Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 7/19/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of July 19, 2004
- Okaz: Solana calls for halting the construction of wall of separation
High Representative of the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, has demanded Israel to stop building the racial separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories, stressing that building the wall is determining the fate of the final status negotiations before they even started which is unacceptable to the EU. Palestine-European Union, Politics, 7/24/2004 - Arafat offers Qurei' complete security authorization, two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
News reports in Gaza said yesterday that two Palestinian activists were killed and a third wounded in an Israeli bombardment of their car in Gaza. The Israeli forces fired two missiles at al-Zeitoun quarters to the southern part of the city and hit the car which was manned by the three men. Palestine, Politics, 7/23/2004 - UNGA condemn of the wall of separation; Washington criticizes
The White House said on Wednesday evening that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) decision which was adopted unanimously to condemn the wall of separation erected by the Israel is not the appropriate way to achieve peace in the Middle East. Palestine-USA, Politics, 7/22/2004 - Nabil Amre leaves for Jordan for medical treatment; Palestinian legislative council demands the formation of a new government
Members of the Palestinian legislative council called for forming a new government after the security crisis which overwhelmed the Palestinian area, with the last of which the assassination attempt on member of the legislative council and former minister of information Nabil Amre. Palestine, Politics, 7/22/2004 - Palestinian peasant delegation in Damascus
A delegation of Palestinian Peasant Union, led by Ibraheem Da'ek Wednesday praised Syria's pan-Arab stances vis-a-vis the Palestinian issue and Arab just causes. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 7/22/2004 - Arafat merges the security department
The Palestinian national security advisor Jibril al-Rajjoub announced that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat signed a decision to merge the Palestinian security forces which toll 12 into three departments which are the general security, the national security and the intelligence. Palestine, Politics, 7/22/2004 - Arafat receives phone call from Baz Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/22/2004
- Nabil Amre was hit by 7 bullets in Ramullah
News reports in Palestine said that member of the Palestinian legislative council and former minister of information Nabil Amre was hit by seven bullets in his right leg following a fire bullet opened at him while he was inside his house in al-Teira quarters in Ramullah. Palestine, Politics, 7/21/2004 - French ambassador in Beirut calls for Israeli withdrawal from Palestinain territories Palestine-France, Politics, 7/21/2004
- Palestinian groups demand ending security loss, commander of al-Naser group rescued; calls for reform
Leader of al-Naser groups for Salah Eddine group, the military wing of the people's resistance committees, Abdul karim al-Qouqa, survived for the second time within hours from Israeli missiles targeted his house in al-Shate' coast in Gaza. Three Palestinians were injured in the second operation which targeted his house today at dawn. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2004 - Israel extends a law that bans unifying the ranks of Arab families
The Israeli government yesterday extended for 6 months a law preventing the Palestinians married to Israeli Palestinians from living in Israel or getting the Israeli nationality. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/19/2004 - Efforts to contain the Palestinian crisis, Mousa clings to his post
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat yesterday met in Ramullah with his prime minister Ahmad Qurei' for four hours to solve the political and security crisis in the Palestinian territories. Palestine, Politics, 7/19/2004