Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/1/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 1, 2003
- Abbas resignation and the roadmap, another victims of Israel's unending and unrestrained brutality
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas submitted his resignation to President Yasser Arafat after Palestinian Parliamentarians viewed his accomplishment as having amounted to nothing, whether regarding freeing the Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails, or halt its assassination policy, or Israel's building of a wall of separation on Palestinian lands, the Palestinian Media Center reported. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/6/2003 - Failure of efforts to settle differences inside the Palestinian authority
The Palestinian minister of information Nabil Amre said that the prime minister Mahmoud Abbas will notify the Palestinian legislative council that he will resign if he will not be given authorities to take necessary steps of the peace plan called the Roadmap. Palestine, Politics, 9/4/2003 - Three Palestinians murdered by Israel; continued failed efforts to undermine Arafat
Israel's defense minister Shaoul Mofaz has renewed his proposal to alienate the Israeli President Yasser Arafat shortly, while the Israeli occupation forces killed one member of the Islamic Jihad movement near Jenin and two Palestinians died of their wounds they had during a raid on Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/3/2003 - Mosques Higher Council: Israel foils all attempts for peace
Mosques Higher Council in Saudi Arabia has condemned the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians, calling the UN to do its duty in putting an end to this aggression. Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 9/2/2003 - Israeli FM arrives in morocco
Israeli foreign affairs minister, Sylvan Shalom, arrived Monday afternoon in Morocco. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 9/2/2003 - One Palestinian killed, 25 wounded in an Israeli raid against Gaza
The Israeli helicopters yesterday launched a new raid against Gaza, its 6th in 12 days and resulted in killing a member of the Hamas movement and wounding 25 others. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/2/2003 - The Establishment of Isratin is the best solution for the Arab - Zionist conflict Libya-Palestine, Politics, 9/2/2003
- October: Al-Baz: Hope not lost in Roadmap
"In fact, we can't say that the Middle East peace process has already been dead and buried! We should not lose hope in the "roadmap." Both the Palestinian and the Israeli sides fear such obsession. Both parties are frustrated and are less confident in the future despite achieving great strides along the way for peace so far" said Osama Al-Baz the political advisor to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 9/1/2003 - BBC: Solana rejects Israeli demand to cut relations with Arafat
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana rejected on Sunday an Israeli demand to cut off contacts with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Palestine-European Union, Politics, 9/1/2003 - Three Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel, one settler wounded by al-Qassam Brigade
The Brigade of Ezz Eddine al-Qassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, retaliated the assassination attempt of two of its members on Saturday in a raid in Gaza, by attacking a car for settlers near Rafah Yam settlement that resulted in gravely wounding one settler, while Israel renewed its threat to invade Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/1/2003