Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 5/24/1999
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of May 24, 1999
- National conference for confronting settlements in Ramallah tomorrow Palestine, Politics, 5/29/1999
- US pressures to delay Palestinian Central Council meeting
The Palestinian Central Council will confer in the middle of the coming month according to the resolution taken by the council in its last meeting during April to discuss the declaration of the independent Palestinian state. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/29/1999 - King Abdullah - Arafat hold summit
Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat have asserted the need for "continued Jordanian- Palestinian coordination and the tripartite Jordanian, Egyptian and Palestinian coordination prior to starting the final status negotiations with the Israeli side." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 5/27/1999 - Arafat is concerned over the Palestinian track
A London-based daily said on Monday, quoting sources close to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, that Arafat is in a state of chaos and unrest since the election of Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 5/26/1999 - A Palestinian, Syrian, Egyptian summit to be held within one week Palestine-Syria, Politics, 5/26/1999
- Erekat criticizes US vice president's statements
Palestinian chief negotiator and Minister of Local Government Saeb Erekat has criticized the statements of US Vice President Al Gore in which he excluded resolution 181 issued by the UN General Assembly in 1947 concerning the establishment of a Palestinian state. Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/25/1999 - Mubarak, Arafat discuss future of ME peace after Israeli elections
"We must wait for the formation of the Israeli government but the peace process must be revived with clear measures on the ground," Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Palestinian government detains tens of Hamas
The Palestinian Authority began a campaign of detentions yesterday against members of the Hamas movement, the first campaign of its sort since Ehud Barak was elected as Israeli prime minister. Palestine, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Attempts to convene a five-fold summit for peace process partcipants
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat revealed attempts to convene a regional five-fold meeting for the parties concerned with the peace process. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Unemployment rate in the Palestinian lands increases to 13.9%
The Palestinian Ministry of Labor force showed that the percentage of unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip reached 13.9% of the labor force in the first three months of the current year, an increase of 1% over the same period of last year. Palestine, Economics, 5/24/1999 - Gaza to host fair for Egyptian products
The Egyptian organization of markets and fairs is due to organize the first exhibition for Egyptian products in Gaza during June. The exhibition is to last for 10 days, with the participation of 80 companies working in all fields to help develop the Palestinian economy. Egypt-Palestine, Economics, 5/24/1999