Press Review [Archives:2002/21/Press Review]

Al-Balagh weekly, 14 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Government measures to restrict recruiting Somali refugees by the Zionist Mosad
-Local councils elections, postponed
-In statement to al-Balagh Parliament Speaker calls on Yemenis to support Palestinian resistance with all possible means
-Dr al-Hamaidi resigns from Nasserite Unionist Organisation
-American looks for a new scenario to practice its terror in Mideast
-Youth minister calls for questioning arbitration committee on the Presidents Prize
-Unknown future of relationship between Palestinian Authority with Resistance Movements
The newspapers editor in chief describes the Palestinian authoritys acceptance on deporting thirteen Palestinians besieged in the nativity Church in Bethlehem as a grave mistake the authority should not have committed particularly that no one has the right to send into exile a citizen from his homeland. This deportation would lead to serious results meaning that they were banished from a land not theirs. The Palestinian authority acceptance of the deportation means a recognition that Bethlehem and he West Bank are not Palestinian territories but rather of the Zionist enemy. As for accepting the deportation of the remainder Palestinians to Gaza, the enemy wanted to send a message that Gaza would be the only territory the enemy could allow to establish a deformed state on it.
One of the dangerous dimensions of this act is that the Zionist enemy would never allow return of refugees because if they are ready even to put the question to just discussion they would not deport new citizens from their homeland and the Palestinian authority acceptance of that indicates an implied agreement on ending the question of refugees return. Accepting deportation of the Palestinians is a crime against the Palestinian people and against the Palestinian revolution and blood of the martyrs who have sacrificed their lives, the writer concluded.
Al-Raie al-Aam weekly, 14 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
-President calls for decentrlization
-Schism inside Islah
-Dissatisfaction over non-implementation of Yemen-Saudi marine agreement
Columnist Abdulaziz al-Samawi says it is noticeable that the Yemeni government follows in its relationship with the United States an unclear-featured policy and unsafe consequences. The officially-declared policy of the government outwardly pours in the patriotic direction whereas the undeclared policy varies in its direction as it aims at Americas appeasement. This has rendered our governments foreign policy as disorganized and double standard. For while the government states that it would not offer the United States any military facilities and would not accept erecting American military bases on the Yemeni territories, we fine one of the American military commanders say quite the opposite. He says the Yemeni government has offered he American government the building of military bases in Yemen.
Statements of the American military commander and silence of the Yemeni government about them has made the Yemeni government in a critical position, both internally and regionally and even internationally. This attitude raises the question whether the Yemeni government has any vision, even if short-sighted, about its relations or policy towards the United States.
AL-Wahdawi weekly, organ of the Nasserite Peoples Unionist Organisation, 14 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Amidst threats of bloodshed by al-Qaeda Sympathizers , The government intends to free detainees captured under combating terror
-U.S. Prosecution insists on accusing a Yemeni student of terrorism
-Yemeni & Eritrean forces mass-ups around Hunaish island
Columnist Mahmoud Sharafudin has this week tackled in an article the recent phenomenon of prisoners escape from central prisons in various parts of Yemen. The writer wonders what could be behind this phenomenon especially the escape of some prisoners from the capitals well-guarded central prison. He also wonders how such prisoners manage to do so given that there is a strong human guard.
Acts of smuggling prisoners especially those sentenced to death for serious crimes, is a very dangerous indicator on the extent of security deterioration seen in the country. The situation has surpassed the incidents of killing, robbery and armed clashes to reach impregnable prison cells. The most dangerous thing about these events is that investigations have disclosed that smuggling of such prisoners out of prisons are carried out in return of large amounts of money offered as bribes to some prison guards or officials particularly concerning cases of those sentenced to death at times shortly before the execution of the punishment against prisoners.
In dealing with prisoners escape cases, official sources pointed out that the competent authorities had set up special committees for investigation with prisons officials and some of them were brought to justice, especially after their confessions. Those measures are commendable and correct but they do not represent the only solutions to the problem. Other solutions should be considered such as speeding up deciding the legal cases, execution of sentences and improvement of prison officials incomes to safeguard them against accepting to receive bribes in return of facilitating the crime of smuggling killer and criminal prisoners.
Al-Ihyaa al-Arabi weekly, organ of the Arab Baath Socialist party, 9 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Volcano in Taiz University about to erupt
-Trial of the person accused of American embassy blast
-Prisoner sentenced to death escaped from prison in Hajja
-Coordination Council hands over a message addressed to Annan, security prevents demonstrators to head for American embassy
-Boycotting, active popular weapon
On American covert intentions behind dealing a blow to Iraq, Mr Nizzar Khudair al-Abbadi says political circles repeatedly rule out the United States embarkment on launching a military act against Iraq, while other some thinks that such confrontation is postponed to perhaps a time not so near. But the American political behaviour and changeables on Arab and international arenas differ with this prevalent thinking and build viewpoints that disagree with the American media marketing. These consolidate the belief that the Iraqis are destined for confronting a new inevitable Zionist aggression, and it is rather an imminent one.
Probably the Iraqi leadership realises this fact and shares the same reasonable doubts whether Iraq has accepted to receive UN inspectors or not.
At any rate there is a host of reasons enhancing the belief in inevitability of an imminent aggression on Iraq. The American administration is nowadays devoting all its efforts to fully gain from the circumstances the 11 September events have provided for it, starting from installing itself legislator of international law and formulating its syllabus in compatibility with its whims, exploiting international sympathy with what had happened to it due to the attack and to allowing its troops to be deployed in various areas of the world under claims of self-defence or fighting terror. What accompanied that is an Arab exaggeration from fear from being under accusation and consequently their full abiding by orders of the American White House.
Under these situations the American administration has seen it as stupidity to miss the opportunity and not to utilize the state of confusion for implementing its most strategic plans that we can summarize as the project of Israels security, in the first place, control of world sources of energy and establishment of globalisation programs.
Ath-Thawri weekly, organ of YSP, 16 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
– al-Qaeda sympathisers threaten of launching suicide attacks against regimes officials
-For security purposes, re-deployment of American military men in Yemen
-Arrest of a wanted Egyptian-national in Mareb
-During trial of Sameer Rizq, controversy on soundness of measures appears at the court
-Journalist detained as hostage at Abyan prison
-Dispute between Republican Guard and 1st Army Brigade in al-Qafr causes bloodbath
-Court in Lahj imposes a quarter riyal sum fine on the head of electoral committee
In its editorial the newspaper says while leaders of the Arab decision convened at Ghardaq around the discussion table considering the Arab issue and the Arab- Israeli conflict, emphasizing their clinging to peace as a strategic option, the Israeli ruling party Likuds central committee announced its decision rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state on the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
This decision does not lie outside the context of refusing the deal with any political settlement or negotiations enabling the Arab people of Palestine to restore their rights and establishment of their independent national state, even if it were not completely sovereign.
By adopting such a position the Israeli government is not announcing a new stand or thought opposite of the legacy of Israels former governments. The Likud stand also discloses depth of its hatred to the idea of balanced and just peace and it does follow the steps of their invading fathers who have established the Zionist entity.
As-Sahwa weekly, 16 May 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Islah party renews demand of bringing corrupt ministers to court
-Islah denounces changing 1st conference of Local Councils from evaluating meeting into legislative establishment
-Khadeer district governor threatens a blind sheikh
Editorial of he newspaper says amidst the tedious talk about settlement of the Palestinian issue a fact is almost being absent in minds of Arab masses, i.e. the essence of the conflict in Palestine is the existence of occupation and Zionist colonisation supported with funds, weapons and moral support by many of the western countries. The scheme can be summarized in expulsion of the original people to be replaced by different non-homogenous people from various parts of the world.
It is to be acknowledged that martyrdom operations and all means of Palestinian armed resistance would not lead to an overnight final defeat of occupation, but they are the only means available for the Palestinians to defend their rights. The major weak point of the enemy is security and it would not be forced to leave and end its occupation but with achieving a balanced horror and hitting at the point of its weakness, and this is what martyrdom operations do realise.

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