Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/2/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 2, 1998
- Banks said smuggling money out of Palestine
Palestinian officials believe the banks have misled the authorities and are serving "only their own interests without giving any attention to the domestic needs of boosting investment in various fields of public and daily life." Palestine, Economics, 2/7/1998 - Bethlehem clashes Palestine-Iraq, Local, 2/7/1998
- Farouk Qaddoumi to visit Damascus this week
Farouk Qaddoumi, the chairman of the political circle in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, will visit Damascus on Monday within annual consultations between the two sides. Palestine, Politics, 2/7/1998 - Israel: we'll do what we want, international order for the weak
Kahalani said his ministry will persist in offering all aid asked for by occupied Jerusalem municipality and the Interior Ministry to pull down Arab-owned houses and build new settlements units. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/6/1998 - Palestine negates reports of military preparations against Israel
A high-level Palestinian security source has denied reports of Palestinian arrangements for a confrontation with Israel, saying this news is untrue. Palestine, Politics, 2/6/1998 - Egypt, Palestine sign trade exchange agreement Egypt-Palestine, Economics, 2/6/1998
- Ras Al Amoud settlement in East Jerusalem: A time bomb is ticking again
"The situation," said Husseini, "is tense, terrible and dangerous, just like it was on the eve of the 1987 uprising and the construction in Ras Al Amoud is liable to be the spark that lights the fuse. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/1998 - Palestinian opposition ask Arafat to refuse negotiations with Israel
Six Palestinian opposition organizations and factions asked Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to stop U.S.-sponsored negotiations which aim at resuming the peace path with Israel. Palestine, Politics, 2/5/1998 - More Palestinians arrested Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/1998
- Report: Arafat names successor Palestine, Politics, 2/5/1998
- Two Hamas members detained Palestine-Israel, Judicial, 2/5/1998
- Prisoner died in PNA jail, said committed suicide
A Palestinian resident of the Hebron area who was found dead in his prison cell was said to have committed suicide and Palestinian police sources said he hanged himself using his shoelaces. Palestine, Judicial, 2/4/1998 - Palestinian lawyers say no to Israeli counterparts
The warning followed reports that the Israeli Bar Association is planning to launch joint ventures along with Palestinian and Jordanian lawyers. Palestine, Politics, 2/4/1998 - Israel demolishes more Palestinian houses
As the Israeli occupation authorities continue to build more Jewish settlements in the West Bank, they on Tuesday demolished a number of Arab houses. Palestine-Israel, Local, 2/4/1998 - Israel approves East Jerusalem homes Palestine-Israel, Local, 2/4/1998
- More setters to come to Hebron area
Israel is reportedly heading to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the settlement bloc of Gush Etzion near Hebron and Efrat on the road between Bethlehem to Hebron to 50,000 within a period of ten years. Palestine-Israel, Local, 2/4/1998 - Palestinians reported distancing themselves from Saddam Hussein
“We came here today to check reports on Palestinian Authority armament projects and to ask the Palestinians not to side with Saddam Hussein should a new military showdown take place in the region,” said Hagay Maroum Palestine, Military, 2/3/1998 - Fatah movement calls for an urgent Arab summit
Fatah, headed by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, said the Palestinian choice of peace is "strategic, provided it leads to just peace" but it warned that if just peace is not attained in the region "all options are open for the Palestinian people." Palestine, Politics, 2/3/1998 - Bethlehem protest Palestine-Israel, Local, 2/3/1998
- Arafat prisoner release Palestine, Politics, 2/3/1998
- Erekat meets with Moussa, El-Baz
Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, met separately yesterday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Osama El-Baz, president Mubarak's political advisor. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 2/3/1998 - PLO sets rules of comprehensive peace
The Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee set the rules for any progress in the stalled peace process in the Middle East and said that without those elements being taken into account, comprehensive peace in the Middle East will remain as far as it has always been in the past. Palestine, Politics, 2/2/1998 - Bethlehem: Early signs of explosion
Clashes erupted after Nidal Abu Srour, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, died on Thursday. Israel said he committed suicide but his relatives believe he was tortured to death. Palestine, Local, 2/2/1998 - Clinton cables Arafat Palestine, International, 2/2/1998