Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/5/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 5, 2004
- Israeli forces incur in Jenin, detain 18 Palestinians; Hamas admits indirect contacts with Washington
The founder of the Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, admitted making indirect contacts between the movement and the American administration, but these contacts did not produce results. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/10/2004 - An attack against al-Arabia correspondent in Gaza
The correspondent of the al-Arabia space TV channel in Gaza, Seif Eddine Chahine, in Gaza said that two veiled unidentified persons attacked him by sticks in Gaza. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 1/9/2004 - Qurei' threatens to declare a state of two nationalities
The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei' threatened that the Palestinians will seek to establish a state of two nationalities, and would trequest the same rights if Israel executes its threats to confiscating lands in the West Bank. By this Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/9/2004 - Israel violates the rights of Palestinian women prisoners
Palestinian women prisoners in the Israeli al-Ramla prison are being exposed to tough repressive acts, and live under very difficult humanitarian conditions, as they called on the Palestinian government and the Palestinian prisoner's rights group to help them bring their plight to the international community. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/8/2004 - Hamas discloses contacts with the American administration
Member of the political bureau of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, disclosed contacts and meetings that took place between the movement and the American administration in the past. But he gave no mention on the nature of these contacts, its location, or timing. Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/7/2004 - Qurei' no nearby visit to Suleiman to Ramullah, two Palestinian killed, 11 wounded in the West bank
The Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei' denied that he knows about a nearby visit by the Egyptian intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Omar Suleiman to Ramullah, whereas two Palestinians were killed one by the Israeli bullets, and the second was crashed by the car of one Israeli settler. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/6/2004 - Five Palestinians killed, 10 wounded in the west bank, Gaza
Four Palestinians were killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Nablus, where the occupation army has been continuing operations which destroyed the main archeological parts of the ancient city, while a fifth Palestinian was murdered in Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/5/2004