August 24, 2001

			STANDS: AL QUDS AND THE PALESTINAIN CAUSE IS THE FOCUS OF CONCERN FOR SAUDI ARABIA.   EDITORIAL: TALK ON MILITERY POWER   KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ REITERATED THAT BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIVE AND ROUTINE PROCEDURES SHOULD BE EASY FOR CITIZENS AND EXPATRIATES WHEREVER THEY WERE IN THE CITY OR THE VILLAGE. THE KINGDOM CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTED IN THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, AND THE UNITED STATES, TO EXERT JUST EFFORTS TO LIFT INJUSTICE IMPOSED ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.   IN A COMPREHENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH "ASHARQ AL AWSAT": WE WILL CONTINUE TO FACE THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION AND PROTECT THE PALESTINIAN RIGHTS UNTIL JERUSALEM IS LIBERATED. OUR MILITARIZATION IS NOT INCREASING AND THE ARMIES OF THE GCC ARE READY FOR JOINT DEFENCE. WE ARE WITH FORGETTING THE PAST, OVERCOMING THE PRESENT SITUATION AND WE WELCOME IRAQ BACK IN THE ARAB FOLD. WE REFUSE THE SAY ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF FOREIGN PROTECTION IN THE GULF AND NOBODY HAS ANY AUTHORITY OVER THE FOREIGN FORCES IN THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS. MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAQ DO NOT USE OUR LANDS AND THE AIM OF AIR SURVEILLANCE IS PEACE. WE WORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE GULF AND OUR GOOD RELATIONS WITH IRAN ARE NOT AT THE EXPENSES OF ANYONE.   IN SPITE OF THE OBSTACLES PUT BY SHARON AND HIS MILITARY LEADERS, THE GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES ARAFAT AND PERES IN BERLIN NEXT WEEK. FISHER: THE SITUATION IS GRAVE AND THE RISK OF TOTAL WAR IS REAL. ISRAEL RELIES ON THE AMERICAN VETO DURING THE SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES. THE PALESTINIAN REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF THE PALESTINIAN AS "REAL HELL".   THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS. EGYPT DENIES ABOUNDING ITS PROJECT FOR MONITORS. PAWELL CALLS ON ISRAEL TO START POLITICAL DIALOGUE WITH THE PALESTINIANS.   A FRUITFUL VISIT BY PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD TO KUWAIT. KUWAIT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, RETREATED THAT KUWAIT IS DISCUSSING THE SUBJECT OF ITS PRISONERS IN IRAG THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS. THE KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER: THERE IS NO SYRIAN INITIATIVE TO MEDIATE BETWEEN KUWAIT AND IRAQ.   ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN CAIRO: A DECISION TO SEND A DELEGATION OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OR A MASSAGE TO AMERICA TO GET THE AMERICANS TO FACE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, AND TO CONDEMN ISRAEL FOR THE DETERIORATION OF THE SITUATION IN THE REGION. ARAFAT IN HIS SPEECH: THE WORLD COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR PEOPLE THROUGH THE SECURITY COUNCIL. PEACE AND SECURITY WILL NEVER EXSISTS WITHOUT ENDING OCCUPATION AND THE BUILDING OF SETTLEMENTS ON OUR LAND AND WITHOUT CLEAR DECLARATION OF OUR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS LIKE ANY OTHER NATION. THE SAUDI REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MEETING: THE KINGDOM WILL REMAIN IN THE FOREFRONT OF THOSE SUPPORTING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TILL THEY WIN THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS.   LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION AND BROTHERLY BI-LATERAL RELATIONSHIP WAS THE FOCUS OF TALKS IN DAMASCUS BETWEEN PRESIDENT ASSAD AND PREMIER HARIRI. ALHARIRI: MY BELIEF IN GOD IS GREAT, MY TRUST IN LEBANON IS GREAT AND ANY TALK SHOULD BE TRANSLATED INTO DEEDS. WE ARE ALL EQUAL UNDER THE LAW.   IN BRIEF ******