Semaine 23 / 2007

    The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Committee said Monday that it expects a Olmert-Abbas summit in Jericho later this week to bring about new confidence-building measures between Israel and the Palestinians. A member of the central committee, Yasser Abed Rabbo, said after its meeting in Ramallah, that the Palestinians are also asking Israel to release prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit without setting prior conditions.(11,38)

      Une bombe a explosé près d'un autobus vide dans un quartier chrétien de la banlieue Est de Beyrouth, faisant sept blessés légers, selon des sources sécuritaires. Il s'agit du quatrième attentat à la bombe commis en mois d'un mois dans la capitale libanaise et ses alentours. Les trois précédents ont fait un mort et plusieurs dizaines de blessés. (21,28)

      Les Etats-Unis envisagent l'augmentation de leur aide militaire au Liban, pour aider son armée à lutter contre l'organisation terroriste Fatah al-Islam, implanté dans le camp de réfugiés de Nahr el-Bared dans le nord du pays. La Maison Blanche a dernièrement autorisé l'envoi de trois avions cargo chargés de matériel militaire destiné à soutenir l'armée libanaise. Des islamistes du Djound al Cham ont attaqué les forces libanaises à Aïn al Hiloueh, le plus grand camp de réfugiés palestiniens du Liban situé dans... [Lire la suite]

     Une roquette Qassam s'est abattue sur des serres du moshav Netiv Haassara, au sud d'Ashkelon. Par ailleurs, les Palestiniens ont tiré également 6 obus de mortiers en direction du Néguev occidental. Quatre d'entre eux sont tombés sur des terrains vagues, un autre a atterri près d'un moshav de la région et le dernier est tombé près du point de passage Erez. Les Brigades Ezzadin El Qassam, la branche armée du Hamas, a revendiqué lundi le tir d'obus de mortier en direction du point de passage Erez, au nord de la Bande... [Lire la suite]

      Spain will summon Iran's ambassador to condemn the Iranian president's latest verbal attack on Israel, officials said Monday. On Sunday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the world would witness the destruction of Israel soon, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called Ahmadinejad's comments "unacceptable." "These words need a strong response," he told Spanish national radio. Moratinos will summon Iran's ambassador in the... [Lire la suite]

     Syrian President Bashar Assad has called for "better cooperation" between Damascus and Tehran in "the confrontation with the Zionist regime and the USA," according to a report published on Sunday by Iran's official state news agency, IRNA. The report, which was reproduced on the personal blog of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, quoted a telephone conversation between the two leaders, after Ahmadinejad congratulated Assad on winning the Syrian elections. "President Ahmadinejad told his... [Lire la suite]

      Jerusalem's Mayor Uri Lupolianski strongly opposed the demands made by an East Jerusalem Palestinian group Monday, announcing its intention to declare before the UN that they are formally "disengaging" from West Jerusalem, and forming an independent municipality in their section of the city. "This is an ephemeral organization, 'disengaged' from the citizens of East Jerusalem," said Lupolianski. "…the UN does not have the authority to divide Jerusalem, any more than it has the... [Lire la suite]

      Deux militaires libanais ont été tués, ainsi que deux militants du groupuscule islamiste Jound al-Cham dans les accrochages qui ont éclaté hier à l'entrée du camp de réfugiés d'Ain El-Hilweh  près de Sidon, dans le sud du pays selon une source palestinienne dans le camp. L'armée avait immédiatement envoyé des renforts et les tirs de mortier se sont poursuivis pendant la nuit.(10,20)

     Suspected members of a militant Islamic group fired a rocket-propelled-grenade at a Lebanese army checkpoint Sunday near Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern Lebanon city of Sidon, wounding three Lebanese soldiers and two Palestinian passers-by, security officials said. Security officials said the troops returned fire at the suspected Jund al-Sham militants and gunfire could still be heard an hour after the RPG attack. The officials said militants were shooting at army positions from the roofs... [Lire la suite]

     President Mahmoud Abbas received today in Ramallah, a member of the American Senate, Senator Joseph Lieberman. Head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Saeb Erikat described the meeting as positive, pointing out that the meeting touched on the efforts with the Israeli side to revive the peace process and implement President Bush's vision of establishing two states. President Abbas demanded the American Congress' assistance in securing the release of Palestinian funds withheld by the Israeli side, pointing... [Lire la suite]