71. State-run Syrian newspapers on Tuesday urged the United States to use its leverage with Israel to stop the construction of new Jewish settlements on occupied Arab land. 72. Some hope violence will push Israel toward a quicker withdrawal from occupied lands. 73. Syrian President Hafez Assad and Algerian President Lamine Zeroual called Monday called on Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab land and pull its troops out of Lebanon. 74. The declaration also said it was illegal to colonize occupied land. 75. The conference also said it was illegal to colonize occupied land. 76. The conventions ban the colonization of occupied land. 77. The first three, he said, deal with an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab land, Palestinian statehood and resolving the issue of Palestinian refugees. 78. The federation also would get all the Bosnia-Serb occupied land from Banja Luka westward. 79. The Palestinian leader wept as an Egyptian singer sang an Arab patriotic song calling for the return of occupied Arab lands. 80. The Palestinians view the settlements as an attempt by Israel to seize more occupied land. |