Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/8/1997
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 8, 1997
- Palestinians file complaint against Israel with ITO
The Palestinian Authority (PA) will submit economic files, documents and precise statistics to the ITO and the EC to prove Israel's continuing violations of the international trade principles Palestine, Economics, 9/13/1997 - Palestinian Authority closes Islamist student bloc
The Islamic Union, which represents thousands of students, is pro-Hamas. Palestine, Politics, 9/13/1997 - PNA ready for final status talks but wants Israel to pull out first
The Palestinian National Authority is ready to start the final status talks with Israel and have them finished over a period of six months provided Israel honours the remaining clauses of the interim agreement. Palestine, Politics, 9/11/1997 - Arafat met Albright - will urge Israel to move forward regardless
Yasser Arafat and his close aides had mixed feelings of disappointment and some hope as they met in Ramallah Thursday morning with visiting US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Palestine, Politics, 9/11/1997 - Arafat changes strategy as Albright The Iron Lady melts
All sounded like a dialogue of the deaf as US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu spoke in their joint press conference afer the first round of talks Wednesday afternoon. Palestine, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Netanyahu, Albright stress security after meeting
Israeli demands include that the name be changed of a square in Jericho named after Yihya Ayyash, the Hamas military leader who was assassinated by Israeli agents in Gaza. Palestine, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Waiting for Albright
Israel has passed secret messages to Syria which focused on Israel's readiness to discuss new ideas for a renewal of negotiations between the two sides, according to reports. Palestine, Analysis, 9/9/1997 - When Israelis seek political asylum in the PNA areas!
For Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu, who has had lots of setbacks and ill-fated steps over the past few months, having Israelis fleeing his rule and asking for the PNA help was certainly the last think he would think of. Palestine, Politics, 9/9/1997 - Palestinian Authority detained 35 Hamas leaders
A senior Palestinian Liberation Organization official said the security forces detained yesterday 35 extremists in the West Bank. Palestine, Politics, 9/9/1997 - Israel arrests120 Palestinians
Israeli forces detained more than 120 Palestinians in a West Bank crackdown following a triple over suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Palestine, Judicial, 9/9/1997 - Albright is coming . Hamas arrests while Levy and Netanyahu fight it out
As Israeli troops increased their presence in Jerusalem and along the line dividing East and West Jerusalem and between Arab and Jewish neighborhoods in the city, police intelligence officers said they believe Hamas will try to launch further attacks timed with Albright’s visit to the region. Palestine, Politics, 9/8/1997 - Life, taxicabs and their worries with closure of territories
Naji, the taxi driver got stuck in a bottle-neck style traffic jam just 50 meters away from a point where Israeli soldiers blocked one of the southern entrances to Ramallah on the West Bank. Palestine, Essay, 9/8/1997 - Palestinian losses due to Israeli blockade at $2.55 billion
Losses are increasing even as Israel maintains a current closure of the self-rule areas. Palestine, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Jordanian-Palestinian transactions decrease because of Israeli obstacles
The volume of external trade between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority reached 50 million dinars during the first half of the current year. Jordan-Palestine, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Israel uses water to pressure the Palestinians
A report issued by the Palestinian Authority said that the residents of the Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip consume 175 cubic meters of water annually for drinking and many times as much in agriculture. Palestine, Local, 9/8/1997 - Mubarak to open Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is due to address the opening session of a major parliamentary congress in Cairo on Thursday. Palestine, Politics, 9/8/1997 - Can we live together - hope in Israeli Palestinian relations
In Sweden, Palestinian researchers met with their Israeli counterparts to discuss ways they may cooperate in daily life in Jerusalem in the realms of economics, infrastructure and statistics. Palestine, Politics, 9/8/1997 - Progress in the investigations of bomb attack
According to a crime laboratory, the bombs in the Mahane Yehuda market last July 30 and the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall last Thursday were prepared in the bomb factory discovered by the PNA in Beit Sahour. Palestine, Politics, 9/8/1997 - Al-Qidra receives assassination threats from Jewish organization
UN Palestinian representative-controller Naser Al-Qidra said a Jewish organization in New York directed assassination threats at him. Palestine, International, 9/8/1997 - Turkish-Israeli manoeuvres denounced
The central committee of Fateh issued a statement condemning joint Israeli-Turkish US naval manoeuvres due to be conduced in November. Palestine, Politics, 9/8/1997