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Erekat: Wye issues require Israeli political decision, not negotiation
Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said yesterday that the negotiations that took place yesterday between the Palestinians and Israelis did not achieve any results and that there are still disputes regarding the time schedule for implementation of the Wye River accord, detainees, the Palestinian harbor and the secure passage.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/21/1999

Shaath criticizes Barak's policy for obstructing implementation of agreements
Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabeel Shaath criticized the positions of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and his policy which Shaath said is obstructing implementation of the signed agreements, especially the Wye River accord.
Palestine, Politics, 8/21/1999

Hawatmeh ready to participate in negotiations of Palestinian final status, with conditions
Nayef Hawatmeh, the secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said yesterday that he is ready to participate, conditionally, in final status negotiations with Israel.
Palestine, Politics, 8/20/1999

PA, Israel sign postal service agreement
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/20/1999

Palestinian companies take part in Las Vegas clothing fair to expand exports
A delegation of Palestinian companies and businessmen are to take part in an international clothing fair, which will be held in the US city of Las Vegas at the end of the current month.
Palestine, Business, 8/20/1999

Palestinian welcome for not moving out the US embassy to Jerusalem
Palestine, Politics, 8/19/1999

New memorandum of understanding added to Palestinian - Israeli agreements
A high-ranking Israeli official close to negotiations with the Palestinians stated that Israeli negotiates with the Palestinians on a memorandum of understanding that will added to the current agreements that will comprise many points, including a new timetable for applying the Wye River accord.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/19/1999

Releasing the oldest Palestinian prisoner
The Israeli authorities have suddenly released the oldest Palestinian prisoner, Masoud Khalil El-Raey, today. El-Raey has spent more than 25 years moving between different Israeli prisons after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1974 after being convicted of killing an Israeli policeman.
Palestine, Politics, 8/19/1999

People's Front: Reports of Abu Ali Mustafa's return to Palestine an Israeli lie
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that a report broadcast by Israeli Army Radio on August 5 that the Israeli authorities permitted the PFLP's deputy secretary general, Abu All Mustafa, to return to the Palestinian territories "is baseless and futile."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/19/1999

Arafat receives communique from Clinton
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat received a communique from US President Bill Clinton, in which Clinton latter reconfirmed his commitment to enhancing the stalled peace process.
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/18/1999

Palestinian human rights organization condemns acquittal of Israeli settler
The Palestinian assembly for human rights announced yesterday that the decision of the Israeli government to declare a Jewish stettler to be innocent on the accusation of hitting a Palestinian boy, leading to the latter's death, relates to political motives which are against the law.
Palestine, Politics, 8/18/1999

First Arab fair for plastic industries in Gaza
More than 150 Arab companies are to take part in the fair for plastic industries in the Arab states, organized by the Palestinian opposition assembly in Gaza for October to coincide with the Egyptian and Arab celebrations of the victory in the 1973 October War.
Palestine-Regional, Economics, 8/18/1999

Palestinian opposition front ready to negotiate with Israel on permanent settlement
Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1999

Moussa: No crisis in Palestinian - Israeli talks
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said yesterday that his country sees negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis as continuing and that the problems that have not yet been resolved by those negotiations have not reached a crisis point.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1999

Disputes in the Palestinian follow up committee
A Jordanian newspaper has said that the chairman of the higher follow up committee of the Palestinian opposition, Khaled al-Fahoum, and Abu Ali Mustafa, the assistant secretary general of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine were exposed to strong criticism from members of the committee during its meeting last Sunday in Damascus.
Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1999

Hamas accuses Palestinian government of Hebron explosion
Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1999

Police arrest Palestinians in Galilee explosion
The Palestinian police said yesterday that they detained two brothers who are suspected fo being involved in manufacturing a bomb that exploded in the West Bank on Sunday in an incident that might be related to the Hamas resistance movement.
Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1999

Large fall in donor countries' commitments toward Palestinian Authority
Mohammed Ashtia, the general manager of the Palestinian economic council for development and construction, said the current year is witnessing a large drop in the funds flowing from the donor countries to the Palestinian National Authority from levels over the last five years.
Palestine-International, Economics, 8/17/1999

Presenting Palestinian children to Israeli military court
Israeli military sources in West Bank announced that Palestinian children of at least the age of 12 will be presented to the military court soon, if convicted of throwing stones at Israelis.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/17/1999

US views on immediate Wye implementation
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/17/1999

Mubarak receives Arafat today
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received Palestinian President Yasser Arafat today to discuss the Middle East peace process.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/16/1999

Arafat to open new casino in the West Bank
Palestine, Economics, 8/16/1999

A new failure for the Palestinian - Israeli negotiations
Palestinian - Israeli negotiators failed to reach an agreement in a meeting that lasted more than six hours last night in Gaza to discussing an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank according to the Wye River accord.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/16/1999

Israel lifts siege of Palestinian West Bank villages
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/16/1999

Arafat, Hawatmeh to confer in Cairo next week
The executive committee of the PLO is going to specify in its coming meeting the date for resuming the meetings of the Palestinian Central Council.
Palestine, Politics, 8/16/1999


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