Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 3/4/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of March 4, 2002
- Sharon commits a series of brutal massacres, 50 Palestinians killed, hundreds wounded
Another bloody day in the occupied Palestinian territories in which the Israeli army and armored vehicles committed collective massacres claiming the lives of 50 Palestinians, and hundreds of wounded in the Israeli air, land and sea bombardment of the Palestinian towns, villages and cities. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Demonstrations in Jordan denouncing Israeli massacres of Palestinians
The Jordanian capital Amman on Friday witnessed a large demonstration denouncing the massacres committed by the Israeli forces against the Palestinians. The demonstrators denounced the debated settlement projects and called on the Jordanian government to cancel the peace agreement with Israel. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Zinni's trip to mideast an expression of U.S. concern
US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher characterized the return of special envoy General Anthony Zinni to the Middle East as an expression of deep U.S. concern over the "really horrific violence" between Israelis and Palestinians. Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Qatar FM today in Ramullah
A Palestinian diplomatic source in Doha said on Friday that the Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani will head today for Ramullah to meet with the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat, who has been besieged since three months in this city. Qatar-Palestine, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Rafsanjani says US directly helping Israeli crimes
The former Iranian president said "the crimes of the Zionist regime are carried out with a direct American support...The crimes of the Zionist regime against the innocent Palestinian people are committed while the world claims of freedom and human rights and establishes rights associations in protect of animals," Rafsanjani said. Palestine-Iran, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Islamic Development bank grants $ 50 mln to palestinians
The Islamic Development bank (IDB) will grant the Palestinian treasury 50 $ Mln, Palestinian representative in Ryad said Wednesday. Palestine-Regional, Economics, 3/9/2002 - Qatar's fm to meet tomorrow with Arafat in Ramullah
The Qatari space TV station al-Jazeera on Thursday quoted well-informed sources as saying that the Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem all-Thani will be meeting on tomorrow with the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat in order to discuss current developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestine-Qatar, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Israeli gunfire kills UN security guard riding in ambulance in West Bank
A United nations security guard working at the Tulkarm Camp run by the United Nations agency aiding Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the West Bank was killed on Thursday when the UN ambulance he was riding in was hit by Israeli gunfire. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Israeli bomb lands near UN-run schools in Gaza, drawing new UN protest
A powerful Israeli bomb exploded on Thursday morning within 200 meters of a large group of Palestinian refugee children at United Nations-run schools, causing widespread panic and prompting a top UN official in the area to urge Israel once again to halt bombing buildings adjacent to UN installations. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2002 - One Palestinian, 5 Israeli killed, 15 wounded in Ghoushe Katieve settlement
A Palestinian fighter on Thursday at dawn succeeded in storming into Ghoushe Katieve settlement in Gaza and opened fire at Israeli soldiers and settlers and the operation resulted in killing five Israelis and wounding of 15 before he was shot. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Saudi Arabia accepts to introduce amendments to Abdullah's initiative
The Saudi daily al-Watan issued on Thursday said, according to well-informed Palestinian sources, that Saudi Arabia has agreed with the Palestinian Authority to introduce necessary amendments into the initiative of the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz in order to establish peace in the region. Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Arafat extends term of office for the legislative council
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Thursday issued a decision that provides for extending the duration of the current session for the Palestinian legislative council for additional three months, due to current conditions taking place in the Palestinian territories. Palestine, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Israeli foreign ministers contacts Arafat
The Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres on Wednesday evening made a telephone call with the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat, just few minutes after the Israeli Apache planes bombarded Palestinian positions and targets near Arafat's office in Ramullah. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Israel's brutality seems to know no bound
"At 8am we'll bomb all the commercial centers... at noon we'll bomb their gas stations... at two we'll bomb their banks," Israeli minister Avigdor Lieberman said Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/7/2002 - Israel continues striking Palestinians, nine shot, two Israeli army officers killed in retaliation
Even school children were also subjected to the brutal Israeli aggressions, when the Israeli army opened fire at Selat al-Daher and many were strongly wounded, while the Israeli planes and tanks bombarded a position for the Fatah movement in Hebron and destroyed it completely. The Apache planes bombarded several areas in Ramullah. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/7/2002 - France holds Sharon responsible for violence Palestine-France, Politics, 3/6/2002
- Bush wants end to violence before he moves
Sources in the White House said President Bush supports an initiative tabled by President Hosni Mubarak on easing tension in the Middle East on Monday. Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/6/2002 - Two suicide operations by Palestinians in retaliation to Israeli attacks
News agencies quoted Palestinian sources as saying that the Israeli Apache and F-16 planes, the Israeli gun-ships and tanks bombarded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority and the refugee camp in Khan Younis, targeting most villages and cities in Gaza. One of the missiles fell in a courtyard of a secondary school in Khan Younis and another missile in the garden of one house. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/6/2002 - Moroccan fm deplores Sharon's resolve to abort any hope for peace
Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, deplored (Israeli prime minister) Ariel Sharon's resolve to abort any hope for the implementation of peace accords signed between Israel and Palestine in Oslo and Taba as well as the Tenet initiative and the Mitchel report recommendations. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 3/6/2002 - $ 7 billion, losses of the Palestinian economy
The Palestinian delegation taking part in the meetings of the Arab labor conference currently held in Cairo reviewed the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the delegation announced that "unemployment rate reached 70% of the volume of the labor force because of the brutal Israeli practices and that two million Palestinians have become under the line poverty and losses of the Palestinian economy just for 2001 reached USD 7 billion." Palestine, Economics, 3/6/2002 - A stand by PLO regarding Palestinian leadership
The Saudi daily al-Watan said in its Monday's issue said that Arab and Palestinian sides, opposing the attitude of the chairman of the Palestinian authority are currently making secret and serious consultations to set up a stand by organization replacing the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian leadership in case this authority collapses Palestine, Politics, 3/5/2002 - Israel kills 16 Palestinians, 6 from one family
while the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres warned against that the policy of military attacks against the Palestinians will lead to trying the Israeli officials at the International Court of Justice as war criminals, the Israeli infrastructure minister Ivigdore Lieberman answered Peres's warning saying "I do not care, I am not concerned what the International Court of Justice says, What is important for Israel is to kill more Palestinians and forcing them to evacuate." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/5/2002 - On the Saudi initiative Palestine-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/5/2002
- Solana calls for breaking the siege tightening Arafat Palestine-European Union, Politics, 3/5/2002
- Sharon and the Saudi initiative Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/5/2002
- Arafat is against operations inside Israel Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/5/2002
- Israeli president urges Arafat to oppress the Intifada
The Israeli President Moshe Kassave has called on the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat to work for oppressing the Palestinian Intifada. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/5/2002 - 20 million Syrian pounds in donations to the Palestinians in Jenin, Balata camps Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2002
- Israeli army deploys women soldiers in the West Bank for the first time Israel-Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2002
- Israel's Sarid: Palestinian resistance continues as long as occupation persists
Member of the Israeli Knesset for the Mertiz movement Yusi Sarid has admitted that so long as occupation continued, the Palestinian resistance and operations against this occupation will continue and therefore efforts should be made to put an end to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/4/2002 - Some 12 Israeli settlers, soldiers killed in two Palestinian attacks, 6 Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces
Israeli military sources admitted the killing of 21 Israelis since Saturday, 12 of them were killed on Sunday, including 9 soldiers in two operations carried out near Katsovim and Ofra settlements while other 14 were wounded including one army officer. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/4/2002