Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 11/17/1997
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of November 17, 1997
- Vatican: No recognition of the current status of occupied Jerusalem
Vatican foreign minister on Thursday said that the Vatican has not changed its stand concerning occupied Jerusalem and does not recognize the current status in the city. Palestine, International, 11/21/1997 - Israeli Investigation continues in Old City shooting
Until now Israel had feared stabbings or handgun attacks, but a shooting with a Kalashnikov meant the level of violence has intensified. Palestinian Police among suspects. Palestine, International, 11/21/1997 - Israel prevents Palestinian from needed treatment
A Palestinian from the West Bank town of Jenin has been waiting for several months to receive a permit to leave the country but to no avail. Palestine-Israel, Local, 11/21/1997 - Arafat: Peace will come Palestine, Politics, 11/21/1997
- PLO: Israel carrying out wide settlement campaign
The leader of the political department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Farouk Kadoumy, has stated that Israel is executing a wide settlement campaign accompanied by the demolition of Palestinian buildings. Palestine, Politics, 11/21/1997 - Shooting attack renews battle over Jerusalem
The approximately 400 Israeli policemen on guard in the Old City of Jerusalem and private bodyguards from security companies did not prevent a shooting incident nor did they deter the perpetrators from opening fire with their AK-47 Kalashnikov automatic rifles on two Jewish settlers around midnight Wednesday. Palestine, International, 11/20/1997 - Study finds holy site for Jews is Muslim
The western wall of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, known as Al Buraq wall in Islam and the Wailing Wall for Jews, is a property of the Muslim Waqf and not the State of Israel, new legal research by Dr. Shmuel Berkovich of Jerusalem revealed lately. Palestine, Religion, 11/20/1997 - New Palestinian census causes clash over Jerusalum
Israel has announced it would prevent the Palestinians from conducting the census in East Jerusalem because it undermines its own "sovereignty" Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1997 - Palestinian policeman sentenced Palestine-Israel, Judicial, 11/20/1997
- A fortune that almost evaporated
Riad Abu Altin, 28, a resident of Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, won approximately US $35,000 after having successfully guessed the results of 15 soccer games Palestine, Local, 11/20/1997 - Palestinian arrested Palestine-Israel, Local, 11/19/1997
- Palestine eases embargo Palestine, Economics, 11/19/1997
- Palestine - Israel negotiations reported Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/19/1997
- Power struggle within Palestine as a result of Arafat's illness?
Palestinian spokesmen have ridiculed reports of Arafat's ailing health condition and blamed such reports to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his media advisor in person, David Bar Ilan. Palestine, Politics, 11/18/1997 - PLO needs enforcing Geneva Convention
The Palestinian Liberation Organization called over last two days for a conference of signatories of the fourth Geneva Convention, which bars settlement in occupied zones to ensure that it applies to the area occupied by Israel since 1967. Palestine, Politics, 11/17/1997 - Ali is dead, yet he brings the magic of life to three others
The boy, Ali Mohammed Jawarish, 7, died of his wounds Saturday afternoon. “He’s the middle one. Spoiled and mischievous. I loved him the most,” his father said with tears in his eyes. Palestine, Local, 11/17/1997 - Arafat in India while Albright is there
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will arrive in New Delhi next Wednesday on a four-day official visit Palestine, International, 11/17/1997