Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 5/24/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of May 24, 2004
- Syrian FM meets with Palestinian official
Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday discussed the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian occupied territories with Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouthi. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/28/2004 - Information Minister meets with Mustafa Barghouthi
Syria's Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan Wednesday received the Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative ( PNI ) Mustafa al-Barghouthi, and the Human Rights Affairs Advisor to the Palestinian Authority Ibraheem al-Dakak. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/27/2004 - Moroccan parliament strongly condemns ' war crimes' committed by Israel in Palestine
The Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives (Parliament's lower chamber), on Wednesday condemned what he described as "war crimes" committed by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian territories, in a speech at a plenary session of the parliament devoted to Palestine and Iraq. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/27/2004 - Israeli escalation in the West Bank, Turkey renews mediation
Two Palestinians were wounded by the bullets of the Israeli occupation forces in Nablus, the West Bank. News reports said that the occupation soldiers opened fire at a group of youngsters who were throwing stones at them and one young man was injured seriously while a 13 year old youth was also wounded. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2004 - Patrick Seale and the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians
Renowned British writer Patrick Seale vehemently criticized the latest Israeli crimes against the Palestinians in Rafah and other Palestinian cities, asserting that those crimes are not the last on the Israeli agenda. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/26/2004 - One occupation vehicle is destroyed, Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza
News reports in Palestine said that one explosive went off near an Israeli military vehicle while running near al-Qarrara town on the Palestinian side of Kisovim crossing to the north of Gaza. The report indicated that no casualties were reported in the lines of the soldiers. No casualties were reported among the soldiers. Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/26/2004 - Palestinians of al-Rweished camp still face unknown fate
The UNHCR said that so far it is not able to finding out a solution for 350 Palestinians who resorted to al-Rweished camp on the Jordanian - Iraqi borders. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 5/26/2004 - Abdrabbo: Moving Arafat to Gaza not raised Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/26/2004
- One Palestinian is killed, three wounded in Balatah camp
As soon as the occupation forces were re-deployed yesterday at dawn in Gaza in Tel Sultan quarters in Rafah, thousands of besieged Palestinians took the streets to inspect the great devastation inflected in their homes and properties and to take part in burying 16 of them as it was difficult to bury them because of the siege and the continued Israeli aggressions. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2004 - Morocco sends humanitarian aid to Palestinian people
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, in his capacity as chairman of the Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee- an offshoot of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)-, on Saturday instructed the Government to send a humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, in particular to the inhabitants of the city of Rafah, which is being targeted by Israeli attacks, a press release from the foreign affairs and cooperation ministry said. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/2004 - Israel starts withdrawal from Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, Palestinian suffering compared to Jews world war II suffering
Ezz Eddine al-Qassam groups, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) vowed to retaliate the Israeli occupation forces assassination of three Palestinians in Nablus in the West Bank including two of its armed forces and one member of al-Aqsa group of the Palestine national liberation movement ( Fatah). Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/24/2004 - More aids by Syrian Arab people's Committee for the Palestinians Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/2004