Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 2/28/2000
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of February 28, 2000
- Palestinian organizations demand ratification of 'right of return' away from peace agreements Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2000
- Declaring the Palestinian State in September
The Palestinian leadership has asserted it will declare the Palestinian State according to a timetable that does not exceed the September 13. Palestine, Politics, 3/4/2000 - Hanoi conference and the rights of the Palestinians
Organizers of the UN conference on Palestine currently being held in Hanoi considered this conference a declaration of the rights of the Palestinian Arab people. Palestine-International, Politics, 3/4/2000 - Hamas delegation visits Damascus
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd has stated that a leading delegation from the Hamas movement led by the chairman of the its political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, has concluded a visit to Damascus during which it met with Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara and Minister of Information Muhammad Salman. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 3/1/2000 - Abu Mazen: Israel is the reason behind failure of Ross' tour
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), secretary of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and chairman of the supreme committee for the Palestinian - Israeli negotiations, asserted that Israel and not US peace process envoy Dennis Ross is to be blamed for the failure of Ross' tour because Israel wants to cancel or merge the third stage of its redeployment and because it will not stop the settlement. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 3/1/2000 - Pope John Paul II to visit Jordan and Palestine this month
Pope John Paul II of the Vatican will head to Jordan and Palestine during the current month to visit the holy places in shadow of Israeli protests against the visit because the Pope refuses to consider Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Jordan-Palestine-Vatican, Politics, 3/1/2000 - Ross admits failure of his Israeli-Palestinian mission
The US Middle East peace process coordinator, Dennis Ross, on Monday admitted that his mission has failed to break the stalemate in the Palestinian- Israeli talks. Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/29/2000 - Arab League chief confers with PLO official
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Sunday in Cairo discussed with the chairman of the PLO Political Bureau, Farouk Qaddoumi, the latest developments on the Palestinian track in light of the stalemate on this track. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/28/2000 - Qaddoumi: Jospin ignores details of peace process in the area
Farouk Qaddoumi, head of the political department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, stated that what happened to French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in the Palestinian territories was his fault after Jospin depicted Hizbullah in Lebanon as terrorists. Palestine-Syria-France, Politics, 2/28/2000 - Mubarak, Arafat go over peace hurdles
President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Sunday went over the problems confronting the peace process in the Middle East, especially on the Palestinian track, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2000