Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/29/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 29, 2003
- Qrei returns back to the idea of mini government: 10 to 12 ministers including the 'basics'
A high ranking Palestinian official announced that the designated Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qrei changed his mind over forming a plenary government and intends to introduce a small formation, whose members not to exceed 12 ministers by the fall of the end of the current week. Palestine, Politics, 10/1/2003 - Israel destroys 25 homes
Israeli occupying forces (IOF) invaded Rafah city and demolished 25 houses, wounding four Palestinians in the process Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/1/2003 - Japan freezes Hamas assets
The Japanese government decided yesterday to freeze the assets of the political wing of the Hamas movement. Palestine-Japan, Politics, 10/1/2003 - Oreikat looms not to accept minister for negotiations affairs; People's front stays out of government
The People's Front for Liberation of Palestine has apologized for not taking part in the new Palestinian government which its designated prime minister has almost finished its formation. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/30/2003 - Israel arrests a mother and five daughters and dynamites a house in hebron
The Palestinian IPC news agency said today "Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and wounded six Palestinian citizens and arrested a mother and her five daughters after blowing up their house in Al Tabaqa village ofÊ Hebron on Tuesday...The house of Mahmoud Nassar Yousef Hamdan, 23, has been dynamited today morning by the Israeli occupation forces in Al Tabaqa village in Doura town, south west of Hebron. Hamdan has been killed by Israeli fire in the illegitimate Jewish settlement of Negohot late Friday." Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/30/2003 - Celebration marking Intifada third anniversary
The Arab Committee and the Arab Syrian Popular Committee for backing the Intifada and Resisting the Zionist Project, held a celebration in Damascus today marking the occasion of the start of the Intifada. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 9/29/2003 - Al-Baz: Sending international monitors to Palestinian territories necessary Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 9/29/2003