Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 1/31/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of January 31, 2000
- Palestine warns of peace process collapse
Palestine warned of the near collapse of the middle east peace process and of the return of instability and lack of security in the region. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/2000 - Mesalha assures continuation of Barak - Arafat meetings
Nawaf Mesalha, the Israeli deputy foreign minister, asserted that "failure of the Palestinian - Israeli summit headed by Yaser Arafat and Ehud Barak on last Thursday does not mean stopping the meeting' on this level and that there must be a high ranking U.S interference for pushing forward the peace negotiations. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/2000 - Central Council for the Palestinian liberation organization assures need for state declaration
The Palestinian liberation organization decided in concluding meetings of its central council that "declaring the independent Palestinian state - with Jerusalem as capital - will take place on the deadline in September." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/5/2000 - UAE delegation visits Palestinian territories Palestine-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 2/3/2000
- Arab committee for supporting Jerusalem warns of risks of Judaizing the city
The Arab committee for supporting Jerusalem held its fourth meeting in the headquarters of the Arab Lawyers Union in Cairo under the chairmanship of Farouk Abu Esah, the committee's secretary general, and with the participation of representatives of the Arab journalists, the solidarity organization of the Asian and African people as well as writers and experts on international law and political science. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 2/2/2000 - Report: Egypt arranges summit between al-Assad, Arafat
The Jordanian daily al-Arab al-Youm quoted an official source at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry as saying that the Egyptian political leadership is making contacts in preparation for convening a Syrian- Palestinian summit between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 2/2/2000 - Israel presents border map of the Palestinian authority
Official Palestinian sources stated that the Israeli government presented to the Palestinians a map of the proposed borders to the Palestinians, depicting the Palestinian Authority's borders in the future. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2000 - List of provisions Israel has yet to honor in its peace agreement with the Palestinians/ document
The negotiations affairs department of the Palestine National Authority released lately a list of provisions and agreements that Israel has so far failed to implement from the set of peace agreements that were signed between the Palestinians and the Jewish state over the years. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2000 - Four main items on agenda of Palestinian central council's meetings
A Palestinian source in Cairo stated that agenda of the Palestinian central council's meetings, which are starting today in Gaza, include four main items. Palestine, Politics, 2/2/2000 - Report: Al-Assad to meet with Arafat at Mubarak's initiative Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/1/2000
- Putin to visit the Palestinian territories Palestine-Russia, Politics, 2/1/2000
- Arab Knesset member does not expect any progress on the Palestinian track Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/1/2000
- El-Husseini: unified Arab point of view in multilateral discussions
Faisal El-Husseini official in charge of the Jerusalem file in the Palestinian government asserted that the multilateral negotiations must correlate with the negotiations on the bilateral tracks. Palestine, Politics, 2/1/2000 - US: Ross to visit Israel, Arafat and Barak to meet Palestine-USA, Politics, 1/31/2000
- Palestinian Liberation Organization meeting on Wednesday
The central council of the Palestinian Liberation Organization is to convene a meeting on Wednesday in Gaza under the chairmanship of President Arafat. Palestine, Politics, 1/31/2000 - Qatari ambassador to return to Gaza
The Qatari ambassador to the Palestinian government, Abdu El-Motawa, is to head this week to Gaza for the first time after returning to Doha on January 2 escorted by Esam Abdu Isah, head of Palestine International Bank, after the eruption of a political dispute. Qatar-Palestine, Politics, 1/31/2000