Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/5/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 5, 1998
- Arafat, Assad, and Hrawi to meet
Palestinian Minister of Planning Nabil Shaath said that the Israel Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is challenging the US administration before meeting with US President Bill Clinton on January 20 by imposing new conditions for resuming peace negotiations. Palestine, Politics, 1/10/1998 - Ross, like Baker, brought more settlements with every trip
Rehvaam Zeevi's party that advocates the transfer of all Palestinians out of Palestine and their distribution among the Arab countries. Zeevi said his party would bring down the government even if only a discussion on the redeployment is convened Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/9/1998 - Palestine narrows differences with Jordan
Well-informed Jordanian sources disclosed that the secret visit of the secretary-general of the Executive Office of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbass Abu Mazen, last Friday to Amman aimed at overcoming the misunderstanding between Jordan and Palestine over maps for the Israeli West Bank redeployment Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 1/9/1998 - Palestinian Democratic Front convenes third conference
The meeting aims at drawing up a new political and organizational strategy, noting that the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine intends to "give up" the Israeli-Palestinian agreements and adopt a new negotiation formula based on international resolutions. Palestine-Syria, International, 1/9/1998 - New expansion of Israeli settlements
Jewish settlers in Ale Rahab settlement in the occupied West Bank began on Wednesday a new step to expand the settlement through building new houses and constructing new roads. Palestine-Israel, International, 1/8/1998 - West Bank full of Israeli stolen cars?
The deputy chief of the Palestinian police, Brigadier General Abdel Moati Al Saba'wy, stated that there are organized gangs stealing cars in the Palestinian-controlled territories. Palestine-Israel, Local, 1/8/1998 - Nothing expected from Ross's current efforts
The main reason Israel decided to retract its adoption of the security agreement was its clause that spoke of "reciprocity in fighting terror", a term Israel saw as an admission on its behalf of the existence of Jewish terror groups operating against the Palestinians and against the peace process. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/7/1998 - Hamas leaders refuse to meet PA officials Palestine, Politics, 1/7/1998
- Life is so sweet, even after a bullet in the head
His critical wounds made it impossible to expect that he would ever return to life. But Hussein Karsu' of Gaza proved that sometimes hope and belief are much stronger than medical reports. Palestine, Local, 1/6/1998 - Palestinian hunger striker released Palestine-Israel, Local, 1/6/1998
- Third Palestinian conference convenes in Damascus
Palestinian sources told the London-based al-Hayat Arabic daily that the National Front for the Liberation of Palestine, chaired by Neyef Hawatmeh will convene its third conference in Damascus, Wednesday. Palestine, Politics, 1/6/1998 - 3-way Arafat, Clinton - Netanyahu meeting ruled out
"We are sorry to see that someone who supported Oslo Agreements is leaving and we are afraid that the present government will become more radical and extreme," Arafat told reporters Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/5/1998 - Shaath looks to Clinton meetings
Dr. Nabil Shaath, Palestinian planning minister, told reporters after meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and President Hosni Mubarak's political advisor, Osama El-Baz, that the meeting between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and the US president in Washington "would have an effective impact on the Palestinian track." Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/5/1998 - Palestinian Legislative Council member: Collapse of peace process means chaos
A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council who is also a member of the Palestinian negotiating committee, Nabil Amr, stated that if the peace process collapses, the alternative will be chaos Palestine, Politics, 1/5/1998