Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 5/17/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of May 17, 2004
- Demonstrations deploring destruction of Rafah, occupation threatens
Some 1000 Israelis who support peace and members of the Arab- Jewish coexistence movement as well as several Arab members in the Israeli Knesset demonstrated yesterday at Kesovim settlement to the east of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2004 - Al-Fahoum: no nearby settlement between Damascus and Fatah
The chairman of the Palestinian national salvation committee, Khaled al-Fahoum, ruled out the possibility of achieving a settlement between Damascus and the leadership of the Fatah movement on their points of difference at the meantime, despite, however, the relative improvement of their bilateral relations. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2004 - Syrian urgent Aids to Rafah plagued camp in Gaza
A Syrian Popular group backing the Palestinian Intifada on Thursday sent 60,000 US$ to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency UNRWA to support Palestinians whom their houses were demolished by Israel's forces of occupation at Rafah refugee camp. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/21/2004 - Israeli occupation forces are redeployed in Rafah
News reports said that the Israeli occupation forces withdrew partially from Tel- al-Sultan and al-Brazil quarters in Rafah camp for the refugees leaving behind huge demonstration in residential areas and more than 55 killed persons. Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/21/2004 - UN security council condemns Israel, US refrains from voting
The UN security council said yesterday in a resolution the US refrained from voting to condemn Israel over killing the Palestinian civilians in Rafah area and called on Israel to stop demolishing the houses of the Palestinian in Gaza. Palestine-UN, Politics, 5/20/2004 - Islamic World Association deplores Israeli Aggression against the Palestinians
The General Secretariat of the Islamic World Association slammed Israeli aggressions on the Palestinian city of Rafah, Gaza Strip, and Israeli practices against the Palestinians, calling on the UN to curb those practices. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/18/2004 - Arab Human Rights Organization condemned Israeli crimes; calls for war crime trials
The Cairo-based Arab Human Rights Organization condemned Israeli brutal practices committed against the Palestinian people, describing them as war crimes. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/18/2004 - Some 12 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment on Rafah
The Israeli military helicopters today at dawn launched missiles at Rafah city and this resulted in killing 12 Palestinians and injuring more 30. One Palestinian was also killed in al-Shaboura quarters earlier in an explosion whose reasons were not known. Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/18/2004 - Bombardment of Fatah quarters in Gaza; Five Palestinians killed in clashes
An Israeli bombardment targeted today Monday morning the headquarters of the Palestine national liberation movement ( Fatah) in Gaza. News reports said that the missiles fell at the headquarters which is situated in al-Zeitoun quarters near al-Omari mosque. He added that Israeli missiles targeted a sedan car and it was hit by shells. No information was given on the volume of the losses. Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/17/2004