Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 8/10/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of August 10, 1998
- Arafat says recent negotiations with Israel were fruitless
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat informed on Friday members of his government and the PLO executive committee that the recent negotiations with Israel were fruitless. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/15/1998 - U.S. fed up with Netanyahu, Palestine expects US initiative to be public
Palestine National Authority sources said Friday that after US President Bill Clinton testifies on the Monica Lewinsky affair on Monday, he will have more time to spend on international affairs. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/14/1998 - Netanyahu prevents Palestinian clergy from getting into Akka
Jerusalem bishop for the Greek-Catholic Church in exile, Helarione Kappucci, said that Israeli Premier Netanyahu prevented Archbishop Butrous al-Muallim from getting into occupied Palestine in order to acquire his post in Akka's patriarchy in Galilee. Palestine-Israel-Vatican, Politics, 8/14/1998 - Arafat: the US should sanction Israel as it did racist South Africa
President Arafat stressed the need to bolster his country's relations with South Africa and pledged to encourage Palestinian entrepreneurs to do business with South Africans in the sectors of industry, agriculture, services, air transport and tourism. Palestine-South Africa, Politics, 8/13/1998 - Jordan asks Israel to facilitate its trade with the West Bank
Jordanian Minister of Trade and Industry Hani al-Mulki held talks in Tel Aviv on Wednesday with his Israeli counterpart, Natan Sheransky, on economic and trade issues between the two sides, especially eliminating obstacles hindering trade between Jordan and Palestine. Jordan-Palestine, Economics, 8/13/1998 - Religious Jews against withdrwal
An important sector of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community has decided to take to the streets in protest against what they describe as Israel's intention to carry out the second phase redeployment of its troops in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/13/1998 - Settlement construction exceeds natural growth
Israel's settlement policy and the increase in construction work on the West Bank's Jewish settlements exceed the figures of natural growth that the Israeli government claims, a Peace Now fact-finding delegation concluded after a thorough study the group conducted recently. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/13/1998 - Mordechai visits Jerusalem Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/13/1998
- Weddings fill in vacuum of lack of Palestinian - Israeli action
Palestinian and Israeli officials alike have proved that social events can sometimes replace stalemated talks. According to press reports appearing on Wednesday, former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres received information on a thwarted Hamas bombing attack from a senior officer in the Palestinian intelligence force in the West Bank at such an event. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/12/1998 - Arafat forms committee for donor countries project proposals Palestine, Economics, 8/12/1998
- Israeli left set up their own radio
Israeli left-wing activists have decided to set up a pirate radio station that would counter the campaign of Jewish settlers' radio, Channel 7. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/12/1998 - Arafat arrives in Cape Town
President Nelson Mandela of South Africa today invested his country's order of merit, excellent class, awarded to foreigners, to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Arafat, in return presented President Mandela with a medallion representing the Star of Holy Jerusalem. Palestine-South Africa, Politics, 8/11/1998 - Palestinian official criticizes Israel for barring Palestinian officials' entry
A Palestinian official has criticized the Israeli government's recent decision to ban a number of Palestinian figures from entering the West Bank and Gaza Strip, describing the move as an attempt to divert attention from the Mideast peace crisis. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/11/1998 - Arafat in South Africa on Monday
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is heading to South Africa in the middle of this week, at the invitation of South African President Nelson Mandela. Palestine-South Africa, Politics, 8/10/1998