Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 12/23/2002
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of December 23, 2002
- Arafat merges two Palestinian departments Palestine, Politics, 12/28/2002
- Israel expels belgian NGO activists
The delegation, headed by Pierre Galand -- chairman of the Belgian-Palestinian association -- and comprising Belgian elected officials, were arrested as they were trying to leave for Ramallah to take part in a social forum. Despite the Belgian embassy's protests, security agents searched them and detained them in the airport. Palestine-Belgium, Politics, 12/28/2002 - Israel escalate acts of detention; Hamas vows resistance til occupation ends
In a new "suicide operation," a Palestinian youths yesterday broke into Oteil settlement in the city of Hebron and opened fire at Israeli settlers and this resulted in his killing together with other four settlers and other seven were wounded. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/28/2002 - Hamas, Fatah do not agree a date to resume dialogue
The delegation representing the Hamas movement left Cairo yesterday without maintaining an agreement on a date to resume dialogue with the Fatah movement; while the Egyptian authorities continued its contacts with various Palestinian groups in order to expand the inter- Palestinian base for dialogue. Palestine, Politics, 12/27/2002 - Israel reoccupies Bethlehem, seven Palestinians killed, five Israeli soldiers wounded in confrontation
The Israeli forces have reoccupied the city of Bethlehem yesterday and imposed curfew and resumed its patrols in the surrounding of the Church of Nativity despite the appeal made by Pope John Paul II to lift the curfew imposed on the city in order to permit Christians to celebrate the Christmas. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/27/2002 - Shaath calls for an international move To remove the Israeli wall
"The official government silence over the Israeli crime of building a wall separating Egyptian Rafah from Palestinian Rafah, was maintained," Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation said and called for an immediate move to demolish this wall which is currently being built by Israel. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 12/26/2002 - Al-Ahram: Blair urges Palestinians and Israelis to revitalize negotiations
The British Prime minister Tony Blair has urged the Palestinian and the Israeli sides to revitalize their negotiation operations. Palestine-UK, Politics, 12/26/2002 - Israeli forces kill 297 students, wound 3690 during the Intifada
The report said that the Israeli forces arrested 75 teachers and 160 male and female students and closed several schools under military instruction by the time in which studies stopped in 850 schools while other 197 schools were exposed to breaking in and inspection operations. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/26/2002 - In Christmas, Israel continues killings and destruction, two Palestinians shot
The Israeli occupation forces continued the acts of killing and arrest, ignoring the calls made for tolerance and to incline for peace. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/26/2002 - Palestinian delegation to visit London in mid January Palestine-UK, Politics, 12/26/2002
- On the fall of the Christmas, sadness prevails the city of peace, 21 Palestinian houses demolishes in Israeli attacks
The Palestinian Youth Muhammad Fikri Breek ( 14 year old) was shot dead and another one was wounded by the shells of the Israeli tanks to the North of Gaza yesterday, while the Israeli forces demolished some 21 houses during a break in operations by tanks in Rafah camp. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/25/2002 - Fatah, Hamas to resume dialogue next week
The two Palestinian resistance movements Fatah and Hamas stressed yesterday they will resume their dialogue in Cairo next week. A dialogue they had started by the beginning of November with the aim to maintain internal unity and coordinate means of challenging the Israeli occupation. Palestine, Politics, 12/24/2002 - Two Palestinians killed by special Israeli forces, plans to build new Israeli settlements
The two Palestinians Kamal Hassan Suboh ( 27 year old), a member of Hamas and Mustafa Jalal ( 28 year old) from al-Aqsa martyrs group were killed by the Israeli bullets in a village near Jenin when their were besieged by a special group of the Israeli forces while trying to cross the fields by a tractor. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/24/2002 - Roadmap peace plan has to be officially announced Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/23/2002
- Arab League dissatissified with US Veto Palestine-USA, Politics, 12/23/2002
- Jewish groups seek to ban book on Middle East conflict
Jewish organizations have called for ban on a novel by a teenage girl about the Middle East conflict which they claim glorifies Palestinian suicide bombers and fuels racial hatred. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2002 - Israeli forces demolish 7 houses, break into Jenin university
An Israeli military force backed by armored vehicles broke yesterday into areas in Rafah to the south of Gaza and bombarded two houses for two families in the context of the collective punishment policy against the Palestinian people. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/23/2002 - Palestinians, Israelis met in London
Representatives for the Israeli Labor and Meritz parties met a delegation representing the Palestinian authority in London last week. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2002