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Arafat On Israel's Invasion Of Askar Refugee Camp
Monday, 11 August 2003, 9:58 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinians React Angrily to Friday’s Israeli Deadly Raid Arafat: Israel Is Destroying the Whole Peace Process More >>
$250 million to Rebuild Palestinian Security Force
Monday, 11 August 2003, 9:56 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian Minister of State for Security Affairs, Mohamed Dahlan, is seeking $250 million from international donors to re-qualify Palestinian officers and rebuild police posts destroyed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the past three years. More >>
PNA Slams Israeli Deception over Detainees Release
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:42 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested nearly as many Palestinians since the Hudna (truce) was declared on June 29 as the number of detainees Israel freed Wednesday and the Palestine National Authority (PNA) protested against the Israeli “deception” ... More >>
Waqf Warns Attempt To Force Way into Al Aqsa
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:40 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestinian Waqf, or Muslim religious trust, called Thursday on all Palestinians and Muslims in Israel to protect the Al Aqsa Mosque “from attempts of Jewish extremists to force their way into the compound." More >>
PM Abbas to Visit Kuwait, Saudi, UAE and Tunisia
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:39 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
President Yasser Arafat received Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas in his battered headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday ahead of a Palestinian premier’s Arab tour, which will take him to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), Kuwait ... More >>
Bush again Says Isreal’s Apartheid Wall Is ‘a Prob
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:38 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday renewed labeling the Apartheid Separation Wall Israel is building on the occupied Palestinian West Bank “ a problem,” which hinders peace - making between Palestinians and Israelis. More >>
Palestinian Israeli Roadmap Meeting Cancelled
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:13 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian and Israeli sources announced Tuesday that a meeting between premiers Mahmud Abbas and Ariel Sharon scheduled for Wednesday was cancelled, amid a deadlock resulting from Israel’s stalling in the implementation of its “roadmap” commitments. More >>
IOF Shoot Dead Four Palestinians in 24 Hours
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 11:05 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead four Palestinians in the past twenty four hours, two of them in the West Bank and two others in the Gaza Strip, in a new Israeli escalation that threatens to put an end to the declared hudna, or temporary truce, ... More >>
Israel Rejects PNA Offer for ‘Permanent’ Truce
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 11:01 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestinian foreign minister on Sunday proposed a “permanent truce” in the conflict with Israel if the Jewish state implemented its part of the US-sponsored “roadmap” to peace but his Israeli counterpart rejected the offer, demanding instead the total ... More >>
PM Abbas Slams Israeli Wall as Racist
Friday, 1 August 2003, 2:04 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
PM Abbas Slams Israeli Wall as Racist, Title for No Coexistence Bush: Establishing Palestinian State by 2005 Is ‘Realistic’ Goal More >>
Dahlan-Mofaz Meeting Fails to Produce Results
Friday, 1 August 2003, 2:03 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
A meeting between Palestine National Authority (PNA) Minister of Security Affairs Mohammad Dahlan and the Israeli “Defense” Minister Shaul Mofaz late Wednesday outside Jerusalem failed to produce agreement on further withdrawals of the Israeli Occupation ... More >>
Palestinian Detainees ‘Could Rebel’ if not Release
Friday, 1 August 2003, 2:02 pm | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian detainees could stage a “rebellion” in Israeli jails if Israel does not release them as part of the “roadmap” peace plan, a Palestine National Authority (PNA) cabinet minister said on Wednesday. More >>
PNA Unsettled by Sharon – Bush Meeting
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:53 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) condemned Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s statements in Washington Tuesday as “disappointing” after the premier pledged to carry on with the building of the Apartheid Wall on occupied Palestinian territory, while the hosting ... More >>
Abbas Meets Solana in France, Will Visit Italy
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:52 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas, who has met EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in France on Tuesday, is expected to make a visit to Rome next month, which will be his first official visit to the European Union. More >>
PNA Prevents 7 Terror Acts But Israel Prevents 0
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:51 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) Minister of State for Security Affairs Mohammad Dahlan said that the Palestinians were committed to a truce declared on June 29, but felt that Israel had not reciprocated, adding that his forces in the West Bank ... More >>
Palestinian PM Meets with Mabarak, Abdullah II
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 11:00 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas is expected in Amman Tuesday for a meeting with King Abdullah II, after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo Monday at the start of a trip culminating in talks at the White House with the US ... More >>
PNA Pleased Israel Accepts EU Peace Process Role
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 10:59 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The European Union and the Palestine National Authority (PNA), frustrated by Israeli approach of piecemeal implementation of the Middle East “roadmap” plan, were relieved Monday as Israelis called for the EU to play a major part in the search for peace. More >>
PNA Dismisses Int. Law Violations Report
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 10:56 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) dismissed a report by Medecins du Monde (Doctors of the World), which accused Palestinian groups of committing “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” stressing that occupation is the main source ... More >>
Sharon Hails Settlers, Challenges ‘Roadmap’
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 10:55 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Monday approved PM Sharon’s statement that the fate of the illegal Jewish settlements would be determined in final-status negotiations with the Palestinians on a peace treaty, in a new challenge to the US-sponsored “roadmap” ... More >>
Arafat Orders Republication Decree on Incitement
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 11:45 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
President Yasser Arafat on Sunday ordered, with immediate effect, republication of the three-article presidential decree No. 3 of 1998 reinforcing national unity, forbidding racial discrimination, “incitement to violence,” insulting various religions, and ... More >>