Al-Mithaq [Archives:2007/1066/Press Review]

Monday, July 2
Main Headlines

– Enabling people of disabilities to have job opportunities is a national duty, says Prime Minsiter

– Government demands concerned bodies and officials to provide it with blacklisted contractors

– First hearing for trying the Sana'a Second Terrorist Cell scheduled for Wednesday, June 4

– Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology: Yemen to participate in the Arab's telecoms meeting with a vision to improve post services

– Sana'a hosts international meeting of life makers

– Yemeni Human Rights Minster asks U.S. authorities to allow her to visit Guantanamo Jail

– Government denies reports that it will grant Yemeni passports to Israelis of Yemeni origin

The ruling party's weekly reported in a front page article that an official government source denied the authenticity of reports published by an Israeli newspaper alleging that Israeli Jews of Yemeni origin will be granted Yemeni passports. It quoted the source as saying that reports published by the Israeli paper are incorrect and baseless. The source added that only the Yemeni Jews residing in the country have the right to obtain Yemeni passports because they are Yemeni citizens and their rights are ensured by the law.

The Israeli newspaper, however, reported that the Yemeni government is studying the issue of granting thousands of Israelis of Yemeni origin Yemeni citizenships. The newspaper stated that the Yemeni Jews in Yemen number 300 people after large numbers of them immigrated to other countries over years. At the time of the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948, there were over 60 thousand Jews in Yemen. According to the newspaper, the Yemeni Jews receive kind treatment from the government and exercise all their legal rights.
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