Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/25/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 25, 2002
- Mubarak: Saudi initiative means full Israeli withdrawal
"The Saudi proposal could only be an all-or- nothing deal," the President added. "Are the Israelis ready to withdraw from the occupied territories?", Mubarak asked. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/2/2002 - Arafat confers with Danish foreign minister Palestine-Denmark, Politics, 3/2/2002
- German minister expresses concern over conditions of Palestinians Palestine-Germany, Politics, 3/2/2002
- Mary Robinson concerned Israeli attacks against Palestinians
"I view with concern the growing perception of a double-standard approach to the serious situation in the region," said Robinson. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/2/2002 - some 24 Palestinians killed, hundreds wounded by Israel's breaking in Balata, Jenin camps
Some 24 Palestinian were killed and hundreds wounded because of the Israeli terrorism which targeted on Friday and Thursday most of the areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/2/2002 - Sharon will not accept Saudi initiative
The government of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is rejecting all European, American and Arab initiatives, said an Arab Knesset member. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/2/2002 - Palestinian farmers suffer heavy losses inflicted by the Israeli siege
A Palestinian official report said that the siege imposed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians resulted in heavy losses inflicted on the Palestinian farmers estimated at USD 500 million since the eruption of the Palestinian Intifada on September 28th, 2000 until January 31st, 2002. Palestine, Economics, 3/2/2002 - A decline in the popularity of Sharon
An opinion poll issued by the Israeli daily Maareve on Friday showed the regret most of the Israelis for the performance of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 3/2/2002 - Some 12 Palestinians killed, 150 wounded by Israel
The US state department said yesterday that "the overall principles that we come at this from, first of all, we respect Israel's right to self-defense. There's no question about that." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/1/2002 - UN security council: postponing debate on Palestinian issue to study pre Arab summit initiatives
The Syrian ambassador at the UN Mikhael Wahba said that the peace process needs a political will from the Israeli side rather than more and further initiatives. He described the acts committed by Israel against the Palestinians as war crimes, collective killing and racial cleansing. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 3/1/2002 - Bush's approach to the peace process is incremental
US White House spokesman Ari Fleischer hinted yesterday that the approach taken by the Clinton administration to solve the Israeli- Palestinian question has led to the violence seen between the two sides. Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/1/2002 - Israeli court postpones considering Azmi Beshara case
The Israeli court in al-Nasera city postponed until April 7th considering the case of the Palestinian intellectual Azmi Beshara who has been tried by the Israeli occupation authority over his national and Arab commitment stands. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2002 - Four Palestinians killed, Israeli- Palestinian security meeting a failure
The Israeli- Palestinian security meeting which was held on Wednesday evening at the house of the American ambassador in Hertzelia in Tel Aviv failed to reach tangible results as Israel refused to alleviate the siege imposed on the Palestinians and stressed to continue the military campaigns and incursion operations into the Palestinian areas. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/28/2002 - Egypt at UNSC: No peace without application of UNSC resolutions
"The demolition of Palestinian institutions, infrastructure and economy and the killing of its leaderships, will neither end the cycle of violence in the Middle East nor intimidate Palestinians from maintaining their struggle," Abul Gheit said. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2002 - Thousands demonstrate in Brussels in solidarity with Palestinian people
The protesters, who flocked to Brussels from different regions in Belgium, as well as from France and Italy, chanted slogans against the Israeli occupation, the EU-Israel association agreement, and the weapon deals between the Union and the Israeli government. Palestine-European Union, Politics, 2/28/2002 - Who is Azmi Beshara
Azmi Beshara was born in al-Nasera city in 1956 of a state - employee father (Antoine Beshara) and a mother from al- Nasera, of al-Ramah village. He was brought up in al-Nasera and is still living there. Palestine, People, 2/27/2002 - Solidarity sit in with Beshara Azmi in Damascus
The statement also " called for an Arab and international move to restore back the UN resolution 3379 which considered Zionism as a form of racism Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/27/2002 - Seven Palestinians wounded, new incursion for Israeli forces in Gaza
Seven Palestinians were wounded during the confrontation with the Israeli forces which on Tuesday continued its aggression and incurred in Deir al-Balah area in Gaza and arrested several Palestinian youths. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/27/2002 - Nasrullah denies reaching agreement with Israel on prisoners issue
The secretary general of the Hizbullah party Hussein Nasrullah has denied news which talked about reaching partial agreement though one of the German mediators concerning the exchange of the Lebanese prisoners and detainees in the Israeli occupation jails. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 2/27/2002 - UN secretary general paints grim picture of Palestinian women plight
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan deplored that "many women were killed or wounded and/or lost their husbands, children or other family members" during the conflict. Palestine, Politics, 2/27/2002 - New Palestinian operation against Israeli settlers
The Palestinian citizen Muhammad al-Hayek ( 43 year old) was shot by Israeli bullets along and his father and pregnant wife were strongly wounded, while all of them were taken to a hospital in the surrounding of al-Hawarra town which is close to Nablus. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/26/2002 - Telephone conversations between Mubarak, Annan Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/26/2002
- Sharon infuriates Paris with charge of Racism
A storm has erupted in France following Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statement last week that he is very concerned for the fate of French Jews in light of "the wave of dangerous anti-Semitism sweeping France, Ha'aretz newspaper said Monday. Palestine-France, Politics, 2/26/2002 - Sharon's Policies cause of continued bloodshed
Egyptian Civil Affairs Minister Jamil El-Tarifi asserted late Monday those Israeli premier Ariel Sharon's policies were the real cause of the continued bloodshed in the region. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/26/2002 - European Union criticizes blockade on Arafat
The European Union has addressed a strongly worded criticism to Israel for the blockade it has imposed on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, asserting Arafat's right to move freely. Palestine-European Union, Politics, 2/26/2002 - Israeli assassination crimes are provocations
US ambassador in Cairo, David Welch described the Israeli assassination crimes committed against Palestinian leadership as provocations and harassment. Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/26/2002 - Israeli, Palestinian delegations to meet in Moscow
The Israeli radio said on Saturday that a Palestinian and an Israeli delegations will meet tomorrow in Moscow in the presence of the Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov in order to discuss the Saudi initiative Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/25/2002 - Arafat gets a telephone call from Powell
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat on Sunday called on the American administration to work for halting the implementation of Ariel Sharon's plan in the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/25/2002 - Israeli mini cabinet permits Arafat only to move inside Ramullah
Oreikat said that this decision indicates that the Israeli government has no political program, rather its program is to continue the war against the Palestinians and to destroy the negotiation process. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/25/2002 - Bin Ali telephones Arafat
Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali has renewed Tunisia's position in continued support for the Palestinian cause. Tunisia-Palestine, Politics, 2/25/2002 - Sharon holds telephone calls from Powell, Fischer
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon on Saturday evening received two telephone calls from the US secretary of state Colin Powell and the German foreign minister Yushka Fischer. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/25/2002