Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/26/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 26, 2002
- Jewish Rabbi: Israeli practices against Palestinians contradicts Judaism
The Greater Israeli Rabbi for British Jews Jonathan Sacs has criticized the Israeli practices against the Palestinian people. He stressed that these practices are in contradiction with the real teachings of Judaism. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/28/2002 - Israel continues breaking in operations, arrests two leaders of the people's front
The Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested 11 Palestinians in the course of a campaign of arrest that covered on Tuesday Ramullah and Baqa al-Gharbeyah and Qalqilya. Among the arrested Palestinians is Ali Jaradat the official spokesman of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the member of its political bureau Bashir al-Kheiri. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/28/2002 - Saadat observes hunger strike
The secretary general of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmad Saadat on Sunday evening started a hunger strike in prison in protest of his continued detention since May despite the decision of the supreme Palestinian court to release him. Palestine, Politics, 8/27/2002 - Israeli forces break into Jenin by tanks and helicopters, demolish homes
The Israeli forces on Monday broke by tanks into Jenin and its camp, and carried out a campaign of arrest and large scale detentions amid intensive fire. Among the detainees were Jamal Abu al-Haija one of the members of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and his aide Islam Jarrar. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/27/2002 - Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Palestinian embassy refuses to receive Abu Nidal's body Palestine-Iraq, Politics, 8/26/2002
- Al-Sharq: Abu Mazin stops his work in Palestinian authority
The Lebanese daily al-Sharq said in its Saturday's issue, quoting Palestinian sources, that member of the PLO executive committee and the closer to succeed the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin has stopped working since more than one month. Palestine, Politics, 8/26/2002 - Israeli forces kill Arab youth; admit to robbing Palestinian houses before burning them
While one Palestinian young man was shot by the Israeli bullets in Jenin and other three wounded when an Israeli on foot patrol opened fire randomly against the Palestinians in one of the city's market, an Israeli force stormed into Marqa village near Jenin and arrested three of its citizens. The Israeli force also stormed into Salfeit town and arrested five Palestinians under the charges that they are members of the Palestinian activists. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/26/2002