Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 7/19/1999
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of July 19, 1999
- Palestinian forces refute campaigns against Syria
The central command of the Alliance of the Palestinian Forces has asserted its committment and adherence to its national principles and continued struggle to complete the Palestinian national project. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/23/1999 - Aznar calls in Gaza for implementing Wye River agreement
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has voiced support for the positoin advocated by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in that Israel should honor its obligations in making progress in the Middle East peace process. Palestine-Spain, Politics, 7/23/1999 - Palestinian official denies Syrian pressure to halt armed struggle
Maher al-Taher, a member of the political bureau of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has denied in a statement to the BBC that Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam asked the Palestinian opposition groups based in Damascus to give up armed struggle. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/23/1999 - UAE finances $ 50-million housing compound in Gaza
The "Sheikh Zayed city of families of martyrs," named after the UAE head of state, will comprise 3,574 flats, two mosques, health centers, cultural centers, schools, a market, a sports complex and two gardens. United Arab Emirates-Palestine, Economics, 7/23/1999 - Arafat to meet opposition group leader George Habash in Cairo
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is due meet with George Habash, the secretary general of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in August. They are to discuss the re-establishment to the organization's corporations on the basis of democracy. Palestine, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Spanish prime minister visits Israel
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, coming from Gaza, arrived in Israel today. He has met with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and discussed means of activating the European role in the region. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/22/1999 - On the fate of the Palestinian refugees
A Kuwaiti daily quoted sources from the Palestinian alliance which opposes Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority in Sidon as saying on Tuesday that the fate of the Palestinian refugees constitutes the main issue for the coming tour of Jordan's King Abdullah, which will include Lebanon. Palestine, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Palestinian minister of housing in the Emirates
United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan received yesterday the Palestinian minister of housing, who is currently visiting the UAE. United Arab Emirates-Palestine, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Amnesty International discloses Israeli atrocities against detainees
Amnesty International called yesterday to pressure Israel to ease the suffering of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and release them. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/22/1999 - Syrian official source denies pressures on Palestinian groups Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/22/1999
- Arafat refuses U.S. - Israeli proposals
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat refused the U.S - Israeli proposals regarding a timetable of 15 months to achieve peace with the Arabs, calling for the immediate application of the signed agreements between the two sides. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/21/1999 - Arafat meeting with Habash and Hawatmah anticipated Palestine, Politics, 7/21/1999
- Palestinian opposition official denies Syrian pressure Palestine-Syria, Politics, 7/21/1999
- Israel shot Palestinian demonstrators Palestine, Local, 7/21/1999
- Arafat and Mubarak assert need for swift Wye implementation Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/20/1999
- Palestine reject Barak's statements on Palestinian refugees not returning
The Palestinian National Authority said it opposes statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday in Washington, in which he excluded the probability of the Palestinian refugees' return to their homes and his call for settling them in the Arab states. Palestine, Politics, 7/20/1999 - Report: Palestinian front's bureau meets in Amman
A Jordanian weekly said on Monday that the political bureau of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine was due to meet in Amman on Monday under the chairmanship of the front's secretary general, George Habash, after several members of the bureau arrived in Amman from Damascus and Gaza. Palestine, Politics, 7/20/1999 - Jordanian information minister denies talks about confederation with Palestine
Jordanian Information Minister Nasser Lawzi has denied that Jordan and the Palestinian Authority had talks about any future unionist formula between themselves. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/20/1999 - Palestinian, Israeli investment cooperation Palestine-Israel, Economics, 7/20/1999
- Palestinian demonstration to protest lack of water in the West Bank
Hundreds of Fehain El-Dahsha's inhabitants organized yesterday a large demonstration near Bethlehem to protest the lack of water, which has continued for two months. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/19/1999