Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 5/16/2005
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of May 16, 2005
- Israel bombards Hamas activists
Ahmad Shahwan, one leader of the Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas), was gravely injured in a missile attack to the south of Gaza. Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/19/2005 - Abbas is in Tokyo
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas called on Japan for continued support for the Palestinians at the economic and political levels with their moves towards the foundation of the independent Palestinian state. Palestine-Japan, Politics, 5/17/2005 - Palestinian killed by the Israeli forces
One young Palestinian was killed by the bullets of the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank on Monday in an indication for the escalation of tension that contradicts with the efforts to calm down coinciding with the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (usurpation of Palestine). Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2005 - Moussa expresses Arab League solidarity with Palestinians on Nakba day
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Sunday voiced the League's total support of and solidarity with the Palestinian people as they commemorated the 57 anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, marking the creation of the State of Israel. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 5/16/2005