Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/4/1997
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 4, 1997
- Ramallah, from Oslo to Doha
The director of a financial institution based in Abu Dabi, Found Bseior, reported that "remittance from Palestinians abroad plunged to $300 million in 1996 from $898 million in 1992." Palestine, Essay, 8/9/1997 - Israeli closure costs Palestinian woman her life
A 95-year-old Gazan woman died of a blood clot because she, like others, could not pass Israeli roadblocks for hospital care, said Palestinian Health Minister Riyad Al-Zaanoun. Palestine, Local, 8/8/1997 - Albright to visit Middle East, try to speed peace process
Madeleine Albright the US Secretary of the Sate will visit the Middle East at the end of August to try to speed up work on the final status talks for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Regional-Palestine, International, 8/7/1997 - Israeli closures can't stop wedding
A Palestinian couple refused to let Israeli roadblocks stand in the way of their marriage. Palestine, Local, 8/7/1997 - American aid to Palestinians stops
U.S. State Department spokesman Jim Foley announced that American aid to the Palestinian Authority would stop as of next week. Palestine, International, 8/6/1997 - Egyptian-Palestine tunnels destroyed
The army has already blown up five other tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in recent months. Palestine-Egypt, Local, 8/6/1997 - Israeli ban on Palestinians' travel includes Arafat
The decision to ban Palestinian movement includes the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, said an Israeli newspaper yesterday. Palestine, Military, 8/6/1997 - Plans to double Jewish settlement
Israel’s Peace Now group said yesterday in a report that settlers planned to double the number of houses for Jews in the occupied West Bank. Palestine, Local, 8/6/1997 - 29 Palestinians arrested in Israeli raid
An Israeli statement said the Palestinians apprehended over the last night were suspected of being involved in "enmity activities." Palestine, Politics, 8/5/1997 - No to starvation, no to siege
Hundreds of Palestinian teenagers demonstrated in an organized march through Ramalah streets in protest against the Israeli clampdown in the West Bank, holding banners reading, "No to starvation, no to siege." Palestine, Politics, 8/5/1997 - Further Israeli troops in occupied Jerusalem
Israeli troops enhanced their presence in occupied Jerusalem and in other Palestinian cities, fearing any Palestinian resistance operations against Israeli suppressive measures, Israeli Radio said. Palestine, Military, 8/4/1997 - Palestinian shot dead near settlement
An Israeli soldier said that a Palestinian was shot dead by attackers in a passing car. Palestine, Local, 8/4/1997 - Arafat in no hurry to shuffle cabinet
Palestinian Authority’s Yasser Arafat made clear that he would not take immediate action on an offer by most of his ministers to resign. Palestine, Politics, 8/4/1997