Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 6/24/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of June 24, 2002
- An Arab official denies Italian report on Arafat's deteriorated mental capability
An Arab official has stressed that the health conditions of the Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat is "excellent" and that he does not suffer any deterioration in his thinking ability, in contrary to what stated by the Italian weekly "Panorama" on Friday. Palestine, Politics, 6/29/2002 - Al-Seyassah: On the succession of Yasser Arafat
The Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah on Friday quoted a Palestinian diplomatic source in Abdu Dhabi as saying that Palestinian Authority information and culture official Yasser Abd Rabbu has achieved one of his closest steps towards leading the Palestinian people in succession of Yasser Arafat after the US President George Bush launched the "count down" process to alienate him from the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority. Palestine, Politics, 6/29/2002 - Amnesty International calls Israeli measures in occupied territories collective punishment
Amnesty International lashed out at the Israeli occupation forces' measures in the re-occupied Palestinian territories, calling them "collective punishment." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/29/2002 - One Palestinian killed, 9 wounded, 10 Palestinian houses demolished
The Israeli forces backed by tanks and helicopters broke into Azmout village in Nablus and intensified its bombardment of Hebron which is the 7th Palestinian city to be reoccupied by Israel in a declared plan which is to stay in the Palestinian territories until the Intifada and the "suicide operations" are stopped. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/29/2002 - Fierce clashes continued between Israeli forces, the Palestinians
The Palestinians of the city of Hebron spent their Wednesday night in shelters as a result of the strong Israeli land and air bombardment which continued all Thursday against the civilian areas and targeted the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority and the province's building and the headquarters of the Palestinian police and public buildings and establishment, leaving behind devastated destruction. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/28/2002 - Fierce fighting in Hebron, Ramullah
Strong clashes took place on Wednesday in Hebron and Ramullah and in several areas in Gaza between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/27/2002