Important News
- Israeli forces shoot and assault Palestinian youth north of occupied Jerusalem
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- Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 52,908, over 119,721 injured
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- Israeli forces release nine Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip
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- Five Palestinian civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on several areas in Gaza
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- Israeli airstrike kills journalist Hassan Eslieh while receiving treatment in Gaza hospital
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PLO Stresses Israeli Withdrawal from the whole OPT
GAZA, August 10, 2005, (WAFA)- The PLO Executive Committee asserted on Tuesday that the Israeli expected withdrawal from Gaza should be a preface of a comprehensive withdrawal from the whole Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).... . In its Wednesday meeting, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, in Gaza, the PLO stressed the necessity of continuity of working with international parties to ensure the "best conditions" for the Israeli withdrawal.... . The PLO members discussed in their meeting, attended by representatives of various Palestinian organizations, the ongoing preparations for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza including the borders and crossing points.... . It also affirmed that the withdrawal is a Palestinian achievement, stressing on the continuity of fighting against the Apartheid Wall and the Israeli colonization till ending the occupation of the whole territories occupied in 1967".... S.A.S. (19:31P) (16:31 GMT)