Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 12/27/2004
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of December 27, 2004
- On the Palestinian presidential elections
With the beginning of the countdown for the Palestinian presidential elections due on January 9th, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Mahmoud Abbas said he will continue the path perused by the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat "until liberation and the foundation of a Palestinian state." Palestine, Politics, 1/1/2005 - Four Palestinians killed, PA deplores escalation
France expressed its concern over the continued Israeli incursion to the south of Gaza and called on all sides to "maintain self control in order to permit carrying out the Palestinian Presidential elections." In what had seemed a message of American assurances to the Palestinian leadership, the US secretary of state Colin Powell extended a message to the Palestinian prime minister Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/1/2005 - Two Palestinian children were killed in Khan Younis
News reports in Gaza said that the number of Palestinians killed as a result of the incursion of the Israeli occupation forces in Khan Younis camp and adjoining area increased to five after the Israeli forces yesterday killed the two Palestinian children Ahmad Touman and Muhammad Abu al-Saeed, each is 15 years old. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/31/2004 - Israel's population tolls 6.8 million
The central statistics department in Israel yesterday published information saying that number of the population of Israel in 2005 reached 6.862 million. Israel-Palestine, Local, 12/31/2004 - Secretary General of the OIC and the occupation of Jerusalem
Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC Akmal al-Din Ihsan Oglo has underlined that occupied Jerusalem is a substantial issue to the OIC, asserting that peace is impossible without establishing the Palestinian independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 12/30/2004 - Palestinian's people's front supports Mustafa al-Barghouthi, Israel obstructs movement of candidates
The People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine on Wednesday called on all its cadres and supporters to back Mustafa al-Barghouthi, the independent candidate for the Palestinian presidential elections, due on January, 2005. Palestine, Politics, 12/30/2004 - Two Israelis injured near Toulkarem
News reports in Palestine said that one Israeli settler and one soldier were injured yesterday morning in Baqet al-Sharqia area, near Toulkarem to the north of the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/30/2004 - Palestinian factions and the 'right of return' home
The Palestinian factions stressed adherence to the option of resistance and Intifada to force out the Israeli occupation and establish the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 12/29/2004 - On the Palestinian elections
At the Palestinian political level, the chairman of the PLO and presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas vowed to follow the steps of the later Palestinian President Yasser Arafat stressing that he will seek to found an independent state during the peace talks with Israel. Palestine, Politics, 12/29/2004 - Failed attempt to assassinate activists from al-Qassam, 13 Palestinian injured in Khan Younis
Some 13 Palestinians were injured, one of them is in a critical health condition as several shelling fell on Khan Younis in Gaza presumed to be fired from the Israeli settlements to the west of the city. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/29/2004 - Al-Barghouthi renews support for Abu Mazin
Palestinian former minister of security Muhammad Dahlan said that Marwan al-Barthouthi renewed his support for the candidate of the Fatah movement Mahmoud Abbas( Abu Mazin) and his call for a vast people's participation in the next elections. Palestine, Politics, 12/28/2004 - Israel releases Mustafa al-Barghouthi
The Israeli forces released the candidate for the Palestinian Presidential elections Mustafa al-Barthouthi after detaining him for a short period of time because of what it called "violating the entry licensing" which the Israeli police said was given for a transit for Jerusalem but not to stay in it. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/28/2004 - Israel releases 160 Palestinian prisoners
The Palestinian national authority has played down Israel's release of 160 Palestinian prisoners in an attempt Tel Aviv said is an appreciation for the release of the Israeli spy Azzam Azzam. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/28/2004 - Fatah, Hamas win main Palestinian municipal seats
Vagueness still overshadow the number of municipal seats over which both the Palestine national liberation ( Fatah) and Islamic resistance ( Hamas) got in the first phase of the local elections in the West Bank which covered 26 municipal councils. Palestine, Politics, 12/27/2004 - Archbishop Hanna and the Palestinian Struggle
Spokesman for the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Father Atallah Hanna, expressed pessimism over reaching a just settlement to the Palestinian issues. Palestine, Politics, 12/27/2004 - Israeli facilitations for candidates of Palestinian presidential elections
However, sources at the Palestinian central elections committee said that Israel has not so far provided a permission for two presidential candidates from Gaza and has not yet decided on permitting candidates to enter east Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/27/2004 - Four Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces
Two Palestinians from Martyr Ezz Eddine al-Qassam groups, the military wing of the Islamic resistance ( Hamas) movement, were killed to the south of al-Breij camp in the downtown of Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/27/2004