Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/11/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 11, 2003
- Occupation forces incur in Jenin, release criminal detainees
Fire was exchanged between the Palestinian gunmen and the occupation forces. The Israeli soldiers launched detention and inspection campaigns of houses in certain quarters under the pretext of searching for resistance fighters to detain them. This is, however, the second incursion of the city and its camp within less than 24 hours. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/16/2003 - Israeli forces invade Jenin, commander in Jihad movement killed
News reports in occupied Palestinian territories said that Israeli forces launched yesterday afternoon a large attack against Jenin camp to the north of the West Bank. The reports said that more than 20 military vehicles are besieging the camp amid intensive and random fire by the occupation forces. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/15/2003 - Egyptian delegation on urgent mission Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/15/2003
- Funeral for Arafat's sister in Gaza
More than 2,000 Palestinians yesterday in Gaza held a eulogy for the sister of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Palestine, Local, 8/15/2003 - Greek official hold Israel responsible for deterioration in occupied lands
Member of the Political Secretariat and official of the Foreign and European policy at the Greek leftist coalition Party, Nichos Khondes, has held Israel responsible for the deteriorating situation in Palestine. Palestine-Greece, Politics, 8/14/2003 - Israel demolishes 6 Palestinian homes, increases the state of alert
The Israeli occupation forces blew up by dynamite the house of a Palestinian youths in Askar camp for the Palestinian refugees in Nablus in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/14/2003 - Maher deplores Israeli aggressive practices Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/14/2003
- Powell: U.S. works with Israel, Palestinians to keep momentum toward peace
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States is working with Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to bring the current situation under control and maintain momentum on the roadmap toward peace. Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/13/2003 - Palestinian groups retaliate Israeli violations of the truce; Two Israelis were killed, 12 wounded in two operations
Two Israelis were at least killed yesterday in two Palestinian operations carried out within 40 minutes of each other. The first operation targeted a shop at Raas al-Ein town near Tel Aviv and was claimed by al-Aqsa group of the Fatah Movement. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/13/2003 - Maher condemns Israeli practices against the Palestinians Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/13/2003
- Israeli bulldozers demolish 5 Palestinian homes; officials do not trust Sharon on achieving peace
"Israeli bulldozers demolished Monday five Palestinian houses in the Israeli area of Naqab. 250 Israeli soldiers, backed with military vehicles and bulldozers, broke into the Abu Al Nadi and Abu Sbait neighborhoods in the Israeli city of Naqab and started demolishing houses owned by the Al-Atrash family," the Palestinian IPC news agency reported yesterday. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/12/2003 - Al-Jazeera: Palestinians surprised by Kuwaiti request for apology
The Palestinian foreign affairs minister Nabil Shaath said that Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was a mistake. Shaath added in an interview with the Qatari al-Jazeera TV that the Palestinians were surprised over Kuwait's demands for an official apology and that none in the Kuwaiti side had asked that from them before. Palestine-Kuwait, Politics, 8/11/2003