IMRA Newsletter
Arab League condemns WiFi Internet Jerusalem Service "liquidates Arab Identity'
Cairo, August 24 2004
(SANA-Official Syrian News Agency)
www.sana.org/english/headlines/24-8/arab_league1.htm
[IMRA: A joint initiative by the Municipality of Jerusalem, Intel and Compumat Computers Ltd., together with the Jerusalem Business Development Authority, may turn the Holy City into the world's first wireless fidelity (WiFi) city within two years. Users in most areas of the city will be able to surf the Internet wirelessly.]
Arab League (AL) condemned the Israeli project on turning al-Kudos city to a so-called Great Internet City, asserting that the aim of this project is to liquidate the Arab identity of it and to change its historical and archeological features.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the AL said that the project aims at imposing a de facto on the city in a way that serves the Israeli interests under the pretext of encouraging the foreign investments.
The AL stressed that the project and all Israel's policies contradict not only the international law and resolutions but also reflect no desire in realizing the just and comprehensive peace in the region.
H.Zein