Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 7/20/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of July 20, 1998
- Settlers press for more police in Old City of Jerusalem
Israel decided to modify its original plan for extra police protection for Jewish settlers in the Old City of Jerusalem by increasing the police force currently on duty in the city. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/25/1998 - Qatari donations to Palestinian project Qatar-Palestine, Economics, 7/25/1998
- Arts festival in Ramallah Palestine, Culture, 7/25/1998
- Crown Prince Hassan, Arafat talk about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/24/1998
- Morocco and Palestine explore consolidation of industrial cooperation
A delegation from the Palestinian Ministry of Trade is currently visiting Morocco to explore with Moroccan officials means of upgrading industrial cooperation and trade between the two countries. Morocco-Palestine, Economics, 7/24/1998 - No breakthrough worries Israel as next week's conference may isolate Israel
A few days before the Arab League's "Jerusalem Conference" convenes in Rabat, Israel expressed worries that the conference might demand of some of the Arab countries that have relations with Israel to sever ties with the Jewish state. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/23/1998 - PLO official: We have the right to defend ourselves by all means
Chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi stressed that the PLO will resort to all means in order to liberate the Palestinian people from Israeli occupation. Palestine, Politics, 7/23/1998 - No progress in Palestine-Israel talks, political reshuffle in Israel expected
Israel, Palestinian officials stressed, has refused to discuss the US ideas that Washington presented some six months ago and tried to impose a new agenda on the last few days meetings Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/22/1998 - US Jewish organization exposes East Jerusalem settler funding
The US Jewish organization Americans for Peace Now has called on the Jewish National Fund to stop granting assistance to extremist settlers in East Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/22/1998 - Arafat to visit Damascus, Palestinian summit location uncertain
Chairman of the PLO political department Farouk al-Qaddoumi said that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's visit to Damascus may be held very soon. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/21/1998 - Israel offers withdrawal of only 10% from West Bank
Israeli and the Palestinian negotiators have resumed discussions. Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) heads the Palestinian delegation, while the Israeli delegation is headed by Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/21/1998 - Bomber wasn't a bomber
Next to the house of Jalal Abdul Rahman Rummaneh in Al Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, relatives and friends gathered hoping to hear more details of their friend, Jalal, whom Israel alleges tried to detonate a booby-trapped car in West Jerusalem on Sunday. Palestine-Israel, Local, 7/21/1998 - Iran condemns Israeli policy against Jerusalem
Chairman of the Shoura council in Iran Nateq Nouri has condemned the recent measures taken by Israel aiming at Judaizing Jerusalem. He called on the Islamic nation to strongly confront these Israeli measures. Palestine-Iran, Politics, 7/21/1998 - Weizman - peace Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/21/1998
- Jordanian trade bureau to be established in Ramallah
The manager of the Jordanian trade coordination bureau in the Palestinian Authority, Abdul Fattah El-Kayed, announced that Jordan has decided to inaugurate a permanent trade bureau in Ramallah. Jordan-Palestine, Economics, 7/20/1998 - A satellite channel for Palestine
A Palestinian official announced that the Palestinian government has approved a project to create a Palestinian satellite channel, which expected to begin broadcasting at the beginning of the coming year on the Egyptian satellite, Nile Sat, that was launched in April. Palestine, Economics, 7/20/1998