Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/28/2005
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 28, 2005
- Kuwait agrees to open a Palestinian embassy
The Palestinian charge de affairs in Amman Atallah Kheiri said that the Kuwaiti authorities agreed a request by the Palestinian authority to open an embassy for it in Kuwait. Kuwait-Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2005 - A summit in Sharm al-Sheikh in support of the Palestinians
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks in Sharm al-Sheikh resort dealt with security issues and results concluded by the London peace conference which was held on Tuesday in support of the Palestinian establishments. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2005 - A booby trapped car went off near Nablus
A Palestinian security source said that the occupation forces arrested on Wednesday evening seven activists from the Islamic Jihad movement in Jenin city. Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/4/2005 - Jordan's foreign minister on Saturday in Ramullah and Tel Aviv
The Jordanian foreign minister Hani al-Malqi will head on Saturday to Israel in a two day visit which is the first for a Jordanian official since four years aiming at "bringing back warmth" to the relations between the two countries, according to al-Malqi. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 3/3/2005 - Abbas on the establishment of the Palestinian state
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Wednesday the need to allow what he called the "opportunity of the new age for peace and hope in the Middle East to work in order to establish a Palestinian state as soon as possible." Palestine, Politics, 3/3/2005 - Israel criticizes London's conference
Israel on Wednesday criticized the conference which was held in London on Tuesday. Though the office of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon described the conference condemnation of what he called terrorism as a positive result Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/3/2005 - Syria imports olive oil from Palestinian territories
Syria's Ministry of Economy and Trade said on Wednesday it allowed the import of Olive Oil produced in the occupied Arab territories of Palestine. Syria-Palestine, Economics, 3/3/2005 - Final communique calls on Israel to implement its obligations under the road map
The London conference for supporting the Palestinian Authority wrapped up its activities yesterday with the final communique calling on Israel to undertake its commitments under the Roadmap to peace plan. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 3/2/2005 - Chief of the PLO denies accusations against Syria Palestine-Syria, Politics, 3/2/2005
- Bishara: Pressures on Syria serve Israel
The well-known Palestinian intellectual Azmi Bishara on Sunday underlined that Israel and Western countries are working to exploit the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafic Hariri to put pressures on Syria to serve Israel's interests in the region. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/28/2005