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Abbas, Sharon Hold ‘Stormy’ Meeting
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 11:44 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The Palestine National Authority (PNA) said the meeting between Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas and his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon was “useful,” but will produce “no concrete and immediate results on the ground.” More >>
Israel Admits Jewish Terror Cells Operating
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 11:42 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
There are at least two Jewish terror cells operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, which are responsible for a series of attacks on Palestinian civilians over the past years, an Israeli defense official said Sunday. More >>
Abbas Briefs Arafat Discussion Points with Sharon
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:00 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
President Yasser Arafat and the executive committee of the PLO were briefed by Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas on the “discussion points” the Palestinian premier will raise up during his upcoming meetings with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon Sunday ... More >>
IOF Mass Troops Around Arafat’s Headquarters
Friday, 18 July 2003, 11:34 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
IOF Mass Troops Around Arafat’s Headquarters Israel Continues Raids, Detentions in West Bank in Violation of Truce More >>
Arafat ‘Blesses’ Abbas - Bush Meeting
Friday, 18 July 2003, 11:33 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Arafat ‘Blesses’ Abbas - Bush Meeting in Washington July 25 Norway Rebuffs Sharon’s Request to Boycott Palestinian Leader More >>
100,000s Palestinians Face Humanitarian Aid Cut
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 11:59 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The United Nations agency in charge of helping Palestinian refugees said that if its appeal for millions of dollars in aid was not answered immediately, then the agency, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, will have to ... More >>
Shaath Slams Israeli Incitement against Arafat
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 11:50 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israel’s European campaign to divert international attention away from its failure to honor its declared commitment to the Quartet-adopted and US-sponsored “roadmap” peace plan by calling for sidelining Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is undermining ... More >>
Palestinians, Egyptians See Eye-to-Eye on ‘Roadmap
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 12:00 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
President Yasser Arafat briefed President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on the developments in occupied Palestinian territories after a meeting in Ramallah Tuesday with Mubarak’s envoy Omar Sulaiman, which discussed ways of reinforcing Palestinian – Egyptian coordination ... More >>
Arafat, Abbas Approve Terms of Reference
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 11:05 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas on Monday worked out an agreement sorting out presidential and premiership powers, with formulas specifying the terms of reference and the follow-up mechanism of the negotiating process with ... More >>
Britain Rebuffs Sharon's Appeal to Boycott Arafat
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 10:58 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Britain rebuffed visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s appeal Monday to cut ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. More >>
PNA: Int’l Intervention to Solve Detainees Problem
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 10:55 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinians Call For Int’l Intervention to Solve Detainees Problem Minister of Detainees’ Affairs Says Detainees Issue Has Reached a ‘Stalemate’ More >>
Israel Seeks Euro Alternative to Hamas Welfare
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 10:54 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Israel is proposing that Europe takes a role in Middle East peace efforts by setting up social and welfare services in the Israeli – occupied Palestinian territory like those run by Hamas, in a bid to erode the Islamic group's support base, a senior ... More >>
Irish Man Detained by Israel is not a bomb maker
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 10:53 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Relatives and Friends of a Northern Ireland man arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) for suspicion of helping Palestinians in bomb making said Monday he is a pro-Palestinian peace activist with no links to armed anti-occupation activities. More >>
Abbas: Arafat Will Remain Palestinian President
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 11:42 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) reconfirmed Sunday that Yasser Arafat is and will remain the legitimate and elected President of the Palestinian people, and called on Israel to let him travel freely, amid an Israeli campaign to sideline the ... More >>
Barghuti’s Israeli Trial Resumes, Adjourns
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 11:40 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Palestinian Legislative Council member Marwan Barghuti said during his trial in Tel Aviv on Monday that Israelis were trying to kill him by keeping him in solitary confinement. More >>
Abbas Slams Israeli Threats against Arafat
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:26 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Cabinet of Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas on Saturday categorically rejected Israeli premier Ariel Sharon’s threats against President Yasser Arafat and warned that such Israeli “provocation” could gravely harm the prospects of progress in the peace process. More >>
Russia's In Middle East to Discuss Int Forces
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:25 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is expected in Ramallah, coming from Jordan, the first leg of a five-day visit to the Middle East aiming to step up Russia’s role in the peace process and to discuss the idea of international forces deployment to ... More >>
UN Registers 1000s of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:24 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
The United Nations Refugee Agency said on Saturday it would start registering next week over 80,000 Palestinian refugees in Iraq who have been subjected to harassment since the fall of al-Bath’s regime, following the US- led invasion of Iraq on April. More >>
Palestinian Fatah Party Reactivates Institutions
Friday, 11 July 2003, 10:23 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
Following a meeting chaired by President Yasser Arafat in Ramallah Wednesday, the Revolutionary Council of the Palestine Liberation Movement “Fatah,” decided to reactivate the Palestinian ruling party’s institutions and to institutionalize the Palestinian ... More >>
Egypt, US Work to Boost Palestinian Israeli Truce
Friday, 11 July 2003, 10:21 am | Palestine Media Center - PMC
US and Egyptian mediators met with Palestinian and Israeli leaders amid an impasse over Palestinian detainees held in the jails of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) that threatens to torpedo the fragile, 11-day-old cease-fire, to which Palestinian ... More >>