Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 7/1/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of July 1, 2002
- International NGOs accuse Israel of hindering their activities in West Bank
Several international organizations are accusing Israel of hindering their humanitarian activities they are trying to discharge in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/5/2002 - Israel continues aggression against Palestinians
The Israeli forces on Thursday morning arrested 13 Palestinians from al-Lid city in the territories of 1948 under the pretext of resisting the Israeli forces which demolished their houses. Palestine-Israel, Military, 7/5/2002 - Saudi crown prince's proposals to build confidence between Israel, the Palestinians Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 7/4/2002
- Al-Qabas: Contacts for convening a mini Arab summit on Palestinian issue
The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas issued on Wednesday quoted a high ranking Arab diplomat in Damascus as saying that contacts to convene a mini Arab summit including states with are in direct contact with the Palestinian file have achieved big strides. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 7/4/2002 - New British minister calls for reforms in the Palestinian authority
The new Foreign Office Minister(in charge of the Middle East affairs) Mike O’Brien said "The Palestinian Authority also needs to reform its institutions and create circumstances in which other representatives can come forward with whom we can deal as well as President Arafat. I welcomed the Authority’s 100-day plan as a serious package for reform, as well as its intention to hold elections." Palestine-UK, Politics, 7/4/2002 - Israel continues break in and detention practices in West Bank, Gaza
An Israeli military force has broke into al-Rafideyah village near Nablus and launched a vast detention campaign and similar acts were conducted against Beit Annan village near Ramullah. Palestine-Israel, Military, 7/4/2002 - Israel Radio: Arafat makes new appointments
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat has appointed the former governor of Jenin Zuheir Manasra as a chairman for the Palestinian preventive security in the West Bank instead of Jibril al-Rajjoub. Palestine, Politics, 7/4/2002 - UN agency appeals for $56 million to repair damage in occupied palestinian territories
An additional $56 million is needed for relief and reconstruction of several refugees camps damaged by the Israeli military's incursion earlier this year, the head of the United Nations body charged with helping Palestinian refugees told journalists at UN headquarters on Tuesday. Palestine, Economics, 7/4/2002 - Israel continues detention, breaking in acts against Palestinians, unemployment rising
Barghouthi stressed that poverty rate totaled 72% with an unemployment rate that exceeds 63%. He added that even those who work can not be afforded because the Palestinian establishments they work for have been destroyed by the Israeli forces in their continued aggressions against the Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Military, 7/3/2002 - Moussa confers with Oreikat Palestine-Regional, Politics, 7/2/2002
- Jordan denies involvement to change the current Palestinian leadership Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/2/2002
- Al-Qabas: Abd Rabbu denies Maareve's statements Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/2/2002
- Israeli forces destroy nine houses in Rafah, break into Salfeit
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stressed that his army will continue the campaign against the Palestinians and he refused to permit his foreign minister Shimon Peres to make contacts with Palestinian figures whether being inside or outside the occupied Palestinian territories. Sharon said:" the Israeli army will stay in the Palestinian territories for a long time " in order to restore back calm. Palestine-Israel, Military, 7/2/2002 - Israel starts building a fence around Jerusalem, to cancel liaison offices in the West Bank and Gaza
The Israeli forces have officially launched work of constructing a "security fence" around Jerusalem with the aim of preventing the leak of the Palestinians who intend to carry out operations. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/1/2002