Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 12/14/1998
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of December 14, 1998
- Hamas member escapes Palestine, Local, 12/19/1998
- Mubarak confers with Arafat
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday the received Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and held with him a round of talks dealing with the latest developments on the Palestinian-Israeli track. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/17/1998 - Israel readies to respond, Iraqi missile attack ruled out
Torn between their newly-established honeymoon with the US Administration and their solemn support for the Iraqi people, Palestinians took to the streets in a number of West Bank towns and cities to protest the US and British air strikes on Iraq. Palestine, Politics, 12/17/1998 - Palestinian official not to take part in committee on releasing prisoners
Member of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas has announced that he will not from now on take part in the joint trilateral committee with Israel and the US, in charge of discussing the question of releasing Palestinian security prisoners held in Israeli jails. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/17/1998 - Palestinians warn: we won't implement Wye unilaterally
Mordechai is due to hold a press conference on Thursday in which he is expected to announce officially his support for early elections in Israel. Palestine, Politics, 12/16/1998 - Nine Palestinian National Council members boycotted session to cancel charter provisions
News reports from the West Bank said that nine members of the Palestinian National Council for Bethlehem district boycotted on Tuesday the session held in Gaza. Palestine, Politics, 12/16/1998 - Palestinian industrial zone opened in Gaza Palestine-Israel-USA, Economics, 12/16/1998
- Palestinians in Damascus protest cancellation of Palestinian charter
A large march started in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus on Monday in protest against the cancellation of the Palestinian National Charter in Gaza on Monday. Palestine, Politics, 12/15/1998 - Coke to distribute from Gaza Palestine-Regional-USA, Business, 12/15/1998
- Hamas refuses to amend Palestinian charter
Hamas movement yesterday refused the Palestinian National Council's ratification of canceling the Palestinian charter's articles which call for the destruction of Israel. Palestine, Politics, 12/15/1998 - Clinton addresses Palestinian National Council as charter is amended
The Palestinian National Council today reaffirmed the cancellation of articles in the Palestinian National Charter that refer to the destruction of Israel in a vote by a show of hands that took place in Gaza in the presence of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US President Bill Clinton. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 12/14/1998 - A view from Gaza
US President Bill Clinton wanted to solve the prisoner release issue before he returns to the US. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat needed this agreement no less than Clinton. It makes his life easier, especially as it could help the current wave of unrest to fade away. It would also help minimize the effect of the meeting his opponents held in Damascus. Palestine-USA, Politics, 12/14/1998 - On the meeting of the Palestinian groups in Damascus
The opposition Palestinian groups in the "General National Conference" which convened the conference on Saturday and Sunday in Damascus rejected the decision to amend the Palestinian National Charter, taken by the central council of the PLO in Gaza on Thursday. Palestine, Politics, 12/14/1998 - Palestinian official insists on declaring state on May 4, 1999
Palestinian officials insisted on declaring an independent Palestinian state on May 4, 1999 according to the Oslo plan and the end of the 5-year transitional period. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/14/1998 - Three way summit falls through -- for today
Today after US President Bill Clinton attended the Palestinian National Council session during which the Palestinians reconfirmed the annulment of 28 articles in the Palestinian National Charter that refer to the destruction of Israel, circumstances looked as though they would bring about a meeting between the Palestinian, Israeli, and US leaders, but the plans for the meeting fell through after the PNC meeting ended. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 12/14/1998 - Islamic Jihad chief arrested in Gaza after threatening Clinton assassination Palestine, Politics, 12/14/1998