Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/7/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 7, 1998
- Hamas spiritual leader: Movement will not stand still before Israeli attacks
Palestinian Hamas movement founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin said the movement would not stand still before Israeli attacks on Hamas and the killings of its leaders. Palestine, Politics, 9/12/1998 - France denounces Israeli siege of Palestinian towns, villages Palestine-Israel-France, Politics, 9/12/1998
- Palestinian casino opening nears Palestine, Business, 9/12/1998
- Palestine denounce Israel's killings of the two Palestinians
The Palestinian government denounced the Israeli forces that closed off Jerusalem, killed two Palestinian citizens in Hebron, and killed a woman in Jerusalem in the past week. Palestine, Politics, 9/12/1998 - Israel seals West Bank, Gaza after death of two Palestinians
Israel sealed the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday after Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians, from the Palestinian Hamas movement Hamas. Palestine-Israel, Local, 9/11/1998 - Palestinian government rejects changes to security understanding with Israel
High-ranking Palestinian sources asserted that Palestinian security bodies refused any amendment in the security understanding reached by Palestinian and Israeli security officials under US supervision at the end of the last year Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/10/1998 - Concern over deteriorating economic conditions in occupied lands
Arab ministers of economy and finance have expressed deep concern over the deteriorating living conditions in the occupied Arab territories, foremost the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and over the increase in unemployment figures and poverty. Regional-Palestine, Economics, 9/10/1998 - Dennis Ross trip almost useless, little optimism
The US envoy to the peace process in the Middle East, Dennis Ross, is arriving today in the area in a new effort to forward the peace process, during which he will meet with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/9/1998 - Hamas against bombing foreign embassies Palestine, Politics, 9/9/1998
- Farouk Qaddoumi: Israeli accusations against Egypt false
The head of the political department in the P.L.O Farouk Qaddoumi described as lies the Israeli accusations that Egypt previously obstructed the agreement to which Israel have reached with the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 9/9/1998 - Israeli majority supports establishing Palestinian state Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/9/1998
- Arafat in Cairo today
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is going to arrive in Cairo today where he is to deliver an address to the Arab foreign ministers in the meetings of their 110th session chaired by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/8/1998 - Report: Palestinian-Israeli secret negotiations
A Lebanese magazine quoted a Western diplomatic source in Beirut as saying that secret negotiations are being held between the Palestinians and the Israelis on the Greek Island of Rhodes on questions pertaining to settlement, sovereignty and refugees. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/8/1998 - Solidarity with Yemeni journalist voiced
The Yemeni organization in defense of human rights and democratic freedoms expressed solidarity with journalist and chief editor of the Yemeni satirical daily "Sum Bum " (Dumb and Deaf), Issam Saeed Salem, who has been exposed to a hostile campaign launched by the Palestinian ambassador in Sanaa. Yemen-Palestine, Politics, 9/7/1998 - Renewed plans for Jewish settlement in Jerusalem
The West Jerusalem municipality has renewed its plans for building a Jewish settlement in the village of Abu Dis, on the southern outskirts of East Jerusalem, Israeli press reported recently. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/7/1998 - Jewish settlements council to debate relations to extremist right
The council of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has decided to debate whether relations with extreme right wing activists should continue or not. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/7/1998 - Arafat declares Hebron priority development area Palestine, Politics, 9/7/1998
- Kadoumi: Israel does not want peace Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/7/1998