Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/14/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 14, 2002
- Envoys delegated by Arafat to the Arab leaders Palestine-Regional, Politics, 1/19/2002
- German FM calls on Israelis, Palestinians to resume negotiations Palestine-Germany, Politics, 1/19/2002
- Two Palestinians were killed, 100 wounded in F-16 Israeli raids
In a new escalation steps against the Palestinians, Israeli F 16 warplanes on Friday morning bombarded several villages in north of Ramullah and the headquarters of the Palestinian authority in Toulkarem. This resulted in wounding tens of the Palestinians and heavy damages in the buildings and the electricity rid. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/19/2002 - Five Israelis were killed, 30 wounded in a Palestinian operation in al-Khudeira
Five Israeli settlers were killed and other 30 wounded in an attack targeted a night club in al-Khudeira city to the north of Tel Aviv on Thursday evening. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/18/2002 - King Mohammed voices Morocco's concern over serious developments in Palestinian cause Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 1/17/2002
- Ahmad Saadat's arrest denounced
The People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine has expressed its denunciation and strong condemnation to the Palestinian Authority's arrest of its secretary general Ahmad Sadaat. Palestine, Politics, 1/17/2002 - Palestinian groups and forces denounce the arrest of Sadaat
The Palestinian national and Islamic forces have stressed their rejection to the detention of Ahmad Sadaat the secretary general of the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine by the Palestinian authority. Palestine, Politics, 1/17/2002 - Israeli forces break into Nahhalin, Sharon threatens more repression acts
An Israeli military force broke into Nahhalin village near Bethlehem and arrested three citizens under the charge of resisting the occupation, while an Israeli settlers coach was greatly damaged in confrontations in Baqah village in the west bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/17/2002 - Moroccan association holds series of events in support of Palestinian people struggle
The Moroccan association of support to the Palestinian people's struggle (AMSLP) announced a series of actions to support the Palestinian people struggle for the establishment of a state with Al-Quds as its capital. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 1/17/2002 - Arafat wants full coordination with Syria
Member of the central committee of the Fatah movement Abbas Zaki on Monday in Damascus said he had informed the Syrian vice president that the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat " has readiness for full coordination" with Syria. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 1/16/2002 - Ha'aretz: Israel's destruction of Palestinian houses is war crime Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/16/2002
- One Israeli army officer, one settler killed
Groups of the al-Aqsa martyrs of the Fatah movement has announced the killing of an Israeli army officer working for the intelligence in Bethlehem after opening firing at him in an operation near " Maalee Adomim settlement." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/16/2002 - Egypt renews need for resumption of Israeli-Palestinian political negotiations
Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Maher, stressed on Tuesday the need to carry on efforts to resume political negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/16/2002 - The US asks Arafat for more measures against persons wanted by Israel
The spokesman for the US state department Richard Boucher has considered the detention of several Palestinians following Israel's seizure of the Karine weapons ship as a positive matter, but he also called for more measures and that more be done by the Palestinian Authority. Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/16/2002 - Arafat: Palestinians stick to peace despite pessimism
The Palestinian Authority is committed to peace as strategic option despite the pessimistic atmosphere on the possibility of resuming the peaceful march under the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/16/2002 - Demolition of Palestinian homes, an act of collective punishment, Amnesty International says
Amnesty International condemned on Monday the demolition of dozens of homes in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, as an act of collective punishment and a grave breach of international humanitarian law. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2002 - March of solidarity with Palestinian people sunday in Rabat Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 1/15/2002
- One senior Fatah official assassinated by the Israeli forces
The Israeli forces on Monday demolished 13 houses in Jerusalem and displaced their people and assassinated one of the al-Aqsa martyrs group in Toulkarem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2002 - Indyk, Israel and the Palestinians Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/15/2002
- American source denies the return back of Zinni
The Israeli Hebrew language daily on Monday quoted a well-informed sources that the US administration has not decided yet on dispatching its envoy Anthony Zinni to the region again Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/15/2002 - Moroccan association holds solidarity rally with Palestinian people
The petition states that signatories, in their capacity as inhabitants of the globe, urge Mary Robinson to set up a fact-finding commission to investigate Sharon's participation in war crimes against humanity, in accordance with the Human Rights Universal Declaration Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 1/14/2002 - Further deterioration in the occupied Arab territories
The chairman of the Israeli " Merits " movement Yusi Sarid admitted that the policy of demolishing the Palestinian houses is but a strategic projects carried out by the government of Sharon and has no connection to the operations carried out by the Palestinians against israeli targets. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/14/2002