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Palestinian minister Jamil El-Terefi rejected an Israeli proposal that Israel delivers nearly 95% of the West Bank's lands in return of the Palestinian government's consent that Jerusalem remains under the Israeli domination in the final peace agreement, assuring that Israel must give back the whole West Bank including eastern Jerusalem. He added "neither the Palestinian people nor the Arab and the Islamic nations accept giving up at any price Jerusalem, and that the history, people and time will denounce us if we made any concessions." Go

In an interview with the US New York Daily News Yesterday, US President Bill Clinton said "I'm more optimistic than I was when they got here. This is really important. We might make it. I don't know. God it's hard. It's like nothing I've ever dealt with. ... But I would be totally misleading if I said I had an inkling that a deal is at hand. That's just not true. But we're slogging," a US statement quoted. Go

Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi on Sunday evening received a telephone call from the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Consultations dealt with current conditions in the region and issues of mutual concern. Go

The Palestinian community in Britain on Monday called on the chairman of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and members of the accompanying delegation to the Camp David negotiations to committing to the unwavering Palestinian rights and not to be subjugated to the Israeli and American pressures. In a message addressed to Arafat, the chairperson of the community Ghada al-karmy called for getting the Palestinians in the Exodus involved the making the Palestinian decision. She added " There is no need to alienate us (Palestinians in Exile) as we are the majority." Go

The Moroccan national airport office (ONDA) has opened a press bureau at the Mohammed V airport to facilitate the work of Moroccan and foreign journalists and to provide accurate information. The bureau is equipped with a telephone, a fax and a printer and will be soon equipped with a computer connected to internet to enable journalists get information on different sectors especially tourism and economy. The bureau, open around the clock, will also be endowed with documents dealing with the activities of the office and other sectors related to aviation and air transport, the release added. Go

President elect Bashar al-Assad on Monday took oath in an extraordinary session of the people's Assembly (PA) and there by to announce the start of a constitutional term as President for the Syrian republic which will last for 7 years. Go

The Jordanian weekly al-Majd said that a delegation including 40 figures representing the Palestinian Arabs of 1948 will head today for Damascus to take part in the eulogy to be held in al-Qerdaha on the 40-day following the death of the late President Hafez al-Assad. Go

The Israeli occupation forces have established new monitoring points along the Lebanese borders with Israel as from Tel al-Hamamis until al-Wazzani. Go

It was announced in Moscow on Monday that Iraq's deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz will pay a field visit to Russia on July 25 through 28. Go

Pakistan's minister of oil and natural resources Othman Ameen eddine arrived in Kuwait on Monday to hold talks concentrating on oil trade between the two countries Officials said that the minister will hold talks on oil industry between the two countries. Go

The armed forces in Algeria have committed a new crime during which 13 citizens were killed and others were wounded in Teibaza province, 70 Km from the capital Algiers. The Algerian daily al-Bilaad said on Monday that the massacre took place between the towns of Jahout and al-Nazour, where the gunmen implanted a fake barrier and stopped two cars and then killed their passengers. Go