Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 11/24/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of November 24, 2003
- diplomatic activity for full truce between Palestinians and Israelis Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/29/2003
- Ben Ali calls on the UN to ensure protection for the Palestinian people
Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has called on the international community to stand firm to put an end to the aggression against the Palestinian people, urging the Israeli government to abide by international law. Tunisia-Palestine, Politics, 11/29/2003 - Israel not complying with General Assembly demand to halt barrier, Annan
Israel is not in compliance with a demand by the United Nations General Assembly to halt and take down a barrier on occupied Palestinian land, and the construction in present circumstances cannot be seen “as anything but a deeply counterproductive act,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report released yesterday. Palestine-UN, Politics, 11/29/2003 - 427 Palestinian refugees stuck between Jordan and Iraq
The UNHCR announced yesterday that more than 400 Palestinian refugees fled from Iraq are stuck on the border with Jordan, and called on the countries of the region, including Israel, to provide support. Palestine-Iraq, Politics, 11/29/2003 - Four Palestinians were killed, peace efforts are given an impetus
Three Palestinians were killed and a fourth was strongly wounded by the bullets of the Israeli soldiers near Deir al-Balah in the downtown of Gaza, just hours after the killing of a nine-year old Palestinian child in Rafah to the south of the sector, according to medical sources. Palestine-Israel, Military, 11/28/2003 - Jerusalem Mufti bans Palestinian from association with the seperation wall
Sheikh Ikrama Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian lands, issued yesterday a Fatwa forbidding the Palestinians from working in the establishments of the "security fence" being built by Israel in the depth of the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/26/2003 - Arafat doubts Sharon's seriousness, Hamas renews rejection of the truce
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat considered the Israeli threats by the Israeli Prime minister of making unilateral moves if the Roadmap fails, shows that the Israeli prime minister is not serious about the roadmap. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/26/2003 - Passports for Gaza's refugees in Jordan
Jordan's prime minister Faisal al-Fayez announced that his government intends to offer passports to Palestinian refugees living in Jordan who are from Gaza in order "to facilitate for them measures, but without giving them the Jordanian nationality." The Jordanian prime minister said this during his meeting with the secretary general for parties on Saturday. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/25/2003 - Israeli forces besiege Bethlehem, Palestinians doubt Sharon's intention
The sources said that the child, Ibrahim al-Jalamenah, was hit in his chest as he threw stones at Israeli soldiers who retaliated by opening fire during an incursion operation to the west of Jenin. Palestine-Israel, Military, 11/24/2003