Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/23/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 23, 2004
- On foundation anniversary, Palestinians Democratic Front calls for dialogue
The Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine yesterday renewed the call for serious and comprehensive national dialogue. Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2004 - Nablus municipality head resigned
Chairman of Nablus municipality Ghassan al-Shakaa announced his resignation from his post yesterday because of the chaos prevailing the city since a while. Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2004 - Two Israelis were killed near the Green line; Scores of Palestinians wounded in an Israeli breaking in of al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli military sources said yesterday that Palestinian gunmen opened fire yesterday evening at an Israeli car on the road between Hebron and Beer Sheeba near the green line and this resulted in killing two Israelis, one man and his wife. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/28/2004 - Palestinian authority demands Israel to return stolen money, Palestinian blood on the separation wall
The Palestinian authority yesterday warned against the "spread of disorder " following the theft operation carried out by the occupation forces on Wednesday against banks in Ramullah and called on Israel to bring back the stolen money it had got Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/27/2004 - AL: Israel's fence blows up peace efforts
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague ended yesterday debates on the legality of Israeli separation wall. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/26/2004 - Beshara and the Israeli wall
Palestinian intellectual Azmi Beshara on Wednesday said there was an Israeli consensus to carry on building the apartheid separation wall in the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/26/2004 - Jordan returns back 15 Palestinians to Jordan, refuses to receive refugees
Jordan announced yesterday that it will not permit refugees from Iraq or the Palestinian territories to enter its lands, noting the return back of a small group of Palestinian refugees who carry Lebanese documents to Lebanon, stressing that "the security fist controls the border with Iraq and any other border point can not be violated." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 2/25/2004 - American Bishop deplores the Israeli wall of separation Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/25/2004
- Khartoum: Hamas new representative assumes work
The new representative for the Hamas movement started his work yesterday in Sudan which is demanded by the USA to close the offices of the Palestinian organizations. Sudan-Palestine, Politics, 2/25/2004 - Rafah crossing was closed, detention in the West Bank; Sharon escalates criticism against Qurei' government
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon accused his Palestinian counterpart Ahmad Qurei' that he runs a government of "criminals and liars, adding that this makes him unqualified to negotiate in order to reach a peace agreement." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/25/2004 - Apartheid Separation Wall deplored by Lebanese and Palestinians in demonstrations Palestine-Lebanon, Politics, 2/25/2004
- British MPs sign anti- separation wall petition
As many as 168 British MPs, including 124 Labour Party members, signed a petition against the Israeli separation wall now being built in the Palestinian territories. Palestine-UK, Politics, 2/24/2004 - American bishop denounces Israel's apartheid wall
Bishop Clifton Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Anglican Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., denounced Israel's building of the apartheid separation wall in the West Bank, saying it diminishes prospects of peace in the region. Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Moussa lashes out at Israeli Officials who attack ICJ for denating into wall
Moussa criticized Israeli officials' statements in which they claimed that the International Court of Justice is not qualified to examine the legality of the Israeli separation wall. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Lebanese Mufti, Saudi cabinet deplore Israeli practices
Lebanon's Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Rashed Kabani on Monday said that the apartheid separation wall, being built by Israel, is part of the Israeli aggressive policy on the Palestinian people. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Arab Popular Committee vows support for the Palestinian Intifada
The "Arab Popular Committee for Supporting Intifada and Resisting the Zionist Scheme" denounced the Israeli aggressive practices against the Palestinian unarmed people. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Arafat: Separation wall bars establishment of Palestinian state
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat warned on Monday that the separation wall built by Israel in the West Bank prevents the setting up of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Sharon: we will not negotiate with the current Palestinian leadership
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon notified the foreign affairs and security committee at the Israeli Knesset yesterday that Israel will not negotiate with the current Palestinian leadership because it does not implement any of its obligations stated in the Roadmap. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/24/2004 - Straw and Palacio denounce Israeli separation wall Palestine-European Union, Politics, 2/24/2004
- Al-Azhar University students demonstrate against the Israeli wall of separation Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/24/2004
- Al-Ahram: AL: Israel is avoiding International Court of Justice on apartheid Wall because of weak case
The Arab League (AL) described Israel's decision to boycott Monday's scheduled hearings by the International Court of Justice in the Hague on the apartheid separation wall being built in the West Bank as a reflection of its weak position and pretext marketed to justify its anti-peace move. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 2/23/2004 - Eight Israelis killed, 60 wounded in a Palestinian operation in Jerusalem
Some 8 Israelis were killed and other 60 wounded when one Palestinian blew himself up in a bus in west Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/23/2004