Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/21/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 21, 2000
- Arafat in Cairo today to discuss peace developments in the area
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is to arrive tonight in Cairo to hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak concerning the latest developments in the peace process and the current impasse. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/26/2000 - Lionel visits Gaza tomorrow Palestine-France, Politics, 2/25/2000
- Qrei: Ross did not present any new suggestions Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/24/2000
- Palestinian Hamas says it will continue its operations against Israel
The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement said that its campaign against the Israeli security forces did not cause harm, but it undertook resuming the resistance, saying that the detentions will not affect the resistance. Palestine, Politics, 2/24/2000 - Qaddoumi and Habashi call for stopping negotiations with Israel Palestine, Politics, 2/23/2000
- French premier to visit Israeli, Palestinian territories Palestine-Israel-France, Politics, 2/23/2000
- Palestinian water minister: Israel exploits 80% of the West Bank's water
Palestinian Water Minister Nabil El-Sherif asserted that Israel exploits nearly 80% of the West Bank's and Gaza strip's water, saying in an interview with ArabicNews.com that, "Israel must give us nearly between 475 and 500 million cubic meters," asserting that Israeli pressures the Palestinians to desalinate the sea water. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2000 - Ross: There are difficulties facing the peace process Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/23/2000
- Al-Sharaa confers with PLO official
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa on Monday in Damascus received the chairman of the PLO political department, Farouk Qaddoumi, and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 2/22/2000 - Barak: No withdrawal of any Israeli troops from Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak informed Dennis Ross, the US peace process envoy, that Israel will not withdraw its troops from any lands near Jerusalem in the framework of the third partial withdrawal in the West Bank called for in the Sharm El-Sheikh accord. Israel-Palestine-USA, Politics, 2/22/2000 - Qaddoumi discusses the peace process with El-Fahoum
Farouk Qaddoumi, head of the political department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, met yesterday with Khaled El-Fahoumi, former head of the Palestinian National Council and one of the prominent figures in the Palestinian opposition residing in Damascus. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/21/2000 - Ross starts a new tour in the Middle East
Dennis Ross, the US peace envoy, started a new tour of the area to bring the peace process in Middle East out from its current crisis. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/21/2000