Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/25/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 25, 2003
- Shaath starts official visit to India
Indian prime minister Atal Behari held talks in New Delhi yesterday with the Palestinian foreign affairs minister Nabil Shaath that dealt with conditions in the Middle East and bilateral relations. Palestine-India, Politics, 8/30/2003 - Al-Sabah: Tunisian paper calls for halting Israeli practives
The daily said that if America insists on its rejection to send American forces to the region it has to untie the hands of the international organization Tunisia-Palestine, Politics, 8/30/2003 - One Israeli settler killed, wife injured in attack; Israeli forces prevent worshipper from al-Aqsa mosque
Al-Aqsa brigade groups of the Fatah movement have retaliated the Israeli raid against Gaza and attacked an Israeli car for settlers near Ramullah where this attack resulted in killing one settler and wounding his wife, while the Israeli occupation forces banned scores of Palestinians from having access to the al-Aqsa mosque to perform their Friday's prayers. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/30/2003 - Mubarak, Putin discuss efforts to solve Palestinian crisis Egypt-Palestine-Russia, Politics, 8/30/2003
- Vedivin: continued Russian efforts to resume Palestinian- Israeli negotiations Palestine-Russia, Politics, 8/30/2003
- Al-Faisal exhorts Palestinians to stay unified Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 8/30/2003
- Hudeibi calls for supporting the Jihad of Palestinians against occupation
The General Guide of the Muslims Brothers in Egypt, Mamoun al-Hudeibi called yesterday on the Arab citizens to support the Jihad of the Palestinians and to boycott the American and Israeli goods. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/29/2003 - Israel wounds 16 Palestinians in Nablus, Palestinian authority freezes social organizations assets
In response to American and Israeli pressure, the Palestinian authority froze the assets of social foundations belonging to the Hamas movement in Gaza, while 16 Palestinians were injured in Nablus and Jenin by the Israeli forces which continued to impose curfew on the old town of Hebron and demolished five shops in Eastern Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/29/2003 - Two Islamic bodies slam authorizing extremist Jews into al-Aqsa mosque
"The move is an aggression against the Mosque, harms the sacredness of the institution and defies the feelings of all Muslims," the two bodies said, adding the aggression coincides with the anniversary of the criminal arson of the holy Mosque by the Israelis. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/28/2003 - PLO political department denies replacing al-Qaddoumi by Shaath
The Political department of the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO has denied news which indicated replacing the foreign affairs minister Nabil Shaath by the chairman of the department's chairman Farouk al-Qaddoumi in the post of the Palestinian authority representative at the Arab League. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 8/28/2003 - Israel kills one Palestinian, 16 wounded, houses demolished
The government of Ariel Sharon following the air raid on Gaza which caused the death of one Palestinian and wounding other 23rd, escalated its attacks against the Palestinians in several cities and towns in the West Bank Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/28/2003 - Intifada Support Committee meets in Damascus Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/28/2003
- Maher calls on Israel to stop aggressive practices against the Palestinians Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/28/2003
- Moussa calls on Quarter to consider Palestinian drastic situations Regional-Palestine, Politics, 8/28/2003
- Israeli forces break into Nablus, Toulkarem camps
Palestinian sources have expected that the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Gaza with the representatives of the Palestinian groups in order to discuss the possibility of renewing the truce and halting operations against Israel. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/27/2003 - Abbas notifies AL of appointing Shaath instead of al-Qaddoumi
The office of the Palestinian foreign affairs minister Nabil Shaath stressed yesterday that prime minister Mahmoud Abbas asked the AL to appoint Shaath as an official representative for the Palestinians in the meetings of the Arab League instead of the chairman of the PLO political bureau Farouk al-Qaddoumi. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 8/27/2003 - Saudi Arabia deplores Israel's policy towards Palestinians, Arab rights
Saudi Arabia renewed today its condemnation of "the Israeli aggressive practices against the Palestinians." Regional-Palestine, Politics, 8/26/2003 - UN envoy condemns Israel's extra-judicial assassinations
The senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed- Larsen, yesterday condemned Israel's extra-judicial assassination on Sunday of four Palestinians, when helicopter gun-ships fired missiles into a car in Gaza City, reportedly killing a Hamas militant and three Islamic University students. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 8/26/2003 - Vedotov highlights Russia's ME role Palestine-Russia, Politics, 8/26/2003
- Maher warns against continued deterioration in Palestinian territories Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/25/2003
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) deplores Israeli practices against the Palestinians Gulf-Palestine, Politics, 8/25/2003
- Fatah fails to appoint an interior minister
The meeting of the central committee of the Palestinian national liberation movement ( Fatah ) to appoint a Minister Of the Interior has failed and was postponed indefinitely. Palestine-India, Politics, 8/25/2003 - Israel kills four Palestinian leaders in Gaza
The Israeli forces yesterday continued assassination operations against the Palestinians as four members of Ezz Eddine al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of the Hamas movement, were killed in an attack by Israeli Apache planes against Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/25/2003 - Confrontations in Jenin, Hamas refuses announcing a new truce
Confrontations erupted between the Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces which invaded the city of Jenin in the West Bank. The Palestinians attacked military vehicles and tanks which incurred in the city and roamed its streets. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/25/2003 - Abbas removes Kaddoumi from representing Palestine at the AL
A member at the revolutionary council of the Palestinian national liberation movement ( Fatah ) said that organizational and political difference erupted inside the movement because of this decision. Palestine, Politics, 8/25/2003