Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/8/2005
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 8, 2005
- Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in coordination Palestinians
Palestinian and Israeli preparations continued for the forthcoming Israeli withdrawal from occupied Gaza, at a time when the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon stressed cling to settlements aggregations in the occupied West Bank and not to be ready to negotiate concerning Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/12/2005 - Abbas briefs Rice on withdrawal from Gaza developments
A spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency said that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made on Wednesday evening a phone call with US secretary of state Condaleezza Rice during which he briefed her on the latest developments and Palestinian preparations for the Israeli withdrawal from occupied Gaza. Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/12/2005 - Palestinian police frees kidnapped UN employees
In a new indicator on the increase of security loss in the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian police on Monday freed three employees working for UNRWA, just few hours after an armed group kidnapped them in Khan Younis camp in Gaza. Palestine-UN, Local, 8/9/2005 - Abu al-Einein: Lebanese restrictions on camps to be eased
The secretary of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon, Sultan Abu al-Einein, deliberately denied the existence of cells for al-Qaida organization in the Palestinian Ein al-Helweh camp. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 8/9/2005 - Palestinian FM: Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is not the end of occupation Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/8/2005
- Presbyterians support church decision to divest of companies harming Palestinians
"I support the actions of the 216th General Assembly," said Marilyn Gamblin, an elder at Marine View Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, WA. "It is time to move beyond talking and take action." Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/8/2005 - Arab league calls to protect holy places in occupied jerusalem
The Arab League ( AL ) on Sunday appealed to the international community, the United Nations and the so-called Quartet Committee to assume responsibility and protect al-Aqsa mosque and other Islamic and Christian holy places from the Israeli plots to judaize Jerusalem and isolate it from other Palestinian cities. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 8/8/2005 - Confrontations between Palestinians, Israeli forces
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday made a security belt around Ramullah city in the West Bank, and installed military barriers north of the governorate, after two Israelis were injured by Palestinian gunmen in an area situated to the north of the city. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/8/2005 - Olmert succeeds Netanyahu who rejected withdrawal from Gaza
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon appointed his deputy Ehud Olmert as a minister of finance in succession of Benjamin Netanyahu who resigned in protest of the Israeli government's vote to withdraw from five Israeli settlements in Gaza in the framework of the first phase of the withdrawal from Gaza sector. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 8/8/2005