Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 5/21/2001
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of May 21, 2001
- Two Palestinian suicide attacks against the Israelis
Three members of the Palestinian security were wounded on Friday as a result of the Israeli tanks bombardment of the position of al-Shuhadaa crossing, near Natsareim settlement. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/26/2001 - Arafat to Bush: Palestinians regret Israel's rejection of Mitchell's report
President Yasser Arafat assured US President George Bush that Palestinian Authority (PA) is committed to accept and implement the Mitchell Commission's report and the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative as a package. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/26/2001 - Moroccan FM calls for more than oral threats and extending real support to Intifadah
Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, invited Islamic countries to "stand by the Palestinian people" and do more than "oral threats." Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/26/2001 - International community should intervene to halt Israel aggression on Palestinians
President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat yesterday held an expanded session of talks; they probed the outcome of international contacts designed to enforce Mitchell Commission's report and the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/26/2001 - The CIA and Arafat
A former official at the CIA has stated that experts of the US intelligence believe that the ultimate aim of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is to alienate the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat from the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/26/2001 - American expert and the Israeli terrorism Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/26/2001
- A Palestinian officer killed in Ein al-Helweh camp Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 5/25/2001
- Two Palestinian killed, 20 wounded in confrontations with Israeli forces
Two Palestinians were killed and more than 20 wounded in a new Israeli escalation against the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2001 - Moroccan scouts stage march of solidarity with Palestinian children in June
Moroccan scouts will stage next June 24 in Rabat a march for peace and in support of the Palestinian children. Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 5/25/2001 - Arab Gulf ministers condemn Israeli aggressions Gulf-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/2001
- On Arafat, Sharon visit to France Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/24/2001
- Nasrullah vows backing for the Palestinians
The secretary general of the Hizbullah Party Hassan Nasrullah has stressed that his party will support the Palestinians until the establishment of their own state on the land of Palestine. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/2001 - Israel incurred in three Palestinian areas
In contrary to what had been stated by the Israeli prime minister in giving orders to his forces to cease fire against the Palestinians, the Israeli army on Wednesday renewed its incursion in three areas that fall under the control of the Palestinian self- rule areas in Gaza and bulldozed vast area of agricultural lands. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/24/2001 - Arab-African ministerial conference condemns Israeli ruthless repression against Palestinian children
The war waged by Israel against the Palestinian civilian populations and the crimes perpetrated against children clearly evidence Israel's denial to these children of their right to life, challenge world consciousness and constitute a blatant violation of the provisions of international conventions related to children's rights, said the report. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/2001 - Malaysia to call for severance of ties with Israel at OIC meeting
"We hope that Islamic countries will be able to use whatever influence and pressure that we have to stop the violence that is being continuously committed," he added. Palestine-Malaysia, Politics, 5/24/2001 - Arafat is still to visit Syria Palestine-Syria, Politics, 5/23/2001
- Israel continues breaking into Palestinian territories
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday continued its incursion into the areas of the Palestinian Authorities and bombarded by planes and tanks the Palestinian houses. As a result, one Palestinian was killed and several were wounded. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2001 - Intifada: Israeli army killed more than 100 Palestinian children
The Israeli army has killed more than 100 Palestinian children below 15 since the Al-Aqsa intifada flared up in the occupied territories eight months ago, said the ambassador of Palestine to Morocco Abu Marwane. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2001 - Yemeni president calls on Washington to pressure Israel Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 5/23/2001
- Two Palestinians killed and several wounded by the Israelis
The Palestinian citizen Hamad Abu Khousa ( 40 year old) and Ahmad al-Ajami ( 27 year old) were killed on Monday when the Israeli forces opened fire at al-Breij camp to the south of Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Middle East violence must end, Mitchell says as he releases report
"The principal message of our report, six months in the making, delivered to the president on May 1st and made public today," Mitchell said, is for the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority "to take swift and decisive action to end the violence, rebuild confidence, and resume negotiations." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Powell endorses Mitchell Report on Mideast Violence, recommends steps to resume peace effort
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the U.S. has endorsed the recommendations of the Sharm el Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee on ending violence between Israelis and Palestinians and resuming peace negotiations. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Arab group at the UN meets today
The ambassadors of the Arab group at the UN decided to convene a meeting today ( Tuesday) under the chairmanship of the Palestinian representative Zihdi al-Qidwa and the presence of the Tunisian ambassador Nour eddine Majdoub, the only representative of the Arab state, member at the UN Security Council to follow up the results of the American rejection of the demand of the UN Security Council to issue a decision ensuring international protection for the Palestinians. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Arabs Association in US says Mitchell Commission Report positive but flawed
ADC President Hala Maksoud said "While there are many positive aspects to the Commission's report, especially the demand that Israel halt all settlement activity, it fails to adequately address the root cause of the conflict, which is Israel's occupation of Palestinian land." Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Islamic World League Calls UNICEF to draw report on 'Israel's crimes against children' Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001
- Arafat approves Syrian proposal Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001
- Israel continues its attacks, more victims reported
The Israeli attacks against the Palestinians continued on Sunday resulting in more casualties, while the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon threatened to use all the Israeli military arsenal to eliminate the Intifada, at a time when the Palestinian Authority started a large- scale diplomatic campaign demanding international protection for the Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Using F-16s to kill civilians is very serious escalation
"Israel's use of f-16s to kill Palestinian civilians is a very grave escalation of the situation that requires immediate international intervention to halt the organized killing of Palestinians with the ultimate aim of eliminating them,"the New Arab League Chief said. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Palestine: Arab follow-up committee calls for emergency meeting of UN Security Council
The committee recommended "to stop any political contacts with Israel as long as aggressions and blockade are perpetrated against the Palestinian people and authority," and entrusted the Arab League Secretary General, Amr Moussa, to ensure immediately the conveyance of material assistance to the Palestinian authority and to organize fund-raising campaigns to the benefit of the Palestinian people. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Moroccan association denounces 'Israeli Neo-Nazism'
The Moroccan Association for Support to the Struggle of the Palestinian People (AMSLP) on Saturday denounced "the neo-Nazism of Israel which seeks to destroy Palestine and is waging an extermination war against the Palestinian people." Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Egypt for international protection for the Palestinians
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher has stressed that what the unarmed Palestinians have been exposed to of flagrant aggressions at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces will create a very dangerous condition in the Middle East region. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Arab- American organization and the Israeli raids
The Arab- American organization against discrimination has stated that Israel's use of the fighting US planes (F-16) in bombarding the Palestinians is eventually a violation to the American law and the set conditions for using these weapons. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Islamic Development Bank gives 30 million dollars to Palestine
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announced it transferred US $30 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA), the second batch of a loan to back the PA's budget. Palestine-Regional, Economics, 5/21/2001 - Differences in Israel over the strikes
The Hebrew- language- Israeli radio said on Sunday that a dispute has started to emerge at the Israeli political and security levels, on the ground of singling out the political decision regarding the Israeli bombardment of Palestinian positions on Friday. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2001