January Saturday 22-2000:

Nasrallah vows to fight normalization…(1)
Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Friday to oppose the normalization of relations between "Israel" and Arab countries and called on the Palestinians to wage war against the Jewish state.
“We have to make our nation know that normalization is the gate to Zionist economic, political, cultural and military hegemony over the whole region,” he said.
“Fighting normalization is essential to warding off the new wave of Zionist aggression,” he added during the inauguration of the Third Islamic National Conference at the Carlton Hotel in Beirut.
He called on the Palestinians “not to abandon the armed struggle.”
“The liberation of Palestine is the central goal of Arabs and Muslims,” Nasrallah said,“even if there is a settlement between Yasser Arafat and the "Israelis".”

Hoss refused settling Palestinian refugees in the country…(2)
"Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss has warned that the issue of Palestinian refugees and the question of Jerusalem constitute a regional time bomb. Hoss was addressing delegates to the third national Islamic conference.

" More than 120 delegates from across the Arab and Islamic world converged on Beirut to attend the third national Islamic conference, which opened at the Carlton Hotel today (yesterday). Experts on Islam and nationalist issues discussed the challenges facing the Arab world, including "Israel's" continued occupation of Arab territories. Prime Minister Salim Hoss who opened the conference, said current Arab-"Israeli" negotiations aim to reach a settlement and not peace. He reiterated Beirut's refusal to resettle Palestinian refugees in the country, warning the issue of refugees and the identity of Jerusalem pose a regional time-bomb. He called for direct Lebanese involvement in negotiations over the fate of refugees, since it hosts about 350,000 Palestinians. Hoss who criticized the Palestinian Authority for launching peace talks with "Israel", without coordinating stances with Arab states, demanded "Israel's" implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 425, which calls for an immediate and unconditional "Israeli" withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Differentiating between resistance activities and terrorism also featured high on the agenda of discussions. Delegates, including the Hamas politburo Khaled Meshaal will also discuss ways to the bridge the gap between Islamic and nationalist thought. Meshaal who headed Hamas's information office in Amman, was exiled from Jordan last year".

REHABILITATION CENTER FOR DETAINEES LAUNCHED…(3)
"Founders of the Khiam Center for the rehabilitation of torture victims held their first meeting in Beirut today (yesterday). The center, named after "Israel's" notorious detention camp in occupied southern Lebanon, will be officially launched on June 26. The head of the follow up committee for the release of detainees from "Israeli" prisons, Mohammed Safa, was named the centers' secretary-general. He said some 12,000 Lebanese have passed through "Israeli" detention camps since 1978, when "Israel" first invaded Lebanon. Safa said most of the detainees suffer from the long-term effects of persistent physical and psychological torture. The new center will carry out statistical surveys, follow up individual cases, organize social and professional rehabilitation sessions and fight for human rights. At least 133 Lebanese remain under "Israeli" detention in Khiam and another sixteen are being held inside "Israel" without trial or charge".

"Israeli" Aggressions…(4)

The "Israeli" occupation forces staged the following aggressions:

10:30, four 155mm missiles hit Jib Soweid area, east of Majdal Zoun village.

12:25, a barrage of heavy machine gun bullets struck the perimeters of Majdal Zoun.

Military Operations…(5)

The IR team of martyrs Ali Hussein Abbas and Youssef Abdel-Hassan Hodroj attacked violently, at 16:00, Sojod outpost with the proper arms scoring direct and certain hits.

Footnotes:
1- The Daily Star, 22-1-2000.
2- Future TV, 21-1-2000.
3- Same source.
4- IR statement, 21-1-2000.
5- Same source.