Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 3/8/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of March 8, 2004
- Cairo refuses to play a security role in Gaza: we shoulder the responsibility of our borders with Gaza
Cairo has renewed following talks held by the Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his foreign minister Ahmed Maher its rejection to play any security role inside Gaza in case the Israeli army withdraws from it and vowed to ensure the protection of its borders with Gaza. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/12/2004 - Rouhi Fattouh, president of the Palestinian legislative council
Member of the Palestinian legislative council, Rouhi Fattouh, who is backed strongly by President Yasser Arafat was elected yesterday as President of the council by getting the majority of the votes of the Palestinian parliamentarians who simultaneously elected one of the opposition members as a deputy chairman. Palestine, Politics, 3/11/2004 - Palestinian liberation front accuses US of assassinating Abu al-Abbas; calls for international investigation
The Palestine Liberation front has accused the USA of assassinating its secretary general, Muhammad Abbas ( Abu al-Abbas), who was announced dead on Tuesday in an American detention center in Iraq, while the PLO called for the formation of an "international investigation committee " to shedd light on conditions behind his death. Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/11/2004 - Six Palestinians killed, Egypt bridges views between Israelis, Palestinians
One Palestinian was killed yesterday by the Israeli forces when they opened fire at teenagers throwing stones at the soldiers to the south of Bethlehem, thereby the number of Palestinians killed yesterday increased to five. Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/11/2004 - Abu al-Abbas died at the American detention center
The US defense department ( Pentagon) announced yesterday the death of the secretary general of the People's Front For Liberation of Palestine, Muhammad Abbas ( Abu al-Abbas ), who has been in detention by the American occupation forces in Iraq since one year. Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 3/10/2004 - Egypt rejects to administer Gaza's security after the Israeli withdrawal
Qurei' said that the Israeli army killed "in cold blood" during the the incursion operation in Gaza on Sunday some 14 Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/9/2004 - Israeli forces incur in the West Bank, 14 Palestinians killed
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday incurred in Yabad town to the north of the West Bank. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation broke into the town by 15 jeep cars backed by a helicopter and a reconnaissance plane and imposed embargo in the town which is situated to the east of Jenin. Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/8/2004