Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 9/14/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of September 14, 1998
- Minister Shaath: Independent Palestine to be announced May 4
Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Shaath confirmed that the Palestinian government will not announce the Palestinian state only in the liberated area, but it will cover all Palestinian lands that were occupied in 1967 and its capital, Jerusalem. Palestine, Politics, 9/19/1998 - Palestinian - US summit on Tuesday
A bilateral summit between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US President Bill Clinton will be held in New York on Tuesday. Palestine-USA, Politics, 9/19/1998 - A message from Arafat to Jordanian crown prince
Well-informed Jordanian sources said that secretary of the PLO executive committee, Mahmoud Abbas, who will arrive in Amman today is carrying a message from Palestinian President Arafat to Jordan's Crown Prince Hassan. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Yassin: Israel plans to assassinate Hamas leaders Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/18/1998
- Palestinian - Jordanian committee to meet on Saturday
The Palestinian - Jordanian joint higher committee is to meet on Saturday in Amman under the chairmanship of Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh and Mahmoud Abbas, the secretary of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Jordan-Palestine, Economics, 9/18/1998 - Palestine: Ross failed in his mission
Palestinian and Israeli sources said that US peace process coordinator Dennis Ross has failed to achieve any progress in his current negotiations with the two sides during the past six days. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 9/16/1998 - Palestinian casino open
The Oasis Casino, a splendid European-type building, was constructed in front of the camp of Akbatt Gabr for Palestinian refugees at a cost of $50 million. Palestine, Business, 9/16/1998 - Palestinian official blames Netanyahu for killing Awadallah
The Palestinian official responsible for preventive security in the Gaza Strip, Muhammad Dahlan, held Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for the deaths last Thursday by the Israeli army of brothers Imad and Adel Awadallah, both Hamas officials. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/16/1998 - Israel permits Palestinian workers to enter Israel
The Israeli authorities this morning permitted some 5,000 Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip and another 2,000 from the West Bank to cross into Israel to work in compliance with measures for lifting the partially-imposed military closure against the two areas. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/16/1998 - UNRWA workers strike in the Middle East effect Palestinian refugee camps
Workers employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency on Tuesday staged a strike in the agency's institutions and schools in Jordan, the occupied territories and Syria and Lebanon. Regional-Palestine, Economics, 9/16/1998 - Jerusalem needs over $1.5 billion to meet development needs, says Palestinian ambassador
The occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem needs more than $1.5 Billion to meet development requirements so that it can become the capital of the independent state of Palestine, said Abou Marwane, Palestine's ambassador in Morocco who was appointed by King Hassan II general manager of the Jerusalem Fund last July during the 17th session of Jerusalem committee held in Casablanca. Palestine, Economics, 9/14/1998 - A trip to Syria Palestine-Syria, Business, 9/14/1998