Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/4/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 4, 2003
- Saudi crown prince discusses with Abbas the Roadmap to peace
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz yesterday in Jeddah discussed with the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas latest developments concerning the Palestinian issue and the efforts made to implement the so-called Roadmap. Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 8/9/2003 - Bush permits keeping PLO office
US President George W. Bush permitted the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO to keep its office in Washington, by delaying legal implementation provided for closing it for other 6 months. Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/9/2003 - Israel kills four Palestinians Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/9/2003
- Israeli plan to enhance settlement in Jordan Valley, provocative marches in Jerusalem
Israeli reports disclosed yesterday a plan to be conducted at a cost of 95 million dollars to enhance settlement in the Jordan valley, while extremists Jews organized provocative marches in occupied Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of al-Haikal ( the temple ) destruction amid tough security measures taken by the Israeli police. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/8/2003 - Mahmoud Abbas in Saudi Arabia, cancels visit to Kuwait Palestine-Kuwait, Politics, 8/8/2003
- Abbas starts a Gulf tour today
The Palestinian ambassador in Riyadh Mustafa Deib announced yesterday that the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas will arrive today to Saudi Arabia, his first station in a Gulf tour during which he will also visit the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Palestine-Gulf, Politics, 8/7/2003 - Israel releases new group of Palestinian prisoners, invades Areiha
The Palestinians opposed the Israeli step. The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat described the releases as "deception and cheating" because most of the Palestinians who are released have almost completed their sentence duration, besides double of the number of the Palestinians were detained in the past few days. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/7/2003 - Kuwait welcomes Abu Mazen's visit 'at any time'
The Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah stressed yesterday that Kuwait welcomes the visit of the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait "at any time." Kuwait-Palestine, Politics, 8/6/2003 - Irsaeli forces would five Palestinians in west bank, razes lands in Bethlehem
Basima Al-Hamamy was shot with a live bullet in the right side of her pelvis, due to which she was transferred into hospital to receive medical attention, Rafidia Hospital sources in Nablus, said Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/5/2003 - Haartez: Jordanian King: Besieging Arafat will make the Abbas mission complex
In a statement with the Israeli daily Haartez, the Jordanian King Abdullah II warned that the besiege of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the headquarters of his leadership in Ramullah will complicate matters for the Palestinian prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 8/4/2003 - Arafat: Sharon's visit to India might escalate tension with Pakistan
In a press interview issued yesterday, the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat expressed his conviction that the visit which will be held by the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to New Delhi as well as India's plans to buy military equipment from Israel might increase the pace of tension between India and Pakistan. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/4/2003