Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 10/11/1999
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of October 11, 1999
- Palestinian government asks Tel Aviv to move rapidly to implement its commitments Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/16/1999
- Israel releases 151 Palestinian prisoners without problems
Israel said that 151 Palestinian prisoners were released yesterday, none of whom participated in any attacks against Israelis, and that most of them were serving life prison sentences. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/16/1999 - Arafat, Barak may meet in Oslo
Well-informed sources in occupied Jerusalem expected on Friday that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak may meet in November in Oslo on the occasion of convening the Middle East summit which is organized by Norway. Palestine-Israel-International, Politics, 10/16/1999 - Hamas refuses any conditions for getting its detainees out of Jordan
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas movement's political bureau, said any conditions from Jordan's government are not accepted Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 10/16/1999 - Japan donates Palestinians $15 million
Japan has extended the Palestinian National Authority $15 million aid for the construction of school facilities for basic education in the West Bank. Palestine-Japan, Economics, 10/15/1999 - Prisoners released but Palestinians still unsatisfied
Hisham Abdul Razeq, Palestinian minister in charge of the prisoners portfolio said that one cannot conduct negotiations with commanders of the army and yet keep the soldiers in jail. "We were not playing chess with the Israelis throughout the years of the occupation. We killed Israelis and Israelis killed us. But we have opted for peace and we expect the other side to opt for peace too," he said Friday. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/15/1999 - Arafat to visit Vietnam this week
The Vietnamese government announced that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will pay an official visit to Vietnam later this week. Palestine-Vietnam, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Sobaih: Palestinian wing in Disney will be opened in days
Mohamed Sobaih, the Palestinian delegate to the Arab League, said yesterday that there are preparations for opening the Palestinian wing in Disney's Millennium Village exhibition, in confrontation of the Israeli wing which is established there. Palestine, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Israel converts the military barrier between occupied Jerusalem and Bethlehem to a border crossing
The Israeli authorities converted today the Israeli military barrier which separates occupied Arab Jerusalem and the city of Bethlehem to a military border crossing. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Four persons belong to Palestinian Islamic groups arrested
The Palestinian authorities arrested three persons belonging to the Hamas movement and one persons belonging to the Islamic Jihad last night. Palestine, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Barak respond to the Jewish settlers' pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak succeeded in avoiding confrontations with settlers after his decision to reducing the number of settlements he intends to remove from the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Hawatemah for dialogue with the US
The Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nayef Hawatemah, said on Wednesday that his front is interested in building a national relationship with Washington. Palestine-USA, Politics, 10/14/1999 - Italian President in Palestine Palestine-Italy, Politics, 10/13/1999
- Gaza fisherman: More adventures but less catch
The fishermen watched the houses disappearing gradually as they sailed away from the Gaza shore on their routine sailing trip every noon in preparation for their long-waited-for big catch in the sea. It was around one in the afternoon. The weather, as usual in this time of the year, was hot and humid. One fisherman volunteered to serve tea. Others were busy preparing their nets while the boss, as they call him, stood watching the boat edge as it opens its way through the sea waves. Palestine, Local, 10/13/1999 - Qatari foreign minister gets a message from PLO officials Qatar-Palestine, Politics, 10/13/1999
- New problem due to a new building between Jerusalem and Bethlehem
The Israeli authorities started establishing a new building on the border passage between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/13/1999 - Husseini says all Israeli settlements are illegal
Faisal El-Husseini, the member of the executive committee for the Palestinian Liberation Organization responsible for Jerusalem's file, stated that all the Israeli settlements are illegal and that he will demand during his meeting with Israeli Minister of Internal Security Shlomo Ben-Ami today to remove them all to guarantee a real peace. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/13/1999 - Barak confirms dissolution of illegal settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak stated that 15 of 42 settlements established by settlers in the West Bank without a license will soon be dissolved. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/13/1999 - UN specifies international code for Palestine on the Internet
The United Nations informed the Palestinian Authority that it has specified an international code carrying Palestine's name on the Internet. Palestine, Politics, 10/12/1999 - US secretary of commerce meets with Israeli, Palestinian counterparts Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 10/12/1999
- Mandela visits Israel, the Palestinian authority Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/12/1999
- Palestinian government strongly criticizes Barak's settlement policy
The Palestinian government launched a severe attack on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's settlement policy and described it as destroying the peace process at a time when the Palestinians and Israelis side failed to reach an agreement concerning releasing a second group of the Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/12/1999 - Congress prepares to move US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 10/12/1999
- Hawatemah praises US decision to lift his group's name from terrorism list
The secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nayef Hawatemah, has praised the decision taken by the US administration to remove the name of his front from its list of terrorist organizations. Palestine-USA, Politics, 10/11/1999 - Collaborators find no mercy among Palestinians
"There isn't anything worse than being a collaborator against your own people," said Yousef as he watched an Israeli television report on a former spy who served the Israeli Mossad for a number of years in Lebanon. Palestine, Politics, 10/11/1999