Arabic News Daily Page for 3/24/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, March 24, 1998
- Israel confiscated 2500 Jerusalem ID cards from Palestinians
Hatem Abdul Qader, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council insisted that Israel canceled hundreds of identity cards for Palestinians from East Jerusalem over the past few months. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/24/1998 - Reduction could be coming in Japanese aid to Egypt
Kwitchi Mayaki, the first secretary of the Japanese embassy in Cairo, stated that the level of Japanese aid depends on the importance of the projects provided by Egypt to warrant Japanese donations. Egypt-Japan, Economics, 3/24/1998 - Reduced Palestinian budget shortage expected this year
The final report by the Palestinian Ministry of International Cooperation regarding the donation of aid to the Palestinian government between 1994 - 1997 said the aid received has reached $1.9 billion of the original $3 billion pledged. Palestine-International, Economics, 3/24/1998 - Drop in flower-planted land in Gaza
Though flowers exported to Europe are exempt from customs, Israel collected approximately US $800,000 and has so far refused to pay the money back to the Palestinian flower growers. Palestine-Israel-Europe Union, Business, 3/24/1998 - Palestine seek Jordan's help on land registration
The decision followed a request by the Palestinian government from the Jordanian authorities to receive all sorts of land and real estate registrations in the West Bank. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 3/24/1998