Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/7/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 7, 2000
- Palestinian minister hopes to hold direct talks with Israel
Palestinian Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Nabil Amro stated that his country wants to move to the stage holding direct negotiations with Israel concerning the final status, instead of going on in the discussions concerning reaching an agreement framework for this settlement. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/12/2000 - Arab tour by Arafat Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/11/2000
- Al-Sharaa discusses condition of Palestinian refugees in Syria with UNRWA chief
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa met on Thursday in Damascus with Peter Hansen, the commissioner general of UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency). Syria-Palestine-UN, Politics, 2/11/2000 - Israel continues settlement operations
The Israeli government agreed on establishing new housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/10/2000 - German president to visit Palestine
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and German President Johannes Rau will lay the cornerstone for a project in the industrial area of Haneen on February 20 at a cost of $25 million US that Germany will fully pay. Palestine-Germany, Economics, 2/10/2000 - Israeli backtracking is clear, peace march should be immediately rescued
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held a tete-a-tete session of talks with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Talks between the two leaders, which were later attended by members of the Egyptian and Palestinian delegations, focused on the Israeli credibility regarding peace on the Palestinian track. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/7/2000 - Ministerial committee for refugees discusses yesterday right of return of 700,000 Palestinians
Meetings of the Palestinian refugee committee which met in the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry under the chairmanship of Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and in the attendance of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul al-Illah al-Khatib, Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Shaath and Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 2/7/2000