Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/10/2005
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 10, 2005
- Lahoud expresses concern over settling the Palestinians
Lebanese Army Commander Major General Michel Suleiman held Israel responsibility for the Mideast peace process hindering. In a meeting with Arab and foreign military attaches league, Suleiman called Israel to implement the international resolutions relevant to the Arab-Israeli conflict noting that its continuous breaching of Lebanon's sovereignty is a steady hostile act against Lebanon. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 1/15/2005 - Patrick Seale says Sharon's moves are tactics
British journalist Patrick Seale on Friday said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's goals are strategic embodied in the West Bank occupation and the prevention of building the Palestinian state stressing that any other moves by Sharon are just tactics. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2005 - Abbas criticizes al-Mintar attack operation, Palestinians celebrate it
Elected President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, said that al-Mintar crossing attack operation in Gaza which resulted in killing 6 Israelis and nine Palestinians by Israelis this week does not serve the peace process. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2005 - Abbas and the Roadmap
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas announced his readiness to start implementation of requirements stated in the Roadmap, expressing his hope to resume the peace talks with Israel shortly. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/14/2005 - Five Israelis, three Palestinians killed in al-Mintar attack
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and other ten were injured and three Palestinian were killed in a Palestinian attack at an Israeli military position in the downtown of Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/14/2005 - Five Palestinians and two Israeli settlers killed
Two resistance men from Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, carried out a military operation against an Israeli settlements and military position in Rafah to the south of Gaza resulted in killing and wounding two Israelis. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/13/2005 - Israeli promises and violations
Despite its promises to cooperate with the new Palestinian leadership in order to establish peace in the region, a special unit belonging for the Israeli occupation army assassinated in Toulkarem in the West Bank on Tuesday an active member in al-Aqsa martyrs groups of the Fatah movement. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/12/2005 - Palestinian authority starts reform, Abbas prepares to take oath
The Palestinian Authority started in the second day for the accession of the Fatah Movement candidate Mahmoud Abbas for the presidency by taking a series of measures aiming at maintaining reforms for sites of corruption in the officials Palestinian establishments. Palestine, Politics, 1/12/2005 - Abbas is officially president for the Palestinian authority
The Palestinian central elections committee announced the winning of the candidate of the Fatah movement and chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Mahmoud Abbas, officially in the presidential elections which took place on Sunday. Palestine, Politics, 1/11/2005 - International welcome to Abbas's winning the elections
International reactions continued welcoming the winning of Abbas and the procedures of the election process, which was considered by several world countries as the first step in the area of establishing the Palestinian state. Chairman of the EU commission Josip Parozo considered the elections as a very important step towards the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 1/11/2005 - Syria's first ever donation to wfp goes to palestinians
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomed today a Syrian food donation to support thousands of poor and unemployed Palestinians suffering the effects of worsening living conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Syria-Palestine, Economics, 1/11/2005 - Number of Israeli settlers increased by 6% in 2004
A statistics issued by the population census office in the Israeli ministry of the Interior yesterday said that number of the settlers of the West Bank and Gaza increased at a rate of 6% during 2004. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/11/2005 - Al-Riyadh: Qaddoumi stresses Palestinian principles in a statement Palestine, Politics, 1/11/2005
- Abbas announces winning the Palestinian Presidency
The executive chairman of the PLO and candidate of the Palestine National Liberation Movement ( Fatah) announced winning the presidential elections which took place on Sunday after opinion polls expected his winning by a large margin over his rivals following closure of voting ballots. Palestine, Politics, 1/10/2005 - Voting in the Palestinian elections extended because of occupation checkpoints
News reports in Ramullah said that the central committee of the Palestinian elections decided to extend the period of the voting for two hours ( until hour 19:00 GMT) because of the obstacles the voters are facing at the Israeli checkpoints. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/10/2005 - Al-Aqsa leaders cast their votes
Leaderships of al-Aqsa groups have adventured themselves and were careful to cast their votes in various ballot centers. The leader of al-Aqsa groups Zakaraya al-Zubeidi called after he cast his vote on all the Palestinians to take part and support Fatah candidate Abu Mazin. Palestine, Politics, 1/10/2005 - American and Israeli positions concerning the Palestinian elections
US President George W. Bush commended the Palestinian presidential elections and described them as free. He vowed to help the new president and work for the resumption of the peace talks with Israel. Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/10/2005 - Great turnout for the Palestinian elections
Despite the obstacles placed by Israel in Jerusalem, the voting processes in the West Bank and Gaza has proceeded smoothly and the ballot centers witnessed intensive turnout despite the fact that both the Islamic ( Hamas) and Islamic Jihad movements boycotted it. Palestine, Politics, 1/10/2005