tunisia ( where Arafat used to live before the Oslo agreements). Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/26/2001 - Bin Aleazer: no negotiations before halting the Intifada
Four Palestinians were killed on Wednesday by the Israeli tanks fire opened by the Israeli forces at Bawabet ( Gate ) Salah eddine in Rafah to the south of Gaza and the bombardment also resulted in a fire in one house. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/26/2001 - Arafat to visit the US Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/26/2001
- Israel seeks economic talks with the Palestinians Palestine-Israel, Economics, 4/26/2001
- Morocco decries again Israel's systematic aggression policy Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/25/2001
- Confrontation continue between the Palestinians, the Israeli army
Similarly, the Israeli forces demolished houses in Wadi al-Salqa area to the south of Deir al-Balah including one house for Ibrahim Abu Amre and sealed a potable water well and leveled agricultural lands after uprooting its trees. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/25/2001 - Hamas calls for opening Arab fronts against Israel Palestine-Regional, Politics, 4/25/2001
- Israeli airliner suspends flights
The Israeli airliner al-Al has decided to halt its flights to ten international airports, following the great financial losses inflected on the company because of the decrease in the world tourism movement to Israel. Israel-Palestine, Economics, 4/25/2001 - UN development agency appeals for funds to help Palestinian students
With the education of thousands of Palestinian youths at stake, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is appealing for emergency funds to help students in Gaza and abroad to pay university tuition and fees. Palestine, Education, 4/25/2001 - More explosions in Israel
Confrontations continued on Monday in various cities, and villages of Gaza and the West Bank between the Palestinian Intifada youths and the Israeli forces. A booby trapped car went off in "Oyahodah" market near Tel Aviv and another explosive went off in an Israeli patrol near Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2001 - Beshara denies connection between his current visit to Damascus, Arafat's visit
The Arab member at the Israeli Knesset Azmi Beshara has denied any relations between his current visit to Damascus and the forthcoming visit the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat will make to Damascus or any type of Palestinian- Syrian meetings. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2001 - On Arafat's visit to Syria Palestine-Syria, Politics, 4/24/2001
- Arafat meets with UN envoy Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2001
- Sharon, to blame for deterioration of situation
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon responsible for the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories as a result of his violent policy against the Palestinians. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2001 - One Israeli killed, 50 wounded in Kfar Saba suicide operation
One Israeli settler was killed and other 50 were wounded in a violent explosion carried out by a Palestinian at Kfar Saba settlement to the North of Tel Aviv. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/23/2001 - On Beshara visit to Damascus
The Israeli radio on Sunday quoted the Israeli daily Maareve as saying that Azmi Beshara, member of the Israeli Knesset headed for Damascus to hold consultations with the Syrian leadership. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 4/23/2001