Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 7/28/1997
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of July 28, 1997
- Wali book portrays true Palestinian character
a new book under the title "Promised character in Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's novel." Palestine, Literature, 8/2/1997 - Emergency in self-rule areas - Arafat declares
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ordered the arrest of members of militant Muslim groups, following a double suicide bombing blast that killed 16 people in a Jerusalem market, a PLO security official said. Palestine, Politics, 8/1/1997 - Panic in Israel - Hamas vows new assaults
Hamas claims assaults will be launched inside Israel next Sunday unless Hamas founder and leader Shiekh Ahmed Yassin is released. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 8/1/1997 - Al Waleed aids Arabs in Palestine
The Saudi prince's Kingdom Holding company announced his first Palestinian investment, saying he was to pump 10 Million US dollars into hotel and housing projects in the Gaza Strip and cities of the West Bank. Palestine, Business, 8/1/1997 - Israel vows to reenter PA areas to hunt Palestinians
Israel vowed on to reenter areas it handed over to the Palestinians in order to seize "activists" if Palestinian Authority's Chairman Yasser Arafat's forces failed to do job themselves. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/1/1997 - Israeli troops raid villages, arrest Hamas members
Israeli security forces raided several West Bank villages and arrested Hamas activists and their families following a deadly suicide attack in a Jewish market in Jerusalem, relatives said. Israel-Palestine, Politics, 8/1/1997 - Prince Al Walleed invests in Palestinian firm
Saudi Billionaire Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal has invested 10 million U.S dollars in the flagship Palestinian PADICO firm. Palestine, Business, 7/30/1997 - Arafat shies away from major cabinet changes
Yasser Arafat is considering limited alterations in his self-rule government, but not the sweeping cabinet reshuffle that many have sought. Palestine, Politics, 7/29/1997 - Shops closed in Hebron after bombs thrown at troops
Israel's army said it was barring commerce in parts of the West Bank town of Hebron after Palestinian protesters threw bombs at soldiers. Palestine, Politics, 7/29/1997 - Israel plan declaration of war
Palestinians on July 27 condemned an Israeli decision to build a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of Arab East Jerusalem as a "declaration of war." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/28/1997 - Israeli shelling wounds old woman
A 70 year-old Lebanese woman was wounded when an Israeli shell landed outside her house in Lebanon, security sources said. Palestine, Military, 7/28/1997