Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 12/29/2003
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of December 29, 2003
- Lebanese fm in an Arab tour
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Jean Obeid will start today an Arab tour beginning with a visit to Saudi Arabia. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 1/3/2004 - Palestinian al-Jihad movement vows to continue resistance
Palestinians sources stressed that the Israeli occupation forces did not ultimately lift the siege imposed on the city of Jenin, in the West Bank. News reports said that the Israeli army removed the mobile barriers but continue blocking the northern entrance, and kept several barriers and iron gates at the entrance of towns and villages. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/3/2004 - Palestinian population in the world tolls 9.7 million, 3.7 million of them are in the west bank, Gaza
The number of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Diaspora reached 9.7 million by the end of 2003. Palestine, Politics, 1/2/2004 - Al-Baz confers with Arafat
Osama al-Baz, the political advisor of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held yesterday talks with the Palestinian president Yasser Arafat in Ramullah, marking the beginning of his visit to the occupied Palestinian territories. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/2/2004 - Fatah celebrated 39th anniversary; 30 wounded in protests against the wall near Ramullah
The occupation forces arrested 11 of the participants in the demonstration, including the Swedish parliamentarian Gustav Fredolin, according to speakers in the name of the international solidarity movement and the nternational commission of women for the sake of peace. Palestine, Military, 1/1/2004 - Al-Ahram: Patriarch Sabbah demands Israel to withdraw from the Arab lands occupied since 1967
Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Latin in Jerusalem called on Israel to pull out from all the occupied Arab lands to the June 4th 1967 line, in implementation of the international resolutions, holding it responsible for the deteriorations in the region. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/1/2004 - Israel expels one Palestinian, tightens siege on Nablus
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday, expelled one Palestinian from the West Bank to Gaza, on charge of being a member in the Islamic Jihad Movement. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/1/2004 - Saudi King Fahd receives Qurei'
Saudi Arabia King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz yesterday received the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei' and members of the accompanying delegation and discussed with them latest developments concerning the Palestinian issue, bilateral relations, and Arab, Islamic and international affairs especially the Palestinian question, and the acts of killing and destruction practices against the Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli forces. Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 12/31/2003 - One Palestinian killed in Khan Yunis, Curfew imposed on Nablus
One Young Palestinian was killed by the Israeli bullets in Khan Younis to the south of Gaza. Palestinian sources explained that Fadel al-Najjar (22 year old) was hit by fatal bullets in his chest. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/31/2003 - Palestinian intellectual dies at 67
Palestinian intellectual and former member in the executive committee of the PLO, Ahmad Siqi al-Dajani, died Monday in Cairo, at age 67, following a struggle with disease in one of Cairo's hospitals. Family sources said he will be buried today in the family's cemetery in Cairo. Palestine, People, 12/31/2003 - Palestinian - Belgian association for Geneva human rights convention implementation
A great number of members of the Palestinian-Belgian Association (PBA) stressed on Saturday the necessity of the implementation of the relevant international resolutions and for respecting the Geneva convention on human rights. Palestine-Belgium, Politics, 12/29/2003 - Israel demolishes a home in Nablus; demonstrations in Tel Aviv; Egypt continued mediation
One Palestinian official said that Egypt will continue its efforts to ease down conditions, and to remove tension between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/29/2003