Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/22/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 22, 2003
- Arab states hosting Palestinian refugees deplore Israeli practices
Arab host states of the Palestinian refugees have condemned "the inhuman practices perpetrated against the Palestinians aiming at hindering the work of the UNRWA and other international and human rights organizations in the occupied territories" stressing that these practices are an outrageous violation to the international law and to the UN. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 9/25/2003 - Sharon is ready to accept a new cease fire, One Palestinian is killed, 11 wounded, 21 houses demolished
The Israeli daily Ma'ariv said yesterday that the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is ready to accept cease fire similar to the truce announced by the Palestinian groups which was later abrogated because of the Israeli violations, at a time when one Palestinian was murdered and 11 wounded and 21 houses were demolished during an incursion by the Israeli occupation army in Rafah. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/25/2003 - Israeli Air Force pilots: Israel's acts against the Palestinians are illegal and immoral Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/25/2003
- One wall collapsed in al-Aqsa Mosque
The Islamic al-Awqaf department in Jerusalem have accused the Israeli authorities of being behind the collapse of an internal wall in al-Aqsa mosque yesterday after it had prevented its engineers form maintaining it. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/24/2003 - One Palestinian killed, 32 detained in West Bank, Gaza
One Palestinians from the Islamic Jihad movement was killed yesterday during an attempt to attack Doughit settlement in Gaza, while the Israeli occupation forces incurred in the southern part of the sector and carried out a campaign of arrest covered 20 Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/24/2003 - Palestinian local community main survey on facilities and population
205 Localities (34%) do not have public water network, and 79 localities (13%) do not have electricity network Palestine, Economics, 9/24/2003 - Donors' conference for Palestinian refugees opened in Amman Palestine-Regional, Economics, 9/24/2003
- Arafat committed to Roadmap; Hamas activist killed under house ruins in Hebron
Palestinian sources in Hebron said yesterday that the Israeli occupation forces took out the body of Bassel al-Qawasmi, one of the Hamas cadres from under the ruins of a house it had destroyed in Hebron earlier in the day. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/23/2003 - Washington delays entry visa for Qaddoumi
In a statement, Palestine's mission at the UN said yesterday that The Political Department Chairman of Palestinian Liberation Organization Farouk al-Qaddoumi who will preside over the Palestinian delegation to the meeting of the UN General Assembly did not get in due time from the USA an entry visa which allows him taking part in the discussions. Palestine-USA, Politics, 9/23/2003 - Peres: Arafat deserve Nobel peace prize Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/23/2003
- Gulf Cooperation Council and the expulsion of Arafat Gulf-Palestine, Politics, 9/22/2003
- Iran renewed support for the Palestinians Palestine-Iran, Politics, 9/22/2003
- Maher calls for restoring Palestinian sovereign rights
Egypt's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Maher has stressed the importance of restoring the Palestinian people's legitimate rights and establishing the Palestinian independent state. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 9/22/2003 - Assuming the risk of peace in the Middle East - Op-ed by Dominique de Villepin published in the daily newspaper "Al Hayat"
In an Op-ed published in the daily newspaper "Al Hayat", France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin said: Palestine-France, Politics, 9/22/2003 - Syria thanked for new Palestinian school in Jenin
A celebration was given on Saturday in Jenin in occupied Palestine for the opening of Yousef al- Azmeh's secondary school where the Syrian "Popular Committee for Supporting the Intifada and resisting the Zionist Project" donated the cost of its building amounted to 530 thousands dollars. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 9/22/2003 - Israel kills palestinian; demolishes a house in Jerusalem Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/22/2003