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Annan deeply concerned at escalating violence in
Gaza
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday urged Israel to refrain from "further
escalating an already grave situation" and called on Palestinian militants to
stop firing rockets at Israeli civilian targets. Full story
Both Palestinian Hamas, Fatah condemn Israeli arrest of Hamas
minister
RAMALLAH, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Both Palestinian
governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its rival Fatah movement on
Friday condemned the Israeli army for arresting a Hamas-led government minister
in the West Bank city of Ramallah earlier in the day.
Palestinian security sources said that Israeli troops
surrounded the house of Public Works Minister Abdel Rahman Zeidan and took him
away earlier on Friday, while holding the rest of the family inside a room. Full story
Abbas urges UN Security Council to convene and discuss
situation in Gaza
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Israeli army tank move in northern Gaza
Strip Saturday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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>>> | RAMALLAH,
Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the UN Security
Council on Saturday to convene and discuss the Israeli military operations in
Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
WAFA quoted presidential sources as saying that Abbas
had sent a letter to the President of the UN Security Council, demanding an
urgent session to discuss the disastrous and dangerous situation in the
Palestinian Territories.
Abbas' call came as Israeli troops continued its one
of biggest military operation in Gaza, which started on Wednesday and has killed
at least 42 Palestinians. Full story>>
Arab parliament calls for Israel's immediate release of
Palestinian prisoners
DAMASCUS, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Damascus-based Arab
Interim Parliament on Saturday called for an immediate release of detained
Palestinian officials and civilians from the Israeli jails, Syria's official
SANA news agency reported.
In a final statement issued at its 2nd session here,
the parliament denounced Israel's daily aggressions and repeated massacres
against the Palestinian people as well as the arrests of Palestinian lawmakers
and government officials. Full story>>
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