Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/24/2005
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 24, 2005
- Hamas wins major seats of municipality seats
The Palestine elections committee announced that the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) won with a great majority the municipal elections in Gaza. Palestine, Politics, 1/29/2005 - Palestinian security forces completed deployment
In another development, the Palestinian national security forces completed its deployment in south Gaza. A Palestinian security source said that 2000 Palestinian police man were deployed along the border with Egypt, noting that the deployment process was completed without incidents. Palestine, Politics, 1/29/2005 - Sharon praises Abbas, considers a historical achievement with the Palestinians
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon announced his readiness to give concessions concerning the situation in the Middle East. He considered that it has become possible to achieve a historical progress with the Palestinians in the course of the peace operation. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/28/2005 - Israeli to release 900 Palestinian detainees
In an attempt showing the good intention, the Israeli government initially approved to release of some 900 Palestinian prisoners, shortly. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/28/2005 - Abbas's tour starts from Jordan Palestine-Regional, Politics, 1/28/2005
- Israeli - Palestinian security, political meetings resumed
Security and political meetings resumed between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Two meetings were held in Jerusalem and the West Bank, hours after the consent of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to resume contacts with the Palestinian authorities after he had frozen it on January 14 following a Palestinian operation in Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/27/2005 - Four Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces
Three Palestinian activists were killed and a fourth was seriously injured as the Israeli forces opened their machine-gun fire at them in Qalqilya to the north of the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/27/2005 - Suleiman Awwad: Mubarak to receive Abbas Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/27/2005
- Arab League denounces Israel's confiscation of Palestinian lands
The Arab League denounced the Israeli government's decision on the annexation of new Israeli settlements to the racial separation wall, expressing deep concern over Tel Aviv's intention to confiscate Palestinian lands in the occupied Jerusalem. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 1/26/2005 - Israeli forces invade Toulkarem, resistance bombards Gaza settlement
More than 40 Israeli military vehicles invaded Sida village, to the north of Toulkarem in the West Bank, and imposed curfew and confiscated one school and several houses and evacuated many of them and converted them into military barracks, threatening to demolish houses of Palestinian activists. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/26/2005 - Abul-Gheit:Abu Mazen to visit Cairo soon for continuing dialogue with Palestinian factions
Amidst positive indications that Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority has managed to contract differences with the Palestinian factions for concluding a conditional truce that could open the door before settlement process Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/25/2005 - al-Jazeera: Palestinian figure on Israeli methods to Judaize Jerusalem Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/25/2005
- Palestinian groups deny Mofaz's statements over truce agreement
Palestinian groups denied what was stated by the Israeli defense minister Shaoul Mofaz over its agreement with the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on a truce with Israel for a one month period. These groups reiterated "the possibility of accepting to attacks if Israel stops its atrocities, first." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/24/2005 - Sharon threatens to attack Gaza
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon renewed his threat to launch a large scale military attack against Gaza if attacks of the Palestinians continue. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/24/2005 - Palestinian killed in Gaza Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/24/2005