Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 11/16/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of November 16, 1998
- Egyptian foreign minister and Palestinian Jerusalem official meet Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1998
- Palestinian factions, groups stress rejection to amending national charter
At the invitation of Khaled al-Fahoum a meeting was held on Thursday comprising representatives of the 10 Palestinian factions and certain Palestinian forces, figures and activists in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the occupied Arab territories. Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1998 - Jordanian Islamists accuse Palestinian government of planning assassinations in Jordan
The official spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan, Jamil Abu Baker, said on Thursday that his group received information saying that security forces in the Palestinian Authority are planning to assassinate several figures in Jordan. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1998 - Jordanian crown prince confers with PA official Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/19/1998
- Arafat pledges to use only peaceful means to settle disputes with Israel
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat pledged on Tuesday that his government will only use peaceful means to settle its disputes with Israel. Palestine-Israel-Germany, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Damascus: 10 Palestinian groups to meet shortly in preparation for national conference
Leaders of Palestinian organizations that oppose the Oslo and Wye agreements will meet in Damascus on Thursday to hold a plenary meeting including key Palestinian figures from Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to prepare for convening a national conference on December 15, the date which was set by the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat to convene the Palestinian council in the presence of the US President Bill Clinton in order to cancel items in the Palestinian national charter. Palestine, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Husseini in Cairo Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 11/18/1998
- Mishal: Hamas leaders harassed in Jordan
The chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement has asserted that leaders of the movement in Jordan have been exposed to a campaign of harassment since the signing of the Wye River accord between the Palestinian government and Israel. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Moussa, Arafat review negotiations between Israel and PA Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/17/1998
- Report: Jordan warns Palestinians not to carry out inter-Palestinian revenge acts
A Jordanian daily has reported that the Jordanian government warned the Palestinian authorities against carrying out "revenge acts and killings of its opponents on the Jordanian arena regardless to reasons and motivations." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/17/1998 - German president visiting Israel and Palestine
German President Roman Herzog is starting a tour in the Middle East, meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with whom he will discuss the problems obstructing the implementation of the Wye Plantation accord as well as German compensation for Jewish victims of World War II. Palestine-Israel-Germany, Politics, 11/17/1998 - US criticizes escalation of Palestinian - Israeli crisis
Both the Israeli and Palestinian governments came in for criticism yesterday from the US State Department over statements pertaining to the Middle East peace process. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 11/17/1998 - Gaza airport to receive two Moroccan weekly flights
The Moroccan Carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) decided to operate two weekly flights to the Palestinian airport of Gaza, RAM said in a release. Morocco-Palestine, Economics, 11/17/1998 - Arafat asks Israelis to accept the idea of an independent Palestine
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called on the Israeli people to accept the independent state of Palestine as a peace bridge. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/16/1998 - Hamas denies truce with Israel Palestine, Politics, 11/16/1998