Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 12/1/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of December 1, 2003
- Israeli diplomat in Rome incites against President Arafat; Israel shoots women in her back
The diplomat’s card included a graphically-rendered picture of President Arafat flashing the victory sign and Palestinian fugitive accused of lynching three Israeli soldiers on October12 , 2000 in the West Bank city of Ramallah." Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/5/2003 - Malta's president calls for Israel's implementation of UN resolutions on restoring Arab lands Palestine-Malta, Politics, 12/5/2003
- Palestinian factions focus on 'hudna', right of return, national unity Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 12/5/2003
- Palestinian demonstration in Lebanon against the Geneva peace document
The statement added that Geneva agreement "abandons the UN resolution 194 which guarantees the 'right of return' for five million Palestinians, and exempts Israel from its historical, legal, and moral responsibility of the crime of occupying Palestine." Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 12/4/2003 - Three Palestinians killed, legislative council convenes first session
Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, announced the death of two of its members in Ramullah in the West Bank, and called on its cells to target all the Israeli interests and objectives. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/3/2003 - Afro-Asian people's solidarity Organization deplores Israel's practices Regional-Palestine, Politics, 12/3/2003
- Cairo inter Palestinian dialogue meeting postponed
The leading figure in the Islamic Jihad Movement Muhammad al-Hindi said that the inter-Palestinian dialogue which was due today in Cairo was postponed until next Thursday, giving no mention to reasons for the postponement. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/2/2003 - Geneva peace accord kicks off; peace plans with stages are designed to fail
The Nobel Prize laureate further said that the main pending issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such as the borders settlements and Jerusalem, are the bedrock to bring peace in the region. But he warned that the unofficial peace plan should steer clear of the loophole of gradual stages underlined in the Roadmap. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/2/2003 - Four Palestinians killed; PA accuses Israel of violating peace efforts
Four Palestinians were killed in a new Israeli invasion of the two cities of al-Beera and Ramullah in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/2/2003 - Geneva peace accord, a civilized message to entire world, says king Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 12/2/2003
- Palestinians and Israelis Sign a Model Peace Accord
IPC reported that "As the deadline for the signing of the most disputed document in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict draws nearer, many opposing sounds echoed through both the Israeli and Palestinian societies, and while the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat welcomed the accord only to encourage the efforts of peace, the Israeli government furiously rejected it and considered it a security error. The plan, dubbed The Geneva Accord in tribute to the funding and support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, was negotiated over a period of two and a half years, between the Israeli leftist and Oslo architect Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian minister Yasser Abed Rabbo, and was unveiled in mid October." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/1/2003 - Moroccan-Jewish community council raises funds to assist Palestinian hospitals
The Council of Jewish Community in Morocco will organize next December 2 a fund-raising gala in Madrid to raise funds for Palestinian hospitals. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 12/1/2003