Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 6/9/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of June 9, 2003
- Palestinian killed in Gaza, Arafat meets security departments heads
One Palestinian citizen was killed and other 26 wounded including children and women in a new raid launched by Israeli military helicopters on Friday evening against Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/14/2003 - France condemns Rantissi's assassination attempt Palestine-European Union, Politics, 6/13/2003
- EU condemns Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip Palestine-European Union, Politics, 6/13/2003
- Hamas warns foreigners to leave Israel, threaten Sharon
News reports from the occupied Palestinian territories said that 7 Palestinians were killed at least including one child and other scores wounded when Israeli helicopters fired several missiles targeting a car in Sheikh Ridwan quarters in Gaza, in a new Israeli assassination operation against the Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/13/2003 - Mubarak calls for halting the Israeli aggression, criticizes al-Ranteisi assassination attempt
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has criticized "Israel's attempt" to assassinate Abdul Aziz al-Ranteisi, one of the leaders of Hamas, warning against the danger of the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinians and its reflections on efforts aiming to revive the peace process. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/12/2003 - Egyptian efforts to convince the Palestinians of a truce
The director of the Egyptian intelligence Omar Suleiman has started his talks with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Ramallah before his meeting with the prime minister Mahmoud Abbas. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/12/2003 - Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli missile bombardment in Gaza, 16 Israelis were killed in a Palestinian operation in Jerusalem
The Israeli TV said yesterday that at least 16 persons were killed in the suicide operation which targeted yesterday afternoon, an Israeli bus. Israeli rescue forces said that so far 60 persons were wounded many of them in critical conditions. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/12/2003 - Israel continues every effort to blow up any opportunity for peace
The reason Israel has been called a terrorist state has become clear to some who support the peace efforts between the Palestinians and Israelis, as Israel, with its leader Ariel Sharon, continues to blow up every opportunity for peace, making it clear Israel has no real desire for peace, except for oppression and assassination, highliting the possibility that the only realistic solution to bring Israel to pay attention to respect international law and conventions is by bringing its leader, Ariel Sharon, to trial as a war criminal. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/11/2003 - Egyptian mediation between Palestinian government and factions Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/10/2003
- Israel reoves settlements, destroys palestinian homes; Hamas considers dialogue
However, there are more than 100 settlements in the West Bank, 60 of which were erected since Sharon assumed the post of the Prime Minister in Israel in 2001. According to international law, all settlements built on an occupied Palestinian lands are considered illegal. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/10/2003 - Israel demands Palestinian authority act after a joint resistance operation against Israel
The Palestinian Intifada witnessed yesterday an advanced step in its military struggle, as three resistance organizations, the Islamic Jihad movement, al-Aqsa martyrs groups of the Fatah movement and the Islamic resistance movement of Hamas took part together in an attack against an Israeli military position near Eres crossing, where four Israeli soldiers were killed and four wounded, while the three Palestinians, executors of the operation were killed. Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/9/2003