Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 4/21/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of April 21, 2003
- Two Palestinians killed, Bush talks of two states, invited Abbas to visit Washington
Two Palestinian students were killed and other 12 wounded by the Israeli occupation forces which opened fire at students of one Palestinian school in Ramullah, the West Bank, while they were at the school courtyard. Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/26/2003 - Jordan voice complete support for the Palestinians Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/26/2003
- Israelis killed in Kfar Saba operation; Israel continues incursion operations
The sources added that the Israeli forces also incurred into Sofa crossing to the east of Rafah and carried out leveling operations of the agricultural lands and demolished several Palestinian houses. Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/25/2003 - King Abdullah: Washington has to deal fairly with the Palestinian issue
The Jordanian King Abdullah II has stressed that the basic matter for the conflict in the region is the Palestinian question. He said that should the US seeks to maintain a balance in the region, she has to deal fairly with the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2003 - Arafat agrees with Abu Mazin on new government; Israel continue house demolishing operations Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/24/2003
- Israeli forces expand Chilo settlement, continue detention of Palestinians International solidarity calls for halting the Israeli violations
The demonstrators including foreigners of various nationalities and called for stopping the killing of Palestinians, demolishing of their houses and of killing journalists and peace activists. The demonstrators raised the pictures of activist Rachel Corrie who were killed by the Israeli forces in Rafah and the pictures of her colleague Thomas Horondly who is in a coma. Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/23/2003 - Arab Journalists Union condemns Israeli army's killing of Palestinian journalist
Qualifying this act as a war crime, the Union said the assassination of journalists by the occupation army confirms that Israel is unmindful of international law, including the 1949 Geneva convention, the international public opinion and the international organizations that are active in the realms of human rights and freedom of the press, the release went on. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/22/2003 - Israel continue incursions into Palestinian territories, AL: Israel violates international law, humanitarian values flagrantly
Three Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli soldiers opened fire randomly at citizens in Jenin and arrested four of them under the pretext of resistance. Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/22/2003 - Israeli aggression in Rafah, 16 Palestinian children wounded, 7 killed
two Palestinians were killed yesterday morning in clashes with the Israeli forces in Nablus, when Palestinian youth threw explosives at Israeli military cars, while the Israeli forces opened fire at school children resulted in wounding 16 of them. Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/21/2003