Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 10/21/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of October 21, 2002
- Israeli Rabbi justifies stealing Palestinian olives: an inherited property for people of Israel
Israeli Rabbi Mordekhai Elyaho, who is considered one of the most important Rabbis of the religious Zionist movement, justified that it is permitted to cultivate olives from the orchards of the Palestinian farmers and to take their harvest. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/26/2002 - Israeli tanks storm into Jenin, One Palestinian killed, Sharon for amending US road-map
Some 25 Israeli tanks backed by armored vehicles and on-foot patrol on Thursday evening broke into the city of Jenin and its suburbs including Jenin camp and started to open its fire and carried out vast mopping up operations from one house to another under the pretext of arresting members of the Islamic Jihad movement Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/26/2002 - One Palestinian killed, 21 wounded; Israeli settlers steal West Bank harvests
One young Palestinian was shot in Jenin by the Israeli bullets at a time when the Israeli forces continued breaking in and storming operations and arrested more than 21 Palestinians in various areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/25/2002 - Israeli tanks incur in Rafah, destroy several houses, 23 Palestinians wounded, scores arrested by Israel
Palestinian security sources and eye witnesses said that more than 15 tanks and two Israeli military vehicles incurred into al-Salaam quarters and Salah Eddin Gate an Ballouck in Rafah and destroyed 6 houses including the house of the Palestinian " martyr" Muhammad al-Qasir. Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/24/2002 - Al-Rai al-Aam: Moussa stresses that Jerusalem is an Arab city
The secretary general of the Arab league Amre Mousa has stressed the adherence of the Palestinians and the Arabs to the city of Jerusalem as an Arab city and to their national legitimate and historical rights. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 10/23/2002 - Rafah: One Egyptian policeman wounded in a clash with Palestinians
A source at the Egyptian police said that one policeman was wounded on Monday during fire exchange with Palestinians in the Egyptian part of Rafah while they were trying to hand over weapons to Palestinians in Gaza. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/23/2002 - Arafat may announce his new government: 20-21 ministers, three new
Palestinian officials have announced that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has completed the formation of the new government which might be declared today or tomorrow and will be submitted to the Palestinian National Council ( parliament) next week. Palestine, Politics, 10/23/2002 - Israeli forces demolish several houses; threaten more aggressions
The Israeli forces, on the other hand, launched a large campaign of arrest which targeted scores of people in Hebron, Gaza, Jenin, Laban al-Sharqeyah village and simultaneously prevented the Palestinian farmers from cultivating their olive harvest Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/23/2002 - Some 15 Israeli killed, 50 wounded in a Palestinian booby trapped car
The explosion which targeted an Israeli bus in Bardis Hanna area situated between the coastal city of al-Khudeira and Tel Aviv yesterday resulted in 15 killing and more than 50 were reported as wounded with many of them in critical health conditions. Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/22/2002