Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 11/30/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of November 30, 1998
- First trade flight from Gaza airport to Amman to fly on Saturday
Chairman of the Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority Fayez Zaidan has said that the first trade flight between Gaza International Airport and Amman will take off on Saturday. Palestine, Economics, 12/4/1998 - Lebanon refuses to issue visas for Palestinian delegation Palestine-Lebanon, Politics, 12/4/1998
- Palestine rejects new Israeli conditions
The Palestinian government expressed its refusal of the three conditions imposed by the Israeli government on accomplishing the coming stages of Israeli withdrawal in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/3/1998 - Palestinian minister of environment warns against Israeli violations of human rights
Palestinian Minister of Environment Youssef Abu Safia warned of Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights in the domains of environment and exploiting the sources of water by getting rid of dangerous and poisonous waste from its military factories and industrial settlements inside the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/3/1998 - Palestinians in occupied territories total 2.9 million
Final tallies of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian territories as stated by the Central Statistics Department in the Palestinian government stated that the number reached 2.9 million. Palestine, Culture, 12/3/1998 - Report: Palestinian national conference to convene in Damascus on December 12 - 13
The preliminary committee for the Palestinian national council has approved the invitation for convening its conference in Damascus on December 12 and 13 among groups opposing Palestinian - Israeli peace accords. All necessary organizational regulations were taken to hold the conference at that time. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 12/3/1998 - Sheikh Zayed calls for pressure on Israel to withdraw from Arab lands
President of the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan has called upon the ME peace process sponsors, the US and Russia and the European Union EU to place more pressure on Israel so as to withdrawal from all occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem United Arab Emirates-Palestine, Politics, 12/2/1998 - Palestinian man killed, sparking clashes Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/2/1998
- Arafat and Albright discuss closer US-Palestinian ties
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reviewed ways of upgrading cooperation ties in various sectors. Palestine, Politics, 12/2/1998 - Meeting on Israeli - Palestinian coexistence held in Paris
An Israeli - Palestinian meeting was recently held in Paris under the patronage of the French Foreign Ministry on what was described as "joint coexistence in occupied Jerusalem." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/2/1998 - Arafat to visit Oslo Palestine-Norway, Politics, 12/2/1998
- Palestine gets aid from donor conference
Morocco announced here on Monday plans to continue extending annually usd one million of direct financial assistance to Palestine, in addition to technical assistance and other forms of aid. Palestine-Morocco, Politics, 12/1/1998 - Arab ministers warn of risks posed by Israeli nuclear reactor
Palestinian Minister of Environment Yousef Abu Safia warned of a nuclear disaster in the Middle East. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/30/1998 - Washington donor countries conference for Palestine starts
The conference of donor countries for Palestine will be held today in Washington. Palestine-Regional, Economics, 11/30/1998 - Palestinian official demands US intervention to save the peace process Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 11/30/1998