Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/2/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 2, 2004
- Hamas vows to revenge the killing of one of its leaders; Israel seeks to transport Gaza settlers to the West Bank
Assaf Sharif, the advisor of the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, said that Israel is planning to transfer the settlers of Gaza to settlements in the West Bank which will continue to be under the Israeli sovereignty in the final settlement. This is, however, in within the context of the plan to dismantle the sector's settlements proposed by Sharon several days ago. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/7/2004 - Israel kill one Palestinian, detain 30; Palestinian police commander survives assassination
News reports in Palestine said that fire exchanged were heard from the headquarters of the Palestinian police in Gaza. A statement issued by the Palestinian ministry of the interior said an armed group entered the headquarters of the police in an attempt to assassinate the commander of the Palestinian police lt. Gen. Ghazi al-Jabali who survived the attempt. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/6/2004 - Egypt call on Arafat to reform Fatah, change leaders of Palestinian security department
A high ranking Palestinian official said that Egypt had asked the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to take a series of arrangements, including introducing reforms into the Fatah movement, and changing the leaders of the security department. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/5/2004 - Preparations for Sharon- Qrei summit, Sharon studies referendum to dismantle settlements
With the case of a Palestinian - Israeli issue of the seperation wall coming before the International Court Of Justice, as a precedent, the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon loomed his intention to make a referendum on his plan to remove the Jewish settlements from Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/2004 - Egyptian judge to participate in International Court of Justice case on Israeli wall
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has decided that one of its judges, a national of Egypt, will fully participate in deliberations on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/4/2004 - One day after the killing of five Palestinians; an Israeli incursion in Qabatya, 12 activists detained
A line of Israeli armored vehicles and tanks yesterday at dawn broke into the town of Qabatyah, to the south of the city of Jenin, in the West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the Israel force entered the town backed by 20 armored vehicles and tanks. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/4/2004 - Yediot Ahronot: Shalom expects the fall of Sharon government
The Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom expected the fall of the government of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon in case he carried out his plan to remove the Jewish settlements from Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/4/2004 - Al-Khalij: Catholic Patriarch: Jerusalem Arab city and capital of faiths for Moslems and Christians
Patriarch Lutfi Laham of the Greek - Catholics in the occupied Palestinian lands urged for maintaining the Arab identity of the occupied city of Jerusalem and facing attempts to Judaize the sacred city. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2004 - al-Khaleej: Bshara stresses Syria's commitment to just peace
Palestinian Intellectual Azmi Bshara stressed Syria's commitment to her firm and national principles, asserting her honest desire for the realization of just and comprehensive peace in the region. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/2/2004 - Israel withdraws from Bethlehem, criticizes Annan
The Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the city of Bethlehem, the West Bank after hours from incurring its military vehicles in it for the second time in 24 hours. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2004