Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 10, 2003
- Annan welcomes Arafat's intention to appoint Prime Minister Palestine-UN, Politics, 2/15/2003
- Two Palestinians killed, one Palestinian home destroyed by Israelis
the Israeli forces broke into the city of Rafah backed by tanks and bulldozers which demolished and leveled vast areas of the arable lands while two Palestinians were wounded by the fire of the invading forces. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/15/2003 - News on Arafat's approval to appoint a prime minister; Israel arrests scores of Palestinians
Officials and diplomats have stated that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat approved to appoint a prime minister for running the Palestinian affairs according to the "Road Map" peace plan, noting that due to the fact that other points within the peace plan are not settled yet, such an appointment will not be made soon. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/14/2003 - Two Palestinians killed in Gaza; General Command claims responsibility for Bethlehem attack
Two Palestinians were killed and a third was wounded when the Israeli forces opened fire at them under the pretext they had tried to enter Doghit settlement to the north of Gaza on Tuesday evening. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/13/2003 - ISESCO urges action to end blockade on palestinian educational institutes
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO, a Rabat-based body of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), urged the ministers of education of member states to pool their efforts to undertake urgent measures to end the blockade imposed on the Palestinian educational institutions and to guarantee the Palestinian people's right to education. Palestine-Regional, Education, 2/12/2003 - Al-Shara meets with Mashaal
Syria's Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Shara yesterday in Damascus received the Head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic resistance movement, HAMAS, Khaled Mashaal and the accompanying delegation. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/11/2003 - Israel assassinates People's Front official
The Israeli forces assassinated yesterday at dawn an official at Abu Ali Mustafa group, the military wing of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Palestine, Military, 2/11/2003 - Head of UN agency warns not to let aid for Palestinians suffer due to focus on Iraq
The head of the United Nations lead agency for Palestinian refugees, Peter Hansen, yesterday appealed to the international community not to let the West Bank and Gaza slide down its list of priorities as the world focuses on a potential conflict in Iraq. Palestine-UN, Economics, 2/11/2003 - Four Israeli soldiers wounded in a Palestinian operation, Israeli forces continue detention, destroying houses
The Israeli forces have destroyed three Palestinian houses in Ballouk area in Rafah camp and opened fire indiscriminately against the houses in Khan Younis. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/10/2003